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From the Boston Centinel of March 23.
-FROM FRANC E. I
,By the Rambler, Capt Snow, we hare very
fete advices from" France, '
The allies were rapidly inarching towards
Paris. The light troop, principally Cossacka
bad penetrated to within 1 or 20 league of
that city the allitd If. Q. were Sot -apftE-bind.
Bonaparte joined bis army near Briennethe
5th January. Some sharp - fighting ensut d 5
the French official accounts are given this day.
It will be seen that on the 3d February Bona-!
' OFFICIAL.
" - '' t PARIS, fBB. 5.
Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Re
gent has received the following account of the
situation of the army on the 3d inst.
The Emperorrarrived at Vitry (ontheMarne,
too mile's E. of Paris) Jan. 28. Gen7Bluch
er, with the arrty of Silesia had passed the
Marne and was j-jarehmg upon Troycs (on
the 8eine, 80 miles S.-Er from Paris.) -On the
27th the enemy entered Brienne. and continued
his march, put he was obliged to lose time to
rebuild, the bridge of Lesmont upon the Aube.
On the 27th, . the Emperor ordered St. Di-
Zier to be auaeiteii. me lJuto of Uellrino
presented himself befare that town. Gen. Dn
hesme, overthrew the Rear-Guard of the ene
my, which was yet, there, and made t.ome hull
I red prisoners. At 8 in the morning, the iunt-
perer arrived at St. "pisier. It is difficult to
describe the enthusiasm and the jot of the ln-
habitant at this moment. The vexations of I
themselves intoiour hapd, supposfng thev had
arrived at their ewnjgnarters.'
Few prisoners were made on either side. We
have taken 250. ;
Orf the 2d of Fehruary at the hfeak of day,
the whole rear guard of the army was engaged
befcire Brienne. It took successively the po
sitions which were necessary to effect the pas
sage or the bridge of Lesmont, and rejoin the
rest of the army.
Tt Pu!se f RaSusa 'who was la position
en th Bridge of Rosnay, : was attacked by an
Austrian corps, which had passed behind the
woods, . He repulsed them, and made 300 pri
soners, tand drove the enemy beyond the little
river Voire.
On the
Troyes.
We lost in the battle of ftriehn. iTS kr..
Gen. Baste. The Gen. Lefebv
was wounded with a bayonet. General For
rester wsm severely wounded
d at now, the Emperor entered
pillaged many houses of the most distinguish, '
en men. a uc aamages are eiuma(ca,ai mora .
than 400,000 rowns. y They tiursbed by laying
a heavy contribution, and set but on the 57tn
ab ve il ' t ,
tor Moumara. . ; ' t
V4
.Mt-
fin I" Inaa Sn
every kiiiu which tue eucuiv cuinniu, esycciaat mrsrrxwo ,aays may be computed at or 8 000
ly the Cossacks are beyond all description. On 'men in killed and wounded. -That of the 'ene
the 28th the Jhlmperor moved upon Momieren-j my was at least doubler-"-der.
j A detached division of the enemy's army
On the 2Hh, at 8 in the evening, General; whiclv observes Metz, Trionvill Ai I,,..
Grouchy, who eommands the Cavalrv. ordered - burs, twelve battel
.u hie a Trnvc munv nulpfl ncnri-r Pflria n.. Ai:il..nJ ItV. itl, 2.. . I-.. Vr: Tkl i 7 - ru '
iu.i i - ..j cu. JMiiuua, Tim iuc umtuipui v"o, ""j. xue enemy nas attempted to enter this
than Brienne. The atJair of Brienne was mag- to present himself between Marneres and Bri- town, which Gen. MontmnriV. i..:-i,.k:-
ntneu in r.n iu icrcai ticioij uu ci f nne Deiore me pnemys army, eommanaea v tants have orevented. Hp imin..;. u
nJ: . iTl. At.l n. . . .. .... - ... . K . . ... . mn .jwuttlt
uorutaui, ays , ijic vmpvun um .nw, , Uen. uiiicncr, and wmcn is estimated at 40,000 sneijs into the city to intimidate tl
from
gain the victory as reported in the battle of Rnssiaits and Prussians ; the former under Gen. they have returned his due and repulsed him a
the 2th, &C.'? , Sackcn. At 4 o'clock, the little town of Bri-' league and a half The Duke. ofTarentum
inere is noiniiigirom i iaiy,exCTpiuiaiinu- enne was attacked. lien. lefebvre Ues JN ouet- arrived at Chalons and marched Acinar
, -o '
division.
