Star.
London, England, 1815-03-16 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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Mr. F. I.EWIS gave notice, that on Tuesday next he would
bring forward a motion relative to the Assize of Bread.
Several Petition 4 were presented against the Corn Bill.
Mr. BLACKBURN presented a Petition from Oldham, and
another from Manchertur,'a • the Tax on Cotton Wool.—
Ordered to lie on. the table.
Mr. FINLAY gave nonce, that on the 20th of April he meant
to move for a Select Conimittee, to enquire into the sitnauon of
the Cotton Trade.
Mr. S. CAREW prennitedi a Petition from the Coenty of
Wexford, in favour of the Coril BilL—Laid on the table.!
The Excise War Duties war read a second time, 'tad or-
' clued to be conunitted to-nuirrow,.
The Committee of Supply and Ways4ind Means were post.
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paned till Friday. s
The Committee on the Poot Return .Bill was postponed till
tnanerrow. .I
Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report
.4 the Committee on
the &tear Bounty lidi. `lhe Resolutions were agreed a; soda
Bill ordered to be brought in.
Mr. I-I. ADDING lON promoted a Return 'of petF, male
and female, committed fur trial in Scotland toe theist Tau*'
OrJered to lie on thr table. • a
The Htghgatc iload it was read a second time.
SEAMEN S' WILLS.
Mr. ROSE. in moving for leave to bring in aDi t'
for the due administration of Seamen's ills, star
that the principal provisions in the Bill would be tb
make due execution of the wills of seamen in prisous,
and in a variety of other situations, in which seamen
might be placed. The next would be to make a bet-
ter provision for the payment of their wages under
their wills. He then obtained leave to bring in a
Bill to provide for the due elet;tltiOA of seamen's
wills and powers of attorney.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT called the attention a
the House to a breach of its orders. Qn the 29th of
November last the House directed that a copy of the
list of leas payable in the Coon of Chancery, sboaldl
be laid before Parliament. On the 20th of February
a copy of the Report of the Commissioners was laid
before the House ; but no list of the fees was pro-
duced. He (Sir J. Newport) then moved that the
order of the House of the 29th of November be com-
plied with forthwith, but from that time no return
was made to that order. In conaequence of this it
was his intention to have called for the attendance of
the Clerk of the Petty Bag Office of the Caurt of
Chancery ; but he had received from that office a
letter, which he would read to shew how the House'
was endeavoured to be turned over from one office to
another.—The letter stated that in his office there
was no other list of fees than that delivered in ; but
he believed that it would be found in the Record-
office of the Court of Chancery. He flea moved an
Address to the Resent, that he would be pleased to
order the list of fees taking in the Court of Chancery,
to be laid haute the House forthwith.

lkl ISCILLAN I s.

Mr. J. P. GRANT said, he wished to know froth
a Right Honourable Gentlemau opposite, why the
returns had not been made pursuant to his motios,'
for an accGtint I,f the number of persons committed,
for trial in England, Scotland, and Ireland ?
Mr. H. ADDINGTON said, he believed they
were not ready in his office to ivake all the returns
.yet ; but he would enquire into it, and expedite them
,as mush as possible.
Mr. BROGDEN presented the Report of the
Committee on the Secitth Jury Court's Salary Bill.
Mr. FlNLAY.declared himself favourable to the
Bill ; contrary to what had been reported of him in
;one of the Newspapers.
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Mr. J. P. -GRANT -eipressed himself entirely
6favourable to the havilg been introduced expp.
n rimelitally ; and believed its advantages would b.
isoon felt.—The Resolutions wets agreed to.
Mr. BROGDEN brought op the Report of the
Bleaching Powder Bill, and the Rewriadoos were
agieed to.
On the motion of Mr. LUSHINGTON, the House
resolved itself into a Cconmittetoon the Glop Acts,
in which he proposed an additional drawback to
Flint Glass exported of £4. Ns. on every cwt.
Sir M. RIDLEYsaid, this drawback would hardly
compensate the manufacturer for cutting the Glass.
The Resolutions, wvre then agreed to. Report
to-morrow.
Mr. TIERNEY wished to know from the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer what had become of the Pa-
pers on the Civil List Expenditure, which had been
promised to the House long ago ?
The CHANCELLOY. of the EXCHEQUER
said, be could assure the House, that the Paper& were
not yet ready, but they soon would be.
Sir J. NEWPORT wished to know why the return
of the number of British Consuls and Vice-Consuls
at the ports of Foreign Powers had not. been laid
before the House, pursuant to his motion ?
Mr. GOULBURN said, the papers would be.
printed that evening, and laid before the MOW to-
morrow.—Adjourned. •


