Alphabetical List of Bankruptcies.

ALPHABETICAL LIST of BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced between the 15th of February and the 19th of March, extracted from the London Gazettes. N. B.-In Bankruptcies in and neur London, the Attornies are to be understood to reside in London, and in Country Bankruptcies at the Residence of the Bankrupt, except other wise expressed.

Jones D. Mathrefal, Montgomeryshire, tanner. (Whiteley
and Finlow. Liverpool
(Biddle

(The Solicitors' Names are between Parentheses.] Jones J. Wolverhampton, hofier.

AVERY W. and J. Binding, Bristol, mafons.

Beckington, Somerfet, clothiers.
(Williams and Buh, Wilts
Hockey J. Llangumi Monmouthshire, farmer. (Ambury
and Jones, Briftol
(Blake,

Hudges G. Ringwood, Southampton, ftationer.
London

Harriton W. Liverpool, honfe builder."
(Whiley
Jofeph J. Brisel, pen manufacturers (Daniels and Sent:

Cumming P. Union Court, Broad ftreet

Clapham R. W. Liverpool

Callum J. M. Chriftopher street
Cockburn S. High street, St. Mary-la-
Bonne

Chariton C. Eaft Farley, Kent

Chandler D, Stowupland, Suffolk

Cansdell W. Hackney Road

Cole T. Woodbridge

Cook J. Newcattle

Colthard W. Whitehaven

Dowling H. Cattle treet, St. Martin in
the Fields

Dolling T. A. Stonehouse, Devon
Dobfon H. City Road

Deal J. T. Shaftesbury, Dorfetfaire.

Defanges J. T. Spitalfields

Davies J. Hereford

Dugnall W. Liverpool

Drewett T. Tooley freet

Eardley T. Exeter

English W. Lewes, Suffex

Edwall G. G. Nantwich, Cheßer

Ennifs J. Eat Retford

Faibridge R. Paragon Place

Finley M. Wapping High Areet
Fawcett W. Crimfcott træet

Gerard J. G. Bafiughall #reet

(Beard, Crew.

(Sheppard,

DIVIDENDS.

Graham B. Wimborne Minẞter
Gwinnett T. Cheltenham
Griffiths S. Old Bofwell Court
Gooch P. Portland Road

Goodail D. and T. Wilkinson, Pater-
nofter Row

Grainger T. Long Acre
Gaitskill J, M. Wapping
Gane J. Trowbridge
Gould W. Bath

Hudfon J. B. Hackney Grove
Hankinfoh S. Handforth Cheadle
Hodgson W. E. and J. Gabb, Crown
Office Court, Inner Temple
Hankins W. Brewer freet, Golden
fquare

Hearnden W. Wet Malling, Kent
Hamper J. High ftreet, Southwark
Heflop A. and J. Sadler, Bow Lane
Hofe J. D. jun. Walbrook

Honey W. Crown Court, Aldersgate
street

Hollingdale W. Riverhead, Kent
James H. Cannon treet
Jackfon W. Beaumaris. Anglefea
Jones C. Worthen, Salop
Joel J. Newport, Monmouth
Knowlton C. w. Fleet freet

Kent A. and G. Paine, Ryde, Isle of
Wight

Kennett R. and O. Punfhon, Cheapfide
Le Mefurier F. Lloyd's Coffee Houfe
Lancafter J. Tooting

Lombard R. Bainbridge Areet, St.
Giles's

Logan C. and co. Liverpool
Lewen B. Bishopsgate freet

Linnell J. Streatham ftreet, Blooms.
bury

Lucraft J. Plymouth
Morgan W. Portsmouth

Marks W. Wilton-upon-Wye, Here-
ford fire

Merry P. New Bond freet
Maying S. Manchester

Monteith J. and J. Sequira, Grace-
church street

Martell J. L. Lower Thames freet
Mecares J. Fenchurch Buildings
Mavor J. fen. Leadenhall street
M Callum J. Chriftopher street
Newman w. Canterbury fquare,

Southwark

STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN MARCH
Consisting chiefly of official Papers and authentic Documents.

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are no less grieved at being unable to announce the expected restoration of PEACE in our present Number, than at having to fill our pages with BLOODY DETAILS, disgraceful to human reason, and contrary to the dictates both ofpoliey and religion. During the past month the negociations have not been interrupted at Chatillon-sur Seine, where Lord Castlereagh, the Duc de Vicenza, and the Russian, Austrian, and Prussian Plenipotentiaries have continued, their discussions; though, in the same period, thousands of Victims have been daily

sacrificed to the fiend of War, and the arts of destruction and desolation have been increased and aggravated beyond all example! To negociate in the spirit of concord, and to carry on war in the spirit of extermination, indicates a refinement in the code of public morals, at which cool lookers-on and old-fashion ed reasoners feel justly astonished!

