The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-02-23 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.-

Nommor Ada,
mies were driven from it. It it written by an Officer that hesitation the Spanish nation does not show loss
fri high rank in the French army, not less distin- heroism than in thet proud egorts which it has made
wished for the moderation and sincerity of his cha- in the eild. It is Bonaparte,' thictecrahle Monitor,
rider, than for his talents and services. As he has whom tise.Psench .nation still, ito dishonourably
toe
bren 20 years in the service, and has often witnessed thgpossitiio, support gs their chief ; it
.is 13unaparto,
the evils inseparable from war, even when carried wariemes now to present to us the olive, and*,
on according to the laws which civilised nations have croltirotir liberty and independence!!

slogan shall be apjsartdo appropriate the effects to Frani!".
men, Pallas*, and s, and whether the claim be on if-
fectib dare or since Mar.
Art. U. AU prisoners es each side shall be delivered ap. ex-
cepting makes 460 signify their wish,te eater the service of the
coentrzjm which d* 'best bpea confied.
Ars, 411. The owe emsditiOns shall apply to the prisoners
in thephwer of the &gilds, 'whether in Spain or sent to Ame-
rica.
Art. IS. ps_Majesty

Ferdiaaod undertakes to

imposed ou themselves it may be supposed that if he Bonaparte has a treaty with King Ferdinand; I King barks IV.-na ammsauresessaa of thirty millism *subs,
------ of
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had seen only suck evils as are usual, he would not but it is easy to. estimate the validity of a deed of JonicawrialjwPlysierebtiwoOlgrditedlefraornothe fMt thepadh?aar2
have been so deeply affected by them. These nre azreement between the oppressor and the• olipressed• in their service shah] be allowed to reside without the kingdom,
his words :—ig There is no kind a atrocity, alinsis: -Genetul-P.ahifox, it appears, hits brought some new as lout as their Maesties please.
f_. Treaty of t 'commerce shall be concluded between
minationl which the enemy. has not committed, at edditions to this treaty between the wolf and the the two Powers, on on the footing of that of 1791.
Chateau Thierry. The most horrid excesses that lamb; • Among these additional 'articles lir• the fol. ; Art. lb. The ratification Of this Treaty Shall be made in Parip,
0 ickedness can invent Wisp:been exercised by the .lo%int : that Bpnaparte " has given orders, not tO ! Irma amonth. or sooners if Pigget:
of sr. CAR LOS.
it.n6iaus and Prussians. -„At pen, refuses to trace Suchet but to the Duke of Albufera, to evacuate ell 1. . COUNT of LA FOREST. '
the picture of so many horrors. All the inhabitants the strong places of Catalonia, in properties as del -Valencey, llth Dec. 1813. . •
arm themselves with guns, forks, every thing that Eiiglish evacuate the rest of the Peninsule."--.'t Thet . .I,_.
cen serve to drive away these cruel enemies.. Never, an exchange of French prisoners immediately take .
ito never has history related such dreadful excesses, place, the French officers wile are iu the Peninsula
&c." • and the adjacent isles being sent post to France."
.A letter written this morning from Fontainbteau, i Senor Palates also brings orders, It appears, to
by an Officer who arrived there from the army, says/ • elecgte the Treaty transmitted iiy the Duktof San
that the news of the defeat of litucheri.ad been re.. Carlos, as if no doubt could be entertained of its
' ceived at the quarters of the corps commanded by „fulfilment.
tbe Dukes' of Helium) ate) Reggio, and had elicited r We see, then, tb.dUlgente which Betuiparte es..
ate enthusiasm not to be described. The young `ploys in concluding Akio busbies): and there would
eild old soldiers burn pith impatience for the mo-'sbe, nothing, extraortilitel iir Sing Fertlinead eery
rtleitt when they may treed in the steps of their corn. , shortly appearing on ouOreettert. Tim nation thus
rctes.: - ‘e. .9*.... . ' I Sees itself placed in the ilteumeduces or great 441.
-. .• The effect of the " e victories struck all those .racy- Weirs, offered de objecrof 'our 1481 iii, bat
%shwa ilte line weatheqkad attracted to the environs not in a way befitting de Spasibh people, oerown
of I}erry, Viiicennesand Meeilmontant. The roads welfare, or, the policy stud . happiness of the, other
• _ .
were covered with Vasseagers ;- a great number et:nations of Europe. ' ,:.,,.. -•-•••
cabriolets and elegailit carriages drove towards
,/,44 - .We have great satisfaction Iti eity,nf, that $1 pie-
pi e•
• Brie. .One would bete said thit. the enemy were; liens hare been' silenced, in the Nat mid
C*ress
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too knees from our walls. .Mean time the, pesille when discussingthis serious and Interesting aillilr.--
- -.Cif the Polytechnic 3 School were working OAF cess. The unanimity of the Derifrei Au been such, that
-.. lions before their:ll'4ml, ami shoived as much zeal es ; there has been only one °Onion among than, having
_ the most esperieticed cannoneers. All these .pieces : for its object the welfare of the -Spaufsh people.— :
,a,roplaced. in, the manner of batteries, with their The Regency feeling it a question of .so much deli.'
celssona at hand., The enemy's light troops would cacy, what coarse should be pursued if Ferdinand
pay dear for their boldness, if they dared to approach VI!. appears on tour frontiers, have appealed to thee
.tee wallkof thi,iaity,•which recals to mind, by turns, Cortes, reque...stieg instructions by which their cos.'
- Itome-144,4theps. , duct maybe regulated. -lii consequence of this, the,'
The in tailor of the capital presented a scene not Cortes have referred the wiiele matter to especial.'
less interesting. The garden of the 'fbuilleries Zomtnittee. ), ..)
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was. full of people, who admired the fine appearances if we may be allowed totes our opinion on this;
Of a detachment of grenadiers of the National ' topic, we would say, that When' notimr is giros .et
Guard, on duty at• the gates of the p43ce. Many the approach of the King on our frontiers, proper
4 thii Officers were mingled with the crowd. No. y: arrangements should be mallet for meeting him' lit a
.._
. Majesty 1 flied It i. that there' Fardikand ehoeld be 're.;
.

