The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-04-24 00:00:00

siiii▪ ch he had previously submit ) 1 his Ministers Campochiarn ilroierly announced to the Col Much. The sudden comment • i ,;ribed to the inconsiden. .itation of Murat, who did pzi:ol no eekjeCt, pt •ever experience gore diffialty in com mination, than on the justice and policy bout to be undertaken by the Allied t BONAP IRTE, and, I think I may add, rench nation. But the papers which published by the late tyrant of France, made out so strong a justificatiln of Ilk conduct, that I am altogether of opinion, that it will neither be wise nor just in the Allies to attempt to repair their own misconduct by an appeal to arms. —ln the first place, they seem to me to have acted unwisely, as far as regards themselves, in having treated with 13ov,teaave on equal terms, at a time when they had him, in my opinion, completely in their power;' and had they made his life pay the for. , fait for his numerous crimes, they would have been justified, by the laws of all civilized nations, in such a proceeding: but having considered him as an equal and a Sovereign Prince, and having signed a treaty with him, in which the interests of his family were also concerned, they ought to have observed that treaty most scrupulously, if they meant to defend themselves on the principles of justice; but if they looked no further than mere policy, they ought to have taken good care that he should never be again itt a cote to claim the t h rone of France. It seems, however, that they have done neither of these things; that they have neither been wise nor honest: that, in the first place, they left him in a situation to hold commonication with his partizans in France, and they afforded him every possible pretext for seeking to regain his crown; first, by acting directly con trary to all those principles of justice towards other Powers by which they had professed themselves to be governed; and next, .by violating almost every article of the treaty they had so solemnly engaged to observe with NAPOLEON.. Can we wonder, then, that a man, active, vigorous, and ambitious as he is, should avail himself of the opportunity afforded him by the short-sighted, selfish _policy of his enemies? That he should seek to disturb a monarch in his throne, who had basely and foolishly neglected to afford him the means of maintaining his petty sove reignty, guaranteed to him by a solemn treaty. I cmpot blame BONAPARTE; and no man can blame sport of his Ministers upon o rdered them to lay beff 1 , 3 t upon the unfavourable cL to him by the Austrian courier mho had been immediately took up arms. by:ltched before, We are therefore curious to see whether Muratwill approve of the Convention concluded by ;,;; Plenipotentiaries with the Allies, which seems more probable, because, notwithstanding the commencement of hostilities, these Plenipotentiaries declared on the Gth inst. to Prince Metternich, that hp would still make common cause with the Allies ;f they would recognise him as King of Naples.— i:.ese hostilities with Murat do not cause any great ;‘reliensions here, his army not being above 40,000 strong. Our hopes are prepared to give him a good re ception. It is thought in general that he merely took advintnge of circumstances to compel the Allies to recognke him. Pr ince Eugene will reside during the war at Bnireuth. litary information of moment. Oar Cotemporaries of this morning are repeating, on the authority of private letters from Paris, what we have asserted weeks ago, that if the Al►ies continue to refuse to treat with N.sPoLEoN as Emperor, he intends to lay aside the Imperial dignity, and declare France a Re public, retaining for himself the title and office of Generalissimo of Abg e French Armies. Any one who recollects the' ardour and success of the re volutionary armies, and thg dangerous situation in which the wide dilfusiorof French revolutionary principles placed crowned heads in general, will ad• mit that such a step, and such an Empire as Fiance, with such armies as she now has, marshalled and fighting under Republican banners, is fraught with consequences very threatening to the world and to royalty. CARNOT, LUCIEN BONAPARTE, FOUCRE, and the Abbe SIEYES, are, in such a case, expected to take the place of Consuls. BEKLIN, Arm ls.