The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-06-29 00:00:00

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CII4IIRIAt OF RI:PRI:SENTLTIVIRS. hand to the e7th, give Its weerances that the united
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M. Ptztatutlitt wished to postpone the discussion armies mho are now directing their movements te.
till swat day. maids Feria are not small. They ire stated to have
hi% hlativita-Oentienten, opinions are divided crossed the French frontiers, 130,000 strong, with
.n cite question which occupies our attention. Some King Louts and his army/ now aegmentieg •claity,
• think that Is necessary Immediately to proclaim Na-
united. But we know what trust is to be put in
_poleon IL; others believe that political circern- .
mom requiro.delay, and that the Chamber ought -li,inil UMW' professed French friends; sod that
not to explaio Itself till ntsigeristions shall have se- the troops on whom reliance may be placed Call•
guarded us with our true interelti. The Powers. not, after hating sustained so bloody and destruc-
who have already once declared that they will sot live a conflict as they hare lately done, possess any
treat with Napoleon, nor with his family, will they thingfr e like thae-ectire strength attributed to them.—
Consent to we Ms son wirs? Such is the objection
made. Bet la thus publishing our fears before all w
••ar e confidently enured, and we sincerely regret
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Europe, in a dismission which may be regarded as a to state it, that not 10,001) British soldiers on the
sal calamity, have we not shown that they may re- scene of action are left in a condition to wage another
quire such a sacrifice ? fs there need of enlarging on combat.
this point ? I love to believe tiler this Assembly

FRRNCII PAPERS.

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there is but one object—that of saving the country.—
But it must not be dissembled that Franca contains
Aron than one party. Would you sutler each of
them to flatter itself that your secret intention is to
labour for it ? Would you desire, that In order to
determine your decision, the different parties should
ilia dutch their standard, and collect their adherents?
What,t hen,would become of the safety of the country?
yet, Gentlemen, since this discussion has been open-
"ed, It Is necessary, it Is urgent upon us to. recognize
Napoleon 11. Emperor • boCat the same time it is fit
that France should know • the motives which in-
t uenced us iti the nomination ortbe Executive Com-
mission ; and that in composing it of wise and up.
rlgght men, we intended to form a Council of Re.
gency. In conclusion, I will address myself to those
Mho appeared to think that political circumstances
require delay. I will tell them that this discussion
Ista sufficiently made known our firm resolution to
do every tiling henceforward for France) and not for
a family. If the Foreign Powers refuse to acknow-
ledge Napoleon 11. there will stilt be time to come to
a determination, and no one will balance between
one man and 20 millions of men. M. Manuel con-
Ceded by moving a Resolution for passing to
Ovdat.af the Diy, on the following grounds :
- Ist. Tot Napoless It. is become Emperor of the From*.
by the art of Abdiesdioa of Napoleon I. and by the rvrer of
the Cantlitstion of the Empire.
W. The two Chamben desired nod meant by their decree of
.follintlay, in nominatlng a Commission of ProviJunal Getero-
..eut. to state up the nation the guarantee necessaity, ender the
tral""4l.lBrl.'" which it is *-s 1, for its
repine-

How destructive were the• engagements which gave
the Allies the advantage at Waterloo, or as the Prus-
sians are desirous of calling it, the battle of La
Belle Alliance (the happy Alliance), with what fury,
I.:sod in what numbers they fought and fell on both
sides, the Prussian accounts of these'dreadful affairs,
which we this day give, will show. Tie first thing
in the perusal of these details that will strike the
Reader, who has exultingly dwelt on the simple, and
alwaykenodest details of the British hero, and from
these, and all otherßritish accounts that have reached
him believed that the glory of defeating the Great
NAPOLEON, and his immense army, was exclusively,
acquired by, and due to, the British arras,—*lll bfq
the extraordinary share—at least one-half of the
honour thus obtained,—to which the Prussian Gesteeil.
lays claim for himself and bib army. The Prussians,
we were given to understand in Lord WILLINGTOR'S
dispatches, did little more than show themselves en
the scene of action on the last and hottest day—at
least we were induced to believe there were not more
than two corps or them siding the British, and that
not before the close of the day—here we are told the
Prussians assisted in repelling this attack on the Bd.
tish troop, with all their force, for it was .on the
spot w here the two Commanders had 'previously
united the chief part and the elite of their armies

