The National Register.
London, England, 1815-07-02 00:00:00

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THE ,NATIONAL REGISTER.

whi,...11 and Pink there is nothing to impede his progress.
Per P nt• is tin's- ri:4lity miles (row the cal ital. This town
bad ever b-en ta!sen before, thnugh several times besieged,
sud was called on that account, • l'crunne la Pucelit.

SUMMARY 01"11IE InrORTANT INTELLIGENCE OF

THE WEEK.

On Sundae, Government received a Monifrur of the 27r1
of.lune, containing the French official account of the battle
of Waterloo. The hattle is stared to have been fought
opposite the village of Mont St. Jean, from which place it
is denominated in the Moaitette. The English force engaged
is estimated at 80,000, and that of the Prussians at 15.000.
makieg a :and total of 95,000 combatants, on the side of
the Allies, \s hilt; the army of Napoleon were said to he " less
xi:onerous." The action commenced about ten o'clock in
the morning, and rated with incredible fury till la'e in the
evening, when the impatient violence of the cavalry of
the lescr‘e liecatnc total to the French army) already
crowned with ‘ictory. The entire cavalry then advanced
in support of their comrades, and succeeded in pene-
/rating satre, English squares—an advantage allowed to he
by no means proportionate to the immense loss sus.
taned from the discharge of grape shot. The day
vas already gitieed, when • four battalions of the mid-
dle guard, chariug some batteries, were flanked by several
English squadrons,, and thrown into confusion. They fell
back, and being in tal.en for the old guard, di r.w all with
them. A panic lipreati through the whole ; a
cry of " Sate hintlqf who can," arose ; the troops in
the utmost prec;pitation and disorder, fell hack upon the
bne of communication ; soldiers, at tilleryti.eo, caissons,
pressed to reach it ; es en the old guard, so long accus-
tomed to the uproar of battle, and inured to danger in
every shape, was assailed by the saute tenor, and yielded to
the torrent. The rout was so universal, that the parks of
reserve all the baggcae and artillery, fell into ;he hands of
the British, nor could a single corks be formed to check the
fugitives in their disorderly flight.
After the battle,l3ounaparte, borne forward by the remains
of his beaten army, pursued his melancholy march to Laon,
where he ordered out the National Guard to stop the fugi-
tives, and thence, accompanied by New, directed his steps
to Paris, where he are iced at eleven o'clock on the night of
Tuesday, the 20th.
The new Provisivaal Government has published a Procla-
mation to the Re;-le, requesting them to wait the result of
proposals made to the Allied rowels. In the mean t;nie
laws have been passed against the disturbers of the public
tr4ngeiility; and for the purpose of recruiting the ;omit, the
test of the levy of 1815, under the Conscript Laws, is
or-
&rcd out for service. These measures svill be, however, of
little avail. It is acknowledged that there are agitators of
ail kinds at Paris, who are kept down only by the National
Guards. The news from the remains of the Feted) army is
admitted to be very disastrous —The at nry of the mosfile
bas been repulsed by the Bavarians.--Soult wtitcs from
741eYieres, on the 19th, that the Allies would be before I.aon
ia three days—that the administration of the army is in great
tlisorder--and that there are a great number of fugitivrs.—
'ibe Paris Papers do not notice the advance of the Duke of
Wellington. .Of 3toomparte, it is stated, that lie passes his
Vale between Paris and Malmaison ; and one of the minor
papers adds: that he is to embark at Havre for England.

A Flanders mail arrived on Friday, with Brussels papers
to the 2Sth iubtant. They s•ate that the: proposals of the
Lew ['much Governiacut to the Allies have been rejected

both by Prince Blucher and by the Duke of ‘Vellington.
Other proposals, however, are stated to have been subse-
quenry made to the latter, which he has thought it neces-
sary to lay before Government. It is said that Lisle, Mau-
beuge, and Philippeville hoisted the white flag on the 2 ist
inst.—According to accounts ft on' Ileideberg, of the,l9th,
the grand head quarters of the allied•army, under the Prince
of Schmutzenburg, were to he transferred on the following
day (*loin that place to Freyhurg, in Switzerland. The army
was to invade France by the same route they took in 18 13.
Intelligence of the late glorious victory had reached head-
quarters.-1 he Duke of Wellington, on entering France, ad-
dressed zinc nergetic Proclamation to the inhabitants; and in
an Order of the Day to his troops, tells them that they are
going to enter a friendly country, that of Louis "VIII.
is the ally of their respective Sovereigns, and enjoins ti
observe the strictest discipline. This is conclusive as to the
intentions of the Allies respecting the future government of
France. The folio% jog are copies of these interesting docu-
ments :—.