The National Register.
London, England, 1815-03-26 00:00:00

STATE PAPER.

Note addrestied to the Foreign Ministers at Paris by the Sccre.
tarp' of State for Foreign AtLiirs:—

" '1 he undei•signed Minister of State, charged ad in rerile wire
the porte.fettille of foreign affairs, has received orders I. um tit
King to acquaint M— that eirclinP•tance* compel his
quit his capital. The Kim; will see with pleasure the Metithiis o
the Diplomatic Body accredited at his Court re-assemlne at Lille
whittler it is his intention to tepz:ir, without, however, pr' to io:n
to hind the detetiniliatilla ()I tiliThe who may pieter to returi: o
their respective Governments.
" iintk ESi,giled has the honor, &f. •
(Signed) `.4 "Liie Count de JaWCQURT
" Paris, March 19, 1U15."

MAR CH 26.

BUONAPARTES OFFICIAL DETAILS OF
HIS OWN OPERATIONS.

7ROM THE JOURNAL. OF 7'HE DEPARTMENT OF
THE RHONA.
PUBLISHED UEDER THE AUTHORITY OF BtIONAPARTE.

Lyons, March 11, 1815.

Honour, Glory, Country.—At last we have again beheld those
eagles a thousand times triumphant, and never vanquished. We
bare seen them again, and our heart leaped with joy ! At sight of
them we ericlaimed, " Behold the honour and glory of the coup.
try ;" and if we could have forgotten for a single moment that
French blood flows in our veins, the sight of the hero of Marenga,
ofJena, and of Austerlitz, and of his faithful companions in arms,
would have recalled us to that proud and noble character which has
always distinguished the Lyonese.

Oh! what a day was that of the 10th of March ; who can deieribe
it as it deserves, that the immortal picture may be deposited in the
annals of the city ! We knew, five days ago, that the Emperor lied
l.:►ded in Provence, and was advancing on Grenoble by way of
pipe and Gap. The news of his entrance into Grenoble reached
us on the evening of the Bth ; and we at the same time learned that
the garrison of that city had down to meet the Monarch restored to
the admiration, to the wishes of the French, and of the army. Joy
was there seen impressed on every countenance ; the cry of Vire
Emperrur did not yet escape from all months, but it was in all
hearts, excepting the perfidious and i►►sensible hearts of some trai•
tors, vile enough to seek their own elevation in the degradation of
their country.

In the mean time, Monsieur the Count d'Artois arrived within our
walls, with the Duke of Orleans, and Count De Damas. The 20th,
regiment, drawn from Monthrison, reinforced the garrison of Lyons
composed of the 94th light infantry, and the 13th dragoons. An
appeal was made to a portion of the national guards. The two
bridges on the Rhone were barricadoed ; the Prince passed the
troops in review, and endeavoured to aaimate them for the royal
cause. Vain efforts! The last and useless resource of a weak Go-
vernment, which could neither reanimate affections long since ex-
tige:iithed, nor make the army forget those colours which, during
twenty-five years, passed triumphant through all the capitals df
Europe, and exalted the French name to the highest degree of ce-
lebrity.

In the morning the Prince made another attempt on the spirit of
the soldiers; be went through all the ranks, but he found them
frozen; he saw that it was then necessary to resolve on departing,
and carrying off the troop.

The Marshal Duke of Tarentnm having arrived in the morning
visited the twobridges ; preparations for resistance appeared to re•
commence; the regiments approached the bridges, but evary one
Lnew that the advanced posts of the Emperor were on the left bank
of the Rhone, in the Faubourg Guillotiere, where their presence ex-
cited the most lively enthusiasm. It was also known that all the
soliicrs were only waiting for their' brothers in arms, to embrace
Clem ; and for the Emperor to salute him again as the support of
the country. The Lyonese already called aloud for that powerful
genius who had rebuilt their city, desolated by the anarchists ; who
protected their commerce, and made their manufactures flourish ;

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and who, perhaps, had only been unfortnuate, because he wished
to do too much good to France.
At two iu the afternoon the Duke of Tarenturn conducted upon
the bridge of la Guillotiere two battalions of infantry. While they
were approaching the barricades, the 4th hussars, who had rejoined
the eagles at Grenoble, defiled from the faubonrg Guillutiere, and
entered upon the bridge preceded by about one hundred young
people of the faubunrg, crying out like them, " Fire l'Empereur.'
The troops on both sides joined at the barricades. Here the same
cry simulataneously issued from every truth ; the beams, and ti et's
which blocked up the road were thrown into the Rhone; the tid-
dlers embraced with transport, and began their march to the city.
More than twenty thousand inhabitants ranged along the quay of the
Rhone, and the Caws Napoleon, where they were witnesses of this
new sort of war, and rent the air with their acclamations; all the
officers and soldiers of the 30th and 14th of the line, and of the 15th
dragoons, gave themselves up at last to the movements of their hearts.
There was only one cry of " Vire l'Empercur ! " They ran before
the hussars, and then all drew up on the place Bnonaparte.
The Duke of Tarentum precipitately retired, as well as Count de
Dames, the Governor. Count de Chabrol, the Prefect, in like
manner quitted the city. All the superior officers remained; and
it was with the most lively satisfaction that the soldiers saw amongst
them the General of Division Brayer.
At five o'clock the garrison proceeded to the bridge La Caine.
tiere, and beyond it, to meet the Emperor. At half-past six, the
army which came from Grenoble began its entrance into' Lyon,
amidst the same acclamations. At seven o'clock the inhabitants
of Lyons had the happiness of again seeing and possessing the Em-
peror of the French, and of lavishing on him new marks of their
fidelity and affection. Already this great Monarch, always indefa-
tigable in his activity, is busied with his good city of Lyons, on
which he moans to heap new benefits. He will review his army. in
the morning; and we know that several regiments will arrive this
evening within our walls, in order to join their brethren in,artns.
In our next number we shall give the address which Count Forgoes,
the Mayor of Lyons, has this moment caused to be posted up, awl
in which the Lyonese recognise the true expression of their senti-
ments. We shall also give other interesting document., which
want of room prevenb ns from inserting in this first number.

Grenoble, March 9.
RELATION OF THE EVENTS WHICH HAVE PASSED AT GRENO-
BLf SINCE THE 4TH OF MARCH.

An estafette who passed through the city on the night of the 3J
and 4qi, had attracted arid occupied the public attention. A voi-
der who arrived on the 4th excited it still more; and next day it
was universally known that the Emperor had landed on the Ist of
March, near Frejns; that he was accompanied by hi.
gnards: that he at first occupied Grasse, and from the td had pro-
ceeded towards the Upper Alps. Successive accounts no longer
left a doubt that Le meant to make our city the place of his first re-
sidence.

A numerous garrison was there assembled. Tile brave soldiers
who must have found companions in glory in the same guards which
brought back Napoleon, art first hesitated whether they should
consider them as enemies, aad this first tholght of their hearts be-
came the rule of their conduct. Some attempts to engage the in in
an enterprise, in which those who were charged to give the outer,
'probably only joined with regret, wore ottavalliwg; end eppeiaiti t.

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