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

,r war was coming right before the vied, in the
track of the brig. At six o'clock in the evening, the
brig. which had on board the Emperor, met with a
1)6,1, which was recognised to be i.e Zephir, com-
manded by Captain Andrieux, an officer di.tinguished
a. much by his talents as by his true patriotism. It
was proposed to speak the brig, and cause it to hoist
the tri-coloured flag. The Emperor, however, gave
orders to the soldiers of the guard to take off their
caps and conceal themselves on the deck, preferring
to pass the brig without being recognized, and re-
serving to himself the mensure of causing the Hag
In he changed, if obliged to have recourse to it. The
two brigs passed side by side. The Lieutenant de
Vaisseau Taillade, an officer of the French marine,
was well acquainted with Captain Andrieus, and
from this circomstatice.was disposed to speak him.—
Ile asked Captain Andrieux, if be had any com-

sniscions for Genoa, some pleasantries were ex-
• Changed, and the two brigs, going contrary ways,
were soon nut of sight of each other, without Cap.
tain A ndrieux haying the least knowledge of who was
on board this frail vesiel.

During the night between the 27th and 28th, the
Wind continued fresh. At break of day we ob-
s,,r% ed a 71 gun-ship, which seemed to be making for
St. Florent, or Sardinia. We did not fail to per-
Ceive that this vessel took no notice of the brig.

The 48th, at seven in the morning, we discovered
the coast of Noli ; at noon Antibes ; at three on
the Ist of March we entered the Gulph of Juan.

The Emperor ordered that a Captain of the guard,
esith 25 men, should disembark, before the troops in
the brig, to secure the battery en the coast, if any
oae". as there. This Captain took into his head the
idea of causing to be changed the cockade of the
battalion which was at Antibes. Ile imprudently
threw himself into the place ; the officer who com-
manded for the King caused the draw-bridges to be
drawn up, and shut the gates ; biti troop took arms, but
they respected these old soldiers, and the cockade
which they cherished. This operation, however, of
the Captain failed, and his men remained prisoners at
Antibes. •

At five is, the afternoon the disembarkation in the
Golph of Juan was effected. We established a bi-
vouac on the sea-shore until the moon rose.

At elms at night the Emperor placed himself at
the head of bib handful of brave men, to whose fate
`leas attached such high destinies. He proceeded to
Cannes, from Thence to Crane, and by St. Vallier;
he arrived on the evening of the 2d at the village of
Uretion, Iwviug advanced 20 leagues in the course of
the first day. The people of Cannes received the
Emperor with senrments which were the first presage
of the ..necess of ti.. en:orprize.
The 3d the Ewp.•ror slept at Bareme ; the 4th be
dined at Digne. From Caste Mine to Digne, and
throughout the department of the Lower AlpS, the
peasants informed of the march of the Emperor as-
sembled from all sides on the route, sand manifested
their sentiments with an energy that left no longer
any doubt.
The sth, General Camhronne, with an advanced
guard of 40 gtetiadiers, seized the bridge and the for-
tress •f Sisteron.

The some day the Emperor slept at Gap, with 10
wen on horseback and 40 grenadiers.
The enthusiasm which the presence of the Emperor
inspired amongst the inhabitants of the Lower Alps,
the hatred which they evinced to the Noblesse, suffi-
ciently proved what was the general wish of the Pro.
since of Dauphine.
At two in the afternoon of the 6th, the Emperor
set oat from Gap, accompanied by the whole popu.
lotion of the town.

At Saint Bonnet the inhabitants seeing the small
number of his troop, had fears, and proposed to the
Emperor to sound the tocsin to assemble the villages,
and accompany him en masse ;—" No," said the
Emperor, 44 your sentiments convince me that I am
not deceived. They are to me a sure guarantee of the
sentiments of my soldiers. Those whom I shall meet
will range themselves on my side, the more there is
of theta the more nay success will be secured. Re-
main, therefore, t 'anvil at home."
A: Cap werP ',rioted several thousand Proclama:
tions, addressed by the Emperor to the army, and to
the people, and from the soldiers of the guards to
their comrades. `Deese Proclamations were spread,
with the rapidity of lightning throughout Dauphina.
The same day the Emperor tame to sleep at Gory.
The 40 men of the advanced guard of General Cm:
bronne went to s!eep at More. They fell in with the
advanced guard of a division of 6000 men, troops of
the line, who had come from Grenoble to atiost their
march. General Cambronne wished to' 'peak wrth
the advanced posts. Ile was answered that they were
prohibited from communicating with him. This ad-
vanced giant!, however, of the division of Grenoble,
fell back three Legge's, and took a position be-
tween the lakes at the village of .
The Emperorbeiuglubstatedof. this circumstances
went to Cie place, end found there a battalion- of the
btb of the lino: a company of sappers; a company
of miners, in all from sever to eight hundred men.—
Re sent an °nicer of ordeance, the beef d'Escadron
Road, to make known to `
these troop<" thfintelligence
of his arrival, but that officeecould not obtain A hear-
ing, the prohibition being itill orgerlagainst : having
any communication. The Emperor alighted and
went to the right of the battalion, followed by the
guard with their arms reversed. He made himself
known, and said that the first soldier who wished 'to
kill his Emperor might do it; an Unanimous cry of
Vioe r!i'mpercur was their answer. This brave Re-
giment had been under the orders of the Emperor 'from
his first campaign in Italy. The guartland•the soldiers
embraced. The soldiers of the sth immediately tore
off their cockade, and requested withenthusiasm and
tears in their eyes, the tri-coloured cockade. When
they were emirate(' in order of battle, the Emperor
said to them—"?'l come with a handful of brave men,
because I reckon on the people and on you—the
throne of the Bourbons is illegimate, because it has
not been raised by the nation, it is contrary to the na-'
tional will, because it is contrary to the interests of
our country, and exists only for the interest of a few
families. Ask your fathers, ask all the inhabitants
who arrive bare from the environs, and you will learn
from their own moyths the true situation of affairs;
th.y are ineitacetrWith the return of tithes, of privi-,
loges, of feudal rights, and of all the abuses froth
which your successes had delivered them. Is it net.
'toe peasants:" --" Yes, Sire," answered all of them,

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