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FRENCH PA PWRS.

, BAYONNE, JANUARY £O.
Far flom endeavouring to attack us, the enemy
appears afraid of being himself attacked. We have
here an,arrny of 90,000 men, animated with the best
spirit, and well disposed to dispute the passage of
the Adour, in case the enemy should dare to attempt
it. It is certain that the Spaniards have retired into
the rear ; only English and Portuguese are seen in.
ling General Harispe carries on a destructive war

against the bands which by stealth scatter themselves
over the country ; he daily gains nett advantages.—
In consequence, we are extremely quiet here ; and as
you have said you do nostifear the. Cossacks, we still •
• less fear the English
. A packet-boat, coming from London; was totally
lost in the night between the 19th and 20th, upon
the coast of Fontarabia. The enemy experience
great difficulties ie ensuring their provisions, the dis-
. tribution -of which has lately been made with great
irregularity. There-are many sick among the inha-
bitants of St. Jean de Luz, and the communes occn-
pied' by the enemy, who has himself many sick in
every regiment, but the Chiefs do all they, can t°
conceal the-numbers of them. It is annotriced with
• sonic appearance of truth, that the Spaniards are or-
ganizing an army of fro/n5O to 600tX) men in Old
Castile, to ensure their independence. The same
misunderstanding stfl subsists between therm. and the
English. .Three English vessels, wrecked between
Old Boucant and Cape Breton, have been entirely`
dashed to. pieces ; scarcely any of their cargoes have
been saved they consisted of-oxen, barley, blankets;
and clothing for the troops., • •
. ST. DIZIER, JANUARY 9,6. •
. The enemy was here.two days and commit-
ted the Most frightfulvexations. -fie respected nei-
ther age nor sex.. Viiiimen and old men were the
objects of his violences and his onteages. - The wile
of.Sieur Canard, a rich farmer, aged 50 years, is
. dead, ,in consequence of 'the-ill-treatment she expe-
rienced. Her husband, .upwards of seventy, is dy-
ing. Lt would be too.shocking to give here a list of
other victims. • •
The arrival.of French troops, which yesterday en-
tered our town, put an end to our misfortunes. The
enemy ha ving attempted' to oppose resistance, was
soon put to rout with considerable loss. -
The Emperor's entrance gave place to the most
touching scenes. ' All the population pressed round
him ;, all evils appeared forgotten. It gave security
tor all we held most dear. An old Colonel, M. Bai-
lard, aged seventy, threw himself at his fet, which
-he bathed with tears of joy. He expressed; at the
same time, the grief which a brave soldier felt, in
seeing, enemies ratite his natal soil, and his happi-
ness at seeing them fly before the imperial eagles.—
We learn that' the same enthusiasm which broke out
here, manifested itself at Bar upon the arrival of our
troops. The enemy had already taken to flight.
CHALONS-SURAIARNE, JANUARY e 7.

The head-qu4rtErs of the -Emperor were removed,
to St. Dizier .alrpost as soon as his Majesty arrived.
The troops are marching upcirr Upper (e:hampagne
And-Burgundy.
.
• LYONS, JANUARY 25

Marshal Augereau, Duke of Castiglione, went on.
the flid to the Theatre des Terreaux, with his Staff,
and M. &Albeit, Mayor. As soon as he had entered
the Prefect's boa, the house resounded with the most
lively applauses. The cries of Y ;tier Enopereur, Five
le Marie4al Augerenu, were several times repeated ;
whilst the orchestra played the airs, eu petit on Are
• minus, and 10 Victaire ea a now. The acclamations-
. became universal, at the sight oK Count de Bondy,*
who came to rejoin the Igarshal.
THE MARSHAL OP THE EMPIRE, COMMANDING •IN CHIEF
THE ARMYIOr LYONS, AND THE 7TH AND 19rn
LITARY.bI.I•IONS, TO THE INfiARITANTS Of LYONS.
" Inhabitants of Lyon's!—Anenemy, weak in
means, and uncertain in his movements, has dated
for some-days to menace your • city. Called to your
defence, I found you,disarmed ; from that time I
had neither sleep nor repose rill I bad collected suc-
cours ; still greater will shortly arrive ; I have posi
Live assurance of it. In the mean time you are tremb-
ling with rage, brave Lyounois, at having bten in-
sulted to.,your very walls, by an enemy proud of a
moment of surprise. . •
These rtenerous sentiments on your part have
nrlt astonished me. Arc you not people who in •all
difficult circumstances have displayed a great Lou-
rage ? Tr:e 14vtrof yont. city was always your dis-
tinguishing character ; to this noble motive was
joined the honour Of the French name; of which you
are so jealous, and that gratitude which,. you owe
your august govgrcigii, whose tirst.eare, upnu mount-
ing the throne, was to .heal your wounds, and re-erect
_ I your edifices. 'You always were, you well know,'the
object cif his particular care. You owe it then: to
him.:-you owe it to' Fiance, who ha: bet eyes upon
• tyott. to, chive far trom our walls the enemy, whose
presence only is an insult, and who paralyses. your
industry,., and plunges you into a•state of uncertainty
and alarm, which your honour and your interest
command you to put an end to..
a To arms, then, brave Lyonese—rally around
roe. Let us march forward, and only leave to the
army,- which is hastening to your defence, the care
of pursuing to the frontiers the enemy whom you have
already put to fl,Ditt:. (Signed)
AUGEREAU, of Castiglione."
011nd-quarters, Lyons,' JAIL 2i, 1814." •
CHALOkIS,bUR-SAQNE, JANUARY 20.

