The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-04-09 00:00:00

. V. That the army, as well as the retired Officers and soh. diers, shall retain die ranks, honours, and passions which they enjo 3. yet the public debts shall he inviolable. 4. That the sale of the national dualiss bliall be irthrooattly maintained. 5. That no Frenchman shall 0 , made answerable for thi. pob lie opinions which he may ha% e expressed. S. That the liberty of worship and of conscience shall he roaletained and proclaimeds , as well as the liberty of the prigs , subject to the legal repression of the crimes which may arise from the abose of that liberty. 7. These different Oroposols, seconded by sev eral Members, were put to the vote by th e Prince Yice-Graud Elector, Presi dent, mid adopted by AP Senate. A Member demands that to reconcile the adop tion of )(Woe proposals with the confidence duo to the Members of the Provisional Government just established, the Aadress to the French people, which , this Government n to draw up,lbeil announce 1 that they are charged to prepare a Constitution, such 1 that It shall Not in any manner violate the principles , which are the basis' of these propositions. - The Se• nate atlopts this amendment. The lienate adjourns tilt nine o'clock this evening, to, bear and adopt the definitive reduction of the proses verbal, and to sign it individually. • Senator Count Barthelemy, Ex-President of the Senati.,, is appointed President In the absence of the Prince Nice-Grand Elector, wlto.tannot he present at this sitting. It is decreed, that the extract of the proces ?er bat, containing the nomination of the Members , of the Proviskonal Government, shall be immediately made out under the' signature orate President and Secretaries.. • The Senators who, Tor want o being informed in time, have not been able to attend' ithis sitting, are to be - t again convoked for the sitting t in evening. These deliberations being inishe t the. Prince Vice-Grand Elector put as end to the Sitting. e\ THE Oasis DAY' ) *PAIL 1. At mine in the evening the Sitting is resumed; •Se nator—Count Barthelemy, President. .. , The Senate hears the proces verbal of this day read, and adopts it with some amendpents. . It 'is demanded, that this proces ver!ai shall be printed, and six copies distributed to each of the Members. This proposal is adopted. .. The Members then proceeded to sign the,procet verbal as follows:—. - Al. M. Abrial, Bathe de Marbois, Barthelemy, Cairdlital de Bayanoe,Belderhuseh, Bertholet, General 13oariimiville,Bnona torsi, Carhonare, General Count Chas eioup, .Lanbat, Owlet, General , Colaud, Cornet, Devout', de Gregory Mareorengo, Ge neral t)embarrcre, de Pere, Destust de Tracy, General Dhar ville,Paulsersaect; General d'Hedouville, Duhnis-llehtlY, -Ern ntery, Fabre de l'Aude,,Generul Feria°, Foutanes, Garet, Gre goire; Hera in; de Jaueoort, Journu Aubert, General Klein, le Jens, - latalwesehts, Lanjsinais, Inanity, Le Brun de Roche moat, General Lespiimme, Le Mercier, Nlaleville, Meermann, .31onba.ion, Pastoret4 Pere, Ponteeonlant, Nrener, Riot, Ro rer linens, St. Martin de Lamothe, General astute Suzanne, SAnri§enionmelOenninek„ Marshal Serrurier,, General Routes, Towner, Geiteral Valence, Marshal De Valmy, Vandeiten, Vandepoll, General Vambeis, General Villetard, Vimar, Vol ney. The Members •Ititentfrom indisposition sent their adherence. The Setate met egeitroulatarday the.2d of April, at 'hitse o'clock Is the evening. • LlTtlai t :Oir MR. SRNAVOR BARrH , . Y ON !Mt 1 430ANCE (FORMTUR!IinIIONE). " Gentlemen, Members of the ihviisional. Gar nertrolentvi-qhe Settatescommiselons me to request you to signify to the Ftenek.pookple to-morrow, that , 1 the Senate, by s Deem pegged in l Sitting this eve-1 fillip, has declared, tbiat the Emperor Napoleon and his family have fooliited all right to the throne, and. consequently absolved the French pectiohtited ,thh atrny from their oath of allegiance. This act will be hent.to you to-morrow, with the digliTell and reason -1 of it. I have the honour to salute you. " The President of the Senate, ItARTHELESIY. " .Paris, April 