The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-22 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN:

'l, tin done without you is illegitimate. For 25 years
silts has had new interestsy new inititetieus,' and
r glory, whickeneld only bewared by a national
jrivegornenti•aild. %Oil. Dynasty created under these
new
.eirannstanceil A 'Prince who 'should reign
over, who should be seated on my throne by the
power of those Der; armies which' ravaged our terri.
tory, would in 'vtiin atteinpt to support himself with,
the prineiplea offends! Jaw 3 he would not be able
to recover the honour and the rights of more than
a imailnnettsgr of indivicimals,.enemies.of the people,
• *, - for-251eirs condemned' theM in all mkt
Anal -reurtnidesillisi at home, and
•r eonsigiatiltrialiroati, wouldbe Witt for ever.
Feettcniscwl—ln •My exile I heard your com-
plaints and yopr Avishes; you demanded that Go.
vernmeut.of your chnime,which alone was legitimate,
, You accniedLmx longCluniber : you reproached taefor sitrigcing to my rtpose the great interests of the
Caen*: • " • •* •
I have crossed the sets in the midst of dangers of
every kind : I arrive amongst you to resume my
rights, which are /our's. All that individuals have
done, written, “or said, since the capture of Paris,
I will be for, ever ignorant of : it shall not at all in-
fluence the recatlectlotis which I preserve of the im-
portant services Which 'fitey'have performed. There
'are,circumstances of. arch a eaters as to be above
bUtiilll3 04433jAalioii. '
FRA/1F4114311--,-c there it no nation, however small
it may be, • whichlas not had the right, and which
may not -withdraw itself from the disgrace of obey.
ing a Prince imposed oil it by an enemy momentarily
victorious. When Charles VII. re-entered Paris,
and overthrew the ephemeral throne of Henry V.;
he acknowledged that he held his throne from the
valour of his heroes, and not from a Prince Regent
of England.
It is thus that to you alone, and to the brave men
of the army, I account it, and shall always account
it, my glory to owe everything.
By the Emperor, (Signed) NAPOLEON.
The Grand Marshal performing the functions of
Major.Getteral of the grand Army, '
(Signed) Count BERTRAND.

Yesterday, the Bth, the Emperor worked all the
morning, and received the Municipal Body. His
Majesty held a genera retiew, which lasted from
eleven till four o'cloCk, and afterwards received the
Imperial Court, the Clergy, the Council of the Pre-
fecture, the Civil and Commercial Tribunals, the
I Academy, the Staff, the Officers of the Suite, and
other Civil and Military F.nctionaries. A number
of citizens heard from: his Majesty's mouth, the
expression of the satisfaction which he condescends
to testify, and received the assurance of his devoted-
ness to the happiness and prosperity of France.
The Emperor has, in some measure, laid open the
bottom of all his thoughts, by repeating :—We must
forget that we have been the, matter: of nations—
my tights are only those of the people—every thing
that individual: may have done, said, or written,
since the capture of Paris, I shall always be igno-
rant of.

In the different audiences granted.by his Majesty,
he has declared his full conviction; that• the destinies
of France could only be fulfilled-hr the home of t
liberal Government.; that the French . were born to
furnish the E.:ample eta nation happy by, the conser-
' ratios of equality, "of rlghti; Ind dudes'. Ills Ma-
jesty enquired with particular selicitide into the state
of the peasantry, and vaid, "lE ematrio banish from
them' for ever the recollections of the feudal system
of servitude to the suit; I bring them nothing bet
benefits."

Every where on his route, since he left the Isle of
Elba, the Emperor has found only submission, re-
spect, and devotedness. All the departments he had
traversed have flocked around hie eagles; and this
second -return to Frenchmen, as unexpected es rthat
which brought him from the sands of-410ot has sf.
forded his Majesty .a new oppostunfly of collecpng
the homage of their admiration and love.

The Prussians have approached Thionville, which
r ihey will respect, if Bonaparte is dettroyed ; but
they will infallibly attack it, if he should succeed.
The Austrians on the side of Geneva have equally
assumed the same military attitude, and with the
same intentions.

N. B. A new Messenger, inbred front 'Vienne
this morning, announces, that the Emperor Alex-
ander has declared that, to cause the Treaty. of
Paris to be respected, he *ill put In march six hun-
dred thousand men. On the lt2rh, the Austrian ar-
mies were in march for Italy and France. On the
16th, the Prussian,' Bavarian, and Wirtemberg ar-
mies were to be' equally on their march. Prince
Eugene Betiubarnois declared 'at the Congress, that
he would he the first to march igainst Bonaparte, the
violator of treaties.

The Duke of Wellington is named Generalissimo
of the European Armies.
PARIS, MARCH 18.—The Prefect of Lyons repairs
ed this, evening to the King to announce to him that
that city had re-entered under the authority of Louis
XVIII., and that every where was mounted the
white cockade.

