The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-27 00:00:00

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with an unanimous cry," they wish to dais es to the oil ways surrounded by the people of the neighbouring
soil— you come as the angel of the Lord to save us." districts. He expeteHs4.l his astenishmentto the natives.
The brave soldiers of the bartalion of the sth de- of Macon at the slight efforts they inside in the last
mantled to march the foremost in the division that co- war to defend themselves against the enemy, and sup-
er.' ed Grenoble. They commenced their march in port the honour of Burgundy. " Sire, Why did you
the midst of a crowd of inhabitants, which aug- appoint a bad Mayor?"
merited every moment. Vizille distinguished itself At Tournies the Emperortha only praises to bestow
by its enthusiasm. " It seas here that the Revolt', I upon the inhabitants, for their ekcellent behaviour
tion was born." said these brave people. 64 It was iand patriotism, which under'the same Circumstances
we who were the first that ventured to claim the have distinguished Tournies, Chalons, and St. Jean.
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privileges of men ; it is again here that French Ii- i de-Lone. At Chalons, which during4odays resisted
betty is resuscitated, and that France recovers her i the force of the enemy, and defended the passage of
honour and her independence." the Saone, the Emperor took notice of all the in-
! Grenoble the same evening. Between Vizille and Fatigued as the Emperor was, he wished to enter stancs of 'alone; and not being able to - visit St.
Jean-de-Lone, he sent the decoration of the. Legion
of Honour to the worthy Wayne of that city. On
Grenoble, the young Adjutant Major of the 7th of
the line, came to announce that Colonel Labedoyere, that occasion the Emperor exclaimed, " It is for you
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deeply disgusted with the dishonour which covered brave people, that I have instituted the Legion of
Honour, and not for emigrants pensioned by our ene-
France, and actuated by the noblest sentiments, had
, detached himself from the division of Grenoble, and miss te•
had come with the regiment by a forced march, to iThe Emperor received at Chaloivs the deputation of
meet the Emperor. Half an hour afterwards this the town of Dijon, who came to drive from among
brave regimeut doubled the force of the Imperial . them the Prefect and the wicked Mayor, who during
troops. At nine o'clock in the evening the Emperor ; the last campnign, had dishonoured Dijon and its in-
made his entry into the Faubourg de —.
!.habitants. The Emperor removed this Mayor, and
The troops had.re-entered Grenoble, and the gates . appointed another, confiding the command of the di.
of the city were shut. The ramparts which defend vision to the brave General Devaux.
the city were covered by the 3d regiment of engineers,
On the 15th the Emperor slept at stilton, and
consisting of 2000 sappers, all old soldiers covered
from Arthur he went to Avelino, and slept there on
with honourable wounds; by the fourth of artillery , the night '
of the 16th. He found upon this road the
of the line, the same regiment in which, 25 years be- ' re
fore, the Emperor bad been a Captain ; by the two ,same sentiments as among the mountains of Dau-
other battalions of the sth of the line, by the 11th of PilinY' He re-established in their offices all the
the lbw, and the faithful hussars of the 4th. I functionaries who had been deprived for having
I united to defend their country against foreigners.—
The National Guard and the whole population of
I The inhabitants of Chiffey had been peculiarly the
Grenoble were placed in the rear of the garrison, and
object of persecution by an upstart . Sub-prefect et
all made the air ring with shouts of Five l'Emperear.'
! Semur, for having taken up arms against the enemies
They opened the gates, and at ten at.night the Em-
of our country. The Emperor gave orders to a
peror entered Grenoble, in the midst of an army and
!brigadier of Gendarmerie to arrest this Sub-prefect,
a people animated by the most lively enthusiasm. .
and to conduct him to the prison'of A.:allon.
The next day the Emperor wds addressed by the
' Municipality and all the Departmental Authorities.' On the 17th, the Emperor breakfasted at Ver-
! wanton, and went to Auxerre, where the Prefect
The Military Chiefs and the Magistrates were unite
niinous in their sentiments. All said that Princes i remained faithful to his post. The noble 14th had
trampled under foot the white cockade. The Ern-
