The National Register. — London, England, 1815-07-09 00:00:00

•4 14 E N e%ei, iutieeded ; the liiights of St. CK,utl and Lvtendon were taken, and li!to he; pushed on his troops to the village of Issey in his front, about a league from Paris. lie was there attacked agan ou du! morning of :he 3d, but the enemy were main defeated with great loss. The Duke of Wellington, availing himself of his communication with Blucher, had also moved a force towards the Pont de Neuilly. The enemy therefore having no wish to come atzain in contact with his Grace sent to propose a cessation of hosti lities, for the purpose of enteting into a negociation for the sntrentlrr of Paris. It was carried on a' the Palace of st. Cloud, the favour ite residence of Buonaparte, and in the chfunber where he used to hold his Councils of State ! Ds terms are highly favourable to the enemy. It allows the army to retire behind the Loire (about fifty miles) with all its materiel, artillery, military chest, horses and property without exception. All the sick and wounded are to remain until they are recovered, and then to join their corps if they please : other persons willing to follow the army or to re main at Paris, are to have their free choice. All public pro perty, except that which relates to war, is acknowledged sa cred, so that the works of art, with which some who sell the skin before the bear is caught, wished our triumphal monu• meat should he adorned, will remain in the possession of a twice conquered capital ! One of the articles would rather lead us to suspect, that however inferior in the field, the French are rather more skilful in the cabinet, than their beroic opponents. It is the tenth, which stipulates that ---" The Commanders in Chief of the English and Prussian armies engage to respect, and to make those under their command respect, the actual authorities, so long as they shall exist."—W hat is this but a direct acknowledgment of the ;authority of the Provisional Government. which, by bring., ing Louis NVIII. in their train, the Bi itish and Prussian, ('omm:orders declare they are come to overthrow. However it may be got over, it will involve a contradiction between the engat:ements and the epoduct of the Allies, which may create greater d:fliculties than are anticipated, especially when it is consideredthat by the 15th ai tick, " if difficulties arise in the execution of an) one of the terms of the Convention, the in- terpretation shall be made in favour of the French." It will sustain time hopes and invigorate the exertions of theJaco-, . bins, already encouraged by the ai rnistice, rather unaccount ably concluded by the Austrian Coromandel s. It decides, in fact, a; th‘: Duke of Wellington himself states in his dis patch, " the military questions at this moment existing, but touches nothiug political." We do not suppose this condi tion was granted in consequence of the Address of the two Chambers to the French people, in which they protest against the imposition of any government upon them, and " appeal to the energy of the present and of future generations to renew their claim to national.indwendence, and the rights of civil liberty." It cannot have been conceded to the declaration of the m, against the Bourbons, whose return they con sider as are. .signal for their own destruction. The blame must rest with the Allied Powers, who. with the wish and intention of restoring the Bourbons in their hearts, have bound themselves by solemn declarations not to interfere in the government of France, when once Buonaparte should have been disarmed of the Sovereign power These have cramped the energies of the conquerors, and excited the hopes of the vanquished. They render the most necessary act an act of apparent infidelity; but however they may en * errira4e complaint, they will not give it efficiency. The safety of he world cannot be compromised by a dangerous adhe ' is • .eat hardship for those trek4io6„ to find those Phieh might be fatal to STER. PROCLAMATIONS. JULY 9. PROCLiMATIONS OF LOUIS XVIII. THE KING TO THE FRENCH. The gates of my kingdom at length 'open before me. I hasten to recal my &hided subjects, to soften the evils I wished to pre. vent, to place myself once more between the Allied Armies and the French. in the hope that the regard, of which I may be the object, %s ill turn to their welfare. It is the only manner in which I have chosen to share in the war. I have not permitted any PrinCe of my family to appear in the ranks of the foreigners, and I have kept down the courage of those of my servants