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London, England, 1815-08-14 00:00:00

MNIMEMIt

ADMIRALTY OFFICE, AUGUST IL

Copy of a letter from the Hon. Captain Aylmer,
of his Majesty's ship Pactolus, addressed to Admiral
Viscount Keith, and transmitted by his Lordship to
John Wilson Croker, Esq.
His Majesty's ship Pactolus, In the Gironde,
July 24, ISM
Mr Loan--I have the honour to transmit an ac-
count of the proceedings of the squadron since my
last letter of the 14th of July.
Considering that the first object of entering this ri-
ver was to secure the retreat of his Majesty's ships in
case of a reverse,'and having learnt that the posts of
General Clausel extended the whole length of the ri-
ver froni Bourdeaux, and that from the heavy force
at his disposal the tri-coloured flag was flying Imme-
diately beyond the range of our guns, we were ex-
tremely anxious to ascend the river, so that we might
continue to threaten his detachments, and at the same
time throw ourselves as much as possible into the
centre of the population ; but it was, however, neces-
sary in the first place to secure the defences of the
river, and the exertions of the two strips were neces-
sary to that effect, as the enemy was close at hand,
(both on the. Bosirdeaux and the side of La Charente
inferieure) and our force-a small one.
The destruction of the batteries was necessazily
/try delicate measure, and one which the people,
however loyal, were naturally alarmed at; but from
the exertions and conciliatory representations at the
Count de la Tour and the Baron de Montalenstrert,
together with the promptness with which the service
was followed up, we succeeded in completely destroy:
ing every piece of cannon that operated in the smallest
degree upon the communication of the river.
The forts of Verdon, Royan, de Lonsac, and Mi.
elle, were completely dismantled, and nearly seventy
pieces of heavy at tillery (mostly French thirty-six
pounders), including in that number a great many
mortars, were completely spiked, and their carriages
rendered useless.

The fort on Pont Negro, which did not so imme-
diately command the passage, was not touched.
At this time Comte de la Tour and myself entered
into a negociation with General Clausel, and for that
porpnse dispatched Captain Palmer to hilt. 'On'
Sunday the 16th, erery thing having been arranged
for organizing the people of the district we left, we
run farther up in the neighbourhood of Castellon,
where there was another battery, and a French pest,
with the tri.coloured flag I when I received a dispatch
from General Clausel, formally announcing to me
the armistice that had taken place at Paris, and ex-
pressing a wish that it might operate here. From the
tone of the communication, 1 considered that there
was a good opportunity for continuing to treat with
him, and did so till it ended in the General sending
for Count de la Tour, the Baron de Montalembert,
and Captain Palmer, who are now at Bourdeaux, ar-
ranging the National Guard, and preserving the in-
ternal tranquillity of that city.
Throughout the country the white flag is now
flying, and the enthusiasm and jby of the inhabitatus
cannot be better described, than by the letter I have
just received (and which I inclose) from Captain
Palmer, at Bourdeaux, who throtight.ut has been ex-
tremely active, and by his judgment very serviceable
indeed to the cause we have been engaged in. The
greatest cordiality has existed between the French
Gentlemen employed on this set vice and myself ;
and their dispatches 1 bave forwarded to Lord Ba-
thurst, by the Larne, who brings this letter to your
Lordship.
I have deemed it proper, with the advice of the
Baron de Montakn.bert, to continue Captain Palmer
at Bnurdeaux, to assist in making the arrangements
for the quiet and order of the city.
A French ship, laden with cotton and copper,
from the Missisiri, bac fallen into our hands 'Midst
lying in the river, but Captain Palmer with myself.,
considering that it would favour the came greatly
and convince the people of the good faith of the
squadron, we cpnsentncl to let her pass up the
the loyalty of the inhabitants we thought strongly
meriting this step.-1 have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) F. W. AYIMILR, Captain.
Bourdeaus, Saturday Night, July ta.

