The National Register.
London, England, 1814-03-27 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LORI) vicToßits.

It has se!dom fallen to our share to announce more im-
portant victories than thwe_which have lately been won by
our arias. Greater battles have pedlar): been fought, and
more loss in men and (ninon sustained Lv the enemy : but no
triumph was ever Riole opportune and likely to prove so de-
e:sive in its conseqttences, as that which the Park guns an-
Pounced last Stnicay. The &spat, hes were brought by
Dlajor Ft-rem:mile on Saturday, and informed uc, that on the
V'th ti.e British he o, who may now l e called the sle-
liverer of the world, forced the pas,age of the Adour, drove
Marshal and his army from the strong position of
hes ‘‘,;(11 «m,iderahle loss, and penetrated half way to Boor-
(ham v. The most important feature of this victory, is not
inerely the defeat cf the enemy, avhich was complete, but the
effect which it produced On the people of France.
c inhabitants, from the Adour to the Garonne, hailed
our appreach with the Nvarmest welcome. The Casco]) pea-
sants everywhare as,embled in cromds, cheering the' lid-
:lag. and repeatedly exclaiming-, i‘ \o peace with Bun-
naparte !" The name of Bourbon, on the contrary, was
prorounced with affect7on, It is stated that, even pi for to
the do isive battle of Orthes, deputations bad reached the
I)ric d' A oa,ouleme, from Bourdeaux and other principal towns
in the south of France, expressing their desire to return to
their allegiance, the moment the approach of a British force
should secure them against military execution from the ty-
TaLt's atelitcs.
This statcment has been fu!lv confirmed by the second
(14t atches• of I.ra d kVellititoo, dated Aire, the 13th inst.
and received last Tuesday, in which he described the recep-
tian of the lil itish troops at Bourdcaux, the hoisting of the
white cockade, and the unanimous declaration made by the
jahakitant: of that city in favour of the Bourbons. Well
might both Houses of Parliament return their Thanks to our
brave Commander and Army for victories which had 'pro-
duced such consequences. As there is no doubt but the
Allied Powers are acquainted with the insurrection at Hour-
ch it has aheady been reported that the negociations at
• Chatillon were broken off; and this rumour yesterday caused
a remarkable iluctuaticn and fall in the public funds. It was,
boweNer, p;emature ; thoua.h wa have no doubt but it will
soon be icalised, and indeed, when we consid.2r the promis
ing state of affairs, we think that few disappointments would
be mme sc %cmeld felt, data to find that, at the present mo-
ment, pcaac Lau been concluded with Buonaparte.

MANCH VT.

have ventured on that bold measure unless he bad been furs
of the assent of the rest of France.

From the authority of a letter of his, directed to his
brother, now in this country, we can state that he spent
two months in Paris immediately previous to the taking of
that step, and that the insurrection is expected to be gene-
ral in France. We have the best authority to state,
that most of the former leaders of the French revolution,
and even Talleyrand himself, are at the head of the coun-
ter-revolution, whose object is the overthrow of a tyrant,
under whom it was impossible to live any longer. The
Deputies .arrived f,om Bordeaux are personally known to us,
but we do not believe that they have been sent by any assem-
bly of the inhabitants of the town; we consider them met ely
as messengers or volunteers, eager for the first spoils.

It is said, that for several months past the most active and'
enterprising among the sof viving Chiefs of the Royal army
of La Vendee have been employed in organizing an instil--
ection. It is probable they will n'w show thumsehes
;.) ce , if the rising in favour of the white Hag is really as
extensive as has been represented.
It is stated, that a fast sailing frigate has been dispatched
to convey the Duke of Berri to Bordeaux, from Jersey,
where his Royal Ilighness has been waiting, in vain, for
nearly three months, in the hope of being invited to land
in France, by a general insurrection of the loyalists of L&
Vendee in favour of their ancient masters. The proceed-
ings at Bordeaux have unexpectedly presented a more fa-
vourable scene for his presence ; and we are told, more-
over, that being of a more active disposition than his elder
brother, the Duke D'Angouleme, he is like& to inspire
greater energy.
The coronation of the Sovereign Prince of the Ne-
therlands, will take place to-morrow, the 28th instant, at
Amsterdam. The preparations for this important event
were nearly completed when 'the last advices from Lord
Clancarty reached Government. The Stadthouse is to be
splendidly decorated, and a grand procession of the Nobi-
lity, the Burghers, and the Deputies from the different ci-
ties and towns of Ilolland will ceinduct the Sovereign
Prince, attended by his Council of State, to the Great
Hall, where the ceremonies of the coronation are to be-per.
formed.

Mr. Guy, the Messenger, arrived at Deal on Tuesday, with
dispatches from the Ministry for Lord Castlereagh, at Cha-
tillun-sur•Scine, and was about to embark in a flag of truce
for France, when a telegraphic dispatch from London arrested
his departure till further orders. The rising in favour of
the Bourbons is considered to be the cause of Mr. Guy's tem-
porary detention.

Immediately after the recent victory, Lord Wellington
dispatched couriers by di&ret routes to communicate the
circumstance to Lord Castlereagh, who, we hope, has Leen
for some days past apps iscd of the fact, and of the state of
the public mind in the South of France. When the Allied
Sovereigns are in possession of the information, it will, no
doubt, have much weight with respect to the negotiations
at Cliatillon, and give a new and important turn to the
state of affaiis on the Continent.

It is confidently stated, that a Treaty of Alliance has been
entered into between Austria, Prussia, Russia, and England,
for twenty years, by which the High Contracting Powers
bind themselves, in the event of a Treaty of Peace with
France, to preserve the balance of power in Europe. .For
this purp(..se they are to have ready 150,000 men each, within
a given tern) : England to assist the Allies as speedily as pos.
siblc with five millions of money.