The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-05-30 00:00:00

tt.l 3) 1 ! inn sr bp. let 11111 r. N.. ritE EDITOR •r :Its STATESMIN. Stn,—lf I have not already trespassed too much sn sour room and indulgence, I should, with more co nfidence, expect the favour of an tesertion for the fee remarks I have to make on the conduct and ,pseches of those illustrious seceders from the cause a liberty, Mr. GRATTAN, Mr. PettNAITT, and L o id MILTON. Of the first I cao only say, that his attachment to the principles he has so long professed, has, for many years, been suspected by those who know more of his character than I can ; but to me it ; ewes s appeared that he sullied the purity of his pa :riotism when he accepted a pecuniary reward for it ; and he now gives us just reaeart to suspect his inte ,;rity, if the rumour is true, that his son has been ap pointed to a lucrative office. Mr. PLUNKETT'S re ported promotion will easily account for his sudden desertion of his former principles; and these facts are, perhaps, with some people, a sufficient answer to all the sophistical arguments employed by these Geutlemen to gloss over and varnish the hideous aspect of their politiod delinquency. In the whole of his speech Mr. GRATTAN seems as if he consi &owl BONAPARTE neither changed as to character, nor to circumstances, which is both unfair and impo litic. He repressed himself rejoiced. to lad that we were not going to war for the sake of restoring the Iloverosis to the throne of France ; but I should think it must puzzle his ingenuity not a little to prove it ; if he believes it, I can only say, that it shows how easily men can invent excuses for themselves when they know they must lie tit der the imputation of doing wrong. The whole of Mr. GRATTAN'S ar gument, or rather his justification of his own con duct, nets err the supposition that UONAPVRTE is not to be trusted hecanse he has formerly been per fidious. When llov tote is accused of " ferocious enmity and malignant hostility," let it be remern- 1 1 bred that he was in possession both of Vienna and Berlin, and that he suffered both the Austrian and the Prussian Monarch to reign after he had it iu his power to have 44 erased them from the list of , Crow tied Heads." Should he again be alike sec.! cessful, and suffer them again to reign, lie may not, periiips,• be so indulgent to his fallen foe. I am sorry to find that Mr. GRATTAN has recourse to so I I retry an argument as that of accusiug Hoe tl'ArtTE of being the first to break the Treaty of Fontein bleat, ; his motive is evident ; because the contrary being the fact, he wishes to deprive .....IifiNAPARTS of hi, chief justification. That the Allies gave liberty to Eiance is somewhat dubious ; for whether the Hoe 'mums would have suffered that liberty to re mail entire, is very doubtful, considering the amity encroachments they had made upon it during the short period of their restoration. 'flea the Allies gave Boner tare his life, is falsified by their own confes.ion ; for Lord GASTLEREACU allowed that Bov tart, at the moment of his abdication, was slicing enough to have caused a civil war in France, and, therefore, the Allies thought it prudent lo treat With him, for fear he should light up a flame which they could not easily extin guish. Mr. GRATTAT'S estimate of the Allied force is somewhat exaggerated ; and even were it cor rect, its continuance as a compact and operative body is verb doubtful, considering the heterogenous materials of which it is composed. The pains Mr.. Get rears takes to prove the weakness of BONA , . I PARTE certainly tends to show that it is his interest to be at peace, and therefore it is not from his sup posed power of annoying us, but because we are de termined to hire the &mimes instead of BONA• PAP.TE, that we are going to war. If such is his weak' , .s, as Mr. GRATTAN has represented, sup posing that our object had been peace, it would have been a powerful argument against attacking him, viz. that at present he cannot be dangerous; and ae to what may be, lie cannot accumu.ate his means ef aggression more easily than we can provide ours for repelling his attack. All their speeches, and all their arguments, resolve themselves into this---BONAVALTE is the enemy of England, a policy into which he was forced by the violent, obstinate, and haughty measures of Mr. PITT and Lord Gu:evilest.