The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-04-08 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN. employ iii each station, whether to watch the mote ments of soldiers, of citizens, of philosophers, or priests—why these wiseacres of the Congress might as well hate been asleep.—[A laugh.]—Yet were li these the men who, with significant shakes of the bead, carted out the destinies and secured the peace of nations? And with a similar diplomatic shake of tFe hea.' the Noble Lord, in his character of a wise- acre of the Congress, gravely assures the House that he knows—aye—he knows Bouaparte has no support in France but the array. A way with such assurances—away with such authority as that of the Noble Lord. Why did not those 'who charge Bonaparte with plotting at Elba— why did they not take measure , to restrain him ? Napoleon was called a h,pocrite—be it so. But still it is clear his measures are calculated to make his power beneficial. whether legitimate or not. Place by the side of the Noble Lord's cumbrioue papers that siegle act of Napoleon, which abolishes the Slave Trade—that act which Louis the Desired, the paternal monarch. the goad, the humane, and religious Louis, was afraid to attempt, lest he should shock the pub lic feelings, Louis asks use years wash out this abomi nable stain, and Napoleon, by a single stroke of the pen, nholiches it for ever.—[Hear, /scar !]— I t i s consoling to know, that the return of Napoleon has pro duced at least cox ble.sittg to .the human race—whatever may he he c.mnge of Government in France, the resnrreet ion of the Starr Trude will not slain and Alin humanity. It has re. eel oed iu that one decree its death-blow for ever. The Noble Lore %avid have us strike Nwitileon now that he is *eak. we know that he is weak ? Is not war already declared by the De el ration of Vienna? What i.rospects are &Worded by the acts of that t ooe,regs? Let the moise recollect what public cliiessmetio, nave appeared about the s.-tme period n ith this fa. sco infatnotss Der , oration—Rasnuy pi...testing against an met of pni.lic robbery—Napoleon's decree for the abolition of the neve Trade. This is the first time that this Declaration has been avowed, Oa• the signatures of the Duke of Wel •firtglon an,l Lords Cathcart and Steuart are declared to be an gels:lc. Is it Dot a sufficient ground of impeachment against thew %Holsters that they have declared war is ithout the autho rity of he Crown? [('ries of bear, hear, hear !) This base do : cameo was called a wit and proper one by a /tight Hon. I;cntleman Eta a former night, but the Noble Lord had nearly of s• in d from :lathing it at all. How could he or any man defeod n Declaration pointing out as hi. victim to the assmsin tar oleo is now the Kule. of Fraser? He (Mr. Whit br )slmaid .dish to bear twine of his able and eloquent friends lesionw its cleurm , tv bs reference 'o the laws of nations, of Di ' tore. of social aid civil life. He abhorred this challenge to a war of raterminotion—he abhorred the exclamation which was, he feared. stauetiinev heard—" When you had him why did l,no nut execute him." Boot the Allies had him not in'their ;misc.., and even if .they had, most have reettiled.from so hor rible a n deed—the deed of sin assassin. They could not have dune ibis. even though they had the ineination. !Hens jtodg arias are blinded bs heir mire against this man. What ! did t sup, nse his bead upon the block, the string of the taints ' tine drawn, worm the Treal of Fontainblean was concluded with him? W hat is meant by this insane declaration? What is i; h.aa.direct encouragement to the arm he =orderer P— [No. no !3 But L ,ay , I es, yes! It proclaims one man by name II 't of the protection of civil and !finial relations. What is this hot a declaration that by any man who pleased he might lie I Luridly stabbed T—[Hear, bear.l W hat! did Ibis boasted conqueror, nun had beaten the French armies out of Spain and Portugal—did those confederate stations who had entered the capital o: Fraace—did the% think it necessary to call in the aid of the asvaasiu to 'Widow Napoleon again.— [Hear, hear, hear l] —Vat It appears Lonararte has been more calm and cir cumspect than even his old adviser Prince Ta'ley rand. He has pnhtisheil that Decttration with noses in a Paris Paper. and states hi s aevieseence is the Treaty of Paris, but his determina tion to Imes its limits If ant attacked. Why did not the Noble Lord state to the House whether he had tried the present temper; of France as, well as I..at of 'he Allies? But in truth war has ady lupin by the c;.io.!re of French ships. He (Mr. W.) dud not bla..te Officers hay no instrne:inns bat only, as off Llha, an ...td. • torylitag. If loose °elect; have no better under standing oat tits Labinet who direct the.,,, they must be in a very pitiable state indeed ? - [A (Hugh.]