Star.
London, England, 1814-01-17 00:00:00

Many observations might be made upon this isnot..
taut remark ; but, above 1114 twotonclusions, too ob-
vious to need pointing out, may be drawn from it
" The state nf ignorance in which the people of
Paris,
sand of France generally) are kept of passing
events, is most astonishing, and not less so the means
by which it is accomplished. The posts are stopped
to all countries and places occupied by the Allies,
and this obstruction is almost the only means that
are afforded of knowing their progress. No scruple,
as we have long known, is made of opening and de-
taining private letters.
66 The system of police, particularly among ser-
- ts, who are made spies over the families in which
they are employed,-is cafried to a state of mechanical
perfection, and the budgets of the fruits of espionage
are as regularly conveyed to the office of the Minis-
ter of Police as a ditch draining mill fills and dis-
charges its buckets in the reservoir. Of this fact
many woeful examples could be produced by the in-
habitants of the French metropolis. A gentleman,
who was a friend of the Minister of Police, on one
occasion in a select party, had been guilty of un-1
guarded expressions; he was sent for, and warned
by the Minister, who, to produce the greater effect
upon the persqn accused, quoted the secret words—
" When two dr three are gatherid together I am in
the midst of you," as literally applicable to himself.
The spies are not, however, confined to the servants,
but many of the better orders are employed in this
disgraceful capacity.
" The inhabitant- of Paris were not so ignorant
respecting the general state, of affairs in Holland as
might be imagined, owing to the post, by some acci-
dent, rotshaving been stopped until the 6th December,
nine days after the French had quitted the Hague.
Of the operations of the Allies they were kept in ig-
norance as much as possible, but events, the success
of which had created bursts of joy that have echoed
through Europe, could not tail td be heard even in
Paris, and to find many sympathising-hearts, that
leafed lest their conntenances should betray their
felicity.
66 The discharges of artillery heard in the vicinity
of Gorcurn within the two last days (for it was re-
newed and continued at-intervals yesterday, as well
as in the morning of the day before) lead many to
expect that it would be compelled to surrender. It
now, however, appears that the principal part of the
firing was from the town, against the, works erecting
and elected from Sleswyk to Worcum, a distance of
about half a milts:along the south bank of the Maese.
The dilatoriness of proceedings against this place is
really astonishing ; for after all that has been said of
the batteries erected, and the artillery and stores ;Ir.
rived, it will hardly be believed Char there is scarcely
a gun mounted; and'` we are informed that the fire of
the enemy has done considerable mischief to the
works that have been commenced.

" If what we have just learnt be the fact (and we,
have no reason to doubt it) there can little hope he
indulged of the speedy surrender of the fortress; for
we are informed that the greater part o' the Prus
sians that were before the plate, be to Gene-
ral Bolaw's corps, have been drawn away to march
further south into Brabant. We are told, that there
as not one thousand men before Gorcum, the garri-
son of which consists of at least between three and
four thousand men.
(4t-the 9th instant. the whole corps of General
Bulow, calculated at abobt 40,000 men, passed
through Breda, on their way southward, and took up
a position at Groot-Zundeit, Klein-Limdert,
bergen, and the surrounding places. They were to
proceed onward ibti fdliotaiing day, having received
a fortnight's provisions. For this movement two ob-
jects have been assigned. By The direciion that has
been already taken to Groot-Zttudert, it should seem
as if the first supposition were correct, which is, that
General Bulo-vr is to co-operate with the British forces
in 8e capture of Antwerp and Bergen-op-Zoom.
44 The other supposition is, that he was to make
his 'veay into Brabant as-fast as possible, that he might
unite his division to that of Generals lilucher and
D'Yorke, who so recently crossed the Rhine near Co-
logne, and were marching, by the last accounts,
towards Maestricht. These two designs would not
be incompatible, if we could suppose that the taking
of Antwerp would he an achievement easily effected,
but this it is impossible, under the circumstances, to
believe.
"Besidesthe reinforcement which was sent into An-
twerp, several other large bodies of the eneiny's troop.:
must have arrived in that neighbourhood, if the ac-
count with which we have been supplied below is
correct, and we have every reason to place teliance
upon it :

At West Wesel and it vicinity, about

At Turnhout and Hoogstraaten, fIOL less than
At. Achterbrock •
In the Bosch de Flees, and at Rykvorsel
M Brecht, and its neighbourhood
In Places iminediately rusud Atitwerp

