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LOSIJON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, VUBLIiIIED LATE ON SATURDAY F.rt\ign Office, April 9. Di:,patchcs have been this day received at this ()nice from General Lord Cathcart, K. T. an lionncing the Abdication of the Crown of France and Italy by Napoleon Bonaparte, in terms of which the following is a translation. " The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon was the only obstacle to the re-establishment of the Pcace of Europe, the 1:::peror Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares, that he renounces for himself and his heirs the I . lli.ones ef France and Italy, and that there is no ~ , c ssoual sacrifice, even that of life, which he is not ready to make to the interest of France. " Do,ie at the Palace of Fontainbleau, the April, 1314." SUPPLEMENT 7 LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY .PUBLISITED LAST NIGHT. Foreign O f fice, .Ipril 9,1 8 14. "Thiene] Lowy arrived this night at this Office with dispate.les Loid Viscount BURGIIERSH, of which the foi:owing arc copies. Mr Lon., Paris, April 7, 1814. Tile great events which have of late occurred in this capital will be best detailed to you by his Majesty's Ministers assembled at this place. The corps of Marshal Marmout, amounting to 32,000 men, passed in the night of the 4th within the lines occupied by the Allied troops. This ccrps has taken its cantonments near Versailles. Marshals Ney and Macdonald, accompanied by General Caulaincourt, arrived at the same time, as bearers of Buonaparte's proposal, to submit to the decision of the Senate and the people of_ France, and to abdicate in favour ofhis son. This proposition not having been agreed to, he has now surrendered himself to the wishes of the nation. The Senate have this day announced the adop tion of a Constitution for the Government of France, under the dominion of their ancient line of Kings. There seems no diversity of opinion in the nation. All have obeyed the call of the Provisional Government.- Buonaparte stands alone and unprotecteti, in a country where,.but a few days past, he disposed at pleasure of .the lives of its inhabitants. In this concluding scene of the most memora ble :era which history records, it is impossible, my Lord, I should resist a feeling of public duty, prompted also by a sense of gratitude and affection, in calling your attention to the able and distin guishe:i manner in which Prince Schwartzenberg has conducted the operations of this campaign.— Exclusively of the taleilt which he has marked. when in the field of battle to the successes which Lave crer attended his career, the world will still look wiih almost increased admiration to the conduct he has pursued since his entry into Paris. Where conciliation, 'where every kind feeling of the heart, was required to change a system of carnage and desolation to the protection of a people, but of late a most bitter enemy, the dm ricter of Prince Schwartzenberg secured to him success. More security, more order, never reigned in this ca, - ;ital. Peace and Cranquillity, the happy omens, may we hope, of the future regenerated state of Europe,. exist 'here amidst the troops of every, nation, in Spite'of feelings lately of so great hos- tititv From his great and exalted situation, from the - virtues adorn his character, the Emperor'of Russia has been best, abbe to appreciate the merits of Prince Schwartzenberg. /n token of the rstecui he bears him, and in estimation of.his great services, he 114 - decorated him, with the Grand Order of St. Andrew, - and has ipretented it in diamonds. I hare the honotir to he, &c. BUR6HERSH, Lieut. Col. 654 Reg. The Right lion. the Viscount Castlereagh, &c. ikiris, April 7, 1814. MY . LORD—Buonaparte Laving accepted the conditidns proposed to him, Marshals Ney and Macdonald, and General Caulaincourt, have this day arranged with Prince Schwartzenberg the .following line of * demarcation, to be observed bet‘Veen and,French Armks : • From the Mouth of the Seine, the Allies will .occupy the right hank of that river, and in addi lion the Southern limits of the Pepartments -Ist. Of the Lower Seine. 6th. Cif Cote d'Or. 9d. Of the Oise. - it . h. Of the Saone • ,oirc. 3 , 1: Oldie Seine and Oise. sth. Oftb e , 4th. Of th s e.S.eipe and Marne. I DO. Of the Isere as far as .sth. Of the Yonne. ,daunt Cenis. On the .side of Lord Wellington, it' lute been decided ilia( the line of demarcation shall be fixed according to the ground occupied .by his army, and the one opposed to him, at the motnerlt the CoUriers nov, dispatched shall reach him. I have the honour.to he, 4c. - BURGHERS/4, Lieut.