The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-02-21 00:00:00

THE. SrI'ATESMAN

M. Leine was arrested on the spot,
to all expectation, be was permitted by ti
of Police to return to Bonrdeaut on
aponsibillty, tiblthir ohs acCoMptittiei
utOtrirY• • . .. if', •
When the Melikh444re're assembled Olv
day to present Napoleon the complimenl
season, he addressed them as fellows
ilie—rTtire- batten among you who would
sign a peace even more, disgraceful'tha
posed by the cur:sillies of Prance. They
:to .bring me le' the scaffold like the
Louis XVI. butfl Shall know how to ft,
'nefarious views. Every one of you sly_ ,
your.hemes ;* I know you, Will be, there piol
mischief, but shall•counteract you.; end if fbi
dress isms& known in the departments, I will cattle
it to be publishtd in the Moniteur,„vOth accomponlyi
log notes, and you u ',shall be pentionally resitensiSle
for the consequences. lam ant to.put myself at
Melton! of my army; I wilt efOel our enemies front
our territory, and in three months obtain a glorious
peace, or cease to exist." • Then addressing himself
to the Mayor of l'aris, he said, ." I place you, Sir,
ever the organisation of the National Grapl of
Paris ; I charge you with the conscientious seledicia
perSoni who are to command it; I matron to you
theme of the Empress, and of the King of liouteo
shall return among you, and shall know hoirlo di a.
4inguisklihose who shall have known bow to mote
j the trusts confided to them.."
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,RMAN PAPERS. I fare, which the present dilapidated condition
--41.—.. _ i resources, and the decay of her commerce and
'ED. s.—Upon a courier taken by factures, render it of the most "hal import:mee
troops of the Allies, on their en- ' to avoid. Is the object of the war, if now con+
there were found a variety 'of worthy of the efforts of an exhausted ration
others, a decree, which bas not
our stational feelings powerfully interest themsc
onileur, making the following spa, ,
Ain this object? Can we individually or nit'
Generals to command the levy iisil
lepartments : !propose to ourselves any distinct lideastage,•
for the Lower Rhine, General . we realise to our imagination any ti lug like
Upper Rhine, General lieurrnfine -spect of benefit from its attainment? What t
3, General Preval for the Jura, . zoiximoNs to
us,
that we should risk so
for the Doubi7 lied Geri-era( Le.
t. for, their restoration ? If our taxes are n,
.;...
.
J liper Swine. Au these. departments
are now in the possession of the Allies, end it 101116°1ml hear'', let us dot sock /lie' mea
is hardly necessary to add, without the smallest li ridding to them, by attacking the liberty of at
opposition on the part of the diahabitatitt.---:-.4 cation.' If 'our national debt is too
The -following Is one of these documents, and will let some honourable enterprise be the occssiol
tete* to show how (Le measures of Government are encrease ! If our pauperi are not saltier!,
executed in the Departments :-
11 mereus,' let them be, multiplied' by proljects
THE SOD-PREFECT OF THE DISTRICT OF -----•-=', .
oF•l3ritish ,policy arid British honour I If the
T 0..---..,
, • ----..%,' Dm 31, 1813. ad means of corruption be not in our state su(
.31. BAndn,—Before prr4egdjug,' In pursuance of ly formidable and potent, let as devise pretexts
y your orders, to the organit their augmentation, without striking at the very ation 'of the National,
Ouird, intheirr.ommunes of Nil circle, permit mein a
p or-popular freedom in other countries! From w'
to make you souk observations pt:,the greatest im.
causes
defiance. cau the present lamentable dereliction of psi
versatility of practice in the British governmen
`and , . .
if, Wes mature *deliberation, • you insist upon :
my organizing the National Guard in the small corn-11 is to be deduced,;—whether from OR pride of '
you: ditary greatness, which, in the eieltation oi
triunes, I will do it : bat I cannot conceal from
that this measure appears very delicate and dna.' ,c,ss, disdains all amity with actiulted majesty