—He would not speak bands', of the Bourbors. but their fortunes seemed to hiu. irre. tries.tifir,ar if affe,likrly to he rendered.., by a war of ngcrosion spots Franee. He had nu doubt solar who were inadeo for war kid no motive but self-interest; to the daily pre s particnlarly be would recommend not to push things too W. It was neves ears to their fa:4race that Napoleon should be still living siod eve a Inure i.etive sphere than the island of Elba. It was truly said'hy Mr. Sheridan. that oar- half of tint public deft was'oncurreil in.puttiug dowa, and the other haliin resturios the House of bourbon.. Their existence in France would, he contended, be as dang'eraus and 'es:pet:siva to this country-as that of Bonaparte. Wm:: was the mate of Earope at this An oint( 1% mid tizxony support a war io conjunction with Prus sia Would tienoa, would Venice, would Italy fight against France? No. 'I he 'Wee of Europe was loam' , zed by die Con.. geese. It had generated-the elements pf discord among tuitions. Wool' the Mug of Naples soppy), t the Allies after they had broken their faith vs itto him ? The life of isitipolena, a aiu. le man. was aimed ab—All France, would. Ow this reasou, rally round 104 penou. Coalitions cemented by English money, would'dissolve as usual. Why out Five Napoleoo those terms now w we should at forme, persedi have even with attcht maoioti„ Ile st hilted that the Address should pledge Mioisters to dekn ,,,, ' preparations, stills a view ii) pence, and for that purpose tor sLould most. the addition :man amendment of words solids efeet —" That the lionise implored his Royal ilighnest to tithe the speediest turd moat effoct nal wean, of contioutuz and tin, cot; try ,he hlesbings of peace, eonsisteuly a ith the huuutt r of the Crown and the security of this nati..u.' Mr. PONSO'NBY explained. Mr. F. DOUGLAS spoke in fainur of the Ad dress, and with much warmth urged the policy of going to war. Sir J. NI:WPOR,T supported the Address. Mr. CH,QIi.F.R spoke merely as to a' matter of fact. An lion. Gent. (Mr. Whitbread) had stated; that a French ship had been tif ought into po rt by an English cruiser under circumstances which. showed that she bad been taken either under an ambi. guous order, or some secret understanding with the Captain of the ship. He could take u pon him to assure the (louse that such statement was wholly and entirely without foundation; and that there had been to or►ler to any officer to interfere with the trico loured Hag of France any more Usti with the white flag. Mr. BAKES supported the Address, though he thought the country ought to be very cautious as to all increase of burden on its finances. _ Lord ALTHORPE thought, that if Ministers had u choice to make, that choice would be war. Ile would ask what there was in the situation of the country now, more than there had been in 1793, that could induce us to hope %se could impose upon France a Government against the inclination of the great hulk oftlie people ? He should vote for the Amend ment of his Hon. Friend. Mr. ABERCROMBIE thought that the Declara tion of Congress had been actually renounced by the Message. All responsibility must be left to Mi nisters, as the Rouse had no• information on which to decide. lie should cote for the amendment. Mr.W. ELLIOT r said the Address only claimed the attention of the Rouse to those measures of pre caution which in concert with our Allies might be, deemed necessary for the security of Europe; and as such it had "Is support. Mr. TIERNEY said, the Message, it was true, only called on the Howse to place the country, in point of military matters, in such a state as might be necessary to secure the tranquillity of Europe; but the speech of the Noble Lord gate reason to suppose that our Allies were inclined to a state of war, and if they eivered on that war f or th e purpose of de throning Bonaparte, the idea would appal his very heart. He had heard, also, that notwithstanding the apparent moderation of the Message, subsidies to our several Allies had: already been settled • and agreed nu. This might be false; but if true, the' Amendment of his lion. Friend seemed to him to be most desirable, as it threw on Ministers a greater degree of responsibility. He had no wish to embar rass Ministers, but as the words of the Amendment were very moderate, and did not weaken the Address, he should vote for the Amendment. Mr. W. SMITH would have been content that the Address had passed unanimously ; but in conse quence of the comments of the Noble Lord on the Message, he should vote for the Amendment. He was happy to hear from the last Speaker, that the speech of the Noble Lord was not warlike; and if the Noble. Lord would himself confirm that state ment, he should vote for the Address.