The Sun. — London, England, 1814-03-09 00:00:00

DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. NAPLES, Jas. 30.—The Queen has been ap ,pointed Regent during the absence of the King. When the news of the armistice with England was received here, it caused great joy. The Alinisters for negociating a definitive treaty of peace with that country are already appointed. RoME, JAN. 31. 7 --The Neapolitan General La- Tagnyon installed our Provisional Government on tlle.24th inst. .In the afternoon of the same day the King of Naples entered our city, and took up his residerce at the Palace Farneze. Prince' Chigi has been appointed Prefect of our city.; and the ports of our departments, like those of Na - pies, have been opened to the , ships of neutral and allied powers. On the 2Si ii his i)lajesty set ottt for his bead-quarters. Before his departure, he caused to be set at liberty attic priests who were in confinei»ent for refusing .to take the oath of allegiance to Napoleon. During his stay here, the King of .I.taples paid a visit. to the Royal Fa mily of Spain, which was returned by King, Charles. lie .alsQ.sent his compliments to the King of Sardinia, who, being indisposed, kept his chamber. FLORENCE, FEB. B.—The Neapolitan General Lecchi, on the entrance of his troops into the Tuscan territory, issued a Proclamation, in which, among other things, be says,:— we bare no other object. but to restore your indepen dence and prosperity. You wish fur an Italian G‘wernment, whose system may be founded on your territorial interests, your manners, and your.bahits ; your wishes shall be accom plished. You complain of excessive imposts, the produce of which is devoted to objects 'entirely foreign to you; your taxes shall be moderate, fairly distvibutefl, and expended for beneficial purposes. You lament that you have been forced to give op your suns for distant and endless wars, never'moreto see. them ;.but now tau shall see thew again, and rejoice over adurablepeace which shall lie guaranteed by all the Powers of Europe." Yt!sterday another Proclamation was issned,.by which tho freedom of commerce by land and sea is restored; and the political security of Tuscany guaranteed. 'VIENNA, FEn. 16.—8 y 'a Report from Field- Marshal Bellegarde, dared head-quarters at Val leggio, ',Feb. 8, we learn, that some very obsti rate contests took place at the passage of the. Mincio. Although the enemy bad long prepared his, plans, taken tip a very advantageous position, and was supported by cotenOorary sallies from Mantua and Vesehiera ; yet the able dispositions of our General, and the distinguished valour of the troops, not ouly frustrated the enemy's ob jects, but inflicted on him considerable loss. • The enemy having wholly. evacuated the Adige, Field Marshal Bellegarde transferred his head quarters to Villafranca ; and being informed from all quarters, that the Viceroy was retreating in haste upon ,Cremona, and had left 'scarcely two -divisions on the Mincio, he ordered that river to be crossed on the Bth, at Vallcggio, All the necessary prepdrations having been made, the division Radivojevich advancetl,.to Val leggio, and General Vescay to Pozzolo, without meeting any opposition. General Melville, wi=lt the grenadier brigade, and two dragoon regiments, was left nt Pozzolo, to march upon any of the points . which might be threatened; General Radivojevich soon cnconntared the 'enemy, and a very severe firing took place, greatly to our advantage. In a short time the left wing gained possession of a great deal of ground, and all the heights ; the enemy retired towards the side of Brescia, while his right wing concentrated towards the tete-de-pout.or MOnzainhaii,,of which • be was still in possession, and occupied the ad- vantageousheig,ht% at that place. At the moment when preparations were making to attack the position of Monzamban, accounts were received from General Merville, that a strong enemy's colunin of cavalry bud again crossed the MinciO at Goito, and thrown itself between hint and General Mayer, who, at the same time, had beep attacked at Rovabella,„ near Mantua, and driven back to Villafranca. The object of the enemy was too evident to ad mit of doubt ; and it appeared that the Viceroy in person had, an the 7th, returned from Castel-- hiccio.and Marcoria, with the division Quesnel, the wa vally division Mermet, and his guards, and had advanced this column through Goito, while he caused the whole garrison of Mantua to ad yance under Gen. Grcnier.ld-Marshal Belle garde immediately ordered the brigade Quosclano -vich, which was in reserve al Valleggin; to sup port 'General Merville against the enemy, who in great strength threatened his real, and haul, with the cavalry of Merwet, made considerable imprcs .sion upon him. The skilful dispositions, however, of General Merville, and the extraordirntry valour of his troops, withstood all the enemy's attacks, till the.