The Sun.
London, England, 1815-04-11 00:00:00

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my was already there, and it was in the. wood of.
Tiottaluville that the battle commenced. The
en,.tny extended himself on his right and left •;. he
VT a s every where checked and repulsed, but his
ttimbers were constantly increasing. Several in-
fantry charges had taken place, and a number
of soldiers had been -killed at my side with the
bayonet,-'at the entrance of the village of Belle-
ville, when Joseph sent the authority, in writing,
to capitulate, which authority I- still have in
my possession. This was at ten o'clock ; at
eleven Joseph was already Kir from Paris, and at
three o'clock I was still fighting.; .but at ,that
hour, having long had the whole of my: force
-engaged, and -observing that there were still
2(1,000 men about to enter fresh into line, I sent
/Efferent Officers to Prince Schwartzenherg to ac-
quaint him that I was ready to enter into arrange-
ments. Only one of my Officers could reach him,
and certainly I had not sent hint too soon ; for
when he returned,.General Compans having eva-
cuated the heights of Patient, the enemy was' ad-
vancing in the street of Belleville,...my only point
of retreat. I drove him out of it by 'charging the,
head of his column in- person, at the head of 40
men, and thus securing the return of my troops,
but I found myself forced. almost close up to the
walls of Paris. Hostilities were suspended, and
the troops re-entered within the barriers. :The
written arrangement which,was published at the
time was not signed till midnight.
'On the morning of next clay the troops eva-
cuatcd Paris, and I proceeded to Essonne, where
took a position. I went to see
.the Emperor
Napoleon at Fontainbleau. He seemed to me at
last aware of his situation,
.and disposed to fermi-
'nate a contest which he could no longermaintain.
lie resolved on the plan of entrenching himself,
-of uniting the little force which remained to him,
of endeavouring to increase it, and to negOciate.
• This was the only reasonable course he could pur-
sue, and I was completely of his opinion. I im-
mediately set off to order the commencement of
those defensive works which the execution of this
• plan rendered necessary. The same day,. April
the I st, be came to visit the position, and there
be learned, by the return of some Officers whom I
had .left to give up the -barriers, the prodigious
fermentation of Paris, the declaration- of the Etn-
, peror Alexander, and the revolution -which was in
progress. At this moment the resolution of'sa-
crificing the remains of the army to his vengeance
was taken he talked of nothing but a desperate
attack, though there was not a single chance of
success in his favour, with the means which re-
mained to him: From that moment all his orders,
all his instructiocs, all his discourse wasin con-
fortuity to this plan, the execution of which was
jived_ for the sth of April.
Accounts front Paris arrived in rapid succes-
sion : the decree of forfeiture reached me. The
situation of Paris anti of Fiance was deplorable,
andthe future presented the Most gloomy pros-
, pests, unless the fall of the Emperor changed their
-destinies, by making their moral peace with all
turope, anti thus extinguished the hatted which
Le had excited. The Allies, supported by the insur-
rection of all the great towns of the kingdom, mas-
ters of the capittO, and only having only opposed
to them a handful of brave men who had stir-
i'iced so many disasters, and every whereproclaini-
ed that they, made war on Napoleon alone. It was
necessary to put them at Once to the trial, to take
them at their word, and to compei them to re-
nounce the vengeance of which they would have
made France the victim : it was necessary that the
army should again become national by adopting
the interests of almost the -whole of the inhabi-
tants, who declared against the Emperor, and
.loadly, called for a salutary revolution which
should produce their deliverance. Was it not the
duty of every good Frenchman, however situated,
to contribute to a change which saved the coun-
try, and delivered it from a crusade of all Eurufte
in arms against it—that portion of Europe even,
which was possessed by. the
,family of Napo-
leon Had it been possible to reckon upon the
union of all the heads of the Army, if it had not
been probable that the private interests of some
would have clashed with the. most generous and
pattiotic measures, if the moment had not been
so pressing, since the 4th of April had already ar-
riced, and it was-on -the sth that that desperate
actie7 was to hare taken place, of which the object
was the destruction'of the last soldier and of the.ca-
pital,—it was to a concert among the Chiefs of
the army that it would have been prover to re-
. sort ; but in the actual state of timings, • it became
necessary to confine efforts to the free departure
-of the different corps of the army, in order to
• detach them from the Emperor _and neutralise his
projects, and to unite them to other French troops
which st ere at a distance from him.
Such, then, was the object of the conferences which took
place- with the Prince. of Schwartzenberg. While. I was
making dispositions to inform my comrades of the situation
of things, and of time part which I thought it my duty to
take, the Duke •f Tarentitm, the Prince if Musk wa, the
Duke of Vicenza, and the Duke of Treviso, arrived at my
quarters at Essonne. The three. first told me that the Em-
peror had been compelled to sign the promise of his abdica-
tion, and that they were going with this condition. to nego-
date the suspension of hostilities, I made them ;,-equainted
with the arrangements with. Wince Schwartzenberg, but
which were not complete, because I had not yet received the
written guarantee which X had demanded and I then de-
-ciared to them, that since they were agreed :upidn a change
which the safety of the State required, and which- Was the
'sole object of m y proceedings, t would never separate myself
from them. The Duke of Vicimoz.is expressed -a desire to see
me accompany them to Paris, thinking that myjunction with
them after what had happened, would be of great weight.
I yielded to his desires, leaving the command of my corps to
the oldest General of Division, giving bin) orders nut to
make any movement, and announcing to him uiy speedy re-
turn. I explained the motives of my change to Prince
Selmwartzenberg, who, full of loyalty, found them legiti-
mate and unanswerable, and I fulfilled the promise- whii.mh I
luol its to to my comrades in the interview which we had
with the Emperor Alexander. At 8 o'clock, one of my
hides-do-'damp arrived, and told me that, contrary to my
direct order, and in spite of his most urgent representations,
the Generals had put the troops in motion for Versailles at
4 o'clock in the morning, terrified as they were at the per-
:tuna! dangers with which they thought they were threatened,
and or which they had conceived an idea from the arrival and
depart ure of several °dicers of the Staff who had come from
FnutainbleaU. The step was taken, and the thing was irre-