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•thereby eetilong-ltlie.'avere is more and more dove- [The batch Patters talso contain meant, a some' ria;
i frtnn that sympathy which endnierinOtalte-spectacle
•
!loped by exeerience- ink/lies of the most essential trifling sallied ter the• French Orisons of Natteden 5-1.
OM
9 When I demanded of you authority to organize •
1 of degraded royalty, or finelly from half.smoilteree
itind-fled -their way,* \ not only to British ports ' Deventer, and Delfzyl. It is astonishing than the i
It ie National Guars! at --.-:---) my object was- only
stood British it reties -at a distance: but the armies in ' Dutch do not press these places with more vigetel
to secure to myself one means of maintaining order 1 affection,on the:Part of Ministers to that il:
-our noighbouttlide with which our; men are contend- ' HANOVER, FE3:6.----TheCrown Prince of Steedete.!
i end 'tranquillity in the interior, and I did not think policy commenced the war wlthemnolutio
and which it required a retain
'ln derivo froth our ports•and outlets a subsistence, with kis suite, left this place at four o'clock yester-
or making it an instrument of resistance against the eFreere,
' attainable withatitliculty, if at all, from other sources. '. day afternoon, on his way for Prussian Minditta.—.l This measure was principally directed 1 •
-Even the fleets and troops, infesting our coast and' An hour after the Crown Prince's departutionr•l4"l"• • meteor to revive,--from whatever cause this
against the country people, and
,the 'lower classes,
proceeded , we deem It a matter of he
• % aters , are by like supplies accommodated and en- battalions of Swedish troops arrived here,depart
d halt 1
, who are very numerous. I therefore wished to form I has
coureged in their predatory and incursive warfare. w - , here this day; they will be followed by sevuseds snore
I e. the National.Guerd only at -see- sisd•i-see- because I lion, and that independently of the conseq
' .64 Abuses lusting a' like tendency take place in our teginients tosttiorrow.,-.
l ! these are.ehe two tonal, in the circle where disturb- iit may ultimately produce... It is disbon(
'import trade. British•fabriceaud products find their BREMEN, FEB• B.—A report has gained' ground :
ances "night most • easily etise, lit cone nonce of Ito the 'malted. character —it If a stain upo
prejudic,
I stay in:o our poets, under the name and from ports hem to-day, that eegociations will immediately !ailn
;the nembers who assemble there on •miteketsdaysel good faiths---it wet operate to osier
of other countriet, and often in British vessels dis- place with Hamburgh. terAll the intelligent people whom I' have consulted, It t .. ~.
:goosed as neutrals' by false colours and papers. Te ' 'LEYDEN, FEB. 15.--According to the latestintelle e ire tunes, aed.these conseqesettlie are to ,
and who recollect with ehortor ifie 'kittoti. s reeve- i •
Florid,. Ter, if eventually every object of gee
;these abuses it may be added, that illegal imports-1 ligence from Brussels, 5000 fresh.troops had arrived.
meets and bloody.. icenes which took illicit bete dot
, flea. We cannot het
• lions ore openly made with advantage to the viola- , there on the 4th, among which was a regiment or ,••
lion of the law, erodoeed by under valuations or i huSsars; surnamed the DeathHeadse which, in thelSePter, tie.* ofirA iith-alarii.ieltte manture.iof 51/ .
olliey lbeeld be • attai .
liming the counter people e and, think, en the con- that hpoisters iheul& have succeeded in pre
• other circumstances involved in the cearse of the I reign of the Great Frederick, was the terror of the..
- tithe it is more necessary to deprive drip
,Isif '
'judicial procerdiogstigainst.them. It •is found also,l•Frencle The Allies continue to spread theieleivis 1 tratY; .the preeent long : adjournment of Parliament
that the practice of ransoming is a cover for collu- still.
more ie Flanders, and their forces are coastasi‘ !UPI. 414° Or them knlis* ''
f ..
•.1 t' r . ' '' • to • •
need of the measure at the moment' when
sive eoptures, and a channel for intelligence advan- Ily increasing, by the' continent arrival of fresh ...
g:you• weighed whit 'I litely. eirimpleated" .. "."' 40
•_e_laseiese pted, and esptessed our apprehetisious
oe, as to the views which actuate a. great mutterer i ..
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tigeous to the enemy. ! troops. At Cologne, there irrived on the Bth, 9th,
