The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-02-25 00:00:00

5 horses: making in the
,:4 horses. His Royal Highness
. Sweden is expected within
can the 10th re Mk instant."
BRUSSIEL,, FL& 14.-7'e Deurn was
chatiuted in our cathedral, t l a._ with II I
a pump wieue
the motive could inspire. The crowd of people was four guns ... the hottest pert of the action was in ti
prodigious, and eery one expressed the sentimentsevillage of Merchais, which was taimet-rilielake,
'with v. hich he was penetrated towards the Allied three times.
Pun ers, for the unexpected happiness which they
" The enemy was 30,000 straw, eider tioirA-
. Rive. bestowed an us, in deliveries .us, is if by en-
PARTE. On tleol2th, SACK EN was at...Chateau 'fhierry,
chnntment, from a Government, which, for fifteen
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• years put, has not ceased to deprive our country of and D YOUCK at Biffert , MARHONT, with the sixth
, the flower of her youth, which has exhausted her corps, at Etoges. On the same day, Marshal
population, and continually tormented her with Beucuen, with the corps of KLEIST and KASSIR-
SRPAS vexations and continent requisitions. The. WITZ, were in position at Bergeres.
. nces, the Etat-Major of the place, the Magis-
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dispatches from
. acy, and every person of distinction in the city .
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Duplicates of subsequent thipate.hes from Col.
of I;russels, assisted at the solemnity. The— w i la Tee we ...o sto' C. E_ART have 1-.een *watt by Mr.
gerrison, and either troops which were at the mo- RoaresoN, dotn the 13th to the 17th I usive.
meat at Brussels, appeared ender arms, and made . "On the 13th,
i.,,,, ,
q't al , ,
viar insmcitai'a head-quarters
a moat magnificent appearance. It was not with-
were at Chtimpaubert. lie had adiariciebfrom Be a-
oat astonishment, the we noticed among them some
to attack Marshal MARMONT. at Etoges, who had
Tarter. On horseback, denominated. Bashkirs, who
' comtrfrom 300 leagues on the other side of Moscow. about nine uteri thousand men. Titeenemygradeally
'A, Major 'Millen, a person strongly suspected of retired, and several brisk attacks were made epos his
..' ats4selatepy, Ai yesterday brought before the Di? rear, particularly by the Cossacks. The pettettieicatte
'rye* of the Police. It is said, that a let ter from the-
;' 'Command filmed from Etoges to beyond Champanbert.- The
ant of the city of Antwerp was found in the
ti
' cellar of his dog; in which he requests speedy sue-
enemy bivouacked in front at•Fromentiert. I
mere, without which, he asserts, that it will he im. mean time BONAPARTE marched {tom;,.
possible for him to preserve the place entnested to his Thierry, from whence Generals D'Yonsek'
charge any logger. . , 'i
SACIOEN had retired behind the Marne. The 1114%
MARUONT retired from Fromentieres to Janvillieres,
where he was jotted by BONAPARTE, who had
made a forced march in the night from Mate*.
Thierry, with the whole of his guards, and a large
body of cavalry. A. very severe,- 'action now took
place. Marshal BLUCHER% forcibeing very inferit
in lumbers, and particularly in cavalry, his infantry ' Dispatches have at last been received from our
was formed into squares, and he determined on a Ambassadors at the head-quarters of the Allied So-
retreat. The enemy made the most desperate at. vereigns ; and, contrary to every expectation, the
tacks of cavalry upon these squares, but were seceieed Honourable Mr. ROBINSON, their bearer, came
with such undaunted firmness, that not. *Me 'of 1 through France, in the same manner es the former'
them was broken. After a very severeamt inecl_Pal 1 Messengers. It thus appears that the long delay in'
contest, carried on during a retreat of 'malt
. Thor ; the receipt of intelligence, the painful anxiety which
' On entering the territory of France, Gen. Win-
singerode issued the subsequent leagues, Me rshal BLUCHER observed a large corps of : the public has consequently endured) and the real
PROCLAMATION. cavalry posted on the chattssee, in his rear, near Bulges. !mischiefs it has suffered, have arisen, not from the
" To THE INHAnITANtS 07 Fnanct, He resolved to force his way through this obsbide, 4 necessity of sending oar Messengers by a circuitous
" We ester your ancient confines, and the Crown and by opening a heavy fire of artillery ' *ea ' '
' Prioce of Sweden follows us with all his armies.— all s' route ,—not from the rupture of the Negocia.
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ketry upon the cavalry, posted in a solid adlar,
Heaven has blessed our arms to the glory of Russia,* . • ollt I tions, but from a most wanton and repre-
the chaussee, he succeeded in his object. Upols :
end to the liberation of Germany. It will completeihensible negligence on the part of our own
its work, and compel Napoleon to give you that reaching Rages towards night, the was assailed bp * ; agents with the Allied Army, who have little,
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peace which you all sigh for. body of infantry, which had penetrated throngs by'; sore to do than to- communicate intelligence ;
