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I r - FROM LAST' NIGHT'S GAZETTE. . ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, JULY IS, ISIS. Copy of a Letter from Admiral Viscount Keith to John Wilson Croker, Esq. dated on board big Majesty's ship the Ville 4* Faris, in Hamm*, the etst instant. Ville &Paris, in Hansom, July 21, 1815. SlR—Captain Knight. of the Falmouth, arrived last night from the Gironde. bringing the satisfac tory intelligence of thatviver having been successfully entered without loss on the 13th instant, by the Pac tolus, Hebrus, and Falmouth. I inclose, for their Lordships' information, a copy of the Honourable Captain Aylmer's letter, reporting his proceedings in the execution of this service, in which both Captain Palmer and he have strewn a commendable zeal.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) KVITH, Admiral. P. S. I also inclose a copy of a letter from Captain ralrner, of the Hele us. • tits Majasty's ship Pactolus, in the Gironde, July 14. MY Loan-1 arrived off this port on the 3.1 instant, and, in compliance with the wishes of General Dan nadien, sent in a flag of truce, with an Aide-de-Camp of the Gereral's, 10r the purpose of communicating with the General, Clause!, commanding at Dour. deaux ; hut as two days more ehpsed withont any answer or news of the Aide-de•Ca'mp, I sent another flag into a corvette lying in the River; and I learnt from her Commander that he had received the most positive or.lers from General Clausel not to hold any kind of communication with us. In rd,iiii-in to this we received a Proclamation, signed by that General, declaring Baurdeaux and its whole vicinity in a state of siege, and threateeing with military execution any who manifested signs at dicadection to his Government. The Aid.de-Camp, it appeared, was detained. While this negotiation was attempting, the Plebrus arrived with the charge of a email expedition, with arms and supplies for the Royalists, and when it be came evident that no good could arise out of any at tempt to conciliate General Clausel, Captain Palmer made we a very strong representation upon the ne cessity which he conceived there was for his attempt ing to enter the Gironde and open a direct commu nication with the Royalist party. After weighing the circumstances, I thought it my duty to accede to the propasil, and I united the ships for the prosecu tion of Vie service. Th.- General Donnadieu being anxious to pursue his mis-ion on thecoast, 1 dispatched the Larne with him to Passages. On the 11th the squadron weighed from an outer anchorage we had taken, and homed for the purpose of entering the river : but, as we stood in, the enemy's corvette was perceived to weigh and mansetivrt: in the north entrance, while five sail pushed out through the southern passage to sea. Ur.der these circumstances it became necessary for the intercepting those vessels that the squadron should separate for the time ; and in consequence the forcing the river was obliged to be given up for that day ; during the night the squadron united again, after having examined the vessels which it appeared had sailed in so suspicious a manner, which circumstance was develtped by the embargo having been that morning discontinued in the river. . Yesterday the wind being favourable the squadron again weighed, and formed in a close line for entering the Gironde ; the Pactolus led, the Hebrus followed, and the Falmouth brought up the rear; the two for mer had transports in tow—as we proceeded, a person came off with a message frorn'the people of the town of Royan, saying that they would not fire at us•pro. vided we did not assail them. We passed on with the royal colours of France at the mast head; the tit-coloured flag flew all along the batteries, which were all in preparation, but no act of hnstility occurred until we reached the heavy bat tery at Verdun, which opened its fire upon us, and continued it until the ships reached the anchorage.