The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-04-30 00:00:00

171! E SI'A . rESMAN Meat, brother cf tlo K;ea, Lieutemott-General of fo:lowing particulars, extracted from the report of the Kingdom, daird tit. l itit , of the present month, the American Captain, Jacob, enmmanding the suspends theloceserotott rt . the tlec rot of the sth of li:wp,• who has recently arrive%) from the Cape, tat- July, i:Dto, and, by necessou consequence, the spec tios t ptren k ofsit provisimet depe.ld. upon.it.. ming :• , " The resttirtions upon co mmerce and navigation Town i s . god ‘6ad slon esect shall be tot the ith removed. Trade shall be subject alibi* othl:thirdAf the hinstee whidj havanfot been only to the rules and regulations established -by the rebuilt; and when the Emperor •of Emperors, gekeml laws of the Customs. Every Freech vessel Christophe, wants materials• for building, he• orders ma y f ue ly p rocee d and C l ear ou t f r om our porta, alifbaelitsthe town fribederivllisbed and the Mar' without liceitcos,•tpotial permissions, interrogatories, torlats to be carried to lite_d/orne, where be resides, or certificates of any description a .and without any_ at the distance of 12 or 15 Mites TrOm the - Cape, iestActibit, except' the - payrtleticlis 'the frescribettl•whlth he has oompletely fortified. :This Captain fOrms of the esistiog duties. Goods not prohibited, , asserts, that 100,000 men would not be 'alikaodis _. from elm:ex.:l• cem.try they 'nth, be imported,. shall I lodge him. lfeedmitte , :. after . • the • usual detlarationa duel lfe has recently brought over- from St. Kitt's one th"' •:• .h plk , tutu filiti:?Q, or be waretrossied . , of his nephews, a , very intelligent Negro. In con-, lit the Ir•rts ich !..ve 11.;, privilege . If there Oertli;ith thecargees'orall the vessels that ar.' should in. tin. 'cl.goes proltitited goods t rived at the Cape-pass through his hands. The in- , which s'..-e!:! b. , : n deciarctd bona fide,. they , habitants are consequently obliged to purchase of Omit be pi•••%••:,-,,,ii'y • • ihimell the artielea - they want, arid at whatever pride 44 E x wit bring eqoalij freed from every re- he chteres-to 'fix. Ile seizes one-third of the corn= afriatiott, ma 1 take place to any destination for those , modities brought to .market from the country.- - - sorts of gnotis the exportation of which is not pro.. Agriculture is much neglected: yet.eaffee is very plentiful, end sells at five .oreis sous. But little ldbited. 'there is no rest raittrin any cases the system of equivalent, being abolished, The coasting trado sugar is produced, and the quality of that is very from one parttbf ihe kingdom to another, shill cease had.- - to he liable to the formality - of rockets,' which had Cape Town is gbvernedby an intelligent Mulatto, twit im l posed npoi French vessels, to w'hicti the tier= generally esteemed, a sworn enemy of 'the nephew trilecte of novri*ing. ii.tel contuse is preserved. I think of Chriqoplte, - but retained by the latter on account ft will be fths.et . ...:!ry to obserre to you, thet the of 1:k ability: Baron Dupe, a well-informed Mu embargo imposed by the decree of the 7th of- Sep- .latto, Polo's the confidence of his Majesty, 'who tembin last,--oft the ports in your district, is taken reigns with the most despotic sway ; his orders. are . 1111 Ay the operations of the order which I transmit • always accotnpinied .: with the assurance- 44 Your &you. I beg,:?Sir, that you geould, without delay, head shall answer for the execution of Pe dim-sinus in conformity to these regulations, never went to the Cape - but to review hie troops, which all tend in regenerate those of the code of the which he generally does twice a month. Ilia cavalry C u sto, n s, and cl the laws which,em3nate from it. is very ene, perfectly • equipped,' and consists of 44 You Will hav, th • goodness to acknowledge the about 1000 men. As' to iris infantry, it would be recript. of communic.ition. difficult - to specify their number; they are in the 66 r hare the honour to subscribe myself, &c. most pitiful condition, destitute 'of clothing, - and 449n1 4 . 