The Sun. — London, England, 1814-03-11 00:00:00

FR El' , / CIL PAPERS. PAM'S, MAtteu 6.—Her Majesty the Empress Queca and Regent has received the following news of the situation of tne armies to the sth ins' ant " His 7,l3jesty , thePnperor and King had, on the :Ith, his head-quarters at Bny-le,Bae, upon the Aisne. The enemy's army of Blucher, Sac o n, York, Winziiigerode, and Billow, was in re. ! tre:lt ; without the treason of the Commandant +of Soissons, who opened its gates, it vas Lost. " Gen. Corbeneau entered Rheims on the sth, at four o'clock , in the morning. We have beaten tree enemy in the baffles of Lesy-sur-Ourcq and oi May. The result of the different affairs is 400 prisoners, 600 baggage waggons, several pieces of cannon, and the deliverance of the town of Rheims." 147:0N5, MARCH 2.—A fine train of artillery set out - yesterday from Lyons, for the advanoed posts of the army under the orders of his Excellency the Marshal Duke of Castiglione, GRENOBLE, FEB. 27.—Senator Count de Saint Vallicr, Commissio.ner from his Majesty to the 7th Military Division, has received the following Letter, which has, been communicated to the Mayor of our town : " Rebnilly, Feb. tê. MONSIEUR LE COMTE,---We yesterday seized upon Annecy, which it was requisite to take by main force ; I had directed General Serran upon this point with 2000 men, and although be met before him 3000 Austrians, of whom 800 were ca valry, he vigorously pushed them before him, and successively drove their► from three very strong positions; he seized upon one piece of cannon, and Major Meyer, of the regiment of Kaunitz, having had a limb carried away, remained pri soner of war. The loss of the enemy has been very'codsiderable ; ours amounts to about 70 men in killed and wounded. " The Austrians, on abandoning Annecy, re tired three leagues further, beyond the bridge of Caille ; on our side, our advanced guard is very near cranny, where the enemy has only a weak rear-guard of about 60 men. • " Accept, Monsieur Le Comte, &c. (Signed) " Count MARCHAND, Goneral of-Dicision." Comte andtieneva. In consequence Gen. .Pfus nier entered the place the d:ly before yesterday, after his advanced-guard, commanaed by General Ordenneau, had overthrown the enemy, who ap peared to intend resistance, and who vra.s briskly pursued along the 'road of Poligny, leaving to our power 3 or 400 prisoners, and about thirty horses. " Yesterday General MuSnier marched upon les Petites Chiettes, and slept at night at Morey. General Panne-tier coming from Macon, arrived here to-day with his division. The enemy being briskly attaelced, did not resist long, and we could ,only-come up with his rear: guard. General Bar det, who had orders to pass by the bridge of Bellegarde, yesterday took fort L'Ecluse i .where he found a quantity of ammunition and • four pieces of cannon, and of which the garrison, 200 strong, surrendered prisoners of war. He conti nued his movement, and yesterday evening was at Farges, four leagues front Geneva. " Generals Marchand and Dessaix arrived at Frangy, two leagues from Geneva, driving the enemy to Chambery sad taking a number of pri soners. In this state of things Genera must neces— sarily fall, and the retreat of the corps of Gene ral Bubna, which has already sufrertd great losses, appears to me very difficult. Ile *ill be obliged to throw himself across the mountains of Swit zerland. I am advancing, and shall take care to in form your Excellency exactly of my ulterior opt rations. Accept, Mons. le Duc, the *sem-vice§ of my high consiaeration: The Marshal of the Empire, AVGiIIEAU, Duke of Cititigliome." FRENCH FUNDA. March 4. 53 fr4nts . 75 cynts. b. . 54 , :.-. • DUTCH PAPERS. 'THE HAGUE, MARCH 6.