The Sun.
London, England, 1815-06-23 00:00:00

JU'NE 2s, 1815.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

FRENCH PAPERS.

, PARIS, JuNe 17.
GENERAL ORDER.

" Avesnes, June 14, 1815.

``. Soldiers 1.--This day is the anniversary of Ma-
rengo and of Friedland, Which twice decided the
destin-Y of Europe. Tlieu, as after Austerliti, as
after \Vagrant, we were too generous ! We be-,
lieved in the protestatiOns and in 'the oat.lisof,
Prit4.es whom we left on the throne ! Now, how-
ever, coalesced among themsehes, they would
destroy. the independence and the most sacred
rights of France. They have commenced the
.most unjust of aggressions. Let us march,. then,
to meet them. Are they and we no longer the

same men ?

" Soldiers," at Jena; against these same Prus-
sians, now so arrogant, you were one against
three, and at Alontmirail one against six !
• "Let those among you who have been pr:lo-
ners of the Euglish, detail to you the hulks, and
the frightful miseries which they suffered
" The Saxoiits, the Belgians, the Hanoverians,
tie soldiers,of the Confederation of. the Rhine,,la-
meat that. they are compelled to lend their arms to
the cause of Princas, the enemies of justice and of
the rights of all nations ; they know that this
coalition is insatiable
.After haVing devoured
twelve millions of Poles; twelve millioni of Ita-
lians, one million of SaXons, sit millions of Bel-
glans, it lutist devour the states of, the second rank
of Germany.

" The madmen ! a moment of prosperity blinds
them. The oppression and humiliation_ of the
French people arc beyond their power. Elf they
enter France they will Were find their tomb.

"'Soldiers ! we have forced marches to make,
battles to fight, dangers to encounter ; but with
steadiness, victory will be ours—the rights; the
honnui•,.the happiness of the country will be re-

congnered !
To every Frenchman who has a heart, the
moment is arrived to conqueror, perish.
(Signed) " NAPOLEON?'

• (A true copy.)
" Marshal Doke of DALNIATIA, Major-Gen:"

CHARLFROI,Nu 15.—0 n the 14th the army
yas placed in the following manner
The Imperial head-quarters at Beaumont.
The Ist corps,' commanded by General D'Erlori;
was at Solre on the Sambre.

The 2d corps, commanded by General Reille,
was at .11am-sur-iTenre.

The 3►t corps, commanded by General Van-
damme, %vas o►i the. right of Beaumont.

The 4th corps, commanded by General Gerard,
had arrived at Philipeville.
On the 15th, at 3 in. the Morning, Generoßeille
attacked the enemy, and advanced upon Mar-
chicnnes-au-Pont. There Were varions engage-
ments-, in which his cavalry charged a Prussian
battalion, and made 300 risoners.
At one in the toot ring the Emperor was at ia-
nlignoll-Sta-lletwe.
General ljaomont's division. of light cavalry
sabred two Prussian battalions, and made 400
prisoners. . _ _

General Pajol entered Charleroi at mid-day.
The suppers and miners of the. guard were with
the advance to repair tile hridges. They were the
first to penetrate into the town as sluirp-shooters.
'General Chri, With- the Ist Hussars, advanced
upon Gosseliei, On the thwsels road, and General
upon Gilley, on the Namur road.
At three in the afternoon General Vandamme
dchouched with his corps on
Marshal Grouchy arrived" with the cavalry of
General Excelmans.

. _
The enemy occupied the left of the position of
Fleurus ; at five, in the afternoon the Emperor
ordered an attack. 'Die position was turned, and
carried. Fo►ttt• squadrons or the Gutird, emit-
mandcd by Generd tetort, the Emperor's Aide-
de-Capp, i:cke three squares the 26th, 27tn,
and 28th Prussian regiments were routed, Our
squadron sabred from 4 to 500 men, and took 150
prisor,ers.

During this time General Reille passed the
Sambre at Marchreunes-au-Pont, in order to ad-
vance upon Gosseliei with the divisions of Prince
Jerome and General Bachilu, attacked the enemy.
took front him ?5O
•
prisonels, and pursued him on
the road to Brussels.

tyre tlitis became masters of the whole position
of Flenr►ts.