— No injury, however, was sustained, and the squadron did not return a gun, for I Was unwilling to disturb the feeling which appeared so generally and so happily to prevail. Directly the ships were secured * a corn• snunication was sent up with a flag of truce to General Clausel by the'Comte de Lasteur, deputed by M. La Duchesse d'Angouleme, and we are in expectation of his answer. In the mean time nothing can wear a more favourable aspect than the face of things in this River. . I beg to assure you, that every measure shall be adopted, in conjunction with the Baron Montalem bert, to arm and organise the royal party, and esta blish the power of predominance of his Majesty the K;iig of France in the vicinity of wherever our means can operate. I lose no time in dispatching the Falmouth to your Lordship, and Captain Knight will explain our situ ation, as well as that we are taking every precaution in respect to the defence of that river, in the event of General Clause' sending down any strong force to stifle the spirit of the people. I shall also write to Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Hetham, and perhaps the 11,...ir.Adaiiral may strengthen our means here, so that we may fully avail ourselves of suchooportunity of pushing the royal cause with vigour and celerity, and of cherishing the excellent disposition with which all here seem inspired. I have just learnt that the enemy evacuated she fort of Verdun last night, and retired with his g„ orison. We hate sent a force on shore to dig viAntle and destroy the guns, Ste. This is the fort which disputed our entrance, and kis a very strong 'Fut t• I have also the pleasure to add, that the proposi tions ref the Damn MOntnlembert, and his mission,' have hitherto been every where attended with success. The forts and the positions are grathrallyyulling down their trkoloured flags, and hoisting that of • t heir legitimate Sovereign ;and several of them, have saluted the squadron upon their hoisting the -white fag. While writing this letter another battery ha t o i k teck the white flap and there now remains oa4l the tut at Meche with the tri-coloured flag. captain Palmer, who was entrusted with, the Irk ice 'balk throughout directed it, and the vccident saloon of roy, being the senior Qfficee, *duces me to glikthe account to yout Lordship. hart honouT• be;_fsc. (Signed) F. W. Mum, Captain ; itV4 l /4 **ol Keith, -Ice. #kg kl.alf 4 #l' **nal , W 9 0 1.90.4 • July 14,, ISIS. 4aOSD have the honour to . spite to you, that • thks rivtor eiht: *km T. 1 .1=4 Oft , . . • Majesty's ship Factolus, sad I learnt froth &wilt ' Aylmer that General &mains (thee French Office he had on board) was endeavouring to open a emu munication with t)le Commandant at Bowdon*, General Clausal, and that an Aide.de•Cansp bad been dispatched in for that purpose. But as General Clause) thought proper to detain the Messenger, and also to adopt the most decided measures to prevent any kind of Intercourse, there appeared no prospect of any accommodation from any farther attempts to conciliate him. From the nature of this coast, and the complete military possession which the enemy had of it, it seemed impossible that any free communication could be opened with the Royalists, unless I could effect an entrance into the river; and as• the Baron de Mont Alembert expressed the greatest anxiety upon the subject, and I possessed a discretionary power pf passing into the Gironde, should I be of opinion that circumstances justified me in doing so, I decided, alter the best consideration I could give the matter, that it was the most proper coarse I could pursue for the good of the cause I was employed on. • As I felt that the committing the transports and their lading in the river; at a time it was in full pos. sesbioe at the enemy, was a strong measure, and us there were serious obstacles to overcome, in a well defended entrance and a hazardous navigation, I considered it my duty to render our means as effec tive as possible before the attempt was made, and as the Pactolus was on the spot, I stated my opinidq fully to C , Q taill Aylmer, requesting the iunction of his ship to those tinder my orders. Captam Aylmer having acceded to the request, and being the Senior. Officer, of course the command of the squadron de. valved on him, and your Lordship wit) learn from that Officer the further proceedings of the expedition. I have the honour to be, ice. (Signed) EDMUND PALMER, Captain. To Admiral ViSL3UM Keith, G. C. B. ate. WAR DEPARTMENT. uovrtimP4razir, JULY 23. A Dispatch, of which the following is a copy, has been this day received by Earl BATIMIIT, addressed to his Lordship by Colonel the Baron de Moxl ALIMIERT, dated in the Gironde, July 13, 1815. MY Lono—With the greatest satisfaction I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that the ships with the arms, equipments, and ammunition, placed under my charge, entered the Gironde this morning, prot - ected by his Majesty's ships Pactolus, Hebras, and Faln:outh. On our approach near the fort of Royan, which. commands the entrance of the river s Capt. Palmer, of the Hebrus, hoisted the white flag at the main.