SIR—We arrived here (the Baron Montalembert,
the Comte La Tour, and myself) late this evening,
andinunediately proceeded to the house of General
Clause!. We nave just returned from thismeeting,
and every thing has been settled in the most satisfA.
'tory manner. The troops lately under Bonaparte
have left the city, except a few, who will be disposed
of as soon as possible. These are mostly in the
Chateau Trompette, away from the opportunity of
producing much mischief, or quarrelling with the in.
habitants or national guards; which latter ate cam.
pleting both cavalry and infantry with the greatest
zeal and activity, and will in a few days be very for.
midable, as well from their numbers as their devotion
to the royal cause. For the most part the %mkt",
have broken up, separated, and returned -to their
homes ; and every step has been taken for the peace,
of the surrounding country.
A dispatch is now closing for the Duke of Angots.
,lame, who is in Toulouse, and his itoyal Highness
may be expected in a very few days.
I cannot Rive you, in writing, an idea of the
feeling that pervades all ranks aid descrip.
Lions of persons ;a this city. While I write to you,

the hotel at which we lodge is surrounded by an im-'
mane populate, and shouting, a thousand times re-
peated, 66 Vive le Roi," 4‘ Vive Wellington," “ Vivent
les Anglais," &c. &c. The whole city is illuminated.
The windows and balconies are filled with busts of
their Sovereign and the Royal Family, while groups
of the citizens are every where dispersed about the
street:, singing and playing the most loyal and popu-
lar airs, expressive of their love for their King and
their jay at his return.
They have Vrig been prepared for this, but the
white flag, which is now flying from every house, was
hoisted only to-dliy at the Castle, and the feeling of
the people, so long suppressed, has now broken forth
with increased energy.
Our passage up the river was.very interesting $ for
seventy miles along both banks one feeling of loyalty
appeared to prevail, except where the soldiery, just
breaking up from their several posts, awed and re-
strained it. From the tops and branches of the trees,
the country seats, the villages, every where, the white
colours and the Fleur: delis were to be seen. As our
barge approached the city, the people poured down'
along the quays and river vide, cheering and wel-
coming us. Indeed, such was the throng, it was with
the utmost difficulty we could press on or make our
way through the caresses of the people.
am happy to say that amidst all this enthusiasm
nothing like violence or tumult has occurred. The
rejoicings are to continue some days, but every hour
now will strengthen the police of the city, so that
there is not the smallest apprehension to be enter.
tainecl.--1 have the honour to be, &c.
(Sig ;tit) Enmunto PALSICR, Captain.
To the Hum. Captain Aylmer, Pastas,.

FREaCIi PAPERS.

PARIS, AUGUST 9.
iltolll TYR -CALCTTIL orricimt.
IMPORI TO THE KING.

" Sus—VuurMajeity, by your Ordonnance of the 21 of this
month, cook of all the restrictions which the law of the 21st
October, 1814, had placed no the liberty of the press ; but it is
impossible, perhaps, in all times, tic give the same extent of li-
berty to the publication of journals and periodical works ; and its
the existing state ot France arid of Europe, in the midst of all the
passions which the Powers wish to tranquillize, the Journals
whiab foster those passions and provoke them, ought to be tub;
mined to another Legislation.
" The opera ion of those writings, In effect, is much more ra-
pid ; they conic in an instant to thousands of readers. A whole
people read them grituitously in the public places; and as their
.tiumber is limited, they cannot offer the renteiy which is wood
la the IllAsit of literary productions, whsne the liberty of the press
serves to correct writ: Tiscse saute writings, containing news.
advertisements, coniplaitit,i, articles which their Editors receive
ltom all quarters, are like an open arena for all the passions;
even ‘iiptility finds its advantage, in giving to.them the exclusive
colour of such or such a patty. Every day they embroil us with
the foreigirers, and rekindle distrust; they disconcert the gene-
rous ellorts Which your Majesty is making to unite minds, and
to close the wuniids of the State.

