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

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 2.

Dispatches, of which the following are copies and
extracts, have been this day received at this Office :

Bar-sur-Aube, Nlalch 22.

MY LORD—I have the honour to enclose, for your
Lordship's information, an additional report I last
night received from Colonel Lowe, dated Laon, the
16th instant. Also a letter from my Aide-de-Camp
(Captain Harris), giving an accountof General St.
Priest's afiair at Rheims, on the 13th inst.

I have the honour to he, &c. (Signed)
CHARLES STEWART, Lieut.-Gen.
Viscount Castlereagh, &c. &c.

COLONEL LOWE TO THE 110 N. SIR C. STEWART, DATED
HEADQUARTERS OF THE COMBINED ARMY UNDER

FIELD-MARSHAL BLUCHER, LAON, MARCH 16.

SlK—Nothing of material importance has occurred
in this army since the battles of the 9th and 10th,
except the affairs that have occurred at Rheims.—
Ti, reports of your Aid-de-Camp, Captain Harris,
who was with General Count St. Priest, at the cap-
ture and loss of the town, render it unnecessary for
me to enter into any details regarding them. The
loss of the town has been productive of some incon-
venience, in suspending our communication with the
grand army, of whose present situation or move.
ments we are without any accurate information ; but
I suppose, from the main body of the enemy's army,
and Bonaparte himself being in this vicinity, it is
continuing its advance towards the capital.
The army here has for some days past been bco
copying au extended line from Chauny to Corbeny
and Craone, with advances posted forward towards
Soissons, principally with the view of collecting pro-
visions and forage from the rear and right flank. It
is now again concentrating.
Bonaparte, by the reports of deserters and other
information, is at Rheims, and has his guards with
him.

Field-Marshal Blucher's heae.quarters still remain
here. I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) H. LowE, Colonel.
REPORT FROM CAPTAIN HARRIS, DATED LAON, MARCH 14,

SlR—The corps of Lieutenant-General Count St.
Priest remained during the night of the 12th in the
town of Rheims. Between ten and eleven o'clock in
the morning n$ yesterday, it was reported that the
advanced posts on the road to Soissons were attacked
and obliged to retire, and that the enemy were ad-
vancing in force from that direction!
The troops were immediate., moved front the
town into position on die high ground on each side

of the Chanssee leading to Soissons, and Awn
quarter of a mile from Rheims, in ficnt of whi,
were posted strong parties of cavalry, iartry, al
artillery. The enemy were seep advancing ii: heat,
masses of cavalry
.and a numerous artillery, %ilk,
they formed into two lines, when within about a tri,
and a half of the position of the Allies ; the atlvan:.
of both armies were immediately engaged, and It
several hours cannonading and skirmishing in tl
plain between the two positions was constant; clurirr
this time the enemy made no other movement thm
that of extending their line to both ilanks ; thy;
seemed to be waiting the arrival of the ;r.:intr..
which had not yet appeared. About four o'cloc.
the columns of cavalry with artillery were advance('
a heavy cannonade opened, and a very vigorous 21
tack was made on two Russian battalions who wer,
placed in advance ; the steadiness of these troops de
leafed this attempt; the enemy were repulsed, am
suffered very considerably from the fire (f the in
fantry, who retired to the position without loss.
_..

