The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-02-26 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN

" Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the A. M. ; ataine o'clock, General Biaeehi,
ger retc'n, by an act of in- I .
House of Assembly, ..._ 4 ' rseAstrian corps, had taken aps
themselves and to the na-
'4 I shall cl'' to be laid lepterey St tithe t • -""dijki
•" a-. 4 d sernstrian divisions `and the Wurtet,
..., set fire to upwards of 150 oneie pioviocT know of the- Crown and of the. tuns
houses, composing the beautiful village of Newark, Expenditereftthelist:tWeifie months. berg dfrvistith, upon the heights before Montereau,
s '• I caterisig the bridges and the town. General Chateau
and burned them to the ground, 'waving, without/ • rs One o.e LA
tuv irteisureet adapted b you wiring the ,
covering or she!ier, those " innocent, unfortunate,p6. , attacked him : not being supported by the other di-
last Session for supplying the exigencies of the
visions of the corps d'armee, he was repulsed. Sieur
and distressed inhabitants," whom that Oilcer, by lip service has only lately come into operation, and
, Lecouteulzt who in the morning had been sent upon
his proclamation, had previously engaged to protect.
ii itiiiomises to become a highly productive source
1 , a reconnoissence, having had his horse killed, was
His Excellency would have ill consulted the honour
of revenue, I confidently rely upon your liberality ' • take • n he Is an intrepid young man.
of his country, and the justice due to his Majesty's for such appropriations for the defence of the Pro. t
Itaured and insulted subjects, had he permitted an
vines, as the nature of the contest in which we are I General .9. hard supported the battle during the
act of itch needle cruelty to pass unpunished, or
engaged, and the circumstances of the ''Slues ' t. me, ; whole morning. The Emperor proceeded there at
had he-failed to visit, whenever the opportunity ar-
require. f' fall gallop. At' two P.M. he caused the rising ground
tived,
.: non the inhabitants of the neighbouring., ~
Gernlemen of the Legislative Council. s. Iplateae)to be attacked. General Pajol, who march-
'4pd by the road of Melun, arrived whilst these affairs
American frontier, the calamities thus inflicted upon " Gentlemen of the House of Assembly.
those of our own.
" Notwithstanding the present favourable aspect were going on, executed a brilliant charge, over-
The opportunity has occurred, and a full measure; of our stairs, and the security in which the Province. Orate the enemy,
and drove him into the Seine and
of retaliation has taken Place, such as it is hoped ;is now placed, from the discomfiture of the enemy's the Yonne. The brave 7th chasseurs debouched
will teach the enemy to,respect, to future, the Imes I late attempts to invade,us, we must All be prepared upon the bridges, which the grape-shot from more
of war, and recal him too sense of what is due to.lto meet with .firmasessos end to Seim. with vigour,. than 60 pieces of cannon preve.nted from being
himself as well as to us. . . I Whatever measures his presumption mOttgein dictate blown up, and we at the same time obtained the !
In the forts: c' prosecution oUthe contest to whichlfor the acconielishmetat of his avowed ' objtct. I double advantage of being able to pass the bridges at
io extraordinary ii character has been given his Ex- t- trust, therefore, to your wisdom acid vigilance to Alte pas de charge, take 4000 men, 4 pair of colours,
cetleticy must be guided by the course of' conduct ! suggest whatever may be necessary for thi
it te*hats purpose, 16
100 pieces of caThe nnon,
ua fromrons the enem
service y,
danbouched dkill 4 on i
r I
which the enemy shall hereafter pursue. Lament- I wad to your loyalty and patriotism tcssubme 0 men, sqd de
leg, as his Excellency does, the necessity impoied ! ester further sacrifices'the war may requirer—anuring. the plain. General Duhesme, an officer of rare ins;
upon hint of seestiatioe upon the subjects ;of America 1 you that his Majesty's Government, not unmindful trepiskity and long experience, debouched upon the
the miseries inflicted on the inhabitants of Newark, ;of the exertions the Pcovince has hitherto made is ite road of Sens; the enemy was driven in every direc- •
it is not his intentions to pursue further a system of
,defence, is irsiag every possible effoistoconsistonLwith tion, and our army defiled upon the bridges. The
Warfare se reveltitig tb-his own feelings, and so Utile , the important demands upon it for other services, to old guard had only time to show itself; the ardour-
coegenial•tethelifitish character, unless the future I strengthen and increase the militarayssestablishment of the troops of General Girard and General Pa i
jol
plea-sures of the electy. should compel Idesldesagain to under command. .I' • • preventa it from participating in the affair.
