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: , e'. y ~1 ra, FROM TH JJURNAL GP IKE DEPART MENI' OF TIM RIIONE, PUBLISHED UNDER TILE AUTHORITY OE AONAPARTE. LIONR, MARCH tl. Honour, Mu, ~.ountr.y.—At last we have again beheld those a thousand times triumphant, and never vanquished! We have seen them again, and our hearts leapt with joy 1 At sight of them we exclaimed, Behold the honour and the glory of the court- fry ; and if could have forgotten fora single mo ment that French blood flows in our veins, the rglet of the Hero of Marengo, of Jena, and of Auster litz, and of his faithful companions in arms, would have recalled us to that proud and noble• character which has always distinguished the Lyonese. Oh ! what a day was that of the• 10th of March : who can describe it as it dcservcs, that the immlrtal picture may be deposited in the. annals of the city ! We knew, five days ago, that the Emperor had landed in Provence, and was advancing an Grenoble by way of Digne ana Gap. The news of his en trance into Grenoble reached us on the evening of the Bth ; and we .at the same time learned that the garri son of that city had flown to meet the Monarch re- Stored to the admiration, to the wishes of the French •nnd of the army. Joy was there seen impressed on every countenance ; the cry of " alive l'Empereur" did net yet escape from all mouths ; but it was in all hearts, excepting the perfidious and insensible hearts of some traitors, vile enough to seek their own ele vation in the degradation of their country. In the mean time Monsieur the Count D'Artois arived within our walls, with the Duke of Orleans, and Count de Darn ! as. The 20th regiment * drawn from Montbrison, reinforced the garrison of Lyons, composed of the 24th light infantry and the ISth dra goons. An appeal was made to a portion of the guards. The two bridges on the Rhone were barri cadoed ; the Prince passed the troops in review, and endeavoured to animate them for the royal cause. V.sin efforts ! The last and useless resource of a weak gnvernment, which could neither reanimate affec tions long since extinguished, nor make the army for gtt those colours which, during 9..5 years, passed ti nimphant through all the capitals of Europe, and exalted the French name to the highest degree of ce lebrity. in the morning the Prince made another attempt on the spirit of the soldiers; he went through all the ranks, but he found them frozen ; he saw that it was then necessary to resolve on departing and carrying off the troop. The Marshal Duke of Tarentum having arrived in the morning, visited the two bridges ; prepara ikons for resistance appeared to recommence j the reginr_nts approached the bridges, but every one kri,:w that the advanced posts of the Emperor were on the left bank of the Rhone, in the Faubourg Gui;lotiere, where their presence excited the most lively ..iithusiasm. It was also known that all the sol4wrs were only waiting for their brothers in arms, to embrace them ; and for the Emperor, to salute Lim again as the support of the country. The Ly onese already called aloud for that powerful genius who had rebuilt their city, desolated by the anar chists ; who protected their commerce, and mane their manufactures flourish ; and who, perhaps; had tally been uniottunate, because he wished to do too much good to France. At two in the afternoon, the Duke of Tarentum conducted upon the bridge of la Guillotiere two bat talions of infantry. Wfile they were approaching tt.ie barricades, the 4th hussars, who had rejoined the eagles at Grenoble, defiled from the faubourg Guil lotiere, and entered upon the bridge, preceded by abort one hundred young people of the faubourg, crying out like them, Vive rEntrereur ! The troops tra both sides joined at the barricades. Here the same cry simultaneously issued from every mouth : the beams and trees which blocked up the road were thrown into the Rhone : the soldiers embraced with tonspott, and began their march to the city. More ciao 20,000 inhabitants ranged along the quay of the Iti‘one; and the (;ours Napoleon, where they were witnesses of this new sort of war, and rent the air with their acclamations : all the officers and soldiers of the itOth and 21411 of the line, and of the 15th cisagoom, gave themselves up at last to the move menu of their hearts. There was only one cry of Vive PEnepereur ! They ran before the hussars, and then all drew up on the place Bonaparte. The Duke of Tatrentum precipitately retired, as well as Count de Dams, the Governor. Count de Chabrol, the Prefect, in like manner, quitted thecity. All the superior officers remained ; and it was with the most lively satisfaction that the soldiers saw amongst them the General of Division Brayer. At five o'clock the garrison proceeded to the tpyidge LA Guillotiere, and beyond it, to meet the Emperor. At half past it:, the army which came from Grenoble began its entrance into Lyons, amidst the same acclamations. At seven otclock the inhes. Wants of Lyons had the happiness of again seeing and 'possessing 'the Emperor of the French, and of lavishing on him new narks of their fi l delity and af t Section. ^ Already this great monarch, way{ iode fatigable in • hiraitivity, is busied with his good city d ot 4..ypav, which whi • bC.nrane to heap new benefits. die dill review his array in the morn ing; .. and we w that several • °Pi!! this etri!kl. within our walls, in order to join their brethren in arms. In