On Mundt,' last, at six. ih the evening, we learned
that the, enemy threatened-Tourtrus. Immediately
Conend yielding to the eagerness , of Inc.
Cli4lonese, gratutid them an order to fly to the assist-
ance of the brave inhabitants orfournus, and assur-
• ed the in that he would soon be there in person. •
Midnight ,had sc•trcey struck, when 'we had al.
re.a..iy been welcomed by tbeirourntissieni, vtith the

most fraternal receptinn, • ... -
'silt the break of. ki;ty, Genera) Legrand pushed his
-reconnoitring •tlizee,lt•a4ues in advance of Tourntis.:
ht returned, and .nevi. wed tl:e troops which he had
collvcted, and received atom their tie oath to die at
Jr ot..,n,Lur:. The enemy, changing. his plan,
oitk, and 11Qt re-aprearstither on the lbili or
t r I ?y crdet of
,the General we returned to
out homes.

I .Y NS, ANUARYI 24. •
The •Eten: y yesi.;3llay. QCcupied the smile positions.

• • •
Tt is not known Whether. he has eyacnatedMeximieux.
He experiences every day new difficulties, ..and his
-entrance into our territory has had do other effec
than to arouse the energy of our fellowstitizens.
• PARIS, JANUARY rt.
At a general 'Meeting of the Proprietors of ihe.
Bank of France-, a, general account of the proceedings
of the Directors, and of the state'of the Bank, was
given by M. Jauliert, the Governor of the Bank, of
which the following is the substance :
" In. the last 15 months the Bank has paid very
large sums; in Decemberlast, 38,8(Y',000francs, and
in the titsc 18 days of January 21,230,000 francs.
" Till this time (says the Go'vernor) our readiness
to pay satisfied the eagerness to receive. But on the
18±, at the cl,,sing of the chests, theGenefut Council
not perceiving, as they had formerly, -any sign.; of a
diminution ot the demands of payment, and seeing
t')at the reserve, and the portfeuille of bills of ex-
change, were do the point of ceasing to be in harmony
N ith die debts of the. Batik, found itself obliBed to
takc a great resolution.
‘‘..l..curding to the statement already published the
tinount ot specie and bills in the Bank exceeded•by
nearly• a million ot francs the whole of the debt, so
that these alone were a sufficient guarantee% But the
capital of the bank, amounting to 111,500,000 francs,
this sum must be annihilated as well as the portkuille
exhaustod before a single banknote can be in danger
pt not being paid.
4, However, when a bank of circulation is este-
',Wished, arid the public recognizes the utility of its
notes, it cannot be supposLid that all these notes will
be presented for payment at the same time ; and
therefore such yanks ought never to have more specie
on hand than is sufficient to satisfy the greatest pro-
bable demand. But. the demand li.cving for some
days exceeded all the' calculations of experience,
was the duty of the Council nol to be carried away
by the eagernesS of the persons Who demanded pay-
ment : but for the resolution taken by the General
Council, the Bank would have been obliged Lo cease
all discounting, which would have been a great mis-
fortune, and a great injustice.
" It was necessary to attend to the interests of
sons in trade, whose foresight hits been deceived by
the want of consumption, and who make such laud-
able efforts to surmount the difficuliies of the moment.
" Though the efforts of some houses have not suc-
ceeded, it is- notorious that the means of most pf them
are superior to their engagements, and that soon they
will be able to perform 'them entirely.
" It is for the interest' of the public, that the ope-
rations of trade should be facilitated. In short, pre-
serving the facility of discounting, and thus employ-
ing the only means that remained to. prevent greater
evils to commerce, was at the same time securnig the
realization of the bills in the •portfeuile—an object
which will be obtained.

