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ESSEX REGISTER
Salem, MA. Wednesday, June 22, 1814
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
Portsmouth, England. April 20:
The Comus, 32, Capt. Dickens, is arrived in 5 days from St. Jean de Luz; he brings accounts of an attack that was made on the night of Wednesday, by the French garrison of Bayonne, upon our outposts, in which Gen. Sir J. Hope was taken prisoner, and the British lost in killed, wounded and prisoners, between five and six hundred. Among the killed were Gen. Hay, and Col. Sir Henry Sullivan.
Sir J. Hope, on the morning of the day prior to the attack, had received instructions to suspend hostilities, and to inform by flag of truce the French commandant of the garrison of Bayonne, of the existing state of affairs at Paris; and to invite him to submit to the Provisional Government; in compliance with his orders, Sir John Hope on that day sent in his proposal; the answer returned to which by the French commandant was, that on the following morning a reply should be given.
Notwithstanding the cessation of arms which was supposed to exist between each party until the time when the French General’s decision was to be made known should expire, he made a sortie on our outposts, and gained advantages, which, under other circumstances, he would not in all probability have acquired. Sir John Hope, it is said, surprised at the firing of musketry, suddenly mounted his horse and galloped to the spot from whence it proceeded; his horse was killed and in falling, Sir John was severely hurt and taken prisoner.
LATEST FROM EUROPE
London, May 11:
ENTRY OF THE KING OF FRANCE INTO HIS CAPITAL
On the 4th inst. His Majesty the King of France, set out from St. Ouen for Paris. He was accompanied by the Members of the Council of State, and of the Ministerial departments, the officers of his household, and a great number of Marshals and Generals. The road to Paris was thronged with spectators.
The procession was very splendid; but we have no room to particularize. The keys of Paris were presented to his Majesty, on his arrival at the barrier, by the Baron de Chabral, with a suitable address. His Majesty replied in the following words:
"At length (said he) I behold myself in my good city of Paris, I feel with the most lively emotions, the testimonies of affection which are now offered to me. Nothing could be more gratifying to me than to see restored the Statutes of my noble Ancestors, the recollection of which is so dear to me. I touch these keys, and I restore them to you, they cannot be in better hands, or confided to Magistrates more worthy of the charge."
The procession then proceeded to the cathedral, every part of which was filled Domine fac salvum regem and Te Deum were then performed, many of the spectators joining in the service. As soon as it was concluded, the procession set out for the palace of the Tuileries where his Majesty arrived about six o’clock. The King, the Duchess d’Angouleme, and the Princes, showed themselves several times in the balconies, in compliance to the wishes of the people. At night the whole city was superbly illuminated. The exulting shouts of the crowd were incessant, and Paris described as having been for a long time, one vast promenade, delivered up to public satisfaction and joy.
DEPARTURE OF BONAPARTE
Bonaparte left this town yesterday, at 11 in the forenoon, (and not on the 19th, as one of the journals had announced,) followed by fourteen carriages. His escort employed sixty post horses. The four Commissioners of the Allied Powers, who accompanied him, were M. Souwarow, the Prussian General Kolbete, an English General, and another General, supposed to be an Austrian one. Four officers of his household, among whom was his baker, formed part of his suite.
The following are nearly the words which he addressed, on setting off, to the officers and subalterns of the old guard, who were still with him: —
"I bid you farewell. During the twenty years we have acted together, I have been satisfied with you. I have always found you in the path of glory. All the powers of Europe have armed against me; a part of my Generals have betrayed their duty; France herself has betrayed it.
With your assistance and that of the brave men who remained faithful to me, I have for these three years preserved France from civil war.
Be faithful to the new King whom France has chosen; be obedient to your Commanders, and do not abandon your dear country, which too long has suffered.
Pity not my fate. I shall be happy when I know that you are so likewise.
I might have died; nothing would have been more easy for me; but I still wish to pursue the path of glory. What we have done I will write.
