PODDDD SFIS SAL SPSL SIT SSSI LL GEL LLL TIL LL LS PIPL ILLS TELL IPI LISS IIL IS IIIS I III ITS EL LLL TLS SST ESS S LS LILES L SIS IST GBD PUBLISHED WEEKLY,” BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON; BELLEFONTE, (Ps) NEXT DOOR, SOUTH OF THE BANK: : SSS FILLES LLLLLLIT IL OTIS PLTL TIL pI TILIA ITLL SSP ILL EIS TEES 15: DB BBS IDI TILING STL ES IL STILL ET STS GTS SSG S rs rT : wr No. XVIII Vor. I] FROM EUROPE. — S— . Bonaparte Banished to the Elba--the an- cient Family and Ancient Boundaries of France restored----A General Peace in Europe. ( From the Boston Centinel, June 4. ) x MOST IMPORTANT NEWS. It never bedore fell to our lot to announce ntelligence so stupendous as that which arrivals in Portsmouth and Halifax from England, enable us to do this day. The Paris and London dates are down to the 17th and 19th. a The French Senate have dethroned Bo- He crown in favor of the Bourbons ; and has naparte. has since abdicated his accepted an asylum in the little Island of Elba, had ceased :~and the Peace of Europe was Hostilities and War preparations certain. What effects these great events wiil have on our country, time only can devel- ope. The Hand of Providence is in them 3 and we have a right to hope for good. The allied armies entered Paris the 31st March, as we have constantly maintained. The Emperor Alexander instantly repair- ed to the palace of Talleyrand ; and Buo- naparte’s downfall was made certain. The Russian Emperor immediately called on the French senateto act. All its members in Paris, with Talleyrand at their head, as- sembled on the 1st of April. The immedi- ately decreed the dethronement of Buona- parte ; nominated a provisional government of which Talleyrand was made chief---+pro- mulgated a new constitution ; called Loui® the 18th, to the throne of France ; and cloth- ed the count D’Artois, his brother, with the provisional government, until Louis should arrive. The giro tempore governs ment then ceased, and Talleyrand named President of the senate. The em- peror of Austria entered Paris the 13th of April. He concurred in 2ll the measures taken.—The people appeared to be ex- tremely happy and unanimous in favor of the change ; and the organization of the new government proceeded rapidly, harmonious- ly and regularly. The small French army which followed Bonaparte to Essone was dissolved. Many ofits officers had repaired to Paris; and Bonaparte was preparing to quit France for his asylum, accompanied only by gene- erals Bertrand and Lefevre Desnouttes, His wife, the empress had not joined him, and it was said would not. With respect to our own country, we have not learnt one word which rests on any of- ficial authority. The papers state, that no Envoys had been chosen to meet ours ; and that strong reinforcements were to be sent out to prosecute the war. We do not think the angry threats of the London or Halifax quill-drivers are worthy notice ; but regret to say we cannot perceive any thing in any proceedings in England which looks like accommodation or Peace withus. Those we think will act wisest who calculate on the worst. ; The extent of the counter Revolution in favour of the Bourbons, may be partly estimated when it is known that Lebrun was SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1814, ~ Talleyrand, Barbe, Marbeis;: Barthelemy Bournonville, Fontanes, Gregoire, Roger, Ducos, Sieyes, Shimmelpenic, the Duke of Valmy (Kellerman) and sixty other of the first functionaries of France, signed the Constitution, inviting Louis XVIIIth to the throne. Champagny, Savaryy Maret, and other Ministers of Napoleon have sworn allegie ance to Louis. The National Guards universially wore the white cockade ; and the conscripts had been ordered to return home. The British Ambassador at Madrid had announced the arrival of King Ferdinand at Gerona on the 24th of March. All the large towns in England had been illuminated on account of the Great News in France.~-At Halifax the same measure was adopted. The news was brought to Halifax in the express packet, 29 days from Falmouth. The series of European details is not yet complete. But the tidings arc ample of the downfall of the tyrant Bonaparte---the res- toration of the Bourbons, and the peace of Europe !’ Elba, to which Bonaparte is to be banish- ed, is a little island on the Mediterranean, some 50 or 60 miles from Leghorn-—<It is populous, has fine harbors, and is a famous piace for monkies and other Mischievous animals. Bounaparte formerly give it to the Duke ol Parma. ll IMPERIAL COURT ‘OF PARIS. The Imperial Court has adopted the fol. lowing decree: ‘That they adhere unanimously to the de- thronement of Bonaparte and his family, pronounced by a Decree of the senate of the 3d inst. and that faithful to the funda- mental Laws of the Kingdom ; they desire with all their hearts the return of the head ofthe House of Bourbon to the hereditary throne of St, Louis. (Signed) SEGUIER, First Pres. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRA. Apriv 10, 1814. ABDICATION of BONAPARTE, Despatches have this day been received from Lord Cathcart, announcing ‘the abdi- cation of the crown of France and Italy by Napoleon in terms ofwhich the following is a translation. “« The Allied powers having proclaimed that the emperor Napoleon is the only obe stacle to the re-establishment of the peace of Europe, the Emperor Napoleon faithful to his oath, declares, that he renoun- ces for himself and his heirs, the thrones of France and Italy ; and that there is no per. sonal sacrifice, even that of life, which he is not ready to make for the interest of France. « Done at the Palace of Fontainbleau, the————day of April 1814.” Am Decree of the French Senate. Thursday, April 14. The Senate, deli- berating on the proposal of the Provisional Government, after having heard the re- report of a committee of seven members decrees as follows : | The Senate commits the Provieional Go ernment of France, to his Royal Highness - the Count I)’ Artois, under the title of Lieu- tenant (General of the Kingdom, until Louis Stanlislaus Xavier de France, shall have ac- cepted the Constitutional Charter. The Senate resolves that the decrees of this day; concerning the provisional Govern+ ment of France, shall be presented this e- vening by the Senate in a body to his Royal Highness the Count D’ Artois. (Signed) The PRINCE of BENEVENTE, Pres. Count pr VALENCE, Count pe PARTORET, ~ The Senate immediately proceeded to the Palace to present the decree to Mons sieur. They were presented by the prince of Benevente, its President ; who thus ad- dressed his Royal Highness. Mownsizun—The Senate brings to your Royal Highness the offering ofits most re- spectful submission. It has invited the re- turn of your august House to the Throne of France. Too wellinstructe by the pre- sent and the past, it desires in common with the nation, for ever to found the royal aus thority on a just division of power, and on public liberty, which are the only sureties of the happiness and liberty of all. MoxseiGNEUR—T he § enate. in the mo- ments of public joy, obliged to remain ap- parently more calny in the limits of its du- ties, is not lessa partaker in the universal sentiments of the people. Your royal high- ness will read in our hearts through the reserve of our language—each of us;as a Frenchman, has joined in those feelings and profound emotions which has accompanied yoll, ever since your entrance into the cap- ital of your ancestors, and which are still more lively under the roof of this palace, to which hope and joy are at length returned with a decendant of St. Louis and Henry lV. For myself my Lord, allow me to con- gratulate myself,on being the organ of the Senate, which has chosen me to be the in- terpreter of its sentiments to your Royal Highness. The Senate, knowing my at- tachment to its Members, has been pleased to reserve for me a dehghttul and honorable moment—The most delightful in fact are ¢ Secretaries. those in which we approach your Roval Highness, to renew to you the expressions of our respect and our love. ANSWER : OF THE COUNT D’AVTOIS. & Gentlemen, I have acquainted myself with the Con- stitutional Act which recolls to the Throne of France the king, my uugust Brother. I Lave not received frora him the power to accept the Constitutiein ; but I know his sens timents and his priv.ciples,and I do not fear to be disavowed by him, when I assure you in his name, that ‘ne will admit the basis of it. The king ir, declaring, that he would maintain the astual form of Government, has then ack..owled, that the Monarchy. ought to be balanced bya Representative Governmept, divided into two Houses---- these two ‘{ouses (Chambers) are the Sen- ate and the Houses of the Deputies of the Departrnent ; that the taxes shall be freely granted by the representatives of the nation; public and private liberty secured, the free- dom of the press respected under the restricti on necessary for public order and