gret that it never knew the exact period when peace returned. It felt ashamed of the result of the war, and was glad to be told nothing about it. this, this is one of them, to whom we have looked But in America! There the full force of public It is very true, I acknowledge, that a dangerous feeling was made manifest! The country resounded from New Orleans to the utmost borders of the faction has arisen in the Republic. I see very clearly Lakes; from the orange groves to the wheat lands, that wealth has introduced a taste for what are called Vanity is making a desperate effort to buried four feet deep in snow, was heard the voice honors. The germ of joy, the boast of success, the shout of victory. I, decorate men with titles. The law forbids it; but who had always felt anxious for the freedom of vanity is at open war with law. America; I, whose predictions have been so com- aristocracy, which was discovered in the New Engpletely fulfilled in the result of this contest; even I lana states, and, in a few instances, in some of the cannot keep down all feeling of mortification at others, at the end of the war of independence, has these demonstrations of triumph, related in the grown out now to full view. There are Squires American prints now before me. Even in me, the and Honorables in abundance,-There are the Honora Englishman so far gets the better of all other feel-ble the Governor;"" His Honor the Judge:" and so These men will soon begin to regret that they ings and consideration. What, then, must be the on feelings of those, my lord, who urged on, and who have no one to give them permament titles; that they have no "fountain of honor." That which men presecuted that fatal war? An American paper now before me, the Boston regret the want of they endeavor to obtain, whenever "Yankee," of the 9th December last, gives an ac- an occasion offers. The priests of New England apcount, copied from our London papers, of our Jubilee pear to be working hard to procure something in last summer, when "old BLUCHER" was so squeezed the way of an establishment. Hence the joy of both and hugged and had his jaws so nastily licked over these at the restoration of the Bourbons, the old by the filthy women, who were called "ladies." This French Noblesse, the pope, and the jesuits; and Yankee calls it "John Bull's great National Jubilee," hence, they will, I venture to predict, be as abusive and, I assure you, the famous victory gained by the of Napoleon, Carnot, Fouche, Rederer and Merlin, naval force of England over the American fleet on as in our Times newspaper. the Serpentine River is not forgotten! But the editor In the mean while, however, the people are sound of the Yankee has made a mistake. He thought it republicans; and it will take some years to overset was the Thames on which that memorable battle was their government; though the manners and tastes fought. Not so, good Mr. Yunkee. The Serpentine of many may be corrupted. The following letters River, as it is called, is a little winding lake in which I have received from America, will show Hyde Park, about the width of a large duck pond, you, that the war, and especially the peace, have and is fed by a little stream, or rather gutter, and produced a great change in that country. They empties itself by the means of another gutter at the will also show you that, long ago, I had hit upon the other end. It was this quality of lake that made the scene so very apt, These are mortifying recollections, my lord, and I do not know that they will be rendered less so to you by the addition of the reflection, that if you had followed my advice, there never would have been any ground for them. true nail, and that you ought to have paid attention to me sooner than you did. The newspapers from America breathe a spirit of resentment, which it should be our object to allay if possible; but, really, the language of our prostituted press was such, that, added to the "character of the war," it is almost impossible, that reconciliation should take place during an age to come. The political effects in America of such a peace Before I conclude I beg leave to call your lordship's must be wonderful. Indeed, they evidently are so, The men who, in the New-England states, were attention to the statements in the American popers, forming open combinations against Mr. Madison, are relative to our treatment of the American prisoners of as I told you they would be, covered with that sort war; also to call your attention to certain interof disgrace, that deep disgrace, which defeated ma- cepted letters of our officers, relative to plunder; and lice always brings upon its head. They appear, from further, to call your attention to their charges relative all I can gather, to have become the butt of ridi-to the parole given by general Packenham, when he cule, after having long been the object of serious was about to assault, and to take, as he expected, censure. These men are suspected of treasonable New Orleans. I dare not copy these.