"-iteml she Proclamation of the Allied Sovereigns, . roads upon his flanks and rear, but Generals R; be
and you wilt see that they wish for peace with your , Rum; the still more aggravated delinquency of a '
and KASSIEWITZ, forced their way through thb
countrymen. Ask them how they are trotted by . Wilful design to keep the Public ignorant of thel
placed their corps for the
our soldiers, and you will hear that they enter your obstacle also, and flirt" . real itate of affairs. Whatever evil has resulted..
towns and villages as friends. in the position of Bergeres. General
iSlaucatell from the successful artifices of designing speculators,
;
" A French hero formerly strove for your fiber- , whole loss on these days is estimated, is" 3,500! is principally to •be ascribed to this unpardonable
ties and for the glory of France, and to him Sweden : men, killed, wounded, and prisoners; that. of ;the negligence• and concealment. The regular and con-
has c.utaided her deetinies. This Prince, whom your ' enemy is stated to have been very groat, .as he Wks
armies fear, comes to acquire new claims to your stant arrival of messengers by the way of France,
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e t t
exposed
o a rmende
osfire ofrtill I obits
artillery, n -
pally*. stud to obtain further victories for the pot-.would bans preveotfd the propagation of the opinion
pace of giving you hapsiness and peace. ' TkucHass was superior. 434"2111 Sic~litlitliMlissf tlitgoklatteirlt:altfttl WO tt A PAUTIt 10 mosed, *Rd
6°Receive our warners with conciliation ; they , queatly retired to Chalons, whore he was joined 'on thelnlamoni hoes respeCting the restoration of the
will ask you fur nothing but provisions. If at any the lath by Generals SACHEM and VON YORE/L-0- Bouasons, would never have been attempted. We'
time yon should have complaints to make in come- . Part of General ‘ViNsistoesiose's corps bad carried deem those servants of the public who have need-.
quence of any irregularity committed, you will find . Soissons b _
y as‘,.ult, Lakin g two Generals and about
me ready to protect you, and to punish the offenders, Ilessly kept back intelligence at the present l
WINZINGERODE saes himself should,a, 3000 men General interest.
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if tiny individual of my army contrary to . - I ing juncture,
to be fully, responsible for all the mis-
the u ill of my Sovereign, plunder or injure a singlet Rheims. Cointti LANGERox and ST. PRIEST were i chiefs Which have arisen; and it Is a satisfaction dee
Frenchman. I rapidly advancing to joie. Marshal Branum:, whose to the public, injured as it has been, that they
" Let every citizen remain quiet in his dsvelling, : u note army would speedily be united at Chalons, I
should be called to account for this pernicious In-
every public functionary of Government persevere ready to resume the offensive.
in his duties, and he will be respected, and sev I ere • stance of misconduct.
.
. claims to the gratitude of his fellow citizens, by pre- " Lord BURGIIERSII writes from Troyes, as the The military dispatches brought by Mr. Roma.
te i
venting the disorders necessarily tonsequent on con.. 13th and 16th of February : • i sort, of which a copioui abstract has been published
. fusion and anarchy. " The town of Sens was taken by assault on the in a Bulletin, coincides, in many important particu-
" We fight only against the soldiers of the Empe- llth, by the Prince Roj al of Wrrrutzeao, who tars, With the French accounts; and although we
ror Napoleon, and (leaven preserve you from join- 1
limmediately marched on Bray by Pont-sur-Yonne. new discover some exaggeration in the details of loss
ing yourselves to them. The innocent may he blend-
ed with the guilty, and share the punishment to lOn the 9th, Count HARDEGG attacked the rear of sustained in the different actions by the Allied armies,
m hich the tatter should alone be exposed. - The en-1 the enemy at Rowell), and St. Hilaire ; and, joined it is equally 'discoverable that the effect of these en-
tire population of a place may be given over to the tby General %protium's, he again attacked them gagements, in causing the Allies to retrograde from
vengeance of the Cossacks if one Burgher, one farm- near St. Aubin and Marnay, and drove them upon Paris,, has been even greater than, from the statement
er leave hit peaceable employment to take up arms i Nogent, part of which was occupied by Count IIAR• in the French Papers, we should have been led to
ogeinst us. ! BEGG, on the 10th. • e - conclude. On the 11th inst. BLUCHER'S army had
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" Count WITTGENSTEIN having advanced Inwards reached La Ferte-sous-Soarre, only forty-fire miles
Pont-stir-Seine, General WREGE towards'Bray, the.' from Paris; on the 16th it had retreated seventy-
i enemy abandoned the left of the Seine, and destroy- I eight miles, to Chalons, where it collected its scatter-
" Foreign Mice, Feb. 91, 1814. led the bridges, which were re-established by Wei ed divisions, at a distance of 1:13 miles from the French