The enemy moved forward a line of artillery.
covered by their columns of cavalry ; a tremendon
cannonade was opened en both sides. The Ailiee
troops were for a long time exposed to the galling
fire of a very superior artillery, but they renuinett
firm on their ground.
The enemy were seen to move a large column cf
cavalry to their right. At this moment, Count S:,
Priest (who had been constantly in the most ezprsed
situations, setting a brilliant example to his troops),
was struck from his horse by a cannon-1)41f and ob.
liged to be carried from the field. Such a loss at so
critical a moment, was particularly unfoitenate;
during the short interval that occurred belt:re he was
replaced in his command, the enemy were makirl
their greatest efforts.
General Entanuel's brigade of Russian ca7alry,
supporting the infantry on the left, was attacked bf
a large mass of tie enemy's cavalry ; nuthirg could
be more gallant than the resistance made by these
troops, but they were overpowered by a [OKs four
times their number, and suffered very severely. The
enemy were at the same time pressing upon the centne
and right, and the unavoidable event was the retreat
of the whole corps through the town of Rheims._
Such a retreat b: fore an enemy so superior in cavalry,
could not be effected without loss, hut it has been
much less than might be expected. The columns re,
tired by the road of Berri au Bac. The entranc:
into Rheims was defended by a small party of infan•
try for two hours, and the enemy did not get pos.
session of the town till ten o'clock ; they had how
'ever crossed their cavalry round to the right of the
town, and pushed on the road to Berri au Bac : this
movement cut off the retreat of a small column by
th rt road, knd obliged them to retire by the mine of
Neufchatel. The whole of the corps have this more.
ing joined the army of Field-Marshal Blucher it: the
neighbourhood of Laon.
I am not able to state the exact loss of the Allies
i s the affair of yesterday, but I understand it does
not exceed 2,000 men. Seven Prussian and tine Rus.
sian gun were left in the possession of the e temy.—
The cannon taken on the 12th inst. at Icheims, were
removed to Chalons, before the town was re-occupied
by the French troops.
The loss the enemy in killed and wounded ran.
not but have been very considerable. It is said that
Bonaparte was himself present during the whole cf
the day.-4 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)
IMO& NOEL HARM% A ide-de.Catsip.
_ _ _ Ares, March IR, ISM

MY LORD—In consequence of successes obtained
by Marshal Blucher's army near Laon, Pr;rice
Schwartzenberg carried his head-quarters on thelsth
to Pont.sur-Seine, and, with the view of assuming the
offensive, directed the 4th, sth. and 6th corps :o pars
the Seine, and endeavour to establish themselves at
Villeneuve, Provins, and Bray, white the Jd corps
established itself at Sens. Before these movements/
however, were carried into complete execution, Ll,e
news of the defeat of a part of General St. Priest's
turps on the 14th, and the occupation of Rheims by
threnemy, arrived.
Prince Schwartzenberg determined to suspend the
movement he had comn-nnced, he brought his head-
quarters on the 16th to this place, and coLecttd his
army within reach of it.
The sth corps occupied the town of Arcis ;—its
advanced guard was placed at Mailly a.nd
sons. The 6th corps was is pr”;iii.in between S.
Ferrail and Mont le Potsir. The 4ta cial,s WAS •It
Nogent, parties detached fr..m it occupying Marri,':
and Sordun, on the road to Provins And B!;iy. The
td corps was between Villeneuve and Troyes.
The details of the affair ut General St. have
not yet been received; I fear that Officer w.i,
severely wounded, he retired in the di,ectinn ut
au Bac, and is supposed to have farmed Ins junctiuu
with General D'Vorck.

By the direction of this retreat, Rheims was lett
open to the French, who immediately occupied it.—
From thence they moved upon Chalons and EpernAy.
which they took possession of on the 16th, the smut
garrisons which occupied them having retired upca
their approach.
The enemy yesterday made no movement in ad-
vance frnm those places. It has however to•clay been
reported from General Keiseroff, that Bonaparte was
last night at Epernay, and that he is advancing non
Fcre Chetrnpenoise.
In the contemplation of such a movement, am' in
the determination in any case to march up .11 C:t•
lons, to support the Invvementz of General Bludar,
Prince Schwartzenberg had yesterd dir,ct.4l the
different corps of his army to move into a positioN
the guards and reserves between Donncn
Dommartir: ; the sth corps be:ween R•imei ICi d
Arcis ; the 6th corps between Arcis act Cl•amaY
the 4th to form the left at Mery ; the J.l to aii,em.a
between.Nogent and Pont sur
General thar;chi was attack,l on the Hilt tear
Macon, by two divisions of Marshal Augereau's •:1*
my. The affair rast.:d till (Lae, the enemy
retired, leaving a cot slier:bit number of kided.ar,l
woundeed on the field of battle; five lium;ie,' prl'or•
ers, and two carmen, remained in the hai:ck t the
Allies. Gcre al Bianchi Fusin(' his advanced gum,'
the next day .o St. George. • _.
By reports trom that army of the I l•th, r• 11,1
of Hesse Homburg had joined the corps of
Bianchi at Bage le Chatel ; he me nic to vacs s"
' greater part of his forces to the rigi.: of the S ••ne,
and move upon theenemy then Assembled at Ville
franche on the 17th. (.t •et al
General llybna waked the arrival of a riorr

