Star.
London, England, 1814-04-02 00:00:00

CITY OW FARIS:

" MY GENERAL—Numberless requisitions have been
demanded, under pain of death, from the Pepart-
fnent of the Oise. The station of the enemy who
exacted them was Montdidier. I determined to arrest
the bearers of the enemy's orders, and after having
ct-ncerted measures with the authorities, I united the
troops under my command, the Urban guardof Beau-
vais, and the levy-en-masse, to march upon the ad-
vanced posts of the corps which occupied the depart-
ment. I had informed the General who commands
the department of Somme, of my movement, and the
Major who commands at Compeigne, in order that
they might support me.
it I marched gom Beauvais on the 24th, at three
in the morning, and arrived at St. Just at ten, where
soon after I caused the enemy's posts to reploy. Pro-
fiting of the zeal of my column, I determined to carry
the town of Montdiclier by main force. I completely
succeeded in my enterprize, after a pretty igorous
fusiladc, and had not the lingth of my route, and
the bad state of the roads retarded my march, I should
have done more mischief to the enemy. .
1 My lou waa only one man taken, aad two slightly
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wounded. I know not the loss of the 'enemy ; but
two men were killed, and according to the reports
of the inhabitants of Moatdidier, several wounded
were carried oft.

" I must in particular give praise to the Majors of
the garrison of Blauvais, who, though they had only
feeble detachments, asked leave to march. The Sub.
Prefect and the Mayor of Beauvais, as well as man•
of the notalles of the country, also wished to partici.
pate in this affair.
44 It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm of the
inhabitants of Montdidier. on our entry. The town
was spontaneously illuminated amidst the cries,
thousand times repeated, of Jive km's:cram—airy
had bken for six days cut off from all communications
and subjected to the most atrocious vexations.
" The inhabitants contended for receiving the sol.,
diers, to treat them, and make them forget the fatig%o4
of so long a march.
• 46 I have retaken from the enemy !Ile NU!, which
he had seised in the night of the 19th. I have cau:e:i
it to be conveyed to Beauvais. As it contained r uket.
of letters, I have caused them to be delivered i to
Post Office at Beauvais, and directed the cal t 'age to
be given to the owner, on his claiming it.
(Signed) " A VESSL,
General commanding Ow D.-partite:it of the
" Head-quarters, Montdiklivr, March :-:5, rkkhi."
rmus, MARCH

From our Paper of yesterday it must have he!!!!
seen that the English paper, The"' tract, ::pplauLL t:.
project of burning Paris, and tat it Oraterye
eight days ago, that this great city war: p. chaps
only a heap of ashes.
I worthy of remark that this Journal u rites crdr*
the direct influence of Lord IVellesley, a b:uther et
Lord Wellington ; and that it ic, besides, the tr..-A1
moderate of the Ministerial Papers.
It appears certain that rnovements of the highest
importance ate executing on all Fiats by the tienct:
army, and that they Occasion great uncertainty in
operations of the enemy.
His Majesty King Joseph will this day revier, is
the court of Palace of the Thuilleries, the trn •nc
of the line of the garrison of Pat is, the Imp.: ial guad,
and the Parisian naConil guard.
A traveller, who has passed tl,ropgh nearly the
whole of the Austrian army, assures us that it is in
a state of great destitution, that it suffers privations
of every kind, and that the number of sick which are
left in the rear, augments daily in as astonishing po.
portion.