The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-05-20 00:00:00

1 • ■ I ~,,. . -•:' • 1-v I r :Y r. • h IPMEI tAN The Russian army is d:s PM into three grand corps d'avm and a corps of teserve. The first, under the orders of . Geo. Sacker, %sill traverse Silesia, Lu satia. Saxons, and Fiat:co:tits. The first brigade quitted Breslaw the 2211 April, directing on Lusatian; the second arrived there the 2d; and the third the 24th. This division consists of 9000 men and 21 go is. The other columns of this corps d'armee have n .t vet entered Silesia. The 2d corps &armee N under the orders of Gen. elermaloff ; it is much weaker than the corps of Sackers, and began to move on the 20th April. Its iTireclion is on Cracow, hens whence it proceeds by Moravia and Bohemia for Franc I. The third corps is commanded by Gen. Langeron. 'Da corps has not yet entered Gallicia, and catitrot be on the Rhine before the beginning of July. The corps of reserve is comixosed of the grenadiers and cuirassiers, under the orders of the Grand Duke Constantine. Within these fpw days past there has been a nu merous passago of Austrian troops, in the direction of Ulna and Heilbrun. tirtrromm, MAY s.—The Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Commander iu Chief of the Austrian Army of. Reserve, has arrived here. His head-quarters are est !dished at Kautisatt, on the Necker. The corps of enent Colleredo is to pass the Rhine at Manheim, and is complete. MAtritin, Amt. 29.—Oct the 4th instant, there was communicated to the Royal Council, by order of his Majesty, a Treaty between the King and his august Father, accompanied by a Note : This stated that a correspondence had taken place between his Majesty Ferdinand VII. and his Father, relative to the pensions of the latter and his Queen, as krill as of the Infant Don Francisco de Paula, and the annuity to be allowed the green Mother, in case of survival : that his Majesty, having examined and approved of the propositions, had sanctioned them in the most solemn manner, notwithstanding the present state of the public finances. He had only thought proper to pot some limitation to the sth ar ticle, by excepting from the places at which the re vered authors of his being shall fix their residence, all parts under the influence of Napoleon and Murat. The note concludes with observing, that this Treaty chews the falsehood of the calumnious reports which have been spread 'respecting . . . dissensions in the Royal Family, to invalidate which it is ordained that the Treaty be pub lished. It contains eight articles, by which his s. t. • Majesty Chat les IV. renounces the Crown of Spain .• ; in favour of his son, Ferdinand VII. and his succes . 'ors, on condition of being allowed, from the date 4 kf of the Treaty, twelve millions of reels per annum, to.he paid monthly, and in advance, instead of the tight millirn:s previously allowed him. That having beets a great length of time without any assistance,, he has coy tracted debts to the amount of 1,500,000 francs; which is to be acknowledged by his son, e ,end ciich is to be deducted from the payments al ready due to him, and the deht to be defrayed within three years. The Queen Mother, in case of sur vivorstop, to have eight millions of reels per annum. The Infant Francisco, brother of Ferdinand, to en joy the same stipend as has alwa}s hoen allowed to pet boos of his rank. His Majesty Charles IV. sti pulates that lie shall fii his abode in any place or country he may think proper, which is the point of •ac4ption mentioned in the Note. Himself and the , Queen to be treated, during their lives, with all the respect due to their rank, and to continue in the en 3nyment of (heir Royal titles. His Majesty Charles IV. ratified the Treaty, agreeing to the exception of Ferdinand without hesitation, and observing at the same time, that he never could have thought of taking up his residence amongst the enemies of his 0 august Son and Spain. Lyme, MAY 14.—The picked battalions of the Somme and the Aisne hive entered our city ; the troops of the Iliteand the National Guards composing our garrison went to meet those battalions with music. The malcontents turn pale, and the indifferent or timid rosse.from their apathy and blush to see the defence of oar city intrusted to our neighbours. GENOA, APRIL t9.—King Joachim has published his alliance with Napoleon. His Imperial Highness the Archduke John is every moment expected from Venice. BASLE, MA 7.—The number of troops that oc cupy the French territory, rontigeons to the Canton of Basle, is stated to amount to 40,000 men. Four teen regiments of infantry, and nine regiments of ca. valry have been for some days encamped near Be fort, under the command of General Lecourbe.