3,500
9,000

'2OO
2 2r,co

600
4,000

Total - 19,800
" Unless this account be a very gross exaggeration
indeed, and it is somewhat confirmed by an article in
the Dutch papers (upon which, however, much re-
liance is not to be placed) the British forces at Klun-
dem- Tholen, and before Bergen-op-Zoom, are not
adequate to cope with the enemy, who seems to be
straining every nerve to keep possession of Antwerp.
We tiiink it not improbable, therefore, that Bulow s
corps is advancing southward to assist them. A
Prussian force to the number of 14,000-men is stated
to have already reached Tilburg.
" From the British army in the vicinit?of Bergen-
op-Zoom, and at Williamstadt and Klundert. we have
no intelligence of any consequence. The 4500 Bri-
tish troops, -principally Guards, that had occupied
Breda, have returned to Leven, Burgen, and Klun-
den; where the head-quarters were still continued.
We have not learned ,that any operations had yet
been begun against Bergen-op-Zoom; and indeed the
frost, which for the last three or four days has set in
withtuncommon severity, will much impede them.
The-Maese is completely choaked with immoveable'
masses of ice, and we are informed that the Scheldt
is also very much filled.
4$ In our last we noticed the arrival in Holland
the Hereditary Princess. She was accompanied by
her -brother and sister. Her Royal Highness the
Mother did not reach the Court until yesterday morn•
ing, when she, the-Prince of Orange, and the Here-
dibary Prince, were drawn into the Hague by the po=
pulation from the House in the Wood.- At night,
illuminations took place.". •

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THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

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.-• TO-MORROW..
tat trial LOTTERY BEGINS DRAWING.
MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1814.
PRICE OF MTOCKS THIs DAY AT TWELVE O'C LOCK
Redu.66H—Conv. 95f—for etc. 67{}-4 per Ct. nu
5 per Ct. 954 —Onln.lBi 15.515. prem.
Exch. Bills Ss. Ss. pr.—Lg. Anns. Ist

The Gazette of Saturday night, and its Supple-
ment, contain intelligence from the Continent of the,
highest interest. In a dispatch from Sir CHARLES
STEWART, dated on the sth inst. from Frankfort, we
are informed of the crossing of the Rhine by the t orps
of that gallant chieftain Marshal BLUCHER. This
operation was attended with all the characteristiC
marks of genius and intrepidity, which distinguished
his former military career. Sir C. STEWART observes,
that the passage of the Rhine, on this occasion, was
an achievement which deserved to be considered in
the same light as the rapid passage of the Elbe, ef-
fected by the same hero, previous to the battle of
Leipsic. The dispatzhes from Lords tAI ttcna•r and
BURGHERSIT, which came next in order, are dated
from Basle and Freyburg, on the 2d and 6th instant.
The dispatch from Lord BURGHERS!, announces the
restoration of Gerieva T6lii`tild form of government,
and the re•organizatioo of die Duchy' of Savoy under
its old masters.

It is a matter of no small importance, at. the per.
sent moment, to know- upon the authority of Lordi
CirruckaT. and BURGH ERSH, that the inhabitants of
France have received the Allies in the most amicable.,
manner. In,:leed it cannot be otherwise. After the
experience which the people of France have had for
the last fifteen years of the mild and merciful disposi.
tions of BONAPARTE, it would bQ wonderful if they
refused to receive the Emperor of MOROCCO or the
Dey of ALGIERS as their 'Sovereign in his stead.
It will appear, on referring to the Mip of Fr inceil
that all the Allied Armies are infull communication, i
'with the exciftion of Lord WELLING-roN's forces one',
the Adour—bnt from the direction which part of
Prince SCHWA RTZ ifY BERG'S corps is taking, we pre.
sume that a communication will be opened immedi-
ately betwei:n the Allied Armies in the South of
France also. As to any opptsition which SOcur ma}
have it in his power to make, we are not alarmed.

