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London, England, 1815-10-17 00:00:00

GERMAN P.dP.E.RS.

S.

REPORT UPON THE SITUATION 01 THE ARMY
OF THE LOIRE.
(Rhesis4 Afarcirg, Oaatr 7.).
Already at the outposts beyond the bridge of the
Loire at La Charite' I found so little difficulty that
the officer would scarcely look at my open order, and
would not sign it, and it was only on my Palpated re-
quest that he gave me a dragoon-lancier to attend me,
who was relieved at every station,
I was no where stopped ; even at the gate, or rather
latticed door of the town of Boorges, there was no
guard at all.
Marshal Macdonald lives with the Prefect; his son
in law the Doke of Massa (R vier, there) and has
brought a whole General's Stall with bim, the chief
of which, the one.armed General Huller, had after.
wards a two hours' conversation with me in the name
of his Commander ' • the result of which 'is contained
in the notices which I have hereby the honour to lay
before your Excellency.
When Marshal 'Macdonald came to Bourges to
take the chief command, the army had indeed already
n ade its submission in an address, but itaefirit it was
very far from submission. He began by dzpriving of
their commands all the individuals named in the
Royal Ordinance of the 24th of July, and declaring
them, for the present, prisonersof state. I, in fact,
saw Colonel Marbut (who was at Valenciennes, the
first to burn the white flag), General Count Lobau,
Druuet d'Erion, and some others, out of uniform.
They are obliged to appear daily before the Com-
mandant of the place, till a new order front die King
shall fix their place of abode.
General Drouet 'and Lefebvre Desnouettes have
been arrested in Bourges. ji*
.• Generst VaTitamig.haa. withdrawn tercet- theer=!
rival of Marshal Macdonald. His corps is now com-
manded by General Le Fol ; that of Count d'Erlon,
who is said to be. severely wounded and ill, by Gene.
ral Maskongey.
Besides this, Menhal Macdonald has signified to
all those who were put upon active service from half
pay, or the enjoyment of a pension, that they are to
returo.to the former condition, and has given or pre-
pared for a fourth of the rest of the army passports to
go home. " Alter these pleasures," said Marshal
fdacdonald to me, is the Genirals commanding the
Allied forces cannot well doubt a moment longer, but
that his Majesty, my most gracious Sovereign, no
where sees any enemy of his country,' but in the ill.
disposed of his army ; that our serious wish is a
speedy and durable peace." " But you will, alto'
see," said he to me farther, " that my situation here
as commissioner and distributor of the royal displea-
sure, must be highly unpleasint, and that this was
very much increased at the moment of his arrival by
what passed at Conte, after the convention was con-
cluded, namely,- by the carrying off a detachment of
sapeurs from an island in the Loire, which belongs
to the department of the Cher, and by the plundering
of a chateau, belonging to Madame de la Temouille,
by a detachment of Imperial Austrian Yagen."—
, Gene* Hullot begged site then, is name of the
Matibtli to impress upon my General in Chief the
necessity of removing, as *eon as possible, the diffi-
culties.aod the restraints in the communications, to
allow free circulation to provisiobs, and to facilitate
trade in general, and also to allow officers and others
belonging to the army, who are provided with die
regular passports or Alias le awe from him, to go
home with their baggages and the lacers even with
Th side arms.
didomiapsaicthe, mash* ia diir, shat
along the Loire as pont& rentainedaoirkille*
maintain, in a manner, the Police of that ontser Or
line of demarcation. For the rest, the two poor and
wholly exhausted provinces, le Berry and la Sologne,
were quite strips of troops, the artillery tied cavalry
seat to Bretagne, where there was plenty of forage •
two regiments of infantry remained at Bonne'.
That Marshal Sachet, who is also to come under
the command of Macdonald, and is already ordered
to approach nearer with his troops, seems to delay
this movement as long as possible, in order to lose
his chief command so much the later. However.
he had sent the submission of that army to the King,
and adcording to his positive accounts it was quite
peaceable.
Of Vandasnme, Flahault, and Net, be knew no-
thing; but the despondency of the fumy was do.
cidedly too geeat, and the consideration of these Ge-
nerals, too much impaired by the late events, for them
to undertake any thing. OS Labedoyerr knew for
certain,' that he was arrested' at Paris, and Moron
Duvernet at Montbrisson.
Lieutenant-General Roussel. whom I saw among
the Generals who waited on Marshal Macdonald after
dinner, is one of those who are put on half-pay, He
wore, beside; a Cross of a Commeader of the Order
if. Theresa, that of the Legion of Honour,• but with
the circle in the middle taken out, so that the ordsir
looks like an eimintented'sPYing'
Mies this coivanailas, rendearosreds as roil it

