his power, all his rank, all his glory, to the people of France. He possessed not a shilling or a hem of a garment which had not been bestowed by them. They ordered him forth, or rather, they led him forth, for the purpose of crushing all the old despotisms; all the glory achieved by their wondrous valour, and their still more wondrous disinterestedness, they heaped upon him. Even now, when his own cormorant appetite for fame, and for personal and for family aggrandisement, had brought him back almost a fugitive to their frontiers, they were still ready to rescue him; but the Allies having made an appeal to the people of France, he, as will be seen by the following words of the report, resented that appeal; not because it was an act of hostility to him, but because it had a tendency to encourage the people to be refractory and disobedient to sovereign sway! " In the interval," "In says this audacious report, "a Gazette, now "under the influence of the Allied Powers, pub"lished to all Europe a declaration, which is "said to be furnished with their authority: it "would be melancholy to believe it. This de"claration is of a nature unusual in the diplo

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macy of kings. It is no longer to kings, like "themselves, that they explain their grievances, and send their manifestos: it is to the people "that they address them; and from what mo"tive do they adopt such a new method of pro

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are so averse to bending under the autho"rity which protects them, while it represses "their audacity? And against whom is this in"direct attack aimed? Against a great man, who "merited the gratitude of all kings; because, 66 by re-establishing the throne of France, he has "closed up the volcano which threatened them 66 all."

207. Never did Austria, Prussia, Russia, or even the Dey of Algiers, put forth anything so insulting to the people as this. In vain did the insolent man, who arrived in Paris a few days after the issuing of this report, issue his decrees for the raisingof troops, for the raising of levees en masse; in vain did he strut and supplicate at the same time; the people became disgusted with his vanity and insolence; the Allies pushed on towards Paris; and he, not having the courage to leave his dead body in the ditch of that city, fled to Fontainbleau, where, by a treaty in the following words, he abdicated his imperial and all other titles and claims, and consented to be sent a tame prisoner to a little insignificant spot in the Mediterranean sea, called the Isle of Elba! This treaty is a docu

ment which will be memorable in the history of Europe. Young men should read, clearly understand, and well remember every part of it.

ARTICLES OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE ALLIED POWERS AND HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

Art. 1. His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon renounces for himself, his successors and descendants, as well as for all the members of his family, all right of sovereignty and dominion, as well to the French Empire, and the Kingdom of Italy, as over every other country.

Art. 2. Their Majesties the Emperor Napoleon and Maria Louisa shall retain their titles and rank, to be enjoyed during their lives. The mother, the brothers, sisters, nephews, and neices, of the Emperor, shall also retain, wherever they may reside, the titles of Princes of his family.

Art. 3. The Isle of Elba, adopted by his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon as the place of his residence, shall form, during his life, a separate principality, which shall be possessed by him in full sovereignty and property; there shall be besides granted, in full property, to the Emperor Napoleon, an annual revenue of 2,000,000 francs, in rent-charge, in the great book of France, of which 1,000,000 shall be in reversion to the Empress.

Art. 4. The Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, shall be granted in full property and sovereignty, to her Majesty the Empress Maria Louisa; they shall pass to her son, and to the descendants in the right line. The Prince, her son, shall from henceforth take the title of Prince of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla.

Art. 5. All the Powers engage to employ their good offices to cause to be respected by the Barbary Powers the flag and territory of the Isle of Elba, for which purpose the relations with the Barbary Powers shall be assimilated to those with France.

Art. 6. There shall be reserved in the territories hereby

renounced, to his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, for himself and his family, domains or rent-charges in the great book of France, producing a revenue, clear of all deductions and charges, of 2,500,000 francs. These domains or rents shall belong in full property, and to be disposed of as they shall think fit, to the Princes and Princesses of his family, and shall be divided amongst them in such manner that the revenue of each shall be in the following proportion, viz.

The Princes and Princesses of the House of the Emperor Napoleon shall retain besides their property, moveable and immoveable, of whatever nature it may be, which they shall possess by individual and public right, and the rents of which they shall enjoy (also as individuals).

Art. 7. The annual pension of the Empress Josephine shall be reduced to 1,000,000, in domains, or in inscriptions in the great book of France: she shall continue to enjoy in full property, all her private property, moveable and immoveable, with power to dispose of it conformably to the French laws. Art. 8. There shall be granted to Prince Eugene, Viceroy of Italy, a suitable establishment out of France.

Art. 9. The property which his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon possesses in France, either as extraordinary domain, or of private domain attached to the Crown, the funds placed by the Emperor, either in the great book of France, in the Bank of France, in the Actions des Forets, or in any other manner, and which his Majesty abandons to the Crown, shall be reserved as a capital, which shall not exceed 2,000,000, to be expended in gratifications in favour of such persons, whose

names shall be contained in a list to be signed by the Emperor Napoleon, and shall be transmitted to the French Government. Art. 10. All the Crown diamonds shall remain in France. Art. 11. His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, shall return to the Treasury, and to the other public chests, all the sums and effects that shall have been taken out by his orders, with the exception of what has been appropriated from the Civil List.

Art. 12. The debts of the Household of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, such as they were on the day of the signature of the present Treaty, shall be immediately discharged out of the arrears due by the public Treasury to the Civil List, according to a list which shall be signed by a Commissioner appointed for that purpose.

Art. 13. The obligations of the Mont-Napoleon, of Milan, towards all the creditors, whether Frenchmen or foreigners, shall be exactly fulfilled, unless there shall be any change made in this respect.

Art. 14. There shall be given all the necessary passports for the free passage of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, or of the Empress, the Princes, and Princesses, and all the persons of their suites who wish to accompany them, or to establish themselves out of France, as well as for the passage of all the equipages, horses, and effects belonging to them. The Allied Powers shall in consequence furnish officers and men for escorts.

Art. 15. The French Imperial Guard shall furnish a detachment of from 1,200 to 1,500 men, of all arms, to serve as an escort to the Emperor Napoleon to St. Tropes, the place of his embarkation.

Art. 16. There shall be furnished a corvette, and the necessary transport vessels, to convey to the place of his destination his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon and his household; and the corvette shall belong, in full property, to his Majesty the Emperor.

Art. 17. The Emperor Napoleon shall be allowed to take with him, and retain as his guard 400 men, volunteers, as well officers, as sub-officers and soldiers.

Art. 18. No Frenchman, who shall have followed the Em