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. 11011= 11101 "' , the Chamber has for its object to preserve to the young men their standing, and for those who are in a course of study to reckon .the time which would have been employed in instruction. M. El.huoeacues.—Approving, as I do, the pro. position of our—colleagua_Bialehl,.t must confess that I think the recompence insufficient : I demand that it may be reteired to the Committees, to consi deiiiVrei national rawara - awe this noble de. , votedness. • The proposition of M. Bailleul, with the addition mentioned by the President, being taken into consi.. deration, was referred to the Committees. The President then reminded the Deputies that they must appoint a commission of petaiotts, and another for the modification of the regulations of the Chamber. It was eccided, that they should immediately re assemble in Committees, and that to-morrow they . should sit in S;:ciet Commi t t e e, waiting for tire. • Royal Sitting. • . The Sitting then rose. PARIS, MARCH 15. Monsieur, Count d'Artuis, to-day visited the bar racks. In all the streets through which he passed he received the most unanimous testimonies of the devotedness of the citizens of Paris to the cause of the King, of their country, and the charter.; but nothing is comparable to the enthusiasm of the troops at the sight of his Royal Highness. The crie s of .4 Vive le Roy" were only interrupted by the eagerness which. the soldiers had to hear the words addressed to them by the Prince. There is an army of 35,000 men animated with the, beet spirit in the circle of twenty leagues round 134•1 ris. Bonaparte is in consternation to learn that the troops are every where faithful, and Paris tranquil. From two extremities, far distant, news have ar rived to-day, which shew equally the contempt in. spired by the attempt of Bonaparte. It was known at Vienna from Leghorn on the 6th of Mai ch. Dis patches of the ith, which came this evening, say, that the whole business of the Congress would be pub lished before the 25th, and that what concerned Ger many and Italy was also finished. The news of the departure from the Isle of Elba did not prevent the Russian Minister, M. Pozzo di Borg°, from preparing to set off for Paris on the 9th. Not the least disquie- rude was shewn. • At the, same time, the news from Tculon announce, that the expedition for Constantinople, and the Am:H bassador, set sail on the I.2th. So much did the excel lent disposition of the Fowl' cause the enterprise of Bonaparte to be regarded as one which ought not to create any serious disquietude. We are assured that Bonaparte levied at Lyons a contribution of 1,500,0(K) francs, and made a large requisition of clothing for the troops, whom he pays with bills on the public treasury. He has not lodged in Lyons himself, eitfer from fear or some other mo tive: he remains in the Fauxbuerg of la Gatnotice& TLe authorities have heed compelled to present them.' selves before him. He could see in their faces the gloomy feelings with which they were impressed, and that they did not act but from constrain►. He received very coldly the Mayor and the Sheriffs, and as he could only get from them laconic and evasive answers, he quizkly dismissed them. A placard, stuck all over Paris, that the City of Marseilles, the victim mere than any other of the tyranny of Bonaparte, has voted a sum of two mil. Lon: to the regiment who shall have the honour cf taking Bonaparte, dead or alive. The Students in Medicine have presented an Ad. dress to the King, to ask to march against the ene my of < ur country. Three hundred young men of the first families of the city of Caen departed in '2l hours :• they were armed and equipped at their own expense. • The division of the army which is reunited at Melon, will, in two days, amount to at least 30,000 men. It is believed that it will advance as socn as its organization is completed. • Authentic letters from Moulins inform us, that two regiments which were at that town had set out to join Bonaparte at Lyons. All honest men were la menting their defection, when they were suddenly seen returning with shouts of Vive k Roi ! They all agree in stating, that they had been infamously de ceived. They were told that Paris was in insurrec tion, that Bonaparte had been proclaimed, that the sing and all the Royal Family had fled, and that 40,000 men held the capital for.the usurper. Now, nothing can equal their devotedness; they have sworn never to employ their arms, but in rendering triumphant the cause of their legitimate Monarch.