The Sun. — London, England, 1815-04-18 00:00:00

bleu the t - , , . Nat. i heir .0 ject is threatenetl, or attacked by the ~, , njustice ; knd the assassination . ~. to whieli $0; Peelaration of the 13th of March incites, will 25 ( an "el for its execution neither among-the foliniillions of Frenchmen, the majority of whom l i . "ied, guarded, p ro tected Napoleon from +e(literrariea the 18 milli il to the capital, nor among . the . nns of Italians, the six utillions of Belgians ,-nd Rhenish, nor the numerous nation's of qr ii.-allYl w ho, at this solertin crisis, have not woe. fi o ‘ n iri , ce a his name but with respectful reeolrecr * h -; nor amidst the indignant English nation, Ose able sentiments disavow the lan . Vage honourha been audaciously put into the Vl.s of Sovereigns. % , h e ri , • they ' t , fi , nano gas, of &rope arc enlightened ; Al e .‘tile rights of Napoleon, the rights of lire relid rtinces, anti those of the Bourbons.. :- - iilc,l„eY koow that the convention of Font.a,l - " was a l' rent y among Sovereigns ; its viola -41,e.11., the entrance of Napoleon on the French I, ttn° rY. like every infraction of a diplomatic act, iliteeverY hostile invasion, could only lead to an o.r teslarY war, the restift of which can-only be, lu t ol Pe et of persons, that of being .conqueror or tr, tittered, free, or a prisoner of tear ; in respect I.. Possessions, that of their being either pre e:ved or lost, increased or diminished ; and that t1;:7.,,th00. alit, every' threat, every attempt against i le 01 a Prince at war with another, is a tiling %heard .-,- r • ' tier s -, in th e history of nations and the eahi -1 of Europe. ci f : the violence, the rage, the oblivion of prin litie.s which Charactease the Declaration of the sans;- o f ik March, we recognise the envoys of the Ithi, P rince the organs of the same Councils, al s ,' eli i by the Ordinance of the 9th of March, ti t - i Pl4eed Napoleon without the late, also in": rjrne,;ag4i"st hint the poniards of assassins, and • ‘ l ii s ed a reward to the bringer of his head. did ''At, however, did Napoleon - do ? lie , i ihtir l-,,, i • ; , NI - , firs. Conuttertce to the men . of allita- si insulted by the infamous mission to whi c h 'as. wished to iii Vite them : he slimed himself -14,.,4ttate, -generous, the protector even of those we n L . Aviles 'tau devoted him to death. lit be spolie to General Excelmans, marelt i t(.: .toward.s the column whin!) closely followed hvlt's.tanislatis Xavier ; to Count D'Erlon, who 10 : to receiv him at Lille ; to General Clause!, ci , 11 , 0 went toetiourdetiax, where was the Duchess fih.xottleine; to General Grouchy, dispatched to ltt,Fl period to the civil dissensions excited by er,te/Irs,"ke d'Angmileine,—every where, in short, 'bus` were given by the Emperor that their per wtt 3 shbuld be " protected and sheltered from every ..' lc k, every danger, every violence, while on the , e,,, N,Zoterritory, and. Arlin ! ) they . quitted it. at this us and posterity will Jitdge on which sitle, th e u.s great conjUncture, has been respect for )41;ights of the people and of sovereigns, for the k iax s i of War, the principles of civilization, th . e . Ileeid ins of lawS, civil and religious. They tt II Lan. e between Napoleon and the House of Bour tatlif, after having la examined the pretended Dec . .s ii, ` 4l of the Congress under this first view, it i ti Us in its relations to diplomatic conven iglitli and to the treaty ,ot Fontainbleati, of the v er h °f 'Pril, 1814, ratified by the French Go t_ n.ninent, it trill L .""' be found that its violation is o nly iiniutaule to the l'et p ersons who reproach 'Mllef o!) therevvith. Y t . , i t reaty of Fontainbleau has been violated is iri Y , the Allied- P owers, and the House Qt . Bourbon, Avi v 74iYregards the Emperor Napoleon and his 1 in what regards the interests and the 1 } ts of the French nation. brai ned Empress Maria-Loitisa and her son ought to have an t i if.,-:“,,' Passports, and an escort to repair to the Emperor ; tt, e w-irr_ircon, executing this promise, they separated violietnhtlty rilltlitv.redioli:lei.t.litt husband, the son , frn i t i n the ttl. father lei ,and that has: t 4teir,(7fi,,,t.,.,,:hg circurnstan.ces ulti. f 414 ,, ~ 11 4, for consolation and support to the bosom of , hi% Land domestic afhction. . 