The National Register.
London, England, 1814-04-03 00:00:00

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viiincs-- Ire h cries nf• Vive le ft ui" wire beard on all sides, and
Wrouglrorit i.e' city. The joy. we's gvncral. Noweroos detachinews
of young royalists set ff to meet his Royal Highness, and the Mayor
pr .cecti.eri to his earriuge wit h the King's Commi,sioner. • The Assist-
ants and a part of the Municipal Council accompanied theni. The
nowt) wv.s iiumesise. As soon us they came within sight of his Royal
Highnes-, Ow Mayor and his compani,ms alighted. NI. Lynch ha-
raogued h•r4 R,val Hi•rhness, and received a reply worthy the; grand-
son,of Idle try the 4,11 "Oblivi.ot Of the past—huppiriess for the future."
Such air. the scotiment, of the Bourbons, such Ihe will of the King and
of as he P,lnce.. His Royal Hodniess proceeded to the Cathedral,
bait the crowd filed r"e y street, all would see the Prince. He stop-
ccery sun Ute to 'CI ihr per ple enjoy. O sight of hint. The Arch-
hi.hun waited for Ills ItO% al Highness at the grand gate of the eathe-
dr.4l64ll the eathe,lral. was crammed, and it was not *ill near an LIOUT
OA the Prince cr.uld gct to the senctuary. The sitcrediruss of the
place could not check the acclamations ; cries of Five le Rai ! stopped
the eery...o.lly. Te Deurn was sung and repeated by all hearts. lbs.
/try"! Highness wishing to prove to the Bordelais how touch he was
touched w these expression, r' poked to the Hotel de Ville, to
66*1--11 the Madmirates to declare Ins deepest satisfiction. cries of
Vide les Bourbons ! and Vivo
_le Roil preceded and followed Inns
every where.
PROCLAMATION •

LW.Tps W ASS OV TUT int4C,-.-ni Dpss IeiiOOII7LEBIE TO TINE
iItENCII ARMY.

•
Soldiers !I am arrived—tram in France—in that France so dear to
mt ! I am come to break yoth letters: 1 come to unfold the white
standavl—that
.spodess
_standard- which your lathc:s folldwed with
transp9rt—rally round it, brave Frenclinacn, and let us all march to
the overthrow of tyranny.
Gederals,•officers, and soldiers, who sluttl range yourselves under
thd att jell hanker of the Lily, in the nlrne of the King, my uncle,
'rho has charged me to make known to you his paternal intentions,
I guaranve your rank, your pay, and•revvards proportioned to the
ifidt pity of your service.
French soldit.rs, it is the grandson of Henry IV is the.iiusbaud
of .4 Prircess whose miseries are unequalled,,but whose wishes Are for
the happiiicss of France : it is a Prince forgetting his iiffiictions,, as
his King. has done. to think only of your's, who conies to throw him-
salt into your arras.
soldiers, my hopes arenot deceivcd ! I am the son of your Kitlgti,
and you are Frenchmen. LOUIS ANTOINE.
By order of his Royal Highness,
Count ETIENNE DE DAMAS.

St. jean de Luz, Feb. 11, 1814.

BORDEAUX, MARCH 14

At midday on the lttli the Mayor of Bordeaux addressed the.
following speech to Marshal •Bereitord :.---
" General,—The generous nation which has given such signal
proots of its magnanimity in assisting with unshaken cuustancy, its
epurossed Allies, presents itself this day at the sates of the city of
tordesinx,*as the ally of our august Sovereign Louis xvirr.
" We approach you. General, for the purpose of expre^ing, in ~
the name of all our featly, citizens, the sentiments by which they
are animated.
" You are about to witness the testimonies which will, burst
firth in everylmtrter, of our love for our Knot. These testimonies
will also be mixed with the feelings of gratitude.
.• " May no obstacle henceforth present itself to the union of
our count' it • ? May your vessels freely enter our ports, ant eur's
be receiviAl in your'sas friends ! Thus shall we mutually enjoy the
benefits of conimercial interedurse. The alliance of England and
France secures the peace and happiness of the world.!'
'at two o'clock, the qiathe Mayor addressed, us follows, his Royal
lifighneNsllie Dire IYAugonlethe :--
'! Monseigneur,--W hat a day tor the city of Bordeaux is that on
which it receives within its butoin the nepliew; and Jan-in-law of
Louis XVI.; and of our well' beloved King Louis XVIII. Prance,
then, is about to recover her happiness ! Site ealifti only Enjoy it
Offer she !itemsl governinent ortt descendant of Henry IV. of the
Saiereign- whose distinguished wisdom was equally proved in pros
plAty as in adversity. . -
" What happier presage could we %mit, Munseigneuv, of our future
felicity., Wan be presence of a Prince ei) renowned fur affability,
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trucks: f and rimless.
" Lome Aroweigliegi, ninong the faithful subjects of Alm Kin“,
to give them' an example of all the virtiiesi come to receive the
most inarked tastimnittp of our loo;our leyoteltirss, slid profound
TSlFec!:'