— Once the enemy of England, say hi) opponents, he must always be so, and therefore we can never be at peace with him, note ithstanding the change that has takeh place in his situation, conduct, and profes sions. If, however, he has lost none of that abili ty which he formerly possessed, and has gained a little more prudence, I doubt it will be for us to repent 'the arguments and the resolutions by which we hate defied his enmity. Mr. Peusatveg. speech, tbotegh 'as brilliant as Mr. GRATTAN'S, in point of language, is more destitute of argument, and deals only in common place and hackneyed asser tions, so often refuted;• that they require not the labour of a reply—they all apply solely to the former state of Frauce and of Beespanee. The policy which Mr. PLUXKLTT recommends, and which has been so often recommended by the advocates of war, is so completely hostile to the interests of the people in ail nations, such a libel upon human na ture, and to directly calculated to foster the seeds of perpetual discord, enmity, and destruction, that I should apprehend it will not be many years before the baleful erects of such policy is felt and acknow ledged even by Statesmen. Should the present Coa litinn fail in its object, it will be many years before another can be formed on similar principles ; and in the mesa time the Raters of nations may be taught, by those whom they are appointed to rule over, a p licy more wise and humane. As to Lord MILTON, the Papers bate taken so little notice of his speech, that it is impossible to make any remarks on it ; but as to his conduct, I can only impute it to amistaken view of things, ter his fortune, character , and ex pectations place him above all suspicion of acting from iutereseed motives. I remain ) , &c. W. BURDON. &Wows, 11 Jaye% 161.1. stAintMAN. to nu EDITOR or roe STATICsMIN. - THE PRIOCII NATION. , • ♦ WORD TO THE WISE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE S TATESM AN. Stn.,--I am a plain man residing in die country, and bate not the same opportunities of political in formation which your London Readers have, for I only see the Courier, and the Statesman Ereniug Newspapers at the Club, and my wife takes in the Gond/tut/on ,Sunday Paper, for what she and my daughters tall the gossip of the week. I am et. tremely pleased with the many very excellent letters which your Paper produces ; and I am hurt the whole country must be greatly obliged to W. B. and C. C. and Mr. Caper. Leer, and all your other excellent Correspencients, whose talents produce an exquisite fund of amusement and information to all your Subscribers ; but yet, my good Sir, I trust you will give me permission to observe, that some very Material points, as to the present state of Europe, appear, in my conception, to have been altogether left out of sight, or at least bat very slightly corn mented opon. I repeat, lam but a plain country man, and of course you will expect nothing from me but plain country arguments. For example— I find it is ifigued by all the Ministerial writers and speak ers, that we are at war with France, because the Treaty of Paris was made with Lours, and not with NAPOLEON. So then, Mr. EDITOR, lam to unders stand, that the French nation is absolutely no thing—lt is the Monarch who is every thing.- 1 confess I thought differently—l imagined that we were at peace with France, and not with Lourr— and if the present cause of war (which our Martial Ministers have stated to be abundantly sufficient) is to be considered as orthodox, a precedent will be established by which no peace whatever can be secure. If the negotiations are with the Government, and not with the nation, any change of any part of any Government will be a sufficient cause of war. Thus, if when Lord CASTLEREAGH and Co. have restored Louis TIIE Destin), and it should so happen that our gracious Sovereign Prince, the Itseeei (whom Gori preserve !) should go the way of all flesh (which