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

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a;•:ws FttoM THE ARAIFL. I ' This is, indeed, a neir'smd interesting epoch in
' . ..newlr'veo. Agreh.ls. : the history-of. the long and cruel war, in witich we
ac 'The benclAtiarters of the Eniperor nve bore; • earn unhappily been engaged. Whatever' may be
The French army occupies Chaumoot and Brienne..
the cause of the rupture in the Negociations, we
It is in cemnaunicatittn with Trnyes, and its patroles
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ais far es•toogres. On all sides prisoners are .
brlnging'ln.
! United Kingdom will feel the disappointment keen-
+c• His Ntiptity's health is very good." A ly. That part 'of the public moat benefited, and
•' -1 consequ ?idly most interested, 'n the continuance of
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P.veva, %Lewitt-- Letters from the head-quar- the war, is near or about the Court, and is always
ters of .1A1064,41, dated the 25th of March/ an-
the most clamoroqs for its' prosecution. Great,
. nounce tle(tt ourlirmy was in the rear of the eatemy ;
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. 'teat w'elwere.masters• of 13ar-Sur4ube, Joinville, however, es this near interest is, and great es is one
-Pdoeteriplider.. Our troops were at Chautiont ; our 'more remote, but which hai had its effect upon the
411.11-nles go as far as Langres. Prisoners are brought land-owners, yet Ministers lie under a great respon.
. in, cleavages liken, couriers intercepotsd. A great sibility for the measures they • ilia"- adopt at
number of prisoners had already areived at head. this critical moment. 'We believe grid trust that the
quartets. The Emperor of Austria has, it is said,
, nation will not rert easy without a satisfactory
roiled ~pun Chatelon. ,
Joseph reviewed to-day hi
Its,Majeste
the reason assigned, for thus dashing the cup from the
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•PAW _,C.Nirte of t' 21,0 leries, the National Guard of eager lip, parched by the consuming flame of oar.--
-.. co/ , 201,000 men at least, com- We expect the few patriots, still to be found among
Atitt
pletely. i• its ' nipped, with their artillery, the peoPle'srepresentatives, will, without a moment's
serf di troops -- - troops of the line, infaii. .
delay, press this explanation upon Ministers, who
• .trv, ..efWi'''`‘ rps of artillery of 1500 men
tat se roopv, forming about 35,000 mu
st be conscious, diet every man, knows that the
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•` • . 1 low sin defiling. There were wheel of negotiation turned as ta British Cabinet
. Ise leant eh -, .• rb cavalvry, consisting of cui- chose. The early sad late Proclamations of
,the Al-
• efissiers, eiregnousi- and hussars. They were fol. lies have all proved as much directly, arid the. Prince
lowed by a train of about SO pieces of .cannon. The Royal of SWEDEN remaining asit were fized.at Liege,
greater part of the troops of the line set off imme-
dietely for the army.
• tis a collateral proof of tile ?act were it' wanting. .
• Vivery body admired the fine appearance of the '
Perhaps this very day may bring forth some th . forma-
•-; • National Guard. The greater part of the platoons tion upon this important, but mysterious Ante
'defiled' With as much' regularity and order as old of things. We hope, therefore, to possess some
Nba,.....e.sereiops. During the whole time the troops were de- data upon which we may to-morrow build' a
Pim:, her Majesty the Empress remained in the ,
.. solid reason for the disappointment the country has
grand balcony. His Majesty the King•of Rome as. • i
sister also at this review from the windows of his experienced : and offer our Readers some solid con-
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apartinenti. . solation for what they may have yet to endure, before
• To-day a nonterousartillery, served by the invalids they arrive at the happy goal which is to reward them
and the pupils of the Polytechnic school, defiled in for their never.before equalled exertions. By many
The Court of the Thuilleties. The age and martial shrewd politicknsvit tsconjeetured that BONAPARTE'S
pride of the veteran warriors were agreeably con.
demands; or rather big refusals, have risen with the
tra%ted with the lively and animated march of these
young and interesting soldiers. The former seemed . increase of his means of resistance—if sce-wisat be-
te have relewed their strehgth to give the country , comes of all those reports and conclusions with re-
fresh reefs of devotion and courage; the latter ' spect tb the Bovuon prospects ? How can that idea
seemed to wi,h to give pledges of 'the exploits they agree with the said-to-be authentic intelligence
woold one day perform. These corps, well tz
, —" of the growing disposition' throughout-Frew, cape.
peiienced in the manoslisrlog of cannon, and of afine
appearance, have been formed with astonishing ra. - . - -
chilly in the South and East, to throw off the yoke
pidity by a Gotten' of Artillery, whose talents, T one is i
long ;of NAPOLEON! ho rreconcileable with the
tried, have always acquired the cotrfidenee and ye. : other. Such a sensation, such an inclination in the
aeration of the armies. After the parade his Majesty ' people of France could not exist without the know.
