Star.
London, England, 1815-08-24 00:00:00

:kicking, impatient for the bold and ezperleneed rider
who shall mount it and ly with it through the air.
The army humbled but not dispersed, full of rage
Which they dare not express, stimulated .by many re-
collections, incapable of supporting peace, still pos.
,tssed by their old arrogance, have for a time placed
vavoust at their head till a better can be found.
over them and under them there is a bold party, long
skilled in all arts of intrigue. As the force in which
they relied has been counteracted by force, they have
coolly betaken themselves to cooling. They have
chosen Fouche for.heir head, a worthy and dexterous
leader, who has begun his career by getting entrusted
to his bands the execution of the sentence against the
beads of the offending party ; such a clumsy and
pinlent piece of jugglery, that it is inconc‘ivable how
it ever could he attempted to be played off.
T. have free room to a re-action, that it may ob-
t,iit a bro 'd looting and a sure foundation, forty
departments remain unoccupied, and theirtrontiers
are guarded by an army, which in appearance is sub-
ject to the iiing, but which in reality does not belong
10 ;,,m. beside it, under the pretext of forming a
counterpoise, a numerous royalist army is organizing
in the West.
In the country occupied by us, no one has thought
of disarming the people ; if the National Guards are
allowed to present arms before us, they may without
ditliculty proceed still further. Even the partisans in
Lorraine have been allowed to retain their weapons,
;Eat after being strengthened by emissaries from the
armies, they may, with redoubled fury, turn them
against us. The most ordinary prudence would have
managed things otherwise; but all this is overlooked,
that the republican Vendees, as they are called,
which lie scattered like Oases in the Pyrenees and
Cevennes, in the Alps, Jura, the Vosges, may serve
as rally n, points for insurrection.
The best preventative of all this is the possession of
the fortresses, which would NAT as a bulwark against
possible consequences, and a security of more avail
than any that a groping policy can ever give.. Here
alone the Prussians make good use of their time, pro-
bah', greatly against the opinion of the rest, who, as
h appears, hope to preserve'what they do not owe to
their weapons, by diplomacy, which has already de•
prived ua of every thing, but never yet done us any
good.

THE EVLNING STAR.

1,01 DUN.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1815. •
sr.BAirmonoNtvr.—tioliday at the Bank.

To.diy we received Brussels Papers to the 22d
Aii;ust The dismemberment of France continues
rill to be a favourite tneme with the German politi-
Cans. The bombardment of the unfortunate city of
in Switzerland, from the French fortress of
Iluningueri, is continued from day to day. We are
itpitient to see how this business will end—either
BALBANEGUED the Governor, acts under the authority
of Louis XVIII. or he does not. If he has no au-
thority from his legitimate Sovereign, he is out of
te pale of society, and the inhabitants of Basle have
a right to seize him and put him to instant death y if
oa the other hand he can drew ha Royal Master's
warrant for this outrage on a defenceless city, we ap-
prehend that Louts XVIII. has been advised by his
Ministers to declare war against the Swiss Cantons.

BRUSSELS, AUGUST 20.
We have just been honoured with the following
Letter :

" Head-quarters, at Maubert Fontaine, Aug. 17.
" I inform you by the present letter, titat the for-
tress of Rocroi surrendered yesterday at noon to my
army. The day before yesterday, in the evening,
the trenches were opened at Coe distance of 300 paces
from the fortress. After a bontbardmeut of tour
hours the town surrendered, upon the same conditions
as were granted to Landrecies and Philippe%
was defended by 39 pieces of cannon.

66 AUGUST L'S, Prince of NUSSIA.

'; To the Fcli,ir of the 11. de la Belgium."
We learn lrom Valenciennes that Prince Frederick,
.9110 commands the corps before that forucss, is de.
Tart.A fur Paris.

BASLE, AUGUST 9.

Ihtuingnen has continued for some days past, and
=vain this morning, a brisk fire. upon Bourglibre and
':eudorf : B4sle alone has been spared. Our alarms
still remain. All brandy, oil, and in general all com-
:-.tib!es, have been removed from the magazines
and the Custom-house. Barbanegre has threatened
.13 with a fresh bombardment if our chaueurs do not
irk the right bank.
Yesterd.ty the Austrians and the Swiss kept up a
br.sk tire against Huninguen. Protected by little
Vat'lements, our chasseurs killed many of the ene-
my's People. The French are trying to make a pas-
sage to communicate between the fortress and the ad-
vanced redoubts, but this work is continally inter-
lerruPted. List night the garrison of Huningueff
:hide a vigorous sally on the side of Neudorff. This
morning the Governor repeated it M much greater
force, but was repubied with loss.
'the desertion among the garrison continues. No.
r'ces, adroitly thrown to the outposts by the inhabi-
tants of &mita, are not without effect.
The Austrian General Baron Fasching, who has
been to urge the advance of the heavy artillery, is
tipected this morning. Some pieces are already ar-
rived, and are going to be mounted on the batteries.
The officers affiim that the siege will begin on the
11th. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Jahn
has returned from Zurich.

We learn that Prince Schwartzenberg and the
Duke of Wellington have presented to the King of
France an energetic Note upon the bombardment of
4sle.
AUGUST 12. .onr uneasiness teCOMMORCig. Gs.'

nasal Zarbanegre.has notified, Chit unlen the !none/
which he has demanded be paid hien to-day, before
noon, he will bombard the city anew. The heavy
artillery and the ammunition continue :t6 arrive.—
Some artillerymen from Zurich, and six- df
cannon, arrived here this morning.
The post from Basle to Befort was Stopped yester•
day at the French out-posts t it is even said that
General Lecourbe has denounced the armistice, but
we do not attach any credit to this report.
Our eight battalions before Huninguen are each to
send a company for the expedition to Lower Ult.'
derwold.

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