- arrival of General Qttosdunovieh, who corrnielled the enemy to relinquish theadvantages he hattob tained;and retire upon - Mantua and to the tele-de pont of Goito, leaving 500 prisoners behind hint. General Sommariva was equally saccessful in re pelling a sally which the enemy, with '2OOO men, made out of Peschaiera. [According,to the latest accounts from General Tomassich; the torts and city of-Ragusa were stir rendered on the 29th of January, to the troops under General Miltainovich, after several days' s e vere fighting - , and whet .every thing was ready for storming the pkce. • The garrison, under the orders of the General of division Montrichard, are prisoners of win-, but are to be sent to Italy, and not to serve till exchanged. In the city 164 pieces of cannon have been found, together with a great quantity of military stores.] GaNavA, ran. li.—Ou the 7th, at three. in the afternoon, the Austrian .troops entered Gre no'Ae,. All communi:ation between Paris and Lyons is thus cut olf., By the occupation of Cha•- loos-stir-Saone, the same has taken place with 'regard to the Burgundy road ; and since the Cos sacks entered M.ontargis,. the toad of the flour boniais is also intercepted." SCHAFFNAUsEN, FEB. 17.—For .the week thaoy Austrian and Russian troops havg passed through - here. We expect 40;000 more. RIGA, JAN. 17.-4 new Russian army of re serve from the environs of Bialy stock is expected here, on its march to the Milk. WAasiw, FEB. s.—The passage of troops has begun anew through our city.', CASSEL, Fen. 19.—Since the I Ith, .the for tresses cif Luxemburg. Thionville, and Saar loais have been blockaded by Hessian troops. LonvAlt,. Fen . . 20.—The -Pope has been 're moved from Fontainbleau to: Limoges. Those who had the custody of him had the cruelty to refuse him permission to be accompanied 13y two, Cardinals, whom he had particularly requested ; he therefore departed with only his physician. Cardinal . Pignntelli, in consequence of indliposi tion, has been suffered to remain at Fontain bleau : all the other Cardinals have been sent away.; Seoul, to Toulon ; Mattel, to Arles ; Hutto, to Grasse ; Sacca, is Uzes ; Oppizomi, to Carpentras ; Saluzzo, to Pori ; Gonza/vi, to I3ezieres; prancodoro, to Orange ; Tilla, toNistues; and Gattricii, to Vigan. LIViiANNE, FEB. 18.—It is said the army under the-tommand of Field Marshal Count Dubin' Rove edniiists of 36,000 . men. BitemeN, Ft n. the 20th instant 350, more'ot the inhabitants of Hamburgh were:ex; pelted. We learn with pleasure front these new victims, that the epidemical disorder in Hamburgh prevails only among the military, and not; as was frared, among the inhabitants—of the for Mer, an hundred are often buriict in one day. General Van'ill.mme, it ,is said; who is no* eon- fined in the Kremlin, was to have been sent to Siberia. To••avoid this late, .he proposed .to a Russian Nobleman, if they would spare him this journey, and leave him .a'part of his estates in France, to make a disroveri Of great importance to the Allies-. The Russian Government refused to ,give him a hearing. •Vandantme, it is slid, renewed the offer, on which a person was sent to him, tolvlioni he might confide the secret. — This secret, it is . a....ffirmed, was, that 'Napoleon had placed the sum of 350 millions of francs, front the treasures amassed n Germany, in thelilink of England, at the' same time mentioning - all the. mercantile houses in whose names this money was vested. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 11.-On the ltlth ult. his. Majesty issued a Proclamation, datedMiddlefort. The beginning- of it is in substanee — the - sanie as that of the preceding day, containing the Decla ration of I3ennrark against France. 'This new Proclamation, after stating that the Austriarrme. , diatiou, by which Denmark.hrd hoped 'to obtain some abatement of the sacrifices rt.