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If Marshal Blucher was not long since immortalized, this day would have crowned him in the annals of fame, for whatever were the apprehensions entertained by many for the result of the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg's attack on the right, your lordship will see, by Col. Lowe's report, the marshal steadily pursued the combination upon which the result of the day depended; this foresight, judgment, and decision, is done justice to by all the allied army. The Russian artillery are spoken of in the highest terms of praise; the ground was so covered with snow, and so deep, that they were obliged to leave half their guns in the rear, and by harnessing double teams to the other half, they 'contrived to bring them forward, and get a sufficient number into action.

The allies had about seventy or eighty thousand men in the battle; the other corps of the army, which were not enumerated in the report, were not up. The enemy are supposed to have had about the same strength. The enemy's last attack on the village of La Rothiere was at two o'clock this morning; immediately after they seem to have commenced their retreat, passing the Aube river; they took up a very strong rearguard position at Lesmont with their right, and extending behind the Voire.--Dispositions were made to attack it with the corps of the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg, and Generals Wrede and Guilay, and there was a sharp fire all this morning on this spot, but the day was so very unfavourable, and the fail of snow so excessive, the troops could make no progress.

In the mean time Field-Marshal Prince Schwartzenberg has made his arrangements for the pursuit of the enemy, who have retired on Vitry, Troyes, and Arcis.

Dispatches from Lord Burghersh.

Bar sur Aubre, Feb. 2. MY LORD,-In continuation of my report of yesterday, I have this day to anMounce to your lordship the retreat of the

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enemy from all his positions about Brienne, with the loss of seventy-three pieces of cannon, and about four thousand prisoners.

Bonaparte continued the action of yesterday with considerable obstinacy till towards twelve at night; his principal efforts were directed to the re-occupation of the village of La Rethiere; he directed himself the attack of the young guards upon that place, but was repulsed with considerable

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Baffled in the different attempts to regain the advantages he had lost, Bonaparte at last decided upon a retreat; his columns appear to have began their movements to the rear about one in the morning; his rear guard was however in occupation of the positions of Brienne at day-light. The troops of the allies have universally fought with the most distinguished gallan try; they merit the gratitude and admiration of the world.

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Troyes, February 8, 1814. The important position and town of Troyes was yesterday taken possession of by the allies; the enemy retired from it the night preceding, and took his direction upon Nogent.

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The number of roads leading from the different points of France, and uniting at Troyes, the resources of the place itself, with a population of thirty thousand inha bitauts, render its occupation of the great est importance.

The Prince Royal of Wirtemberg was the first who entered the town with his corps; on the day preceding he had turned the enemy's position near Ruvigni, and had taken possession of the village of Lanbrissel on his left.

I have the satisfaction of reporting to your lordship, that a detachment from the corps of General D'Yorck, took possession of Vitry on the 5th.

General D'Yorck, as I have already in, formed your lordship, attacked and des feated the rear guard of the corps of Mar shal Macdonald's army at Chaussee on the 5th. On the same day General D'Yorck pursued the enemy to the gates of Chalons, and bombarded the town. Marshal Macdonald entered into a capitulation for the evacuation of the place, which he effected on the morning of the 6th, retiring with his army, composed of the corps under his immediate orders, and of those of Generals Sebastiani and Arighi, to the left bank of the Marne,

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Chalons sur Saone has been captured by the Austrians; General Le Grand was assembling a French force at that place; the Prince of Hesse Hombourg directed it to be attacked, some guns were captured in the town. General Le Grand retired upon the road to Lyons, where Marshal Augereau has collected a force of about four thousand men.

General Bubna occupies an extent of country from near Grenoble on his left, by Bourg his centre, from the environs of Maçon on his right.

The advanced guard of General Wrede has this day followed the retreat of the enemy as far as Les Granges, on the road to Nogent. Several hundred prisoners have been taken since the enemy evacu ated the town of Troyes.

SWITZERLAND.

Address of his Majesty the EMPEROR of
RUSSIA to his Forces.

Basie, Feb. 1.

