The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-03-27 00:00:00

TH E STATESMAN. FRENCH PAPERS. PROCLAMATION. r ims , Martell 19.—Louis, by the Grace of God ng o f France and Navarre, to our trusty and well ;,,:ored the Peers of France, and the Deputies of co D e partments : Divine Providence, who recalled ns to the throne a : . our fathers, now permits that this throne should shaken by the defection of a part of the armed ; g o who had sworn to defend it. We might avail rrselves of the faithful and patriotic dispositioes of immense majority of the inhabitants of Paris, ;„lispute the entrance into it of the rebels ; but we oi dder at the calamities of every description which co Tibet a ithin its walls would bring upon the in- I v e re tire with a few brave men, whom intrigue s ml perfidy will not succeed in detaching from their dales; and since we cannot defend our capital, we „:e proceed to some distance to collect forces, and t „ F .,4; at another !mint of the kingdom, not for sub j,is move loving and faithful than our good Pa ti.jels, hut for Frenchmen more advantageou s ly s ituated to declare themselves for I lie good cause. The exking crisis will subside into a calm. We " no t h e soo thing presentiment, that those misled %%hese defection exposes our subjects to so daiteers, will soon di , cover their error, and 0(11 isidul;:ettve, and iti our affection, eerocompence of thvir return to their duty. kill soon return into the midst of this good perple, to whom we shall once more bring peace and vppiEcss. 1.'.0 these causes we declare and ordain as follows : Art.l In terms of the INII Article of the Con.tittitioNal (I.l!cr, and the WI Article of the '2d Title of !lie law of the li! of itssigii.t. IS 4. the bes,ion of the Cliaullier of Peer, al. that of the Ch.:oilier of Deputies. for 1814, are declared at an end. the MIT, :it'd t e Driotties shall forthwith separate. tVe CI)IIVokr a new Fes.ion Of the ilinentuer of Peen, and t y, f ur ISIS, of in.? Deputies. The Peers and the I•iintie , of 114 I),ll4rllnents s i t ill meet at the soonest po , sible I in the place which we bnall paint out as the provisional of our t;unet Airi As.embly of either Chamber tr.4lclsc , t hew, a idiom our :lotion ily, is from this moment de aa.l illegal. tho ( haneellik and Ministers are each. in what concerns canwrl o ith the exectitio.i of the pre..ent Proclamation, •:;,til :ue Communicated to both Chambers. published and i•• owl to ;he drpartniunts. amt forts aruled to ail di,. Prciocw, Sul,-Prefects, Court:, am( Tribunals of the vel at Paris, the 1111: I:arch, in the year of our Lard, ItS1:!, am( die •20th of our reign. (Signed) By the h TI,, C31.1110:1101 of Fr.tnce, LOUIS. D IMBRAY. I ‘lectt '2(l—The Kin and the Princes set ;, , It laq tlik;ht. His Mnie:Ay the Emperor arrived at eight o'clock (I.eniog. at the Palace of the Thuilleries. lle vt•tel,ll Poi , : ;It the head of the very troops that ‘..,e sent out this morning to oppose his entrance.— •trinv which had been fortne,l since his debatka t*:lllcl.l not advanced fart:;or titan Fontainbleau.— lii: resiewed on hi; route several corps of t:onpl. lie constantly marched in the tnids . t of an irl:ow population, that every where thronged rourd tt tn. Tice brace battalions of the Oid C.:1:11, which accompani,Nl the Emperor from Elba, : , rrivl to-morrow, and will thus have marched, i:c.!! thys, from the Gulp,' of Juan to Paris. 11i. rotje.lv h' n111)0110..4 hi; Sere le the Prince A ^.. 1:):,:w..11..r of the Fin lire he (/I'..r I.; (?.tile,(?.tile, im . ster !, • ow, Secretary of Suee. Do, • 1) , ( .•f ;tit C vi•Jnies. 11...:•,.1 I);,•tot,i, 111.1 ter ef r.' Mull • oi, of titr I l're.oury. i'i...tr %Lar. . _ .1%.• Duke De liovrgt.. in,pect:K-General of Gen- firms. D•iii , l v, Prefect of the Depart,..nt ft he Seine winti,lur of Sa.tar, 11, !Zia', Parfe• a :af it -.7rls a mistako that Grenoble and Lyons. were rs•-tai - v, nv the inhabitants would of themselves hAre ?reit suliicient for tneir defence. BesideF the Emperor F:•:•1 eddy received at Lyons the 7-rup of the Prince of Esslincr, who had sent them for the purpose of receiving orders from the Emperor. Inionville has not s - et been invested by the Pius , ;. vpp•vrte(l.