Moved by all these considerations, the Council,
on the evening of the 1S:1. resolved that 500',0C0
francs should be paid daily, and that this sum should
be increased as occasions allowed. A meeting of an
huudred of the principal merchants in Paris, invited
to assemble by the Council, unanimously appioved of
Lb.'s resolution." _ _ _

Atter stating the capital of the Bank, and shewing
how it is employed, by-which it appears that-by tar
the greatest pair: is placed on government securities,
the Governor concludes thus : _ _

Nothing can trouble the security of the Proprie-
tors, or the conkierice of the holders of bank-notes.
" Gentlemen, the Bank has begun • 1814 with
anxiety. But depend on the Genefal•Council. It will
and means to reconcile the rights of the holders of
notes ; rights which claim the precedence, the first re-..
gard due to commerce, which cannot be neglected
without giving • rise'to greater misfortunes ; and the
interest of the proprietors, whose property will be ma-
naged with.the zeal and uprightness which distinguish
the General *Council.
" Gentiemen events will second our efforts. We
have for our guarantees the character of the Empe-
ror, and the energy k.f the French."
This speech was replied to in the name of the Cen-
sors, by M. MARTIN, as follows :
" Gentlemen-The detailed and luminous account
which,.-in his quality of Governor dt the Bank, and
in the name of the Genelal Council, Count Jaubert.
has just given you of the operations of the Bank dur-
ing the year 1815, and of its 'present situation, leaves
the Ceniors little to say ; if they address you, it is for
the purpose of recognizing the executers of this ac-
count, which their duty has led them to examine in
all its parts, and to deplore the extraordinary circum-
stances, so little to be presumed, which, £ r above a
year,. weigh With gradually increasing pressure 'on
the commerce of the French Empire, attack it its
vital principles, suspend its habitual transactions, have
wounded credit, the essential source of the prosperity
of commerce, and placed the-Bank of France in a
difficult situation.
"A number of commercial houses, justly esteemed
-for their honourable conduct and for their industry,
possessing property which bit lately was much sae-
ripr to their ilebts, alid'which had reason to think theic
riches durable, have e4l;eriencticl, for some month
past„distresses and a continually increasing constraint,
from the impossibility of realising the property com-
posing their fortunes.
66 In vain they have endeavoured to support their
reputation by the greatest sacrifices : they have been
unable to avoid the unhappy and much-to-be-lamented
situation in which they find theniselves.
Since the time that the Directors of the Bank
have perceived the gloomy presages of this crisis, they
have doubled their care, to afford to trade the neces-
sary succours, and. to check the progress of this tor..
rent of misfpunes : but they have been forced to
modify their iiitentions,' by their first duty of being
always ready to pay their nuteo in cash, when they
should be presented.
" At .the beginning of the year 1812, the Bank
had 114 millions in specie in its coffers ; 117 millions
of notes in circulation, and only 15 millions in bills in
its pbitefeuille. .
This situation.had begun in the middle of 1811;
it it had continued, the dividend due to the proprietors
could not have been disuibuted without encroaching
on the teseree. Then nothing announced a speedy
' change in this state of things. nor more products
arising from cotoluerle ('lshir very obscure • phrase
piobatily means prOtits arisiog from discounting,)
66 The Government supplied their sterility ; 52
millions of bills were discounted at the Imperial

