Star.
London, England, 1814-02-16 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1814.
PRICE of S COCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK
Red.7ol6gliii—Cons. 74 69 fiii—for acc. 704 70 691;704
4 per Ct. 814-5 per Ct. 974-•.omn. 26 251 20 254
bas. 7, 85. . Ans. 17f 5-16ths--Exch. Bills ss. 6s. pr.

We stated flee arrival of Mr: FISHER, the Messenger;
yesterday. He brought Dispatches from Lord BURG-
IiEaSH, dated on the Bth inst. at 'rules; and from
Lord CA:TLEREAGH, on the 10th inst. at Chatillon
Sur Seine. The former have been published in the
Gazette—the latter, of course, have been divulged to
none bat Cabinet Ministers.
The Dispatches from Lard BURGHERSH contain the
official account of the occupation of Troyes, which is
described as a place of no mean consequence in the
present state of the campaign. It is about 90 miles
!run Paris, and is the capital of Champagne, the
most fertile district in France, or perhaps in Europe.

It is remarkable for a fine gothic Cathedral, the ~de

mations of which, previous to BONAPARTE'S arrival
in France from Corsica, were the richest and the
most splendid in the christian world. It was subse-

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quently plundered to swell the private treasures of
various Members of the Sacred Dynasty.
On the morning of Friday last, when Mr. FISHER
left Troyes, an order had been issued for the advance
of the troops towards Paris, and the Emperor ALEX-
ANDER was at the head of 35,000 of his Guards in
advance from Troyes. The Russian artillery is de-
xribed by Mr. FISHER as the finest he ever saw.
It was known when Mr. FISHER left Chatillon that'
the wlsole of BONMIARTE'S force did nut exceed
120,000 men, while that of the Allies amounted to
nearly 300,000. The 'circumstance of BONAPARTE
having bad 4 horse shot under him was generally
known wherever tbe ifviessenger passed, and- it was
supposed that he would hazard every thing rather
than accede to the conditions proposed by the Allied
Powers.

There were very few males to be seen among the
population of the country through which the English
Messenger passed,. and the travelling was extremely
inconvenient, as he bad most of his way to make in,
an open and wtetcbed cart. He did not go through
Paris, as the'French Papers have falsely stated, but
took a straight direction to Calais, where he arrived
last Monday.

The people at Calais knew nothing respecting the
plans or operations of the EMPEROR, and the utmost
despon4ency prevailed wherever Mr. FISHER passed.
He embarked at Calais at six o'clock on Monday
evening, and reached town yesterday about eleven.
It is altogether impossible to .describe the terror which
the threatened approach of the Cossacks diffused
throughout the whole 'of the country. The dread of
retaliation for the ruin. of Moscow was the topic of
general fear. When Mr. FISHER left Calais on
Monday evening, a report prevailed that an Armistice
had been signed for eight days between the Allied
Powers and BONAPARTE.
The defection of MURAT from his brother-in-law
was not concealed in France, and it was understood
that he had undertaken to act with all his forces
againt the Vicz-Rot of ITALY.

A Prussian corps occupied Chalks, and a body
of Cossacks, belonging, we suppose, to WINZINGE•
RODEN corps, was at Laon, ninety-one miles north-
oast of Paris. Mr. Fist= declares, that he met a
Prussian courier, who confirmed to him the infor-
mation of a division of 6000 men, belonging to Bur-
cosa's army, having been surrounded, and forced to
surrender,- without fighting. He also read at Cham-
bray, on the 13th, the Bulletin noticed in our Paper
of yesterday.
The following are some further particulars respect-
ing the intelligence brought by Mr. FISHER, as corn-
municated by an intelligent Correspondent at Dover :
1, DOVER, FEBRUARY 15.
a Mr. FISIIEN the Messenger, landed here this
morning, at one o'clock, from a flag of truce, from
Oalais, and almost immediately set off for Town.—
He comes from the Congress, and found some little
trouble in coming on the roads, owing to the post-
horses being so bad ; and the terror of the approach
of the Cossacks has caused some of the post-houses
to be nearly abandoned. I hear he did not come
through Paris, as the roads from the present seat of
war to the capital are cut through in many places, to
impede, if possible, a little, the advance of the Allies.

I also hear that he mentioned, that in the last battle
the French gained some advantage over the left of
Marshal BLUCHER'S army, but which did not prevent
his advancing. The French had retreated as far as
Nugent stir Seine.

44 I have been making enquiries respecting the
firing which was heard here from the French coast
on Friday and Sunday last, according to accounts
in some of the Papers, but I cannot learn from any
one person I have asked (and I have enquired of
many sea-faring men), that any firing was heard here;
from the state of the weather on Sunday, the wind
being south, any firing from Boulogne, particularly
if the French fired so much as they have been accus-
tomed teo in celebrating aviciory,must have been heard
here by the whole town ; I am, therefore, inclined to
think that if there was firing on those days, it was
very little, and not on account of any victory gained
by the Corsican."

