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MO RE IQ JT *JV TELII ’
PRUSSIAN sr RE PAPER.
JVc>re o/* Prince Hunt, nSr^ Chancellor of
Prussia, to Prince .1/ r, uch
. The undersigned. Chancelm of State to
his the King ot Prussia, and to
whom he Em pet or ot R-.vra has conde
scended to giant an uuer ie*v, on the ai- i
range.nents to be adop-ed in regtud io the
Duchy of Warsaw, hastens t« con municaie
the re-ults cl lha; con errercc t<, Prince
Metternich. In order not to expose an ob
ject of such high importance to the uncei
tainty which might result inmia verbal
conversation, h» has thought -i his duty to
commit to writing what he then said, in tlie I
adjoined note of .he 2d December (No. l.)
On the tenth of December, he leccived
from Prince .viettemfeh the rep y (No 2.)
with the schedules annexed. The content’s
of ihis uotc, inasmuch ns regards Saxony,
were the more calculated to sur^ i ize tlie
undersigned, inasmuch as they at «b-c r
dabt wiih declaration* pre^iou y made,
both viva voce and in wriiin particularly
with the adj ned paper of Prmce Metrer
nick, (Mo o ) Hi this ntjte, as \> p|l a$ by
that oi the sa ,e4ate. to L >rd Casuereagh,
and containing abiolutely the, anie dec'a*
rations as the No. 4, the Austrian court
g-avc. under certain conditions, its consent
to the union oi n.l Saxony w'th Prussia In
consequence the undersigned has been the
more astoni hed at this change r,t language,
because it is how recommended leave
only a portion of Saxonv to its S..ser, icm
a. means ot conciliation to satisfy j*.|| par*
ties, while at the same time it is wished to
retain four-fifths f Saxony, and lo leave on
ly one part to P.
1 he undersigned c 'ufined himself on the
ll'h of December to the making of some
remarks on all this, nd/iing that he felt
hin ••eir under the necessity of demanding
fro ■ the K'ng his t> gu t master, precise
in traction-, before eh gable to make any
ult •; iot d* claration, I" the interval. Prince
Met'crr.ich pagr him to understand, that
'vha* was offtn c v him as to Saxony, was
not to he; considered as an ultimatum.
ft >vas pr.marih . • c ssary to rectify the
ta annexed . o'e of the tenth of
De uber With hi view a fai hful state
in .-us giver, b (N 5) which proves
c pletely that Pr --’a, instead of having,
ac< r mg lo the ai ’ table, a greater pop
*han i; 18' 5, would have a less by
more than ' 200.OuO soul».
Saxt-iy o -■•i ; :s mott materially interes
ted in the decision. The most powerful rea*
srrv’ operate n.'amat her being frittered
dovr. • -,t v.'ilfare and the wishes o* tin
nation, 'he. word of the Emperor A'exan
der, the interest of Prussia, as wpll as that
of all Europe. Hitherto it has never b'-e
denied, that in order to maintain a balance
of power and tranquil ty, Prussia must be
strong. T; • ui«h is 'hat she should have
such t'X'c as tray ere her the means of
Self de once and which mav no send her
in perpetual search of aggrandizement to
maintain the fore indispensable to her de
fence.
Treaties, al°o, give her assurance ,of th^*
num'> 'o of it.h bitarts tvbtch she had in
3805 • it is true they say nothing cf the
precise po««es»ie.ns, hat thev secure to her
at least a s'ate Geographically rounded in
all re pec»s. Justice demands that she
shouhl be reinforced in the same manner as
nil the allies mid so many other States have
been. Where is fhe to procure all this,
unless the whole of Saxony is given to her ?
it wnuhi op cxnruient, in every point ot
view, to find another establ sment for the
K'ng of Saxony and his successors His
ulte -or exis'rnr.* in Saxonv presents a sit*
uat r which, far from being satisfactory to
himself, could on the contrary, only be bur
thensome and prer.arl us His possessions j
would be always cramped by the two bor.
dering powers. Austria and Prussia, The
inhabitants of ifce territory which he might
retain w* nld necessarily hie in constant re
latn nship with rhoee of the ceded portions ;
which would occasion disputes and discon
tents equally prejudicial t» the sovereigns
and their subjects. It would become the
centre of intrigue and cabals, which would
incessantly endanger the internal tranquility
of the two States, and even the harmony
which should always reign between Austria
and Prussia.