—Our Papers contain the fol. PROCLAMATION. 4t When in the time of danger I called my people to arms, to combat fer the freedom and independence 4if the country, the whole mass of the youth glowing, a:th emulation, thronged round the standards to bear with j.,) fel self-denial unusual hardships, and resolved to brave death itself ; then the best strength of the people intrepidly joined the ranks of my brave sol diers, ind my General led with me into battle a host of heroes, who have shown themselves worthy of the nose of their fathers and heirs of their glory. Thus oe etul our Allies, attended by victory, conquered the capital of our enemy, our banners waved in Ills Most Christian Majesty seems to have made the request to his friends, the Allied Sovereirrns, which they in their Treaty of the 25th of March, invited him to make, namely, to lead their armies into France fur the purpose of desolating that country ; for we are told the Allied Sovereigns have actually concluded a Treaty with his Most Christian Majesty since his ar rival at Ghent: and it is expected the next arrivals. will bring the Proclamation of this Monarch to his faithful saljects, which is destined to precede the en try of the Allied armies into France. It has been sug gested, that Louis XVII[. would join the Allied So vereigns at Frankfort, but private letters inform us that he will remain some time longer at Ghent. The Emperors of RUSSIA atid AUSTRIA, and the Ki►% of Pitussix, were expected to meet at the former place about the 20th instant. The Duke of WEL LINGTON'S army is divided into two corps, one commanded by the Prince of ORANGE, the other by Lord HILL. The reserve under Prince FREDEILICK of ORANGE is nearly complete. ruffs—Napoleon abdicated his authority—liberty him - , I should think, for faking advantage of . the an restored to Germany—security to thrones, and unpopularity which the Congress at Vienna laboured to the woad the hope of a durable peace. under from its grossly selfish views and short-sighted " This hope is vanished ; we must again march to policy. What have they done to conciliate those Ilk combat. A perfidious conspiracy has brought nations who felt themselves in their power? What have they done which showed a respect either for beck to France theism who, for 10 years together, the rights of independent Sovereigns, or of hum brought down upon the world unutterable miseries. ble individuuls ? Nothing ! Their whole conduct The rep , ' confounded, has not been able to oppose consisted of nothing but professions, which every his anned adherents, though he himself, while still i subsequent act belied; and yet had they not more ---___ at the head of a considerable armed force, declared DF.TENI'ION OF ANOTHER FRENCII SHIP BY ! power to do good than any similar number of men TIIF. ERI DAN US FRIGATE, AND HER INSTANT ' hi! abdication to be a voluntary sacrifice to the hap- ! ever had? If they had been. directed by the principles 1 1 LIBERATION ON COMING 'INTO PLYMOUTH. ,of j ust ice, or a zeal for the good of mankind, could 'linos and repose of France : he now regards this, . Pcvmouvii. APRIL 22.—Came in yesterday the ] they have songht only for their own aggrandisement ? like every other Convention, as nothing: he is at F renc h b ,... , % , ns .; ,;seence, BA allow, Master, from I Could they for a moment have hesitated to repair the Ills head of perjured soldiers, who desire to reader blartinique, f . or . 