r4rable.
Such is the true and faithful account of this event, which
kt, bad, and Will have so great an influence on all my life.
The Emperor, by accusing we, wished to save his own
glory, the opinion-of his talents, and the honour of the sol-
diery. As to the honour of the soldiers, therew_as no need
of any care_ for that : it never shone with more lustre than in
that campaign ; but as to what concerns himself, he will de-
iro no' dispassionate 7rnan, for it woad iv: ialpossible to

We are without foreign arrivals to-day, and
have therefore little to add to the stock of infor-
mation already before the Public. The Duke of
WELLINGTON did not arrive at Brussels till
Wednesday. last, the Gth, though some of our
Newspapers have been publishing accounts of
his reception at that" place for a week past, and
even in second editions, as unfounded in inference
and addition's as in the main fact. A private letter
of the above date mentions that our Hero was
going to dine with Lot“s XVIII. and that in the
evening the town was to be illuminated. h e fol-
lowing is a paragraph of its contents :

" The Duke of IVELLINoroN arrived this morn-
ing at two o'clock, and this moment he is pass.
ing by in the King's carriage, accerupaniecl by his
MAJESTY, to the City house, as there is a Grand
Fate given to the KING ; there is also a grand
lamination."

It trust inspire the virtuous Monarch Avith a
happy presage of being :Soon re-seated •on his
Throne, when he sees a IVELLINGTON by his
side, and a gloriotis Biltish Army under him en-
gaged in his holy cause.

Other private letters which we have received
state, that an advance of Cossacks, the quondam
rough and hardy saviours of civilized Europe, has
reached Frankfort. We trust, therefore, to
hear very shortly of the re-appearance of these
warriors, where their very name may strike a
terror into the souls of the guilty partizans of the.
Rebel Corsican.

It is further stated to us,_,but we are not suze
of the fact, thal the-CitowN PRINCE of StvEoE
has left Stockholm to take the command of the
Swedish Auxiliary Contingent, and put his force
in march towards the French frontier.

Our letters from Holland are of the most gra-
tifying kind. Never, perhaps, did the euthusi-

asm of the Dutch people reach a higher pitch—
they are unanimous in their hate of the revolu-
fiodnary Bands, of France, and in their determina-
tion to defend their newly acquired Liberty and
Independence. -

We learn from unquestionable authority, that
even in Paris as well as in many towns in the
North of France, so far are the Population from
being faourable to the Brigand and his Janis-
saries, they treat bi's Proclamations with contempt,

and no sooner does a secure opportunity offer
than all his arias, &c. posted on the walls
and public places are torn down or rendered
illegible with nnul.—The inhabitants of Lisle are

represente'd as entertaining sentiments diametri-
cally opposite to those of the soldiery, by whom
they,are erithralle'.l.

