Star.
London, England, 1814-10-24 00:00:00

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The Contrnatilisnts :of the fortresses cf Alsace have
received. it is.said, within these few Os, from. tin
Minister of Wars orders to put these places. In the
peace establishment. These measuips Are to be .put
into immediate effec. t. The cannnu sybich.d..froded
the outworks, as well as the greater part. 4f those on
the ramparts, are consequeatly rephoed ip the arse.
nals. The pallisades are takinz up, the superfluous
fortifications hieing . demolished, and the oumber.of
persons employed diminished. These .ching-!,s had
not been made 'tlll now, because the decree which Nit
as end to the state of siege, continued these 'mike.
tions in the state of war. i..
The duration of this state of war has been, we:l7
expensive. Onihe whob this new measure proves
'ow little found %lion there was for the apprehensions
of those who predicted s new war, and fancied they
every where saw indications of it. The disarming
of the fortresses along the Rhine, and especially the
destruction of the pallisades which cost such
.forsat
stuns last Autumn, evidently praves how much the
Fr:nch Government counts on the daration of peace.
Last winter the houses, the gardens. the plantations
round the fortresses in Atsa:e were wholly destroyed;
this measure watexecuted with particular vigour at
Befdrt, Huningen, and Schkstadt. The vast build.
ings of the post-cffice and sevetal large inns before
that town, were razed. lilt a tree is left round Befort
and Hurtingen.

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The environs of Besancon are new but a desa-t,
though that town was not even threatened with a
serious attack. Since the c .nclusion tit peace the in.
hebiemte had begun to erect new baildings and to
lay out gardens withnutside the gates; but by an
order of the Corps of Engineers, those works hove
been :Impended, lied what has been done is to be de-
molished, because it is intended to abide by the tegu-
letions of an Imperial decree pu;.)lished three year!
ago, which forbid all boilding and new plaetatiJns
Within SOu toises olthe outermost worke Numerous
remonstrances have been mtde nn this suejeet to the
higher authorities, and their decision is expected.
Sitnilar measures have been taken no the right
hank of the Rhine; the Austrian Commandaat has
ordered the inhabitants of the village of IZitel, which
e as beginning to rise from its runs, to eap.md their
work of building till the fateee. fort Kliel shall be
decided. It is said thatat will be dzclared a forress
of the German Empire, attd that the town and the
village, which in a milenry view beloeg to the fort,
will also be considered as belonging exclusively to
the empire. Irt this.case the plan of the work; would
he wholly changed, and the most fortified pcint,
which was on the land side, would be then on the
bar ertivelthidE'lltiii-6 probably th; groene of
the above measure.

-At Strasbarg
.they have the plan to fortify in a
formidable Ea tuner the island in the Rhine, between
'that towa ad Kehl. and to erect there, towat Js the
grand arm of the Rhine. a new fort, woich wouli in
some meastr, indemnity France lor the loss of Khel.
Bat the elerition of this project would r. quire vast
expenses, and there being sit this moment uo
for the purpose, it will be necessarily deferred to a
future time.