Star. — London, England, 1813-08-19 00:00:00

I , RIISSIA. A St. Petersburgh Paper of the 21st of July, called the Rut:lin:lnvalid, after alluding to a former article, in which it detailed the unprincipled attack of the French on the volunteer corps of Lutzow, states the following as reasons why Bonaparte must be expect ed to carry on uninterrupted war as long as he lives: 66 It is previously necessary that we should lay be fore such persons as have not yet convinced them. selves, that Napoleon must carry on an ilninterrufted war, the reasons why he is obliged to act thus. 46 Out of the convulsive movements of a phrensied revolution, amidst the madness of anarchy, and out of the victories obtained under the colours of the self-styled republic, a foreigner (Napoleon) arose in France, and contrived to avail himself of all the vices and enthusiasin which had been excited in that country. When at last he assumed the loftiest title, placed the imperial crown upon his head, and ex tended his influence over the whole of the European Continent, the following were the principles of policy by which he was actuated :-Ist, That his political existence could not be conciliated with the indepen dence of any Power either in Europe, or in any other part of the world connected with it : That in the annihilation of all the old reigning families, the dis eollition of all the greater Powers, and the slavery of all nations, were alone to be tonnd the means of maintaining his power;—that, in short, he bad no other system big that of the subversion of the world, slight retrospect of his actions will confirm what we have said, 'Notwithstanding Spain had adopted the policy of - the present French Cabinet, yet immediately after the peace of Tilsit, Bonaparte fell upon that kingdom which had given him its sops and its gold, and converted it into mdesart, where etreamp of blood and moulderingburn g n hopes cover atrocious crimes, at which posterity will look back with horror. His want of faith and vindictive jea lousy were displayed in the case of Holland, of which he had given the municipal administration to his own brother. He nevertheless struck it out of the list of States, tauntingly deilaring it unworthy to form a nation. In Lombardy he erected a republic, and only four years afterwards• converted it into a king dom. Naples he first gave to his brother, and then to his brother.in-law. _ Rome was seized, given up, and seized again, At first he declared the Rhine to be the natural boundary of France ; but subjected ' almost all Germany to his yoke—swallowed up Prus sia—next talked of the Baltic being the boundary of his empire—and last of all, threatened to banish us Russians into Asia*. All legitimate sovereigns, wiease policy, was indissoluble union, he sought to disunite, that he might subject them one by one ; and when their States were suffering under priva tions, he jeeringly observed, 66 it is 01 for your wel fare : it is necessary to obtain the liberty of the seas."—Fipally, to accomplish the dissolution of all States, he handed to them the insidiously poisoned chalice (the continental, Sykem), by which be him 'self lost nothing, since, by means of €20,000 licences annually issued, he notoriously carried on commerce with England. Thus he filled his own coffers, while he aimed . at the ruin of public resources in Peters burgh, Stockholm, Berlin, and Vienna, because the diminution of what constitutes the strength of States was to him a necessary means his paving the way for that robbery which was the ultimate object of his policy. From the tfagments of those Powers, was he to forge the weapons with which he hoped to subjugate Britain, and to fill up the ditch which se parates France from England with the dead bodies of such nations as had hitherto escaped the gene t* ruin. 16 But how does he go to work in these wars of his, or rather in this extermination of the human race ? Ile se, ks to unite nations the most distinct—in one I way at least—namely, in misfortune and dishonour : without any consideration of diversity of habits or customs, he impi.seson them the uniformity of his code of laws ; hp quenches in thzir hearts the feel ings of sacred attachment to the country that reared them, robs them of their native language, deprives diem of their national denomination ; and having putt - arins into the hands of a Dart of those whom he has subjected,Jie invites their; by the plunder of their own brethren, to subjttgate the re;t. That it should r , is requisite for his maintenance of power; the domination of France must, in his mind, either be universal, or she falls back into herself, Spanizrds, Italians, Germans, Poles,, Russians, Swedes, Hunga. . rians, all must acknowedge only him, only one leader ;—or otherwise, this Chief, with his Babel, must tumble into the bottomless pit !