We confess our utter inability to make room for half the official documents which issue from the head-quarters. and governments of the belligerents. Our selection is always made with an anxione

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desire to introduce the papers of the highest importance; but as these do not connect the events, it may be useful, at such a season, briefly to recapitulate the leading circumstances of the campaign.. In our last we described the successive advantages gained by NAPOLEON over the separate corps and main army of BLUCUER, and the retreat of this General upon Chalons. This took place on the North-east road to Paris; while PRINCE SWARTZENBERG, with the main allied army, advanced on the South-east from Troyes, by Nogent and Sens. NAPOLEON, however, turned to the south, and, encountering the advance and flanks of the allied army, overthrew them with great loss on the 16th and 19th of Fe bruary, at Nangis, and at the bridge of Montereau.

The allied army, whose advanced posts had occupied Fontainbleau, now fell back to Troyes, to which city they were followed on the 23d of February, by NAPOLEON. A general battle was expected; but they evacuated Troyes, and retreated beyond Bar-sur Aube, even to Chaumont.

BLUCHER, in the mean time, endeavoured to join SWARTZENBERG at Troyes; but, not arriving in time, he was again attacked by NAPOLEON on the 28th of February, driven across the Aube, and followed to Sezanne, Meaux, and Svissons, across the Aisne to Laon, a strong po sition, in which he was joined by 40,000 men under WINZENGERODE and BULow from Flanders.

In Laon he was attacked on the 9th by the whole army of NAPOLEON, who continued the attack through the 10th. On the 9th some advantages were gained over one corps of the assailants, and some cannon were taken. In the night

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NAPOLEON, on his return to Soissons, marched to the relief of Rheims, which he recaptured on the 11th, taking, according to his bulletin, 5000 prisoners and twenty-two pieces of cannon, and dispersing Sr. PRIEST's corps. The last French papers announce the subsequent occupation of Chalons, after some advantages; and on Napoleon moving towards the Aube, the allies recrossed that river, and retreated again towards Barsur-Aube and Chaumont.

On the south-west frontier of France, MARSHAL WELLINGTON, having forced the weakened positions of MARSHAL SOULT on the Adour, has occupied Pan and Bourdeaux. The inhabitants of the latter city, or at least many of them, under the auspices of the English army, have, it is said, declared for the Bourbons; but this ought to excite little surprise, because many of the wealthy inhabitants of that commercial city are natives of the British Empire. The effective progress of the brave WELLINGTON must, of course, depend on the issue of a general battle with the united armies of SOULT or SUCHET; and on the fate of the armies of SWARTZENBERG and BLUCHER.

of the 10th the French withdrew to Soissons; and a reference to Col. Lowe's dispatch, in which he describes the advance of two French battalions to the walls of Laon, on the evening of the second day, will afford indubitable proof that the French withdrew voluntarily, and not as a consequence of any open attack from Blucher's army, as was mistakenly conceived in the first instance.

While these affairs were passing before Laon, ST. PRIEST, another Russian General, captured Rheims; and SWARTZENBERG, to whom the road to Paris apparently lay open, took a lateral route towards Chalons, crossing the Aube at Arcis, Pont, and Nogent, and bearing with his left upon Paris.

The following are the French Bulletins which describe the recent affairs near Laon and Rheims. Paris, March 14. The Empress Queen and Regent has received the following news of the situation of the armies to the 12th of March:

"The day after the battle of Craone (the 8th) the enemy was pursued by the Prince of Moskwa to the village of Etou ville. General Woronzow, with 7 or 8000 men, guarded this position, which was very difficult to be got at, because the road which leads to it runs for a league be tween two impracticable marshes. Baron Gourgault, an officer of distinguished merit, set off at eleven at night from Chavignon, with two battalions of the old guard, turned the position, and proceeded by Challevois upon Chivi. He reached the enemy, whom he attacked with the bayonet at one in the morning. The Russians were awakened with the cries of Vive l'Empereur, and pursued to Laon. The Prince of the Moskwa debouched by the defile.