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NiJINCII PAPIRS,
PARIS. MARCH le!
A telegraphic dispatch, received this marling. da-
ted frOm Lyons, at half past eight, announces, that
Bonaparte was to sleep at Bourgoigne yesterday. the
9th, and that they expected he would be able to en-
ter Lyons on the evening of the 10th,
CHAMBER OP DEPUTIES. •
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Mann OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER ON
ADDRESSING THE. KING.
44 SIRE—The interest of the country, that of the
Crown, honour, liberty. call us around the throne to
defend it, and to be protected by it. The represen-
tatives of the French people feel that it is wished to pre-
pare for them the humiliating lot reserved to the sub-
jects of tyranny.
" If some French bands dare to raise the flame of
civil war, we are certain that the.illustrious chiefs and
soldiers who have so long defended France against her
enemies, will still lend to their country the assistance
of their swords. The National Guards will be their
noble emulators; and this fine kingdom will not ex.
.hibit to astonished Europe the shameful spectacle of
a nation betrayed by her own children.
41 Whatever may be the faults which have been
committed, this is not the time to examine them.—
We ought all to unite against the common enemy,
and endeavour to render this crisis profitable to the
security of the throne and to public liberty.
44 We conjure. Sire, to exercise all the Powers
which the Constitutional Chart arid the Laws have
placed in your hands. The Chambers, which your
confidence has convoked, 'will neither fail in their
duty to the Monarch nor to the French people. The
will be, Sire, your faithful auxiliaries in giving toile
Government that strength which is necessary for the
safety of tae State."
THE KING% ANSWER.
"I have never doubted the sentiments of
Chamber. I shall always unite with it for the sai
the liberty, and the happiness of my people."
The Director-General of the Police of the Kingdom
reminds the public, that the laws relating to passports,
particularly those of the 29th March, 1792. and 21)
Vendemiaire, year 4. order the arrest of every indi-
vidual traveliing without ,a passport, and his deten-
tion, until lie hai L
been answered for by houseepers,
or has justified is inscription upon the list ta the
commune of his residence.
In consequence, the public is informed that mea•
sures have just been taken to arrest every traveiliT v.:,0
shall appear ,without a passport at the barrios of
Paris, or without a regular frailk de rode, in 4.ase tic
should be afoldicr.
The strictili observance of the laws and reola.
ations upon passports is ordered throughout the king.
Director of Police Aisouz.

MUNCH PAPERS TO *TUESDAY' LAST,

RECEIVED THIS DAY.

PARIS, MARCH is.
His koyal Highness the Duke d'Orleans arrived
this day in. Paris, having been sent by Monsieur to
take the ordts of hii Majesty on the changes re-
quired by thelinpossibility which was experienced of
assembling sufficient forces at Lyons at the precise
epoch when such a measure was necessary for the
defence of that city. The effects of the rapidity of
the enemy's march cannot be misconstrued ; but in
hastening he weakens himself; he does not present
any real and substantial forces at any one given point :
nothing in short announces that the troops he is fol-
lowed by are more numerous; and to stay his pro-
gress our forces arrive in every direction at• the dif-
ferent points assigned to them.

LAMATION.
" TUILLERIrIs MARCH 11.

ge After twenty-five years of revolution, France,
by a signal PROVIDENCE, had been restored to a sake
of happineis and tranquillity. To render this :rate
durable and solid, we bestowed on our people a chart
,which, by a wise Constitution, secured the liberty of
each individual subject. This chart has been, since
the month of June last, the daily rule of our conduct;
rend we found in the Chamber of Peers and in that'ol
the Deputies, every necessary aid to concur with us
' in the maintenance of the glory and prosperity of the
Nation..
66 l'he love of our people was the sweetest recom-
pense of our labours, and the best guarantee of their
success. It is this love to which we appeal with cot•
fidence against an enemy who has just soiled the
French territory, and whose wish is to bring about a
civil war. The opinions of all should be units
against him. All• who sincirely love the country—
all who axe sensible. of the value of a paternal Gc.
vernment, and of a liberty guaranteed by the laws,
bpuld have only one thought, that or destroying tbe
cippeelsor who wishes well neither to the country, to
the Government, nor to liberty.
66 AU Frenchmen, equal by the constitutior,
should also be so is its defence. It is to the whole
of them that we address the appeal by which all are
to be saved.' The moment is arrived in which a
great example is to be given: we expect it from the
energy of a great and valorous nation. .She will al-
ways find us ready to direct her in this enterprise on
which the safety of France depends. Measures are
taking to arrest the enemy between Lyons and Paris.
Our means are sufficient if the nation oppose to him
the invincible obstacle of its devotion and courage.
France will not be conquered in this struggle of
liberty against tyranny ; of fidelity against treason ;
of Louis XVIII. against Bonaparte.
(Signed) !I torts."
PROCLAMATIOPi TO THE ARMIES.

