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Kingston Gazette, July 18, 1815, p. 2

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What itude placed uso.n the pinacle of glory •—"V '"hall we render to him but tears of grati at: J joy ' . ___ ALEXANDER. Chen dt the ff. & CarlsruU, Dec. 6, \Q $.) 1815. EXTRACTS ?Tom London Papers received at the fffiee of the Commercial Advert is kr. TAr nfflpfu <?/ Mwi/fif, Rennes, and Farmer, and the School of Law and Surgery of the same towns, to their fellow ciiixew of Brit- amy ; federal com pad propofui to the jive departments of Brit army. Twenty-live years have elnpfed fince our old men confederated for the conqueft of liberty. Bvitanny had the glory of giving thefignal. . Our rights, our liberties, our privileges, the pmchafe of fo much blood generoufly Hied, the reward of fo many immortal ex- ploits,were all torn from us, but a few days ngo—all except honor. From citizens we frere become vaffais; from freemen, (laves. The nation (huddcrcd.; the whole army unanimous in its withes, immovable in its fi¬ delity ; that army which was betrayed, but r never vanquilhed j that army wlmfe glory was an eye-fore ; thofe veterans coveted with fears, who were indignant at the profiitution of their honors ; thofe warriors who faw at once, by a crime unexampled in hifWy, fifty fbttreflea given up at once to the enemy without a combat ; our cannon, our (hips, our mod valuable dock yards furred-red without compensation ; the domain of he- roc, the moil legit imate,thc moll facred of all property, which ten (b!emn treaties had guar* anteed, aband >ned without a tingle"! diplo¬ matic line having been confecrated to its de¬ fence ; 30,000 officers tried in fo many bat- ties, d'iven out to make room for men, who, inikadof a ftatement of ferviees, prefented 25yearf.of nullity, fome of emigration for 10 active campaigns ; treafon rewafSecl l:ke virtue, and the ftar of the brave mining on the breads of men vvhofe hands ftill dropped wiih the blood of their Slaughtered fel.'ov};- citizen?. No, the army could not remain infcnflble to fu much ignominy ; the nation cotild not choofc to become the by-word and laughing- llock of all people, to refuWe the molt de¬ grading fetters, to replace itfvli under the moil mameful ycke, to tear its privileges, tread under foot its irnprefcripuble rigulfc, and con fen t to pafi -for an aflemblage in a ftate of revi !t and {edition for 20 years. ' national, and victory, 21 prompt &&&&&&• si;y of vanquishing, (hall be imperious. Wc young Bretons, the ions of fathers who have left us a precious legacy to defend, have, for the good of Prance and fthat of Britanny, which is fo dear to U3, duties to perform and engagements to contract Our country differed long ; and here meve than ellVwhere, the feudal fyftem made the moil obftinate efforts to overwhelm us—that fys- tc-m, whose branches, lately ready to i'pread, are forever broken and fcatrered. It k faid (but we re .pel the thought) there are fome of our fellow-citi'/er.s who invite the foreigner, and dream of the devallation of their country. It is faid that civil war will become his frightful auxiliary. No ; civil war, which all the gold, all the power of the Court cuuld not light up, and of which the pieience of its P. race* could not excite the ie.itt fpark, (hall not break forth in our provinces. Our fellow citizens know who are their friends j and while we contribute with aii Frenchmen to the fuccefs of the national caufe, we, here, with a iirm hand will maintain refpect for pes tons and proparty, we will give !t*,rrem:jey to found doctrines a.id the equality or rights, the first condition of reconquered liberty. In this view Bretons we prop*»fe to you a federative compact we delire that clofe Lies mould unite us, and by mutual aid guaran¬ tee to our intrepid warriors, thai during their abfer.ee, their homes ihali be laic, aiufc that no attack upon them fhall eicape t!ic severity of the laws of wlii»*h wc dre the de¬ fenders. Ait, 1. The citizens of the ave depart- ments of Britauny, devoted 10 the national caufe and the Erape or. and conudcrated ; mr, tcr<H% that Valcncicnr.es had de- SedVor Louis XVilUh^at Lisle was equally well cus poled. Arc thrift " the acts of rebellion in the department of the North alluded to by Fouche?' IVo of¬ ficers landed at Dover, from Lor- deaux, with accounts of the dis¬ turbances that have broken out there. Two French officers nave arri¬ ved at Plymouth from Vannes. In the department