, . PARIS, FEB. ft,
On the morning of the th the Count de Stad-
tn,-ruonnt Kazumowsky, Lord Castlereagh and
uaiuu iiuuiuuiui arrivea tir-i hnfiiinn
rat, king of Naples, had made peace with theses, commandant' of a Division of cavalry of the
allies", ou condition to be ai lowed i o remain King guard, and Generals ' Grouchy and Milhaud ex
for life, and after his death thai the crown eeuted many 6ne charges upon the rieht of the
should revtrt to the house oi ici!y. , road and possessed themselves of the heights of
i ne aceouui mat oouii nau evsienaieu nis r.-rthe.
encampment in Bayoune, afier leaving a s.roug The Prince of Iofkwa, put himself at the
grhson in the citadel und town is amjjlycon- head 'of six battalions in close columns, and
firmed. Many of his troops had arrived in Pa- moved upon the town bv the road of Maizieres.
Sis aH othr places on their way to join the; The Gen. Chateau, chie'f of the staff of the duke
Emprors army. of Belluno, at the head of two battalions, turn-
The most extrtvprdinary fact ii, that a con-'ed by the right if fid entered the Castle of Bri-
jress of the belligerent ministers, incliidiiig enne, by the Park At this moment the Em-
Loi d Castlereagh from England, had convened peror directed a column upon the Road of Bar,
m LbatiUon m ranee, about too miles east upon the Aube, whichJ appeared to he the re-l deen, Plenipotentiaries to the Concress for Eue
w. .--,u m.vm.v .n,.culwu., neat ot me euemy. toe auacK was iurious : tanu ; io count Dtadion, Pleniuotentiarv for
had passed and some sort of negociation said and the resistance obstinate. Theenemy did Austria : to Count Razumow.tv Pl.niLfls.
not expect so fierce an attack, and only had tiary for Russia ; and to Count Hmnboldt, Pie
time to withdraw his parks from the bridge of Inipotentiarv for Prussia. Th n;.?; J.. ...
Ti 1 v ( av w iB "Sip Vip" M V SMS mM
and march in advance. The counter march
much embarrassed him. '
Night did not put an end to this battle The
Division
' Their entrance into this little town has been
..... . il.' . t.t.ii. - I'L.I.,l:-l-'i.
great pari. .01 tue iiiuautiaiun. a nry wonr, iuto-t, i
me no use ot mauajiie ne ounon, a grana aaugn-
ter of the celebrated Buffon. "It was there that .
that great man composed his immortal works. . t"
It was his ha ppiness to embellish the plaee of ;
his retreat. - The gardens were curious and '
gerly visited by strangers. The plan tationij" j
were admirable fchat the enemy haveover- '
whelmed the whole. Finally, after hay.inifi'i
done all the mischief that was in their power 1.
they approached Troves. We believe lhat i
here they have terminated ; their movement. ' - i
having hen apprised that the emperor had v
qniltsd Pari to pat himself at tha head of th I
' rb. The eatrenlJiments whielrhave banL
raised as the barrier of Paris, are this day5
completed. ' !''- '. - . .
, On the 22d nit. the Emperor and King issaed
his letters natent.tionfirmin-1 the Rce-pncv f that
I ' - - Q 70 J !
Empire in her Majesty the Empress and Queen '
Maria Louisa. . . ' .
The Cardinal Maury, issued a mandate, or
dering that publie prayers he offered to Almigh
ty God for the prosperity of his Majesty's arms,
against the invasion of the French territory by
the allied powers. , ' '
the Seine j where the Duke of VicenzarCanlin
court) had arrived. The first visit had taken
place between them, and in the evening the first
conferences were had.
February 6" Yesterday the Duke of Vi
cenza, (Caulincourt) gave a dinner to Lord
lastlerpagh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
1 1 .!--.. V
.ngiaoa 5 10 iora uatneart and Lord Aber
Rouen Jan. 28. In consequence of the Im- .
perial; decree of the 2ist, relative tn the for ,
mation of twelve regiments of volunteers of the ' "
young guards, the municipality of this city have '
.. n I ll.CTiJ il. .' 11 ' ' . 1 . 1 . ' .
uuh puoiisnea iiieioiiowing proclamation :
.1
to be on the carpet.. Our verbal advices are,
that Russia and Prussia will not consent to a
pacification until it is negociated in Paris.
The " muscadins" of Paris were strongly
fortifying their city againnt an expected visit
from their old friends the Cossacks.