— There is also at Altkirch a great park of artillery and ammunition, and a considerable number of troops of all sorts. Ilaninguen swarms with troops. On the 3(1 a con siderable reinforcement of gunners, together with 13 ammunition waggons, ((rrived there. The place is abundantly provided with every thing requisite to sustain a long siego, and gre•tt numbers of National Guards keep arriving. . . . In Alsace, and in the neighbouring provinces, all the young men above 18, and all unmarried men under 40, have been levied. to reinforce the armies; among them are a number of Jews. On the 3d, pieces of artillery, of large calibre, were plauted on the rampart* of Basle. The nervous fever continues its ravages there, and several persons haw , died of it. • The whole of the eastern frontier of the Grand T)uchy of Basle swarms with Austrian and other German troops. _ Itomc, Apart. 29.--In the course of May, the King of Naptes will have more than 90,000 men with him, exclusively of the troops in garrison. At this moment news is circulated that the Aus trians have been beaten, at Nocera, with consider. aule loss. . Commodore DucATuit hod been tried and acquitted for the loss of the President American frigate; lie afterwards hoisted his pendant on board the Con stellation frigate, haring been appointed Commander of the squadron destined for the Mediterranean.— Commodork Low's was appointed Consul at Malta, end to act as Naval Agent to the fleet, about to re pair thither. • 1..„ transports are ordered to the Clyde, to take on hoard a number of, persons, who intend leaving Scuthatid, to become settlers in Upper Canada. A • , , TIIE STATESMAN. Ma. LOVELL'S LIBERATION. 'After an iusprisonmcid of Four Years and a Half in ha 411cjesty's Gaol of Newgate, in consequence of Es•ofiicio Informations., for what has been termed Lift', Mr. LOVELL informs his Friends, with 'the feelings which may be supposed to animate the breast of a man in his situation, that he has been this dust liberated from the scene of his long con. finement, and of his ninny severe ajlidions, and is now returned to the discharge of those duties in public life, which, at the present extraordinary crisis, so pregnant with events of vital importance to the liberties of mankind, are more than ercr necessary, and which he assures his Readers and Friends he shall strive to perform to the best of his ability. lie trusts it will not be considered egotism to state, that his health, as may well be supposed, has suf fered much from the continued rigour of his fate; but his spirits are, as they have crcr been, un. broken; and he hopes he need not say how grateful is his heart for the support which he has received from the Friends of Liberty and Justice under his long and accumulated afflictions. St ilesinan Office, Nl:iv SI, 1315. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank 5 per Cent. Red. 57}; t per Lent. Cow Mit 4 per Cents. 72 4 per Cent. Navy 136;a DAT AT ONJK O'CLOCK. L.nr. inn. li 7-16 India Bon& 10 le p F.ichervier Hill, j 5 p Onnium Consols for Acc. THE STATE S ILI N. LONDON: SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1815. More Brussels and German Papers came to hand to-dav, and we have also received the Paris Papers of Tuesday. In the German Papers we have an article from Prague, of the Gth instant, which will assist to account for the delay in the march of the Russians, whose arrival on the Rhine our Treasury scribes announced with all the exultation of a triumph in which civilized Europe might share. It is stated, on the authority of letters, whose authenticity may be relied on, that the Turks have commenced a furious war against Russia, and totally destroyed the city of Bucharest; and that the Poles have declared they will take no part in the war against France. A report affirms that an Austrian General, who is arrived at Zurich, has required permission (or a numerous division of the Allied Army to pass through Switzerland ; but it appears the Swiss mili tary Commanders have been charged to resist any violation of their territory, by either the troops of the French or the Allies. The movements of the French corps in the envi. of Geneva, are said in the German Papers to • have caused some uneasiness there, which has beeu removed by an Order of the Day, from the Com missioner DUDIOLARD, ordering the 2'2 Cantons of the Swiss Confederation to be respected. Measures continue to be taken to put Gene's in a state of de , fence ; the fortifications are strengthening, and large quantities of ammunition are bringing in. A strong A ustrian army iv reported to be advance ing from Alexandria to the frontiers of Dauphioy. Tee Piedmontese, under General LArcu►t, are stated to he joined to this army. An article from Milan, of the 3d inst. says, it is supposed that Count NUGENT has already reached Rome with his arms.. It is also affirmed, that MU. RAT has published his alliance with BONAPARTE.