tranquility ; the liberty of worship guaranteed—that property shall be inviola- ble and sacred, the Minister responsible ,li- able to be accused and prosecuted by the Representatives of the Nation. « That the Judges shall be for life, Judi- cial power independent; none being liable to be tried byany other tham his natural Judges ; that the public debts shall be gua- ranteed, the pensions, dignities, military honours, shall be preserved, as well as the new and ancient nobility, the Legion of hon- or maintained; the King will fix its insignia; that every Frenchman shall be capable ofmilitary and civil employ- ments, that no individual can be called toaccount for his opinions and his votes, and that the sale of national estate shall be irrevocable. ' « These, Gentlemen, are, it scems to me, the basis which are’ essential znd ne- cessary to insure all rights, to trace all du- ties, to secure the continuation; and to gua- rantee for the future situation. Loxpon, Aptil 8, 1814. Orders have been given for the recal of . the blokading squadrons of the several ports. Zhe war establishments are to be reduced immediately, and the militid dis- banded in June. Zhe Archduchess Maria Louisa, itis said, does not accompany Bonaparte to El- ba; but retires to Italy, where she will take the title of Archdutchess of Gaustil la. 8 Louis XVIIL having declared his readis ness to accept the French Crown and Cons stitutions, his Majasty will departin a few days for France; accompanied by the Dutchess of Angouleme, and a select num- ber of the emigrant nobility, among whom is the venerable Archbishop of Rheims, who is upwards of ninety years of age. The ceremony of Crowning Louis will be be performed by this venerable prelate. The Duke of Clarence, as Admiral of the fleet, will accompany Louis XVIIE and coms= mand the Royal yacht which is ordered to be prepared: to convey the King to France. ieee LED LL Ses BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT. Extsact of a letter from Sackett’s Harbor dated May 31, 1814. “J embrace the earliest oppottunity of giving you as accurate an account as I pos- sibly can at present obtain, of an action which took place yesterday morning, 15 miles {from this viliage. « A number of oiir boats, coming from "Oswego with cannon and rigging for the new vessels, put into Sandy Creek, being well manned with sailors, riflemen, and In- dians, under the command of captain Wool« sey, of the navy, who on entering the creek despatched an express to this place for reinforcements. the mounted dragoons under captain Harris, The marines under captain Smith, the heavy and light artillery, under lieutenant Micthell, who so lately distinguished themselves at Oswego, and a few infantry, were sent as a rvemforcement, thous h they did not ative till the business w2sover. 2 4 & Our commander apprehending an at- tack, placed the riflemen and Indians in the woods, on each side of tie creek, and sent a few raw miliiia, with a show of opposing the enemy’s landing. The plan “ucceeded. The militia retreated on the first fire, pur sued by the enemy ; but as soon as they had passed the Indians and riflemen, who were in ambush, these last attacked them in the rear, while a battery of four field pieces opened upon them in front. Thus cut oft in their retreat, after a smart action of twenty minutes, in which they had 20 killed and 40 or 50 wounded, the whole force of the enemy, 137 in number, surrens dered, with their gun boats, five in number. | Oue of these boats carrigd a 68lb. carro- rade, one a long 32,0nc a long 24, one 2 long 12s, and one two brass pieces, one of which they threw overboard. Not a mtan escaped to carry the news to Sir James. There were among the enemy’s killed, one lieut. of marines, and one midshipman, among the prisoners are two post-captains; one the commander of the Wolf, 4 lieuts. and 4 midshipmen. The British force con- sisted of sailors and marines, Our loss was one Indian killed and three wounded. The prisoners were conducted to this place last evening by the militia : An express has this mement arrived bringing an account, that last night, another gun boat from the “with 36 men, went up the Creek in search of their comrades, whom they attacked and captured after 2 few shot. The esemy have captured one of our boats from Oswego, having on board two 32 pounders and an 18 inch cable.” This will not retard our operations, as we have both spare cables and guus.
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