A great deal of business was done this morning at
the Stock Exchange. Omnium opened at 26, and
almost instantly fell to 244, but in a few minutes
afterwards rose again to 25t. Th-ecause assigned
for this fluctuation is a rumour that the Allies are
desirous of making a separate peace with BONAPARTE,
the British Government having come to a contrary
determination. Of course, we give this merely as
the rumour prevalent ; but this rumour, we have rea-
son to believe, rests on no authority.

The subject of the Negociation engrosses the gent-
ral conversation. Will the Allies treat with BONA:.
PARTE on the terms at first proposed ; or will they
rise in their demands, in consequence of the suc-
cesses obtained since he hesitated to close withthem?
Will they treat with such a man—or ought they at
all tt?.treat with him ? Should no delay take place
to give time for the expression of popular teeling in
favour of the BOUROONS ? And is not such a line of
policy practicable, without any direct attempt to dic-
tate a form of Government to the French Nation.—
These are the questions discussed in every political •
circle ; and rumour says, that they have engrossed
much of the attention of Ministers. Rumour goes
farther, and Says, that they are not perfectly agreed
on these points.
According to some who pretend t.) be in the vcret,-
t•Ord CASTLEREAGH has written to his colleagues, re-
commending Peace with BONAPARTE, whose autho-
rity, they say, is unshaken, and whose means are suf-
ficient to discourage the hope of breaking down or I
overthrowing his power ; and if we may credit the
same authority, his Lordship's representations to this
effect have been warmly seconded in the Cabinet by
the Earl of LIVERPOOL.
On the other hand, it is a;serted, shpt in the Cabi-
net there has been nothing that ought to be called a
disagreement in sentiment. - That in the nature of
things 'it is impossible to discuss a question ofj any
kind without putting the :trgumenti in every shape
and weighing thetn on all sides ; and that the mere
putting of objections r even stating them strongly,
should not be considered as a dissent from the general
conclusion of the majority.

For our own part we do think, that terms of which
prudence might approve at one time, may, by a
change of circumstances, be rendered highly injudi-
cious at another. Let the conduct of NAPPLEON him-'
self on the jet of such a questitin be considered. In
the days of his success, when pressing Austria to de-
gradation by the weight of his military force, he
would nut suspend his operations for a moment even
when treating, and his ultimate terms were dictated
by the actual state of the moment. Previously talked
of conditions were out of the question.

Statesmen at this moment owe the fulfilment of
great moral duties to the world, and if they neglect
any means that PROVIDENCE has put in their power,
or sacrifice any principle of justice, or leave unre
pressed and unremedied any national act of robbery

(however the name may be changed) which they
have the.power to punish, they become accessaries to
the crime, and authorisers of an example more dan:
gerous to the safety of States and Empires than any
evil that can result from the occurrences of common
,war.

It is not vet two months since the robber who still
rules over France, employed, as one of his arguments
to excite the French to war, that the aim of the Allies
was to rob the sacred territory of the fruits of his former
victories 1 What fruits ? Those monuments of art
assembled is the National Museums, which are the
envy of the world. Here theft is ranked with the legiti-
mate objects of war, and the robbery is changed to an
act of glory and legitimate victory. Sure we are,
that such an idea never entered the mind of the Allies,
for it could only be hatched in the mind that had al.
ready tirade it a principle of action.
But the question having been started by the robber
himself, we have no hesitation in saying, that the
Allies are bound—if they have the means—if it ap-
pears within even the reach of possibility—to demand
full restitution of every one of those monuments of
art. BON Aril ItTS has avowed the principle of war to
steal pictures and statues—the Allies are therefore,
in our mind, bound to extirpate the principle; for if
it be acquiesoed in, it amounts to a piohibition of all
improvement in the Arts. To attempt their improve.
ment under the admission of such a principle, would
be to invite an enemy to invade the country, for the
purpose of removing the fruits of genius, to enrich a
foreign capital.

Have the Allies succeeded so rir by unanimity'
and perseverance, and an invariable regard to prin.
ciples ? What have they to fear from an adherence
to a system proved by its effects to be sound and
good ? Has timidity ever rendered 'service to any State
within the reach of the French arms ? Vlave the French
improved in morals? Has-France improved of late
in timer.? What can the Allies now tear from the
resources, the power, the villany bf NAPOLEON, if
they be only resolved to do themselves ample justic'ei,

The following informatiOn from Plymouth was
only received this morning:

" PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 9.

go Sailed the Pomona, HOTSPUR, and EUROTAS fri-
gates ; PELICAN and FOXHOUND gun-brigs, to the
Westward, in quest of two French frigates, which
chased the SPARROW brig of war into the Chops of
the Channel.

66 The Constitution, American frigate, sailed from
Boston 30th December, on a cruize. The ENTER-
PRIZE and RATTLESNAKE brigs of war, sailed from
Portsmouth (New Hampton) the 10th of January,

on a cruize."

