The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-13 00:00:00

THE .STATESMAN.

A letter from Digne, dated the 4th instant, written h "Thetieenoenmided Fraa:dceir Lldontamtnseoef —e
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by the Captain of the Gendarmerie of the department
of the Lower Alps, to Marshal Aloncey, states that whoatr.
has note
ceased to laboure fors the happiness of his people
our enemies wish to divide an army, which, after 20 years 4
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four leagues from Digne, levying in that town a re- ineyt% plunge Us into anareit. nynd civil war.—Let as overth ow
quisilion of 3000 rations. the projects which can only tend to the rain of our fine country.
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dated the sth, adds the following details to those infirm us from the evils which they wish to accumulate upon us.
which are already known :—'• The detachment —Vive le Rol"
which occupied Cannes, consisted of 80 men, in- This Order of the Day was received with enthasi-
eluding three officers and a drummer. A General asm by the Officers and soldiers of the Guard:, who
named Cambrone then arrived, who immediately put immediately transmitted to Gen. Damns the fullewe
himself at the head of a detachment. posted at St. ing Address:—
Pierre, a French port; two of the above-mentioned e GEN ER AL —The Officers and soldiers of the Royal Guard of
officers demanded passports for Marseilles and Ton- Pitriiiise,
ii)teitiet rated wituli
to bear
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lop a hich were positively refused them, and Lime rively aadYs'inperearye expression of 'their love and respectful devo- •
tensest General Abbe was immediately informed of time—Watchful of the tranquillity of the capital, they will
this fart, in order that he might be on his guard
tolrelieTtei7te:esingrietshseVrlpts orfe:tchruZewtohothier, tliliefihisarutY
against the emissaries whirls it appeared Bonaparte they will fulfil.—They offeYr Zr their guarantee, their honour!,
I wished to send into those two cities. General Cam. their gratitude, ai.d the virtues of their legitimate Sovereign,
[none arrested the Prince of Monaco, who was at vi" he Roi."
1 Cannes at the-time of the debarkation, proceeding Arinitie was performed the evening before last at
to his Principality, he declared to him that he was at the Ol'ern. Before the Overture, the public with
i his prisoner, and conducted hint to an inn, where a great oouts, demandA the air of f'ico Henri Quatre,
i corporal's guard was stationed, and a sentinel at his which they applauded, and again demanded, shouting,
door ; and he then made requisitions of provisions, Vire k Roi, Vire la Famille Royale.
I and ordered the -houses to be illuminated. The Between the fourth and fifth act, the Duke de
t
1 whole town was in motion, and all the streets crowd- Berri appeared in one of the boxes. There were ini.,
l ed, some questions were asked by the General and mediately acclamations and shouts of 17re le Roi,
ishis Officers as to the disposition of the inhabitants fireAlonsei,;.neur Duc de Perry, which were re-
with respect to Bonaparte, but the most guarded newed and prolonged ; the air of Vire Henri Qaatre,
silence was maintained. At half an hour after mid- was again demanded, and listened to with new en-
itight Napoleon arrived, preceding his troops some thusiasm.
paces. lie established his bivouac near the town.— The day before yesterday the King signed an or-
At one he had brought before him the Prince of Mo. donnance, re-establishing the Institute under its an.
naco, of whom he &mended whither he was going, cleat form, that is to say, an Academy of Sciences,
and if he would 'follow him. Every one easily a French Academy, and an Academy of Inscriptions
perceived front the gestures of the Prince that he ex. and Belles lAttres. (By this arrangement, Napo-
cused himself, at'd solicited theliherty of continuing leon, Laciest, and Joseph Bonaparte are excluded.)
his route, which permission was immediately granted. ' PARIS, MARCH 9.—Bonaparte on his arrival, pro-
At three Bonaparte issued orders to depart, and celled to be cast upon the coast two Proclamations,
mounted on horseback. His troops followed him, the one addressed to the army, the other to the
French people; they were dated Antibes, where he
, drums and music at the head, precedediby four field
pieces, and a superb carriage. lie took the route of hoped to have been received, but the gates of which
Grasse, and halted one league from that town. lie were shut againt him.
, sent a General to sound the disposition of the in- We cannot believe that General Bertrand is with
h tbitants, who found them in great agitation, but Bonaparte : only a fortnight ago, he sent to his Ma-.
not at all favourable to his views. On his approach- jesty his oath of fidelity by a Peer of (:ranee.
in; he was convinced of this, and he did not think' We are assured, that the mother and sister of Bo-
it prudent to enter. Ile then took the route of Saint naparte did not know of his departure, and when in-
Vanier, leaving at the gate of Grasse his four pieces formed, was much afflicted.
of artillery and his carriage. It is thought that his ' It is asserted, that Joseph Bonaparte has written to
plan is to advance on the side of Grenoble, passing the King, requesting, his Majesty to be so good as to
by Casteilane, Digne, Sisteron, and Gap, and assign to him till further orders, some place of retire-
spreading on his route all the reports that may be ~ went.
stoceptible of encouraging his troops. It is already, . We understand that the King as made the Baron ,
however, remarked, that his own soldiers sell their Corsin, Governor of Antibes, who so well received
cartouches, and that arms and cockades have been ' the flag of truce of the General in Chief, Corn-
found
abandoned at the bivouac, and in the streets, mandant of the Legion of Honour, and has raised him!
from which it is supposed that desertions have taken to a superior rank.
place amongst his troop. Four men have been ar- 1 The Sardinian Ambassador to-day received a Con- I.
rested at a village, in a state of intoxication, ten rier from the King, sent from Genoa on the 3d of
others entered Grasse, and remain there. It is not March, at night The King was aware of the Wen- ;
know is that a single individual has taken part, or lions of Bonaparte and htegiven the strictest 4rders
made the least demonstration favourable to Bona. t:):tt he should be arrested wherever be should be •
parte. This event has had on all persons at Toulon found on land or sea.
nothing but the best effect. All the inhabitants and Letters from Naples of the 16th of February state,
all the military have again evinced their sentiments of that Murat was still there and had not made prepare-
attachment and fidelity to the Government. Order lion for any movement.
and tranquillity prevail in the city, and the most P. S. The latest news from Bonaparte are from
perfect discipline, and the best spirit amongst the Lyons, of the date of the 7th inst. At that period
troops." Bonaparte was in the neighbourhood of Digne, the;
Letters from Grenoble, dated the sth in the morn- gates of which had been refused to be opened to him;
ing, announce, that as soon as the stews of thedebark- By the march of troops from various points to at-
mint' was Circulated in the City, a great number of tack he most by this time be completely surrounded.
the inhabitants went to the Staff of the National They have sounded the Tocsin in all tha villages,
Guards to inscribe their names for active service.— and the peasants have armed themselves to ruts to op-
The white cockade was spontaneously resumed, and pose him.
shouts of l'ke k Roi, were heard on all sides. The 1 There is one remarkable circumstance which proves
troops which compose the garrison participated in : that Bonaparte must have calculated on defection of
this movement, they showed themselves to be aid. the place is, that one ship, laden with arms ,and
mated by the best spirit, full of ardour and fidelity, , other effects for his use, has actually entered into the
and with au entire confidence in their Chiefs, who . port of Antibes where it was taken. This fact
second, with a zeal worthy of praise, the wise ar- ; proves how grossly these intriguers hase been de-
rangements made by Lieutenant-General Marchand.: ceived and have deceived themselves in supposing
'The most perfect union prevails between the troops , that their discontents were partaken by all France,
and the National Guards, between the military Chief' and that those models of honour, French Officers,
and the administration. could be capable of abandoning their duty and their
All the official and private letters from Marseilles t oaths.
agree in giving the following details: I PARIS, MARCH 9.—According to a report, the
" On the lint intelligence of the debarkation of authenticity of which, however, is not guaranteed,
Bonaparte an unanimous movement was immediately ' the English have seized upon Porto Ferraja. They
manifested amongst all classes of the numerous inha- found there, it is said, the wife of General Bertrand
bitants of this vast city almost at the same moment, and the sister of Gem Dronet, who demanded to be
and as in the first days of the restoration, the white allowed to proceed to France.
flag was hoisted at all the windows. The entire pee Bonaparte's troop appears to take a direction to.