resort to it. . - , 4.6 Deeply sensible, that the situtttion in which I The inhabitants of Monterean did not remain idle •
To those possesions of. the enemy along the whole; am placed,is as arduous anddifficult,as it is important rausket-friots fired from the windows augmented the !
sine of frontier which ,hairs hitherto remained un- I—l am, notwithstanding, cheered and animated to enemy's embarrastment. The Austrians and Wur:j
diSturbed, and which ip-e.now within his Excellency'ilthe discharge of its duties, by the conviction that I . tembergers threw away their arms. A Wurtenis
reach, and at the twiny of the troops under hitt core- ; shall always meet with your support, in maintaining I berg General has been killed, an Austrian General
island, his Excellepcy has determined to extend the ! the honour, and promoting the service of my Sovereigns t taken,,as well as several Colonels, among whom is
same forbearance,;aed the same freedom from rapine To forward the prosperity, and to preserve the in.lthe Colonel of the regiment of Colloredsa taken, with
and plunder, wiiiiihithee.Y hive hitherto experienced ;Itegrity of this Province, are objects of which I shall i his Etat-Major and his colours.
and from this determination the future conduct of the ' never lose sight ; and confidently relying on your -- On the same day, Generals Charpentier and Alit
American Government Shall alone induce bis Excel- ! cordial assistance for their attainment,' it will be my s, debouched from Melun• traversed the forest of Foil-
lency to depart. i great ambition to be able faithfully to represent -to
- • I tairibleau, and drove the Cossacks and an Austrian
The inliabitaot sof these. Provinces will in the mean his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, the loyalty, I brigade from it. General Mix arrived at Moret.
ime beprePared to resist, with firmness and courage,' zeal, and unanimity of his Majesty's Canadian sub'! , ,
I lie Duke of Tarentum arrived befarc. i'3isty.
. whatever attempts the resentment of the enemy, jects, and to carry with me, whenever I shall return 1
r The Duke of Reggio ie pursuing the enemy's pars
erisiug from their disgrace and their merited suffer- . into the Royal Presence, the good opinion and the , .. .
ties from Proms towards Nogent.
lags, may lead them to make, well assured that they i affection of the people of this Province."
will be powerfully assisted at all points by the troops I . The General of Brigade Montbrun, who had been
, .
charged, with 1800 men, to defend Morel and the
ender his Excellency's command, and that prompt i FRENCH PAPERS. .' .:
and signal vengeance will be taken for every fresh forest of Fontainbleau 'abandoned them, and retired
1
--...-- upon Essonneinotwilhatanding the forest of Fon,
departure, by the enemy, from that system of war-
fare which ought alone to subsist between enlighten- PARIS, Fen. 20.—Her Majesty the 'Empress and tainbleeu reigbfbedisputed foot by foot.
ed and civilised nations. Queen has received the following news 'of the bitua- The Maier-General has suspended General Mont.
Given under my hand and seal at arms at Que- tion of the armies, to the 19th of February : - - bran, and sent him before a Connell of Enquiry. •
bee, the 12th day of January, 1814. The Duke of Ragusa was marching upon Chalons, A loss which has sensibly aire,cted the Emperor is
GEOR where he learned, that a column of the Imperial khaLotgeoesal Chateau. This yoking Officer, who
jly lib Excellency's command, B. B. BRENTGE ONP REVOST. .
IRussian Guard, composed of two divisions of gre- gaietlie'utmbsePremitite, waStribrially wounded tips
nadiers, was marching upon Moutinirail. He faced ou, the bsidge of Monteretsu, whore he was wit], sbite
about, marched upon the enemy, took three thruilleura. ilf be dies,, and the report of the ser-
i hundred men, repulsed him upon Sezanne, from geons gives liyle• reason for hope, he will at least die
',whence the movements of the Emperor baje forced ecconapauled, ilth;7lthe regret of the whole" army.* it .
this corps to proceed by forced marches towards : death worthy of envy, and mUch-preferifilito eilitit. I
Troyes. I end. ti; every Militiry 'man,- whereassot presersell'
Count Grouchy, with the division of infantry of i but by surviving his reputation.; and by stifling the
Gen. Leval, and three divisions of the first corps of - sentiments with which, in these great circumstancesj
cavalry, passed to La Ferte-sous-Jouarre. 4 It the defence of the coutitrv, and the honour of the,
. The.ativaueed-posts of the Duke of Treviois, bed French..name, ought to inspire him.'-_.„'' -
enteredSoissons. ..e The Palace of Fontainblean has Men preserved.