'q, 1, rOe.safety of . Napoleon, of his Imperial family, and 'r attendants, was gitaranteed Nth article of treaty), ' ail . p_t.he Powers; and hands of assassins have been organised 4,41-14tte tinder the 'eyel of the French Government, and te.,_lY,us or. e r , :it will soon be proved by the solemn pro istki74rist the Sieur Denionthreinl, for the purpose of at ,deflua mist ipi i or and his brothers and their wives :in lita tle ,, of ,the success which was expected from this 6rst L og ttle"'f the -plot, 0 commotion had been planned at Orgon, 411(.1i„''''PerOr'S ,IU attempt an attack OR his life by . the 4 has t !ile briKands: they sent, as Governor to Corsica, !}1, 1 „ l ssin of Geo`rge's, the t icor Brulart, raised purposely to ti t N e N' t k of Marshal-Oe-Camp, yhteh andy, in lia the le' in known iu Britany, in Anjou, all England, by the blood Theme : h a had shed, that he might prepare and make sure the hi ,hd, in fact, several isolated assassins attempted, in tailty ' „ ()f , a, to gefr i , by tke murder of Napoleon, the toilettdaeraceful sal•try which was promised to them. . tall 11,* ,' he buchies of .stun ' P :And Placentia were given in v' el ile ' a t i s , ver tY to Maria Louisafo; herself, her son, and her . 4 " 0 11, trts; and after lane. refusals to put her in posses vD.hliotiull gave the finish 'to' their injustice by . an absolute t c,iltiltiot::Wil.mler the delusive pretext of a .. !_h.nii,,,;e h 'lll ' 4teltt ; aildtahoorsiti:retiwri?sntintviitiliiitiuhtesvotrretigign:zfic.‘e‘‘..il,vtliil.eicuiti l i to, 1.4,:i Zte tOhseuil: 4 witted to uts,x proe.. that it_ wahs.o;rtinlicees(oilficßrtae..- (14h i t t i• ti,lt s7atriraiee, ü b i y sa tl a i t e ld ir e r r ig s z ls of c have t been plundered. 1, 4 11 ,1.te t t so x here should have been given to the Prince Eugene,. oft' It ga, 4 , ( !f the Emperor, Airlio - lias done honour to France, , .Veeal); ',,!,hon birth, and 'tvho has conquered the atlection f , 'O'Fit ad opted him, a suitable establishment out o lii,i ,fi.iiikii:l,4ll:lll.llapderooltrtTliait(ticl(Antrittlii,nb O ' f . the Treaty) ~,, ,!'t tci :f , the heroe s of the army, fur the pre i servat!on of stip . ulatect ,li;:lii,e eki`'hents on the Nonte Napoleane : he :tad reserved iv rqeittisr of aardin..r— . y domains and on the funds of the i 'si:.'nto 4.7 recompensii„,- Ills servants, of pa)u , ig tlte r c r s_o e l. , .._ 4,, : td i.,tactied themselves to his destiny : all was ca i An i ._ k11?„"at ~,,,'Pt back by the Ministers of the Bourbons.. 1, t the French " Alilita ‘ ry, M. Bresson, to r Ct e l i jr t 4 1k.,- I , it h for them the vest sacred of .properties—the in . fain 1 y : The' ,s(_oo.rage and blood. , ~,4 , t w the fyizetrvation of the goad,,; d by the sonic moveable and inimov -4e Y (art - I' 4 „' , 3' of the Emperor, is stipulate , 4 ii,hhe r • ' ,J and they have becn plundered of one and of tli"„!,.ltleiehhat is to stly, by - main force in France by eons oi,'h'z'a4'.; 14 irlit;',Ll'd,•l in Italy, by the violence andof M.iyhtsaeri-y ,ql7.'ole4in, kyo colones, by sequestratious,, h . Tilly Oecryed, ili. ,Ur, e Emperor Na °lcon was to nave received . °ie th'i‘hd Insi. 1 '. P oii eor 'hot y 2,500,000 frano.s •0 Y; ratigeinciit established in the pith . Article of the d t fees' "hd th e i -, per annum, accord s i'N tt,;. . tench Government has constantly refuse !!trt,',,lhi'le,,ll.'_'.'etn,..-.nt-,., arid I\i ' 'apoleon would soon have ‘;‘:11 , 9. " th e i r ." -mi,!s.:, us toilful guard for . tri toft rt oe c a o il . s ., ;',lscf the P.i)r z ~ he had not found in the grateful t, "eu,,,1., ()augers and merchants of Gen . oaand . o . f - Italy, Isti',/ t o ti.ute resource of a !ciao of 12 millions which 'was Ni I, nu. 4v! Li 31 ... 'rllt 414 i,.. t " r t, it was not Without a reason that they wish ';l°t!, ~ from Napeltion those comparnion -14 tnl ar. o derotedmi„ and constaicy th nitit 0.. kk i leo% 4'itteS'Of ili3 safet of his life. -me isles -. ' I_ iii t•rsotued ~ tcu red to hi ,. im f ir and 0.-tv p , (art. 3, of he treaty), kl'tllie:,"eitition to s-) 'l l l 'l' in° " - ••liich was desired by the ,:et'g,„'4l`lsoliciteld°l'., "rn ' of )17 " had been takt4i at •A h . 3. • y their agents, 31 i if r, pro : 1 ''Ct i ft, irl.'"iclerice 1, I not in its justice L'al t -1 ' nip E ' a " ' 1 'an attack v itii ni l til , E urope would have eel 411.„ d f e per f Napoleon, sun, on the liberty o • '.. • . 