" 1 propose to your Majestyto submit aU the periodical wri-
ting; to the supertotendance of a Communion of enlightencd and
moderate mill, who, in receiving their nomination from your
Majesty, will acquire independence and consideration.
" I thy,e the honour to present to your Majesty an °ram.
'ante upon this subject. chigned) "Le Due d'Utaawro."
" Paris, August a, I 815. '
ORDONNANCE OF THE KING.
si Louis, by the grace of Gou, Etc. Etc. To all to
Orilenil these presents come greeting,
After having heard the Report of our Miaister of
General Police, we have ordered as follows :
" Art. I. AU privileges given to Public Journals, up to the
opeseuttl t mimeo; whatever edr mom of shoes Journals may be,
are revoked ; and none of the said Journals ma appear without
receiving fresh authority from our Minister General of Police,
before the loth of this present Month of August, for the Journals
of Paris; a!,,i before the Seth Of August for those of the Dr-
partmentk
"• •u. Ail periolcal poblitations shall be submitted to the exa-
mination of a Commission, whose Members shall be appointed
by us on the presentation of our Minister of Police.
" Our Minister of General Police is charged with the execu-
tril of this Ordonnanee.—.thvest at the 'Thuilleries, August 8.
(higned) " LOWS.
• (Count aligned) " Duke of OTRANTO.
A number of Presideats of Departmental Colleges
have been name) by the King.
The Allied Sovereigns yesterday paid a visit to the
Duke of Angouleme.
M. de Lavalette will this day be transported to the
Abhaye.

The head-quarters of the Prussians are to be re-
moved to Cien.

It is asserted that Marshal Ney has been arrested
in Switzerland, and conveyed into France.
A battalion of French•Oificers, who had followed
the King to Ghent; made their entrance yesterday
into the capital, and repaired to the Court of the Thuil-
leries, amidst exclamations of 66 Vive le Roi !"

A letter from Lyons of the 4th instant quotes one
from Avignon, containing the following intelligence:
" Marshal thane was recognized here the moment
he arrived. The people soon crowded around him
land menaced him. The General retreated into an
inn, and it was soon after announced that he was no
more. The Magistrates were sent fur, and a state-
:tient was drawn up, which asserts that the General
lured blown his brains out. The fury of the people,
however, was not appeased. The dead body was
placed on a hurdle, ignominiously dragged through
the streets, and then thrown into the river." A Ge-
neral Officer who arrived yesterday direct from Too.
lon, and who cause post, relates that he left the Mar.
shat there in good bealth.—This account is at variance
with the above letter.

The Lx. King Murat left Toulon in disguise, and
under a fictitious name, accompanied by two domes-
tics, the day after he was informed of the surrender
of Bonaparte, directing his course towards the mann-
tains. Nothing has since been known respecting him
in Provence. One of the Officers in his suite was ar-
rested at 'l'oulnn two days after Murat went,offj hut
he either could not or would not give any information
about him.

The Chamber of Correctional Police this day sen-
tenced a man named Pogue to two months imprisnn-
nient, for having exclaimed Vive l'Empereur. His
punishment was mitigated, on the ground of his hav-
ing been intoxicated when he committed the offence.
The Court-Martial upon Colonel Labedoyere will
assemble to-morrow in Regard street. General Bonr-
desoult presides, and CaptainViotti will act as Judge
Advocate.

Monsieur, the King's brother, is considerably bet•
ter, but does not yet go abroad.
Declarations of submission ere d•+ily received at
the War Office from a great number of Officers ot
all arms.

The fortress cof 4•aon continues under strict
blockade.
All the furniture of the Chateau of tloacontaine,

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which belonged to Joseph Bonnatte, has been sold
by an order of the Allied Authoi hies.
The allied troops entered Saisons on the sth inst.
The corps of Russian cavalry, commanded by
General Wintzingerodc, will enter Paris this day.
The 5 per Cents. left off yesterday :it 60 1. '25 c.
Bank Shares at 980 1.
PARIS, AUGUST %

To-day his Majesty the Emperor of Russia re.
viewed one of his corps d'armee; consisting of about
50,000 men, infantry, cavalry and artillery, toot and
on horseback. The troops were drawn up at siz in
the morning from the boulevart de la Madeleine
that of the pone St. Antoine ; and from the (psi de
-Gems to the Place Louis XV. At eleven o'cic:k
his Majesty the Emperor Alexander, accompanied
by their• Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King
of Prussia, their Royal Ilighne4ses the Dukes of An,
gouleme and Berry ; and numerous Staffs of tlx
Allied Powers, among whom were remarked
Prince Volkonsky, Aide•de-Camp General of h.;
Majesty the Emperor Alexander, Lord Wellington,
the Princes of Schwartzenberg. and Lichtensteir.,
rode along the line. Shouts of long live the Emperor
Alexander were heard on all sides. His Majesty,
after having twice crossed the houlevarts, followed by
the same retinue, took his station on the Place
Louis XV. where the troor s defilzd before him, and
afterwards took each the road to their canwnments.
Their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, aad the
King of Prussia, wore the Russian uniform The
Emperor of Austria was on the right, the King of
Prussia on the left. and the Emperor Alexander is
the centre. The masniiiceat and truly impos:ng ap.
pearance of the Russian troops was snuck admired,
'The artillery, especially, was very fine.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Berry was re
set nut on the 17th (or Lille. where be was to preside
in the Electoral College of the Department of the
North.