• •
Treasurt, and a4ded to 5 tuftleis.ot '3l6cit Ex-
change to which the.arnount of the, polefettige wai
.car.ita, gave the hope of a dividend wittlwattoiching
the caPithls put in reserve. in. the course of the
same year the Bills of Exchange. were,ieduced to 10
millions, and the gate of the totrers 'kept at 124 to
112 million:. Then the Government paper amounted
to as much as 75 millions, and produced the greatest
of the dividend, which, however, was this year
only 66 francs.
But from the very beginning of 1813, ,the state
of the Bank was very different ; it had 85 millions ip
notes in circulation, and 26 millions'soo,ooo francs,
in specie, in its coffers.
44 However, this was still the p'roportion pointed
out by experience as the most proper for a discount-
ing bank. In the usual course of things, ,it must
reckon for its profits on the representative sign for
which it has a privilege. At that time-the Bankdis-
counted all tills as far as 90 days' date, Which uni-
ted all the qualities prescribed by .the law, and which.
the merchants offered it, and yet it had .to regret
being possessed of only an amount of 45.miaions in
them. In the last six tn.aults of the same year,
events of a higher order unhappily greatly aggravated
this state of things : the wants of the merc;t.a.ts we;e
multiplied,while they were deprived of the ....dimpy
reseurces: the Bank was forced to double its prii-
denCe in being more strict in the choice of the hills
which it discounted, in reducing to sixty days the
longest term; and in giving the preference to current
paper, it was necessary to tend to reduce the debt
which could be demanded to the level of the reserve
in money, and to ensure speedy returns. In the same
inten ion, the employment of treasury paper was suc-
cessively reduced to '54. milliens, and would have
been still more so, if 14 mlllions ill bonds of the droilr
reunit had been realised in November, as there was
reason to hope.
44 The reilibursement of this loan is to be effected
at different fixed terms of the next month of March
and the following August. The more you shall be
acquainted, Gentlemen, with all that the direction of
the Bank has done, the better you will be convinced
that it has never wanted. vigilance in the exerci:.e or
its Xaties, and that if it has been led to take for a
mouient measures which are painful to it, the sole
cause of this is the fatality,of events which have sur-
prised, have deranged the best measures, and ren-
dered vain the wisest calculations.

gt It is also in thDse unexpected exerts which have
so rapidly followed each other, that we must look f•►r
the cause of the exaggerated tears to which persons
have given way, who are not in trade, and are
actprainted with the means of the Dank : holders of
its rotes, and having no exact idea of the guarantees
on which their security depends, they hastened to the
lytneau to receive payment,- while the rapidity with
ich they were satisfied did not calm •their uneati-
n..is. Certainly they 'would soon have seen their erro:,
►t it had not been supported by all the means pruper
to serve them.

• " In a few days above 20 millions in notes were
paid in specie, and reduced the reserve of the Bank to
14,354,000 francs in cash, and the nott's •a circulation
to 38,326,000 francs. ••
The greater part of these notes b<ring Fill useful
to trade, notwithstanding its state tli Stiigflatioll, the
General
,council judged on many ,'cci,unts, that it
would be prudent to limit to 500,0!1u francs, the snm
to be daily exchanged for antes, an.t t,i .o.iort a mr,t-'
sure for the revision of this sum' watch might disrti,-
buce it to those who should be. piesunied to stand
need of it.
" From this measure the good effect was expected
of preserving in circulation th m iney which wis dis-
tributed, and of moderating the Twice at which it
was sold. Besides, there remained in the colfas •of
the.bahk several-millions in gold. -
•• If theinyment of the notes had continued with-
out limitation, gold being.at a considerable premium,-
it would have been sought with new eagerness, and
the Bank would have been deprived of it_ before the
payment of the bills in its ptirtft:tulle would have pro-
cured returns sufficient to pay the notes presented to
it ; and if it had suspended its payments for a single
day, the credit of the notes would have been itopair-
ed •honest and too credulous people, unable to ap-
preciate the cause, and to see its results, would have
felt prejudices which it was proper to spare them.
46, These motives gave rise to the resolution of the
Council'of the 18th instant, and to the calling of the
meeting df the merchants. But this meeting not
taking place
still Ole 19th• in the evenia all notes
presented this day were paid in cash. icurtriillictoils
and an half paid this day shesVed the necessity di the
•
resolution taken the day before. The meeting ackqow-
' ledzed its utility. It was printed and put in execu-
tion : we have reason to congratulate• ourselves upon,
it. Money, which was then at 3 per cent. Akio, had
fallen by the 26th•to half per cent. agio..
Yets.Gentlemen, we must npt dissemble, that these
are not measures which deserve to become principles;
we will allow that they are exceptions to the prin-
ciples which ought to govern, the Bank of France.;
but you will also perceive that those measures are
adopted in circumstanceswholly extraordinary; which
require extraordinary means: the effects are'relative
to the causes.
" NotWithstandiag so many events which have
long hindered the natural course which the Bank
would always wish to pursue, and which have turned
it aside from its natural direction, and painfully em-
ployed its'directcirs, it has been highly satisfactory to
them to offer last year a dividend of 7.5 fr. 50 c. per
share, and 7f.75 c. reserve. The preceding years
had not produced such good dividends, beeausethey
had not discounted so much.
" During the first. half year: of 1813 there was
discounted—
At Paris 335,367,401 fr. 73 c.
At the Bureaux; iu bills-tin Paris. - 90;6,737 7tt
During'tbe second half-year. at Paris 305,082,451 tS4
On Path - - 11,121,627 45