--(Ga:rt(c de V.aure.) Efipress of 14ussia arrived at Munich on the vteniug of the IT h. iil!tz, ,111011 Tit; MON ITEr 11, ,t.l MAI '22.] The itPtifo 14irPS the tiro Proclamations of Na. fokon, <Lova of Juan, March I. addressed to the Army and the Fiend' People, which we Cub li>Led on " M;trilt 1. " a Generals, OCiccrs, and Soldiers of the la•p-tial Goan! to the Generals, Oiliders, and Sol. ,s of the Army : " Sold)! tus t N COY. I: %Pt.:, ! —We have preserved otJ %nor Ensperor iti spite of the numerous snares kJ fie !liin---we have brought I:im hack across the seas. in the midst of a thousand dangers. We have on the sacred soil of the country, with the .Nvional CockailP and the Imperial Eagle. Trample under foot the \\ Trite Cockade—it is the emblem of shan , e, and of the yoke imposed by foreigners and by treason. \Ve shall have uselessly shed our blood if we stiller the cottq-ered to give us the law. " Dori.,;; the little month that the Bourbons have re .l 4 l lesk they have rout inced you that they have for. gotten tiothie..:, vior ktrnt any thing. They:are still I;"verned by projudices bostite to our 'Oats, and to those of th. people. Tllo-e t.iiu have borne arms against their country, r.gaitist us, are heroes—you Thi'' rebi!s, to whom pardon was extended, until they sitculd base setii-:ently strengthened thetwelves by formattun a otitis d'arnte of emigrants, by the if , trodectiou into Paris of a Swiss guard, sod by the vessive substitution of new officers hi your racks. ;:ere a man mnst have borne arms against • • coin,- try to etiti!'.e him to honours and rewards, lie ill"! have a birth conformable to their prejudices to be an rAirer, the soldier would stilt be a solitwr, the people I 'm-1d have the burdens, and they the honours. " A Viostitenil hisdlts the crolueror of Zurich, in hero ;; naturalised a Frenchman, be who had 'teed cf finding ia the clemency of the law pardon and am- Pmty• A Brulart, a Ctiouati, a Georges commands 4)11.* Irg : •011S. _ _ " AVaiting the moment when they would have dritroyed the !region of Honour, they have given it all the traitors, and have been prodigal of it to ••••. , ,race it. They bare taken away from it all the arlitical prerogatives which we have gained at the . 111 . 1' Of our blood. Ile four hundred millions of extraordinary :ails, in wac assigued our endowments, which were the patrimony of the army, and the price of our success, they have sent to England. Soldiers of the great nation 1--Soldiers of the great Napoleon you continue to support a Prince, who for twenty years was the enemy of France, and who boasts of owing his throne to a Prince Regent of England. All that has been done without the consent of the people, and ours, and without haring consulted us, is invalid. " Soldiers! the generale beats, and we march ! run to arms : come to join us • join your Empe ro r, ' and our tri-c o l oure d eag l es; and if these men, now so arrogant, and who have always tied at the sight of our arms, dare to wait for us, what finer oppor tunity can occur of shedding our blood, and singing the hymn of victory? " Soldiers of the 7th, Bth, and 19th military dlvi sions, garrisons of Antibes, of Toulon, of Marseilles, officers on half-pay, veterans of our armies, you are summoned to the honour of giving the first example. ' Come with us to conquer this throne, the palladium of our rights, and posterity will one day say, foreign ers, seconded by trnitors, had imposed a shameful yoke on France, brave men took it off, and the ene mies of the people and of the army disappeared, and were nothing. (Signed, " The General of Mieatte Baron de Cambronne, ' Major f the 1.1 lirglowet of the Oa:assent.% of the ; the I.lrotenatit-Colottel Clieval!er Molni ; Artillers of the Goord, Corouet, Raoul, C:1111;6111S; Lruuu, Dement, Lieu t.•nant:• ; Infantry of the G. Ird, I,. , ubero, I.a.nourot, Mou rs, Com% e, Captain.; 1),-;tartwuz, Tibut, Chatamc 11n- Jet, faeotri.ant, ; Light 1;!ir,” of the ( the Itirtin mants,k;, Nlojor ; Seale, e '' Teo. other Signature: follow, of the Otiteer4, Sub aßeern, and Soldier- it the ruord lastl . l I .v the General of Di- ; %i-ioa. kW-de-Cutup of the liayeror and Alhjur-General of the Guard, "count DROUET." " rap, March 6,1615. " Napoleon, by the Grace of Gntl and the Con stitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c. &c. &c. to the Inhabitants of the Departments of the Upper and Lower Alps. 44 CITIiENS i —I have been much affected by the sentime n t s which nu have manifested. Your wishes shall be fulfilled. The cause of the nation shall again triumph. You