The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-06-23 00:00:00

Tilt WA MINISTER.

IFleensi, Jose 17. 1815.
MOnstsott blanstutL,-4 announced yesterday,
from the field of battle of Ligny, to his Imperial
Highness Prince Joseph, the signal victory which the
Emperor has gained.. I returned here with his Ma.
jesty at 1l o'clock in the evening, and it was neces-
sary to pass the night in attending to the wounded.
The Emperor has remouiced his horse to follow the
success of the battle of Ligny. It was fought with
fifty, and the greatest enthusiasm on the part of the
troops. We were one to three.
-401--eight o'ctoch ie lise -evening, the Emperor
lambed with his guard ; six battalions of the old
guard, the dragoons, and horse-grenadiers, and the
cuirassiers of the Gen. Delort, debouched by Ligny,
and executed a charge which separated the enemy's
line. Wellington and Blucher saved themselves with
difficulty : the effect was theatrical. In an instant
the firing ceased, and the enemy was routed in all
directions. We have already several thousand pri-
soners, and 40 pieces of cannon. The Gth and Ist
corps were not engaged. The left wing fought
against the English army, and took from it cannon
and standards.

At night I will give you further details, for
every infant prisoners are announced. Our loss
(100 not appear enormous ; since, without screen-
ingjt, I do not reckon it at more than three thousand
Men.

(Signed) Marshal, Major•Oen. Duke of DALMATIA.
(A C..py)
Marshal Minister of War, Prince of ECKMDH L.
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IMPORT TO THE IMPIROR DT Till DUKE OP OTRANTO,

MINUTZIIOI, GESERAL POLICE OF THE FAME&
" Jane. 1815.
Staz,—Charged by yotlr Majesty to make known
to you the state or the Empire in regard to public
order and security, it Is from this Information that
the Chambers will be able to appreciate the measures
which Government hag taken, and deliberate on
those which the &sting crisis renders necessary.

" While your Majesty marches at the head of the
French armies to repel foreign aggression, you .have
a right to expect from the energy ■nd fidelity of the
representatives of the midi's' the legal means of ar-
resiing or punishirtg the enterprise of internal ene-
mies.

" At the same time, Sire, these enemies now, as in
times past, are far from numerous ; they disturb
only some departments ; and in those where they
base hid most success, the mass of the population re-
jects, disavows tblhai add anxious only to separate
from them.
46 Sire, I must tell ydu the whole truth; our ene-
odes have sidtitity, audacity, instrements without,
supporters within; they only await the favourable
moment for realising the plan contelved 20 years
ago, and for 20 years counteracted, that of uniting
the camp of hies to La Vendee; and of drawing in
a part of the multitude into this conspiracy, which
extends from the coast of the Channel to the Medi-
terranean:

" In this system the country districts on the left
bank of the Loire, of which the population is the
most easily misled, are the principal focus of insur-
rection, which, with the assistance of the wander-
ing bands of Dritany, is meant to be propagated
into Normandy, where the vicinity of the isles, and
the nature of the coast, render the communications
more easy i on the other side it rests upon the Ce-
mines; in order to extend itself to the banks of the
Rhone, by the revolts which may be excited in some
parts of Languedoc and Provence. Bourdeaux is
since the first the centre of direction of these move-
ments.

" This system has not been abandoned. Nay
more, the party, at every new phads of our revolu-
tion, hes been increased by all the discontented
whom "Vents produced, by all the factions en.
courapd in their plans by the certainty of amnesty,
by all the ambitious who wished to acquire some po.
Utica importance by change. So that if we consider

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