Total - - 6(.1,1 3i,,81 9 fr. 30 C
which )ave produced SO 91,635 fr. 1 c. deducting
the discount of the terms which, on the 24.th.0f De-
cember last, had still to run on the bills in the port-

The first half year froduced 427,0(V francs mote
than the last ;—the causes, Gentlemen, arc known
to yen,.
6+ Motives, which you will dotibtless apprtciate,
have made the General Coancil resolve, that, for the
present, no more than. 4n amount of 4'5 millions in
notcc shall be left in circulation, which will still be'
usiul to Ltadel to the service of discounting and ruc

nom, current, and' that the surplus shall be de-
stroyed. The decision has been immediately pm in
•execution, and their operation will be continued as
the notes are received, till a calmer sky shall shine

upon ns. •
""Yesterday, at the closing of the books, the notes
in citculaticm were reduced to 38,671,000 francs.
- the Committee chatted' with the inspection of
the books and portfeuilks have often verified them:
they have constantly leen. that ,the •choice of, paper
taken on discount has been made witfi prudence and.
the wisest impartiality ; if sometimes reclamatloa,
have been made on this head, the Censors have con-
vinced. themselves that they would' not have taken
plAce, had their authors been as well informed as tilt
Council of Discount.
" Let us hope, that the Genius- who directs our des-
tm*s will soon succeed in making the anhiety of tie
moment followed by peaceful days, and in restcrlil7
to con.merci: that bene:iecnt activity which wit
fuse prosperity through all parts of Coe SLilte."

THE .SUPPRESSED AION iTEUR, ort THE DOUBLE MOM.