111. the fkktur e at the mere; of his ene 1 1 ' 4 ' ,~.RE o oer o t b6 , 40 5 : ;tat o fittn Lis family, and Separated fronr leis servants, either to- Saint Luria or Saint Helena, which was intended for his En•ison. - And when the Allied Powers; yielding to the imprudent. wishes, to the cruel imporhmities of the House of Bourbon, had condescended to vita . - late the solemn contract, on the faith of which Napoleon had released the French nation from its oaths ; when himself and the membe - rs of his fa thily saw themselves threatened, attacked in their persons, in their property, in their affeetions‘ in the rights stipulated in their favour,, as Princes, even in those rights secured by the liws to simple citizens, what could Napoleon do Ought he, atter having endured so many af fronts, supported so many injuries, to have con sented to the complete violation of the engage ments made with him, and resigning himself per sonally to the lot which was prepared for him, abandon once more his wife, his son, his family, his faithful servants, to their frightful destiny Such a resolution appears above human strength; I , and yet Napoleon would have taken it, if peace and the happiness of France had been the price of . this new sacrifice. He would have. devoted him- , self again for the French people, of whom, as he wishes to declare to Europe, he makes it his glory to. hold every thing ; to whom he wishes .to.-ascribe . every thing, to whom alone he wishes to answer for all his actions, and to devote his life. It was for France alone, and to avert front it the misfortune of civil war, that he abdicated the Crown in 1814. He restored tc? the French people the rights which he held of then) ; he left is free to choose for itself a new Monaych, and to establish its liberty and its happiness on institu tions which might protect both. He hoped for the nation the preservation of all which he had acquired by 25 years of combats arid of glory, the exercise of its sovereignty in the choice of a dynasty, and in the stipulation of the conditions on which it would be called upon to reign. He expected from the new Government respect for the glory of the armies, the rights of the brave, the guarantee of all the new interests, of those interests which had risen and been main tained for a quarter of a century, resulting from all the laws political and civil observed, revered during this period, because they were identified with the manners, the habits, the wants of the nation. Far from that, all idea of the sovereignty of the people was discarded. The principle nn which all legislation, political and civil, since the Revolution had rested, was equally discarded. France has been treated by'the Bourbons like a revolted country, reconquered by the arms of its ancient mastets, and subjected anew to a feudal. dominion. Louis Stanislas Xavier did not recognise the Treaty which alone made the Throne of France vacant, and the abdication which alone permitted him to ascend it. He pretended to have reigned 19 years, thus insulting both the Governments which had been established in this period,. and the people who had consecrated them by its suffrages, and the army which had defended them, and even the Sove reigns who had recognized them in their numerous treaties. A chdrter digested by the Senate, all imperfect as it was, was thrown into oblivion. There was imposed on France a pretended con stitutional law, as easy to elude as to revoke, and in the form of simple Royal .Decrees, without consulting the nation, wiaiont hearing even those bodies become illegal, phantoms of the national representation. . And as the Bourbons passed ordinances without right, and promised tvit hoot guarantee, they eluded without good faith, and executed without fidelity: The violation of the pretended Charter was re strained only by the timidity of their Government; the extent of tjit abuses of power was only con, firmed by its creakness. The dislocation of the army, the dispersion of its officers, the exile of many of them, the degra tion of the soldiers, the suppression of their en dowments, their. deprivation of pay and half-pay, the reduction of the salaries of legionaries, their being stripped of their honours, the pre-eminence of the decorations of the feudal Monarchy, the contempt oftitizens, designated anew by the Third Estate, the'prepared and already commenced spo liation of the p urc h