Star.
London, England, 1815-07-07 00:00:00

LETTER TO THE LORD MAYOR.

" War Derartment.6th Ju1y,1613,
Hair put Litman, P. M.
MY Lono—l haVe great pleasure in acquainting
vnir Lordship, that Lord A. Thu. his just avrivtd
It this Office, with dispatches from the Duke of
WELLINGTON, dated Gonasse, the 4th inst. by which:
.r appears that the city of Paris was surrendeted by
apitulation on, the _preceding day... The French
troops being permitted to tetreat beyond the Loire.
"The Prussian troops had been previously success-
ful in several partial engagements, but the !latish
umy bad aot bees engaged sines the capture of
Aronne. (Signed) a Batuutter."
" 1 • the Witt Ham the Loan Mavort:'
.....ONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDIDNALW
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WAit•viP4iatriata.

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bowsiN 0-rrairart, JULY ►, lel& •
taio Lord ARTHUR RILL arrived last sight
(patches, of which the following are an extract
copy, addressed to Earl BATHURST by his
the Duke of Wxuarrarox, dated Gooasse, 2d
instant.

Gonane, July 2, Ws.
enemy attacked the advanced guard of Mar-
ince Blucher's corps it Villars Coterets, on the
,ut the main body coming op they were driven
Ith the loss of six pieces of cannon, and about
isoners.

pears that these troops were on the march
ioissons to Paris, and having been driven off
)ad by the Prussian troops at Villars Coterets,
'ot upon that of Meaux. They were attacked
von this road by General Bulow, wha took
them five hundred prisoners, and drove them
the Marne.
have, however, got into Paris.
advanced guard of the Allied Army nodes
command crossed the Oise on the. 29th, and the
on the 30th, and we yesterday took up a posi-
ith the right upon the height of Rochebourg,
left upon the Bois de Bondy.
Marshal Prince Blucher having taken the
of Aubervilliers, or Venus, on the morning
Stith June, moved to his right, and crossed the
it St. Germain as I advanced, and be will this
ire his right at Pisani& Pique, his lett at 9L
and the reserve at Versailles.
enemy have fortified the heights ofMontmartrt
town of St. Denis strongly; and by means
little rivers Ito:mills:as and la Vielle'Mar, they
inundated the ground on the north side of that
and water having been introduced into the
de l'Ourcq, and the bank formed into a parapet
batteries, thy have a strong position on this tide
is.

heights of Belleville are likewise strongly for-
, but I am not aware that any defensive works
been thrown up on the left of the Seine.
ling collected in Paris all the troops remaining
the batile of the 18th, and all the depots of the
army, it is supposed the enemy have there
40 or 50,000 troops of the line and guards,
the national guards, a new levy called les
'railleurs de la Garde. and the Feder's.
lve great pleasure in informing your Lordship
Quesnoy surrendered to his Royal Highness
Frederick of . the Netherlands on the 29th of

'adage the copy or his Royal Highness's report
lubiecte in which your Lordship will ob-

Sabo with satisteetimi the intel}:-,enCe luta spirit *id •
which this young Prince conducted this affair:
I likeirite undeittand that Bassaume has Surreal
dvred to the Officer sent there by the Xing of .Frasei
to take posseuion of that town.
(TRANSLATIOS.)
Petit Wirvies, ittkii slk
On the day beforn yesterday I had the honour of
receiving your Grace's letter, dated Joncourr; 26th
alitallit, sent by your Aide-de,camp, Capt. Cathcart,
whom I have requested to inform ToUr Excellency
that Marshal Count Rothallier had arrived this morn-
ing to summon the place in the hame of Louis XVIII.
He entered into a negotiatibn with Lieutenant-Gene,
ral Despreaux, Governor of Quesnoy. The only re-
sult, horNever, produced by tkis was a very singu-
ler reply from the Governor, from which it appeared
to me that he might possibly be induced to capitu-
late, and, I determined at once on firing some shells
and shot into the town, and of advancing our tirail-
lours to the very Omit, to annoy them in every guar,
ter, with a view of making some impression on the
Commandant, and of endeavouring by that means to
excite to revolt the National Guards and inhabitants,
who are said to be well disposed towards us.

From the information collected as to the fortifica II
-
'ions, there appeared to me no reasonable chance of
taking it by escalade, the ditches being filled with
water, in addition to the inundation which had been
made. At eleven o'clock at night, I ordered five
howitaers and six Opounderi to open on the town,
and I continued the fire until three o'clock at day.
break. The tarts was at one time on fire in three
places, but the fire was shortly extingoiihed. Some
men were killed in the. town and several wounded,
which appears to hare produced exactly the effect
which 1 wished. Last night General ANTHINO. who
commands the Indian brigade, • sent an Officer with
the proposals to the Commandant, according to the
authority which I bad given to him, and coupled with
a threat of bombardment and assault.

