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tiers and mifeiies of revolutions;
and, though intimately persuaded
that France entire will again rally,
Irieil around its legitimatefovereign,
to render nugartory this lait at
te *.pt or a criminal and impotent
delirium ; at* the fbvoreirns of l'u
- ‘ s
iope, animated with the fame fenri
fnents, guided by the fame piinci
pies, dec hire, that if, contrary to
every calculation, there fhouid re
fu!r from this evert any reai danger-,
whatever they -will be ready to
give to the king of France, and the
French nation, or any of their allies,
as soon as the demand ihall be
made, the necessary means to re
eftabiifh the public tranquility and
make common cauiV again!! all
rhole who Ihail undertake to dff
turb it
The prefect declaration, inlert
ed in the Protoeal of the Congress
convened at Vienna, in the feifion
of ihe thirteenth of March, 1815,
shall be made public. i
Signed at Vienna, on the 13th
of March, 1815, by nil the plenipo
tentiaries who signed the treaty of
Paris
[ i he above documents ftrength
cned the determination of the roy
aldts ar Bordeaux, to eftablifli an
independent or prpvifibnal govern
ment m the south against Bonaparte,
An officer of Bonaparte’s had
arrived at Bordeaux from Paris,
who was immediately fare ft ed and
put in prilbn. All the Englifli
were getting'away with their e {Lefts
as fa ft a- possible.
[On the 7th of March, king
Lout* issued a proclamation, declar
ing t hat Bonaparte entered, fund
in hand the ‘deparrmerit of the Var,
and calls upon all the authorities,
civil and military,*to purfuc. aneft,
and produce immediately the per
fo!i of Napoleon Bonaparte, that
he and his abettors may be dealt
with agreeable to the laws!lQ
1 he Fn rich frigate the Lys, that
la.h.xi from Fouhm, has captured
tire brig of war and transports,
which brought Bonaparte and his
guard from Elba to Fagis.
ivn.g L •pis iftued a proclama
tion on tire 19th of March, faying
that part of his-anny has bctray%d
hun, but lit’ hoped it would soon
acknowledge its error and return
to its uuty ( The king, at this
time dated he would make a Stand
in h s capito! but wished to lave
much blood sh ! )
AtG alf Juan , . i arch 1, ISI 5.
Napoleon by the Grace ot God and
the Constitution of the date,
Emperor of the French, Ac. Ac.
Ac.
To the French People
Frenchmen— Ihedfaetftion cf
tin Duke of Caftiglione (Anger
au) delivered Lyons, without tie
fence,, to our enemies. I'he army
•he command of which I had con
lided to him, was by the number
oi the battalions, the brayerv and
the patriofifm cf the ‘troops which
com poled it, able to beat the corns
ot the Austrian army which oppo ..
led it, and to fall upon the rear of
ine leit hank of the enemy’s army
which menaced Paris.
i tie victorious Chainp Aubeit,
of e.loniiiiirall, cf Chateau, i merry,
or \ auchamp, of Mormons, of
Mon.terau, of Crpbn.e, of Ifheims,
of Ar. ia-fur Aube, and of St. Do
zitr tilt in fti erection of the brave
peaia ts m Lorraine, of Champag
r.e o f ii.'ace, ol.Fiancho C.ompte,
and of Burgundy; and the poll
i; ‘** “.1 haft taken ?n the rear
| a! the enemy’s army, by feperatlug
j it from us magazines, from its
l parks of reserve, from its convoys.
1 and from had placed
I it in a desperate fit nation. - The
| French were never on the point of
| b mg more powerful ; and the
I flower of the enemy’s army was
i left without refouree ; it had “found
its grave .in thole vain countries
which it bad hacked in such ah un
pitying manner, when the treason
of the Duke of Ragu'a ( Marmont)
delivered up the capital, and difbr
ganizea the army. The unexpect
ed conduct of these two Generals,
which betrayed at once their coun
try, their prince, and their bene
factor, changed the ra'e of the war.
I’he difafterous fituaiion of the en
emy was such, that at the end of
the affair which took place before
Paris, it was without munitions, in
consequence of its feperation from
its parks of reserve.