"On the 6th, at day break, we reconnoitred the enemy, who had joined the Prussian corps. The position was such as to be deemed unattackable. We took a position. The Duke of Ragusa, who had slept on the 8th at Corbone, appeared at two in the afternoon at Veslud, overthrew the enemy's advanced guard, at

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tacked the village of Althies, which he carried, and was successful during the whole day. At half-past six he took up a position. At seven the enemy made a dash of cavalry, one league in the rear, where the Duke of Reggio had a park of reserve. The Duke of Ragusa proceeded thither quickly; but the enemy had time to carry off fifteen pieces of cannon. A great part of the troops were saved. On the same day General Charpentier, with his division of the young guard, carried the village of Clacy. On the next day the enemy attacked this village seven thnes, and were seven times repulsed. General Charpentier lost 400 prisoners. The enemy left the avenues covered with his dead. The emperor's head-quarters were on the 9th and 10th at Chavignon. His Majesty, judging that it was impossible to attack the heights of Laon, fixed his headquarters on the 11th at Soissons. The Duke of Ragusa occupied, on the same day, Bery an Bac. General Corbineau praises the good dispositions of the inhabitants of Rheims.

"On the 7th, at eleven in the morning, General St, Priest, commanding a Russian division, appeared before Rheims and summoned it to surrender. General Corbineau replied with cannon. General Defrance then arrived with his division of Gnards of Honour; he made a fine charge, and drove off the enemy. General St. Priest set fire to two great manufactories and to fifty houses, which were on the outside of the town; a conduct worthy of a deserter. In all times deserters have been the most cruel enemies of their country. Soissons has suffered much. The inhabitants have conducted themselves in the most honourable manner. There are no praises too great for the regiment of the Vistula, which formed the garrison; there are no praises which the regiment of the Vistula deems too great for the inhabitants. His Majesty has granted this brave. corps thirty decorations of the Legion of Honour.

"The plan of the enemy's campaign appears to have been a kind of general dash upon Paris. Neglecting all the strong places of Flanders, and only observing Bergen-op-Zoom and Antwerp with troops inferior by half in number to the garrisons of those towns, the enemy penetrated upon Avesnes. Neglecting the places of the Ardennes, Mezierre, Rocroi, Philippeville, Givet, Charlemont, Montmedy, Macstrecht, Venloo, and Juliers, they passed by impracticable roads to arrive upon Avesnes and Rothel. These places com municate, are not observed, and the gar risons alarm the rear of the enemy considerably. Whilst General St. Priest burned Rheims, his brother was arrested by the inhabitants, and sent off prisoner to Charlemont, Neglecting all the places of

the Meuse, the enemy advanced by Bar and St. Dizier. The garrison of Verdun is come quite to St. Mihiel. Near Bar, a Russian general, who remained some moments with fifteen men, after the departure of his troops; was killed, with his escort, by the peasants, in revenge for the atrocities he had ordered. Metz pushes its sorties to Nancy: Strasburg, and the other places of Alsace, being observed but by small parties, there is free ingress and egress, and provisions arrive in abundance. The troops of the garrison of Mentz go as far as Spires. The departments having hastened to complete the corps of batta lions which are in all these places, where they are armed, equipped, and exercised, we may say that there are several armies in the rear of the enemy. His position cannot but become more dangerous daily. We see by the reports that have been intercepted, that the regiments of Cossacks, whose force was 250 men, have lost upwards of 120 men, without having been in action, but only by the hostilities of the peasants.

"The Duke of Castiglione manœuvres on the Rhone, in the department of the Aisne, and in Franche Comté. Generals Desaix and Marchand have driven the enemy from Savoy. Fifteen thousand men are passing the Alps, to reinforce the Duke of Castiglione. The Viceroy has obtained great success at Borghetto, and has driven the enemy upon the Adige. General Grenier, who set out from Placentia on the 2d of March, beat the enemy at Parma, and chased him beyond the Taro. The French troops that occupied Rome, Civita Vecchia, and Tuscany, are entering Piedmont, to pass the Alps. The exasperation of the population increases daily, in proportion to the atrocities which are committed by those hordes, more barbarous still than their climate who dishonour the human race, and whose military existence has for its object pillage and crime, instead of honour and

renown.:

"The conferences of Lusigny for an armistice have failed. We could not agree upon the line of demarcation. We were agreed upon the points of occupation to the north and east, but the enemy wished not only to extend his line upon the Saone and the Rhone, but to enclose Savoy in it. We replied to this unjust pretension, by proposing to adopt on this line the status quo, and to leave the Duke of Castiglione and Count Bubna to settle it upon the line of their advanced posts. This was rejected. It was then necessary to re nounce the idea of an armistice for a fortnight, which was likely to be attended with more inconvenience than advantages. The Emperor, besides, did not think he had a right to place a numerous population under the iron yoke from which they had

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been delivered. He would not consent to
abandon our communications with Italy,
which the enemy had so often and so
vainly attempted to intercept, when our
troops were not yet united.