LE f, OF JANCT ItY

I

• ADVERTISFNIENT.
There has appeared in circulation a small number
of copies of the Afstaiteur, No. 20, the content, i 4
V. hid: are almost entirely different from !Lost of the
41/oi/we published and distil-fluted on tee same day.
Till's phenomenon, of the appeatatice of a double
n2i,vspaper,avitn the same number and the sante d eta,
has excited the more curiosity, as those who were in
‘possession of it chewed it only in a secret maiii:er, as
if it had been illicitly obtained. We have taken all
possible pains to obtain it, and to learn how this piper
esciTed trom the priming office of the Moniteee, and
weriay.e succeeded. It contains the papers relative to
the-negociations fur peace. We have learnt that this
number was printed, and that the delivery of it was
begun when the printer received r.Pders to suppress
this number of the AL.ii.....ur, -and tare back all the
copies. that had been eastrilnited. It should seem
that t.l.is order, having been given late, it was nor
possible to get back- more than it small part of the
copies already distributed ; whether some subscribers,
more cunning, or.l:.is docile than the others, refused
to give them back, ter whether the order was negli-
gently executed. Be this as it may, the persons in
whoSe hands these copies remained have shewn them,
_and some have even sold them for money. it was in
this latter manner we obtained that which we reprint.
—We have asked ourselves, what motives could have
leefto the suppression of this pap;;, and we have dis.
coveted nothing certain on this head ; hit on reading
in the Moniteur, N0..20,,0f the 20th January, which,
was published, and which the Editor adult ledges,
the article Paris, which announces that the-Duke -osi
Vicenza was,to receive his passports at Chatilloa-sur-
Seine, we conjecture that the courier who, brought
this information arriving in the night of the 19th, this
news was supposed, to be of sec)) a nature as would
satisfy the public; and mike it isenecessary to give is
the satisfaction of leirning, by
.the statement of the
negotiations, the point at which they hid arrived.—
In our opinion, this reasoning was fake; au"' in what-
ever manner the indiscretion has taken place, we
avail ourselves of it, and will let the public benefit by
it iikewise.
. . [Here follow to c Declaration at Frankfort; Prince
Scnwat zenberg's Proclamation -to the French, dated
Lorrach, Dec; 21 ; and Field-Marshal.Bluchei's Pro-
cLimation to the inhabitants of the left bank of the
• Ritine, dated Jan. 1,.1814, which have been already
before the oublic ]
NoTE. OF COUNT sthrinenxicu, or ANSWER TO THAT OL
THE DUKE OF BASSANO, DATED DREsDENT, Abu. IS.
Ttrague, August El, 1513.
The undersigned Minister of State and for Foreign
Affairs received yesterday the official note which his
Excellency the Duke of Bassani dial him the baxiour
to address to him on the 16th inst.
It is not, now that war has 'broken nut between
Austria 'end France, that the Austrian Cabinet thinks
itselt called upon to reply to the gratuitcius' inculpa-
tions contained in the note of the Duke of Bassanc.
Supported by general opinion! A`ustriasc.inily awaits
the judgmek of Europe, and that of posterity.
'The proposal of his Majesty the Fooperor of the
French still offering to the Emperor a glinimet ing of
hope to attain a general pacifitation,:his Majesty has
tholight it his ditty tn lay hold of it. In consequence
he has ordered theomdersigned to acqnaint the Rus-
sian and Pruisian Cabinets with the desire for the
opening of a Congress, which should employ itself
during the war, with the means of bringing about a I
general' pacification. .. • i
Their Majesties the Emperor Aiexander and King ,
of Prussia, animated by the same sentiments as their i
august Ally, have authorised the un'dertigned to de. '
dare to the Duke.of Bassano, that. being unable to
decide on a point in which allseem equally interested, .
11:yids-out having previously conferred upon it with the
'other. Allies, the three Courts • will, without delay,
'make them acquainted with the proposal of Trance.
The Undersi ' ned is' charged to transmit, with as
i
-little delay as ossible, to the French Cabinet, the 4.
' overtures of a the Allied Courts in answer to the
above proposal:
He has the honour to offer tohis Excellency the
. ,
ttuke of Bassano the renewed assurances of his high
consideration.
.(Signed) The Count of METTERNICH.*
RWORT OF THE BARON DR ST. AIOKAV.
On the 26th of October, having been fpr tivociall
previous treated as a prisoner of war at Weimar, a; : 1
which place were the head-qoarters of the Emperors,, ?.
of Austria'and Russia, I received orders to depart the -
next day with a column of prisoners, who were to be . t
• sent to Bohemia. I had. till then seen nobody, wit' :
made any reclamation, thin:cing the title with which ".
I was invested was suffidient reclamation of itself, aii, --
having protested beforehand against the treatment
which I experienced. In these circumstances, how. ~
ever, I thought it my duty to write to Prince Schwan-
zenherg and Count Metternich, representing to them :
the Impropriety of this proceeding.
Prince Schwartzenberg immediately sent to me .
Count Parr, his own Aide-de-Camp, to excuse the moi.
take that had been made respecting me, and to desire
me to call either on him or on Count Metternich. I im-
mediately repaired to the house of the latter. Prince
Schwartzenberg having just absented himself, Count
Metternich received me with marked eagerness. He
said but a few worlds on my situation, from which he '
took upon himself to relieve me, being happy, as he
said, to do me this service, and at the same- time to
express the.esteem whi;h the Emperor at Austria had