-rFOREIGN DtPARTMENT.I The accounts from the Grand Head-quarters reach down to the 26th February. They were then at Chaumont, where Prince Sehwartzenberg had concentrated the grand army, in consequence of the retreat of Prince - Wittgenstein. On the left wing of the Grand Army a corps of 30,000 men were posted at Dijon; on the right wing, Marshal Blucher was at Chalons, General Bulow ete P.A)..tme, and General Winzingerode at. Sois sons. Marshal Wrcde had driven back the French under the Walls of Troyes ; and on the 26th another French corps was defeated at Bar-sur. Auhe. All the Foreign Ambassadors were to assemble • at 3lontbeliard. Accounts from Bremen mention, that on the 26th of February, and Ist of March, 10,000 troops bad marched through there, under ,Ge'neral Wal moden, on their way to the Rhine and that 30,000 Prussians were come in tipnt of Ham burgh, which city, it was expected, would be immediately attempted by storm. Yesterday evening, Mr. Prevost, Austrian Counsellor of Legation, arrived here as Charg4 d'Affaires from his Imperial "Majesty, with the information, that a Minister would 4e speedily appointed, and with the strongest assurances of the friendship of his Court for the ,United Ne therlands. BASLE; FEB i 20—All the troops in garrison here, the day before yesterday, received orders to put themselves in motion for France. All the corps already on their route to strengthen the Al lied armies, have received orders to. hasten 'their march. The.passage of troops through om• town will.be very considerable, and last for several day. ?IV Other col:mins march for Fran ce by Schafiha sen and Zurich, and' some through the - Pricktlni . The great magazines of oats and flour esta Wished at Lin4au are to be removed hither.. • The following are the principal articles of the Act of Confederation which has been adopted by the assembly at Zurich : The Cantons mutually guarantee to each their Constitution and independence. No Canton to make any alliance with .foreign Powers ;'but each to he entitled to enter into military capitnlations, pro vided they are compatible with the general ordinances of the IMI'F 4 RIAL DECREES. " Head-quarters, Frismel, March 5, 1814. "Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation, &c. &c. &c. ".COnsidering that the enemy's Generals have declared that they would shoot all the country people who should take up arms, we have decreed and ,do flocree as follows : " Art. I. All French Citizens are not only authorised to fly to arms ; but required to do it, to sound the tocsin as soon as they shall hear the cannon of our troops approaching them ; to assemble, to scour the woods, cut slowo the bridges, inter.. r 11:i the communication, and to fall upon the Ilsznlis and rear •f enemy. • "2. Every French Citizen taken by the enemy, and who Anil he pot to death, shall be instantly revenged by the death. a:: r of in enemy's prisoner. Our .111inisters are charged with the execution of the preset Decree, which ►hall be printed, posted up, and inserted inlhe i tintletins of the LaiTs.. (Signed) " NAPOLEON." " By the Empsror, (Signed) " The Duke of BA'SSANO, " The MiniAter Secret;ry of Stue." • Redd-quarters, Frismes, March 5. cr Napoleon, Emperor of the French, li:if% of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Contedera. &c. &c. " Considerhog that the inh:tbitants of the towns and country, indignant at the horrors committed upon them by the eneni, and especially by the Russians and the Cossacks, fly to arms through a just sentiment. of national honour, to arrest parties of the enemy', carry off his convoys, and do him the utmost possible injury ; but that in some places they have been turned from it by the Mayor or other Magistrates— • 4 We hilve decreed, And do decree As follows : '' Art. 1. Mayor;, pablie Functionaries, and !nimbi tanti, who, instead of exciting.. the patriotic rilovetucnt of tl;c people, damp it, L (ii.. , 41,4f1ing the citizens front a tegi tina4te defence, shall be condemned as traitors, and treated as Our Mini%teri are charged with the execntion of the present decrea, which shall be inserted in the• Bulletin of Lav%s. By the Emperor, (Sigr ed) " The Mae of BASSANO, " The '.‘linitcr Secretary of State.'