Star.
London, England, 1814-01-13 00:00:00

BESANCON, MN. 1.

The Paris Papers have been mistaken in stating that
the Prince of Moskwa had arrived at Besancon, .
APCI4A7CHAPILLE MN. 4,
On the Ist instant, at eleven o'clock at night, the
imemy landed near Remegen, in the Department of
the Rhine and Moselle, lie was defeated betieen
that commune and that of Scuzig ; 30Q prisoners
were taken, one of whom was a Major ; 160 of these
prisoners, Russians and Prussians, have already ar•
rived at Cologne, with a carriage and cannon.
On the 301., about noon, the enemy passed the
Rhine in the environs of Mi,lbeina, in eleven boats,
and advanced to the gars of Cologne, In an instant
the garrison, as well infantry as cavalry, proceeded
to the point attacked. After a short firing of mus-
ketry, in which they lost some men, the Allies re-
turned (Oahe right bank, leaving behind them 60 pri-
sonersiarnong Whom was a Russian Officer, wound-
ed. They almost all belong -to- the Landwehr. The
National Guard newly organised effected the service ;
the public order has.not been disturbed.

On the 3d, about eleven in the morning, the ene-
my also landed between Weiss and Rodenkerchen,
but he was repulsed with vigour by the cavalry and.
infavry stationed in those two villages.

cLEVEii, DEC4MBEkt SI.
Whatever the Allies and their potions may say,
it is thought that they have not in the whole of Hol.
land more than 10,000 men. Admiral Verhedithis

not suffered himself to be seduced by any of the pro-
mises that have been made him. I-le is at the Hel-
der, whiUi is considered as impregnable, and deter-
mined to defend himself there to the last extremity.
He has provisions sufficient to supply him for a long
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time.
Our troops occupy the strong places of Naarden,
[Deventer, &c. At the date of the last .ac
founts frOM the. Hague, some English vessels wcre.
in sight off the coast, and the Hollanders were made
to believe that they had troops on board. Conster-
nation and alarm are already spread among the in .
habitants of Holland, whom the Allies pillage and
ill treat in every possible manner. •

AGEN, DECEMBER 24:
The 'Garonne_ overflowed its banks on the 22d, and
laid the lower parts of the town under water. It began
to subside last night, butvery slowly. The commu-
nications are intercepted, the couriers stopped.; those
from Paris, Bourdeaux, and Toulouse, have not ar.
rived since Tuesday last. The courier from Ach
did sot arrive till to-day at noon.
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4 • - VERONA, DECEMBER 26.
The 'day before yesterday the enemy attacked the
position of Castagniro, where was established Ge-
neral deCouchy, with two battalions of the 106th,
and one battalion of the 36th light. Though the
enemy renewed. the attack three times, he was always
repulsed with great loss, and at last thrown' in disor-
der on Baden. By the number of men which he left
on the field 'during his retreat; his loss .may be esti-
mated in killed and wounded at 400 men, among
whom were several' superior officers. On our side we
had 10 men killed and about 100 wounded. This
combat does much honour to the troops engaged in
it, both officers and soldiers. ,
PARIS, JANUARY t
The Count dc Tallefrand, Minister from France
to the Swiss Confederation, who left Basle on the 30t13,
'December, has arrived at Paris. . .
,OBSBRVATIONS ON THE FRANKFORT DECLARATION,
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(Front the lournaLde 1144 Art) • •
For some time past much has been said of the be,
claration of the Allied Powers, dated December Ist,
and insetted in the Frankfort Gazette of the 6th. The
enemy have thrown ionie copies of it on our frontiers
and our coasts.. they have even sent it by the Post.
office at Dasle to atreat many persons: Already the
Orator of the Senate has quoted some passages front
jts which he has refuted with equal strength and
.soundness of argument; but we.think-it our duty to
make some reflections on this strange paper, calms..
fated to strike every apprehension.
if, after having made to his Majesty the paperer
pf the FrenelLjust, generous and liberal proposals; are
Allies had me; with a refusal, or had even received
only an evasive, answer, it cannot be denied that this
declaration would be adapted to make some impres.
sion on the pete hrit little acquainted with the in-
plirect preeted's s of diplomacy ; but if, on the con-
trary, the propbsits of the Allies hire }pen formally
accepted by his Majesty the•Pr3pirror (as the report
pf rte Con rnittee piores), if it was not till after they.
Lad received the aceptaince of hi* Majesty? that the
41614t:rverpripii Pubiliabpd this decifistiotp, K best
be, ow , • their sentuaenta moot or

