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Wood, but the banishment, at least, of some of the ring-
leaders would have a salutary influence both over France
and over the Allies. It would crush at once the hopes
the designing, and the fermentation which now distracts
the people in many parts of the country ; and it would
show to the Allied Sovereigns, that the French govern-
ment was sufficiently strong to support itself without their
assistance, and to cause treaties to be respected, without
surrendering all the fortresses of the kingdom.

A DDRESS OF LIPOLLON BONA PARTE.

21Inlmaison, June C 5, 1815.

I.APOLEON TO TUE BRAVY; SOLDIERS OF TILE ♦IUIY AEFORF

PARIS.

Soldiers! While obeying the necessity which removes me from
the brave French army, I carry with me the happy certainty that it
will justify, by the imminent services which the country expects
from it, the praises which our enemies themselves have not been
able to refuse it. Soldiers, I shall follow your steps though ab.
• sent: I know all the corps, and not one of them will obtain a single
advantage over the enemy, but I shall give it credit for the
con-
r Ige it shall have displayed. Both you and me haie been calum-
niated. Men very unlit to appreciate our labours have seen, in the
marks of attachment which you have given me, a zeal of -which
I was the sole object. Let your future successes tell them, that it
v. as the country above all things which you served by obeying me,
and that if I have any share it) your affection I owe it to my ardent
love for Fiance, our common mother. Soldiers !--Some efforts
rulre and the coalition is dissolved. Napoleon will recognise you
by the blows which you are going to strike. Save the honour, the
independence of the French—be to the last the same men that I
Cave known in you for these last twenty years, and you will be in.

(Signed)

NAPOLEON.

On tic 25th Buonaparte applied to the Provisional Go-
wernment for two frigates, which were immediately granted.
l'aqports for his voyage to the United States were asked of
the Duke of Wellington, and the result of that request will be
s• ca by the following letter :

COPY OF A LETTER TO COUNT LIGNON.

I-IPA-quarters, June '26.

A. Monsieur Le Corrpte, —I have had the honour to receive
wirir Exceltenc:.'s letter'Of the I have already written to the
(:t &i named to treat with the Allied. Powers for peace,
upon the proposition for a suspension of hostilities ; a reply which
your ExeJlesey Las Peen, and to which I have nothing to add. As
it what regards a passport and protection for Napoleon Bonaparte
rc fin to the United States, I insist inform yoi.ir Excellen,cy, that I
hose no authority from my Government to give any sort of answer
whatever to that demand.

" I have the houctia to be, evaipte• wits the highest

coobidcra.tiooi your obcdieut u.rvant,

'• WELLINc,ION.”

FOREIGN IN7'ELLIGENC

JULY IG.

DISSOLUTION or THE 7,TGISi.ATIVE RODT.-ENTRANCE OF

LOUIS XVIII. INTO PARIS.

In our twist we gave what hay! paised in both Chambers
up to the 4th fist, On that diy, the most animated and
interesting discusfi:.ns t.ook. race. The sittings in both
houses opened with teadinA the following message front
the Provisional Governmrn;t :
M. PRESIDENT.—Wiser the Representatives of the People e'on-
fided to us the Govertment we accepted it, but we did not know
the extent of the evils which have befallen us. Iu vain have we
attempted to repel the storm in spite of the heroic a fleets of
our troops, and the entire devotion of tin. Nationil Guard, we
have found it impossible to prevent the Allies penetratina to Pa.
ris, either by force or megociations. We have preferred tlr tatter
measure, not to compromise the fate of the capital by a prec4-
dons combut against superior numbers, hourly receiving rein-
forcements. Under these circumstances, we have the pleasure
to announce to you, that in avoiding the effusion of blood e
have neither sacrificed the principles of our political Government,
nor the glory of the French arms,

On the message being read in the Chamber of Represen.
tatives, M. Carat, in an animated speech, compared the
then situation of France to that of England during the
reign of William 111. when the Bill of Rights was ob-
tained "It was a shield," (said the speaker) "to pre,
vent the usurpation of William W. who had himself
strove against Louis XIV. and arrested his victories,
This parliamentary statue is the Pharos of British li-
berty. I have every confidence in the Allies, particn,
larly the English, to whom we have paid the compli,
mentl of follow ing their example. Yes ! we will have
the liberty of choosing our own Constitution.—j wish,
therefore, at this moment, to give the nation something
like that Bill of Rights which is the glory of the English."
M. Carat then read a series of articles, entitled, " De,
claration of the Rights of the French People." These
were referred to a Committee, and on the sth, after long
debates. the Declaration was adopted, and an A:ldFess
to the French People, inviame of the Government Corr,
mission, ordered to be printed. The Chamber of Peers
also concurred in these measures. The following aro
copies of these documents :
DECLARATION OF THEpiANMER OF REPRESEN.