4 i4"11:t:Q. iii•c000•-aeuomi of the cosmos have nothing to show that they are soldiers but a turning-up of red at the breast. • The houses are totally destroyed, and the negrnes live in the midst of the wobds.. They cultivate no more than is absolutely necessary for their support. — Dry goods and wines of all torts are plentiful, and cheaper than in Eufopeo--brandy is extremely rare, but eatables are verylittunlant.-• There are not more than six. or eight French whites at the Cape, and these are old men. There are se veral English - and American-houses, and a Consul of the former nation. At the departure of the Captain, on tile, 9th of March last, therd were in the *port ten Englich and seven American vessels, laden and ready to sail. Christophe's fleet consists of a hris of 1F.12-poi:nd ,carrotades, end a cutter: • vets convnys proceed as far as Aux-Cayes. • : • There have not -been for some' time any serioos affairs between him and Petion. The latter governs at Port-au-Prince with great tumrevatisin, and is said to have about him enlightened men, Whose advice lie follows. ' ACTA OF THE GoVERNBUNT., . An or(lPr, (IVO April 23, directs that the pioneer corps of Spaniae(V, Portuguese, Dutch, Croats, and rians, forme I in virtue of a decree of the 25th I Nor. 1813, be slissoived, and the men composing them sent to their re!pective countries. . Another ors er of the same data diredts that the taoops acid olii:era of artillery who were in the ser- Nico of Ho; land at the time of the union of that cowl - try to' France, he authoi iced to return to their coon tty. . AGe.noral O eler i•qttteti Genernl,. tpont, COM. rnissitler for t:4. \Va.; I)epartn:Lwt, directs that, as the Kinp6..r of:Russia had laken under his, +eciet prote-ction trocps . z now in the seriice of, Frittce, and assigned to then-. the town of •St 7 Denisoleal rare,. its tho phten 4,1 assembleee, all the Geitria!icommandiog corps should, without delay, give the Polish troops a route to wards the paid town of S. 15ottis. sti4l !It one has giien iu his adhesion. Tnt:houst:, A eat 1, I the 'entrance of 'the Allied Are v, the city of Toulouse has enjoyed . per.: feet tranquilli:y. Exact discipline and a vigilant holice maintain good order, and the happy under-. I siantlim; which sub4ists bat wren the inhabitants the troop% has not been fora moaient United by the same feelingb and wishes, the English, the. Spaniards, the Portuguese, and the French, mingle their affections and their hopes, and no ton get' form bet one family. The efh.zy of Bonaparte in bronie, displayed ott the facade of the capitol, has been remorea. All the.emhlemswhicli reminded us of the former mime have !teen destroyed or dispersed, :midst the accla mations of the people. ANTWERP, APRIL 19.—A discharge .of 110 at one o'clovk this day, announced to our city that. the garrison acknovtledgss Louis XVI it:- The white flag tioats upon our ships ) and the white cockade is unanimously worn. . SAS-DE -C A NO, APRIL, - IU. --At fiTIP.III4IOOL-thiS Morning, the white flag as mounted nOntt 4 iTti ram parts and all ihe towers of Flushing, :and the fees Of Breskins. The communication with the Euglish squa dron has heen for some days open. 'nom %NATION BY F/FLD-MADSUAL TIM MARQUIS OF WELLING roN, COMMANDING IN CHIEF 'THE ALLIED ARMIES, SCC. " lira I -crtgrterg:T•lelno.e. Rpiill6. 46 Tbe Co•itenti corn:11:11min.; the French troops nt Montauban, having. deciarPd his adhesion to the Provisiottal eminent of Prance, as established at Pork until the rrukal of Ltinis XVIII., the Com mander in ( . 11.1 hotitie., that he has Concluded a touve.tion .r a sm.l2r.sion of hostilities with tho said Genera', that the ccmmunications between l'ilonGui>att ntlti the country ocoupied by the Allied Army may Once ns usual. kS:goot1) " WELLINGTON." ' • Yester•lny being Sunday, a solemn Te Deum was celebrati.t! is t•kt• Metropolitan Church of St. Stephen, for the happy events which have restored to France the ilium rioan weli-heloved dynasty of the Bour bons.. Lord Wvllinczon, the deliverer of Spain, Portugal, and the South or France, was present at this snh'mnity, together with all the members of the tribunal.: of ais department, the Mayor, and Magis trates, &c. The Archbishop of Toulouse officiated Kt his pootiiicals. Pnu APRIL •21.