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London, England, 1814-04-02 00:00:00

TIM DUCHESS OF &c.

THE'QUEENNI COURT, ANT) pazsENTATre" OF IfFA
IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF OLDEN!
BOURG.
In consequence of the arrival of the Duchess of
OLDENBOURG, the departnre of her Majesty the
QUEEN for Windsor, as yesterday intended, vvcs _-
deferred, for the purpose of receiving the Rov-il
strapger ; and orders were accordingly issued in the
morning by the Lord Chamberlain, for the at-
tendance of the proper Officers of the Cotirt• at
the QUEEN'S Palace.
About four o'clock, the Duchess of
,Yontc, the.
Princess CHARLOTTE, and Princess SoentA of
GLOUCESTER, the Dukes of Yoitx., CLARENCE,
KENT, and SUSSEX, 'arrived at the QUEEN'S P.-
lace, attended by their usual suites. The Princess
Citmtt,offe's• servants wore new state liveries for
the first time.
A few minutes before five o'clock, her Impe-
rill Highness arrived, in one of the PRINCE RE •
GENT'S carriages, accompanied by the Princess
VoLocnowsKY and Madame ALADENSKYi attend-
ed by f.our of the PRINCE'S footmen,. in their mag-
nificent state liveries, and driven by his Royal
Highness's state coachman. Another of the
PRINCE REGENT'S carriages preceded, with the -
Prince GAGARINE, Colonel 'ARSENIEFF, and Ge 4
neral TURNER, who has been appointed ChaNn•
berlain to the Duchess during, her residence in
this country. The Countess of LEIVEN (the Ru-
3ian Ambassador's LadyYfollowed, in her state
chariot, attended by three footmen.
I-fcr Imperial Highness was conducted to the
draWing-rootn, and, on shektig introduced to the
QUEEN by her Chamberlain, with the usual et
quette, was received by her MAJESTY with the
most marked and dignified -condescension. Her
Imperial Highness appeared•truly sensible of the
flattering attentions shown her by the QUEEN of,.
GREAT BRITAIN, and the several branches of the
• itoyal Family present.. Her MAJEs.ri. wts.S at"-
tende d by
The Dowager ViscountesS Melville, the Countess of M.,e-
clesfield, the Dowager Countess and Countess Harcourt, c,.
Fielding, Mrs, Egerton, Misses Vernon, Brudeuell, Wentoto.
ley, Courtney, and Coleman; the Earl of WinehateA,
st. Helen's, Mr. Desbrowe, &c: -
The Duchess of OLDENBOURG returned fro.l
the Qd.sEN's Palace about six; and drove through.
the Stable-yard, St. James's, to Piccadilly,
vast body of persons assemtlled round the QueisN's
house, and cheered • the • PRINCESS'S going and
coming from Court with huzzaS. •
The appearance of the Band with their ancient
caps, and coats burdened with gold, could not
fail to impress our foreign friends with An exPltd
idea of the magnificence.of a British Court. lit
the evening his Royal k-fighness the PRINCE ?tr.,.
GENT gave a grand 'dinner to her f!atieriai
ness, to meet her Majesty the QUEEN. and a
Party of distinguished --Personages. At 9 o'clock
there Was a numerous Perry invited to a grand
Concert, in which Madame CATALAN/ Was the
principat vocal performer.

)o.cssifin of the town till te.n o'clotic ; they had
1111,-,-,.r crossed their cavalry round to the right
0'; ti,,. town,-end pushed road to Berri-an-

- - .
.15 t:: ; this movement cut diribi retreat of a sm,lll
e.,ilii;t3 by that road, and obliged :hem to retire
she road of Neufchatel. The whole of the
,•],s. have this morning
.joined the army of
i •••:i-Marshal Blucher in the nighbourbood• of

l am not able to state the exact lois of the
A.lles in the affair of yesterday, but I understand
d,,:s not exceed two thousand men. Seven Prits-
,u and one Russian guns were left in the poses-
,u of the enemy. The cannon taken on the 12th
. at Michas, wire removed to Clutloni,
be-
the town was re-occupied by the French

L'4)(121

The loss of the enerawin killed ;and vrotind-
ed cannot htit have been- very considerable. It
is said that linonaparte spas hiinyelf present dur,7
ing the whole of the day.
I hare
-honour to he, SLe; • -
(Signul) T. N. LIATtItIS, Aid- -'Camp.

