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preparations were made on both sides for the encounter which was expected to take place . The French army was drawn up en etages on three lines , the intervals and the flanks armed with batteries . The centre occupied the Paris road . The road from Fontainbleau to Melun is a continual declivity , so that on emerging * from the forest you have a clear view of the country
before you , whilst , on the other hand , those below can easily descry whatever appears on the eminence . An awful silence , broken only at times by peals of martial music , intended to confirm the loyalty of the troops by repeating- the royal airs of Vive Henri Quqtre , and La Belle Gabrielle * or by the voice of the commanders
and the march of divisions to their appointed ground , pervaded the king ' s army . All was anxious expectation 5 the chiefs , conscious that a moment would decide the fate of the Bourbon dynasty , and the troops , perhaps secretly awed at the thought of meeting * in hostility the man whom they had been accustomed to obey . On the side of Fontainbleau , no sound , as
of an army rushing to battle , was heard . If the enemy was advancing , his troops evidently moved in silence . Perhaps his heart had failed him , and he had retreated during the night . If so , Fiance was saved and Europe free . At length alight trampling- of horses became audible . It approached : an open carriage , attended by a few hussars and dragoons , appeared on the skirts of the forest . It drove down
the bills with the rapidity of lightning : it reached the advanced posts— " Long live the Emperor ^ burst fro m the astonished soldiers ! Napoleon ! Napoleon the Great / ' * spread from rank to rank 5 for , bareheaded , Bertrand seated at his , right , and Drouet at his left , Napoleon continued his course , now waving his hand , now opening his arms to the soldiers ; whom
he called his friends , his companions in arms , whose honour , whose glories , whose country ( tlie Tyrant said ) he now came to restore . All discipline was forgotten , disobeyed , and insulted ; the commanders-in-chief took flight ; thousands rushed on his passage ; acclamations rent the sky . At that moment his own guard descended the hill—tlie Imperial March was played —the eagles were once more displayed ,
and those vvhose deadly wea pons were to have aimed at each other ' s life , embraced as brothers , and joined in universal shouts . In the midst of these greetings did Napoleon pass through the whole of the royal army , and placing himself at its head , pursued his course to Paris . The population of the villages flocked round him ; the inhabitants of Paris , informed of his approach , caine out to meet him , and at the head of two hundred thousand persofis , ( to the eternal disgrace of Frenchmen he it said ) in the midst of enthusiastic accla-
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mations , did he re-enter the capital a 1 seat himself in the Palace of Kin ^ s " ' " Such is the account , " concludes th » editor , " which we have received fro some , whom Buonaparte ' s triumph L ^ forced to seek a shelter in this country * They agree in stating "—( and here conies apiece of our old friend ' s native and ur assisted eloquence)— " they agree in star 1
ing—Oh ! what horrible depravity !—that tlie enthusiasm displayed in his favour bv the people approaches to wilduess . They know not how to account for the monster ' s popularity , but say that it surpasses all that was evi need towards him in the midst of his most brilliant victories . Not a
nutsket is said to have been fired since the period of his landing- , and both the military and the people are represented to have received him with equal enthusiasm in everv place through which he passed . It is sup . posed that he will turn this effervesce 11 ce of admiration to the aid of his ambitious
plans . He will not let the public spirit cool ; and availing * himself of the great means and resources which it puts at bis disposal , it is the prevailing opinion amon * the Refugees , that he will anticipate au altack from Belgium by a sudden irruption into that country . ' "
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318 ' Intelligence . —Dudley Double Lecture .
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Dudley Double Lecture . On Whitsun-Tuescjay , May 16 th , 1815 , tlie Annual Meeting of Ministers , denominated " The Double Lecture , " took place at Dudley . The Rev . Benjamin Carpenter conducted the devotional service . Two able and interesting discourses were delivered to a numerous congregation : the former , by ttje Rev . John Small , on the preaching of our Saviour considered as an evidence of the truth of his religion , —
from Luke iv . 22 . " And all bare him witness , and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth . And they said is not this Joseph ' s son ?"— -the latter , by the Rev . Robert Kell , the obligation under which a minister is
brought by his office faithfully to inculcate all the doctrines and duties of Christianity , —from CoJoss . i . 28 , " Whom we preach , warning- every man , and leaching" uvery man in all wisdom ; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus . " viz
Fourteen ministers were present : . Rev . Messrs . Guy , Kell , Kentish and Little , of Birmingham ; Small , of Coseter ; Scott , of Ciadley ; Bransby , of Dudley , Conic , of Handsworth ; Bristowe , ot Hincklcy ; Fry , of Kidderminster ; I > . > of Kiji ^ swooo * - Davis , of OJdbury ; carpenter , of Stoiubridge 5 and Steward , 01
Wolvorliampton . . 1 Mr . Scotland Mr . Little were appo' « to preach at t ) ie next anniversary . The afternoon was spent in very ag rC " able and instructive conversation . * ,, On « the health of our absent b rethren ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1815, page 318, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1760/page/54/
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