The National Register.
London, England, 1815-05-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL. REGIST

MAY 7.

C. Barnett, late of.Londort.Wall, horse-dealer.
R. White, of Quern-street. Cheapside, wine-merchant.
J.B. Roper, of Gosport brewer.
T. Pearce, of New• Road, Gravesend, taylor.
W Haywood, laic of Tlitogmorton street, stock-broker.

PRICE OF S7OCKS YESTERDAY.

3 Per Cont. Cons.
4 per Vent. ^I. Es. Bills 4 i dlr.
11 Per Cents.
Consols for Account so.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lon Dori,
SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1815.

tents, in which our superstitious ancestors wpuld have
placed the most implicit faith. It is probable 'that Napo-
leon has really placed himself at the head of his army and
that his rumoured intention to inspect the state of the
northern fortresses is merely a cloak to conceal his &-
signs, and enable him to attempt a surprise on gem^ por-
tion of the Allied forces. It is also true, that the resulted'
the first battle will give such a turn to the war as to influ-
ence its issue. But if we arc to trust the accounts from
the Continent, at no period have we had better grounds to
entertain sanguine hopes of success, than at the present.
According to his own proclamation, Louis XVIII. is pre-
paring to enter France at tho head of twelve htindred thou.
sand Alliesond considers his return to the capital close at
hand. According to the Belgium papers, desertions front
Napoleon's army are daily increasing, and disunion reigns
amongst his mipisters. Murat, it is certain, is fast retreat-
in ce within the limits of his kingdom, probably on account,
of the invasion of his territory by an Anglo-Sicl-
lian army. On every side beams of good fortune
seem to break forth, which the contents of the
French papers to the 2d• inst.- received yesterday do
not in the least obscure. These arc of course entirely.
silent with respect to Buonaparte's departure, which must
have taken place after their publication, and their chief
interest consists in the following details of the present si-
tuation and commanders of the various corps of the French
army. •
The head-quarters of the first corps Warm& are at Lille,
and it is under the command of Count Erlon ;. the 2d at
Valenciennes, under General Reille ; the 3d is at Me-
zieres, under General Vandamme ; the 4th, which is at
Metz and Thionville, is under General Gerard; the sth
at Strasburg, under General Itapp ; the Gth at Laon,
under Count Lobau ; the 7th is at Grenoble and Cham-
ber}', mulct. Marshal Grouchy ; the Bth, which is at
Bourdeaux, under General Vanzel ; the !All, which is at
Toulon, is under Marshal Brune ; the 10th is assembling
•at Perpignan.
We are assured that the head-quarters of the Emperor
are•to be established at Conde.

We learn from Brussels that Count Lille is quite re-
cove re d

?Marshal Mortier has set out from Paris on an extraor-
dinary mission, with the execution of which he is charged
by the Emperor.

The Journal de l'Empire of the 2,1 inst. publishes Lo-ig
NVll.lth's proclamation with the following Parody intclOo!
to counteract its effects.

" It is as follows :

" Frenchmen, you are rebels ; the greatest misfortunes can-
not expiate your disobedience to tour legitimate masters, but
your masters arc good, and wish to distinguish the wheat freim
the tares.
Frenchmh, it is a father who returns, and who pardons.
If he is obliged to send before him, howitzers, bullets, arcs
bombs, (and Heaven assisting it) Congreve rockets, who
can complain of it ? Will not the white colour over-shadow
the cannons, howitzers, and mortars ? Let us hope that Pro-
vidence will turn aside th? grape and red-hot balls from the
dwelling of our faithful Royalists. Will not God by a mi-
racle &iiie to the fragments of shells a kind of discernment,
which will make them choose their victims? If amongst those
who arc pure, and who wear the white-colour in their beirts,
scale :hould relish in the conteit, they should con :We;