N Louis. by de grace of Goo, King of France and Navarro.
4. Health to our brave Armies!

84 Bliie Soldiers, the glory and force of our king•
dotty it is in the name of honour that your King
orders you to be faithful to your colours you havt
sworn fidelity to him : you wiU not perjure your

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gives A Deana! whom. jou—ora. @nave defended
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to
th latest moment, if he had not released yon by
a for .41 abdication, has restored to you your legiti-
, orate 'S :vereign. Confounded in the great family of
ifh he is the father, and from which you will cfc-
4figuish yourselves alone by more illustrious services,
You are become my children. You are deeply rooted
in my affections. -I bore a part in the glory of you
triumphs, even when they were 'tot obtained in my
cause. Celled to the throne of my ancestors, I coo-
gralulated myself on seeing it supported by that brxre
army! so worthy to defend it. Soldiers, I invoice
your love : I claim your fidelity. Your forefather
once tallied round the plume of the great I !enry : it
is his lineal descendant that I have placed at your be.,..t.
Fonds,/ him faithfully in the path of honour and dun.
Defend with him the public liberty which is attacked;
the constitutional chart which k is attempted to de-
stroy: Pefend your wives, your fathers—your elii-
dren-l—your property, against the tyranny by %%lath
they are menaced. -Is not the enemy of tl:e conelry
also yours ? Has he not !peculated on your blcotl ;
'ind,:niade a traffic of your fatigues and v:Junits
Was it not to satisfy his insatiable amblticn, that
,he lock you through a thousand dangers v' useks;
anilUnody victories ?
.4, ('fur kite France not being sufficient for 11;m,11
wino! agti ;soma, its entire population to- prockl
les of the world to acquire new Cr
the expense of your Wood. MiE:rust his
ions promises : your King calls you ; t}-e conc.
claims you. Let honour fix you invariilly tr.

AN her banners. It is I %vim undertake to ier..r..
p 4" Ilse you : it is in your ranks; it is among ti c
chosen of the faithful soldiers that I will select 06.
etrs. Public gratitude will repay all your services:
make one effort more, and:you will speedily
glory, and the splendid repose you will have nitrite&
" March then, without hesitation, brave seldirh
to the call of honour : yourselves apprei.?nd the El•si
traitor who may try to seduce yrti. If ate :meet
you have el:ea,!) lent an ear to the pertid:cus suz.
gestions of r,:bels, such have still time to return to tte
path of duty. Thz Llior is stiil open to terentance:
it is hi this way that several squadrons o: cava!t,
whom a guilty Chief wished to lead:astray neirLa
I zotc, voluntarily forced him to withdraw himsesf.
" Let the whole of the army profit by this ex.
example—let the great number of corps which hai a
not been seduced—who have related to join the re.
bets ; close their battalions to attack aid repel the
traitors, and persevere in being well dispel--
Soldiers! you are Frenchmen :• I am your King : it
is not in vain that I confide to your courage, and to
your tidelity the safety of our dear country.
" Dated at the Thuilleries, the 12th of March,
1815, and the twentieth year Of our reign.
(Signed) 14 Louts."
ORDINANCBS 011 T}