— The effect produced by this emblem of loyalty and honour waa instantaneous. Not a gun was fired from the batteries, the Verdun cane excepted, and we were received as friends and deliverers. The communications we have had with the inhabi. tants during the few hours we have been at anchor, are of the most favourable nature, and such as might have been expected from their well known attachment to the cause of their legitimate Sovereign. General Clause) still occupies &ordeal= with some force.— Our appearance in this river, and the means we will immediately pursue to arm the population._ will pea' dace the double effect of paralysing his measures to keep possession of the town, and of preventing his sending any reinforcement to the French arn2ybe. hied the Loire. I cannot close this communication without stating to your Lordship, that to Captain Palmer's zeal for the cause and indefatigable exertions, we are entirely indebted for our present advantageous position in this river.—l have, &c. (Signed) Le Baron tie MONTALIMINMT• To Earl Bathurst, Ike. ace. . DOWNING-11TR1111T, JULY 24. Dispatches, of which the folltpsvlng are extracts, have been re ceived at this Office, addressed to Earl Bathurst by Maisie. General Sir Hudson Uwe: Genoa, July 4, 1815. Pursuant to the information contained in my letter of the Ist instant, of which a duplicate is inclosed, I have the honour of acquainting your Lordship of my having embarked a portion of the force at this place, and 1 am proceeding with it, in conjunction with the ships of war under Lord Exmouth, to the neighbour hood of Marseilles, there to act as -!-----•---'' May point•out. Marseilles, July 11,111iS. I have the honour to inform your Lordship ot my arrival at this place, in company with Lord Ex mouth, having under my command the force stated in my letter ot the 4th instant from Genoa, of which a duplicate is inclosed.—The forces will disembark here as soon as the transports with the troops and arms shall have come to an anchor. . COLONIAL DEPARTMENT. . • DOWI.ING-BTRIRT, JULY 24, 1815. A Dispatch, of which the following is a Copy, has barn this day teceived from Lieutenant-General Sir J. Leith, commanding Ws Maj. • is forces in the Leeward 14nils, addressed to Earl liatitunt, one of his Majesty's Principa Secretaries of State. Head-quarten, Vortsßoyg; Martinicitie, lane 10, INS. MY LORD,-1 am happy to inform your that I have occupied the military points of Martinique by a Bri tish auxiliary force, which landed here on the morn ing of the sth instant. - The situation of Martinique was, indeed. critical I for the troops of the line, consisting of thirteen hundred men, who possessed the forts, shewed too much of the same disposition which has manifested itself in France. The majority of the officers were decidedly for Bonaparte, some putting up the tri-coloured cockade, .and others with similar sentiments, leis avowed, pretending that they only wished to return to France. The soldiers were chiefly refractory con scripts, who had never. served, and had no attach ment to Bonaparte, but having escaped from the army under his severe system, finding themselves expe. triated under the king's Government. was not likely to create an attachment to the Bourbon cause, they generally wished to return home. Le Comte de Vaugiraud acted with much good sense in anticipating the mischief which might have arisen, and which he had not the power to hate con irouled, by assembling the troops and releasing those of the (4'tcers who desired it km" their obligations, infintning . them, at the same tutus, that they must quit Martinique, and declaring that any attempt to raise the standard of-rebellion would be repelled by force; and punished a; an act of mutiny, in defiance Of the oaths of fids/ny which they had taken to .Loois the t.ighteenth. I had desired le Comte de Vaugiraud to give it to be opcietktood, that tn. white Bag was the only per.' inapt:at security of the Mrs or Of she (4)191 3 Y, and • • • • :, I immediately stumnblea the farce now in possession of the Island, in Gros Islet Bey, St. Lucia, within four hours sail of Fort Royal, to give effect to the Comte de Vatigiraud's