The National Register.
London, England, 1815-06-25 00:00:00

NATTIVNAT, REGISTER.

this time General It 614 passed the Samlo-‘• a! Marclet nues•anstsoi t,
in order to advanre 1111011 Gooselies with the of Prince
Jerome and General Hartwell, attaeked the veemv, took foot, Inns
250 prisoners, and pursued him on the road to litiOSCh We thus
became masters itf the whole position of Ilcurtis. At ciAt in the
evening the Emperor re-tittered his head-qoarters at Charleroi. Phis
day cost the enemy five piters of caution and 2,0 0 tutu, of wi out
1.000 are prisoners. Our loss is 10 inen killed and 80 winuided, the
greater part belonging to the squadron eflhe guard who made the
charges, and to three stradrntis of the 201 t dragoons, who also
(batted a tquare with the greatest intrepidity. air loss, °touch
trifling in amount. his heels sensibly flit by the Emil( cur, ft out
!I,r severe wound received by Genf/fill Lt.tort, °is aid-de-camp, in
charging at the head of the squadrons. He k an offioer of the
gieate:t distinetion : he was struck bye ball in the lower part of
the belly, but the surgeons give hopes that Ills wound vi l,e
mortal °. tire have fount some magAzines at Chat It rot. The joy
of the 11•Agians it iron{({ be itoposiiile to describe. There were
some villares svhieli, on toe t‘ilzlit of their delivrrers, formed
danevi; and every wrere there is a mosso:lent whtelt .prod cif,
from the heart. . In the report of the Major-General of the stair,
the names of the officers and soldiers who tii•tutglii-h. &them-41s es
will be inserted. The Emporor has given the command of the
left to the Prince of Mask wa, who, in the evening, hind lii. head_
quartet sat (matt'(-Chemins, nit the road to{hostel,, The Ditto:. of
Treviso, to whom the Empt,ror gave the command of the s+atoß
gnarl It is remained at Beaumont, ill of the rheumatism. which ~raj
forced him to keep hi bed. The 4111 corps. enni:,:amled by co.
neral Gerard, arrives this eveniug at Cliatelet. General ti said
has stated, that Ltent..General Bourniont, Colonel Cruet, aid the
chief of sqnadron Villontreys, have pos,eit over to` the et.enty.
A lieutenant of the 11th Chasactirs has al.irgone over. The I.‘lajors
General has ordered that these deserters sledl by immediately sun.
tenceil confottuably tol the laws. It would be tin.otsolde to 46.
scribe the good spirit and ardour of the army. It views •the &see-
tint' of this small nuather of traitors who • thus throw off toe mask,
as a fortunate event.

NEWS VRO‘I THE ARMY.
ht rear of Ligny, t 8 in the evening AI the 16M of
June. i 81 5.

The Emperor has just obtained a complete victory• over the
Prussian and English •armict;, united under the orden: 4.f Lon}
Wellington and Marshal Blucher. The atmy at thi. mann.nt 41e4.
h..ttchea by the village of Ligny, in advance of Flettru.4, to pnr►ae
the enemy.

Flenrus. June 17. 4 Wein* in the morning.

The battle of yesterday lasted till ten o'clock ill 'lie evening. We
are still ill pursuit of the enemy, who has experienced at terrible
overthrow. We have hitherto 8,000 prisoners, ..10 pieces of cannon,
and several standard., mat y officer. of tank. among others
Count Luttenw. We expect at day break to collect a treat I 11111bir
in the villages of St. Amami, and others who were cut off li)
movement which the Empercr cawed hi. gnat 4 to make. The'
grenadiers anti chn.senrs of the old guard mas‘mered retire nia,ses,
anti have lost very few men. It appears that it a ebarae of
bayonet by the Imperial Font Guards decided the battle.
The enemy have been extremely rnmerons. I a.e‘er saw Flick en.
thasiasin in our soldiers. The colum► s which to battle..
the wounded who returned trout being dressed, never ceososl to
exclaim " Live the Emperor!"

cory OP A LETTER FROM TUF: MAJOR OINIRAL TO TIIR WAR

M I S IST

Fietl7ll9, .11:ile 17. 1815.

Moociette annooneed yesterday, from the fi, 14 of
battle of Limy, to his Imperial Hiehtteg. Mince Jo•eph, the •igtiAt

• • A letter of the Emperor, of the ttith, enh with these Ivortlite
written with Lis owu hued— " be is going on well."

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vic.tro., which the Emperor has gained. I return( d• here viiili"his
neje...ly at 1 (o'clock in the evening, and it wa.s necessary to pass
the night in attending to the wounded. The Emperor has re-
mounted hill horse, t follow the success of the battle of Ligny. It
wnA fought with fury, and the greatest enthusiasm mo the part of
the Insult.. We were nee to three. At eight o'clock in the even.
• Inc the Emperor marched with his guard : six battalions of the
old guard, the dragoons, and horseirtenuchers, and tile entries•
sieis of fienetal Delon. debauched by Ligny, and executed a
charge which sepaiated the enemy's line. Wellington and Bindle'
laced theta sews wi,lo difficulty ; the effect wls theatrical. In au
instant the tiring ceased, mil the enemy was routed in all dim..
tione. We have already several thousand pisontrs, and 40 pieces
of cannon. The titli and Ist COFII6 Mete !opt esiga;:ed. The left
wing fought ag: lost the Etig!ish army, and took front it cannon and
standards. At night I will give you further details, for every in-
stant pa isoners are announced. Our l-ss dots not appear emir
mous; since, without smelling it, I du not reckon it at more than
-6000 men,

(Signed) MarNhal, Major-General Doke of DALAI ATIA.
(A Copy) Marshal, Minihter of War, PI lore of IiCILNIUHL

EXPOSE OF THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.