-Newgate is not views and acts. At any rate, they are chargeable so pleasant as Botley. But still I do most anxiously with a real attempt to destroy the liberties of their wish to see those papers published here, because country, in revenge for their rejection by the peo- they might then be met by denial and disproof, if not ple. They were defeated in their grasp at the su true. This is a serious matter, my lord. If we dare preme powers of the union, and they have endeavor not publish here, they dare do it in America; and ed to do as the baboon is said to have done with the there it is that the effect will be produced injurious fair lady; that is, destroy that which they could not to us. I dare say that long before this will reach the the press, all these charges, all these horrid narratives, possess. Mr. Pickering, to whom the Times newspaper will have been collected in America, published in a looked up as the "hangman and successor of Mr. Madi-permanent shape and perhaps, translated into French. son," now talks like a very hearty republican; but the Thus will they be read by all the civilized world, poor gentleman seems to know very little of what is the people of England excepted; but thus have I going on here. He says, that you made peace, because done my duty in pointing these things out to your WM. COBBETT. so many petitions were poured in against continuing lordship, which is all that I dare do in this case. I the war; and your Lordship knows, that not one such am, &c. petition was poured in. He says, that the failure of New Orleans will put you out of place. Poor gentleman! how little, how very little does he know It appears that by her treaty with Holland, Great about you! He says, that the opposition have clamored for peace. It was the opposition who urged Britain is to retain the late Dutch colonies of the on the war, and only found fault with you for not Cape of Good Hope, Demarara, Essequibo and Berbic e. doing the Yankees more mischief than you did. Yet All the rest, it seems, are to be given up. Foreign Articles. A new war is expected in India. By convention with Sweden Great-Britain assumes the payment to Sweden of 24 millions livres, in sa The king of Saxony has signed the act of cession tisfaction of the claim of Sweden for the island of of part of his territory to Prussia. Guadaloupe, which payment, by the treaty of Paris, Louis Bonaparte, who is at Rome, has asked for had been engaged by the king of the Netherlands. passports to France. Louis promised to "forget all that passed in France An alarm was created at Paris, June 6, by the ac in his absence," and thereupon expunged the follow-cidental explosion of four ounces of fulminating sil ing names from the list of members of the National ver in the pocket of a Saxon chemist. It was thought Institute:-Napoleon Bonaparte, Lucien Bonaparte, to be another infernal machine, and much is said in Joseph Bonaparte, Guyton de Morveau, Carnot the papers-but nothing serious could be made of it. Monge, Cambaceres, Merlin, Roederer, Garat, La- He had proposed to government to make rockels kanah, Sieyes, Gregoire, cardinal Maury, and the superior to Congreve's. unrivalled David he painter. France. Late accounts from Sweden inform us that there Prince Cambaceres as arch-chancellor of the em-are no troops in that country in motion against pire, presides in the French house of peers. Counts Thibandeau and Falence were elected secretary. The number of peers appointed by the emperor is 116. The following are some of their names. Their imperial highnesses princes Lucien, Joseph and Jerome. The princes of Moskwa and Essling. The dukes of Ottranto, Placentia, Gaeta, Dalmatia, Cadore, Vicenza, Rovigo, Valmy, Bassano, and Decres. Marshals Jourdon and Grouchy. The emperor of Russia is at Munich-the king of Prussia at Berlin-but both are expected at Frankfort. By way of Halifax we have London dates of June 16. It appears that the emperors of Russia and Austria and king of Prussia would be at Manheim, where their head-quarters were to be established, on the 10th of June. That all the divisions of the Rus sian troops were rapidly advancing. That the king of Denmark had returned to Copenhagen from Vienna on the 1st of June, and was received with great demonstrations of joy. That Mina, the famous SpaCounts Valence, Poutecoulant, Casabianca, Monge, nish chief, had arrived in London. That the duke of Gassendi, Clemen de Ris, Darjuxon, Chaptal, Segur, Berri,nephew of Louis XVIII, was to marry a daughDejean, Montesquieu, Fabre de l'Ande, Cornudet, ter of the emperor Francis-a younger sister of the Dedelay, D'Agier, Ferino, Seyes, Montalivet, Ram-empress of France. The arch-bishops of Tours, Bourges, and Toulouse. pon, Pajol, Praslin, De