• -lathe 17th, at day-break, the Emperor marched The Anitrian General Hardeck, who had entered
from Guignes upon Nangis. The battle of Nangis ; the town, placed sentinels to defend it against the
has been one of tiA most brilliant. - . - ! excesses of the Cossacks, who,.however, succeeded
The Russian .General in Chief Wittgensteiti.was at :in pillaging some door-keepers,' and carrying away ' French Papers to the '23,1 lastsst,: were received
Nangis, with three divisions, which formed his corps : the horse-cloths from the stables. The inhabitants last night. They contain a dispatch of Neromot
d'armee. 7 Ido not complain of the Austrians, but of these Tar- .to the E mettess REGENT, stating the situation of thi.
General Pahlen, commanding the third and fear:. tars,: monsters who dishonour the sovereign who armies toile 19th, and detailing fa.crher Particuladr
tef'oth Russian divisions, and much cavalry, SHWA !employs them, and the army ihich protects them. !of 'the actions of the 17111'4 nd 48th, fought at
• •
Moment. ' • . '' `. I These brigands are covered with gold and jewels. ~
Nangis and Montereau, the gawral results of which.
The General of Division Girard, an officer' 'the !More have been found from eight to ten watches up... 1
were already in our possession. : The battle* of
highest promise, debouched at the village. orma... 04,th00 *ltem the soldiers and peasantry have kill-
want upon the enemy. A battalion of the 3291t0g1., , ed.:4ley arc tviehightvaymen. i Nangis is said to %eve been one of the most hiilliant.
meat of Infantry, always worthy of its ancient iepli. the Beapervirotelifs march met the National Guards The tiiree divisions of-the Rossite army, arida' the
(alien, which caused it to be distinguished 201 ears ! of Brest thd Pekoe. ' liireviewedthem, " Show," :
, command of WITTGENSTEIN, were formed in war,
ago, by the Emperor, in the battles of Castigllonel.l said he to them, "'Of what the men in the West are ' at Nangis, and 'the, 3d and 11th diviainns of the
mitered the village at the pas de charge. Count onpable:.•they'were at all times the faithful defend-
Mni
ssian army, coanded hylttr erel PH ALIX, Wee*
Valmy, at the head of the dragoons of Getteral'ers of their country, andtthe firmest support of the : r d
.Trtilhard, coming from Spain, and which arrived; monarchy." . lat the village of Mormant. These bodies ' were. et.
.. • - t
at the army, turned the village by its left. Client' -...Ths Majesty passed the night of the 19th at the tacked.by the General of Division. Graiter,ulto
Milhaud, with the sth corps of cavalry, turtiettti I:3a#tleof Surville, situated upon the heights of Mon- 'is much commended ;by Count VeLtsii-et the head of
on the right. Count Drouet advanced with 'So..' *team I the dragoons recently returned from 'Spain; by Count
merous batteries. In a moment all was decided ; -Ithe-ihisstitants complain greatly of the vexations ' ; •
: MILHAUD, with the sth carp, of cavalry ; and Count
the squares formed by the Russian infantiy were i of ihiPilniielloyal of Wurtemberg.
' Daouce, who advanced Allis :numerous batteries: TM
broken—all was taken, Generals and officers ;. 6000 j Time 'the army of Schwartzenbere found itself
prisoners, 10,000 muskets, 16 pieces of cannon, and touched (miaow) by the defeat of kreist, this corps fate of the day was instantly decided. Six thousand Pri-
-40 caissons, fell into oar power. Gen. Wittgeestein ; havingelways constituted part of it, by the defeat sorters, 10,000 muskets, 116 pieces of cannon, sea
escaped : he, in great haste, saved himself iu the di-,I of Wittgenstein, by that of the Bavarian corps, of 40 caissons, were the fruits of this victory on the part
rection of Nogent. Ile had announced In **a the Ourtemberg division, and of Gen. 13ianchi's 'of the French. It is stated, that Count WiTecxas
Billy, with whom he lodged at Prbrins, that he ' corps. . max saved himself only by the 'rapidity of his light,
would be at Paris on the 18th. On return! '1 his I The Emperoi has granted to the three divisions of
and had just time, in •pasling • through ?writs",
stopped but a quarter of an hour, oak le ' Ale ', the Ptd guard (mounted) 500 decorations of the Le-
frankness to say to his host, 64 I have htieeividt ; glen 'of Reaent; .he has granted a similar number to to acknowledge to his former host
.'in that .tow,
beaten ; two of my divisions have been taken, aid i the old foot guard ;
•he has given 100 to the cavalry . that he had been well beaten, although be . hid
Previously expressed to this Pram his
in two hours you will see the French." •'. ; fof General Treilhat4 ; and a like number to the ca. ~.