Xing Joseph ,received the Oaths of General Council° ledge of the Emperor, and would be not submit to
Lespivasse, the Etat Major, and Officers of the Ar- 'the
lesser evil to avoid one which would destroy
tillery and Farginevers. ".
'There-Conlinueld arrive at Paris a great number himself, and ruin every prospect of his family ?
Of troops of. all descriptious ; detachments of toe. i We hope, however, that it will not turn out that
Scripts succeed midi other incessavly; We Learn ,we have changed our national and more permanent
(remake depertnierts of Normandy and Brittany, ' views, from a temporary, a momentary change of pre.
that all the Made are covered *ilk troops proceed.
spect, through a partial *advantage. OPINION is a
lug to Paris ; that the National Guards are armed, .
clet!..el, acedexercised every day in manm ! great thing, a great weapon, and .a great shield
uyres.
' Toueotae, MARCO 21.—Yesterdey, the• 20th, at this hour ; and it is to he hoped-ars have that on
count Citeneelli, his Majesty's Eatraordinary COM.. I oar side, whatever may have led to this new and
mistioner in the 10th Military Division, aecompa- • hazardous state of affairs: It le, however, useless
stied by General Trasot, the Prefect of the Upper Ito . risk conjectures upon' j the subeit, w Ilen 24
Garonne, the Mayor 'of Toulouse, and the Officer• • -
• hours may confirm or overturn the*. One point
of the Etat Major of the place, reviewed the two ; • •
we are strongly urged to notice, . which it, that Bo
. cohorts of the National City Guard of this town.
--Almost all the men were in oviform. At ar %PARTE does not to us appear to be bereft of ml.,
the nest review all will he clothed and armed. Mary force, nor of popular confidence, as he hai,
This operation took place in the Garden of Plants, been long represented by our ministerial Journals;
to which the two cohorts marched with a: band 'of for otherwise he is more military' mad than ,was
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lever the renowned frantic CnesteEs XlLCUSwecten.
Tallinn, NI ARCH 15.--The troops of the
Allied, Powers are all agreed in one point, than clear account he the Suppkment to the last Go-
et ,Is); i$ wage and pillaging France. The Irene of theopemtions of that part of the Allied Army,
Ettintiv_7 do not even wait till they are arrived , which has borne the brunt of the attacks of the one:
titoreett -exercise their system, they PilOttr Prussia my during enore than six weeks, renders it unneces
thed is the Cermae States they pass through. The
sary to enter into a minute detail of what has been
' 4114.e-Pertugunte, who will not be behind hand
' ...titit; them, hate given themselves up to the most done r all seems to rest upon what is next to be done.
..Mghtful excesses in Spain, in order to pave the The French Papers` give us an account of Bona.
way 'for those which they are now committing in . eaniee arriving at Arcis, nn the morning of the 20th
Plume. Ltilt. ;. and the last account, dated Doulevent,- a fenti'
A Manifestobaes recently been publishedit Tolosa, ' leagues south of St. Dizier, and published .in a
teitiform the Spanish nation of the horrors committed
French Journal, of the 28th, states, that be was
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et St. Sebastian by the F.nglish and Portuguese '
troops, after the taking of that town, against the in. ' there, and that his patroles extended ale far as
!habitants who had succoured their wounded, taken Langres. Under this view of the sketch of his
iereei their prisoners, and given a kind reception to operations, it should seem, that the enemy had
the conquerors. adopted a sudden and great change of. plan, which
' This document is printed in Spanish, and signed
alteration appears to us to have taken place from
by one hundred- and .seventy-nine of the principal
pledge them_ . something which occurred (perhaps intelligence from
inhabitants of. the town, all of whom
4flves for t.:.e truth of their assertiaus, Gen. Gra- AUGEREAU) on the 20th ult. when the contending i
bom is new in Holland to repeat the horrible scenes armies, as represented by Lord CAsTLEREAGM in
of carriage, violations and pillage pepetrated at St. his letter to Earl BATHURST, avers posted oppo.
Sebastian, on a town to Orhicteim was to give inde- site to •each other, near Artie, -ready for battle,'
pendence. •
- 0 . but that Behar* are declined the tonthat,„ his cii..*
' .le 1"
The Duchess of OLDEXISUAG, in point lof wppear. ,lumns filing off in the direction of Vitry. Tbat
mice, is a. neat - figure, 'a round, ' healthy, good- was, however, in all probability, the left Wring
humoured countenance, without paint -and without of his army otity which took that direction,
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ft ipecry. . being clear that the main- body of it must hail
We are assured from authority, that the pars- taken the road to St. Mier, and in all likelihrootT
graph respecting the change of an infest at the the right towards Suzaincoort, if, itte Slut :French
BrOwnlee -stmet liespital, is totally without foun. papers rani, patroles weeded" rirsallengrea.—
This grand or desperate resolution **les iss, *is it'
bite left Paris in a measure to rttly on itself for de-
fence, 'mien by an intended junction with *mi.
itzev, it be presumed that BLVCIIXR isitalAtell;'