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SPEECH OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF BORDEAUX TO
THE DUKE D'ANGOVLEDIE.
" Sire-4111icted fur a king series dt years with calatnities of all -
kinds .we have mourned over our Misery : and while oar lirayers
were tallied for a period to Uteri, we were ineessairtiy agitated by
hopes.anddrears, which alternately prevailed.
" These painful emotions are at len;th hushed to pese.e. by
the presence of pint: Royal Highness. We shall he happy I. in
• the time of my clergy and the peOpli of my diocese, I pretFunie to
entreat your'Royal Hit h..ess to comfy to ,Majesty the onfeigued
assurance, that in his dominions he will not find subjects mote faith.
ful or more devoted."

BREMEN AND HELIGOLAND MAIL.

SEVENTH BULLETIN.
Bead-Quarters of the Genet al in Chief of the Army of Po.
land, at Phineburg, before Ramberg!).
Marshal Onvoust, after having sitstnirsie.l so many lasses at the
IVillialii-burgli, appears to have riveu up all idea of iielending it
against us, as lie keeps there nirrely pests for ieforoiation. Ind com-
munication between Hamburgb and liseiriairgle which C tOrtifil:ll
with the greatest skill, aid connected with each other.
Insurmountable obstacles Continue to compel the besiegers to
content them-elves obt:tining small advamt ages over the enemy.
and the General in Chief, Gamy fieeigsen, directs these to be car-
ried as fur as moral and physical causes will perinit our soldiers to
du it, against the advantageous positions of the dieisiy. For this
purpose small expeditions of a few Hundred volnuteers ate daily,
and especially by night, sent either against the island of Wllltehns-
burg ur the enemy's advanced posts on the other side, which are in-
eatitionsly pushed too tar, and which are really amusement to our
'soldiers, 'but which wearies out the besieged and causes them many
losses. .
Among many such daily fortunate occurrences, and in, which
there are always•rnere•or lees prisiuners made, without suffering any
considerable loss on our side, the following are must worthy notice :
On the 13d inst. the enemy was disturbed. on several paints at
the same time, and by carrying of some of his advanced posts,
alarmed him so much, that he made signal- and fired with his heavy
artillery on some patroles, even at a great distance.
• On the 24th, the enemy rendered snore secure by the trifling
skirmishes 91 the tireceding night, starreda strinig column, under
the command of General Billatuf,'and the corps of Markof, to ap-
proach se near to Willielinsburg, that they were enabled to surprise
several Officers posts, and push torwaiss to the road of tommuni.
cation between Hamburg', and Hamburg, on which the nearest
1-batteries of ifasubrirgli and Haarloirg began to tire on us, although
I without causing us the least loss, and after having attained the.ohject
intended, we returned to our old cantonments with the prisoners
we hi. taken. The speedy retreat of the enemy prevented us from
cut ting'off his cannon.
• On the itatli General Von Merkel' again under took an expedition
against iVillielmsburgh, overthrew all the posts established on it,
and piished across the whole Island between Hambnrgli and Haar-
!burg. alarming both these fertreises and likewise Bill and Ochsii:-
lwerder, to the other end of it, where fieueral Von Doctoral, olio
.consaasisidest them sent some battalions to meet him. The result of
Obese three expeditions is the more foetanate, on account of tine
Ivery small loss Slistaitied.in tlieni, which does nut exceed 'A/ men
fin killed of wounded; whilst that of Ihe enemy consists in eight
,Offiters and 38S private men, prisoners, exclusive of a eansiderablc
i?uismber of killed and wounded.
On the sth Mardi, Princeßagration, who commands the ad-
vanced guard 011 the sidc of Alton*, and had daily small atfairs with
• the enemy, 'sent' another trifling expeditinti against the Willielniss
burgh, broke the posts of cersbineers, supported by infantry,
made 13 curassiers and 1B insanity prisoners, with the loss ut only
three Cossacks wounded.
In the follewing nig'it (6th Mach) General Bulatof tell on the
nntworks of the star battery, atawitlt the same insignificant loss,
t,ok one officer, six seijeants, and 67 privates prisoners.
In the night between the Mit anti .-4th. Mire's). Prinee
Bags-
, tion aeaip surprised the enemy's head-post of carabincers on the
Willtdmsburg, Ain) was so fastiniate. as to oejry ptf.4 curaaalers,
and 39 hors* chancies' viiihiintiOsink a single mail.
The General ingliref has lutterltagain detached some corps 0
[ cavalry 'to the Ithik, ats riitamed no Mor'belose ,Ifianihneg
and Marburg than what is reqgisite for the service there ; the
pther side he is drawing goseakrable detachments of infantry tu
reinforce jamself. 314 thaws rvaCh Way soon be exnecicti, wi
.