Sussy, D'Alsace, Andreossy, The London papers also contain many reports of Durosnel, Daubusson, Morand, Flahaut, Duhesme, insurrections in France. They say that in La VenNicolai, Forbin Jamson, Thibaudeau, Drouet, La-dee (where the British, without a declaration of war, vallette, Laborde, Roederer, Labedovere, Lefebvre have excited domestic disturbances!) the Bourbons Desnouettes, Roger Ducos, Gilbert Devoisins, Latour have a body of 65,000 men. This is rather improMaubourg, Bigot de Preamneu, Mollien, Lacepede, bable-the whole population of that district, capaLoban, Quinette, Leferriere, Mole, C ›nclaux, Alexr.ble of bearing arms, does not amount to so manyde Lameth, Beauvau, Clauzel, D'Erlon, Gerard, And also say that the roads are covered with men led Reilly, Lemaurois, Carnot, Bertrand, Excelmans, by force to the frontiers. Petregaux, Travot, Colchen, Friant, Lecourbe, Lau- Marshals Marmont and Victor are closely watch- We have the official accounts of the surrender of domination, are treated as prisoners. The generalNaples to the allied armies. The conquest is com-in-chief of the Russians, Barclay de Tolly, with 20 plete. No provision whatever is made for Murat. generals and 400 officers, was expected in NuremEvery thing was to be given up. All prisoners on burg on the 2d of June. both sides to be released. Permission to be granted The tariff for white slaves in Germany, (says the to all persons, foreigners or Neapolitans, who wished Aurora) is reduced to a little more than one-fourth to leave the kingdom for the space of the ensuing of the price for which they sold during the Amerimonth. The report therefore of 2000 French officers being held prisoners, is not true. can revolution. The contract of sir William Faucett for Hessians and Wirtembergers in the revoluThere is a report that Napoleon would not see tion, was 40€ sterling a head, or 177 2-3 dollars; the Murat. The French papers call him "prince Murat." tariff concluded by the English with the king of A letter from Bamberg, dated June 1st, says, Wirtemberg in May last, was 11€ 2s. or 49 1.3 dol. "his highness prince Alexander Berthier, has just lars. A well fed bullock will bring more money ended his life by falling from one of the windows of in the Philadelphia shambles. the palace, just as a division of Russian dragoons The Bank of England bills in London, fluctuate were marching through the town." at a discount of 33 to 35 per cent. compared with gold. French Constitution.-The result of the balloting on the new constitution, is 1,640,050 votes in the London, June 12-This morning the Paris Joursixty-five departments, in favor, and 3,612 against it. nals of Friday reached us. Bonaparte had not left Of the votes given by the army, there were 220,000 the capital on the preceding day, but every measure affirmatives given by the army and only 520 nega- denoted his immediate departure. He was present tives. Of the navy, 22,000 affirmatives, and 275 ne-at a council of ministers held on Thursday. It is gatives. The French squadron, consisting of the Africaine, Salamander, Elephant and Loire frigates, which sailed from Rochefort in October arrived at the Cape of Good Hope 10th February, and sailed on the 25th for the island of Bourbon. The British ships Niger ana Chesapeake had arrived at the Cape from Eng. land. stated in several of the papers, that he had just received despatches of the greatest importance.-Part of his equipage had actually set out. The fortresses of Bayonne, Navarrens, St. Jeans, Pied-de-Port and Blaye, have been declared in state of siege. Brussels papers to the 9th June have been received-they state, that the emperor Alexander arrived at Munich on the 29th May; that the king of Prus*Said in the English papers to have joined Louis' sia arrived at Charlottenburg 30th; that prince mar shal Berthier was killed by a fall from a window in the palace where he resided; that the allies were preparing to pass the Rhine at Huninguen, in pon toons. Mr. and Mrs. Dale, of Mollington, near Chester, | died a few days ago, on the same day, and at the same hour. They were born in the same month and year; they were married at the age of twenty-five, and lived afterwards happily together exactly half a century. continue. General Latour Maubourg, one of the It has been published that VICTOR, duke of Bel- Letters this morning from various places in the south of France, state the increasing strength of the Bourbon cause; at Havre and Bordeaux, the utAt Labaside d'Armagnac, at the moment when most exertions of the military are unable to keep the bells were ringing in celebration of the planting down the spirits of the people, and the white flag of the tree of liberty, and hoisting the tricolored flies all along the coast, even to Brest, where the flag, an eagle appeared in the air; having suffered people have shewn strong symptoms of discontent itself to be taken, it was carried in triumph amidst repeated acclamations of "long live the emperor, the empress, and the king of Kome!" The town of Havre has been put in a state of siege -it will be garrisoned by the national guards of the district. against Bonaparte.