imposed by a foreign force were not legitimate
any en- peror, likewise heard, that the 6th regiment of
Princes, and that they were riot bound by
gagernent to Princes for whom the nation had no .lancers bad likewise mounted the tri-coloured
wish. Icockade, and was gone to Montereau to protect that
At two the Emperor reviewed the troops, in the : point againsf a detachment of the body-guard, who
i. wished to pass it. The young men of this midst of the population of the whole department,
body-
shouting A bar les Bourbons, a bat les cnnemis du 'guard, unaccustomed to the effects of lancers, took
night on the first appearance of this corps, which
people, Woe l 'Emperear, et an Guavernement de
' noire choir. The garrison of Grenoble immediately made two prisoners.
• afterwards put 'itself in a forced march to advance 1 At Auxerre, Count Bertrand, Major-General,
I Istem Lyons. gave orders to collect all the boats to embark the
It is a remark that has not escaped observers, that . army, which was already four divisions strong, and
every one of these t;',,00 men, provided with a tie- to convey them the same night to Fossard, so 'that
Itionel cockade, and each with an old and used cockade, they would be able to arrive at one o'clock in the
for in discontinuing their tri-coloured cockade, they morning at Foritainbleau.
bad hidden it at the bottom of their knapsacks: not ' Before lie left Auxerre the Emperor was re-joined
1 i one was purciroed, at least in Grenoble. It is the by the Prince of NI osh wa. This Marshal had mounted
' ! same, said they, in passing before the Emperor, it is the tri-coloured cockade among ell the tracers under
! the same shut we wore at Austerlitz. This, said the his ,:ooltunrid.
! others, we had at Marengo. i The Emperor reached Fontainbleau on the 20th,
The 9th the Emperor slept at Bourgoing. The at four o'clock in the morning. At seven o'clock
crowd and the enthusiasm with it, if possible, ie. he learned that the Bourbons had left Pars, arid
creased. 44 We have expected you a long time," that the capital was free. He immediately bet off
said these brave people to the Emperor, " you have thither, mid a, nine o'cleck at night he eotered the
at length arrived todeliver France from the insolence Thuilleries, at the moment e!.sir he was least ex-
of the Noblesses, the pretensions of the priests, and pected.
the shame of a foreign yoke." From Grenoble to" Thus has terminated without the shedding of one;
Lyons the march of the Emperor was nothing but a drop of blood, vv ithout the finding of a single oh-
triumph. The Emperor fatigued, was in hiscarriage, Mole, this legitimate enterprize which has re-este- !
going at a low pace, surrounded by a crowd of . blished the nation in its rights, and in its glory, and
peasants, singing songs, which expressed to all the has effaced that blot which treason and the presence
Noblesse the sentiments ofthe brave Dauphinois.— of a foreigner had cast upon the capital : thus is .
i " Ah," said the Emperor, " I find here the seriti- i verified that part of the Address of the Emperor to
! mews which for 20 years induced me to greet France his soldiers, that " the eagle with the national no.
e ith the name of the Grand Nation; yes, you are still lours, shauld fly from steeple to stetple, even to thel
the Grand Nation, and you shall always be so." , towers of Notre Dame."
I 4 The Count d'Artois, the Duc d'Orleans, and se-1 to 18 days the fine battalion of the Guard has !
rtveral Marshals had arrived at Lyons. Money had freed the space between the Gulf of Juan and Paris,
; . beets. distributed to the troops, and promisei to the a distance which, in ordinary times, would have re.;
i Officers. They wished to break down the bridge de quired 45days for its accomplishment.
la Guillotiere, arid the bridge Moraud. The tin.i. Arriving at the gates of Paris, the Emperor beheld
peror smiled at these ridiculous preparations.—lle approaching to meet him the whole army, under the
could have no doubt of the disposition of the Lyon- . orders of the Doke de Berri; officers, soldiers* ge-
nois, still tins of the disposition of the soldiers.— - nerals, light infantry, infantry of the line, lancers,
slit gave orders, however, to General Bertrand to dragoons, cuirassiers, all came in front of their Ge-
-1 aiseisble the boats at Misbel, with the intention of : neral, whom the choice of the people and the vows
passing in the night, and intercepting the roads of i of the army had raised to the empire, and the tri-