... ,
cOueired for the Duke of Vicenza. Then be spoke
to me of the Congress, without my having said any
thina that could lead to this conversation " We were
sincerely desirous of peace (said he) ; we are so still,
~ad we shall make it. Nothing-more is required
than to take up the question frankly and without eva-
sions. The coalition will remain united The indirect '
means which the Emperor Napoleon would employ to
obtain peace, can no more succeed. Let the parties
declare themselves frankly, and peace will be made."
Atter this conversation, Count Metternich desired
ale to go to Toeplitz, where I should soon hear
foto him, and that he hoped to see me on my re-
turn. I set out for Toeplitz on the 27th of Otto.
bet. I arrived there on the 30th ; and on the 2d
of November, I received a letter from Count Met-
ternich, in consequence of which I quitted Toeplitz
on the 3d November, and repaired to the head-quay.
ter, of the Emperor of Austria at Frankfort, where
I arrived on the Bth. I went the same day to Count
lvietternich ; he spoke to me immediately of the pro-
gress of the allied arms —of the revolution which was
taking place in Germany—and of the necessity for
making peace. He told me that the allies, long
before the declaration of Austria, had saluted the
fftperor Francis with the title of Emperor of Ger-
many—that he did not accept this unmeaning title :
end that Germany was more to him in this manner
than before—that he desired that the Emperor Na-
poleon should be persuaded that the greatest calm.
'less and the spirit of moderation presided in the
councils of the allies—that they should not disunite
themselves, because they wished to retain their ac-
tivity and their strength—that they were so much
the stronger as they were moderate—that Nothing
was intended by any body against the dynasty of the
Emperor Napoleon ; that England was much more
moderate than was thought ; that there had never
been a more favourable moment for treating with
her ; that if the Emperor Napoleon really desired to
make a solid peace, he would spare humanity many
misfortunes, and France many dangers, by not' de-
laying the negociations for peace; that they were
near coming to an understanding ; that the ideas con.
ceived of peace ought to give just limits to the power.
of England, and to France all the Maritime liberty
which she had a right to claim, as well as the other
Powers of Europe.
That England was ready to restore to Holland, all
an independent _State, what she would not restore to
her as a French province ;, that' what M. de Morfeldt
had been charged to say from the Emperor Napo-
leon, might give room for the words which he re-
quested me to convey • that he asked me only to de-
liver them exactly without making any alteration in
them ; that the Emperor Napoleon would -not con-
ceive the possibility of an equilibrium among the
Powers of Europe; that the balance was not only
possible but necessary ; that it had been proposed
at Dresden to take for indemnity countries which the
Emperor no longer possessed, such as the Grand
Duchy of Warsaw ; that similar compensations
might be made on the present occasion.
On the 9th, Count de Metternich sent to me to come
to him at 9 ft. m. He was just come from the Em=
peror of Austria, and. delivered me his'Majesty's let-
ter for the Empress. He told me that Count Nessel-
rode was coming to him, and that it would be in
concert with him, that he would charge me with the'
words which I was to deliver to the Etaperiii: He
begged me to tell the Dukeof Incensa that the same
sentiments of esteem were stilt preserved towards him
which his noble character had always inspired.—
A few moments after, Count Nesselrode entered. He
repeated to me, in a few words, what Count Metter-
nich had already said to me on the mission, which 1
was invited to take upon myself, and added, that
Count Hardenberg might be considered as being pre-
sent, and approving all that was going to be said.—
Here M. de Metterni.:h explained the intentions of the
Allies, such as I was to report them to the Emperor.
After having heard him, I answered, that is it was
my part to listen and not to speak, I had nothing else
to do than to.report his words literally ; and that, jn
order to be more sure of this, I desired to note them
down for my own sole use, and to submit them to his
perusal. Then Count Nesselrode having proposed
that I should write this note on the spot, M. Metter-
tech led me alone into a closet, where I wrote the sub-
joined note.
When I had written it, I returned. into the room '
M. de Metternioh said, e Here is Lord Aberdeen, the
English Ambassador; our intentions are the saise ;
We may, therefore, continue our discourse in his pre.
sence." He then asked me to read what I had written.
When I came to the article relating to England, Lord
Aberdeen seemed not to have well understood it.-
1 read it a second time ; then he observed, that the
expressions " Freedom of Commerce and Right: of Navi-
gation" were very vague. I answered, rhad written
what M. de Metternich had commissioned me to say.
M. de Metternich replied, that, in facts' these expres-
sions might confuse the question, and that it would
be better to substitute others for them. He took the
pen, and wrote, that England would make the great-
est sacrifices for peace, founded on these bases (those
before laid down). I observed, these expressions
were just as vague as those for vkich they had been
substituted. Lord Aberdeenatissented, and said that
it would be just as well CO restore what I had writterte
that he reiterated the assurance that England was
ready to make the greatest sacrifices : that she posses-
sed much ; that she would restore with lavish hands.
The rest of the note having been found conform.
able to what I had heard, the conversation turned on.
indifferent sdbjects. Princ,e tithwartzenberg came in,
and all that had passed was repeated to him. Count
Nesselrode, Oi•ho had absented himself a moment
daring this conversation, returned, and commissioned
Ine, frorn the Emperor Alexander, to tell the Duke
?f Viceaza that he would never change the opinion
.`:- had of his good faith and of hi:, character, and
that matters would soon be settled it he was .cliarged
.v,th a negociation.
I was to set off the next dap, November 10th, ili
the morning ; but Prince Szliwrirtzenherg sent to beg
me to wait till the evening, not having had time to
write to the Friftce of Neuchatel. In the night he
sent Cowls Vagna, one of his Aides-de-camp, evlio
delivered me the letters, and conducted me to the
advanced posts. (Signed) SAINT AIONAU.
NO,E WHITTEN )(ROM IiRAVXF Orli-, NOVEMBER 9, EY
BARON !IT. AR,:!ZAC..
Count Metternich has told me, that the circunta
stanee which has brought me to the headquarters of
'die Emperor of Austria, might render ie suitable to