-The whole country, it seems, only wait for the signal of attack by the allies, when the flames will burst forth in every department of the south. Paris, June 4. The major of the 26th regiment of the line writes from Napoleon, that the chiefs of the Chonans have sent a person to hold a conference with general Travot. He assures us, that his despatches contains proposals of peace, and that all the chiefs of the insurgents are disposed to lay down their arms. Saturday a numerous and respectable meeting of the subscribers to the British and foreign system of education, founded by Mr. Lancaster, took place at the Freemason's tavern. The duke of Sussex took the chair about 1 o'clock. The reports were highGeneral Belliard, who was at Naples at the time ly satisfactory to the meeting. The establishment of a school in British India, founded by the duke of of the capitulation of the city, made a treaty in Kent, and the general adoption of this system behalf of all Frenchmen who were there at that throughout America, France, Germany, &c. were time. amongst the interesting facts stated in the reports. It was calculated that not less than 260,000 children had been educated in the British empire; and, including colonies and foreign parts, about two millions in organized schools. A handsome collection was made for the female establishment. All the equipages of the emperor have set out, one part for Laon, the other for Strasburg. A part of the equipages of the allied sovereigns King Murat has been furnished with an English have arrived at Frankfort. passport to come in safety to France. The king of Sardinia lias just published a decree, obliging all foreigners to quit Piedmont. The Paris papers present a long and highly interesting debate in the French chamber of represenThe king of Naples landed at Cannes on the 25th Latives, of the 5th and 6th of June, in which a strong attachment appeared to manifest itself, of of May That prince owes his misfortumes entirely identifying the emperor with the government and to the cowardice of the Neapolitan troops. On enarmy; the discussion closed by voting the form of an tering his capital he soon found it was impossible oath, swearing fidelity to him as the legitimate head of the state, and first tie of the union. A boat, with 4000 guineas and upwards, was seized on Tuesday morning, in Dover harbor, by a revenue officer. Marshal Soult left Paris for the frontiers on Thursday. to maintain himself there. He left it on horseback on the 20th May, and having proceeded along the coast in front of the island of Istria, he embarked on board a vessel belonging to the island of Elba, which conveyed him in five days to Cennes. After his departure from Naples the Austrians entered the city, and the English the port. The queen had re A gentleman who arrived at Portsmouth from tired to one of the fortresses, where she capitulated Havre on Thursday, states, that the troops now with the English. She embarked on the 21st for break open the houses of the inhabitants, and stores, Toulon, on board of an English vessel. Two Itaand take such articles as are considered necessary lian officers who left Naples at the same time as the for the army. The gendarmee search the houses queen arrived on the 29th May at Toulon, with gen. for the youths, even as young as from 12 to 13 years Belliard and the prince of Rocca Romana, on board -and send them off to a distant town to be trained of an Elbese pink. to arms. There are boys now doing duty in Havre scarce able to carry a musket. In consequence of the mutiny of the Saxon troops, at Liege, 37 officers have been shot, and 1500 sol· diers put in irons. June 8 The minister of war has issued an order of the day on the occasion of a ceremony of the champ de Mai, in which he says "A new oath unites France and the emperor; and all the efforts of an impious league will no longer The Journal de Lille of the 20th announces, that be able to separate the interests of a great people the prince of Benevento was stopped near Carls-from the hero, who, from his brilliant triumphs, is ruhe, by order of the allied powers, and that there the admiration of the universe. were found in his chariot, papers of great importance. The Journal Universal* mentions a rumor, that madame Murat had besought the intercession of the princess of Wales, to obtain permission for the Murat family to find an asylum in England. The king of Saxony has published an address to his people on his ceding a portion of his territory to Prussia. Desertions from the French army to Louis XVIII, This is the Bourbon paper published at