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io the nmrning ; and we know that _several rcg ments will, arrive this evenine within our walls, in order to join their brethren in lo our tlext Number we shall give the Ad:lress 'which Cunt Forgoes, the .Mayor of T. _voa s , has tf:is moment•coused to be posted up, and in which the Lyonese recogni s e the true txpression of theif st, , ,timeats. We shall also give ot:lvr interesting 'documents, which want of room prevents us from inserting in titis first Nuttiber GRENOBLE, MARCH 9. ECLAT lON OF THE INENTs WHICH HAVE PASSED AT GRENOBLE, SINCt THS KITH OF NIIRC-1. esratette vv .-0 _passed through the city on the - night of the 3d and 4th had' , ..otracted and oc ctipiud the public attention. A courier who ar ri.!,ed on the 4th excited it still more ; and next th!yit was universally known that the Emperbr had landed "on the Ist of March near Frejus ; that he was accompanied by his .faitilfhl guards ; that he at first occupied Grasse ; and troth the 2d, hail 'proceeded towards the Upper Alps" SuCcessive ak minas no longer left a doubt that hemleant,to make our city the place of his fit st residence. A numeroes garrison was there asscnib:ed. The brave. soldiers who must have found erimpaniowl in glory io the same gnards which brought back Napolion, at first hesitated whether they should , 'co , nioer them as enemies, and this first thought -of tl,t it hearts became the rule of their conduct. :joule attempts to engage them in an enterp;ise, - iu Wilk!) those wlio were charged to give orders, probah:y only joined with regrct, w,ere uhavail ing ; end appeared' to obtain no snccess. The garrisc 11 was angmented ; the 7th and I lth regi -ments of the line arrived ors .the ith front Cham brey ; the 4th hussars soon after entered this city, ouittihg 'the garrison Of Vienne. "the whole po iodation crowded the rampaits and public places, led by them wishes and hors. Thr,Emperor was at La Mitre on the evening of the Gth ; early on the his advante4.l posts .occupied Vizille; this last Covihi being only three leagues from Grenoble, it was not doubted that his Majesty would enter' it the same day. entrance was too - long delayed fpr the wishes of iiis soldiers ; at four in the afternoon the 7th regiment went out of the town, having at its head Col. Henry de la Bedoyer, who ran to oiler the Eo h reror his, person and hi. reginieht. A party of haJ. already, joined his Ma iesty the same day, leagues in advance from the 'city, and the rest of the garrison no longer held Out. Night arrived, and the result of these crews appeared to be postponed till the next day, when at ii ti( -past G, an advanced guard of Polish lancers made their appearance at the Bonne gate, whic.ll-MLS shut, and dernaaded that it should be opened.. he troops occhpying the.ramparts an swered wlth shouts of Vive, l'Empereztr ; the gate Was opened ; the advanced guard enrered; all the citizens fiOclictl out to 'the light .of fiiimbeaux h . alaiost immediately - the Linheror appeltred„, alone, at the head, and in advance of arzny.—' An immense crowd thi - eW themselves in his way.;. all were :nixed, soldiers and cttizeas, and all min gled their shouts rihd their enthusiasm, inspired' by the presence of their Sovereigh:t proceeded to the Hotel of the Three Dauphins, which the multitude. constantlysurrounded, iug the air with their joyful shouts. The Mayor at the city; and several other public functionaries, ihrnediately waitedhu his Majesty. At the same moment the following Proclathatioo was dispers.:d through all quarters of the city : Boy of.lman, .lictrek 1, 1815. NAPotzoN, by th , ,, Grace of God and thv Constituton of the Empire. Emperor of ttle French,-;',7c.!kc. &c. • To FRENCH PEOPLE. . Frenchmen 1-The tleft:Ttirkll of the r-ake of Castiglione de- livered up Lyons, without defence, to onr enetnie,; the army of which I confided to hil'n the . y . ram' and, was, by the nninter Of its battalions, the brdvery inTpatrintiwn of 'the tt oopi coropr,cd it, fully a ie to boat the Austrian corps opposed to it, and to get into the