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'Was adopted amidst ilse cries of
Tea 4' mpsreur !"
Itrwes then moved—
• 1 that a Depalatitia be seat to the late Emperor to make
kinagers thisdreisino.
E. That the Members of the Provisional Government shnald
'Otte no 'oath of obedience to the C►►ostitutio;s. of the Empire►
end "reoltlitv to Mapole. a 11.. Emperor gibe French.
The Order of the Day was carried, sod the Chem-
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aisliseilllsetts war was calculated, upon,-even by the
ealagulne supporters of Govirnment. Now, the
blosiness is said to be over, and nothing remains but
a again invest Louis XVIII. with the ensigns of
Goreinment, and, according to 4' the Times," to
,commence the bloody work of execution, for *hat
that charitable Journal calls " rebellion." It Is al-
[most impossible to hazard even a speculative opinion
aus to the future; yet it appears to 0, judging with
moderation, that the business is not yet quite finish-
ed, nor is the road so pet fectly smooth as these zealous
politicians seem to imagine.: We are all astonish-
ment at the prodigious seeress which has attended the
Allied arms in the first conflict, nor have the cohie-
queuces attendant on it excited less surprise. It ap-
pears almost incredible that an army, comprised of
the finest troops of France, selecte • from the whole
fr of

military force of that most martial nation, lin! by
Generals of approved talents, under the eye of the
Emperor himself, Bushed also with the success of
two succeeding days, should at once be so completely
disorganised as to offer ne resistance to an army,
weakened as was Lord WELLINGTON'S by the im-
mense lose he had sustained, but allowed it to advance
upwards of 120 miles .in five days without impedi-
ment. Again! it is wonderful, what motives could
have been sufficiently imperious to have induced the
Emperor to have risked every thing on one battle.
His very bitterest enemies do not accuse him of
want of personal courage or of Generalship. As
'to° the former quality it is admitted, that he himself
led the Old Guard to that murderous charge upon the
British line, which produced such dreadful slaughter,
,wiserein the opposing armies fought hand to hand—
saws the Chiefs of either side were intermixed with
each other—and where, accordingto Lord WELLt
Ton'i Own account, victory hung upon a thread F. As
to his Generalship it is understood, no plan was ever
better laid or more ably executed. It however failed ;
but that its consequences should have been so wonder-
ful as. to totally disorganfse the whole .French
Army Prepared with so much care, and on which
ye touch time and attention had been bestowed,
is indeed almost beyond comprehension. It appears