13ourdeaux, detained on . the 11th `i njustice committed by the former Sovereigns of oar etei nal. Europe is again threatened ; it cannot • inst. by the Ersdanus frigate; she was instantly i Russia,. Prussia, and Austria, against the unfortu ii- ' nate and well-deserving Poles?' What would not suffer the man to remain on the throne of France, berated on coming into this port, and has sailed to- have been their magnanimity, and • their wisdom, if who loudly proclaimed universal empire to be the day for France. f they had restored that fine country to its integrity object of his continually renewed wars ; who con- __ and natural boundaries ; if they had made the focoded all moral principles by his continued breach I The new Treaty of Alliance signed at View. " JUles.usain a. nation, _Willi_ a CLuratlisstioas able so of faith ; and who can therefore give the world no the 2F•;, of March, it is said, was ratified on Safer. , protect their rights, and ensure them perpetuity. security for his peaceable intentions. IL) afternoon. After the meeting of the Cabinet, , Bases short-sighted, narrow-minded men, how " Again, therefore, arise to the combat ! Fr,. ice ' Jontesow, the Messenger, was dispatched to Vienna. ' have they squandered away the finest opportu itselfj On Saturday the Duke of Oacssris had a long nity for doing good that ever fell to the lot of wants our aid ; and all Europe is allied with .. . with • r. I interview th e . vIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER three such men ! But instead of acting upon a noble us. United with your ancient companions in vac- at his house in Downing-street. principle, even of self•interest, they seem to have tory—reinforced by the accession of new brethren in j Yesterday about eleven o'clock Mr. Deiunxas ar- thought of nothing bat how much they could get for arms— you go, brave Prussians, to a just war, with rived in town in a chaise and four with dispatches themselves, but never of how much they were likely or, pith the Princes of my family, with the Gene- . from Brussels, &e. to lose. One was to have a slice of Saxony, an rats oho have led you to victory. The justice of The Ramilics, Sir Tuomas HARDY, brought sp.. other was to be indemnified in Italy, and another in cis to the amount of 50,0001. from Jamaica ; and Germany—an d . as a tempting bait to England to the cause we defend will insure us the victory. I , the ' Euryalus, Capt. NAPIER, 100,00 0 dollars, from wink at all these spoliations, Hanover was to be have ordered a general arming according to my De- ' Bermuda. . , : erected into a kingdom !' tree of September 3, 1814, which will be executed Friday a Deputation of the Livery of Londe.; Compared however with this policy, weak and in all my dominions. waited on the Loan MAYOR with the following a o . • wicked as it was, the policy of the • BOURBONS • ill " rIP army will be completed, the volunteer corn- quisition : • their Government of France was even more culpable, TO T IE RIGHT HONOURABLE ri.i sof ) n g rrs be formed, and the landwehr called m , , • lona,—sse, the undersigned Liverymen, request your that experience might have taught those who are togoth•r. The youth of the chief Classes of the Lordship •0 commie a Common Hall upon an early day. to con- sitter what measures it may be necessary to adopt in order to least accustomed to reflect, that a period of twenty eirris, from the age of 20 upwards, are at liberty prevent the Ministers of the Crown from again plunging ibises- two years in such times as those w e live in, must weer join either the lat. , ' ehr first called out, or the shi;li:tni.itr,faivei.ol4l,;eirn)cii•eant(rllyaa.edrentrauict oed ivet han and ev r e u r i y no d u t s tem wa p r t , i y ntil f.a : r t have wrought a great change in men's sentiments, as sager corps of the regular army. and honottrahle rie g ociarion, to avert 5 , 1 dreadful a calamity, to the doctrine of an hereditary right to govern and shall have proved ineffectual, and to protest against . the evi- the rights of the people ; but it seems that LOUTS " Every young man who has completed his seven- d. "` "P ull " and .'")" injust i ce of " ii attem p ts to d i ctate to XVi 11. had not perceived this, and by dating all t h e WWI year may, if possessing the recptisite bodily France, or any Auer country, as to the form of its Govern. mem, the persons %lion] they maw invest with the supreme an- acts of his reign in its 19th year, considered his Crown strength, join the army at his own choice—l pohlish fatuity. or in any manner to interfere with the internal concerns not as a gift from his people, but an inheritance de s particular regulation on this subject. Concerning theArtdof, And also. to express our abhor of the attempt now rived from his ancestors. This was impolitic, if it was the formation of single corps, and of the land wehr, a made, in I..fiance of the contempt or politic opinion NO waiver. nqt unjust. Notwithstanding the general mildness liig manifested, aidi „ a rs t . e n t. d t is i i n ri s s i e t i ni u p on th t e h notice will appear iii every province from the co i tist.