The Report that BUONAPARTE bad been fired at
in Paris is very current in the Netherlands, %where
it is also affirmed that Duels are as prevalent in
the Capital as they were said to be when the Al-
, lies were there. It seems that the 'friends of
the BoultioNs arc not yet broken in under
the reign of terror or new police of Fouche.-
-The Cotieehouses ring. with alter Cations and'
disputes ; Five le Roi is a sound not yet banished,
and.a half a dozen rencontres in.thc Bois de Bo-
logne, are the almost daily result.

While Loins XVIII. resided at Ghent his apart-
ments were opened at the dinner hour, as they
were wont to be in the security of Hartwell, and
strangers were admitted to walk round the table
where .the Royal. Party sat. An immense con-
course of people,- and especially Ladies, daily
availed themselves of this indulgence. His Ma-
jesty lived in the Hall-street, in the house of a
Mr. STONEHOUSE.

A Mr. PLAyFAIR having picked up some gossip
•
from a strolling Italian, who:u he encountered at
an Eating-house, ii as thought proper to bring, a
grave charge_apinstMinistersfor4mt ha.ving done
what he would have thought right upon receiving
this important information. Mr. Pt.mrrma isa great
character in his own eyes, but be was not the
only Solomon who so long ago as last Whiter
gave intelligence of the machinations of the
Emperor of Elba : and Ministers acted •'upon
such intelligence as far as they were-warcanted,
either by our relations with France or .the other
Powers of Europe. , Mr. PoyFAsie would not pay
any regard to ;tech considerations. He would
have seized BUONAFARTE at Oifee, possible or
impossible, taken all the responsibility of stop-
ping an inchoate plot on his-own head, and placed
Great Britain qn a pedestal as the most hlssy
and. impertinent nation in the universe. So much
for Italian Eating-house politics, and for Cyphers,
which are flattered, by being called Conundrums,
for they are absolute unintelligible nonsense,
which require that you, should a priori, know the
translation, in Order to he. able to nicke them
out

By reference to our Report of ParliamentarY
proceedings, it iti ill be seen that Lord CAsiq.E-
REAGII gave CL.oorz a very proper castigation in
the House of Commons last night. We
.have
often enquired, but could never yet obtain a sa-
tisfactory solution of the enigma, how it came
to pass that the occupation of patriotism, and the
trade of public virtue should have been so
materially perverted from 'their original nature
as they have of late years been. I'the olden
time, a patriot was a man jealous of the ho-
n Our of his country, even furious against those •a'lto
dared to impeach it ; and in those days, public
spirit was held to consist in being more ready to
Sustain the," national character against its -slan-
dererq, and protect the common real from the
attack of foreign enemies, than in being the_
constant calninniator of one's native Land, and •
the zealous Abettor of every assault with which
an adversary might batter at its peace and
security. .

We most solemnly declare, that to us it is an

incomprehensible thing to unriddle by what per-
versity-- of intellect such a man as Mr. WHIT-
BREAD can imagine himself justified in obstinately
pursuing the course lie has chalked out for himself.
Though not a brilliant genius, be is-not an Idiot,
and the very lowest exercise of understanding must
bring the conviction to his heart, that never to
stand forth in any other light than as the busy,
meddling, guardian or advocate of NA-rox.coN
BUOtiAPAHTE—tiIe premature, partial; and "un-
grateful impugner of his own Government and his
country's Allies, is at bestsbut an odious political
employment, and a suspicious and disgusting mode
of displaying patriotism and public 'spirit. There
is "generally much force as well as truth in our
ancient saws, and this factious Gentleman, although
be seems to despise it, is-probably acquainted
with one which pronounces it to be " an ill bird
that beWroys its own ntst." lie is ever bewray.

ing ; tt
our nest in a manner which well merited be
r
description ,of the Noble Secretary for not
Affairs, when.: he' told him, in a langnagego
easily misunderstOod, though Mr. Vir/0113' his
accuses hirriliof being very ambiguous hildnet
phraseology, that "-in' his .opinion the
-F°:sist,
of the Honourable Gentleman vva",f the
eat with his own honour, or the honour "n'
country—since it went to lower the cliartlct.so,'
the Government in, the eyes of the peoPle °fed
rope. His premature censures resting 01110.'4
foundation, would, of course, go 61100 cog
part of Europe, and must -necessarily Pr°

