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they conflitute the CommifllonerS. It is understood, that they have appointed, as their Secretary, LIT TLETON W. F AZEWELL, Es quire, of Norfolk, a lawyer of con - fiderable eminence. The ftarion is one of importance. The Board bears fome refemblaoce to the Bri tish Admiralty Board, and its Sec retary, Mr. Croker, is a member of parliament. Our navy in its ci vil as well as milirary character is drawing around it an increase of attractions and splendor ” New Tork, April 27. VERY LATE and VERY IMPOR S'ANT NEWS FROM i'UROPE, of the return of NAPOLEON BO NAPARTE to Paris a# Eemperor of France, on the 20th of March departure of King LOUIS and the Princes of his family, for England, on the evening of the i9th March. A change of rulers, without the less of blood ! i ‘ Last evening arrived at this port the fad failing letter of Marque ichooner Sine Qua Non. captain Pond, in 26 davs from Rochell, France, from which he failed on Ift of April. Capt. Pond has very politely furnifhed the Editors of the Mercantile Advertiser with a file of the Parts Moniteur to the 23d of March inclusive, containing the details of this mod: extraordinary event, of which translations follow. We learn verbally from captain pond, that the congress at Vienna did not break up until after the the arrival of the Emperor Napo leon in Lyons, which was on the •10th of March. Napoleon embarked on the 24th of February, with a fleet of five final! vessels, and 600 men ; arriv ed at Frejis on the 23 th of the fame month, and at Lyons on the trvth of March, where he tarried three days. Twenty five thousand men were at Lyons under the com mand of the Duke De Berri, and Marshal McDonald—the army joined Napoleon, and the com manders fled. On the 19th of March, Napoleon arrived at Foun tainblean, where Marlhai Ney was stationed at the head of 40,000 men, who received Napoleon with open arms ; and on the 20ih Na poleon entered Paris, at the head of his 600 guards, who accompa nied him to and frofh Elba. Translated for the Mercantile Ad vertiser from a file of the Paris Moniteur to the 23d of March. PARIS, March 23. The Emperor left Elba on the 25th of February, at 5 in the after noon, in a brig 6t 26 guns, with 400 of his guards, accompanied by three other vessels, having on board 200 infantry, 100 Polish light-horse and a battalion of flankers of 200 men. The day of failing, palled the French brig of war /4ephyr, without suspicion. On the Ift of March, the Emperor arrived in the bay of Juan, where he landed at 5 in the afternoon, and encamped on the feaffcore untill the rising of the moon. —At 11 o'clock, he put hiui felf at the head of his handful of brave men and proceeded to Can nes—from thence to Graffe, and through St. Vallier, and arrived in the evening of the 3d at the village of Cerenon, having marched the firft day 20 leagues—The manner in which he was received by the people of Cannes gave the Emperor the firft presage of the success of the enterprise. Oa the night of the 3d he slept at Sereme. On the 4th be dined at Dignie. From Caftel laqe to Dignie, and throughout the department of the lower Alps, the peasants, informed of the march of the Emperor, assembled from every dire£tion upon his route, and mani fefted sentiments which left no doubt of his success- On the sth Gen Cambronue, with an advance guard of 40 grenadiers, took poff eflion of the bridge and fortrefs Sif teron. On the fame day the Em peror slept at Gap, with 10 horse men 40 grenadiers. The eathufi afm with which the presence of the Emperor inspired the inhabitants; the hatred which they had felt to nobility, was a proof of the senti ments of the province of Dauphine. At Gap thousands of copies of proclamations were printed and ad dressed by the emperor to the army and to the people, 2nd by the sol diers of the guard to their com rades. These proclamations were circulated with the rapidity of light ning. On the afternoon of the 6th the Emperor left Gap, accompani ed by the wliulc population of the city. At night he slept at Gorp. Ihe 40 men of the advance t of gen. Cambronue proceeded to Muse, where they fell in with the van ot a division of 7000 troops of the iine, coming from Grenoble to eppofe their march. General C. wanted to parley with the advanced polls. They antwered that they were forbidden to hold any com munication. However the van fell back three leagues, and took a pofmon between the lakes at the village of—. The Emperor, informed of this circumstance, rode to the spot, where he found 7 or 800 troops, dismounted his horse, made hi mi felt known, and fat'd, that “ the firft foidier who chose to kill i his emperor might do fa”—The j unanimous cry was, Long live the \ Emperor,--This regiment had been : commanded by the Emperor du- ! ring his firft campaign in Italy.— i These troops embraced the follow- j era of the emperor, and instantly ; tore from their hats the white cock- j adc, and replaced them with the | tri-colored. The Emperor then ! addrefled them, after which they , demanded to be the firft to march against the division which covered Grenoble* They began their march in the midst of a crowd of inhabitants which increased every moment. The emperor marched towards Grenoble,and, on his way, ©whole regiment came over to him, commanded by Col. Cabedoyere. At 9 in the evening, the emperor entered one of the suburbs of Gre noble. The troops within the gates of the city confided of about 60c© in number, among them a regiment, in which 25. years before, the Emperorihad been made a cap tain. The national guards and the whole population of Grenoble, were behind the garrison, and rent the air with cries of Loner live the o Emperor. The gates were burlt open, and at 10, the emperor enter ed the city in the midst of an army and a people animated with the mo ft lively entlsufialm. The next day he reviewed the troops, in the midst of the population of the whole department, who cried, “down with the Burbons! down with the enemies of the people !