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

JULY 2.

them only 27 pieces of their numerous artillery. The enemy in his
flight has passed all his fortresses, the or.ly defence of his fron-
tiers, which are now passed by our armies.—At three o'clock,
Napoleon had dispatched from the field of battle, a courier to
Paris, with the news that_ victory was no longer doubtful : a
few hours after, he had no longer any army left. We have not yet
any exact account of the enemy's loss ; it is enough to know that
treo•thirds of the whole army are killed, wounded, or prisoners.
atrm7, the latter are Generals Mnntpss, Duhesme, and Cotnpaus;
Up to this time about :WO cannon, and IOJO cassions, are in our
hands. Few victories have been so complete, and there is cer•
tainly no example that an atmy two days after losing a battle,
e►gaged in such an action, and so gloriously maintained it. Bo-
mar be to troops capable of so much firmness and valour ! In the
middle of the position occupied by the French airily, and exactly
upon the height, is a farm called La Relle Alliance. The march of
all the Nossian colamns was directed towards tin,: farm, which was
vi,ible from every side. It was there that Napoleon was tinting the
battle ; it was thence he gave his orders, that• he flattered him-
Fulf with 11;e hopes of victory, and it was there that his ruin was
decided. There, too, it was, that by a happy chance Field Marshal
Blucher and Lord Wellington met in the dark, and inutually.sa-
toted each other as victors. In commemoration of the alliance.
which now subsists between the English and Prussian nation., of
the union of the two armies, anti their reciprocal confidence, the
Field Marshal desired, that this battle should bear the name of La
,Belle Alliance. By the order of Field Marshal Blucher,

Gvtieral GNEISENATI

-CHAMBER OF rEnsts.

BITTING uF N% EDNESDAY, JUNE el.

The Minister of the Interior stated that the Emperor had arrived
at 11 o'clock. lie 11;1(1 convoked the Council of Ministers :he su-
mo:iced that the atiny, after a signal victory in the plains of
Fleorus, wlict.e the elite of the Prussian army was destroyed, fought
a great battle four clays after, w• Oink four Jcaeues of Brussels. The
hoggish army was liceen throug:iont the whole d4y, and obliged to
yield the field t,fhattle. Six English standards mere taken, and the
day was decided, when on the approach of night, some disaffected
persons sread an alarm, and occasioned a disorder, which the
pre-puee of his M ijestv could not, on account of the night, recover.
The consequence has been disasters which could not be arreArd.
The army is rallying under the walls of Avesnes and Phillip.
Ins Majesty proceeded to Laon. lie there gave,.orders that the
levy in Mass of the National Gortr,l4 shwa" stop the filuitivm
lie wormed to Paris to corder with the Min;sfers on Ilia means
or replacing the null I 1..0 of the army.
It k alq) his 11. jest intention to clnfer with the Chambers on
the l' illative niritslire Which ciretim,tances repire, and he is at
this moment preparing propositions to be transmitted to both
Chamber-.

A M(.s:age from the oths,r Ctamber H• as presented and orileled to
be re4.l.

Count Thibelinlean appearcl at the Tribune, and read it. (See the
Chamber of Itk pres, ntatives )
Co.eit Doneet, de Polite Coulai.t, wislie,l to know alien the
Resolution of the Chamber of Representatives w hick had been
received was voted.
Count Cal not—Abont an hour ago.
Collin de Ponte Coulant.---It is not a vain curiosity that ;millet.*
this question. The Emperor ;s now ist Paris. I
_ conceive, therefore,
that there would be flinch impropriety in id vina orders to the
Alitii•ters from this Chamber. It may even he a question whether
in the absence of the Emperor it would be fit to take such a step.
'This part of the resolutions of the Itepreseatatives appeals to me in-
admissible, but lanai! vote for the remaiodvr of the Messace. Under
circumstances of so ;rave and imperious a nature as the present pro.
positions of so much importance uaglit to In; iekriatiato a Connnittte
conformable to the rcanlatiens. •