- sa il s ir st Y:tx."trpleonthilint c inos e t . un- of his Government, he showed so evident a tuted authorities. Signed by a number of Liverymen. tendency to the old system of things as must have I The Lotto MA Volt, in compliance with the above given just cause of al arm to all those who had risen " Thus, nailed with all Europe in arms, we again i Requisition, has appointed a Common Hall to be or acquired property under the new. On the whole, enter the lists against Napoleon Bonaparte and his I held on Thursday text, for the purposes therein however, I felt inclined to be content with the state ttliterents. specified. , of things under the BOURBONS restored, and on " Arise then, witn God for your support, for the A Requisition, we understand, is also signing for willing to risk another; yet as that change seems now repose of the world, for order, for morality, for , a Court of Common Council for the same purpose, most evidently to have been the wish of the people, land we have no doubt but Petitions will be sent up and as Bosseauve seems disposed to govern on your King, and your country. from all parts of the country. Several of the princi. principles very different from those of his former Vita'. Apiil 7. FIIT:DERICK WILLIAM." pal towns are, we understiud, already calling reign, I think that all the Allies have to do is to hold I Meetings. ; themselves in a posture of defe n ce , till the y see a ' We understand the losses to our army in Look'. " disposition in the present Ruler of the French nation anti, and upon its coast, independent of what was to disturb the general tranquillity. sustained in the operations, were occasioned by the: Could I believe that BoNAPARTE had not, from soldiers being frost-bitten : many have suffered from, motives of prurience at least, changed his co n duct; this cause. The sniveled Sir Put,TcsrY MatcoLm, could I believe that he still meant to tyrannize over with the troops, is anxiously looked . for.--The 4th, France, to overrun the rest of Europe; I should 21st, '27th, 40th, 44th, and 92d, are the regiments say, that no means used to destroy him would be expected. u n justifiable ; but as it seems that powerful cir- Teavccoxo TO AN EXTREME.—The Leeds Rock- cumstances have had a strong influence on his con inghnmo„ duct, and that he now places his own happiness and coach which left Sn ow-hill, London, Thursday morning last, at half - pa s t seven o ' clock, glory solely on the internal prosperity of France , ._ and arrived at Doncaster at twelve o'cl ock the same ni g ht, trot on its external glare, we ought to consider him esti different man, and `-a treat with him accordingly. being a distance of 162 miles. Eves supposing that this changedoes not proceed from —asie— cons Extesece, APRIL 24.—Very little demand f,, r a radical change of disposition, hut from a mere alters w itc..r. and oily that of line quality could be disposed of: (ion ofcircumstances,weeught to consider it a sufficient pries •anie its no Monday.—Fine Barley snow as Moodily last. ground for treating with him, and averting, if los -Maar, and Oats Is. to Is. theaper.—ln otter articles au al terutimi. sable, the calamities of war. If, after a fe w y ears Wh eat (English) 44 72 Beam Dino (Foreign) 44 7 1 Old ditt o f•. " 36 pr o bation, and a considerable reduction in the tnili - _ 24 ter es t a blishment of France, he should still continue Rye 3O 96 Tick do. Harley 26 Sit Old .. . . -• to adhere to hill pacific system, we should then be New ditto - Malt 6O 66 Fi ne ditto . 95 justified in reducing the war establishment , an d think only of reform arad economy. In a few weeks it BUILIN, APRIL. Is.