Frankfort Gazettes to the 4th instant arrived this
day. Their contents are of the same pleasing de-
scription as the accounts which we bAve for some
time been in the hjbit of receiving from the Continent :
" SCHAFFHAUSEN, DEC • 20.
gi Ctilumns more or less numerous of Austrian
troops, infantry and cavalry, continue to pass through
here. Among diis number is the'Landwehr of Bo-
hemia. The day befote yesterday a considerable
train of artillery passed, which has been follo,wed by
an enormous number of waggons. The principal de-
pot for artillery has be►rn established htre."
• " FRANKFORT, JAN. 8.
84 The fortress of Torgau
,has capitulated. Ge•
neral Count de Tauenzein has proceeded with his
'corps d'atrzie against Wittenberg, which wa, in
flames•at the departure of the courier.

66 Direct accounts from Milan, of the 96th ult.
contain nothing important.

FIELD-MARSHAL4DE BLUCHER TO THE ARMY OF SILESIA.
6. When you advanced from the Oder towards the
.Rhine, it was necessary to take from the enemy the
provinces which he had previously occupied. Now
you are going to pass the Rhine, to force peace from
the enemy, who cannot console himself for having
lost, in two campaigns, the conquests which he had.
made during nineteen years.
. ds Soldiers ! I haye only to point out the road to
glory to the conquerors of Katsbach, of Wartenhnurg,
of Mockern, and Leipzic, and I am certain of suc-
cess. But I have new duties to prescribe to you.—
The inhabitants upon the lc(t batik of tile Rhine are
got our enemies. I have pr6mised them protection
and security for their property—l have done so in
your namit— It belongs to you to perform what I
have promised. Bravery does honour to the soldier,
but subordination and an exact discipline are his

highest tides to glory. (Signed) DE BLUCHER:"
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE LEFT BANK OF THE RHINE.
" I have condufted the army of Silesia beyond the
Rhine, to establish the liberty and the independence
of nations, and t 6 conquer pence.
" The Emperor Napoleon has incorporated _with
the French Empire, Holland, a part of Germany and
of Italy ; he has declared that he would not give up
a single village of his conquests, not even if the ;
enemy waa upon the heights of Paris. •
" The armies of all the Ettropean powers are acting
against this declaration and these principles—will
you defend these principles ? If so, range yourselves
in the battalions of the Emperor Napoleon, and endea-
vour to fight against the most just of causes, which
PROVIDENCE so visibly protects. Do not partake ih
this opinion—you will find protection on our part—
I will protect, your property.
" Let every-citizen, and every landholder, peacea-
bly remain at his home, and every magistrate at his
post, to continue his functions without interruption.
" However all connections with the French em-
pire must cease, from the moment of the entrance of
the Allied troops: whoever infringes this order, will
render himself guilty of treason against the Allied
Powers s he will be carried before a military coun-
cil and condemned to death.—Given upon the left
bank of the Rhine. 44 DE BLUCHER.
_ 4.6 ISt hauary• 1814.7 (Arealfirt Itsuresil, Jac 34

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REPORTED REPEAT OP Tll
FRENCH, NEAR UEDA,
The following Litter WAS received in WWII
'morning : it was afterwards posted at LLOYD'S

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HARWICH, JANUARY Illk 11111,,
gi A schuyt has ibis day arrived from SEheviii;
By her passengers we learn, that a nstßtaetrete acti
has beenlought before Breda, betaken OfuLoW
the French, in which the latter have been defeated.
A Gazette Extraordinary was to hags liven published
ay the Hague at six o'clock on Wednesday night.
,(Signed) " HESILCTINE and BILLINGSLObb
" Lloyd's, Half-past Otte i'Cloelt." 4.
. .77_,,,v_.—.......r.
NA p IL INIPLLIGENCZ,
Mae of the Falmouth Mails have as yet arri
Inatherotre fivenow due, and one Plymouth.
POR'T'SMOUTH, JANUARY 16.
._ The whole of this day it has been so thick
hazy the only arrival we have ascertained, is his t
jesty's ship Panstus, from Plymouth. No eailjni
or additional corivoyi appointed. Arrived .yeste
his Majesty's ship CaostVs, with a fleet fro,;; : .-
i
Downs ; PACTOLIJS from the Eastward ) too
with a convoy from Guernsey and Jersey. Sailed
Gamma aad-t ADNIUS on a cruize.—Wind N.E,
The Tian, 174 Captain Hati.mar, arrived
Thursday evening here from the St heldt. • She lett
Admiral YooNo in the Roompot, on .the prem.
morning, with the.ratengspinut, CHATHAM, COLAS-
UM CHEAT, FATe, NTMPMESt and a Russian line-of-
. mile ship (the English of whose name is 6.T,
me net The Coni:wAtr., Capt. Ow et., GI
PUS, and AMMION, were lyillg between the Meads
of South Bevafand and Tholeni and it was au)
ed they had been frozen in, as no recent
munication had been, shade by !hens to the
ships. The Hotta-tie, bird Qantas SWAM
in *e Zoyder Zee ; the CvagagaLANDiad
Cr% CAROLUIS Were: of the Texel. Them,
-no expectation that the Dutch squadron in the '
would surrender ; they were lying under the gt
an almost impregnable fortress, of which AI
VERMEUL had pclseision." His crews had been
'dished by desertions; but this, in one respect,
be an advantage to him; as his stock of provision
tvosid therebyt last-for several months longer. '-
mni,.re Ownr, viith about loola marines and
seamen, belonging to the fleet unrGr Admir.ll Yr
held posscssiol of 'all South Beveland, except
,f,