Austrian's, which was advancing
upon the road of '
Nantua, to assume the offensive : he would then to
operate in the attack upon Lyons.
A most successful efort has been made by a corps'
under the direction of Colonel Sembschen, against
the posts occupied by the enemy upon the Simplon.
Captain Luxem, who was charged with these attacks,
captured the whole of the enemy's force employed'
there, and established himself at Domodosola.
Since I commenced writing this dispatch, a report
is arrived from General Keiseroff, that the enemy are.
actually in possession of Fere Champenoise, and are
advancing in force on this side of it.
The enemy are also reported to be advancing upon
the road from Chalons to Sommesons.
The sth corpslunder the orders of General Wrede,
:s in conbequence now taking up its position in front
a this place, and on the right bank of the Aube.
I have the honour of reporting to your Lordship,
that the fortress of Custrin has surrendered to the
,fillies.--1 have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) BURGHERSIft
Lieut.-Col. 63d Regt.
- -

Lord Viscount Castlereagh, in a letter to Earl
Bsthurst, dated at Bar sur Aube, the 22d of March,
incloses the following copy of a report of an affair
with the French army under the command of Bona-
parte at Arcis sur Aube, the 21st inst.

Head-quarters, l'ousey, March 21.
The disposition renewed yesterday was to place
the army in a concentrated position before Arcis.—
The right flank was placed at Orthillnn on the Aube,
and the left between St. Remy and Mont sur Aisne
on the Barbnise Rivulet, having in its centre the vil-
lage of Mesnil la Comtesse ; General Keiseroff was
placed on the left bank of Barbnise, in observation
of the enemy.
The enemy kept a considerable force in Arcis, and
bad large masses of infantry and cavalry before it,
and on the route from Ferte Champenoise. He per-
mitted the march of our different columns to form
their junction without molestation, having only en-
deavoured once to interrupt the progress of the Prince
Royal of Wirtemberg : but a sudden and bold attack
of General Count Pahlen's, in which three guns were
taken, forced the enemy so far back, that the junction
of the different columns of the army was completed,
and the position taken up without difficulty.
Until half-past one o'clock nothing particular oc-
curred, and both the armies remained ready for battle
ciposite each other : about this time the enemy were
perceived filing off on the other side of the Aube, and
their columns taking the direction of Vitry.
A powerful rear-guard remained in possession of
Arcis, and had placed itself in a position on this side
of the place.
At this period the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg,
with the 3d, 4th, and 6th corps of the army, made
a united attack on Arcis, at the same time the sth
corps of the army, and the cavalry, were directed
to move on Reimerie, and the infantry of the guards
and reserves to Lemont, to pass the right bank of
the Aube.

The attack on Arcis was begun about three
o'clock, and was withstood by the enemy with the
greatest obstinacy ; but the Prince Royal of Win
temberg, by his good and able dispositions, carried
every thing before him ; and the enemy must have
sustained an immense loss in killed and wounded,
NZ:teh.which the field of battle was covered when he
abandoned Arcis. •

The necessary dispositions to follow up the enemy
are ma,:e.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
DOW NIVG-S1 It EE r, MARCH 30, 1814.

A dispatch, of which the following is a copy, has
been received this (IA), by Earl Bathurst, addressed
to his Lordship by Lieutenant-Culoi,elCooke.

Rheims, March 22, 1814.

