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hately transtuitted the 6thitnimilonei of ac t )artilufmt Iv born it , :liatitoiit6riti tng-etlier with a report assigning the "notices and gvititirls or such art. - .• IV. They shall be empowered to set at liberty the indivi citials *lab way 'Woe been arbitrarily arrested for political nct., 'if they are hot detained in virtue of letters of arret issued ‘by Imperial procurators ont account of Wiper acts. 'V. Ther shall cause provisionally to cease all prosecutions, punishments, arrests, and other similar measures, which may dare been pronounced in matters.regarding the military On seriptien. .• Tl),:y shall cause tot-ease all requisition*, Icries„ ion or other extraordinary measures ordered by the late fles^ 7 zrnment, with the sole.tttew ofrolonging the war. VI% They shall correspond With - the (7ountiissioner for the lutcricr about the ..:role of their mission, and A vith the Com missioners of oiler public departments,in regard to their re upective objects and powers. (Signed) CHARLES PHILIP. • By Monsieur, Lient,Gen: of the Kinzdom, (Sigced) Tbe . Baro4.l)l; VITROLLES. PALACE Or THE THUM/BMS, APRIL 22. We, Charles Philip of • Feayice, Son of France, Innsieur, Brother of the,Wng, Lieutenaat-Ge tient of the t:ingdotn—hayfigcreed as follows : An. Are .named. Corninissioners Extraordi nary of the King, in order to repair, Tiy virtue of this decree, to the military divisions hereafter Ipentioned, viz. Ist Ditision,. Paris—Marshal Perignon. 4d, MeLi,!res—The Duke de la Rochefouralt Sd, Metz—Marshal Kellermarm. 4th, Naney—Count Roger de Damns. Stb, Strasbourg—Otieralier de la Salle. 6th, Besaneon—narquis de tliampaguo. • 'PO, Grehohle.—Count Augui4n , de Juign6. SO, Toulon—Count Bruno de Boisgolin. Sth, Montpelier—Count Matthew Montmorency. loth, Tnnloose-LCount Jules dPolignae, Aide-de-camp of Lis Royal tth, Itottedeaux—Count Dejean. 14th,Atochelle—M. Gilbert 4' VoisinS. 13th, 4ennes—Count de Ferrieres. 14th, Caen—Duke Charles de Plaisance. lath, Rouen—M. Begouin, Counsellor of State. 16th, Lille—Marshal Monier, Duke of Treviso. 19th, Dijon—General Nansouty. 19th, Lyons—Count Alexis de Nouailles, Lieutenant-Col.' 20th, Perigueux—General Marscot. 41st, Bourges—M: Otto, Counsellor of State. 42d, Tours—Wiscount d'Osmond. 2. Our Commissioner in the Department of the interior,is charged with the execution of the pre, sent Decree. r_;" (Signed) CHARLES PHILIP. TO TIIE PRESIDENT OF TIII:- . 01 1 i0/VISIONAL GOVERN. NT.. ; NioNsElGNeua—lliact i ns4. had a courier for .• a forinight before, when'l received the letter which your Highness and the Members of the Provisional Govertnnent 'did me the honour to . write we, dated the sth of April, and, detailing the unexpected, events ot.*vlsich Franc* has just been the theatre. A termination so decisive for the safety of France, cannotslail to console all French hearts ; and our feelings are sufficient to prescribe our duties, amidst circumstances so im portant.. Those who hive lbeen fighting these twenty years for glory, will devote their hearts and thcir arms to a cause noble and pure, to the . return of• a wise Constitution, and to that of a Prince, the heir of Henry IV. and the pledge of Europe's . repose. In our camps we were ever faithful to France ; we have partaken in. the suffer ings of our country, we now share in its hopes ; we obey its wishes, and we join our Voice to its. It h pleasing, when we were ready to shed our blood in new combats, to have only to atop its effusion in every quarter, to rest our arms, anti to sea ourselves, together with all FrenehMen; arrived at that object of so many efforts and glorious combats—a peace durable and worthy of France. —I am, &c: "' Marshal SUCHIIr, Duke of Albufera. " ::cad-gnarters,•at Narbonne, April 14, 1814." PROCLAMATION OF MARsHAL AUGEREAU TO HIS Alt:Yl Y. " Vuleace, April 16. " SOLDIEE6,—The. Senate,, interpreter of the riltional will, wraried of thQtyi-aitnical yoke of NspiihiOn i3uonaparte, prono,anced, on the 2d April, his forfeiture and that of his family. ‘.‘ A new Monarchical Constitution, equally solid and liberal, and a descendant of our ancient supply'the place ofEttonaparte and his despntism.