of the ;Simple since- the enemy passed itteeßhinlei end ~they
the confidence so gnnerottely plated by some .
• 44 To remedy as much as possible these evils, I ;loth, and 1 lth of this menth, .20,559 men, and .;
: that many -of them . ref se Win the taxes, 4 Sp. people's friends oe.thOostour aadcoetietem*,
veicotrenend, that an effectual embargo on exports be . 16,624 horses, to pass the Rhine at that place. . .
pears to me, M. Baeon, that you ,cannot • entepd/loreranient migheptai'eto be mist/Wiser* )40
iierrnediately eltact4l. i FFB. 16.—The Rotterdam Colirant, of the 15th
tnin a different opinion from myself.' You 'Must, the risk, Nefetiet Malt too fp-tette be'n4tileltiAly
: 4 Thai all erticles known to be derived either not .lust. states,that General Bulow's liead-quartees•had
itherefotee see that the Orgenieetiets Orthe National
taiteall, or Ist an iimuatelial degree, only front the i been removed from Brussels to Mons. red: 114whaver: re hen ion be effied '
a peal . s
...at eit v
irettliectivats of any other country than Great Bri- . -- .• • .
.... ~ Guevtl'in•the communes might be injurious to the ' •. - • ,
. i,it isaoktoo much. Icieuvpole,Astithrtiane
tails; and particularly the extensive articles made of .PROCIAMATION TO THE INHABITANTS OF i public tranquillity, • . .
evieel Mt& cotton ittateilais, and ardent spirits made lieeilu. .
• i As to the *ld with which .hiss„ measure could far- been sitting from tley Ita..dakeittsiweabitik tt
. . ,
nosh against the enemy,- I believe it would *very I.sorneeestraiet woult Iteve been imposed on
:firms site cause, : tie expressly prohibited, from - The Prnolateation whichel
you have already rec,eiv- .
inconsiderable; Hit; heoatesetelbry torrejettoti-1 pression of personal' &sling, itrvitarter te
litiettatiner port be plitee'e•ne in whatever vessels the ;led, will have caused yea to perceive• the spirit of .
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earn* on ylo'hrnaghtlllo--the United kites' and- thet alltiaiittitita,midebeaettelgesethe Aikies aed ' -,. ieede is alsseletelgruseless ; and, „whit:eller WA thhatiptupideee Kapii,.,, „,.. ,6.:....;,.. 10.;ll .. 1.L......
Pa - Will`f-vIWAI-r -4Y`T,l°`.l '
. ' 'ls aluerrinditoty 'consideration), , because the Omentry-
:inteilgAiribs• of•-attitiraliaiiiPertatien Act be sub- 'time's; in entering yiter country. s• r, . ; totestioni to which individaal pied itleteraght
people wilt do 'nothing more for the Government. : •
lectod to adequettf penalties :—that among the proofs I The people in alt the countries whose delivetters ' 1 . ' ICI
Have the pledges iveotilliv
le They openly key, that since the Government takes :MI be aPP,fied-
of the neutral and Witional character of foreign. yes- iwe have hitherto been until this day have el'
every thing they• have, it is indifferent tothent who- 'thent, firwlicliethey were indeced tb.d. •
.essis, it be rerpitieditilet the masters and supercargoes, L their wishes to give their aid to the' genera cause.
-and-three-flu/ribs eleast bf the crews he citizens or I 'they have every where taken up arms; evert where :titer the enemy come or tint, because in both eases i•reservedlye the late of the EmPleteliti . l*
-eubjects a the ccglrevry 'ender dhise flag the vessels jegaipped themselves and martdted forwards. '; DePu- -they rill be equally-,plundered, They even -gold, !°Ministerse, been redeemed ? Is tbdrileoik At
.901i1;-;-thet all pergolas 7 concerned in convolve cap- ! ties; arrived from all parts of Belgium, have assared :that ir the enemy arrived, they would at least have :'cipies vb • loud • a • 1 iaet II) 4ii',
, epre esston o. w I se i ,
te ideantage, that their fate would be promptly de- !,_ ; +.. . • •
.terettiy the eneety, or in ransoming vessels or their i' me, that the inhabitants of these fine Provinteei are 'lth, , armeta all eppotiltien; and. prOtiece)3 'en ttutitempled
Aa,. end, that they would,know 'at last what tney '
• cargoet from the enemy, be subjected to adequate pet 1- animated With the same spirit. The, hopes of thilow: At.
neatti Wily ; w hit:At_ le fietnow Openly disclaimed mild
:had to look to. The Sub-Inspector, and a number of .
-stiltieh. To silt/deli ss much es possible the dun- I ing tai the insupportable yoke of foreign tyranny, have ensured me that they have heaed thcadieetatheArcenetsteney, for Mitch ive anderstied