Ordinance relating to the Convocation and Penna.
Dent Sitting (*the General Councils of Department; ;
" At the TheJlieries. March it, IRIS.
ot Louis, by the Grace of God, King of France
and Navarre, &c.
44 The dangers of The State increase. There am
none which the courage of Frenchmen will not over.
came, for the love of their country, and their fidelity
to our person; bet it is necessary to furnish those who
are called upon to defend the general interests with
the most prompt and efficacious means of acting in
their own immediate circle. There is nothing which
may not be expected' from their patriotism, when :t
becomes necessary to protect Liberty against Tyranny,
Property against Robbery, and the Coostitutional
Charter against Despotism.
so For these causes and an the report of our Mi
nister Secretary of State for the Department of the
Interior, we have decreed and do decree as follow :
64 1. The General Coemila of the I):partinee%
will be convened by tbe.Prefects immediately on r 4•
ceiving this our decree.
" 2. They will remain .ie permanent sit,;ng tc
execute the measures of public safety directed by on
decree of this day, as well for the organization of the
national guards as far she formation of corps of va
lunteers.
" 3. They will be authorised to take such furthet
measures for the public tranquillity as I( cal circtun
lialkiiiillaaay suggest to therm. on Lunn= ing
deliberations to the Prefects of Departments, uhc
will give an account of them to our Minister of the
Interior.
•t 4. We recommend to the Administrative Co,;:.
now permanently met, to act with an activity, pa.
triotism, and good understanding, which may rlibul'
success to their efforts.
"'Our Minister of the Interior is charged v. itli
tlit
execution of the present Decree.
•4 Given at Paris, the 11th March,.lBls,
(Signed) ." Lours."
DECREE OF THE KING.
Which declares the Punishments to be inflicted ‘L.
Abettors and Instigators to Desertion :
44 Louis, by the Grace of God, .&c.
" At the Palace of the 3 buUleriei, March 11.
ai We have taken all the luta sures which the honuc
and safety of the State required, to repel by force tla
enemy who has dared to subvert the public tranquil
lity, and who seeks to destroy the Constitutional Go
vernment, on which the happiness and prosperity 0
our Kingdom depend.
" But it is not enough quickly to assemble im
posing forces; if ;te do not repel by punishments sr•

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wely end instancaseetish. applied to the lectuetive
z.ttempts daily made o 0 osr brave armies to withdraw
6en) Irafti their ditty.
4, Fur these cattses, and .with the advice of Our
Comicil, we have decreed, and do decree as follow :
I. The lair of the 4th Nivose, year 4, will con.
t'r.L:e in force according to its form and tenor : there.
t. re, such agents fer the enemy, or the rebels, shall
punished with death:

3. Thassiba be considered as such, who, by
nr net, spokb. we the distribution and publication of
"cdndiari artiisige, shall attempt to withdraw from
It,•ir duty soldiers or citizens called upon to repel the
my, or to make them go over to the rebels. -

•J. Those Soldiers or Citizens called upon to
,Ir.ferd their country, who shall desert their colours,
0; rho shall refuse to join them, and go ova to the

filx) y.

4. There sball be established With every, toms
of the army, and in all the principal places of the
Department, as we shall deem proper, Councils of
War, speci.illy charged to adjudge those guilty of the
Awe delinquencies.
The decisions of the Councils of War, shall be
executed within twenty.four. with regard to culprits
taken in arms, or arrested in attempting to seduce
hem their duty soldiers and officers of our .armies. •
is 5. The present decree dtall be 111111
isuibutrd whesetteamity tell*,
:a the bulletin of Laws to ,be addressed to a e•

:"ects, Sub-Prefects, Courts, Tritminals, and MI

litlitir.b of the Kiugdin.

•b Given 4 Pans, the 11th March, 1815, and
the 32uth year of our reign.
(signed)
ORDER OF THE DAY OF MARCH 12, IHIS.

.4 Louise"

I, The King having confided to Monseigneur the
0;- Demi the command of all the corps stationed
r Paris and in its environs, his Royal Highness con.
ratulaces hinaaclf on having, as the first act of his
amatand, to testify to the troops his satisfaction of
weir present conduct, and appeals with confidence to
'tench honour, as a pledge of the conduct they will
.saintain fu future.

"Toe reginient cf royal horse chasseurs of France
4a,s on its route to Paris. Having reached Corn•
.tipe, the corps, being informed that this step was
:a opposition to the wishes of the King, sent a depu.
•itton to renew at the foot of the Throne its oaths of
°Aimee and, fidelity. General Lions, Major of the
nzunent, took the command, and conducted it back
utkegarrison of Cambrai.." Thus the honour of this
brave corps remains Unsullied ; and the attempts of,
Feisty hare merely tended to afford it an occasion
a striking proof of its fidelity."

PARIS, MARCH is.
(stun rss MONITILIPO
hon: the instant that the Proclatuation of the
'.dog made knows openly and without disguise the
texpectid doturvithiththrei*i PrAcme, and that
Averuismisit which Whim, ,eyeaved whip so Much in-
usiasin and unanimity, crowds of citizens press
;ward to lay at the foot of the Throne the testima
sof their devotion and fidelity. Every day their

_yen and acclamations are addressed to that au-
-4 Monarch who has given liberty to France, and
exercise of their dearest rights to every Frenchman.
raiud will never require strengthening, but his
-ist devoted subjects find that it may be necessary
clicr it consolation, and the court of the Palace is
.icy thronged with people, who express with equal
ero and enthusiasm the sentiment of all. The
me of the King is the object of their lively and un•
.singesclAmations.

