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London, England, 1815-03-22 00:00:00

GRENOBLE, MARCH 9.

ftELATION OF THE EVENTS WHICH HAVE PASSED AT
GRENOBLE, SINCE THE 4TII Or MARCH.
An estafette who passed through the city on the
night of the 31 and 4th had attracted and occupied
the public attention. A courier who arrived on the
4th excited it still more ; and next day it was univer
sally known that the Emperor had landed on the Ist
of March near Frejus; that he was accompanied by
his faithful guards; that he at 'first occupied Grasse
:and from the 2d, had proceeded towards the Upper

A!ps. Successive accounts no longer left a doubt
that he meant to make our city the place of his first

residence. •
A numerous garrison was there assembled. The
brave soldiers who must have found companions in

glory in the same guards which brought back Na-
poleon, at first hesitated whether they should consi-
der them as enemies; and this first thought of their
hearts became the rule of their conduct. Some at-

tempts to engage them in an enterprize, in which
those who were charged to give the orders, probably
only joined with regret, were unavailing; and ap-
peared to obtain no success. The garrison was aug•
mented ; the 7th and 11th regiments of the line ar-

rived on the 7th from Chambrey ; the 4th hussars
soon after entered the city, quitting the garrison of
Vienne. The whole population crowded to the ram-
parts and public places, led by their wishes and hopes.
The Emperor was at La Mure on the evening of
the 6th ; early on the 7th, his advanced posts occu.

pied Vizille ; this last town beinx only three leagues
from Grenoble, it was not doubted that his Majesty
would enter it the same day.

His entrance was too long delayed for the wishes
of his soldiers ; at four in the afternoon the 7th regi.
ment went out of the town, having at its head Colo-
nel Henry do la Bedoyer, who ran to offer the Em-
peror his person and his regiment.
A party of the .sth had already joined his Majesty
the same day, five leagues in advance from the city;

and the rest of the garrison no longer held out.—
Night arrived, and the result of these events appeared
to be postponed till the next day, when at hall.past
eight, an advanced guard of Polish lancers made
their appearance at the Bonne gate, which was shut,
and demanded that it should be opened. The troops
occupying the ramparts, answered with shouts of
Year Fe Entiterear 1 the gate was opened ; the ad-
vanced guard entered ; all the citizens flocked out to
the light of flambeaux, and almost immediately the
Emperor appeared, alone, at the head, and in ad-
vance of his army. An immense crowd threw them-
selves in h 1 way; all were mixed, soldiers and citi-
zens, and all mingled their shouts and their enthu-
siasm, inspired by the presence of their Savereign.—
His Majesty proceeded to the Hotel of the Three
Dauphins, which the multitude constantly surround-
ed, rending the air with their joyful shouts. The
Mayor of the city, and several other public franc
tionaries, immediately waited on his Majesty. At
the same moment the followink proclamation was
diTersed through all quarters of the city :
" BAY OF JUAN, MARCH 1, 1815.
" NArot.con, by the grace of Goo and the Constitution of the
Empire, Emperor of the French, &c. &c. &c.
" TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE.

" FRENCHMEN I—The defection of the Duke of
Castiglione delivered up Lyons, without defence, to
our enemies; the army of which 1 confided to him
the command, was, by the number of its battalions,
the bravery and patriotism of the troops which corn.
posed it, fully able to beat the Austrian corps opposed
to it, and to get into the rear of the left wing of the
enemy's army, which threatened Paris.
14 The victories of Chimp Aubert, of Montmi-
i rail, of Chateau Thietry, of VauchaMp, of Mor-
mans, of Montereau, of Craone, of Rheims, of
Arcy-sur-Aube, and of Sr. Dizier ; the rising of the
brave peasants of Lorraine, of Champagne, of Al.'
sate, of Franche Comte, and of Burgoin, and the
position which I had taken on the rear of the enemy's
army, by separating it from its magazines, from its
parks c f reserve, from its convoys and all its equi-
pages, had placed it in a desperate situation. The
French were never on the point of being more power-
rill, and the flower of the enemy's army was lost
without resource : it would have found its grave in
those vast countries which it had mercilessly ravaged,
when the treason of the Duke of Ragusa gave up
the capital and disorganized the army. "Phe unex-
pected conduct of those two Generals, who betrayed
at once their country, their Prince; and their lwne.
factor, changed the destiny of the war. The dis:ts-
trous situation of the enemy was such, that at the con-
e elusion of the affair which took place before Paris, it
was without ammunition, on account of its separa-
tion from its parks of reserve.
. • it Under these new and important circumstances,
: my heart was rent, but my soul remained unshaken.
. ; consulted only the interest of the country. I exiled
myself on a rock in the middle of the sea. My life
was, and ought to be, still useful to you. I did not
permit the great number of citizens, who wished to
accompany me, to partake my lot. 1. thought their

presence useful to France ; and I took with me only
a handful of brave men, necessary for my guard.
46 Raised to the Throne by your choice, all that
has been done without you is illegitimate. For twenty
five years France has had new interests, new institu-
dons, and new glory, which could only be secured
by a national Government, and by a Dynasty created
under these new circumstances. A Prince who shoal.'
reign over you, who should be seated on my throne
by the power of those very armies which ravaged our
territory, ruuld in vain attempt to support himself
with the principles of feudal law he would not be
able to recover the honour and the rights of more
than a small number of individuals, enemies of the

people, who, for twenty-five years, have condemned
them in all our national assemblies. Your tranquil-
lity at home, and your consequence abroad, would
be lost for ever.