measures • This fine colony was several times on the point of being thrown into a state of revolutionary convulsion by the conduct of the troops, all of whom, with the exception of the remainder of the 96th regiment, amounting to 450 Men, including officers, who re main under the white flag, have been permitted to depart unarmed, and arc actually gone. The militia of Martinique amount to about 6000 men, who are well disposed ; one half only have arms: 150 are mounted. Immediately after the occupation of the military points by the troops under my command, the Go vernment of the colony published a decree by which British vessels are - received oe the same footing as French. This act was perfectly spontaneous. and In deed has been marked by the same spirit of cordiility 'which has actuated the Comte de Vasigiratill in every part of the intercourse which I have had with him. It would be unjust to Comte de Vaugiraud not to express my sense of the honourable devotion which he has uniformly shewn to the zealous performance of Ins duty to his Swereign, of his dignity and goof sense under very critical circumstances, and of his grateful attachment to the Prince Regent, the British Government and nation, for the assistance which has saved Martinique. The gratitude, indeed, of the co lony at large, has been most unequivocally testified. I shall be happy to find that the steps I have taken have been such as may be approved by the Prince Regent.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) JAMES LEITH.. Lieut..Geuei al Commanding the Forces. m.• AM•••• FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS. JULY 21. This morning the Allied Sovereigns reviewed the Prussian and Saxon troops. These troops occupied the Boulevards from the Chaussee d'Antin to the gate of St. Antoine. The Sovereigns having surveyed all the line, took their places by the Tortoni Coffee house. The Emperor Alexander was on the left, the King of Prussia on the right, the Emperor of Aus tria in the middle. The Emperors Alexander and of Austria were in the Prussian uniform. Lord Wel lington, the Sovereigns, and the Princes re-conducted the Emperor of Austria to his place. At the con clusion of the review, it is said, that most of the So vereigns went to breakfast with the li.:reditury Prince of the Low Countries. The Council of Ministers re-assembled to.day at two o'clock, at the Thuilleries. The white flag continues to float at the end et the bridge of Orleans, on the left bank of !tie Loire. The communications are re-establish , :d between the two banks. Rich men, and thine in easy circum. stances in the city of Orleans, unite to afford relief to those unhappy citizens "vho are obliged to lodge soldiers. It is said, that a corps of the army of the Loire, under the orders of General Lefebvre DC3; nouettes, is rine to Auvergne, probably to join the • troops of Meashal Suchet. l i ieutenant-Generals Puthod, Curiol, and Montfort, have arrived in Paris, as Deputies from the army of the Marshal Duke D'Albufera, to render their individual submission to the King, without restrictions •r conditions, and to take his orders. PARIS, JULY ADDRESS TO THE KING. . I BY Tlllll ARMY OF TII2 LOIRE. " Slat —The Army, unaitheous in its intention , and Wee does, in order to be brought to a pure and simple submission to the Government .1 your ajetty, has ne ther occasion to receive a particular impulse, or to change its spirit or sentiments. It Is only necessary for it to consult those sentiments which have ani mated it under all. circumstances ; that spirii which has guided it amidst the worm, political occurrences of 23 years. " Its a/4r00m,, its acts, the cpnduct of each of its members, have always hay (dot their object that ardent, profound, and ex clusive love of their country, which is capable of making every effort mad every sacrifice; respectable even in its errors and mis takes. which on every occasion enforced the esteem of Europe, and have ensured to us that of posterity. 