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

TH E STATESMAN.

FRENCH PAPERS.

PROCLAMATION.

rims, Martell 19.—Louis, by the Grace of God
ng of France and Navarre, to our trusty and well-
;,,:ored the Peers of France, and the Deputies of
co Departments :
Divine Providence, who recalled ns to the throne
a:. our fathers, now permits that this throne should
shaken by the defection of a part of the armed
;go who had sworn to defend it. We might avail
rrselves of the faithful and patriotic dispositioes of
immense majority of the inhabitants of Paris,
;„lispute the entrance into it of the rebels ; but we
oidder at the calamities of every description which
co Tibet a ithin its walls would bring upon the in-
Ive retire with a few brave men, whom intrigue
sml perfidy will not succeed in detaching from their
dales; and since we cannot defend our capital, we
„:e proceed to some distance to collect forces, and
t„ F.,4; at another !mint of the kingdom, not for sub-
j,is move loving and faithful than our good Pa-
ti.jels, hut for Frenchmen more advantageously
situated to declare themselves for I lie good cause.
The exking crisis will subside into a calm. We
"no the soothing presentiment, that those misled
%%hese defection exposes our subjects to so
daiteers, will soon di,cover their error, and
0(11 isidul;:ettve, and iti our affection,
eerocompence of thvir return to their duty.
kill soon return into the midst of this good
perple, to whom we shall once more bring peace and
vppiEcss.
1.'.0 these causes we declare and ordain as follows :

Art.l In terms of the INII Article of the Con.tittitioNal
(I.l!cr, and the WI Article of the '2d Title of !lie law of the
li! of itssigii.t. IS 4. the bes,ion of the Cliaullier of Peer,
al. that of the Ch.:oilier of Deputies. for 1814, are declared at
an end. the MIT, :it'd t e Driotties shall forthwith separate.
tVe CI)IIVokr a new Fes.ion Of the ilinentuer of Peen, and
ty, fur ISIS, of in.? Deputies. The Peers and the
I•iintie, of 114 I),ll4rllnents sit ill meet at the soonest po,sible
I in the place which we bnall paint out as the provisional
of our t;unet Airi As.embly of either Chamber
tr.4lclsc,t hew, a idiom our :lotion ily, is from this moment de-
aa.l illegal.
tho ( haneellik and Ministers are each. in what concerns
canwrl o ith the exectitio.i of the pre..ent Proclamation,
•:;,til :ue Communicated to both Chambers. published and
i•• owl to ;he drpartniunts. amt forts aruled to
ail di,. Prciocw, Sul,-Prefects, Court:, am( Tribunals of the
vel at Paris, the 1111: I:arch, in the year of our Lard,
ItS1:!, am( die •20th of our reign.
(Signed)
By the h
TI,, C31.1110:1101 of Fr.tnce,

LOUIS.

D IMBRAY.

I ‘lectt '2(l—The Kin and the Princes
set ;,,It laq tlik;ht.
His Mnie:Ay the Emperor arrived at eight o'clock
(I.eniog. at the Palace of the Thuilleries. lle
vt•tel,ll Poi,: ;It the head of the very troops that
‘..,e sent out this morning to oppose his entrance.—

•trinv which had been fortne,l since his debatka-
t*:lllcl.l not advanced fart:;or titan Fontainbleau.—
lii: resiewed on hi; route several corps of
t:onpl. lie constantly marched in the tnids.t of an
irl:ow population, that every where thronged
rourd tt tn. Tice brace battalions of the Oid
C.:1:11, which accompani,Nl the Emperor from Elba,
:,rrivl to-morrow, and will thus have marched,
i:c.!! thys, from the Gulp,' of Juan to Paris.

11i. rotje.lv h' n111)0110..4 hi; Sere le the Prince
A ^.. 1:):,:w..11..r of the Fin lire

he (/I'..r I.; (?.tile,(?.tile,im.
ster
!, • ow, Secretary of Suee.
Do, • 1),( .•f ;tit C vi•Jnies.

11...:•,.1 I);,•tot,i, 111.1 ter ef
r.' Mull • oi, of titr I l're.oury.
i'i...tr %Lar.
. _

.1%.• Duke De liovrgt.. in,pect:K-General of Gen-

firms.

D•iii,l v, Prefect of the Depart,..nt ft he Seine
winti,lur of Sa.tar, 11, !Zia', Parfe• a :af

it -.7rls a mistako that Grenoble and Lyons. were
rs•-tai-v, nv the inhabitants would of themselves
hAre ?reit suliicient for tneir defence. BesideF the
Emperor F:•:•1 eddy received at Lyons the
7-rup of the Prince of Esslincr, who had sent them
for the purpose of receiving orders from the Emperor.
Inionville has not s-et been invested by the Pius-
, ;. vpp•vrte(l.--(Ga:rt(c de V.aure.)
Efipress of 14ussia arrived at Munich on the
vteniug of the IT h.

iil!tz,

,111011 Tit; MON ITEr 11, ,t.l MAI '22.]
The itPtifo 14irPS the tiro Proclamations of Na.
fokon, <Lova of Juan, March I. addressed to
the Army and the Fiend' People, which we Cub-
li>Led on

" M;trilt 1.

