The National Register. — London, England, 1815-04-02 00:00:00

212 of too men. The wind was soulserly, and appeared favouraWe. Caphio Chan -arid had hoped to double the Isle of, caprain before day-tacit., aid to be then out of reach of the French and English cruisers winch watched this point. This hope was disappointed. Scarcely was Cape St. Andrew of the Isle of Elba doubled, when the %Mil tell, the sea became calm; at day break they had only made six leagues progress, and were still between Capraira and Elba, within sight of toe cruisers. The danger appeared -immiliesit. Several seamen advised a re turn to Porto Ferrajo. The Emperor ordered the continuance of the voyage. desiguiog as s last resource, to gain possession of the Frenen !cuisine squadruu It consisted of two frigates and a brig ; but all that was known of the attachment Jet their crews to the na• lion .1 glory did not permit a doubt that they would hoist the tri coloured d iY, and juin us. Towards noon the wind . freshened.a little. At tour in the afternoon we were of, Leghorn. A frlgate appeared five leagues to leeward ; another was on tire coast of Corsica ; and farther off, a ship of war was c 4 miug up right before the to meet the brig. At 6 in the evening the brig which had Ow relive , or on board crossed another brig, which was perceived to be the 4 , phar, Captain Autlrienx, an officer as much distihgnislied by talents a. trite patriotism. It was at first proposed to hail the brig, arid make it hoist the tri-coloured flag : but the Emperor or dered the soldiers of the guard to take off their,caps and conceal themse Ives on the deck, preferring to pass the brig without being recogoised, and reserving to himself the resource. of coursing to change Its flag if obliged to resort to it. The two blies passed alongside each other. The Lieutenant of our vessel, Taillade, an officer of the French navy, was very well known to Captain An. (Weisz. and spoke him when within hail. We a'ked Captain An drirox whether he had any commissions for Genoa ; some umuttwl Civilities •pas , e(l, and the two brigs sailing in contrary directions, were -non out of sight of each other, without Capt. Audrienx at all stispectin what our frail vessel bole! Duriog the night of the :711; and 28t1t, the wind continued to freshen. At c.l4)..break a 74 gun ship was seen, which seemed making fot St. Horrid. ot Sal dynis. It was!won perceived that this vessel paid no attention to the brig. At seven in the morning of the 28th, we discovered the coast of Noli ;at noon, Antibes At 3 o'clock of the Ist of March, we en. tared the Gulph of.lnan. The Emperor ordered a Captain of the guard, with 25 men, to hnd before the rest, in order to %tome the coast battery, if there was tatty This Captain, from his own head, formed the idea of mak.ng the initiation which was at Amities ;change its cockade. He threw lifinseir intimutently on the plate the officer, who com• nianded there fur the King, ordered the draw-Inidges to lw raised and the gate: 1.11111 his troop took to their arms ; but at the same time they felt respect tier these old soldiers, and the cockade which they cherished. *However, the Captain's operation failed, and the men remained prisoners at Antibes. Ai five in the afternoon the lauding was effected in the Gulp!' el;luait; still the 111 CU bivouacked ors the beach till the tpoon it I Osi! .11 eleven at night, the Emperor plot himself at the head of this handful of brave men, to the tate of whom sorb mighty destinies were attached. He proceeded to Cannes ; from thence to Grasse ; and by tlie Nay of St. Valuer, he arrived on the evening of the 2d at the village of Cerenon, having marched YO leagues this first day. The people of Cannes received the Emperor with those feelings which were the first presage of the %tweet's of the enterprise. On the :h1 the Emperor slept at Hareme ; on the 4th he dined at Digne. From Castellaile to Digne, and in all the department of the Lower Alps, the peasants informed of the Emperor's march, &eke!' from all sides on his route, and manifested their sentiments with en energy that no longer left any doubts. On the 5111 Geneial Canduroorne, with an advanced guard •f 40 lei ensdieri, gained possession of !the bridge and fortress of Sister/Ai. The i-arne• day the Emperor slept at Gap, with tea horsemen and forty grenadiers. The entilusiasnisirith which the Emperor's presence inspired the inhabitants of the Lower Alps; the hatred which they bore to the noblesse, sufficiently stewed what was the gene'sl wish of the pro vince of Danphine. At two in the afternoon of the 6th, the Emperor left Gap, and the pindation of the whole town was a.p.emoled to bee him At St. Itoonct the inhabits:dot seeing the small slumber of his st Amin tit oil ; bad e fears, and proposed to the Emperor to ri ng th e e- •\ to assemble the villages and accompany him in a tnitha aid the . Ewpe w r, " your seotitneuta prove to inc. that I - - Tit E TinNAL REGISTER. 