'Soldiers! Your courage and your dis eipline have brought you from the Oka to the Rhine, and the same qualities shall still lead you onward. Having now passed the Rhine, we have entered on a country against which we are to wage an obstinate war. Already have we delivered our na tive soil, and restored to freedom the greatest part of subjugated Europe; what yet remains to perfect that which we have undertaken is the acquisition of peace. Our desire is, that tranquillity may be regained by every nation, and that each State may be re-established in its former happy government; that in all countries the general welfare of the people, and the service of God, may be promoted, and that arts, manufactures, and commerce, may again flourish. This is our wish, and to attain it we have prolonged the war. When the enemy invaded our territories, his crimes ccasioned to us much misery, but thewrath of God has visited him. Do not let us imitate his example, but let us forget the sufferings we have endured from his enmity, and extend towards him the hand of friendship and the olive of peace. The effulgence of Russian glory will be conspi 'cuous in such a conquest over ourselves as well as our enemy. The religion that we cherish in our hearts commands us to for give our enemies, and to do good to them that persecute us. Soldiers-I am firmly persuaded, that by your proper behaviour in an enemy's country, you will gain the affections of those whom you conquer by Remember, that by tempeyour valour. rance and discipline, and Christian love, you will best promote the end we have in view, which is universal peace. I am sa isfied that you will dutifully obey all the regulations that shall be made for the direction of your conduct, since you must be donvinced that they have for their motive,

both the general good and your own hape piness."

Believing such to be the excellent sentiments of Alexander, how deeply is it to be deplored that he was induced to join Prussia in her attack on France in 1806, to obtain the cession of the King of England's Electorate of Hanoverwhich claim of Prussia was the cause of the French crossing the Rhine, and has since led to the deaths of nearly two millions of men in the field of battle, and to the ruin of many of the finest countries in Europe!

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The following has been published as an abstract of the contents of the treaty which Napoleon concluded with Fere dinand. It is dated Valency, Dec. 11, 1813, and is comprised in fifteen arti cles. Some of them relate to the independence of Spain, and the restitution of Ferdinand. The places occupied by the French are to be restored in their present state.-Ferdinand engages maintain the integrity of Spain in all her possessions, particularly in those of Port Mahon and Ceuta.-The English and French troops are to evacuate the Pe ninsula at the same time.-Napoleon and Ferdinand agree to maintain the maritime rights of Europe, as they were settled by the treaty of Utrecht, and as they existed in 1792.-All the Spaniards attached to Joseph are to be restored to their country.-The garrison of Pampeluns, together with all prisoners at Ca diz, Corunna, &c. to be restored.-Fer dinand to pay his father and mother thirty millions of rials annually; and at the death of the father, two millions of francs to be continued to the mother. A treaty of commerce between France and Spain, similar to that which existed before 1792, to be concluded.

CANADA.

Dispatches have been this day received from Lieutenant General Sir G. Prevost, Bart. addressed to Earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of

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Head-quarters, Montreal, Dec. 12, 1813. MY LORD, Having had the honour to report to your Lordship, on the 30th of October and the 15th of November last, the affairs which took place between h Majesty's forces and the American armies, led on by Major-General Hampton, and Major-General Wilkinson, I have now the satisfaction to inform your Lordship, that the signal defeats experienced by the enemy on the Chateauguay river, in Lower Canada, and pear Chrysler's Farm, in. Up

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1814.1 Incidents and Marriages in and near Londont

per Canada, have relieved both Provinces from the pressure of the armies invading them, and have obliged the divisions of General Hampton and General Wilkinson to retire to their own territory, and seek for winter quarters, under circumstances so highly disadvantageons as to have produced in both of them discontent, desertion, and disease.

The well-timed appearance of a small regular force in General Wilkinson's front, which I had pushed forward from the Co tean de Lac, to support and give confidence to the Glengarry and Stormont militia,very

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shortly after the severe lesson bis vanity had received from the corps of observation, operated so powerfully as to induce him to commence a precipitate retreat from our shore to St. Regis, and up the Salmon river, and to abandon his avowed project of passing his winter in Montreal.

I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed)

GEORGE PREVOST. The Gazette also contains Col. Murs ray's report to Major-Gen. Vincent, of his having taken possession of Fort George, at Niagara, on the 12th of De cember, 1813, without opposition.

INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, IN LONDON,
MIDDLESEX, AND SURREY.

With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased.

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GENTLE thaw having in the begia ning of this month brought vast masses of floating ice and snow down the Thames, the whole accumulated in one ompact body, between London and Blackfriars bridges, so that on the return of the frost, that part of the Thames became firm and united. In consequence, for many Gays, booths were erected on the ice, and thousands of people passed in all directions, and partook of the usual amusements of a fair. The separation of the masses, after a few days, occasioned some accidents, but fewer than might have been expected from the hardihood of many, and the numerous interstices which always presented themselves between the ice. Above Blackfriar's bridge, and below London bridge, there was no union of the

masses.