" The lion. F. Rouisson arrived this morning at ! Allies; and General Wm:se advanced toward Pro. I capital. On the 17th, the Austrian army occupied
this Office, with dispatches, of Illicit the following sins. General WITTGENSTEIN crossing at Poot.ser.l Foutainbleau and Nangis, within 45 miles of Paris ;
is an abstract :s-- . Seine, Generals BIANCIIi and -GruLaY lora at the! on the 19th, it had fallen back 75 miles, to Troyes,
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" Sir CHARLES STEWART in a dispatch dated at same time march's" on MontereaeOansi- urea or 111 from the metropolis. On the 14th, General
Chatillon, the Nihilist. incloses reports from Col. were taken to place Ihe grand armysoll ibis the % ir: emintone carried Soissons, by assault, 69
lir
Lowe, of the preceding operations of the army an. : Seine, witk the sigh atillaryt • anslibilelli*lllion. miles freers Parisi on the 16th he was at Rheims, 39
der Marshal BLUCHER, up to the 12th instant in. ' tertian, with the •aorps of Geektrlde WOO* tad r miles in the rear of Soissons, and 108 from the ene-
elusive. ; WITTGENSTEIN, and of die Primo iltiyild'illifen- my's ("pia. This Is the present state of affairs; the
" Gen. D'Yonca attacked Chalons on the sth of, Tritozars at Provins and Villemethe ' first attempt of the Allies to advance to Paris has
February, which surrendered by capitulation ; Mar.': "On the 16th, dispositions were made (on real been completely frustrated, and they are, it is said,
.skat MacnovAco retiring over the Marne is the di. 'ceiying intelligence that Marshal Ets,ncurn had re- about to concentrate their forces, with the intention
-tictlOn of Meaux ; he had with him the corps of Sc. '.pulsed the corps opposed to him, and was advanced .of making a second effort. This second effort, if
'BASTIAN, and AItIIIGIII, besides his own. 1-beyond Etoges), to remove the bead-quarters to jit should be made, will, we expect, be no more
, "On the 6th, Marshal Beacom's head-quarters ;• Bray, and the corps of WiLgEog and WiTuitrumts prosperous than the first. The Allied troops are no
Were at Sandron. On the Bth, they were moved by Nangis towardebletun; that ot General &anal longer flushed with an uninterrupted career of vice
from Vertu to Etoges. General Sacken being then pressing upon Fontainebleau. • tory, whilst those of France are inspired with the
at Montrnirail, General !Mica at Chateau 4 Mr. Rosins°, was officially acquaint,* on ardour of recent victory, and.renovated hopes. If the
Thierry, and General licusx at Chalons, the whole his road at Troyes, that on the 17th inst. Fontaine- Allies have now done their utmost to reach the
advancing upon the army of MAcnoNALD, who was bleau was taken by Counts Ifinneo° and Tesinin, French capital, what reason can we have to believe,
retiring with one hundred pieces of artillery. ; and General I'LLTO7r ; the enemy lost guns that a defeated army will be hereafter able to effect
" On the evening of the Bth, Marshal Beucusa's and prisoners, and the Allied advan ' -were more? Can we suppose the Allies to be rendered
bead.quarters were again removed to Vertu', on the pushed on towards Paris. On the 184 Bo ttiVal more effective by disaster', which must hive impaired
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sport of a Russian regiment having been attacked attacked, with a large corps of cavalry, at Nangis,• both their spirits and their strength i If, on the other
at Baye. The advanced posts of reYoaca from the advanced corps of Count WITTGinitTEIN% corps,. hand; 'is we still think probable, the Allies have not ,
Dorment, and of SACnEN from Montmirail, now under Count Pancem, sad drove it back with con-' ALL done their utmost ; if there has been a lagging
..r.mched as far as Chateau Thierry, and La Ferte sons siderable loss both of men and' artillery. Prince back, an unwillingness to proceed too far; if any one'
Soarre. 'i SciiwAnTz ENBERG We withdrew his army behind. of the Allies, having discovered that his confederates
" In the afternoon of the 10th, the Russian corps the Seine. - , ; were not capable to sustain prosperity with dignity
of A ese-vriee being at Champaubert, was attacked ! "On the 19th, the enemy *Me three desperate and moderation ; that having reached the elevation of .
by a very superior force of the enemy from Sezanne, attacks upon the corps of the Trine* Royal of euccessltheir weak heads became giddy, and they lost
:mil after an obstinate resistance, was compelled to WURTEmsERO) posted at Monletout; :and inatity. the faculty of discriminating between right and wrong;
•reti're after considerable loss. On the' 1 ltbi Marshal , ing the bridge at that place. Ik 'flu, ' extravagan and moderation ; perfidy' and honour ;
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• " •Oiltbaiiiii:iinng. of the tOth, Mr. ROlntisON
perraria:ffirraisigli Marshal 'lumina's whole army,
from *le 80,000 etrong, In *deniable 'order.
It was torching from Chalons to unite with-the
Grand Army. The head of the column was near
Arcit-sur-Aube, and about 18 -or 40 English Miles
from Troyer."