" a Generals, OCiccrs, and Soldiers of the
la•p-tial Goan! to the Generals, Oiliders, and Sol.
,s of the Army :
" Sold)! tus t N COY. I: %Pt.:, ! —We have preserved
otJ %nor Ensperor iti spite of the numerous snares
kJ fie !liin---we have brought I:im hack across the
seas. in the midst of a thousand dangers. We have
on the sacred soil of the country, with the
.Nvional CockailP and the Imperial Eagle. Trample
under foot the \\ Trite Cockade—it is the emblem of
shan,e, and of the yoke imposed by foreigners and
by treason. \Ve shall have uselessly shed our blood
if we stiller the cottq-ered to give us the law.
" Dori.,;; the little month that the Bourbons have
re.l4llesk they have rout inced you that they have for.
gotten tiothie..:, vior ktrnt any thing. They:are still
I;"verned by projudices bostite to our 'Oats, and to
those of th. people. Tllo-e t.iiu have borne arms
against their country, r.gaitist us, are heroes—you
Thi'' rebi!s, to whom pardon was extended, until they
sitculd base setii-:ently strengthened thetwelves by
formattun a otitis d'arnte of emigrants, by the
if,trodectiou into Paris of a Swiss guard, sod by the
vessive substitution of new officers hi your racks.
;:ere a man mnst have borne arms against • • coin,-
try to etiti!'.e him to honours and rewards, lie ill"!
have a birth conformable to their prejudices to be an
rAirer, the soldier would stilt be a solitwr, the people
I'm-1d have the burdens, and they the honours.
" A Viostitenil hisdlts the crolueror of Zurich,
in hero;; naturalised a Frenchman, be who had 'teed
cf finding ia the clemency of the law pardon and am-
Pmty• A Brulart, a Ctiouati, a Georges commands
4)11.* Irg:•011S. _ _

" AVaiting the moment when they would have
dritroyed the !region of Honour, they have given it
all the traitors, and have been prodigal of it to
••••.,,race it. They bare taken away from it all the
arlitical prerogatives which we have gained at the
.111.1' Of our blood.

Ile four hundred millions of extraordinary
:ails, in wac assigued our endowments,

which were the patrimony of the army, and the
price of our success, they have sent to England.
Soldiers of the great nation 1--Soldiers of the
great Napoleon you continue to support a
Prince, who for twenty years was the enemy of
France, and who boasts of owing his throne to a
Prince Regent of England. All that has been done
without the consent of the people, and ours, and
without haring consulted us, is invalid.
" Soldiers! the generale beats, and we march !
run to arms : come to join us • join your Emperor,
' and our tri-coloured eagles; and if these men, now
so arrogant, and who have always tied at the sight
of our arms, dare to wait for us, what finer oppor-
tunity can occur of shedding our blood, and singing
the hymn of victory?
" Soldiers of the 7th, Bth, and 19th military dlvi-
sions, garrisons of Antibes, of Toulon, of Marseilles,
officers on half-pay, veterans of our armies, you are
summoned to the honour of giving the first example.'
Come with us to conquer this throne, the palladium
of our rights, and posterity will one day say, foreign-
ers, seconded by trnitors, had imposed a shameful
yoke on France, brave men took it off, and the ene-
mies
of the people and of the army disappeared, and
were nothing.
(Signed, " The General of Mieatte Baron de Cambronne, '
Major f the 1.1 lirglowet of the Oa:assent.% of the ;
the I.lrotenatit-Colottel Clieval!er Molni ; Artillers of the
Goord, Corouet, Raoul, C:1111;6111S; Lruuu, Dement,
Lieu-
t.•nant:• ; Infantry of the G. Ird, I,.,ubero, I.a.nourot, Mou-
rs, Com% e, Captain.; 1),-;tartwuz, Tibut, Chatamc 11n-
Jet, faeotri.ant,; Light 1;!ir,” of the ( the Itirtin
mants,k;, Nlojor ; Seale, e
'' Teo. other Signature: follow, of the Otiteer4, Sub aßeern,
and Soldier- it the ruord lastl.l I.v the General of Di- ;
%i-ioa. kW-de-Cutup of the liayeror and Alhjur-General of the
Guard,

"count DROUET."

