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st ood, bans* mien -of flit Majesty's Miestersisad any check of the expenditure of the money granted for this Institution. • Mr. ARBUTHNOT saw no reason for withdraw. i n g the present vote, but it the Hon. Gentleman wished it, he **old not now press the subject. After a sew words from Mr. Wattrastean, the Re. solution was withdrawn. Mr. ARBUTHNOT then proposed a Resolution (r granting 412000 for rebuilding the Protestant Church at Rotterdam, and observed that it was not a yew grant, the Protestants of Rotterdam, having, in the reign of Anne, applied to and received aid from Parliament For building themselves a place of worship. Mr. BgNNATT and Mr. HORgElt opposed the grant The CIiANCECLOZ of the Exost tomtit and Mr An s cri/Not supported it, after which the Resolution was J .,oreed to. - The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. Mr. HO ItNER postponed his motion respecting t!'e failure of our expedition against New Orleans, till af:er the holidays. The Pauper Lunatic Asylum Bill went into a co:nmittee. Several new clauses were added :—the Report was received, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday. Mr. CROKER moved for an account of sums paid by order of the Navy Board, since 1806, on ac count of experiments for the better discovery of the Longitude at sea.—Ordered. Mr. FINLAY moved for returns of the amount of dr.twbacks paid on Cotton Wool, exported since 1810 t 3 the present time. - The Maltese Trade Bill was read a third tune and passed. The Customs War Duty Bill went through a Com mittee—Report on Monday. The Excise War Duties Bill was received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. Adjourned at Eight o'Clock. SRUSSELS AND FRANKFORT PAPERS. BRUSSELS, MARCH 13. A corps of Prussian troops is assembling at St. Vith, in the province of Luxemburg. The troops upon the Moselle, in the neighbourhood of 'rreves, are also in motion. The reasons of these move ments are net well known. Numerous couriers continue to pass through this city with the account of what has passed in France. It is said that Marshal Massena, Prince of EsHa gen, has received a letter from Bonapaite, couched in these terms—" Cain the standard of Austerlitz 56 he planted or. the ramparts of your city. lam marching to Paris. I shall recompense your seririces." MUNICH, MARCH 4. The Empress of Russia is expected here en the 12th, and the Paperer on,the 15th. ' DUSSELDORF, mAttcH '1 t;' . It seems that Sir S. Smith will be charged to re duce the Barbary States. tie finds no difficulty in the execution of his plan, to Which the principal Powers have already actedeck MATH POPEA67, WEDNEveirs4ln -~ PARIS, MARCH I& (NUM THE MUNITSUR.) The Duke of Feltre took the oath this evening be. tween the King's hands, as Minister Sectetary of State cf War. The Foreign Ministers accredited to his Majesty, :laving at their head the Baron de Vincent, their Dean (doyen), have hastened to express .to the King the strong interest which they take in the unexpected event which disturbs the peace of the kingdom. They have claimed the honour of being hear his person on all possible occasions I that by surrounding him they may give an evidence of their deep respect fur a Mo narch why has already penetrated Europe with the same sentiment both from his misfortunes his exalted •irtues, and that generous exercise of his pOwer so well recompensed by the love of his people. Intelligence from Besancon of the 11th mentions, that the moment the march of Bonaparte was known, a general movement burst out in Franche Comte.— The National Guard took arms the inhabitants ri valled the authorities civil and military, in the execu tion of the rapid and sudden measures which circum stances required. The same details are brought from all the departments of Alsace and Flanders. In all the great garrisons the spirit is good, order and disci. pline are steady there. The reports presented this day to the Chamber of Deputies by the Ministers of the Interior and of War, give the most assuring in formation on those subjects. Paris gives on this occa sion a fine example of zeal and devotedness. .Scarcely were the measures published which called to volun tary services the friends of their Kieg and country, wherrnurnerous lists were filled up with the Generals Who had this honourable duty : gallant veterans dis., tinguished by their services seconded this movement. The nu,,ber of those volunteers increases every mo- ment. One company of the household has already 1500 sup e rnumeraries. This sudden spirit has been in one instant the result of an appe to French ho flour. This appeal is universally felt ; it is universally answered ; the salvation of the State will soon be the reward of those heroes who have devoted there elves for the defence of their King and all that is dcar to man. A party of rebels who have abjured the hohour of the French soldier, have violated their oath of filelity to the sing, and have joined themselves to a chief. who is not a Frenchman. Shall such as they break down 25 millions of men, of a proud and gallant na tion, to submit once more • to the illegitimate, tyran aicai, and ferocious domination of that alien, after returning under the legitiinite, gentle, and paternal governatent of a French King ? This question, which now,pcitts the indignation of nay hmoutablc man, would have no jokiest for at* vim pease faint* misfortunes from the past; or if the attesaptof this alien agaiast the liberties and