have reason to call me your father. I do nothing but for the honour and the happiness of France. My return dissipates all your disquiet; it guarantees the security of all property. Equality enters amongst all (lasses ; and the delta which you Into enjoyed for twenty years, and for which our fathers all sighed, form now a part of your exist ence. " Under every circumstance that may happen to me, I shall always recollect with a lively interest all that I have seen in traversing your country. " By the l'hveror, (.ioed) "NA POLEON. " Ti. Gland Itar.lifil performing the function: of " Napoleon, by the Grace of God, and the Con stitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c. to the Inhabitants of tbe Department of l'lsere. 66 Crr►zENs, —When in my exile I learnt all the misfortunes that pressed upon the nation ; that all all the rights of the people were despised, and that I was reproached with the tranquillity in which I lived, I lost not a moment ; I embarked in a frail vessel; I traversed the seas in the midst of ships of war of dif ferent nations ; I disembarked on the soil of the country, and I had nothing but to Arrive with the rapidity o. • o• eagl► in the good city of Grenoble, •se p:•.krio , ism and attachment to my person were particularly known. _ _ " Alajm•ljecer.ii of the adid Army, (SL d) ~B ERTRAND." " Daupliuoti, you have fulfilled my expecta- •• I !iave supported, not without grief of heart, hu jibe , t despair, the misfortunes to which I have been for year a prey. The spectacle which the people presented to me on my journey greatly afflict ed me. If some clouds interrupted the high opinion I had of the French people, what I have seen con vinces me that it is still worthy of the name of the great nation with which I have greeted it for mote than 20 years. " Dauphittois, on the point of quitting your coun try to proceed to my good city of Lyons, I wish to express to von all the esteem with which your elevated sentiments have inspired me. My henrt is full of the emotions to which you have given birth, and of which I shall constantly preserve the recol lection. " It , the Emperor. (Sigurd) " NAPOLEON. " Tue (;rat ,t 1 Nia•shat exetrisiotr the functions " of Mt,!dr-t iettrral of the Army, k Sigt.t.tl) " BERTRAND." " Napoleon, by the Grace of God and the Constitu i tions of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c. " TO Tilt. INIIALITANTS OF THE CITY OF LYONS. " LYONNATS,—At the moment of quitting your City to proceed to my capital, I wish to make known to you the sentiments with which you have inspired me. You have always been in the first rank in my of. • fections—on the throne or in exile ; you have still manifested the same sentiments. This elevated cha i racter which specially distinguishes your merits for you all my esteem.--In moments mole tranquil I will return to occupy m)self with your wants, and the prosperity of your manufactures, and your city. (Signed) " NAPOLECIN. " By the Emperor, dm." A Dome, dated Lyons, March 13th, annuls the changes made i,i the Court of Cassation, anti restores the former establishment. .4 Liens, Nlarch 13, 1L,15. NAPOI.EttN, &r. " Ist. All the Generals and Officers by land and sra, of whatever rank, introduced into our armies since the Ist of April, 1814, whether emigrated or 1,0 , Mho quitted the service at the moment of the first when the country had the greatest need of their vervices, shall immediately cease their functions, shun discontinue the emblems of their tank, and return to the place of their domicile. " 2. Prohihitions are given to the Minister at War, to the Inspectors of Reviews, to the Officers of the Pay Office, and to other departments, not to disburse any pay to the soldiers, upon any pretext whatever, after the date of the present Decree. (Si g ned) . NAPOLEON. " By the Emperor. " The Grand Marshal performing the functions of " nijor•Lieueral of tile ti y rand Arm, (Signed) '6 BERTRAND." " Napoleon, by the Grace of God, and the Constitutions Of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c. &c. " We have decreed, and do decree as follows: " Art. 1. The White Cockade, the Decoration or II Lilly, the Orders of St. Luis, of the Holy Spirit, and of St. Michael, are abolished. " Art.?. The National Cockade shall he worn b‘ the troop: both by pen and land, and by the Citizens. The jai -coloured flag shall be placed upon the public building,. ill