, Lie Waswitspii.—ilididay t*. ri#lll6

THE srATESMAN.

1.011TDON:
tDOI.OI.T, • tEfIUARY 23, 1914..

•
• Park Piper* to. egii klilth instant, reached town •
last: night. Thep 10044 the statement so icing
anxinusly expected,. of the operations of Scitwaat
!venues limy, during the period when Oi
rAnisit, advancing.. towards, Paris along the Marne,
is th. directkOn, of Ferte: and Meaux, occupied
the exclusive attention of NAPOLEON. The Empe-,
tor. of FRANCE, when be left Nogent on the 'l4h, to
oppose the progress of BLUCHER, entrusted to VAC.:
TOR, OUDINOT, GERRARD, and PAJOL, the resist-
lance to be made against, the army of Prince SCHWARZ.
zEweEttc, and we are here presented with an account
of the different actions which took place, till the re-
turn of the Emperor, who fixed
.hiik head-quarters on:
the:ll3t.h. at Quips!, no more than thirty' miles from
.?eiieo-ia the Alas of march of this army. •it was
en the itith-thseathe Aostrian column& marched from
'Troyes, diatantlVOnt :Paris 101 miles towards No-.
gent . it 'apjatais.fro the situation Of BoNAPA RTE'S
headlintkifirson his return on the 16th, that during-
the seven, Mays included by these' dates, this part of.
the Allied Army had made some advance, perhaps as
much as 50 miles. It appears that Vlcioa, on:, the
advance of Nilo SoktrautzEsurito towardi No-
gent, w4hdiew.ftlie main body of his army: the otlvr
side of the Seine, • laiving.tite defence-of that' town to
Gen.-Bottawolft,. with o< cnrps.of 1200 men. The
*vices'. twice to 1 he. attitchiot this place on
, I,2ih ttotd were both•tietweripiStsed;With
~,Alll4

titiag,was spokeit..lkbut the victories of t►is
itint.}:anpernr. .. . -
. Fine regiments; of infantry are continually arriving
from Versailles, which repair to the army;

