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

[FROM Lyon, MARCH 13, 1815.]

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

64 We hare decreed and do decree as follows :

" Art. 1. No Foreign Corps shall he admitted into the
Gintryl of the Sovereign. The Imperial Guard is re-established
in its functions. It shall out be recruited but foam men oho
have been 12 sears on service in our armies.
" Art. 2. The Inindred Swiss, the Guards of the gate, the
Swiss Gil .vds, tinder whatever denomination, are ,uppro,.rd.—
They shall be sent. from the date of the pUbliVitillll of this De-
cree, 20 leagues from the capital, and 20 leagues from our Im-
perial Palaces, until they' ale I. rills authorised, and the late
of the ,o!diers shah he assured.

" The military hriikse of (be King, as well :is the
hudy-guard, mu•krteern, the light horse, ac., are
pre:serf.
'rite horse.i, arms, the clothes nod equipments shill be
placed und.•r the re<punaibil tv a t lie Chief of Corp..
4' Art, 4. Our Orand M;ir.hnl cxectitioz the functions of
Major-fieneral of the Grani Arno, is r :rargeil µith fiLlng the
necessary mensurei fur the puhlic.iiiim of the present decree.
" the Emperor, (Signed) " N A POI, EON.
‘4 The Grand Mtirt.lial executing the functions of Jlajor•(ie-
netal of the Grand

(Signed)

" BERTRAN D."

[FROM LYONS, MARCH 13, 1815.]

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

64 We have decreed, and do decree as follows :
" Art. 1. Sequestration shall be put upon all the property
which form the Appattages to the Princes of the [louse of Bour-
bon, and upon those which they possess under whatever title.
" 4. All the property of Emigrants belonging to the Legion
of Tlimour, to the Hospitals, to the Communes, to the Sinking
Fond, or, in short, which form part of the domain antler any
denomination, and which has been acquired since the lst of
April, to the detriment of the national interest, shall imme-
diately be put under sequestration.
" The Prefects and Officers of Registration shall lend their
assi,tance in the execution of the present Decree as soon as
they shall be informed of it, and in rase of failure on their part,
the •hull be answerable for the injury the tuition shall sustain
thereby.
" 3. Our Grand Marshal, executing the function,: of the Ma-
jor• General of the Grand Army, is eh:tiled to take such nigh-
sures as may he necessary .for the publication of the present
Decree.

(Signed) " NAPOLEON.
Br the Emperor,
'• The Grand Marshal, executing the Funelion,. &c.
(Signed) " BERTRAND,"

[FROM LYON 4, 13Tif MARC!!, 1811]

66 Napoleon, by the Glace of God, and the Con-
stitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French, &c.
kc. kc.
"' We have decreed and do decree as follows :
.
" Art. I. The Noblesse are abolkhod, and the laws of the
Constituent A4iembly shall he put in force.
" 2. Feitd:a Titles are The. laws of our Na-
tionol /I...enibliel shoat tie put in t •e re.
" 3. indh.thials who hove obtained from to national title, a
n nationnt reeompeore, mid w hose letters patent have been
verified at the Council of the Seal of Title,, shall continue to
hear then,.

" 4. We reserve to ours-Ives the power to hr.low titles on
the de,cendanN of men who have rewiered the French mime ll-
lustsillUS in various ttges, whether iu the Colllnlall,l of our ar•
mire by land or sea, in the Coudvils of the Sovetei n. in the
and Civil Administrntilol, or in ArtA and Strie,tees. and
in C-,mmerte, cutif rmnhle to a law winch nball he pulli)hed
upon the mbjert.
" Our Grand Marshal, exectitin7 the functions of Major-Ge-
nernl of the Grand Artny, is charged to adopt such as
way he ateceary for, the public:din:l of the present Decree.
" By the Emperor, (Signed) " N A POL EON.
(Signed) " BERTRAN D."

[FROM LYONS MARCH 13, 1815.]

" Napoleon, by the Grace of God, &c.