0,1 the 13th inst. this Expote was made to the 1.\.0 Ckambt rs, Wel).
occupied nearly two hours in reading. It commences by noticing the
En.peror's departure from Elba, and his proves- in France. .It states,
that be sincerely desires peace, but will nut hear of propositions humi-
liating to the honour of. France. The Royalist party bud not known how
to th fend their princes, and the Iteptiblicans recover( d front their errors.
woald see in the Emperor the protector of liberal ideas. The* Emperor
cr.utos on the intelligence of the assemblies to bring it c constitution to
perl.etion. The national character which repels the idea of enntpiet is
sutEcient gnaranlee to Europe. The ambitions views of the Allier, and
their refusal to treat, resemble the time of 1;92, when the Duke of
Brunswick pahlished his proclamations. The 'demands are great, but
the resources are sufficient. It then goes into various details under the
daTerent heads, to prove the mal administration of Loots NVIII. re.
spectiog the public works, mines, manufactures, hospitals, instruction,
pithrte worship, jurisprudence, &e. but particularly in the neglect of
the ‘Var I)epattittent. The army was rt tliteed to 7.' o'3 (ince the ‘2oill
of March, the Emperor had raised it to 175,000 men, eschnive of Nu.
tional Guard.. the Imperial Gaard is described as the surest bulwark
of the throne in war, and one of the fin st ornaments in pence. Its
amount is already .10.0t)0 men. The dilapidations in the artillery de-
pititrients are said to be re‘rieved. it is affirmed, that after arming the
regulars and National Guards, 'bete will remain 600,000 muskets in
rt.erve. Tue tvar expenditure, it is said, is to be provided fir without
the imposition of atty. new. taus.

IMPERLIL
.PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

HONDIY, JUNE 19.
The to prevent the granting of offices in reversion was lost on
its second reading, by a division of 23 againbt 7.

TVESDIY AND WEDNESDAY.
The Bills on the table were forwarded without any elinusaiu.n.ot
interest,

TUURRDAY, JUNZ V 2.

THE L.4TE GLORIOUS Fieronr.

Earl BATIMILST said he rose to give uutiec, that he phoald to•
Morrow mon Itte thauka.of that Rome to Field Marshal the Duke

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of Wellicgati;itrd'ibe Officers saa,rtiy--laziz ins command, fur
the great and signal victory obtai,p d over Ore enemy on the 18th cf
the preseut month, and tut thereby exalting the military glory of
this country, protecting from spoliation, the letritories of his
Majesty's AUy, and for contributing so largely to the general deliver-
ance and security of Europe. He then moved that the Lords. be
summoned for to-morrow. Ordered.

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PUMICE FROM THE PRINCE =GENT.
The Lail of LtvkliPOOL pre-sewed a ito)al.llebsage to the How

follows

" Gent ge, P. R.

I' His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the VIM
and on the behalf of his Majesty, having taken into his serious
consideration the most glorious and important victory obtained by
Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, over the French army nudes
the immediate command of Bonaparte, on the *Bth of this moistly
and bring desiions of manifesting the sense entertained by his Royal
Highness, of that signed and brilliant aeleitvtmeat, %%hid; has added
fresh renown to the British arm ~and cannot fail of being produce.
live of the most essential advantage to the Continent of Europe, he
therefore recommends it to the House of Lords to concur in the
necessary measure for enabling the Prince Regent to grant Pueh
additional provision as may atfor d a further proof of tke opinion en-
tertained by Parliament of the transcendant services of the Duke df
Wellire6ton, and of the gratitude and munificence of the British
nation.

The Noble-Erni then moved, -That the prince Recent's Meting.
be taken into consideration to morrow, and that the Lords be SlM-
moiled theteupon. .Ordered.—Adjourned.

FRIDAY,..IVNIC 23.

TILdNXS TO THE BRITISH ARMY.

Earl llwirwasz not entering the House until late, coMmeratel by
apologizing for his abs .nee. Doulnless every Noble Lord was hvs.
patient to discharge thedebt of gratitude imposed upon the country
by those who had relieved it from a state of the most soxioss suspense.
However sanguine we might have been as to the ultimate result., re-
verses might have been experienced, and the early events-with such
an enemy were of the utmost importance. The campaign bad now
been opened by the wonted impetuosity of fittonaparte, and that impe..
tuosity had been arrested and defeated by the Duke of Wellington.
The French Leader had not on this occasion to tax the elements, to
compl..in of the inclemency of the season, or to murmur at the rnde-
ttess of the climate; he could nut attribute his overthrow to the dis.
affection of his troops, to the misconduct of his Generals, or to the
submitting of his better judgment to the controul of others ; he could
now only blame hims It for the result ; he himself chose his time,
his place,.and his adversary, alto he was repul•:ed, defeated, and rout;-
ed—his genius shrunk before the ascenisency c f the star of Wellington's
gl•ry. It was not n ct:ssary for him to tr üble the House in detail as
to operations, of which ever) minute particular was fresh stored in
the minds of their Lordships, but regarding some of the peculiarities
of the conquest he would make one or two observations. It had been
said that in the early tint of his career the Duke of Wellington had
preferred defensive wartate, and had nlways waited f r the attack of
the enemy. This assertion was undoubtedly true, and arose from the
deficiency of his physical power, as well as from an opinion in the
mind of that great General, that it was the systtui he best understood.
,In the year 1813, however, he. had acted upon a difkrent plan, as his
numerical tortx was augmented, and at. the. battle of Vittoria in pini•

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