— This does not look like weakness. More accounts of the disaffection of the Saxon troops to the cause of the Allies are given in the Pipers which we subjoin. Prince BLUCHER, iu his Proclamation, allows his danger to have been most imminent. 'File French Papers contain little of importance from Paris. They state that Strasburg, Lille, Lyons, &c. are in the very best state of defence, and that imineuse warlike preparations are making in all parts of the kingdom. In an article dated Metz, it is said that the King of Nakt.Es has defeated the Austrians, taking $3OOO prisoners, and 21 pieces of cnnnon ; and that a Field-Marshal (either General BIANCIII or General NEIPPERO) has been wounded. In another article it is stated, that NAroczom has ordered twenty ships of the line to be disarmed, Is hich measure will supply him with fifteen hundred pieces of cannon. - - AIX•LA.CHAPELLI, MAY 11.—Oar official Jour nal contains a long account of the mutiny among the Saxon troops at Liege, on account of the in. tended division of them into such as are natives of • the part of Saxony ceded to Prussia, and such as , belong to the other part which remains to the King. These troops, consisting of one battalion of greno. diers of the guard, and one regiment of grenadiers of the line, had for some time shown a turbulent and disorderly spirit, and on hearing of the order, resolved to disobey it. On the 2d, they broke out into open mutiny, and even attempted to force their way into Prince Blucher's hotel, but were by the Saxon Officer and two Saxon sentinels on duty in the hotel. They retired after bTking the win. dons, and in the night proceeded to Huy according to a previous order. The battalion refused to quit Liege till it was e'shanded. It is remakable that private soldiers attempted to *educe the citizens, and that the Moniteur unnoticed some days before that the Saxons had mutinied, and that ~~ ... 7'' ~ii~7 -- • the, inhabitants of Liegv had joined them ; the latter, however, displayed the most laudable zeal, and the City Guard immediately did the duty of the place till the Prussian troops entered on the third iu the afternoon. On the 6th the following Proclamation was pub lished %t Lvige : " SOLDIERS OF TUE SAXON Cones! Terrible crimes have been committed in your ranks. I had, with confidence, fixed my quarters among you, when I was attacked by a troop of assassins and rebels, who refusing to ober. their Officers, persisted, for three days, in a criminal mutiny. Soldiers! you wouhl be dishonoured in the eyes of all Europe, your national honour would be for ever lost, if I did not render you the testimoiry, that you have on this occasion expressed, in a striking mariner, the indig nation which was excited iii vain by a licentious soldiery, which, in refusing to obey its Officers, vio lated the first duty of a soldier. " By the confidence you place in me, you ha►e counted on the possession of the rights, which ho nour and the laws of war give you. You have not deceived yourselves. The regiment of gr , nadiers has' ceased to exist—the standard which it disgraced has been burnt, and the sword of justice has fallen en the guilty.. " Soldiers, continde to attend to the voice of your officers. Their duty is not only to lead you into battle, but also to watch for the preservation of your honour, and your welfare. I cannot, therefore, better show you my approbation, or better save your character from, disgrace, than by continuing to de liver to the severity of the laws the promoters of in subordination and their accomplices, if they should still dare, by their crimes, to tarnish your military glory. " Liege, May 6. " BLUCHER." On the sth the regimeut of grenadiers and the battalion of grenadiers were disarmed, and on the 6th seven were condemned to death and shot; an eighth was pardoned by Prince Blucher. Some accomplices are condemned to perpetual im prisonment. The city guard of Aix-le-Chapelle has distinguish ed itself by its good conduct in seconding the Au.. thorities of the city to preserve from the fatal conse quences which might have arisen from the insurrec tion of the Saxons. The other Saxon corps quartered in these pro. vinces have shown their indignation at the authors of the mutiny, and have behaved extremely well. VIENNA, MAY 4.—For some days past a great number of strangers, whom the Congress had brought here, have been leaving us. It is probable that by the end of the month very few %rill remain. LAUStNNr, M t Y U.