The Sun. — London, England, 1814-02-23 00:00:00

Itt rorces where they were posted on the even iog of the preceding day, at Rohervilla, Villa frin-n, and Vallegizio. By'an extraordinary cir- CtItYWrI nee, the enemy in the same night marched all his fm.:!es upon Valleggio, aria precisely at the Inome,n w:!en our troops were ,debouching from eaeir tele-d?-pont, the enemy effected his passage to Borzh?tto. A battle followed on the plains beyond Roverbella vi , ith the enemy's reserve, at the very moment even when General Verdier was oppOsing to the enemy on the heights of Mon zambano, the greatest resistance to his efforts. “ The baffle was 'nrisk, and well supported on both sides, espeCially on account of the position of the two armies. The valour of our troops triumphed over the resistance 11;hich the enemy in vain opposed. We have pushed 'our advantages to Valleggio, upon the heights. We fought till night was advanced an flour. • ToWards tour o'clock in the afternoon the village of Pozzelo was taken, and the enemy, who at this point had be gan preparations for bridges was obliged tO aban . do” them. 4' On his side Gen t eral Verdier, who tiad been placed upon the heights of Monzambano, repulsed all the eneu4's attacks ; and although he was without communication with the other divisions, from the time the enemy had drawn columns upon Volta,be hail not lost an inch of ground. The fruits of this day are most advantageous. There . have fallen into our power more than 2500 priso ners, among whom are 40 officers ; the enemy has had, without exaggeration, 5000 killed Or wound ed. We have taken several administrations of the army, and the saddle horses of a great number or Generals. "The regiments of Dentschrneister, Reiske, the reserve of the grenadiers, and the dragoons of HoL,enlohe, are those regiments which have suf fered mast. b.! a single charge of the 31st chas se4irs, a battalion of grenadiers was broken and destroyed. lip to the pre. t ,it we do not know the state of our. own losses ;Nit, at most, amounts to 2500 men hors de conzbat. " llurio4: the night the enemy made the troops Which had rcuiair►ed in presence of Gen. Verdier to repass towards Valiegio ; our troops, after having passed the night upon the field of battle, this morning have repassed the 11 : lincio„ re-esta blished the communication with .Verdier's corps, and retaken /he Hue of the Mincio. The head quarters of the Prilte , e Viceroy were to be esta- Wioed half way from Volta. . , . " General Zoiche who had marched upon his different ccimmunientions of bona della Scala to flank the right of this army, met some - enemy's battalions which he obliged to retrograde, and this morning entered with some hundreds of pri soners. " In this brilliant day the enc►uy displayed the greatest valour." Feb. 16 17. FitENCII FUNDS. - S 4 franks. - - 54 25 cents. EFIJRTHRR EXTRACTS FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.] • • PARIS, Fall 16.—A report had been spread of the death of the Prussian. General York, at Cha teau Thierry. This report is confirmed. The General breathed his last sigh at the house of a post-master, who had bestowed•on him all the care and astistance which humanity dictates. NawrEs, FEB. 12.—Yesterday 800 Austrian prisoners passed through this town, where they received numerous proofs of the pity which the unfortunate inspire into generous minds. LYONS, FEB. 9.—Detachments of the National Guards, front the Departments of the Loire, the Upper Lobe, Carta!, Puy de Dome, and the Allier, are coining to join the army at Lyons, under Marshal Atigerean. To-day is arrived the first culuynn of the brave troops sent. us by the Marshal Duke of Albufera : it will be followed by the other columns, which will all be here lily the 15th of this month, with the artillery which accompanies them. Tjic enemy is .still at our gates, levying requisitions ruinous to the country which he occupies. Perhaps he still entertains the idea of taking our city, and .of bringing there disorders and famine. It is to make him -with _ draw from our walls—to drive him back to his own territory, that so many generous soldiers are assembling about us. Let us then receive them with transport ; let us fly to. meet our deliverers ; and let our joy; our acclamations, ou seeing those valiant warriors, who are most of them covered with honourable wounds, prove to them that we know how to appreciate and-to acknowledge the • services which they render to their country: Let• 'our houses be oven to them during their stay among us, wad let them find, in our fraternal re _eeption,• in our 'attention, in our eagerness to provide for their wants, a .feehle recompence