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i OREIGN NEWS.
Translatedfor the New York
Evenin'? Post.
O
PROCLAMATION.
LOUIS, by the Grace of God,
King of France and Navarre
To our faithful Peers of France,
and the Deputies of the Depart
ment.
Divine providence, which recal
led us to the throne of our ances
tors permits to-day, that this throne
ihould be fnaken by a part of the
armed force who had sworn to de
fend it; we might profit bv the
faithful and partioric difpofitiorft of
an immense majority of the inhab
itants of Paris, to dispute their en
trance ; but we shudder at the mis
eries of all kinds to which a battle
within its walls would expose the
inhabitants.
We will retire with feme brave
men whom intrigue and perfidy
have not been able to detach from
their duties ; and becaule we can
not defend our capital, we will go
farther off to rally our forces and
to find not fubjetts more loving &
faithful than our Parisians, but
Frenchmen more advantageoufiy
situated to declare for the good
cause.
The crisis, in which we find our
selves -for the moment will fubfniej
we have the heart consoling pre
sentment, that the soldiers who
have been seduced, whose defec
tion gives up our fubjedlsfo so ma
ny dangers, will not be flow in ac
knowledging their errors, and they
{hall find, in our indulgence and in
our goodrtefs the recomp cafe of
their return.
We will soon come back in the
mid It of th efe good people, to
whom we fhali reltore peace and
bappincefs once more.
From tilde canfes, we have de
clared and do declare, ordained &
do ordain as follows:
Art. 1. In conformity with
the 50th article of the conflitution
al charter, and the 4th article of
the 2d title of the law of the 14th
Atiguit 1814, the sessions of the
House of Lords and that of the
If ufc of Commons, for 1814, are
declared suspended. Flic peers &
the representatives which compose
them finil inilantly leperate.
2d. vYe convoke anew fefiion
of the House of Lords, and the ief
fions, of 1815, of the House of
Commons.
The Lords and Deputies of the
Departments fiiall meet together
without delay, at the place which
we (hall point out for the provificn
al fefiion of our government,
livery meeting of eithfer House,
which final be held elsewhere,
without our authoiity, is, from this
moment, declared null and unlaw
ful.
3d. Our Chancellor and our
Minifiers, each in what concerns
him, are charged with the execu
tion of the prc!lut Proclamation,
which fhajl be carried to the two
Houses, published and polled up,
as well in Paris ns in the Depart
ments, 2 nd font to all the preft&s,
Sub prefects, Courts and tribunals
of the Kingdom-
Given at Pari?-the 19th March,
of the year of grace, 1815, and of
our reign the 20th.
(Signed) LGUIS.
By the king,
The Chancellor of France.
( Sig ne and ) I)’A MER, Y.
Lyons I S th March, 1815.
Napoleon, by the Grace of God &
the Conlfitution of the Empire,
Emperor of the French. &c Ac.
Considering, that the Houle of
Lords in parr composed of per Ion:
who have borne arms against
and who have an interest in
the re eftabUfhment of feudal rights,
in the destruction of equality a
: inong the different clafils, in an
; nuling the Tales of the national
i property, and finally to rob the
! people of the rights acquired by
j them in twenty five years of hard
fighting against the enemies of the
national glory.
Considering that the powers of
the deputies to the leglflarive body
had expired, and therefore that
the house of commons has no lon
ger a national character ; that a
part of this house has rendered ir
felf unworthy of the confidence of
the nation in adhering to the re
eftablilhment of the feudal nobility,
nbolifned by the constitutions ac
cepted by the people; in making
France pay debts contracted in
foreign countries to form coalitions
and pay armies to fight against the
French people; in giving to the
Bourbons the title of legitimate
king, which amounted to declaim
ing as rebels jthe French people &
the armies; in proclaiming as the
only good Frenchmen the emi
grants who during 25 years have
torn the bosom of their country,
and violated all the rights of the
people in consecrating the princi
ple that the nation was made for
the throne, and not the throne for
the nation.
“We have decreed and do decree
as foilow’s:
Art. 1. The House ol Lords is
dissolved.
2 The House ol Commons is
dissolved : it is ordered that each
of the members called and arrived
at Peris since the 7ch March 1 alt,
return borne without delay.
3d. The Electoral Colleges of
all the departments of the Empire
fhali meet at Paris in the course of
the month of May next, in an ex •
traorjinary meeting in the Camp Je
Mai. for the purpr.fe of correcting
and modifying our constitutions
agreeable to the interest and will
of the nation, and at the fame time
to attend the coronation of theEra
prefs, our dear and well beloved
wife, and also that of cur dearly
beloved son.
-4th. Our Grand Marshal, per
| forming, the duties of Major Gen
eral of the Grand Army, is charged
to take the necefiary mcafures for
publiihirig the prelent decree.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
By the Emperor.
The Marshal performing the
functions of Major General of the
s Grand Army.
Signed BERTRAND.
New-York, May 4
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
Yesterday afternoon arrived at
this port the sass failing private arm
ed brig Scourge, C. W. Wooffer,
Esq commander, in 29 days from
L’Orient.
Gant, W. left L’Orient on the
4t.h of April, and has politely fa
vored the editors of the Mercantile
Ad vernier with the following verbal
intelligence
“ Ail rite Army have declared
for Napoleon and fine unanimous
for his cause. All the officers and
soldiers on furlough are called into
fervid*.
44 The Emperor has issued a de
cree abo Hiking the African Slave
Dade. He appears to be much
inclined for peace with all nations,
and lavs he Las no dr fire to extend
the boundaries of France, ft is
however, the general opinion that
war with England will soon take
place. England is fitting out all
her men of war.