— The 4th dragoons was one of those regiments. While the volunteer students of law were yester day marching to their parade, on passing the church of St t Roch, their Commandant observed to them : " Young men I behold the traces of balls still im printed on the façade of St. Roch ; it was Bona parte who launched them. His career began with combating against Frenchmen; may he terminate 'his existence so this new combat against them." At ansoment when every thing bent under the iron yoke of Bonaparte, it is well known with what energy these select youth of France refused to march for the cause of the usurper. We learn from Rouen, under slate of the 14th, that every day exhibits new proofs of the attachment of the inhabitants of that large city to their King and constitution.. All the young men are setting off under the orders of the Prince of Tancarville, who is at Montmorency. Malignant men in vain endeavour to spread bad news in order to depress the public mind. They exclaim on all sides—" Goo delivered us once last year ; he will deliver us again this." The National guards and Gendarmerie of Paris do duty with an activity and zeal that cannot be too highly praised. Numerous paroles of the National Girard: traverse the streets and public walks day and Bight. They constantly swear their uniform, to be always in readiness to keep good order whenever their zeal may be necessary. A number of ladies hive entered into subscriptions for the benefit of the have volunteers who are march jug to combat the elsolky. PAP, MARCH le. Bonaparte calculating the small* number of men who surround him, perkciving the insufficiency of his means to cover his front rind flanks, in order to se cure himself against the troops In pursuit of him, and to make up for his real weakness, resOria to measures which must excite to the highest pitch the public in• dignation against him: He seeks for support in the sjstem of anarchy, disorganization, and terror, to which we owed the most horrible years of the vivo. lution. His scouts, or rather his emissaries. have suc ceeded in exciting at Macon, Tournus, and Chalons, the dregs of the 'populace, who only want the oppor tunitrof plunder to be presented, to indulge in all its excesses. The garrison of Macon had been marched upon I Moulins ; the military Comma:l.'s it was without troops ; this moment was choien, and the rabble, ex cited by the most odious means, commenced a sedi tious movement. The Prefect and the chief authorities were the first objects of seditious attaa—they all displayed as much courage and firmness, as presence of mind and pru dence, in the measures which th e y took; but they were compelled to yield to the storm, and retired to 'Chalons. There the same means, the same incendiary roe°• cations had already excited the same scenes ; some pieces of artillery which had been abandoned, were, by order of the Prefect, dragged off, by requisition horses. when the populace furiously threw themselves on the pieces, and precipitated them into the Saone. The Prefect aving no troops to oppose to the misled multitude, retired to Anton. Similar events passed at Dijon, at the same mo ment, and by the same insurrectional means. M. Terrify, Prefect of the Department of the Cote d'Or, who had hastened the departure of the troops at Dijon against Bonaparte, found himself, without sup port, unable to resist the sedition, and proceeded to Chatillon-sur-Seine. We repeat, that the lowest olacces of the people have alone taken past in these criminal acts. They have penetrated with terror and dismay all people of property, who are at this moment the victims of a frightful anarchy—they see, about to be reorganised against them, the measures of violence and spoliation, the oppressive and tyrannical acts of the revolutionary legislation—they behold themselves a second time the butts of demagogic fury, and loudly demand the pro tection of the public force, and that aid which may compel a mutinous populace to return to their duty, by re-establishing order and respect for the laws. Bonaparte, in order to extend the insurrection, hat spread a report of his marching to Tome, where he has demanded ten thousand rations, and even to Provins. The Sub-Prefect of that town has sent an account of this to the Prefect of the Aube. Every measure has been taken to secure that department. Letters from Lyons announce that Bonaparte, as soon as he was informed of the advance of Marshal Ney, hastily withdrew his advanced posts from the environs of Macon, and caused them to retire upon - Lyons. Marshal Ney's movement was directed on Bourg. The Marshal is marching at the bead of a corps of about 10,000 troops of the hue and national guards, regularly formed in the fortresses of Franche Comte ; these troops are animated with an excellent spade and aid) that energy and courage which Mar sh of Ney never fails to inspire. The same letters inform us, that the bulk of the I:i:h dragoons. fur a moment drawn away by the conny's bed:Mlolls, had felt all the horror of their position, and preferring even the severest pueishment to the name of traitors armed against.their country, had joined Marshal Ney. who received them as men misled for a moment, but whose sincere repentance merited indulgence. This last event made the most forcible impression on Bonaparte's troop—front that moment, it appear. ed, still more than before, restless, uncertain, and in consternation ; the defections from it are, therefore, already become numerous. According to the most authentic calculations as to the number amen disembarked, and of those whom Bonaparte has been able to corrupt and draw after him on his route, his force at the 'Lost cannot exceed 8000 men of all arms. It is, besides, certain, that he has experienced considerable defections. In fact, eye.wituesses have given an account of the reviews which he held at Lyons: and it is certain that he never had collected in that city more than4ooo in fantry, and between 