Lists for volunretsrs are open, and an infinite num-
..; of the young National Guards vie with each other
1r the liortoui of inscribing their names to march for
7.14 defence of their country.
The same opinions are heard in the Theatres.
'aterclay, at the French Theatre, there was a most
:markable instance of them. Never did Metope
irr sentiments so generally well applied and under.
god. The party is the Clete of Henry IV. added to
:if nutther I often did the Pit and Boxes sponta•
Dusty rise to the cries of Live the ging. The coup-
s in honour of Henry, ant) that added, offering
Iyers it,r the continuance of the Dynasty, were
)rated in Chorus by the audience, and were I°l,
~ed by reiterated aczlamationr.
The mument :::e ; ..tr squadrons cf Royal Hine
asseurs, alluded to in the Order Of the-Day of the
suspected tl,t fiJelity of their Commander, Ge-
rd Lefevre, they ins;tted on coming to 'spline,
ti With him, and finding that he was proceeding to
iris without the King's orders, divested him of his
nunand, which they bestowed on Major General
ins. Count Talhonet, who commanded the Chase
::5 of Berri, quartered at the same place, Corn-
'Po, perceiving the treachery of General Lefevre,
•1 was then tampering with his troops, put himself
t%e head of his regiment, which was fire to its
and conducted it back to Bourget.
telegraphic dispatch from Metz states that Mar-
-4 Oudinot, Duke of Reggio, on first learning the
'l4lg of Bonaparte, assembled all the troop which
'commands, amounting to 13,000 men, addressed
•.!1:1 in the following terms: that he had never de-
v,y.:ed them since they fought together; and then,
'1 his usual frankness,
t be declared himself willing
'.;tve Passports to all those who wished to join 80.
Paste, but that he might rely on all those who
ildrltarily remained with him. He was answered
°111), one Vire le Roi 1 Vire noire Ge•
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natal i" The Duke of Treviso (garish :A Moeier),
has again received at Lisle the fealty of the gartiseir.'
Hist Majesty has given the Cross of at. Losiis 'to
three Officers. of the regiment of dosed Leferte
. esnouette's, who presented themselves to take the,
of fidelity.
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CHAMBER OP PEERS, gIARCH It.
AbCOIINT GIVEN TO THE CHANISKII IT THE CHANCELLOR
BY THE COMIAND OX TUX KING.
441 n conformity with the wish of the Chamber cr
Peers, I waited upon the king, and his kajesty has
I authorized me to communicate to you freely, and
without reserve, all the proceedings connected with
Ithe subject which I made known to you yesterday.
" It was on Sunday the sth instant, that we re-
ceived the intimation of the disembarkation effected
by the enemy. From reports, upon the accuracy of
which we can rely, he had only 700 men of the Old
Guard, nearly SOO Corsicans, and 140 foreigners,
,rho-went with him to Elba, i. e. in all about 1,140'
men.

" It was with this handful that he disembarked on
the lit at Cannes, near Antibes: he landed without
resistance, because there were net sufficient troops to
oppose him from the circumstance of these points not
being menaced. Bonaparte seems to have failed in
his attempts upon Antibes= "ha then advanced to•
wards Digne, where he was on the 4th, without re-
ceiving any new reinforcements.
T* Prefect of the"Vir has dispatched Couriers
ro all the neighbouring Prefects, and particularly to.

`Lyons, to communicate these events. It was by one
Fr* these Couriers that the Prefect of Lyons received
thejiws of the landing, which he transmitted to us
on sth by a telegraphic dispatch : a second on
the same day, rectifying the firsr, reduced to a thou.
sand or eleven hundred men the number of troops
which had been at first estimated at 1600.

" On this intelligence, Monsieur, brother to the
King, set out at midnight between Sunday and
Monday.

" Couriers were sent off in every direction to order
troops to assemble under the orders of Monsieur, to
form an army of 60,000 men, one-third or one-fourth
of which should be cavalry.

a Orders were sent at the same time tp the Doc
d'Angouleme, to proceed from Bourdeaux to Nismes,
and there to take under his command, with the Mar-
shal de 'farentum under him, the army of the
Gard, the principal nucleus of which consisted only
of three or 4000 then, but which could be augmented
to 13,000 by adding the troops scattered over the 3th
and 9th military divisions.