for their fatigues, and an encouragement to new sa crifices, the speedy results of which will be the flight of our oppressors, and the conquest of a durable - peace, the object of our most erdeut wishes. In those parts which are near the: departments invaded by the enemy, our defenders are daily welcomed by the inhabitants. with marks of grati tude ; the French armed for the common defence are treated like brothers whose Coming is imp tjently looked for ; the rich and the poor contend for the honour of lodging them, and of providing for all their wants., This affecting sight is the best answer to the attempts of our enemies to excite the people against the 'established order of things this eagerness of the inhabitants doubles the energy of our soldiers, who feel still more that they fight foe- the deliverance, and for the• independence of their country, . _ _ FEB. 10.—The'Duke of Castiglione bas now a respecitable corps, and we exj cet more troops.— The enemy is weakening himself in ,Bnrgnntly, and the army of 1.4y0ul will soot, make itself talked of. learn that the enemy has suddenly retired ftom Gheilt, which he had wholly the evening of the ith. It 1,, said - he - alBo ecacwited PARIS, FEB. ls.—The. column of Russia-nand Prussian prisoners is e:tpiicted to-thy "of to-mor row. The National Guards is - to go to meet them at the bariier. The enemy will be convinced that we are ready to give them a good reception, if they appear before the capital. Letters from Switzerland say, that An Italy a large body of French trooas is in motion to come to France. Piras, .FED. 1.6.---Yesterday tits Majesty King Joseph viiitcd the outward boulevards on the north. It having been announced yesterday in the newspapers that the column of Russian'and Prus sian prisoners Wa's expected yesterday or to-day, .an iinmense.crowd of the inhabitants of Paris of' all classes, 'some • in carriages, some on foot, Filed the inner boulevards, on the north, the street of the Fanxbourg St. Martin, the avenue of Paulin, the route d'Allemagne, &c, The prisoners did not come—they are expected 'to-day. PARIS, Frt. 13.—We have in our {mirk the original of a letter written froth Chateau at the moment when the remains of the Russian.. and Prussian hrmies were driven from it. It is: written.by an.Otficer of high rank in the French. army, not less distinguished :for the moderation and sincerity of his character, than for his talent.- and services, as he has . been 20 years in the ser vice, and has .often witnessed the evils insepar able from war, even when -carried on according to the laws which civilized nations have imposed .on themselves, it may be supposed, that if seen only such evils as , are usual, he would not have_ beets so deeply affected by them. These arc his Ivords, - "'There is no Lind of atrocity, of abomination whieh the envoi has not counnitteil at Chateau Thierry. . he most horrid excesses that wnliedness could invent have been exercised by the,Rdssians and Prussians. I%l'r : 1)m refuses to trace the picture of so many horrors.. All the in habitants arm themselves with wins, forks; every thin that can serve to drive away these cruel emeinies. " Never, no never has history related such dreadfhl, ex- Cesscs,•• A letter written this morning from Fontainhlean,- by' an officer xvho arrived there front the army, says, that the news of the defeat of Blucher had been received at the quarters of the corps com manded by the Dukes of Belluno and Reggio, and had excited an enthusiasm not to be described.— The young and old soldiers burn with impatience for the moment when they may tread in the steps of their cumrathis. The effect of the late victories struck all those whom the fine weather had attracted to the en virons of Berry, VincentiLs, and Meriehnontant. The roads were covered with passengers ; a great number of cabriolets and elegant carriages drove towards La Brie. One would have said that the enein, was `..;09- leagues from our walls. Meantime the pupils of the Polytechnic School were work ing their cannon before the barriers, and sheared as much zeal as the most experienced cannoniers. these . pi-eves are - placed in the manner of bat teries, with their caissons at hand. The enemy's light troops would pay dear for their boldness, if they dared to approach the walls of this city, which recalls to mind by turn, Route and Athens. The interior of the capital presented a scene not less intercstng. The garden of the null levies was full of people, who admired the fine appearance of a detachment of grenadiers of the national guard on duty at the gates of the pa lace. Many of the officers ,were mingled with the crowd. Nothing