" We hate decreed and do decree as follows :

46 Art. 1. All the Emigrants who shall not have
been erased, pardoned, or pensioned by us, or by the
Governments that have preceded us, and who hare en-
tered France since the Ist Jan. 1811, shall instantly
depart out of the territory of t:te Empire.
" 2. Such Emigrants as within 15 days after the
publication of the present Decree shall be found
within the territory of the Empire, shall be arrested
and judged according to the laws decreed by our Na-
tional Assemblies; at least in all cases where they
are not able to prove that they were not acquainted
with the present Decree, in which case they shall only
be arrested and conducted by the Gens d'Artnerie
out of the country.
64 3. Sequestration shall be put upon all their pro-
perty, moveable or immoveable ; the Prefects and
Officers of Registration shall take care that the pre.
sent Decree is executed as soon as they shall be in-
formed of it, and in case of disobedience they shall
be responsible for any deficiency that may be found
in consequence of our National Treasury.
" 4. Our Grand Marshal executing the functions
of Major. General of the Grand Army; is charged
with taking such steps as may be necessary for the
publication of the present Decree.

" By the Emperor, &e. (*igneil) " NA POIXON.
" The Grand larehril, eke. (Signed) " BERTRAND."

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[FROM LYONS, MARCH 13, 1815.]

gg Napoleon, by the Grace of God, &c.
66 We bare decreed and do decree as follows :

" Art. I. All promotions made in the Legion of
Honour, by every other Maud Master than our-
selves, end all Brevets signed by any other person
than the Count Lacepede, Grand irremoveable Chan-
cellor of the Legion, are null and void.
" 2. The changes made in the Decorations of the
Legion of Honour, not conforinable to the Statutes
of the Order, are troll and void. Each Member of
the Legion of Honour shall re-assume the Declaration,
such as it was on the Ist 'of April, 1814.
66 3. Nevertheless, as a great number of promo-
tions, although nude illegally, have been given to
parlous who have rendered real service to the coun-
try, their titles shall be tramsmitted.to the Grand
Chancelry, in order that a report may be made to us
in the course of April, and a detettnivation suede
before the 15th May.
" 4. The political rights of the Members of the
Legion of Honour are re-established. In Tun-
\

quence all the Members of the Legion, who on the
Ist of 461. 1811, made a part of the Electoral
Colleges of Department and of Arrondissement, ard
who have been unjustly deprived of this right, are le-
established in their functions. All those who were
not yet Members of an Electoral College, shall send
their demands to the Grand Chancellor of the Le.
gion of Honour, stating at the same time the Col-
lege to which they are desirous of belonging. Thy
Chancellor shall receive our orders in the month of
-April, and shall expedite the hreve:s without delay,
in order that those 18 h. shull hate received theta
may assist at the assemblie.: of the Champ de Mai.
" 5. All the property belonging to the Order of
St. Louis, with the Chest of the Invalids, shall be
united to that of the Legion •f Honour.
" 6. Our Grand Marshal, Ac. is charged with the
publication of this Decree.

"Bs the Linperor, ('igned) "NA POLEON.
" The Grand Marshal, &c. (Signed) " KM{ lAA N D."
[roost LYONS, MARCH 13, 1815.] . '-
" Napoleon, by the (hate of God, &c.
" Considering that the Chamber of Peers is in
part composed of persons who have borne arms
against France, and who have au ipterest in the re-
establishmrnt of feudal rights, to the destruction of
equality among the different classes, to the preven-
tion of sales of National Domains, and, in short, to
the deprivation of the people of tlie rights they have
acquired by 25 years of combats against the enemies
of the National glory.
" Considering that the powers of the Deputies to
the Legisluthe Body hate expired, and that conse-
quently the House of Commons has no longer any
national character ; that a part of that House has
rendered itself unworthy of the confidence of the
nation, by adhering to the establishment of the feutlal
Noblesse, abolished by theContitutions accepted by
the people; by making France pay debts contracted
abroad to plot coalitions and subsidise armies against
the French people ; by giving to the Bourbons the
title of Legitimate King, who declared the French
people and armies Rebels, and proclaimed as good
Frenchmen only those emigrants who, during 25
years, have torn the heart of their country, and vio-
lated all the rights of the people, in consecrating the
principle, that the nation is made for the throne, and
not the throne for the nation.