• Thb Brunel: Gazette of the 12th of February;
• gives the following list of General Officers in that

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loan
His Serene Ilighniis the Duke of Sate-Weimar ;
'his Serene Highness Prince. Charles Bernard of Saxe-
' Weimar, second son of. the reigning Doke ; his Se-
rene Highness the Prince of Orange ; his Excellency
General Bulow ; Major. Gen. Bowen, Chief of the
GenetatStati ; Gen. Baron Wollzogen, Major-Ge-
neral iu the Russian service ; GOl4. Von Thumen ;
Gen. tippets ; the Baron Von Stutterheim, Com-
mandant of ilia place ; and M. Jacobi, Commissary.
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NEXT FRIDAY TRE torteitY BEGINS
:DRAWINO. .

• •4, 'IV IN Al NGCRODE, Commander-in-Chief.
" Given :It Ilcad-quarters, Namur, Feb. 5."

BULLETIN.

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, Mt

folly ; if, hating mide these disceverles,
the coalition has been afraid in trust.
such companions too far in the career
and has intentionally unnerved his nuns,-
' believed, that this cautious policy will
.. at the moment when it has nearly 41.2
tabled its aims, and when a departure from it would
be attended by serious additional eietigers. litiir MO
the interminable war-faction in this country be di,,,
appointd to find that the is still a probabliey
of peace, and of a peace not preceded -by flie
spectacle,- in which the savage imogittations of their
hireling Journals has revelled with *So. much dollelt,
of the burning and sacking of Paris I With what
eager avidity did they seize on the first unexpected
delay of communication through France as a proof
of the cessation of Negociations! ' They h?..ve its.
played, in the overilowingsoftheir joy, all the clepp
malignity of . their na.tureilantl:lo r the intoxication
of their triumph is foutitigilis mistake. The Die,,,,
'itches of Lord CASTLERgann Ana. dated at Chatit.; '.
lon, the 18th inst. ; anti >up to that day we•i
have the satisfaction of 'stating, that Negocia.
.stnis • were' skill- carried on.----That the door' fee
peace still . retnalui me.o is a happiness for whieb
_Ks cattuot fully cstialtVe bow fat we .areltrtiebted th.
oar own Government. If wernay believe the asserditor
of those,, whose occupation it is to-bestow praise as
the possessors of power, who 4eiti . by wholesale la
panegyrics on all that are -invested with. iithiviirit
it is in opposition to the wishes of our tieseconuent
that the prospect of peace yet lays ;before us. Allis
operations of the war, haiirllielt we think indecision
and languor on the partiiiistotria are discoverable, -
give a sanction to their isisiortlisini, as it -marks slivoc..
sity of opinion amongst the Allies, and points dot
1 that power as the frigid 'Srld-sia;lis .iiiiiosidon to
f some of her Confederates. 121400:infwever obtained,
will : be. an incalculable bieesiag.. But if the :abuse 4.
assertions be correct, If .the store indications d 0;
i not lead us astray, Peace will be- obtained in a web'.
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of all others the least compatible with the character
and dignity of England. The. English Government.:
will appear to have been bound .br its promiceitia
1 professions only in consequence :Of 'fear ; it will
litare discovered an inclination to vitilarlereiy' prin.
ciple of consistency and honour; strvd-to have fleesI
; rebuked into a regard of them by the, Orrpondmiting
I force and sterner integrity of ti fOreige- kresi:.4
i This is the humiliating posture itk!witkh Sitsritrillsh
nation will be placed, b proini andeenssier pie.
[possessions in favour of hereditary gleet 10.1151'.141 one
I • band, and the abject acquiescence .of'llti ' ors
the tither.
--....-... .
By-the Dutch and German Papers, ft will semi
that the accession of MURAT, to the cease of the At.
has, at,length been officially anttue*.hy a
Itickillenilon-addrested to-- bit ..WOO,: he Nei
given up the thtee Islands oPposite to Naplei, sad his
,teidle dad; for the meet he is to receive a compel.
liition.. • It is part *tithe arrangeraentitinkt.heshOold
take possession of theiottth of Italy, as
..tir,lo; the
;eight bank of the Pis..':: • The Neapolitan trneps, in
consequence of thiseitengernent, hen entered Rome
in the name of the Allies, and wevemisteived, it laird,
by the inhabitants with the motet lively demonstration
61 joy. These Papers contain a PrOclantation, dated
at Namur, Feb. 5, addressed to the inhabitants of
France by WINZINGERODZ. It maintains a tone of
greater moderation than some of the former declare.
tions of the Allied Generals. 4 requires the pui.ei
functionaries to remain is the discharge of their
duties, and speaks of compelling the Emperor ;She
POLEON to give to his people that peace fbr which