our next number we shall give the ad dress which Count Fargues, the Mayor of Lyons, has this moment caused to be posted up, and in which the Lyonese recognize the true expression of their sentiments. We shall also give other interesting do cuments, which want of room prevents us from in. sertiug in this first number. GRENOBLE, MARCH 9. ftELATION OF THE EVENTS WHICH HAVE PASSED AT GRENOBLE, SINCE THE 4TII Or MARCH. An estafette who passed through the city on the night of the 31 and 4th had attracted and occupied the public attention. A courier who arrived on the 4th excited it still more ; and next day it was univer sally known that the Emperor had landed on the Ist of March near Frejus; that he was accompanied by his faithful guards; that he at 'first occupied Grasse :and from the 2d, had proceeded towards the Upper A!ps. Successive accounts no longer left a doubt that he meant to make our city the place of his first residence. • A numerous garrison was there assembled. The brave soldiers who must have found companions in glory in the same guards which brought back Na poleon, at first hesitated whether they should consi der them as enemies; and this first thought of their hearts became the rule of their conduct. Some at- tempts to engage them in an enterprize, in which those who were charged to give the orders, probably only joined with regret, were unavailing; and ap peared to obtain no success. The garrison was aug• mented ; the 7th and 11th regiments of the line ar- rived on the 7th from Chambrey ; the 4th hussars soon after entered the city, quitting the garrison of Vienne. The whole population crowded to the ram parts and public places, led by their wishes and hopes. The Emperor was at La Mure on the evening of the 6th ; early on the 7th, his advanced posts occu. pied Vizille ; this last town beinx only three leagues from Grenoble, it was not doubted that his Majesty would enter it the same day. His entrance was too long delayed for the wishes of his soldiers ; at four in the afternoon the 7th regi. ment went out of the town, having at its head Colo nel Henry do la Bedoyer, who ran to offer the Em peror his person and his regiment. A party of the .sth had already joined his Majesty the same day, five leagues in advance from the city; and the rest of the garrison no longer held out.— Night arrived, and the result of these events appeared to be postponed till the next day, when at hall.past eight, an advanced guard of Polish lancers made their appearance at the Bonne gate, which was shut, and demanded that it should be opened. The troops occupying the ramparts, answered with shouts of Year Fe Entiterear 1 the gate was opened ; the ad vanced guard entered ; all the citizens flocked out to the light of flambeaux, and almost immediately the Emperor appeared, alone, at the head, and in ad vance of his army. An immense crowd threw them selves in h 1 way; all were mixed, soldiers and citi zens, and all mingled their shouts and their enthu siasm, inspired by the presence of their Savereign.— His Majesty proceeded to the Hotel of the Three Dauphins, which the multitude constantly surround ed, rending the air with their joyful shouts. The Mayor of the city, and several other public franc tionaries, immediately waited on his Majesty. At the same moment the followink proclamation was diTersed through all quarters of the city : " BAY OF JUAN, MARCH 1, 1815. " NArot.con, by the grace of Goo and the Constitution of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c. &c. &c. " TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE. " FRENCHMEN I—The defection of the Duke of Castiglione delivered up Lyons, without defence, to our enemies; the army of which 1 confided to him the command, was, by the number of its battalions, the bravery and patriotism of the troops which corn. posed it, fully able to beat the Austrian corps opposed to it, and to get into the rear of the left wing of the enemy's army, which threatened Paris. 14 The victories of Chimp Aubert, of Montmi i rail, of Chateau Thietry, of VauchaMp, of Mor mans, of Montereau, of Craone, of Rheims, of Arcy-sur-Aube, and of Sr. Dizier ; the rising of the brave peasants of Lorraine, of Champagne, of Al.' sate, of Franche Comte, and of Burgoin, and the position which I had taken on the rear of the enemy's army, by separating it from its magazines, from its parks c f reserve, from its convoys and all its equi pages, had placed it in a desperate situation. The French were never on the point of being more power rill, and the flower of the enemy's army was lost without resource : it would have found its grave in those vast countries which it had mercilessly ravaged, when the treason of the Duke of Ragusa gave up the capital and disorganized the army. "Phe unex pected conduct of those two Generals, who betrayed at once their country, their Prince; and their lwne. factor, changed the destiny of the war. The dis:ts trous situation of the enemy was such, that at the con e elusion of the affair which took place before Paris, it was without ammunition, on account of its separa tion from its parks of reserve. . • it Under these new and important circumstances, : my heart was rent, but my soul remained unshaken. . ; consulted only the interest of th e country. I exiled myself on a rock in the middle of the sea. My life was, and ought to be, still useful to you. I did not permit the great number of citizens, who wished to accompany me, to partake my lot. 1 . thought their presence useful to France ; and I took with me only a handful of brave men, necessary for my guard. 