-Cul G3'J Reg. The Riglitlion. the Viscount Castlereagh. DUTCh PAPErtS. ILUSSELS, APRIL s.—The Duke of Saxe Wei mar, the Prince of Hesse Darmstadt, and Count Lottum, are returned from Handers. General Maison has succeeded, after a severe action, in which he suffered very considerabh.! loss, in cutting his way through the corps of General Thielman, and has got back to Lille. Meantime other French troops appeared with cannon and some mortars before Tournay, which place, being dismantled, had a weak garrison, and only 7 pieces of cannon. After a cannonade of six hours, the French attempted to carry it by storm, but were repulsed with loss by the brave garrison. The Swedish army of 30,000 men, after several orders and counter-orders, is at length moving towards Belgium. RAGUE, APRIL 6.—The accounts from Bremen say, that they were rather uneasy there respecting the plans of Marshal Davoust. A part of the garrison had been sent over the river at the end of March, and had plundered several Villages near Haarhurg. It is thought he will leave Hatubur , ll and try to get either to Wesel or Magdeburgli. After fighting three days with the troops in the neighbourhood, the corps that had sallied out was driven back into the town. To shut up the enemy more closely in future, the Hanoverian Landwehr is gone to Haarberg, and 5000 men of General BENNINGSEN'S army have crossed the Elbe. BERLIN, MARCK 29.—Glogau and Magdeburgb have proposed to capitulate ; a uegociation for that purpose is on foot. FRANKFORT, MARCH 30.—1 t is certain that there arc 80,000 Russian troops in Saxony, be sides those in Hesse and elsewhere ; so that, in cluding the Allied troops in Bavaria and otli:T partt of Germany, it is clear that the artaies in France may be reinforced by 150 or 200,030 men. DORSTEN, APRIL 3.—The French, having wade a sally from Wesel, have been repulsed with very great loss. INsrnucK, MARCH 23.--Officers who passed through this place on the 20th, coming from Leg horn, relate, that a fleet of 44 sail of English transports, with troops on board, is arrived there . There were two English regiments, the rest were foreign troops in English pay. They amount to twelve thousand men, under Lord W. Bentinek. Letters of a late date from Copenhagen con firm that Prince Christian has made a Convention with General Essen, who is appointed Swedish Governor of 'Norway, for the evacuation of that kingdom, which may accordingly be expected every day. [Here follows a long Proclamation by the King of Sweden to the Norwegians, on their Cession by Denmark, for which we have not room to day.] IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS. DECLARATION OF THE ALLIED POWERS ON THE BREAKING OFF OF TIDE NEGOCIATIONS AT CHATILLON. .:The Allied Powers owe it to themselves, to their people, and to Yrance, as 'soon as the ntgocia tions at ehatillou are broken off, publicly to de clare the, reasons which induced them to enter . into Negociations with the French Government, as well as the causes of the breaking off of the the Negociations. Military events, to which history can produce no walk!, overthrew, in the month of October last, the ill-com:structed edifice, known under the name of time French Empire ; an edifice erected on the ruins of States lately independent and happy ; augmented by conquests from ancient Mo narchies, and held together at the expence of the blood, of the fortune, of the welfare of a whole generation. T The Allied Sovereigns, led' by conquest to the Rhine, thought 'it their duty to proclaim to En, rope anew their principles, their wishes, and 'their object. Far from. every wish of domination or congnest r animated solely by the desire to see Europe restored to a just balance of the different_ 'Powers, resolved not to lay down their arms till they had obtained the noble object of their forts, they made known the irrevocableness . of their resolution.by a public act, and they did not .hesitate to declare themselves to the enemy's (io vernmentt in a manner conformable to their un alterable determination. • The French Government made use of the frank declarations of the Allied Powers to expresS incli nations to peace. It certainly had need of the appearance of Ihis inelidation, in order to justify in the eyes of its people the new exertions which it did not cease to require. But every