About six o'clock on Saturday morning, the 12th, the vast pile of building of the Custom House was discovered to be on tire, and in a few hours it was totally consumed, together with all its contents, including books and papers of every description. About eight o'clock the fire had made such rapid progress, that all attempts to save the building were given up, and the firemen directed their attention to the warehouses opposite. About half-past nine an explosion of gun-powder took place, which was heard and felt ten miles. The fire continued to burn with unabated fury till the interior of the Custom House was consumed. Of the amount of property lost, no conjecture can be formed, but it must have been immense. Various causes are assigned as to the origin of this calamity; but there does not appear to be any reason to suppose that it was other than accidental. The first Custom House built in London, was in 1559; it was burnt down in 1718, and rebuilt the same year. We think it somewhat remarkable, that we should have presented our readers with a view of the new one in our last Magazine; and it so happens, that we had prepared a

view of the building for this month, which has since been adopted as a temporary Custom House, till the new one is finished. MARRIED.

At Thames Ditton, the Hon. and Rer. F. P. Bouverie, third son of the Earl of Radnor, to Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Sir R. J. Sullivan, bart. of Thames Ditton.

R. Best, of Mereworth, to Harriet Read, second daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. A. R. of the Madras establishment.

At Hammersmith Church, Mr. T. Matthews, of Bristol, to Miss King, of Hammersmith Terrace.

At West Clandon, W. Lane, esq. of Send, near Guildford, to Miss Pinion, of Clandon. Mr. Long, jun. of Bisham Park, Berks, to Miss Westbrooke, of Stubbings.

J. C. Herries, esq. the Commissary in Chief, to Miss S. Dorington, of Queensquare.

C. Kent, esq. of Fulham, to Miss Par meter, of Burgh.

Lieut. C. S. Ricketts, R. N. to Miss Eliz. Sophia Aubry, only daughter of the late Col. T. A.

Mr. J. Gray, of Westham, brewer, to Lydia, youngest daughter of J. Shears, esq. of Kennington.

At Tottenham, G. P. Holt, esq. of that place, to Charlotte Elizabeth, second daugh ter of M, Wharton, esq. of Edmonton.

Mr. C. E. Burge, second son of G. B. esq. of Upper Clapton, to Miss Cockell, of Dalston.

R. Gooch, of Aldermanbury, M.D. tá Sarah, third daughter of B. Travers, esq. of Shirley.

Mr. J. Chamberlin, of the Park, Peck ham, to Miss K. F. Hayward, of Fingest House..

The Rev. W. Wodsworth, rector of St. Peter's, Sandwich, to Miss Barlow, daugi ter of S. E. esq. of Jermyn-street, St. James's

Mr. Hawitt, eq. surgeon, of Norfolk

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street, Strand, to Miss M. Bryan, fourth daughter of Mr. W. Bryan, late of Hadlow. Mr. C. Barnes, of Hampton Wick, to Miss H. Jukes, of Mere.

The Rev. Henry Moore, nephew to the Marquis of Drogheda, to Lucy, youngest daughter of the late Dr. Currie, of Liverpool.

Archer Newton Pottel, esq. to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Thomas Atkinson, of Backbarrow.

Henry Peters, esq. eldest son of Henry P. esq. of Betchworth Castle, to Caroline Mary Susannah, daughter of J. Campbell, esq. of Liston-hall, master in chancery.

Capt. G. W. Willes, of his M.S. Bacchus, to A. E. Lacon, daughter of Sir E. L. of Yarmouth.

T. Clutterbuck, esq. of Bradford Leigh, to Henrietta, eldest daughter of David Ricardo, esq. of Upper Brooke-street.

W. L. Rogers, esq. of Lincolns Inn, to Georgiana Louisa, eldest daughter of G. Daniell, esq. of Lincoln's Inn Fields.

C. Farebrother, esq. of Beaufort Buildings, to Miss Eliza Broadhurst, of Kennington.

Mr. Wall, of Turnham Green, to Miss Wells, of Hammersmith.

W. Dunn, esq. of the Stock Exchange, to Miss Pearson, of Haberdasher's Ho. Hoxton. The Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot,M.P. to Miss Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Hon. Henry Fane.

The Right Hon. Thomas Wallace, M.P. to the Right Hon. Jane Viscountess Melville.

