The National Register. — London, England, 1815-04-16 00:00:00

APRIL In. ,le beheld only a measure dictated by fear, and this re ilection destioyed its effect. The Emperor appreached, 1 and in tbe confusion which bewildered the depositaries of .Authority, an attempt was made to have recourse to those rigorous measures which were most repugnant to the justice and natural goodness of the King.. Lists of pro scriptions were made out, threatening the liberty of all those citizens who were supposed to have formed designs for the triumph of a cause which they bad never betrayed; and a Minister pushed his extavaganceso far, as to present to the two' Chambers a plan of law worthy of the revolu tionary tribunals of 1793, which "they .rejected with in dignation. For the last five days of this period, Paris presented the singular spectacle of two parties, each in danger of proscription, seeking protection and assistance from each other, against the political chance that each had to fear. Some sought refuge in the house's of men to . . whom they had promissed an asylum for . the morrow, and it is a very honourable trait of this period, thatin the midst of the hatred engendered by party spirit, not a single instance-of treachery ha-s been mentioned, or even of breach of cenfidence. It is to this urbanity of manners we are to be thankful for the little success the instigators of civil war obtained, the design of whose eloquence was to convince us that the' honor of the -nation-wOnld be augmented if the ohe half should cut the throats• of the other. Whilst the Royal volonteers f the last and feeble. resource of monarchy,' were going through reviews at' Vincennes, acid fatiguing themselves in running about The streets of Paris, their •heads ridiculously ornamented with' hats a its Heriq Napoleon approached. the capital, after having passed through the,widest part of France without experiencing the least' obstacle or firing a single shot during his route. In all partsi the white cockade gro place to the tri-coloured, before which the military rallied with transports of the most inexpressible joy. Every project of 'insurrection, eSest in La Vendee, had fallen to the ground, the Emperor was only two short stages distant. The Princes on quitting the review gave orders for their departure; from this moment every one made up his mind and prepared his dress and appearance for the following day. In order to have a just idea of the court and its frequenters, one must have assisted at the King's mass at the Thuilleries on the morning of Monday the 19th of Mardi. This Chapel, lately too small to contain the brilliant crowd that hurried there on the footsteps of the king, now presented ,but a vast solitude where a few faithful servants alone' hgd courage to accompany their un fortunate Master. The desertion of those unworthy favourites seemed to affect the King's heartinost keenly; but from their forsaking him, he at least derived the use ful inference that all hope of success was lost, and that it was time for him to quit the capital. The night of the 19th and 20th appeared very tedious to most of.the inha bitants of the city, and few houses could have been• found from which fear, anxiety, regret, or hope bactuot btu- IMPOPP ms ich ta' Cu. p. " iii THE NATIONAL REGISTER; • • 1 . ished sleep. At 6in the morning, shouts of 'Nye l'Ent• percur, proclaimed an event for which the people had been long prepared ; the King was gone, and already the tri coloured flag, waving upon Napoleon's triumphal pillar, announced to France her 'new destiny. It is easy to form an idea of the general movement that drew immense crowds to the place du Carousel. They came to contemplate that deserted palace where fortune, a moment thithles , , now awaited her most illustrious faTourite. Nothing can convey an idea of the general bustle that was presented to. the view, on the Boulevards. Some squadrons of officers were the first to chew themselves with the tricoloured cockade, they were received with ac clamations of joy. From thence the people rushed to wards the route it was supposed the Emperor would take, and thousands of bunches of Violets were prepared to scatter in his path. The day passed in expectation, and at might it was known that the Emperor had entered the Thuilleries, having been taken from his carriage and carried even to his apartments by a multitude of people, intoxicated with joy at once more beholding him. THE FRUE SP4Alaft. • FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. PARTS, Annie. 9.—This day the Emperor reviewed twenty re¢i• meats of cava!ry and infantry, and addressed them neatly in the fol•_ lowing terms:— " SOLDiEIIS,—T have just heard the news that the tri-coloured flag is Hying at Toulouse, at Montpellier, situ in all . the South The Commandants and the garrisons of Perpignan and of Raynn►►e had: formally annonneed, that they would not obey the orders given by the Duke of Angunleme to deliver upthese places to the Spani'ards, who besides have since made known that they would not intefere its opr affairs. The white flag flies °Ply in the 'limie city of Marseilles; but before the end of this week the people of that great city,- op. pressed by the violence of the royalist party, will havt resumed all their rights. Results so great and so prompt are dose to the pa which animates all the notion, and to the recollections which yon have preserved of me. If during one year unfortunate. lircomstaisces have obliged us ;o relinq►rish the tri.coloured cockade, it ever remained In our totals. 'lt un--, becomes again, our rallying sign —we will not abandon it but with our life. [The Emperor.was interrupted by these words, which were re. pealed by every mouth— Yes. we.steet.r.] " SOMMERS r ; resumed the Emperor, •' wew ilt interfere in the affairs of other nations; but woe to them who would interfere, with ours, to treat.ns•like %elms or Geneva, and to impose on us laws, such as the nation does not wish for. They will find on . our , frontiers the Heroes of Marengo, of Austerlitz, of jena.—•—They Null . meet there the whole population, and if they have 600;00° men, .we will oppose them.with two millions." [The warmest acelas»atiOns here Interrupted the. Emperor.] —" I approve," added be, 6' what you have done, to ally yourselves again to the tri-coloured flags. It shall be in the Chc;::p du Inai..alone. and in the presence of the as• sembled nation, that I will restore those Eagles whish have been so often made illustrious by your valour, and which have,oefn the cue• mks of France fly before them. • . '‘ SoLmEns,,The French people and myself rely on'fion.—Do yottrely on the people and on me." The most exalted explosion of cntl►nsiasm followed lkis Address. • COURIER EXTRAORDINARY.—MoNnAv Mostsuwa. On the 29th, the neiall of the entry of Napoleon into Paris was.rea ceived it Vienna. prodored a great sensation. Wiliin the arrival of the Emperor u as !tweed at Ancona, the can non of the fort was filed, aril the town was illnutionted, On the 4th, ,several persons were arrehted at ll.vons, accused of hiving ertdeuvortred to favenr the revolted Provet.cals. On the 9th March a sudition broke' ant at C oo .L agi iii,ort,., exe i le 4 by the Janissaries. This soldiery, on slight motii4-r, • ass Issioated their Chief. It appears that the Congress will be at Frankfurt on the * totb. ~{_ , 4, , _rr