Yesterday morning, atter the Duke of YORK had
transacted military business at York House, he rode
out on horseback about twelve o'clock, and proceeded
along Westminster-bridge to view the ruins of the
Custom-house. His Royal Highness returned soon
after two, and paid his respects to the PRINCE REGENT
at Carlton House. He afterwards went to his orrice
in the Horse Guards, and held a Levee. Among
those who had interviews were, Sir SAMUEL AUCH•
MUTT, General BALtoult,. General STEVENS, Lieute-
nant-Colonel G. P. Tomtit, of the 41st regiment,
Lieutenant-Colonel MANsal Lieut.-Colonel Molt-
LAND, Colonel BALFOUR, &c.

The Duke of MONTROSE walked out yesterday for
the first time, in Grosvenor-square, since his severe
attAck of the gout.
This m, rning was married, by special licence,•the
Right Honourable *lslioraA WALLACE, M.P of the
India Board, to the Dowager Viscountess ivInvILLE.

Monday next, Mr. GRA.NVILLE VERNON, seventh
son of the Archbishop of YORK, will lead to the. Hy-
meneal Altar the accomplished Miss EYREi daughter
of Coloner EYRE, of Grove House, in Nottingham-
shire.

There is a curious coincidence which has recently
occurred, of an illustrious individual, and of a great
nation :—The Duke of NORTHUM-BERLAND, famed for
the virtues of humanity and benevolence, has in re-
peated instances cancelled securities by making a
blaze of them.—The nation, equally disinterested,
kept Government securities, to a great amount, in the
upper part of the Custom. House, and gunpowder in
the lower ; by which means all the securities, ,nt Sa-
turday, were discharged, not only in a blaze, but with
an explosion.
Thursd:ty evening last her Grace the Duchess of
DORSET gave her first Ball at Dublin Castle. The
company began to assemble at nine o'clock, and at
ten dancing commenced, at which tin the rooms
became much crowded. The band of the Lancashire
regiment was stationed. Sin the. loWer hall, near the
great Ntaircase. At half past twelve o'clock the corn-
pany proceeded to the grand presence-Chumher, and
great dining room, Where the supper Was laid, and
which consisted of the choicest delicacie.. Dancing
re-commenced soon after one o'clock, and the com-
pany did not depart until a late hour, highly,grati-
fied by the polite affability and condescension of her
Grace.

Letters were yesterday obtained from St. Jago, in
Chili, of the 2d and sth of October, and from Buenos
Ayres of the 12th November. In theiormer, it is
mentioned, that the insurgents had been unsuccessful
in their measures; and that SANCHEZ, who comman-
ded tor the Government party, maintained his autho-
rity. General BELOJIANO, it is likewise said in these
letters, had been defeated by the successor of GOYE-
N ECHE, with►n the territory of Peru. —At Buenos Ay-
res, a fine c f 500 dollars is imposed upon any person
sending a letter to Great Britain not conveyed by one
,f his Britannic Majesty's ships of war. We under-
stand that all the specie emblrked on board the
AQuILON and other' ships destined to this country,
has been bought up by an agent of the British Go-
vernment, sent for that purpose to South America.
Mr. JENNINGS and Mr. NANKLVEL, the late Master
and Surgeon of the Queen Charlotte packet, loge-
pether with the other survivors of her crew, came
home in the Duke of Kent. The body of Captain
M UDGE was picked up in the harbour of St. Sebistian,
the day after the vessel was wrecked.
So extreme is the want of Artillerymen in the
French Army, that all the Marine Artillery at Brest,
Cherbourg, and the other Naval Depots, have been
sent for to join the Grand Army, and are compli-
mented in the order for that purpose, with being
told that they are destined to serve under the eyes of
the Eiurettott. .
Saturday se'nnight, arrived at Yarmouth, SPEN-
CER SCOTT, late of the brig Liberty, of that port,
having made his escape from France, where he has
been a prisoner about four years; during the princi-
pal part of the time he was confined in the fortress
of Bitche. On the advance of the Allies, he (with
other prisoners) was removed to Sedan, where they
remained till the middle of January : an order was
then received to march the prisoners from that depot
farther into the interior ; on the day they set out, Capt.
SCOTT ( with a person belonging to London) contrived
to escape, and after a great deal of fatigue, marching
principally by night, and avoiding large towns and
high roads, they fell in with a party of Cossacks,
who directed them to Reermonde, wher'e they found
Gen. WINZINGERODE, from whom they obtained a
passport to Dusseldorf, when they crossed the Rhine,
and proceeding by the right bank (in order to avoid
straggling parties of the enemy) for Holland, they,
. reached Rotterdam on the 2d of February, and em-
barked vn board a King's cutter, which landed them
near Lowestoft. Capt. SCOTT speaks highly ,of the
kindness of Gen. WINZINGERODE and the Russian of-
ficers: the General not being able to accommodate
, them with any means of conveyance, generously gave
them six Napoleon d'ors, to defray their expenses,-jo-
cosely telling them, they might repay him it ever they
s.heuld meet him in Russia.

ArdtrAL INTELLIGENCE.
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PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 14.
Arrived the HALCYON sloop of war, from Passiges ;

and KANGAROO, from ditto, with dispatches. SAikd
the INSOLENT gun-brig, with a fleet for Spain ; ERE..
DANUS frigate, on a cruize; and Joseph, TILLMAYNE,
ter St. Jean de Luz.