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ARRIVED-1 Malta, 1 Dublin. DUE-2 France, 2 Holland, _ _ Hatuburgh, 2 Gottenburgh, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF THIB DAY Al Tv STOCKS ELVE n'CLOCK. Bank L. Ann. shut India Ronds, par Excbeq. Bills, par, 4s. Is. dis. Onniutn, Coos. for April, 6111 60114,H Bank Stock, 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3per Ct. Cons. 61ii/ 61 6O 4 per Cent. Cons. shut 5 per Cent. Navy Ann. 91i 92 91iii 90 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning . , 5 minutes after C.' Evening, 31 minutes after 6. TfIE SUN. SoLENI GUIS DICER E FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1815. IMPORTANT FRENCH PAPERS. We have received MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH PAPERS to the.l4-th, and have taken from them Extracts as-et:pious as our limits and time permitted, We shall very briefly introduce them. Things look as ill as could have been feared. There is evidcntlyno reliance on the army, though some corns nlay remain faithful. Already floes the Usurper divide, if not wholly possess, the power of France. At Ore:l° l 3lc, as we sus pected, the Army oined him. Lyons could offer no resistance, and we do not see that any strong hopes are hse,l out of his being stopped in his ; march to Paris. The amount of his force is not stated, but must he considerable. Among the first who joined hirn was the Parole-breaker, Le favre Desnouctles, who ought never to have been trusted in an honourable Army by a legal Go- vernment. SOtJLT has, we believe, been arreated—CLAßKS -(Dtlkt! of Feltre) succeeded him. The Report to •I~e Peers is a. truly momentous and afflicting Do- We refer it for a comprehensive view of nnci t. .c.;l that has taken place. 'We shall not notice the 'numerous reports afloat,- they are all gloomy. [From the Moniteur of Me IVh.] " PARts, s.laacn 12.—His Serene Highness the Lake of Orleans arrived to day at Paris, having been sent by Monsieur to take the orders of the King, in consequence of the changes reudered necessary by the itupossibility of assembling a suf ficient force in time for the dc:e.nce of the city of Lyons. 'The rapidity of the march of the enemy (night not, however, to make any alteration in the public opinion. By his precipitation he xvcaliens himself, and cannot bring any effectual force to bear upon any one point. Nothing an nounces that the force by which lie is accompanied has iucreased, while ours, arrive in all three- tious upon the points assigned to them. We were not disappointed in our expectations, when we said that the perfidious seduction of the enemy would have no effect upS our brave Sol diers of the French Army. " The fohr squadrons of Royal Chasseurs, who bad been misled by the perfidy of one of their Chiefs, and whose passage at La Fere we men tioned, have just sent from Compeigne a Deputa tion to the King, composed of a Major, a Lieu tenant-Colonel, and a Captain, to assure his Majesty of their inviolable fidelity. As soon as they perceived the disloyal intentions of General Lltrebvre, they halted at Compeigne, and de manded an explanation of that General ; and hav ing ascertained that they were not marching in pursuance of the directions of the lining, they placed themselves under the command of General Lyons, and set out immediately upo❑ their march to return to their garrison at Cambray. `° An immense multitude of assurances and pray f; of fidelity have been given under important ci.c;:instances by the military of all ranks." PROCLAMATION. " March It. 4' After '25 years of revolution we have, by the s?glii bounty of Providence, had France restored to a stale of tranquillity. To render this state (itable and bolid,we have given to our people a Charterochich, by a wise Constitution, assures the belly of every subject. This Charti:r has, since June last, been the daily rule of our conduct ; and we Lave found in the Chambers of Peers and Depu tes all necessary eO-operation in maintaining mitb us the national glory and prosperity. The love of-our people was the best recompenee of our la bours and die best guarantee of our happy success. It, is to this love that we now ctwfitlently Nppcal aglinst the Enemy, who. • Conies to' pollute the French teriitorl'es, who desires to renew the Civil War. All those who sincerely love their Coun try, all those who estimate the value of a - paternal Government, and of freedom secured by law, ought to entertain hut one thottght—to destroy the Oppressor, who neither wishes for Country, nor - Government, nor Liberty. All Frenchmen, equal by the Constitution, ought to be alike. zealous in defending it. It is to all such