Other verbal and epistolary news by the
Rambler is, that 'the greatest alarm existed in
Paris : and that many were removing their va
luaoies inai .mere wsre reports. 01 recent oar
DeisoTizTTindrarBrieade of the Divi
sion Mensnier, were engaged. The great num
ber of the forces of tlie enemv. and tha liPAnti-
'ful situation of Brienne. arav him a -r-r -.ti
tles, in which the allies were successful that vantage ; but the taking of the castle which he
DENMARK had joined the allies that the had neglected tovguard in forcej deprived him
euauei ui payuuue nuu not surreiiuereu ana ,01 it. ADOut 8 0'clocK pereeivine that he could
.1 . - . . .. ..
that there had been no recent fiehting near
that place."
Mr. Preoss states it to have been reported at
Bordeaux, that Hamburg had surrendered to
.the S wedish a r my . " - "y 1
A letter from an American public character
ift Paris, dated ,2jth January, says' "I expect
our Ministers in Russia will reachthe United
States before the Rambler."
The allied armies were rapidly approaching
Pari, on the North and the East. At the Inst
date they were at Soissons about 08 miles and )
not maintain the post, he set fire to the town.
and the conflagration spread, all the houses be
ing of wood.
Profiting by this event, he attempted to re
take the castle which the brave chief of a bat
talion of the 50th regiment defended with in
trepidity. He eovered with dead all tne ap
potentiary for Prussia.
pear to go on with aetivity,'
eb. 7 yesterday the members of the
Convention dined with Lord Castlereagh. It
has been remarked that the best etiqnette reign-
cumwug uie Amoassaaors, and. especially be
t ween the En.lish and Prpnoh. ru
of attentiotr Andjprevenojirt far each othtrV
MoniUwrt. ..-5 . . ye;. ,
Feb.
"Inhabitants of the capital of ancient Nor
mandy ! Whose name is rendered illustrious,
by so many combats ! Whose arms have ear
ned victory into the heart of Euglahd I Shall "
foreigners pollute the soil of your country'?
Your compatriots of Fraoche-Compte, of Lons,
and of Lorraine call on you for aid I Hasten '
to augment the number of the brave who 0y
to their succour. . ' . ; " ; t .
4 The battalionsofvoltigcnrs and of tirailleurs
are organizing ; men of every rank and age so
licit to be enrolled among them, leaving in their'
absence, their wives and children to the pro
tection or bemheent laws, io armies impel w - .
ed by hatred and revenge they go to oppose 'i , '
honor. Go, and share' with ttehi the danger
of the contest and the glory of the victory Go,
iand repulse from, our territory the enemy w he
threaten! to, invade and to dismember France
vnk m .l r:i- - - 1i.- -.....
" Yesterday a Courier frrm T.-rJ a ...u:. . .1. ..7?7v7T
wr froVCn hr0Ta5th". C fy n8 vals, whi f would destroy our nmerou. manu.
ZjJ?Jl"r London, having taken, faerie.. ' :
After having driven your enemies beyond
the confines of the empire, after having Van
quished under the greatest of Keroes, you will
return to enjoy in the bosom of that country
wnieii you win nave saved, uie sweets of peace
and of repose, and the testimonies' of the rrtL.
me route 01 cogent, lJam and Calaia, 1n f
tnfe all the couriers froirihe English Minis
ters at the Congress are to pass the same way,
Feb. a. They write from Vor.'Ti o
n of the armv ofSnnin rsiiii'al :..)
morning; and that to-morrow and
there this
preiches t6 the castle especially the stairs on 'the day after ihey will be followed by a second
the side of the Park. This last check decided and third. 3 V
the retreat of the enemy, which the burning of
1 uc town iavorea.
On the 30th. at 11 in the
1 . - .: a r"
at RnntninlJpan Tulinut 93 inilo-1 F mm that ! f!i.n.il. n.l l. T..l -n.n 9 ...
- l " v-j " ,".. . 1 u u v 1 1 ? auu me jLfuiie 01 oeiiuno pursued him
P11:-A Congress of the belligerent powers to the village of Rothiere, where they took a
Was in session atOhatillon, on the Seine about position. .
iio miles from Paris. j The whole of, the 31st our troops were em-
The Emperor had caused trenches o be dug ployed in repairing the bridge-of Lesmont-sur-around
thoeity,and the beautiful groves in its Aube, the Emperor wishing to march upon
fieinity to be put down for pall isades; ; Troyes to operate upon the columns which
tie left the eityhimxelf on the 26th ot Jam were movine bv Bar-sur-Aiiln ami hv thp
Feb. 4 It was reported here yesterday that
an engagement uau laKeu pi&ce at Brienne the
.uii ui 1 cu.uoi j pui we decline giving an ae
count of it to our readers as we have not, reeeir
ed the particulars. - .