4, The Gem rah, Officers, and soldiers, who now surround Asir colours, and who have attached themselves to them with the more constancy and affection, in proportion as they were un fortunate, are not men who can accused of regretting the lost of private advantages. " it is, therefor;, to other thoughts, and to motives more great sad noble, that, must be attributed the silence which the army has preserved up to this day. From the lowest soioliec to the officer of the highest degree, the Erma* army counts in its ranks only citizens, sons and fa ther of citizens; it is ititimately united with the nation : it kuowe not bow to , separate its cause from that of the French people ; it therefore sincerely adopts with them, the Govern. mitt of your Majesty :—which will produce happiness to France, by causing a general and absolute oblivion of all that has passed, and effacing every trace of dissension by respecting the rghts of all. Convinced of this truth, and full of respect and c.onfidenee in the sentiments manifested by your Majesty, the army swears to you, with entire submission, the: most perfect fidelity : it will shed its blood to maintain the oath which ft this day prontemces,,to defend tip, King and France. • (Here follow the Siguatnres.) " At the Head-quartet., near Orleans, the Letts July, ISIS. " The Marshal of France, Commander in Chief of the Armles of the Loire and the Pyrenees, (Signets') " Tut Panic; or Ezzieuzz." The audience of the Minister of War was prolong ed the day -before yesterday tip seven in the evening. Without exaggeration we may say that there were present 7 or 800 Officers, principally Generals, and others of high rank. The day before yesterday Madame Letitia Pesch, widow Bonaparte, left Paris. An officer in uniform, and another person in plain clothes, accompanied her. , Madame. Hortensia Bonaparte, and Madame de Flahaut-Souia, have received orders to quit the, country. . • It is skid that M. Daru has disappeared, and that a sequestration• has-been. pat upon his property. It is to-day reported that General Clausel has submitted to the King. General Laval, it as stited,' has ordered the arrest of the Es-Conventional Choudieu, who. for along time, has repressed the sentiment of the people et Dunkirk. Orders have been sent to Mende to allow Marshal 'Souk to continue his journey. It is said that he is on his way to his mother's, at St. Amand, in the department of Tarn. We are assured, that the fortress of Befort, in Alsace, has been taken by the Austrians after three assault% very destructive to both sides. 'They write from Chalons-sur-Saone, under date of the 17th instant, as follows Many ;naiads have Men misinformed •in announcing that this town en-, dared great calamities in consequence Of its resistance to the All*, No foreign force his ?r . esented itself, • ti* greatest binquillity retie. and the rehire gag arat hoisted without opposition, as soma as it was known that the King had entered Paris. A suspension of arms has been Anted ttpon be tween General Radesky and the Commandant of Toni. Sine* the 11th instant the white flag has been fly. ing at Montluiionb in the department of Allier. The town of Mezieres has hoisted the white flair, as well as the Castle of Sedan. By a Convention with tie! Allies, these places h ben allowed to consider thenuelves neutral. _ _ _ Some of the responsible ediors of the Journals have. it is said, refused to accept the office. Among rsil.erc, the name of M. Niue, named for the relhco DrAuf. It is stated alio, that the Proprieto:s propose to re. monstrate against this measure, and 1p offer them• selves to be respons ible for their Paper/. It i. reported that .the army of tlio Laire, un err the 1.• lets of General 1.-te4vre Demuitette.:, is on 1..! way to Auvergne, probately t 9 unite itself to the carp! of M trsltal Suchet. Lieutenant•Geuetals Puthod, Cu/:al, and Montfo:t have arrived at Paris as Deputies trout the army C: Field hlarslial the Diskc of Albufera, to slake the:- uncoutli;ionai to the Y.:ng. and, withf:tr. any rcserve, to recri%e iii•. AO St Many well•koowa intr. , . ;duals have rec? 7 ved orckes to quit Paris. It seems that the Military Saco! of St. Cvr is to be immediately suppt essed. L;et:ter,ant Genemi Count Dupont Chaumont has bec: - . appointed laspec tor of the Royal Military School of La Fleche, place he had ginned on the arrival of Bonaparte. General Bocker, who accompanied Bonaparte to Rochefort, has sent ned to Paris. M. Murat in a fete days is about to embark at Ton. lon, to proceed to I::ngland. The Prussian Royal Guards arrive to-morrow it this capital. The Prussian army now here is daily reviewed by the Allied Sovereios. A fresh corps of Prussians has this day arrived in the vicinity of Lou. vres. Carts canied bread thither this morning foz them. They amount to twenty thousand men. They are intended to join the Prussian army intended ft r the Loire. The King of Sardinia, under date of Turin, June 27, orders all the French who have entered his king. dom since 179?., to withdraw within twenty days.