-Quire& of her, had only prevented - for a short time the progress • of the enemy into the Duchies, proceeds thus ;--- " Repeated overtures were made by 41$ to the Crown Prince of Sweden, who, at the •head of at superior army, composed of the troops of several powerful States, continued to insist,on the ces sion .of Norway, which Sweden's . Allies had guaranteed to him. Hostilities were renewed. Glitckstatit and Frederick's Ort were-taken. Not to hazard every thing, it was requisite to confine our defence chidy to Fubnien, -whither we or dered all the troops that could be spared from Zealand, and also repaired ourself, to be nearer the scene of action, arid the negociations. • " A renewal at the negociaiions again averted the attack that approached the frontiers of Jut land. It was not possible to prevent this province from being overrun by a superior force, and if it became, like the Ditchies, the seat of Nv ar , we were wholly deprived of the means of . sending corn to Norway. The important moment was now come to decide respecting peace, or the co.N tinuation of the war: Never was •a country in a more critical situation than Denmark, cut off from Norway, and opposed alone to so many powerful enemies ; and never had a ',Prince a more difficult duty, than to'make a choice un der these circumstances. liad the matter con cerned us alone, ,or had it been merely recces sary to meet au imminent danger, it we could have hoped to obtiC,• a happy issue, cren - by the most terrible confrict, we should not have:hesi tated, for we knew the cottrageons sentiments of our troops and of our,people, and knew what the latter, though exhausted by a long v.:Pa, were ready to stiller and to sacrifice for us and the Country, if we called on them. But under such circumstances we could not risk the dissolution of the whole Monarchy, nor require.a faithful peo ple to its blood in an unequal contest, most probably to promote the reverse•of the object in view. ",,But the result of the contest was not the . only ground of , our determination. Norway would be exposed to the most. dreadful famine, if Jutland bec3ine the scat of war,•and Norway were deprivetiof all supplies• from that side. Accord ing to the reports which we had already received from credible. and Ivell-informed persons,' not . a fourth part of the corn necessary to supply Nor way till the next :Autumn, bad been with extreme danger and loss sent over to that country. Even our means of sending corn thither were no longer sufficient ; not a fourth part of the Testiels that might forwerly ',have . been employed for that purpose was now in the Danish ports ; the rest, With their cargoes,' had fallen a prey. The effOrts whiclk Denmark, hail contrived to make were insupportable ; they hat'. already cost many millions. A third-part of the cultivated lands in Norwey had not been sown last year, for want of seed corn. The seed time for this year approach , ed, and required a consignment of several bon- . Bred thou and ton's of corn. All supply from fo reign ports in the North or South was impossible on account of the blockade. To expose Norway again this year to want seed corn, would haVe been a ruinous measure, the consequences of which would have been incalculable; ,for if the production of corn in. Norway were to be annually lessened or obstructed in such a high degree, and the exportation of the products of this kingdom were impeded, the wholecirculating property of the ' State would not suffice to purchase bread-corn for it, even had it been possible to get it silt thither. " We believed that We could. not justify our selves, either before God or tatt; if we exposed a noble nation to a misfortune which exceeds every other, and 'which even the sword could not have averted, even if surrounded by, our brave troops, according to-their wish, and that of all our subjects, we had engaged in the contest - , not, with one 3 but. with inany combined enemies, far superior in - strength. The force alreaqy.opposed LONDON, rT-EDN - ES 11f_17?Cil 9, 1814. We received, by the last dispatches, a letter from a very respectable and intelligent Officer, who is , ,now with the Emperor of guss4A, in which he bids us pay no attention to-the boasting reports of BuoNAPARTE anti hi!! minions, hut con fidently to rely on the course of events, which lie declares - to be as promising—as the warmest friends to the glorious cause. of the Allies can reasonab:y expect or desire. The Gazette of last night contains most cheer. ink; Extracts roan tfleMilitary s iteparts of (Worm' LowE, the British itesWent with Marshal &v. CiJFR, to Sir CtIARLF t S STEVrART, giving .an In , count - of the operations .of that illustrious Com mander fro the 19th to the 29th inehave, and also . Dispatches froth Lord