—Your ranks, your.49nours, and your distinctions are secured .to you.,q", " :The Legislative Body, the;-.Grand Dignita ries, the Marshals, Generals, and all the corps of tl-,e Grand Army, have adhered to the Decrees of the 'Senates and Buonaparce himself, by an act, dated at . Fantaitihleau, the I lth April, has abdi cated, for'liimself and his heirs, the Thrones of Vunce and Italy.. - " SOldiers,—You _are freed from Tim . oaths ; you are freed by the nation in whoth the Sove reignty resides ; you are freed also, it this were necessary, by the abdication of a man who, after sacrificing million. , of victims- to his cruel ambi tion, bad not the. heart to die like a soldier. " The nation calls Louis XVIII. to the Throne ; a Freucbrnan by birth, -be will be proud of your gln , will feel sentiments of exultation' at seeing himself : surroupdel by you Chiefs ; the descendant of Henry the Fourth, he will possess Lis heart -Tie will love the soldier, ,pd the people. " Let us then Swear fidelity tO-Latili the 18th, alp! the er!ustitution which preiedfsWirn- to us— ict us display • the truly Freneb—C-orkade, which banishes every entbletu,pt a revolution which is gate: by, and you will immediately find in the gratitude and a.liniration of yo s ur j, ing au,l Coun try the just recompense 0 . ! 'your nobl e l a b ours. " the head-quartei . s \ Melee, the 18th Ap r il, 16 1 4 . , . Msre.ial AUG,ELEALL " Conform to the ergyi, , • ‘, General of Brigade Chit'?" ortfie'St a fF, DUCASSE." F • , Funds, 62f. 25e. A0 1, [The N.Alers contain a nomlrer of I,adre‘i,ivs<l*...t) dlff,!rent Public Bodies, and a firrtirtc ktig fiat ,ot adlaes.iour. t,ONISoN WttiIIESRAY, APRIL 27. WAA iAPART:siENT. 1814. Lieutenant Lord George Lenox arrii''ed task night at this Offices bringing a dispatch, froin Field-Marshal the Marquess of Wellington, ad dressed to Earl Bathurst, of which the follbwing is a copy. younth, Toulduse, April 19, 'SIC MY LoRD—On the evening of the lah instant; Colonel Cooke arrived from Paris, to inform me of the events which had occurred in that city to the night of the itli instant. He was accompa nied by Colonel St. Simon, who was directed by the Provisional Government of France to apprize Marshal Soult and Marshal Sachet of the same events. Marshal Soult did not at first consider the in formation to be so authentic, as to induce him to send his submission to the PrOvisional Govern uncut, but he prophsed that I slaittld consent to a suspetrion of hostilities, to giVe bins time to as, certain what had occurred.; but I did not.think it proper' to acquiesce in this desire: I enclose the correspondence which passed on this occasion. In the nr..!an time I concluded (on theclsth) a . convention for the,suspension of luistilities with the Geveral Officer commanding at Aldntantian, of which I enclose a copy ; and the 'troops being prepared for moVing forward . , they marched oh the 15th and the 17th instant towards Castle naticiary. I sent forward on the 16th another Officer, whti , had been, sent from Paris to Marsh it Soult, and I received from him the following day . the letter of which I enclose a copy, brought by the General of Division Cottnt Gazan, who informed• me, as indeed appears by the Marshal's letter, that he had acknowledged the Provisional Government of France. I therefore .authorised Major-General Sir George Murray, and..iNlarechal de Camno Don: Luis Wimpffen, to arrange with General Gazan a Convention for suspension of hostilities he tween the Allied Armies under my command, and the French Armies under the command of Mar shals Soult and Sachet, of which I enclose a copy. This Convention has been confirmed by Marshal Soult, though I have not yet received the formal ratifications, as • he awaits for that of Marshal Sachet. This General,_apprehending 'that there .might be some delay in the arrangements of .the• Co nvention with Marshal Sault the * nea r,. sent here Colonel Richard, of. the Stag of his army, to treat for a Convention for the suven sion of hostilities with the army under his imme diate conarnand ; and I have directed Major-Gen. Sir George kurray, and the Mareelial de Campo Don Luis Witnplien, to agree "to the