The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-13 00:00:00

FLANDERS PAPERS.

VaLcoctsomci, Amu 3.—The events which have
borne heavy on France for some years past had caused
the triple line of fortresses to be neglected, which ex-
tends from the Upper Rhine to the North Sea, and
forms an almost insuperable barrier, when it is well
defended. Marshal Govvion St. Cyr, the Minister
of War, has adopted a phut, which the King hes ap-
proved, to increase the strength and independence of
lersoce, by asking its power respected shroud; be-
sides, the ancient system of defence created by Vaults.
has undergone tame changes by the cession of the Im-
portant fortress of lends. to Germany, sod of
Philippeeille sod Marienberg to the Netherlands; on
the other hand, Lesembere, the Gibraltar of the
cater* of Europe. is a fortress of the German Conte.
duration. The frontiers of Prussia :verb these of
View*, and the Morello sod the kingdom of the
Netherlands will alertly be revered by a line of for-
tresses which are erecting •ith a rapidity that is truly
parenishitrg. (leder those circumstances, it has been
judged ',dispensable that France should take a re.
epeetebie anise& ; ie consequence, all the for.
tresses of the first, second, and third ranks, will be
wartessitely pet in an excellent stale of defence ; the
-artillery, and all its materials necessary In arm them
completely, are to arrive from the interior of the
kingdom during the spring, and will be distributed
among the fortresses which Need a supply. The can.
non unfit for emir, will be recast at !Moab where
the regiment of artillery of Timeless. is @speeded this
week to replace that of Deasy, which goes to La
here. The stew ersettisetion of the army pro-
ceeds with rapidity; the legions of font, and the
riraiestrots of horse iu garrison in the sixteenth
military division, daily receive a considerable num-
ber of recruits. Many old soldiers willingly re.
,ewe their arms to serve their country anew, es-
pecially since a great neither of the Officers
who have se often led them in the field of glory have
been recalled to their standards. The third bat.
talion of melt legion is forming, and soon the
complete organization of the Army of Reserve
will end the new military system. Many Officers on 1
half.pay lace lately received commissions and notices
of the corps in which they are to serve. The two 1
regiments of infantry of the Royal Guard in rlffi.
sun in this city and Lille are also completing, by vo-
Notary enrolments. Ttenquillity, order, and peace,
reign in our provinces, where the prevailing spirit is
excellent. While the manefacterers of Picardy,
Artois, soil French Flanders, become every day
more prosperous, a formidable army of douaniers en
oar coast and frontiers protects oar eaters! industry.
It is almost impossible for contraband goods to pass
this triple line ; every downier piques himself on
itindetiog foreign manufactures from entering France;
and it may be said that the, show in this service,
independently of their own interest, • truly patriotic
zeal : they consider the 'wiser* of &WWI goods in
particular as a sort of triumph of which they Wail.

VJENNA, )4 ARCII •21.—A palace has beets porches-
ed hese in the suburbs, for 71A/01. sterling, and fitted
up, a. it Is acid, for Prince Leopold of Sale-Cobeig,
who will leave England and reside here.
STOCKHOLM. MARCH I.6.—The celebrated tragedy
of Liendel, which lass been so long pesforseesl in all
the theatres of Eorope, will be represented this eve*
Ding here for the first time.
Fe awerouT, APRIL I.—The police of a 11,40560er-
in city has received orders to end to discover
the author of the correspoodeuce how Frankfort, in
the French Mauve.

GER.ILIN PAPERS.

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VIENNA, 11A•Ctr 13.--Itt If said here, that a plan
tas been made its Russia to imagist* the arrange-
Lew long since introduced into the Austrian Monet-
t hy, of a military establishment on the Turkish [ton-
tiers. It is intended, es we hear, to place frontier
regiments on the frontiers of (lonia towards Ter.
key, in a ii.te, including Moldavia, Wallachia,
Bessarabia, and the countries at the mouth
4.f the Danube, and to assign to every regi-
ment a narrow track of land aloof; the frontier., is
is done is the A•striaa dominions, which shall not
hot inciodad in the Civil Government of the country.
Shorld this plan be really carried into erect, it may
serve the Divan at Constantinople as a proof that
Russia considers its frantic,. as Geed for • long
period where they now are. Politicians in Europe
nay perhaps consider it is a different light.
Lorne, Mance 30.—Our trade continue to be
very dell ; however, many persons still flatter them-
selves that we shall have a favourable Easter fair.
It is to be hoped that the new Prussian tariff may
bass ao ppjecliciel effect iron it. The Prussian