asers of national property, the actual depreciation of that which they were obliged to sell, the return of feudality in its titles, its privileges, its lucrative rights, the re-establishment of ultramontane principles, the abolition of the li berties of the Galilean Church, the annihilation of the Concordat, the restoration of tithes, the into lerance arising front an exclusive religion, the domination of a handful of Nobles over a people accustomed to equality,--such was what the Bourbons either dill or wished to do for France. It was, under such circumstances that the Em peror Napoleon quitted the Isle of Elba; such were the motives of - die *termination which he took, and not the consideration of his personal interests, so weak with him, compared with' the int'tuests of the nation to. which he hak conse crated his existence. He did not bring war into the bosom -of France ; on file contrary, lie extinguished the war which the .proprietors of national property, forming four fifths of French landholders, would have been 'relied to make on their spoilers ; the war which the citizens, oppressed, degraded, humiliated Nobles, would have been compelled to declare against their oppressors ; the war which Pro testants, Jews, men of Various religious, would have been compelled to sustain against their per secutors. _He came to deliver France; and was received as a Deliverer. lie arrived almost alone ; he traversed 220 leagues without opposition, without combats, and resume d without resistance, amidst the capital, and the acclamations of an immense majority ok . the citizens, the Throne deserted by the Bour bons, who, in the Army, in their• nousehold, among the National Guards, we re i „ a b le to arm an individual to attempt to maintain theirs there. And yet, replaced at the head of the nation, which had already chosen him thrice, which has just desiznated hint a fourth time by the reception it gave hi m in his rapid And trutnip ant ma:4l anal arrival,—of that nation by which, and for the interest of - which he,means to reign, what is the wish of Napoleon ? That which the French people wish—the inde pendence Of• France, internal peace, peace with all natifins, the execution of the Treaty of Pails, of the 30th of May, 1514. What is there then changed in the state of En- . rope, and in the hope of repose it had promised itself? What voice is raised ,to demand brat suc cour which, accdrding . to the Declaration, should be only given When clainietP There.has been multing changed—should the Allied Polders return, as we are bound to expect they will, to just and moderate sentiments, if they admit that the existence of France in a respecta ble and independent situation, as_ far removed from conquering as from being conquered, front &intr . - nating as from being enslaved, is necessary to the balance of great kingdoms; and to the security of small states: There has been nothing, changed—if respecting the rights of a great nation which wishes to re spect the rights of all,otkers, which, proud and generous, has been lowered, hut never debased, it be left to resume a Monarch, and to give itself a constitution and laws sidled to its manners, its interests, its habits, and its r •:" wants. There is nothing chaliged—if not attempting to compel France to resume a dynasty which it no longer wishes, feud a l c h a i ns wiiich it has broken, and to .submit to seignorial and ecclesiastical claims from which it has been liberated, it is not wish e d to impose upon it laws, to intent - re:ldle with its internal affairs, to assign it a form of Go vernment, to give it masters in conformity to the interests or the passions of its neighbours. There is nothing changed,—if •while-France is occupied 'in preparing the new social compact which shall guarantee the liberty of its citizens, the triumph of the liberal ideas which prevail in Europe, and can no longer be stifled, it be not forced to withdraw itself, in order •to combat, from those pacific ineditations and means of in tertil prosperity to which the people and their head, wish to devote thcmselvei in,,happy accor dance. There has been nothing changed,—if, when the French nation asks only to remain at peace with all Europe, no unjust coalition do not compel it, as it did in 1792, to defend its will and its rights, its independence, and the Sovereign of its choice. (Signed) Count DEFERNION, - REGNATTD de St. JEAN D'ANGELY, BOULAY, ANDREOSSY (A true Copy) The Duke of BASSANO. The following. is an Abqrpet of the Doeummits subjoined to the Report to the Emperor : No. 1, is the letter of CaulincOurt to the French Ministers at Foreign Courts, already given in THE SUN of ThurSday 4ast. _ _ No. 2, is a letter in the hand-writing of his Majesty the Emperor to all the Sover,igns of Europe, dated Paris, April 4 —Given Toa SUN of yesterday.