Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-05-16


Was IN good health; but had not been abb,
20 effect any object Of his mission--On his
trivial at Bordeaur, he found the place tran
gull, and in Possession 9TH British e. Por
tuguese /; and the avlite fagt Bourbon flying,
and the avhtte cockade displayed in almost eu,
cry hat-the PEOPLE afYteared to be much flea
sed with the change.
He also states that a severe battle wa
fought about the 9th March, between ihe
armies under Lord Wellington, and soll,,
In which the latter was routed, and CON-
pletely defeated with immense loss that o.,
the 18th March, about 5000 British and
Por uguese troops entered Bordeaux with
out opposition; the Mayor having made
previous arrangements for their entry
He also states, that Bulletin issued at
Rochelle abou, three days after he sailed,
giving an account Of the entry Of the <ilies
into Paris, (Which place was completely in
their possession about the 3lst OF March, is
the only printed paper on board the Ida
Bonapsrte, with his army was at Essonr,
about ten leagues loom Paris.
he Emp, ess and the Imheriai Court. had
fled to zonrs, about 100 leagues from Paris
Boston Gazette.
When the Ida sailed, the allies occupsx.
Lyons, and Louis the 18th had issued .
proclamation stating that he had formed i,
Treaty with the combined powers
Tours, the town to which the Empress,
with the imperial Court have retired is 1870
miles > w. from Paris
b lush and Portuguese troops were H.
advance OF Bordeaux 30 miles on the road
to Rochefort.
The last Information from Bernadotte
states that he. was within so miles Of Paris.
Ii is stated that the number of the Ma
tional Guards ct Paris at the time Gen
Butcher marched agains, it, was $4,000,
and .ha, they refused to oppose him, saying
the Empress and Court had deserted then,
Capt. Woodruff, passenger in the Ida,
commanded the big Nancy, Of Philadei-
phia, was taken on voyage to Lisbon, l6
months ago, by two French fligstes, and hi,
vessel burnt He has been in France eve,
since, vainly endeavouring to obtain redress
ltappears the Minister Of the United States,
Mr.. Crawford, does not meet with bett.
success in his public capacity. He is sic
Of his situatirn, and like his predecessor, is
totally neglected; and there is not the leas,
prospect of his obtaining indemni6catio.
for the millions of property which the Plu,,
derer Of Europe has Rlched from the ciri-
Gems Of the United States, under colour 81
hi. Berlin & Milan DEGREES Notwi,hstan.
ding this, our impartial rulers conside,
Bonaparte as their q dear friend and ally
and their sersiIe par,izans lament his mis-
fortunes and exult at his successes, as tho
their very existence depended upon his
power.
The democrats and partizans OF Bona
parte, who have so recently been Boosting
that tnsir super-eminent" Bonaparte had
annihila.sd the allied army, are most wolul
ly chopfallen at the late news from France.
The more rational part OF them conside
the situation OF their friend and idol as most
desperate, if not hopeless; whilst few OF
the knowing ones seek consolation in pre-
tending to believe the accounts are forge
ries. or that the permitting the Prussians
to occupy the Capital is deep laid scheme
ofthe Emperor's 70 entrap and involve them
in the same fate he formerly experienced
at Moscow-but those who reason thus will
do we'll to look at tie totally different state
OF things now as it respects the opposing
armies, to what they were at the time refer
red to. The allies are not exposed to a
" frightful climate" and destitute of cover !;
they are not surrounded by superior force,
resolved TO conquer or to die, nor cut off
from receiving powerful reinforcements
and supplies of all kinds nor in country
where the roads are such as ,o render it
impossible to transport their artillery or
baggage nor are they Consistently exposed
to species of troops at one time rendered
formidable by circumstances" and at anoth-