THE NATIONAL APRIL 3. • while the Grand Army, after having on tufa() mid 4rlsliefeatid near Troyes the corps opposed to it, is advanciitt on the other side to wards your capital. no not then be so blind as further to listen to the promises, the deceptions, the instigations of a Government ; whose only object is to aria you against us to prolong the war at the espence oI t) last drop of your blood and nf the property of all of you. Excesses have'been committed by our soldiers. -This proceeded from a sentiment of revenge which they cherished, because several of their comrades hid beem murdered by the inhabitants. I haVe, however, repressed them; I have had the guilty punished, even with death. Rut reflect, that there is no more certain means to prevent the excess of the soldiery, than to remain quietly in your houses,. not to shut your doors, which are then of necessity forced cpen ; and, above ail, not to keep np any communication with our enemies, or take up arms against us. I have not puni,hed, as I might have done, the cruelties committed by some towns and vil- Lites against couriers and single soldiers of ;he allied army, hoping that my moderation might call them hack to their duty. But I in form yoo, that from this day stronger measures shall be adopted, and Mai the towns and villages whose inhabitants shall dare to take up arms against our troops, or to oppose our .military opera- , tions, shall be burnt, painful as it will be to me, to be compelled in this manner to punish the innocent with the guilty. We desire nothing else, I repeat it to you, than the peace and repose of Europe. The negociations at Chatillon, when they are once published, will convince you that,it is your Sovereign alone, vs ho in spite of what lie says to yon, continually throws fresh ob stacles in the way ; mean' time I need only remind you of the cele brated speech which a Frenchman (Mr. Rayitonard) made to 'the Legislative Body, to found your opinion upon it. Fur the rest, all the natio!), of Europe combat for one end. The event catmot be doubtful. A longer re.istance, and Oren • some ad vantages,-)f you may flatter yourselves with them, will serve only to render you mord unhappy than you already are. Giren.at toy Headquarters, Laon, 13th March. VON BLUCHER. BRUSSELS, IAr4RCH 23o=nie following statement of the position of the different corps of Marshal ...gthrol_ter's- army, en the t 9th, has been communicated to tile Mayor 'of this city by Count Lottum : Generah Kleist and York were at Fismea, General Otslow at Auge-Gardien, Sackett at Pontalaine, Winzingerode in Rheims and its salinity, Langeron atuktlie• corps. of St. Priest at• Bery-le- Bac. • -.• . In all places occupied by the armies of the ,Ailiits, publications in the name of Louis XVIII. were circulated. The Duke of Saxe-Weimar has left ?mislay . with his army. that ha% been increned to from 20 to 25,000 men, on his route to Manberg, which he will ocetipy in force. This array has been re placed by 25,000 men, chiefly belonging to the Landwehr. A great number of young men of the first families hasten to enter the service 113 our national regiments, especial* in the ca. valry. Besides 5 regiments which will be raised at Brnsiels, Ghent, Mon k and Namur, Prince Ernest of Arenberg, son of Prince Ai of Arenberg, formerly Count of Mark, is raising a regiment i cg i i i ght iufantry, which will form a partof the Belgian army. BRUSSELS, MARCH 25.—Accortiing. to the accounts on the 2111, the positions of the army were as follows :--General Wingingeroda at Epernay, General Worougow at Rheims, Langeron at Flames, Sackett at Braine, General Bnlow has surrounded Soissons on both sides, York at Chateau Thierry, with his advanced posts at Mont mirail, Kleist at La Ferte. Napoleon is at Arcis, and as he has all the troops with him, - the •road to Paris is open for the army of Marshal Blucher. The Nei=ice of Schwartzenberg is in a concentrated position, be tween Troyes and Buena., with the grand allied army. At Illreirn Napoleon seized all the hair-dresaars and shoemaker', whom lie immediately incorporated with his. Imperial. Guard,. The first column which passed through Epernay was only 15 or 16,0(10 stronc, and the second, und er Marshal Ney, that passed through Chalons, amounted ip no more than 7 or 8,O(O. In an action near Macon, General Biauchl has niken.s i geo pd. 3011C15. Private accounts from Antwerp communicate the follow ing informatioo " The Government of this. city has adopted the rules of the re pt:Mit 'of Sparta. AU the prpperty . of the citizens is placed at its dips. al, and the inhabitants of Antwerp pow enjoy the 'fatisfaction of A ating 41a0k Invalti made of rye meal and water. " The city has -been ordered to furnish a loan of one million of frare' ta.ll MY of the principal citizens have been shut up iii 'STER. 213 the citadel till the sum is raised. They are not, howeter, confined there'by way of rnishment. but merely to have the opportunity of`. clntemplating without interrnptloo their unspeakable good fortune an being placed under French goverunients, which has made them acquainted with the pleasing isiventions of the conscription, the droits renni, and other benefits %stitch were formerly unknown to them. As a remedy against melancholy however, they may he gratified with the Antwerp Gazette, whit!, outstrips the renowned Moniteur in lies. " On the 17th, our gairison lost a considerable number of men in a sally which they made on the road in Mecklia." JOURNAL OF BORDEAUX. 