I cannot embrace you all; but I will embrace your General — Come, General.
Let the Eagle be brought to me, that I may also embrace it. (On embracing it, he said) Ah, dear Eagle, may the kisses which I bestow on you resound to posterity! Adieu, my children, adieu my brave companions! Once more encompass me."
London, May 2:
By the French papers of the 21st ult. we find that Carnot has consented to surrender Antwerp, and declared his readiness to surrender the fleet to the legitimate sovereign.
Official, May 14:
Dispatches were on Sunday received by Government, announcing the arrival of Bonaparte at the island of Elba. He embarked on board the Undaunted frigate to be conveyed to that place.
Joseph, Louis and Jerome Bonaparte are all in Switzerland.
The mother of Bonaparte is to reside at Rome, on a pension of 20,000 pounds a year; Joseph, Louis and Jerome have each the same sum. Bonaparte himself about 80,000 pounds a year.
The Archduchess Maria Louisa set off for Vienna on Saturday night. The Duchies of Parma, Placentia and Gustalla, are to be ceded to the wife of Napoleon, to descend to her son, the King of Rome.
The French fleet at Toulon hoisted the white flag, and fired a salute of 21 guns, accompanied with other manifestations of loyalty to Louis XVIII, on the 20th ult. The same was done by all the forts in the arsenal.
May 9 — Definitive Treaty
Some private advices from France state, that the Definitive Treaty is in great forwardness; and that Lord Castlereagh is expected to return to England with it by the 1st of June.
French Navy
When the preliminaries of peace between France and the Allied powers are signed, the number of ships of war actually equipped in the six Maritime Districts, is to be reduced as follows — 13 ships of the line, 21 frigates, 27 cutters, 15 brigs, 13 flutes, 60 transports; but the vessels which are at Flushing, Antwerp and Genoa, to remain equipped till further orders.
We lament to find that two parties have arisen in Paris, each of which endeavors to stimulate the public mind against the other — One is for the Senate, the other opposed to it. — One wishes for a constitution on the bases laid down by the Senate — the other is for leaving the King as he was before the Revolution. The King and Monsieur are both admirably calculated to conciliate the affections of the people.
ITALY
The people of Italy have desired to be constituted an independent monarchy, and to have a King given to them. They put to death Bonaparte’s Minister of Finance, M. de Prina.
Paris, May 9:
Prince Eugene Beauharnais arrived today in Paris. He visited the King at three o’clock in the afternoon.
London, April 29:
Government have declared the ports of Norway in a state of blockade.
May 14:
The Prince of Wirtemberg, and Generals Van Essen and Oppen, are arrived from Frahee. The Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, with Blucher and Platow, are expected in London on Sunday.
The Moniteur of the 10th contains Davout’s and all the Generals of the French army in Hamburg, adhesion and oaths of obedience and fidelity to Louis XVIII.
The forts of the Helder and the fleet were surrendered to the Dutch May 5th.
The British prisoners had returned to England from France.
An order has been received to discharge all foreign seamen from the British service.
April 30:
An Order of Council has been issued to the Board of Admiralty for an immediate reduction of the Navy. 20 sail of the line, with all the hired cutters, gun brigs and schooners are now paying off at the several ports.
Lord Wellington has been created a Duke with a revenue of 17,000 pounds per year. He is appointed Ambassador from England to the King of France, and had arrived at Paris.
The island of Martinique, it was said, is to be restored to France.
BLOODY BATTLE
The official detail of the battle fought on the 10th of April near Toulouse, between the armies of Lord Wellington and Marshal Soult, has been published. It appears by the British account that the French fought desperately and Lord Wellington acknowledges a loss of nearly 5000 men. This battle took place several days after the revolution at Paris, but Lord Wellington was not apprised of the change till the evening of the 12th, when he communicated the intelligence to Soult, who acknowledged the provisional Government.
The loss of the British by the sally from Bayonne, was 844 men — The allegation of Treachery against the French General was unfounded.
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