that we ►address this exhortation to save all. The moment is come to give a grand example ; we await the energy of a free and brave Nation she will 2 ,4 '. ways find us ready to direct this enterprize, on which the safety of France depends. Measures have been taken to stop the enemy between Lyons and Paris. Our means are sufficient, if the nation opposes to him the invincible obstacle of its devotion and courage. France will never be vanquished in this struggle of liberty against ty ranny, of fidelity against treason, of Louis XVIII, against Buonaparte. (Signed) " LOUIS." PROCLAMATION TO THE ARMIES. " Lotus, &c. " To our brave Soldiers, .clfety— " Brave Soldiers ! the glory and the strength of our Kingdom, it is in the name of honour that your King orders you to be faithful to your co lours ; you have sworn fidelity to him, you will not betray your oaths. A General whom you would have defended to your last breath, if he had not formally abdicated his authority, has rfr stored you to ynur lawful Monarch. Mingled in the great family of which he is the father, amf in which on are only distinguished by the.most brilliant services, I bear you all in my heart ; associate myself with all your triumphs, though not acquired in my cause : recalled to the throne of niv Ancestors, I am delighted to see it supported by the brave Army, so worthy to defend it.-- Soldiers, I invoke your love, I . demand your fide lity : your forefathers, in other times, rallied under the St'andard of the Great HENRY : it is his descendant that I have placed at your bead ; follow him faithfully in the paths of?ho nour and duty : defend, with him, the public liberty, which is attacked, the Constitutional Charter which it is attempted to destroy ; de feria your wives, your fathers, your children, your property, against the tyranny ‘vhich threat ens them. Is not the enemy of the country also your enemy ? has he not speculated upon your blood, trafficked on your fatigues, and on your wounds ? Was it not to gratify his insatia ble ambition that lie led you to encounter a thou sand dangers in achieving useless and mur derous victories. Our beautiful France was not sufficient for him, he would again exhaust the entire population in going to the ex tremities of the world, and ply for new conquests with your blood. Resist then his perfiduous pro mises ; your King calls, your Country demands you'; let honour attach you firmly to your stand ards ; I charge myself with seeing you rewarded ; in your own ranks, among the elite of faithful soldiers that I will chuse your Officers ; the gra titude of the public shall repay all your services : One more effort and you will soon enjoy the glory and glorious repose which you have so well o de. served. " March then, brave Soldiers, wrthoot hesita tion, at the voice of honour : yourselves arrest the first traitor who would seduce you. If any one imong you has already lent an e.r to the per fidious suggestions of Rebels, there is yet time to return to the path of duty. The doo r is yet open to repentance : it is thus that many sqoadnins, whom a guilty . Chief wished to mislead, near la Fere, themselves forced hi m to fiy. May this example be beneficial to the whole Army may the great number of corps who renuiin pure, and who have refused unite with rebels, close thcir batallions to attack und repel the traitors, and persevere in their good di;_ position. Soldiers ! you are French, lam your King ; it is not, then, in vain that I confide to your courage and fidelity the safety of our be loved country. Given at theThuilieries, 12thillarch 1815, the 20th year of our reign. (Signed) " LOUIS." " The King has entru;:ted the command of all the Corps in and about Paris to the Duke de Berri. " Since the moment when the Proclamation of the King made known, without artifice or con cealment, the unexpected danger which menaces France, and the Government which she received ts,ith so much enthusiasm and unanimity, an im mense multitude of Citizens have unceasingly carried, by some means, to the foot of the Throne, the homage of Their devotion a,:d fidelity. Evuy day the court of the Palace is tilled with crowds, expressing the common sentiment with energy a nd enthusiasm. The King's name is the object of their lively and continued acclamations. " A Proclamation of the 12th states, that bat talions of Royal Volunteers t: ill be formed, and marched with time corps-de-artntle under the com mand of time Duke of Berri. Counts Viomettil and La Tour-Maubourg are to organize them, and their arms Ire to be deli vere d at Vi ncennes. " Variou s docutitents afford proof of the loyalty of OupixoT, NEy, Joußomq, DirmcNenAt.7, and