• At eight in the evening the Emperor re-entered
Otis head-quarters .at Charleroi.
This-day cost the enemy five pieces of cannon
and 2000 men, of whonilooo are prisoners. Our
loss is 10 men killed and SO wounded, the greater
part belonging; to the squadrons of the guard who
made the charges, and to three squadrons of the
20th dragoons, who also charged a square with
.the greateSt intrepidity. Our loss, though trifling
in amount, has been sensibly felt by kheEmperor,.
from the serere.wound it.eCeired by General Letort,
his aide-de-camp., in charging at the head of the
squadrons, He it an Oflii:er of the greatest dis-

LPRICt SrYP
. • . . . .

tinction.: he ivas struck 1)7 a bail in the lower
part of the belly but the surgeons give hopes that
his Wound trill not mortal.-*

lire•have,fonndsoine magazine at Charleroi.---
The joi, oftheii3e.lgians it would be imss.ble to
describe, Them wei-e- some . village's *which, 00
the sight of theiT th.liret.Jrs; formed ilaqees ao,i
every whe're there is a Movement which•proceed
frOm /he heart. - •

, In the repot t of tbe:Maibr-Genei•al.of.thestait
thenameS of the Qfficers and Soldiers who distin-
guished themselves will be-inserted.- -
The Empetor has given the eoMmand of the
left to the'Prinee of Moskwa who,: in the even-
ing, had it is head-eptarter at Quatre-Cheniins, oti
the road to Brussels.

, .
The. Duke ijf Treviso, to whom the . EMperor
gave the command of , the young guard; has re—
mained at Beauniont, ill of the rheumatism, ‘yhich
hal: forced him to kee) bed.
. • .
. The 4th corps.„ commanded by Genetai Gerard,
arrived' this evening at chatelet. General
card has_stated, that Lieut.-Gen.l.36iirmotit; Col.
Clouet, and the 'chief Of. situadrinl Villoutreyi,
have passed over to the enemy.
A Licntenant of" the la th Clias.seurs has also
gone over.:

The Major-General' has ordered,that these de.
setters shall be' intniediately sentenced confOrm-
ably to•the lawS". It•wihtld be impri,silde to de-
scribe the. good spirit i nil ardour of the army. It
views the desertion of this small number of trai-
tor 'vitt) -thug throw off the mask as a fortunate
event.

. .
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH, TrIANSMII‘TETI FROM
LYONS, THE 17TH JUICE,. IN THE hIORNING.
Nictiti»ellarl,`the 15th, pin'e at night.
TIIR DUKt OP AumrERA To Hls EXCL'LLENCYTHE MINISTER
AT WAII.
The enemy was attacked this morning. We
have taken 600 prisOners.,, aniong whom are a Co-
lonel and a Major 5 and We have killed from 200
to 300 men.

(S'gned)

The D'ulie of ALBUrERA.

NEWS FROM THE ARMY.
rear of Ligny, past Bin the evening
of the I(4ll',Jtine.
The Emperor has just obtaino a 'Complete vic-
tory over the Prussian and-English armies united,
Under the orders of Lod Wellington and Marshal.
lilueher.. The army at this Motnent debouches by
the village of Ligny',.. in advance of Fleurus, to
pursue tine enemy.

PARIS, JlitiE

Freuttis, Jurie 17, four o'clock in the morning.-
Tbe battle Of yesterday lasted till ten o'clock in
the evening, We are still in pursuit of the enemy,
%Vito has experienced a terrible overthrow. We
have hithettO 5,000 prisoners, 20 pieces of can•
non, and several standards, many Officers of rank,
among others Count Latzow.: We expect at day-
break to collect a great nuniber'in the villages of
Arnaud, and others who were cut off by the
Movement *hid] the Emperor caused his "Guard
to make. The' grenadiers and chasseurs the
Ohl Guard Massacred' entire masses, and have
lost very few men. —lt ;Appears that it was- a
charge of the bayonet by the Imperial Foot Guard
.which decided the battle. The enemy must have
been extremely numerous.- I never saw such en-
• thusiastn in our soldiers. The columns which
matched to battle,. the wounded who returned
from being 'dressed, never ceased to exclaim." Live
the Emperor

COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE MAJOR-GENERAL TO

THE WAR MINISTER.

" Fleurus, June 17, 1815.