•' COPY Or A,LETTER FROM TM: MARSHAL. DUKE OF CASTIGLIONE TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE MINIS- 'rut AT " I-lead-quarters, Sous de Saulnier, .March 2, in the Ect:ning. " Your Excellency has seen by myletter of the ri3th February, that I had given the necessary orders to my 'army to march upon Fran,che Diet. , The contingents of each Canton., in men and money, to be regulated by the Diet. Commerce to be tree. and unimpeded throughout SNiit (Signed) " NAPOLEON. I zerland. The Gantan of Zurich to be the first Carton,. and the Burgomaster of Zurich fir the time being, to.be 'the Presi dent of the Diet. BERLIN, FEB. 24 —The Dutch General Daen duls is arrived mere •noun Warsaw, on his way to The 3d battalion of a regiment xvhich, was formed in Sweden, out of deserters and prisoners of war, chiefly Dutchmen by birth, has passed through here on its way toliolland., 1/IEGE ) FEE. 28.—Yesterday evening, the Crpwzi Prince of Swetlen eatevcd OaS athidst the greatest rejoicings. He alighted at Ow Assent burg hotel, where he was waited upon by the Au thorities of the Department, and it Committee of the Central Government. - His Royal highness crime front Aix-la-Chapelle, and his suite was very numerous und brilliant. BRUSSELS, MARCH j.--There are still at this moment 4000 French troops at Menlo. It is said that General Borstal having detached a corps of 5000 men against General Maison, the latter re tired in haste to Lisle : 8 pieces of cannon and 600 prisoners were, however, taken from him. Our Provisional Governmant has addressed, a proclamation to the inhabitants of these provinces, inviting them to come forward with voluntary subscriptions for the arming of a force for the defence of the country.. We hare received the following list of superior Officers who were made prisoners at Dantzic : Besides the Governor Count Rapp, there were the Generals of Division Hendulet, Graudjean, Bacheln, Lepin, Campredon ; the General of Brigade, Admiral Dumanoir, d'llcricourt, liusson, Bcsancourt, Fatine, Cavagnac, Prince Radzivil and the Neapolitan General% of Brigade Destrees ; and Pcpe. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 7.—Our paper of this day contains a list of 152 Gentlemen, selected from the department of the Zuiderne, who arc to form a part of the Assembly of Notables, ap pointed to take into consideration the plan of a Constitution. The raising of the 18 battalions of Landsturm for this city, which commenced on the 18.1► of February, is now completed. Yesterday, after church time, all the battalions assembled on their different parades, for the purpose of being exer cised : the good. order and regularity which the ineurbers of these corps have displayed, both in the course of their raising and their exercise, prove ti►e excellent spirit with •vhich they are animated. Thus, in less than three weeks, these 18 battalions, consisting of 600 men each, and amounting in the whole to 10,800, have been armed and organised ; and a part of them have already replaced the national guards in .the ser vice of the city, the latter having marched cif for Naarden. BREDA, Msncrt 5.---,Yesterday arrived here a convoy of French prisoners, taken by General Win4ingerode in the affair at Soi3sons. They coni.ist of General Longchamp, 5l officers, and 1,866 subalterns and privates. On the 3d, the' British troops broke up from their positions, to place themselves nearer Ant werp, and h!tween that city and Bergen-op- Zoom. The head-quartefs are at' Calmhont. The four battalions of Dutch troops which serve with them are at Groot-zundert and Rysbergen. STUTGARDT, FEB. 21.—A column of Wuttcm berg troops, under I‘lajor-General Spitzenberg, this day departed for the Grand Army, with the sth train of reserve ammunition. By these and other reinforcements our army corps will have been increased to 24,000 men. The landsturm of Wurtemberg k now ot4ganis cd, and almost completely provided with officers :Ind arms. It consists of 110 battalions, forming four divisions, and composing a force of 110,000 men besides 2000 cavalry. - The Military force of tlik kingdom,- therefore, including guards, garrisons,,sooo cavalry, 27,000 regulary infantry, and 112,000 of landsturm, may be estimated at a total of 144,000 men ; a pro digious amount, certainly, -for a State that has not more than 1,400,000 inhabitants. FRANKFORT, FEB. 20.