Frenchmen ! In my exile I heard your corn•
plaints aid your wishes ; you demanded that go-
vernment of your choice whiCh alone was legitimate.
You accused my long slumber ; you reproached me
for sacrificing to my repose the great interests of the
country.

,g I have crossed the seas in the midst of dangers
of every kind : I arrive amongst you to resume my
tights which are your's. All that individuals have
done, written, or said, since the capture of Paris,

I will be for ever ignorant of : it shall not at all in-
fluence the itecollections which I preserve of the im-
portant services which they have performed. There
ate circumstances of such a nature as to be above

human organization.
Frenchmen ! There is no nation, however small it
may be, which has not ;sad the right, and which
may not withdraw itself from the disgrace of obey-
ing a Prince imposed on it by an enemy momentari-
ly victorious. When Charles VII. re-entered Paris,
and overthrew the ephemeral throne of Henry V.
he acknowledged that he held his throne from the
valour of his heroes, and not from a Prince Regent
of England.
4, It is thus that to you alone, and to the brave men
of the army, I account it, and shall always account
it, my glory to owe every thing.
By the Emperor. (Signed) NAPOLEON.
" The Grand-M.trshal performing the functions of
Major-General of the Grand Army.
(Signed) "Count BERTRAND."
" GULPH OF JUAN, MARCH 1,
" Narot.rott, by the grace of (ion and the Constitution of
the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c. &c. &c. •
TO THE AI MY.

' SOLDIERS I.—We were not conquered : two men
risen from our ranks betrayed our laurels, their count
try, their Prince—their benefactor.
44 Those who, daring twenty-fire years, we have
seen traversing all Europe to raise up enemies against
us—who have passed their lives in fighting against
us in the ranks of foreign armies, cursing our fine
I.r.ince, shall they pretend to command and controul
..tir eaglec, on which they have not dared ever to
? Sitall we endure that they should inherit the
ft uits of our glorious labours—that they should clothe
thet:solves with our honours and our goods—that
they should calumniate our glory ? If their reign
should continue, all would be lost, even the memory
of those immortal days. With what fury do they
pervert their very nature ! They seek to poison what
the world admires; and if there still remain any de-
fenders of our glory, it is among those very enemies
whom we have fought on the field of battle.
66 Soldiers ! in my exile, I heard your voice : I
have arrived through all obstacles and all perils: your
General, called to the throne by the choice of the
people, and educated under your banners, is restored
to you : come and join him. Tear down those co-
lours which the nation has proscribed, and which for
twenty-five years served as a rallying signal to all the
enemies of France : mount the cockade tricolor :
you bore it in the days of our greatness. We must
forget that we have been masters of nations, but we
must not suffer any to intermeddle in our affairs.—
Who shall presume to be master over us ? Who
would have the power ? Recover those eagles which
you had at Ulm, at Austerlitz, at Jena, at Eylau,
at Friedland, at Tudela, at Eckmuhl, at Essling, at
Wagram, at Smolensk°, at Moscow, at Lutzen, at
Vurken, at Montmireil. Do you think that the hand-
ful of Frenchmen, wlrs are now so arrogant, will en-
dure to look on them ? They shall return whence
they came, and there, if they please, they shall reign,
as they pretend to have reigned during 19 years.
66 Your possessions, your rank, your glory, the
possessions, the rank, the glory of your children, have
no greater enemies than those Princes whom fo-
reigners have imposed upon us ; they are the enemies
of our glory, because the recital of so many heroic
actions, which have glorified the people of France.
fighting against them, to withdraw themselves from
their yoke, is their condemnation.
46 The veterans of the armies of the Sambre and
the Meuse, of the Rhine, of Italy, of Egypt, of the
West, of the grand army, are all humiliated : their
honourable wounds are disgraced ; their suc:esses
were crimes : those heroes were rebels, if, as the ene-
mies of the people pretend, the legitimate Sovereigns
were in the midst of the foreign armies.
44 Honours, rewards, affeetion, are given to those
who have served against the country and us.
64 Soldiers 1 come and range yourselves under the
standards of your Chief; his existence is only com-
posed of yours; his rights are only those of the peo.
ple and your'y his interest, his honour, his glory,

are no other than your interest, your honour, 3%
your glory. Victory shall march at the charge-step
the eagle, with the national colours, shall fly fron
steeple to steeple, even to the towers of Notre-Darre
Then you will be able to spew your scars with 1r)
nour ; then you will be able to glory in what yot
have done ; you will be the deliverers of the country
In your old age, surrounded and esteemed by ycr,
fellow•citizens, they will hear you with respect
you recount your high deeds ; you will be al-le to s.,

with pride :•—•4 And I, too, WAS part of that gran
army, which entered twice the walk of Vienna, tk:,
of Rome, of B:tlin, of Madrid, of I'd:fnv, anc
which delivered Patin from the foul blot which tn.a
son, and the presence of the enemy, imprinted on it.