-tide 4 the ear; it is indispensible- that the enemy j inspires them with the needful courage, to tread. in other Irrs°",
esleiuld•feel all the pressure that can beegiven to - it, i the steps of their ancestors, and become their own ,;,,sech. coevereations among the peasantry ; and of this, , t 41.1. "F. tlitt 10
h e 9I k ‘Silre# 1 41
9 d* 0 Ved Tl° .I
tre" g e h 7 "
and the restraints having that tendoecy will' be borne ' liberators. I hasten to meet this noble enthusiasm you will besable to judge, whether it be prudent to e''e • • •p re.( lessee eider „owes they liar.
t with the greatest cheauleas by all good citizens, as and as I approach nearer, will support ,it with my' .T,ro people who think add speak in Otis mannee.—,! es. •
eteleeelftedeficient),TreM the vOlie'oilarliament,
• the restrainte will affect those' most who are most • whole force, and for this purpose Shalt e '
or myself, I am ready co, do whatever you shall! . -.
„•:.
,- •• e . - , .
ti, the te r
per..judge proper; and I only await your reply to act a 4 ',r I. lee4.o°Y, ram
.106051,..,, $ 'moil it
. ready to sacrifice the interestof their country, in put- : the means which are put into my Nandi: S * , •—.e • : ehoette•, lereeteleeinteimlelttlie justice
suit of their own. I sons may allow themselves an understand with Y".s4sll prescribe to me. •
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the enemy, I will severely punish. I will etupply i . . Aceept, gee. .
,t, ...ie.: , • , .se ee.:.
_Ask ,1114.10,P4114.1 This mutt
with arms those who find the courage of their an-I ," ---,-- . - 'tit* 'aid?' alisernatire
.•,, - • • eee -:).• ?e, iiii. :.' - -- -4....„. . •
c.c.s to revive in them ; and contempt shall be the : e ;.' : , ': - "la -. ' •• - '.l)!°' :. ieleOsti"4 Iheftrbits Wit , that the sus-
-1 eitheis ~ , .
punishment of the cowardly. The first shall bete .• ~. . Gut
• .4 :lt.' :0440iiitii4a,ies..Tomtx.t4 be, kinuot 14 a bair,is Proof
received, and the others would but badly (let ' Ire ' • Make • • i. 4. lo • el.vit • '
p: !Lt ik;at!nt!tt,.e.irsa.,
I. -!
0
I themselves, and we might fear that they would oily 1.
• increase the enemy's force, Despotism has ieased i . Holland • • • **l • Vittoria Papers were receigod.this morning, from
Ito reign, and the restoration of good order will corn- " - ''. • - , i ,1 ~. ..- • , ..e
Pttleli Me wrocKs 'Mix DAT' AT tiPl6 trotesce: • winch we nave, taken tne fotto extract :-
-44 '
tnence. ;
Hank 063 0 3 tor*. Ana. la 1.8.14- 0 FROM TUE SUPPLEMENT TEFTMitIPITIPOIIpth PAPER of
Inhabitants of Belgium, remember this wordtirdet.; s -• -teed. ^ 211' 2
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May the once so. flourishing Belgium be. reettetedel 3 per Cent. Coto. 70i.21, li P.Sehequer 141:14 644 p if' .' ' FEE. 5. , .
Oranittro-4
but let her be restored under the shield of good 014!•1 per,
(eetitts.Ntla6l ,s, ,
.1. Coniiite kw-A ei' ;tO4 ITv; ' i " The day before yesterday 'avrieed at San le*i
der and tranquillity. Her independence is no longer ' " " • Navy
• .4" • *''' ' - . e ... ' • ••'"' ' .iii.i., e„. • .
_...
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dubious ; but this requires to be effected by the pre t: ;. .. • -
servation of internal good order, and by diCorgaf i THE.. srA, , . SIPIAIV..
TE . ' of 'Count trk-f - • 'ofthis Prince i -
radel.• . eee.cotning
nization of a military force, which shall combet foi. 'le e ''":
.—._—_---,-......„-e---•-•:-,--s---. I • ' e• -
• . vers to us that:the re-establishment of helloturheas
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liberty and homier. Adopt the most proper 'omelet „ e - . eeL •• ' . on the throne 4 Renee le undoubtedly thought of,
for these purposes. 4i ~ . L 01401) R:• , , • and that th 'ivilfbe daPeece '
ere ~ ,
-with the Cemicans
- • eg
Let every thing remain provisionally in tiles& - '
. . asbenAY, FEBttUARY 21, IRI4. . , " According to, viriatia, , •-allefers• Who
way it now is. Let the course of business, aptl - '
..t. •f
_N.u., _._...z...-__ •• . have arrived at the same 'sr `sat it ap-
Government go on in tha same manner as hithlVetts ' '
- Notbi 'his transpired. duce Saturday to throwpears evident eta. iiiitile,,,
Let the Mayors be supported in their stations. 'a . —"C.• ~ ~ 9 . ~, . ~ ... • ... ••, • e etso4 •
4 eeee 0. AO Live, tbotpcptt opefa.tior,s of the armies in creasing in Ares (14 which: . • confirmed
• ..t.- -:',.''
inset ere
channi
perform