Lille. It is at this moment, when the national will is manifested with so much energy, that the cries of war are heard: it is at the moment when France is at peace with all Europe, that foreign armies are adnew coalition? Does it wish to erase France from vancing on our frontiers. What is the hope of this the list of nations? Will it plunge Frenchmen, 28 millions of Frenchmen, in servitude? Has it forgotten that the first league against our independence, contributed to our aggrandizement and glory? Our enemies are, it is said, numerous; but what is that to us? Our victory will be the more glorious, BERS. and their defeat the more conspicuous: the contest bly, to less than £95. It must be evident from this is neither beyond the genius of Napoleon, nor beyond mode of proceeding that the British ministry never our strength. Do we not see five hundred superb exp ct the redemption of their public debt. battalions of national guards, formed as if by en- IMPERIAL SESSION OF THE TWO CHAMchantment, who have already come to double our ranks, to defend our places, and to share in the glory of our army? This is the burst of a generous people, whom no power can vanquish, and whom posterity will admire. To arms! The signal will immediately be given; let every man be at his post; from the numbers of the enemy, our victorious phalanxes will derive new lustre Soldiers! Napoleon guides our steps; we fight for the independence of our beautiful country; we are invincible. The marshal of the empire, major-general, DUKE DE DALMATIA. Paris, June 1, 1815. June 7.-A letter from Befort, of the 2d instant, announces that a corps of the Austrian army having passed the Rhine between Huninguen and Colmar was attacked by the French troops and forced to re cross the river with considerable loss. PARIS, WEDNESDAY, June 7. At three o'clock, the members of the chamber of peers and those of the council of state, were introduced by deputations, and took their places; the peers on the 4 first rows of benches, on the right of the throne, and the counsellors of state on the two first benches on the left. The representatives occupied all the rest of the hall, into which no stranger was admitted. The gal leries, which are generally public, and into which no persons came, except with tickets, were filled with about 300 persons. A large tribune was reserved for Madame, the emperor's mother, the princess Hortense, and the ladies of their court. The seat of her imperial highness princess Joseph, remained vacant. At half past 4, the emperor, preceded by heralds at arms, påges, ministers, marshals, and the two princes, his brothers, entered amidst unanimous acclamations. All the spectators rose spontaneously. His majesty seated himself on the throne, having The militia.—It appears from the following that the prince Joseph on his right, and prince Lucien on his states general are pleased to differ materially left Cardinal Fesch was seated on a chair; on the from the governors of the “nation of New Eng-right, the arch chancellor presen'ed to the emperor the Ind," as to the employment of the militia:- members of the two chambers, that they might take the The states general of the Netherlands have given oath before him. their assent to a law, proposed by the king in the M. Cauchy, secretary to the chamber of peers, and form required by the constitution, authorising the M. Bedoch, secretary to the chamber of representaemployment of the national militia, in active service, tives, called on each member in succession, and they all in or out of the kingdom, during the war with Napo-took the same oath that had been agreed on at the sitleon. They communicated their assent by a message, ting of yesterday. dated May 19, in which they say Among the marshals present at the ceremony, we observed the duke of Cornegliano, (Moncey) the duke of Dalmatia, (Soult) the duke of Dantzic, (Le. febre) the prince of Esling, (Massena) the prince of Eckmuhl, Davoust.) "The wounds inflicted on our country by a late tyranny are not yet healed; the remembrance of our shame and our misery under the reign of the usurper, who, again seated on the throne will never allow other people to enjoy peace, independence and prosperity, The ceremonial being concluded, the emperar uncois too recent for us not to see with pleasure the chil-vered himself and saluted the assembly; and being dren of the country hasten to the frontiers, to take a again covered, pronounced a discourse, of which we part in the holy contest with the disturber of social have been fortunate enough to collect the words: order and his perjured adherents, and to see them Gentlemen of the Chamber of Peers, emulate those brave men of every class, who have voluntarily offered their arms for our deliverance. Gentlemen of the Chamber of Representatives, For three months past circumstances and the confidence of the people invested