Eintokitstsn„ - dated Troyes, 21st, Colombe, 26th, Heights of nos sancour, 27th February,, and again at Colombe, March Ist, respectively, Of the movements and . • actionsVerein described the Public are already but in possession by th,c Government 13ulleOn in the Sc N of yesterday. We need not therefore go over ground Which has already been so intelligibly described. The marches and manoluvres of the . veteran Leader of the Aimy of Silesia appear to be of the most decisive and effectual description. :faking up the narrative of events from the communica tion of the Hon. Mr. ROBINSON, we find, that the four . Corps of this force, mentioned bylkim as amounting to between 60,060 and 70,060 men, did on the 19th and 20th approach. towards Troyes on the North. On the latter d'ay, Gene ral GVISENAY, the ,Clnef of Bructtra's Staff, went to Troyes, :and there concerted the plan of the operations which have sit* been so successfully carried into effect. Instead of pro , ceeaing to concentrate his force with the main army, which; tiros this circumstance, may be pre sumed to have felt itself strong enough to corttentt an . ainsi.-the force under BUONAPARTL and the di ver4on of AuOEREA;:r, Marshal BLUCHER again' after reinforcing him, separated from SCHWARTZ' RNIIERG, and set out to resume his Offensive 57 5.- " . 'tern on the Marne. On the 2'2d he sustained aIP, inconclusive. but sharp action with , Otru7NoT ant! VICTOR, at Mery—on the 23d rested—on the nighc ensuing stole aimarch upon the Enemv—and on 0 4 25th appeared againstMAßmosT, who, with about 10,000 men occupied Sezanne, and was .opprcd. to WINZINGERODE,. who appears to have beer. higher up the river in the direction, of Clialons• Upon the presence of BLUCHER, MAR: MINT NS before retreated to the west, and MottnEß came , as 111.:ONAPARTE had done,on the preceding occa sion; to his assistar.ce. By the Ale manoeuvro we yesterday enlarged upon BLucana, called th's, attention of these two Marshals to Meaux, Pa: crossed his Army in safety and: unopposed occr the Manse, at Ferte-sous-Jouarre cm the 28th, pre' serving,.howaver, the command of b:,th banks of this. important river, on whiat all the towns higher np, Chateiiu Thierry, Chalons Vit ry, c. are agata occupied' by the Allies. In consequence of this brilliant exploit, BUONAPARTE was recalltd to save Paris. One of his " grand •Manceuvres . ' in the rear of BLUCHER," lie Set out 60 . 0 . Troyes on the 27th to perform: On this fh'l t TETTENBORN was attacked at FerreChantuenoist" by 4000 of the French Guards, prob.-11)1v the.. ate Vance of the. force BUONAPARTE is leading 1l° 9) Troyes, as the Scene of ACtioll is about thence towards the Marne, upon which rivi c• TETTENSORN fell back. h is th ,, i 4:fore probable that any part of. this f: J: . ce fool 4 be brought into action against I)Loc . 'nr,n trc' fore the 3d or '4th, and then ti v._! paisage of tire. Marne must beforced. In ...his event, and if over' matched, we presume BLuctrEa.would.not agl ol retire towards the'East, but toward,i t! k :. where, at every step, 'he would meet divisio9s hastening to augment his array, and at the time draw the Tyrant further from Parts, leave the coast clear for the second advance 411. ' Prince SCiiWARTZENZERG. The chief action fought by the latter Chigi • that at Bar-stir-Aube,' whiCh town wr.s sev er '',„ times taken and retitkdn, and the Erench lost 3 1)4 men, After ibis defeat they'retired, and the tics are pushing ferwnvd on both sides of dm AtT bri fit driving the. enemy f ro m a il I l k pOSIIIOO S Troyes, where he can make no 5tand„:7141!,..1. 11 . 11tte.Clf heti bi.*:2ll ‘Ve have nO occasion to foliowtiicse-,,ffetai!s further, upon the gratifying »atur of whicil silence of the Monileurs to the Gth ii tbc comment. Our Naval News (Deal) speak of a Victory., 10. • i 4 %,vlll'oll the Enemy lost 10,000. We fear. it only the . Ac'tion at Bar-stir-Aube. may, however, relate to some new triumph. We this day lay •before our Readers _the stance of the Report made yesterday fit the•St ( '' . • 1.. .xcuange, on the subject of the Swindling action which has , so much agitated the Count We understand that the aggregate amoo lt • Omnium sold on the 21st by the partici oav cerned, amounted to the enormous su m of' Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Potty is 0, The Profits :upon this Ma, amounting ,t 0 ia :Sixty to Eighty Thousand Pounds; we rty i t Le stated in this report,. largely ParticipatO T,O Members of the British Parlianfent, , 5 fortunate (may we call them so ) sp ecu btio,' the Funds, to he large Sellers 3t : j, Ctne Omnium bore its highest price. 