most mischievous effects." , cold
'Will the non; Gentleman pretend that `.l that
not understand this definition ; say' sot
the Noble. Lord inapt himself up in duW°tl
diplomatic terms, when he thus set before ll"--„,'di,
the picture of himself, the plain and homelytrog
that he was dishonouring his country and seri, is
its enemies ; or will be deny the fact that 5'1.74,
the dein. and necessary tendencti oftis cittire• fiat
liamentary course, whether shaped in logs nisit9"
inuendos or anti-British harangues.
ati°ll°
We declare that we make these obsery teal
-
with shame and sorrow. We have der e° of
the mischievous career of this degraded P°ll4)losi
the English Opposition, who were on FridaY nt
claimed by the sounder part of those with `tli
tdb
• uth,
they generally ?let, and we have been fool' ro,
:to hope that a sense of what was due t° tieu of
selves and their country, at this most mottlelli e
I Ell
crisis, would have induced them, at leasttiloc
storm blew past, to relax in, rather than t° beep
rnent their unnatural activity.' But we have
mistaken, and the path of our duty, however
ged and painful, is obvious before us. Iverloir
not, and will not shrink from' it. While 1i
4er . —IV
BREADS speak, and such apostates as the
b.
biers in the Morning Chronicle write, we sli'°flbeir.
.0,
pose them to the contempt and indignation
e y-
f w zens and of the honest partf EJ
Aud
pulation of Europe, by declaring how false 04
calumnious are their assertions, -how imPure
indefensible their _motives,' how injurintls t

conduct, how infamous their object.
„„attil
We arc accused of using strong language'i our
plead guilty to the charge. We only 'cis') oil
pens could more forcibly, depict our feclings'fotit
then when we saw, as we now do, the rui'l clot.
Country and the desolation of the World/ tfbr 05,
cued by the wicked industry of unwortbYr3r eke
the impassioned expressions of our abb°/lecof
should be equal to• the Theme, and the “"fierioc
tintb be heard in thunders of energy n°C
to the blessed cause it was wanted to 1061111-si

il o'

An explanation of the report of A secalit' bf or
.„
tempt baying been made on New Orie‘--5 troy
troops, bas been afforded by private letter3oll
New York, dated the 15th ultimo. It °joie
that Mobile and not New Orleans, Was the
cor
of action, and that the result has been tili„norli
Lure of Mobile by the British force.--The

is given in the following communication
NEW YORK, MARCH 15.--The ship baring beeP..egiiaro
pectedly detained; lam enabled to add a few lines. bAce
very intlanch'oly news from the South. The Eu5.1;511 c(e°
made a most violimt attack upon Mobile, and ‘—tb:o4.4'
slaughter cave succeeded in acquiring possession of the lard
Intelligence to'this effect has just arrived, but the part
.4
are not known."
„lOW/
, The substance of the intelligence eff'
cated by the New York Papers to the 15
no 05
is, that Mr. Mursutoe resurnes his situate.
Secretary of State, and is to be' Succeeded, be
log Secretary at War, by Mr. DALLAS/ tijiyArlsl
sence of Mr. CRAUFORD, the Minister '3t one'
who has been appointed ,to the War J)e tPrtn
tye
Vigorous preparations are making agait3s-
~A,lgerines. • e frig.
Commodore RODGERS, With the G atriat At
gate, was to join the expedition fitting' °-
New York against the Algerines. date`;
An official Getter from General JAclcs°"' tte
the 10th of February, announces the departk
the British force from Ship Island.

Jere‘l

132EAD.-Tliis day the Lonr 'NlAY°r';;,:r(o''f ti
an advance of one' farthing in the Pr—
cl 'I
Theartel.ol:t3l oeartf;r foran and h es
ensuingotlle of tl'lli'eeeik:ll ' 14°E- - ° I's. '
cs 5 °414
expected in town to-day, previous t 9 tile °
ing-room. c$ 10
The '
Duke of ORLEANS visited the Plll5--; .
G.F.,,,t4t Yesterday, at CarltOn-house. fel bosi;
nesxs elsvtietii•idanyleLpoßrllNCCEAsirilaGaLAToxfotrrf
CO'
t.iiye.gstet(lay his Excellency the French Al? AO'
dorhlithd a long interview with Lord C401.4'"" .
at
.'s house in St. James's-square. - COS;
This day her Royal Highness.Princesttsr ovirt
Li
]louse,
of WALES is expected twarrive at le
af the e" ..et l-
ouse, from Cranbourne Lodge. .A" netroti,!'
new entrance is formed on the left
of Carlton House, and that of Warwick'str'
to be shut up. - , ti 091:
At Ostend, it was stated on Saturday --1-39 l - °'-`1
kirk had declared for Louis the XV-11:tijiltlicri
thatju twp British regiments had been se"' -11.1014-
Ol'a:; Al. 13.2N-;,,scx has -When the eCI.
ISI
.
of thi orison at Genoa,