iron' hence, a few days before the TIGRE sailed,
enemy made an incursion, surprised the seamen,
whcm they made 40
.prisoners, killed three marines,
and wounded twelve others.
ptAls, JANUARY 16.
Sailed the Prolamin Shaw, Navigator, Choice,
.fence, and Robert Taylor transpOrts, under corm?,
the BMWs sloop of wan,' for Portsmouth.
dawn from the River, the Surat Castle,
,Rot
for India.—Arrived yesterday, the Avow"
ichooper, with dispatches from Admit 41:1Vtnii
the Knompot ; and Vire cutter, from Porison(
'His Majesty's ship DICTATOR, with a detacbmen,
the Guards on board for Holland, is still detained
contrary winds.—Wind E.
- HMtwlcl-1. JANUARY 16
No arrivals. Sailed the Beaufny packet, N 4
and Auckland packet, LVNF., with mails and
gers for Holland.—Wind E.
• COVE OF CORK, JANUARY 12.
His Majesty's ship MARMIOROtIG“, 74 gusts,
HONEYMAN, and ESPIEGLE, 18 guns, Capt. J.
' Loa, with th.! homeward,bnund West insliamel
still detained by contrary, winds.—Yesterdaytil
jesty's ship hir,ousr, Capt. LOWE, and PRO/
Lieut. Mt rolls:con, with a fleet of transports,
the Ist Somerset Militia on board, arrived here
Plymouth.—His Majesty's ship Balm,
MAN, returns to her th:ial cruizing-ground, bet.
this harbour and Scilly.

The contents of the Dispatches which appeal
Saturday's Gazette, had the effect to raise the
this morning. Omniurn commenced at 184; a,
as high as 20 premium, for February payment ; and
at half past I-2 o'clock, was at l9# per cent. pre: l
Among the records of modem times, not thf
singular will be the Gazette of last Saturday, in
" divers ports and places in France" are freed
the effects of the admired Continental System,
one of those calumniated documents, the British
den in Counci) !
In a Second Edition of Saturday, we gave ..
lowing sketch of the contents of Sr CHARLES STEW..
ART'S dispatches, as issued by' Government
FOREIGN OFFICE, JAVU
44 Dispatches from Basle, dated the 2d instant,
and from Fribourg the 6th, confirm the account of
the occupation of Geneva by Count Buarsa, and
state that he had secured the passes of the Alpa by
the Simplon, St. Bernard, and St. Gothard. The
main body of the Grand Army was assembling in
the neighbourhood of Besancon : the advance at Re-
merernont, Langres, and Epinal.
44 General Count WREDE had his head-quarters
at Colmar; Prince SCHWA RTZENBUItO was on' his
match from Altkirchen on Monbelliard ; Befort was"
observed by a detachment; Marshal &masa had
crossed the Rhine, and held Coblentz ; the Ruassian
corps tf L'ANCIEROW was before Mayence ; General
'SACKEN, at Openheim, took six pieces of cannon and
seven hundred prisoners.
" General ST. PAILST crossed below Mayence.
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and they were well received by the inhabitants.
" The siege of Huninguen still continues."
CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, lAN 17.
Every tiling remains nominal. We have no prices that can be
quoted with any degree of certainty navigation is entirely
closed up to Uxbridge, and as to t, tbohiVolo wish to be
can get no settled pries, the musk= thishodiiir what they think
proper.