2, Half past Nine is the (welsher" Nothing is more interesting and more affecting than what has passed this evening at the audience which the Emperor of Russia as given to the Senate. After having received the homage of this body- 7 ". A man who called himself my ally," said the Emperor Alexander, 66 entered my States as an un just' aggressor; it is against him. that• I have matte war, not against France ; 'I am the friend of the French people ; what you have just done redoubles this sentiment ; it is just, it is wise to give to France strong and liberal institutions which may be con formable to the present state of knowledge; my Al lies'and myself come only to protect the liberty of your decisions." The Emperor stopped a moment; then this Majesty continued with the most affecting emotion, 41 As a proof of the ddrable alliance which I mean to eoetract with your nation, I restore to it all the Ficnet prisoners who are in Russia*: the l'rovi- Cooal Government had already asked this of me ; I grant it to the Senate in consequence of the resolu tions which it has taken to (lay." The Sen ate withdrew, penetrated with sentiments of gratitude and of the highest admiration. FARTHL•'R EXTRACTS. [From the Jtoirnal Aes Debate, No. IV.] PARIS, APRIL 3. Eivirrßv. OVER issuvn BY DI tRcIIAT. COUNT B VR &Ai At Tollt, -GENERAL-IN-CHIEF OF TILE COM ILVESIAN AND PRUSSIAN ARMIES. .Sent sus I—Your perseverance and bravery have .10ered the French nation, oppressed by a Tyrant Who acted only for himself, and who forgot what he owed to an esteemed and, generous people. The Flock nation has declared itself for us ; our cause is !Frame their's ; and our magnanimous Monarchs ,have promised them proteCtion and support.' From thin moment.the French are our friends: let your arms (Intro) , the small number of unfortnnates who still surround the ambitious Napoleoni but let the cultivator and peaceable inhabitant lie treated with consideration and friendship, as Allies united by the same interests. Given at head-quarters, Paris, April 2, 2 1814. The General of Ditisinn. Count Leginiiiihute 60 to ;he provisionirGoverninant Ilia adherenco lite r mares that - have bete labels by 'the $0:: • . • ' he. per4ons employed at the .TreOINAIN ‘ Red i(1 vvral other public Aeportmente, who had not re... it *kit gumbo' 14. s he; prisoners ;Retinas w maw 20.01.10, ik tiff to tin sel • eeived any votary for llikeel mouths, *May. paid:yes.— . one is confounded at his ob. - isitTho:* oarin kat,:, . rdiuetvto ainiceti ' lk. et oisg inac es iii s ca tos using tau men to perish, one is not t • - 'obstinacy in continuing to exist. He efi what selfishness is .in the home hotel of the Pdaet• ' ' " e " . ' , end solicited the heed . ristier•has hi been able to naturalize himsdf honoue of prelamtlef o t i • to the Emperor • arno et Frenchmen. Was he a Frenchman, helidio, Alexander. ThatPr wise gone oat ;he was Ma- play. en a throne which had been embellished bt the soothe; on horseback the different ettarteet of the ca. goodies, the grace, and the ;pleat matinees of our v i ta l. every %I dy ll ,. moon the b el oadicrj e os of an I Khoo, was always leselting •in his emeshiet lemmas impetus, popelatioit, who flocked :ironed his course. female', an 4 even rallied them in a rude and unreel. On his return, his kesjesty condescended to receive ing manner ow the decline s of their 'beauty ?—Was 'the homage- of the market-woolen, and accepted fhe a Ireochman, who never modes preient but with their nosegay with the mod grseefut ' and touching I the hope of a return ?