the eitue,, ant uP :rt. " Il A he t ee t l in ie r t s ii i i r l -t t i h i t lir iir :O . rit, executing the functions of rittjor•Geoeral of the Grand Arm), is charged with the puhli. calms of tile pre,ent Decree. (Signed) " NA POLEON. " The Grand Mnr.hal, executing the functions of Major- General of the Grand Army, (Signed) " BERTILIN D." [FROM Lyon, MARCH 13, 1815.] " Napoleon, by the Grace of God, and by the Constitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &r. 64 We hare decreed and do decree as follows : " Art. 1. No Foreign Corps shall he admitted into the Gintryl of the Sovereign. The Imperial Guard is re-established in its functions. It shall out be recruited but foam men oho have been 12 sears on service in our armies. " Art. 2. The Inindred Swiss, the Guards of the gate, the Swiss Gil .vds, tinder whatever denomination, are , uppro,.rd.— They shall be sent. from the date of the pUbliVitillll of this De cree, 20 leagues from the capital, and 20 leagues from our Im perial Palaces, until they' ale I. rills authorised, and the late of the , o!diers shah he assured. " The military hriikse of (be King, as well :is the hudy-guard, mu•krteern, the light horse, ac., are pre:serf. 'ri t e horse.i, arms, the clothes nod equipments shill be placed und.•r the re<punaibil tv a t lie Chief of Corp.. 4' Art, 4. Our Orand M;ir.hnl cxectitioz the functions of Major-fieneral of the Grani Arno, is r :rargeil µith fiLlng the necessary mensurei fur the puhlic.iiiim of the present decree. " the Emperor, (Signed) " N A POI, EON. ‘ 4 The Grand Mtirt.lial executing the functions of Jlajor•(ie netal of the Grand (Signed) " BERTRAN D." [FROM LYONS, MARCH 13, 1815.] 64 Napoleon, by the Grace of God, and the Constitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c. &c. &c. 64 We have decreed, and do decree as follows : " Art. 1. Sequestration shall be put upon all the property which form the Appattages to the Princes of the [louse of Bour bon, and upon those which they possess under whatever title. " 4. All the property of Emigrants belonging to the Legion of Tlimour, to the Hospitals, to the Communes, to the Sinking Fond, or, in short, which form part of the domain antler any denomination, and which has been acquired since the lst of April, to the detriment of the national interest, shall imme diately be put under sequestration. " The Prefects and Officers of Registration shall lend their assi , tance in the execution of the present Decree as soon as they shall be informed of it, and in rase of failure on their part, the •hull be answerable for the injury the tuition shall sustain thereby. " 3. Our Grand Marshal, executing the function,: of the Ma jor• General of the Grand Army, is eh:tiled to take such nigh sures as may he necessary .for the publication of the present Decree. (Signed) " NAPOLEON. Br the Emperor, '• The Grand Marshal, executing the Funelion , . &c. (Signed) " BERTRAND," [FROM LYON 4, 13Tif MARC!! , 1811] 66 Napoleon, by the Glace of God, and the Con stitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c. kc. kc. "' We have decreed and do decree as follows : . " Art. I. The Noblesse are abolkhod, and the laws of the Constituent A4iembly shall he put in force. " 2. Feitd:a Titles are The. laws of our Na tionol /I...enibliel shoat tie put in t •e re. " 3. indh.thials who hove obtained from to national title, a n nationnt reeompeore, mid w hose letters patent have been verified at the Council of the Seal of Title,, shall continue to hear then,. " 4. We reserve to ours-Ives the power to hr.low titles on the de,cendanN of men who have rewiered the French mime ll lustsillUS in various ttges, whether iu the Colllnlall , l of our ar• mire by land or sea, in the Coudvils of the Sovetei n. in the and Civil Administrntilol, or in ArtA a n d Strie,tees. and in C-,mmerte, cutif rmnhle to a law winch nball he pulli)hed upon the mbjert. " Our Grand Marshal, exectitin7 the functions of Major-Ge nernl of the Grand Artny, is charged to adopt such as way he ateceary for, the public:din:l of the present Decree. " By the Emperor, (Signed) " N A POL EON. (Signed) " BERTRAN D." [FROM LYONS MARCH 13, 1815.] " Napoleon, by the Grace of God, &c. " We hate decreed and do decree as follows : 46 Art. 1. All the Emigrants who shall not have been erased, pardoned, or pensioned by us, or by the Governments that have preceded us, and who hare en tered France since the Ist Jan. 1811, shall instantly depart out of the territory of t:te Empire. " 2. Such Emigrants as within 15 days after the publication of the present Decree shall be found within the territory of the Empire, shall be arrested and judged according to the laws decreed by our Na tional Assemblies; at least in all cases where they are not able to prove that they were not acquainted with the present Decree, in which case they shall only be arrested and conducted by the Gens d'Artnerie out of the country. 