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London, Thursday, June 22, 1815. " DowvSizse-REEor,JVsN L2, 1815. 76h. Duke of WELLINGToN'S Dispatlih, dated Waterlft, ihe 'J9Ii1 of June, slaies, that on.tbe pre-i cedinqg ,:. BUONArAP.TE attakedLt iti% 1 l,is WhI1lej force, sije Britisb line, supportedi by a cors of1 PiusAiszi ; whiclh atlatck, after a long aid sanguilnry. coflicf, utruiuated in the cowplete Overthrow of! the Eney's Armiy, with the loss of ONE I-LUIN _)}.D! nlt D F FPT PJECgS of CANNON and 'WO; EAGLiS. Dfsrirrg the aight, the Prns3iaus under! C)~~~~~~~~~~- ?Varsbai BLUCIIEa, who joined in thie pursuit of t(le enemy. cuipturcd SIXTY GUNS, anti a large part! of BUON s rPAPE' BAGGAGE. 'rhe Allied Armties! continued to pursue the enlemv. T%wo Frenchi Generals wer ta..ell." I Stel.Is ..e g:reat andl gloriou, result of tilose.masterly moveinc Ils by whicb the Here of Briltin niet andl fristrated ithe audacious attempt of the Rebel Chiief. Glory to WELLINGTON, te our gallant Soldiers, and I to our brave Allies ! BUONAPAET3E's reputation has been wreched, and his last grand stake has hec&I lost ins tiis tr-czendidous conflict. TWo HUNDRED! AND TEN PIEeES oF CANNON captured ina 3ingle! battle, put to the bluhih the boastingg eolunn- of tite Pl-ace (he Ven(tome. Long arid sanguinary, .indeed, we fear, the conflict must have bIeen; but the holdl- nets of the Rebel Frenchmen was the boldlness of des- pair, and conscience sate heavy ont those arnis whic.. were raised agaiust their Sovereign, against their oatis, andi against the peace and lhappiness of their 'country. We confidently anticipates great aund immediate defec-, tion from the Rebel cause. WVe are aw-are that a greut: part rf I he French natioll loolked to the opening of this canmipaign with a superstitiotis expectation of succemb to a nr,v, whom, though many of them Lated, and many! feare;d,all had been taught to look on as the first captaiin of ine age. lie himself wlent forti boasting in hisl strengt , and still more in hibs talents, lie had for; nl2vy yrslS ridfiettled CABNOr'S plan of a Northern, Campaign, and htd openly avowedl at Paris his intention i to hreak thirouigih the centre of thle Allied Armies, in.! stead of noving ro,und both eir flanks. Witil as littie reserve had lie decl3red tiat lie ivould open tle cam-l paign on the MJense andl Sambre. Tn short, hy a re- finrement it, filuessi-, ihl had exposed his trme plan, inmaginiing tiot unbbodIy wouldi believe tbut such was 1:iF real initention. We do uot deny that his plan might asave been one of consi-Jerable ability ;. bhtt he did not sake into the account tivat ho was to he opposed bv alilities superior to-his own. 'rhat unpalatable trutlh .his vauitv wonl(i not allow Ihim to believe, nor would ii easily AfiuiL credit- wi!h eisladmirerse; out ihe 18t1 of June, we trist, will s-atisfy -the most incredillous. Two, lhuirettd ani(l ten pieces of can- icit ! W- hn, whlere, or how is' this loss to be repair- f(.d Besides,, whiat has beeome of his inviticible-gmar(l, of his admired and drreadel cuirassiersl Agaii ;we do not deny tliat these wvere good tronps, l hulthey were encountered by better. We shiall be curious to learn ith .what degree of coolness, of personal courage, and s6jf-possession, BUONAPARTR played this stake, on Which lie mnust hlave been well avare thiat his preten- Sinons tn Empire 1,ung. it i- clear that lie retreated * nor a;, 'sc- pr.l.arcd. o heir thiit lie fled with haste or rowxatidice; but, we greatly suspect- that he did OtI Vourtlan hootourable.deat4. . t1iink iiis valour i. of tIe ealcnlatitia kind;- ar2d we dz ,not atiutie: hi. -swM Vrig the abdicatIsfdmsr;ate1jMi-ea rlriarv to'l 'To she- official Bulletin we have ps, yet IittlJ o adld. Tale dispatches, we undertanid. Ivere hrought. by Major PiRCY, Aide-de-Carmpi to the Duke ol WELLINGTON; and we have i;eard, but we lhope the statemnent is premature, that amonig the Britishi slaini was that gallant and estimable officer Sir THOMAS PICTON. But wlhoever fell o01 tihis glo- rious day cannot have fallen in vain. TThe