^he King of Prussia has offered, under
V' rv easy conditions, Mnn*ter, Paderborn,
a1 d Corvry, with a population of 310,000
s< uls, in order to form the establishment
rrqui.ed from the H use of Saxony. Should
the«e fTer-* appear insufficient, the under
signed is charged to (impose possessions of
twice their extent on the left bank of the
Rhine, and in which there is a city calcu
lated o form a very agreeable residence
Lux> mburg would in thac event become a
fortress common to the whole Germanic
Confederation.
In he note of the 22d t.f October, Prince
Met tt » nich consented, In the name of his
Sovereign, under certain conditions, that
all Saxony should be united to Prussia.—
He confined himself to expressing a wish
that a portion of Saxony bordering on Bo
hemia should be retained to its Sovereign.
The impossibility of acquiescing in this
wish was set forth. The possession of a
Considerable country, whose inhabitants pro
fess the same religion to the King, was of
fered as an alternative, which, in point of
powc-, would give him rank immediate
ly after Baden, as well as a vote in the first
Council of the Confederation, it being evi«
dent that the situation of this district of
country is not of such a nature as to render
it Me-object of continual jealousy between
Pu »*ia and Austria ; it would thus be pre
. ferable, in every view, to his retaining part
of Saxony, which would be lets secure and
independent.
May I now be permitted to examine the
I conditions on which Prince Metternich gave
his consent,
1. That this object should remain con*
nected with <he%other territorial arrange
ments ot Germany ; that, in regard to this
connexion, his Imperial Majesty considers
the n ost perlect quihbrium between Aus
tria -v d Prussia in Germany as its basis;
so that in the defensive system of Austria
and Prussia, neither of these Powers may
directly encroach on the other. But should
the equality of protection or of influence of
the two German Powers cease to exist ? his
Majesty would then consider the line upon
the Mein, including Men’a, as necessary to
the defence fSmtiem Germany, and the
security of his Mon rchv : the course of the
Mein and that of th»* Mosel'e woo d in con
s quence be considered as t‘>e Southern line
of clef' nee ; and the oortions of territory
v/h'Ch might Serve as mden*ni*ies or com
pc tisn’ions to the Princes of Northern and
Sou hem Germany would next fa’ll to be rc
gti *feft accordingly.
2. Under the express reservation of at—
r.v g cents to be concluded between the
*w P wers, in rerard to frontiers, to the
for ifiraHon of certain places, and to the
conrvnerciaj relations and free navigation »*f
the F.Jhe
3 His Majesty reckons on the perfect a
ereen.ent of the two Courts, and their mu
tual sunoort of each other as far as relates
to the affairs of Poland.
As to the first n an*. Prussia enters com
pletely in'o all th** views and principles of
his Majesty the Emperor.—She is quite
disposed to yield to Austria the influence
and the arrangements in question, both on
the left bank < f the Mein ai d the right
bank of the Moselle, without entering into
any immediate discussion of the question
whether the fortress cf Mentz is more ne
cessarv fnr r^pfpnpr nf fhp nnrth fhnn
Hie south of Germany. The necessity of
preserving it, for the benefit of the common
country, is so evident, and so distinctly de
clared by the majority of the German
Princes, that Prussia, which has never en
tertained the design of augmenting its pos
sessions by that fortress has no other wish
but to consider it as a common bulwark of
the Confederation. This fortress would be
guarded bv the troops of the Ge-ma ic Bo»
dy, and kept up at the common expense.