— Those are excepted who inhabit with the consent of the King, or who have obtained permission from the Secretary of State for the Interior. A proclamation by . M. D. Alopeus, Minister of the army of his Majesty the Emperor of ltussia, forms Captains Brice, Reiottx, Parmentier, Geo:ges, and some other officers wiro ate at the head of the partizans in the departmen.t of the Meurthe, that they are bound, in the space el ten days, to return to their homes, and to disperse the corps under their com mands. In case of, disobedience, they shall he tric.i by tnilitasy law,%ind their goods confiscated and sold for the esponses of the war. Tbe above General has issued another Proclama tion, imparting that being invested with the Military Government of these departmenti over which he pre. sided the same way last year, he requires all good citizens and faithful subjects to alleviate, lay every means in their power, the evils inseparable from war, in which case they shall not fail of his assistance and protection. _ _ • The Ga4rte Ojielk, Net. 5, contains served Or. donnances of the King. The first relates to the ex traordinary powers delegated to certain faithfitl sub jects during the last three months, but which are now annulled, the functions of Government being duly Porganized, and the continuance of those extraordi nary powers having a necessary tendency to impede its operations. • The second is of a more important character. It refers to the law of the 21st or October, 1814., which authotized the Director-General of Libraries, and ' the Prefects of Departments, to watch over the pub lication of works of twenty sheets .and . under ; hut that restriction on the liberty of The press being found productive of more inconvenience than advantage. t: is entirely repealed, trusting to the zeal.of the bla, gistrates to repress, conformably to the laws, those of which any might be tempted to commit under this full and entire liberty. The Articles 3, 4., and 5, of the law of the 21st of October, 1814 , are accor dingly annulled. The rest of it remains is force. The thiid states in the preamble that the number of Officers of the army are out of all proportion with the organization on a peace footing; that the ex hausted state of the finances is such as to make it an imperious dety to adopt every measure of economy, consistent with the real wants of the state; and it de. creel, that as a number of officers of every rank will be disposable in consequence of the new organization of the army, and wishing to call them as promptly as possible to titular employments, no proposition whatever shall be made by the Minister at War. either for nominations to office, or advancement of rank in the army, till the Ist July, 1816. The fourth relates to the Electoral Colleges. It states the importance of the Deputies being named by such a number of electois as may give to their election the necessary character . of regularity ; and in consequence of the power given to Government by article 27 of the Act of the 16th Thermidor, year 10, (4th August, 1802). it declares that the Prefects of the depluments are authorised to add to the Electoral Colleges, twenty Members for each College; ten among the thirty who pay the highest contributions, if they are not already electors, and the ten others from those subjects who have rendered services to the State. The Prefects are also authorised to add to every Col lege d'Arrodismnent ten Members, taken from tb• subjects who rendered similar services. TUZ FOLLOWING GI A LETTER FROM PAM._ • • • Rau Jr Per; Pads, July 19. The -following are some of the arrangements tt the artily, doe.. in Paris, viz.:—Paris is divided into twelve..parti or arrondissements : six have Pi ussian Commanders„ and six English : the Governor-Gene• nil under the Duke of Vellington, is the Prussian General Muffin; Commandant in Chief, Colonel Sir A. Jiarnard, 95th Regiment ; Commandants of Arroaidiasements g Lieutenant-colonel Hicks, 3•Pi Regiment; Major Rowan, 524 Regiment ; Major Hare, 27th Regiment; Major.tretton, 40th Rev ment ; 'Major Edgell, 4th. Regiment. All the English troops are encamped within a tar or two of Paris, with the exception of a light divi akons whicA iaelicaopped on the Champ Elysee. The •