heir eiewslo disinterested as tbefurect td piodabn
at their Manifelto has po other object than that.
i
4 paralysing the energy of the french parton. by it.
tempting to persuade them that their 13overomeot
has rejected jut, generakt and Wel ftstigair; that
this declaration, apparently so moderate, may he a
'eloak for an ambition, which dares sotto *how itself
Openly ;• in short, that it is discord in itself, which,
,issuming the oarb of peace, he* thin*" inIP Voles
it declaration, which is but a decejtfp% lure,
What we have/just said is not.* inicrepreseotetioo.
it was on the sth December, in the evening,-that the
Allies received the acceptance of the Emperor of
French ; it was on the 7th that they published in the
Frankfort Gazette, which city was their head-quartere.
at that time, the famous declaration which they hate
-published on the Ist. This is a certain fact, the bare
relation of which is sufficient to overturn all this shell,
of generosity and love of peace,
Truly, we might dispense, after this, with replying
to an act which we are at a loss how to appreciate ;
`we will, however, examine it in detail, refute it, as if
it had been made in the spirit of good faith, and
when it is stripped of all the deceitful forms which
conceal its real character, it will be easily perceived
that it can deceive nobody, and that all the• French
must answer it only by their unanimity, their cou-
rage, and the most generous efforts,
The Allies do not make" war on France, they say,
but against the prelunderance" which the Emperor
Napoleon has exercised beyond the botmdaries of bis
Empire,
_

We shall not repeat here the reflections, full of
wisdom, which M. de Fontanes has opposed to-those
forms, co ncw in the social and political.orders of
Europe ; but ws will -ask the Allies, if it is pot to
;heir imprudent attacks that francs la hutchtsd. for
this preponderarke ? Since the famous treaty ofTil7,
nitz, have not they alternately-compeljed itogoin,
bat and to vanquish thqin •

In 1796, Franre, rnistyess of the Rhine and the
Alps, ruling over Holland and the Milanese, was
already a preponderating power on the Continent,
and this preponderance, the result• of the first coali-
tion? Was recognized and sanctioned by the treaties
of Bale and Campo ,Vormio. The Emperor of the
French has undoubtedly carried it further, and every
new ',Far has strengthened it. lint wfio provoked
those wars •

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Those who in 1804, 1800, and 1809, violated their
treaties, and attacked- France, which was engaged in
combating the preponderance of England,
Let the Allied Powers be sincere always aggres-
sors, always conquered, they have nevertheless for-
mally concurred in the general measures which they
now seek to represent as the unhappy result of the
French preponderance, Is Germany the point in
question At Ratisbonne, at Luneville, in the fixing,
of the indemnities, or to speak timbre plainly, in
the partition of the German Empire, did we not
see Austria and Prussia co-operate in the most
active manner ? Did not Rusiii, conduct the
aegodations in concert with Fraaila I.- Did not she
guarantee the result, and did not the Russian Am-
bassador proclaim then, that the distribution of the in-
demnities was made for the peace and happiness of the Con-
tinent ?
Is the Continental system in question ? Was not
Russia herself the first to give, during the American
war, the signal for the measures which were taken
by the maritime powers of the North, to stop the pre-
ponderance of the English, which has now become,
if we may use the expression, a real omnipotence on all
the seas of the globe._?
What was the object of France whey victorious,
unless to renew and to fi; upon n solid basis the ma-
ritime system which Russia had conceived ? What
was the most important stipulation of the Treaty of
Tilsit ? The engagement entered ipto by Russia, to
complete, in conjunction with us, what she had her-
self began, and which she for ;v.-long time considered
as the fairest title.to glory ?
Can Europe have forgotten the solemn Proclama-
tions of the Emperor. Alexander, in which he de-
clared, that for the happiness of his people, and for
the happiness of the world, he had agreed. witls the
Emperor Napoleon on the means of maintaining the
Continental system, and of forcing the English to se.
cognize the rights of netural powers ? Did he not so,
lemnly engage to-revenge the crimes committed at
Copenhagen ? Did he not declare war against Eng_
land ? Add when-Russia afterwards tore in pieces
the treaties to, which she had sworn, did not Prussia,
Austria, Bavaria, and all Germany, fight under our
banners, to maintain the Continental system, which
they had So often proclaimed ?
Certainly, when the Emperor Napoleon marched
at the head of the Confederated Kings against Rus-
sia, then the only ally that England bad on the Con-
tinent, he exercised an enormous prepcindeance, be-
yond the Hulks of his empire, but the elements
de-
clared against him.