" These arrangements occupied the whole of Sun-
day and Monday, and part of the night. On the
6th we received a telegraphic communication which
contained but little news : but a courier arrived in the
night of the 6th, and brought us letters direct from
the Pdfect of thelNr, ffom_ which we obtained the
facts schittiG tar the dcst.cas =Mile 117 annapirite. asui
his match upon Di neared upon Gap.
" It WV immediately upon the arrival of this cou-
rier that the King issued the Ordonnance which con-
tains the measures of general safety, and the Procla-
mation calling together the two Chambers.

" The Telegraphic Bulletins succeeded each other
slowly. The Minister of War continued to dispatch
couriers relative to the march of the' troops. The
service of the Estafettes was immediately re-esta-
blished. We received some on the 7th and Bth,
which brought us letters from the Prefect of the Var
and that of the Lower Alps, all of which announced
die best spirit, the firmest determination to resist the
enemy, and pledge themselves for good dispositions
on the part of the troops.

u We have no intelligence whatever that Bonaparte
has received any-reinforcements : we bad therefore
every reason to hope that his mad enterprise would
have no other effect than that of securing the legici.
mate authority by ridding France of the eternal
enemy of her repose and her welfare.
u What was our astonishment therefore, when the
telegraphic dispatch of the Bth informed us that he
was expected at Grenoble the same night ; and a se-
cond, of the same date, informed us that Grenoble
must have been surrendered.

" This last dispatch, in consequence of bad wea-
ther, did not reach us until the 9th in the evening.

•. Yesterday, the lath, we received that of Lyons
of the Bth, dated at half-past eight in the morning,
bearing these words only—• The Princes are this in-
stant setting off—Bonaparte is expected at Lyons this
evening—l am off for Clermont.'—(lt is the Prefect
who speaks).

u No mention was made of Grenoble in this letter,
and we flattered ourselves that it still held out : bat
this hop. was destroyed by a letter from Monsieur,
dated in the evening of the Bth, which his Majesty
only received this morning by a courier, and which
he has permitted me to read, that 1 may communi-
cate its contents to the Chamber of Peers.'
44 His Royal Highness begins his letter by the
details of his journey, and of the incredible activity
with which, on his arrival at Lyons, lie had corn-
mcnced, by collecting the troops and National Guards, ,
and receiving, with their new oath of fidelity, the
most unequivocal testimonies of devotion.
The Prince had . given notice that he would
march at their head at night to the assistance 'of
Grenoble, but be learned a few hours afterwards that
that City had surrendered almost without resistance,
and he then confined his attention to the defence of
Lyons. for which be took all commie:3 measures

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)t to bit too probable t4t &if warn all frUideri,
lista 'the distMtib cff yeiterday announced so forniialy
' the Oeparktuo date Mien, and even of the Prefeet,
' will was tun oral to absenrhimself withottt a for-
ordert
Here. Gen ache% ends our intelligence from
gouth r we expect fresh news every hours but it
'it scarcely possible We can reecirtsany before ni3l*.
44 This instant a letter has been brought me froo.
the Prefect of Laon, dated yeteerday, the 10tht
the evening, which announces a new act of Treason,
attempted at La Fere) and happily defeated by the
'firmocts and courage of the Commandant of the
School of Artillery, Count D'Aberille t 1 shall lay
before you the whole letter, which will tranquillize
oar with respect to the., ate of one of oar greatest
of artillery, at the urns:time that it will prove
so you the defection of a General who has succeeded
In seducing four or fire squadrons of Royal Chat.
lours. wbb have been obliged to abandon their guilty
enterpriae, but who dare to march upon Paris.
" Seth then, Clentlemen, is the present situation of
Prance—lionaparte. with eleven hundred men, has
made Most rapid progress. We do not know pre-
sSely how much his band has been increased by de
gortions, but these desertions cannot be doubtful'
slisse Ire see Granoble occupied, and cite second city
Kingdom toasty to falfgtertirttokr fallen
iofetherisicelf the enemy. ' '4"4- 4-- I
Numerous Emissaries of Bonaparte hover about
our regiments—many of them are actually in the
ranks. It is to be feared that many deluded men will
yield to their perfidious insinuations, and this fear
alone will weaken our means of defence.
's We can scarcely stop the effect of the bad dis-
position which alarms us, but by relying greatly on
the good and faithful national guard, generally com-
posed in such a way as to put all danger of seduc-
tion at defiance. The King has thought it his duty
to put it requisitiOn'tbroughout the whole king.
dent. General Desolles, who commands them, will I
lead to you an Ordonnance of the King to this effect.
A second Ordonnauce establishes permanently the
Councils-General of the Departments and Arron-
dissements to regulate this grand movement.
gg Here also we have an Ordonnance of the Mi-
nister of War, who calls to our standards those who
have already served, and has associated with then.
those numerous youths who burn to defend the throat:
and the country.
44 Such, Gentlemen, are the measures of defence
which the Government has thought necessary for ef-
luting the security of the State. It exercises at the
same time the Stricteg vigilance as to the traitors
who shall attempt to seduce or corrupt our tr cops
and a Council of War shall bring them to speedy
justice.