—The King's two eldest sons, the Crown Prince and Prince William, and also their "osia, Prince Louis, mill make the campaign, and ire busy with the necessary preparations; but they will stop till the King comes here. It is noticed as a very probable circumstance, that in the formation of the Prussian army in the field, the gotrtisnit of Dresden is taken int a the account. rho line regiment hussars, raised by the States of ? ""eraltia,•pessed on the 9th through Magdeburg. it Niagdeburg so many young men have offered to march against France, that it is not possible to clothe them all immediately. V 4 ENNR, Asian. 10.-"-The :somber of cannon that "re gone from or through Vienna to the army, arhounts already to 1100. The plague has broken out a fresh at Belgrade. Iist.IIIERStADT, APRIL B.—A Proclamation from I "gee complaint, that a part of this province is a ` 1 ' 4414 4 1 exception to the zeal shown in other parts of the Prussian monarchy ; that bodies of young men, two O :lace hundred in number have fled to Holland; White Pens , ji P 11001 1 4.• •• • .......20 26 Mlle.. - 16 99 ay will be New ditto .... . — Ditto klaihigt- .. 56 60 60 - teed ..• Fite Flier io 65 B=ol6 .. • g 55 60 seep for tarremitstlees In Police. If a what will be the effect of t elections 1 . •;:ii .-: ' terATlVatt4° nitt t home. Severe To rats It • and , . d. " „ A .' In Hanover the t' • ingress he Hanoverian ' a " ,—On " I concern, did.l icemen t 000 men. MO 4 . fii - . Ing to a detern rate heat : of the war abi d not wait, .:: - ' Powers spins the propose% whi •' . ' . • It '. I ' , the contents of the French against the Fr ress • efore the Congress; Pe it& ere to the list , by saying they put us base been just 1 4, _...... communication made in iiiiiiession of some interesting Articles, but no mi. iSierirritLii:,:eill letOP TIC ' .• • - , Ober of public or private losiog and a free Press are the result, and BoNArixtttt cwt sents to become the first citizan of a great empire, Ina stead of a militarv'despot, all we have to do is to bd quiet if the people of France sliuutd gaiti the Up per hand of him, and teach him thtt he is not their ruler, but their servant, then Fratwe may he gre.t, free, and happy; and woe he to that natiou that shall attempt to disturb its tranluitlio). Although on the first arrival of liotr.tih.turt front Elba, I lamented the circumstance, and thought it likely to lead to a civil war ; yet seeing the almost unanimous consent with which he hsi been re. ceived, and the little sepport that has heeh gives' to the BOURBONI, I consider that he is the hhtect hf pei , ple's choice, nod that they are rejected: That' they ate so is their awn fault; and under such cir.e cumstances as they returned to France to have lost it, shows that they deserved to lose it ; and all at tempts to restore them upon the principle of hetedi tnry right, will end as they deserve to end, in con-• fusion and disappointment. If the Allies and the people of France are now at issue, as I conceive they are, on the great question, whether the people of all nations ha ve a right to choose their own Governors, and to cashier them for misconduct, I have no doubt. which side will he victorious; and even if they and merely contending about Ili:O.r.ktrie, I hare no he. sitvion in saying, that if BONAPAILTE has found it re: quisite to change his principles and his system of Go. vernment, from a change of ci&currstattees, rte oa: tine has a right to try him for his past miaconduct.--- The French alone have that right, and if they 60414 to forgive him, bib not now iffigniiblirldiberAtilefi; for they had him in their power and they let him go, Ile is now a new mat., and what &rer may be ids viiturei or his vices, he has shown his wisdom in yielding td circumstances which he cannot cotitroal.- I remain, &c. Welbeck-street, April Y 4, 1815. W. B. NAVAL INTK LUG ENCE. PLYMOUTff, APRIL 22.—Arrived the Arlo hi, gate, from the Westward; and his Majesty's ship Mosquito ' from Milford.—Sailed the Swam(ler fri gate, to the Westward ; and the Euflglus frigate, to the Eastward.—Arrived today two transpoita from off Boardeaux ; and his Majesty's ship. Hype rion end Rolla, from a cruise. DEAr., Aram 23.