Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-07-28
BOSTON, July %.
FOREIGN aPF.aTRS.

( II UNEIGJy ss1iTUdlfto.
~ Wa have London dates to the 1st
June. and Paris to the last Of May
Their contents daily accumulated import
ance. ALL THE GREAT CONCERNS
|OF EUROPE WERE FASTENING
ITO A CRISIS.
sP The affairs of the ex-king Murat,
In ITALY, had approached a decisive mo-
ment. Geographical! positions. agreed to
on both sides, showed, that after having
|fooiishIy advanced to the Pc, Niuiat had
been, after much desperate Sighting, dr.
ven back many scores OF nliles-that bis
array was retreatins in disorder; and
while lie is said (Which We dotbt) TO
have sought an asylum in the strong CT
itadel of Ancona, he had left his whole
Kingdom open to the incursion Of all the
Austrian corps not Immediately occupied
with the investment Of his place Of re-
treat. After the decisive battle Of the
Sd May. the main body of Nurat's army
/ whether he was with it. or had stopped
at Ancona. was not certain was retreat
ing on the shores Of the Adriatic, By ''er-
mo aud Pescasa. Austrian corps being
at Rome and Aqnila, at tie last date.
prov ed tie advanced point Of the allied
Operations at that time. SIX DAYS march
would fix them in Naples, The congress
I OF Vienna having formally recognized
Ferdinand 4th, as the rishtful king Of
the Two Sicilies. have virtually tlecreed,
| (as Bonsparte did to the same Ferdinand)
that Joacaim had ceased to reign : and
There can be but little doubt OF the decree
having been fully executed ere this-es-
ipecially # the reported expedition from
Sicily had been brought into cooperation
near Naples.
90 In the anticipated arena Of the
new war--the French northern border
there had net been any tloodshedding at
|the last date the hostile preparations,
however. continued Oh an immense scale
The latest Paris papers intimated, that
The whele French force was cantoaed be-
tween the SouIbge and the Meuse. and
that ii would prohably attack one Of the
lfanks Of the aliies-that this point was
watched BY she Duke O, Wellington and
Prince hlNchar, who lad large body of
line cavalry, and train of 700 pieces OF
IieId artillery--that appreheDsions Of the
Eattacs were entertained by the citizens,
| aho had removed and that, to guard a.
,a;nst it, the Duke Of Wellington had
ordered the iuundations to be augment
| ID.
~ It is very easy for paragraph
oongegs to predict military movements,
hnd to lead gaming credulity to anticipate
Important events. ButWhile the French
Gorps on the frontier remained scattered
in environments aid garrisors, without
a." prominent Chief to direct them, and
3onaparte and his marshals continued ir
arts, there was but little danger of any
French hostlities. Ca the other hand
The great allied commanders were mo-
ready for decisive operations; anal unit
they were fully ready, they could not
move an inch forward. Well acquainted
with popular impatiehce, they have learn
I'd to disregard the croakings and clamors
closet martiue's and chimney-corner
acticians.
eC@ OF the state of the interior of
France, it was not easy to form decid-
ed opinion. Instructions and divisions
aost certainly existed !; but their origin
| n extent was unknown. When Bona
7arte arrived in Paris, the Duke of Eour~
bon fled to La Eendee, and there endea-
vored TO raise 10y force to oppose tie
Usurper. To aid him, a secret e.. ed
ion, with arms and few French royal
lists, sailed from England, aud landed
tthe arms and royaiists at St. GILES, OF
1.-The coast of Poitou. The French papers
5a these royalists had all beer routed.
land the arms taken, stated in various &C
,counts at from 5000 to 1O,OOo. But other
Iaccounts assert that the duke continued in
Brittany and that the state of the insut-
ERECTION was auspicious. One of the first
objects of Bonaparte's attention was the
Idoable fertilization of Paris--on one side,
TO repel assauits--on the other to Gre,-
age popular instructions.
co. 1t is amply confirmed that al
Europe is zealousiy united against bona
parte; and that tie French stories about
Austria, saxony, Sweden, Denmark, &c.
we're all sheer tabrications. The best e.
idfnce of their earaestness is their &C
cession to the outlawry of Bonaparte-