The National Register.
London, England, 1815-03-26 00:00:00

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PUBLISHED UNDER TIIC AUTHORITY OF LOUIS XVIII.

On Sunday, Government received dispatches from Lord
Fitzroy Somerset, and the Paris papers of Friday also came to
hand. The latest ativices relative to Buonaparte came up to
the 13th, when he moved forwatd from Lyons towards Ma-
con. At this place, as well as at Tournus. Chalons, and
Dijon, his agents•had previously succeeded in exciting dis-
turbances among the lowest of the populace. His force, the
Moniteur asserted not to eNceed 'B,ooo.—Ney's army. which
was marching against bi by Lons Ic Saularier and Bourg, I
was estimated at io,ocel. The Marshal answered confidently
for their fidelity. I; si,ies the corps of Ncy, it was sai'd
there were advancing reiainst the rebels in front, the corps of
Dupont from Tours, of Victor from Chalons, and of Oudinot
from Metz; whilst in their rear, General Mouton Duvernet
was advancing by Die, and General Miollis by Gap, on
Grenoble. Ma,,sena had published a proclamation to the
Marsellois. which concluded thus:—" I have sworn fidelity
to our lawful King. I will never deviate from the path of
honour. lam ready to shed every drop of my blood in the
defence of his throne." The people of Marseilles were so
indignant at the rebellious attempt to overturn the Throne,
that they offered two millions of francs to the regiment which
should take Buonaparte dead or similar warmth in
the cause of loyalty had been shown at Bourdeaux, at Caen,
and Rouen, from whence volunteers had already set out to
join the Royal Armies; but it was at Paris that the greatest
readinecs was Shawn in these enrolments. The Schools of
Law and Medicine Ithd volunteered to serve in a body ; and
Monsieur had called on such of the National Guards as were
willing to serve under him as Colonel General, to march
against the enemy. By these and other means an army was
forming at Melun, to cover Paris on the South. On the
pith his Majesty went in person to the Chamber of Depu-
ties, and addressed them in the following short but manly
and interesting speech, which was received with loud and re-
peated peals of applause :.--.-
" Gentlemen—in this mantel:thous crisis, when the public enemy
has penetrated into a part of the Kingdom, and threatens the li-
berty of the remainder, I came in the midst of you to draw closer
tfinse ties which unite us together, and which constitute the strength
of die state—l come, in addressing myself to you, to declare to all
Prance my se::!inents and my wishes.

" I have revisited my country, and reconciled her to all foreign
niltious, who will, without doubt, maintain with the utmost fidelity
those treaties which had restored us to peace.-1 have laboured for
the benefit of my people—l hare received and still continue daily to
receive the most striking Fouls of their love.—Can I, then, at sixty
years of age, better terminate my career, than by dying in their de-
fence? Therefore, I fear nothing for myself; but I fear for France 7—
Ile who come, to light again amongst us the torch of civil war, brings
with him also the scourge of foreign war comes to reduce your
country under his iron yoke—he comes, in short, to destroy that
C.institutioual Charter which I have given you—that Charter, my
brightest title in the estimation of posterity—that Charter which all
Frenchmen cherish, and which I here swear to maintain. Let us
rally, therefore, round it I—let it be our sacred standard !—The de-
scendants of Henry the Fourth will be the first that range themselves
under it; they will be followed by all good Frenchmen. short.
Gentlemen, let the concurrence of the two Climnbers give the au'
thority of all the force that is necessary, and this war, truly national.
will prove, by its happy termination, what a great nation, united
in its love to its King and to its laws, can effect."

The whole assembly, it is stated, e!ectiified by the sublime
'words of the King, stood up, their hands stie;clied towards the

throne. Nothing but these words were beard, Long live the
King !—we trill die, for Me Ki;ig !—the King in life and
death!—The Assembly having resumed their places, a mo-
tion of Monsieur, to al,proach the King, commanded the
most profound silence. Monsieur, after profoundly bowing
to the King, said,
" SIRE, I know that I depart from ordinary rules in here addres-
sing your Majesty ; but I beg you will excuse me, and permit me
here in my own name and in that of my family to say, how munch
we participate to the bottom of our hearts in the sentiments and
principles which animate your Majesty."
The Prince, on turning again towards the Assembly. added,
raising his band,
" We swear on our honour to live and die faithful to our Kiev,
and to the Constitutional Charter, which secures the happiness of
the French."

While the wi,ole Assembly replied to this address by new
acclamations, the K ing, profoundly moved, presented hi!
hand to Monsieur, which his Royl Highness seized, and
kissed with transport. The hind, no longer able to suppress
his feelings, pressed Monsieur to his breast with all the did•
nity of a King, and all the tenderness•of a brother. At thi,
noble and touching spectacle, emotion gave place to transport,
all hearts were melted, all eyes moistened with tears, and is
was nut till after a few moments, when his Majesty rose and
was preparing to return, that the acclamations hoist fort,
with new and redoubled enthusiastn. The Chamber after
wards, on the motion of the President, voted an address t.
the King, expressive of the sentiments of his faithful subject
and of the wishes of France.

• Tuesday afternoon an Officer arrived with dispatches from
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, dated on the igth. They an,
nounced Buonaparte's movement from Autun to Auxerre:
which he reached on the 17th. The Monitenr aid other
papers of Sunday last also arrived.—The former l,a:ely mcn,
tioned his departure from Autun on the lath. An extraor-
dinary courier on Sunday morning brought the intelligenc
of his having entered Auxerre, and of his being expected tl
occupy Joigney, about seventy miles from Paris on Saturda:
night The extraordinary rapidity of his march had heel
delayed by no opposition and no obstacle. According tt
the Gazette de France, he was usually a mile and a half be.
lore his advanced guard, in an open coach, escorted by onli
twenty dragoons. This paper concluded, that as no oppmi
tion bad been made to him, it was the intention of the Fren6
Government to let bins advance to the heights of Melun,
where an army of '28,000 men was to be assembled on Sun,
day last. The French papers also asserted, that the Prussian:
had approached Thionville, which they would attack if Buo-
naparte should succeed—that the Emperor Alexander ha,
declared he would march 600,000 men—that the Austrians
began their march foritaly and France on the 12th—that the
Prussians and Bavarians were to march on the 16th, and Oat
the Duke of Wellingington bad been appointed Generalis,
sumo of all these armies.