me with unlimited power. it this moment the most anxious wish of my heart is accomplishing. I have just commenced the constitutional monarchy. Men are too feeble to secur the future: institutions alone fix the destinies of nations. Monarchy is necessury to France, to guarantee the liberty, the indepen dence, and the rights of the people. "And why should we not entrust them to the wise disposition of your m jesty? Why should we not place with them, with the hope of a happy result, under the orders of your sons, one of whom has performed prodigies of valor in Spain, under the hero of our age; and the other, though young, has fought with glory in the ranks of our allies; yes, under the immortal Wellington, whom your majesty has placed at the head of the armies of the United Netherlands. Our constitutions are scattered; one of our most "Our duty orders us to thank your majesty for important occupations will be to consolidate them into having acceded to the solemn alliance, by which, one body, and co-ordinately arrange them in one simple with the blessing of the Almighty, tyranny, fraud, system. This labor will recommend the present epoch and violence which threaten our repose, may be to future generations. I am anxious to see France enchecked and suppressed, and then to accede without joy all possible liberty-I say possible, because anarchy reserve to the proposal which circumstances re-till leads to absolute government A formidable coaquire." lition of kings assuil our independence; their armies By the United States' ship Neptune, arrived at urrive on our fromiers. Philadelphia, we have London advices one day later The Melpomene frigate has been attacked and taken than by the packet, via Halifax. They contain no-in the Mediterranean, after a sanguinary action with thing of import ince, except that Napoleon is under- an English vessel of 74 guns. Blood has been shed stood to have left Paris on the 10th of June, and that during the peace! no accounts had been received from France for the Our enemies rely upon our internal divisions. They 1st three days, though the wind was fair-an em-excite and foment civil war. Risings have taken place, bargo was, therefore, presumed. communications are held with Ghent, as with Coblentz The new British loan had been taken as follows-in 1792. Legislative measures are indispensable. I 130 3 per cents. reduced, 10 4 per cents. and 44 3 place unreserved confidence in your patriotism, your per cent. consols. That is 184 in stock for £100 intelligence, and your attachment to my person. cash, from which is also to be deducted the usual The liberty of the press is inherent in the existing premiums on discounts, &c. &c. reducing it proba- 'constitution; no change can be made in that respect, without altering the whole of our political system; but luntary accomplices, who have furnished the usurp- My ministers will acquaint you with the situation of our affairs. The finances would be in a satisfactory state, but for the increased expenditure rendered requisite by Nevertheless, all might be existing circumstances. met, if the receipts comprised in the budget would all be realized within the year; my minister will direct your attention to the means of arriving at this result. It is possible that the first duty of the prince may soon call me, at the head of the children of the nation to combat for the country. The army and myself will do our duty. nal without remorse; the whole French nation, the good citizens of the towns, the good inhabitants of the country, corps and individuals of both sexes and of all ages, have followed and recalled the king with all their wishes, have imprinted on all his footsteps a new homage of gratitude, and a new oath of fidelity Europe knows that in Paris, in Beauvais, in Abbeville, and in that great and glorious city of Lille-of which treason occupied the gates, and threatened to ensanguine the walls, in the face and under the very sword of traitors, all arms were extended towards the king, all eyes offered him the tribute of their tears, all voices cried out to him, Return to us; return to deliver your subjects.' Europe knows and continues to learn that these invocations are incessantly renewed; that they daily reach the king, not only from all points of that frontier so eminently loyal, but from all quarters of his kingdom, even the most distant." "And, indeed, how could it be otherwise than This discourse was followed by cries of vive l'em- that the sentiments with which the king's heart is pereur! vive l'impératrice! vive la l'famille imperi- animated towards his subjects, should secure to ale! vive la patrie! vive la nation! The same accla-him a similar return on their part? Who shall dare mations, the same transports followed his majesty when to contradict the king when he swears before God passing through the crowd of deputies as he left the