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hoe reordered sacred.—Happy, Sire, are those who af e called to cooperate in so many sublime acts.-- Such benefits will'deserve from posterity, that is to say, when the time of adulation has passed awa*, the name of the Father of the Country ; they will 6e guara nteed to our children by the august H e i r, whom your Majesty is preparing to crown in the Champ du Nan. (Signed) 66 CA/ISAMU Duke of GAI;A ; Duke of BASSAN; (MA" PST); Duke DACUS; Duke of OTRANTO VW/CUE); MOLLICN ; CAULAINCOURT, Duke of ViCCIM. CAR. NOT; the Marshal Prince uf ECKMUML (DAYOU/T)." Ills 24.11.1EsTY'S AN4WEIt. a The sentiments which you express are my own. EVERY THING FOR TIIR NATION, AND NOR FILANCE! Such is my motto I a ,s I and my family, which this great people has raised to the throne of the French, and which it has maintained there in spite of vieibsitudes and politi cal tempests, we wish not, we ought not, and we csa never claim any other titles." His Majesty afterwards passed into tile Hall of the Throne, where, surrounded by his Ministers and Grand Officers, he received—. The Council of State, The Court of Cassation, The Court of Accounts, The Cour Imperiale, The Prefect and the Municipality of Paris. !MAGI' FROM THE REGISTER OF THE DELIBERA. TIONS OF I Ht. COUNCIL OF STATE. SUITINGs OF TILE 25TH MARCH. The Cmnicil of State, in rebuming its functions, .I:;eks proper to make known the principles which "can the rule of its opinions and conduct : s: All Sovereignty resides in the People —this is :be only legitimate source of power. sg In 1789 the nation reconquered its rights, salons ossrped or mistaken. The National Assembly abolished the Feudal vloLarchy, established a Constitutional Monarchy, and the representative form of Government. The resistance of the Bourbons to the wishes of •he people, led to their downfal, and to their banish !atm from the French territory. Twice the people consecrated by their votes the -ew Lyn of Government established by their Rpm :eat:gives. In the year 8, Bonaparte, already Browned by ictory, was called to the Government by the na -1 onal consent: a Constitution created the Consular 'lagistracy. " The Senatus Consult= of the 16th Thermidor, ear 10, nominated Bonaparte Consul for life. " The Senatus Conanitum of the 29th Floreal, car 12, conferred on Napoleon the Imperial dignity, nd rendered it hereditary in his family. " These three solemn acts were submitted to the _cceptaisca of the people. who randared them =iota .1 nearly four millions of votes. " Thus for 22 years the Bourbons had ceased to in France; they were forgotten by their con. .tmporaries ; strangers to our laws, to our institu. •tos, our manners, and our glory ; the present genera. • (m only knew them by the recollection of the foreign 'err which they had excited against the country, and roe intestine dissentions which they bad lighted up. " In 1814, France was invaded by hostile armies, tad the Capital occupied. Foreigners created a Fe. 'tended Provisional Government. They assembled the minority of the Senators, and forced them, toa sty to their missions and their wishes, to destroy Lie existing Constitutions, to overtthrow the Imperial Throne, and to recall the family of the Bourbons. " The Senate, which had been instituted merely tl preserve the Constitution of the Empire, ac know. ' clgod of itself that it had no power to change them. : decreed, that the-project of the Constitution which 41 prepared should be submitted to the acceptanee of the IV:, and that Louis Stanislaw Xavier should be pro- Kirg of the French, as soon as he had accepted the gontitution and sworn to observe it, and to cause it to be ;served. " The abdication of the Emperor Napoleon was flerely the result of the unfortunate situation to which prance and the Emperor had been reduced by the -rents of the war, by treachery, and the occupation f the capital : his abdication had only for its object ) avoid a civil wctr and the effusion of French blood. t ot being consecrated by the will of the people, this :t could not destroy the solemn contract which had een fcrmed between them and the Emperor, and if Napoleon could have personally Abdicated the •it , ne, l,e could not have sacrificed the rights of his alto was called to reign after hilts. " Nevertheless a Bourbon was appointed Lieute .4:l•General oldie Kingdcru, and assuu:zl the reins loventment. " Louts Stanislaus Xavier arrived in France : he ci.le his entrance into the capital : he took posses. of the throne according to t u order established "ye ancient feudal monarchy. " He had not accepted the constitution decreed by ic Senate, he had not sworn to observe it and to 4w, e it to be observed ; it had not been. submitted "'he peopk ; the pcopie, subjugated by the pre. `T:e of foreign armies, could not even express freely -r validly their wishes. thicier their proteCtion, after hiving thanked a or , ign Prince for having caused him to reascend throne, Louis Stanislaus Xavier dated the first set of his authority, in the 19th year of his reign, 'bus declaring that the acts which emanated from will of the people, were only the products of a long revolt, k pasted vohastardy, atilt by the fres exii-1 cite of hi: royal authority, a Constitotiosal Charter, called an Ordissamte of lifforisatioa ;" and, for its whole' sanction, he made it be read in presence of a new Body which he had just creased, and a meeting of Deputies, which was not free, which did not accept him, none of whom were clothed with a character to entitle him to consent to this change, and two•fifths of whom had not even the character of Representa• tives. •' AU these acts are therefore illegal. Done in presence of hostile armies and under foreign domina tion, they are only the works of violence, they are essentially null and degradatory to the honour, the liberty, and the rights of the people. 66 The adhesions given by individuals and by func tionaries without authority, could neither annihilate, nor compensate for the consent of the French people, expressed by votes, solemnly called far, and legally emitted. 4 4 If these adhesions, as well as the oaths, had ever been binding on those who made them, they would have ceased to be so as soon as the Government which received them ceased to exist. " The conduct of the citizens, who, under this Government, have served the State, cannot be blamed. Those are even worthy of praise, who have only profited by their situations to defend the national interests; and to oppose the spirit of reaction, and of counter-revolution, which desolated France. " The Bourbons themselves had constantly 'vio lated their promises : they favoured the pretensions of the Noble:a who remained faithful to them : they attacked the sales of the national domains : they prepared for the restoration of the feudal law, and of the Dime: : they menaced all new establishments : they declared war against all liberal opinions : they attacked all the institutions which France had ac quired at the price of her blood. " Preferring rather to humble the nation than to identify themselves with its glory, they stripped the Legion of Honour of its dotations and its political rights : they lavished the decoration, to degrade it : they deprived the army—our heroes—of their pay, their ranks, and honours, to bestow them on the emigrants and chiefs of the revolt. Lastly, they were anxious to reign, and to oppress the people by Panigratina 48 Deeply affected by its misfortunes and humilia tion, France ex i sressed every wish to possess its Na tioaal Government—the dynasty attached to its new interests, and new institutions. di When the Emperor approached the capital, the Bourbons attempted in vain to repair, by l:sws made for the occasion, and by oaths made too late in favour of their constitutional Chart, the outrages committed on the nation and the army. The time of illusion was passed, and confidence alien atcd for eve.. ' , L.'s a single arm was raised in their defence : the nation and army hastened to meet their liberator. • u The Emperor, in re-ascending the throne erect ed by the people, therefore re-established the people in the most sacred of their rights. He merely brings again into execution the decrees of the representati►e assemblies, sanctioned by the nation. He returns to reign by the sole principle of legitimacy which France has acknowledged and sanctioned during twenty-five years, and to which all the Authorities were bound by oaths from which the will of the people could alone release them. el The Emperor is called to guarantee anew, by institutions (and he has engaged to do so in his Pro clamations to the Nation and Army) all liberal prin ciples, individual liberty and equality of rights, the freedom of the press and the abolition of censorship, the liberty of worship, the vote of contributions and laws by the Representatives of the Nation legally chosen, the national properties however they may have originated, the independence and immovability of the tribunals, and the responsibility of Ministers, and of all the agents of power. " The better to consecrate the rights and obliga tions of the people and of the monarch, the national institutions are to be revised by a great assembly of the representatives, already announced by the Emperor. 