Upon this a negotiation was entered into, Which
ended in the signing of the following capitulation,
this night; that is to say, that he would send an Of•
ficer, with an Aid-de-Camp of General Anthing,
to Cambray, to ascertain the fact of the residence of
the King of France in that town, and the abdica-
tion of Bonaparte in favour of his son, and that,
thereupon, he would give us.this night at six o'clock
possession of the Porte des Fonts, to be occupied by
a company of artillery, and that the next morning. I
the garrison should march out of the town ; the Na-
tional Guards to lay down their arms and return *to
their homes ; the Cornmanderi and that part of the
garrison who were not National Guards, were to go
and receive the orders of Louis XVIII. in who
name We shall take possession of the town.

,„ • Denersr, July 4, ti 446 _ I
Marshal Piince Blucher iias
strongly opposed by the enemy in takieg the position
en the, left of the Setae, which I reported io my dis-
patch of the 2d instant, that he intended to take up
on that day, particularly on the heights of St. Cloud
and Meudon; but the gallantry of the Prussian
troops, under General Ziethen, surmounted every
obstacle, and they succeeded finally in establishing
themselves on the heights of Meudon, and in the vil-
lage of hsy. The French attacked them again in,
hay, at three O'clock in the morning of the Sd, but
were repulsed with considerable loss; and finding that
Paris was then open on its vulnerable side, that a
communication was opened between 'the .two Allied
Armies by a bridge which I bad established at Ar-
genteuil, and that a British corps was likewise toe-
ing upon the left of the Seine, towards the Pont de
Netlilly, the enemy sent to desire that the firing might
cease on both sides of the Seine, with a view to the
negociation, at the Palace of St. Cloud, of a Military
Convention between the armies, under which the
-French army should evacuate Paris.

Officers accordingly met on bath sides at Si.
Cloud; and I inclose le copy. of the Military Con-
verttion which was agreed tq last night, and whicb
had been ratified by the Marshal Prince Blucher and
me, and by the Prince d'Echmuhl on the pin of the
French army.
This Convention decides, all the military questions
at this moment existing here, esuLtouches aothiog
political.
General Lord Hill has marched to take possession
of the posts evacuated by agreement this day, and I
propose taniorrow to take possession of Montmatre.
I send this dispatch by my Aid-de-Camp, Captain
Lord Arthur Hill by way of Calais. He will be
able to inform your Lordship of any further particu-
lars, and I beg lestie to recommend him to your fa-
vour and protection. I hive, &c.
(Signed) WELLINGTON.
This day, the 3d of July 181.5, the Commis-
sioners named by the Commanders in Chief of the
respective armies; that is to say, the Baron Bignon,
holding the Portefeuille of Foreign Affairs ; the
Count Guillemont, Chief of the General Staff of the
French army ; the Count de Bondy, Prefect of the
Department of the Seine, being furnished with the
full powers of his Excellency the Marshal Prince of
Echmuhl, Commander in Chief of the French army
on one side ; and Major-General Baron Muffling,
furnished with the full powers of his Highness the
Field-Marshal Prince Blucher, Commander in Chief
of the' Prussian army ; Colonel Hervey, furnished
with the full powers of his Excellency the Duke. of
Wellington. Commander in Chief of the Engliih

fumy oft ti 34 bthei MS, hiving agreel to die follow:
iog articlei
• Aid& 1. 'hero SWIM a sospelislod of arm; iletwt—d the
'skblettAnnles commincled by bl 4 Ilislines. the Prince filuthur,
sid Ns Excellency the Duke or Wellinpon. And tus Pcencit
linty uttdW the walls or Paris.

ArC 11. The Wreath army shad put itself in march rri morrow,
to inks itp its posltlon behind the Loire. Part:. shall be cam-
piece', evacuated iu three days; and the movement be..ind the
Loire shall ho•effrered within eight days.
Att. S. The lfreocli army shall take wiqi it all its materiel,
field artillery, military chest, horses, and property of regimeati,
without exception.. AU yersims belonging to the depots shall
also be removed, as well as those I,C onginj to the duttrent
brinehee of admilditratibn which belong to the army..
Art. 4. The sick and wounded, and the Medic d Officers whom
It may be necessary to leave with theta, are placed under the
special protection •of the Commanders in Chief of the klogli••h
and Prussian armies.
Art. 5. The military and those balding employments to whom
the foregoing article relates, shall be at liberty, immediately
after their recovery to rejoin the corps to which they belong
Art. S. The wives and children of all individuals belonging to
the French army, shall be at liberty to remain in Paris. The
s►lves shall be allowed to quit Paris fur the purpose of rejoining
the army, and to carry with them their property, and that of
their husbands.
Art. 7. The °dicers of the line employed with the Fedcres, or
with the Tlrailleurs of the National Guard, may either join the
or return to their homes, or the plac... of their birth.

Art. 8. 'Co-morrow, the 4th of July, at nu J-dsy,St. Dents, St.
Otte °kb,. and Neuilly, shall be g.e.s up. IYe day ,afier
M-Morrew, the sth, it the same hour, Montmartre shall be
given up. The third day, the 6tb, all the barriers shall be given op.
Art. IL The duty of the city of Pints shall continue to be done
by the nasional gu.srd, and by the cloys of the municipal gendar-

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