Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-08-08

who fhail attempt dlforder, be declared
guilty of high treafon, and be forthwith
condemned as iuch.
2. That the chamber declare thar the
troops If the line and The national guards
who have fought for the integrity Of the
French territory, have deferved well OF
their couatry.
d That the minifer of the interior be
requelted to aacmble the taft OF that ma
tionai guard, which by its trrvices has
at all times deieYvSd 10 well of the coun-
try, in order that meaiures may be taken
to furnih arms 10 thole who arc it'll
deititute> OF them.
{. That the minilters of foreign afs
fairs, of war, Of the interior and OF the
police be requeited TO attend before the
chamber to aniwer luch queitions as may
be afked Of them (leconded ! leconded!)
III LacsRe' / have heard with the
livelieit emotion what has juft been pro
pofed. The moment is mott critical,
but we will fulfill the talk, that is impo-
fed on US the emperor'S arrival has IN
doubtedly increafed its difficulty, bur it
is not beyond our itrength. The time
has arrived for declaring to the French
people the whole truth ! approve the
propoG,ion that the minilters be raqueit-
ed to attend the chamber 10 anfwer iuch
qusfions as may be slked of them, but |
demand that they be heard with clofed
doors (murmers.)
In moment Of alarm, continued the
orator, ralh expreiIiJn, ba7vked 0b1at BY
TIE iAdIjcrtef, might, + it did NOT diicour
age the true friends OF the country, at
lealt furnlih arms 10 the maleVolcnt /;
we are accountable for our deliberations
to the nation we ought TO make them
worthy of il ard of u.s.
Ibe PrGjfdcat In the critical circum
itances III which We are placed. the
chamber cannot be TOO cautl> US as TO
the mcaiures il takes thail therefore
read ieCcnC time the prop huons,
which have been iubmltted to Us.
One meulber ceGred, that in the pro
poG ton Of M. de Laiayette, initead Of
tic words -" The miuiiteIs llall be re-
queitl d"-be fubitiutcd The following
I" he minilter ihail attend. loccond'
ed.)
mother member prcPoied, that every
proportion fhould be iuIPended units
the arrival Of the minifers, in order that
before decidipg any thiog the members
might know all that they have TO FAY.
SfU1aI vaicfs. We know we'll enough
what they have to Fay
Id, Yai-ntin did not believe that all The
proportions Of Gen. La Fayette were G.
eually adniilible. The fourth, he thought
belonged to the executive power, and
the third might be adjourned.
~. FiaAgergue5 ihail fupPort part
Of our colleague La Fayettc's proPofAls !;
but there are fome of them, which ap.
pear to me fuiceptibe of modification.
1, is important to take Deceive meafurcs
Immediately, and ], therefore, dpprlOf that
the chamber declare hse5f permanent. With
out this indilpsnlablc refolution, this al
femoly perhaps will be difIolved in half
an hour few moments more, and you
will not perhaps have the power OF
hearing the miniAers, whom you have
requehed to attend you N ElaHgngues
concluded with moving that the fourth
proportion Of III. La Fayette be tupPref.
fed, as belonging to the executive. At
ter fome further obfervations, tumultu-
ouHy made, the proportions, thus modi-
fed, were adopted
CSevera proportions were fubfequent
ly made, for printing the refolutlons,
tranlmitting them to the departments,
communicating them to the other houle,
&c
M Rfgnouh-as samt. jean a Angey-
The minitters are ahemoled in council
of fate | was at their fitting, and |
have been charged by his maiefy the En-
Peror TO fnbmit to you the following
communications
The emperor arrived laf night at II
O'clock. he Immediately aheu4bled his
minilfers, and announced TO them, that at
Llgny his troops had gained victory on
the 10Th, and that the following day the
Lngli1l alto were defeated on the Bruf-
fels road; their defeat was complete,
and 8 ftandards were taken from them.
But during The night fon.e i'll difpofed
perfons fpread an alarm, and incaculable
dlladers followed The emperor order
ed a retreat upon Avefnea and Philippe