pulation spread themselves in the streets,crying Vivele wards Briancon, and there is reason to believe that
Roi, Vive la family Royale! the National Guard% it seeks to gain le col de Fenestre. It is said that the
took up their arms, and demanded to be instantly ; feluccas which conveyed them from the Isle of Elba to
led against the disembarked men. The most perfect ' France were Genoese.
• harmony prevails respecting all the measures that MARCH B.—All the Ambassadors were yesterday
circumstances have rendered necessary, between the presented to the king, who received them, not with-

civil and military authorities, and the faithful Mar. standing his indisposition. " Messieurs," said the
seillois." i King to them, with that grace which never abandons
The Court of Cassation.presented an Address to him, " you see me suffering, but do not deceive
his Majesty, in which, after noticing the attempt of yourselves; it is not disquietude, but gout which
Bonaparte, they promise their support to the King,• causes it. Assure your Sovereigns, with respect to
observing, that the "eternal enemy of France and what is passing in France, that the repose of Europe
the world may agitate it, but can effect nothing will be no more disturbed than that of France."
against its repose; you have rendered that repose The Duke de Berri has not quitted Paris. .The
unassailable by reascepding the throne of your an. Duke d'Orleans set out for Lyons at ten o'clock yes-
. cestors. Frenchmen are fully satisfied that they can terdaymorning,accompanied by all his Aids-de-Camp.
have no other Sovereign than the descendant of The Tribunal of the First Instance of the depart.
Henry IV. No nig hots ever been more dear to . talent or the Seine has given its important judent
them thin your Majesty—none to them so nem. to.day, in the cause of the Count and Duchess ffSt.
sary, all their destinies resting upon your sacred Leu. The Tribunal, considering that the paternal
head." t authority belongs only to the father, that this
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