64 3. Sequestration shall be put upon all their pro perty, moveable or immoveable ; the Prefects and Officers of Registration shall take care that the pre. sent Decree is executed as soon as they shall be in formed of it, and in case of disobedience they shall be responsible for any deficiency that may be found in consequence of our National Treasury. " 4. Our Grand Marshal executing the functions of Major. General of the Grand Army; is charged with taking such steps as may be necessary for the publication of the present Decree. " By the Emperor, &e. (*igneil) " NA POIXON. " The Grand larehril, eke. (Signed) " BERTRAND." -- t" [FROM LYONS, MARCH 13, 1815.] gg Napoleon, by the Grace of God, &c. 66 We bare decreed and do decree as follows : " Art. I. All promotions made in the Legion of Honour, by every other Maud Master than our selves, end all Brevets signed by any other person than the Count Lacepede, Grand irremoveable Chan cellor of the Legion, are null and void. " 2. The changes made in the Decorations of the Legion of Honour, not conforinable to the Statutes of the Order, are troll and void. Each Member of the Legion of Honour shall re-assume the Declaration, such as it was on the Ist 'of April, 1814. 66 3. Nevertheless, as a great number of promo tions, although nude illegally, have been given to parlous who have rendered real service to the coun try, their titles shall be tramsmitted.to the Grand Chancelry, in order that a report may be made to us in the course of April, and a detettnivation suede before the 15th May. " 4. The political rights of the Members of the Legion of Honour are re-established. In Tun \ quence all the Members of the Legion, who on the Ist of 461. 1811, made a part of the Electoral Colleges of Department and of Arrondissement, ard who have been unjustly deprived of this right, are le established in their functions. All those who were not yet Members of an Electoral College, shall send their demands to the Grand Chancellor of the Le. gion of Honour, stating at the same time the Col lege to which they are desirous of belonging. Thy Chancellor shall receive our orders in the month of -April, and shall expedite the hreve:s without delay, in order that those 18 h. shull hate received theta may assist at the assemblie.: of the Champ de Mai. " 5. All the property belonging to the Order of St. Louis, with the Chest of the Invalids, shall be united to that of the Legion •f Honour. " 6. Our Grand Marshal, Ac. is charged with the publication of this Decree. "Bs the Linperor, ('igned) "NA POLEON. " The Grand Marshal, &c. (Signed) " KM{ lAA N D." [roost LYONS, MARCH 13, 1815.] . '- " Napoleon, by the (hate of God, &c. " Considering that the Chamber of Peers is in part composed of persons who have borne arms against France, and who have au ipterest in the re establishmrnt of feudal rights, to the destruction of equality among the different classes, to the preven tion of sales of National Domains, and, in short, to the deprivation of the people of tlie rights they have acquired by 25 years of combats against the enemies of the National glory. " Considering that the powers of the Deputies to the Legisluthe Body hate expired, and that conse quently the House of Commons has no longer any national character ; that a part of that House has rendered itself unworthy of the confidence of the nation, by adhering to the establishment of the feutlal Noblesse, abolished by theContitutions accepted by the people; by making France pay debts contracted abroad to plot coalitions and subsidise armies against the French people ; by giving to the Bourbons the title of Legitimate King, who declared the French people and armies Rebels, and proclaimed as good Frenchmen only those emigrants who, during 25 years, have torn the heart of their country, and vio lated all the rights of the people, in consecrating the principle, that the nation