—[//ear,l hear !] I Mr. ROBINSON spokein favour of the Address. Mr. PLUNKETT expressed his cordial and un qualified support to the Address, and affirmed, that there appeared nothing in the Noble Lord's speech which indicated that he had any wish or intention to dupe the House. For his own part, he should be very sorry to be the dupe of Ministers, but he should be much more so to be duped by the present Reiter *of France. If war must be the consequence, he had no .doubt but wt. 'had a legitimate and justifiable cause for it, but that .question was reserved for a future day. I Lord CASTLEREAGH.repIied at considerable length, contending, principally in reply to Mr. W hitbread, that it did not allow because this cduntry had treated with Bonaparte at Chatillon, that it must be prepared to heat with him under existing circum stance,. He begged leave to state, that though the Allies did treat with him at Chatillon, they.did not consider themselves called upon to accept of his pro.. 1 posals when they were likely to enter Paris. At that time, he dispatched a messenger to the Emperor of Russia, to state, that he was ready to make peace; but the answer was, that the time was gone by, and that the very circumstance of his I.aslng offered terms and withdrawn them, was a sufncient . reason for not renewing the negotiation. As to the I Abolition of the Slave Trade, it was a mere veil to cover his ambitious purposes. The Honourable Gentleman had dweit much upon it, hut it was not I quite so great a favour, as Bonaparte had always been the most declared enemy to the Abolition, nor was he now to be confided in. Ile trusted, that the Howse would not rely on the truth or sincerity of that man who had violated the most solemn treaties and engagements. The Hen. Gentleman had referred to the Declaration of the Allied Powers at Vienna. He was perfectly prepared to approve of that De claration, and of the conduct of those who* had : signed it on the part of this country, as a Declare., 1 tion levelled against Bonaparte, who menaced the tranquillity of Europe. It was. necessary that Slts. 7. ,soleon should be held up as an object of terror; land the Honourable Gentleman would !lliow him to say, that sentiments had been pronounce in that House much more likely to draw down assaatjnation land destruction on Sovereigns in alliance ilth this: . country, than the measures recommended to be : adopted towards Bonaparte by tile paper.—[lleac, I 10-a,• ;]—We had a full, sufficient, and moral jus. 1 I tification of commencing war against Napoleon, if we considered it was wise and right to pursue it.— I The Government would act, in concert with the , ' Allies, and his Majesty's Ministers were entitled to claiin that their responsibility should not be broken 1 lin upon bj the troisms of the Hon. Gentleman. I Mr. PoNSONBY said, it was certainly always extremely painful for him to differ with his Hon. Friend, but on the present occasion he found . it im possible to concur with him. His Honourable Friend had said, that the address was innocent in itself, bet dangerous from the Speech of the Noble I l orti; hut that Speech had been extremely over-stated. The Noble Lord had been represented as recommending immediate war. Am I right (said Mr. P.) in con • sidering the Noble Lord as not having given any opinion on that point ? Lord CASTLEItEAGII had declared no opinion, on that subject. Mr. POSItioNBY then said, t)lat he could not agree with his Hon. Friend, that he was likely to be duped by the Noble Lord; he desired to know what there was in the Address that implied war, without Ministers first doing all to secure peace with honour to th• Crown, good faith to the AI lief, and the security of Europe? if it would justify Ministers in plunging, into war, without regard to circumstances upon which peace might be maintained, then ha thought that the Address, and the conduct of the House in'Adopting it, were absolute frauds on the nation. His Hon. Friend must not think him quite so great a fool as not to understand the words of that Address, and die import he had given to them. The question was then loudly called for, and tlfe House divided. • For the Amendment -4 4" " 91 Apina it - - Majority in favour of the original motion, 183 Adjourned at twelve o'clock. .