The National Register.
London, England, 1814-04-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL' REGISTER.

FRENCH FUND9,-61r. 75 cents.

PAnts, APRIL I(2.—The Jews have, through their Con9istory,
offi•red tb, it full and entire aditeience. This act is signed by
Cologna, Chevalier of the order of the Iron Crown, President, and
other Rabbis.
ACTS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
DECREE OF TILE 13TII OF APRIL, 1814.

The Provisional Government order all Prussian prisoners of war to
be set at liberty,
The Provisional Government, considering how important it is to
pia an end to the seottri,e of war, and to repair as much ;Is depends
upon them its terrible effects, decree, considering the ingency :
Art. 1. All the pri-oners of war detained in the Fiench territory
shall immediately be restored to their respective powers.
2. This measure stud; be communicated to the Ministers Pleni-
potentiary of the different [rowels, with an invitation to guarantee
a reciprocity to Fraliel%
3. Tile CombakFarY for the Department of War, shall
concert with the Provisional Commissioners of the Navy Ln.l of
Foreign Relations, the execution of the French decree.
'the Providotral Government Ins passed a decree, or a
considerable reduction in the army, and to discontinue all woks
for the defence of the fortresses, except such as are necessary iu
common times.

PARIS, APItIL 15.—The Provisional Government has published
the followinz Address to the army : •
Soldiers! You arc no longer the solders of. Napoleon, hot yon
are still the soldiers of the country ; yo r first oath ut fidelity WAY
to her ; this oath is irrevocable and sacred.
The new Constitution secures you your honours, your ranks, you'
pensions.
The Senate and the Provisional Government have recogni,cd
your rights. They are cc rtaiu that you will not forget your (WU.. .
Front this moment, your suilerings and your fatigues will et ase.
Your glory remains entire, Peace will secure you the reward of
yonr long labours. .

What wrs your fate under the voyernmetit which is now no more
Dragged from the banks of the Tazog to those of the Danube, nom
the Nile to the Dnieper; by turns hcorcheti by the heat of tl►2 desert,
or frozen by the cold of the North ; you raised, uselessly for France..
a monstvons greattiess, the weight of which fell back upon yon 29
upon the rest of the world. Sit many thousand brave nh.-ti base
been but the instruments awl the victims of a force without ola-
&nee, which wanted to found an empire without proporti,n. flow
many have died unknown, to increase the renown of one turn!
'('hey did not even enjoy that which was flair due. Their familie
at the end of a caapaign, could net obtain the certainty of !heti
glorious end, and do tticinselvts honour by their deeds in arms.
All is changed; you will no more perish :'?'() leagues moot
country. for a cause which is not her's. l'ifices born FlCllehtlicti
will spare )our blood. for their blood is vow'-. Their ancestors
troverned your ancestors. 'lime perpetuated between them and ,
us, a long inheritence of recollections, of interests, au.3 roiprooia
services. This ancient race has produced kin--; Avlio we! z: 114"
the fathers of the people. It gave us Henry IV. whom kvarti":''
still call the rdintet king. and whom the country nuottic will altv''Y''
call the good king. It is to his descendants that fate is
fided. Can you still entertain any alarm for it? '('hey admired tu
a foreign land the prodigies of French valour; they .admired, while
they lamented that their return was delayed so many useless ex•
Thee Prinpe6 are at length in
• the midst of you; any bevy