The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-04-11 00:00:00

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THE GRAND DUCHESS OF OLDENBURGH.
Her Imperial Highness the Duchess of OLDEN..
austou, attended by General TURNER, walked in
several parts of London on Saturday. They after-
wards went in a carriage and viewed the London,
East India Docks, &c. Her Imperial Highness re-
turned to Pulteney Hotel at six o'clock, when she
received a visit from the Princess CHARLOTTE, who
remained with the Royal Duchess till eight o'clock.
Yesterday afternoon, about two. o'clock, her Impe-
rial Highness we'll in the PRINCE REGENT'S carriage
and six to Paddington, Kilburn, Hampstead, High.
gate, the Tunnel, Hornsey, &c. The Duchess re-
turned to the Hotel at five o'clock,when she received
several visits.

Some advlces have been received from Bonrdeaux,
dated an the 24th ult. At that time the Duke of
Arraout.su E was in the full exercise of power on the
behalf and in the name of his Majesty Louis
XVIII. The fort of Bleys, on the Garonne, had
not at that time surrendered, and no conflict had oc-
curred with the small French naval armament in the
river.

Louts XVIII. has already been constitutionally
recognised and proclaimed King of France, and his
Majesty will almost immediateiy set out to assume
the government of his realm. By the especial order
of the PRINCE REGENT, the ltoyul Yatch is prepared
to.convey Lours XVIII. to France; and with the
high taste which marks every act of his Royal High-
neAs, i.e has appointed the Admiral of the Fleet, his
Itoyelifighness the Duke of CLA RENCE, to command
her.—A higher compliment could not be paid to the
ROyal Exile, but uow.restared Monarch.—(Morn-
ing Post.) .

On the arrival of the Messenger on Saturday
evening with the account of BONAPARTE'S abdication
oh the Thrones of Francis and' Italy, the important
event was announced to the Public by the firing of
this Pltrk and Tower gans. People ran from all parts
to the Foreign-Office, ' and the crowd became so
grtat, that it was necessary to satisfy their call for
tl4 yaws by reading aloud the following wrttten
Baliesib :
" A confirmation of the abdication of the Throne of France,
the Rretoratioo of the House of Bourbon, and Peace with all
the World."

Orders have been Issued from the Admiralty to
take off the' blockade from Dunkirk, Boulogne, and
all the pOstp that declare for the 801 l KBON3.
Lord yysta.ixtrtoi, it is believed, received very
• early inti*ation of the surrender of Paris. He was
authorised to propose terms to Marshals Souvr and
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• A number of the leading monied men in the city,
it is said, have already made arrangements to ac.:
commoslate LOUTS XVIII. with a loan of twelve
millio4s, if the exigencies of his restored. Govern-
ment in France should require such aid..
By two vessels rhich arrived at Plymouth on
Thursday from St. Andero, which place they left on
the lst inst. we learn, thnt the town walilludinated
the evening before they sailed. The accounts differ
as to the cause; some representing it to have been
for the surrender of Barcelona, others, for that of
Bayonne, which was said to have capitulated on the
211 h alt. '
Capt. SLAUGHTER, of the Archer gun-brig, ar-
rived on Stnorday at the Admiralty, from Deal, ac-
companied by two Deputies from Dunkirk, who came
oat to him in a flag of truce from that port on Fr!-
' day morning. The garrison, amounting to about
2000 men, the inhabitants, and all the neighbouring

country, have hoisted the white cockade, and de-
cr. 4itesti for the Bovnuoto. The Deputies are come
qiimiticlare the sentiments of the people, and to in-
'ohs, Louis XVIII. to return, for which purpose they
proceeded to wait upon his MAJESTY at Ilartwell.—
As they were setting off from Dunkirk, advices had
-arrived from Paris that his MAJESTY had been pro-
claimed with the usual forms, and that BONAPARTE
had accepted the Emperor AtExANDEa's offer, had
abdicated the throne, and was to retire with his fa-
mily to the island of Elba. The English prisoners
at Dunkirk, I 6 in number, have been released, and
are arrived at Dover. The white flag was flying in

Yunkirk, in conjunction with the British.
The Gcverement Offices, and the whole of the
:eletrolis will be this evening illuminated with utt-1
• common brilliancy, and be confined to-morrow and
;Wednesday, in honour of the glorious emancipation .
of France and of Europe, and the consequent re-1
establishment ()la General Peace,
When a Director (Mr. GRANT), during the late
debate in.:Rite India House, observed, that if Direc-
tors got torx old, or otherwise unfit for their duty, it
was in the purser of the Proprietors to dbpense with
theilservices' tte was asked, in reply, if lie had ever
known en Ex-Director lrft out or the House list, on
account of decrepitude; or of any imbecility of body
or mind, however great, and whether he could deny
that the sig recommendation of almost the whole
of the Dire had not been• repeatedly given in
favour of me notoriously unfit, for no other reason
than lest their dismissal should break the scheme of
making their situations places for life. The Direc- ,
;tors have within these few days thooght proper to
recommend three Candidates, without even affording
any other reason, than that they were out by rota-
lion, as they are pleased to call it.
The victory obtained at the India House, on the
6th instant, by the independent Proprietors against
the attempt to increase.the Salaries of. the Directors,
will be a wholesome lesson to the Directors, and pro-
ductive of much good to the Company's finances.--
As Mr. Hu= may, from his early and continued op-
position to that measure, be considered the principal
*use of the motion being thrown out, it is supposed
he will receive the votes of many of the Proprietors
for his conduct on that and other late measures at
the India-House. The extent of Indevendence
amongst the Proprietors will, we think, appear at
theonsuing Election, and we hope will be as tri-
umphant as the decision respecting the salary on the
sth instant.
The Java Government Gr=ctlcs, of the sth of
June, we are sorry to find, contains an account of
the death of those gallant Officers, Colonel FRASER
and Captain MaPHERION, of his MAJESTY'S 78th
rosiment. They appear to have been overpowered
tied killed by 300 banditti, which had suddenly de.
sqnded from the mountains. Three other Officers;
who were in company with them, besides Mrs.
Fount, narrowly escaped.