"We shall take particular care to prevent the pub-
' icntion and disttibotion of incendiary pamphlets.
The Chamber conceives that this is not the time to
'etarcise indnigasee to thole what, abusing the liberty
of writing, endeavour to raise a 'murderous arm
against public liberty. We had first thought it ne-
cessary to propose to you a provisional law on this
head, similar to the law for repressing abuses of the
press, which should enable us to anticipate all the
arts and intrigues of conspirators ; but the inevitable
slowness of legislative forms will not allow us to post-
pone measures which the safety of the State demand ;1
and no Minister of the King will hesitate to order, on
his personal responsibility, whatever such a pressing
interest may require.

u I come now not so much to propose measures as
to submit to you those which have already been
adopted, and to request for them your vote of appro-
bation which will strengthen the courage of Minis-
, ters, without being able to add any thing to their zeal
and their devotion to the public cause. Yes, Gentle-
men, it is your vow, it is the vote of the two Cham-
bers *bleb will give to the Government that moral
energy it requires; it is the union of the Chambers
with the Government which will constitute the com-
mon strength, the despair and overthrow of our ene-
mies, the glory and safety of the nation."

After hearing this discourse, and the reading cf
the accompanying documents, the Chamber directed
their President to renew to the King the homage of
their devotion, and to thank his Majesty for the cum.

Of the wise measures which he had adop-
ted for the security of the State.

Extract of a letter from Laon, dated the 10th of
March, in the evening.

" An infamous attempt has been made upon the
arsenal of this city. Troops, led on by two traitors,
one of whom command* the department, came to
lodge yesterday in the town of La Fere, at nine in
the evening, with a route from the Commandant of
Lille. These troops had come in one day from Cam-
bi ay I—their object was to seize the arsenal, and then
to match upon Paris. The firmness of General Abo-
ville, and of the Mayor, Pion, commanding the 2d
legion of artillery, defeated this aiminal attempt.—
Officers, Sub•officers, and soldiers—all did their duty.
0, The gates of the Arsenal and the Town were se-
cured with Cannon. The rat of the Garrison was
drawn up on the Esplanade ; their arms were loaded,
and the guns were placed en kr:eerie. The traitors
did not dare to execute their project, and they
withdrew. Their force consisted of four 'squadrons
of Chasseun Royaux of France, 150 dismounted
Chewers, and ISO Infantry, Grenadiers and Chas-
, sears. On going off they attempted to make the
cannoneers cry Vise l'Empererr, but these brave and
good moo sposuancoully exclaimed rive 4 Bpi I".


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farm tspresses had arrived. The A•Selts tipmed at 111, aid
suddenly fed to (!di, and are row itl e: (Minium Is from to
&count, and the market as beset sit iyoLlohle.

We are now enabled to lay befoie ner Readr•ft
the coatents of the French NJ:kart to ti•e 18th io.
stint, Monday last, inclusive. It is c-rtittnAi !hat
BoRAPARTa had advanced to Lyons without nitv.ii•g
with all interruption.
The return of the Duke D'Oftt.rax: to P.tris, frortft
that city; is announced in the Moniteur of the 130.
in the notice of his arrieal, the imp rssibility of el.&
leeting a sufficient force in time to p: eVent BONtoPA
from ginning that thy, is:frankly stdted i but it is
added that his force Was radier dilitinithing • than in.
creating.
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We cannot disguise the iniprepsion which such a
paragraph is calculated to pi-educe. It •pfaki a vo-
lume.—What BONAPARTE enter Ilyons Without
having obtained any accession of strength ! Enter
lyons, a City containing a populations of upwards of
HOMO% aid furnished with a large garrison! Either
be nowt hei6' Stott& with bins hoot Elba a wig
knot could not be the case; itTie
mast hive formed au army after be landed—that is,
been joined by softie French troops and a portion of
the populations or the garrison of Lyons • and pro-
bably the people of that city have declared for him
and hoisted his standard. The last %appositions
are probably both cotrect.
But in a Proclamation by the King to the People,
dated the 11th, they are informed that measures have
been taken 44 to arrest BONAPARTS in hie adv.:nee
from Lyons towards Paris." Will this be possible ?
We sincerely wish it may: but it would be folly to
disguise the tact, that there is much cause for alarm
on this pOint. The man who could advance to Lyons,
and gain possession of a garrisoned place, where one
of the Royal Dukes was present to animate the people
and the troops to oppose him, must still possesa the
means, whatever they were, which gave him that suc-
cess s nor need we add, that success must have in-
creased his force.

