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drew, and the standards were taken to the Hotel des
Inv glides. One of themis pstriaia, four Prussian,
and five Russian. •
Cain: OF A LETTER FROM TIIE MARSHAL DUKE OP CAS-
TIGLIoNE, TO lIIS xxciu.s.sNcv Tax lUINISTILR AT
WAR.
66 Lyons, February 21.
" SIR—I hasten- to acquaint your Excellency with
t,:e sequel of my operations.
Your Excellency has seen, by my Report of the
19th instant, that General Musnier, after having
overthrown the enemy at Meximieux, had advanced
upon Bourg. He entered there the 19th, and the
`lst, in the morning, he marched upon Port-sur•Aiii,
by the road of Bourg, while the brigade of General
.13Gerchelon took that of Meximieux. The enemy,
wl,o seemed to have concentrated himself in this in,-

portant pwition, did not think fit to remain in it, and
• hastened to evacuate it, retiring precipitately. upon
Nantua. I have given orders to General Musnier to
pursue him briskly, and try to get possession of Nan.
tua, where there are considerable magazines. Gene-
ral ninniteer, who, as I informed your Excellency,
\: as marching to Macon, entered it on the 19th, after
a sMart action, is which the enemy, who was about
.3)00 strong, experienced a considerable loss in killed
,111,1 wounded. We took 200 prisoners. Our loss is
extrenkly trifling. . General Panniteer has orders to
send out strong detachments toward Chalons and-Li.
;on. This General communicates also, by Bourg,
with General Muier.

Generals Marchand and Desaix, after having
taken &belles and Montnieillan, entered, on the 19th,
into Chambery, whence they intend to proceed to
Geneva.

4,

" The result of these different operations gives us
soo prisoners, and insures the speedy deliverance of
the departments of the Ain, of the Saone and Loire,
and of Mount Blanc.
The Generals greatly praise the excellent spirit
that reigns in the inhabitants of these departments.—
Accept, &c. (Signed)
41 AUCUREAU, Duke of Castiglione."
DECREES.
" Imperial Head-Quarters; at Troyes, Feb. R 4.
Napoleon, Emperor of the French and King of
Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the
Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation, &c.
" We have decreed, and decree as follows :
" Art. 1. A list shall be drawn up of those French who,Eviug
m the service of tile Allied Powers, or under whatever titles have
accompanied the enemy's armies in•the invasion of the territory
of the Emperor since the 20th of December, 1813.
" Art. 2. The Individuals who shall be compreherded in the •
said list shall be sommomed without delay, and all other business
ceasing before our Courts anl Tribunals, to be there judged and
condemned to the penalties inflicted by the laws, and their pro-
perty confiscated for the benefit of the domains of the State, ac-i
cording to the existing TAWS.
" Art. 3. Every Frenchman'who shall have worn the badges
of the decorations of the ancient dynasty, in the places occupied
by the away, asul-duriumish. may there, shall be declared a

traitor, and as such judged by a military commission, and con-
demned to death. His property shall be confiscated to the profit
of the doniains of the State.
'64 Art. 4 Our Ministers are charged each, as far as concerns
hint, with the execution of this Decree, which shall be inserted
in the Bulletin of the Laws. (Signed) "NAto I. ao Ire
" By the Emperor, the Minister Secretary of State,
(Signed) 6g TII e DUCE OF BASSANO.
" Napoleon, ice. &e. " Troyes, 24th February.
" Considering- that the Prefect of the Aube has quitted the
territory of his departMetit, and especially the arrondissenient of
Nogent, while our troops stall occupied it; that he has nut since
taken measures to return and resume his functions, at the nto•
nient when the chief town of his department was evacuated by
the itnemy.
" We have decreed and decree as follows:
" Baron Cafferelli, Prefect of the Departnatnt of the Aube, is
deprived of his -office.'
And a second Decree appoints M. Roederer, Pre-
fect of the department of the 'l'lnrasimene, to be Pre-
fect of the Aube; and a third decree names M. Flaw
to exercise the functions for the present.
FRENCII FUNDS.--.-Feb. 24, 551.; Feb. 25, 55f. 25e.;
Feb. 26, 56f. 50c. ; Feb. 28, 54f. 75c.

• THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5. 1814.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVL O'CLOCK
Bank Stdek ,but-3 per Cent. Red. shut
Cont. 71,3 70a-701—for arc. '72 711-4 per Ct. shut
3 per Ct. Auras. shot-0 =tuna 27 26i.
Ina& Bonds Ins. Its. pr.—Eschequer B&1I Is. 55. pr.

We have given in the preceding columns the con-
tenis of the' Paris Papers received yesterday. They
will be read with much interest. Some of our con--
temporaries can hardly hide a secret exultation at
the details in the Monittur, as confirming all their
evil prognostications s ethers; with equal perversity,
hail them as proofs that every admission of the possi-
bi;ity of treating with BoNtarAturs was criminal;
and, therefore, that the British cabinet is in fault for
ant destroying him : and some view the whole as'in-
dicative of the approaching annihilation of the Allied
Armies. The sober-minded part of the public will
not hastily adopt any of these conclusions.
The accounts before us are those of the enemy.
Having before gained some advantages over Bur—
CUER, it was to be expected that such a General as
BONAPARTE would endeavour to--follow up his suc-
cesses by preventing, if possible, a junction with his
enemy's forces. It ►vas hoped that in this he might
disappointed ; but b 7 the accounts before us, it
does appear that a farther retreat was rendered

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was proposed on the 9.3 d, 11 Ptince SCILWARTZEN-
BERG, and CommissiolitaStiveiseen appointed ; but
in the mean time, BONAPARTE pressed upon Troyes,
the head .quarters of the Allies, expecting perhaps to
find his foe in a worse state than he actually was.—
A reconnoisance probably 'hewed the enemy his mis-
take, and a Message from the Allies, that if disturbed
in evacuating the place they would bUrn it, stopped
the movements of Islapcns.oN.
That he had over-estimated the improvement of
his circumstances, or, in other words, that the Allies,
though their plans had in some points been deranged,
were still inigood condition, may be inferred, not only
from the French sum of the prisoners-2,000 and
1,000 wounded,"hich is comparatively trifling, but
also from the ef4ct produced on the French funds.
Ehttrd with the hopes that the Allied Armies were
on the point of annihilation, the funds advanced from
55, the price on the 24th, to .56t on the 26th ; but
on the 28th, after the Parisians have had time to
canvass the intelligence, we find the price to be 54-i :
nor need we to remind our Readers, that a few days
before the price was 57.

From such circumstances as these a more correct
estimate may be formed of the state of the contending
_armies, than from the official statements in the Mo-
niteur. But let us not be misunderstood—the retreat
of the Allies is an admission that more has been at.
tempted than they find themselves able to com-
mand ; or, which would be worse, that they are not
,unanimous in the objects.'of their pursuit. If the
-former, prudence demands that they should not waste
their strength, but reserve it for objects within their
reach : if the latter, those who might be inclined
jointly to prosecute the war in the territories of the
[enemy, may find that with their own means this is
impossible, with any prospect of ultimate benefit.
We are slow to credit reports of want of cordiality
among the Allied Sovereigns ; and we are equally
averse to believe that any of them, embarked in such
a contest, would, from motives of commiseration
for the wretch whose ambition has caused so much
isery, willingly felax in their efforts to destroy him.
*lf, therefore, we see them retiring nearer to their own
:borders, we may infer that they are impelled by the
:operation of causes, moral and physical, over which
:they have no controul, to adopt the line of conduct
which they are pursuing.
. . Let us compare their present conduct with that of
NAPOLEON when he had obtained Moscow. He lin-
geted there in the expectation of the peasants joining
his standard, or of the Russians suing for peace. He
lost his army ! The Allies had more reason to hope
that the French would declare for their ancient Royal
family, and augment the ranks of their armies ;* but
in this hope they have been disappointed. They there-
fore do not choose to loiter, but to retire in time u
their own resources. In this they act wisely, and.
they will succeed.
While we cannot but condemn those short-sighted'
politicians who never allow possible contingences to
enter into their calculations, and who would raise the
hue and cry against Ministers for not being as blindly
headstrong as themselves, we must equally censure
those who would depress the public spirit and suffo-
cate the hopes of humanity, merely because the Allies
have not taken Paris and hanged the tyraut.
To be elevated oi depressed with eery wind of
passing events, as if the crisis of nations wero be
wound up in the circumstances of a single dry, is to
manifest the intellect of children—not the vigorous
sound judgment of men.—Let the Pubk have pa-
tience till official accounts be received from the Al-
lies, before they applaud-or censure men for measuz es
on which they have not yet the means of forming a
correct judgment.