is made for the throne, and not the throne for the nation. " We have decreed, and do decree as follows: " Art. 1. The Chamber of Peers is dissolved. "Y. The House of Commons is dissolved. It is commanded that every Member cons oked, and who has arrived in Paris since the ith of March, Alin return home w idiom dela.. " 3. The Electoral Colleges of the Departments of the Em pire shall be assembled at Paris in the course of the month of May next, in extraordinary assembly of the Champ de Mai, to take such measures as may be convenient to correct and modify our Constitutions, conformably to the interest and will of t!,e nation, and at the same time to assist at the Curosation of the Empress, our very dear and well-beloved 11 ife, and of ot:r dear and well-beloved Son. I. Our Grand Marshal, is charged with the publica tion of this Decree. _ "By the I .ni peror, (Signed) "NA PO 1.1:0N. (Signed) " BERTHA ND, the Undid 11at3lial." ORDER OF DAY. NiIItSIIAL PRINCI: OF MOSEWA TO TUE TROOP 1 UNDER. lilt ORIIP.ItS. " OFFICERS, SUBALTERNS, AND Sot.nlens,---The cause of the Bourbons is for ever lost.—TAitstettiti tnote dynasty which the French nation adopted is about to re-ascend the throne : to the Emperor No potent', our Sovereign, it alone belongs to reign over our fine country. Of what consequence la it to us whether the Noblesse of the Bourbons again extra-: triate thetnselvs, or consent to live in the midst of ' us? The sacred cause of liberty and of our inde pendence will no longer stiffer under their fatal in tiuence. They wished to degrade our military glory ; but they have been deceived. That glory is the fruit of attempts too noble to permit us ever to lose its remembrance. " Soldiers,—Those times are gone by when the people were governed by the suffocation of their rights; at length Liberty triumphs, and Napoleon, our august Emperor, is about to confirm it for ever. Hereafter shall that noble cause be ours, and that of all Frenchmen! A truth so gland must penetrate the hearts•of those brave men that I have the honour to command ! " Soldiers,-1 have often led you to victory ; now I lead you to joie that immortal phalanx with which the Emperor Napoleon approaches Paris, and which will be here within a few days, and then our hopes and our happiness will be for ever realized.—live l'Empereur ! (sipied) 6 , Prince of MOSK WA, Marshal of the Cinvire. " March 13." [lllolt THE MONITEUR OF TILL' 23n.] PARIS, MAR6/122.—The Emperor informed that. the people of France had lost all their rights, acquired by '25 years of combats and victories, and that the glory of the army was attacked, determined to change this state of affairs, to re-establish the Im. pel ial throne, which could alone guarantee the rights of the nation ; and to cause to disappear that Royal Throne which the people had proscribed as guaran teeing nothing but the interests of a small number of On the 26th of February, at five in the evening, he embarked on board a brig, carrying 26 mans', with 400 men of his guard. Three other vessels, which happened to be in the port, and which wene seized, received 200 infantry, 100 Polish light horse, and the t)attalion of Ilatike;s of 200 men.' The %vied was south, and appeared favourable ; Captala Chaubard was in hopes that before break of day the Isle of Capraia would be doubled, and that he should be out of the track of the French' and Eng!ish cruisers, who watched the coast. This . hope •ving disappointed. He had scarcely doubled Cape S!. Andre. io the Isle of Elba, when the wind fe!l, and the sea became calm'; at ineak of day he had only made six leagues, and was still between the 'fie if Capraia and the Isle o6Elba, in sight of the cruisers. The peril appeared imminent ; several of the ma riners were for returning to Porto Fermis). The Emperor ordered the voyage to he continued, having for a resource, in the last resort, to seize the French cruizerc. They consisted of two frigates and a brig, but all that was knot% u of the attachment of the crews to the national glory would not admit of a doubt that they would have hoisted the tri-coloured flag, and rauged themselves on our side. Towards noon the wind freshened a little. At four in the afternoon, we were off the heights of Leghorn ; a frigate appealed five leagues to windwartt, another was on the coast of Corsica, and farther oil a wet.:zel l •J. . 1. .4 Vi • e 7 r a r ff I i • Li t . ~i 1 ~:.