of the attachment of many Regiments, Towns, Public Bodies, ei.c. &c. but we have no shoe to particularize them —upon this subject time /lioni te::r says, " so great a number of Addresses to the KING, voted by Mnnicipal and Departmental Administrations, and by all classes of Public , Functionaries, have been placed at time foot of - the Throne, that it is impossible for es to lay !hem before our Readers." All the. Addi•esses have but one rallying word, the Kiug and the Charter!" CHAMBER OF' DI . :I I I7TIES, 120) MAncn. "'!'he Chamber sat in a Secret Condnittce. "Many Ministers appeared and presented very encouraging communications respecting ti;e situation Of afairs. ‘"ThA T will be a Public .Sitting to-morrow, and the I‘linistcrs hill present a (Lieneral Itepout.'' (Prom the Atonizt•ur of the 11th.) CIIAMBEIt OF PEERS, Sxrvinmy, IVinacti 'f Statement made to the Chamber of ,-Pecr3 by the Chancellor, by order of his'lNlajesty. g' GENTLEMEN,—In conformity to the t‘ishes of the Chamber of Peers, 1 ant authorised to lay before you all the intelligence which ha 3 beet; received upon the subject, which 1 yestet day had the honour of communicating to you. It tvas;on Sund a y the sth of this mouth that we received the Srst intelligence of disembarkation, which the enemy had effected. According to accounts up on which we thought we could depend, he had with him but 700 men of the old Guard, about 300 Corsicans, and 140 foreigners, who came with him from the island of Elba, that is to say in all about 1140 men. It was with this handful of melt that he landed on the Ist at Cantles, near Antibes. He disembarked without any resistance, because there was not sufficient troops to oppose him. Buonapartc appears to have tailed iu his attempts upon Antibes, and he advanced towards Digne, where he was on the 4th, without receiv ing any reinforcements, " The Prefect of Var dispatched couriers to all the neighbouring Prefects, and particularly to Lyons, to inform him of the events which bad occurred. It was by one of these couriers that the Prefect of Lyons received the news of the disembarkation, of which he transmitted to us the first intelligence by a telegraphic dispatch. A se concfdispatch, of the same day, rectified- a mis take in the first, by stating the numbers 4 of the enemy at about 1100 men, instead of 1600, which was the number mentioned in the first dispatch. In consequence this first news, Monsieur, the Brother of the King, set out on Sunday night.-,-e Couriers were dispatched on all sides to order the troops to assemble under the orders of Monsieur, by which means- he would have an army of 30,000 men, of which between 3 and 4000 would be cavalry. Orders were, at the same time, sent to the Duke de Berri to go from Bourdeaux to Nes mes, and to take the command there, with Marshal the Duke of . Tarentum (Macdonald), under his orders of the Army (of Gard ; the part of it which was collected did not exceed 3 or 4000 men, but it might be increased to 13,000 by calling in the divisions which were spread about, in the Bth and 9th military divisions. These dispositions occupied the days of Sunday and Monday, and a part of the nights. On the 6th we received a Telegraphic Dispatch, which contained few additional details ; but a Courier, which arrived on the 6th, brought letters from the Department of the Van, containing the information which has been laid before you respecting the ad vance of Buonaparte to Gap. Upon the receipt of this intelligence his Majesty issued the orders for' the adoption of measures for general safety, and for assembling the Two Chambers. The tele graphic dispatches succeeded each other slowly. The Minister of War continued to send off cou riers with orders relative to the movements of troops. The service of Estafettes was imme diately re-established, aml we received some on the 7th ancHth, tvhich brought letters from the Prefect of \Tar, all of which announced to us that the best spirit prevailed, and assuring us of the good dispositions of the troops. We had no in telligence that Buonaparte had received reinforce ments. We had therefor e e ver y reason to h o p e that this rash enterprize would have no other effect than that of strengthening legitimate authority, and relieving France of the eternal enemy of her tranquillity and happiness. What then was our astonishment when we learnt, by a telegraphic dispatch of 'the Bth, that, he was expected at Grenoble on that night, and by a second, that Grenoble would be surrendered. This dispatch, being interrupted by the weather, did not reach us till the oth at night. • ." Yesterday, the 10th, we received a dispatch, dated Lyons, the 6th, at