111110YDAY, NARCV 14. (Printed and published by order.) I . No. I. BORDEAUX. The Itth of Match will be to the city of Bordeaux the most gin , rivets epoch consecrated in the annals of .history. Fur a long titue the Bordelins had pronounced against the oppressive government under which France grohned ; but they had not yet found a favourable op portunity for throvang off the yoke. Some zealous citirens, however, laboured in !egret Tor the re-establithment of the paternal govern ment of the descendants of Henry IV. M. Lynch, a former Magi. strati in the Parliament of Bordeaux, whom Providence had chosen to trive the signal, converted with M. Taffard de St. Germain p Corn- missioner of his Majesty Louis the 18th, to profit by the first moment. The arrival of the English arms' in the French territory, the grand and generous sentiments of that natters which' has saved Europe front slavery and oppression, every thing induced a hope that the dry of deliverance was approaching. We were then informed, that the Duke of Angonleme had arrived at the army. The -descendant of Henry the Fourth, the husband of her Royal Highness the daughter of Louis the Sixteenth, had entered St. Jean di Lux. • The Royal Council de. creed, that M. de Laroche Jacquelin and M. Quirisux should repair to his Royal Highness to receive his orders, and confer with Lord Wellington. His Lordship, devoted to the Bourbons, promised all the necessity succours to support the true Royalist.. M. George Bon tetops de Berri was Sethi to entreat his Royal Highness to proceed to Bordeaux; Lord Wellington caused a column to march immediately upon Bordeaux; he intrusted the command to Marshal Beresford, as stre nuous an advocate for the restoration of Louit XVIII. as his L.otiship. As soon as the king's COMmissioner end M. T.ynvh were certain of the antlersl of the generous Allies, every thine wits prepared to receive them is a signal manner, worthy s of them, worthy of the King %%horn they had just restored, and of the llordelais who wished to afford a , . s great proof of their devotedness. Estefettes were sent to the Marolisl, and de sties set off to conitatinicate the wishes of the Bordelais to his Royal flightless. What a happiness for us, brave Guscoes„ to have been the first to lay at the leer of the Prioce the homage of fidelity and respect I As torn as the Martiaiel had arrived at Pont de Is Maye, Colonel Vivian was sent to thei Mayor to announce to him that the Marshal considered himself as steeling an allied city, obedient to his Majesty Louis XVIII. He immediately received this assuraace s and M. Lynch, and the Assistants. escorted by a, royal guard witlenit uniform went out to meet the Marshal. The white Cockade was losruesfiately displayed, the white standard Waved upon the tower of St. Michael, and the Mayor addressed a speed* to the Marshal, which, expres sive of the wishes of the Boidelals,• penetrated the heart's of all that could hear it. What a charm it was to see him tike off his scarf, aso sums the ancient emblem of the French, and hoist the white cockade, symbol of happiness and peace ! Cries of Vier le Rol, repeated and re-echo. 41, often interrupted the Mayor. The Marshal repeated eith an affectionate tone the promise made by Lord Wellington. The pro cession then began to the hotel de Ville; the people preceded their deliverer in crowds; cries of " Vivent les Bourbons 1 Ilosiour to the English ; long live the Mayor," succeded each other without Fees iog : content appeared in every countenance; tears of joy burst from every eye : a happier day dawned upon us. The Marshal, upon hie arrival at the Hotel de Ville, received the - Assistants to the Mayor and the King's Commissioner, decorated still' the royal scarf, who were presented by the blayor. The General gave fresh assurances of the protection of his loyal nation. But the acchtualions of the. people and every heart demanded the Prince; every one wished to see the nephew of the King—every acne desired to express his affection for him. At that very inommt M. the Duc de Goiche arrived, to announce that his Royal Highness wo uld b e at Bordeaux before three o'clock, and that he wotild repair in the first piece. to th 4 eetheilral. This news was siiun repeated by a tb"3114 • .0 . 1, • •