e ettwildeet
Count Valmy, with the rinke of Reggio,' marched ' valry, of General Milhaud. I expectation of being at Paris by *. the 18th.
upon Provius ; the Duke of Tarentum epot_trlotties We have collected a great number of the decora-
marie.
VALIIY 'and Ounreor advanced. to . mins,
The Duke of Belluno marched upon Villenenre: ~taken from the men who covered the different fields and MAC n0?9..x.i? to
with
netnarie... vitt -rti;iiiiisi
le Comte. General Wrede, With- liirtienitsielitiC of tattle. ' .
•,
. . - General ArIEDE, with his two diviiions, were at
,
divisions, was in a position there. General Giriitl ,' ; Our loss in the battles of Nangis and Nontereau Villaneuve-le-Comte; VICTOR marched, upon this
attacked them, and put them to rcpt : -11se li or' ildoei not exceed 400 men killed and wounded, which, place • the attack was conducted, by GIRARW the
10,000 men who composed the Bavarian corps ititiolarith.,. ough seemingly improbable, is nevertheless the " • '
Baysuians put to the route, and they•escaped destruce
lost, if General Sterrber, who commanded a dist- , exact troth. ~ .
' tion only, it is stated, by the misaoadoct of General
sion of dragoons, had charged as he ought to. have: The town of Eperuay having been informed of the
s
done; but this General, who has on somany °eta- tsar:armor, our army, sounded the tocsin, barricaded STEMMER, who conimanded a diviiion ofidragoons.
sions distinguished himself, allowed this. one whith fits streets, refused a passage to 2000 men, and made On the 18th, General CHATEAU marched shoo Mon-
offered itself to escape him. The.. Etitperer' has titrid.'ol4nners. Let this example he every where ' tereau ; the bridge at this plaCe ought to hare peen in
caused his disapprobation to be Convey:id-tie Wimy.l.. iiiitsid).eitil it, is to be presumed that very few possession of Vicron on the evening of the. recedipg
He has not been brought before a Council or Eii- i wet Of.theerverny's armies will repass the Rhine. 1 - - P 8
quiry, certain that, as at Hoff, in Prussia,. arid etc' The' town,. .ef,.Guise and St. Quinten have also day. Vrcrott had, however, halted at ,sa Ins. I.tet
d ' I"
Znaiin, in Moravia, where he commanded the loth saiat.their gates, and declared that they would not . Emperor describes this as a great fault, as it caused
regiment of Cuirassiers, he will merit eulogiums, and 'boa tbate unless a sufficient force of infantry pre-. a loss of ono day in the operations of the army,
; repair his fault. . •
,aetited itself. They have not *acted like Rheims, and prevented him from profiting by a flagrant error
Ibis Majesty has expressed his satisfaction to Count which had the weakness to open its gates to 150 of the Allies. The allied forces occupied the
Valmy;heheight.,, ,
to General Treilhard, and his dividon ; to 'VittSlacks, and which' for eight clays, ay has compli-
General Girard, and his 'corps d'ermee. • ;. , .
-mientestad well-treated theM. Our annals will covering the bridges and 'town, and a conflict was
The
Emperor passed the night between the 117th.. preierve ,the recollection of the populations which
and 18th at the‘castle of Naitgis. - :11144e fitiled'io .what they owed to themselves and tomaintained with doubtful success, between them and
.the French, under aRATRAII -and GIRARD. till about
On the 18th, at day-break, Gereral Chateau honour. The 9 on the contrary, will 'mat .those two o'clock, when the Emperor arrived at fu I ealliitn
marched upon Montereau. -The Duke of Bernet& tidal_ OW ons, Chalonst.sur-Saone; Toernos -Immediately a vigorous and 'successful attack was
was to have arrived there on the evening of the 17th ;• lis,lt.',leati- -Losnes Vitry, Chalons-sur-Marites made; the-Allies were routed and driven into the
. ......
he halted at Salsasp
;it was a eat fault. The tic- have paid their detitto the country, and have risen to
Seine and the Yonne. A tremendous fire of grew-
cupation of the bridges of Montereau would have that height which the glory of the French name
shot,de-
from sixty pieces of cannon, had prevented
gained the Emperor a day, and enabled him to avail mauled. French. Comte, the Vosges,: Atsace., will :
himself of -
a flagrant-error of the Austrian army. : sit forget the moment of the retrograde movement! ' the Allies from attempting the destruction of the
General Chateau arrived before Montoreati at fon 'of the Allies. 'Tip Dike of Castiglione', who hasbridges, which the - French passed, at the pas*

FRENCH FUNDS.