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°alias and of Macon, to the Prince who wished to coloured cockade was mounted by every soldier that
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prevent him from passing the Rhone. At four a re- had it in his knapsack. All trampled under foot
connoiaance of the 4th hussars arrived at la Guillo. that white cockade, which, during 25 years, has been
tiere,. and were wceived with shouts of Vine l'Eon. the rallying signal of the enemies of France, and of
perenr ! by the immense population of a faubourg the people.
which is st;'l distinguished by its attachment to the On the 21st, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the
'cuuntry. The passage at Misbel was countermanded,,! Emperor held a review of all the troops that corn-
end tine Emperor advanced at a gallop upon Lyons, , posed the army of Paris. The whole capital wit.
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, '.at the head uf Alm troops which were to have defended , 'nested the sentiments of enthusiasm and attachment
it against him. i that animated these brave soldiers. All had re-
! The Count &Artois had done every thing to secure conquered their country—all had escaped from op-
ilfirielabps. —lle was ig!rorant that nothing is possible ' pression !—All found in the national colours the re-
in France to air agent of a foreign Power, and one membranee of every generous sentiment that has
who is not on the side of national honour and the always distinguished the'French nation ! After the
cause of the people. Passing in front of the 13th Emperor had passed through the ranks, all the troops
regiment of drageons, he said to a brave soldier co. `:were ranged in square battalions.
Wel ill with scars and decorated with three•clierrons, " Soldiers," said the Emperor, 64 I arrived in
let us mare ccigkeigk, shout, therefore, nee le France with 600 men, because I calculated upon the
.Roit " No, goilierir;" replied this brave dragoon, love of the people, and on the remembrance of the yes
." no soldier will lielt inst his father. I can only teran soldiers. I was not deceived in my expectation.
! answer you by cryi rive l'Ep nereur!" The Soldiers ! I thank you: Glory like that which we
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' Count D'Artois mom ed his carriage and quitted • ere about to acquire is every thing to the peosle, arid
Lyons, escorted' by a single Geri d'Arme. ;to you! My glory is, that I have known an valued
'i ' At nine o'clock at night the Emperor traversed the you! •
Guillotiere almost alone, but surrounded by an im- . " Soldiers, the Throne of the Bourbons was ille-
Mense population. i gitimate, because it was built by the hands of
The following day, the Ilth, he reviewed the: straugers, because it was proscribed by the vow of
whole division of Lyons, and the brave Gea. brayer ! the nation declared in all our Aiationai As-eenhlies ;
at their head, put them in march to advance upon the because, in short, it offered a guarantee only to •tbe
capital. interests of a few men whose arrogant pretensions
The sentiments Which the lehtbitants of this great were opposed to our rights. Soldiers, the Imperial.
city and the peasants of the vicinity, during the space Throne can only secure the rights of the people, and
of two hours, evinced towards the Lepers*, so above all the first of our interests—our glory !---r-Sol-
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touched him, that it was impossible for him to es- diets, we are now to march to hunt from our
territory
press his feelings otherwise than by saying, " People. •these Princes auxiliaries to strangers ; the nation
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of Lyons, I love you." This was the second time will not only second us in our protestations, but wilt
that the acclamations of this city had been the pre. follow 'our impulse. The French people and I cal.
sage of new destinies reseried for France. alai, upon you. We will not interfere with the
On the 13th, at three in the afternoon, the Em- . affairs of foreign nations, but woe to those who shall
peror arrived at Viltefranche, 4 little team of 1000.'3.'0;1m with ours!"
, souls, which included at thet moment more then This speech wan received with acclamations by the
60,000. He stopped at theliotel de Ville. A'gritat people and soldiery.
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number of wounded soldiers were 'presented to M 1AI( 'Aft instant afterwards Gen. Cambronne and the
Ile entered Macon at seven o'clock in the evening, officers of the guard of the battalion of the Isle of