46 Raised to the Throne by your choice, all that has been done without you is illegitimate. For twenty five years France has had new interests, new institu dons, and new glory, which could only be secured by a national Government, and by a Dynasty created under these new circumstances. A Prince who shoal.' reign over you, who should be seated on my throne by the power of those very armies which ravaged our territory, ruuld in vain attempt to support himself with the principles of feudal law he would not be able to recover the honour and the rights of more than a small number of individuals, enemies of the people, who, for twenty-five years, have condemned them in all our national assemblies. Your tranquil lity at home, and your consequence abroad, would be lost for ever. Frenchmen ! In my exile I heard your corn• plaints aid your wishes ; you demanded that go- vernment of your choice whiCh alone was legitimate. You accused my long slumber ; you reproached me for sacrificing to my repose the great interests of the country. , g I have crossed the seas in the midst of dangers of every kind : I arrive amongst you to resume my tights which are your's. All that individuals have done, written, or said, since the capture of Paris, I will be for ever ignorant of : it shall not at all in fluence the itecollections which I preserve of the im portant services which they have performed. There ate circumstances of such a nature as to be above human organization. Frenchmen ! There is no nation, however small it may be, which has not ;sad the right, and which may not withdraw itself from the disgrace of obey ing a Prince imposed on it by an enemy momentari ly victorious. When Charles VII. re-entered Paris, and overthrew the ephemeral throne of Henry V. he acknowledged that he held his throne from the valour of his heroes, and not from a Prince Regent of England. 4 , It is thus that to you alone, and to the brave men of the army, I account it, and shall always account it, my glory to owe every thing. By the Emperor. (Signed) NAPOLEON. " The Grand-M.trshal performing the functions of Major-General of the Grand Army. (Signed) "Count BERTRAND." " GULPH OF JUAN, MARCH 1, " Narot.rott, by the grace of (ion and the Constitution of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c. &c. &c. • TO THE AI MY. ' SOLDIERS I.—We were not conquered : two men risen from our ranks betrayed our laurels, their count try, their Prince—their benefactor. 44 Those who, daring twenty-fire years, we have seen traversing all Europe to raise up enemies against us—who have passed their lives in fighting against us in the ranks of foreign armies, cursing our fine I . r.ince, shall they pretend to command and controul ..tir eaglec, on which they have not dared ever to ? Sitall we endure that they should inherit the ft uits of our glorious labours—that they should clothe thet:solves with our honours and our goods—that they should calumniate our glory ? If their reign should continue, all would be lost, even the memory of those immortal days. With what fury do they pervert their very nature ! They seek to poison what the world admires; and if there still remain any de fenders of our glory, it is among those very enemies whom we have fought on the field of battle. 66 Soldiers ! in my exile, I heard your voice : I have arrived through all obstacles and all perils: your General, called to the throne by the choice of the people, and educated under your banners, is restored to you : come and join him. Tear down those co lours which the nation has proscribed, and which for twenty-five years served as a rallying signal to all the enemies of France : mount the cockade tricolor : you bore it in the days of our greatness. We must forget that we have been masters of nations, but we must not suffer any to intermeddle in our affairs.— Who shall presume to be master over us ? Who would have the power ? Recover those eagles which you had at Ulm, at Austerlitz, at Jena, at Eylau, at Friedland, at Tudela, at Eckmuhl, at Essling, at Wagram, at Smolensk°, at Moscow, at Lutzen, at Vurken, at Montmireil. Do you think that the hand ful of Frenchmen, wlrs are now so arrogant, will en dure to look on them ? They shall return whence they came, and there, if they please, they shall reign, as they pretend to have reigned during 19 years. 66 Your possessions, your rank, your glory, the possessions, the rank, the glory of your children, have no greater enemies than those Princes whom fo reigners have imposed upon us ; they are the enemies of our glory, because the recital of so many heroic actions, which have glorified the people of France. fighting against them, to withdraw themselves from their yoke, is their condemnation. 46 The veterans of the armies of the Sambre and the Meuse, of the Rhine, of Italy, of Egypt, of the West, of the grand army, are all humiliated : their honourable wounds are disgraced ; their suc:esses were crimes : those heroes were rebels, if, as the ene mies of the people pretend, the legitimate Sovereigns were in the midst of the foreign armies. 