thing, however, convinced the Allied Cabinets' that it merely endeaVoured to take advantage of the ap pearance of a negociation, in order ro prejudice public opinion in its favour, but that the peace of Europe was very far from its thoughts. ' The Powers, penetrating its secret views, re, solved to go and conquer in France itself the.long deiired peace. Numerous armies crossed the 'Rhine ;. scarcely were, they passed the first frontiers, when the French Minister for Foreign Affairs appeared ap the outposts. ill the proceedingS of the French Government had hendefo.rth no other object than to mis lead opinion, to blind the French people, and to throtir on the Allies the odium of all the miseries attendant on an invasion. Thc course of events had given the Allies a prof of the foll power of the 'European league. The principles which, since their first union for the common good, had animated the councils of the Allied Sovereigns, were fully developed ; no thing inure hindered them from unfolding the con ditions of the recoustruction of the common edi fice ; these conditions must be such as were no hindrance to peace after so many conquests. The only Power calculated to throw into the scale indemnifications for France, England could speak openly respecting the sacrifices %Villa it was ready to make for a general pence. The Allied * Sovereigns were permitted to hope that the expe rience of late - events would have had some info- ence on a conqueror exposed to the observation of a great nation, which was for the first time witness, in the capital itself, to the miseries he had brought on France. This experience might have convinced that the support of thrones is principally dependant on moderation and probity.—The Allied Powers, however, convinced that the trial which they made must not endanger the military•operations, sav that these operations must be continued dur- • ing the negociations. The experience of the past and 'afflicting recollections shoved them the ne cessity of this step. Their Plenipotentiaries met those of the French Government. ' Meantime the victorious armies flpproachcd the gates of the capital. The Government took every measure to prevent its falling into an eneiny's hands. The Plenipotentiaries of France received orders to propose an armistice, upon conditions which were conformable to those which the Allies then:- selves judged necessary for the restoration of a general Peace. He offered the immediate surren der of the fortresses in the countries which France was to give up, all on condition of a suspension of military' operations. The Allied Courts, convinced by 20 years ex perience; that in negociations with the French Cabinet it was necessary cat efully to distinguish the apparent from the real intention, proposed, instead of . this, immediately to sign Preliminaries of Peace. This measure would have for France all the advantages of an Armistice, without ex posing the . Allies to the danger of a suspension of arms. Some . partial advantages, however, ac companied the first motions of an army collected under the walls of Paris, composed of the flower of the present generation, the last hope of the nation, and the remainder of a million of warriors, who, either fallen on the field of battle, or left on the way from Lisbon to Moscow, Ithve been sacrificed, for interests with which France had no concern. Immediately the negociations at Chu tillon assumed another appearance. The French Plenipotentiary remained without instructions, and was away, instead of answering the Repre sentatives of the Allied Courts. They commissioned their Plenipotentiaries to give in the projet of a preliminary treaty, con taining all the grounds which they deemed ne cessary for the restoration of a balance of power, and which a few days before had been presented by the French Government itself, At a moment, doubtless, when it conceived its existence in dan ger. It contained the ground-work for the re storation et Europe. France restored to the frontiers, which under the Government of its Kings had insured to it ages of glory and prosperity, was to have, with the rest of Europe, the blessings of liberty,. na tional independence, and peace. It depended ab solutely on its Go;•cruuient to end by a single word the sufferings of the nation, to restore to it with peace, its colonies, its trade, and the resti tution of its industry. What did it want more ? The Allies had offered, with a spirit of pacifica tion, to discuss its wishes upon the subject of miss teal convenience, which should extend the fron tiers of France beyond what they were before the wars of the revolution. 