In regard to th 2d point, an engagement
hasbeun made not to fortify Dresden. The
undersigned kno-vs not any other frontier
point or place which can become the sub*
ject of discussion «n this head ; but the ar
rangements to be made in regard to Dres
den to the relations o{ commerce and mutu
al benefit, ard to the free navigation of the
Lalbe arc n.-»t liable 10 any difficu ties.
Ir regard tfv the 3d point, Prussia has nl
ready done so much, as far as her means
extend, hat we may hope tocre ir adopted
in a «ati*f'ctory manner.
With ' be exception ofhe undersigned
does no' know any German power *tMch
has decU’—d against the union of all Sax
ony with Prussia.
That power intimates it does not witth
that the federative cnm'iac should beestab
Jbhed on a basis, which by combining with
it the incorporation of one» the first sta.es
of Germany, might give it al^rr’' for its own
security Rut was not the ' xic-tence of Ger
many, and the safety of its members tvena
re t io a much higher degree, when the King
•.f Suxony remained obstinately attached to
the cause of the enemy to the laRt mo'
ment ?
The King of Prussia flatters himself that
the F.nv eror will consent to the incorpnra
tion of Saxony wi;h Prussia, and wiil repre
sent to the King of Saxony, and the mem
bers of his family the advantages «'hicb thev
will derive from the es^blishm^nt rfft*red
on 'he left bank of the Rhine. His M-jes
ty desires nothing more ardently than, on
'he one hand, to contribute as much as pov
sible to whatever may preserve the union
between the great Allied Powers, bnt on
the other he cannot consent to unv arrange*
ment which would impose on Prussia alone
a permanent sacrifice. His Majesty de
mands that which he may justlv lay claim
to, from treaties, and for the efforts he has
made.
From the N. Y Mercantile Advertiser.
Further Translations from our file of Pa _
ris Pafiers to the 25th March inclusive,
received by the Schooner Sine qua Non,
Cafuain Pond, in 25 days from Hoc hells
Lyons, 13th March. 1815.
Napoleon, by the Gruce of God and the
Constitution of the Empire, Emperor of the
French, 8cc. Ctc. See.
Considering, that the House of Lords in
part composed of persons who have borne
arms against France, and who have an in
terest in the re-establishment of feudal
rights, in the destruction of equality among
the different classes, in annulling the sales
of the national property', and finally to rob
the people of tlfc rights acquired by them in
25 years of hard fighting against the ene
mies of the national glory.
Considering that the powers of the depu.
ties to the legislative body had expired, and
therefore that the house of commons has
no longer a national character ; that a part \
of this house has rendered itself unworthv
of the confidence of the nation in adhering
to the re-establishment of the feudal nobili
ty, abolished by the constitutions accepted
by the people j in making Franee pay debts
contracted in foreign countries to form coa
litions and pay armies to fight against the
French people ; in giving to the Bourbons
the title of legitimate king, which amounted
to declaiming as rebels the French people
and the armie*; in proclaiming as the only
good Frenchmen the emigrants who during
25 years have torn the bosom of their coun
try, and violated all the rights of the peo
ple in consecrating the principle that the
naiion was made for the throne, and not the
throne for the nation.
We have decreed and do decree as fol*
i lows :—
| Art. 1. The House of L >rds is dissolved.
2- The House of Commons is dissolved :
it is ordered that each of the members call
ed and arrived at Paris since the 7th March
last, return home without delay.
3d. The Electoral Colleges of all thede*
partmenls of the Empire shall meet at Pa«
ris in the course of the month of May next,
in an extraordinary meeting in the Cham ft
de ATai, for the purpose of correcting and
modifying our constitutions, agreeably to
the interest and will of the nation, and at
the same time to attend the coronation of
the Empress, our dear and well-beloved
wife, and also that of our dearly beloved
son.
4th. Our Grand Marshall, performing
the duties of Major-General of the Grand
Army, is charged to take the necessary mea
sures for publishing the present decree.