——-- . _ • LIST OF MINORITY. Abercrombie,Hn.3. Fergusson, Sir Rob. North, O. • Brand, lion. 'l'. tiordon. Robert •041surne. Lord F. Brown, lion. H. G. Horner, F. Piggott, Sir A. Burrell, Hon. P. 0. •Ileutheote, Sir G. Pieise, H. Burdett, Sir F. *Hamilton, lA. A. 'Ridley. Sir M. W. Butterworth, J. Kemp, T. Romilly, Sir S. • Barnard, Lord • Lambton, F. G. Rantsden, .1. liewieke, C. *Lemon ' Sir W. Smith, 3. Campbell, Hon. J. Moore, Peter Tierney. Rt. Hon. G. Calvert, Chas. Martin, 11. Whitbread, S. *Coke, T. W. Alartin, J. Wilkins, W. Dune:moon, Lord Alolyneux, H. Walpole, 11004 G. Dandas, lion. L. • • TELLEas-4Lord Althorpe and W. Smith. Those marked t4us*, are County hlembett. The account stating that Captain ROGERS, of his I Majesty's ship Conquer!, had detained and sent into Swansea a French vessel, is not correct. The comstance alluded to arises from the Confiance. from Guadeloupe to Havre, having been driven into Swansea by contrary winds and bad weather. ft should be understood that such captures as are made without instructions, subject the captors to the charge of piracy and punishment. Government have issued no orders for capturing French vessels. The detentions, therefore, that may be or have been made under such circumstances, are made on the mere responsibility, and at the risk olthe captors. Arr. Mali. Due • Lisbon . O O 1 O PRICE OF STOCKS THIS .tau► pet Cent. Red. 561 i per Cent. Cons. 5701 4 por Cents. 73 ti I per Cent. nuvy 87flj DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ILong. Ann. 114 7.16 India Bon& 4 p Exchequer Hill. 1 4 p • Omnium Consols for Acc. 5719 TH E STATESMAN. LONDON: SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1815. IMPORTANT FRENCH PAPERS. We this forenoon received Paris Papers to the 6th instant. Sanguine hopes had been formed by the friends of the BouasoNs, that a formidable stand would be made for'the Royal Family in the South of France—these hopes must now be abandoned. The intelligence just received, states that the division of Imperial troops, under Gen. CLAUsEL, seut to quell the insurrections in the South, have accomplished their object. They occupied Bourdeaux • without resistance, and the tricoloured flag has been hoisted at Brest, at Rochefort, and at Nantes. The Duchess of ANOOULKME seems to have striivn hard to excite revolt. " She went from barrack to bar ' rack haianguing the troops, and begging of them to fight" for the HOC RHO NS, but she was refused, pitied by some and smiled at by others. She, how ever, got a few persons mustered, and having, like• a JOAN of Arc t placed herself at the head of (hem, led them to battle. Her valiant volunteers, after firing one volley on CLAUSEeII troops, which the litter disdained to return, quitted the field. The heroic Pi incess, finding every thing going against her, followed the example of her troops. The state. meta of her retiring out of France is confirmed by advices received by the Dwarf cutter, which arrived yesterday from Bourdeaux ; they announce that ". the amiable and interesting Duchess of AN• HOULEME," as the Courier never fails to style her, had embarked for Yrun, in Spain, finding , her future residence on French territory unsafe.— Count LYNCH, the Mayor of Bourdeaux, who received his title and had his debts paid by NA-! isoLcorr, and who has been endeavouring, by long Proclamations, to stir tip the Bourdelese to insurrec-1 Lion against the Imperial Government, has been equally unsuccessful in his efforts to excite revOlt; Marshal NEY is to hate the Chief Command of the Frenci►armiee under NAPOLEON. [FROM Till lIONITEUR.) - . UOURDEAUX, Aram 2.—General Clausal arrived on the 31st of March at St. Andre de Cubrae ; the gendarmes sent from Bourdeaus against him, and all the other troops, joined him. Some volunteers whti occupied the tete-du-pont of St. Vincent, fired two cannon shot, and fled to Bourdeaux. In the mean time the Duchess of Angoutemedid her utmost to excite revolt. Site went from bairack to barrack lwanguing the troops, begging of them to fight; but she was every where positively re fused. However site mustered some volunteers, and placing herself at the head of them, drew them up in order of battle. She fired one volley upon General Clauspl,; but peeing that our troops did not return the fire, and hearing murmurs among her own, she quitted the. field. The volunteers, from some unknown cause, fired upon