4 4 Until the meeting of this great National Assets. bly, the Emperor ought to exercise, and cause to be exercised, conformably to the existing constitution and laws, the power they have delegated to him, which cannot have been taken from him, and which he could not abandon without•the consent of the NA* lion, and which the wishes and interest of the people of France impose on him as a duty to resume. Signed, Le Comte Defermon, Comte Regnaud de St. Jean d'An g..ly, Comte Bosky, Comte Audreouy, Corte Darn, Comte Thibaudean, Comte Mare, Baron de Pomercuil. Comte Nape, Comte Jollivet, Comte Berber, Comte Mitt, Comte Ducbatel, Comte Dumas, Comte Dukuluy, Comte Pelet de la Lozere, Comte Francais, Comte de Laseases, Baron Cann; Bunn Marebant, Comte Jaubert,. Comte Levaletus, Comte Real, Gilbert de Volans, Baron Qutnette, Comte Merlin, Chevalier Jaubert, baroa Belleville, Baron d'Alpbonso, Ba• ron Felix, Baron Make, Cbarks Mallard, Casson, Comte Delaborde, Baron Finot, Baron Janet, Baron de Freya, Baron Fajn, Baron Cbampty, C. D. Lames, Baron Freville, Baron Part, Comte de Bendy, and Chevalier Brume. (3igned) "Le Comte Dare Baum, The Setruary-Oesseral of the Council of State. (Signed) " Le Barone Loots." Ills MAJESTY'S IMPLY. " Princes are first citizens of the State—their au thority is more or less extensive according to the inte rest of the nation they, govern. The Sovereignty itself is not hereditary) but became the interqpt of the people requires it to V* es—besides these principles, I do not know any legitimate ones. " I have renounced the ideas of the great Empire, the basis alone of which l had established in the space of fifteen years. For the future, the happiness and consolidation of the French Empire will be the object of all my thoughts." i PARTS, MARCH 27. A Courier of his Majesty the King of Naples ar rived the day before yesterday at Paris, from Naples. Four waggons, laden with precious effects belong ieg to the Crows, have been stopped by the French troops on the Mintier. The Emperor Napoleon, when at Lyons, sent off a courier with dispatches for the Emperor of Aus tria. He took the road to Turin. IMPERIAL. DECREES, OF MARCH 26. His Majesty has appointed the Duke of Cadere Intendant Ge neral of the Public Buildings. The Decree of the 13th, relative to the sequestration of the Property of Etuivants, does not affect any legal transfer whkh may have taken place. Any property made over in a frauduhdent way sincathe 13th of March to be confiscated. Empants who have entered France since the Ist of April, and acquired property since that time, will net be subject to the Act of Sequestration, but are prohibited from disposing of such pro perty within the space of two years. The Deer* of the lath of Muth to be enforced wkh the ut most rigour. The Emperor is Commander-in-Chiet of the National Guard of Paris. Lieutenant-General Count Durant (Aide-de•Camp to the Emperor) to be second in command. MINISTRY OF WAR-OFFICIAL NEWS. Telegraphic communication from the Comman dant of the 36th Division, Count d'Erlon, the 25th of March : " The Count d'Artoland the Due de Berri left France this night, passing by Armentiteres. " The troops which accompany them are at Bethune, under the orders of General Lauriston. " The King's household submitted without resistance to the Decree for ks suppression." Extract from Dispatches received from Marshal Duke of Treviso : " AU the places of the North are provided not only against any net de mole, but also against any more serious attempts that might be made by the foreigner." Extract from dispatches from Colonel Catre, Com mandant of the 21st regiment of the line at Cam bray, dated March 24 : " Cansbray and Bouchain are de►oted to the Emperor. Citi zens and soldiers rivel each other in zeal and enthusiasm. Cam bray is In a state of defence." THI4, EVENING STAR. LO N DON. THE LOTTERY DRAWS ON WEDNESDAY NEXT.