> (Signed) NAPOLEON.
By the Emperor :
The Marshall performing the functions
of Major*General of the Grand Army.
(Signed) BERTRAND.
London Feb. 20.
The Inquisition in Spain continues with
great activity ; their agents are to be found
every where. In Barcelona, the inquisitors
have a separate box assigned to them ; see*
ing a y >ung girl, a dancer the shortness of
whose dress in a ball.-t • isp!ea*ed them, the
poor creature was arrested next morning,
and confined in the pris >n of the holy office
Viknna, Feb. 19
Lord VVelligtnon has arrived, and on Mon
day all the troops stationed here are to per
form a grand manor uvre, in presence of Lord
W
It is asserted that at his first meeting of
the ministers, he made a remarkable speech,
:n which, among other things he said, that
Great Br' ain had concluded peace with
the United States of America1 on terms
little to her advantage, it was merely from
the motive of giving peace to the whole
world, i: was therefore but just that Russia
and Prussia, on their part, should likewise
abate their immense pretensions, and give
way in some measure to the wishes of Aus*
tria. France and the other powers. The
English m-nister then handed in a sealed
no e, containing the ul'imat im of his Go
vernment The affair* of Saxony being set
tled, the other matters are progressin ; rar
pidly.
REVOLUTION AND MASSACRE IN
TUNIS.
From a French Pafier.
Florence, February 15.
The most tragical events have lately ta.
ken p.ace in Tunis. The ft'gpiRj family
has been totally exterminated The follow
ing are extracts from two letters written at
Goulette, which we ha\c received by the
way ot Livourne, We may depend on the
correctness of the facts they contain.
Goulette, January 30.
Sidi Mahmoud Flassen, cousin of the reign
ing bey of Tunis, enjoyed the confidence of
his sovereign, whom he attempted to ren
der odious t.. the people by all possible
means, and for a long time meditated his
ruin. In the niglu ot the 19th of December,
after 11 o cluck, fiassen, at the head of a
g'‘ ->t number of con-pirators and slaves of
diff-rent religions, and having apparently
seduced t e greatest part of the Seraglio,
ente ed the apartments of the bey and plung
ed with his own hand a p >inard into the
heart of the old man. At the same moment
fhe conspirators 'hrew themselves on the
partisans ot bull Ottoman During three
** urs the friends of the assassinated prince
defended themselves with desperation.—
Man* were killed and nearly all wounded ;
hut in the end they found it necessary to
subn.ii to ihe usurper, who, in the midst of
this carnage, had the go d tuitune to escape
unhurt himself.
While the interior of the Seraglio was in
undated with Mo d, the people and the
troops, accustomed to similar scenes, quiet.
1>' waited for the devdopement of the hor
rid traeedv.
i lie two sons of the unhappy Sidi Otto
man were in their different tied* with their
wives at the m..rmuit of the massacre of
their father. They scarcely had time to
fl> in their shirts, and to scale the walls of
the Seraglio, f< Mowed by a few others, leav
ing to the mercy of the conspirators their
w.ves, who were massacred without pity_
I he two princes went immediately to the
suburbs, C'dieC'ing as many of the inhabi
tants as they could, and presented them -
selves at the ga»eg of the city, in hopes of
being supported by the people, but no one
took up arm* for them They then endear
wued to make their escape, and threw
’ hemselvcs into a barque to go to Goulette
I ney reached there in the morning / but
M.thmoud had been beforehand with them,
and the Authority was already in his hands.
Joey were ins antly arrested : certain of
iheir fate, they would have thrown them
selves imo the sea, but were prevented and
closely pinioned, and put on two mules to1
conduct them to Tunis- At a short distance
from the city they were met by their barba
rous cousin, who ordered their throats cut
on the highway. , .
Mahmoud then returned to Tunis, where
fie was recognized the absolute master of
the regency. He has given his daughter in
marriage to Radi S^liman Kiaja, chief of a
powerful party under the former dynasty,
and who had great influence over the peo
ple. By this means he gained him entirely
to his cause.