half-past eight in the moulting, containing only the following words : " The Princes set out this moment. Buona parte is expected at Lyons to-night. I an set ting out for Clermont." (It is the Prefect who speaks). There was no location of Grenoble in this letter, and we flattered ourselves that it re siSted still ; but that hope was destroyed by a letter of Monsieur, of the Bth, at night, which his Majesty received this morning by a Courier, and which he gave me permission to read, io order that I might communicate it to the Chamber of' Peers. His Royal Highness commences his letter by describ ing his journey, and the incredible activity with which, on his arrival at Lyons, he colected the troops and the National Guards, and received afresh their oaths of fidelity, and the unequivocal testimonies of their devotion. The Prince hail fixed that night for their departure, intend ing to march at their head to the relief of Grenoble. But • he learnt in a few hours that Grenoble had surrendered without resistance. His Highness therefore took measures for the de fence of Lyons. It is probable, however, that his efforts were unavailing, since the dispatch of yes terday announces the departure of the Princes-, and of the Prefect, who was too much devoted to have quitted his post without a formal order. " Here, Gentlemen, my intelligence ends, %%re expect fresh news every hour, but it is difficult to receive it before night. A letter has just been brought to me, which announces a new treason attempted at La Fere, which was fortunately frustrated by the courageous firmness of the Com mandant of the Military School, Count Ahoville. I will lay before you the whole of this letter, which will tranquillize you with respect to the fate of One of our greatest dep6is of artiller t y, at the SaiilC time that it spews to you the defection t al situation in which France i / G i o f eun:;( a t)(l,l(:: Ge has contrived to mislead j ni6ilel,a ie .i t elc,e r st al i:si. it %% (ii • i lo eli t uo:.(:),1 N r,~itrF:, who arrived With iioomere, rapid progress. t, l tk o;tv hi e i x g t miy We ha l % i ' ( e ) a t I n :t e l l :L e e ' l e c his a= ce bt doubted, but at ‘ ( % l • e li s e c o rt ‘ i v " e n s k n l t i ) a bs v ' e , that Grenoble occunied, and that-the second City in the Empire is ready to fall, and perhaps no . " : it► the guilds of he le sariceis7f Boonaparte are spread among our Regiments. `;care of them are in our ranks ; there is reason to believe that many men will be seduced by their insi !mati• ons, 'and that few alone will weaken the weans of our defence. " The Chancellor then .proceeded to state, that great reliance Was to he placed ii - powthe National Guard who were all ordered to be called out, that great care ivoala be used in preventing the publi cation and circulation of all Incendiary Pamphlets, acid concluded with informing the Chamber that it was his Majesty'i intention to have anniipd tr. the two co, SOMC provisional Laws Or .... giving greater strength to the Executivo in the present emergency; hot that c onsidet o, the liecessary slowness of Legislative procr etn . ".; his Majesty had resolv:24l to adopt the nee-e'°l- Measures upon his own responsibility." When this Speech was finished and the varical. ' Documents read, the. Pi esident was ordered ,- wait upon his Majesty, to renew their expre' ?i " . „ l '', of attachment, and to thank him for the %vise in,- sures he bad adopted fur the public safety. " PAros, MAttcnll.—The King has this (1 ;1 named the Du Le de Feltre iccretars, - of Sti - a c of War. " 'the Chamber of Deputies c.saembled on thc 11 th ." FROM MINOR I'A•P; 7 ,FtS., " Marshal Nev set out on the Bth for Besan") the chief seat of his government, to s econd 1 1 . 2 ,` direct with all his t a l en ts an dZ ca l the g 00 ` 1 , ( ::. position of the br a v e F ranc b e -C om ptoips troops under his-orders. of , E " We received yesterday, at 2 o'clack, th ille satisfactory intelligence from Monsieur ; the M: hic ot Tarentum joined him at Lyons on the gth, tlje inhabitants of which city gave proof °` greatest devotion, broke down the bridge s ' would have defended themselves to the his t a , tremity, if they bad bad some .pieces °f non. Marshal Macdonald, after examiniugi an state of the munitions of war, deteonin gt ce , taking the route to Clermont with his i r all of which remained unmovea blv faith'er'tg order to form junction with the new L' 9. ,,, / ,‘ lions of Artillery, a nd r e- enter Ly o ns if 1 3 1 -";01 PARTE approached it. All the military. - cE 7c P s „iiv. all the population of the So u th h a ve thus 3 r cote ing point, whence they may attack 13t10 4 "Pipit in the rear. Every thing causes us to h°P c the deliverance of Lyons is at band, trio' " All brave and faithful of these coill will unite around a Chief, whose fidelit:'" l s t ilet assured as his , bravery is certain. Me3lA':sp Marshals Ney and Sachet will come from " -- ,cir con and Strasburg with th e troo ps unde r c - or command;. it wits by theu't that litionapa rt , e or qttered his enemies—it i s by t h em he vvil‘ these self be conquered—France owes her glai r " i ! „ brave warriors—she . will also owe her "t° them. i ' A Telegraphic Dispatch. from Mete S t ` z id, that when. iNlarSbal .Ondinot (Duke of I ` tr '° r received tire first.