—Arrived yesterday the Her cules, Skerratt, from the West Indies;. Cambridge, Evans, from the Havanna!), and sailed for the River. —Came down from the River the Coventry, Curser 4 for Trinidad.—Arrived the Mottestie French passage vessel, with about 30 passengers, from Calais; Pise- - men frigate, from Portsmouth ; and nnedos frigate, from America.—Ssiled this morning the whole of On outward-bound to the Westward.—Arrived his Mu jesty's ship Cordelia, from Portsmouth ; anti his Ma• jesty's ship Ufgent, from Ostend.—Suiled the Ra n pole and Dexterous, for the French coast.—Camo down from the River, the Alowick Castle, Worrell Hastings, and Tottenham East ludiamen : the two former remain. PORTSMOUTH', APRIL 23.—Arrived yektorday the Zodiac, Juno, and Ann transports, from Gibraltar, and are put under quarantine; Qis Alejestr's ship Acorn, from Bermuda • his Majesty ' s ships Cha th am, B.ornbap, aut.Larns, easa a aftsks-astif As Western Islands.—Sailed yesterday his Majesty's ships Kasai rio and Gardena, for the coast of France.—Arrived to-day his Majesty's ship Griffon, from Yarmouth.. IlAstwicn, APRIL 23.—Arrived yesterday the Beaufoy packet, with a Mail from Holland.—Ar rived to-day the Auckland packet, with a Mail from Hamburgh.---The snow Gratitude, of and from New castle, with coals, for London', lost her main -mast, foretop-mast, anchors, and cables. LYMINGTON, APRIL 23.—0 n Friday evening the , boat belonging to the Griffon gun-brig, iu proceed r ing from this place to the ship, was upset in a squall of wind, when Mr.,Bewden, Midshipman, and three seamen were unfortunately drowned. One seaman was saved by the exertions of the Master of a Guern sey packet that was passing. TORBAY, APRIL 23.—Arrived his ,Majesty's ships Bellerophon and Janus, from Portsmouth, and p r o,. ceeded on a cruise.—His Majesty's ship. Psdargus remains here. MSOATt, APRIL 23.—Arrived the. Elizabeth and Sarah, ClUest, Charlotte, Juno, Xanthue, Dart, and 'Thesis transports, and remain for orders.—A; detachment of the Royal Artillery Drivers embarked yesterday on board several small vessels, and got to sea in the evening tide, and stood for Ostend. MARGATE, APRIL 23.—The last arrival from Ostend was the. Britannia packet, which cams in here yesterday evening, in eight hours; she brings ne news.—The Courier from Turin who landed here on the 17th iust. arrived from London to-day, on his return, with dispatches for that capital, and will proceed to Ostend : he embarks on board the Mimi, Grant. ThE LORD CHANCELLOR had an audience yesterday morning of the PRINCE REGENT atCarlion House. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—A new Tragedy styled Ina, and from the pen of a Lady (report says Mrs. •WILstoT), was broeght out on Saturday night 'last. The story is derived from English history, and of so remote a date as the Reptarchy, and the scene of the piece is laid in the Saxon kingdom of Wessex. The action and the catastrophe,. neither of which were•very striking, grow out of the re. fusel of the Prince (Egbert) of Wessex (KEAN); to marry the daughter of the neighbouring King of Mercia, to whom his Royal Father is, for Slate purpose+, desirous of. uniting him. The Lady is full•'as desirous of the union as the father of the Prince, but the latter loves Inn, who bad been an attendant upon his mother, better, and has previously married her. Though suicide gild retributive justice place this piece in the list of Trrieedii.c, tile business ends happily; and though considerable strength and beauty of sentiment characterize the whole of the production, its reception was far from twine flattering to the author.—lt has since been is ithrirnwn. The twelve Judges assembled on s+turiley in the Exchequer Chamber, for the purpose of considering the case of Wm. Sawyer, who was-rtied se the last Old Bailey Sessions for murdering• Rheum, Gm err; but, in consequence of the alrie4s‘e of Mr. Aunorr, Counsel for the Crown, the c - of the !abject was postpotled to Siturda :onsiderittifm ty out. - • , -' 4 . .4 It It is ins ved Lit m- of to ceit the the rm the had 'Pi • her- ;tC , I r ti. i:-!. 1; trot Ira t i our ' l ke tilt do iii