—Who made a base abase of affability s hs the intoxicatioe of thole' joy and ha ppi- t his power; in order to address in the midst of his Court `nest, they madethe air resound With prolonged shoats degrading expressions to au amiable Minister—to of 6 6 Long live the Great Alexander I Long live the a respectable. Judge—or to an honourable warrior ? Alliedieeereigne! Lotig lire L f ouis:X.VUl. 1 Long 1 Nay, even in his mine does be heap insults on our live' the Bourbons!" " - I warriors, admired ae they are by all the rest of EG- A great number of Vont( men, both ots foot and !rope. What,torrents of invectives in his Bulletins '. on horseback. with coekades is their hat:wand bear- 1 1. WItets, he t hz Ishostill committed a military Woo- . ing white flags, had yesterday the honour of being , der s ...., he pi, es oh the name 'of any General at admitted tom, audience of the King of Prim's. Theyol !meant, to. :accuse him of it He Invents fe. departed full of veneration for s the virtue% of that il,l bit* that np one - can believe :if we would listen 1 lustrious Sovereigaaa { se-belove d by his bravelubjects, ' to hies, itibeCtki- Ignorance of a corporal, which, and so worthy of being so. 1 by..4tlowittg up a bridge, Occasioned the greatest Versailles hes follsemed.the example of the Pari- I disasters that France bat ever experienced.— sins. No sooner was ht delivered Like these, than it ,He knows • not-where to place his best Grenerils reeollecteithat it had heei the residence of Kings.— I i but in - positions where they must be sacrificed.—* / It will send a deputationte the Provisloodaevern- Revokes the clioicrst of his troops, and even the . ment, to express, to it he wbbes. . ''• . ' '/" l O, emu of his army, Mareb and Countermarch We learit,fioin pit the districts adjoining daccapi.:. e h ' An is with an unfeeling rapidity, through tat, that the Conscripts who were on tinge , ' tetifildriacticable roads, and An tho most inclement se.; join the army of &Isparta are Feta lissifrltiM: - Meariwhiie- two or three Geniends remain 1 homes. A grest:uunther or-others daily abando.na cldarged : to 'defend important posts against forces' , bis standard. . Many Villages have already presented 1 tmeodously disproportionate. He occasions the', the affectingipectscie of - mothers embracing with f *fermance of the most heroic • sets of bravery, in tears, their s is :whom ti !e y.b e liaired to be dead : order to cover his checks; and yet it is often from they re-enter their homily 110 lboyghs ?In their ids* enemy that we first learn their performance.—: bands, `covered with white ribbinds, and . shoaling 1 What a savage character is there in his pretended, '' Vive le Itri !" " Down with the tyrant !" Paris . greatness! What a rusticity iii his magnificence!—.. is - daily receiving within its walls soldiers *he no i What a contrast with the noble and touching picture longer abed their blood for the ferocious ambi- 1 presfuted to us in the two Sovereigns, who have tion of a sin g le teati.—'fbey are received with ten-; become in one chty the. Allies of the French people! ;dimness ; every one hastens to supply their wants, 1 Bonaparte wished to reside in all the palaces of I and to ellaCe the long sufferings ' which the") , have ex- I Europe . : 'these Monercba abstain even from entering periettced. ' the palace of the absent King of France. A simple -A riswil.of distinguished youth was repairing, the . apartment suffices for them. Since the House of whole of ,yesterday, tolhe house of M. Chas. Noal!- Lorraine has given the example of that simplicity I les, in the laubourg St. 'Honore, to enrol their , which so well becomes the Throne, the connection nettles in the list of Royal Guards. : between Kings and their people has been rendered It is M. the Senator*Limbreachts, and not M. moreintimate. We know not why theseSovereigosi 'Garat, as some Journal!: have announced, who is . are loved. We long to see the Emperor of Austria: charged with drawing up the plan of the new Con- : who has so fully concurred in their generous views,; . stitution. i mid to soften, if possible, the pain which our deli. The following address, signed by a great number 1 Terence has cost his heart. Why should we not of the inhabitants, was this day posted up on all the speak to these Monarchs, the friends of our owe, • walls of Paris : 1 in that us" of love, of which the Tyrant had- TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AND *!SREIIIj OS lose the pleasing habit! This is the day of , TUE RING OF fousszA.