'Fourteen clays elapsed withont any answer be ing returned by the French Government. The Plenipotentiaries of the Allies insisted on the fixing cif ... a clay for the acceptance or rejection of the conditions of peace. They left the French Plenipotentiary the liberty to present a contre projet, on condition that this contre projet should agree .in spirit and its general contents with tl►e conditions proposed by the Allied Courts. The I Oth of March was fixed by the mutual consent of both parties. This term being arrived, the French Plenipotentiary produced nothing but pieces, the discussion of which, far from advancing the pro posed object, could only have caused fruitleSs ne gociations. A delay of a few days was granted, at the desire of the French Plenipotentiary. On the 15th of INlarch, he at last delivered a contre pl'ojet, which left no doubt that the sufferings of France had not yet changed tl►e views of its Go vernment. The French Government receding from what it had itself proposed, demanded in a new projet dna nations which were quite foreign to France, • which a domination of many ages could not- be amalgamated. with the French nation, should now remain a part of it ; dint France should retain fron tiers inconsistent with the fundamental principles of equilibrium, and out of all proportion with the other great PO W Cr 3 of Europe, that it should re main master of the same positions and points of aggression, by means of which its. Government, to the misfortune of Europe, and that of France, bad effected the fall of so many thrones, and so many revolutions, that members of the family reign ing- in France should be placed on foreign thrones; the French Government, in short', that Govern ment which for so many years has, sought to rule no less by discord than by force of arms, was to remain the arbiter of the external concerns of the Powers of Europe. By cimOining the ncgociations under such cir cumstances, the Allies would have neglected what they.owed to themselves; they. would from that moment have deviated from the glorious goal they had before them ; their efforts would hav9 been turned .solely against their people. By signing a treaty upon' the principles of the French prgjet, the Allies would have laid their arms in the hands of the common enemy ; they would have betrayed the expectation of nations, and . the confidence of their Allies, It is in a moment so decisive for the welfare of the world that the Allied. Sovereigns renew the. solemn engagement, till , they shallhave attained the great object of their union. Prance has to blame its Crovernment alone for its st:ift.ring s . -- . Pence alone can heal the wound which a s pirit of universal domination, u n exam pled in history , h e produced. This peace'shall be the peace of Eur" Pl-- -: no other can be accepted. It is at length 0 01- that Princes should watch over the welfare of.t?“' people without foreign influence, that nation should respect their mutual independence, 0.'71 social institutions should b e protected from Bail} revolutions, property respected, and trade free' All Europe has absolutely the same 'wish to make France participate in the blessings of. p l y —France, whose dismemberment the Allie.; Powers neither c a n n o r w ill p e rmit. The co i r dence in their promises may be found in the ply ciples for which they contend. ,B u t w h ence s h a ll t h e S overe i gns infer o ° t t. France will take part in the principles diet "wi s e fix the happiness ,of the world so long as they" se that the same ambition which has brought' - le many... Misfortunes on Europe is still th e spring that ac t ua t es t h e Go vern ment, that . wh i trench blood is shed in torrents, the -gen et: interest is always sacrificed to private ; whe nc r ' under such circumstances, should be the guar: tee for the future, if such a desolating, system fog% no check in the general will of the nation ? ,hell is the peace of Europe insured, and nothings °, in future be able to disturb it.—(Har:eem , sterdam, and Rotterdam Courants, April 9.) 'A\ AI. NEWS. DOVER, APRIL 10.—Canle in the sloop FL )rtull from Holland. The proceedings at Paris bac : caused the most lively emotions of joy amongst the Dutch. .No arrivals to-day ; but there alp pears to be a continued scene of rejoicing " I°l4 the coast, as the guns have never ce.