Providence avert!) and the Princess CHAR LOTTE of NV ALM sboold chuse to call to her councils any of the Noelemeu and Gentlemen who at present wish to preserve the blessings of peace, of course, It would not be an unreasonable investigation, to in that case, Louts eliS GRATLFUL would have a ascertain the increasing expence of the establishment sufficient " legitimate" (that is the fashionable word) at Chelsea hospital, which has been rapidly taking cause of war, and our new Government might be de- place for several years, and to affix some limits to the dared out• of the pale of all social relations, and a salaries and appointments of that Institution. new Coalition raised for their extermination. This, Friday afternoon Henry Emblin, under porter of Sir, (although, perhaps, I shall read in the Courier Christ Church back gate, Oxford, was found lifeless, that I have put an extreme case,) is what may happen, hanging to the bed post in his apartment, in St. Ebbe'', if the present precedent is to be established. I beg in that city. No cause can be assigned for the rash to call your serious attention to it, end I hope to act, as be sustained the character of a civil, inoffen• read the remarks upon it, of some of your very able sire man. Correspondents, who can handle it iu a much better About nine o'clock on last Friday morning, the manner than I can do. following dreadful accident occurred, in the salts Again, I read that Lord Casa - Lineman states, petre refining house, belonging to the powder mills that NAPOLEON has been re-established, in come- of Mr. Harvey, of Battle :—As Stephen Middlemas, quence of the whole of the military being at his de- one of the workmen, was employed its extracting the votion. What then, Sir, is it intended to do with saltpetre from about three barrels of damaged gen all these 400,000 men when Lord CASTLEREAGH has powder, it by some means ignited, and caused a ter. conquered France? NAPOLEON, of course, will either retie explosion. The poor man was killed ;mean- The following ships received orders to sail on San be put to death, or shut up in an iron cage end kept taotously, and his body found shockingly mangled. f d,ayetrusa-Postaatooth looTOrtt Bombay, 14, Captain year and year about, at ewe of the capitals of the H% sad catastrophe is the more to be lamented, as BASELY; Spartan, Captain Hoaxer; end Amelia s Allies. But surely it is not meant to "exterminate" he was an old trusty servant, and highly respected , Hon. Captain Pitons, to reinforce the fleet in the these 400,000 soldiers ! and if not, what does the by his master. As no stores were destroyed, Mr- Mediterranean; the Dictator, Captain MoNeaesort; Noble Lord intend to do with them? Of course, Harvey's loss wilt not exceed 1501. as the damage Traave, Captain CODD ; Ireser, Captain Kerr Louts TUE BELOVED will not trust again to them,snd was principally confined to the building wherein the and Alceste, arni4e en flute, Captain Lawarece, how is it intended that France should be governed? accident happened. for Quebec, to bring home troops; and the Are the Cossacks to preserve the 66 internal tranquil- REMEDY IN CASES or SWALLOWING Piss.—A per- , Abundance, Captain Wes, with all descriptions of lily" and promote the civilization of the country? son in Pendleton, who was informed of a neighbour stores for Quebec. And if not, how is Louis to be kept ou the throne having swallowed a pin, resorted to the following Cauetoe.—Oa Sunday last, a most awful acci. after it has been regained for him? expedient with success:—lle administered four grains dent took place on the River Thames, by Battersea- Lord Commie ton says, " that no attempt has of emetic tartar in warm water, and afterwards pie- briJge :—Two respectable young men and one young been made to goad the Allies into the war, but that veiled upon the patient to drink the white from six lady, having taken a boat from Mr. Royal's, Mill. they enter into it freely, zealously, anal voluntarily." eggs, which coagulated upon the stomach before the bank, without a waterman, had not been on the Does the Noble Lord mean to-assert, that the Five tartar opeiated, enveloped the pin, and