—Several French regiments of foot and horse, about 7000 men iu ail, which were employed in the South, are advancing toward Itu- Wily And Annecy. ' The Reader will find some curious remarks in the report of the Parliamentary proceedings of la'st night on the subject of the very decent letters which Lord CAmcatacut read in the House of Commons in jui. tlfication of the Government of this country and the Congress of Vienna, going to war with and on the no less strange Proclamations di Loins XVIII., and that which has been issued to . the French people in the name of the Duke of WEL LING TON. IVith respect to the fabricated letters, or the letters said by the Moniteur to have been fa. bricated, Lord CASTLEREAGH has a most notable answer to make to the charge of forgery on the part of the Ministers of Lours. 66 NVas it likely," said his Lordship, " that men in such high situations as the Ministers of the King of FnAsce, would have the baseness to commit the forgery they were now charged with ?" Is it possible, we say, that any man could be guilty of such baseness ? Is it possible that Lord CASTLEREAGH could be duped, or attempt to dupe others? We cannot believe it.— But, who is this M. BLacas, whose integrity and honour are so pure that they must be above suspi cion ? and the Abbe FLEC RIEL, and the rest of the Abbe. by whom Lotus is surrounded- -TaLLear «tarn, from whom Lord C. got these letters, not ' forgotten ? They must be 64 all honourable men" H of course, whose purity of lives and character must ensure the most .Irilimited confidence. Alas ! our inctidtlity is involuntary. But if high station be sufficient to repel a charge of criminality, how comes it that Emperors and Kings are to beheld inculpated, a►d a private Secretary believed in preference? For whit object were these letters produaed ? Lord CASTLERCEGO and the Congress of Vienna wanted something to justify putting MURAT down, and set ting op in his place the old BOURBON King of Sicily. T.%Lr.LYRAND in his letter to Lord CASTLEREAGH says, his Lordship applied to him for data, upon which he and the rest of Congress Ministers could found a departure from their engagements with MURAT ; and documents, these precious letters, were furnished by the Secretaries of King Louts for this honourable purpose. Lord WELLINGTON'S letter stating, that he saw nothing in the letters shown to him against bIURAT, is allowed to be genuine and correct, though every thing else we have from the French Papers must of course be false; but that letter is said to . relate to other matter than the letters in ques tion—what did it refer to ? To something not quite so bad and conclusive as was afterwards disco►ered. The first set of Papers would nut do— " the dispassiooate judgment of the Duke 'of IVEL• razieress" rejected them, as affonling no proof of ~.~,~. Ad treachery on the part of Jo name. A• other net •v•ts• found, a n d communicated to his Grace; but whettr.r the latter were entirely different from the former, or were more amp]) filled with the necessary grour:d for pronouncing tAt n't guilty, is not yet s o d o to us. But we are bound to believe ti at the evi. deuce was satisfactory, and that the yecessary so u . tiny took place, for his Grace immediately declared, that there could be - no doubt • shout MilitAse4 treachery. " The Duke of WEII.,:s-ros then i ti ,; t l these documents before the Allied Sovereign s at Vienna, who were dearly of the same opinion, 4,,t resolved that on attack should be made on ,11yR4i," for Lord CASTLEREAGH slid thry clearly proved th• t 2411. - nAt scats treacherously corropo)iding with NAPAUTE and the Vlcceow •at the time he n J i bound by treaty to the Allies. And were not Allies bound by treaty to him ? And do the letters in question justify the violation of these Treaties? Th, assertions of our Ministers on former occasions !out'', lead us to suppose that nothing like treaties subsi,ted between the Allies and MURAT—a mere armis.ti ; e was all that had hitherto restrained their hand, hem putting him down. But we ate to be better far. nished with grounds of judgment—we confess +R q want them much, for we have been sadly in dark its relation to the validity and justice of tLe grounds on which the great Powers have founded their important decisions. IVe had a Minister at the Congress of Vienna,' who did what he liked, without consulting any. body, and seemed to be accountable to nobody... now we hate a General with one of the greatest trusts in his hands that ever was confided to man, apparently doing the same. Ministers were asked in both Houses lest night, whether the Proclamation addressed to the French nation, in the name of the Duke of Wsr.r.trinTon, stating, that he and the Allies were to fight for the restoration of the Bora. lONS, was an authentic document,—but they could not tell whetter it was really so or not; they 'seemed to think it