We have seen this da? a ereat numWAf mi.
litary men who lately made a part of the armv
oft the frontier of Spain. - They will depart
lu-uiwnuw Mir viianrpaigne.
The army continues to manoeuvre, and to se
cond with unexampled zeal the movements con
ceived and ordered by his majesty to p rofit by
me ursi succe.aea gaineu Dy-our arms. It has
marched to form a junction at Arcis, upon the
Aube, with the troops placed in that tioitio
under the orders of the marshal the duke of
Treviso. Durine these operations W sen rein.
foreements destined to reioin the arm. tfi.
. .... " - I l Ol
Having appointed lheL.mpress, Kegeut,and his of Auxerererupon SensV Thebridgecouldnot
hrother Joseph his Lieut. General, and charg- be completed till the morningof the-lst of FebT
ed him with the defence of the Metropolis, when a boby of troops was immediately filed
The official account of his battles immediately on it. ". .
after joining his .army we have puhlished at! At 3 P. M. the euemy having been reinforc
length. Notwithstanding his attempt to dis- ed 'by his whole army, debouched upon Ro
tuise tVe trutly it is evident he was worsted in -thiere and Dienville, which we" still nrrnnipil
?erf engagement and such was the general Our rear guard received them with firmness.-1 arrive and depart everv day
opinion in Bordeaux It is certain that he has Gen. Duhesme, distinguished . Jiimself in prerst divisioiv of infantry of tl
continued to retreat. The disaffection amonir; serving Rothiere and General Gprrd in r7l.rT-iJi r--, c-..f.. -j
the people was general Placards had been put teeting Dienville. 'The Austrian General Giu
np in the'Theatre at Bordeaux, denouncing the, lay, who wished to 'pass from the left to the
tyrant. The levy en mass could not h?' car-: right bank, and ferce the bridge, hail many of
rifed into effect. The armies were stattered,! his battalions destroyed. Thp Dim (Ip nllnnn,
and composed chieflv of raw recruits A ru-, maintained himself the whole day at the ham
nioriwas circulating that the. Crown' Prince had let of Giberie, notwithstanding the enormouV
takenHamburghvNumerou failures had ta-disproportion-of- the force .which attacked
Jken pjace in Paris And, Bonaparte having! him. :v ' ' : , .'
taken all the specie from tjie vanlts, the Bank! This day our rear guard sustained itself on
fcad been obtiged. to stop : payment. Stock :a vast plain against the whol ofthp onpmv'.
1 1 . - 1; . : . . , . -
I. 1. 1 "-ll . . m . - . . i. .
which ongiuauy n&u trancs nan tauen to array, nve times more numerous it is one of
;"ie greatest leatsfdes beaux fa ts of thp .rmc
m .1 t.ii ... . . I - . . . 1
tiora neiungion s lorte was estimated atioi tne rrenen armv
(00,00 men Soult's army at ahpu! 30,000. In the darkness of jhelnicht, a battery Tune
Manneim was tne piace selected py japole-.oatieriej 01 artillery of the guard, which fol-
on in uec. to treat on. the basis o Iter e by the; lowed the movement of a corps of eavalry which
llies, as statid m the note or the Iiaroii.de; had pushed on to repulse a charire ofthe rnemv 1
- : 1. ...Ml I I . ... ... , r. . 1 1 . . . P . ' 1
nusscu tvs way ana was la Ken H hen the cau
noniers perceived the ambuscade iuto which
they had fallen and saw that there was not
Aignan. It will be remembered that the Count
de Fontanes complained in his speech of the
96th of Dee. that the allies had refused to ad
.here, to.' these terms. It now appears that the
9eaf,ias 'Well aslhe eonditioiKof negociatien is
ehanged. The Paris papers speak favorably
As to its progress. This language may be po
litic. . . ' '. ' '
t We find in the Bordeaux IndieaTeur London
dates to the :5C th. of Jan. but no articles of
Hews. ' ;.' ; ' 'v ;. i"; '--
A Paris paper of the 9th of Feb. was receiv:
ed at Bordeaux just as the Rambler was sailing.