—bi reply to an address from the inhabitants of Rheims, Monsieur has announced, that it was the intention of Louis XVIII., his brother, to he consecrated in that city, after the wanner of his ancestors. . The Arc!likeness Maria Louisa yesterday evening arrived at firovhois. She was to spend the day then ,and wocld to-morrow set out for Schoenbrnun, et:here she will remain till the necessary preparations are tultie at the Palace of Parma, w hich . is to be her so:idence. Shy is accompanied by Mesdames Monte bony and Montes:luieu, and M. De Menneval, her Secretary. .A . f;EN, eutr. 13.—General Deeaen, Commander in Chief of the Army of , Garonne, has just sent a letter to Goneral Despeaux, commanding the 20th Military acision, of which the following is an ex tract : " Prregrue, April 11. " Gusnait.,—A great event has just taken ptace • tile Emperor Napoleon has ' been hurled from th; throne. The Senate has decreed his overthrow and that of his family. The had of the House of the Vourbons iA to reign over France, &c. " General Commander in Chief of the Army of the Garonne, " The Couht DECA EN." Nmrts, Arius. gip. —'The Commercial' Agent of fhe Unieed States iu this city, 'has communicated the in relieving the distresses of other nations ; let ns at fleet w once acknowl4dp t h at we love slavery. orlueedolgurgh, 1 that we ekrelienetees or cruel, that we, etshif . - erMPn &gal .e lii . litellik giienlations ofililf-intereett The. g ents ignoseiny'..**fipipckee.avowal will yet, we rust, le t - , utga 4P14111 'is; :=4l4.' l :tile people of Engiii.ed ' euserfenbm loudly speak if they wish to avoid it. —We . ; These drools, 279.99144. ,i. anbeuription in fiv.our,„*t_the , the nn Norwegians, but the power of Government ' and fk, would , reader it unavailing. They do not want hands, money, they want breed ; and if our fleets are to object: blockade their ports . , this cannot be conveyed to The them. Let the . whole English nation address the been bi Pulact REGENT in their, favour. Tkis, we think, Most cannot but be done. When so - limy of our cOnn- . who hymen have been•ready to sign their names-and pay their money, for the cause of humanity and indepen. deuce, they will not surely..be hackle:l.d when their signature only is required, and When the sacred cause of bumanity and independence calls more loudly thaint has yet done for their support. By the French PaPers it • will . be, seeii that. C. L'AlNcotraT has. publibbeit a vindication of himself, against. the iharge of hating ,conducted the arrest of the Doc D'ENGIiIEN. fps defence appears to us to be quite satisfactory. The white Hag has been hoist. ed on board thefteet at Flushing, the Commandos of which pronoUnced an address to his men upon the occasion, PARIS, A PIM 27. FLUSHING, APRIL .12.—Ott hoisting the white flag on board the King's vessels at Flushing, on the 18th of April, •the Vice-Admiral Baudin pronounced the the following discourse :-- 44 ' Seamen of the fleet of Flushing, and of the - frigates Ems, la Vislule, l'Erigone, la Mi lrtnaise, under my command, much It i with tl and.% slth gg l have made known to you the etents which have occurred in France since the 30th of March.— You have seen that a Provisional Government has . been established ; that the Senate,, by a Decree is sued the 3d ef April, has pronounced the deposition of the Emperor Napoleon, and of kis family, and consequently reteased. the French people and the army from their oaths of allegiance. Millions of brace men have been mown .down by war, millions of brave men` remained yet in: aims; covered with glory, ihe.v have made peaCl , , for they would not mkt to. the misfortunes of France. Let us.. irii ta►e their example. Like them; • n . .e.are the ciildren of 'the country. Louis t.anislaus Xavierof France, brother of' the last Kiog, is called by the French people to the throne of France. Louis XVIII. have no subjects more faithful, more (leveled than his sailnrs ! Louis XVI. particularly toted the Navy. The Navy is about to receive a new life, and the an cient white flag will appear again. upon the seas. — Let us hoist .tha white flag, fetus mount the white cockade.. Five le Roi! The Vice-Admiral, ensamendiug the Navel • Forces at Flashi PARIS, APRIL 26.