Arcis, March 1 8, ,Iffl4.

AlyLont),—ln consequence of the su.Ccesses
obtained by Marshal Blucher's, army nearLann,
Prince Schwartzenberg carried his head-quarters
on the 15th to Pont-snr•-Seine, and, with the
vi,.w of assuming the offensive, directed the 4th,
sth, and 6th corps to pass the Seine, and endea-
vour to •esruhliNii themselves at Villeneuve, Pro-
vins, and Bray, while the the 3d corps. establish-
ed itself at Sens. Before these movements, how-
ever, were carried into complete execution, the
news of the defeat of a part of General St. Priest's
corps on the 14th, and the occupation of Rheims
by the enemy, arrived. •
Prince SAwartzenberg determined to suspend
the movement he bad commenced ; he brought
hip head-quarters on the 16th to this place, and
collected his army within reach of it.
• The sth corps occupied the town of Arcis ; its
advanced .guard was placed at Mailly and Somme-
sons. The 6th- corps was ill position between St.
Ferrail and Mont-le-Potier,,ThmAth corps was
at Nugent, 'parries letachedl 11410, it occupying
Marriot and Sordaa, the_ road to Provins and
Btav Irl:e 3d corps was between Villeneuve and
Troyr.s7.

' The details of the affair of General St. Priest
hare not yet been received ; I fear that Officer
was inost severely wounded ; he retired in the di-
rection oF-Berri-au-Bac, and is supposed to have
formed his junction with Gen. D'Yorck.

By the direction of 114. retreat, Rheims was left
ppcn to the Pl'ench; %Oro immediately occupied it.
From thence they moved upon Chalons and Eper-
tniy, which they took possession'oF on the 16th,
the small garrisons which occupied them having
retired upon their approach.'
The enemy yesterday marliiicy movement iu ad-
vance from those places. It has however to-day
been reported from Gen. Keiseroff, that Buona-
parte was ISM night- at Epernay, and that he is ad-
vancing upon Fere Cbampenoise.
in the contemplation of such a movement, and
in the determination in any case to march upon
Chalons, to support the movements of General
Blucher, Prince Schwartzenberg had yesterday
directed the different corps of his army to move
into a position, the gnarls and reserves between
Vonneuient and Doinmartin; the sth corps be-
tween Rammarci arid Arcis ; the 6th corps be-
tween Ards and. Charily ; the 4th to form the left
at Mery ; the 3d to assemble between Nogent and
gout sur Seine. General Bianchi was attacked
on the 1 Ith, near Macon, by two divisions of
INiarshal Augereau's army. The affair lasted till
dark, wile-) the enemy retired, having a considera-
ble number ot killed and wounded on the field' of
battle ; 500 prisdners and two'':cannon remained
in the hands of the Allies. General Bianchi
pushed his advanced guard the next day to St.
George:

By reports from that army of the I4th, the
Prince of Hesse HoViurg had joined the corps of
Gen. Bbinchi at Bale le Chatel ; be meant to pass
the greater part of his forces to the right of the
Saone, and move upon the enemy then assembled
at Villefranche on the IZ,th.
General Bubna waited the arrival pf a corps of
Austrians, which was advancing upon the road of
I``alr•,tua, to assume tile oifens'ive : he would then
co-operate in the attack uponj4o4.3>
A most successful effort has;:been made by a
'corps under the direction of Colonel Sembscheii,
against the posts occupied by the enemy upon the
Simplot:. Captain Luzern, who was charged with
these attacks, captured the whole of the enemy's
force employed there, and established himself at
Dotnodosola:

Since I commenced writing this dispatch, a
report is arrived from General Keiseroff, that the
enemy are actually in possession of Fcre Chatriptz-
noise, and are advancing in force on this side
of it.