Feb. 91. opened at 57 fr. 10 c., end at 55 fr. 90 cent.

PAUIS, Fern. 22.—We this moment learn, that
the Emperor of Russia and the King of l'in.sirt,
'who were on the 18th at Bray, precipitately le;.t u as
soon as they knew th►e bridge of I4ou4ereaa bad
bees forced.

fIOVINCIAL PARL4NENT OF LOWER C4NAP.A.
. • LEGISLATIFE OCTORdIL, Jaw. 13,1814.• ,
sfAis.day, at two o'clock, his Excellency the Go.
prim in Cbiefcame down, in State, to the
.Legis-
lative'. Council Chamber, and being seated on the
'Throne,
the Gentleman Ober Of the Black Rod was
sent to command the immediate attendance of the
Assembly, which being come up, kip Eziellency
was pl•maecbo;opeia-411eAsseliit-Adtra4bitiolies**4-
Speech : . . • •
• t. Gentlemen of the.
Gentlemen 4,ltae Ilou-e of Assembly,
IC I have great satisfaction in again 'meeting yoti fn
Provincial Parliamont, from an assurance that your
.deyberations• will be influenced by the same princi-
ples of lOyaky and affection to your Sovereign, and
of active zeal for the security and welfare of this. Pro.
vino, which hare hitherto distinguished the people
of Lower Canada.

46 His Majesty still sufierinp to the great regret
of all his subjects, under the malady with which he
has so long been afflicted, the Governme►►t continues
to be administered by his Royal Highness the Prince
'Regent, with a wisdom and energy which pro-
note the moat lasting benefits to the British Empire.
46 upon the Continent of Europe, a formidable•
confederation of military talents and strength has
been formes, by the uniod of Russia, Prussia, Aus-
tria and Sweden, for the purpose of resisting the fur-
ther attempts• of the Ruler of France to obtain uni-
v..isal dominion -; and the brilliant successes which
hitherto invariably attended the arms of the
iii this momentous contest, afford the well-
• idea hope of a restoration of independence to
. itimis so long oppressed, and of a return of
uses to that part of the world.
•• I.► Spain, and in the territory even of France

. ,
into which his Majesty's victorious arms have
_Leen rarriel, the splendid achievements of the Mar.
of NVeliington, and of the united British, Spa.'
r,,sh, and Put tuguese forces, in the victories of Vit.
tin and of :r, t' Pyrenees, and the fall of St. Sebes-
Can, have rilalied those of any former period, and
'll,, just subjects of congratulation.
" In.turuing our eyes to our own shores, we have
abundant cause for gratitude to the Supreme Giver
of all good, for the termination of the late campaign
in a manner so glorious to the British arms, and so
disastrous-to those of the enemy.
" The defeat sustained by him on the Chateau-
guay, where a handful of brave Canadians repelled a
powerfedivision of his. army, and the brilliant vic-
tory obtained by a small corps of observation on the
. banks of the St. Lawrence, over the formidable ar-
• ailment commanded. by Major-General Wilkinson,
have at the same time nobly upheld the honour of his
Majesty's arms, and effectually disconcerted all the!
plans of the enemy for the invasion of this Province.
" It is also matter of further and sincere congra-
tulation, that, notaithstanding the various events of
the last summer, by which a footing was gained by the
enemy in the Upper Province, they have since been
compelled to abandon the greater part of it, and that
; the theatre of war has been transferred into their
''.own territory, where Niagara, their strongest for-
l'Aress, and the important posts of Black Rock and
Buffalo, have lately been wrested from them by
British valour and enterprize.

44 In reviewing these. events, I cannot but contem-
plate with pride and satisfaction, the zealous dis-
charge of duty which I have witnessed, as well in the
militia, as in all classes of his Majesty's subjects in
this province, and which I consider the surest indi-
cation of their loyalty to their, Sovereign, and of their
determination to defend, to the last extremity, this va-.
luable portion of his dominions.