Axe,. point
-
celved, but aline, and without rifr;ny Attendant • whlittl
ever ; that as soon isle.toitidiet the Spanish soill'icn '
.should swear to tbp Tionetibiflen of the Spud*.
Monarthy, add that'uonit should encircle him ,but
hicteichawn •a'decicild attachment 'to. their
toucan, their King, aid the new institutions.
Virr9ilA, JAN. s.—.(flic the 215th the .French
approcried so near General Morilto, that he attacked
them, and they *iced without king eintnitiet.---
ng' tinched their position, ' they Oast a filleitige
to Motilfol saying that peace having Seen otincluded
))einien Napoleon and Ferdinand, they had ordets
sot to fire upon the Spanish troops, but in their own
defence. - to penetr F
conduct..
1 •

[TM Pariakpers emitain various accounts of the
lerinittuo levy, and march of the conscripts ; and also
tpf the arrival of various detsiqhments of soldiers
tfoundeit.. in the. late sictioop, who are lent to the
aeigirbonring deportmetas.] • ,

!rifiLETIZi OF. Tiff. CROWN PRINCE'S
ARMY. • -

Ilead-quarters,Colfigne. Feb. H.
The Prince gi)yair . from fib on tho.l
. oth, to proceed by 4irtiu.it and Eberleldt to Coo-
lope, where his gavyitt'itiighitiati- arrived on the
Wth, at lie
,passed the Rhine amidst the
sound of cannon, b6th banks resounded with the
acclamations of the inhibitants. The whole Impala-
tiou of Cologne went out to meet him at the river
• isida• and never was the enthusiasm of a peopte,.4.,
jjaend from an oppressive yoke, expressed with more
uniselmity and ardoui. The city was illuminated at
s4lld. testerday there was a grand-hall, which his
11,oya! Highness honoured with his presence.
As the combined army of the North of Germany
ItCaboot to commence a more active campaign in
these countries, it is necessary to state the march of
the dilfereqt corps that compose it, and the ulterior
prospects of the Prince Royal.
The corps or General Below, forming the right
of the army, is in the environs of Brussels, and
has pushed its advanced posts in the direction of
lions.

this day
the temerity to 0r...-.
was born, With him was born the right at eolkrit. tid-
ing despotically all Spain ; and that, conaequbatly,
when he shall return to Spain the New Constitution
will be nultand void. The people who here in the
gallery could not restrain their indignation on hear-
ing this outrage against the Majesty of the Lew, mid
it the-same moment many of the Deputies rose !vow
theleseats, and demanded justice On Ose. aggressore
The said Reyna was driven (role the &ssensisty, and
a Commission was immediately appointed to consider
of the form of proceeding to be institeted against

effected flokcpirreage of the Seine at Bray;
Vrczoa ordered the -Ileidge of Nogent to be de-
stroyed, and ream" -upon Nangisf wa. suppose;'
With his whole army, Including .the e,arpa
sr ONT. Oil DINOT also hariticblerva AP. titiArldOS
of Montereau and • Melon, retired ;Orion • thel river
Yeres, a small stream which tails into the.'Selite.—::
On what de 41 :this 'retreat took 'place is not stated,
nor is Way- ititte' given from the • 11.tbi whep the
hit affisueceasitsi attack was made upori Nogent to
the 16th, when fkillikrAßTE fixed his 'bead-quarters
it Galina*" en his /*turn to the banks of the Marne.
Thus,- dttting if* absence. of NAPOLEON, it • ap-
pears, that .the 'sadvance of the Austrian army
did not experience any other opposition than
what was 'afforded by the town of Nogent,
and its Inconsiderable garrison..l After the ar-
rival of the. Emperor, however the tame lan-
tker end. supineness is no longer discoverable.—
Ohl I•7tb tip day immediately following his re-
we 01111140 g need that 'the Allies had. been
.sitscked at Naugle, and that by noon, the time
tithen the aceaent was written, their loss in prisoner,.
linonnied to 6000. 'These prisoners were to enter
PirtS'actordiug, to the formal annunciation of the
'Papers 'on the 18th, at noon, by the Derriere de
Charenton. This arrangement is admirably calcu-
lated to answer its purpose, viz. to free the Parisians,
-- to the reality or extent of the
instance of most refined policy on.
',EON to provide, that whatever
• achieved. by the (armies, of
achieved Muhl,' his own eye,
%a hit wilitaryriputation. He
to the army of BLUCUIER, and'
_ _