—MI clistiric 7 l ;ions between nations, created by nature or by insti tutions, must give way, otherwise his whole edifice falls to pieces. The individual anchthe circumstances to which this edifice owes its existence, must be in a state of restless activity—must conquer with unin terrupted good fortune,—otheryvise the instruments which are to-day employed in its erection, may to morrow- operate in its destruction. From Pole to role the people of thiS eaith must be perpetually en gaged in destroying each other, and must calmly eur idure the pi ide, the contempt, the- robberies, and tbe injuries, of an arrogant tyrant I 66 And, besides, when not a single promise of Ijonapatte's can be mentioned, by which those who trusted to it have not been deceived 'and betrayed— when not one Prince, kingdom, republic, or people can be named, that has opt either been the sacrifice of his talib•hood and tyranny, or has at least been se • lccted for that putpose—when, in short, millions of men through him have been slaughtered—and since the whole system of his power Ind policy is raised on injustice and cruelty of all kinds ; surely it must be quite manifest, that whoever expects from him any thing but the reverse of rectitude, must either be blind with his eyes open, or will see nothing. 66 Even in Bonaparte's letter to the Commander in•Chiet of the Allied Armies, and in the General Older" which he issued to his army, there reigns the accustomed insolence, that total want of dignity, which leaves this hero of the revolution, in spite of all his crowns and titles, so far behind all legitimate Princes. in this, according to the expression of a late public writer, we gratefully discern the goodness of • 1 hough this design, which actuated bins in his invasion of kt nuns, I,as born so satiety halfivil, pt wi► are tint to suppost that ha ,bas given it up. • . 1 Pnovtozecx, which, while it employed s rabbi") far the chastisement of kings and nations, still denied him that dignity which characterises a sovereign, that the deluded human race, when it bee expiated its faults, may still find in . him the traces of *van tion, which so much zaini are taken to efface. 66 Were we, in conclusion, to be asked, how a. people are to be saved from the rage and cunning of such a robber ? we should nbt turn to those nations, Who, after the experience ofso many years, forget the injuries that have been done to them ;—but to you, sorts of Russia, who never suffered yourselves to be deceived by the smooth words of the enemy, nor shrunk under his might.—Remain firm in that union, which 1-leanx and earth has formed—walk, as your ancestors ever did, in the light of your holy' religion, and you will always distinguish truth from lies. Consider, as they did, the country as one great family, of which your Monarch is the father, and you arc the children : be constant in your distinguisbed love to your father and native land. NoW for them does the heart of the Russian beat high —now for them does lie grasp,kis 'arms—and even should the world be turned upside down, still even amidst its fragments, by means of your recorded national unauitnity, would you stand victorious, happy, and great l" N4MORGH FROU 781 JOURNAL DES BOUCHES DR L'ELOR OF AUO. 10. " Baths at Toil+Btu, July 2Q. l l 44 Scarcely have . I arrived at the Baths, where I have come to endeavour to re-establish my health, and already do you, my friend, overwhelm me with questions. Although near the town where the Pleni potentiaries from the Continental Powers are assem bling, I cannot, any more than you, foresee the re sult of that Assembly, which appears to have to r 4. gulate the destiny of the world. In the abseqce of positive facts, public curiosity is exercised on con*, tures. The secret intentions of Courts is attempted to be discovered in the choice of their Representa tives ; their private lives, their moral lives, are scru. tinized ; in their known characters they look for the proof of thegood intentions of their Governments. " If the Emperor of France had not already proved his high magnanimity in arresting the car of victory, the choice which he has made in the puke of Vicenee aad Count de Narbonne, would be an unequivocal proof of his wishes for a general pacification. These Plenipotentiaries are invested either with the first em ployments in the State, or the internate confidence of their Master ; thus ranks their moral qualities, guarantees to France the care which they will take to suppprt the dignity of their Sovereign, and the noble efforts they will, in his name, make to ensure t he repose of the world. 66 Austria honours herself and is honoured by the Belligerent rowers by the choice of her Ambassadors at the Congress. To the respect due to the well known intention of her Government is joined that of their illusu ;cps names, ._ . 4"lhe King of Prussia has chosen his Plenipoten tiaries from among his Statesmen. 