Today there are various rumours, but they should
'be received with caution. General BLUCHER, it is
said, has defeated MARMONT in a great battle, and
the latter has retreated upon Paris.

It is also reported, that private letters from France
ascribe the fall in the French funds to the heavy con-
tributions lately demanded, and which it is expected
will be collected with rigour. But this cannot be the
cause, for there has been no new imposition within
the period.

The fact seems to be that the Parisians, who know
more of the events in their neighbourhood than have
yet reached us, know that the Allied Armies, though
they may not be in a condition to advance to Paris,
are by far too formidable to be swallowed as a break.
fast by the man who tyrannizes over the people of
France.

Swim interesting extracts from Dutch and Ger-
man Papers will be found in another part of our co-
lumns.. The most p;ominent article they contain is
another Proclamation, cr Manifesto, fr. m the Prince
Royal of SWEITEN against BONAPARTE. It teems
with persOnalities from beginning to end, and appeals
most forcibly.. to the feelings of the French Nation
against the Usurper.

- The Dutch Papers also contain a kind of Mani-
festo, issued by the King of DENMARK against France'
It is a lame and impotent defence of the conduct of
that unfortunate Sovereign, during his connection
with France. The causes assigned for his putting an
end to the unnatural and unprofitableaUiance are, as
might.have been expected, bad faith, and the most
dishonontable• conduct pa the part of the French.—
The Danish auxiliaries- were 'pot without pay,
the Bank ft jiambnrgh;'or robbed of the r
eP
Pie 7
.14 a .4. 'Lk'tY .ftt: • •e.

territories were liftintrkt? invasion, notwithstanding
the stipulatiohs 014W*111,'Iind tl4 banish troops,
reihich might have deftliaed, them, were employed on
services conducive to rienc interests alone.
LORD WELLINGTON'S ARMY.
Various accounts have been published respecting
the advance of Lord Wr.u.neuritx i—the following
is all the information of which Ministers are in
possession :
" WAR DEPARTMENT.
44 The Walsingham packet, Captain BULLOCK, is
arrived from Passages. She brings no dispatches
from Lord WELLINGTON, nor any returns of his army.
64 It appears by private letters and verbal ac
counts, that the right Wing of the army was put in
motion about the I3th unisio, and had moved upon
St. Palair, and from thence to the Gave d'Oleron,
on which river the British troops were established
upon the 18th.
‘i Lord WELLINGTON retired to the left of his
army, and it is supposed that operations upon the
(Lower Adour commenced on the 23d."

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The following Officers marched with theiletach-
ment of Guards that left London for Lord WEL-
Lit.:Gros's army on Monday last, Lieutenant-Colonel
,Sir HENRY SULLIVAN, Coldstream, commanding :
Ist Regiment of Guards—Captain Clarke, Ensignie ITiner and
Grant.
Coldsireani—Ensigns Hon. J. Forbes, Pitt, Armyrage, and
Hon. W. Rouse.

34.1 Guards—Ensigns Stepney, Cowell, Northmore, Forster,
and Knolhs.
The bridge prepared by the Engineers for crossing'
the Adour, consisteJ of vessAs similar to our coal-
barges on the Thames.
The following General Order was issued after the
reconnoissance of Antwerp by General Gft
It does equal credit to the gallant men praised, and
those by whom their conduct has been so approved.
The conduct of the 7th, and •the brigade of Artil-
lery, directed by Major FYERS, was most eminently
conspicuous :
GENERAL/ORDERS.