wire arC- Cles-with this - W . :eel., As I had before agreed, ;:a ratting to the a:.my under Marshal Sachet with Comte Gazan. No military event of importance has occarred in 'this quarter since I mane my last report. It gives me,much cone'n to have to , lay before' your Lordship the enclosed reports from Major- General ColViile, and Major-General Howard, of a sortie from the citadel of Bayonne on the morn. in of the 14th in:ltant, which Lieutenant- General Sir John Hope having been unfortunately wounded, and his horse Lined under him, hc was made prisoner: I have. every reason to believe that his wounds are not '-severe butil Cannot but regret, that the satisfaction generally felt by the army upon- the prospect of the,honourable termii\atton of their labours, should be Clouded, by,the misfortune and sufferings of an Officer so highly esteemed and re- . specteci by all. I sincerely lament the loss of. Major:.Generd Hay, whose serNices and merits I have had_fre, pent occasion to bring under your Lordship's noti:e. • • By a letter from Lieutenant-General William Clinton, of the 6th, 1 learn that he was about to carry into execution my orders of the 4th awl Bth of Marcir, to withdraw from Catalonia, in conse quence of the reduction in Cataioaia of the. force under Marshal Suchet. Upon the breaking up of army, I pedant a most satisfactory duty in reporting to your Lord ship my 6 sense of the conduct and merit of Lieu tenant.-General W. Clinton, and of the troops un der his . command, since they have been employe!! in the Peninsula. Circumstances have not enabled those troops to have so brilliant a share in the operations of the war as their brother.. officers and soldiers on this side of the PeninS'ula. But they have not been less usefully employed ; their conduct when engaged with the enemy - has always been meritorious and I have had every reason to be satisfied with the General Officer commanding, aud with tli:n. ... . , 1 3.ti tilis di s pat c h by my Aidc-de-Camp, Lord George Lenox, whom I fie; iedvi to eeccamienci to pint Lorjsiiip's protection; / hive, &c. • WttLINGTON; enCinsd 6 return of t!:e wounded ; anii" inisfiinei On the occasion of •tlic ioitic rrolri Bam P'thelut,,AvOil 14, 2814. ?qv to my itifinite regret that, owing to the unfortonnte eiretinitanee of the' capture - of Lient:-Genereil Sir John Hope, the duty devolves on me of infortning:yoni. LoMship of a Sortie . whiCh the eriediy niade this !nothing at three o'clock, front the enti'enehed , ezip in front, of the Citadel of Bayonne, with false -front of the posts of the 3th disision, Btc. at ilugt' let and Beqe.MQ. I am happy to say, that the ground whieta bad been lost On this side was all recovered, and tilt: picquets re-posted on their original points by seven,o'clock. The injury done to the defenc'es is as little as could be well-supposed, in 'an attack made iu the foFce this out Was,. aild- %.• 11, I hope, he, mostly repaired . ..in the cour a e'of this night. 7 ,4 ties are what. we have to regret most on a'rough gucss, Lieutenant-Colonel Nhtcdonaitl..- estimates them at 400- men. I much lament to !ravel() mention the death of Major General Hay, General Officer of the night. His last words were (a minute before he was shot) an order to bold the Church of St. I .4tienue, and a fortified hOuse adjoining., to the last extremity. Major-General Stopford is wonnded, not, hope, severely ; among the killed are, I am sorry to say, Lieutenat-Colonel - Sir H. Sullivan and Captain Crofton, of the Guards ; Lieutenant:Co- , lone! Townsend 'is prisoner, as are also Captain' Herries, Deputy Assistant-Quarter-Master-Gt.= Hera!, and Lieutenant Moore, Aide-de-Camp to Sir John Hope. Not wishing, however, to lose any time in Rending off this report, I have requested I M,ljor-' General Howard will detail; for your Lordship's further infdrMation, circumstances of the at-' tack, and its repulse, having_been myself at the, time with the sth division. Sir John Hope's - horse was shot, and fell upon hint, which prevented his extricating him , -11. We hear that he is wounded in the and a French officer speaks also of a woUnd 'in his thigh, but we trust this may have reference to hiS for mer injury. The boot of hiS left leg, was.found Under his horse. i - r,TYVTIT73 I ,P - a . % 1,-ect cif Lieut.