Star.
London, England, 1815-05-01 00:00:00

FLANDZRS MAIL.

DINANT, APRIL VI.
Hostilities have begun between the Prussians and
the French. Yesterday even:tag there was an affur
of out-posts at Falmignoul, two leagues from Give:,
between the Prussian lancers and a French tieLach•
n;ent ; the latter bad tour killed, and lost 15 rrho.
ners. After this affair, the French returned to Givct•

COLOGNE, APRIL 23.
Field Marshal Blucher, before he left Berlin, ad.
dressed the following proclamation to his Army :
" COURAIMS !—His Majesty the King has been pleaA
to
confide to me the Chief Command of the Army. I r •ce:sre :hit
favour with the moat lively gratitude. I am repletd to see yea
again—to find you in the Field of Honour, prep.tred for a cos.
COllttAti full of new hopes ! It is given to us again to comb:vie:
the yreat Caasc—for general Peace ! I congratulate y"
it. 'lke course of glory is again opened to you an orportua4
offers to encrease, by new deeds, the military glory whic,l
have already acquired! Placed at your head l ant coutillit
certain' and glorious success ! Shew me in this new stray.:
the confidence you have placed in me during the last, mt.! I ~11
c.invioced that you wilt zlotiously extend the services of yo,6C
brdliaat deeds hi arms. st

MILAN, APRIL 14.
The official account of the operations of the Atl•
strian army in Italy states, that after the repu6e )1
the Neapolitans at Occhto Belio, the ClenerA 13
Chief thought fit to order Field Marshal Lieutotot
Bianchi to make a diversion on the enemy's right.
which was so successful that the enemy was lorct.ly,
abandon Carpe, and cross the Secchi, over which the
Austrians pursued him, and took 500 prisoners. 'lk
whole Neapolitan diviiion of Carascosa, 8000 stlonio
abandoned Modena, which the ian guard of 1.."1-
Marshal Lieutenant Bianchi entered on the I I th.
It seems certain that Joachim commanded in l'er;
son the attacks on Ferrara and Occhio Bello, 31"
that he himself is the person of high rank who sus
carried wounded to Bologna.

caiF.NT, APLII. 26.
Very recent accounts from Lisle state, that great
discontent prevails there. Commissioners hoc bon
sent to that city by Government, to name the officers
of the Nationgl Guard, and the choice they bar`'

4,1, has poen* sitsp.leastst tie People. Ye seimsl
~,t
several Functionaries have been dismissed, and
sects pot in their paces.
"‘ corps of Hanoverian, arrived here yesterday and
.is winning ; a considerable train of artillery, the
eauty of which excited admiration, has also passed
Ilion&1 the town on the way to the frontiers.
ANTWERP APRIL ie. . .
Cut port resembles a forest. There arrive daily
crow England large convoys, With unnktinitiott and
...nvisinns for the army. It appears the English Go-
, ?Littuent, independently of the resource's which our
7.110 affords, is resolved to secure to itself the snb-
-7.....e of its armies ; for there are already arrived
,147..i0us supplies of forage, and of salt and fresh
"%o The forage alt-:ady arrived in this port
,rovi
odd office to feed 20,000 horses for six months.—
lohese things are landed, they are forwarded by
0,1 a water to Ath, Mons,- &c.
SWITZERLAND, APRIL It.
'i'he following is the answer of Count Talleyrand,
ishasiatior from the King of France to Switzer-
-OJ, to the circular letter of the Duke of Vicenza t—
c..14-1 hasten to answer the letter which you wrote
3 ele On the SOth of March. During the whole
oro of my life I have been faithful to niy oaths and
~IT duties. Louis XVIII, accredited me to the
cas Confederation ; he alone has the power to re-
.2,:tne. I am, kr,"
VENICE, APRIL Itb

Two forts are constructing near Genoa, and it is
TeJ that a corps of 12,000 men in English pay,
:1,20 ships of war, will shortly arrive near that city
its defence.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 24.. _

At the request of the Duke of Wellington, the
,nzlish Government has given fresh orders for the
!nding of a numerous corps of cavalry to this coon-
r. The Hanoverians, who march by way of Ant-
i), must be, by the 30th inst. in the cantonments
them between Ath and Tournay. The co.
rain of troops of Brunswick, which march towards
tins, has received orders to accelerate its march :
rerai corps of the troops of the Empire are now also
ivancing along the Meuse. The Prussian General
Ziethen also commands a Prussian corps on the
t bank of the Maese, and has his head-quarters at
i:mappe. Those of General Borstel are at Binche.
am the Maese to Mons, our frontiers are covered
•; Prussian troops. There will be a communication
rween all the armies, that they may act in union
each other. We expect here Russian, Austrian,
, a Prussian Commissioners, whn are to infoson their
Jereign, of the proceedings of the armies. Prince
Ernard, of Saxe Weimar, commands a regiment of
sons at Namur.