brought it up. , water ten minutes, before one of the young men let Millions which poor Jonytear Bura. began to pay on There is a well-authenticateil instance upon record, his scull fall into the water, in making a sudden the Ist May, is no stimulus ? I read in an excellent of a person who swallowed 24 pins being made to ; snatch for it fell over, when he said, tor God's sake Lettar in your Paper of Thursday, from Braze throw up the whole by the above method. The same save me ; but just as three or four boats got up to. PLO e College, Oxford, an extract from the Treaty ' may be used with success for fish, and other sharp the spot he went down for the jest time. of Vienna, in which we agree "TO COVER rite bones. i Another Expedition for a voyage round the world wrtotg mimes !! I" What then, in the name of ' A RECENT AND EXTRAORntNARY A fawning.— has been ordered to be fitted out by the Russian Go. common sense, does Lord CAsTLEREAGH mean by Near the turnpike-gate on the Kent-road, for many vernment. It is to be commanded by Captain Kerr saying that "we do not stir up the war?" If we years stood a lame beggar. A Gentleman had no- sesereux, an Officer of great skill and enterprise. only took our own share of it, he might indeed then tired the mendicant for some time, and was much Several Russian Officers, and others who are to , say so, with some appearance of veracity ; but to pleased with his mild demeanour and address. He make part of the expedition, have lately been in this utter so barefaced an untruth, is really insulting the had long been in the habit of giving him a penny country for the purpose of completing their scientific understanding bum BULL is supposed to possess. i every morning at nine o'clock, when on his way to apparatus. It is intended again to explore Behring's If 44 Covering the whole expellee" of a war is not the city. The Gentleman, we are told, now holds Straits and the Frozen Ocean, and to find a passage something more than bearing our own proportion of 'an official situation in the Btnk. This apparently from the north-west coast of America to Archangel, it, ,I do not understand my mother tongue. But distressed ohjoct became lately very infirm, and no t either by the Continesit of America or of Asia. the Noble Lord contradicts himself. Ile says 46 the 1 1 longer took his usual stand. The philanthropist Oa Friday evening, the lath, a large fish of the real question is, whether we should make the strug- visited him at his obscure dwelling: he sent medicines porpoise kind (Delphinous Phoceona) came ashore gle now, or wait till the Allies may have become cold and nourishment but, notwithstanding this kind with a heavy swell of the sea in Ballyhome Bay, iu the cause?" Now, if we do not "goad" them on, i attention, he died, first making his will, and be- about half a mile east of Bangor. It having beets what reason have we to expect that they will become queathing all he possessed to his protector. Con. cast withinside of a bank of sand, it could net et cold in " the cause" sooner than ourselves! and ceive tees astonishment .of the Gentleman, when he feet ifs escape, and so soon as it was discovered, what is there in " the cause" so truly British, that found that the object of his bounty had transferred number of men attacked it with various weapons, we should hire all the mercenaries of Europe in its t o him th e s um o f pounds! and after a severe conflict they succeeded in killing support?—Your's, Sze. HEDROPRODIR.—Died, on Friday, the 26th inst. it. The dimensions of this fish are as follow: Eases, May 26. E. 11. at Beaconsfield, James Hare, a labourer, of hydro. Length from the point of the nose to the extremity phobia, from a bite on the nose by a mad dog on of the tail, setenteen feet ' • girth at -the shoulder, 25th of March last. This poor man had repeatedly nine feet three inches ; brea dth of tail-fins five feet; taken the popular nostrum of the country, had been they are placed horizontal to the body. It is black dipped in the sea, and had had caustics applied to on the back and vefy white on the belly ; has a large the parts bitten, but unfortunately, perhaps, not