-Colonel Alaedonald's being admitted to see hut we now expect that Capt.. Wtdderhurn, and what other assistance he may,re'quire,• twill be admitted to him,. upon tLe condition of their not returning. The arrival of Cie, 62d and .S 4th regiments on the btherside from Vera this day, will allow of my strengthening the force on this, by withdrawing from that in front of Auglet. I have, &c. (Signed) C. CO'LVILLE. Field-Marshal the Marquess of Weilingtua, K.G. &e. Sec. Camp rxcar Bayonne, April 15, 1814. S'ut,—ln consequence of Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope having "been' wonnded and taken prisoner, it tans to my lot to have the honour to detail to you, for the information of his Excel lency the Commander of the Forces, the result of an attack made by the enemy on - our position in front of the citadel, of Bayonne on the 14th inst. Yesterday -min] ing, a considerable time before daybreak, the enemy made a sortie and attack in great force, principally on the left and centre of our pdsition of St. Etienne, in front of the cita del. The left of the position was occupied by Piequets of Major-Gen. Hay'S brigade; the brigade itself had been directed to form, in case of alarm, near the village of Baucabt; as it was merelvserv ing provisionally On this side of the Adour ;, the centre by picqucts of the 2(1 brigade of guards,- and the right by piquet's of the first brigade of guards. Major-General Hay was the General, Officer of the day,. in command of the line of out posts, and, I regret much to say, was killed short ly after the attack commenced, having just given directions that - the Church of St. Etienne should be defended to, the last. The enemy, however, by great superiority of numbers, 'succeeded in get ting in towards the left of the village, and got momentary possession of it, s the exception Of a house occupied by a picquet of the, 38th regiH ment, under Captain Foster of that corps, and • who maintained himself till the -support coming up, Major-General Hinuher, with the 2d line bat talion, King's German Legion % under the com mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Bock, inimediatelv attacked and retook the village. The enemy attacked the centre of ,our position likewise in great numbers, and by bearing in great Three ou one point, after a.sharp reslstance, they ' sitecietieti in Crnpecling" one of our Piegitets to 'e ttiiiie'e,reatini,d9tft;itihicehtien;eiaohlieicilich,iinuirttsoottnotill: up a 16 1/ 1 i n ene of positien, and which compelled the oit6r picriii of the 2d brigutle , of Guards to fall back till the sup ct r t: , ,tylrt arrived up to their asMstance, When the enemy . Ai";:o immediately charged, and the line of post 3 re peel:pied as before. Major. General -StOpforti, I regret to say; was Vionniled, when the cOmmand of the brigade devolved on Col. Guist. In COnse - . quenct of the eneray having gained temporatypo S6 , lsicit of Scone hdases which liiiid been (tccupi-(1 :by the plcqucts of the centre of the division, lO tl -v l 7 -Alnit4 4ll d found theenernv •waA it; pos-f-T.. of grouila on the rear of his left, and iminetPttelY. advanced against litth ra7)idly with the 3(1.1).;tta;. l' • IGuards,• . ' - 4 , i r ;;. ton St commanneo by ,a,..utenant-Co lone? the lion. \V. Stewart, on a rizlo . e,o l grd' il ' i which rugs parallel wiih the s roads, and Lieutc ntlannct-:,ulcobiatergl c I t l: 3 o c. t:k*f:6; o l, c of .•t he Colds tre" D '' ascending the hill at flee. sli.!ne titlfe,,b); lodged the eilefTly. and re-occupied f which' we had before possessed, and ro"! d'''` time the enemy wAs di4e4 h slode dld n' t. he"' the least disposition to renew the atr3ek. - C ' d-eri'l J i IN:loirland expressed his satisfactio n at the entiduct. Of b° ol 'his Officers and Inca, sand a lso.liis " 1)11 "' nation to Lieutenant. Colonel Nrood(Jrd, for. bis rrotopt concurrence in the movements above wen tinned. . , . rat Sir John Hone was 'taken. In end e '" "Tlli4 the right that Lieutenant -Gene' -It Was towards ..., •. -... . , to bring up some trooo .to t he support of the 'Pic'lllei, he came une%pectedly ,in the dark on „party •of the enemy ; his Heir's was s!"' t dcs: :: , pind ,fell . !Toil 11111, and' 110 t biiiig ;11.t1, to di.St.II gage himself from Owler it, be was unfortanate y • a let ta rgiltde Pr i3oner. I re g ret • to say, tbatfrom ude-d ' ll have received front hint. I find he " las 'V" , yoa Will ensily,conceive, Sir, that oiq from r o o n m s i c t i ' nll the true' that of the greatest regret, pervaocs ill the i° two places,ib . ut in neither of theinitlaongicefreoenisitli.