and before his people, that, since the day when prohall. The president re-conducted the emperor, at vidence replaced him on the throne of his fathers, the head of the deputation. Returning to the assem-the constant object of his wishes, his thoughts, his bly, he declared the sitting to be terminated, and that labors, was the happiness of all Frenchmen; the resThe order of of the morrow would commence at noon. the day will probably be the nomination of a commission to draw up an address to his majesty. Do you, peers and representatives, give the nation the example of confidence, energy and patriotism; and like the senate of the great people of antiquity, resolve to die rather than survive the dishonor and degradation of France. The sacred cause of the country shall triumph. toration of his country, more dear to him than that of his throne, the re-establishment of external and internal peace; that of religion, justice, laws, morals, credit, commerce, arts; the inviolability of all existing property, without any exception; the emFrom the London Sun of May 22. We this day present our readers with extracts of ployment of all virtues and all talents, without any two very important documents. The Manifesto of other distinction; the present diminution of the most the king of France, drawn up by the celebrated M. burthensome taxes, until their approaching supLALLY TOLLENDAL and the report of the state of pression; in fine, the establishment of public and France, which comes from the pen of M. DE CRA-personal liberty, the institution and the perpetuity TEAUBRIAND. It is to be believed that the eloquent of a charter which guarantees forever to the French and powerful arguments of men so famous for their nation those invaluable blessings? And, if amidst talents, and so much respected for their virtues, circumstances of such difficulty, at the close of will weigh greatly with all the reflecting part of the French nation. From the Manifesto of the King of France, addressed EXTRACTS to the French nation. It begins with stating, that it had been the first care of the king to instruct his ambassadors to represent to foreign courts the real course of events, and condition of things in France, that "France might not be calumniated, dishonored, exposed to unjust contempt and unmerited indignation. storms so violent and so long, amidst so many calamities to be repaired, so many snares to be discovered, and opposits interests to be considered, it was beyond his power to clear all obstacles, to escape all mistakes, to avoid all errors, the king at least flatters himself with the assent of all just minds, when he says his greatest error was one of those which proceed from the heart of a good prince only, and which tyrants never commit; it is their power which they wish to be boundless; it was his clemency which the king wished to be without The manifesto next, adverts to the declaration of the allied powers of the 13th of March, declaring Bonaparte the enemy of the civilized world, and pledging themselves, while they engaged religiously to respect the integrity of the French territory, and the independence of the French character, never to lay down their arms, till the irrevocable de struction of this pernicious power. It then proceeds as follows: "This first care has been fulfilled. All the pow-bounds." ers of Europe now know, that the king of France and the French nation, more than ever united by all that can draw closer the ties between a good king and a good people, were suddenly betrayed by an army unfaithful to the prince and its country, to honor and its oaths; that, however, among the first generals of that army, those whose names constituted its glory, either rallied under the colors of the king, or at least abandoned those of the usurper; that "The powers assembled in congress did more.chiefs of corps and officers of all ranks daily follow this example; that among the multitude of sol- They resolved that the accession of the king should diers drawn into a defect on unexampled in military be demanded to the new compact which they had annals, there are many of those whom inexperience just concluded. Their ambassadors have brought had delivered up to seduction, who have been led to repentance by reflection, and whose misleading must be laid entirely to the charge of their seducers.Europe knows, in fine, that with the exception of that portion of the army become unworthy of its past glory, and which has ceased to belong to the French army; with the exception of a handful of vo these communications to his majesty. They presented to him the new credentials of their respective sovereigns, to reside wherever the sole legitimate sovereign of France was; and their power being authenticated, they offered the new treaty of the allies to the deliberation and signature of the king. "Frenchmen, the king has deliberated and has |