" Head-quarters, Eckesing, Jan. I
" No. I.—The Commander of the forces i. veil happy tit'.
have it in his power to express Ms satisfAction with the disciAti,
and orderly conduct of the troops during the•unavoidablefatiguinr
duty which the service required their being exposed to, 'during
the continuance rf ihe operations of the Prtis4an Army. The
object of reconnoitring Antwerp could not have been sufficiently
accon:plished without forcing the enemy from their last ani
strong position in the village dMerxem.
" The manner in which the attack of that post was conducted
by the Brigade under Colonel 11/I‘l.e.o.'s command, directed by
MajorrGetieral-Mar c riza i.:, was most highly creditable to the
troops concerned. Indrei!, the advance of the detachment of the
third Battalion of the Rifle Corps, under the command of Cap- •
tain FULLAiI oN, and of the 2d Battalion of the 78th Regiment,
COraMillaed by Li Clltinant4:olollel LINDSAY, supported by The
ed Battalion of the 2.lth and 33d Regiments, could not have
been lain without admiration; and the Commusderof the Fo
will consider it his duty to report it iu the light it desertes to his
. •
Majesty's Government, for the favourable consideration of their
.Royal Highnesses the Pattsci Ric esur and the Co st ar.tNocs-
•lN-Cuter. No veteran troops ever behaved better than these
men, who met the enemy for the first time, and whose discipline
and gallantry reflect equal credit on themselves and their officers.
" The Commander of the. Forces laments the loss they sus-
tained, which, however, must have been infinitely greater, but
for :he rapidity of the advance, and the decisive charge with the
bayonet, a mode of attack which alwa)s ensures success to Bri-
tish soldiers.

" The army will tejnice to know, that Colonel M`l.roo's
wound is not likely to deprive it long of the valuable service of
that distinguished Othcer.
" The Commander of the Forces has equal satisfaction in doing
justice to the conduct of Major FY is s, with the detachment of
his brigade of Royal Artillery, and the excellent practice of the
two guns employed under a heavy fire from the enemy.

(Signed)

" A. ItinFoimuo, Dep.-Adj -Gen."

We have to-day received the Fifteenth Report of
the Silesian Army, commanded by the enterprizing
BLUCIII'It, but, although containing some interesting
details, they are not so recent in date, by some weeks,
as those already received. This document brings
down the proceedings of the Silesian Army only to
the Battles of Brienne and La Rothiere, which
been already detailed to the public in a variety 'aro-
cuments.

Yesterday, General TAYLOR arrived- in a (liaise-
and-four, at York House, with dispatches from Hol.
land. The General was closeted with his Royal
Highness for near two hours. The Royal Duke af-
terwards waited upon the PRINCE RECENT, to report
to'his Royal Brother the contents of the dispatches.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange, who sit
daily, endeavouring to discover the authors of the late
nefarious fraud, have made great progress. They
have traced the pratendesKolonel DE BOURGH to go
immediately on his arrival to the house of a certain
Gentleman, who has a large stock jobbing account ;
and the Committee have stuck up the names of six
gentlemen, who appear by the brokers' books to have
been interested .in the success of the plan. The whole
is now sure to be found out, and will perhaps occupy
the attention of Parliament.

The late hoax is likely to prove most,advantageous
to the Gentlemen of the Lo 'g Robe. Certain per-
sons who having purchased Stock at the highest prices,
without the means of taking it, were compelled to
a pay a continuation so excessive, as in some in-
stances at the rate of 45 to 50 per cent. A conside-
rable fall having taken place, these parties not only re-
fuse to take the Steck, but threaten to commence aaion:
for unary. We are most credibly informed that the °pi.
nicrn of the most eminent at the Bar has been taken, and
whodeclare the penalties in such cases May be recover.
ed. It is high time the question should be tried, and
however much we may reprobate the character of the
mad who endeavours to avoid his bargains by this
means, still the mercantile world will rejoice if he
the preju-
we under-
respe ct-

a but succeeds, for the evil is growing daily, to th
Py, dice of'the honourable trader. An action, WI
ie money vandi is atready commenced against a most
e Danish able .country Banker..