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will be Oftwid
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',advance a step nearer the capitals,
chary to draw back to' fight -hild
tir-', retire upon their own reinforce.
1.1. ts.: .BVthe'cassaor the design of all this what it
': ,‘ jt .li oblioesly; playing the great game, so ali,
that i'very short time may end it one way or othei.
• We Air& little of the fortifications thrown up around
. ..the . --.
'Paris /y would scarcely be six hours of hindrance
,to i olesolute assailant ; but what military force there
„{nay be within
.the walls, we cannot surmise. That.
there may be a good number of veterans, who had
iutended to retire from the seririce, we can easily'
',lmagine, and of the effect they may produce up**
ratan), of the Pa risians,who never intended to make a ems
I.their•proiession, ere 'can as easily suppose; but from
revery point of views-we are sure that Box AP.% WEE does
notientertain apprehensions equal to our expectations,
ref what the Bourbon Boyalisis may do. It would,
-indeed, be a stunning blow to the people of Eng-
land, if, after the extraordinary efforts made, in the
,confident expeetation that they woald • ensure a
peace, the same must be demanded again, and, per-
tain, the incise*. Tar doubled,•that is, made twenty
tert,!!! on the aisorae4 idea that a counter-revo-,
-is working in from,.

By the Paris Papers to the 29th ult.. it will. he
seen,lbat great stress is laid on theitugmentat* of
the French army from the new levies, which vqe
*ivied fidm day to day by the es-Civic' 10111414.16
Paris. The news from the coast is; Indeed, of 'a pitet'
flite, And if it could be believed, the affairs or,BOtilw-
?AittE are failed too much in ruin. to be.rettictedil
the exertions the other accounts speak of.' One Of
these, however, acknowledges Ghent.to haie been re:
possessed by the French, and that MI of its inhabitants
have been put to death, for their conduCt while the
city was in the hands of the Allies, though we have
yet to learn what was the precise accusation against
them.

- Yesterday the following Bulletin was shown at
St. James's Palace:—

" Windsor Castle. April 2, 1814.
ills MAJESTY has passed the last month in an
uniform state of tranquillity, but his disorder is
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Yesterday being Palm Sunday, the Archbishop of
CANTEnsuny preached before the Princess' Cu }
LOTTE, and a uumerous assemblage of the Nobility, '
at the Chapel Royal. •
Yesterday the Lou CuAxcimOttillad..4.l.ollg •
audience of. the PRINCE REGENT • at Melton
House. . . . I

Saturday maiming the QutEs, accompanietif4the !
Princesses Emizaurrn and MARY, left town, for
Windsor.