ibdepeadeace of our country could have a moment's success. We say a moment of success; for who is there that does not see that France will never consent to renew the hu. miliation of receiving the law from an usurper, fol. lowed by a few regiments that have turned traitor* to honour, their ceuntit and their King ? Are they not arming in the South, in the North, in the West, every where ? Is not the national will on all sides steady, energetic, untameable ? Bonaparte is in rebel lion again the whole of human feeling. He is des tined, for the honour of France and the repose of Europe, to find on that French territory which he has invaded, the final chastisement of that insult. Indissoluble union, fidelity to the best of Kings, confidence in the legislature so worthy of their great occupation, confidence in the Generals and faithful soldiers, confidence in the noble•hearted national guard, and France is saved. Such is a summary ana lysis of the ideas of the multitude of addresses which flow in from all quarters, and which all contain a new oath of allegiance offered in all ways that a powerful and united nation can express to the Go vernment to which its fate is bound. Those sentiments are expressed with peculiar strength by the Constituted Authorities, the Public Functionaries, the Municipal Body, and the Na tional Guard of Chaumont ; the Members of the Council of Prefecture, of the Department of the Aise, and the General • Council : the Mayor and Members of the Municipal Council of the town of Clermont (Oise) ; the Municipal Body of the town of Aire; the Prefects of the Departments of Vienna, the Council of Prefecture, the Sub-Prefect of Poitiers. the Secretary-General, the Members of the Munici. pal Council of the same town ; the Municipal Coun cil of the town of Maur, the General Staff, the Royal Gendarmerie, and the 35th regiment in gar. rison in the town ; the Municipal Body of the town of Raye, the Mayor, the Municipal Council of Di jon ; the Mayor and Municipal Council of the town of Buzancois ; the Civil, Judicial, and Military Au thorities of the town of Fleche ; the Prefect and Council of Prefecture of the Department of Loir et Cher ; the Municipal Body of the town of Nantes ; the Sub-Prefect of the Arrondissement of Pont Au demer ; the Municipal Council of the town of Neuf thatch the Sub-Prefect, Coadjutors; and Members of the Municipal Council, and National Guard of Calais; the General Staff and Commandant of the place; the Tribunal of Commerce at Blois; the Prefect, the Council of Prefecture, the Members of the General Council of the Department of Maine and Loire ; the National Guard of Angers, the idunieipel Body of the Tows. • We are assured, that several foreign Ministers have said to the Icing, 44 Site; we do not dissimulate with 'your Majesty, that we have transmitted accounts to our Courts of what is passing in France; and that in case this state of things should be piolonged, their reply will be the entrance of the troops of our Sore: reigns into France." Such, Frenchmen, is one of the benefits which Bo naparte brings to us—a foreign war which may lead the Cossacks a second time to the gates of Paris.— Shall we not, then, arm ourselves to repel that man who is not afraid of plunging us in the horrors of a civil and foreign war to satisfy his odious ambition ? What, shall we not balance between a Xing, who, alone, keeps by his pacific hand 200,000 English, Russians, and Prussians, from our frontiers, and a tyrant whose presence will recal them among us I Within three days, therthave been more than forty thousand voluntary enrolments, either for the King's guard, or for the Royal volunteers. Almost all the officers on half pay at Parts have made it a point of honour to inscribe themselves among the Ding's guards. More than 500 peasants in the suburbs and the precincts have enrolled themselves under the com mand of officers of the line. We are assured that General Dupont, with all the troops of his division, has set .out from Tours 0 are rest the march of Bonaparte—his soldiers are ani mated with the best spirit. CHAMBER OF DEI IVO 07 7 its ISTII MAP CU. After some preliminary business, the Abbe Mon tesquiou appeared in the tribune. 44 Gentlemen," said he, •, the King has ordered me to communicate to you the situation of our de- partments—that is to say, their good spit:it, then courage, and devotedness to his cause, and to that of liberty. The first moment of that unheard of ag gression, we hastened to write to the menaced de partments to summon the national guards, and the whole population, to the defence of the country. " The Prefect of the Var had already given the signal, and the city of Marseilles replied to it with that ardour of liboty and gratitude of which i; has , given so many proofs; the Drone published its in dignation in an Address to the King; the depart ments which Bonaparte has traversed may have been surprised, but not one has been shaken; the Var, the Upper and Lower Alps, have regarded him on his passage as a public enemy s being unable to combat him, they received him with a gloomy silence, which made him perceive on his entrance into France the sentiments that awaited him. The department of the Rhone, without arms, w ithout defents, saw itself invaded bat could ISo , imparts doisbt of thelatriotisns of the Lyme,' I-- What city impulse Lyons -in generality. We re. calved from it nothing buttise most honourable testi monies of its devotedness tip to the last moments of its liberty. This success