_ .
Monsiellr Marshal announced yesterday,
from-the field of battle of- Ligny, to hislitiperial
Highness Prince Joseph, the signal victory which,
the Emperor has gained. I returned here with
his Majesty at eleven o'clock in the evening, and
it was necessary to pass the night in attending to
the Ivor:tided:. ,The Emperor has remotmted his
horse to follow the success of the battle of Ligny.
It was fought with fury, and tht? greatest enthu-
siasm on the part of the troops. We were one to

three.
At eight o'clock in the evening the Emperor
marched «itli •liis guard ; six battalions of the
old guard, the dragOons, and h'orSe grenadlers,
and the cuirassiers of Gcmral Delort, debouched
by Ligny, and exe.euted'a cha'rge.wtiiefi separated
the enetpy's line. WellitigtOn aruil3lucher saved
themselves with difficulty; the effect was thea-
trical. In an instant the firing ceased, 'and tils
enemy was routed in all directions. We have al-
ready several thousand prisoners, and 40.1►ictces:(4
cannon.-The 6th and Ist corps were not engaged.
The left wing fought against. the English army,
•and too:J. from it cannon and standards.

At night-1 ‘viil give you further details, for
every instant prisoners are announced. Our !Ws
does not appear enormous.; since, without screen-
ing it, I do not .reckon it at more than 3,000 men,
(Signed) Marshal, Major-General Duke of DALMATIA.
(A Copy) "Marshal, Ministerof War, Prince of ECKMUHL"

REPORT TO THE EMPEROR BY THE DUKE OP

OTRANTO, . MINISTER OF GENERAL POLICE OF

THE EMPIRE.

Paris, June 17, 1915.

SlRF,—Charged by your Majesty to make known to you the
state of the empirc in- regard to public order mid security, it
is f.-otn this information that the Clmmbers will he able to
appreciate the measures which Gover►►ment has taken, and.
deliberate on those which the existing
,crisis renders ne-

cessary.
While your Majesty marches at the head of the French ar-
mies to repel foreign aggression,, you have
.a rislit. to expect
,from the energy and fidelity of the Representatives of the Na-

. • •
* A letter of the I:mperor, of the IGth, ends with these
words, written. with his owu hand—" he is goinlon well."

it:l6 li Tilt 'Wi:fztl, ifieith3 d ari•:3tinct df Pa tiiillnit flit enter-Olsii

'3f is cr~ra~ etterisiec;

thd'sParib ittest enemies tow as in titn69
Imit, far fruit rn.iinrons"; tliey elisturb uui,y Stfnue Clepait-
thents; and fit ttiost *•here tiVey iiat c fiacl thoti success; the
Irian of the population rejeets, diss±t•or,•s `them, Anil is aittinits

'Only to separate from then).
Sire, I nitimt tell the troth; eiteiliits hart.'
tdivlty; Audacity; instrument, ivithotit, tllppoit6-41 ;
they only wait the favourable Indolent tde realising the plan
'conceived Q.Q:years'ago., and for 20 Years conntera4'..ed; that df
'Uniting the camp of Jalet to La.Vendie, and of draVving in a
part of the multitude into- this conspiracy, which extendi
from the coast of the Cliannellolhe Mtqliterianeafi.
In this system the Country districts on the left bank Of the
Loire; of iVhich the polititation is the most easily misled; aie
the principal focus of insurrection, tvltielti With theassist-
'lnce Of the wandering hands of t3ritatiny, is ineant to be pro, ,
yagated into Normandy, where the vicinity of the isles, and
the nature of the coast, render the communicatidnS more
easy; ott the other side it rests upon the Cevennes, in order.
to extend itself to the banks of the Rhone, b y•the revolt
'Which may he excited i i some parts of Languedoc and.--Prd-
Vence. t(mrdeaux is since the first the centre of direetionbf
these Movements. • -

This system has not been abandoned. Nay more, the pafty
,at every new phasic of Out Revolution, has been increased
by all the discontented Whom events PrOduced, by all the
factions tricofira,ged in their nis by the eettainty of am-
testy, by all the ambitions R=ho wished to aeqilite Some
iniportance by Change. Sothat if we consider the he-
terogeneous elements of which this party is ndw compnsed,
If *e Obser cc the diversity of views_ and interests which it
includes, it eail be cittracteeiied as a Royalist party only is
the sense of its being an enenty Of the Government, for it has
tto fised and determinate object in its ulterior-intentions, and
consequently no uniform and general character.
It is this party which now disturbs internal tranquillity; it
ti it _whirl, agitates Marseilles, Toulouse, and Bourdeaux;
Marseilles, where the spirit of sedition animates even the
lowest classes of Society, and where the laws have been set at
nought r Toulouse, which seems stilt tinder the influence of