was spoken of but the vic tories of his Majesty the Emperor. Fine regiments of infa n t r y a re continually ar riving from Versailles, which repair to the army. [The Paris Papers contain various accounts of the coati= nued levy and march of the conscripti, and also of the ar _rival of various detachments of soldiers, wounded in the late actions, who are sent to the neighbouring departments.] BULLETIN of the CROWN PRINCE'S ARMY. " Bead-quarters, Cologne, Feb. 12. " The Prince Royal set out from I,3ll:ken bourg- on the 9th, to proceed by Leipstadt and Eh:aid& to Cologne, where his Royal Highness arrived on the 10th at night. He passed the Rhine amidst the sound of cannon, and both banks resounded with the acclamations of the in habitants. The whole population of -Cologne went out to meet !tine at the Over.side ; and never was the enthusiasm of a people, delivered from an oppressive yoke, expregsed with more unanimity and ardour. The city was illuminated at night. Yesterday there was a grand ball, which his Royal Highness honoured with his presence. " As the combined army of the North of'Ger many is about to commence a more active cain paign in those countries, it it necessary to state the march of the different corps that compose it, and .the ulterior prospects of the Prince - Royal: The corps of General Bulow, forming_tlic right of the army, is - in the environs of Brussels, and has pushed its advanced posts in the direction of Mons. " General Winzingerode, whose head-quarters are at Namur, forms the centre. Ile has already got possession of the towns of Nlons, Avesnes, and Rheims, of tVhich he hac sent the keys to the Prince Royal,- who will transmit them to the Em peror Alexander. " The corps of Count WoronzolT, which has passed. the Rhine here, takes also the direction of Namur, to come in contact with that of Win zingerode. General Strogonoff is about ,to fol low it. " The advanced guard of the Swedish army will be on the 21st upon the Rhine, so that the whole army will have pasae►l the river before the end of the month, " The Danish troops take the route . of Dhis seldorit, passing by Bremen and Munster, and will proceed from thence further, on the lint of operations. " The intention of his Royal Highness is to unite the whole army under his orders upon a line between Soissons and Rheims, and then to act according to circumstances.", SPAN/SII 'PAPERS. BrAbtlD, "TED. I.—There was yestertitty a le crat.sitting of Congress., which we presume vq . ts to deliberate upon the report of the Committee appointed to prOpose what should be done if ottry, Monarch appeared on the frontiers. If we are to believe credible rumours, the Committee present ed their report in thd shape of a decree„ at the stone time decorous, honourable, and'saitable to the occasion hut Congress was not unanimous; and without approving the Committee's report, it was sent to the Council of State for exaMination. We believe there must be some mistali.e in this. I-low is it possible. that the Cortes could send au affair to a Ronal Council, which had been discus sed, by a National Congress ? (Froni the Conciso of the 31st January.) Never were the Spanish nation and government in a more critical situation than at the present moment. Six years of a disastrous Ivar, of a blOody contest, and innumerable sacrifices to re cover our liberty, ono' independen.ce, to rescue our beloved Ferdinand, have placed that object with in our Mitt:ll;a 11 , 1 110 W WC hesitate to receive, hi a ! Yes, and in that hesitation the Spanish nation does not show less heroism than in the proud ef forts which it has made in the field. It is Buona parte, the execrable . monster, whoii) the French nation still, so dishonourably to themselves„ sup port as their chief; it is Buiinaparte, who Comes now to prexent to us the olive, and to crown . our liberty and independence! ! Buonaparte lons made a' treaty with King Fer dinand ; but it is easy to estimate the validity of a deed of ag reement between the oppressor arAl the oppressed, Gen. Pahfox, it at.pears, has brought some new additions to this treaty between the wolf and the lamb. Among these additional articles are the following : that Buonaparte "..bas given orders, Dot to Suchet but to the Duke of Alba fern, to evacuate all the strong places-of Cato-- ; lonia, in proportion as the English .evacuive the rest of the' Peninsula." " Thar an exchange of French prisoners iontnediately take place, the French officers who are in the Peninsula and the adjacent isles bein.g sent post to France." Senor,Palafox also brings orders, it .appeari, to execute the Treaty transmitted by tl.e Duke of San Carlos, as if no doubt could