Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-05-11
Paris, March u.
CHAMBER or PEERS, March II.

Repcrt made tetie Feers By the G'lancet-
lori virtae cfhis .Myesty's orders,
& In pursuance Of the wish of the cham,
ber of peers. Prepared to the king, ane
his Majesty has authorised me to co'nmu-
nicate to you frankly and without reserve ei
all the :.telligence relative. to the suhJect
of which I had yesterday the honor 10
give you the Information.
On the 5th we received the ilrst IN
formation of the landing effected by the
enemy. According to reports, on the
correctness of which it is conceived re-
lance might 'bes .aced, lie had only Ioo
of the old guard, about 500 Corslcans'
and 40 foreigners frvh;the Island OF FL
ba; that is TO say altogether 114O men,
"With this handful of troops ne land
ed on the 1st at Cannes, near Antilles.
He landed without resistance, because
there were not there sufficient troops TO
oppose him, there being no troops on
point which was not menaced. Bona
parte, it appears, failed in bis attempt
on Antilles, and advanced towards, D1g-
ne. where he was on tie 9Th, without
having received any reinforcement.
"The Project of the Var despatched
couriers to .ali the neighboring projects,
and particularly to Lyons, to give notice
of the events which had occurred. BY
one of these couriers the project of Ly-
ons received an account of the landing,
which he transmitted by telegraphfc
despatch on the -5th.,
:" A second despatch of the same day
rectiGed the force reduced to1OO0'or 100
men. The number of troops had at flrst
been estimated ut 1907
"Upon this first intelligence, slon-
sieur, the kipg's, brother, departed in
the night between Sunday, and Monday.
"Coufiers despatched IN every direc-
Tion. ordered movements of troops, for cor
lecting under the command OF Monsieur
an army which would on IT'S assembling
be $4,000 men, and or 1000 of whom
were to be cavalry.
IS Orders were at the same time des-
patched to the Duke of Angouleme to
proceed from Bordeaux towards .Nismes,
and there to command with marshal The
duke of Tarentum, under him, the army
of Gard; the principal nucleus of which
would be from to AGO men,, but which
might beilcreased to 1900 by eToin-
ing to it the troops dispersed in the oth
and 9th military divisions,
these dispositions occupied the days
Of Sunday aad a'eaday, and part OF the
nights. We had on tie 9th Geographic
despatch, containing a lew new details,
but courierarrived on the night of the
9Th, gave further accounts, and brought
letters direct from the project of the Var,
from which econected tie facts relative
to Bonaparte's descent, and his march
Oh Digne and Gap.
: It was Immediately after the arrival
of this Courier that the King issued the
Ordinance relative to measures of gene
raj safety, and the proclamation calling
together the two chambers.
:: The telegraph bulletins succeeded
each other slowly; the War Minister
continued to distribute couriers relative
to the march of the troops. The. service
of the Estafettes was instantly re-esta-
bIished. Wereceived some on the 9TH
and sth which brought US letters from the
projects of the Var, and of the lower
Alps, in which every thing announced
the best spirit, tie tirmest determination
to resist the enemy, aid contained the
promise of good disposition On the part
of the troops.
We had 30 account of Bonaparte
having received reintorcements. We
had therefore every reason to expect
that this rash enterprise would have no
other effect than to confirm the legitimate
authority, by releasing France from the
eternal enemy other repose and her hap
piness.
:: What then was eur establishment
when the telegraphic despatch of the 9Th
informed us that he was that evening ex-r
pected at Grenoble, and when second
of the same day announced to us that
Grenoble must have surrendered.
:. This despatch, delayed by, bad wea-
ther, did not reach us till the 9Th, in the
evening.
$ Yesterday, the 10th, we received
the despatch OF the Sth, dated half past
8 in the morning, and containing merely
these words The. princes del art I'M
mediately; Benapalte is expected at Ly-
ons this eveaing; Igo to1Clermont. -
lit is the project who speaks.1
;: There was no mention of Grenoble