It contained nothing of importance, but the
taention of the despatching of a courier to Eng
land by Lord GasUoreagh. .
time to form themselves en bdlterie, they m
edlhemselves immediately in squadron, attack-
ed the enemyand saved their horses and teahis
lhey lost- 18 men killed and made prison
ers.' ';,;. .'"-'" ..:, -.-'-..-" .
, At ten o'clock at Bight the Prince of Neuf
chatel Visiting the posts, found the-two armies
so near eactT other, that he several times' mis
look, the enemies posts -for our own. Onp"f
Ufa aids de camp approached w ithinTeirpace.
ot their videttes and was made prisoner. The
same accident happened to several Russian
Officers who passed the Countersign, and threw
thev
Yesterday the
the trooba which
were expected from Spam had.arrivsd at Ver-
sailles. The second division is but a day's
march behiqdr The third is near the second.
Beside this beautiful reserve of infantry, the
division of cavalry commanded by Gen., Guie 1
hard advances by forced marches. It is at this
moment upon the Loire, and -takes the same di
rection as the division of infantry From the
other-aide regiments come fronr Cataloniaen
ter successively, every day into Lyons, and
augmeiit the corns d'arme already considerable
wuuin me waits or lhat city, and w ill soon be
in a state to assist in an advantageous manner,
in me measures ot general defence, which are
wonderfully developed to Our sight.
A traveller who has passed Burgundy,
mrougii aimosi us wnoie leneth. and who has
just armed at Pans, has given us details of
t ne manner in which that bekutiful and unhap-
py pr.vince. is now treated by tne enemy.. ;
They have laid waste Bresse, and the envi
ro." f Maeon and.Chalonivjrbey fwllowthe
same course in the Cote-D'or. .They demand,
wunoui distinction, contributions Ifrom -towns
and villages. They have demanded two mil
lions from the single town of Dijon. :vA
. They arriyed at 8emturfthe 2Sth. They
quartered upon the inhabitant!, and indulged in
every exeess. With sabre and pistol in hand,
hey compelled the housekeepers' to. give them
whatever they wished. They even made it a
crime not to . understand German. They com
mitted excesses on the municipal corps and e
ven struck many of W members. Thy have
repose, and the testimonies' of the erati-
tude of your fellow citiiehs, (;oliciioens,i
ExTRACl P? A tETTEKj DATED f ' ;
'' frvBwdeattxy-ebrWrit
" I regret that some delay should not hav
pnt it in my power to advise yod of some ame
lioration in ourpolitical and commercial situ
ation : instead of which we have to deplore
daily increasing alarm and an aggravation of
the distress you-witnessed previous to leaving
this city. The'Emperor beat the enemV at St.
Dizier, on the 27th ult. and gained a victor j
over Blucher's army, consistiritr of 40.000 mpn
at Brienne on the 29th ult. and on the 30th
Bluchereffecteda junction with -the-larmy-of-thevPrineeof
Sehwartzenbursr. com nu ted e
150,000, and the French troops in that onaKef
not amounting . to more than 40,000 men, were
compelled to retreat to Troves, after some con
siderable loss.
Paris is in great constematioii, and I heeift
to entertain serious apprehensions for that rich
important and interesting city. ,'-Three or four
very numerous armies being now advancing to
wards it without the possibilitylif therFrenchi
uniting one half their numbers. The maraud
ing Cossacks have already been -within 12 or'
13 leagues of the capital. The French. Rus
sian and Prussian nceociators met atChalons.
upon the Seine, on the 4th inst. and exchanred
visits. You can easily, imarine our au.iVtv tn.
know the resulrof the cdnferencesTTeannot but
be afraid the enemy will make areat effr rt ta
take Paris before they will make peaee. Iti.
seriously to.be apprehended that thlse disks.
trous events may have a bad influence on onr
affairs fn America, buf thank God, we cannot
fear that a haughtvnd insulting enemy will
ever menace our capital.' -
'lit was reported there some days sinee,.
that a large English fleet arrived at Port Pas- ,
sage, in pam, but its object is not yet ascer
tained 20,000 men having been withdrawn
from that quarter,' which even before did not
cjxusistf-one hlf theforces-opp
by lord Wetlineton. I should not wonder if
the latter should make an attack. His inaction
has astonished every body. With 60,000 Eng
lish and Portuguese troops and as many Spa-
niards, which, contrary , to report, always con
tinued .with' him, he has- for a lone time made -
00' attempt on the French army of 50,000 men
now reduced to 30,000 1-
" Theitimes are pregnant witfi'impOrtant e-
vents, and the first news von receive froth flila
country after your arrival, muxtb-t peeHliarrV
uiteresUog.M.
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