MY Loan—The army of Marshal Blucher was re-,
inforced upon the 16th inst. by the corps of Count
St. Priest, which load retired from Rheims, after a
combat, in which the General was unfortunately
wounded in a dangerous manner.
Upon the 13th inst. the army was again put in
Motion. The corps of Generals Kleist and Yorck
were upon this day at Bery au Bacq; that of General
Bulow marched from La Fere to Laon ; and the
Russians, under General Winzingerode and Count
Langeron, in position at Amifontaine and Ramcour.
The bridge having been destroyed at Bery au Bacq,
two pontoon bridges were established this night, and
the rear-guard of the enemy having retired, the whole
passed the A.sne upon the morning of the 19th, the
Prussians taking the route to Fismes, and the Rus-
sians the high road to Rheim;.
The Allied cavalry, under the orders of Generals
Czerniclieff and Benkendorff, surrounded the town of
Rheims early in the day. Towards six in the even-
ing the infantry, under General Count Woronzow,
having artived, dispositions were immediately made
for carrying the place by assault.
For this purpose some guns vrere moved forward,
sup potted by two battalions of Russian light troops,
t 3 the gates of the town, which were blown open, and
Cie troi,ps catered without resistance.
The strictest order and discipline was observed.
The rear-guard of the enemy, under the command
at Marshal Monier, retired in the direction of Eper-
naY ; thei. cavalry quitted the town about the same
time the Allies entered.
Napoleon left this place, with the greater part of his
'my, upon the 160 instant : he also marched upon
tile same route.—l have the honour to be, Scd.

(Signed) HENRY COOKE,
Attached to the Any of the North.
WAR DEPARTNIENT.
DOWNING•STREET, APRIL 1, 1811.
A dispatch, of which the following is a copy, has
i)eeit thil, day received at Earl Bathurst's Office, ad.
dreisAl to his Lordship by Field-Marshal the Marquis
of Wellington, K. G. :

Tarbes, Mareb 20, 1814.
MY Lonn—The enemy cpllected their Lorne at COU.
chez on the 13th. as I reported to your Lordship in
thsvatch of that date, which induced me to con-
centrate the army in the neighbourhood of A yre. The
lanous detachments which I had sent out, and the re.
series of cavalry and artillery moving out of Spain,
join till the I 7th. In the mean time the enemy
iding his situation atCouchez very secure, retired
15th to Lembege, keeping his advanced posts
'ds Cuuchez. _ _ _

army marched on the 18th, and Lieutenant-
General Sir Rowland Hill drove in the enemy's out-
Ton Lembege. The enemy retired in the night
Vic Bigorre ; and on the following day, the

LONDON.

MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1814,

PRICE OF S I'OCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Cons. 62 -} t —for acc. 6t f-5 per Cent. Navy 2u 4.
Ornnium, nothing done.

India Bonds Is. dis. Is. prem.—Exchequer Bills 2s. dis. 2s. pr.

On Saturday we announced the arrival of dispatches
from Lord CASTLEREAGH, communicating the impor-
tant fact of the rupture of the Negociations. The
sensation which this intelligence excited was highly
honourable to the British character—not a single sen-
timent of disapprobation was any where heard.—
" Thank Heaven !" was the universal exclamation,
and the Funds suffered no depression—on the con-
trary, they improved.
In the course of the evening, when the Gazette made
its appearance, the public were put in possession of the
most recent Official details from the Allied Armies in
France, through the medium of dispatches from the
several British officers employed. With the opera-
tions described in these details we were already par-
tially acquainted.
The extracts from the Paris Papers, and the pri-
vate communications from the French coast, furnish
us with intelligence still more recent.. They do not
mention a word, however, of the defeat of BONAPARTE
by Prince SCHWARTZENBERG on the 21st. On the
25th the French, according to the Paris Papers, had
contrived to get into the rear of the Allies. The
LAr interpretation of all this is, we apprehend, that
the Allies have got between BONAPARTE and Paris
so that the Capital is now at their mercy. The si-
lence of all the accounts from Paris respecting the
state of the French funds is in favour of this inference.
Chaumont, St. Dizier, Brienne, and Langres, said
to be occupied by the French troops, are at least 40
miles farther off from the Capital, than the positions
mentioned to be occupied by Prince SCHWARTZEN-
BERG and Marshal BLUCHER.