" We have decreed, and do decree as follows:

" Art. 1. The Chamber of Peers is dissolved.
"Y. The House of Commons is dissolved. It is commanded
that every Member cons oked, and who has arrived in Paris
since the ith of March, Alin return home w idiom dela..
" 3. The Electoral Colleges of the Departments of the Em-
pire shall be assembled at Paris in the course of the month of
May next, in extraordinary assembly of the Champ de Mai, to
take such measures as may be convenient to correct and modify
our Constitutions, conformably to the interest and will of t!,e
nation, and at the same time to assist at the Curosation of the
Empress, our very dear and well-beloved 11 ife, and of ot:r dear
and well-beloved Son.
I. Our Grand Marshal, is charged with the publica-
tion of this Decree. _

"By the I .ni peror, (Signed) "NA PO 1.1:0N.
(Signed) " BERTHA ND, the Undid 11at3lial."

ORDER OF DAY.
NiIItSIIAL PRINCI: OF MOSEWA TO TUE TROOP 1 UNDER.

lilt ORIIP.ItS.

" OFFICERS, SUBALTERNS, AND Sot.nlens,---The
cause of the Bourbons is for ever lost.—TAitstettiti-
tnote dynasty which the French nation adopted is
about to re-ascend the throne : to the Emperor No-
potent', our Sovereign, it alone belongs to reign over
our fine country. Of what consequence la it to us
whether the Noblesse of the Bourbons again extra-:
triate thetnselvs, or consent to live in the midst of
' us? The sacred cause of liberty and of our inde-
pendence will no longer stiffer under their fatal in-
tiuence. They wished to degrade our military glory ;
but they have been deceived. That glory is the
fruit of attempts too noble to permit us ever to lose
its remembrance.

" Soldiers,—Those times are gone by when the
people were governed by the suffocation of their
rights; at length Liberty triumphs, and Napoleon,
our august Emperor, is about to confirm it for ever.
Hereafter shall that noble cause be ours, and that of
all Frenchmen! A truth so gland must penetrate
the hearts•of those brave men that I have the honour
to command !

" Soldiers,-1 have often led you to victory ; now I
lead you to joie that immortal phalanx with which
the Emperor Napoleon approaches Paris, and which
will be here within a few days, and then our hopes
and our happiness will be for ever realized.—live
l'Empereur !
(sipied) 6, Prince of MOSK WA, Marshal of the Cinvire.
" March 13."

[lllolt THE MONITEUR OF TILL' 23n.]
PARIS, MAR6/122.—The Emperor informed that.
the people of France had lost all their rights, acquired
by '25 years of combats and victories, and that the
glory of the army was attacked, determined to
change this state of affairs, to re-establish the Im.
pel ial throne, which could alone guarantee the rights
of the nation ; and to cause to disappear that Royal
Throne which the people had proscribed as guaran-
teeing nothing but the interests of a small number of

On the 26th of February, at five in the evening,
he embarked on board a brig, carrying 26 mans', with
400 men of his guard. Three other vessels, which
happened to be in the port, and which wene seized,
received 200 infantry, 100 Polish light horse, and
the t)attalion of Ilatike;s of 200 men.' The %vied
was south, and appeared favourable ; Captala
Chaubard was in hopes that before break of day the
Isle of Capraia would be doubled, and that he should
be out of the track of the French' and Eng!ish
cruisers, who watched the coast. This. hope •ving
disappointed. He had scarcely doubled Cape S!.
Andre. io the Isle of Elba, when the wind fe!l, and
the sea became calm'; at ineak of day he had only
made six leagues, and was still between the 'fie if
Capraia and the Isle o6Elba, in sight of the cruisers.
The peril appeared imminent ; several of the ma-
riners were for returning to Porto Fermis). The
Emperor ordered the voyage to he continued, having
for a resource, in the last resort, to seize the French
cruizerc. They consisted of two frigates and a brig,
but all that was knot% u of the attachment of the
crews to the national glory would not admit of a
doubt that they would have hoisted the tri-coloured
flag, and rauged themselves on our side. Towards
noon the wind freshened a little. At four in the
afternoon, we were off the heights of Leghorn ; a
frigate appealed five leagues to windwartt, another
was on the coast of Corsica, and farther oil a wet.:zel

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