—M. De Caelaincourt, Aid de-Camp of the First Consul, had just been seat to Strasburg'', and was at that place:at the time of the Duke Di Enghien's arrest at Ettenheim. It is under this pretest, and upon this ground only, that levity and malevolence have, for ten years, enraged them selves against a man of .honour abusing ht situation, which constrained him to silence. Some said, that be had himself' arrested the Duke D'Enghien ; others that he hatt dispatched from strusburgh the troops ordered to arrest him ; the least • malicious, that he had only conveyed the order for it. ft has further been imputed io him, that he conveyed the Prince from 'Strashurgh .to Vincennes ; and lastly, that he obtained the'place of Grand Equerry, as the reward of this service. detail La lodged Gen. Orderer was the perion who arrested the Duke D'finghien at F4tenheim, and placed him in the citadel of gtrasburgh. lie bad left Paris one day before M. Da Caolaiiscourt. The latter had no orders to carry him. They had been given 'before his depar ture. His mission was not of a nature to be con fided, without necessity, to several persons; and if it had been necessary that General Ordener, should be placed under the direction of another, which it is absurd to suppose, it Would not have been under the direction of at. Officer younger than himself, more recently attached to the person of the first Consul t under whoa) he had made all the campaigns of Italy, and less Advanced in his confidence. main It is due to the memory of Gen. Ordener to re. to all the Russian collect, that if in this occurrence he• considered ebe. France orders to halt. dience as the duty of a • soldier, he has often said j BERLIN, APRIL 19.- 2 -The. orders sent by .the that he had been far from filieseeing the fatal come- i French Government' to the.. garrisons of flandrwt queoces ; and the disorder of the heart of which he and Magdeburg aw delivered ,to the (;0 , 1.1:1!: of died suddenly at Cempeigne, ought, perhaps, to be! the blockading corps, . who are to ef l pin ascribed to the long and lively regret ihey esiited. mediately to . the French Commandan.s. Ile! , am So little were these consequences to be foreseen, ordered to deliver np the fortresses to the that it was only by a telegraphic order, and ander ; troops within '2 ; l hours after receipt'of 'the ;11.Jer.— the eicort of the Gend'armerie, that the Duke d'Eng. ; On their refusal, their property in France ib to he hien was conducted .to Vincennes; and whett.,M. de confiscated, and they themselves considered as re- Caulaincourt returned (roil) Strashurgh to Pails, the bets. • • death of the Prince had there been, for several days, Bnystr.s, Apnsr. 29..—T0.d0r arrived here twn the subjact.of lamentation. Those who make it a sub- DutCh ge.rtlemen, from . llambargh, ' vis. Captain ject of accusation akainst M. de Caulaincourt, .that E Bage:aar and Mr. Colin, sttrgeon of the Sad . reak; he was Grand Equerry, do not know that under • meat. Several other Officers accompanied them itt the'Consulate, Gen. Durec and he had; for several 'their flight from flainhargh. Three months.ngo, Dap jean, in quality of Aids-de•Carap, discharged the, voust told all the Dutch Officers in tire gar e riion, thof functions of these places, the titles of which they such as chose it might ,return home, .hoping •to hod • obtained on Bonaparte's passing from the Consulate !.out by this menus, the well-disposed among tl etA ; g to the EMpire. • but on their all declaring, as well as *Many The mission of M. De Caulinconrt had two ob- Poled, that they would gO s home,. he . ti:1(1 them- thoi jects one was to hasten the departure of the was out hii•intenii9n,- The accounts,wbittv (be: tee . ,c Due • Mai Is. France Cadiz Ail i 1 I Pair E STOCKS THIS ! Hank 252/1 3 pert