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they have made- to several Cmlrts have been

it is scarcely to be doubted .that they would prefer rising
rain into a kingdom, even under their former Aeapot, to
elnaini ng the undistinguished vassals of a German Power.
W hat ‘vill be the result of Buonaparte's attempt, it would
be presumption, with our present data, to pretend to decide.
Were the French armies composed of new troops, like the
King's hou,chold, there would be little danger to apprehend.
Even the treachery of the chiefs might be rendered unayail,
ing. by the loyalty of the soldiers. But when those who
are sent to repel Buonaparte are the very companions uf
his labours, the agents of his triumphs, whose daring voices
have fiequentiv insulted the ears of the Bourbons with the
cries of rive l'E.,vptreur. in spite of threatened punishments,
the result must be left to that Poker, who alone can rule the
hearts of men, and raise or overturn the throne of Kings.

GN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

ORDINANCE OF TIIE KING.
CONTAINING MEASURES FOIt TIU•: GENERAL SAFETY.

Louis, by the Grace of God. King of France and of Navarre, to
all whom these presents shall come greeting :
The 12t1iatticle of the constitutional charter specially auttiorizei
us to issue regtilations and ordinances necessary for the safety of
the State : it would be essentially compromised were we not to take
Prompt measures for crushing the enterprise that has just been
tOrmed at one of the points of our kingdom, and to prevent t'►e
effects of the plots and attempts tending to excite civil war, and to
overturn the Government.

For these reasons, and ou the report which has been made to us
by our beloved and trusty Chevalier the Chancellor of France, Sieur
D'Mnbray, Commander of our Orders, by the advice of our Conn.
eil, we have ordered and order, declared and declare, as follows :
Art. 1. Napoleon Buonaparte is declared a Traitor and a Reba, for
having introduced himself by force of arms, into the Department of
the Var. All the Governors. Officers commanding the armed forte,
and National Guards, the Civil Authorities, and even private Citi-
zens, are enjoined to go in quest of him, to apprehend him, and to
bring him without delny befbre a Council of War; which, after hay-
ing ascertained his identity, shall sentence him to the punishment
pronounced by the law.
g. The same punishment shall be inflicted, as guilty of the same
crimes, upon the military men and civil officers of all ranks, who
shall have accompanied or followed the said Buonaparte in his lava-
Kim of the French territory, unless withiu eight days, reckoning
from the publication of the present ordinance, they come to make
their submission to our Governors, Commandants of Military Divi.
&ions, General or Civil Administrations.

S. All civil and military administrators, chiefs and subordinate
persons in the said administration, payers and receivers (.f public
money, and also the private citizens who shall directly or indirectly
aid and assist Buonaparte, shall in like manner -be prosecuted and
punished as promoters. and accomplices of rebellion, and of attempts
tending 10-change the. form of the Govenirnent and excite civil war.
4. Those persons shall suffer the same punishments, confOrmahly
to article 102 of the Pt nal Code. ho, by language held in public
places nr companies, by posted placards, 14 r by printed works, shall
have taken part, or induced the citizens to take part in the rebel-
lion, or to abstain trims repressing it.
5. Our Chancellor, our Ministers, Secretaries of State, and our
Director-General of the Police, each in what concerns him, are
charged with the execution of the present Ordinance, *hick shall be
inset ed in the Bulletin dcs Lois, addressed to all the Governors of
Military Divisions, Generals, Commandants. Prefect., Sub-Prt rect.,
and Mayors of out kingdom, with orders to can,e it to be printed
and pc:O,l(A both at Paris and elsewhere, and wherever there shall be
occasion.

Given at the Palace of the Tuillerieo, the oith March, 1813,
and of our reign the 201 h.
By the King, (Signed) LOUIS.
The Chancellor of France, (Signed) D'AM BRAY.

[Previous to the above, a Proclamation was issued fur cormokinz
the Chamber of Peers anti that of the Deputies of the Departmental

PARIS, MARCH 6.—The situation of Italy, and the movements
which appear to be making there, having made it be thought nem•
sarr to assemble a corps of observation between Lyons and Cliam•
hery, several regiments have received orders to set out fur that des.
Mensiettr set out at five o'clock this morning for Lyons. It is
said the Dukes of Berry and Orleans will set lint to-morrow mutu-
al's. The former for Besancon, and the latter for Lyolll

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