The National Register. — London, England, 1815-03-26 00:00:00

THE NATrONAL REGISTER. 196 obtain so seccesd. The garrison was augmented; the 76 and tith re in:cots of the line arrived on the 7th from Chambrey ; the 4th Lessard -owl ..terr catered the city, quitting the garrison of Vienne, The whole population crowded to the ramparts and public places, led by their wished and hopes. The Emperor was at La Mere on the evening of the 6th; early on the 7th his advanced posts occupied Vieille; this last town being eoly three leagues front Grenoble, it was not doubted that his Ma jesty would enter it the amuse day. , tistrature was too long delayed for the wishes of his soldiers: at four in the afternoon the 7th regiment went out of the town, hav ing at it. head Col. litany de la Betio:O.., who ran to offer the Eau. peror prison and hi* regiment. A p a rty of the sth had already joined his Majesty the same day, five leagnes iii advance from the city ; and the rest of the garrison no longer held out. Night arrived, and the result of these events appeared to be postponed tili the next day. whet', at half-past eight an advanced guard of Polish lancers made their appearanee at tie Boom gate, which was shut, and demanded that it should be opeu ed. 'The iloops occupying the ramparts answered with shouts of Five CEmpervar ; the gate was opeued ; the advanced guard enter ed ; all the citizens flocked out to the light of flambeaux, and iiilllolt immediately the Emperor appeared alone, at the head, and in ad• Vance of his army. An immense crowd threw themselves in hi , way; all were mixed, soldiers and citizens, and all mingled their shouts tutu t .sir enthusiasm, inspired by the presence of their Suve reign. His Aaje Ay proceeded to the Hotel of the Three Dauphins, which a, e multatuue constantly surrounded, rending the air vi ith their joyful slants The Mayor of the city, and several other pub. lie functionaries, immediately waited on his Majesty. At the same moment the following proclanotiou was dispersed through all guar. tenet' the city Bay of Juan, March 1, 1815. Napoleon, by the grace of God and the Constitution of the Em pire, Emperor of the French, &c. &c. &c. MARCH 26. U„ der these new and important circumstances, ny heart was rent, bat my soul remained unshaken. I consulted only the i f s. terest oldie country. I exiled myself on a rock in the undo of the sea. My life was, and might to be, still n,efnl to you. l did not per. nit the great number of citizens, who wished to accompany me, to partake my lot. I thought their presence useful to France ; and I took with me only a handful of brave men, necessary for my guard. Raised to the throne by your choice, all that has been done with. out you is illegitimate. For twenty-five years France has had new interests, new institutions, and new glory, which would only be secured by a national Government, and by a Dynasty created under these new circumstances. A Prince who should reign over you, who should be seated on my throne by the power of those very armies which ravaged our territory, would in vain attempt to sup. port himself with the principles of feudal law; he would not be able to recover the honour and the rights of more than a small num ber of individuals, enemies of the people, who, for twenty-five years, have condemned them in all our national aoembli , s. Your trim quifity at home, and your consequence abroad, would be lost for ever. Frenchmen ! In my exile I heard your complaints and your wishes : you demanded that government of your choice which alone was le gitimate. You accused nay long slumber! you reproached me for sacrificing to my repose the great interests of the country have crossed the ,seas in the midst of dangers of every kind : arrive amongst yon to resnme tey rights which are yours. All that individuals have done, written, or said, since tile capture of Paris, I will be for ever ignorant of : it ►hall dot at all influence the collections which I preserve of the important services which they have performed. Theie are circumstances of such a nature as to be above human organization. Frenchmen! There is no nation, however small it may be, which has not had the right, and which may not withdraw itself from the disgrace of obeying a Prince imposed on it by an enemy momenta rily victorious. When Charles VII. re-entered Pais, and overthrew the ephemeral throne of Henry V. he acknowledged that he held his throne from the valour of his heroes, and not froth a Prince Regent of England. It is thus that to you alone, and to the brave men of the army, I account it, and shall always accoant it, my glory to owe every thing. By the Emperor. (Signed) NA POLEON. The Grand-Marshal performing the functions of Major-General of the Grand Army. (Signed) Count BERTRAND. I.,ttiph of Juan, March 1,4815. Napoleon, by the grace of God and the Constitution of the Eutpite, Emperor of the French, &c. &c. &e. TO THE ARMY. Soldiers !—We were not conquered : tao men risen from err ranks betrayed our laurels, their country, their Prince, their bens• factor. Those whom during twenty-five years we have seen traversing all Liirope to raise up enemies against us, who have passed their liviN against us ill the ranks of foreigu armies, cursing our fine France, shall they pretenil to command and controul our eagles, on which they have Hot dared .ever to look ? Shall we.euclure that they should inhurit the fruits of our gle:ious labours— that they should clollo: TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE. Frenchmen!—The defection of the Duke of Castiglione delivered tip Lyons, without defence, to our enemies; the army of which I confided io him the command, was, by the number of its battalions, the bravery and patriotism of the troops which composed it, fully able to brat the Austrian corps opposed to it, and to get into the Pear of the left wing of the enemy's army, which threatened Paris. The victories of Champ Aubert, of Maittmirail, of Chateau Thierry Qf Fauchamp, of Mormons, of 11lowtercau, of Craone, of Rheims, of .Arey-sur-A4ibe, and of St. Dizier ; the rising of the brave peasants of Lorraine, of Champagne, of Alsace, of Franche Comte, and of Bourgoin, and the position which I had taken on the rear of the enemy's army, by separating it from its magazines, from its parks of reserve, from its convoys and all its equipages, had placed it in a desperate situation. The French were never on the point of being more powerful, and the flower of the enemy's army was lost with out resource ; it would have found its grave in those vast countries which it had mercilessly ravaged, when the treason of the Duke of Ragusa gave up the capital and disorganised the army. The unex pected conduct of those two Generals who betrayed at once their country, their Prince, and Their benefactor, changed the destiny of the war. The disastrous situation of the enemy was such, that at the conclusion of the affair which took place before Poris, it was Limits parks of without anmusition, nu account its Sept hietre. Di re°VMS, • 11 (1. 114:,_ •t• ev ev t r ,, y r: =, to 3 . 0 4 • L ; [ ' Z S ? ' "L'Ar e f. d .• 1: )r at to .11 ie CI al e , LC Il• 1111••••••••1