enc. Red. 664 6 3 per t.em Con 67413} per Cents. ell . • 6 per Ce4ll. 941 5 , Long. Arn,l6-16 1.6 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. huhu Bonds 10 11 p . Exchequer Bills 5 5 p • Omnium Pass ditto 20jUi • • Cosa()ls for Atm tint 8 THE S7'2ITESISIAN. . LONDON: SATURMAT, - APRIL 30, Pll4. Ministers lave at lengthiummenel the courage to deciare that the national force or England is to' be. employed for the purpose of compelling Norway to submit to slavery. Yes, this land of freedom. where political and civil liberty are better understood, more valued„and more perfectly enjoyed, than in any other nation that exists, or has ever existed, is to expend the produce of its people's labour, for the ho nourahle an2l enlightened, and humane' porpose 1 of forcing the inhabitants of Norway to acquiesce in their own transfer from one master to anosten, like so many oxen or swine ; to acqUresce in a . Treaty, which considers them as brute beasts, and the consequence of which they therefore justly fear will tee, their exposure to such tr-alment ns it is proper only for brute beasts lo receive. This nation, so celebrated too for the tenderness of heart with which if feels,and the generositywith which it re:ievec, the miseries of other countries, will employ starva• lion as the means of establishing tyranny. W e enter into subscriptions for the suffering Germans—do we 2 We send relief to Russia, to Prussia, to Spain, to all countries where the ravages of war have extended—,- do we ? We have dime all this because those coun tries fonglit for their independence—have we ? It can not be for this reason ; for if it were, the Gocern• ment of England would not dare to tempt the anger. of the people, by taking means to starve the poor Norwegians, who are as truly fighting for, thei,r in. dependence as Russians, Prussians, Austrians, 'or Spaniards, have been. If our Government is not compelled, by the overawing dignity of the people's determined will, to abandon their design against Nor r way, let us never hereafter boast of our love of liberty ;Jr us never speak of our generosity • • . •; .~ than a He he has cruel,l he ha nntor; has bp, Bence, did no cc I his Ai lie %s the C the (Weill she is CC ,I Engii %ill gi form safety 'Dv the M may crillha o n trim() Geve emplo, cielit 1 ITe wi sul, o: Milton We have receivel from which we axe, LEYDEN ) AM, noance, that Hun , and accaun4s from ' 15th of April a Bu; . '' • ' 1 4 . " 8 74 fi'Ne %PRA • ',it A lr,„r . s ' ~ ."4 • istov. JI 7 .s . /ift.,. ~.1 . • : , ',, • s• • fleet which the First M 4 ts:steo , 1111 it S I - lit ..' . iurgh, as everywherdAis ok fer lit s pt.'etelmilisOdi.l,' in against Englat444tessea saltog,; • 1 : .. .ents which Mr! i i - Fiii P; treh Inglis riliksi '', 2 , utgard, was effecting, or seeking t 0 ... effect, at Or. •i" Tenhourg and in France, to excite troubles. '. , "*. These facts are stated in the order whi c h assign!' '.... : i t. the motive's for the mission of M. de Cauliatti.oure s and the original of which,lortuitateloleplaiu s i,) Ilk . hands, as well as the correspoudence+el a il ve to the* .' objects: • . - •-•--..- --- . - •• •-, • - -4 : - 4 `, The falsehood of the impoeitioes.by . wl 2 icii . h e ilk been blackened, was well known to persons then the 4 ! - Most nearly connected with the First Consul, aut.. who have deigned to justify. hiris as often aud.* much as their own situation perissiteed.' . .. .... . It is khown to persons who inhabited logethei .i with the Duke VEnghien, the . ciatle of Ettenheint; I '. ' and• who tire'Ktilli alive. - It pi ",hewn .to persons, .'