•
the revolutionary organization which was given to It some
months ago; Bourdeinx, Where all the germs of revolt repose
And intensely ferment; nourdeatix, Where the Country had
formerly such numerous defenders, where liberty excited to
such generous sacrifices; Bourdeaux now sends forth the
apostles of civil war
It is this party which, by means of false nest's, false hopes,
the distribution of money, am! the employment of threats, has
succeeded in raising the peaceful cultivators in the whole of
the territory enclosed between the Loire, La VendeciAlie
Ocean, and Le Tbouet. Arms and ammunition hare been
landed there. Old 'Mines, new meri, appeal' upon this bloody
theatre; the hydra of rebellion springs up, is re-produced
wherever it .formerly exercised its ravages, and is not put
down by our successes at Esnal, St. Gilles, and Milian. On
the other side of the Loire, bands lay waste the Mottihan,
some parts of the departMents of the Ille and Vilaht, the Cotes
du Nordi and of the - Sarthe ; they a moment invaded the
towns of Aural, Rhedon, and Plocrmel, the fields of Mayence,
even to the gates of 1.a41; they stop the seamen and military
called out; they disarm the landholders, increase their num-
' hers with the peasants, whom they_ compel to march, plunder '
the public chests, destroy the documents of the administra-
tion, threaten_ the functionaries, stop the diligencies, seize the
couriers, and intercepted at one time the communications of
Maus with Angns--Angus with Nantes—Nantes with Rennes
---and Rennes with Vennes.
On the coast of La Matichel Dieppe, Havre, have been agi-
tated by seditious movements. Throughout the 15th division,
the battalions of the national-militia were not formed without
the greatest difficulty. The military and the marines refused
to answer the calls made On them, and obeyed only when
compelled. To the measures which circumotances required
was opposed a culpable 'resistance, or an inert force, more
dangerous and more difficult to conquer than resistance.—
Caen has been twice troubled by the royalist re-actions; and
in some districts of the Orne, bands are forming as in Brit-

tunny and Mayettne,
In tine, all the writings calculated to discourage weak men,
embolden the factious, shake confidence, divide the nation,
throw contempt on the Gurernment; ail the pamphlets which
issue from the presses ofllelgium, or the clandestine printing
Louses of France; all that -foreign- journals publish against
us, all that tfie *titers of the party compnie, is distributed,
is hawked about, is dispersed with impunity from the want
of repressive laws, and the abuse of the liberty of the press.
Immovable in the System of moderation which you have
adopted, your Majesty thought it your duty to await the con-
vocation of the Chambers, In order to oppose only legal pre-
cautions to the manoeuvres which ordinary legislation cannot
Always punish, and which it outfit] neither foresee nor prevent.
• The reporter then alitides to the Measure's taken against
similar insurgents in 1793. To seize property, prosecute the
fattillies of the guilty who could not be reached, to strike in a

Mass, to proscribe whole classes under imaginary denomina-
tionS, to punish the quality rather than the crime of indivi-

duals, are Worn-out measures, which, now that experience
has sl►ewn their intitility, hare riot even the power of a threat.
The times besides are changed, and if the thiiiiers which
turrdond us.arc the same in appearance, they have, however,
a different cause, they are of a different nature, and public
opinion judges them in mother manner.

In the early part of the Revolution all Was eapahle'of exe-
cntion, because every thing was done by the people them-
seivcs ; the state of anarchy, and the impossibility of resis• -

in. the passions of the majority, excused every thing: but
now the people are not in a majori;y purely numerical ; the
opinion bfthe universality of the cititsns is formed spun that
of the calm and -enlightened classes of France and of Europe.
No clasS of society now dreams of the political chimeras which
were pursued at the perio4 of enthusiasm and of error. Even
in the ranks of the party in agitation, we no longer find the
prejudices and fanaticism which supported the first rebellions:
it is civil liberty, and the peaceable enjoyment of all their
rif:ts; which the immense majority of the .French now

I3esides, yntir Majesty does not *ish to renew the terror of
revolutionary measures; you do not even wish to r,, eneralisc
the employment of militai y authority ; yott have subjected it

to the civil po.err, which forms the majority in the eonimis:
shins of high police. This ought to be the case, saving ih a
few rare exceptions: for whc4ever the milithry power is hi the •

first tine, there is no second tine.