—• long ITe the Emperor, and a go vernment of our own choice l” The garrison of Grenoble immedi ately afterwards proceeded by forced marches towards Lyons.—- From Grenoble to Lyons the march of the emperor was like a triumph. During this time the Count D’ Ar tois, the Duke of Orleans, and fe vera! Marshals, had reached Lyons. Money was lavished among the troops, and promises made to offi cers, but to no purpose. The em peror entered Lyons on the 10th at the head of troops sent to oppnfe him, and was received with every demonstration of joy. The count D’Artois quitted Lyons, escorted by a Tingle gen d’arme i On the nth the Emperor re viewed the troops at Lyons, and, Gen. Brayer at their head, began his march. On the 13th he arrived at Villa Franche, a small tow nos 40co in habitants, but which then contain ed upwards of 6000. On the 15th he arrived at Autun—on the i6rh at Avellon, on the iyrh at Aux enne, where he was joined hy the Prince of Mofkwa, who had caused the tri-colored cockade to be hoist . ed throughout his diftri&s. The Emperor reached Fountain bleau on the 20th at 4 o’clock in the morning- At 7, he learned fl-mt ttu’ Bourbons had quitted Pa ris, and that the Capitol was free. He immediately proceeded to the City, and entered the Thu tileries at 9, in the evening, at the moment when he was least expe&ed. Thus has terminated, without the shedding of a Tingle drop of blood ; without meeting with any obstacle, this great enterprise which has re-, stored to the nation her right and her glory, and which has effaced the stain which treason & the pretence of ft rangers had fixed upon the capital In 18 days the brave battalion of guards have traverled thefpace be tween Juan and Paris ; a distance which usually takes 45 to travel. On the 2ift at one o’clock in the afttrnoon, the Emperor review ed all the troops competing the ar my of Paris. Every possible de monstration of joy was exhibited by both soldiers and citizens. Moniteur. > Talleyrand was at Vienna, and his lady left Paris on the 19th for England, with Madam Moreau, & Lady Wellington, Avery hot press had taken place in England, for what purpose was not known. 44 Ships of the line were at Brest equipped. No expedition had left France lor St. Domingo. The defeat of the British at New Orleans, had reached Europe and the Plantagenei had arrived at Ply mouth with the bodies of General Packenham and Gibbs. The capture of the frigate Pre sident was also known in England. I The fiiip Fingal, capt. Stanton, was at Havre, to fail Toon for New j York. The brig Sailor's Friend, of Phil adelphia, failed from Havre on the 25th of March for the U. States difpatcheu by our minister Mr. Crawford. The Empress Louisa, would ar | rive in Paris on the 4th of April, escorted by the Arch Duke Charles at the head of men, Murat, king of Naples, had de clared for Napoleon, having made a treaty of alliance with him previ ous to his departure from Elba. The army of Murat is eflimated at 30,0c0 men, who rose upon the Austrian guard on the frontiers of Naples, and put every one of them to death. Lord Cochrane had escaped from prison in England, having jumped out of the window. A British frigate arrived at Cadiz on the 2d of March, in a very crip pled state, having loft 109 men killed and wounded, in an addon, with an American ship of war, pro bably the Peacock. The private armed fchr. Arrow had captured 28 prizes, one of which is an an Indiaman. At Lyons on the 13th of| March, the Emperor issued a set of decrees, nine in number, by which is annulled ail the alterations that had been made in the constitution and govern ment since his deposition, and placing things as nearly a?, possible upon their former footing. Vienna , March ll.— The departure of the Emperor Napoleon from Elba, contin ues to occupy the whole at - tention of the public. There have been numerous confer rences Between the sovereigns and the ministers. As yet we know of no resolution of the congress relative to this unex pected circumstance. Paris, March 21. Ilis Majesty by a deree of yesterday, being desirous of giving Carnot, a testimony of his satifaction in regard to his defence of Antwerp, has named him Counrof the Em pire. Gen. Count C.arifiont was also, the same day ap pointed minister of the interi or. London , March 7. Twenty sail of the line were yesterday ordered to be put in commission ; and many offi cers who had been put upon half pay, have been ordered to repair to the admiralty. A press is ordered m the port of London, and in all the other ports lor the service of the fleet. W hen the news of the land ing of Napoleon reached Ghent, it excited the greatest enthusiasm in his favor, and we learn, that the same effect was produced in all the low countries. Our troops will have sufficient employ in pre serving tranquility there. Nothing can equal the agi tation of the exchange since the reception of the news from France. We learn that the minister has deferred the notice to the Exchange of the next loan, on account of the unexpected al teration the present state of France has produced by low ering our funds- O * London, March ll* The important news bro ? t yesterday from France has struck us like a clap of thun der. No person expected it. j All the great concerns of Eu rope had been arranged at the Congress. There was no probability that the flames of j war would be rekindled in any part of Europe. The best