" rap, March 6,1615.
" Napoleon, by the Grace of Gntl and the Con-
stitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French,
&c. &c. &c. to the Inhabitants of the Departments
of the Upper and Lower Alps.
44 CITIiENSi—I have been much affected by the
sentiments which nu have manifested. Your wishes
shall be fulfilled. The cause of the nation shall again
triumph. You have reason to call me your father.
I do nothing but for the honour and the happiness of
France. My return dissipates all your disquiet;
it guarantees the security of all property. Equality
enters amongst all (lasses ; and the delta which you
Into enjoyed for twenty years, and for which our
fathers all sighed, form now a part of your exist-
ence.

" Under every circumstance that may happen to
me, I shall always recollect with a lively interest all
that I have seen in traversing your country.

" By the l'hveror, (.ioed) "NA POLEON.
" Ti. Gland Itar.lifil performing the function: of

" Napoleon, by the Grace of God, and the Con-
stitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c.
to the Inhabitants of tbe Department of l'lsere.
66 Crr►zENs,—When in my exile I learnt all the
misfortunes that pressed upon the nation ; that all
all the rights of the people were despised, and that I
was reproached with the tranquillity in which I lived,
I lost not a moment ; I embarked in a frail vessel; I
traversed the seas in the midst of ships of war of dif-
ferent nations ; I disembarked on the soil of the
country, and I had nothing but to Arrive with the
rapidity o. • o• eagl► in the good city of Grenoble,
•se p:•.krio,ism and attachment to my person were
particularly known. _ _

" Alajm•ljecer.ii of the adid Army,
(SL d) ~BERTRAND."

" Daupliuoti, you have fulfilled my expecta-

•• I !iave supported, not without grief of heart,
hu jibe ,t despair, the misfortunes to which I have
been for year a prey. The spectacle which the
people presented to me on my journey greatly afflict-
ed me. If some clouds interrupted the high opinion
I had of the French people, what I have seen con-
vinces me that it is still worthy of the name of the
great nation with which I have greeted it for mote
than 20 years.
" Dauphittois, on the point of quitting your coun-
try to proceed to my good city of Lyons, I wish to
express to von all the esteem with which your
elevated sentiments have inspired me. My henrt is
full of the emotions to which you have given birth,
and of which I shall constantly preserve the recol-
lection.
" It, the Emperor. (Sigurd) " NAPOLEON.
" Tue (;rat ,t 1 Nia•shat exetrisiotr the functions
" of Mt,!dr-t iettrral of the Army,
kSigt.t.tl) " BERTRAND."

" Napoleon, by the Grace of God and the Constitu-
i tions of the Empire, Emperor of the French,
&c.
" TO Tilt. INIIALITANTS OF THE CITY OF

LYONS.
" LYONNATS,—At the moment of quitting your
City to proceed to my capital, I wish to make known
to you the sentiments with which you have inspired
me. You have always been in the first rank in my of.
• fections—on the throne or in exile ; you have still
manifested the same sentiments. This elevated cha-
i racter which specially distinguishes your merits for
you all my esteem.--In moments mole tranquil I
will return to occupy m)self with your wants, and
the prosperity of your manufactures, and your
city.

(Signed) " NAPOLECIN.
" By the Emperor, dm."

A Dome, dated Lyons, March 13th, annuls the
changes made i,i the Court of Cassation, anti restores
the former establishment.
.4 Liens, Nlarch 13, 1L,15.

NAPOI.EttN, &r.
" Ist. All the Generals and Officers by land and
sra, of whatever rank, introduced into our armies
since the Ist of April, 1814, whether emigrated or
1,0 , Mho quitted the service at the moment of the
first when the country had the greatest
need of their vervices, shall immediately cease their
functions, shun discontinue the emblems of their
tank, and return to the place of their domicile.
" 2. Prohihitions are given to the Minister at
War, to the Inspectors of Reviews, to the Officers
of the Pay Office, and to other departments, not to
disburse any pay to the soldiers, upon any pretext
whatever, after the date of the present Decree.
(Signed). NAPOLEON.
" By the Emperor.
" The Grand Marshal performing the functions of
" nijor•Lieueral of tile ti y
rand Arm,
(Signed) '6 BERTRAND."

" Napoleon, by the Grace of God, and the
Constitutions Of the Empire, Emperor of the French,
&c. &c.

" We have decreed, and do decree as follows:

" Art. 1. The White Cockade, the Decoration or II Lilly,
the Orders of St. Luis, of the Holy Spirit, and of St. Michael,
are abolished.

" Art.?. The National Cockade shall he worn b‘ the troop:
both by pen and land, and by the Citizens. The jai-coloured
flag shall be placed upon the public building,. ill the eitue,, ant
uP:rt. "Il Ahe teetlinier t s iiiirl-t t i hitlir iir:O.rit, executing the functions of
rittjor•Geoeral of the Grand Arm), is charged with the puhli.
calms of tile pre,ent Decree.
(Signed) " NA POLEON.
" The Grand Mnr.hal, executing the functions of Major-
General of the Grand Army,
(Signed) " BERTILIN D."