be entertained of its fulfilment. We see, then, the diligence which litionaparte employs , in concluding this business : and there would. he 410 thing extraordinary in King Ferdi nand very shortly , appearing on our frontiers. The nation this sees itself placed in the circuni , stances of great delicacy. We are offered the ob , jest of out wishes, but not..in a way benefitting the Spanish people, our own welfare, or the po licy and happiness of the nations of Europe. We have great satisfaction in saving, that all passiops have been silenced in the ?,`:.ntional Con gress, when discussing this serious and interesting affair. The unanimity of the•Peputies has been such, that there has been only one opinion among them, having for its object the welfare of the Spanish people. The Regency feeling it a , tint] of so much deiicacy, - what Course should be pursued if Ferdinand VII.- appears on our fron tiers, have appealed to the Cortes, reqbesting in structions by which their conduct may he regu lated. In consequence of this, the Cortes have referred the whole inatter to a special Committee. • •if we may be allol.ved to give cur opinion on this topic, we would say, that when notice is given of-the approach of the King on .oar frqutiers. pro per arrangements should be made lor meeting him at a fixed point ; that there Ferdina l 1:n1 should be received, but alone, and without any attendant whatever; that as soon as he tbitches the'Splnish soil, he should swear to the Constitution of th , .! Spanish Monarchy, and that none should. encircle him but those who have %hewn a dCcided attach ment to their country, their King, and the new • institutions. VITTORIA, J. 25.—0 n the 20th the French approached so near General Morillo that he at tacked them, and they retired' wiihout firing: a musket. Hawing reached their position, they sent a message to Morill6, saying, that peace having been concluded between Napoleon and Ferdinand, they had orders not to fire upon the Spanish troops but in their (min defence. It is easy to penetrate design of such conduct. 'LORD WELLINGTON'S ARMY. Government received Dispatches yesterday from Lord WELLINGTON', dated the 13th, which state that the British and allied forces were preparing to advance. By a letter from Lord WELLINGTON'S head quarters, dated 6th February, we are infinmed, that the we4ther had changed considerably for the better, and it was supposed that the right and centre of the army would .move up the left bank of. the Adonr, - cross that river above the enemy, and turn their left. Our left standing fast to oh serve any movements from Bayonne, which has been reconnoitred within two miles of the plate, and it was ascertained that the French had taken every possible precaution to guard against an at tack, by all sorts of field works, independently cif the fortress and town itself. It was reported that the Spanish Armies (by order' c : the Cortes), would no longer acknow ledge Marquess AVELLINGTON PS their-Commander in Chief.—( ()ruing Chronicle.) EX7'ENC7' OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN THE QUARTER-MASTER GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT,. " L 4 Frupce Feb. 4, 15311. " Not a shot has been 'fired for these last three weeks. • The French nave completely finished their entrenched camp in front of Bayonne,. Which is perfectly covered by the.guns of the place ; and I should not beat all surprised if, ,in the course of a few days, Soul.T was to send to the North a very considerable part of his array, leaving only a strong garrison in Bayonne, and a corps of ob servation on the Adour and Aran. how absurd is it to read in the Engliih newspapers anticipations of Lord 11:471,LINQT0IrS advance towards }lour dernx. How llttle'can the writers know of 66 - i val geography or statistics of th s part of France• r hence to •Boardeaux is a barren ituti uncultis,- et! country ; a soil univers a lly Sandy, and prodtlic„; ing little or nothing—certainly unthing way of supplies for an army. la a part of to' pantry, ,vines of different sorts are grow'' , speal:ing - generally, nothing is to he an army commissariat. 'fLus, then, al4 our sul' plies must COQ m ie fro ti:e rear—that is , eit h ' ,r i t. , ra from . Spain .cpt• England ; and if froin 4 must he . lauded 'at Passages or St. i can de 'for from tLat port - to Bourdeaux ;here can bc lh , cominanicat ion heltywith the sea, the coast 1 /,',. 1 universally dangerous, and without harbour• in either case,. to leave sad, a gin•visoor 'wine will no doubt contain, in the rear, wnu i " measare infinitely - too absurd to suppose 6 " . t ., momeat that Lord WILLLINGToN In •every view of the subject, it appears p 41 E1 .1 we have reached our ne plus altra. 