'lt 1 5 liee y ,• Tess to blink thiSi public question. There, no doubt. that - the characters of all the P, ties mentioned are d ee ply affected by Co is lie .r , e 4 . I port, and we, trust they will take the O P 0 Aneans, if guiltless, of repelling, the' c 1,6 0 , 4 againstrought them. We have heard th;• 11 ' c CocunkNli posilively. . denies any concern - z' transaction. The honour - 'of a British 0113' .1 and of a, distinguished Officer too, is a Si-(- 04 4 pledge, and if his riordship give s it, .we :t ill • 1 • bei ve sn ill even of the taint of the ./.'; l ' - ' ,r ,1 • as . to suppose 'it quid be given With respect to the other Member and A` eats, althoni. , ,h we know nothinq,we •' 1 to . Justice due to then ! t o d e f er giving any op , lo -; °' they have an oppOrtunity of swing-their CJ the public.. icy The idea of annnliing the bargains is , ' re lerstacul, entirely abandoned. j. Yesterday s at three o'clock, a Cabinet was held at the Foreign-office, I.chi c h sat iti a few minutes of live o'clocb. Soon bte4,king up of the. Council, Sir.TIIoNA S WUITT, and Mr. SILVESTER. the Messe' ) W r i.. \' 6;; town with dispatch2s for Lori CAsTi-l' ; ' ;- , Trout his liordsh U p 11:!-7 nroeer:i to the 10 ReCOIOOOOV ht to Engl" is Siv'TtiomAs etern-rr 1;? 1:1 '0)119. , , with the fitANCE, lour: t" ) 15 partttre. to us, and that which might still be opposed to us, was tot to be calculated. Even a victory could not save the whole ; and defeat would have brought on greater evils, and rendered all farther negociatious impossible. ." In such a desperate situation, which a te dious defensive war, and at laSt the universal; all devouring , flame of war which has spread over Europe, has'occasioned, and which in such extra ordinary adverse circumstances, all our rare for the welfare of our faithful subjects has not been' able to avert, we have been compelled to embrace the only means which presented itself to save Norway from famine, while Denmark, contend ing against a superior force, boiT alone the hur den of the contest, and was exposed to its conse quences. Under the•pressure of this concurrence of unhappy events ; we have been obliged to cede to the Swedish Crown the right of the kingdom of Norway, which we inherited from our an cestors. " We refrain from 'describing the melancholy feelings with which we are penetrated at this vio lent dissolution of the bond of union between' , the two kingdoms. . Every Dane, every Norwegian, will judge of them by his own, The tate of em pires is in 'the hand of Providence. During the seven years that the conflict has lasted, we have neglected nothing to preserve the bond which was made sacred by the lapse of so tliany centuries, and by the fidelity of the Nor wegians. The first injury itreceived, was when the state was deprived of its fleet, and with that of the means of enabling one kingdom to assist the other. The combination of all the rowers that snrronnd the monarchy, has promoted the violent dissolution. " We however, provided, that under the Government which takes our place, 'every inha bitant of Norway, according to his rank and con dition, shall enjoy and pres e rve the rights andpri , vileges which he now possesses. -• • " We never can, never will, forge't the loyalty ant! attachment to his and our house, of ,wh!cii.tbe noble people of Norway, at' all times, and under all circumstances, have given such.affecting proofs. So long as loyalty shall he held a virtue in nations, so long will the Norwegians be pamcd as those ‘,‘ , ho equalled or surpassed every other in the &act (ice of this virtue. " We and our ancestors have ever governed Nor Way with paternal regard. In the latter years of distress, Denmark willingly gave the corn wnich its. Norwegian brethren were in want of. • It is our most sincere prayer, that happiness and prosperity, may, to most distant ages, he the lot of brave and generous T'Orwegian - people. " FREDERICK REX. " Middlefort, Jan. IS, 131 4'• TO COURESPONDENTS. We thank NORTLIUMIRILNSIS for his , Communication, but We do not wish " to lower the high tone of the People of this Country with rvgaril to niuking Peace with BCONA rArvrc." We cannot insect it in THE SUN. We have a long and valuable arrear of Correspondence - to bring- up. We beg our Friends to accept our best acknow ledgments fort heir favours, which .shall be published _t up- portunity permits. 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