The enemy are also reported to be advancing
upon Ott road from Chai9ns to Sc.,tritnesons-.
The sth corps, under th* orders of Gen. Wreck,
is in consequence now taking up its position in
front of this place, and on the right bank of the

I have the honour of reporting to your Lordship
that the fortress of Custrin has surrendered to the
Allies. I have the honour to be, &c.
C:iigned) BUR:illEB:611, Lt.Cul.63dßeg.

Lord Viscount Castlereagh, in a letter to Earl
Bathurst, dated at Bar-stir:Aube, the 22d of
Nardi, incloses the following copy of a report
of an affair with the Freueli.,arniy. under the
command of Buonaparte at Arcii`jiiir-Aube, the
list inst.

}Tead-Quarters, Pongey, March 21, 181.1.
The disposition renewed. yesterday was to place
the army in a concentrated pcsition before Arcis.
The right flank was placed at Orthilion on the
Aube ; and the left laetvveen St. -Remy and Mont-
sur-Aisee on the tatbnise Rivulet, havingin
its centre the village of Mesail to Comtesse
Keiseroll was placed on the left bank of
Elrbni:,7e, in observation of the enemy.
The enemy I,.ept a considerable force at Arcis,
and had large masses of infantry and cavalry be-
fore it, and on the ruute from FettikAampenoise.
Ii permitted tile march of bikkillltrelit columns
to form tite;rjiinction Without,iitoids:Aation, having
only cudtai.miretl once to interrupt the progress
)1 the Prince Royal of WirtlaiLerg, but a sudden

and bold Atha of Gen. Conht Palden's, in which
three guns were taken, faced. the enemy so far
hack, that the junction of the differefit columns
of the army was completed, and the position taken
up without diffienity. -
Until ball pat one.o!clock nothing particular
occurred, and both the at mies remained ready for
battle opposite each other ; about this time the
,
enemy were perceived filing. off on the other side
of the Aube, and their columns taking the diree,-
tioti of Vitry. A powerful rear guarttVemained in
possessiOn of Arcis, and had placed itsOf in a po-
sition on this side of the place.
At this period the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg,
with the 3d, 4th, and 6th corps of the army, made
a united attack on Arcii, at the same time the sth
zorps of the army, and the cavalry, were directed
to move on Reimerir, and the infantry of the
guards and reserves to Lesniont, to pass the right
bat 4 of the AllbC. The attack on Ards was be-
gun about three o'clo:k, and was withstood by
the enetny,wi..h the- greatest . obstinacy ;• but the
Prince Royal of IVirtemberg, by his good and able
dispositions, carried every thing before him and
the enemy must have sustained an immense loss in
killed and wounded, with which the field of battle
was covered, when he abandoned Areis.—the ne-
cessary dispositions to follow up the enemy. are
made.

WAR DErARTMENT.
Dozryting-street, Marrh 30, 1814.

A Dispatch, of v.•hich the following is a copy, bas been re-
ceived this clay by Earl Nino ►tsT, addressed to his-Lord.
ship by Lieutcnant•Cal.
Rheims, March 42,1814.

M LORD,—The army of Marshal Blucher was
reinforced, upon the. 1 6tl) instant, by the corps of
Count St. Priest, which had retired from Rheims.,
after a combat, in which the Genera) was unfor.
tunately wounded in a dangerous 'manner. Upon
the 18th inst. the army was again put in motion.
The corps of Generals Kleist and Yorck were
on this (lay at Bery-au-Bacq ;. that of General
liulow'marched. from La Fere to Lan ; and the
Russians, under General Wlnzingerode and Count
Langeron, in pbsition of Atnitontaine and Ram-
conr.

The bridge having been destroyed. at Rery=au-
Bacq, two pontoon bridges were established, this
night; and the rear-guard of the enemy having re-,
tired, the whole paSsed the Aisne upon the morn-
ing of thd 19th; the Prussians taking the route to
Fumes, and the Russians the high read to Rheims:
The allied cavalry, under the orders of Gene-
rals Chernicheff and Benkendorif,. surrounded the
town of Rheims early iu the.(4ay. • TOwards six in ,
the evening- the infantry, under General Count
Woronzow, having arrived, dispositions were im-
mediately made fpr carrying the place by assaulr.
For this purpose some guns were moved for-
ward, supported by two battalions of 'ROSSIIIII
light troops, to the'gates of the town, which were
blown open, and the troops entered without re-
sistance.