Under these novel and great cir
cumstances, my heart was rent to
pieces, but my foul remained im
moveable, I only consulted the in
terest of the country ; I exiled my
fdf to a rock in the mid it of the
leas; my life was and would be
ft’.il ulelul to you ; I woul not
permit that the great number of
citizens who wished to accompany
mei partaking of my fate, fhouid
do lo ; I believed their presence
ufeful to France, and I only took
with rue a handful of brave men
nc?efifty for my guard.
Railed to the throne of your
choice, all that has been done with
out you, is unlawful. For twenty
five years pa ft, France has had new
mftirunons, new glory, which could
only be guaranteed by a national -
government,’ and by irdynafty born
under tiiofe new circumflnnces.—
A prince who will reign oyer you,
who wall fj| on my throne, by the
lorce of the fame armies which
have ravaged our territory, will
feck in vain to support himfeif by :
the principles of the feudal law ;
he could not allure the honor and
tne rights but oi a iuia.il number
of individuals, enemies to the peo
ple who, twenty five years ago, had
condemned them in all their nation
alas einbi.es. \ our interior tran
quduy ami your external reputation !
would have bieen.loft forever.
Frenchmen 1 in my exile I have j
heard your complaints and your ■
wishes; you call back that govern- ‘■
meat of your choice which alone is <
legitimate. \ou blamed my long
{lumber ; you reproached tne with
facrificing to my ease, the great in
terests of the country. 1
I nave travelled the seas in the
tnidf of dangers of every kind ; I
arrive among you to resume my
rights, which are your own—
Whatever individuals have done,
written or laid, foce the capture
of Paris, I will remain ever igno
rant or. that will havenoinriu
ence upon the recollection which I
cherish of the important ferviccs
winch they have rendered ; for e
veats of luch a nature, are above
human controul.
Frenchmen ! there is no nation,
however inconsiderable, which lias
not had the right and has not been
If ejected to the dikhonor, jof obey
ing a 1 lince imposed by* an enemy,
who i- victorious fora season.
Vv here Cdiaries the VII. re entered
t ins and overthrew the efts moral
tni. ne of Henry VI. he determined
to n hi his throne by the valor of
his brave men, and not by that of
the Prmce Recent ®f England,—-
’ it is to you atone, and to the brave
, men of the army, I give, and will j
; always give, the glory of my being j
indebted for every thin".
(Signed) N APOLLON.
By the Emperor,
The Grand Marshal performing the :
functions of the Major General of *
the Grand Anna,'.
(Signed) BERTRAND j
Gulf of fuan, Ist March SBl5.
Napoleon by the Grace of God A
the Conflitutions of the State,
Emperor of the French, Ac. Ac.
TO THE ARMY.
Soldiers! We have not been
vanqujfhed. Two men, deferring
our rank, have betrayed our lau
rels, their Country, their Prince,
. their Benefactors.
Them whom we have seen du
ring five and twenty years, rraverf
ing all Europe to excite enemies
against us, who have pallid fheir
lives in fighting against us in the
ranks of foreign armies, while load
ing with curses our beautiful
France ; shall they pretend to com
marsd and enchain our Eagles;
they who have never dared to en
counter the fight cf them ? Shall
we fuffer them to inherit, the. fruits
of our glorious achievements ; to
engross our honors', bur wealth ; to
calumniate our cforv ? If their reiVn
f . , t . c")
fhouid continue, every thing would
be loft, even the remembrance of
those immortal victories With
what fury do they pervert them i
They endeavor to pokop what the
world admires ; and if* there (til!
remain any defenders cf our glory,
it is among those very enemies
whom we have encountered on the
field of battle.
Soldiers ! la my exile, I have
heard your voice. I have arrived
in fpireof every obstacle, a..j every
danger. Your General, called to
the throne by the voice of the peo
ple, and borne on your fnicids, is
restored to you. Come and join
him. 1 ear oft those colour? which
the Nation has proferibed, A which
curing twenty five years ierved as
a rallying point to al! the enemies
of France. AfTume this three-co
loured cockade; you wore it du
ring our days of victory.
Vie fhouid forget that we have
been the masters of nations; but
we ought not to fuffer any other
nation to intermeddle with our af
fairs.