- i re•ohldm to the Great Family of Europe. By what Braes,—Paris is occupiid by your triumphant`; benefits has not She inexhaustible magnanimity of , armies. the Emperor Alexinder signalized itself on this day ? I - Receive the homage the most flattering to generous ; Two hundred thousand of our countrymen, are about conquerors, the reward of victory, the most pleasing to be . restored to our embraces: never did - a and the most rare—the benedictions of the van. Sovereign make to a King, his friend, so magnificent . geished. • ' .a present. - The vanquished—malt! that appellation, which does TIM :same compact which is about to 40* .tau veil not, however, exclude every idea of glory, ORIVEHSE I per, will also bring back to us that liberty of whkh belong to es. 1 we had so imprudently passed the bounds, and of Oar wishes invited yes; they seconded your holy, *Ma the most treacherous of tyrants bad Ito toeSpe crusade against the scourge of nations egalasethat ; left a trace in any of our institutions. No guarantee, Monster, an ali‘n to our *country, 'who, raised by a.. would have been sufficient with one who mocked at good fortune of which he was unworthy,- to the helm 1 all)treaties and all Promises : but the spirit of con. of a State torn by factions, bad perverted the energy , cord has dictated real guarantees, which will cob. of a generous people, had abused that energy in or. I found ill parties in one common sentiment ; and we . der foolishly ,to declare war against the liberty of the . may once more behold public liberty flourish under world, and even, so to speak, against the human race the sacred abide of Monarchial power. itself—againit that monster, to whom by way of emit. (Signed) C. LACRETELLE. nence it was given to dispeople and destroy ; who, from the Baltic to the Pyrenees, tore children from their parents to make them the instruments or the victims of his devouring tyranny, and compelled even fathers to put up prayers against the success of the arms of their sons. ACTS pf THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. *DDftUS TO Till FRlNcu AR)110. • Pies, lora 2. 1914. I ' Sotormfi4-;-France has just broken the yoke un. der which she has groaned with you for so mast' , years. I You have never fought but for the country ; you can uo longer fight, unless agaiuseit, onder the co- ' lours of the mall who leads you. Behold all that yen have suffered from his tyro- ! ny ; you were lately a million of men; nearly all i have perished ; they were delivered up to the sword.' of the enemy, without food, without hospitals, they were condemned to perish of misery and hunger. Soldiers, it is full time to end the calamities of , the country ; peace is in your hands. Will you re fuse it to desolated France ?, Your enemies them selves demand it of you '•• they regret to ravage these line countries, and wish only to take arms against tour oppressor and ours. Shall you be deaf to the voice of the country which summons and entreats you ? It addresses you by its Senate, by its capital, end, above all, by its misfortunes; you are its no- i lest children,. and cannot belong to him who has 1 raged it, who has delivered it up without arms, Ithoat defence; who wished to render your name , Wks, to all nations, and who would have comprie•- siked year glory, if *avian, who is not' even t' Vvencitman, coeld bein 'lneakened the glory of our arms, and the generosity of our soldiers. You are no longer the aoldieri of .Napoleon : the Senate and all France absetveloe from your oaths. ___. , These prayers have been heard by Providence, and realised by your brave armies. You triumph, Sires, but we are not vanquished : we are delivered, and your triumph shall be the eternal object of our grati. tude. Deliverers of our unhappy eountry, deign to ac complish your work, and to fill up the measure of your benefits. France cannot enjoy repose—she - cannot resume her place in the rank of the other European nations —she cannot (we say it frankly) inspire them with confidence in her treaties, but under the tutelary shade of legitimate authority. • Ah ! at least, amid long and culpable errors, this justice shall at least be thine us, that tso.Peneh. M3II has dared to seat himself on the throne of Louis X V __ • _ The brother of that unfortunate—of that sainted monarch—his legitimate successor, the descendant of the good Henry, the Sovereign of the French, is not yet among us. Permit, Sires, that utider your auspices, a doings. tation of faithful Frenchmen go to throw theitssakiell at his feet—to offer to him an expiatory horn beg him to restore to France the presence a tier King, and to fix with your INlnjesties in his hence forth purified capital the unalterable bases of the tranquillity of Europe. • (Signet') VIVR LE ROT. [Here follow the sigtiatures.] Paw. of RF.