The National Register. — London, England, 1815-07-02 00:00:00

4 ?lc THE ,NATIONAL REGISTER. whi , ...11 and Pink there is nothing to impede his progress. Per P nt• is tin's- ri: 4 lity miles (row the cal ital. This town bad ever b-en ta!sen before, thnugh several times besieged, sud was called on that account, • l'crunne la Pucelit. SUMMARY 01"11IE InrORTANT INTELLIGENCE OF THE WEEK. On Sundae, Government received a Monifrur of the 27r1 of.lune, containing the French official account of the battle of Waterloo. The hattle is stared to have been fought opposite the village of Mont St. Jean, from which place it is denominated in the Moaitette. The English force engaged is estimated at 80,000, and that of the Prussians at 15.000. makieg a :and total of 95,000 combatants, on the side of the Allies, \s hilt; the army of Napoleon were said to he " less xi:onerous." The action commenced about ten o'clock in the morning, and rated with incredible fury till la'e in the evening, when the impatient violence of t h e cavalry of the lescr‘e liecatnc total to the French army ) already crowned with ‘ictory. The entire cavalry then advanced in support of their comrades, and succeeded in pene /rating satre , English squares—an advantage allowed to he by no means proportionate to the immense loss sus. taned from the discharge of grape shot. The day vas already gitieed, when • four battalions of the mid dle guard, chariug some batteries, were flanked by several English squadrons,, and thrown into confusion. They fell back, and being in tal.en for the old guard, di r.w all with them. A panic lipreati through the whole ; a cry of " Sate hintlqf who can," arose ; the troops in the utmost prec;pitation and disorder, fell hack upon the bne of communication ; soldiers, at tilleryti.eo, caissons, pressed to reach it ; es en the old guard, so long accus tomed to the uproar of battle, and inured to danger in every shape, was assailed by the saute tenor, and yielded to the torrent. The rout was so universal, that the parks of reserve all the baggcae and artillery, fell into ;he hands of the British, nor could a single corks be formed to check the fugitives in their disorderly flight. After the battle,l3ounaparte, borne forward by the remains of his beaten army, pursued his melancholy march to Laon, where he ordered out the National Guard to stop the fugi tives, and thence, accompanied by New, directed his steps to Paris, where he are iced at eleven o'clock on the night of Tuesday, the 20th. The new Provisivaal Government has published a Procla mation to the Re;-le, requesting them to wait the result of proposals made to the Allied rowels. In the mean t;nie law s have been passed against the disturbers of the public tr4ngeiility; and for the purpose of recruiting the ;omit, the test of the levy of 1815, under the Conscript Laws, is or &rcd out for service. These measures svill be, however, of little avail. It is acknowledged that there are agitators of ail kinds at Paris, who are kept down only by the National Guards. The news from the remains of the Feted) army is admitted to be very disastrous —Th e at nry of th e m os fil e bas been repulsed by the Bavarians.--Soult wtitcs from 741eYieres, on the 19th, that the Allies would be before I.aon ia three days—that the administration of the army is in great tlisorder--and that there are a great number of fugitivrs.— 'ibe Paris Papers do not notice the advance of the Duke of Wellington. .Of 3toomparte, it is stated, that lie passes his Vale between Paris and Malmaison ; and one of the minor papers adds: that he is to embark at Havre for England. A Flanders mail arrived on Friday, with Brussels papers to the 2Sth iubtant. They s•ate that the: proposals of the Lew ['much Governiacut to the Allies have been rejected both by Prince Blucher and by the Duke of ‘Vellington. Other proposals, however, are stated to have been subse quenry made to the latter, which he has thought it neces sary to lay before Government. It is said that Lisle, Mau beuge, and Philippeville hoisted the white flag on the 2 ist inst.—According to accounts ft on' Ileideberg, of the,l9th, the grand head quarters of the allied•army, under the Prince of Schmutzenburg, were to he transferred on the following day (*loin that place to Freyhurg, in Switzerland. The army was to invade France by the same route they took in 18 13. Intelligence of the late glorious victory had reached head quarters.-1 he Duke of Wellington, on entering France, ad dressed zinc nergetic Proclamation to the inhabitants; and in an Order of the Day to his troops, tells them that they are going to enter a friendly country, that of Louis "VIII. is the ally of their respective Sovereigns, and enjoins ti observe the strictest discipline. This is conclusive as to the intentions of the Allies respecting the future government of France. The folio% jog are copies of these interesting docu ments :—. P o o mATIoN. i• I nnimanee to the French that I enter their territory, at the head of art army rilleady victorious, not as an enemy (e , teept of the Usurper, the enemy of the- human race, with whom there can he neither peace nor truce), hilt to aid them to 4hake oil the iron yoke by which they are oppri sscrl. I thetwdore give to my army the sul joined orders, and I ./e. sire that every one who violates them n»y be made known to me. The French kllftw, IHIRCA'rr. that I 116Ve a right to reiptire, that they con = duet thrum Ives in such a innotter that I may be able to protect them a.rainst those who wimhl veem to do them evil. They must, then, tor_ the requi‘itions that will be matte them ity persons amhori , ed to make them, taking receipt, in due f o rm and or.ler i that they r(ltiajni rnittly et their homes, and have no corre•pondruce or communication with flit 1 4 ,'Stiriwi 01 his adherents. All those who shall absent them. set e, I rote, III:Ir hooves, alter the entrance of the army into Fiance, slid atl tho.e wlou shill' lie ab eiit iu the service of the Usurper, shill he Cffilsitlered a. memoirs, and his adherents and their property 5h.,11 he appropriocti to the stibhistellce or the army. " Given al head-quarters. at 11Ittiplaquet, the 21st of ,Titee. " WELLING.FON.:' EXTRACT' OF TIFF OFPRR OF TIIF MT, JUNE .?O, 1813. As the army is going to enter the French territory, the troops of different tuitions, now tinder the c quiviand of Field .larslial the Duke o f %‘'er,ingt..n are desired to remember, that their respective Sove reiens are At , allies of his Majesty the King of France, and that France must therefoie he considered as a friendly country. It is ordered, that nothing he taken either by the officers or soldiers without payourr.t.— The Commissaries of the army will provide for the waits of the tro.,ps in the usar,,l rummer, and it is not permitted to the officers or soldiers ..f the, army to make requisitions.—The Commissaries will be anthil -1 i•eql be the Field .narshid, or hy the Generals who eonim Ind the troops of the resPective notions (that is to say, in case their provisim:s are O. t iegttlattd by Piglish Commissar') to make the necessary re.. for Width they will eive regular receipts, and they perfectly understand that they will he responsible for all that they re ceive by requisitions, from the inhabitants of France. in the same man. lier as it tln v made purchases f. , l' the account of their coverrmient in their own country. (Signed) ,I, WATERS, " Acting Adjutant-Cis:tit:rat." PRIVA CE LETTER. GHENT, JUNI; 27.-1 expycted to have found some of the suite of the King of France here ; but all are gone, and following close in the rear of the Duke of Wellington, who by this tine probably is in Paris. I have just been had, from a quarter that I can Iliac! lance on, that the frontier fortified - towns have deci neuter, between the Allies and the Provisional Governor! with the consent of the Duke of IVellington and Ilu' If this he so, which I have great reason to believe, it . account for the expeditious advance of the Duke Blucher, depending on the arrangemen; that not a ma! the fortifications will be cniplo) . 'cd uut . of them. ce re- lat ed neat. 'cher. must and au iu ~~ •••••••••• v " • • lb%si JULY 2. ;4...afr* Jt in 3'3 le ge ca 111 tr '1 46 ti IS