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looriet es es the. way back, to pristine some Isfor.,
tiakion roopectiog the sit:melon aced dispositions c f ibis
army. but I am not able to give your Excening any
thing but detached potices on this subject.
At &urges I bay the former Imperial Guars% of
all arms : the grenadiers are those who still appear
the most decently clothed. The inhabit .% epos,
whom they are quartered, praise them chi; Ole, as
uncommonly polite. The Cuirassiers have for the
most part sold their horses., Marshal Macdnaald has
instituted an enquiry, and caused them to be restored
by the purchasers ; the same has been done is respect
to die horses belonging to the Royal stud, whicrit:i-
veusetook with him when he marched out of Paris.

From Bourges to La Charite I saw the regiments
of infantry, No. 8 aid 21, the Dragoons No. 3, and
the Hussars NO. 5. _

At Cron le CbaiUen, 'which lies a little not of the
road, I announced myself to Lieutenant-General
Marcongey, who. invited me to. breakfast with his
Officers. 1 accepted the invitation. At the begin-
ning
the conversation was very dull ; then I turned.'
it on the battle of La Belle Alliance, at which we
had been all present. Every one pee some details !
about the part in which he was personally concerned.
A Captain of grenadiers of the 64th (King's 60th).
regiment of the line, who, 'passing through the place,
had been invited to table, related that he had be.
longed to the corps of Vandamme, which, with that
of tsroudry, had pushed forwards without stopping,
and had arrived on the morning of the 19 h between
Louvain and Brussels, where tkcy were informed of
the defeat of the grand army.
Another affirmed that the confusion first began
among the grenadiers of the Imperial Guard.. The
conversation became gradually more lively and gene-
ral, till General Marcongey took np the discourse,
and with much fire, but with a very agreeable deli.
very, explained, first, the progress, of the battle till
the coming up of the Prussians, painted the English
as wholly beaten, and engaged in a retreat; which
was 'indeed perfebtly orderly, but would donbtieu
have been irrecoverable, had those troops been Grou.
chy's. which Bonaparte, with inconceivable obsti-
nacy, believed to be so; or if some men had not lust
their presence of mind, in whose hands the good and
bad fortune of France was at that time placed ; and
now be broke out into a tirade, which I remembered
almost word for word, and so wrote down at the
next station, at Coupuis. It is the following ;
" In short, Sir, see what has brought us to the
brink of *the precipice: but what do I says ee the
brink ? It is, indeed, between two abysses +Sift the
beautiful France is, placed. On the one side, thee is
the most dreadful of all evils, a civil war of extermina-
tion (a mil eta ofdreas•); on the other hand, a king
but half alive, who arrives in the train of the English
baggage ; and after him that drunken, debauched
rake, and that bigot, that unfrocked monk,
,

44 This is truly what England wanted, not only to
impose upon us an automaton (avasessiela), as Sove.
reign foe the moment, bet to perpetuate this cruel
game to the coming generation. Is that what is
wanted to reign over a nation endowed with almost
chivalrous sentiments. and consequently to enterprises,
might say, adventures, such as are met with in ro-
mance or ancient Wog
' • lEvWt,ilivateitttsst:Plet leivi Henry .
Yes honour to that great sum to that magnani.
mous Sovereign I But was there ever less men:.
blance between the founder of a family and his great
'great grand children than between him and the Bour.
bons of our days l Did Henry IV. after he had pro.
nounced amnesty and pardon, ever place grey-beards
who had grown old In arms, who had distinguished
themselves by their talents, their zeal. and their bra.
very (against him) under the order of young cox-
combs (frehlottr), of insolent fops (vouseaditu ), who
think they make their first essay in arms with honour
by insulting the veterans who have deserved well of
their country for twenty years together I
" Or did he ever permit old dotards (preaske),,
figures from the other world, wig-blocks (11;tioaxpee..
•
rum), who seem to come from under the ; to
pretend to the titles, and even to the property of their
fellow-citizens, because the latter had with their lives'
and fortunes supported a contest against the universe,
while they precipitately left their native land, which
was in danger 1"
In this style be continued to talk till I departed,
or rather tiU I told hint that I had heard at Bourps
that the King would take 7000 melt out of the
pedal Guard for his own body guard, and that- he. 1
(Marcongey) would retain the command of the first
corps:

