Virginia Argus

BALTIMORE, May 15,

LATE FROM FRANCE.

By the arrival of the schooner Manlius in this port, on Sunday last, in 33 days from Bordeaux, we learn that that city had quietly submitted to Napoleon, and that all the English had fled, along with Mr. Lynch the late Mayor. The quiet submission of Bordeaux to the Imperial authority, with us, is another decided proof of the disposition of the French people in favor of Napoleon. On the other side of France, in sight of Duke Wellington's army, the garrison and inhabitants of Lille had declared for the Emperor.

The Manlius brought Bordeaux papers to the 6th of April, at which time all was tranquil not only in that city, but all over France as near as could be learned—It was not then known that either Russia or Prussia had advanced armies in support of Louis, and it was reported, that the Emperor of Austria would either join his son in law, or remain neutral.

From Bordeaux papers received by the Manlius, from Bordeaux.

Translated for the American.

BORDEAUX, April 3.

11th Military District.

ORDER OF THE DAY.

General Clausel hastens to apprise the authorities, as well civil as military, of the 11th district, of his appointment by the Emperor to command the troops, national guards, and inhabitants of this district.

He transmits to the generals commanding in the departments of La Gironde, the Landes and Lower Pyrenee, and to the prefects of those districts ministerial letters which will inform them officially of his appointment. In using, therefore, the powers in him vested by the Emperor, he orders the generals commanding in the departments of La Gironde, the Landes and the Lower Pyrenees, to cause the tricoloured cockade to be worn by the troops, and to display the national flag in all public places as formerly. He also invites them to keep at the disposal of government all horses that may have been purchased by the King's orders, for the use of royal volunteers: & to cause to be remitted to the military magazine, all arms, accoutrements, clothing, &c that may have been purchased for the use of those corps. The prefects are invited to cause these effects to be laid in the military magazines and to issue forth with orders that the requisitions of millet, money, provision, &c. levied by the agents of the late government, are declared null and void.

The governor general invites the generals and prefects to give their closest influence in preserving good order, peace, and tranquility in their respective departments, and to be active in suppressing any commotion that may have a tendency to kindle a civil war.

They are also informed that it is the will of the Emperor, that the past conduct of a few individuals at the time the British entered Bordeaux, shall not be brought into question, as his majesty wishes to bury such acts in perfect oblivion.

The regular military force shall arrest any person who may be found bearing dispatches either to or from agents who may have been members of the late government.

Done at Bordeaux, the 2d of April, 1815

Lieut. Gen. Gov. of the 11th military division,

CLAUSEL.

Lieutenant General Clausel entered Bordeaux on the 2d April, and has for the present the command of this district. All officers who had commissions not obtained from the minister of war of his majesty the Emperor, will immediately cease to exercise their functions.

Bordeaux, April 3, 1815.

(Signed)

CLAUSEL.

BORDEAUX, April 5.

Address of the Prefect of La Gironde to the inhabitants of Bordeaux.

As a minister of peace and reconciliation I was arriving in the midst of you with happy tidings, to announce to you that whatever had passed is forgotten; to assure you of individual liberty, and the irrevocable maintenance of its right; to afford you the means emitting your thoughts; and to shield you from all kinds of intolerance.

I came too on this noble mission, to declare to you in the name of the Emperor that it is his intention to preserve that peace which was shamefully dictated to us, but by ennobling it at the same time, by his moderation as well as by the imposing attitude of an army which still retains all its glory and all its strength; in fine, not to cross the limits of the empire except in case of unjust aggression.

Such were the words of peace which I was bringing to you in exchange for your submission to your legitimate Sovereign, when the repeated shouts 'Vive l'Empereur' apprised me that by the example set by this great and interesting city, the will of the whole department was in unison with that of the majority of the French.

Inhabitants of Bordeaux! I have known from happy experience, your patriotism and the love which you bear the person of your sovereign. I never doubted your return to good order whenever the spirit of faction, with which you have of late been troubled, should cease to exist. Who among you, in fact, would not devote yourself in reconquering the glory attached to the name of Frenchmen, which had been rendered contemptible to promote the views and interests of usurpation? and by whom? By a handful of individuals, grown grey in foreign countries, whose watch-word was 'Civil war,' and whose principal aim was to render contemptible the heroes of our nation.

Inhabitants of Bordeaux! Continue to remain in that calm state in which I felicitate myself to have found you—be upon your guard against those perfidious friends who are still lurking in obscurity; place entire confidence in the wisdom and vigilance of your magistrates, and you will ere long enjoy the happy effects of a revolution which may with truth be called miraculous, as it has rescued the empire from incalculable evils by which it was threatened, & which would infallibly have been realized, had it not been for the extraordinary courage of the great Napoleon, and the devotedness of his troops and of the people of the Countries he traversed to repair to his capital.

The Prefect of la Gironde, baron of the Empire,

FAUCHET.