Some of the principal sttendantsof .the Pplitcz "
REGENT left town on Saturday for Wituistr, tO
make preparations for the reception-of the. 1-'
test Romani:ore (Duchess of OLDExttnick)i 40111.0.
we understand, is to be at Cumberland Ledge.
The Countess went .0 t.e Russian Ambassador's on
Saturday, to partakr o a grand entertainment. j
Yesterday the Countess ROMANOFF visited West. I
Infester Abbey, and was conducted through that ve-
nerable edifice, not less remarkable for its structure
than for the monuments of the eminent men whom
this country has produced. Site afterwards pro.
ceeded to Hyde Park, which, from the fineness of
the day, and the numerous and brilliant assemblage
there collected, afforded a remarkable contrast to the
solemn grandeur of the scene she had just left. She
remained itj the Park nearly two hours, and was na.
turally the object of great public curiosity and inte-
rest. During this time she met the Duke of Cr.a.
MINCE and the Princess CHARLOTTE; the- former
was on horseback, and conversed with her for some
time ; the Princess passed on in her carriage, after
mutual salutation. On her return to the Pulteney
Hotel, the Countess received the Cabinet Ministers,,
who attended her in their full Court dresses. At
seven o'clock she had a party to dinner.
On Friday morning the Dukes of YORK, KENT,
'Susses, and GLOUCESTER, with a numerous assemr
hinge of persons of distinction, called upon the
Countess to pay their respects, as did, on Saturday,
the Duchess of Yoga, the princess CHARLOTTE,
and the Princess SOPIIIA of. GLOUbEsTES. The
Princess CHA RLOTTes interview lasted an hour.
A. Sunday Paper put forth a Second Edition yes-
terday, wrath the following news :
" Poulogne, April 1, 8 o'Clook, P. M.
" The greatest alarm and consteroation prevails here. Our'
Commandant has just received intelligence that a battle was
fought on the 25th between the Emperor and the Allies ender
Schwarizeolierg, at *icon, in the neighbourhood of Chaumont,
in which lee were not niceerrefra. The Emperor had hoped. by
some masterly mancenvres upon the flank and rear of the Aus-
trian army, 'to compel it to retreat. He had in the interim, left
Paris to its own resources of defence; and relied upon its being
covered by select aryl; which occupied the principal positions
leading thereto.
" The victory pined by the enemy on the 25th has Cu! of the
• Emperor's communication with the capital, for the present.
They may, pa doubt,'he re-established, but during the interval
the army under the Prussian Commander BLUCHER, advanc
on Parts.
1, At the time I write the most alarming accounts prevail'
The entmy's advanced guard have been seen withiry 10 mites of
the capitnt. Coasternation reigns there. The corps which co-
vered it have bero driven back. The National (;card know
what belongs to the character of .Frencbmen, hut . they have
Stever been pied; and it is much feared, that notwithstanding its
newly-raised fortifications, the enemy will attempt, in a few
days, to enter Paris.
" Our communication by several roads is no longer safe, and
die Post Office couriers are compelled to take circuitous routes.
I"The.Allies have re-occupied Soissons.
" In the battle of the 25th, the enemy took 40 pieces of can-
non. The killed and wounded on both sides was immense. •
‘‘ The neFociations at Chatillon have been broken off. The
enemy' requsred the fulfilment of the most exorbitant conditions:
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twilling less thali the surrender of all our fortresses."

Halifax Papers were on -Saturday received to the
11th ult. The news from Quebec was; we understand,
to the 24th February, when no intelligence of import.,
ance hid been obtained from the Lakes, orfrom any
part of Canada. Gap. WiLttusow, who continued
intrenched at Salmon River, had burnt the Whole'd
tke craft with which he had proceeded from Marion,
and this circumstance is the ground,qf the report that
Abe Arnerican flotillti had been destilrld by an hos-
•tile attack, By two privateers, Itakeit. by a British '
stoup of war, it was ascertained that the President*
Commodore toommst had returned to New York,
after an unsuccesaaendat. 'She was fitting again
for seep at the time of their departure from that port.

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