of Morbiban. They are underitood to bring ac¬ counts of the riung> in the Weft in favour of Louis XVI!I. Defertions from Dunkirk and all the Northern frontiers are fre¬ quent and numerous. The Paris papers of the 1 t'fli ar¬ rived yefterday, and they add an¬ other to the proofs of disaffection furnifhed in Fouche's report. Dis- turbance* have taken place at Bordeaux. The populace have evinced their attachment to the King, and blood hes been fhed. OldBoiffy d'Anglas the conven- tionaliti, has attended to reftore order by the old revolutionary meafures. the allocution wliich unites them takes th title of ihe Breton Cmfcdcrationi 2 The object of this confederation is to confecrateall their means to the oropflgaiiun of liberal principle*, to oppoie truth to im¬ postures, to ipread light awiongtt tnifled men, to lupport public ipnit, co mail.tain public fdety m the interioi, to employ all oui in¬ fluence and credit to retain every one wukin - the line of duty lowaids the Prince and the yoult has been appointed Bona- ne's Major General. Thus the nat urn and the grow had only _, iur„,„i . ,■ 1 ,• • \ 0'ie wiRi and Uie lame cry butU nrurfl cities ., •, . . . .. . r , . .c c . J > '*i« tnotity, but it exerciles ovtr its members and f-arnlons—fiom town« and camps—the ," .. . . es £~.,...,..0 ..v.., »........-----~.....,.. ..e momefir the deliverer appeared. Had he oe- Jjyed, the natioual impatience would not hafe waited for him ; it wa*- at its height. Wluit an event—what a march—what a triumphant courfc .' What a spectacle to the world ! Nauoleon appeared, and the nation was delivered, the army relumes its attitude, find glory floats wMi the imperial eagle, and liberty over intoxicated Fia:.ce. Cut it is faid, Britons, that foreign war threatens us. What treaties have we violat¬ ed ? What territory have we invsdtd ? What outrages have neighboring ftates received from us ? Have we attempted ci.'iHjueh1-, or does the tri-colorcd fl?g float upon the Rhine ? No—[he hand which fo often im¬ pelled our heroes into the r.>\>)\\ of hoflile nations, holds hack and chains in their valor on our old limits. Aie we no longer then a foverefgn and independent nation? Have welefs rigfit than our fathers to e;ev?.te on our fhield the warrior whom we wifh for a monarch ? Has not the nation four times invited Napoleon to govern and reign Over ave not all nations fainted him with ■ the name of Errmeior and Ano/nflus? Is ExtraS of a Liter from Bordeaux\ dated the 12th May. We ftill hope here that the reign of Napoleon will foon be ended. It is faid that Lille is already in the pofleflion ot the kinjr. ■ n. _ . .. There has been in this place, country, to affurd prompt an \ eftM aid ^ & ^apart€*s arrival at Park, on ttte tirtt requihtionof p.ib ic auiho-ny, ro j r > && threatened cities, to.v.is and villi ge* to bother maiUci e. kit who caukd cou.it€^-«ot-alrplots Rgauiil lifetity, o "■ con- Jtiuitions, rttid the Env.jeior ; and, iti (hurt, to lend reciprocal adiiUmcc and projection according £0clrcumitanccs and events 3. All the Coutcdera-cs :uc e'pc'dally boviud to contotm 10 the Ueutec of the 10th, iela.i*e to the arming «i the citizens, th moral police, pesTuaded thai rlic greater! ptiruflitne.it it c^ii inrlid, is the e/.puliion of a member whet; he foifeits bis honor. 5. Every citizen deiiriug ro contribute to the ohje£l ot* the ailociaion is admulible, whatever be hk rank, fituaiion or pro^cffimi. 6. The confcrfciAtes neeeSarily form part ot tne national guard, anu conititute no in- fulatcd corps. The cofnte-ieration is iimply Ad. Keith is appointed to ,;0mm,„, , Chr.nn.-1 fl^t. Sir R. Suachan fc £t in command. le,-0<><i Ad. HoltovveK k to command on jL Liibon Itation. "• Vvithrega.rd to the rniod when hofi?1 ties may commence, we have famcollateral infoimation. Several Oiips of War {t have failed fiom Ponfmouth, principally for the well, have taken their departure wit| fealed orders, which are not to be opened till the nth of the pfefmt month, and kQm hence it fe inferred that this rtgulation i3;n purfuance of a general order from the adaii. ratty, and that war again ft France is to be declared on that or the preceding day J* is alTumed that fome o( the (hips to which w» have above referred, have inltruftioM to af- fill in the re capture of Martinique and Gua- daloupe, which have been fome what too tar- ry furrendered to the neighbouring pow, er. The declaration of Waragninft Fiance, it faid to have been figrted hy ail the allies. London, April 