The Sun.
London, England, 1805-10-01 00:00:00

FROM THE FliflVell PAPERS.

MINISTRY OF TUE• INTERIOR.

REPORT
__OP THE MINISTFR OP THE INTERIOR TO
THE Entir'moll, RESPECTING TILE NATIONAL
GUARDs, SEPT. 18, tBO5.
SIRE,
. The-menaces-of-the Enemies of France have ex-
cited- in. the...nheiotias Of Frenchmen an universal
ctnetion of, indignation ; they have awakened with
• lisli-likliiiitiVrAtihttintii?Jit trifotir aUstity'it Person,
devotioe to -the.ir 'Country ; -.the. Frenchman
‘eliorrethe tkortbldsentiment of love for his Prince
tied for Ilk &natty' lizis at all tithe rendered cap-
ble'of siteh mie;hte efforts, will noW:more, than ever
• ceperience "its influence. • -
• Atoorret 10 inea.iures calculated to preyeet.the
stete:e, every hostile design, encl. even' to disconcert
tlt to it birth, there is oee which Would have a
1 in sectuing these 'sentiments which,
' -.•eettnees nearly sitailar, Contributed tci
:if Fr..tuco ; which to be invoked
• t 3 Ml' h besides is euthorieed by
t, • t itself ireekistence,
tit • , • Hi'requires only ;--1 prompt
der; ,ey'eett: ..tet tiVity • I mean Sire, the
• ,
erneHe e, at o the '.: Geerls. •
V.,.e;.e. the a6tive • ~ which is itself, in its or-
. . .
eAnte.ll.loll and ite spire ;et eetne uneet from the grand
Natiottal Army, c Iril,i the aftive Army shall he
neeeting beyond our. frontiers an Enemy whom it
iris been aecustoined to -behold retreating before it
le'hilst it. Shall be peeeteeing into the scenes of its
e comp, rts by routes ‘vell..kitown to it, .theNa-
w;l!. resume- it.lternally the exercise of
that which is and teen for some time'
ceeenet. eet beee will
w;:t!e:. !,, . l':.•:iiidthe' laws
vHl' :ttre the .. : tlie•ie.etie Authorities;
guatet 'round Ow. Temple:e the Tribunals,
the letieic Institutions; -will proteii the plains, pri-
'vete proeerty, the workshop 3 of indastry ; and will
maietain the seetirity necessary fir every. description-
? • • •• '
o labour twill, in a two-fold manner, contribute
tea theeexecution of the Taw' of Conscription, by
furnishing mere Meitiplied means of superintend-
anee, and by Weakening the prejudices that obstru&
them, in reviving a taste for a military lite in the
hearts Of the 'youth: Established on the hounds of
the Empire, it will' encourage your Soldiers to
Intirch„ will secure their retreat in case of a reverse,
present an imposing barrier to the Enemy, will
insure to F'rance, in the inidstof all the chances of
battles, the greatest advantage. in war, that Of not.
being eempelled to wage it on 'its own territory ; it
will recall those ancient times. When the AiTieie
quiet by their firesides, but ready to take,the field
at the call of- their Prince, farmed en immense and
formidable rear-guard it will recall those late times,
when a similar institution overthrew a still more
powerful' Coalitioe, whilst France poswsst.el tint
either the same internal forces, or. the same genius
to put them in operation. It will give to tinge
opinion 'a salntary it»pulse; it AVill (lire( every
thought to the Salvation of the State, It will also,
of itself, ;make;an impression upon our EneMies, as
•
gratlktrhaps as our other military preparatioes„ and
the. ,foree that it: will inne created,: though yet in
repose, will'even be equivalent to atlive Troops.
Why should their Prince and their Country have
Lee., chines now then at other periods, on the affec-
tion 'Ut Frenchmen ?----Why should net gratitude
for real bet eats opeeent it l powerfully aS enthusiast»,
was Only Ote ieneaation of them-?-44e 1.7 i
there is' not it single. Polilic Funaionary„ Whatever
his ernployment rite ,itilti,W 110 does not feel tin ineitee
trient of- hiS. sons ;lead erandsens to this internal sere
;vice to be a -censer-et !tee aed a part.of his duty.---
'I hpre ,is not a Mart property, man in tho.en-
kernent of ati7rforil.e, or presiding over any in-
dustrious eshi.. r 'who does not feel it to be
his first inte,ee , iti.perSott, •and by his
pople, I n ti;e 0 , • that can securellie re-
pose. Those thtee !eve., an interest in the pre
seryaticta of pnb:iie \'r heist'. sontiments are gua-
rauteed by their Ni+., H,.ion, will be the.first to form
this, in reality, I Pate, which the Go-
yerement, and the we,.l-disposed Citizens, may rely
with eyed Security.
The law of the 7th of January, and of the 16th
lart,h, ti Do, of the 14tli of OCtober, arid of the.
ed.of J.Veg,ust, 17.0 t, and Of the e,fth 1795,
hat,te 'never been reps- fed, find in :111 their
force ; they haVe regulated the 'organization of the
Natiote'd Geards, their. :description of service, their
cdentexion with the : they haVe
even. provided for the case in which their:Co-opera-
tiart might he necessary fOr the defence of the State:.
...Your Majesty, in person, has shown what sentiments
yeta tettertained respeCting this institution, When oil
the occasion of your Coronation you assetribled the
Depeties of all the Nt:ttional Guards, when you pre-
sented them with. Colours.- TheseeorourS, received
eeeti e.-elseoer, preserved in all the Departments,
UoW:he unfurled, and. becetne the banners of
pa (riot-kin and of honoer. There are, however;
in the details of orgenization established by these
kiws, two objeCti which appear to. me to
fir, at the preetine period, ::particular attention and
unocittic;ltion4, The first is, the appointment
. Officers. In March last 1 laid before your
M.tjesty 'some obsemnions On this sithim.. I re-
minded- . you that - -the Ntitioeal Gmirds wanted
Oriicers' inmost imiversally ; I besought your Ma-
jesty to take notice,- tint the existing form of
our establishments; that tin state. of public opi-
nion, aS
.well as the interests of subordheitione
no longer warranted the admi3sion of that .mode
nomination whieli had been introduced at a pe-
,v;iell all the ideas of Dernocrtiey were etrried
•ss, ; I proposed te-your • Majesty to decree,
t tee e.elicets of the National Guards should. be
eoted by the Head iii Illy Sette, like those ofthe
eseny, and receive Low a hero, who could
the .their commission and their
trte.
r'e66rid objea relates to the formation of the
Cetepentes tli tto. t.lrrenactiers and Cleisseure w 4 ch
•
reeui.tted by the lows of the 18th of Ce'tober and
1-rah ofjuly, lege. It shte.vs 00 the one.
there are In tne iNatio!,,,d Guard, composed of
MOIO or less diseepeefl or emplo),e4., Moro
or lete: dispesed to the Service, steno detachments
,ele, whose motions May 61?; always
•r 0 ••.
111, riploy.tee n t w tee of te ht be Away
ietrit rnly tried ; •;a word,: seipe
lit he ready on the fiiBt,',