of the enemy, far from hay. ing checked the ardour of other provinces, has in spired them with new ardour. • " The departments of the Soane and Loire, of the Cote d'Or, of the Nievre, the Doubs, the Meurthe, the Marne, the Aube, the Upper Marne, tha Seine and Marne, the Lower Seine, Calvados, Ste : In a word, all those who have had time to send their ad dresses, are emulous in admirable testimonies of their fidelity. The cities rival the departments in zeal; we are busy in collecting all those addresses, to con secrate for ever a monument of courage and of ha tred to tyranny ; yes, what Frenchmen would bear to see the days of oppression and perfidy return ? They are passed, and horror is the only sentiment they have left behind them. gl It is enough that we have to lament the treason of some warriors France wishes only to possess the defenders of its liberties ; she disowns And proscribes for ever those unnatural hearts, who dare to sacrifice her to vile interest: We speak it with shuddering, amidst all our calamities a national. glory belonged to us; we oted it to our armies; we presented them with pride to foreigners ; we loved to recollect their triumphs, and that admirable generosity which im pelled them to march from pole to pole, whenever there was danger; why, amongst this race of heroes, must we now count some whc are faithless, and de serters amongst the pillars of the national glory ? I Let us lament this with those truly French soldiers, who, at a ll times, have known only to shed their blood for their country t who always faithful to her voice, and strangers to all discords, wished only to serve and die for her. 4 6 They will now avenge their country, which it is wished to enslave, and their glory which some have dared to obscure : all the chiefs point out to their brethren in arms the path of honour; each is at his post, ready to march at the voice of the country. •• Already the Marshal de Trevise has informed Ms corps d'armec of the perfidy of our enemies, and all the troops led astray have returned under the standards of honour. General Daboville has not seen one faithless among his men ; all of them repel led ?he traitor who dared to tempt their fidelity. " Marshal Ney is collecting his legions, and dis• plays in this cause that firmness of character and of principle, which always distinguished him. Marshal Macdonald, after having performed prodigies and attempted impossibilities at Lyons, brings back to the King his talents, and that character of loyalty and honour, which renders him equally dear to France and the army. Marshal Oudinot is at the head of those grena -,liars-of France, of that illustrions-old guard so re nowned in Europe, and which has reserved to itself the glory of being the model and example of all the armies ; faithful to their King, and to their Chief, who is equally covered with scars and with glory : we shall see them march to the aid of their country, and repress by their renown as well as by their arms, all who shall wickedly hesitates 44 The Marshal D'Albutera only requires to be nutted to inspire the same confidence in France, and in the armies. The whole kingdom, then; sees only defenders ; the provinces, the cities, the fields ; Ge nerals, Officers, soldiers, all reject the enemy who brings us foreign war, civil war, slavery, and death. It is for you, Gentlemen, to second this noble ardour; decree, or rather confirm, that general rising of the friends of liberty ; all Frenchmen reply to the voice of the Government, let them hear your's also ; a zeal so generous cannot be too highly praised ;—let all the names which distinguish themselves in this glorious cause, be inscribed in your annals. " Already the King has diffused his bounty among the officers and troops who gave the first proofs of fidelity ; let them know from you, how much they have deserved of the country. is that man aware of all the resources of liberty, who has known so well those of servitude ? Does he know what a nation can do that is animated by its rights, and comman ded by a Prince whom no difficulty alarms, to whom danger affords only a trial of courage ? It is not un der sack a King that France is to be conquered. Let us leave the enemies of liberty to accuse the mildness of Government. Mitions are not courage. ous in proportion to their servitude; there is a gene rosity which belongs only to free men, and wheh produces heroes t France will afford an eternal ex ample of this. If, while under tyranny, she could conquer Europe, how brave will she be in combat ing under liberty t Let us be united, Gentlemen, and in a moment we shall behold the disappearance Or this senseless enterprize, which will make its parti zans blush, and will only be a new proof of the ex cellence of our new laws, and, of that paternal Go vernment which the King has derived from his own heart." M. de MONTESQUIOU then delivered in the follow ing Plan of Law : " Louts, by the grace of GOD, sing of France and Navarre, &c. : Wishing to ward off from our people the scourge of a new foreign war, 'which might break out on the sews reaching Congress of the appearance of Napo leon Bonaparte on the French tet ritory ; " Wattling to give to the French army a mark of our satisfaction and confidence, and to our faithful subjects a new guarantee of all their political and civil rights foubdc4 ou the constitut'iona'l charter, we hate ordered; and do order, the following plan of laW to be submitted to the Chamber of Deputies by onr Minister of the Interior : • *Art. 