6 and 700 horse. General Mouton Duvernet has set out from Va lence, where he had collected a corps of 2500 excellent troops. He was marching upon Die, to form a junction with General Miohis, and to proceed u Gap and Grenoble. The corps of General Miollis, composed of devoted volunteers and national guards, is distinguished by an enthusiasm and fire quite Pro vencal. It burns to meet the enemy. These two united divisions form a considerable corps in the rear of Bonaparte. Marseilles and all Provence, Bourdeauz, and all the south, continue to be inflamed with the same happy agitation, which, creates numerous soldiers for their King and country. All are arming to save it. Letters from Vienna of the Bth, announce, that the moment the escape of Bonaparte, and his landing on the coast of Provence, were .known in that capital, the Powers assembled in Congress adopted the rests. Ration, that Bonaparte having broken his baa, the trea ties concluded with him should be henceforward re garded as null, and that he should in future be coo sidered by all the Powers as a brigand, without the pale of the law of nations. It is said that Bonaparte makes magnificent pro-, wises of amnesty ; it is the amnesty which has killed' M. de Frette and so many others. The stupor of Lyons has shewn him the love which is borne him, and the faith which they have in his words. There was an answer some years ago given to Bonaparte, which is very well known. In my opinion, it is more expressive of his clemency than any thing which could be said. Every one has heard of the young man of Vienna, who failed in his attempt on the life of this scourge of mations. The tyrant, when this young man was brought before him, affecting a calm air, asked him what reason he bad for making an attack on his life, and if he had dine any injury either to himself or any one connected with him ? None (answered the intrepid young man); I was even for some time simple enough to see in you only a hero and a friend to the liberty of nations; but now that I see in you. their hypociitical scourge, I detest you as much as I once admired you, and 1 have sworn either to piaish or liberate my country.".... 66 What would you now say if I were to pardon you r—" That you would order the to be shot to morrow." And in fact homed shot a few hours al terwArds. Nothing ever pained Bonaparte so Lap pily as this noble answer. Tacks's' has nothing so energetic. ' And this' is the taste who is offering hi self to us, and who S a tteeihintsellwe will refer hies to a Prince of the greatest clemency, and the most sealons for our liberties! This man, wlmm the people used to call the Rag:pion es hertelfrari.apeaks of amnesty, of prosperity; that is to say, the amnesty of death, the prosperity of the conscription, of war taxes, of mad and bloody expeditions, of the country torn to pieces by foreigners; the amnesty of a Ma rius issuing from the marshes of Minturnus, and re turning to Rome to bathe it in the blood of its citizens. But I swear by France, fortunate and free, the fugitive of Elba shall never again behold the walls of Paris I Our brave soldiers, whom he bas dishonoured by presuming . to rely upon them, our soldiers, joined with our citizens, will rescue our liberty, Prance. and the King. As far as Lyons every thing was et. fected by surprise: from Lyons every thing will be intrepid defence. Returning from the first moment of confusion, it is now ascertained that there has been much less of infidelity and treason than of de. lusion and thoughtlessness. The reports of the Mi. nisters throw a great light upon the foolish machina tions of our enemy, at the same time that they inspire confidence as to our means of defence. The War Minister, who devotes himself to the dangers of his country, fills all hearts with security ; and the public acc lamation has ratified the noble pledge which he gave. All our Generals have collected their legions, and march to the conflict of fidelity against pea fiiy. The small number of our enemies already grow pale at the union of the people with the army. What will they behold when they ate in the presence of the ene my ? On the one side, they will see the Sons of France and of the blood royal—all those illustrious and fait/tin' C•nee:ala at the head of their brave sol diers, fighting for their country, their liberty, and their King. On the other, they will behold a fallen Emperor, appealing tit oaths, from the obligation of which he himself has released us, and a few dishear tened troops, which hardly deserve to be compared to those bands which appeared towards the middle of the fourteenth century, and which were denominated the sons of Belial, warriors of various countries, with out a title and without a name. LITRAcT FROM A DECLARATION MADE REVOKE THE MAR bIIAL PRINCE OF MALIN% BY A PERSON WHO oat- Lowza ISONAPAETE FROM THE ISLE OF ELEA AS FAIL AS DIONE I 44 The 27th of February Napoleon ordered prepa rations for his departure ; every body believed that he meant to go to Naples. 