- No. 3, is a letter from Canlincourt to the Cabinet Ministers of Foreign Courts, in which he echoes his Master's senti ments in No. 2, and solicits the opening of a friendly inter course. Nos. 4,5, and 6, are the reports of various couriers, who were 'stopped and maltreated at various - points of Germany, Italy, &c. No. 7, is the Prince Regent's Message to Parliament. ' . , Nos. 8 and 9, relate to the supposed' capture of one or two French vessels on the French coast. The following is the extract of a letter from the Captain of Frigate, Colliuet, to the Maritime Prefect of Rochefort, dated Boyar], April 7:— " A Pilot who has just put a. Dutch galliot into the river inforws me, that the Captain of that vessel told him, that a little way from Cordonsp he saw an English frigate take pos session of a chasse-marge coming from the coast of Britany . ; and the Pilot adds, that while in his boat he spoke a chasse maree, who told hint also that an English frigate and coivette had taken several of his companions. I know not whether these reports arc true, No. 10, is a dispatch (countersigned by Marshal Massena) informing the Minister of the seizure of Monaco by the English and Sardinian troops. No. It, is a process verbal on the same subject. No. 14, is a letter from the French Ambassador at Madrid to Baron Vitrolles, at Toulouse, dated 28th March. It as sures him that the enthusiasm of the Spanish Government, and the whole nation, is at the highest pitch in favour of the legitimate Government of France, and against the Usurper. It then announces that a Spanish Army was instantly ordered to march upon the Pyrentiecs, the command to be given to General Castanos. Nos. 13 and 14 relate to the seizing of the French prisoners on their return fruntltussia, in the Netherlands. I - RECEIVED THIS MORNING.] (From the llioniteitr of the 15111 PARIS, APRIL 14.—8 y a Decree of the 7th of this mouth, General Count Danias is appointed the Director-General of the organisation of the National Guards, under the orders of the Minister of the Interior. There is a report from, the Duke of Otranto • (Fouche) to the Emperor ; dated the 12th April, concerning the operations of Commissioners ap pointed to examine the titles •of claims made against the King and Princes 'of ids House, pur suant to the special law of Dec.2l, by which the debts contracted in foreign countries, and for which the King had declared himself responsible,--were recognised as debts of the State. The operations Of these Commissioners were to -bare terminated on March-2-0, but in consequence of the departure of the King, the Duke of Otranto states, 'that he in concert with the Minister of Finances seized the papers, and states the result of his examina tion. What Le got, related to demands for the cantonments of the army,--L.Expetices of the Ist and 2d Divisions of the Army—the Coalition of the. Provinces—the 'Military Household of the King—the Military Household of the. Princes — Infantry, dragoons, and chasscurs- 7 -Adwinistration Ofpruvision s and equipages —Chapel at the head quarters-7Expences for travelling and private agency, &C. &c. There remainei unpaid of registered debts to the alumna of abort 30 millions, and of those that were unr4gistere4 to a greater amount. Sorie of the claimants of the latter description are enume rated, and among them Louis Joseph of Bourbon 1,554,318 francs for military espences, The Re., por terminates with thetb *ads! "Thus were the treasures Or the Nation employed at once to Peitsion the thost disgraceful traffics, add to dis- charge the expences of a war made 'against:the French peciple" A Circular- Letter front Carnet to the .Prefects, dated the 12th April; refers to the Decree of the 28th of March last, inserted in the Moniteur of the 9th April, ~ recalling to military duty all Ofli— Cei'S and soldiers, for whatever reason they May. have quitted the service. He. calls the attention of:. the - Prefects. particularly to the importance of this Decree, and charges' them to see, it duly enforced, for_ which purpose instructions are ordered to . , fie 'sent to the Sub-Prefects and Mayors, de4iriug then) to use all the influence -in their power,'" and all means of petsuaSion,- to accelerate and complete the return of the military to their standards ; they are to state that, as soon as peace is thoroughly re-esta. Wished and their farther 'services unnecessary, those who re-enter the service first, will be" the first to obtain their discharge. Another circular from Fonch6 (DnkeofOtrantoN ) Minister of Police, to the Prefects, also charges them to attend to the execution of the Decree of the 28th March. There is also a Proclamation addressed, by Da voust (Prince d'Eckmuhl) to those military called to rejoin their standards. On opening the Repositories of M. de Blacas, at his apartments its the Thuillcries, his most secret papers were found. They contained many docoments whicl► . would hare compromised a great number of public characters. His Majesty had no desire to see these documents, and by his orders they . .v.ere'immediately burnt.. None were preserved excepting those that relaled to public business. We tq.:e about to communicate some of them to our readers ; they will show the spirit of intrigue which. particularly actuated several mem bers of the Provisional Government, and will furnish evidence of the manoeuvres employed to deceive some corps, and the perfidy with which they were treated after having been ab use d. Then follow - the documents. The Ist is a Methoire in the hand-writing of the Abbe Montesquiou. It consists of reflections on the most proper course to be pursued by the King on . his entrance into France to resume the reins of Government; The opinion of . M. Talley rand is stated to be, that the King, on entering the country, should publish an Edict, declaring his intentions, and his entrance on the exercise of the functions of sovereignty; not to suppose the limits within which it 'may be confined by the Constitution, but to come as if nothing had hap pened: The Abbe states, that this had always been his own opinion as to the course of conduct which the King ought to pursue, only that it'would be necessary that his Majesty should, at the same time, publish the privileges of the nation, ,and convoke a Legislative Body—either the one then in existence, or one composed of new De puties. Talleyrand is said not to have thought this of so much importance; but the state .►f the finances decided the Abbe, as a loan of 200 mil- lions was required, which could not be looked for from any other quarter than England, and for the purpose of giving it the best guarantee, it would be necessary to convoke the Legislative Body. Another advantage of proceeding, independently of any Constitution, is stated tohe, that it would give the King all the merit of the privileges which he might grant to the nation. The characters of some of the Senators are then commented on; some more arguments in favour of the convoca. tion of the Legislative Body, and a sketch of the plan Which ought to be pursued in constituting it. It is finally his opinion, that nothing better can be done than the publication of a Declara tion full of goodness and generosity, imme diately on the entrance of the King into France ; and that in this Declaration he should not call himself King of France and Navarre; but that it should be merely entitled, Edict of the King. The McmoirTis concluded with an eulogium on Messrs. Becqtiet and Royer, who are recommend ed to be employed by his Majesty. Then follows a Letter from the Abh Montcs quiou to the King, apologising for not meeting his Majesty at Amiens but promising to meet him at Compeigne. He recommends it to. his Majesty not to mention either the Constitution or the Senate in his Dechwation ; but merely, in speaking of the loss of the ancient Institutions, to state, thatibe Monarchy of France had always been limited. The next ilocument is another very long Me moire of the Abb:;. Montesquiou to the King, on, the subject of the Constitution. He traces the history of it, for the purpose of proving that it was framed by persons who had .no right or atto thority conferred on them for that•purpose. The public are said to be dissatisfied with it, and the Republican Party represented as very active in