1. The prrisoes of La Fere, i Me, and Cembray, have deserved well of their King and cou4try ; a n.itiobal recntup.wse shall be decreed to them. " 2. The garrison of Antibes has equally deserved well of thole country, and shall receive a usual:al reconvenes. " Marshals Mortler, Duke of Treviso, and Maedonald,Duk• of Taieatunt, have deserved well of the country; a national re wird shall be voted to dawn. 4 3. Pensions shall be given to the soldiers wounded, and to ebb families of those who are killed in combating Napoleon 80. napane. " 4. The two Chambers shall, without delay, take into eon. slderation the means of filling up the •acancies in the Chamber of Deputies of Departments. " Given at Paris, in our Castle of the Thuilleries this IStb of March, 1815, and of our reign the !Oth." On the proposal of the President, gronnded on the urgency of the case, the Chamber ordered the plats of law to be laid before the Committees for instant de. liberation. The PRESItIZNT then declared, that the Minister of State for the War Department had Also COMMURiC4O tions to make to the ChaMber. and thAt two of its Members &melded to submit propositions to it. The Duke of Favraz.;:iiis The Chamber has wish. ed to hear from my mouth some details ielitive to my department; but Gentle:hen will readily believe that, having held the office for only 24 hours, I have not been enabled to arrange In my behd, all that would be interesting to communicate ; but if I have not yet been able to read the mass of papers which compose the correspondence, there is not °lie of great impttance which I have not made myself acquaint. ed with ; and the want of time, which has not per. mitted me to do more, has also preverized me lions giving to the Chamber a communication in writing, reduced to method. 61 It is certain that the loyalty Of General Lions has caused the failure of one of the fliO3 d.ingerotte means of him who is the terror of every man who loves the liberty of his country. This odious machi nation, commenced in the South of France, spreads its threads even to the department of the north.—The hand of GOD appears to have conducted thither the Duke of Treviso i as if by miracle, in order to Lid feat it. Directed by Lefebvre Desnouettes, a body of troops was to hare advanced on Nu?on and Paris i and there to have caused the greatest disorders. N These troops, however, were iguorant of what they were doing, even when about possessing them selves of the important arsenal of La Fete: but pre sently being undeceived th►•y re-entered the path of duty. Thus, Gentlemen, in the North the soldiets have generally manifested a rig t spirit, and can cause no disquietude either to the King or the nation. 44 It is not the same with the troops which were at Lyons. We ought to have reckoned on the impur tont depot of Grenoble, and on the promptitude of the departure of the Princes. An unexpected defection rendered insufficient all the means attempted to op. pose the movement which placed Lyons in the power of the enemy of the country ; for certainly there Kas no insufficiency of courage. K Teo much praik cannot.be given to the Princes who wished to make a complete resistance : and it was only on account of fortuitous circumstances that it became necessary to renounce a perseverance which could lead to nothing. In fact, there was a total want of artillery. It was natural to take it from Grenoble, the nearest depot. There was no. thing disposable, except a little powder and a wretch ed piece of cannon which had been abandoned by the Austrian army ; it was therefore impossible to re sist, especiallY when the garrison of Grenoble had been guilty of the defection of which I complain. But the troops who are moving from the north at this moment chew the best spirit. 64 Measures have been taken to defeat those auda. dons attempts on French fidelity and 1 ben)? : they are in execution at this moment, and I hope they will have the success which the nation has a ri o ht to tr.- pect from the vigiLhce of its G verarnent. u Some news have caused just alarm, anJ gave notice of the danger in which me capital might have been placed by the odious treason 01 General Des. nouettes. The King, incapable of deceiving any body, learned with grief a proceeding so urexpected. His Majesty offered to me the portefatilis of the war office : it would have been cowardly to refuse it tin der circumstances so painful. I did not fear to an swer this honourable confidence, because I felt as sured that I should be faithful to my duties, as during my whole life I have been faithful to all my engage ments." • At these words of the Miniver the most lively ac. clamations burst forth from all quarters. . . The PRESIDENT- 44 However pure those sentiments may be which have just been displayed, I mast ap• peal to those regulations which forbid all marks of ap. probation or disapprobation in this assembly. If those marks are repeated. I must clear the house.' The Duke of FELTRE.—" I owe it to truth to say, that in accepting a function so delicate, underezisting circumstances, I should not have done it, except in the expectation of being supported by the entire con fidence of the King and of :me two Chambers. I yen- tore to reckon upon them. Arrived at my fiftieth year, I have never deceived any body ; and if while I was in Tuscany, the city of Paris wished to give me a signal testimony of its esteem, it was becaue it ~knew that I was an honest man, and incapable of failing in my duty. I say this, because I was nadir ~#