The prime minister of the new sovereign
is Jussuf K- ggia Sappatappa, to whom the
hey has promised his sister. Jnssuf is a fe
rocious mao, who has begun his ministerial
career by ordering the hanging of Mariano
Stir.ka, who enjoyed the favor of Sidi Otto
man, but. who had merited the general ha
tred by his cruelty to the. slaves, and his in
solence towards the European consuls.— .
He was a renegado, born at Sorreme, in the
kingdom of Naples, of a poor and obscure
i f*uniljr, and who was a slave at the age ol
twelve years ; he had become the arbiter of
the person and estates nf his master.- ^t'boy
have seized all his riches, which were Ini'
mense. The renegado physician Mahmet
has lately been strangled by the order of the
same minister.
January 23.
Jussuf Xoggia has enjoyed but a few mo
ments the post to which he was raised by
the last revolution. After the massacre of
the family of O'toman, he formed a pro
ject to destroy the usurper and his sons, and
to mount the throne himself.
The 22d he came out of the Seraglio, and
went throughout Tunis with the pomp of a
sovereign. He ordered money to be distri.
buted to the soidiers, to prepare them for a
new revolution. The Kegcnt was informed
of this ; and when Ja^suf Koggia returned
to the Seraglio, the chief of the Mamelukes
arrested him in the name of the bey, and
seized him fast by the beard Koggia drew
his poniard, and mortally wounded the Ma
meluke chief, and severely the soldiers who
surrounded him ; but in spite of his vigo
rous resistance he was thrown to the ground,
carried all boodly and4half dead to the pre
sence of the b-v. The lafter, after liavihg
reproached him with his treachery and in*
gratitude, ordered his head cut off on the
spot, which was iustan aneuusly done. The
enraged populace dragged his corpse all
over the city, and the military had much
difficulty to ear from them the horrid re
mains of the mutilated carcase. His parti
sans are arrested, and great changes are
rum 'red. The soldiers have taken the
oath of fidelity to Sadi Mahmoud Fiassen.
and the massacres have ceased Everv one
has quietly returned to his ordiuary occu*
pat * on 9. as if nothing had happened.
[*>idi Ottoman succeeded Hainuda Pacha,
Ins brother, who died the 24th of September
last, after a peaceful reign of thirty two
years.J
I ^irst arrival from Jamaica since the Peace.
v , . , New.York, April 29.
, .Ye^erday arrived at this port, the Britisn
ship Cuba, from Montego Bay. (Jam.) with
a lull cargo of rum, mnlass> s 8cc
Bv tins arrival the Editor of the Mer
cantde Advertiser, have received a file of
Jamaica papers to the 1st inst. from which
we lave made several marine and other
extracts, which follow :
wr. „ . Kingston, April 1.
r i(Ly three Spanish Gentlemen arrived in
the schooner Carimta from Carthagena —
\Ve learn bv them that the inhabitants of
that city were in the greatest consternation,
owing to its being ascertained that G neral
Bolivar, at the head of an army from San'a
Fee, was within halt a league of Carthag »a
Business was in consequence completely at
a stand. 1
T.he cnnv°y ^rotn Mexico, laden with six
millions of specie and a quantity ofcochi
neal, and n*hor valuables, arrived at Alapa
(about 25 leagues from La Vera Cruz) on
the 17th N wen,her last, and, although there
was an immense body of troops w.th them,
they had not reached La Vera Cruz, in con.
sequence of the instil gents being very nu
merous, when the I’Esjwir brig left that
port.
On the 18'h of January General Aguilar,
at the head of 1200 Royalists, left La Vera
Cruz for the interior, and was attacked by
a body of insurgen s, when the Genr-al and
several officers were wounded, and they
were compelled to return to La Vera Cruz
on the 27th.