ehirgii me to carry' to his Majestx 'the Eatpeiiit the
iWswer to the.pcoposals which he caused to be made
by Count Merfelik., In conse46nce, Count Mettei-,
nich and Coiint Nesselrode have desired me to report
to his Majeityi
That the 411ie'cl Powers were engaged by indisso-
luble ties, whiCh cotstitu&d their strength, and from
thich they would never deviate. -
• That the ninitral engagements which they had con-
tracted, had made them take the iesolutiOn to make
no other than a general peace.
That at the tie of theCtinkress at Piague, a con-
tinental peace might be thought of, because the
circumstances would not have given time to come to
an understanding to seat otherwise: but that, since
then, the intenttont of all the Powers, and those of
England were known ; that therefore it was Useless
to think either of an armistice or a negotiation which
had not for its first principle a general peace.
That the Allied Sovereigns were agreed unani-
mously respecting the power and the preponderance
which France ought to retain in her integrity, and
confining herself to her natural limits, which are the
Rhine, the Alps, and the P.yrennees.
That the principle of the independence of Ger-
many was a condition, sine qua non ; that France must
therefore renounce, not the influence which every
great State necessarily exercises over a State of infe-
rior strength, but every kind of sovereignty, over Ger.
many ; that besides, it was a principle which his Ma-
jesty himself had laid down, that it was proper that
great States should be separated by weaker ones.
That on the side of the Pyrennees, the indepen-
dence of Spain, and the restoration of the ancient dy-
nasty, were also a condition, sine qua non.
That in Italy, Austria' ought to have a 'frontier,
which would bean object of negotiation ; that Pied-
mont offered several lines, which might be discussed,
as well as the state of Italy, provided nevertheless,
that like Germany it should be governed in a manner
independent of France, or any other preponderating
Power. -

That in the same manher the State of Holland'
would be a subject of negotiation, always proceeding
on the principle that it must be independent.
That England was ready to make the greatest sa-
crifices for a peace founded on those bases, and to ne-
gocias the freedom of commerce and of navigation,
to which France has a right to pretend.
That it these principles of a general pacification
were approved by his Majesty, a place on the right
bank of the Rhine, which might be judged proper,
might be made neutral, whither the Plenipotentiaries
of all the Belligerent Powers should immediately re-
pair, without the negociations su.spendi9g the coarse
of military events. (Signed) . Sr. AIGNAU.

FranUort, Nov. 9, 1813. -
11'his correspondence is continued in a few other Notes be-
tween Prince Metternich and the Dukes of Vicenairand 'Susan°,
which will be given to•tnorrow.]

•
The Gazwte de France of the 30th contains the fol.
lowing remarks
6, We are obliged to those who have re•publislted
the suppressed Moniteur. The system of the Allies,
in publishing proclamations-full of artful moderation,
was not ill imagined. The accusation of ambition
levelled against the. Emperor by Powers late his Al-
lies, did not produce much effect. But the idea that
peace, the wish of all, wasdesired by the Allies, and
rejected by the Emperor—this was an artifice on
which they bad reckoned, and which was'near being
successful. The Emperor's words, on a great occa-
sion, has indeed cou'terbalanced it ; but if the allied
troops had not belied the promises of their comman-
ders by their conduct in France, this false opinidn'
might still have prevailed. Even the excesses of the
enemy made people think, Why•not make peace, and
end those misfortunes ? Such was the state of the
public mind when the double Moniteur revealed the
true state of the question.
" It appears from comparing the notes, and their
dates, that France acceded to all that was proposed,
and yet Prince Sehwartzenberg and General Blucher
say—that the Allies, not being able to obtain peace,
are aline to seek and to conquer it in France. This
is inexplicable ; and we c.ennot help observing. that
many of their measures, such as crossing the Rhine,
after having recovered all Germany, delaying the
Congress, &c. have not a pacific tendency.
" We wilt not pretend' to judge of the motives of
the Allies ; we will hope that they are sincere in
their wishes for peace ; and are easy in the convic-
tion that nothing, not evert the cession of any of the
provinces of France, could separate them from the
Empire."