—0 n the night of the 15th inst. the same calamity► occurred which hap pened in 1812, when the Woaden Barracks and Hospital here, containing 1009 sick persons be longing to the Austrian army, were burnt down. On this occasion the structure was completely levelled with the ground. and a great number of the patients lost their lives ; but the report stat ing the particulars as to the sufferers, has not yet appeared. TRIESTE, JAN. 21.—Yesterday we saw return my into this port the ship of his Britannic Majes ty, the Eagle, comnianded,by Capt. Sir C. Row ky, already so well known in this town, since the siet,T at the castle, in which he so Much dis tinguished himself, as we have - mentioned several times already. From that moment he "has nut ceased to acquire more titles to public gratitude, as Commander of the expedition to the mouths of the Po. The success of that expedition, which has-ac •complished the double phjcct of shutting entirely the Gulgh of Venice, and of securing to the Aus trian at my of Italy a secure pOsition on the right' bank. of the'Po, is principally to be attributed to the unrelaxing zeal of that Captain, who not only directed the naval movements of it, sufficiently difficult, especially at this season of the year, but who also co-op era t e d in tine taking of the ene my's forts which defended all that coast, and in cessantly supported, for more than two months, all the operations of the General Count Nugent, sometimes with the gun-boats, in the vations ra mifications of the Po, and sometimes by heading the seamen on shore, not inteting with any ob stacks which his activity could not overcome. • It is, in consequence,, with great regret that we see we tiro shortly to be deprived of the presence of that respectable Officer, who,,in a few days, is to return to England. The time of ... his - mission had been expired for some days, but his noble zeal (IA not allow him to leare those seas as. long as could find opportunities of being employed iu expeditions useful to that grand cause notw defend ed by-'the Allied Powers. NAVA L NEWS: REPORI OF THE ADVANCE OF LORD WELLIN-.4 INTO THE INTERIOR OF FRANCE• PORTSMOUTH', MARCH 10.—Arrived the :.=••' cartel, with sixteen British passengers, it, r° Morlaix, having been delivered up on e xcna.9" by the French Government. Previous to tlig cartel sailing, there was a report at Morlaix, Lord WELLINGTON had penetrated considers" into the heart of France. , oft' DEAL, MARCH lo.—Came down from tne several sail of outward-bound, and sailed till ctet convoy of the Olympia cutter, for Portscnou thi among them are, the Frienship, for DernerAr9.' Mary, for Tobago ; Maria Caroline, for l' as ' sages; Sanderson and Eclipse, for Spain.---Nr y N. E. le POPORTSMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Sailed the Reu An rf, ;s sloop of war, with a convoy for Plymouth. P; Majesty's . ship Hamadryad gives instructions the trade bound to Quebec, Nova Scotia, i les Brunswick, and Newfoundland.—Wiml FALMOUTH, MARCH B.—Sailed the rr--d nci nt Freeling packet, with mails and passengeTS , Passages ; Duke of Marlborough racket, for ' n "; bon ; and the Dasher, Ily-14E - , and Sarah, LEROE (two merchantmen), for Aialta. The lA r. Castlereagh packet, with mails, &c. for is gone into the Roads.—Wind N. t. PLYMOUTH, MA c 9.—Sailed the Phea gli . ft sloop of war, with a fleet of nine sail, for P . ' sag es.—Wind East. HAnwicn, :MARcit 10.—Sailed the Lord P P (/ ' can and Francis Frceling packets, with mails an passengers, for Helvoetslnvs.