"The weather has been constantly very
cold; the bivouacs are very distressing
during this season; but each party has been
exposed to the same sufferings. It appears
even that sickness makes great havoc in
the enemy's army, whilst our's has but few
sick."

Paris, March 16.-Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following intelligence of the situation of the armies to the 14th:

"General St. Priest, commanding in
chief the eighth Russian corps, had been
for several days in position at Chalons-sur
Marne, having an advanced guard at Sil-
lery. This corps, composed of three di-
visions, which ought to have formed eigh-
teen regiments and thirty-six battalions,
had actually only eight regiments or sixteen
battalions, making about 5 or 6000 men.
General Jagow, commanding the last co-
lumn of the Prussian reserve, and having
under his orders four regiments of the

landwehr of Prussian Pomerania and the
Marks, forming sixteen battalions, or 7000
men, who had been employed in the sieges
of Torgau and Wittemburg, joined the
corps of General St. Priest, whose force

must therefore have been about 15 or
16,000 men, cavalry and artillery in-
cluded.

"General St. Priest resolved to surprise
Rheims, in which was stationed General
Corbineau, at the head of the National
Guard and three battalions of the levy-en-
masse, with 700 cavalry and eight pieces
of cannon. General Corbineau had placed
General Defrance's division of cavalry at
Chalons-sur-Vesle, two leagues from the
town. On the 12th, at five in the morn-
ing, General St. Priest presented himself
at the different gates. He made his prin-
cipal attack on the gate of Laon, which
the superiority of his numbers enabled
him to force. General Corbineau operated
his retreat with three battalions of the
levy-en masse and his 700 cavalry, and fell
back upon Chalons-sur-Vesle. The Na-
tional Guard and the inhabitants behaved
very well in these circumstances.

"On the 11th, at four o'clock in the evening, the Emperor was on the heights of the Wind-Mill, a league from Rheims. The Duke of Ragusa formed the advanced guard. The General of Division Merlin attacked, surrounded, and took several battalions of Prussian landwehr. General Sebastiani, commanding two divisions of cavalry, advanced upon the town. One hundred pieces of cannon were engaged on the one side and the other. The enemy crowned the heights in front of Rheims. While the attack was making, the bridges MONTHLY MAG. No, 255,

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of St. Brice were repaired, in order to turn the town. General Defrance made a superb charge with the Guards of Honour, who covered themselves with glory, par ticularly General Count Segur, commanding the 3d regiment, who charged between the town and the enemy, whom they drove into the suburbs, and from whom they took 100 cavalry and his artillery.

"Meanwhile General Count Krasinski having intercepted the communication from Rheims to Bery-au-Bac, the enemy abandoned the town, flying in disorder on all sides. The results of this day, which did not cost us 100 men, are 22 pieces of cannon, 5000 prisoners, 100 artillery and baggage waggons. The same battery of light artillery which killed General Moreau before Dresden, mortally wounded General St. Priest, who had come at the head of the Tartars of the desert to ravage our beautiful country.

in the morning, amidst the acclamations of "The Emperor entered Rheims at one the inhabitants of that great city, and has established his head-quarters there, The enemy is retreating, partly on Chalons, partly on Rethel, and partly on Laon. He is pursued in all directions. The 10th regiment of hussars, as well as the 3d regiment of the Guards of Honour, par ticularly distinguished itself. Gen. Count Segur has been severely wounded, but his life is not in danger,"

COLONEL LOWE, the English officer attached to the army of Blucher, sent to his government the following account of the demonstrations and attacks on Laon, which was published in London in an EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE. Head-Quarters of the Combined Armies, under Field-Marshal Blucher, Laon, March 10, 1814, Eight, A.M.

SIR-Bonaparte, with his whole force, attacked Field-Marshal Blucher yesterday, in his position at this place, and was repulsed with the loss of forty five pieces of cannon, with tumbrils, baggage, and pris soners, the numbers of which have not as yet been ascertained, as the left wing of the Field-Marshal's army is still in pursuit, The city of Laon is situated on an elevated plateau, with deep shelving banks, which command an extensive plain around; the town covers the greater part of the plateau; the remainder is crowned by an old castle, and by several windmills built on high terrace walls. General Bulow's army occupied this position; the remainder of the Field-Marshal's army was posted on the plain below, to the right and left of the town, fronting towards Soissons, and the cavalry was in reserve in the rear. Before day light in the morning the enemy made his attack, and under cover of a thick fog, which concealed all his movements, ob tained possession of the villages of Semilly 2 M

and