" JAMES MADISON."

Durum PAVERS.

Bncsset.s, FEB. 6.—The French General Maison
Fbad'his head-ctuarteri at Tttbise even sio INb alto as
'-titesiftetstoon of the 4th inst. hi's advatited guard
• atill occupied the towel of Halle, about' rhreE leagues
'distance from this place. As great numbers of the
• Allied
.tcrinps have passed through this city in suc-
cession, and all moving towards that point, we may
reasonably expect to hear of great oceurrencestaking

place.
• Fu. 11.,=-Gentorril•Maison•s corps, after remain-
• tag some days in Pratte, evacuated that town on the
' 6th, and farther pureed his: retreat.
• Between Lisle, Armentieres, and Bailleul, there

-msarins a corps of ffom 3 to 4000 malcontents, com-
posed of Rrsbant aid Flemish refractory conscripts
• Ind deserters. Tlit4r object appears to be to unite
with theinsurgebtit'Of the district of Hasebrock.—
These assemblages greatly hinder the provisioning of
the fortresses in French Flanders. _ _

the Counsellors of the Arrondissements perfol
functions of the Sub-Prefects. Let the Cour
of the Departments with their President,. !_
'those of the Prefects. They shall all contriburk-*
preserve tranquillity in their several cantons, arirob-
! dissements, *AA departments. I am respousibla Ake
their so doing, in the name of their Mightinessee,
and in the name of their native country. They
• shall, with the assistance of the well-disposed inha-
bitants of the country, imprison such officialpursons
as te.ky be suspected. Such persons in office, as ate
Frenclynen by birth, must not retain their places.-r-
-'Let them return house, and no longer disturb.the
pose of a country, 'which is recovering its tome, colt- 1
dition, and prosperity.
• Let, therefore, the departments be organized
the best manner by public spirit. Let them, est
approach nearer, send a Member of each Counkilliet
est the
passp-
otts

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It is-General Fauconnier who now commands in
• Antwerp. tie has a garrison of 9000 men under his
nd: •

irk
• trance.! Ageism this ante of intelligence, how-
ever, it may be eonjecturedi that the facilities icnin-
iarcourse with this country,. whieh Ainbassidors
recently possessed, are no longer 'afforded them. by
fre9ch Government. This. Cirtumstance is a
ittOr'metion of the reports which' the. war thc-
CO:n have propagated. with se.mar industry anise-
titiection,' that the negocitithidfit`Chstillon are et
• an and. 'What course the ti4bciations have taken,
ror On what precise points thelhti-0 leinTiolon off,
can at ptelseitt only be conjectured ts•ifdiflfilleed is
it -of much importance, whatever may be the aVowed
and ostensible cause of this further 'interruption to
diplomatic iritertaurse, the dgerminatiohlo rvNtore
the 13ovrtuonk'trig4lating in./England, Anil thence