was not genuine, but they did not say that the Duke of WELLINGTON ought IlOt to bate issued such a Proclamation. A statement, hewever, equally important was made. It was admitted that the ratification of the Treaty by Austria is not yet received. The Earl of LIVERPOOL says he is assured that it is ratified by that Power, though not yet come to hind. Mr. Cu t --the King's Messenger, arrived-tt the Foreign Office this forenoon with Dispatches from the Duke of Wer.r.tmcsTorr. Two and twenty waggons arrived in town yester day under a military sescort, hanging the valuable plate, porcelaine, lusrres, and a variety of costly articles of furniture, the property .of the Duke of tt'ELLisc TON, and which belonged to his Grire's establishment at Paris while he was Aggsosader M the Court of Louts XVI-11. I The Sp-dash Gen. Ms t, after travelli , g through !Spain in ,disguise, has reached this couatry. He landed et Bristol from a Dutch vessel. American account of the capture of the Cane, off 'cite Merleiras. Copy of a Leiter from Lieutenant llnsrmAY to Ve Seers • Ivy of the Navy, dated his Britannic Xlajesty's . .Cyane, New York, ,April 10, 'Bl5. SIR.-1 have the hot,our to inform you that OP the eveciitg of the 20th February last, while cruizing off Madeira, the United siatas frigate Constitution fell in win. his Britanpic jetry's ships ()ine and Levant which she captured errata action of fifty minutes. " The Cyane is a frigate built ship, amounting 24 canines guns, vit. ta enty•twu n-pound carronades on the mnin-d , ek, eight 18-pound carronades on the quarter-deck, two 18-potid carronades, and two long nines on the forecassle; and, from the best information I could obtain, carry ing a complemritt of 175 men, commanded by Goa Dow Est.coa, Evq The Levant, mounting 21 carriage guns, via. eighteen 24-puoud carronades, two long nider, and a shifting 16poundei on the top pilaf - a forecastle• with a complement of 150 men, commanded by the Hon. Bronco Donct.As. Both ships suffered severely is their spars, rigging, and sails. The Cons:riution received but tridiue injury, having only four men killed, and ten wounded. As to the loss of the enemy, I cannot possibly ascertain, but should • presume it was very severe. " Very respectfully, I have the honour to be. &c. " R. T. ttorroAN. i" The Hon. B. W. CROWNINPRIF2LD, Seere. fury of the Navy, Washington." Mr. L. an eminent bookseller in Soho square shot himself, at 12 o'clock yesterday. The cause has not transpired. • LORI) BEREsFORD'S SWORD.- -A report basil lately appeared of a sword presented by the City of London to Lord BEntsroato, for his SertiCPS at Buenos Ayres, having lately been sold by auction, we have authority to insert the following f-,cts : Shortly after the taking of Buenos Ayres, the City of Landon voted their Thanks and a Sword, take 200 guineas, to Lord. BERSSFORD. In consequence of this vote, a sword was ordered of a Mr. A l which, when finished, was thought by the City to be so ill executed, and so inferior to what was their wish to present to his Lordship, that it was returned upon Mr. A.'s hands, and another ordered Pke where, which was presented to Lord BERESTORP, and which is now in his possession. The sword lately sold is that which was returned to Mr. A. Yesterday morning a fire broke out in the stahlni of Mr. Burgess, hackneyman, in Little Russell street, Bloomsbury, by which three horses were killed. CHI LH-STE:it:LINO. U 10 11.111 A y F.l is st beotti..ht Woe Mr. Se' io'. l Srt.t.a.si on n chorgr of child stealittz. ,lr. tea rn '• Clarence Illareol3lcd, that having tin Thirstlas rte..: g served it mob etllleellog nearly opposite hot door, he %rot not id enquire the calm'? Hr saw the l•riioner, se: s much and a child, :shoot three 'ears told, u I.h her. Supeolea ter child was her oaf., le qortstionett h.rst4 in the rra.trrr. which she had nhiaiaed it. lo re' ly, she sa;ti she r n•i.s so .0. sad that she :e•idrit at Delittitrd. IM•rhild, how , Vet, nn by initrr.iatetl..aii, she enflle from sadr.ost-ltill, nod th dtsr Prisoner had saki-9 h•r tivras. Mr. Wa rare, vi pout 110 - , for Holmes, tile canstattle, awl gave the Ptis'onrr two his Cu - .tody. ' Holm - Ist:deo, that he had seen the Prlsiinfr Aerie , * ..treet i.. the earl• purl of the dos I she Ittl .1:e child sroh h': .std aa , beating it. The mu' hut. uf• the child istie.itidi• il3lol. 0%11 the I'llsiater, sehnin•he had a hnoal a:'. s•krd pe au,sioti, un Thurad ty srs. t to tale the utile Way fur a wit:k 3 10 filet .he consented, Mil bee , "" : 1 " . alarmed tot their not retorni, 8-4. sal ra r",I4Y mtorai te, whps she hetird the Prismo r's .lout, mid immediately Come to the m ikee,„...The pi i s elliftl " cogaratleJ fur he cuinliwitiva. tZa- -4 . F V , . ;f- ~. t. Tr. > •~ MI