At Sanceire I spate to a Marechal.de.camp, whose
name I have forgotten t he was just employed in exa.
mining the ilst regiment. There were about 200
men, yaws, vohigeurs, grenadier, all mind loge.
ther, and very great number of officers.
is See, Sir," said he to me, m all that I have been
able to preserve of my brave men for his Most Chris.
tiara Majesty I"
Afterwanis I met s detaclimant of the young
retie mirode Who welt just. going to relieve
tbe troops at Se. Nosalsol"stirtnay, ewe* Sig
Bator, ai far as Beaulieu.

This is the Report which I hare hereby the 'lll
nom most humbly to lay before your Excellency..
(Signed) voli HAVIO.
Major Is the Stalr of Quarter Master Oeueral of 11
- awl Royal (Austrian) Army.

•
The Gold and Silver Coin of France, in Creek.;
tiOn before the Revolution, was stated by NICKAS•
and admitted by Smuts, to be 91 Millions of Potted.
Svsamso a if to this are added the immense seas
drawn from other countries by Bonaparte, we need
not be surprised at the wore than princely riches of
his Dizeitaries, which now are Sowing into this coma.
try through all channels, to be vested in our Stocks.
This circumstance alone, independently of the daily
and increasing operations of the Sinking Fund, and
the large purchases by the Brokers, cannot fail so
raise them considerably ; and we understand bets a*
made that Com& will rise to 78 before Christmas
if so, the Saba of all the Stock Prins in this Lottery
will be increased S 4 per Cent. as the coatraet was
made with Government at 5, securing to the Ats
chasers of riebege and am% ell the advents,* of
the rise above that price t bat as the Titre, ftpes of
4641100 t told the rout' Plisse' of deg 9,000,
9th tioventher, sett *mediate eye
be *di w 111,1•11101110

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, CAPTAIN WRIGHT.

The Lies Gestate contains the folios:mg Letter
N. 'Manaus., in addition to that already publish:.
from the same Goldman:

IABOE, OCTOBER &
• Casela Wright was candy insprienited in out of tho,e
dun
gems, which, in the of tyranny, is ealled Se,„,
which includes the ides of every thing aloe teenbi e ego the inr
gination. He saw so batman being, but one individual. *tem.:
who wished bin; thrice a day. His Sara was situated i„
detached square, within which was aim wade ed an old law,
, about BO years of age, a man of quality mid toning, wiso-i;
poured me with his esteem and confidence. The Captain kali
throat cat with a poor between twelve and half past twee.;
night (I). About seven In the morning the turnkey *feu „
formate Officer awoke all the Temple with his ales, repe..„l:
over and over—The' Cloche has hilted Aimuif
jailor came to the spot and allowed the prisoners to ,
apartment of the detetud. I altered la iny tutu,
ass of my companies. hr misfortuue. The Captaini k
aid on his bed covered with hiesed, and the fatal razor
on the goon. A Mathew et the preceding day was
were very appropriately on the night table. It contaii
tails of a signal victcry gained by the Fres& ' y,
the turnkey., who wile doubtless well taught by
victory bar
,drivssi the English Captain to despair
said a worJ, and no one, net ewes the turnkeys themselves
&lewd the story. Oa ads point the publicwill particulhii
member, that the reading of the newspapers was -
bidden to Captain Wright, and that be had co rum, _
bee of the Temple shaved his. twice a week, accompanied
superiatediled fir one of the jailers. Time fact.
la-
in /he prison.
" Tull of berm at the shocking spectacle I bad
Into the lends% apartment which was on the opposite
some paces Simone front the lingllek Captain's ' Wh•
a • committed toads prison: said he, raising hl.46ands
tams* Heaven. • Yes, tuber: I rephed, 4 they
and acted all measure. Being so sear the spot you
bay heard all that passed : for my pan I have heard
of it, or rather, I have seen the precursors of the utters*
• Who were they r shall sell you—being awake
night (for there is little sound sleep in State-prisms)
•tinctly bard the door of the wicket open and them
also heard mote men welkin In the Court, as well •
and shutdog of the does which leads to the tower,
was seised with alartihier it was usually about this.
, jailers came to admire (that wordadr term when they
prisoner) some unlenewase being, In ardor to carry hi
secret military commission, and thence to a fusillade.
was not unreasonable, for many bad in this manner
during the night ; it ceased, however, when l found e.
I had beard were not coming any way. Curiosity now
me, and I put my bead out at the rate 1 window of
ince. aasaseP•l returned slowly at about half.
bat the night was very dark, and it aas impos.ibl's
count them. The wicket was opened and shot ;spin