The General of the Army of the Line has alone received ex-
trairdinary powers for the country in insurrection, because

War most be opposed to wat.

• I-lovre-.er, among all nations there must be a particular code
for periods of crisis. Individual liberty cannot remain the

s tnze: in ail the situatiolis of the §trk6. Evei:? umber of ill:
Stith -the tlrtnia3-ev;pticii of Indleiduai

• .
'et et'', ea'Ae of alfgre.:".,iois Add tip ei it bro&l3 com:A:l3
e'vety citizen ti Make tht aibui"etiiatY.ttetifiCe of A part af his
personait-SteuEty•;,"that ttit i3o.yetuidedt hiaridtt- the tt'Wzlos
Of -ktiaranteeink geiterdl l'a!Curit; tlnire is uo Wee state
which, in. tititeB like :he hats ndt 13eett.-oblitzed td
Modify nlore'tir lets.the liefona.l iitieittof its citizettS. HOw
often lids Etiglatid susiuzialud tlit; Habeas Cotetts Att,
for a Mere fooigtt
The ditlieuity turns do three i the
iietiod fixed 'Within which the accused is to b' deditancc:d to
the tfilMnals3 and the trial of the actilSatiori:. •

T)nring civil troubles-, espetially, if coeval with foreign war,
attacks on the security of the state multiply iniprlsouitients--
a Crowd of individuals; if lb cy are not already in the.rankS of
the rebels, are ready tir pin- them ; others, united iti Ititerelt
with foreign enemies, or With the revolted, aid them with all
their means, or create parti2ans for theM, a sort of seduction
in which treason is become tery skilful. Pernicious writings
are printedj sold, and circulated ; these guilty manceuvrel
must not be left unpnnishkd ; their progress Must by all

means he arrested.
If the business be td denotthee them to the Tribunals, it is
no longer enough that the arrests should have been made only
on,the most grave probabilities, yV,e way be quite certain' of
having detected bad eitiaeris, bait may not be possessed of the
proofs of their guilt, in regard tO ihe laws which are to reach
them. The bsw is violated if the accused are lunger detained
in custody; but it•• released, they recruit the ranks of the
Rebels.

Bringing them to trial presents ataither enilyirrassment.;
treason has a thousand shades; a man may do a great deal of
fruisetficf in that infamous career, even while' he avoids the
possibility of a legatacctisatiou. - The guilty Would to no pur-
pose be cdnilucted even under the sword that was to strike
thetrti it would be "necessary to acquit them, because our
codes have not yet fdreseen all the shades Or felonious crimes;
aid while such trials would only hare strewn how far treason
could proCeed with impunity, *hat more would they do but
embol.len-the traitors by tracing to them the course which
they could purstie with impunity.
In England, whenever there are serious grounds of suspi-
cion, and when persons accused are set at liberty, they are"
also compelled to give sufficient security for their good beha-..
viour.,

The reporter then proceeds to make a variety of observa-
tions on the liberty of the press. It is important,. he adds,
that the legislature employ itself (Sn this branch of our laws;
the licontiousneso of the press is at its height. He concludes
with observing that it is important for the legislature to eta-
piny itself in the formation of bites on ithe topics to which
the rep::rt•has adverted.

In 'the sitting of the 17th-'of.June, m. Reg—
natilt de St. Jean d'Ang►ely read the report of the
Minister of General Police. -A long and very tu-
multuous debate ensued, in which one -party
strongly insisted that the Chamber should pro-
pose the measures which were called for by the
report, and: the other party_ as vehemently- urged,
that under existing circumstances the Govermuent
shottld be entrusted with the first formation of the
IMYS to repress the disturbances. After a consi-
derable time, the motion for referring the report
to a Committee of the Chamber was negatived by
a great Majority, and the order of the' day was
atried.