4 4 Honours, rewards, affeetion, are given to those who have served against the country and us. 64 Soldiers 1 come and range yourselves under the standards of your Chief; his existence is only com posed of yours; his rights are only those of the peo. ple and your'y his interest, his honour, his glory, are no other than your interest, your honour, 3 % your glory. Victory shall march at the charge -step the eagle, with the national colours, shall fly fron steeple to steeple, even to the towers of Notre-Darre Then you will be able to spew your scars with 1r) nour ; then you will be able to glory in what yot have done ; you will be the deliverers of the country In your old age, surrounded and esteemed by ycr, fellow•citizens, they will hear you with respect you recount your high deeds ; you will be al-le to s., with pride :•—• 4 And I, too, WAS part of that gran army, which entered twice the walk of Vienna, tk : , of Rome, of B:tlin, of Madrid, of I'd:fnv, anc which delivered Patin from the foul blot which tn.a son, and the presence of the enemy, imprinted on it. " Honoured be those brave snldiers, the glory (; the country 1 and eternal shame to those guilt:. Frenchmen, in wh.ttever rank fortune canted then to be born, a;:to fought for 25 years v..iLl2 the foreizr.tr to tear the bosom of the country. 66 By the Emperor (Signed) ea NAp3i .Eov. 66 The Grand Marshal pet forming the functions c Majnr•Genetal of the Geand Army, Yesterday, the Sth, the Linperor w‘v. Hsily err, ploye.d ail the morning, and received liis Majesty held a general ‘'wcl lasted from eleven till four o'clock, and .dienvard. received the Imperial Court, the Clergy, the Clot:, of the Prefecture, the Civil and Commercial 1 . 1. bunals, the Academy, the Stag', the °dicers of a. suite, and ether Civil and M , l;tary Functionariet A number of citizens heard fruu Lis We s t,' mouth, the expiess;on of the satisfact:•ia condescended to testify, and received the assurance: of his devotedness to the happiness and prosperiryo: . France. The Emperor has, in some measure, laid open th.. bottom of all his thoughts, by repeating, ~ We mus. forget that we have been the maste:s of natiens—m, rights are only those of the people—tTery thing th individuals may have done, said, or written, sin: the capture of Paris, I shall always be ig.orant of.' In the different audiences granted by his M a jesty he has declared his fill coueiction, that the destini:. of France could only be fulli!led by the laws of a 1 beral government ; that the French were born ti tu: lush the example of a nation happy by the cons:: v.: tion of public liberty, and the confirmatiol of tii principles of equality, of rights, and dut;es. Majesty enquired with particular solicituie into t!. state of the peasantry, and said, 6 , I come tr) from them fur ever the recollections of tliz Ludal sy: tern of servitude to the soar I bring them nothin, but benefits." Every where on his route, since he left the isle o Elba, the Emperor has found only submission, rc speer, and devotedness. All the departments he ha traversed have ducked around 'his eagles ; and c! second return to Frenchmen, as unexpected as the which brought him from the sands of Aftica, ha afforded his Majesty a new opportunity of colkr:i: the homage of their admiration and bye. FRENCH PAPERS. IRON THE NONITEUR. PARIS, MARCH 13. . During the last three days, the troops of all arr. destined to march against the enemy, left their cat tonments, and have taken position at the points a signed to them. The corps of the King's Household, the volt:7 teens, the corps of the elite of the National Guard of Paris, with those of the National Guards the surrounding departments, are now in line, u: der the orders of those Generals who have so oftt conducted Frenchmen to victory, of Generals so woi thy of confidence, and devoted to the cause of th King, and the defence of the country. Bonaparte, who lett Autun on the 16th, continue to scatter on his route lies, corruption, and appeals t perjury and calumny. Sometimes he accuses the hr nour of Marshals whose loyalty is best known an. assured, and of whom he dares to publish pretende. proclamations; sometimes he spreads the most a: surd stories, such as the departure of the King fret Paris, and the rising of the capital ; at other time: he tries to circulate the rumour that he is supporte *by some of those very powers who have already r nonnked his sentence, and who at this moment, fr. getting at the Congress the personal discussions wit which they were occupied, have reunited, with a sole intention of crushing the enemy of nations, as the scourge of humanity. • Thus he is no longer the man who, in the lama able course of those wars which his ambition raise up against France, in order to soften the feeling c our misfortunes, sought to fascinate our eyes by t h dazzle of his military successes ; he is a man who , t sustain his detestable enterprise, employs only ma worthy of it. But opinion repels him with horror : France set in him nothing but the civil war and the foreign w° which he brings in his train ; it every where rallie s; the name alone of that King who has brought to peace and liberty. It joins io love to the re s p ect Europe for its august Monarch. It well fight a n will conquer both for it and for bim. THE KING TO THE FRENCH AR MY " Officers and Soldiers—l have answered fog I ° ' fidelity to all France ; you will not fals if y the w°r` sheet' of your King. Reflect that, if the enemy oF triumph, civil war would soon be lighted OP en 0 0 r you, and that at the same moment more %h. ...,...... fort; wool Aim abja . telve ga ge fwgo lour iPrin T 1 :4 th assts It tint Evil! of t! rid lisp of LI si . r %;) ,