rear of the lett wing of the enemy's army, which threatened P;J:is. ‘.;• The victories of Champ Auhert, of Nrontmirail, of Chateau Thierry, of Vane!lamp, of Morin:ins, of Montereatz, of Cra one, of rthcims, of rsrcy-sur-Aube, awl of St. vizier; the ruing of the b►aye peasants of Lorraine, of Champagne, of Alsace, of Franche Comte, and of Bourgoin, and the position - which I had taken on the rear of the enemy's :rmv, by sepa rating it from its magazines, from its parks of reserve, from its con7oys and all its eqUipages, had (.;aced it in a desperate ituation. The .French were ntrer on the pint of bell'3- .rnore powerful, and the flower of •the enemy's tinny was lort without resource : it would hate found its grave in ,those vast canaries which it had mercilessly ravaged,.wh en the tr,:u,ort of the Dit:ie of Ragusa gave up the capital and (fluor;; .the army. Th..: unexpected conduct of t:hest.'t ‘ 7 .-ho -betrayed at once their country, their i'rinee, and fteir bene factor, changed the destiny of the war. The disaqrous sita tion of the enemy was such, that at the conclusion of the 3'f- fair.whiell took place before Park; it was witliont lib:), on .auconnt of its separation fr.i its parks of rescrre, Ll3lrl Pl` the , - mew and impoi'taLk circumstances, thy heart resit, hut remained - Oushaken. I cansnltecl only 'the int-rest of the coou'ry. I'eNiled myself a rock in the Tn . Idjle of the sea. My lift!scas, ca•-„,1 to 7,—useful to }'eau. I 0:;(: not vrmit he;. 4 ,neat bt'imhtr • who accoloi:any ow, to iiartal..e n:i lot. I their presence useful to France; awl I with nw tieces , :ary for iny gourd. to the Throne by your choice, all th;.t I:as ln 110::?t you is illegitimate. For twenty-t:v- F.runce , • Lad new interests, new im,titutions,,.an,l qerr giory, _ . could oldv be secured by a anational Government, and by a . .Dynasty created under theia - new circumstances; 4 Prince eign over yho, Fhould be scate;.; on my Thr nt: , by the power of those very armies - ,viiich•ravaged. our ~ N,, o uld in val.liitterlpt to 'support birnself w:th the ; of feudal law; .IJe would not he aOle to recover honour and the rights of more than a small number 'of i enemies of the reople, for t•venty-five _tvc cf•ve;rmned them In all our Natiuniti Asseml,lie. Your truncinillity nt horn:.-, and ;our coos eV-!nee abroad, would t:e lost for ever.• reac:unea !--;-1 a my exile I heard you!. con/DI:li F nts and yir wishos: you de:nandtd that Govern:: - .47nt of your choice si.hich alone was legitialate:. You anmed n:y Ioo : .; slumber; 3Du reproushea me for sairi3eing to my repo , e tl.e great in tere;tr. of the country. I have ceo.,:e:: the seas in the midst of daryers of every I arrive amongst you to resuine my rigiAs are :~1(~ • n. • — 77 - 17 - 7" , " -- r - , - sr your's. All that 1,,v0 wtittea, since the capture of I iur ever id ~,rant of it shall not at all intive , oe the recolleetionc ‘vhith 1 pre‘;eree of the important serr*., o.'wh;ch h4ve performed. There are circuomtA;lces of s,ieh a nature as to he above human or- • ganizathin. Frenchmen nat; , in, b'wever small it may be, which iris wit had the fight, ai“l wity not with drawitself frnn , t he dis;:race of ,Icince ingiosed on it by an enemy nonnentarily When Chz,rlet VIE. re-entered and overthrew the ephemeral throne' of Henry V.; lie acknowledged .that he held his throne from the valour of his heroes, and not,frora a Priacc Re- gent of Ett: i lail. : It is thus that to yon alone. and to the brace Men of the army, I aeco;int , it, nod Always account it, my glory to owe ercey thing. By the Emper,r. (Signcii) NAPOLEON. 'fl e Graild lerfornang - the 'unctions of of the Grand Army. (Sigriztl) Count lIERTBAND. rf March 1, 1815. Aroi t , r. the grace of (ad and the Constitution of the Eniptiror of the French, &c. &c. &c. 10 THE- ARMY. SoLDIERs!—We were ilia ..:ouvered ; two men risen from ourranks !).,:r4,ed our laurels, their country, their Prince, ther benefact ,r.'