who had been able to range theMselves round me. Returned to the soil of my coml. try, I take pleasure in speaking confidentially of my people. When I re-appeared among them, I found their minds agitated, and hur ried away by contrary passions. The eye beheld on every side only dittculties and obstacles. It was probable my Government might commit faults perhaps it has done so. There are times when the purest intentions do not suffice to guide, when they some times even mislead. Experience alone Call warn —it shall not be lost. I desire every thing that can save France. My subjects have learned by cruel trials that the principle of the legitimacy of Sovereigns is the soul of the fundamental basis of social order, the only one on which a wise and well-regulated liberty can be esta blished among a great people. This doctrine has just been pro claimed as that of all Europe. I had previously consecrated it by my Charter, and I intend to add to this Charter the guaranteta which may (moire its benefits. The unity of the Ministry is the stronucst which I can offer. I intend that it shall exist ; and that the free and firm conduct (marche) of my Council shall geatatitee every interest, and cohn every apprehension. There has baen much said of late of the re-establishment of the tithes and of feudal rights. This fable, invented by the common enemy, has no need of refits Cation ; it will nut be expected that the King of France should des mean himself to calumnies and falsehood. The success of the treason has trio cleat ly pointed out their sources. If the possessors of national property have conceived apprehension, the Charter ought to have sufficed to quiet them. Have I not myself proposed to the Chambers and caused to be executed sales of these estates ? This proof of my sincerity is unanswerable. In these latter times my subjects of all classes have given equal proofs of love and fide lity. I will have them all know how sensible I have been to them, and it is among all the French that I shall take pleasure in choosini those who are to approach my person and my family. I shall ex chide from my presence those men whose renown is a subject of grief to France and of dread to Europe. In the plot which they have framed I see many of my subjects misled and some guilty. I promise (I who have never promised in vain; as all Europe knows) to pardon to the misled French all that has passed since the day that I quitted Lille amid so many tears, till this day that I have entered Cambray, amid such acclamations. lint the blood of my children has flowed dimwit' a treason, of which the annals of the world afford no example. This treason has called the foreigners into the heart of France. Every day reveals to the a fresh disaster. For the dignity of my throne, the interest a my people, and for the repose of Europe, I must therefore except from this pardon the instigators and the actors of this horrible plot. They will be pointed out to time vengeance of the laws by the two Chambers, whom I propose immediately to assemble.—Frenchmen! such are,the sentimeuts with which he returns to yon, whom titre has been unable to change, misfortune to fatigue, and injustice to cast down. The King, whose ancestors have reigned over you for eight centuries, returns to dedicate the rest of his days to deknel, to console you. Given at Courtray, .8111 June, JBl5, time t2lst year of our reign, Louis. The Minister Secretary of State for ForeignAtLirs, Prince TALLEYRAND. Louts. by the grace - of God King of France and Navarre, To all our faithful snl►jects, health. At the time when the mo , t cruel of enterprizee, seconded by the most inconceivable defection, compelled us to quit momentarily our kingdom, we informed son of the dangers which threatened you, unless you hastened to shake off the yoke via tyrannical Usurper. tVe were not wiling to unite our arms, nor tho,e of onr family, to the instruments which Pro vidence has employed to punish treason. But now that the powerful efforts of our Allies have dissipated the satellites of the Tyrant, we hasten to reenter at►r States, there to re•establiahe the Constitution which wo have given to France; to tepair by all the Weans 111 01W power the evils of revolt,, and of the war, its necessary comequeultei to ~word the poi, e put. i>l C.ricUltOlt rent - ...., . f - i;?anci sorely it is no grea l'r> •• q: 1 . 1 , , 4 +-. -• # t Se gu i lt of broken t ls., -/. ' a - - . , ...r exccut 19 aof wh - t :.... . 0 ' . i ' i r.- ;: • 41d. ( * tre. r + *IP 4".. -z- jr, '• V - P ' -e- !II Pad. Rx 19 •-•111 ONA 1