The strictest order and discipline was observed.
The rear-guard of the enemy, under the com-
mand of Marshal Afortier, retired in the direr=
tion o. Epernay ; .their cavalry quitted the towst
about the same time the Allies entered.

Napoleon lett this place, with the greater part
of his army, upon the 16th inst, : he also marchetl
upon the same route. nave, &c.

WAR MPARTMENT.

H. COOKS.

nowniNg-sfrert, .elpril 1, 1814.

A Dispatch, of whicb the following is a Copy, has this day
been received at Earl DAM UltsT'S Otlice, • a4dresse4 to
his Lordship by Field-Marshal the Marquess of WELLING-
sot:, K. G. . _ _

Tarbes, Marc!) 30, 1814.

MY Lortn,..—The enemy ckliected their force at
Couches,ou the 13th, as 'Termed to ;your Lord-
ship in my dispatch of that (We, which induced
me to concentrate the army in the neighbourhood
of Are. The various detachments which. I had
Bent out, nod the reserves of cavalry and artil-
lery moving out of Spain, did not join till. the
17th. In the mean time, the enemy not findiag
his situation at Couches very retired on
the 13th to Lembege, keeping his advanced pos6
toward Couchez.

The army marched on the IStb, hnd Lieute-
nant General Sir Howland IEII drove in the ene-
my's outposts upon Lembege. The enemy retired
in . the night upon Vic Bigorre ; and on the tol-
lowing day, the 19th, held a \ strong rear-guard
in the vineyards in front of the town. Lieute-
nant-General Sir T. ton, with the 3d division,
and Major-General Boek's brigade, made a most
handsome movement upon this rear-guard, and
drove them, through ,the vineyards and town ;
and the army assembled at Vic Bigorre and Ra-
bestens.

• The enemy retired in the -night up-on Tarbes.—
We found them this morning with the advanced
posts of their left in the town, and their right upon
the heights near the windmill of Oleac, their cen-
ter and left were retired, the latter being upon
the heights near Au.gos. We marched in two co-
lumns front Vic Bigorre and Rabestens ; and I
made Lieutenant-General Sir Henry. Clinton turn
and attack the right, ivith the 6th division,
through the village of Dons, while Lieut,Gen.
Sir Rowland Hill attacked the town by the WO
road from Vie Bigorre.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Clinton's movement was
very ably made, and .was completely successful :
the light division, tinder Major-General C. Baron
Alten,. likewise-drove the enemy from the heights
above Orleix ; and Lieut.-Gen. Sir Rowland Hill
having moved through the town, and disposed
his columns for the attack, the enemy retired in
all directions. The enemy's toss was considerable
in the attack. made. by the light division; oars
has not been considerable in any of these ope-
rations.

Our troops are encamped this night upon the.
Larzet and Larroz; Lieut.-Gen. Sir IL Clinton,
with the 6th division, and Lieut.-General Sir
Stapleton Cotton, with Major-Gen. Ponsonby's
and Lord Edward Somerset's brigades-of cavalry,
being well advanced upon their right.----Althougli
the enemy's opposition has not been of a nature
to try the troops, I have every reason to be satis-
fied with their conduct in all these affairs, parti-
cularly with that of the 3d d:vision, in the attack
of the vineyards and towu of Vic Bigorre yester-

day, and with that of the 6th diviskn .P,nd light-di-
vision this day. .
In all the partial affairs of the cavalry ours have
shown their superiority ; and two squadrons of
the 14th dragoons, under Capt. Miller, can the
14th, and one squadron. of the 15th, -on the 16th,
conducted themselves most gallantly, and took a
great number of prisoners.
The .4th Portuguese dragoons,. under Colonel
Campbell, likewise conducted themselves remark-
ably well in a.charge on the 13th. •
1 have not received any recent intelligence from
Catalonia. I have the honour to be, &e.
WELLIN GTON.

FRENCH PAPERS.

OFFICIAL NEWS FROM THE ARMIES.