The following Proclamation has been is
sued by General Marimon, President of the
Congress sitting at Cathagena .*
A PROCLAMATION.
To the I habi'ants of CafthageTia,
FELLOW CITIZENS,
An army, under the command of Gene
ral Bolivar approaches for the purpose of
invadingvour Capital. ThisJtrmy pretends
to call itself “ the Army of the Union
It is in his pay, and composed principally
of Grenadine soldiers, your confederates
and brethren Under these circumstances,
you know what ought to be your duty._
My voice will not be raised but to declare
to you that if this army belongs to the Uni
on. and is paid by us it is not for the pur
pose of invading our territory. The Get?
eral Covcrn orient, in whose name I address
you, and which, as your Representative, I
as*isted in establishing, is a paternal Go
vernment. It loves you g it has not forgot
ten your efforts and the sacrifices you have
mad* to secure independence, and far o
therwise than having declared that war
should be waged against you, it has ex.
pressly directed that it should be avoided.
The General nets in contradiction to the
ouUr . of the Government under which he
serves • therefore let your conduct be re
gulated accordingly.
JUAN MARIMON, President
of the Congress in Commission.
Carthagcna, March 25, 1815.
By the American schooner Macaria. which
arrived on Sunday, in 21 days from Balti
more, we received the intelligence of the
Ratification of the Trtary of Fence between
Great Britaio andithe United States.
Captain John Simpson, late of the ship
Ottawa, of and from Liverpool, bound to
this port wi h a valuable cargo of mer
chandize, as also Dr. Croher, and Messrs.
Mounsdale and Combet batch, late pass, n
gers in that ship, arrived on Wednesday in
the sloop Don Hermanns. The Ot>awa
sailed from Cork with the last fleet, but se
parated from them on the 16:h February,
ai d joined the same night the Bermud;i
ships, under the Leonidas frigate, of 36
guns, they being intermixed. She kept
company with them until the 28th, in lat
26, long 50, when she received permission
from Capt King, the Commodore, tp part
from her, and proceed to this Island, but,
on the 9th ult. ofF Altave, was captured by
the American privateer schooner, Kemp,
Captain Almeda, of 14 guns, and 90 men,
out 21 days from Wilmington, when the
ship was manned and ordered for the Utu
fed States. Two days afterwards the pti
vateer Jell in with two small vessels, when
'he above gentlemen, and the crew of the
were put on board of them, and ian*
dudioii the coast of Porto Rico.
Port of Kingston f Jam J April 1.
derived, schr. Macaria, Holmes, Balti
more ; Chippewa, Clark, do. ; brig Octa. .
v u_s, Philips, do ; schr. Tuckahoe, Wilsptlj .*
I hiladelphia and Bermuda. '1L*-*
Portof Bridgetown Barbadoes, PgjL&K
Arrived, American schr 8pencerwKttW*.7
with tobacco, prize to H. M ship D tsli cr. '
and Barbadoes Brig, captured on the 15th.
instant, Ironi North Carolina for St, Bara
tho lomews ,- she was originally destined for
Borde aux, but having encountered a severe
gale of wind she was obliged to bear up ;
the Dasher had also captured a brig laden
with flour, and ittis said ordered her for this
Island.
. fPlIILADELFU, April 29.
i lie following articles which are not found in
the papers, are extracted from a letter, w ith
which we have been favored, dated
“ ttocH*r.LE, March 26.
When Napoleon presented himself at the
gates oI <»r-n<» 1 •, he was refused admittance
he iinmediati I j took his p. ncil from his (Kick*
*rt, and on as ip of paper wrote to the comma-*
dant, “ Monsieur le Marechal you will open the
gates to me at sur.li an hour.*" Tlii- brief re«*
quest, which conferred the title jof Marechal,
was instantly obeyed, and the gates were epen-*
Tlie news of his landing at Frcjus w-as com
municated by Telegraph in 24 hours to Paris.