44 The long delay which Russia employed in her choice, seemed to be justifiLd by the importance of the mcn to be chosen. The annals of Russia also afford glorious names. The title of Plenipotentiary to a Congress, the results of which must affect the most distant posterity, could and would have flattered the pride of the ancient Russian families-,-this honour has devolved upon strangers. It is asked—it is wish ed to be known, if the Russian Plenipotentiary d'An. sletton is the same d'Ansletton, born at Strasburgh, whose father was a clerk in the Intendancy of Al sace ? It may be recollected, that some ordinary talents procured for this individual .he situation of a copying clerk in the Russian Office of Legation at Vienna 1 that rising rapidly by his assiduity, count 1 Razumowsky made him Secretary of Legation; that he became the secret intermediary of the English Ambassador Adair ; that he understood how to skilfully avail himself of English influence and Rus sian power ; that he received on different occasions considerable sums; but alway beyond measure, either to meet his salary, or from that tear which emigrants ever have, of not appearing sufficiently ungrateful to that country which they have betrayed, he chewed himself indifferent to the true interests of Russia, and little justified the goodness of his new Sovereign. " The political combinations of Cabinets are some. times founded upon motives which it would be nei ther usefpl or honourable to fathom; but princes are all pledged together for the integrity of Royal Ma jesty. ft is debasing it in delegating its representa tion to individuals whom public opinion condemns, or does not esteem. Few foreigners in France have been called to the 'whi of public affairs • national pride repels them, and the State is but ;he better served for it. What can be expected from him who errs no country ? Pesides, my friend, here, as else where, we are all convinded that the high destinies of France are independent of men, they are guaran •teed by the genius of its Emperor, What a noble and solid basis !"‘ IMERICAN PAPERS, . .. XXPVIII.IC OF MEXICO. The - following ii a hasty translation of the prind; pal parts of the Declaration of Independence by the !Province of Texas, a member of the great Mexican Republic. It was proclaimed on the tie of April,' in the city of San Antonio do Behar, when a provi. sional form of Government was adopted. The fall of San Antonio may be considered as having decided the fate of that countr/. ow lt is understood that great numbers are flocking all quarters to the Revo lutionary Standard. 44 We, the People of the Province of Texas t call ing upon the SUMMAR itmcit of the UNivense to s lure's the rectitude of our, intentions, &elate, that the ties which phieed us under the domination of Spain and Europe are for ever demolished ; that we possess the right to establish a Government for our.; selves ; and that in future all legitimate authority shall emanate from the People, to whom alone it rightfully belongs; and that henceforth all allegiance' or subjection to any Foreign Power whatever, is en tirely renounced. 4 , A relation of the causes which have conduced to render this step necessary, is due to our dignity, and to the opinion of the world. A long series of occurrences, originating in the weakness and corrup t tiOn of the Spanish Rulers, has converted that coun try into the theatre of a sanguinary war between two ' contending parties, itself destined to be the prize of the victor ; and the miserable wreck of its Govern ment in possession of others, it appears to have lost t the substance, and almost the form of Sovereignty. Unable to defend itself in the Peninsula, much less to protect its distant colonies, those colonies are aban doned to the caprice of wicked men, where there exists no-power to which they may be made respon sible for the.abuse of their authority, or for the gains t of their rapacity. Self.preserva:ion, the highest law ' of nature, if no itther motive would have justified this step, wduld have vinkkated our conduct ; but, icicle.; pendent of this necessity, ypti candidly will acknow ledge, that we have cause sufficient in the suffering and oppression which we have so long endured. [Alter some further details, in which the destruc tiou of their trade is exppsed, the inspument co}y eludes in these terms]: 4' The Spanish colonies of South America have long since declared their independence, and the United States prove to us, by the experience of thirty years, that such a separation may be attended with national and individnal , prosperity. We conceive it a duty we owe, as well to our selves as to our posterity, to use the moment which; now offers itself to sh.tke off the yoke of European domination, and to labour in the cause of the inde pendence of Mexico—taking the authority into. our own hands, framing laws, and placing the Govern ment ot our country upon a firm and sure basis, and by theie means assuming the rank which belongs to tts among the nations of the world." Ricassowp AGAIN TRANQUIL.