His allies successively forsake him, join their ar.
miesto those of his enemies, and march themselves
against France, which has retired within its qatuzal
boundaries
Has not this preponderance changed hands aod
if it is exercised at this moment by any p0...04.S it ie
not 1.4 that which drags With the nationsiat•Eil-
rope, and leads 'them avins,.• a people who haire now
Aowishbtft that of defending their ownsterritnrt...pms
which, within a celltztry, has by it!ins
Sweden; partitions Poland, detotirid thy Ctialmir
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threatened Caucasus, and coveted the throne dem,
stantine,,Russia, which- at this moment governs
Saxony, domineers over Prussia, and perhaps over
. ,
AGermany_-Russia, which pours into. France her
siatic legions—Russia declares that she makes war
against the preponderance of tbs! Emperor Nipokon
in Eufope:
She proclaims, notwitbstanding, thit the views of
the Allied listrete-bare-for their object the independence
ty. all Starer char these views are just, generous, libe.
ml, orteastragink far all, honourable for each. Why then
do not these Powers express themselves in a precise
Manner ? Why, in this new system of speaking to
the nation, du not they say clearly *hat they propose
,
withoutasion, the basis
Virls rio they not point out, ev
PaCtileatiug--4—. -.
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ft* li wish that France should be strong and
powerful- that the an should flourish there; they
confirm to herms greater eitent of WOWy than she
ever kpew under her, friop?"TrrWell then i why do
they not formallri this extent ? With this vague
' manner of expression, they may ILI WI FOrentfuy,
which we did not posseis unciefilMi Icings, ATOhi,'
guons phrases der not Indkate siiihit tretitiOns-;
sincerity, is the firiesign of good faith,
_ . But' the Mlles had pc:4 reason ft* Wrapphit
themselves up in mysteriods terms• If they kW p mg'
lished the real preipo,tali whit' they bave ift4dO to
. France, the gMperor replied,- Flare atcristrg !h.**.
Thus the War would be teitttod 44 'irctt rimige,
But, we are- sorry to say it; every Thing !Avg tgiii
dieate that such was pot the wisk Of the fsgwgisi of
' at:least of some of them, ' z• - • - -: '
, Let US he'allowet, itol.* Ow ID l*l if the 14:
clatqation,llit is any proof of 'tinsgrg iyk.h for the
.tnctemstience of the Frtmli &With to illT4e it!
!moral tootuldarkt :-I.f in c4l, folly Confik in the
riPsi Nth of.** Mkt,' when tboy pm the frOne,
-gm having pilbliclr flecl4red l*tt rear this they
took sp arms oiiliaterepulse the Fryncl bipied that
river, TM" • they occupy the CA: territory,. after
hArioic atioopoced it to Europe that their armies
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would not cross it. .
66 The Allies desire that the arts -should flourish in
from"- but 'their movements every where strike
our eyes; hut do not our mtiseums, -our capital, our
towns, orir public'places, present incessant 'wonders
-which-have, as one may jay, wearied admiration.— •
Which of the Allied Powers is it then-which desires
to make the arts flourish again 'in trance ? Con it
be Russia, who allures our labourers, Misuses our
manufacturers, and entraps our artists ts—h• omit • be
allowed, that it is curious to see the Noidilarstie
the South, in order to make arts and civilization .
flourish there.
The Powers-speak of a just balance,_ but do they
insure to -Europe that one of them will not soon ex-
ercise a fatal prepboderance, and that finding the
French empire-too powerful it will not soon be desir-
ous of butting itself in a situation to fear no further
obstacle to its aggrandisement ? -..- Theripealt. 'of a
just partition of poWer, of natural limits, and that
at a time when Sweden desires to pass the Alps
which separate it from Norway, when England
pretends to keep some of the principal ports of the
Continent. •
Let us not fear to fay it : what the Allies profess
is in contradiction with what they design ; their pro-
mises are as insecure as their reproaches are tsnjust.
They incessantly trumpet forth 'their moderation; but
their actions speak more intelligibly than their words
—while their declaration breathes only peace and
happiness,their invasion brings devastation and death.
France has had its days of good fortune. Lit us
reineisber her attitude • in the midst of tier tritiMphs,
let us contrast what she has often granted with whit;
is now required, of her, and let us deter Mine then
which side displayed good faitlisanoderation, and we
venture to say soy modenstion-in vlttory. Let us
begin with Austria-.,.. - ,-...: .r. ^•••• : . - ---
Within these twenty tears ate hat concluded
fear treaties of peace with this power, et Campo For.
trio, at Luneville, at Presburg, and at Vienna. .
At Campo Formic, Tyrol was conquered ; the Ess.
peror at the bead of that invincible army before whioi;
Italy had fallen, wag within thiri.f,leaffues 4 the ciii:'.
pital.. The French army,of khe Abine seas pesictsitr.'
'ing to the heait of the rUPP44I7. Hungav in a ter...
;Dent. thieatened.to. separate from the capital, The!
victors Offer pease._ WhalVte;ttli;ositlititm r? Aus-
tria ceded BeLgium end-ILo*l4'oy, winch Ware con- .
'qutred, but she received, in esohange, tstriar Dalma-
tia, the Venetian Is/ancient the Arehhielaige. Gnaws
Venice Inc! the provineteef kit#illtipublal on the left
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of the Adige. .••••eit-. •,* ''s
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Thus Austria, though Tiocolidtp4e-Attsitia invad
ed on all sides, found herself, after all her disasters,
wigs a territory snore considerable in extent and more'.
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advantageously situated for her. Yet in MOO stile
again gave the signal for battle ; we march i vic.:
tory leads us again to the gates of Vienna. .

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What conditlofis does the Emperor Napoleon !ID-
pose on ber Ilia peace of Luneville. _ The treaty of
Campo Folio is nearly confirmed ; and France, at.
way, attacked, always triumphant, is never weary of
being magnanimous.

Who does nit Temembet, that in this memorable
campaign, the Emperor Napoleon, alter the victory
at Marengo, honouring cour.ge atki misiortune,
granted to M. de Melas, a witulakion, by virtue of
which 40,0p0 Austrians passed, with Lbw amp And
baggage, through the middle of the Frieaais army
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