The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-04 00:00:00

King of Rome to your tenderest affections ; of
the dearest- hopes of thou' Romans 94d of all Eu-
rope., a title with whichlio-mulus was decorated
as the price of his valour, and Numa for that of
his religion—it is to you that the. Romans ow,
the inessimahic favour .sof being ad.:,:tjed to
enjoy a legislation created, by your genius, and
protected by your invincible arm."—LHere,follov,-
many 'compliments.)—After this the Mu n i
Corps of PariS was introduced, when Baron de
Chabrol addressed his Majesty in terms, of which

the following is an abstract
• " Our wishes, our hothage, our admiration,
followed the steps of, your Majesty, .whet you
flew from victory ta.victory, to plant the .Eagles
upon the towers of Moscow, and in , those 'mo-
ments. still more glorious, in Which your Majes-
ty slimed what conStanby • and firmness of soul
can effect.

"Sian---,The people of your good cityof Paris re-
mained calm, deaf to the cries of pillage and
centiousness ; it saw, with horror,- these mon-
sters of anarchy, and shewed itself -a worthy de-
positary of heir to the throne, the august in-
fant.'
His Majesty expressed his satisfaction at the
sentiments expressed in these three Discourses.
' (Moniteur,: Dee. 28.)
The-Muni:tear of the 28th, mentions that the
Emperor and Empress were at the Opera the pre-
ceding evening. The house was fall. lheir Ma-
jesties were- received with the most lively accla-
mations. The same paper also contains requests
from several of the
_Cohorts in garrison at Ham—
burgh, &ci begging permission of his Majesty to
join and ,share in the perils and dangers of the
Grand Army.
The following Notes appear in the Moniteur of
the 26th Dec.,; the first, on an article in an Eng-
lish paper, stating that Catfarelli had taken 'the
route from Spain'to.Fvance.
" Note.-7—Not only will no troops be with-
drawn from Spain, but 20,000 men, 6,000
horses, and 800 waggons, 'which remain in the
lth and 20th militia}, divisions, hive jitst re-
ceived orders to reinforce the armies of Portugal,
the centre and south- of ` Spa;t. A convoy of
10,000,000 has just been sent to pay the arrears.
If you believe-the events which have taken place
2,5004 miles 'froth you, as they are given in the
Petersburg Gazettes, you are great dupes."
The other upon a paragraA :staing, that the
French by their cruelties. had inspired. the Russians
with hatred. a
Note,—" You .shoidd at least bc consistent.
The Petersburgh(Gazette says, . was the French
ho set fire to Moscow an a
d to:the thoin,nd
p las v(vfnch were fan: upon its route, and then
it has reasou to tax the French with cruelties
and barbarities; but this is ~.tot laigaiage you
hold in this message (Prince tiegent'i. 2tlessage to
Parliament), you s:ty it was the Rtissians_theni-
Selves wilo set fire to• Mosc9w, and the villages
uppnthe route ; what greater ,cruelty did there
remain for the French to .coimint ?—did not the
sacred edifices Constitute a part of the cities and
villageswpich yousay The have burnt The injury which Russia. has done, herself 1114 y
be estimated at 3 milliards, and England gives
her 5,000,000."
The Moniteur of Dec. 25, contains twelve do-
cuments, under the title of " Pieces and Declare.-
rations relative to, the Affair of Count Frochet,
Prefect of the Seine i"—
No• 1, is the declaration of Count Forchet,
describing what occurred at. the Hotel de Ville,
on the morning of the 23(1:October. The Count
states. that, as-be was enteriox the Vauxbourg St.
Antoine, he was Met by one of his grooms, bear:-
ing a note from M. Villenisens, Chilef of the First
Division, written in pencil, in tiit.se)words---“ The
Prefect's presence is immedi;;tely required ;'' and
tinder them ‘, Inuit Iniperator.—Lle.inanediately
set off at full .spe2d, and arriving before the Hotel
tie Ville, perceived a great number of troops as-
sembled, which confirmed what the note had given
114 to understand. Soon after his having en-
tered the 1-.10te1;,, the Coannandant .of the
,troops
and another ,officer waited upon, him, and after
haying confirmed the ,fatal news, the Ceminand-
ant seated, hinisell like a man overwhelined With
grief, die other oilicer and myself still standing.
The Commandant observed, I ought to have re-1
ceived a packet of instructions ; bait as none had
come to my hands, he drew from his pocket and
deliveeed to me a letter, containing the orders he
had.received, appointing him 'to the guard of the
Hotel de Ville, which was signed ,". Mallet." In
it 1 read the Imperial Government was abolished,
and. that a Provisional Commission Was to assertible...
in theAlutel de Ville, at nine o'clock. I then
as,..lied the Commandant wlu required He
replied, We want a place for the Commission,
to sit in, -and another for the, Staff. I. said,
the grand hall will dO for the Commissioners,
and as for your Staff, it may occupy the
lower , part of the Hotel de Ville, and mak-
ing• this .a pretext for! going out, „I went into
the grand hall, and gave orders to prepare tables,
&c. I...then.flew home, and as I was entering-my
house,:lycceived notice, „that Adjutant Laborde,
ihad arrived, with orderi to withdraw the cohort,
and replace it by other troops. 1 lininediately re-
turned., and found Adjatant.Laborde conversing
with the Commandant of the cohort and Monsieur
Soulier, arid said to theJatter, what (lees all this
mean ? Is the news which is spread true ?-
-" What news?" says Mons. S. that of the tin-
peror's death ?—oli no, there .is ookirtith•in it.": 10
,excess of my, joy, I embraced iMons.S. and requested.
the Commandant of the cohort to obey Adjut.La-
borde, and retire, winch he did... Observing•that
great concourse of people. had .assembled before
-the 'Hotel, I told them ,the alarming rumours
which bad been spread were without - foundation,.
and desired them to return to their ocenpations.—
I then went to the, rc!: -Chancellor, to state what
haii passed, and, receive his instructions, which
were, to convoke the alayor and gunk:ilia Coun-
cil, ke. and be, ready to execute the'-orders issued
by the Council, of Ministers. . .
• No. is the examination of C.T.: Soulicr, com-
atilli.a oa,icitlocl. the 10th cohort ;. states, that about
four
in lie inor)ing of the 23d, three per-.
sons arrived his residence, a general.,!or pre-
tended general,
.ins ,licit.-de-camp, and a man cal-
Lug himself' a dononisary of pollee. The sot-disant
gen. al Mud t " the Senate is aSsenlYtel,.
the I..nyeror &tied before Moscow On the 7t4