—We are happy to state, for the information of pur country readers, that Richmond is perfectly, tranquil again. From. the force already collected, and constantly increasing, at the camp below, and from the martial activity ot our citizens, whose morning and evening training still goes on, the idea of a hostile visit no longer alarms us. Our volunteer companies are full to (NEI flowing, and no where can by seen filer looking corps than the cavalry, artillery, and rifle of Richmond. The Bri. tish outrages at Hampton have fired every heart with indignation, and nerved every arm with strength.— Let the invader now approach, and he will meet with the fate he deserves ! THE EVENING STAR. ERFURT, JULY 25. . - It is false that the war undertaken by. Russia ip the effect of the national will i the Nobles and capitalists of great towns are ,partisans of it ; but_the citizen class and the inhabitants of the country' groan under it. In the small towns and villages the most pro found sadness preirails. The half of the militia-in the Russian army was conducted there by force.— By the confession of the inhabitants of the country, the Royal Prussian Guard at the, battle of Luton lost pine out of every ten men; There is in Prussia a reserve of Landwphr said to be 50,000 men, a number which appears to be extremely exaggerated. The men arritaken between the ages of 15 and 40, so that this reserve presents only children or fathers of families. Vor some months the Prnstian army has not been paid. Two ?Meets of the Guards, which the Prussians, regard as their second bulwark, said in the beginning of May, ' 4 l, We are not rich, the King wishes us to serve him, %mit if he does not pay QS we must Tetife." ' They'. had only been 25 days under arms. •. ,t , . 7 The same Paper contains en account q the cele braiion of sue birth-Clay of the Etpperor Vpleun. A dinner was to be given id all' 40 soldier{ 3k' four o'clock, on the 10th of .4ugnsy q 4 tbetaslioni knd along the ramparts. . • LONDON. THURSDAY, AT GUST 19, 1819. Since the arrival of the FAA:CY there have been no details received from the Allied Armies which we have not laid before our Readers. it is nevertheless whispered that Lord Wewstarow, in his private dis patch to Ministers, hinted the probability of a renewed attack op the part of Soots, and earnestly points out the necessity of speedy reinforcements. In this re spect we are happy to be Mile to state, that his Lord ship's wishes have been partly anticipated ; for by the 10th inst. lie must have been joined by at least 4000 British troops, as enumerated At the time of their em barkatiken in this Paper, Several additional embit ka tions have taken place since. The yal Hussars cm , barked at rortsmouth on Tuiesday. We bay. to-day inserted a singular article from the Paper published at Harnburgh under the controul of the French authorities thsre. It purports to be a private letter from the Baths of Toplitz, in Hungary, but it may be regarded as a demi.official communi cation of the sentiments a BoNAPART/to if not on the present state of the negociations, at least on the cha racter of the negotiators. The Duke of Vicutz4 and Count NAABOUNIA are praised for their qualifications as diplomatists (for the term 44 moral fualuies" implies no more on this occasion), and France is assured that in their hands the interests of the Inotarchy will lose nothing, But Count D'Aust.Empr e who, unhappily for is views, has been nominated by Russia, becomes the ob ject of some vulgar abuse from this soi-flisaat visitor of the Baths of Toplitz. He is a man of low origin—an intriguer—a secret agent—and, above .all, he is a foreigner l Russia has, in short ; given great offence to BONAPARTE by his nomination. We are glad of it, for we all remember how frequently the honest and upright native Russians have been outdone in diplo macy and chicane by Frenchmen, and perhaps the appointment of Count D'AtsurrriN arises out of *ill cpnsideTatioo. very article in which be is abused proves to us that he is a man of no common erFperrepce in diplomacy the French were pot atraid cf him, why take so mph Pains to puke us acquainted with his birth, pantage, and education • And why does Baron Von fiUMSOLDT, the Prussian Plenipotentiary, escape the satirical pen of this ano. nyznous writer? Is it because he is a Member of the French Institute and decorated—iecorated did we say—eno--degraded by the Porde. of Bosatures Legion ef Ifononr ! Some additional Boston Papers hate been received, from which we have extracted a public document of the revolutionary party in Mexico. The ROYAL. OAK man of war, Rear Admiral Lord A. Buttcuutc, and SeAttonafrigate, gospoN. which sailed from Portsmouth the 15th ultimo, were spoke with on the 7111 instant, of St. Kilda, (near the Hebrides) looking out for the President, Corr. modore &worm. #RIGHT(SI+4 AUGUST 17. His Royal Highness the Duke Of cytaitNel rived this afternoon at four o'clock, and soon after promenaded the Steyne for upwards of half an hour. The following personages arrived in the course of the day :—The Earl of Fan, Lord Lowman, Lord Pa. TERSHAN ? the PORTLIGU4S2 AIfIASSAIXOt. sir &flat Kneen., and Colonel Tliont4row. At nine o'clock, his Royal Highness the Palace REGIS?, at= companied by Lord Ys amours*, Colonel BLoomama, and