. Those whom during twenty-five 'yea rs we have seen tra versing a li . Europe to raise up enemies against us; who have passed their lives in fighting a;r,ainst us in theranks of foreign armies, cursing our fine France, shall they pretend to 'com mand-and controul our eagles, on Which.they have mit dared ever to lock? Shall we; endafe Vint they should inberit2.the fruits of our glorious labours—that they shoul! clothe-them selves with our honours and our goods—that they should ca lumniate our. glom? If their reign should clutinue, would be lost, ei en the memory of th:,se immortal 0.73: With what fury do tl,ey pervert their very nature! Thoy to poison what the world admires ; and if there 'still remain any defenders of WIZ' glory, it is among those very enemies whom we have fought on.the field of battle. Soldiers ! in my exile, rheard your voice,: - I have arrived through all obstacles amid all perils; your General, called to the Throne by the choice of the People, and educated under your banners, is regored to you : come and join him. Tear down these colours which the Nation has prescribed, and which for • ) l ears served as -a rallying—signal to all the enemies of France : mount the Cockade Tricolor : you bore it in the -days of our greatness, We muse forget that we have been masters of Nations; but we must not suffer any to internieddle hi our aifairi.' Who shall presume to be master over us? Who would hare the power? Recover those Eagles which you had at Ulna, at Austerlitz, at Jena, at Eylan, at Friedland, at Tudela;at Lek mull:, at Essiing, at \Vagrant, at Sroolenn'ao, at Moscow, at Ltitzen, at Vorken, at Montmirail. Do you think that the handful of crenchmen, who are now so arrogant, will endure to look on them? They shall return, whence they came, and there, if they please, they shall reign mi they pretend to hare reigned during 19 years. Your possessions, your rank, your glory, the possessions; the rank, the glory of ,your children, have no .‘;reater enemies than those Princes whom foreigners ho'. - e imposed npon us; they are the entraticsmf our glory, be cause tbe'recitaf of so malty heroic actions, 'which ha;•e glo- . rtftrqi she 1 , 21-.71c of France fighting against them, to with 4r:r.t.: then - Ise:ye.; from their yoke, is their condemnation. The veterans of the armies of the Sam ire and the Meuse, of tfle . ,fthine, of Italy, t f E.4.ypt, of the West, of the grand army.- are all hueii:iated : their honourable wounds are graced ; theirsuccesses acre mimes: thosni heroes were rebels, if, as the enclitic; of toe people •pretend, the legitimate So vereigns were in the moist. of the fweigo Hoo ,u s, rewards, affection are given to those who have serve-1 agai• - sr the country and us. !,:orlitrs!---Cottie and ronge yourselves under the standard. of your (Alice; his existence is only composed of yonr's; his rights are only those of the ptople and your's: his interest, his honour, 'his glory,''are no other titans your interest, your •hohour,,and your glory, Victory shall march at the charge steo : the eagle, with the national colours, shall fly from t, steeple, even to the towers of Notre Dame. Then to sheN your sears with honour; then you ;5,11 olde to glory in what you have done; you will he the delir.erers of the country. In your old age, surrounded a n d esieemed by your fellow-Citizens, they wilt hear Y 551 with re spect while you recount., your high deed;; von will he able to as' with Pride And 1; too, was part of that geand,anav, which entered twice the walls of Vienna, those of Rome, of -Berlih, of Madrid, of Moscow; aml which delivered i'aris from the fail blot which treason, aid the pielence of the enemy, imprinted on it.' Honoured he those brave soldiers, the glory of the eonn tr.s; and eternal shame to those guilty . F.reochinen, In what ever rani: fortone.cansed them to be hum, who fought for 2.5 years with the fotreigner, to tear the boshtn of the country. ' ily the Emperor, (Signed) NAPOLEON. The Grand Marshal performing the fUnctions of Major-Ge neral of the .",riny; . ' : BERTRAND. Yesterday, the 81h, the Eniperor worked all the morning, , and received the - Municipal Body. His 51.1.tie,ty held a general review; which lasted