emergency. On the other hand, it purports to re-
'lore as much as possib!e from a painful service,
which is .evert expensh e, in consequence of the in-
terruption of labour, the. poorest class of society,
and not to reckon, for rather an aaive service, on
any -subject but those Who have the time, the
means, the inclination, to give themselves up to it,
and who, consequently, are induced to it by a more
lively interest. The Companies of Grenadiers and
Chasseurs, composed of subjects, who shall equip
themselves at their own expence, who shall otter
themselves from a voluntary devotion, or who shall
be the of jeas of an honourable choice, appear to
me to be suited to the 'accomplishment of this two-
fold end.

In line, Sire, your intention no doubt will be,
that the'lNatienal Guards shall be, solely employed
for the maintenance of internal order, for the secu-
rity ef plaCes, and ter the defence of the frontiers
and_ of the coasts, Abroad, the Mere Armies;
conduael by yourself, have no need of this, support.
The certainty of not being removed from 'their fami-
lies will inspire a greater ardour, a more constant at-
tendance on the service of this Guard ; and ,the pre-
sence of their hearths reminding the citizens who
shall compose it of the interests for whiCh they are
armed; will Make their service more effiCaeiods,
their devotion more spirited; ‘.The Pubic Fuation-
aries possessing at present an elevated rank in the
State, and having acquired it by forrner and glorious
Military 'seryices—theSe Functionaries 'bearing a
name. dear to French Soldiers, and- invested with a
cliarit4ter Will 01 OUT Taws render vencrable-7-placed
by your Majesty at the head of the Nationfil Guards,
would give 'them a'wiso direr ion, and, more than
any thing eke, would shew, by appearing'at their
head, in what spirit they. had been established, and
With what spirit they ()tight to be_anitnated.
(Signet) CiLiMPAGNY.