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for the struggie,• that both saw the long tleobtfel l incredible that any attempt, however important,
question of victory or defeat could be decided. should have been made, failure in which would have
In fact, the Prussians say they are entitled to as been attended with total rain, for such appears to have
mach of the ',dry es we are, end had as much share been the case. On the other hand, perhaps the Elv-
in the battle that obtained it. These accounts are , peror felt that if 'he awaited the simultaneous attack
very interesting. They prove the havock on all lof Aestrlans, Russians, Prussians, and British, to
sides to have been most dreadful, and cookie the say nothing of the smaller nations,. the whole fordo
1 of Pram would have been unequal to have resialed
conduct of the Prussians in the parfait to have been
the overwhelming mass which Weald have bees
most barbarous. The circumstance of BoNAPAIITZ
having left himself no reserve, is accounted for, I breeght against him ; still it is'tti be remembered.
and the nimblest given to the Allies still better ac. .that infinite difileelties ileaya attend ail ievadifig,
coact for his defeat. The Prussian arenas are anew. army L the ground might beve been disputed inch
ed to have amounted to 80,000, and the Duke of by inch, lite fortress*, out the North. .41'irrancir
Wu:alginates to the same number, whilst the would have created considerable. deiajr4 a' asKI
French are not rated at more than 180000; yet the less force than that which coOlpee.44lall Frenob I
Prussian General talks of " the stspeilet numbers of armies womhl hate been able to have •offemtd . a very
the enemy I" serioaa resistance to an invader, and in every point
From Paris we have iie fresh intelligence today. of view the chances of success would heir' been muhb
The proposals of Peace from the Provisional Go. greater than by taking the event of a Iloilo battle,.
vernment, in the name of Naeot.itow H. kale been 00.,fiich all, it appears,. depended. • .. .
made to our Ministers. The person destined to be Nor is it less onaccoentable that the baggage led
the bearer of them was M. Otto, but he was not whole teviallei of the french *calf lakeeld Ilea'
allowed to proceed to teas. He arrived at Boulogne been posted intries'the Sambre, when, in the chaeol
and sent to London for passports. These and leis of a reverse, its emitter, was at all events probable.
proffered pacification have been refined, on the For several weeks past, the French
,Papers have-
ground that a new Congress will ateemble at a resounded with accounts of the high state of pre.
central place in Flanders, where the Ministers of the partition for resistance in which were all the roads
Allied Powers will assemble, and there only will the to Paris, and ill the fortresses which covered them; I
future Government of France be settled I In the and yet we hear of Lord Wst.ratictort having passed
mean time we are assured that M. BLAcAs, the them all without firing a single shot, and that even
confidential Minister of Loom XVIII. is arrived the important depot of Leon has fallen, in which
in town, with greet affected secrecy, le represent immense magazines had been collected, without even
the claims of his Royal Master, and to treat for a shadow of defence. There is something so de-
the support of the Allies to his restoration.. He cidedly enigmatical in all this, that we confess, until
stipulates for their respecting the integrity of France, we shall have it in some way explained to us, it sp-
end their taking the word of Louts and his Minis. pears to be totally inconceivable. It can hardly be
! ten as sufficient security for the preservation of the credited that such important events as these should
' peace of Europe I And the Allies, though they do hate occurred without the possibility of their being
not openly avow lt, are as resolutely bent on having foretold ; and if that was possible, of which there
more substantial pledges than these ; so that even appears to be no doubt, it certainty afford, a most
Lours and his good friends, the Allies, are far from conclusive reason why NAPOLEON should not have;
being agreed as to the terms of his restoration, and ventured his all upon a single cast, ' which, If he lost,l
the extent of the kingdom which is to be given to would be derisive of Isis fate. It is no lees certateivi
him. The causes which have kept Russsia and Aus. thit the Allies would have entered Fiance with in:l
tria back are slow receiving some elucidation. It is finite caution, had the Emperor limited Ms system
stated that AtExannea's delay has been occasioned by solely to the defensive. Their advance Would have
a Treaty which had bean concluded between the been attended with danger to their supplies, and their
Courts of France, Austria, and England, having for mutual communication., from hoeing an hostile and
its object a joint guarantee against his further; ad. a naturally military people in their year. Much 1
vance on the side of Poland, and which Trettyiwas uneasiness likewise prevailed as to Saxony, Poland, I
found by Narot.zon at the Thuilleries, and spilt to an 4 Italy, which any check would have increased. If
him in the mouth of April last; and Austria ,was the reasons which Lord CASTLEREAGH unsigned. in
determined to have her objects in Italy fully attain. Parliament for the concurrence of the Allies ts
ed before she would draw a sword in say other quer- the Peace of Paris were good, the same
ter. Her jealousy of thegrowieg Power of Pnissia reasen4 existed now in a tenfold degree. At
is of the most rankling kind, and it may not be wittiest that time wear* •of one half of the pre-
just grounds that great apprehensions are now miller- I sent French -ffillo ' were prisoners here and* lo
brined of her changing her conduct io regard toithe , Russia, the remainder were dispirited by defeat, avid
Allies, now that on offer is made from the pepOlor the moral impulse of the people were against 13owa.
Government of France to place a branch ef!the Curs. Lord WELLIN•TOK was, with a victorieuel
House of Austria on the Throne of that countrj.---.. British army, far advanced in the South of France,
But a little time may skew all these specalatiotis to and BOurdesuz and Thecae**, two most importak
be unfounded. We cannot, however, in the 'Wince cities, were In his hest*. ' Ulm very. different wits
of more authentic intelligence r.efraie from indulging the situation of iffairs 0111**itto the battle of We.
them. . ter100....4 popelation dirgeetot with the flowtions,
The most important events, vilestilliblir 'ls whom they had tried for a yeti.' in the balance, and

Ilikeiissetary of 4itate has nide au appllcolon
succession, during the last week, that w 0.14.! 'ol4if of their choice, reinforced by the junction of th. !.salon end Westathtssat laittst Norte V
almost impossible to make more 'than peer ‘ aiiittii Olefins who had fought and aniqwerea tinder trees, to eaten(' &heir sr...ices, or necessary. iit
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meats upon them as they occurred. It appears lib him in.his most brilliant tßuipaigns, hauling with the. sermons of Al lb, Cavalry Regiments being 11:ht
a dream—a alert week only has paned amino Inf gore a temp for the injuries they conceived they fttliiSSlll foe fit let ',row
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