DOUL,EVENT, MARCH 725.-The bead-quar-
ters of the Emperor are here., The French army
occupies Chaumont and Brienne.• It is in commu-
nication with Troyes, and its patroles extend as,
far as Langres. On all sides prisoners are bring-
ing in. His Majesty's health is very good."
PARIS, Maacx 28.—Letters from the head-
quarters of his Majesty, dated the 25th of =March,
annotmce that our army was in the rear of the
-enemy : that we,were masters of Bar-sur-Aube,
Joinville; Monteriender. Our troops were 'at
Chaumont ; ofir patroles go as far as Langres.
Prisoners are brought in; equipages taken, couriers
intercepted. A great number of prisoners had
already arrived at head-quarters. The Emperor
of Austria has, it is said, retired upon Chatillon.
His Majesty King Joseph reviewed today, in
the Courts of the Tbuilleries,,the National Guard
of Paris, oomposed 'of 20,000 men at least, corn-
. pletely armed and equipped, with their artillery,
and different corps of troops of the line,. infantry,
cavalry, and a corps of artillery of 1500 men .at
feast. All these troops, forming 'about 35,000
men, occupied four hours in defiling: There were
at least 2000 superb -cavalry, consisting of etiitas-
siers, dragoons, and hussars. They werelolloW-
ed by a train of about GO pieces of cannon. The
greater part of the troops of the line set off im-
mediately loi• the army.
To-day a numerous artillery, served by the in-
val:ds and the pupils of the Polytechnic
defiled in the Conrt of the Thhilleries... The age
and Martial pad& of the veterasi warriors were
agreeably contrasted with tbe' liVely and animated
march of these young and ..intei;esting soldiers.—
The former seemed to !rive renewed their strength
-to give the country ftesh proofs Of devotion and
courage; the latter seemed to. -wish to. give.
pledges of the exploits they would one day per-.
form. These corps, well experienced in the•ma-'
umuvring of capitol', and of-a .fiae appearance,
have been :formed wish astonishing rapidity by a
General of Artillery, whose talents,- long tried,
have always acquired the confidence and venera-
tion of ;he armies. After the parade his Majesty
Kingiuseph received the oaths of General Count
de Lepinasse, the Etat Major, and Officers of the
Artillery and Engineers.
There continue to arrive at Paris a great num-
ber of troops of all descriptions ; detachments of
t.bnscripts, succeed each other incessantly. , We
learn from the departments of Normandy and
Brittany, thai all the roads are covered with
troops proceeding to Paris; that the. National
Guards. are 'armed, clothed, and exercised 'every
day in :Uananivres.

TARBEs, MARCH 15.--The troops of the allied
powers are all agreed in one point, that of laying .
waste and pila4ing France. • The Russians do not
even wait till they are arrived there to exercise their
system ; they pillage Prussia and all the German-
states they pi is through.. The Anglo.,Portuglie§c„.
who will not be behindhand with them, have given
themselves up to the most frightful excesses inSpain,
is order to have the way for tliose which they are
now committingin France. -A manifesto has recently
been published at Tolosa, to inform the Spanish na-
tion oft he horrors corunkitted at St. Sebastian by the
English.and Portuguese troops, after the taking
of that town, against the inhabitants, who had
succoured their woinn'ed, taken care of their pri-
soners, and given a kind reception to the con-
querors. This document is printed in Spanish,
and signed by 179 of the principal inhabitants of
the town, all of whom pledge themselves for the
truth of their assertions. Gwcral Graham is now
in Holland, to repeat the horrible scenes of car-
nage, violation, and pillage, perpetrated—at Sr:
Sebastian, on a town to winch he WilS to give in-
dependence.
TouLuusv., Matters 21.—Yesterday, the 20th,
Count Caffarelli, his Majesty's Extraordinary
Commissioner in the lath Military Division, ac-
companied by General Tresot, the Prefect of the
Upper Garonne, the Mayor of Touloilse, and the
Officers of the Etat Major of the place, reviewed
the two cohorts (If the national city guard of this
town. Almost all the men were in raniform. At
the next review all will be clothed and armed :
this operation took. place in the Garden of Plants,
to which the two"cohorts marched with a- band of
music.