18. A Dutch mall has bro't papers to the 13th, '1 hey announce an in- creasing fpirit of defertion in the French army. A lift of the coir- bined Allied army deftined to afl againft France, circuhtcd at Vien. na,ftates that the total amount is upwards of 3oo,ooo men. Port mouth, Jpriljj* Arrived this morninp; Lieu;$• ant Hunter from Havre-de-Gracc, with defpatches from the Britift Confal at tliat place, for the Sec retary of Slate. The ye©» ports, that the grcateft diffatisfac- tion exiits againft Bonaparte, and adds that the white BajgWlJ flying on feveral p.trtsofthecoaU it to be infericd in the public prints that not a drop of blood had been fpilled fince his return. Two clays lincc, the people were crying Vhe le Rot, when a patroie, commanded by a Serjeant, which was palling at the moment, fired upon the people, killed a work* num and mortally wounded ano¬ ther. Several days previous* the 8th regiment en leaving the place, met at the moment of embarking FROM THE UNITED STATU • « * - - • - , - ■ - 1 • • • • From tht • - • • f ••• •1 e Pmmmh Or«d< »• • > •• CO!? a young man whom the foldieis wifhed to oblige to cry Vive Na- puieon. Upon his lefuiaJ, they a mean3 of uniting mote p.-.tieularly aii ihe run thfi Bayonet into him," and he f.iend,ofaieeount,y,ofl?be:ty,andofthe djedan hl|Ur aftcrwards. TilUS it > Have not all nstiooi fainted him with ^ppearanee of the words »«to the Enaper- the name of Empe.or and /Wuflns? Is ***&*&*> *hta was done by the ap- toot the blood eflrfisgi commixed with that P**^? « a w^t fponge. They had the of the m,n of our choice ? His rights, and ^ Lou,s t[,e XVttl" only painted irt thofe of his ion. are thev not ours? tin dutCfnPtr» wWe the other remained in oil i'.nrperor^ by leaving in diigraccful abandon¬ ment the lmail number of Frenchmen, uo- worihy of that name, wii0 ihail invite the diigraeeful yoke of foreigners, or commit ex- cn'ilcs in ihe interior. [ There area variety of other regulations relating to the internal management of the in'ditu i >n, and to liie wiio.e are fad to be attached 3^00 ligni-'turc;-.] A few hours before Bonaparte entered Pari^ all the hV.p-keeoers \mio had painted over theirdu&rs, tradeimen t.) Louis X VII i site:<id the latter in a few minutes by the re-appearance of the words "to the Emper¬ or Ncpokon." This was done by the ap- P1" in ^ weeks 5 or 6 perions have been killed (without reckoning the duels on accouut of political opinions) and they ftill have the affurance to publiih that not a drop of blood has been fhed Ah ! if we knew every thing that takes place of this kind in other cities, but we are not permitted to k i RIBUTK OF RFf,?KCT. — It |> . our melanehoUy ta«k to announce- ti , "" of HENRY DUN, TSq. M n **H llafl-fur^eonofH. D. M. arn.y '£f * He wis the fecond fon of J^5>** who lives 91 Shaw.park in the co * Ro.Ybnreli in Scotland, about thr^V from Selkirk, and near the wtdencerfS ter Scott. At she age of 18 nr V*H tercdH.M.^vice>aniigeo^:^ ved in that capacity in the ConenK, Walchereii e^ediU, «SRj battles in the Peninfuh,, under Sir Tt Moore and the Duke of WellW 1 our late unfortunate war.ashew^L! to Quebec in the traofport (hip B»idpe6 l was captured hy the Piivateer HarpTZ arrived at Portfmouth on the 22d of Q% ber- Thek.vs of the U. States not peu mitti-.g nun to rehde m any feaport, he took lodg.ngs at Greenland, where foon after hn arrival 3 very diftrefling fever prevailed.^ There being no other medical gentleman in that town, Dr. Dun war, fo licked to vifit the hck, and with fuch felicitations he very gladly complied. He neither refiifed ai now o Ct ut we are not permitted to &."""/ \wt**'*u, uc nenner retaieda* ny thing. I congratulate ^SS^^f*^ "f*T^ teilional rights of fome other physician.-^ He gave his time artd frequently l'acrifice you upon living m a country where you a^e not fubjeded to deipotic power. thofe of his ion, are thev not owrs ? Has toot the holy oil been ihed upon his head ? Is not his dyuafly our work, con fee rated by our will? By four mi!!i ns of authentic votes,fifteen years of vi&ory, and cfpi-ciaily by this lait triumph, the iinell of all, in which, while an ephemeral court fled* aban¬ doned, fn?.kiug incendiaiy torches, the peo¬ ple and the army bore their mo arch io the capit'-l which he had covered with tiophir.