till blow-hole on the top of the head, above and [seedy the 4th day afterwards. Thedirect symptoms of by- between Nye eyes, which are very small, not larger drophobia came on about 36 hours before he died, titan the size of a shilling. It has twenty-three teeth but had been preceded some days by uneasy sensations in the upper jaw, and the same in the lower, and of the part bitten, and about' the face and head. they check into each other like the teeth of a rat- Notwithstanding the most active means used by two trap. medical gentlemen of the town to preserve the life of Between one and two o'clock on Tuesday morns this poor man, the dreadful effects of his horrid ing, as the two sons of Mr. John Hudson, of the disease rapidly succeeded each other until he sunk Duke William publicshouse, at Cross-bite-end, itear under them. He retained his senses, and was col- Wisket-hill, in the neighbourhood of Tong, ilesr heeled to •the last, but his,agony, from the want of Leeds, were returning home, one of them (Mr. Josh.% drink,•and his convulsive, bat unavailing efforts to Watson Hudson) remarked that there was a light in take ifs cannot be describ ed. a parlour on the ground floor, and that the house Ur. Whitaker, the composer, has established, by must have been broken into. lie immediately jumped the result of a trial in Ireland, his copyright in three over the garden wall, and while putting Lis lisatl songs written by Mr. Leigh Hunt, and composed by through the window, received the contents of a pist o l himself, but which had been pirated by Mr. Hime, in his temples; his brother ran to call for assi , taine, of Dublin. The damages given were 501. and in the mean time the villains effected their essa es. A fire broke out on Thursday at the stables of Mr. The unfortunate sufferer is still alive, but no heves Smith, a carrier, of Chipping Ongar, in Essex, in are entertained of his recovery ;he was, however, able consequence of a candle being left in the stable, by to describe the person and dress of the man who shot which the stables were destroyed, and five horses him. The villains picked see lock of a drawer, D A burnt to death ; the greater part of all the onfortu. , took out several articles oi %sealing app are l, b ut i t i s nate sufferer possessed was destroyed in the conk.; supposed their principal object was to cal grade°. box which was kept iu the house. Sta . ,—The socsince" death of one man (the Elf i rs non of PisAnca) would not frustrate the events which are taking place in that country—the principal event, that which is paramount to all others, is, that the civil power in France will be one and supreme, end ecclesiastical power in citil affairs teill be anni hilated for ever. Yes, if BO.NAPAItTE. tars dead, others would supply his place, and perhaps, with I LESS rellgion than he possesses*. England, the grand opposer of Papal power, has had her REFORMA.• vinv. Fiance will have hers (it cannot now be pre vented)—Spain will also have hers soon—and the rest of the world will have theirs. Popery, and its predominance— Mahometanism, and its absurditieti-- Idolatry, and its stupidities, most gibe way to truth and justir e. What is Popery, without the arm of power? simple persuasion !—What is hlaho metaiUsnr, without the support of the Government of the country where it prevails ? An idle dream ! What . is Idolatry, withoot the countenance of the citil power? A fiction! I declare frauLly, l hate no eiseu4 to Papists, or any wet of religionists—my. wet' is ttve LIM t think no person ought to sutler persecution and oppression for his religious opinion :—.-the duty of Government is im partial protection. The man of religion, and the man of no religion, ought to be protected in his property and in his person. " Let both grow together until harvest." A LOVER OF FREEDOM. • I. Slavery is abolished in Martinique, Gaudaloupe, and Cayenne, by the decree of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Y. A College at Montauban, in France, tins founded, endow ed, or very much favoured, by NAPOLEON itosApAß rt. i S. What king, Prince, Emperor, Potentate, attends Mass : glove fleqursuly than the Essrmitou of Fitawca? 