BRUSSELS, APRIL Si.
Yesterday morning his Majesty our Sovereign, ae-
•mpanied by the Duke of Wellington, and several
;errs ot rank, went to view the Netherland troops
:Nivelles. Our army, which is already very strong,
:st receive, wit!lin a week, a reinforcement of
,000 men. It is so posted that in 24 hours a very
force can he collected. The positions in ge.
:rat are as f' low :—From Charleroi to Niewport,
,e extreme trontiers are guarded by an uninterrupted
-ain of strong corps of cavalry and infantry, which
e cantoned along the frontiers, and connected with
other. The towns which lie behind them are in
od state of defence, and have numerous garrisons.
:;weca these places and those which form the se-
•.+ Ane. several divisions are centoncd in echillons,
bile the army Of reserve forms the third line.
General Alien, General in chief of the Hanove-
-rs, still has his head-quarters at Leuze. Gene:
Hill has his at Grammont. At Mons they ex-
act tine head-quattns of a Prussian division. The
:and head-quarters are still at Brussels, but is ex-
, t,lted soon to be removed.

The Emperor of Russia has appointed his Aid.de
Count Poazo de Borgo, to be his Commis-
.mer with the army of Lord Wellington.
Ail the French fortresses of the first line from Thi.
• „vi.le to Dunkirk, are put in a state of siege. Or..
.ts have been given to provision Lille for three
..!oaths, for a garrison c,f. 18,000 men. For this
t-rse enormous requisitions are made in the De-
, rrannus of the North, and the PAS de Calais ; the
lovhiens are diligently eol:ected to be conveyed into
MAgizines. However, it will take at least one
:Lind; more this object can be attained. The French
,;:re••••••ent distrusts the spirit of the peqple of Lille,
.11k11 i.a caused our communication with Lille to
* very difficult. The desertion among the French
!clops does not diminish, fifty or sixty often come in
day to Alost to jrrin the royal troops. These troops
eto consist of a corps of cavalry, a division of or-
nery, and some battalions of infantry, the number
which will depend on circumstances.
The Duke of Berri, with several officers of high
tak under his command, is constantly employed in
•ganizing this corps. The King of France, who it
tins, intended to reside at Malines, has determi.
..izo remain at Chew, which is better situated for
p,ng up a communication with the royal party in
;ante.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 21.
!,liiegy returned yesterday from inspecting the
•my (A rec..rye. The Duke of Wellington will give.
-morrow an elegant ball to the inhabitants of Bros-
' Is. General Baron de fiddling, Governor of
Ares, sct out this morning to take the commind of
• :at place.

An English Cabinet Messenger, coming from Lon'
passed through here last night,going to Vienna
,t 4 dispatches trona the British Ministry.
We are positively assured that the whole part of
a territory of Liege, which the Congress had an.
exed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, will be
ikn osA.ssion ut in a- few days, by his Majesty's
;id ..ssioners.

I first column of the Westphalian Legion, which
92,041 strong, had just arrived in the neighbour-
Jl. Liege, where the whole corps will succes-
'Ply piss on its way to its destination.
Yert,,t day, the 26th, another regiment of English
'avalry and one of infantry landed at Ostend. Ninety
laiv.ports have just sailed for England, to !etch more
1000, of which twelve thousand, horse and foot, are
xpected in a few days. The English General who
to ctlrimand the cavalry of the Duke of Welling-
*is arrived at Ostend. Lnrd Wellington will
ave 18 or 20,000 cavalry, and 500 pieces of cannon
f sis2s.

His Majesty has named 0)w/45s:otters to revise
&.e fundamental laws of Ithe United Provisttes of the

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, MAY 1, 1815.
Sr. PUMP AND Sr. Jeetzs.—Holiday at tbe Hank.

A Flanders Mail arrived last night. It is princi-
pally occupied with details respecting the march of
different corps of the Allies towards the frontiers.
From a paragraph in a Dutch Paper, it would ap-
pear that hostilities have commenced between the
French and Prussians, but the accounts from Ghent
do not countenance this report. It will probably
prove to have been some unauthorised skirmish by
the advanced posts. •
French Papers also arrived last night. The most
prominent points in these is a Decree to form free
corps, that is, regiments to serve without pay—a
pretty plain. indication of the state of NAps•Lans's
finances t and our Readers will also observe an un•

common degree of anxiety to prevent the public from
being imposed on by reports announcing the defeat
of the Neapolitan troops. This we consider as a
pretty plain indication that MURAT has sustained a
serious defeat.

Indeed the matter is put beyond doubt by the
arrival of dispatches yesterday from Lord BURGHERS;
dated from Florence on the 15th and 16th ultimo,
announcing the evacuation of that city by the Nea-
politan corps, which entered it on the 6th preceding.
This measure was occasionsd by the masterly ma-
noeuvres of General NUGENT, who, having retreated
on Pistoja, and there united the Austrian and Tuscan
troops; returned, driving the Neapolitans before him
to Florence. It is saki, that of the 7000 soldiers which
the Neapolitan corps comprised, not fewer than 1200
abandoned the colours of MUSAT. In fact, he ap-
pears to be by no means so popular as some have en-
deavoured to represent.
Tile French Papers, by their anxiety to deny it, or
at least to destroy its importance, give some counte-
nance also to the repori that a Sicilian corps had dis-
embarked in Calabria, and was marching upon Naples.