- THREE PRIZES OF £30,000-FIVE THOUSAND GUI NEAS IN GOLD, AS SOON AS DRAWN. FRIDAY, MARCH. 31, 1815. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Reduced shut-4 per Cent. shut-5 per Cent. Navy 85i Con:Ms ace. Exchequer Bills es. to 24t. db.—Lottery Tickets 4122. 7s. We yesterday announced the receipt of one of the minor French Journals of Monday. This day we have received the Momleur and several other Journals of that date, from which we have given some curious and interesting extracts in the preceding columns. The Address of BONAPAIITeS Ministers to their Master, may be considered somewhat in the light of a Manifesto, not only to the French people, but to the Nations of Europe. To the latter, because it renounces all foreign wars, except to repel aggression : to the former, because it gives a promise at least to the people that. their persons and property shall be held sacred, and that they shall be governed only ac. cording to law. The Ministers represent themselves as only re-echoing the sentiments of the Emperor when they thus address him “ Already has your Majesty traced to your Mi nisters the route which they ought to follow; already have you made known to all nations, by your Pro clamations, the maxims according to which you with your Empire to be in future governed. No external war !—if not to repel an unjust aggression. No in lestine discord I No arbitrary acts Security of per sons ! Security of property ! A free circulation of opinions--such are the principles which you have rendered sacred." Such are the terms in which the future intentions of BONAPARTE are announced by his Ministvrs.— Areve to consider them as mere professions, to an. swer a particular purpose—to secure, for the moment, the acquiescence of the French people in the mea sures of the Government, till the chains be com pletely rivetted which their Master prepares for them —and as calculated to lull the surrounding Nations into a state of false security : or ought the world to believe that the Ethiopian has now changed his skin, and the Leopard his spots ? that the Lion will now lie down with the Kid, and henceforth eat straw with the ox ? Instructed by past and woeful experience, the woad will be slow to believe that these professions are one whit more sincere than any that have pre ceded them since the epoch of the French revolution. The "• Extract from the Register of the Delibera tions of the Council of State, at the sitting of the 25th March," is also evidently intended as a MANIF&STO TO THE NATIONS OF EUROPE. In this document there is an admission, that, in direct opposition to all the avowed objects of French warfare, the real object was to set up the domination of France over Europe.— The avowal has at least some sensblance of honesty— the only evidence, such as it is, we yet have of France having resolved to change her system. SECOND EDITION. ST#R.OFTICF., THREE O'CLOCK. This instant Mr. WM. the Messenger has arrived from Vienna, with Dispatches from the Duke of Wu, LiNcreort. They are understood to contain the most encouraging intelligence. The whole of the Allied Sovereigns have declared their intention to m arch once more personally at the head of their troops to Path, to enforce, within the v►alls of that City, tl , e Treaty made there last year. Upwards of un. dred Thousand Austrian and Prussian Troops had already arrived on the Rhine. We have received Brussels Papers to the 29th, but we can only briefly notice their contents z--The Duke de Brenta Jas arrived at Menin, with the KING'S Household, composed, for the greatest put, of ca valry. The Count D'Anrcns is at Ypres. Frenchmen attached to the cause of the Bintrbons continue to ar rive at Brussels in great numbers. The Prussian army, which is passing she Rhine, is 120,000 strong. The troops of Bavaria, Wurtem berg, Hesse, and all the German States, are in mo. Lion ; and orders have been already sent to hasten the march of 50,000 Swedes to Belgium. Several thousand labourers and pioneers are rais ing entrenchments, &c. in the environs of Mons at:d Tournay. Valenciennes and Conde have hoisted the tricoloured flag ; the military are every where the masters, and the well-disposed