Mr. G. Lathem, of his majesty's household, to Miss Charlotte Read, of Grosvenor

Place.

John K. Powditch, esq. of Camberwell, to Miss Char. Hirst, of Chelsea.

DIED.

Aged 73, the Rev. Dr. Duncan, late minister of the Scots Church, Peter-street, Golden-square.

At Epsom, 64, J. S. Whiting, esq. In Sackville-street, Mrs. Grant, wife of J. L. G. esq. of Farnborough Hill.

At Gloucester Terrace, Whitechapel, 56, in consequence of her clothes taking fire, Mary, the wife of Mr. J. Ball.

Mrs. Hilliard, the wife of E. H. esq. of Cowley House, near Uxbridge.

In Mortimer-street, Mrs. Markham, relict of the late Archbishop of York.

Aged 90, the Rev. P. Debary, vicar of Hurstborn Tarrans, Hants, and of Bar hage, Wilts.

Aged 58, E. Williams, esq. of Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-square, Commissioner of Hackney Coaches, Hawkers, &c. and formerly major in the 32d regt.

Lady Maria Hamilton, eldest surviving daughter of the Marquis of Abercorn. At Staines, Emma, the daughter of S. Atkins, esq.

At Twickenham, 50, Miss M. Wieks.

At Turnham-green, 73, Mrs. Secar, wife of T. S, esq.

At Sydenham, the Rev. W. Langford, D.D. one of the Canons of Windsor, and Fellow of Eton College.

In Green-street, 14, Margaret, youngest daughter of J. H. Durand, esq. of Woodcot Lodge.

At Mortlake, 84, C. King, esq.

In St. John's-place, Wandsworth Road, 33, Mr. R. Smith, late of Kingston.

At Chertsey, John Wightwick, jun. esq. sincerely lamented.

At Holyport, 69, Charles Bowra, est's much respected in his neighbourhood.

Mr. Neale, of St. Paul's church-yard, 74, an eminent glass and china manufacturer. Mr. W. Jacobs, of Portland-street, and Havering, Essex, 73.

Ms. Dickey, widow of the late W. Dickey, esq. of Hendon, Middlesex, 71.

The Rev. B. Grisdale, D.D. chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle, rector of Cald beck and Bowness, and prebendary of Norwich, 68.

In Woodstock-street, the Rev. C. R. Herbert, rector of East Woodhay, brother to the late Earl of Carnarvon.

At Stratford-grove, Miss A. Hill.

At Fulham, 73, Mrs. Sharp, widow of the late W. Sharp, esq.

In Foley-place, at a very advanced age, General R. Dundas, colonel of the 8th regi ment of foot, and governor of Duncannon Fort, Ireland.

In Cannon-row, Westminster, John Dawes, esq.

At Juniper Hall, Surrey, on the 26th of January last, 80, J. Worrell, esq. formerly of the island of Barbadoes.

W. Beckley, esq. late of Fort street, Spitalfields, and of Maryland Point, Essex, 68. In South Audley-street, 78, the Rev. W. Garstang, 46 years one of the chaplains of the PortugueseChapel Royal,in this country. At Trevereux, Linpsfield, Mr. R. Sandiland, 75.

J. Smith, esq. eldest son of T. Smith, esq. of Stoke Newington, Middlesex. He had for some years been British Charge d'Affaires at Sardinia.

At East Peckham, the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, curate.

At Sudbury, near Harrow, 95, Mrs. J. Moore, of the Queen's household.

Mrs. Street, wife of Thomas Street, esq. and daughter of the late Rev. Archdeacon Riding.

In Gray's Inn, W. Lyon, esq.

In Saville-row, London, 71, General Sir T. Trigge, K.B. Lieutenant-general of the Ordnance.

In King's-square, Bristol, Richard Ivyleaf, esq.

At Brighton, 84, Sir Richard Neave, bart. of Dagnam Park, a considerable and wealthy merchant, and many years a director of the Bank of England.

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1814.] Deaths in and near London, and of Public Characters.

In Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, James Neild esq. one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the counties of Buckingham, Kent, Middlesex, and the city and liberty of Westminster, Treasurer to the Society for the Relief of Persons confined for small Debts, and a gentleman well known for his ACTIVE BENEVOLENCE in visiting all the prisons in this country, and doing every thing in his power to alleviate the distresses of their wretched inhabitants. We can speak of his worth in this respect, from personal knowledge, and can aver, that no man since HowARD has, in attention to prisons, merited more highly the public esteem and gratitude. He doubtless did much good, and more may be expected to result from his labours; but he experienced many mortifications from the indifference of his contemporaries, or the universal corruption of the departments of the administration which he zealously laboured to reform. His experience proved, what required little proof, that no part of a stream can be pure which is muddy at the source. In London-street, Fenchurch-street, 76, Daniel Nantes, esq.