TATI e ES.
The troops of the Allied Piiwz•rs are going to occupy the capita/.
The Chamber of Representativ, s will ne% et Useless continue to sit
in the midst r,f the inhabitants. of Paris, where the express will of
the Peop!e called together its delegates. Hut under the present
important circumstances, the Chanihcr of Representatives owes to
itself, to Feance, to Europe, a 'Jecl•&ration of its sentiments and
of its principles. It dceiares then that it makes a solemn appeal
to tire fidelity and to the patriotism of the Parisian national guard,
charged with the protection of the national representation. It
declares that it reposes with Hie highest confidence on the
principles of morality and honour, on the inaz,animity of the Al-
lied Powers, anal on their rerp.ect for the independence of the na•
tion, so positively expressed iii their manifestoes. It declares
that the Government of France, twhocver sissy lie its chief, ,ougl.t
to unite the %lathes of the nation legally expressed, and to avii-
milite itself to Miser Governments to become a cominoti l;ond.
and tlic guarantee of peace between France and Europe. It de•
ciares that a monarch tamiot cfla r stibstantial guarsiitets unless he
swears to observe a Constitution deliberated upon by the eationo:
representation, and Acmptied 1.1 the people.. Therefore, every go-
vernment which shall have no /Ala.). titles except acclamations, and
the will of one party, or which £l,-.11 not be impo-ed by force
every government wl►ich shall nut adopt the nation al ,colours and
shall not guarantee—
The liberty of the subject;
rrpiality of civil and political rig:►tsi
The liberty of the pre,s;
The liberty (4. wotehij)

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The representittive system ;
Free assent to levies of men and taxes;
The responsibility of ministers;
The irrevocability of the sales of national property, whatever its
origin ;

The inviolability of property, the abolition of tythes, of the old
and new hereditary nobility and of tendality;
The abolition of all confiscation of goods;
I.:tit:re oblivion of political opinions and votes given up to Ibis
time;
The institution of the Legion of Honour.
The compensation due to officers and soldiers;
The aid doe to tacir widows anti children;
The institution of juri;.s
The ii revocability of judges •
The payment of the national debt ;
'ie Government which shall not guarantee all these, will only
have au ephemeral existence. and will not secure the peace of
France and Europe. Should the basis laid down in this decla-
ration be disregarded or violated, the representatives of the Frenrh
people acquitting themselves this day of a sacred duty, protest
l•efore hand in the face of the whole world, against violence and
usurpation. They confide the maintenance of the principles which
they proclaim to all good Frenchmen, to all generous hearts, to all
enlightened minds, to all men jealous of their liberty, in tine, to
future generations.
(Signed)

LANJUIS ATg, President.
DUNIOLA RD,
BEDOCK,
Secretaries.
(LEMON', of Diaubc)i
HELLO,

PROCLAMATION OF THE COMMISSION OF GOVERN-

AII:NT To THE FRENCH.

FuFacttmEN,—ln the difficult circumstances when the reins of
the State were confided to us, it was not in our power to master
the eNirse of events, ant) to remove all dangers ; but it became our
duty to defend the interests of the people and of the army, equally
compromised in the manse of a Prince, abandoned by fortune and
the national will, It became our duty to preserve to the country
the precious remains of those brave legions whose courage is
superior to reverses, and who have been the victims of a devoted.
ness which the country pow claims. It became our duty to
guarantee the capital from the horrors of siege, and the chances of
a battle, to maintain the public tranquillity in the midst of the
tumult and agitations of war, to support the hopes of the friends
ot• liberty, in the witlAt of the fears and inqulctinles of a suspici •
ens fore-sight ; above all it became our duty to stop the useless effii-
sion of blood : it was necessary to choose an assured national ex•
istence, or to run the risk of exposing the country and its citi-
zens to a general subversion, which would have lel•t neitber hope
nor futurity. None of the means of defence which time and our
resources allowed, nothing that the service cf the camps and of
the city required was neglected. While the pacification of the West
was finishing. Plenipotentiaries repaired to the Allied Powers,
and all the documents of their negotiation have been laid before
your representatives. The fate of the capital is settled by a con-
vention. Its inhabitants, whose firmness, courage, and perseverance
are above all praise, form its guard. The declarations of the Sove-
reign; of Europe should inspire too much confidence, their pro-
mises have been too solemn, to excite a fear that our liberties and
our dearest interests can be sacrificed to victory. In a word we
shall receive guarantees which will prevent those alternate and
temporary triumphs of factions that have agitated us for five and
twenty years, which will terminate our revolution, and confound
in a common proleMion all the parties to which it has given birth,
mai all those which it Ito combatted. The gnarant.•es which
hitherto have only existed in our courage, we shall find in our laws,
cur constitution, and in our representative system ; for whatever
may be the intelligence, the personal qualities of the monarch,
they are not sufficient to pia the people out of the reach of the
oppression of power, the prejndiecs of pride. the injustice of courts,
and the ambition of courtiers. Frenchmen, peace is necessary to
your commerce, to your arts, to the amelioratiop of your mantle's,
to the development of your remaining resources ; be united, and you
reach the end of your miseries. The repose of Europe is insepa-
rable from your's. Europe is interested in your tranquillity, and
your happiness,
(Signed)

The Duke of OTRANTO, President.

Next day, the Gth, after some resolutions had been
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