cisizens, who are the majority, are reduced to silence by the bayonet. None of the fortreises in French Flanders and Ar tois are provided with necessaries to sustain a siege, and they are all totally destitute of provisions. The letters from Vienna of the 16th, state how indignant the Allied Monarchs were on hearing of BONAPARTIeS march. They have resolved instantly to march 500,000 men to the Rhine ; to increase the army in Italy to 200,000, and that in the Netherlands to 200,000. Every Austrian army is in motion, and similar orders have been sent to Poland and Russia 4,000 waggons have been ordered to convey the Rus sian soldiers The Bavarian troops also advance.— Even those of Spain have been ordered to advance. Passengers who arrived yesterday at Brighton from Dieppe, state, that BONAPARTE set out on Tuesday last to head the army intended to act against Belgium. Admiral MARTIN is appointed to the command of the Scheldt fleet. Last night Captain Over left Town for Ports. mouth, where he will embark for Halifax, in order to join his brother, Commodore OWE N, on the above station. Yesterday Captain RICHEILL, the regulating Cap tain at the Tower, attended the whole of the day at the Admiralty. The greatest exertions in all the naval departments have been for several days persevered in for the com• pletion of such line-et-battle ships as are to proceed to the Mediterranean and other stmions. Yesterday morning an impress took place on the River Thames, and many prime seamen were taken on board the ENTERPRIiE off the Tower. At the out-ports similar measures have been adopted, and many days cannot elapse ere the fleet is at sea. There was a hot press at Leith on Monday night. 4, DOVER, MARCH so. " A vessel which sailed yesterday for Calais to bring over Lord FITZROY SOMERSET, has returned, his Lordship having sailed from thence fur Ostend. The passage vessas which went from hence on Satur day night for Ostend, with the '2d battalion 95th Regi ment, have returned this day with many passengers. His Majesty, the KING of FRANCE, remains in that town, with his Marshals, and others who came him Paris with him. The greatest part of the treasure which was brought away from Paris has been con veyed to Ostend, and more than 1000 men are ent ployed there in raising a new battery, and putting the place into a state of defence." " DEAL, MARCH so. Lord HILL embarked here this morning, on board his Majesty's ship ROSARIO, and sailed immediately for Ostend. Came down from the River, the tiatc, WEasrta, for Newfoundland. Put back several of the outward-bound that sailed yesterday, and re main in the Downs with the East India fleet, Stc." MARGATE, MARCH 30. 14 Arrived early this morning the Hero, SvaAN.Actr, from Ostend, which place she left at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Louts XVIII. continued there, and the arrival of MONSIRUR was hourly expected ; reports made him to arrive just as the He o sailed. It was currently reported that Dunkirk iid declared itself for Louts, and re-hoisted the white fl ig tin re had been several arrivals at Ostend from this Colin _ try of small vessels with troops and stores. Airb h-r report was also pretty confidently m citcoilation, that BoNAPARTE, when on his way to Lisle, had b. eir re called by some disturbance that had broken out in Paris." 44 RAMSGATE, MARCH so. 4 4 Arrived the Friendship, Hibernia, Uoivii, Ran ger, Triton, Perceval, and Planter Transports totalce troops to Ostend.—As soon as the transports arrive, o , ey are immediately fitted up to receive horses, and are sent off with all possible dispatch." it HASTINGS, MARCH 20. gg A boat arrived here last evening, which left Bou logne the same morning (Wednesday) —the bearer of no important intelligence : there was no embargo on the French coast at that period. It is stated, the inhabitants of Boulogne are strenuous adherents to BONAPARTE'S unjust cause." MARK-LANE, MARCH 31.--The prevalence of cnn. trary winds keeps our market very thinly • supplied with all grain, and having a demand for fine Wheats such description meets ready sale at rather higher prices than were obtained on Monday ; there were also more buyer; for the best Foreign Wheat, at an advance of 2s. per quarter. Barley, Beans, and Oats, are full 2s. per quarter dearer ; and White Peas are from 2s. to 4s. per quarter higher. !I -