‘,lscii•fi rin6 since day-light, and it is now 6P. M. Nothing at this moment in sight from the opposite c° 3st i Hwr i Atticn, APRIL 10. - Arrived tie l' 3 ‘ ll Francis packet, with a mail and passengers , fr° Holland. Sailed the Lord Duncan packet fa i r 14 Heligoland, and King George for Gottenburb both with mails. r • DEAL, APRIL 9.—Sailed the Folkstone legg e i - ; with the teward-bound, to Portsmouth ; tj Active cutter, with M r . Snl.v A, the Messeng er ,: for Holland. Arrived the Archer gun -brig , ' vit a two French Officers from Dunkirk, who procee d` to London. tb e PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 10.—Sailed yesteru - ec i st Grampus man- of war, with a fleet for the Indies ; his Majesty's ship Warrior for the Indies. Bellerophon, for N e wf oun dl a nd, Q ue.( ll 4 &c. and the Pandora, for Spain, POutisgal/ the Mediterranean, remain.—Wind eas terlY• txu - , PLYMOUTH, APRIL B.—Arr;v e d the Yal e ' t he . STEWART, from Jarmtica to LundOn, one s 1 Valiant's convoy. Sh e hi ts ex p er i e nce" - f v t ot heavy weather, and was obliged to•throw F` a go d her cargo overboard. S a il e d t h e Dispa , t e ;" c ol' Insolent gun-brig, with several vessels Hoa g ' voy, for Bourdeaux and Spain. - h 5 t 45 FALMOUTH, APRIL B.—Airived the fo hey sloop of war from a cruize ; has brought W 1 ori a brig, picked up at sea, having no per s°l ; e be s board, with only her bowsprit s t an di n g, 13 ' - o llif and companion full of water. Sailed Ye sc 'tbe his Majesty's ship Helicon on a c r u ize, O . l ':ADe Lady Wellington packet, with a mail Brazils. • StY l SHEERNESS, APRIL 9.---Sailed his 5-itg e ship Pincher, with a convoy, for the O be atis e Weser. The n ex t conv e y i s ex p ec ted ab °— 19th inst.—Wind N. E. THE PRINCE REGENT. • 110 1/ A few minutes before twelve o'clock, hi s o'o Highness left - Carlton-house in his carriag c ,' l by' the servants in their st a t e li ver i es , escor t , e , - t. the party of the Royal H o r se G u ards, cheers of the populace. - His Royal HigbO e- a 3 afe' tered St. James's Palace •by the gard c he ir where the Officers of State, the Herald s 1 - pli era" l splendid and magnificent, dresses, with ther'ocer attendants, were in waiting to proceed i n 13 43C1 e3 sion, which is one of the grandest state s p e d, that is seen. Every thing w a s managed 0 ,1 greatest Order and regularity, and began i tt L e ver t room, through the State-rooms, in the following order from the King's 01 ", a t °: to the O A °- the Chapel Royal. Three Heralds, two Serjeants at Arms carrying 11 11 maces, and ornamented with silver collars and wltire 43 4 four Heralds, two Serjeants a t A rms , Mr. Chester, ,i' -.4 ie rrY, Master of . 14 the Ceremonies. General Hammond, ',ll`l,lo',jd; Waiting ; Master Smith, Page of Honour • Gen , r 3 c, r of Groom in Waiting ; Lord W. Bentinck; Tre"'" r- . • Household ; Earl Cholmond e l e v the Lord Stewardi o.ol,r'd 501: General Rebow, silver sti c k ; Earl Harringtoo ,l° ; ; Earl Macclesfield, Captain of the Yeomen of b i ln es 3 nr d Gentlemen Ushers ; Ring of Arius; his Royal Highness the Prince Reg a l , " is Duke of York; the Duke of MontrOse, carry in g ' t be I W It• of state; his Royal quis of Winchester, Gr o om of the Stole, as 1, "2 rim, cll2l/ ing ; a party of Gentlemen Pensioners, in full gn i '', the procession. the 101,e 111 or The PRINCE REGENT took his seat i n es' Chair, in the centre of the closet. H e ordc r '. gimentals, and diplayed the . full Russianiie order with which he was lately i nve sted ; als o of the Garter, with the Collars of r l ? ,110) ° which had a • very splendid effect. ly s he Ite c " .30 Highness was attended in the closet 11 t Pc' ' F. W. BLOM B ERG, and the Hon. a nd LEGGE, as Clerks of the Closet. Alv url " The Chapel was crowded to excess. on s 0 J 31.5 the distinguished characters were the 1) CHESTER, OxFORD, and W ATERF oRD, t oe Se i r" merous assemblage of Temporal' Peci's; , _ l J mote was by the Lord Almoner, the 1..:e1,00% bishop of l'otpc.. After the Sermon , tt . 3 5 anthem, " If we believe that ;JEsus_' co ind 'the conclusion Ot the anthem, theCh3P6l attendants descended to the aisle of The PRINCE entered the State CanopY e ''..acorae.l,l! of crimson a nd gold, and received th from the Dean and Sub-dean. irbe ifi inc lad r of plate was used upon the occ asic i !" ast So ppe d : the large massy dish, in• which the 1 " r. ;,b1 ) , give it with the figures very large, are milli' r , ier The process . rbn returned in- the same went, at three o'clock.