We are assured that M. Labeduyere has made, iu
the several examinations, he has undergone, very im.
portant discoveries relative to the persists who
brought about the fatal events of the month of March.
.It is said that Jerome and Joseph Bonaparte were
arrested yesterday, in Paris itself, where they were
concealed in the bone of a Lady. It is asserted ton,
that they were not strangers to the late scenes at the
*Vhuilleries. All their plots are now frustrated.
The promenade of the garden of the Luxembourg
w.is yesterday opened to the public. A corps c;
Prussian troops continues to encamp there.
The head.quarters of the Prussian artny and Pi ir.ct
Blucher wi 1 to-morrow leave Itambouillin to repair
to Caen.

The public fonds yesterday and to-day experienced
rise upon the exchange of 2 fr. 30 cents. They
were at 58 fr. 15 cents. yesterday, and they rose ti.
60 tr. 75 cents. This rise of public credit is attributed
t,) a report circulated among the merchants, and t-f
which the confirmation will be generally agreeab.e.
It is said that the Duke of Wellington has been aps
pointed Ambassador to the Court nt France.
The Marshal Duke of Tarente, e.overner of Berry,
arrived at Bourges on the 31st of July. The next
day he took the command in chief of the army of he
Loire; he is, besides, President of the Electoral CA.
lege of Cher.
• General Vandamme arrived on the 4th instant at
Limoges, with his Staff-Major. He made apparmr
dispositions for remaining there. No one in th4c city
believed himself authorized, or capable of arresting
him; and he acted as if he was ignorant that any
measures were decreed against him. In this state of
things the civil and administrative anthorities appeared
embarrassed, in the ofAcial relations they were obliged
to hold him.

In the department of the Upper Garonne, royal
volunteer corps are forming, in which will be adiatt•
ted soldiers of the line who abandon their corps.
The small place of Marienbourg, near Rocroy, has
been surrendered to the Prussian troops on the sam♦
conditinos as Landrecies.

Tranquillity was established only a moment at
Nisnies. New storms soon succeeded to the interval
of calm. A letter iron: thence mentions, that 14,
Arb iud de Jonques, finding his force insufficient to
repress the disorders, had quitted the town, after re,
riiiidihg there only four (Lys.
Sume doubt has been thrown upon the statement
0( Marshal Brune having shot himself to avoid the
•
Ifury of a mob. It is said he is still alive,
The Danish contingent, now on their march
through Bremen for France, amounts to 15,000 men,
5000 horses, and 40 pieces of cannon.
We are assured that Marshal Ney has been arrest.
ed in Switzerland, and oat he will be conducted to
France.
the fortress of Metz has capitulated.
Since the Police of th 2 Garden of the Thuillerfes
has been confided to the Dike of Otranto, there have
been no further tumults or disturbances.
PARIS, AUGU I S.
It would be difficult enough to say, If ever there
was a time in which fortune, oe rather Providence,
afforded the world more st= apeetacles than in
ours. Bonaparte, who Ws himself secure on
blithe:rue two months ago, hesitates at this moment
whether he will allow himself to be conducted to the
Island of St. Helena, or whether be will take leave
of his life : he, who was surrounded a short time ago
by so many anus devoted to him, cannot now flatter
himself that be shall find a servile hand to render him
the service of killing him; beneath the effeminate
Otho, who at least dared to` die without hesitation,
and more unfortunate than Nero, whose days were
terminated by a freed man, be bad not the courage
to attempt his own life, and he is not now sure the 1
he can obtain death : all the Kings, all the Prinr,
of his sort, whom we saw figuring away along with
him On the theatre of the Champ de Mai, in costumes
and with attitudes more or less dramatic and gee.
tessue, now fly dispersed like a troop of maskers
after* cArnival, throwing away their crowns, sceptre:
and cloaks ; King Murat, surnamed Franeeini by the
allay. on account of the anectation of his military
dress, and who could not come to display on the
Champ de Mai his plumes, his embroideries and at!
his tinsel, now wanders about nearly destitute among
the most remote defiles of time Alps. under a mac.'
less pompous and less brilliant disguise.
It seems that Lallemand and Rover, who cur.
tainly little believed that their interested devotion 10
the Eki.mperor would have a definitive result and
issue of this kind, are to he brought back to us and
given II t 9 tAir tritpluos; Bruce, whom ,Bonaparte