!! with whom M. de Gaulaincourt bed to transact tlp details of the mission which had led him to Strasburg I; Lastly, it has . been loudly and nobly acknow. ; lodged by those, who not having been -able to re. ' • main strangers to.this deplorable affair; know better • than any•others, that he had nu COIICVIII vri'h it. I : He has taken a part in it solely by the 4 t ef, t* s, . he has felt in common with.eil France, old by tar cruel, chagrin it has caused him. During ten yews he has been able to oppose calumny enly by ,t notoriety of an irreprowlhable life. o.xe only _ i has been bound to explain himself; this was with* i ~.. great Sovereign, rather to.meet his honourable cot 4 deuce, than to-dissipate doubts which that 1'41A . . did not entertain; as the annexed letter will prove : TIDE MINISTER OW WAR TO THE CITIZEN CAUL4I4... ~ ,COURT: $ , i , . " The First Consul orders Citizen Caulaincour4 , his Aid.tle.Camp, to repair b, post to Strasbugh::-.. He will there accelirate the construction and the det% l parture of the light vessels, building for the marble.. , 44 He will take references to the Prefect and to, the Citizen Mehee, on the arrest of the Agents of the English Government . at Wissombtirl, •• and 'at Offeilburg, particularly the Baroness de Reich, if . she is not already arrested. f * 4. • " The Chief of Batallion RoPy,..Envoy *to •ther • English Ministers, and who kr.s tteir confidence,' ''' will give him the necessary references. -ea theTiong : t 'formed opinst the ts.insluillity of the State, anti Ms safety of the First Cinnntl. • --.• • • -' • ---- The Citizen Caulaincourt , will - make known to i the Mayors of Citiei n on the 1-ig i bt ha , tak t that tw : may draw upon themselves great misfOrtauei, l ., t giving an asylum to persons Is ho seek. to diStaib . tt .; I, tranquillity of France; and he will concert:v4lft than Getie,a; commanding the stli Military di shiniioll4 , • • employment, if occasion should reqUire, , Of. a sit& 1 cient force for the eynution of tEe presait ‘.rder.- t Ile will render a particular account . iciihe Fill: Goa.- • sul, of the result of the utisslint of Aha,,CLiff x , .11 , • - - tuition nosey. - • • - '•:.._ • . - E i (Signed) The bliniater of War. ALEX: Sgft TillEle : . • • - ' St. Peter urgh the loth (111)*Auef!,711011.' 1 1 Copy of a Letter from M. de Catelaioe44t,. Misheirdne 4 • . • France, to Isis Alair.iity the liatiSe.sor of ajl - the ll:cif,iiis, ... Erin r .—The intelligrace. Soar kloijesty•baS receives** from the -- Woks of the Rhine, bits justified me from the Odious cidaniapi ,- which has weighed Minn me for three years. There are detail : which, permits, your Majesty does not 1 , 411 r.,.. I t•we,it In . dill coatideoce with which yuu deign to luitiOnr use, to lay thtm Isid - fore your eyes. They kill convince you Low . fir I tun oolong* , to Me omit of the Doc d'l:ngheia; - , ' t Scut to Strapburgh by the First Consul, utmost et the meet time with General Ordener, the pubic has confounded oar this; . • €4iotts. Til4l General wits charged to rep•tir to littenheini Id carry of ihe Duke: 'the Order and the documents. that !liar, under Inc eyes of y..ur Alajerty, will prove how much ms ra44i . . sioo was different from Mx, end filo rcneeettently k had inn • I nor could have, any thing to do in tha t unfortunate aiE.ic.— i ~ t am, da. , i : (Signed) CAI; LA I.'S CO LIM . . • Copy of the Amiwer of his Majmity the 3::miter i ur Alexander to% General Cookiirecourt, Arnbassodor of Frrosce. I knew General by ray bl looters in Ocemmy, Isar trirti yod were a etranAer to the horrible affair of which yon rpealc. lire documents which you couunuairate.ta use, camintadt to that .. conviction. I like to, roil lots so, sad again to tsenare "you 1 my biacere eateein. _ . LE XANpr.ft. St. Pete.rsburgb, the lath f4tlt)April;lB,l. A ... . . . . 1 I . * • We have.received is Lej,dea G (wilt of itti t 241 hot. . , • from which we extract the following 12-t. , • .. • • LEYDEN ) APRIL ¶7.-Letters. from Basle a . n4, . ~ nounce, Witt Hunitiguen capitulated. on NM )50 ) ! and accautws from Winesburg iuforin,t3s,. that Virthd 15th of April a Russian courier arrived,i who bring ', •, to all the Russian troops . that be meets coming to : , France orders to halt. . ' . . , - BERLIN,, APRIL . 19.- 2 -The . orders sent by .tho French Government" to the...garrisOils of 113imburgs and Magdeburg al„e delis-erect . to the (;t. , 1.1:1!.; of the blockading corps, . who are to coisCara tr k viii int, mediately to . the French Cornmetetkati.s. .'fl ey :.r .1 ordered to deliver up the fortresses to the Ailivti The great TILE partu • . .