is the case, but suppose it to be so. Of the departure of messengers I can tell you as little, for I have had no information on the subject, and what I have sent to Downing Street has been sent at random. My opinion is, that this fighting will assuredly lead to peace. Neither party will like to lose again fifteen or twenty thousand men, which was, at least, the loss of the first week of this month. It is very ominous, when both sides, in giving an account of their exploits, are obliged to appeal to peace as the expected result of them. I am very glad to see that the Germans have made so good a stand in the first instance. If they will only continue their exertions, and should ultimately fall, they will fall with honour and be respected. But if they be true to themselves, it will hardly be possible for Bonaparte to overcome them. 30th.-I presume that the messenger who brought George's packet of the 16th, though he says nothing about it, was the bearer of the proposals of Austria; and that it is in consequence of them that Bonaparte has published in the "Moniteur" what he wishes to agree to. The tone in which he announces what he calls his proposals, is not very encouraging; but it is clear that there has been much fighting since, the event of which will decide the future. The "Moniteur" of the 26th, announces that Bonaparte gained another battle-it does not say remporté encore une victoire-on the 20th at Bautzen. I take this battle to have been one of those of which Bonaparte talks, but does not boast. At all events, he says, in there was at that time an armistice, and the way which he speaks of it does not, in my opinion, announce it under favourable auspices. Yet every thing must have a beginning, and this may lead to a peace. Hamburg is saved by the advance of the Swedes; but I should not wonder if the Danes were soon to stop, or render precarious, the conveyance by that route, and that some time were to elapse before we hear again from the continent. We shall take a month's dissipation in London, for it is necessary to be a little in the way; and we shall just now see there several people from the continent who will be interesting, and among them some of our old friends. F. J. J. Diaries.-Neisse, June 1st.-On calling on the minister Altenstein yesterday morning, I found him about to set off for Neisse. The French were advancing on Breslau, and in such superior force that it was feared the Allies would be forced to abandon it to its fate. On our road to this, most unfortunately, the springs of our carriage broke, and it was with the greatest difficulty that we succeeded, after a long delay, in getting them botched up to last the rest of the journey. On arriving, such was the mauvaise volonté exhibited by the people, that we found it no easy matter to procure a lodging, and were at last obliged to be contented with very poor, as well as very close quarters. This morning I called on the Commandant, and was informed that this place was declared to be in a state of siege, and that he requested I would leave it. I answered, that the Chancellor of State had desired I would remain here till further accounts should be forwarded to me, and that, consequently, I must beg leave to stay for the present. As he could not well demur to this, he made a virtue of necessity, and submitted; but with a very bad grace. Though a very sullen spirit is displayed by some people in this and neighbouring towns, I have seen no such instance before as that of this Commandant. On the contrary, the predominating feeling among all classes is one of enthusiasm for our cause and, with some few exceptions in these towns, is beyond anything one can imagine. Had I not witnessed it, I should have hesitated to give credit to it; and I am persuaded that this patriotic spirit, if properly directed, might enable Prussia still to bid defiance to Bonaparte. I met here to-day Count Hardenberg, brother of the Chancellor. He has sent his wife, with his sister and children, to Les Bains, and has become aide-de-camp to Count Goltz, the military governor of this province. This is only one instance amongst a great many, of gentlemen of the first rank and fortune giving up their homes and separating from their families, in order to devote themselves entirely to the service of their country. All the English dined with me. News came in of the entry of the French into Breslau early this morning. The Russians had gone off towards the main army, and the Prussians along the Oder. Colonel Campbell, Perceval, and Stanhope then set off for head-quarters. I rode out with Rumbold to pay a visit to the Countess Tauentzien. The little lady told me in confidence, that her father might long ago have been in Stettin, had he not received positive orders to be in no hurry about it! 3rd.-Colonel Campbell sends me an estafette announcing negotiation for an armistice. Altenstein confirms this, and says, that General Kleist and a Russian officer have been sent to the French headquarters Lieut.-General Sir Charles Stewart to George MY DEAR JACKSON, Imp. Head-quarters, Ober Grödetz, I HAVE just received your letter, and although we shall meet soon, I send back a few lines by estafette to prevent your being in a state of anxiety. Strange has been the game here, and I am by no means satisfied at what is going on. Before this reaches you, you will no doubt have heard that an armistice has been negotiating. The line of demarcation I believe is fixed. The term of duration is still at issue. Forty-two hours' cessation of hostilities to settle points has been agreed to. During the first operations, Bonaparte adroitly occupies Breslau. We cannot remain here, the enemy being in Breslau, unless the armistice is concluded. We shall therefore march, it is thought to-night, on Strehlen. You had better remain à porter to Neisse or Glatz, until I am able to meet and see you, and we can fix matters. I am in a miserable cabin here, and it was fortunate I got even this accommodation. You have been, I should say, two or three degrees better off. The Chancelleries are at Reichenbach. Do you know anything of Captain Vyse or Colonel Campbell? I hope the enemy has not got hold of them. It is thought here, Hamburg may still be safe. I doubt it. News from England to the 14th, nothing of moment. Believe me, &c. &c., CHARLES STEWART, Lieut.-General. 4th.-My old tutor, Ancillon, called on me. We dined together with Captain Vyse; who thinks it right to go over to head-quarters to-night, taking with him a budget of news to amuse Sir Charles. Vyse is just off, having been with me to drink tea with Madam Kircheisen and the little Countess Tauentzien. The latter showed us an extract from the "Moniteur" of the 24th ult., received from Vienna, containing Bonaparte's letter to the Regent of France, in which the expression "les insurgés" is used most insultingly. I wonder what effect it will have in England. I learnt also at this political tea table that the Emperor Francis and Count Metternich arrived at Gitchin yesterday, from Vienna. This piece of news has since been confirmed, and it |