-, and to the palace which he had filled with £reat rvco.iccti.ms. Were Phafamond, CIo-'J-, Chtrlemagne or the Capets, crenu-d "kings of France in any other way ? Is there one of tbcfe dynafty to whom hiftory afligna a toore inconteitible legitimacy I What { underneath. This circumn.auce alone is a conviccing proof, that it was generally ex¬ pected timuighout Paris that Napoleon wonid feon return to that cky, notwith- ftanding his abdication, which* the pledging hisjjgnsture. and honor, they did not expect he v» ju.d abide by any longer than he couid he] p« Lateft from Europe. By the Ship Elizabeth, 45 day from Dublin. London, May 15, 1815. At a late hour this morning, a mail horn Flanders arrived with papers and letters from the NelherWa to the iath mil. m __ 1 1 , ~> . -' ~o........ J " ?»*»**■ - -----------------------■»-» ».v i.iw .1-^111 run.—— fhall we be kfs free than in th-; jfth, 7th, yih They liave brought ftuther official aecouirts or io;h century ? Are we Bo longer the do of the fuccefsful progrefs of the Auil.ians in m J i'cendants of ihe Franks 2nd it'-.he Gauls? Were our fatner^ fold like a w y^hlefi herd * Aie we the pro; jfttf of one famu^» If a de- fcendimt of the Stuarts ftrllexiftal, mu.'t all Europe declare war againft Great butain in order to replace him on the *t:rone ? it is pnneceiTary to fay more. Europe is enlightened, and her fovrrei-ug at the great period will /hew then-fe!-es wo»thy «.f their hoe. But if i.tirwifhea b: deceived, if F ranee rnult refuroe her armi, .. ar and %i0totj fhall fieal for ever th- ri>:;;> which we hn\i of Cod and by our [wo**» 1 th« wax Omit be Italy. Gen. Bianchi was at Cortona on the 25th, and expecled to beat Foh'gtio ou thc28ih. Murat had fued for an aimiilicc which h^d b'-en refufrj. The Duke of Wellington was at BrufTels on the ;irh. The official journal of Lorn XVIII fays, that Suehet has had difputes with the Com- mifliontr Roederer at Lyon* ; that St. Cyr and Ondinot are Urielly' watched, and that Ncy had been baniihed. Reports prevailed at Dover ves French Spies.-------'Several Frenchmen, fome officers, have been arretted in Belgium* as fpies of Bonaparte. Various arts arc ulcd to conceal their defigofc A letter contain¬ ing intcre A ing fa els relative to the tlale, was found 'tcrcted in the collar of a 6i>g. The animal belonged to a family recently fiom Paris and was to have returned with one of the members of it, a3 co Unci for gov¬ ernment. The family, on this difcovcry, was taken into cultody. One man dreffed in the garb of a peafaut was arretted with a loaf of bread under his arm, in which were found feveral letters and one for Bonaparte himfelf. Thcfe fae^s maniYcft the anxiety of Bonaparte to abtain information of the (ta:e of the armies in Belgium. The a Hie* are halten.ng the march of their troops to the French frontiers- - France—Bonaprte is exerting all hwfsc uiticst.1 prepare for a difcfive war. An mamlc number of troop, is requiHte to toW the fortref.es and keep the people •„ f-oirrgarton. Foucbe ha» made a repr. frn- tatton toM of the dilaff.-aron and prppeo- y to wolew m,af,„£s mamTerte I in various l"'ts of .th« cn»"fy- Tin. produced a de- c-e aKa,lR ,Ue adherent,of L„k ForU- •uatrc, to thenortltof fr*,„a , ^ qucntly his own comfort, and gave up the molts greeable engagements to adminiftertoft relief of the dtfeafed. Nor for thefe kind theie voluntary ferviees would he receive ar.) compenfatioa, though it was often urgrj upon him. His medical {.kill was as ri markable as hia benevolence. He fcemed a perfect niafter in :!ie treatment of disor¬ ders. Th»s has been acknowledged by ogi moil cmnent r hyficians. who tcok pleafurs in confulttng him, and they gratefully aitell to the w'fdorn and fuccefs of his Ikill.sod With admiration at his intelligence, and the tender intcrelt he took in their welfare.— The fever that raged at Greenland, extend¬ ed to many of the neighboring towns mo* of which can alfo bear teiiimony to the jus¬ tice of Dr. Dun's reputation for goodocfi and for medical ability and experience.- Wherever he weal, he flattered blffa* Iii« prefcriptiona vveie efficacious, and sick- nils and dileafe generally lieJ before him--' Like the good ftamaiitan he was pronto- tially fci; among 113 to hear fome tf* fevereft diftreffes to which we arefubjeo.- He was an honor and an ornament notonlf to the fcieace of medicine, but to i**» tore. Kia mind \y® well informed, an^ m irala Appeared to be perfectly esflW Kotwi.hita..ding the Ctuatiofl, wtt Jf tin. fortune of war bad thrown*»"»*. trayed no dejeaibfl of fpiritu but WJ. for.nly chee.f.d, and the mod «fj fmite way t'rtr phpng abunt bn of*

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