Elba appeared, With the ancient eagl
The Emperor continued, and said to

" 'fnese•are the Officers of the ha
accompanied me in my misfortunes
my friend. Thoy are dear to my
time I beheld them, they brought be.l
different regiments of the army, for r
noble fellows are men from every
have recalled to my memory those
which even the memory is so den
all covered with honourable scars gained
ble battles! In loving them, it W.:
the whole French army that I loved
you back your Eagles. Let them ser
point ! In giving them to the guard,
the whole army.
" Treason and unhappy events h•
with a melancholy veil, but thanic
people and to you, (hay now re-appe;
all their glory !—Swear that they
wherever the interest of the•coutit
them! That traitors and those w
our territory, shall never be able
sight !"

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" We swear it !" cried every soldi
of enthusiasm. The troops then deli!,
of music, the hands playing—." Vedic
l'Empereur !"

This day the Emperor reviewed
of cavalry of the corps of the Count
4th Hussars, the first regiment that
Imperial Eagle.
Having reviewed the divisions of
and Bachelor, the Emperor spoke to
had formed themselves into a circle
the troops marched off with acclamai
times repeated of Vire l'Entpereur'
His Majesty afterwards entered t:.
gaged himself with the Generals and
filled the apartments, and who ars ar
meet in the capital to offer their services
vereign.

Decree of the 21st instant,
appointed the Doke de Viceoce Mioi
Affairs.

NATIt)NAL GUARD
NOTICE.

" Upon all subjects that relate
Guard at-Paris, the General Count
is to be addressed as Commander i

iwial Tourtou, as Chief of the Stal
C uard.

" Upon all subjects that respect
Guards of the Departments, his E

ulster of the Interior is to be addres!
(lent office of the Staff 11Iajor of the
of France, they will be engaged or
that concern it, and other objects of
silent until the 20th of March.

PAnts, MARCH 21.—Iiis &Nem
and King, bra Decree of the WO,
ink Genera! Carnot a dlstinguisbil

Fait isfactinu. for the defence of Antw,
him Count. of the Empire.
By a Decree of the same date; Gel
has been named Minister. or the Inv

By a Decree of the came date, the
created by the Ordonaboe of the 9th
abolished.

The volunteers of the same body
bodies from which they were drawn,
The equipments shill he restored
from which they were taken.

Another Decree of the some date.
traortiinary Session of the General

D.l)a r I men IP, convoke/114 the Ordoi
March, to cease; end all the instrocti
given to them are annulled.
Directions are giving for holding the
Long Champs, and for regulating '

just in the some manner as in the time
perfect tranquillity. This great fete
the 2211, 23d, and 24th inst. with al
eclat.

'l'he Dowager Duchess of Orleans
The inscription on the front of
hundred Swiss, destined to the lmpei

placed by the words " Quarticr tics
MARCH 22.—A Commission, CM!
Bassani), the Comte Deferment, Boalt

de St. Aujely, were occupied in digest
State.

The Empress Maria Louisa, and
son, will arrive at Paris on the 4th of

The Comte de Montesquiou is al
superior command of the National G,
General of Division IA Harpe, is
wander of all the troops of the lisle
They are now effacing on all the
nn all the establishments the inscripi
which recal to our eyes the late Gov(
Immediately after the departure of
the Thuilleries en Sunday night, there
immense quantity' of papers burnt,

chimnies caught fire, but it was soon
The bust in bronze of the Etopero,
the gate of the Museum, and in Ii
bust crowned with laurel is placed au
the School of Medicine; and in like
emblems of the Emperor are to be rei
There was a banquet on the 22d
rateur, Mint's, of an hundred cove,
Generals, Colonels, and other sui
most of them on half-pay. Couplet
the hero, dear to their hearts, wer'

rited the most lively enthusiaam. T'
l'Pmveretir was given with en rst
%hit+ they have not felt nor Witneio

r..t.drAll the merchant% rejoice that the!
:obliged to shut their shops on Sunda,
no Inttgorbe shackled, and the wort
no other day bat this to coke his I
will no longer he obliged to sacrifil

time, devoted to labour, far this purl
I'rice of the Funds on the '22d, 7.