- intelligence of the ?io ldifi l : i 'ide r Buonaparte ; he assembl e d a ll t h e trool) o ief i ' his command, to the number of 13,0 0 w 00; lie said that he had never deceivol the" o de' they had fought together ; and with hi s , gis a frankness, he told them, that h e was re 3 dY, t c ° l . l9; r ;' discharges to any one that chose to go "'ow lcD Buonaparte, but he was determined that be li. depend upon . those .Itvho went freely w it 100 g; The troops all shouted ". Long live tbereo,''er'• Long live our General,!" Th e Duke Of f ' o f has again received the oath of fulch t Y • Garrison of Lisle. ePt V i r' " Notwithstanding the badness of the, w 1:10)- 1 ' great crowds assembled this morning in t 1).(3 ., t o di ,: leries, who . loudly testified their devol i , ( _____ n 'o Kitt2i. Three...or four wretches cried e l'Empereur ! - -- , :but the crowd would Infl0(1."--. stroyed them if the Canards had not illt c t:',ryv i* ; i They were taken to the Guard-house. o no ° mounts the white cockade; those w ll4l t procure ribbon use paper. tr " One of our J ourna l s t hi s day antiou nc , e qV G a • General liaison had assembled an ArmY ° -„,,,a P men, with which he was about to march' tack the Rebels." .454. FUNDS, MAncti 11. f• 5 per Cents Bank Actions ......... .................. ar o ,- oce The Duchess of WELLINGTON 1113( 1 5 1 fro- Paris is in great con f us i on — so is 3.- 0 Oge • 01 Calais, and e very P ort i n t h e Ch a nnel, Is with British endeavouring to escape. The following is copied from the illa fil g b e ro i l' ...........„„..._ id iripb:::Bt. Bouncingiti .: i e n ' e t r i . rle res ident l tii satisfiedail nj o t t iir i t n t-u 1 , e ct" , atP f ail o :eii. t iyel eiutwitaleetnirreceirisstetiaoftor:odruengficirtlta)nt,::, jeititel,iiiiliat.::ll:::::::::ifelli,:ei jo u- , Second Edition of TAE s ub/ on MontlitY '" ,:r c ' 2 foo d t a i l ( lt l, he vi N e odrothnootlig t gur ree - 1 1 :::: 4 :m ia a ( f l :e 'e r: - I a a r re d: l , j" ''llll°' feel inclined a 0 s b t e a l t i e C s7: tib i l i j e e ; l l; : culars here communicated, which, We I. ' " 6- w pm gine, proceed from a Foreigner in 11°- c ./ v cogt,lslezitteonntltyhefr:BmthawyreFreybrsutaisrpyicious 5"r.„,,,;13P ::t i (.1 the , King nai of Italy ,i - Inonaparte), in which they' the 5i,5,1.0011) :ependence of Italy. At Peschiera it gits:-]; j , a t, N eo ,o, o ,if ! the massacre of the Austri'an troops, afteost"... t hisp ~tit! , " and, lastly, at Milan. It is asserted that nn d "' en d 10 0 0 J:tustrians were sacrificed. General Delleg 4r b e at t t . le e V. i s _ . . v, "endeavoured to escape through Switzerland, ~.. h e i r sl's‘ ,l ` were in arms, and wottlil allow no one to Ptt s ' o ly r oc,• w herc, ru , w erc :i tit7 " of Piedmont ran away from Turin. ,", " were e,mtnitted . and the adherents of the F"l ' itel", Cu' "e l ill-treated."--'l'6e Italian COrresponileot, ~ i v•fi,. ,a , i these events.' a;tils the following observation :- -- boie pist' Y a f, irei4o army attempts to 0 i 50 .. 5e itself to 3 "' trust tiltiivato4 b perish." 11 Proxiesto)l: place,.tocoulsotePit,rboessie: --........--.-- , whichn i t t u v a p s o r a t: i i i . : 1 i 0 debatel,.s: ....... . In loc. La Last night 1 • of the Corn Bill, the .1 - loi con(' .House of Lords, on the T l Otiol fOr,tio (II LlVER l P 'eading by the 11,,iFinitl, .DOL. After a long discussion, " (to 9,;4 2-1- 52-141 Non-00nte►1ts 1 5 ; 0019 tune 127. --The Bill was tile.litted 0° secot i ni Friday. me, and ordered to be cools° _—,..t5....... —. • , rt( , to Advices I • i :WO • V ~, have e arrived I.ZOITI Cadiz en" die OP/ the till 9th and 29th ult. respectively l' t ioc e e l the following new arrests have talseo P , f t . The ,..o. Count of PIN() littotAso brother;tilr, Duke FRIARS, :Mar►n Counsellor of . 0011: Governor ERRO NAv . 0 al of I 'li r pl s 'e ARRo, encr Colonel l', n f v - 0 1 01 10.UARO, o f the Regien' % Col l with others ; among whom Major) ia• Al 0 Ir iIIIIIP 1 . 1 I 0 1 / 4 , \ I NI . , 1 1 , , ; • 't