Many rich landed proprietors of France and some
of the first commercial houses of the capital have of-
fered to the King considerable succours in money
and goods. One of these offers alone amounted to
five millions in specie. His Majesty, much affected
with these marks of attachment, thanked those (alit ,
fol Frenchmen,--and ordered it to be written to theni
that he had not at present 'any need of pecuniary as-
sistance.
It is said, that the Minister of Finance told dui,
King, that there were in the public Treasury a horitttic
drdmillions at the disposal of his Majesty for the.._
neces9itles of the country.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

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PART!, MARCH. sterna. iR. was to entrap
Fouche that they circulated the inpDrt of his being
to be made Minister of -Police. The fact-is that they
wilted to arreAbitn; but as he po,;sessei a great deal
more cunning than those with whom he has to de,
he had already withdrawn himself from the search of
the Police. Yesterday about ten o'clock in the morn-
ing, an armed force proceeded to his house, but they
did not find him. We do not know whether they
afterwards contrived tb discover him. Carnot was
also to be arrested. Perhaps he had already con.
sealed himself, as many otltshigicides have done.—
It is also affirmed that the .C.eantess of St. Leo (ci- .
devant Queen of Holland) Ain a state of arrest itt
her own house, because ther4 ,:ifere meetings in her
house. She lodges Rae Cerute, quite dose to the
houses of Fouche and Savary, who, it is said, is
already with Bonaparte.
Among the persons arrested is mentioned the piti.
Al La Borde, who principally contributed to Ow
failure of the 'noble and courageous undertaking of
General Malet. The present Government had had
the imprudence to employ this infamous man, who,
no doubt, merely thrust himself jetzt,lite Polico.of
the Bourbons, ta be moreilieful to Bonaparte.
A great deal was said here yesterday, respecting
the return to Paris of Marshal Mortier who corn.
mends at Lille, and it was added that there were dis-
turbances in that town. if this Is true, it has un-
doubtedly been in consequence of the arrest of Count
d'Erion.

The Chancellor proposed lately in the 'Chamber of
Peers a law for a lerpen.rnasse, and to bare the re.
frictery part of the army tried in a revolutionary
manner. As these measures appeared more calculated
to, aggravate than to diminish the evil, they were re-
jected with indignation.
Soult, the Ex-Minister, is always looked upon at
a traitor, because, it is said, he had disposed every
thing to assist 13ouaPartcju the execution of his un.
deitakings •

•
Napoleon has given a ball at Li, . 13e has
received ss most flattering recepti • • nked
full of people from the surrouudihr:2:l..*:' ocked
to see the Emperor.

We are sorry to add to all this, that the news in
general Are had. Neither the Muni/cur nor the other
Journal's have yet said that any army has yet fought
against the army of N•tpnleon ; this is ithe most evi-
dent prouf that an be given, that the soldiers of the
King do not wish to fight against Napoleon.
P. S. It is just now said that Ney is at Paris, that
Napoleon was to sleep last night at Setts, and that he
will be this e►ening at Fontainbleau. Toulon has
hoisted the tri-coloured flag.

P•ess, Maim' 18.—The Thuilleries were pro.
vided yesterday evening with several pieces of cats-
non. It appears that there are fears as to the popu-
lace of the Fuuxbourgs. When the troops of
Napoleon arrived nt Lyons they made prisoner •
garde du corps. Napoleon set him at liberty, but
baje him tell the King that he should be on the 25th,
at furthest, in Paris. The state in which the Go-
vernment is at present is such that they are obliged
to whiten (blanehV ~oust, the author of false tele-
graphic dispatches, stgc. &c.—Alas !
The soldiers of a regiment which went out the
other day to fight against 13onaparte, cried loudly
" rive l'Empercur!—What good en n be hoped from
such soldiers !

The French Journals give to day only news, which
if not entirely good, %re at least consolatory. Un-
fortunately, however, very had news ace circulated
here. it is said, aliaong othv flings, that Des-
nouettes, who commands the advice(' guards of
Napoleon, cotivibting of nearly 5000 cavalry, was
to be yesterday evening it Sons ; all the precious
moveables are packed u 2 at the fait!eries and at the
houses of the other Pr! .es—the order is only ex-
pected for them to be
.serf off. 'We saitt something
'.to.you yesterday as to the suspicions which we enter.
tained respecting. the Moen to Paris of Mortier who
commanded at Lille. Unfortonately they are but
too true, if we believe what is said hors with-the uta
most confidence. This is the fact :—Count "nylon
had been condemned to death, and had bee.O.,:isti to
the sqnare of the citadel to be shot. Ile alieady
had his eyes bandierd, and the rival word was oily
expected to !ire on him, when the soldiers rose against
Mortier, and declared d'Frlon commander ,of the
fortress.—Mortier was arrested, but d'Erlen sent
him to Paris.

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