Several vessels, we believe about 16, of one der T: p.
Lion or another, reached I)over yesterday fron the •
opposite coast—filled with passengers. A Gene:. -•
I man, who left Dover last night at twelve ffelNelilf'
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informs us, that 400 of our countrymen hi AV. t •.
there in the most distressed cirenrnstaneees.torly
them having been obliged to travel d* fiat; t' •
(such the hurry of their departure) withoeihav ..
had time to provide thcinselves with money. Apia*
900 more were left at Calais in a still mtre RIOCS.
sinksituation, being alarmed with the- tear iif riot
getting away. i
Every boat in Dover 'went over la' iii7ht to-C,
lais, to aid in bringing over our tourist ^r,:•suryriitan ;
and arch was the state of same of CI, ct ,tiotiti wit .
ployed, that considerable alarm is entftairolerferlik: •
tine oftlfhte Who; atitto to the 41ter,;:,',.. rgokiitc.:,
-a choice of evils, may ti not themselves ott ttioth
vessels. 116 , .rrf
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Atixiiig thertmengers who haveo4 :teed* we .tre .
happy to announce, the Duchess of Arttrltintroel ;
and, if there be no mistake as to the pc.ison,i sinothtn•
lady of high rank, the Duchess I)'Arrnocz.Utitl-.
The report brought by :hese passengers re , piritiog
the cause of the surrender of Lyons is, that 11,,e arlii
in that quarter had joined BONAPARTE, ' WlSOfee.fritOe •
was stated to have increased to 90,000 men. IVirh
this force he was understood to be advAthipg tairita
the capital. He had issued some Pr'icltosstiormas in.
one of which he states, that he has come into P:Vaitee
to secure the throne for his son, to make.the lErtifsrAss
Regent, and to act himself in the capacity oi punk._
ralissimo of the French armies, and to ressvra tbi _
glory of the Einpire. • a
. ••
The private rumours respecting the Fretteb Gene.
nerals ate so very contradictory as to destroy, .en.. 'i
tirely, their credibility. One of them, it.k eariptife,
General Lefebre Desnouettes, had endeavogoilittoli
seduce his corps, but bad failed in his attentptvqqA art/
Lome, it is said, acts with great flrmneswatte4t.st•
declared that he will die on his throne rather it.i.,,
leave Paris.

It is satisfactory, however, in the midst of all the
alarm excited by the enterprise of the enemy of Europe,
to observe, that notwithstanding the admitted desertion
of numbers of the troops, a large portion of the army,
and the best French Generals, ifad maintained their
allegiance. Let us hope that nothing may shake it.
should these remain firm in their duty, the conflict,
however severe it may be, will not be of long conti.
nuance. In the mean time, the public anxiety is,
and must continue, as great as ever, till the issue of
this daring attempt shall be known.
It was generally understood that on Thursday nig' t
upwards of fifty disaffveted Military Officers le t
Paris—of course to juin BONAPAP tr. An att:mot
was made to corrupt the troops in the barracks at
Paris, and one man had been shot in the act. 1.),4
vousr is said to have secretly issued orders to some of
these troops in the name of Narot.aon. Sour it is said
was tried by a Court Martial on Thursday, and
cashiered, though orders are still issued in his name.
—sA part of MARCHAND'S division had turned out to
join BONAPARTE, and himself was mortally wounded
in opposing them.—Much Indeceut exultation at the
progress of BONAPARTS had been exhibited in the
Coffee-houses.--Such are some ct the reports.
Three Messengers arrived th s morning trom the
Continent—one came tram Holland and two others
from France. Captain BARCLAY was the bearer of
the dispatches from Holland, and Mr. fiII.ITER of
those horn Paris. The Marquis of BRETONS also arm
rived from Parts this morning express with dispatches.
The Dutchesrelf ORLEANS is on her way to London.
A French Messenger, with disgaches, is also .ar-
rived at the French Ambassador's,(n Portman-square.
Among the latest repotts, one states, that l.ouis
XVIII. was on his way frolu Paris to Cal Os, and tl—t
the mmoss bustle and confusion prevails in me
French Capita'..
It is reported in the City that the Toulon Fleet bas
quitted that port and declared fur BusArititre.