—Wind N. E. TIIE MARINE SOCIETY.. The :Marine Society hell their anniver s--r meeting yesterday, at their Office in Bishopsg 3t ;l street, front %% - hence, after transacting their tis tl , o business, they proceeded to the London Tavern' dinner ; the Earl of IZomx EY in the Chair. cat About '3OO Noblemen and Gentlemen dnts'll to a most sumptuous entertainment, a Of excellent music playing all the time. The c ° l . lection after dinner, subsequent ( I ° ll lions, amounting to near 900. According t° tl , Chairman's eport, the Society. since its e ° ':"9. mencement, have clothed 39,')21 men, and 3 I,t)') , 1 1 ,0 boys, for th e sea serv i ce ; th e vas t ex pense caused a great diniiivitton of. their income,' caused them to sell oft part of their stock. hp Non Nobis Donzine was sung after dinner , to • Messrs. GOS 3, Taylor, and Ine.m 1 on • after Ale an Ode was sung by singing boys from the ciety's ship, and the evening spent with the mogt festivity. Among the company r.'ere, the Earl of 11 011111 ,6(1 'Admiral Lord Gambier, Admirals Marva Taylor, and a number of other naval cluira cte several of the East India Directors, &c. &c' co ulct Lord Melville sent an apology, that be not attend through t t tilt= ln the Chairma n ' s report , h e state,4l, - 13 ' 1 ge- Society were left 1000-/. by will, try the late - hastian Friday, the Prussian Consul, and 30'°14 • 3 • the present donations Ivuv, 1 COL and five. it year, from Mr. Wilmot, of Birmingham ; l uv d from the Elder Brother (f the Trinity House., v jl 20 guineas from Lord Rom!Jey, THE MILITARY. GENERAL ORM:IL—HORSE-GUARDS, NtAgcli 4 ' The Commander in be Chief conmaand3 it t° notified to the army, th a t it h as some -time -sin ce been declared' to the French a.pd American " ° .ll vernmeuts, that . his Majesty's Government v` l not recognize or ratify any agreement .for change of prisoners. made at sea, between victuals of the respective nations. His, Royal Highness directs this c ommunicate c r. to he made to the Army, •in order th a t the o c , ficers may he aware, that in the eve n t o f their ing captured at sea, they are not, on any 'acco oll to give their paroles, until they are landed 10. French or American territory, and that par°: giveh at sea are null and void. Any Officer, " 7 ' ) it after chis communication, may enter into any agreement with the enemy, win he guilty O' breach of discipline, for w hi c h h e will: he b e ' - personally responsible. By conunand of his 'Royal Highness the C° r " .. [minder in Chief, ifIENRY CALVERT, AR utunt-General• THE THEATRES. • DRURY-LANE.-Mr. KEAN repeated his perr°: ; malice of Richard the Thi r d l ast n i g h t a t tgl Theatre, with his usual success, and before a ve i l numerous audience: The only change in the r e ; presentation was the appear ance o f P OPE in tb character of King Henry,.WROUGHTON hayill re ' signed it from indisposition, an d Powig,t, fr° l 4 diffidence. Pon supported it respectably. • t very proper alteration took place in the VI Scene, whore the Ghbsts, instead of ti s i ng throiG l trap-doors, appeared th roug h a I : ind O f superur e tural light at the back of the Tyrant's couch. il L ' effect was striking, and was touch more Wi ve ; 'tient; for, in the f ormer way , t h e ac t or ‘s lt obliged to toss ab ou t t ill t h e tr-9-doors weT e e drawn up, and he co u ld secure l y run a l on g t% stage in the horrors occasioned by . his dream. T`l' change was much applauded. CoyENT-GTARDEN. - The Comedy entitled Trip to Scarborough, altered from VANBURG I4 The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger, drew a tiliT e ' rolls aadience last night to• this theatre. JORDAN displayed as much spirit and humour the part of•ALYS Hoyden, as she did in the Mer y dian of her powers, and the zenith , of her pol 4l , larity.—JoNns was very diverting in Lord Fc pington ; gild EMERY Siippatted,ir, Tunbelly w ith characteristic roughness and effect.—CoziwAY* ol 4 the Young Fashio n , best the part does not act or` t with his powers. It must he acknowledged. tb 4 he %vas attentiv:: and assiduous, but, his , t euttri tesy was not of th e r i g ht f avor vvO te( ,, ease and freedom, and has too much offlit V- ) l t7 port of tragedy for the comic drallla. 1