The following are the most recent communications
from the French coast :

" Boulogne, April I—Eight o'Clock, P. M.

el The greatest alarm and consternation prevail here. Our
Commandant has just received intelligence that a battle was
foiight on the 25th, between the Emperor and the Allies under
schwartzenberg, at Bricon, in the neighbourhood of Chaumont,
in which sys were net Ilicensful. The Emperor had hoped, by
some masterly manoeuvres upon the flank and rear of the Aur-
trian army, to compel it to retreat. He bad, in. the Interim left
Paris to its own resources of defence—and relied upon its being
covered by select corps which occupied the principal positions
leading thereto.
" The victory gained by the enemy on the 25th, has cut off
the Emperor's communications with the capital, for the present.
They may no doubt be re-established, but during the interval
the army under the Prussian Commander Blucher advances on
Paris.

'• At the time I write, the most alarming accounts prevail.
The enemy's advanced guard have been seen within tell miles of
the capital. Consternation reigns there. The corps which co.
vowed it have been driven back. The National Guard know
,what belongs tattle character of Frenchmen : but they have never
been tried i and it is much feared that uotwithstsuiding its &lowly

raised fortlacaticins,46 each* win attempt; in 2 feV, days, to
•enfir Path.

" Our communications by several roads are no longer safe,
and the Post Office Couriers are compelled to take circuitous
routes.

" The Allies have re-occuplea SOissont.
in tbe battle of the 25th the enemy took 40 pieces a can-
non. The killed and wounded on both sides wete immense.

" The Negotiations at Chit Mon have been broken off. The
enemy required the fulfilment of the most exorbitant conditions:
nothing less than the surrender of all our fortresses."

With respect to the action at Briton on the 25th,
alluded to in the letter from Boulogne, we have to
observe, that the silence of the French Papers throws
no discredit whatever upon it. They are equally
silent as to every other disaster which has recently
befallen the great EMPEROR. Why, for instance,
have they not mentioned the rupture of the Chatillon
Conferences ?

The news of the rupture of the Negoclation has
relieved the public mind from a state of great anxiety,
and the Allied Powers from every embarrassment re-
specting the line of conduct to be pursued for the
welfare of their respective States, and the general
benefit of the European community. It is now ren-
dered evident that there has been no want of unani-
mity among the Allied Sovereigns, no sinister line of
policy, no dereliction of principle in favour of any un-
happy family connexion ; that all have been actuated
by the same imperious sense of duty : in one word,
that the tone of the Usurper has been that of insult—
not of conciliation ; anti that no choice was left to
the Allies but to continue the war for the purpose of
conquering a Peace.
In the mean time a most important event has oc-
culted, and which cannot fail to have a powerful in-
fluence—the rising of a respectable portion of the
French pnpulaticn in favour of the legitimate Sove-
reign, whose Throne has so long been occupied by
an upstart. It is not easy to estimate the results which
may be expected from the co-operation of this new
arm. Like the rising in Germany, it will tend every
day to narrow the field of conscription, to cut off the
supplies required for the support of the tyrant's army'
and, in an equal degree, to increase and extend the
moral and physical powers of the Allies.

As no middle course is left to those States which
have combined for the emancipation of Europe, from
a most degrading state of bondage and subserviency,
to the ambitious views of an unprincipled usurper,
we may expect that the war will be carried on with,
if possible, increased vigour. Let all thoughts of
accommodation with the self-made Emperor, be for
ever laid aside.

Let every engine be set in motion to encourage the
population of France to employ its own energies for
deliverance from the degrading yoke under which
that kingdom now groans. The more vigorously the
war is prosecuted the shorter will be its duration :
the people every where know the necessity imposed
upon their Sovereigns to conquer a peace by the
sword, and, grievous as the burden may be, will bear
it with cheerfulness, that the contest may be brought
to such a termination as may secure the future safety
of Europe against the designs of an execrable Tyrant,
who can be bound by no treaty that may leave him
the power to do mischief.

The Diana packet has arrived at Falmouth, in 19
days, from Halifax, bringing Papers to the 10th ult.
Accounts had been received there, previous to her
sailing, that the American frigate President, Com-
modore RODGERS, had arrived at New Yoi k, after a
successful cruize, in the course of which she had taken
and destroyed aitr ea t number of vessels. Two large
American privateers had been captured and carried
into Halifax by one of our cruizers. No recent ac-
counts had been received at Halifax, from Canada.