" Honoured be those brave snldiers, the glory (;
the country 1 and eternal shame to those guilt:.
Frenchmen, in wh.ttever rank fortune canted then
to be born, a;:to fought for 25 years v..iLl2 the foreizr.tr
to tear the bosom of the country.

66 By the Emperor (Signed) ea NAp3i.Eov.
66 The Grand Marshal pet forming the functions c
Majnr•Genetal of the Geand Army,
Yesterday, the Sth, the Linperor w‘v. Hsily err,
ploye.d ail the morning, and received
liis Majesty held a general ‘'wcl
lasted from eleven till four o'clock, and .dienvard.
received the Imperial Court, the Clergy, the Clot:,
of the Prefecture, the Civil and Commercial 1.1.
bunals, the Academy, the Stag', the °dicers of a.
suite, and ether Civil and M,l;tary Functionariet
A number of citizens heard fruu Lis West,'
mouth, the expiess;on of the satisfact:•ia
condescended to testify, and received the assurance:
of his devotedness to the happiness and prosperiryo:.
France.

The Emperor has, in some measure, laid open th..
bottom of all his thoughts, by repeating, ~ We mus.
forget that we have been the maste:s of natiens—m,
rights are only those of the people—tTery thing th
individuals may have done, said, or written, sin:
the capture of Paris, I shall always be ig.orant of.'
In the different audiences granted by his Majesty
he has declared his fill coueiction, that the destini:.
of France could only be fulli!led by the laws of a 1
beral government ; that the French were born ti tu:
lush the example of a nation happy by the cons:: v.:
tion of public liberty, and the confirmatiol of tii
principles of equality, of rights, and dut;es.
Majesty enquired with particular solicituie into t!.
state of the peasantry, and said, 6, I come tr)
from them fur ever the recollections of tliz Ludal sy:
tern of servitude to the soar I bring them nothin,
but benefits."
Every where on his route, since he left the isle o
Elba, the Emperor has found only submission, rc
speer, and devotedness. All the departments he ha
traversed have ducked around 'his eagles ; and c!
second return to Frenchmen, as unexpected as the
which brought him from the sands of Aftica, ha
afforded his Majesty a new opportunity of colkr:i:
the homage of their admiration and bye.

FRENCH PAPERS.

IRON THE NONITEUR.
PARIS, MARCH 13. .

During the last three days, the troops of all arr.
destined to march against the enemy, left their cat
tonments, and have taken position at the points a
signed to them.
The corps of the King's Household, the volt:7
teens, the corps of the elite of the National Guard
of Paris, with those of the National Guards
the surrounding departments, are now in line, u:
der the orders of those Generals who have so oftt
conducted Frenchmen to victory, of Generals so woi
thy of confidence, and devoted to the cause of th
King, and the defence of the country.
Bonaparte, who lett Autun on the 16th, continue
to scatter on his route lies, corruption, and appeals t
perjury and calumny. Sometimes he accuses the hr
nour of Marshals whose loyalty is best known an.
assured, and of whom he dares to publish pretende.
proclamations; sometimes he spreads the most a:
surd stories, such as the departure of the King fret
Paris, and the rising of the capital ; at other time:
he tries to circulate the rumour that he is supporte
*by some of those very powers who have already r
nonnked his sentence, and who at this moment, fr.
getting at the Congress the personal discussions wit
which they were occupied, have reunited, with a
sole intention of crushing the enemy of nations, as
the scourge of humanity.
• Thus he is no longer the man who, in the lama
able course of those wars which his ambition raise
up against France, in order to soften the feeling c
our misfortunes, sought to fascinate our eyes by th
dazzle of his military successes ; he is a man who, t
sustain his detestable enterprise, employs only ma
worthy of it.
But opinion repels him with horror : France set
in him nothing but the civil war and the foreign w°
which he brings in his train ; it every
where rallies;
the name alone of that King who has brought to
peace and liberty. It joins io love to the respect
Europe for its august Monarch. It well fight an
will conquer both for it and for bim.
THE KING TO THE FRENCH ARMY
" Officers and Soldiers—l have answered fog I°'
fidelity to all France ; you will not falsify the w°r`
sheet'
of your King. Reflect that, if the enemy
oF
triumph, civil war would soon be lighted OP
en 00r
you, and that at the same moment more %h.

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