Deans, Fis: 14.—Messrs. Gevers, Lariguere,
and Prince, who last year went as Deputies to Paris
:from' tin. fie 'called good city of Rotterdam, came
• bither yestettley evening from Antwerp, having
'been thereslie ire,lig in 'a state of arrest. They set
••off this morang•teßotterdarn.
• Die following 'additiohal particulars relative to the
ptotieekngs of fhb dissolved French Legislative Body
bare been coma-vole:And to us :
M. Leine, a celebrated lawyer of Bourdeata, read
the Report, and when he 'had done speaking, the
,-Precident, the bake.- of Massa, Immediately rose,
and declared Mid litrouttart. M. ',nine replied,—
•" You yourself enrglit to be declared en outlaw; who
have dared to make an attack on the freedom of the
• natianal representation !"
The Emperor informed of this address, which was
• characterised as insurteCtional, unexpectedly appear.
ed in person next day in the Legislative Body, and
• told the Nlernhers, that they would lay wastr France,
and that the loss of two battles• in the heart of the

my bend-quarters. I will confer with them
measures to be adopted, and procure. them
for the purpose of enabling them to lay their
before the Allied Sovereigns.
Antwerp being still in the possession of the One-
my, the chief place of the department which Ill•si-
tuated between the two Nethes shall provisional 4+ be
Mechlin.
(Signed) The Duke -of SAXE-WEIN A R, Colittmoder
of the United Russian, Prussian, nit `Saxon
Army in Bmbint.
General Von BU LO W, Commander Chief
L of the 3d Presaian oorps. • i • •

communicated. to the councils of the Allies, will ge-
nerally be believed in reality`to have occasioned it.
We have often protested against this course. It is
eqvally unjust towards:the peopte of France and of
England. On the one it attempts to impose, by
force of aims, a Government they had sentenced to
perpetual annihilation, a sentence revocable only
at their discretion ; whilst the English nation is
exposed ,by it to the 'most imminent danger of
having to sustain't protracted and expensive war.;

by other:Obinnels."
. . . .
• .
M.
Orders; it is said, have btkertievitwat4plie
rpiroy to the British cruiseis,Priohihiqtti tke .I**o
sowing of prizes matte from the Americans.
Ten regiments of British millthili*
the Irish Government.
.. •
At the time Sir TI4OMAS T Yninttratirt the Queen
of WURTEMBERG, she was affiiotedAsitix the gout.—
Her Majesty had grown very corpoteet.
. A problem of much importance inullt4GOtt be solved?
OM is, Whether the pacific sentiment uttered by a(krettt
Perionage, in a Speech, so me few weeksOtartily montLs
-back, came from the heart of the SeRASEtt, openly
frimittitt pan of,the writer. A sincere-desire for an
honourable and lasting peace, is soon said, • but to
obtain it, .dispositions must be shOwet, acts must
speak : at the same time. were not the throbbing

kingdom could not give him so much uneasiness as
this behaviour, while he had no other objects but the
hwnotir and prosperity of France. lie spoke a long
time, while, vial► a furious restlessness, he broke
• thronol► the rows of the assembled Deputies.

hearts of our Allies, to whom we give large subsidies
for fighting their own battles, quieted by private
assurances that such professions were necessary, in
order to reconcile the minds of the people of Eng-
land to the further prosecution of the war! !
As friends of F.oalatid and of trrt't we lime,
The tricks of party and the frauds of state.
A Dublin Paper says, that Government bad de-
termined to reduce the Yeomanry of Ireland to the
number that had attended parade three days at lea,:
in the last quarter.

)ut contrary GERII
the Miniater
his omit re- riamorieremi, FEI
!d by a C.. 4". some eG the light tr 4
trance Into Alsace,
I\TOVltar9l* papers, and among
melds of the appeared a_ IL_
—" I know poTitelent;
o'nf' 4vGewir
ri wish Ine to in„sej, different di
in that.; FQ? (ktii4ai Chouart
y would wish Berckitelm for the U
uMtn-ate
that Or the Vosges,
rustrat. their Colonel Moncey fo
iall retarn to mains; fbr the Upper