TREATY
OF PEACE AND FRIENIKRIP EETWNEN Kls
FERDINAND VII. AND Tits SKPURQIII. NAPO•
• LEON.

General Winzingerode, whose head-quarters are
at Namur, forms the centie. lie has already got
Rvossession of the towns of Mous, Avesnes, and
Rheims, of which he has sent the keys to the Prince
Royel, who will transmit them, to the Emperor
Alesander.
The corps of Count Woronzoff, which has passed
the Rhine here, takes also the direction of Namur to
come in contact with that of Winziugerode. Gen.
StzOgonoff is about to fellow it.
, 'rile advanced guard of the Swedish army will he
fis the 21st upon the Rhine, so that the whole army
Yin Lave passed the river before the end of the
Lath.

His Catholic Majesty, and his *Oily
peror of the French,. King of Italy, Protecteik ‘3J,
diator, 3c. both desirous of "pease-, have
a definitive Treaty between the two Powell, •
named as Plenipotentiaries foe this• purpose,
former J. M. de Cahaval, Duke of St. Carlos, &c.
&c..- and the latter M. A. B. C. Measurin, Coati
of L a Forest. These two. Plenipotentiaries, aft,
ezcitanging their respective powers, agreed on V
following articles :
Art. I. There shall be perpetual peace:tad thleallibip
the ratification of this Treaty, between his likossty Wei r,
nand and his Successors,aud his Majesty4bu Atwood;
and his Soccessors.
Art. ‘2. All hostilities, whether by
two nations than cease la the Coe
&lady after the ratification of the'
wards on the seas which wish the
on this side the Equator; forty-one
of Africa and America, oh the other
three months afterwards ifs the mint
the Cape of Good Hope. •
Art. 3. His Majesty the EmpeTtar
Fettlurtad • and birdarreemarc-af-
i cission as established in Spain, to
lArt. 4. His Majesty the Emperor and Oat
the integrity of the Spanish territsily, oil it /Ilk. before—as";
Manatt),-.FEn. L—There Was yesterday a spit* , Art. 5. The provinces and' places eceeple4 loyAe Preset
t(ritoitzrsnsoharsll be delivered up in their prevent sloe to the Spanish_
iitting Congress; which we presume was to deli- , attd troops ordered by the rik8091111,100040110111 of
I**,b. opal' the report the Committee appointed them.
!oltrOplise ivhit'itionfd be done if our Monarch ap- i Art. ti. 'us 1111.1estY rerdiulualimit*lneirt•
potired en' the frontless: If "we are to believe credi- tt:diati rttinteblreclarifysirs'inio.:l2and°lcheisalla4.laliseildisolairatir him-
ble tumours, the Committee presented their self to• procure the evacuation of the provinces, towns, and
t • territories occupied by the agents of Eltglaod and the drilish
in the shape of a &oft* at the same time decorous,
arY.
honourable, and suitable to the occasion ;" but Con- :Irt.- 7. A Commission shall be appainted, consisting of a
rest was Dot. anauimotts, and without approving the Frenchman and a Speed:wit, in order that the evacuation of the
Seitinsit,ni:t.shanpervouvs.inces, occupied by the French and English, soy be
Co:nmittee's Report; it wns sent to the Council of
State for examination. We believe there must be Art. A. His Catholic Majesty, and his Majesty the Emperor
tome mistake in this. how is it poSsible 'that the and Ki me taativ maintain theit,chrttinse ritas
la the
.Cortsis -could send an affair te"tritnyal Council, !A them
which had been discussed by a National Congress?
•