44 At tour in the afternoon I received orders to embark ; I came off without seeing my family. Some days before I had told Napoleon that I never would bear arms against my country. " The departure was thus precipitate in conse quence of intelligence brought by a Colonel, who came from the Continent : 1 did not see this officer. " On the 27th we saw several ships of war, but no one said any thing to us ; we went under a press of sail. Dutir.g the passage Napoleon told me that se veral members of the Senate and other great person. ages had excited an insurrection, and formed a pro. visional Government which recalled him to the throne. 66 We landed in the bay of Juan on the Ist of March, at two in the afternoon. We encamped close to thebeach. We marched off the following night. The preparations made, the measures taken, insptied me with fears. which I mentioned to Napoleon : he assured me there would be no fighting. I again r e .. peated, that I never would fight against my country. During those few days, and contrary to his usual custom, Napoleon said to me a number of flattering things; be was to make me Intendaut-General of his army, after it had been organized. 44 We marched rapidly : all the carriages to be found were hired : many precautions were taken, in order to get forward. At last I began to think we were marching against an enemy, and not into the heart of France. That moment my resolution was taken. At Digae I left Napoleon advancing, and resolved to repair to your Excellency." The officers and volunteers who harp enrolled themselves for the common defence at the houses of the Princes, and Counts Viomend and Latour Mau bang, assembled to-day at the place apps inted. Pre ceded by drums and a band of music, Ilk ) traversed the City and the Faubourg St. Antoine, with shoots of is rive k Roi !" which were repeated by the crowds on their passage, and by numerous spectators at the windows. The volunteers repaired to Vincennes, where the population of the environs had preceded them, and were assembled. They were there reviewed by Ge nerals Vie:neon and Maubourg, accompanied by a numerous concourse of General and superior Offi cers. These brave youths gave . themselies up, with all the ardour of the French character, to the exprep sion of the sentiments by which they wereanimated. Confidence and courage are imprinted, on all. their countenances. To-morrow they will meet again to complete their organization and receive their arms.; Addresses to the King continue to paw in from all parts of France. Among others, there are addresses from the Municipal Council Of Angers, the Royal Courts of Poictiers and Meta, the Judicial Tribunals of An gers , Vervins, Bethune, Vendome, Charlevihle, Don t i, Caen, Arras, icc. ; the Advocites of Nantes, the Council of the Prefecture of the Moselle, the Pre fecture of Arras, of the Department of the North, the Municipal Corps of Dieppe, kc. There are also a variety of addresses from different regiments, all of them expressive of loyalty and attachment to the King. A letter from Baron de Leocour, commanding in the Department of the Ardennes, dated Mezieres,. the 9th of. March, answers fur the fidelity of all the officers and troops in garrison in that department. • A decree of the Kingedated the 14th, appoints M. Bourienne Prefect of the Police of Paris. NATIONAL. GUARDS OF PARIS. ORDER OF Till DAY. His Royal tlighnrs Monsieur, Count d'Artois. Colonel-Gene ral of the National Guards of France, requests to seeto-morrow, tilt idth if March, the National Guards of Pads, and to aster , ada,maida that mass of citizens who devote themselves with so sob esnstaser sad honour to the maintenance of order aod se coolly in the capital, which of them their business and personal convenience will permit to march with their Colonel-General against the enemy of France and of Europe. The Prince is aware that sae, situation, and family interests perbdt the greet mu of the National Guards to perform only the sedentary armlet, or at most that of the movable columns which are forming Iti the Departnnot of the Stine. Both syr- v i ce s ir e be laikelliatie to the tranoulliky of the capital and dii department, made citizens who devote themselves thereto will h ave o rally desarred well of their King and country. But If there MI in the ranks of site National Guards citirent whose age and situation permit them to obey the impulse of their patriotism, his Royal Highness invites them to leave the rank:, and to present thenuelves to him, in order to form, under ILI orders, the Legion of the Colonel-General. The Prince tweets that this declaration ma •be free and ton• siderate„ and not the effect of a fleeting impresslend rl'he Order then proceeds to appoint different plat Is of "nth z tons for the various regintents of National Guards Vih °lll Royal Highness proposes to review.] The French Five per Cents. have risen to 70. ! MARSIILI.ES, MARCH 9. We learn that our Natitinal Guard, which is in pur. suit of 4onaparte, arrived at Gap on the 9th. I he Prince of Essling has published a Proclamatim; to the inhabitants of Marseilles, in which he says—. 