The Count D’Artois and Marshall Macdon
ald sc! out post for Lyons, arrived there, re**
viewed the troops, and found them decided for
the hmperor——They immediately quitted the
city—and on'the next day the same troops were
reviewed by Napoleon.
Several of the towns enrolled volunteers for
the King, but not one among them that had e*
ver beea a soldier.
i he city of Marseilles raised a subscription
of 2,000,00b francs to be paid, to the r.-giinent
that should take Napojeoti dead or alive>
Soult, the Miniter oi War, was set aside an,
frundly to Konaparte—and CamCacvres declare
ed openly for him, and was arrested.
The King, finding he had no party, left Pa
ns—his brother the Count D*Artois was tak.-n
prisoner; The Emperor had him liberated
without seeing hifh.
T he Austrian garriaonsjin Milan, were all cut
off ill one night in a general massacre, similar
to the Siclian Vespers—this shews that the
Italians do not like their new masters.
1 h« Congress at Vienna has broken up, and
I b« live there are but few, who are content with
its decision.
It is certain that Lord Csatlereagh must have
discovered same duplicity, wtiioh induced Lira
to advise his government to make peace with
the United States on any terms—hence the des
patch of the negociatioo, and the signature of
ih*' Prince Regent so close.
I he dislike of the English in Prance is great
er than ever, and is shewn in insults oft'e .-d to
individuals.” JReffister.
[/ ranalated for the Democratic Press ]
From the Journal des Debaft, (a Paris
teller) 16th Anarch.
London, March 11.
General Lambert, on whom the command
of our troops devolved, alter the death of
the bravo Sir Edward Packenham, gives
.he following account of the circumstance’s
which determined him to desist from the at
tack on Nt-w-Orleans.
** Our brave commanding general, who
never could be prevented from exposing his
person at the post of honor, and sharing in
the danger to which the troops were expos
ed, immediately after having given the sig
nil t< advance, ran at full gallop to the
front of the line, to animate the men l>y nis
presence. He was seen to wave his hat on
tlie crest ot the glacis, to encourage them.
He received almost at that moment two
woiindB—one in »he knee and one in the bo
dy ; the latter was fatal, and he fell into
the arms of Major M’Dougall, his aid de
camp. At this sight, and Majjr Generals
Gibbs and Kean having been wuunded and
carried away almost at the same time, be
I ides the preparations for the passage of
the fosse not being in as much forwardness
as they ought to have been, there was some
hesitation in the column, which became ir
reparable iu that situation ; and when with
the reserve, I arrived at the distance of 250
paces from the line, I had the mortificutiou
to see the whole of it fall back upon me iu
the greatest confusion. Seeing that it was
impossible to restore order, I directed a po
sition to be taken in the rear.”
return of the loan suffered in these ope
rations.
Killed 586—wounded 1516—missing 552,
Total 2654, out ol 12,0,0. which the expe
dition consisted of.
In this statement General Gibbs is men
tioned as having since died of his wound*,
and Major Gene al Keane as severely
wounded.
Lon box, Jan. 13*
MARRIAGE IN HIGH I,IFE.
Yesterday were married by special license,
in Arlington.sueet, by the Rev. Arc idea*
con Hodgson, Rector of St. George’s, Han*
over Square, Li. ut Col. Sir Henry Carr,
K. C. B. to Mrs. Spencer Perceval, wid w
, of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer —
After the ceremony, they left town for their
seat at Ealing.
January 14.
A Paris paper contains the following from
Vienna :—** A diadem worn by Lady Cas
tlereagh, and representing her husband’s
Order of the Garter, is the subject of gen
eral conversation. The English ladies e
chpse all the rest of the fair sex by the
splendor of their dress; but the Polish wo.
men, of which there are a great number,
hear away the palm of beauty. The union
of different nations necessarily requires one
common language, and the Fre »ch still
maintains its universality, being nearly the
| only one in which the English, the Ru.si.
1 ans, and the Poles can make the Olathe* r.n