,t The Jesuit, In his turn, said in me, that ahem'
hour be heard the gate of his *glare opened.
teen CMe groping on their band, and feet (as he
opened and abut the door of the Captain's clia::ibti.
matt after he hi and it open and shut again. attJ !than,
gate of the s,ittare Ant (8)
" As tor she nuillation of this brave officer, la°
Journal stated, and which the Grits, al Gaz.che of
bas repeated on that authurity, it it emir( iy a fiction
judicious historian wiU reject. I as well as a l the
the 'Ntuple saw the dead body naked ; and there a
Winn except is the neck, where there was a very deep
four inches in extent.. A report of the pretemied
drawn up, and sent te London, with a Monikur
document.
" I shall soon send you Wormed= relative to Gen.
" IYHLNOUL,
" (I) This will be proved by the circumstance I
14 (it) My apartment, which fruited the fuse
about uS fret distant from k, audits elevation wag
do 12) Whatever precautions may be taken, Um
bars, said the turning of keys in double and
seldom fan to.awaken the mundest steepen,"

• • ref nos wast

The following are Extracts. of Letter:
celebrated CANOVA. to a friend 1* London

" PARIS, WM;

The cause of the Fine Arts is at length
port ; and it es to the generous and unremi
tions of the British Minister, Lord Casdereai
Mr. Secretary Hamilton. that Rome will
for the*: triumphing in the demands I came
make in her aarne. What gratitude oui
to feel towards the magnanimous British
Fully dues she deserve that the Arts, in .
this generous act, should join hand in hand
a perpetual monument to her names bar
and the more lasting monument will be
the Lean of every Italian, who, on behoi
sacred objects torn from their country again
to her, will recollect the nation that stood
their advocate for this restitution. and will
upon her the blessings of PROVIDZSCL ,
" Our work is about to begin. Tome
and Venice have retaken all that Wong&
shall be the last and will require more tine
objects claimed by Romeo as you well
much More numerous. I set Waning
tience to see every thing packed up and ,
will I ty across the sea, to spatiate io your
Scent metropolis, with my bean a: ease,

brace you."
To this we subjoin extracts from other
the Limit person

44 PAM, OCIVIPER
We'sni at last beginning to drag forth
great cavern of stolen goods the precious
Art takes from Rome. On the 2d instant.
the many Rise paintings that were removed. •
ticed that stupendous production' the Therffireita
the Comearrios of St. Arms, thorosis of FL
4lezt AY !WWII 9ther ieltairtte *Ora
tPrtip,tortber with the groups of Caidi
the Taw Bruton', the very ancient bust of
other no less precious objects of sculpture.
day the Dais' Giaffahr lift his French
the Task We restore this day the two
in the work!, the Apollo aocrthe Latrees
Taw ilersav will quit the Louvre between
Ow capitol end the Yuma. The Mum
next, and se od to the don of chit portent
cession."

• " PAWS, OCTOBER
N In my ktter of the sth inltaat I informed
of *bat we Were doing here in regard to
of Art which we are removing from the
The IEO6I valuable of theft NO wgo by
will set off nest week, accompanied ay Lk
Venetian Hones, and all the other precis"
belonging to Lombardy, Piedmont, and
The convoy will be escorted by strong dete,i
of Austrian troops. The rem:4indei,
belong to Rome, will be embarked and
to Rely. Amongst these, I am happy to
for I know how much yon will rejoice
even MIN oar IlliCtient manuscripts, iurdais,
equally valuabie objects of antiquity will
to the greet satisfaction, no doubt, of the 4.
and of ant owierneJ.liols Pairsoit E. it.
hieshms of the Ludwig.
N. re L 3 Marir fotiel IQ tell You, ghat

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