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of the gronnd arountl Troyes, and the situation
of that city itself, rendered it unfit to be made the
Chosen field of battle by any army ; and therefore
that (independent of other reasons) such as may
Press from the state of the Commissariat Depart-
ll'eor, or arise from the "wish to facilitate the
~lnnction of reinforcements) the Mies have rather
retired for the purpose of taking up more desirable
Positions than from having snflered. any, serious
disasters in their contests with the enemy, On the
3ubject of the Armistice, we are not sufficiently
InfolThed to speak in a confident manner. Were
‘v„ t() look only to the relative situation of 'the
'utnhatants in a physical light, we should at
°nee pronounce, that every hour's delay must be
of •
Infinite service to the Allied Cause, by bring-
ing into action the forces under the CRoWN
--0 E; under Lord WELLINGTON, till ert own
reserves,
and the besieging corps from. vari-
.l)943 places which caiincit hold out long ; and

'Y affording time .to perfect the v libera-
tion
of Italy. In a moral light,- however, 'the
agreement to a suspension of hostilities must
itrengthen the cause of the Tyrant, by prov-
Zthat his strength had not . been so
11401 reduced, and his condition rendered so
°l'eless as it appeared to be after the battle of
L
eiPsick. Thus it will confirm him with the
°Pinions of men ;• the faint-hearted will. not dare
°Ppose him, the selfish will see reason for
"bering to his fortunes; 'and an ebullition of
nary
enthusiasm restore him in part to that
e°ll6rlence in his genius•which had before been
completely lost by hiS'soldiers.- Sucki are the
ICtions which occur to •us as "
rationally to be
APavv4 from these premises should the Armistice
I:agenera/ measure :—of only a partial arrange-
-4i tent, vrhich we most sincerely hope it is, then
°tir reasoning will fall to nothing, and we shall
i ear
tily rejoice in having speculate'l upon only an
titir
eat evil.

ill the absence of authentic information, Ru-
qu , is, as usual, busy with her hundred tongues.
°lle side, we hear that BLUCHER'S corps has
teen cut off, and once more annihilated ; on ano-
ther, the following private letteris promulgated,
2 having been received 'from Paris by a Mercan-
itle
Rouse in the City :

" nuns, Feb.:2B, Ten at Night.

Voi are in great alarm here ; considerable destntchon has

been occasioned by the light troops of the enemy in our im-
mediate neighbourhood. IltiLow has arrireu at Meanx, dis-
kilt 25 Miles from thii city, with 25,00 men, and CzEßsi-
tt,!,* with 6000 Cossacks."
tiE accuracy of the above has been clues-
'4 Because no mention is made of the. tact
th
f. 0 Paris Papers of the Ist, and an, article
t:11 llrussels of the 25th, states, thatßy-
-1" °l's
Corps had not advanced as far as Va -
it Wciennes •th respect to the former objection,
is
fife I,lot worth ‘much,•as we have never heard of
e aPPtbach of the Allies to Paris, till we had
414411taneous,accoiints of their being driven back
bctill. • Not a syllable was said in the French
tZers of the advance of SCHWARTZENBERG, till
Y had it in their power at the same time to
411114unce his retreat. 'He second objection, if
`!tercet,Qr • reet, is more valid, but we doubt mach that
le
Allies were so far back as is here re 7
D
I.4.:t4ented• BuLow loft Brussels" "oh the IGth
Sir:lntalirrYojugillit stliaartmpylacielaf:irnng'aln;ePnrel:l.ihnegd
clift;sr.:
;1 is fully as probable, that on the 28111 they
t'lQuld have reached Meaux, or about 130 miles in
(laYs, as that they should not bave reached
o,rt'entiennes on the 25th, or ahot 30 miles in nine
tiYs• have good hopes from these considera-
,q,..4B that all will,yet be well, and that the Despot,
.
'tin engaged. upon the Upper Aube. and Seine,
Capital more . nearly and effectually
tfirl(r:afit
from the North than it had been
40)1 the East,: by the function" of BULOW
tvtiL 13LucticR, who was at Ferte Gaucher, and
le'ne advance singly, or thus reinforced, will'
11.(4111t for the • extraordinary depression of 'the
ere eheli
Seri "nds• His distances .live been In-
by the retreat of SCHWARTZENBERG',
tile larger the circle round him, the' less likely.
I,ltiohe be to repeat .the game played with so
Istitil advantage by cbuntertharching and fighting
till' the same troops at Chateau Thierry, Vati-
r4, Nangis, and Monterzau.
A f„.
11,4 k, ,rumour, invented by some Peace-
tett 'ng friend of BUONAPARTE'S, has .been at-,
04:rd to he circulated, that:Austria had con-
e(l ate
treaty ! It is unworthy of.

vOlir extracts from Dutch and German Papers
till' he found interesting We. have selected the
lief articles of intelligence, and omitted several
I.l‘ 4itPortant Proclamations, &c. which boast of
t° 11()telty to recommend them.. Two BulletinS
(3"'eral BENNiGSEICT relate .to the progress
f the siege of Ilamburgh. The endeavour to