The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-08-29 00:00:00

SAUMUR, Atm 17.
ORDER OF THE DAY. •
"Dil Excellency Marshal the Duke of Tarentmn,
Commander-in-Chief of the. Army of-the Loire, hay-
ing, in execution of the paternal intentions of the
. King, given orders that the cantonments of the
army be extended, in order to relieve the inhabit-
ants of the Departments occupied by it, those of
the Milne and Loire, and Deux Sevres, have been
i assigned for the cantonments of the corps of the left
wing.
" His Excellency has approved, till fresh orders,
the present division of the troops in the parts of thoei
! Departments beyond Layon and Thone ; in cons*.
iluettee -the- Lieutenant-Generals, the Marechale-
' de-Camp, Chiefs of Corps and Cantonments,- Ali
make known these dispositions' in all the Communes
occupied by the troops, and will take care that they
be punctually observed.
" Soldiers !,—lt is very agreeable to me to have
hitherto received from the inhabitants only testimo- I
nies of satisfaction with your good conduct ; it is
by discipline•that you will make yourselves beloved
in your eantontnettht. It is well known that at this
moment you have arrears and current pay due to
you, and the inhabitants supply you, according to
their means, with what is necessary for your sub-
sistence : but all extortions, all vexations, would
he criminal, and shall be punished with severity.
" His
.Excellency the •Minister of War writes,
that he is engaged in providing funds for the pay of
• the army.
" Soldiers ! Your cantonments bring you at this
moment into the vicinity of La Vendee. You
ought to look upon its inhabitants as your country-
men, and to consider as good Frenchmen all those
who, submitting to the laws, serve the cause of the
King and country; Repel the suggestions of evil-
disposed persons ; all those who strive to disunite the
French are enemies of the public weal.
" At this unfortunate crisis the army adds to its
glory by giving an example of that constancy and that
union so necessary to the welfare of France.
" Th'e Lieutenant-Generol Command•r-in-Chief
of the. Left Wing of the Army of the Loire,
"AMBERT.

" Bend-quarters at Sausur, Aug. 16, 1815."

OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OF.THE TUSCAN EXPEDITION
AG kINST THE ISLE OW
LEGHORN, AUG. 2.—On the 30th of last month, a
convoy of imperial and royal troops of Tuscany,
having presented itself in the road of Langone, found
thwt 'Moto Plieuated by the French,, who, after hav-
ing yet fire to the powder magaziotes, had retired to

Every reasonable person may judge how far' all
such circumstances of mitigation of a very lax cri-
minal law, are calculated' to sharpen the sword of
justice against the heads of the parties le France. On
the other band,when the heads of this dreadful riba-
lion against constitutional and social order, are cut off
and destroyed, like the poppy heads in the garden of
Tarquinius, there might be less reason to fear the infe-
rior classes, and they might be less severely punish-
ed. Here magnanimity would be in the right place;
and what a pleasure must It be for a generous heart
to pardon ninety-nine criminals, because it Is only
necessary to punish the greatest of all, the hundredth.
How painful, on the other hand, for such a heart
to be obliged to punish the ninety-nine because the
hundredth has been unjustly pardoned ? The same
writer says, What is the duty of a just master
and judge? It is, to raise the wretched, to protect,
.to assist the afflicted, to favour the mean in class."
If this principle has been abused by tyrants it is

tyr. AS,
nevertheless originally founded in Unlit and jihsi ice.
Malice will now also call out " tyranny !" But
-who is the tyrant that must enforce these principles
for his own safety and independence
It is the welfare of Europe, the majesty of ei;il
authority, sacred justice, the sceptre of the laws.