PARIS, SEPT.: 22.—The illoniteurof;this day con-
tains Viatg programme of the order in which Bo-
NAPA It E is to proceed to the Senate te-morrow.'
PARIS, SEPT. e4.,--4is Majesty the Emperor ar-
rived today at half past twelve at the Military School.
The Prefect of the Seine, at the head of the Corps
Municipal, &c. presented the keys of the City to
his Majesty. He addressed his Majesty as follows :
" SlRE—licit are the keys of Paris, of the capital
of your Empire, of that city which you have made
the first in the world. in offering you that ancient
symbol of the submission and devotion of the city,
we cannot dissemble, Sire, that joy, that delicious
sentiment which always signalizes the arrival ofyour
Majesty within the capital, is united- this day with
emotions more grave, and no less deserving of being
appreciated by your Majesty. The annaneiation of
an Irnperial bitting of the S.enote, the la?nours which
had preceded tha i t ntelligence, those. also that • hiivo
fbllowed it, somecircumstances that are known, others
that are said to he known ; in a word, every'.thistig
that is known or sUpposed,for,some days has thrown
the public:mind into a kind of .agitation which de-
mands only a word to become the most generous and
national impulse, . .
" This word, Sire, we e7cpeit ; and the immense
crowd that is about to follow you is impatient to
learn wi tat impulse will be permitted, or witat mea-
sure shall be prescribed to their indignation and
their "zeal. •

" red Sire, that we should seek to pre-"
di& the designs of your high wisdom, or the con-
ceptions of that great genius which has every where
made you master of times, places, and events ;.-but
if•it be Erne/ as it is reported, that an attempt is me-
ditated against your person—that an attempt, is in-
tended against the independence of the Nation—
agairiSt our Liberties and Establishments—direct that
the defence should heproportional'to the interest of
such a cause ; ,or, if it sliould be necessary to march,
bOieve'that every thing Will LKt soon ready to fol-
low youi.seiye yolk, cilci avenge you.;
" Such,. Sao; are the seMitnerlts of your good City
of Paris." • •• • • • •

In every part through which the procession passed
the crowd wag iinniengt::, enthusiast h at the height,
and the acetathatiun.i nnanitnous.

CONSC RIP l'S,

, Decree
,of the Linperor---" All the Conscripts of
Reserve, of the years .9; 10, It, 12, ann 1:3, are
placed in activity in the annexed 'Departments. The
Departments .shalt „:direet their contingent on the
Corps, according to the statements 2 and 3, three
days after. the publication of the present Decree,
which altali tie sot by extraordinary Couriers."
Another Decree of the Emperordireets, that all
the discharged Non-Commissioned Officers and Prig
vates, Whether finally discharged, or absent on tent-,
porary retirement, or on half-pay, if capable of ac-
tive service, should be permitted to join any CorpS
of:the Army they may desire.
The Decree provides, that such veterans shall be.
adthitted in the (S:orps they shall join respe6tiv(.4y, of
their former suindiug,:uld tikai.their foruier services
shall be allowed them in conjonetion with the further
services in their claiMs for military rewards.
Serjeauts., Onarte:-H.',l;v:ters, Corporals, atict Briga,
diers, shall have the same rank, but must serve till
vacancies occur on thcir half-pay.

Both non-commissioned tfiltivra and Privateg are
to have the power of limiting the time of their:, scr-
Vices. They are to b new clothed and equipped at
their arrival at the Corps,. and their stock of .linen,ia
to 1w provided at the pulsiic. expellee.,
Monsieur REGNAUti DE; JEAN D'ANOELY
reported.on the subjea of Ow National Guards to the
.Einr.ror., in the COILII.eii of Sitite. Repoit con-
cludea with .recommendiog two regulationa respeaing
the National Guards; fir a guarantee that they
slot ld not Etc employed out Of•the territories .of the
EMpire secondly, that when called on service
out' of tin it distriCt their services should be consi-
dered-as -Military services, and entitle them to all ,the
indeftmities;, all the rewards, and all the advantages
granted to tha'Army,