At Kensington, Frances, relict of James Unwin, esq. of Wotton Lodge.

At his lodgings in Oxford street, the benevolent Francois Comte D'Albignac, bishop of Angouleme, in France, and one of the almoners of Louis XVI. He emigrated to this country at the commencement of the French Revolution.

In Carmarthen-street, Lieutenant-Colonel Aubrey, formerly M.P. for Wallingford, and only brother of Sir J. Aubre art. M.P. He was an inspecting fie, doficer for Oxfordshire, and one of the oldest majors in his Majesty's service, having been appointed to that rank the 7th of June, 1782. At the battle of Bunker's hill, in America, in 1775, he commanded a company in the 47th regiment of foot, and was one of the few officers present in that sanguinary action, who escaped without being wounded.

In the 22d year of her age, Sarah, the beloved wife of George Buckton, jun. of Doctor's Commons, proctor, to whom she was married only in August last. She possessed every virtue that adorns the good while living, and was loved by all who knew her and dead, she is by all sincerely, though unavailingly, deplored: move that plant to a soil more congenial for it."

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In Bernard-street, of an apoplectic fit, Francis Rivers, esq. of Spring Gardens.

John Wightwick, jun. esq. of the Inner Temple, and younger son of John Wight wick, esq. of Sandgate, near Chertsey.

Major O'Neil, of the 9th regiment, and assistant quarter-master general to the forces.

In Belgrave-place, 82, Alex. Yeates, esq,

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In Somerset-street, 63, Thomas Greenwood Fothergill, esq.

In Austin Friars, Dr. William Scott, late of the army medical establishment.

In Smith's Square West, 39, Mr. Archi bald Mac Gougun, late of the Caroline and Doris frigates.

James Phillipson, esq. of Owen's-place, Islington.

At his chambers, Clifford's Inn, John Whitfield, esq. many years a performer on the London theatres, and though not the first in the mimic art, was always respectable, and through life was esteemed in the character of an honest man.

In Alfred place, Bedford-square, Wm. Alexander, esq. late of the island of St. Vincent's.

In Jermyn-street, 60, W. Cooper, esq. He had filled a situation in the Excise Of fice between 40 and 50 years.

In Portman Place, Paddington, Mr. Wil ding, of New Bond-street.

Suddenly, 64, Mr. T. Willett, of Penton Place, Walworth.

Anna Maria, eldest daughter of the Bishop of Sodor and Mann.

In Cannon-row, Westminster, John Dawes, esq.

At Kensington, Frances, wife of F. Magniac, esq.

In St. James's Place, 34, Eliza, the wife of W. Dacres Adams, esq.

Aged 61, Mrs. Hooper, relict of the late Jas. H. esq. of Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, whose death we noticed in our last.

Aged 80, Mr. Peter Vincent, of Wardourstreet, Soho.

Mrs. Murdoch, of Ham Place, Sloane. street, Chelsea.

Mrs. Eliz. Lavenu, wife of Mr. L. L. mu sic-seller, New Bond-street.

At his son's, Graftou-street, 66, Mr. C. Ray, of Wigton.

At Park Place, Camberwell Grove, sincerely lamented by her family and friends, 65, Mrs. Barber, the wife of Mr. B.

At Clapham, 22, Mr. Samuel Archdale Beddoma.

At an advanced age, Mrs. Ray, of Rus sell House, Streatham.

Harriett, wife of Henry Richmond, esq. at his house in John-stieet, Bediord-row. Miss Clarke, only daughter of the late Esma C. esq. of Sadler's Hall.

In Jubilee Place, Chelsea, Geo. Feagan, esq. many years second clerk in the Secre tary's Office, Chelsea Hospital.

Mrs. Fleming, wife of Richard F. esq. of the Terrace, Tottenham Court Road.

At her house in St. James's Place, the Countess of Lucan, mother to the present Countess of Spencer.

At Brighton, Mrs. Bearcroft, widow of the late Hon. Edward Bearcroft, chief justice of Chester.

At Pimlico, Mr. William Stukeman.

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