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the day WAG three thousand prisoners, and thirty

pieces of cannon.
It is clear from this description, that after these ac-`
Lions the Allies were 30 miles nearer to Paris than they
were at Troyes ; but whether the whole Allied Army
had broken up from the latter place, or whether 131 -
CHER had marched with the force under his imme-
diate command along the Marne, for the purpose of
making a movement in that direction upon Paris,
remains to be explained. The latter teems more
probable ; but, whatever was the force employed;
BONAPARTE was evidently compelled to quit his po
sition at Nogent, and altogether the line‘of the Aube,
in. order to endeavour to save the capitals which was
more immediately threatened by the movement in
the direction of the Marne. His success in this at-
tempt appears, from his own statemetrt, very doubt-
ful, and the continued preparations for the defence of
Paris, particularly towards the north and east, toge-
ther with the fall of the funds on the 12th, nearly
three per cent. in the course of the day, shew the
alarm that prevailtd in the capital in consequence of
this movement of the Allies. There is no intelli-
gence of any military event subsequent to the 12th,
neither official nor its the shape of rumour. The Mi-
nor Papers of the 14th have, however, not yet been
received. The 13th being Sunday, no price of funds'
is quoted in the Moniteur of the 14th.
Champ-Aubert, where the battle of the 10th was
fought, is in the direct road from Chalons to Paris
by Mon truirail. It is about thirty miles from Cha-
lons, and about eighty•two from Paris. It was pro:
bably intended that ALSUIIWI'S corps should form
the communication between that pait of &noun's
army, which had already reached Is,lontniirail, and
th:it which, under VON YORCK, was coming up from
Chalons. BONAPARTE, however, having succeeded
bre.tking this line ors the 10th, followed up this

object on the 111. He detached one co-p: to tfi
eastward, to keep VON Youcx in check; whilst he
himself, with his principal force, toil a westerly di-
rection toward: Paris, in pursuit of BLUCHaR.
A league beyond Montmirail, and about 16 miles
from Champaubert, he came up with the Russians
and Prussians ; and an action of two hours ensued,
in which the French assert themselves to have been
completely victorious, taking artillery, ammunition,
and irtflantry) of which, however, they give no parti-
cular or detailed statement. They assert, indeed, that
the enemy was every where broken, and completely
routed ; but this is plainly contradicted by the next
day's dispatch, which states, that on the 12th this
broken army took position after position all the way
to Chateau Thierry, a town about 14 miles north of
Montmirail ; and finally, after having maintained a
combat in the town itself, retreated towards Soissons,
still pursued by the French.
By the last accounts we learnt that the Cossacks
had reached Laon, only 22 miles north of Soissons ;
and the present French journals inform us, that on
thelth instant, Rheims, which is a&)out 40 miles east
of Chateau Thierry, was occupied by a deta,chment
of the Allied troops. In adverting to this circum-
stance, we must not forget to notice that the city of
Rheims is one of the most ancient, large, famous, and
beautiful in France, only 93 miles from Paris, and
containing a population of 40,000 persons ; and yet,
that it submitted to a force of no more than 400
men ! This detachment, as well as the Cossacks just
mentioned, in all probability belonged to the corps of
WINZINGERODE, who some time ago crossed the
Rhine at Dusseldorf, and proceeded by Liege and
Namur, to the northern frontier of Champagne. It is
therefore presumable,' that his whole force is in the
neighbourhood of Lion Ind Rheims ; and if so, he
may easily put himself. in cemmuriication with Von
YORCK ; as Chalons, where the latter is posted, lies
at no greater distance from Rheims than 30 miles.

Letters, to the 4th instant, were yesterday received
from the Marquis WELLINGTON'S head-quarters. By
them we learn, that the army still remained in can_
tonments, and that the state of the weather, and the
roads, rendered any immediate advance impracti-
cable. For the three preceding weeks, winter, such
as might be expected at the foot of the Pyrenees, had
prevailed with considerable severity ; and though
there was then some promise of a change, it wopld
require some weeks of dry weather to enable Marquis
WELLINGTON to move. An additional supply of
m oney also was considered necessary to the resump-
tion of offeosive operations. This, we believe, has
been carried out by the EREBUS, which sailed the
other day from Portsmouth.

In regard to the positions of the hostile armies
Bayonne was left to its garrison, under Count R Ell LE:
SOULT had his right at Peyrehorade, and his left to:
wards St. Jean Pied de Port: fie also occupied Bast ide,
Ayhire, St. Estevan, and Hellette. The Allied Army,
on the other hand] held Urt, Hasparen, Bouloc, and
Menclionde. An exchanged Spanish. Officer, who
paused through Soutes'Army on the 2d, states that
all the old troops had been marched into the interior.
The Duke D'ANnouLestz arrived at the head-
quarters on the 3d inst. ' Lord WELLINGTON and his
suite went out to meet his Royal Highness, who for
the present remained as a private Gentleman. It was
reported that Colonel BuNsuay, who accompanied
the Duke, had expected to find oar army much far-
ther in advance ; but the state of the weather and
the roads Chewed him that this expectatiJn could not
have been-realised.

The visit to-the Continent by the PRINCES of thel
House of BOURBON occupies a considerable portion of
the public conversation. On this subject considerable
misapprehension lias prevailed--many "having con-
cluded that their departure from this country amounts
to an engagesneat oa the part of our Minis►ers to
attempt their restoration, or, in other words, to force
the French to receive the Ex.royal Family as their
legitimate rulers. No conclusion, however, can be
more grou❑dless. Let the situation and circum-
stances of the BOURBONS be considered, and it will be
seen that either they alone were masters of their own
persons, and theiree judges of their own conduct,
while resident in this country. If so, they had aright
to go wherever they might think proper. To have
denied them this privilege, would have been to de-
clare them lit-ironer: !
•It follows from this, that the mere'departure of the
BovituoNs for the Continent. announced no pledge
whatever on the part of our Government to restore
them ; and, indeed, it would have been the height of
folly and imprudence to have given such a pledge, or
entered upon such a project. What the Allies night
have been induced to do, had any symptoms of rising
in favour of the ancient dynasty been manifested by
the French 'people, is a question which has not been
under discussion—for the most powerful of all rea-
sons—there has not been a single white cockade,
mounted in any part of. France, notwithstanding the
oppdrtunity which has been afforded to the inhabi•
tants by the entrance of the Allies einto the " eacred
territory."
This result, unlocked for brmany, shews in strong
colours the propriety of the line of conduct pursued
by our Government. They could not hinder tile
BooasoN PRINCES from making a very natural exile.
rimertt; but they could and did avoid committing
themselves or the country on the issue of the eiperi.