The annual income of the Marsha►
r t,tITE, accompanied with all the prii
circumstance of war, was upward:
it-year,. English money. Their incur
did not exceed 90001. a-yesr,

rot4noN • Primost sewl istsblialw4 by D
IhraTzsrhy Orrice, 87, F:at4

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ent eagles oT the paid,
said to the soldier:„_
f the battalion %lilt inq
'ortunes. Erery Milli is
to my heart I : Ise"
ught before my eyes th
fy, for among these filth f
every regiment. They
those glorious days of
so dear, for they are
;cars gained in memo, h.
n, it was you, soldiers•
tilternl"edt serve a'srialeryalll;li4
se guard, 1 give them to
vents have covered then,
thinks to the French
re-appear, glittering it,
.t they shall be pre;?..t
e • country may require
hose who would invade
c able to endure their
cry soldier, with a bent
hen defiled to the sound •
leillons au sets de
iewed several regiments
Count de Valmy and the
at that rallied round the
one of Generals Brayer
coke to Cm Officers, who
circle round him, and .
acclamations a thousand 1
vreur!"
tered the Palace, and en.
ierals and Officers, who
to are arriving every mo.
teir services to their So- a
a.
nstant, his Majesty has •
ice Mioister for Fortiga
WARD.
E.
relate to the National
Count de Montesquine
ender in Chief, and Ge-
f the Staff of the said q
t respect the National
his Excellency the Mi.'
addressed. At the an-
of the National Gear&
aged only opals matters ro
ects of interior arrange.
r.
Majesty the Emperor
e 20th, desirous of giv.
lgulshing mark of his
Antwerp, has named
ste,'Clen.Coant.Carnot hi'
be Interior.
ter. the Natio:lel Guard'
the • 9th of Msrelt,As
Ls
body shall re-eater the
drawn.
stored to the etagasines
di!
le slate, orders the et. r
eneral Councils of the aei
Ordonanceinf the 1110 eh.
instructions and powess wk
siding the promenade of soh
ulating the procession, all
the time of the most in
Pat fete took place on
with all its customary
irleans remains at Paris.
ant of the Hotel of the or
e Imperial Gafford, is re. wit
1!.-;
icr des Brow."
n, composed of Dec de fro
t, Boulay, and Regnaud
n digesting a Council of ate
Pt'
and the Prince, her
e 4th of April. 5:41
lOU is appointed to the
!ional Guard of Pari4. aim
srpe, is appointed Com.
set,
le lisle in Paris.
all the hsonuinents anti;
inscriptions and sign,
to Government. Pm
lore of the King from
ha,
th••
mut
.7(
14,11ahseteis,n;l0lhaniebkreoeevxewmt
iltilahtsgreiunigesirh;e:ll:
sire
tb.:l7)et:orthiast
reopnleasuco:f:
in like manner, all tae
In be replaced. f t
he 22d at the 'IPSO'''. hi(
eel
ed covers,
cninpoierle,l
r.
titer suprrior Office,
ate
Couplets in honour 0L ooi
„
a, were sung, end es' co
.
'gm. The cry of fiatnra
an expression of .10Y
T,
witnessed for a 130 g
our
„e
hat they are no lour tv
' Sundays. Trade will
Ne
!:2 workman, who •ws :oho
.i
• 0 hi: little purchases,
if
oun
sacrifice a part of his so
his purpose.
,frt,
731. alit
' id
larshals ander BOY. 1".
loe
the pride, Pornr-
upwards of 3.-..0u
it
inM
by c
a-yearome,
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