they sigh ; thus eyidently assuming the permanency
of his sway.

. -6!■110.•••

We have extracted from the Spanish Papers the
Decree of the Cortes, respecting the nature of the
reception to be afforded to Tenpin Amp VII. Several
regulations are introduced to keep from• abftet hit
person individuals who may be supposed likelyto be
governed by the influence of France. This Deems
evincesx on the pert of the Cortes, a sincere desks
to- privenytheir reinstated monarch from becoming
again the dupe of French intrigues. The regulations
adopted for this purpose are jucticions, and will be
useful ;.. but so mich elerayli deOeintis on 6414:
dual character and dispoation 4,Prlneett. sad 414 '
circumstances of Spain are at present so >i calatisi
kited to give weight to the prepon 4110 111071
torch, that if he be inclined to favour the.pontig
France, no decree of the Cortes will be toned 9,160
mately efficient to margin him. •
STATEsZttAti OtrteE„,77o rret.ocK.

It it reported in tbs. Otis' thili*Pa'rts
_Papers hare
reached town of the slat is other with
letters of the same date; stating .that
,VIONAPARTVI
haring followed up kis socceslses, bud:driven the
Allied. AO;Mei :beyoqii-i'rOjely Where a most. san-
guinary 'battle look Place, lit ..Whichi it is .saidt
.the lie; sustained a coniidarable

The Funds have declined a little tir-,day.--Otaninut
being done at 27i. .
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A Frankfort Gatette is in town, of a recent (late,
which contains Niue vr's Proclamation on joining the
Allies, wherein he fully assigns his reasons for die
change Of his policy ; and the fact is also' stated, thas,
he had taken possession of Rome, tind °it jth`e
Frencb garrison had retired to the castle of st. A3l
Belo.` - • . A 4

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• THE STA'ITSMAN.
:be whole, Wcucasee heedioorters were et Bergerac that taF ; the friers of WcraTsilaSuo toot Aesop,* pradence and f
ghness the day. tise,corps of S .. • VI relied OM' PlPOlowelter, in the evealoc.thil.ittlidk Wei any member of
our wilts 010111ntishikaiiks0, •,001tbs enemy suodefihd Obthielfiti 4, himself with si
postai 2ilisset • &ma sy. suedipik ettie btkige ; and It, was asularateoi, lOU of victory, an
„,Y,PpitWerhiliaCYh 4h:siting* in • iheir pesitioos. general 4icscras" loft be bid ponied over a considerable part Of his army. how can it be
four guns : the hottest odrt of the action was in the —The bead quarters of Prince SCEIWARTZENIERG jbe abandoned