‘i EV ENTO, FRANCOIS DE MON ' TESQU I EU. DA LBERG, SOU KNON VILLE, JAUCOU Conquerors had not yet.,hebm sufficiently bated.--1 Heaven permitted the too long successes •of Rene-, parse, in order to inspire for ever a hatred of them. Lt determined that this conqueror should possess no resemblance even to those who dazzled whilst they alaxmed mankind. It gave him a degree of .military skill, but without the recommendation of personal bravery,; ap activity prndiginus, but without aim ; a will untameable, but withoUt discernment. All hivdisastnrsm—alt . .the i'diagnlces with which he has been overwhelmed...4nm sprung from the same esotts whips, producetl..hip triumphs. Neith t er the moSt unprecedented Nvntirs of fortune, nor the most, terrible lessons of disappointinent : —nor the confidence o * nation, which, having bun tormented by a hi. sleonstteurcity;had hemd to find in him reconst-nor the councils of enlightened men, who would have direettl. him 4 tili(patit - . of true gloiy—nor the de: toted eitael;inent of Valiant' Warriors—nothing' sal t ibfe to.aoften tha• character, to correct the false lothipet4;_tr. to Ikea* the corrupted soul Of this C•OVRRNMENT OF PARIS: The, public is info:awed, that the audiences• of his • Ei.nellOnsty the thirebitt . Chief, Military Governor lir ) 1 / 4 ,l4:Barna de Sackett, will henceforth lake place only between nine and twelve. • •PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. The Provisional Government decreet i that the Momiteur is the only otliolal Journal, April S. , R.OUX.tAIIoRIE, Secretary•-General. . A large quantity of heavy (*wpm has been shipped ~nt Heligoland for tile. battering of ttemburib. Ylkterday morning s a yowng rionsets,. wilo lodges at n. cabinet-maker's, In Hart-stteet, near Cripple othi attempted to hang kerielt. *me* per sons in thi.kgsse, having a suspicion of het intentiotricaused ,the- gar of' !fee' rotim Tle'broke open; aid load /her banging in a closet ; they iminedititeleftt her &swa t and ..set4 for a stirgeOn ) arid she' Is likely to recover. , • 111 E STATE.SMAIq. iuths, were paid yes. Corsican soldier. If - A rr. XOll6 Ciett Ueligt2 ll 0 Holland 1411011 or noon THIS BIM 9 per Cook Rog. ni t Of 91 9 9 per Cont. Cons. SI 701 I per Conga. 84 36 I perform. Navy 911 71 Low. Ann. 15 if DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, ' bias Bondi 12 16 p lizeitequer Hilts 4 9 p Omnium 28 5. 1 11 Pay ditto 99 5t 6 CONDI. for Acct, 73 1 - _TIIE STATESMAN • LONDON: SiIitIRDAV, APRIL 9, 1914. This netsitirwas published the followieg -I,oNport . GAriTS .02140RD1N4, • I&' tr DAT, AP &IL 14 1914. Forgo-O„ftee, .ifpri: 9, Tao A A Dispatches, of which the follo!riag as* espies, have been received front his Exceitenet Gown( Viscount Cathcart, • and Limitenant-Gearal honourable Sir Charles Stewart, addressed tä Castlereegh. : • : • • Pm* Matti; Mv Loan, The espperor isidtearody,'Stls, Kind of Prussia, studied 1 4g, where they were receired by all rankest 'Magi* lotion with the warmeit acoletniiolllM. ' The windows of the best higiESPereined her well dressed persons waving Wl* haaditerehlers clippie; their hands ; the populace, Intimated many of a superior claii; 'were in the streets pressing forward to so *the Emperor and to endeavour touch his horse. The general cry was," rive r, pereur Alexandre," "Vire noire Liberaleur " Fire le Roi de arvae." Very many persons appeared with white cockades, and there was a estasiderabla Ivy*, ". The Loai' XVIII." " Vies lea Boutbseer tradua' Increased. Their Imperial and Itepdallejestios