Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-05-30
LafeH from France.

LateH from FRANCE.
NETWORK, MAY 49, The fai failing
letter of ma,que Regent, Capt. Bartlett,
arrived hereI yeeerday afternoon. She
failed from Nantz on the 9th Of April.
and afte. few hours beating chafe yeti
erday morning OFF the Hook, blythe Bel
videra, reached our harbour.
Captain Bartlett being hurried away,
brought no late papers, but brings full
confirm ton Of the news per the Ida from
Rochelle, and the Fair American from
Liverpool, differing, however, in Tome
particulars. He ftates, that
The combined armies of Rui1ia, Prus.
fla, and Sweden, alter three days hard
fighting, under the walls of Paris, the
18th, 2oth and goth entered that city on
the 3Iit by population.
II was reported that 10000 men only
had entered Paris under the command of
Bernadotte, Prince Royal of Swedeu,
who kept his troops under the feverett
aifcipline. The allies do not pretend
to give matter to the French, but leave
that nation TO choofe one for themtelves.
Lord Wellington holds the fame Ian
guage at Bordeaux.
Bonaparte, it was faid, was at Fon
tainblcau, with $4,000 men This num-
Der was generally fuppoied to be much
exaggerated.
|, The empress, flour months advanced
in pregnancy the king of Rome, and the
court, had retired to Orleans.
Lyons was taken on the arr of March.
rhoulouie, and mott of the South Of
France, were no longer under the con-
trout Of Napoleon n
The people of France were generally
pleafed with the prospect Of having q
new ruler. The excite officers had oeGs-
ted from performing their duties; the
inhabitaets having refuiedto fufer them.
Captain Bartlett reprcfents that no 9TH
or commo,ion than the refufal to fubmit
to the excite officers had taken place at
Nantz The people there were waiting
with impotence the advance of fome
party of the allies, however fmall, to
furnilh them with pretexs for fuIrend-
ering.
Estraa Of a letter from gentleman at
Rochelle toiis brother at PHILADELPHIA,
dated ZbrI7.
"Wc arc at the eve of great events.
Bordeaux has been in pofei1ion Of the
Britifh Gnce the 9Th of March, who have
left the civil administration in the hands
Of the Duke Of Angouleme, in the name
Of Louis the XVIlIth. Every one is 70
much fatis6ed With their conduit. that all
the neigb5pbsod hcve to3otved the example
No exactions, and no extraordinary taxes
no requif.ions, 4 does not feem as it
there were anyforeign troops at Bordeaux
Libourne, and Cubiac are in their poaess-
iion. Blay cannot hold out long. Its
faid Gncc yetterday, that the c,ty Of An.
gouleme has hoilted the white flag chat
ed away the Preiea Of the Faxes (dIoits
denuis. II is no, believed that we can
be long quiet here and at Rochefort.
There are no means of defence, and the
people DIRT care about il. They are tired
Of war, they are exhauifed. Tiny zviA hare
peace on any terms From the other Eide
Lord Wellington is in purfuit Of Soul:.
and is faid to be already matter Of Toul
ufe and Montaubau. Lions opened her
gates to the Auffrians on the aad Of
March. and it is faid Louis 8 is there in
perfon. The Emperor being near Troy
es with his army, Blucher and Berna
doste it is faid occupied Paris with an i'm.
poGng force on the goth of March Mar
mont, Gen. Savary Nmj2er Of PoGce) and
the IL Mayors, went to meet them, and
have Ggned the capitalization. Iftravel-
lers are to be believed the grea,eit or
der was at Paris-Thc national guard did |
fervice with the foreign troops The
Comte d'Astois and the Prince Condo are |
At Paris, and rallcyrand and Cambaceres |
have declared in their favour. The Off |
cial bulletin tells US, that the Emperor re
turned by forced marches, and was on
the Ill of April, at Efone. with his ar
l.