44 In consequence of the hostile
disposition of the citizens of Bor
deaux towards the Emperor, all
communications are cut off from
that place to Paris and elsewhere,
General Clauzd is marching to
Bordeaux with an army of 25,000
men, and no doubt the inhabitants
of that place will soon submit.
44 Accounts were received at L’-
Orient from Paris on the 2d April,
dating that a General Embargo
was to take place on all the (hip
ping in the French ports.”
Friar W K conciled.
It will be recollected by ourtea
deis, that in Ronapartes proclama
tion, published on his landing, and
alfignkig his real ms for abandoning
the throne of France, that he at
tributes his misfortunes to the trea
chery of Augereau , the Duke of
Caftiglione, in delivering up Lyons
without any defence ; and to that
Marmont , Duke of Ragufa, in sur
rendering Paris Marmont {fill
adheres to the King, and the late
English papers a dirt that Augereau
does likewise; we find, however,
in the rioniteur of the 7th March,
the following proclomatjon of the
latter ; from which it appears, that
though he betrayed Lyons as as
serted by Napoleon, he is now as
glad to receive him back as he was
to get rid of him before.—Transla
tor.
44 Soldiers —you have heard it.
The cry of your brethren in arms
has reached even to you; it has
made our hearts leap with joy.—
The emperor is in his capital.
4 ’ This name, so long the pledge
of victoiy, has fufficed to dissipate
all his enemies before him. For a
moment fortune was unfaithful to
him : seduced by the molt noble
iilufion (the happiuefs of the coun
try,) he thought that he ought to
make to France, the facrifice of
his glory and his crown.
44 Let! astray by such magnanim
ity, we then took an oath to de
fend other rights than his.
44 His rights are imprescriptible.
He reclaims .them to clay : never
were they morefacred to us.
44 Soldiers, during his long ab
sence you look in vain upon your
white flags, for any honorable re
collections ; cast your eyes upon
the Emperor; on his fide his im
mortal Eagles lliine forth with new
luff re.
44 Let us rally under their wings.
Yes they alone conduct to honor
and victory. Let us hoiit then the
colours of the nation.
The Marshal of the Empire.
AUGEREAU,
Duke of Caftiglione.
Paen, March 22, 1815.
■*- ~mw-—■
The battle of Auiterlitz extort
ed this acknowledgement from the
Emperor Alexander— 44 1 have ne
ver pretended to rival Bonaparte—
he is a very great warrior, he is re
ally predestinated by Heaven ! And
the man who is predeflinated by
heaven, as the Ruffian monarch
has said, is now proscribed as an
Outlaw by him and his confederated
horde of Kingly Banditti. Whence
this outrage upon humanity and the
rights of nations l It proceeds from
that lerviie, narrow minded princi
ple which sickens at the glory of
another, and drives to prollrate
that reputation which it cannot
reach Bonaparte’s re affenfior; to
the throne is the choice ot the
trench people. And by what au
thority care Rufiia, England, or a
ny other power on earth interfere
with the interior regulations of
France. Deeply fiiall we lament
the torrents of blood that will flow
on the occasion, if the Allied SovL
ereigns perfiff in their Declaration
proscribing Bonaparte The con
vuifion will reck Europe to its cen
tre—-and ’ere again a Bourbon
reaches the throne, he will have to
“ wade thro’ the blood of flaugfi.
tered millions.”
Then [vehemently exclaims the
Editor of the Richmond Enquirer}
44 ftiflcn thy sinews,” thou man of
iron!“ Summon up all thy blood;’*
drain thy energies to the utmoftV
pitch ; for this is the iaft calF of
thy fortunes. A Kingdom or a
grave awaits thee Thy enemies
now third for thy blood. They
will no longer batiifh thee to 44 a
rock in the seas but to that dark
and ciiflant 4k bourne from whence
no traveller returns.”
, Georgia Argus.
Paris , March 24.
Old George is gone to rest . — The
king of England is dead ; but it is
not certain that the natural heir to
the crown will remain in quiet p f
feffion of it. There is a powerful
party for the duke of York, and it
is aliened that England is already
divided into two very diilindt fac
tions.
*
From Hayti.- —We are informed
by the matter of the Swedish b ig
Carlfham, that the Pruflian Blips
Gulfat Adolph had arrived at P.jrt
au Prince from Bordeaux, with a
French ambaflador, appointed by
King Louis, and was well received
by the two Chiefs, Cliriftophe and
Petion—and that, it had been a
greed that the Empire of Hayti
ihould become an Independent Re
public, and that Ptticn be appoint
ed Prcfident!!!
Virginia Herald.
London , February 27. 1
Algiers had declared war against
Spain, for a delinquency in paying
their subsidy of 200,000 dollars
now in arrears. They had made a
deicent on the coast of Spain, ta
ken fome families, and made them
slaves.
The englifh have evacuated Ge
noa, and the king of Sardinia had
taken poffeflion in due form, but,
without one solitary demonfiration
of joy.
Prince Murat was with his army
near Rome, confiding of 35,000
men.
Spain continued in a deranged
date. Gazette.
” ■ ♦ —i..
Os the marshals, the following
are known to have gone over to
Bonaparte : Ney, Maffena, Davouft
and Suchet ; of Soult, Oudiuot,
Victor, and Moncey, we hear no
thing. N. y. ‘journal .
The INDEPENDENCE, 74,
spread her fails iaft Monday, and
moved tnajeftically into the mid
dle of the upper harbor. Her
size, her name, and her ceftination,
excited crowds of people to view
her. She is indeed a fine Blip—■
and so lofty, that in riding into
Boston, flic appears to overtop the
tailed deeply.— Best. Yankee.