fabricol rebellioni is shiakeni to its base. Alre:ady, wve bear, iunmerous desertions hav^ takeen place from the Rebel Staendard ; anid soon), it is to be hoped, the perjure(d wvreteljes NEY, alld DESNOUET'rEs, aud EXCEL- MAN8, and LALLEMAND, and LABEDOYERE, and(l their accomplices in baseness and treason, will be left alonje, as marks for the indignation of Europe, anid just sacrifices to insulted French hlonouir. Those who attenfled nminutely to tle operations of the Stock Exclhange estertiay, were persuiaded that 1he news of the (Jay before would be followed up bv soime- thing still more brillianit antd decisive. Ornnium rose in the course of the day to 6 per cenit. premium, and some houses generally supposed to possess the best information were among tihe purchasers. For our own parts, though lool,ing forwar(d with that con- fidence which wve yesterday expressed, we frankly own this full tide of success was more than we had anticipated. We were very well satisfied that Mr. SUTTON's accounIt, so far as it wrnt, was coirect,-that BUONAPARTE'S grand plan had been frustrated, and that lie had net only been prevented from penetrating betweci the English and Prnusian armies, but forced to fall back; again behindi the Sambre. Hlow far the Duke of WELLUNGTON and Prinice BLxcUCER mighit lhave thioug,ht it prudent to pursue hi,yvas a point on wvhicil ue did not conce;ve ourselves warrante(d to form any decisive opinion from the evidence before us. We lhad no doubt that le would be liarassed in his retreat, and( per- liaps ulltimately be driveni into his entrcnched cam), or under the guns of his forfresses . bit without some (1is- tincl oflicial information, we repeat, that we couhl not hi,ve venitured to anticipate suchi a triumphant restilt as thiat on wlich we luAve now to congratulate our country andii the worl(d, AMong Ilhe rumicurs which oblained souie credit in the city yezter(lday, as one of ani insujrrectioni in Paris. We are not iimuch incelinied to give credit to tihis, conj- ceiving that thie Parisianis wvill njot miove uintil the t3 rant's furce ii the field is broken. We know, lhow. ever, thlat a spirit of h1ostility to hlis usurpation is very ge- uerally and very boldly expressed in thie Frenil: capital. We lIavc receivcd from tlheucca papeliwvliclj hias obtaitned extensive circulation there, aned whiich wvill be foundt in anotier of our coliuiiins. It conitains an address to the in- litilants ol the Fauxbourgs SL. Antoine and St Mlai- ceau, alnd a Declaratioll in tie iiamie of the Duke of ORLEANS. Bothl thlese documents are plainly and ably lramz n up. Tlht oQne successfully opposes the ferocious doctrines of the Jacobins, the otlier tihe more itsidious views of those wlho seekc to co. ver tlheir criminality witil the respect jusily due to a brave anid lhonourable Member of the liouse of BourboQin. hVIether lhis Serene lhigihess lias authorised this avowal of hiis sentiments, we know not; but it is one, whicil appears porfectlv Con. gcnial withi thiat fair aund manly condtuct which life has aliway obsgivved.-The Duke Of ORL&AN.1 has miever at anytimegiveu the least countenance to thosecriulinial pro- jects, which, under tihe specions pretence of attachment! Lo limself, would as completely break dowil the prin. ciple of legal sticcession, as ifaBUONAPARTE ora Ro- BL SPIERRE Vere tle object of election. That principle once violated, thle factiou assuming to-day tle right of choosing any given Sovwreign, might to- morrow, with equal antlhority, assumle Ihe rigilt of cashiering him. Nothing would be permanent or secure. Neither King, nor Dynasty,- nor form of Government, woild he certaiH of lastinc a twelvemout l; tile intoleraule perpetuity of change would necesiitae thlle ultimate submission to despot- isn ; and nione woould'be more miserably the sufferers than those unfotiuniate personages who might be mocked with tihe capricituas grant of a delusive snve. vereigiitv by the pdramournt authJority of faction. j.0ND',fo.>, 'HlHURSD, Y, JUNE v, 1B15. OFFICIAN L BULLE'rlN.
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