Star.
London, England, 1814-01-07 00:00:00

kg* nettled the *AO of I:4o*Wri)-
are Gerifians-libat you're" Freesia thy
yoUr ancestors. ,
• • •
• . With the most certain confidencf; f I expect ".‘.
my. faithful subjects that they will of.ei all the
ties, and make all the sacrifices in their powerr
it shall be in my power to abrogate all Wfreign
tutiong, and again restore the ancient constitution of
the country—and that they will obey the provisionally
retained or appointed Authorities, and especially
furnish whatever it may be necessary to require of
them 4 and cheerfully bear every butthen,
will endeavour to lighten as much as possible.
" The ALMIGHTY will bless pus patriotic exertiohil,
—and when peace is -conquered, it shall -be the mnsvi
anxious care of your Prince=your Father—ever
watchful for your happiness, to heal the wooads
tlicted by war, and recompence you for the sacrifices
which you have made to your country.
_ (Signed) Witmast, Elector."
" Cs...ask Dfl4., mber 12,1813."
of

THE EVENING STAR.

~ ~1, l

LONDON.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1814.
PRICE 01. s UOCKS THIS DAY ATTVrELVE O'CLOCK.
Reduee4 64i 65 646 Cons. 65114 div.—for acc. 661
4 par Ct. 88—Navy S per Ct. 954 ex. cUr.-.lionds plc
Own. 151 161.16-f-i-Exch. Bills 4s. 6s. pr.—Long Ann:. 13f

,A Mercantile House in the City, of great respec-
tability,-lias received letters from Italy, dated on the
9th becchfiber.. 'They state that MURAT has sent a
flag of trtme tab, Allies, throwing himself upon
their generosity tb amide fc* him and hii family.
The same letters tedd, that the trade ' between the
patt of Italy and the Mediterranean and Adrititic,
is n(ov carried On without any obstruction, and that
thiunVerthants'eiptict the ports of Italy will 04

7'cW4

4.4i4 *4l.
: V
h_ I
M. FONT ANES, whose Speech -lei iiia Conxervativa
Senate made such a conspicuous figure in our co.
intrins of yesterday, was one of the heroes who figured!
in the French Revolution. He was known as a poer;,
and a man of letters before that period, and wits one
of those self-elected cOnstitutionmongers who etera
:nally pestered the Jacobin founders of the Napoleon
'Dynasty with itrgielt and contre.pnietr, until' they,
called in the guillotine to alleviate the cares of Go.
vernment. FONTANES had. the misfortune to focur
the displeasure of- ROBESPIkRIt4 and was actuayi
guillotined IT proxy! The prison in Which he was
confined contained another FONTANIP this man was
a footman, and could neither read nor write: he had
been imptisoned for crimes not of a political nature,
and either by mistake, or more probably by a ruse
itoncerted between the teal FONTANtt, and his jailor,
this miserable being was dragged before the Revolu.
tioriary Tribunal, and in a few hours executed as
FONTA NIS the poet and philosopher I

-

The death of RONRSPIERRE set himat liberty, but
in 1797 he was again subjected to the suspicion of
the Directory, which was then under the controul of
BoNAPARTE, and ordeted to be transported to Cay-
enne. He contrived to escape to'Hamburgh, where
he edited a political Journal, and in 1799 he found
his way to London. He mixed with the best society
in the Metropolis, but was so miserably poor that he
literally subsisted by begging from the Members of
the British Government, and the higher class of
Emigris, were particularly liberal of their fa.
, yours. In return for this kindness he undertook, in,
concert with 4uctini BONARARTZ (over whom he
pretended to have unbounded influence), to restore
the BOURNONE. This was after Wards discovered to
be a trick to swindle the British Government out of a
large sum of money, which FONTANZS requested as a
retaining fee for his services.
In 1799, he addressed complimentary epistles to
Lours XVIII. then at Mittau (whom he called his
beloved Sovereign) to Suweaftow, for his successes
against the Repthlicins in Italy—to the Emperor
PAUL, for his vigorot&s,resistance against the french,
and finally, iri November of the same year, he ad.'
dressed a letter tOtONAPARTE, complimenting him
on his return from Egypt to save Europe! In 1500 he'l
was made private Secretary to LUCIEN BONAPARTE,
and is said to h*ve written all his Speeches. In the
same year be wrote a parallel between C2ESAR,
CROMWELL, sad BONAPARTE, in which he proposed
to mike the latter Consul for lift. The mild andi
modest BONAPARTE testified his displeasure at this
act of presumption by puLiicey disthlssing FuNTANES
from his brother's employment, but by secretly giving
him a pension of 20,000 livres. He has since proved
himself to be a most useful servant. He is BONA-
PARTE'S chief orator on all emergencies.

We have to-day given some further extracts from
the French Papers received yesterday. But before
we proceed to notice them, we have to correct two-
typographical errors in our columns of yesterday, of
some importance.—The passage in BONAPARTE'S
Speech. commenting 44 meantime Beam, Alsace, and
Franche Compte, are invaded," ought to run thus :
u aseritirste Beam, Alsace, Franche Compte and Bra-
haat, are invaded!)
The stile and composition of the article from the
Journal de Paris of 2Sth December, cannot fail to ar-
rest the attention of our Readers. The French are
told, that their situation in no respect resembles the
ordinary situation of a people threatened by the am-
bition of its neighbours.—Their Ruler knows well
what his treatment of every State has merited, and

7;-,71-