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:Icier ceased to humiliate in the most cutting man.
rer, and whose only courage consisted in supporting
this conduct, begins the course of his exploits by
kinwing. his brains out, and sees himself reduced to
himself as a dupe in the cause of a man from
item he always received the very wont treatment.
ell this.puts us in mind of the times when we saw
!tiara and Lepolletier, and Danton and Robespierre,
and all those connected with them, successively fall
Ind perish by a violent death and on scaffolds. The
has taken noon itself to punish and devour
it, „if.psing, or rather its anthori; this is not the least
p.irc of the instruction which it will have to transmit
ri.terity.
PARIS, AUGUST 10.
The King received yesterday his Excellency Lord
Amlrassador from his Britannic Majesty,.
afterwards the Duke of Wellington.
:,I.lrat, it is said, has not embarked, but that, at-
:, ord only by two domestics, he has taken refuge in
psonntains of Provence.
It is again reported that the treaty between the
Aloes and France is agreed upon, and that the sti.'
pal:46(lns are as favourable as can be hoped for.
The ilnaperor Alexander and the King of Prussia
33;d 41 visit to the Duke of Angouleme the day before
e•tcr,lay, which that Prince returned the same day.
Colonel Labedoyere under went his first examina-
yesierday before the Chief of Battalion Viotti,
„Tarter of the second Council of War. . Tile instruc-
ioa %Ogle ready on Saturday, lfut according to all
.poearances, the public hearing wall not take place
,n Monday next. The accused has been allowed
lie to collect his mesas of defence, and to confer
,ith his counsel He is not brought before one of
'se militarycommissions composed of butchers and
Judges. who with a cruel eagerness immolated
toe tyrant the victims whose voices they stifled ;
;Axle' Labedoyere, on the contrary, appears before
Coancil of War permanent and not special, which
win not have to reproach itself with the violation or
oii;sion of any one of the forms prescribed by the law.
Saturday night a butcher's boy was arrested on
le Pont Neater uttering seditious cries.
Letters from Avignon confirm the death of Mar-
shal Brune. It appears, that being pursued by the
he blew out his brains. His corpse was then
I:l:tilsted and thrown into the Rhone.
Gaeta' Debelle, included in the Ordonnance of
I:dtli July, has surrendered, and has been seat to
~'.noble. •
They write from .13rionde, that a man had been
sent to the prisoyrof that town, who was arrested in
a neithbouringcnrumune, where he presented himself
as the envoy of Genes al Vandamme to levy contribu.
:inns, threatening, in case of refusal, to set fire to the
viiiage, and put the inhabitants to the sword.
On the 3d of August the Spanish head-quarters
e'er: at Inn, and the communications of Bayonne
w;:li Spain were nut yet re-established. .
GHENT, AUGUST 4.
By the last intelligence from Paris, we learn that
:la Duke of 'Wellington has countermanded the march
'if the troops under his orders which were marching
:awards France: These troops are to remain for the
;resent in Belgium.
COI.MAR, AUGUST 6.
Weexpect every moment to see a stop put to the
dec: of the armistice agreed to between General Le-
coirbe and the Aestriau General, who commanded
a: Ilse .iege cf Before. It appears that the latter in-
si,ti that this in tress should surrender to the arms of
Austria, and that it is only on this condition that
chcrior transactions can take place with respect to
strong places.
The great preparations observed near Brion seem
to indicate that this siege will soon be resumed, and
tat it will be pushed with great vigour. However,
according to the stipulations of the armistice, tliL
%%oval of hostilities must be announced ten days be-
; mod it is said that this formality has nut'
been complied with. . _