The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-04-21 00:00:00

LONDON:

FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1815.

We this forenoon received the Paris Papers of
Tuesday last (to the 19th) ; their contents are highly
interesting. There can be no doubt that hostilities
have commenced in Italy. Ihere is yet no official
confirmation of the successes of the Neapolitans, but
we find it stated in the Papers just received, that the
King of NAPLES had beaten the Austrian army at
ModGna. The ■}fair is repesented as having been
very bloody, and the Austrian• General STEPIIANT,
was killed. It is added that Leghorn has• been
tilten possession of by a part of the Neapolitan
army, and that Italy has very generally declared in
favour of the inserter of its independence. The
Aestrian troops either find 'lit advisable to make
off, or join their opponents; they are otherwise'
beaten or made prisoners.
Luctur BONAPARTE has entered heart and hand
into the support of the new Government. Ile is
made Minister of the Interior, CARNOT changing to
his old place of Minister at War, for which he is se
Well fitted.
The French Funds have bad a great rise : the 5 per
cents. are now at 62.
The following are ettracts

COURIER EXTRAORDINARY. Tees lay Murning.

PARIS, APRIL 18.—By a decree of his Majesty
the Emperor, of the t7th of April, Lieut.-General
Count Grouchy, has been tamed a Marshal of
France.

It is sail, that Prince Canino (Lucien Bonaparte)
is appointed Minister of the Interior; Count Carnot,
Minister of War ; and M. Merlin, of Douai, Minis-
ter of Justice.

17.—Thts rumour is in general circula-
tion to-day of the King of Naples having beaten the
Austrian army at Modena. The affair is said to have
been very bloody ; And that Stephatii, the Austrian
Ceneral, was killed. It is added, that a Neapolitan
division had taken possession of Leghorn. Nothing
official has yet arrived; but several letters from
Genoa mention the facts as certain.

The Third Corps of Observation, which is a -
ambled on the side of Merieres, is placed under the
command of the Duke de Plaisatice.

There have been already formed in•the derirtmcut
of the Vosges 28 battalions of the National Guard,
who are all to unite tlwmselres with the army for the
defence of the country, in case they shall be me.
paced.

We are assured, that the new Constitution will be
trade public iu a fow days. Among other enact-
o►ents for the benefit of the people, it will give to
them the nomination of the Mayors and Judges of
the Peace, in the choice of %s ham the nation has the
greatest interest.
Gen. Hugo has again taken the command of Dijon.
vale.

The news from Italy, which make!' mention of
ele success of the Neapolitan army, appears to have
been communicated by M. de Beiufremont, Aid-de.
Camp to the King of Naples. That Officer relates,
that repairing to his Prince, he had been detained at
Turin nine days, and obliged to retrace his steps. Ile
bad been assured that the rumour was general et Tu-
T:n, that the King of Naples had arrived at Plaisance,
after having constantly beaten the Austrians from
Rimini. We are assured that he had made 15,000
prisoners ; among which number is the force under
General Nugent, who wero beaten and taken. M.
Filangieri, Aid-de-Camp of the King, had been
killed. The Proclamation of the King of Naples
fur the Independence of Italy is dated March 30.

News from Crevelt, of the date of the 25th of
*March, states, that on the arrival of the news of the
Emperor Napoleon's entrance into Paris, the elli-
tem of the Saxon corps cantoned in that city at.d
the neighbourhood assembled together for the pur-
pose of celebrating that event.

liey write from Lille that the Datch regiments;