4. it was said, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE bought a BUMS as be passed through Lyons to Elba—and it appears he has read it. TIP unlit, nit. i t. Borde Souls, Board, VaHier, bad Rajol, Subervie, Damon. TIC FOLLOWING GENIRALII OP DINITION ARS )I,UO cotarn 01 nt f.Xttitt, Pilt. t•••• Andreossi. Burette* de Hillier'. • Bruyeres. Geosion St. Cyr. Defranee. Da Tailles. • i St. Gerstein. Orbited. .• • Rapp, late GOternot of bantale, sad we, *iris A/4400* - Emperor: Replier. . , Sebastian!. Vandamete, formerly Comondullant • .. Linois, Vice- AdMinli. Hogentlorp. Hitlin, Governor of Paris. formerly Gonne* of the illigeriel PolnCe. blunheig. Al mitoritn. Muraud. Nansouty. ANTIQUITIES.—OiI Monday the Bth inst. as a man was lowering a causeway, by the side of a stable, in the occupation of the ltev. Mr. Smith, of Cotgrave, near Nottingham, he discovered, a few inches bel o w , the surface a black pot, in which were deposited 126 pieces of silver coin, viz. half-crowns ' shillings, and sixpences, of Elizabeth, James I. and Charles I. and also one Spanish dollar, of the date of 1637. These coins are said to be, with a very few exceptions. in good preservation, and it is a reasonable eupposi. lion, that they were buried during the troubles in the reign of the unfortunate Charles I. • On Friday se'rasight •-- Corunt, Req. of Comp. ton, near Plymouth, put an end to Ms life, by shooting himself with a pistol. The family had as. sembled to dinner when the report was heard c a domestic rushed up stairs, mad found him weltering' in his blood on a bed. lie 'spired ott Saturday. An unfortunate attachment was the cause of this melan choly event. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of— binary. On Saturday a shocking accident happened at the top of Conduit-street. One of the labourers at the shaft sinking for the sewer of the intended new street WEB most dreadfully bruised by the fall of a heavy bucket upon him. tie was taken ep In a senseless state, anti carried to the Hospital, whet. he *spired short': after. - Ail • 'try air a club ... ~..^ FRENCH COURT CALENDAR. The incessant recurrence of the new trend) titlei to all the teporiS from France, inakes it eisential to the readers of New svatters to have the 'fatties as well as titles. To astitt our lt.eadeh are give the follow; ing fist . NAPOLEON RONA PARTE—ATM/Hill' of Fiance, s atc. Modame fll r nrv—stalker of the Emperor. NaPOLF.ON FikAtizots Unaotts JosirOn King of Rome; • • JOSEPR BONA PARTE—hz-King of SIAM. .:ONAPARTE— Due Je CaNno. Louts BONAPARTE. E c-K i tog of fronAnd, VIII- St. Leo. J LR0416 r•ONAPA k:— ot IA eq. p:vi I is. PADUA.% HANAPARIS HUM*, tiOrghtle, Grand Ducl•Etl of riritA BODAEAETE - Grand ntiches4 of Eliirenct. C;aisokint HONAPARIE • chirets of Noples. Fru;R—Cardinal, Ea-Archbishop of' I.yons. EUUF.NF. ok BnavnAmtiotil— Laze ViCeioy of Fitrowi DE 14E41101st/cots —tate Queen di liolland. Joacut 'Aveka—K log of Naples. STEPP:ANSE DE EA PA owl P.—Princes! of tiaderi. CADDACERES —Duke of ikatmi, ArCh-Chaosellor bf the tat; Aire, Minister of Jbstire. LE BAUN —Doke of Placenta. Foucon— Do e :40o:into, Minister of Pullet: CnAlleaCatir —oUkr of 4:adore. MasEr—Duke of Rossano, Secretory of Siam. Paus.4lllC o ll Duke Of WiCeo33, M hinter of Foreito &seine e Rovigo, Principal losptctdr-Genetal tlf Gen 4 d'Arsueit. REGIME—Doke of Massa. liAtiuut—Duke of Gots, Minister of Finamiet. Couw—Coutit Sonny. Duke Ducats —*l ibister of Marine. ittAb—Prefect of Police. Corot VjAtitor—ht wirier of th e Interior. Marsha 'Manisa—Prince of raging, fittt b of Dasourr—Priuce of Eckmuhl, Duke ut ikoeintait: Minister of W'ur. 4 MoticEi —Duke of s Cornegitonh. —.is— Soave—Duke of Dotinothi, Chief et Ifigoletri§ &at, tate Minister at War. N tir—Duke of Elehingen. - SElCRsT—Otike of /Maier*. Vic roit—Doke of Bellow. LtataßV—Mkt Of Dantaic. Kum:mum —Duke of Volosy. OulonooT—Doke of I{ i 4. BelLTatep.—Priore of Dietifebritel and Warm. AUGERELO Mike of cast igl kale. MORtita,,Ditke of Treoito. bloanfox-r--fhke of Itnsuso. Kicoo.ro,Lo-wDolio of Satoh:co; OROCICIOY. Tat IFOLLOWIRG at/Matta Olt DiVISIOIi ARC JILIO aAaO/13 01 11 ‘7' 404, 177' OM