f:•oin 11 till 4 o'clock, and after Wards theltn pvrial Court, the Clergy, the Council of tLe •fecture,' the Civil and CommercialTrihnnals, the Acaoeiny, the Staff, the Officers of the. Suite, - and Other - Civil and i\iditary Functionaries. A number of citizens•heard frpm his'Alajesty's mouth the c:tpression of the satisfaction which he con descended to testify, and received the assurance of his 'devotedness to the.happiness and prosperity of France. Emperor has, in some- measure, laid open the.bottoin of all his thoughts, by repeating We initt forget that we have been the masters of nations--:—My /tights arc only those of the " people—every.thing that individhais may have " done, -said, or written, since the capture of always he ignorant of." -• In the different audience,s granted by his Ma- Psty, he lins declared his full conviction, that the destinies of France conic! only be fidfilled by the laws of* a. liberal Government ; that the French were born to furnish the example of a nation hapliyebv'tbe conservation of public liberty, and the confirmation of the principles of equality, of iiglitS; and . duties. His Majesty inquired with particular solicitude into the state Of tiie peasan try., and said,—'' 1 cone to banish front them for ever the recollections of the feudal system of ser vitude to the soil; I bring them nothing bUt be`;. petits." • Every . .where•on his 'route, since he left the isle of Elba, the Emperor has tound only submission, re3oect, and devotedness Ail the departments he had traversed have flocked aroand his eag l es ; a nd this second return toTn mn reehe, as nnekp ecte d as that which browzlit him from - the sands of Africa„ has afforded his Majesty anew opyortunity (It Col -I,ecting the homage o their adalirmion und love: k . A A I f'. (7'co7rfr the Mnritenr.) PAMS, 'ti. 18.—The thy IP , fore yesterr l ay, - 3:esterday, ;And to • . !ai . , the troops of all . 811115 de4- 1111 . 0 to the enemy left .thvir can !-ontiteut.. and have taketcposition at the points assigliefl to ..them. : The cows of the King's Household, the volun teers, the corps of the elite of the National Guards of Paris, : with those of the National Guards "u the surrounding departments,. are no•,y in line, under the orders of those Generals who hive so . often conditcted Frenchmen to victory, of Generals so worthy of confidence, and devoted to the cause of the King, and the defence of the country. , . Buonaparte who left Autun on the 16th, con tinues to scatter on his route lies, corruption,' acid 'appeals to perjury and calumny. Sometimes lie Accuses the honour of Marshals whose loyalty is best know❑ and as:mred, and of whom he dares to publish pretended proclathatiOns ; sometimes he spre t nis the moSt 7 absurd'tories, such as the de parture of the King front Paris, and the rising of the capital ; at other times he 'tries to circulate the rumour that he is supported by some of those very powers who have already pronounced his sentence, and who at this moment, forgetting at the CongresS the personal - discussions with which they were occupied, have reunited with the sole intention of crushing the enemy of nations, and. the scourge of humanity. :Thus he is no lofiger the man who, in the la mentable-course of thOse wars which his ambition raised up against 1, - 4'rance, in order to soften Ihe feeling of our Inisfortnnes, Sought to fascinnte our eyes by, the dazzle of his military successes'; he is a,man, who, to sustain his detestable enter pr!se, employs only means worthy of it. - But opinion repels him with horror : France sea' in'him nothing but the civil war and the fo reign ‘variWilich he brings iu his train ; it every Ivhere rallies at the name alone of that Ring who has brought to us peace and liberty. it joins its love to the respect of Europe for its august parch. It will fight and will conquer both for it and for him. THE KING TO THE FRENCH ARMY. " OFFlcuus /CD Scipm ERs-1: have answered fur your fide lity to, all France ; you will not falsify the word of your King. • Reflect that, if the enemy should triumph, civil war would