‘gl! at the Lieutenant-GeUeral's misfortune. ..''' The enemy h,rving coMmenceti tber 4i • tnicli, be 'r tWo and three o'clock in th e . atoriting, a c k place be- . •ti advanta„c propose to themselves fi're ' . i• 1-- "35'",%ht, w hitli gave them a re , f o e " , 1:1 1 ' e s : i t Y l e o le ( i i i n tr ii ii l e irb o li i le o l , i'lll'ibinettellber7etneb.rocisecte..ennttitli'bi,e:ylQ:eioPttfbe,e,lrYttaeeiturcr'.::',:si)p-FteCorturcass:tiiitdocb.i:n-et:;1,s1:. f l i r l t i rig ici l e . 1. 1? l ' E : : (. 1 . , ,, ..;i r rendered from being within 300 yard; of 'their guys , i t' en : . , . ilnis t c i c;, t ,,l y ri,. : :).i.tii o ici,l f e.liiigl fi looi r t2l e l ec s, e l b ; o )e h‘e 9 f ,o ( e ls , ,sli e e .ti, P v l I. t ei c e ll o o r a r l l y nil ee l. se i c t i l l s t c jil i e i l lt r c i s ): e 'ri c 4 ,e )t : i :; n ' be i %'a p ' a l rs lt ie c i o : % : : : : b .l, nc t i a r l , e i I . la ' id i l s l : l o : l : ' ,,t l b i t i. e : o j e le' .:o. : e 'r t i iiii l :ll l eat . l evr, fl t r it ~,,17 -, .. by their slttack, I am happy hronglit'.. on lp.t ' •11 . . -,eille our 100 ~ you lViii easy; CO l '' .c -• I Hay, '‘rho was well'known to yint, .his Maje s ty's who has served a Considerable: time in this a r ' 9l 'With great 'distinction: e llle loss of tl : e r f e"nl dead be . frind him and he te as afterwards" observ" many, frotathe facility the enerny posses Of tal . 7' Prj3"nr:, g°. :: bait no o.olfiii.roit7t'uLn.i.tylno r f eg :r 4rktillt; mediately retiring tinder the guns of their works: To o M ; --"por-Generils ID-tuber and StoV'ord, viii:ol Colon& Alaitland, commanding' brigades, as tv ', the a as to Colonel ,tl l e.. 2 dbrigade of Guards after 31ajor-Ge• tc)l)7. f4'rti. s was , tvounded, I beg to exPress ill; be4t Ira Gui 4, who took -the elgorP3)(1.01 during .41 1.1114's for their exertions and promptitude , as well as to Lic'utenant-C°l(lnel thd Maste r -Gene- II"' A. Upton, Assistant:Qoarter rat. and to Lieutenant-Colonel Dashwood, h.s-7 sistant-Adjutant-General of the Division, fro° both of whom I received every 11'"c° ari=l. ' o.'" `also from Captain ButtersbV,ltly, A ide- ac-CsniP o thanks 'to Lieutenant-Colonel ; till' be vs?as wounded. I must also exp ress '''' Assistant-Adjutant-Geaeral of th e left for his assistance, he having joined .L le 4fter indeetr , Lieut.-Gen..SirJohn - Hope was ' wou nded. all the troops, throughout the Whole business, be' bayed With the greatest gallantrY• f ^`n' 84C. (Signed) - . K. A. HOW ARD, . , Con=an d i ug Ist Divii''' 'AI' 'u'lh D:mothi, colt .P. S. I - omitted to mention, that Major-Cciot!'- ral Bradford'had moved up one battalion Of t i " ; 2-Ith , l'ortuguese regiment of .liis hrlgade, in t" stipport s of the brigade of the King's German lie {;ion, OP when Major--General Ilintiber drol'e enemy from the village of St. EtiennP , in the ;" early part of the morning. "Colonel' :\laitlan'' ' also reports to me, that he received great assis,t— aoce front Lieutenant=Colonel liiirgoyne, of t'' Royal Fingincers, who had been charged with the'• . . construction of the different points of defence otl the right of the position. To .Nn,i k; r- . Generai the Hon. llarles Colville. , Ritturvof Killed, TVourded '-and Mislin n , , 0 , the ArinT 1 " n , r' the Conintand of !Ili Ex ' c 4 ellenc . F . fl 'Vilesi.altbeiVlif guess ,If we.r.t.rsoros K 0 if a y .; f ie,: .-vidoi.v tix.c.kr _ 0...,,c 1,, .. rigiiii of Bayonne. the' K. •.'1 1814. • .. Cenerl . St-ill':-.1 - a morning of tie. 149) AP" ' - eral • stall, . r : c i , . geueral sl.ll, 1 clpiatn, k ilted; 1 geu 2 . 1 z i ., ~ ' rtam ,, , wounded; 1 general stalf, 1-. gakta . "! -L•ellaut, mii;ing. • • i 'it it