Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-05-06

mails. and BY them attributed to N. Cent?
had emanafed from the congress.
We have been not a little astenIshed to
read Yesterday in a ministerial Journal.
the following paragraph
q All thejewels Of the crown OF France
g are safe they are actually in London.
& particularly the diamond which Napo,,
!. leon wore in the hiit Of his sword, and
. which is esteemed the finest in Europe.
& The Duchess of Wellington brought
!" over these precious articles"
PARIS, March Is.
The British embassy has not followed
the king. Lord Fitzroy Somerset occu-
pies the hotel of Prince Borghsse, where
lord w ellington made his residence.
Marsh II.
Gen. Clarke Duke of Feltre appoint
ed by Louis XVIII. minister of wars
sues general orders fraught with loyalty
to the Bourbons, inveighing against the
criminal designs of Napoleon.
The king is addressed by deputatien
of the house Of Peers.
Gen. Mason, who distinguished him
self before Bergen -op-Zoom, was appoint
ed to command corps of troops sent a
gainst Bonaparte-Macdona command.
ed another.
March 10.
A new born child was found exposed
in the streets of Paris in basket, with a
label to it's neck, ON which was written
in English; ".alphonso, feed it acho
can ~
March IA.
On the 10th there was great tumult
at London. The house of Lord Castle
reagh was attacked by the popuIace, cry
ing bread! bread! They were finally dis
persed by the military, but not before
several houses were greatly damaged, a.
mong others those of MIR. Quintin Dick,
Mr.. Ponsonby & Mr.. John Morris, in Ba-
ker street. The house ofa person whom
the French paper names Joseph Bank
supposed 20 be Sir Joseph Banks) was
also attacked and in part gutted.-Im-
portant papers it is said, were amongst
other thingns, thrown into the streets and
destroyed.
March %.
The erection Of the Netherlands into a
kingdom was proclaimed at Brussels on
the 18th amidst shouts of Tire le Roi!
The treaty of Client was laid before the
two houses of the British Parliament on
the 18th by Lord Castlereagh MFR. Her
ner moved in the House of Commons for
communication of the correspondence
Lord Castlereagh objected, and the
motion was withdrawn.
March 90.
Advices from Vienna state that all the
powers except France have acknowledge
ed Joachim Murat that the monarch
continues to reinforce his army; but that
it is expected that nothing more will take
Mace than mere demonstrations. The
same letters add, that Austria has de-
cIared that if France should persist in
wishing to replace the Bourbons on the
throne of Naples, she must expect to
bear alone the consequences of her obsti-
macy.
It is observed that the Emperor entered
his capital on the Goth of March, the birth
day of the King of Rome.
An imperial decree Of this day abolish
es the law made in restriction of printing
and of course grants the liberty Of the
Press. We shall give the text of this
law as soon as possible.
The Duke Of Orleans arrived at Lisle
on the 10Th, accompanied by the Mar
shall Duke of Treviso Mortier.
The General Count Larnot is appoint
ed minister of the interior. The Empe-
ror has expressed to him his satisfaction
for the defence of Antwerp.
The following is British account of
the glorious affair Of the 9Th of Jan. be-
fore New-Orleans. taken from London
paper of the 10th >. March.
s Official dispatches have arrived, and
brought us details respecting the opera
tons of our army before N. Owe
obtained some success on the day of our
landing, and in the rencountres which
took place on the following days. The
9Th of January was fixed upon to attack
the enemy's position. That attack was
unsuccessful, from various causes uncon-
nected with the courage of the troops and
the dispositions of the general. We
we're obliged to resume the position