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e%ei, iutieeded ; the liiights of St. CK,utl and Lvtendon were
taken, and li!to he; pushed on his troops to the village of
Issey in his front, about a league from Paris. lie was there
attacked agan ou du! morning of :he 3d, but the enemy were
main defeated with great loss. The Duke of Wellington,
availing himself of his communication with Blucher, had
also moved a force towards the Pont de Neuilly. The
enemy therefore having no wish to come atzain in contact
with his Grace sent to propose a cessation of hosti-
lities, for the purpose of enteting into a negociation for
the sntrentlrr of Paris. It was carried on a' the Palace of
st. Cloud, the favour ite residence of Buonaparte, and in the

chfunber where he used to hold his Councils of State !
Ds terms are highly favourable to the enemy. It allows the
army to retire behind the Loire (about fifty miles) with all
its materiel, artillery, military chest, horses and property
without exception. All the sick and wounded are to remain

until they are recovered, and then to join their corps if they
please : other persons willing to follow the army or to re-
main at Paris, are to have their free choice. All public pro-
perty, except that which relates to war, is acknowledged sa-
cred, so that the works of art, with which some who sell the
skin before the bear is caught, wished our triumphal monu•
meat should he adorned, will remain in the possession of a
twice conquered capital ! One of the articles would rather
lead us to suspect, that however inferior in the field, the
French are rather more skilful in the cabinet, than their
beroic opponents. It is the tenth, which stipulates that
---" The Commanders in Chief of the English and Prussian
armies engage to respect, and to make those under their
command respect, the actual authorities, so long as they shall
exist."—W hat is this but a direct acknowledgment of the
;authority of the Provisional Government. which, by bring.,
ing Louis NVIII. in their train, the Bi itish and Prussian,
('omm:orders declare they are come to overthrow. However
it may be got over, it will involve a contradiction between the
engat:ements and the epoduct of the Allies, which may create
greater d:fliculties than are anticipated, especially when it is
consideredthat by the 15th ai tick, " if difficulties arise in the
execution of an) one of the terms of the Convention, the in-
terpretation shall be made in favour of the French." It will
sustain time hopes and invigorate the exertions of theJaco-,
. bins, already encouraged by the ai rnistice, rather unaccount-
ably concluded by the Austrian Coromandel s. It decides, in
fact, a; th‘: Duke of Wellington himself states in his dis-
patch, " the military questions at this moment existing, but
touches nothiug political." We do not suppose this condi-
tion was granted in consequence of the Address of the two
Chambers to the French people, in which they protest against
the imposition of any government upon them, and " appeal to
the energy of the present and of future generations to renew
their claim to national.indwendence, and the rights of civil
liberty." It cannot have been conceded to the declaration
of the m, against the Bourbons, whose return they con-
sider as are. .signal for their own destruction. The blame
must rest with the Allied Powers, who. with the wish and
intention of restoring the Bourbons in their hearts, have
bound themselves by solemn declarations not to interfere in
the government of France, when once Buonaparte should
have been disarmed of the Sovereign power These have
cramped the energies of the conquerors, and excited the
hopes of the vanquished. They render the most necessary
act an act of apparent infidelity; but however they may en-
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errira4e complaint, they will not give it efficiency. The safety
of he world cannot be compromised by a dangerous adhe-
' is • .eat hardship for those
trek4io6„ to find those
Phieh might be fatal to

STER.

PROCLAMATIONS.

JULY 9.

PROCLiMATIONS OF LOUIS XVIII.

THE KING TO THE FRENCH.

The gates of my kingdom at length 'open before me. I hasten to
recal my &hided subjects, to soften the evils I wished to pre.
vent, to place myself once more between the Allied Armies and the
French. in the hope that the regard, of which I may be the object,
%s ill turn to their welfare. It is the only manner in which I have
chosen to share in the war. I have not permitted any PrinCe
of my family to appear in the ranks of the foreigners, and I have
kept down the courage of those of my servants who had been able
to range theMselves round me. Returned to the soil of my coml.
try, I take pleasure in speaking confidentially of my people. When
I re-appeared among them, I found their minds agitated, and hur-
ried away by contrary passions. The eye beheld on every side
only dittculties and obstacles. It was probable my Government
might commit faults perhaps it has done so. There are times
when the purest intentions do not suffice to guide, when they some-
times even mislead. Experience alone Call warn —it shall not be
lost. I desire every thing that can save France. My subjects have
learned by cruel trials that the principle of the legitimacy of
Sovereigns is the soul of the fundamental basis of social order, the
only one on which a wise and well-regulated liberty can be esta-
blished among a great people. This doctrine has just been pro-
claimed as that of all Europe. I had previously consecrated it by
my Charter, and I intend to add to this Charter the guaranteta
which may (moire its benefits. The unity of the Ministry is the
stronucst which I can offer. I intend that it shall exist ; and that
the free and firm conduct (marche) of my Council shall geatatitee
every interest, and cohn every apprehension. There has baen much
said of late of the re-establishment of the tithes and of feudal rights.
This fable, invented by the common enemy, has no need of refits
Cation ; it will nut be expected that the King of France should des
mean himself to calumnies and falsehood. The success of the
treason has trio cleat ly pointed out their sources. If the possessors
of national property have conceived apprehension, the Charter
ought to have sufficed to quiet them. Have I not myself proposed
to the Chambers and caused to be executed sales of these estates ?
This proof of my sincerity is unanswerable. In these latter times
my subjects of all classes have given equal proofs of love and fide-
lity. I will have them all know how sensible I have been to them,
and it is among all the French that I shall take pleasure in choosini
those who are to approach my person and my family. I shall ex-
chide from my presence those men whose renown is a subject of
grief to France and of dread to Europe. In the plot which they
have framed I see many of my subjects misled and some guilty.
I promise (I who have never promised in vain; as all Europe knows)
to pardon to the misled French all that has passed since the day
that I quitted Lille amid so many tears, till this day that I have
entered Cambray, amid such acclamations. lint the blood of my
children has flowed dimwit' a treason, of which the annals of the
world afford no example. This treason has called the foreigners into
the heart of France. Every day reveals to the a fresh disaster. For
the dignity of my throne, the interest a my people, and for the
repose of Europe, I must therefore except from this pardon the
instigators and the actors of this horrible plot. They will be
pointed out to time vengeance of the laws by the two Chambers,
whom I propose immediately to assemble.—Frenchmen! such
are,the sentimeuts with which he returns to yon, whom titre has
been unable to change, misfortune to fatigue, and injustice to cast
down. The King, whose ancestors have reigned over you for
eight centuries, returns to dedicate the rest of his days to deknel,
to console you. Given at Courtray, .8111 June, JBl5, time t2lst year
of our reign, Louis.
The Minister Secretary of State for ForeignAtLirs,
Prince TALLEYRAND.

Louts. by the grace-of God King of France and Navarre,
To all our faithful snl►jects, health. At the time when the mo,t
cruel of enterprizee, seconded by the most inconceivable defection,
compelled us to quit momentarily our kingdom, we informed son
of the dangers which threatened you, unless you hastened to shake
off the yoke via tyrannical Usurper. tVe were not wiling to unite
our arms, nor tho,e of onr family, to the instruments which Pro-
vidence has employed to punish treason. But now that the
powerful efforts of our Allies have dissipated the satellites of the
Tyrant, we hasten to reenter at►r States, there to re•establiahe the
Constitution which wo have given to France; to tepair by all
the Weans 111 01W power the evils of revolt,, and of the war, its
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