2. hair not deceiSed myself. They afford -me a sine pl. mtg.. 4mf the sentiments of my soldiers. Those of them whom I meet will ranges, themselves on my side,—the more numerous they are, the more _certain my success. Remain tranquil at your homes!" There were printed at Gap some thousands of proclamations ad• dressed by the Emperor to the army and the people, and by the r ,soldiers of the Berard to their comrades. These proclamations spread with the rapidity of lightning through all Dauphine. The same day the Emperor came to sleep at Corp. The forty mei' of the advanced guard of Gellert', Cambonue proceeded a. fat as Mitre to pass the night. They met the advanced guard ore divi • sion of 60 . 03 troops of the line coming from Grenoble to stop their march. General , Crambonne. wished to parley with the ad vanccd posts. He was answered, all communication was forbidden. However this advanced gnard of the division of Grenohle tek back three leagues, and took up a position among the lakes at the village of Tie Emperor infoimed of the circumstance repaired to thi; spot ; he found on the opposite line a battalion of the sth of the line, a company of sappers, a company of miners, in all between. 7 and /11),) men. lie sent his orderly officer, the chief of the smt ! thou Rout, to communicate to these troops the news of his arrival , but that officer could not obtain a bearing ; be was always answered with the prohibition of all communication. The Emperoralighted, and went straight up to the battalion, followed by his guard shouldering their arms. He got himself recognised, and said, that the first soldier who chose to kill his Emperor, might do an ; an unanimous ..h oo t of Fire l'Empercur was their answer. This brave regiment had been under the Emperor's orders froiwhis first campaigns ism Italy. The guard and soldiers embraced. The soldiers of the 5111 Mime. diatcly tore off their cockade, and took with tears in flick eyes the ricolutired cockade. When drawn op in line, the Emperor said to them, " I came with a handful of brave men, because 1 merlon npun the people and upon you ; the throne of the- Bourbons is ineoi. mate, because it. has not been raised by the nation; it is contrary to the National will, because it is contrary to the interests of our country, and exists only in the interests of a few families. Ask your fathers, ask all those inhabitants who arrive here froin the vicinity ; you will learn from their months, the true state of affairs : they arc threatened with the return of tithes, of privileges, of fendal rights, and of all the abuses from which your successes delivered them : is not this true, peasants?" " Yes, Sire," they unanimously reply; " they wished to tie us to the soil ; you ate come like the angel of the Lord, to deliver us." The brave men of the battalliou of the sth demanded to march first upon the division which covered Grenoble. The march Was hegttn amidst a crowd of inhabitants. which increased evetymoment. Vizille distinguished itself by its enthusiasm. "It was here," said these brave people, " that the revolution arose; it is here again that French liberty•is resuscitated, and that France recovers its hollow and independance. • • Fatigued as the Emperor was, he wished to enter Grenoble tha same evening. Between Vieille and Grenoble, the young Adjutant. Major of the 7th regiment of the line came to announce that the Colonel Labedoyere, profoundly afflicted by the dishonour which overspread France, and determined by the most noble sentiument, had separated liirusell from the garrison of Grenoble, and was coming with his regiment in quick march to meet the Emperor. Half an hour afterwards this brave regiment came and doubled the force of the Imperial troops; at nine o'clock in the evening, time Emperor made his entry into the Faubourg de—r-- The troops had been made to re enter Grenoble, and the gates of the city were shut The ramparts which defend it were covered by time 3d regiment of engineers, composed by to3oo sappers, alt °fold soldiers covered with honourable wounds ; by the 4th rep meut of artillery of the line, the same regiment in which live amid twenty years ago. the Emperor had been Captain ; by two other battalions of the sth of the line ; by the Ittli of the line ; and by the faithful hussars of the 4th. The National Ginerd and the entire population of Grenoble was placed behind the garrison, and all made the air resound with cries of like CEmperetor. They burst open the gates, and at 10 o'clock in the evening, the Emperor entered Grenobleo'clock in the middle of an army and of a people animated, with the most livtlyenthusiasin. The next slay, the Emperor was haratigoed by the municipality, anti by all the authorities of the department. The di,eourse of the military chiefs and of the Magistrates was unanimous. All said - that Princes imposed by a foreign power were not legitimate Princes, and that they were not bound to any engagement with Princes whom the nation did not want, At 2 o'cl•iek" the Emperoi reviewed these troops in • the midst of tttc populAtiou of the whole drpartment, to tlic crit:, of croft; x.tts 1