The 'Danish troops take the route of Dusselderff.,
passing by Bremen and Munster, and will proceed
from thence further on the line of operations.
The intention of his Royal Highness is to unite the
ishole'artny under his orders, upon a line between
Soissous and Rheims, and then to act according to

WlRigi•Onceu
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'4.4•L

SPANISH PAPERS.

another is the fruit of his
exertions. During this interval, however, the, army
of SCHWARTEENDCRG makes,—not indeed a very
telks—but,fra almost unresisted advansa, till he
''again velum in person to oppose it, and his approaCk
is the auspicious signal of triumph. this results
from contrivancos it is a most refined otaladmirable
policys-4( it be the effect of chance,. 00HAPARTE is,
indeed, most fortunate. If the victories over BLUCHER
had been gained in his absence, or If OvornoT or
Vicron had achieved this over the anni of SctriMwr-
zarrauto, they would still, have been viCtoriel,‘ and
6f France, victories if Oft-
_ but vireo the war is considered
personal one upon him, when we
views of the Allies can heat.
separation of interest between
Sovereign of trance, how
. views twist be a succession of
Frenck people, that in the mi-
exertions "of their Sovereign, their
the kir ify of their coon-

[FROM THE CONCISO OP TIM 310. JAIWAIII.3

Never were the Spanish Nation and Government
in a more critical situation than at the present sn''o-
ment. Six 3 ears of a disastrous war, of a btdodyo
fnutest, and innumerable sacrifices to recover • our
Aberty, our independence,, to rescue our beloved
IFerclionn), have placed-that object within our reach,
and nu 4 we hesitate to "receive liim.l Yee, "and is

It. is easy titpenetratitie design of lt i Aqitrimisadi
egocgel iall-_
10 el tikallthiutd.
nl
iiiro,—FEn. 3.--4* 4 - IA Aiiiii7V
1
yr, the Deputy for &Atte, named IteyWo, had 1 having effect
ierify to declare, ittat when Ferdivand VII. 1 VICTOR orth

by lag ' ..• mbe 1 fro any doubt as ti
'oeshsapisi
te Trott,' i *spa Acipay. It i a.an ini
e eft4vor Belftell. Sad "
4
NAtrou
le days afseeirards-in the SAP -
-_
bet old* of the 140116111 Vat '
.Alm
mania and sem to ilieteet or, *;A, .' Air
- I
peror aid ictlMbli
1
INIPgli
be Kin of Spatald Its diet, his attention
.ror •a Ki akai;iliiiim *RI ancosets after I

and King untaally engage to-nmintuin their:joniilinstrighbkos ! """", "''', ''''''''
stip.ubued in the Treaty of Utrecla. and as. both aNlou have in.the present 14101100 h
tnaintained them since 1794
Art. 9. AU the arils attached Oaltisig :loop'', who have eurele# importance lb'
been invested With Civil itilitorfeasplO sod who in the lightof
a peno
have followed.hias. . a
if Moo ro.'
•
gatives. and the pro,
restored. '.% ~...,: . • they have shall consider that the ties
distskie
be tered. Those.° f . We* retitle int dolt
beallowed test years to • • ''. ' - y omit eights 'rained "17 bt a"I
of bliccessina watt . .s • . -
To N- .^* . - °IV . of the people and . the
suet) property, -.. .'t" . ', it- Or
all other dedoethth-‘',. ,4 **(tr ". :-' * : :". 4 vt, . • :1:.! . .decteltely fatal to those
Art. 19. A11.'110;1...
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belonging to either - 1 **** • - sit in ~ • ~ mat ''.events-P'elitt to the I/
• - .4, ~-..- ...+6 • • ~
state in which it was • r
niao ~Ams, % utory Warts sod exert),
.Droperly,sekoeola ... it:.
ieraoce or hall, ' , red: ' .. lotion' iodepeodene•
s
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