proceeded • I Champs. Elyse's,* whereat..o part of the arre pawed in re view before them, and as usual, In I molt elect order. Ilia Imperial Majesty •is lodged 1 • i in the house • of M. Talleyrand, Pilate if Ilene» tante. It h impossible to describe the stenos of this ih the compass of a dispatch ; the most striking w the National baard, in their uniform, and ;need, dewing the amen fertbelroops of the Allies ing through, in all doe peel of stilltlq Pericles , Gay • after a amyl ectine s the pe of firsiefr I whose political oseileilett have atilt dose been nifested bt -the statoMpestAndiration, unanimous their cry for paw" std a thecip4,ll,l l 4 l . l *- klieg the iPiesielleit the tails, 144004111iri& France of an invading army, as a blessing sad liverance. A rope placed round the • ' atatete of Napoleon, on the - CoTonne de* Armee; and the people awned l . . ••• crYlitV`a be, to Titan Mach was-said tr qtr weird, o 64 . the resteranga of mineable 'relations with Greid Britain. The orenpation of Lyoiss and of Bourdon's . known all the people, as also the eircemstanctl of the declarations at the latter plow in fairer Louis XVIlf. and the display of the white esoekado; but not the independence of Holland. The events which hare led to eke egctpation Paris will be understood from the fotlowing.reca Weldon. Since the - battle of Brienue, on the Ist of Febi ary, the enemy has shown no inclination to Sgl). general battle against the .waited force of the Allies, 'bat has used the utmost activity to attack al: tachments. • ' Jn the latter end of February.), Field. Marshal Blucher crossed the Marne, and moved upon Err. nay, Soissons, and Laon, to meet and to mita the corps moving from the northern those which had been relieved from the blockade fortresses near the Rhine. The talent and fought actions which took plaits between Soissons, Leon, and Rheims, have been detailed in the reports by Colonel Lowe, and other Officers. During these operations. on the right, -the Mar. shat Prince Schwartsenborg .drew , beck Ibis; corps which remained with him on ibbleft, and detached td reinforce the army between Dijoh, una, Genera, receivin g at the same time, antr4 (toting the Velites•fron *sorry and.other , forcements ; bis army, which had occupielkiheelpul try between the Seine and Yonne, with posts Auxerre, Fontainbleau, Melon, and Moreton and which had patrolled into the suburbetat leans (near which city General Seslarini took hundred priioners) having fallen back to. - the A where the affair of Bar.sur.Aube .took place the lith. Aster this affair the Prince Field-Marshal re. cupied Troyes Auxerre, Sens, and 'Pont.sur-Sei , • Napoleon, t aring declined a general action, wl Field. Marshal Blacker repeatedly offered near on, returned to the left bank of the Marne, and dicated an intention of resuming offensive operations agaimit the Grand Artily. The conferences at Chatillon were terminated the 19th inst. and en that day the French moved 'urn Arcis, behind which the corps mended toy Field-Marshal Contit.Wrede was posted. The Allies, under the Prince Schwartzenherg, the 34 4th, and 6th corps, tinder the Prince Ka of Wirtemberg, and the- sth .untler thewiwie reserve, were concentrated t!te kilissoear Pougy and Arcis,.end a general melt ientirladn by - the 'Allies on the 4 20th, in w' the enemy was d;teated at ell points, with great 'and Arcis was retaken. . • -At this juncture, Nipoleon formed the desperp And ettraordiciary 'plan of pasting between thr rit • . . r. MP* , DTae sl:!"t' ,0 .1 e ,OCK. •,' •• r° 1l • ' 4 44111 4 • • • oar d 1 • Mplel s leen r 1 the . •• 4 1.1 1 0; 004. well* it mist I with • t easing nr to rsin. tear,'! • • ;tides, ` Louill 'unlit ," ed toy army „" n the Aged - Bete. t sky, ! ' we . midi • '•• paw • roe in - • IV* - : . Pt tl•ik ormis Ina itani &11 , ban ion of ecapi. !gilt it it de- 'rebel Err. with . , and • - ,de of • `• well. ssoni, • epode Mar. corps. 'acti• • ltdcit. jApun• VI at 4 , •ati•nti, I' Or- some Auhe, .ce on ei ne. • , which • . r La- nd in- ationa • ted on army COM• fthyal arahal ted en id at- which .t lose , perote he ar- • • . . I.