44 Yon may reckon upon my zeal and my devotednesc. I have sworn fidelity to our legitimate King. I will never deviate from the path of honour. lam re:0; to shed all my blood for the support of his Throw , st FRENCH PAPERS OF FRIDAY' I.4ST. PARIS, MARCH 17. The most recent accounts lead us to prestute 111i1 Bonaparte left Lyons on the 15th, directing his marcl on the tide of 'Macon and Chalons. The combirec ....... dispcnitioqs which we have made known sOlicifn t h s h ew t h at ...lN i movement was foreseen..ravel who observed him, is in toll march in purstiit of hint . The King has wristeria letter to Matihalthellik , of Dalmatia, to express to him his satisfaction at h„ services, the esteem in which he holiis them, and th, desire he has to put them to further proof. To-day at the appointed hours and . places of nr.: denial's, the legions of the national guard et Paris, and the 1:;th legion, consistiTyr of the nition,! guard on hor,e, as-mbled to be passed in review by the Prince their Coknel-Ceneral. Mon:ient, 03 hi: appearance before them, was saluted with the r!l.ri. mons gy of " Vive le Roi," 64 Vive H • Royal Highness was accompanied by Major•Gerc Count Dcssolle, and by a numerous Staff: he pa..t:• all the lines, receiving the most lively testimonies e, the zeal, devotedness, and fidelity of the nation?. guard.. After the departure of the Prince, the chief: and superior officers of each legion met together tt receive the inscription of those whom a first impalse had made to . spring from their ranks, to compose the body, which, according to yesterday's order of the day, is to have the titre of Colonel-General, and tc march with the Prince against the enemy of Fsanct and Europe. Lists for voluntary inscriptions wen immediattt opened in all the companies. PARIS, MARCH 16. The King went this day to the Chamber of De• polies : his Majesty departed at three o'clock from the Castle of the Thuilleries to great state. The grand and principal Officers of the Kine - Household, Deputations of the Marshals of Fiance of the Chief Inspectors. General, of the GrandCrosse of the Order of St. Louis, of the grand cordon ant' grand Officers of the Legion of Honour, of the Lieu. tenant-Generals, Vice-Adniirals, and Brigadier GI nerals, accompanied his Majesty. The procession was preceded and followed by df. tachments of the National Guard, and of the troop.; cf the line, and accompanied by detachments of tki different corps of the King's household. The Nation% Guard and the troops of the line funned the road fii. the passage of his Majesty. It is not necessary to say that the most lively ac clamations were heard wherever his Majesty appeal ed : the same marks of regard surrounded him . But these sentiment: acquire more consequence wider Wwen' circumstance: : these expressions, which we have pre sumed to• borrow of his Majesty can alone descrila the character of the enthusiasm now manif:sted b 3 all ranks of Frenchmen. The Chamber of Peers was invited to assist at this sitting : it occupied half the circle of the hall of the Deputies—the other half was filled with the Depsi . ties. We cannot here give an exact detail o: places : we remarked (only that the Staff of the first Military Division, and the Staff, as well as nurse feu: Officers of the National Guard, occupied the seats placed near the Throne of the King. The Body-guards of his Majesty sharedtbeirposts in the interior of the hall with the National Guard and the troops of the line. The King appeared ;in the middle of all these Frenchmen, faithful and devoted to him: he was re. ceived with the same transports which accompanin• hem on his way. He placed himself on the throne, and spoke in the following terms : " GENTLEMEN— In this momentous crisis, when the public enemy has penetrated into a part of the king' dom, and threatens the liberty of the remainder, 1 come in the midst of you to draw closer those tie! which unite us together, and which constitute t ) '* strength of the State—l come, in addressing my , l• to you, to declare to all France my sentiments 214 my wishes. I have revisited my country, and ream. cited her to all foreign nations, who will, without doubt, maintain with the utmost fidelity those Trea , tics which had restored to us Peace. I have laboured for the benefit of my people. I have received, and still continue dully to receive the most striking proofs of their love. Can I, then, at 60 years of age, henei terminate my career than by dying in their detenc?: theretore, I fear nothing for myself, but I tear fit France ; he who coma to light again amongst us the torch of civil war, brings with ham also the scourge of foreign war; he who comes to reduce our county; under his iron yoke; he comes, in short, to destroy thf, Constitutional Charter which I have given you --that Charter, my brightest title in the estimation if pad ,. city—that Charter which all Frenchmen cherish, .40 0 which I here :mar to maintain. Let us tally, then- tore, around it I Let it be our sacred standard! Tie ' descendants of Henry IV. will be du best to range ' themselves under it; they will be followed by AW I Frenchmen. ill short, Gentlemen, let the cocci' ' rence of the two Chanutes gore to authority all II! ' force that is necessary. and this war, t r uly natiestaii wi ll prove by its happy termination, w hat a great natio: united in lore to its King and to its laws, cats off '!'here beiearr.r. 1 scr'lloctiler,eaanrdewsibirz the psi d o o o r s e w n h o i t ch irace caun f I t ' A egkening them : who, in truth, could describe w* ' feelings which :sized Al hearts, the real and tou rbi!l ' sr:inverts which burst forth oa mil sides during !fa