the Rev. Mr. &blown% arrived at the Pavilion. The Duke of CLARI?CI, with the abtve mentioned Noblemen and Gentlemen, forme) the select party at dinner. His Royal Highness, we understand, will honour this place with his presence until the I7th inst. Tuesday the puke of Ironic held a Levee at his Office in the Horse Guards, as Commander in Chief s which was attended by Lieutenant General Sir S. A uctimtrrv, who had an audience of his Royal High ! ness upon his return from Bombay ; also by Major. cene r ..4 H. COP; it AN, General HEWEi, Major General STRWAHT, Major General Luivp, M ajor General 134eknouse. - Lieutenant Gener.il Si. Larsen, Major.. general N , rigAN l Major General Mcan, C. lonels Jognsrott, WliilnY, LYSTEH, and KANE. Yesterday, about half past twelve o'clock, the Duke of Yoqic, acconlpanied by Mr. Leis , left York House, in his travelling carriage, on a visit to the Earl of Esaa;, at his seat near Watford. His Royal Highness was •to call upon 114 Royal Brother the Duke Of KENT, at Castle Bear Hill ; and if his Royal Highness was sufficiently recovered from his late ac., cident, he was to accompany him there. The puchess of YORK gave an entertainment yes. terduy at Outlands, in honour of the Duke's birth day, to her domestich the childsen she so laudably supports, and the peasantry. • Sunday the Duke of CAmpirsay, attended by Co, lonel Dote, attended Divine Service at Kew Chunk where a Charity Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. HoDososi, of the parish of St. George, Hanover. square, for an endowed School there r• upwards of I £3O was collected. The `Duke of CONZWILAND 9 S band attended, And played and sung the Pieltp tunes, lan Anthem 04 to LORD our Governor"), and esso eluded with the grand Hallelujah Chorus. Yesterday the Hereditary prince of °RAM& who brought the dispatches from the Marquis of Wu, Litrurow, and his sgitstis HIGUNESS his wiles., dined with Earl BAIVURST, together with the Earl of Bus*. IiCHIAMSHIRE, the cu4NFs4.l.cm of the Excamout, and several others. ' The new Bishop of Lou= 14 a 4 the =mints:4 dance of the Hereditary Prince of OMsea's studied during The time his Serene Highness continued at Oxford. Lord Viscount Muyisigs held si lever at the Ad miralty yesterday, as First Lord, which was attended by about twenty Officers. Ministers sent expresses to Lord Wert. ,Iy, at East Cliff Ledge, Ramsgete, with intelligence of tho 'late glorious events, and with lettrrs from the geAlso4 Field" Marshal to his Noble Brother. An Order in Council was signed on the 15th July, confirming to the Inhabitants of the bland of Jerver their ancient rights and privileges relating to the elec- tion of Jurats, and requiring 4 , in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, that the Royal Court of the Island of Jersey 'do forthwith proceed to the election of new Jurats to supply the present vacancies in the said Court, andss any other vacancies shall hereafter happen, that they do proceed, from time to time. 10 , the election of new Jurats to supply the same; pro vided that 44 well the present as all future elections be made according tothe order in Council of the 19th of May, 1671, whereby it it directed, that none should be admitted to vote at the election of Jurats and Con t stables, except such as contribute tq the public taxes and to the provision made for the paor, and art IRS? tern of families." In consequence. of the ahoy. Order, the itoyal Court of the Island of Jersey being convened by the Deputy Lieutenant Bailly (Sir JOHN DOILIAHWa s the Lieutenant Bailly, being absent from the Island), assEmbled at the usual place, on Saturday the 31# of July, when the Order of the hunt Ileum was read in open Court, and en election appointed at the different Parishes of the Island, for Sunday the Ist day of August following, the Jurats having chose, their respective Parishes to collect the votes of the habitants. The Election throughout the Island was conducted in a peaceable and orderly manner, and ors Saturday the 7th of this instant August, the Court met again by appointment, and proceeded to a scru tiny of the votes given in the different Parishes in the Island, when it appearing that CHAIU.23 LE MAIsTIO4 Lord of the Manor of St. Owtm's, had a con siderable majority of votes over the other Candidates, and no objection being made to him by the King's Procureur-General, he was immediately sworn in by the Court to the office of Jurat, in the room I f FRAN. Cis JAN Vitnit Z 69. deceased. A waggon load of specie, in value nearly £700,000 . sterling, brought by the goat India fleet, and tandect at Dover, were conveyed through canted:l:ay on rridaT, under a military escort l ErrECTs Or I,IFNTA4 4Hp CO4PONEAL BefStrilf.— Madame de Srakt o phacl at one time a niece residing with ber, a young girl, and estremely beautiful ; the consequence of which was, that she bad a greater nuinber of mile visiiors than usual, and of whom it was laid, that they came on account of the niece s but remained on fccong of the aiint.l