soon be lighted up among you, and that at the same moment more than 300,000 foreigners, whose arms I could no longer check, would pour down on all sides of our country. So conquer or die for it—let this be our war-cry. " And you who at this moment follow other standards than mine, I see in you only deluded children : abjure then your error, and come. and throw yourselves into the terms of your father ; and I here engage my faith, every thing shall be im mediately forgotten. Reckon all of you on the,rcwards which your fidelity and services shall merit. LOUIS. " March 18,1815. (Printed from the original manuscript in the King's hand- writing.) ORDER OF THE DAY. The Army is informed that his Excellency Marshal Duke of Tarentum will take its command, under the orders of his Royal Highness the Duke of I)erri. " The Generals commanding in chief, the corns of which it is composed, and : tho:se of other arms, wilt receive his or ders, and address Oen . rCports to him., " The head-quarters will to-morrow be cstahlished at Vii lejuif. (Signed) •• • " THE MAJOR-GENERAL. . . " Paris, March 15, 181 Several travellers, who are now in Paris, have passed through Buonaparte's troop, which he is pleased to call his Grand Army. They unani mously agree stating; that , it presents a de plorable appearance. It• is. composed of Italians, Poles, Corsicans,• inhabitants of Elba, and very few French. All are en . ,hatisted with fatigue:— "He makes them march 18 leagues (54 miles) a day - . Soincisolated men join him, but he.wants Oacers, 'and Pidy Occupies 'the ground on which he ,stands. , rFrom the Gacetie de- France) COURIER EXTRAORDINARY,,SII:bAy MORNING. Pflus, MARcH . 19.-3nonaparte pursues ,his march': but in proportion as he advances; his .troops , diminish.=. He arrivel on the lith at Aux :erre with less than 6000 men. He will, without doubt, quit that y . illage this nynnin:;tooecupy Joigny this evening. - Bitonaparte precedes his ad vanced-guard a chariot, escorted only by 20 dragoons. 13e is psnally half a league in advance. As no obstacle is to the present moment opposed to his rash enterprise, we Must.conclude that it is the intention of Goverment to advance'to the:height of 2.1.e1un. in fact at illelim, that all the most formid able military preparations are rude. An army of 28,600. men will be collected there to-morrow. It will be augmented by all fl:e volunteers, by all the battalions of the National Guards, who ar rive succesively and daily from the different de partments. The army which is at Montargis, under the order s of General Dupont, will thus re ceive reinforcements. We arc assured, that his Majesty tics declared who devote themselves for the sdfety of tile coon try, and of sharing their 'singers. The Euglish,'who are alid wh o had .orders to embark, received counter-order .° ll the news of Buonaparte's enterprize. r ' • ,p rq li ssias have approached Thionville) whiellt c hey will respect, if 131onaparte is destroy : ed : tot they will incallibly attack it, if he should succeed. The Austrians on the side of Geneva have 'q uail/ the assumed the same military attitude, anti w•--- game intentions. . • N. B. A new Messengep arrived from vier" Alex this morning-, announces, that the E ander . • has declared that, to cause the Treaty of Pat is to Ilexespeeted, he will put in march 609,0°°1 men. On the I 2th, the Austrian. arinies."l:e; march for Italy and France. O'n the Itith , , 0 Prussian, Bavarian, and tVurtemberg a rmies wel ie to 'be equally on their march. Prince Bo . g er i c Beauharnois declared at the Congress, th' it would ►be the first to march a'gains't Buoual" r ` - ' the violator of treaties. The Duke of Wellington is named Gencraljs simo of the European Armies. re' Prints, MARcu 18.—The Prefect of Lyons, to paired this evening to the King . to annow'' at itl. l c him that this city had re-ent e red under the city of Louis XVIII. and that everywhe re white cockade was mounted. Many rich landed proprietors of Franc e ita l., some of the first commercial houses of the 0 P: ja have offered to the King considerable suCco w i' on e money and goods. One of these offer s n or. amounted to five millions in specie. Iris , much affected with., these marks of atachnillit thaoked those faithful Frenchmen, and or dei.c ot to be written to them that he had not at p."