Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-05-08

appeared; and the sentiment Of nationa
honor and Of the greatness of our institu
tons has sprung up again in our hearts
we swear to live and die under the laws
of the emperor and his majesty"
Such are the expressions which we find
| contained in crewd of addresses among
| which we have particularly noticed those
of, &c. &c. &c. mentioning large
number of addresses. ~ .Monite1r.
Late and Interesting from
France.
Transmitted BY orr ~ p. Co'respon.
dents.
Bosros, April s0-sunday noon.
Las evening Ireceived letter, (which
came by the British schr. Blanch arrived
ON Friday from Halifax,) from an Anne
rican gentleman, dated Halifax 22d inst.
who arrived at that place, that day, in
the British brig sherbrooke, from Mar
settles and Gibraltar, of which the fol-
lowing Is copy:
s'Jur. .Sam'l Icplif,"
San,
l left afatseilles the 9TH March and
Gibraltar the 9th of the same month
as it may be agreeable to you and your
numerous body Of friends to have the
possession of any news my long passage
may afford, induces me TO become again
your correspondent"
81 have Paris papers from November
1914 to March 1915, as also the address
of the project of the department of the
mouth of the Rhone; to the enlightened
Marseilles and his administration gene
rally, together with copy of the regula-
tions of the freedom of the port of Mar
settles, which | shall forward you as soon
as opportunity offers, together with a
Gibraltar Chronicle of the Esd March,"
81 will here transcribe an extract from
two letters on the late novel and extra
ordinary attempt of the eY-emperor Eo-
naparte's landing on the shore and add
vancing into the interior Of France"
list COPY.
!" CANNES, March LIST 1915.
" Bonaparte landed this afternoon to-
wards 4 o'clock, at the Gulph Jean, dis
tant one league from hence, and came
here this evening att to take l | or 1900
ratons of bread and meat, which was i'm
mediately furnished him. when he filed
off with about 1900 men towards Grasse
this event surprises SO much and We do
not know what to think of it,"
"GRAssE, March Cd, 1915.
Gas wonderful as it may appear Bo-
naparte landed yesterday at 4, at the
GuIph Jean, sent lieutenants guard of
"a men to the Antilles ratification (which
is sarrisoned with near 1000 men) to de-
mand its surrender by ruse-de -guerre
they were all marched into the fort, and
then put in irons-the gates were then
shut and they were determined to defend
themselves and the place against any
force he might have; he then took ras:ons
at Cannes and with his usual rapidity ar
rived here, fifteen leagues, this evening";
after he passed throug il this city the may
or ordered tie gates Of the place to be i'm
mediately shut: as the only means of pre-
venting the troops stationed here from
following him, and joining his Standard
it is supposed he is proceeding to Greno-
bic or the mountains of Dauphine, and is
buying all the horses on the road or in
fact taking them wherever he meets with
them, and mounting his men with all ex-
petition possible. Gen. Bertrand is with
him."
One of the English Navy agents IA
friend of mine) told me on the 9th of
March, he had seen a man who left
Grasse on the Sd, and who was in the city
when Bonaparte passed through it, con-
frned the truth of the last letter quoted,
and added it was with difficulty that the
troops were prevented joining him-that
Bonaparte, Gen. Bertrand and his SOL
diers, had issued their flaming Proclama-
tons of singular combined, they
addressed the united population of France.
l saw none of them, as whoever bad them
in Marseilles was taken up Immediately
and put into secret confnement-twelve
men had been taken up in Narseilles.
The news was made knownby Procla-
nation from the project on the morning
of the 18th, and before noon the Esd and
58th regts. of the line had been marched
off in pursuit ; in the last of which: short
~ after it left Marseilles, some attach
ment to the cause of Bonaparte had been