The Legislature of Massachussets has refused to
sanction the violent measures resorted to by MADISON
and his faction, against British prisoners, and, by a
solemn Act, has ordered the jailors of the above State
to set at liberty all prisoners of war.

" BURLiNGTON, JANUARY 28.

" It is related that General Winder, who had been
permitted, by General Prevost, to return to the Uni-
ted States on his parole, is the bearer of some propo-
sitions from Sir George, for putting an end to the close
confinement of prisoners of war on both sides. We
hope there is nothing in this.

44 It rumoured that the British have 4000 Dien em-
bodied at La Cadrie, with 400 sleighs, ready for an
expedition somewhere. Wilkinson's army are stated
to have burnt their boats, and are striving to get back
to Sackett's Harbour."

" HALIFAX, MARCH 8.

ig Arrived yesterday the Lizard privateer, of Salem,
of 2 guns and 42 men, prize to his Majesty's ship
Prometheus, out fifteen days and had made no cap-
ture : she reports that Commodore Rodgers had ar-
rived at New York."

The following are the most recent accounts of
Commodore RODGERS :

" NEWPORT, (RHODE ISLAND), FEBRUARY IL
46 The following is copied from The Rhode Island
Republican, (printed at Newport) on Thursday last :

eg COMMODORE RODGERS.

" On Tuesday evening passed this harbour, for
Bristol, the Swedish brig Pelec, 19 days from St.
Barts. Captain Ratithon, of this town, who came a
passenger in the Pelec, informs us that he saw a Bar•
badoes paper, which stated that Commodoie Rodgers
hadcaptured (60 miles to the windward of that island)
ten sail of the London fleet—all of which he burnt,
except one, which he gave up to the prisoners, after
taking out the most valuable part of their cargoes.
6. The Barbailoas rapers contained the aster of

the *easels captured; anal further state, that pre'v.toti
to Conitnotiore Rodgers c tpturing those v. scels, he
fell in with a ship which bad been cAptured, With a
number of others, by a French frigate ; C..mmodore
Rodgers threatened to send them to the United Swett
to retaliate for the conduct of the British Government
relati`ve to the cartel which he sent into England on
his former eruize ; they were, however, permitted to
proceed.

Y, Only about eighty sail out of nearly 900, which
sailed under convoy from London, had arrived at
Barbadoes ; and it was apprehended fifty or sixty had
been captured, br lost in the gale which dispersed the
fleet. It was conjectured in B.irbadoes, that Com-
modore Rodgers had gone in pursuit of the Cork fleet
of 60 sail, under convoy of two sloops of war, accord.
ingly three frigates had been dispatched in pursuit
of him."

SECOND EDITION.

bISPATCRES FROM BOUIDEAUX.

STAR-OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK.

bispatches have been received at the Admiralty
from Admiral PENROSE, dated in the Gironde, in
sight of Bourdeaux, on Monday, the 28th ult.

They state that the British squadron had entered
the river Gironde, and proceeded up towards Buur.
deaux, with trifling opposition.
The Imperial French flag was hauled down, and
the Bourbon standard every where displayed on
board the shipping in the River.

The inhabitants on both Banks had also testified
the utmost joy at being liberated from the fetters of
the existing Government.
Several vessels and cargoes, supposed to be Ame•
rican property, bad been seized.
Deputations from various parts cf the South o
France had arrived at Bourdeaux, to concert measures
for the restoration of the legitimate Government.

It is reported in the City, that a desperate Batie
has been fought at Vitry, in which BONAPARTE was
killed. The accounts are said to have been received
from Dover. We cannot ascertain the preci4e source
from which the above report comes.

Instead of supplicating for Peace, BONAPARTE had
the impudence to put certain demands ; and upol
the Allies refus;ng to accede to them, he recalled

CAULAINCOURT from Chatillon : Ist. He demanded
Italy as a Kingdom for BEAULIARNOIS. 2d, He de.
minded the line of the Rhine s the boundary of France,
with Antwerp and the Scheldt; 3d, He demanded
part of Holland —the Waal to be the boundary ;
4tlily and lastly, he had the consummate affrontry to
demand an indemnification fir his brothers JOSEPH
and JEROME, for the loss of their Kingdom.

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