-s any need of pecuniary assistance. Ll." It is said that the Minister of Finance t° ( i 7 King, that there were in the public treasnY ot y hundred millions at the disposal of his for thelieCtssities of the country. - f an NA.pLis, MARCH 2.—The establishmen t , 19 , r e Illustrious English Visitor at this place ' 1 , 3- ; by cently beeit thrown into considerable dio ttle o . fay some personal feuds, which have extende d s iv of as to have occasioned the dismissal of one L ' i i ;,:egt the suite, ..and the resignation another' -1 5 fa anxiety is manifested by their Royal Mistrcs a speedy return to England. II lAIBURGEI IIIAIL. VIENN A, MARCH B.Yesterday „,n* rn , Ne m 17 EnAlish*Courier fro Italy brought to th e °r t.' of IVellington the unexpected and • most irq t o ant news that Napoleon Buonaparte vi ritij o 6cll greatest part of Iris troop left Elba on t he February. e ai ifo This news, which Prince Netternich • es ately -communicated to th e Pl en ipotelit —ri the Congress, has excited here the great est sell Lion and alarrn.—Mambeirgh Corres., Mag a t ‘i rte VIENNA, Alincn 9.—The escape of 1 1 - I° ' l4 , v od from the isle of Ella, has made a most ul/— , P or to able impression here. As the harbour of st Ferrajo was observed by an English mat / 1 0 ,0 we can not imagine how he could escape roc such a retinue. Yesterday and toil''; "Olt number of Couriers have been dispatched 1 ` ) and other partS of the Mon a rchy. The vet' ‘:.) UE of observation on th e It a li a n frontiers. , i s t- tr ee augmented to 60,000 men, and posted it l 7 00 1 diffteirri' points, so that the intended redttcti° the 'army cannot be rontinucd. r ed 'Our exchange has 'again experienced a great depression. 0 . //0 111° EXTRACT A PRIVATE LETTER FROM LE e t ; MARCH 1. " Three of my friends who went to rajo to see Puonaparte, returned.witho ot th:eir. object, because dUring the thre e Y 1 '516 11 they,.staid on the island he fei.fned hitiisel i O O ,l Th - ey , remarked that his Eagle was put 0 1 . 1 1 1 , ) s cr t f 4 , i i !mime places. At the same time theY fei extraordinary activity in the harbour: g being the second day after their retto'lloOd yucca,brings the news that Buonaparte, lilt[ behind a detachment, these troops ha';eolef°ll, the island. It is inc o nceiv a ble why this"' itllt; man Was not better watched. CO!. ' ' „1 04 .,1 who was to watch over hint, was ann ()4 ,ll t 'here l i o n r g '' a t .li' c i ;;r l % .e, e n t e t corvette (the 11 e . e ot“; to reconnoitre the, harbour of Porto 14e .. , 1 V i t o Last' Sunday morning the corvette tari v :" % d i eli, t te Colonel Campbell went on board, but .reached Porto PerrajO, lie learnt that IW'' '5 • I VI was. gone. He immediately sailed yin to o dr vette, to. the French coast, but doubti es ,..." l. The'news reached,Florence also On'the th at ; --(l.lanib..- Bor. Hall List, .I . l.larcla .17 ) ;I ) c i o ir i t i r t ie,iiigtee()l bino- oiee Milr,cll 14 —We appreo e ' t be news ot. Napoleon's escape will detail' 45 of ei o i ce neror Alexander at Vienna, though •j 9 rri 6th announce his speedy departure. ,r l o spretid consternation . at Vienna. A ll- 1 011V0 0 body.of troops is preparing to m arch t o o to P Prince Schwartzenberg is.expected g fhi f ye ° 1 4 • to the chief command. n , ,1, 1 4 COPE N HAGEN,AIARCH — al ,. Pe -11 0" Prince Christian Frederick c" f o il° Ui with "- the Princess Auustenburg 101 • eri ti ti Jig" V • announced to-worrow at Court. VIENNA, MARCH 6.—The great reil).3iN s i t , which go to the army in I taly, many rumours of war. Among thcfefoo' ~1)1 14 that 60,000 French troops will s a " • le , I seilles and Toulon a:zainst King .li' ac :ber the Austrians act against hint on the STOCKHOLM, FEB. 08 . ___V es terditY t Ci f ?pencil here with the usual' so l ea luioe s • bar k'. on London, 14 Alarch, (g ala respondent.)