Who dial I pretend to be matter
among ft us! Who has the power ?
Re-aflunie those Eagles, which
were yours at Ulm, at Aufterlits,
at Jena, at Etylau, and Fiiedland T .
a. I u del la, at F.chmul, at Efsling,
at Wagram, at Smolensk, at Mof
cow', at Lutzen, at Yurken, at
Montmairaii. I funk you that this
handful of Frencrimen, n%\v so ar
rogant, would venture to encounter
fight of them r Let them re
turn from whence they came, and
there, if they cftcofe, j et t h em
reign, they have pretended to
reign during nineteen years.
\ our property, your rank, and
your glory ; the property, the rank,
and the glory of your children,
nave no greater enemies than those
Princes whom tlrangcrs have itn
poieo upon us. I hey are the en
emies of our glory • and their con
demnaticn is feaied by the recital
of so many heroic deeds, which
i.uve immortalized the French peo
ple while ft niggling to throw off
their yoke.
Ihe veterans of the armies of
the Sambre and Meu.fe, of the
Rhine, cf Italy, of Egypt, of the
Weft and of the Granu Arniv. re
ad humbled ; the glory of •
wounds are tamifhed.. their victo
ries are crimes, thefa brave men are
rebels, if, as the enemies of the peo
ple pretend, legitimate Sovereigns,
wore found in the midst of foreign
armies, j °
they b.fiow honors, rewards,
tneir all actions, on those who have
served against their country and a
gainst us.
Soldiers! Rally under the flan
dard of your chief His
is yours. His rights are no o'her
than those cf the people a’d yours.
His interest, his honor, his ft
are no otne.r than your inter, it. \ our
Ison or and your glory. Victory
fn and! march with the rapidity of an
army ruffling to the combat
i he Eagle with the National co
lors, shall fly from fh-eple to ftee-
P !r - it reaches the towers of
Notre Dame; then you may boafl.
of your achievements Y- n wiE
be the fa victims of your country.—~
In your old age, surrounded by
your fellow citizen?, they will hear
you with refocift relating your ex
ploits. \ou will have it :n your
power, to fay with pride, And
aiio, I was one of that grand armv
which twice entered the uadis of Vi
enna, those of Rome, of Berlin, of
Madrid, of fvlofcow ; and which
ir.cucd lai is from trie difg' - .)"©
which treason and the presence of
the enemy had en(tamped upon it.’*
t Honor to these brave Soldiers,
the glory of the country ! Eternal
fliame and infamy to those criminal
Frenchmen, in whatever rank or
ftmion ihey may have been born
who for five and twenty years have
fougin under foreign banners tc
tcai the bosom of their, country.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
By the Emperor,
t he Gumd Mirfhal performing
the functions of the Major General
or the Grand Army.
(Signed) BER !■ R AND.
Nf.jv ToRKy May 8. ‘
a effarday arrived at this port,
tne fait laiung brig Criterion,
I'orbvS, in days from Lilbon,
which port left on the 9th of
By this arrival, we learn
verbally, that a revolution had bro
ken out in Spain , and that Icing Fer
dinand had Jlsd , his army having
previcufly refufed to ‘obey his o£
ders. We also learn that * Lor El
lenborough’s house in London, and
ieveral others ; have been destroyed
by a mob.
* ‘
ihe of the revolution in
France had reached Lisbon, and
the following forces were Paid to
have taken the field against Bona
parte, and had taken up tTieir iine
of march. Russia 50,000 field,
80,000 reserve: Prufiia 80,000
field, 80,000 reserve; Spain 30,000
field, 30,000 reserve; Portugal 80,
000 field, 80,000 reserve ; Austria
150.000 field, 100,000 reserve.—
Low countries under the command
of the duke of Willington, } 20,000
in the field, including Englishmen •
120,000 in reserve.
The news cf the day at Lisbon, on
Saturday Bth of April, was that
there had been a refufal on the
part of the Spanish soldiery ta
march at the order of Ferdinand,
unless he would sign the constitu
tion All was tumult and dismay
at Madrid, ft he trench v flsls
which were in the port of Lisbon,
were afrid to go to lea, anticipating
an immediate war with England.