111 !co' , should rather think, that Sau LT i s 40 etinvin'c ° l of it, that he will, if occasion requires it, probably 50,000 of the 75,000 men he 111: un''`' his orders, to reinforce his master's northern 3 ': t inies ; 'and even then I do•not think it likelUP t. we shall cross the Adour, for the reasons IV 3 p. already given. „dor " Lord WELLINGTON is extren t elK stork with the whole Spanish nation. The ftegencyin ° , - certainly piiid hint a very high compliment, in r `i moving General O'DoNAGHos (Coto the ikiitustrY° W;il, but his Port-fsluille is given t o as i n velel l ' t '' an enemy of Lord'IVF.I.LINGTON as himself, MoRENo. It )S unnatural to suppose that Alt tiOn so high in the scale of Europe &tw i n chase to submit .its principal administration k';. ; its army •at present certainty so into the of any man, how, high socver lie may be) a native Spaniard ; and the best infortae;lliere.''''. 4 ' '' most decidedly of opinion that Lord SVELLING I47 I I ‘vould have done ‘vell to Itak:e refused the count'; :* %viten otTetcd . to him, and to have recoup:tor:lo., Spanish General for that high otliee—of one on whose co-operation he cou ld h a ve ph lc ' 1" finpliCit reliance. It was precisely t h e bhindel:. AitrONAPARTE. Thus it is with Lord IViiLLIS„, II ToNas with other ambitious rhea. Had he ch"li to have governed Spain, mutat ° no m i nu , he I ° l 'o l ' have had the whole opini o n s . o f th e p eo ple to him, which at this moment are cert a i n ly in ' rcr( much the.contrarrdirection. • " The inclosed very rough sketch of our 1 0 j . tion will sliew you - exactly. how we are sitto te a It is a very extraordinary ,position, and mut al 4 1 , and-order;rule but it will - be se en t h at the 011 4 munications are all Complete, and that if tittuc ! ' i ; either on our right, occupied by . tilt HILL, with Mut:mix, on oar centre, bY ,STAeLEToN COTTON, on our l e f t, b y Si r Pb l e ls HOPE, OW, whole army could b e at once un l i . - 0 A for support or reinforpement. The Kenai is most peifect. It is a line' en potence, and thr e ' : ,.,, ens equally every part o f ou r ariny."--(The3l°l' INC:- CHRONICLE:) 61- Aruuv6- 7 1 Waterford. })u r:--) Lisbon, 2 •NE:lta, ten!;argb, 1 Holland, ti Hith4olancl 1 Waterford' .6 4( , HIGH WA'rEli. :1;1' LoNI)t):c 11% (I)GF, TO-N101 11 :; 1 0 Morning, 45 minutes inter .1. I Et:cuing, 1v minutt... THE SUN SOLLM QUIS DICERE FALSUM ArDrAl LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FRB !ICA RY 23. 7814 'CHANGE, ONE O'C 4° ‘ ;l‘. o French Papers, one day later than those which we have made extracts, are just arfi v ` ei their contents have not yet transpir e d, bat til ;/ are supposed to lie very favourable. Oulni,ti'll:l now at 281 to 4, which is an .advance of per Cent. since yesterday. The Euke of Kent packet, from St. &bast is arrived at Falmouth—sailed the hith St7N-OFFICF, T% o'Ci' °C‘' „ Since receiving the above intelligenc e ' e o f are informed that the French Paper's 111 ' 0 ,4 the- 2011, and that the only important ~0 they communicate is, that 4000 prisoner been marched into Paris. e rr By a fresh arrival of French Palters to 4 1 ; e : v ie/ we have, at•length, som e thi ng lik e a gencr; il l - of the state of atfairs—a,glinipme at the P O5 4 11 which the 'Tyrant is environcd, presented t1111151ti;1 ,the deceitful medium of is own reports, is lt 4 so satisfactory as to cheer our best hopes, 0 1 : a tic promise 'of that glorious accomplishment wishes, for which ive han'e so incessant'," l''' 11 :1 - %Ve commented yeslei•day upon • the susoiv i°a i:e'i levee with which the Paris Journals, wantoned in descriptions of the annibil 3tiviL i . '" the teoLtinNes annihilated army of BLuatic-' ; ' Ic t ed over all mention of the mai n Alli e d A 011)11., 0 4 '' Prince SCHWAIITZENBELIG—and we ex pres seg e d conviction that this army must haVc d'r ejjt e rat 6 . Paris as nearly on th e ß left as LucurAt'hat i. ' - h' c et' done on the right. These opinions vrcre ct.'l f r ol ° On .the 10th, the Allied force L oove' l , Troyes to farce the passages of the Se' . 1 •0 march to Paris. Opposed to them well.: CI . 70 and GI emir), at Naaent •-•-•:Outm NO • • ee ' l l7,, corps Provins (47 miles sooth-east fr" °l - 10 %0 to defend the Bridges over the Seine, /ov er than that of 'Nugent, at Bray, and g l i tiferc o ol' situated on the conflux of the Seine nod 4 0 : about thirty mile s fr om t h e Capftisl , J.c" PAioL, occupied in the same object, Sll5 f 41 )01 flrtl i lir ial ce, is ( itl(. l . t i~~.i) Ci), )( :i,,r,,,,ii :14 tv In lig c (1 0 1 I. ° l 'ci P ad Ilio fo r 1 Lavi Sf)1 ( 1 ei~~r. .~ •1 k