The National Register.
London, England, 1815-03-19 00:00:00

PROGRESS OF BUONAPARTE.

OT PIERS, SATVRDAY, 11111 MARCH.
Rtpo4.lllllde to the Peers by the Chancellor, in virtue of His itfajestis

Orders.

In pursuance of the wish of the Chancellor of Peers, I repaired to
the King, and his Majesty has atithot iged me to communicate to yon
frankly, and without reserve, all the intelligence relative to the sub.
ject ot which I hail yesterday the honour to give you information.
On the sth we received the first information ot the laudingeffeeted
by the enemy. According to reports, on the correctness of which
reliance it is conceived might be placed, he had only 700 of the opt
guard. about 300 Corsicans, and 140 foreigners from thy: Isle of 1?:}6a;
that is to say, altogether 1,140 men.
With: this handful of troops he landed on the fit at Cannes,
near Antibes. He landed without resistance, hecatote there woe not
time sußicient troops to oppose him, there- being no troops
on a point which was not menaced. litionaparte, it hppears,
in his attempt, on Antibes. and advanced towards Di,zne„ where be
was Ott the /until), witioint having received may reinforcements.
l'itel"r4ect of the r dispatehed couriers to all the ireighbottring
Prefects and particularly to Lyons, to give .rsorice of the. events
which had occurred. IBy one of these coin iers the Prefect ot
Lyons received an account of the !auditor, which he transmitted by •
telegraphic dispatch on the• sth. A second dispatch of the same
day rectified the force reduced to 1000 or 1100 men, the number of
troops had at first been estimated at 16110.
Idiom this first intelligence, Monsieur, the 'King's brother, dept..
ted in tlis night betweimliunday and Monday.
Couriers, dispatelted•in every direction, ordered moveniettits of
troops, for collecting under the command of Monsieur an army,
which wetild on its assenibling be 30,000 men, and 3 or 40(10 of
whom were to be cavairy.
Orders were at the splue-titne-dispatth*d to the Thtke of Almon.
terne to proeced from 'Bordeaux towards %ismes. and there to cur: •
mated, with Marsltal the Doke Of Tareutont under him, the army
6-t' Gard, the principal mitletis of which would' he fermi sto 4000
men, but trlrirb might he increoted t 3,000, by joining to it Ike
troops.disperseditrthettalt, and tiih Military theisions
These viispositiAre ro.copied Ilw days tit Snottily and Monday, Dna
part of the tjiktifs. • We bid on the oth a telegraphic dispatch, i on-
taininogwevi new deogils ; but a courier arrived ou the night of the
-6111, 04've further acefotots,.aud bronebt letters direct front the Pre.
at' or•et cf'thrirtte, from which we:sqlleeted the facts relative to flio -
•naportertleseepf, attairis tnarcirou'Digne and Gap.
• It-swooitrreirevfiattfly tiflor the arrival of this cnnr,Pr that the King
issued. the Ordontianee relative to ineastiovs of general safety, anti
the Proclamation calling together the two Chambers. •
The.telegruphie Ntifletiirt streeectled
jeeraschratotttitevre
ttslowly;e mthaere War
seer
Will/ter continued to distribute e,mr
the troops. The service of the liNtirfettis was instantly re-established.
We received some of' the Ibtit and 'Which brought us letters trove
ilav Prefects of lII* Var and of the Lovier.Alps, in which very Osiris

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