one another ; many were wounded, and one Captain"was killed. While tliis was going on, the Duchess of Aogon leme finding every thing going against her, and in despair at the impotence of her efforts, acquitted her followers of their oaths, and left the city at eight o'clock at night. She afterwards embarked at Null lac. At eleCeis o'clock in the morning General Clausel entered the city at the head of the troops, amidst shouts of Vim l'Empereur! Every thing is 'tranquil,. s►od order perhictly re stored. A letter from the Duke of Angouleme, which has been intercepted, states, that he finds no assist. ance any wnere. It is understood he has been obliged to escape in disguise. Reports aro, inseried of the perfect attachment which every body'. hears. .to the Emperor from Grenoble, tybtn, •Rodey, Nancy, Chauteau roux, Nantes, Relines, Chalons, &a. His Mijeity receives every Morning. ' cite deputa tions whickirrive. A long account is inserted of the entertainment given on Sunday by the Imperial Guard to the Volun. teeis of Paris. Fifteen thousand men were collected on the Champ de Mars; the bust of the Emperor was carried about in procession ; the troops at night assembled round the column of Napoleon ; all Paris appeared to be in one convulsion of joy ; not an accident of any kind occurred, and the whole night was passed iii dancing and universal rejoicings, amidst the splendid bltike of a general illumination. An Imperial Decree is also inserted, by which the late Police system is suppressed, and a new one e(tablished, by which all France is dividedinto seven 416 . virrondissements de - Police." [FROM TYE JOURNAL DE ' , Ants.] Many regiments yesterday quitted Paris, taking de road of Fontainbleau. The Duke of Orleans is arrived at the Hague. [PROM THE GAZETTE DE PRANCE.] WRIER EXTRAORDINARY •f Wednesday Morning. OR the 2tl of April' the General Muse! entered Bourdeaux, without firing a shot. The Du of Augouleme embarked the preceding night. It is understood that the Emperor ha.; appui Commission to revise all the Acts of the late vet-meta relative to the national domains. Six corps of the army are already organi Marshal Ney is to hare the chief command. FITLNCII Fe N us--5 per Cents, (i f.—Bank 80l 905 f. The Niel:age of the l'ativcc RIGENT to Parlilt recommending the adoption of a syslein 'of precaution and readiness for war, in . conseques, the late events in France, was taken into omen tion in both Houses last night. The Report disscussion will bee found highly important ; Speeches of Lord CASTLERLAGII and' Mr. 11 BREAD, are peculiarly interesting. The tenftur I Ministerial Speechasis, that war is justiliableiu sequenct: of the breUch ,of the Treaty of Fur bleau ; bat it i 3 not eteerly apparent, even I ;Ministers, that war is advisable at the . preseto meat ; and the question is, whether hostilities sl commence immediately, or instead ofplunging, long, without consideration, into a state m live *airfare; recourse should be )01 to a of precautionary .watchfolnes and defence at Though the Address was carried without vision in the Lords, and in the Commons a majority of 9.'20 against 37, and though represented as pledging the country only to cautionary measures, yet war appears unavoidato for an acquiescence in the lties,.ige also pi Parliament to a concert mitt' our Allies, wi knowing what their measures may be, and nt probation of .the conduct of Ministers in their like disposition. Much' stress, it will be 'see laid on the inflection of the. Treaty of Font bloat' by NArordaott ; but though Lard Cm u.suu has, at last, favoured us with town like clear details of the circumstances which to that Treaty, and those which followed it, by no means made out that that . Treaty, which Bo PIAPARTE consented to abdicate Throne of France, and the BOURBON family regal it, was preserved inviolate by the other 's high tracting parties." On the contrary, Lord Cams. NEAGH, for once, makes an unequivocal detlaratia and admits, that in the particular of the pensi( six millions of francs, which was to have been , to the Emperor of ELBA, out of the Francis Thum the Treaty was not fulfilled. The &Vases' tr, nor pay it, Ittesftle 'they wedie not Isola t , Treaty. "Atiothei a cuss for AU limn ?—the.itotr had ockt quite elm:*4, 4 lomo payment required. Lord CAVELERRAMM ,*presented to TRILL YRAN n, and the French Sovereign, necessity of abiding by this etigagenaeot; they seem to have had another object in vie! and through this refusal ---BoNAtARTE, it appears, absolutely reduced to the necessity of selling of his cannon and military provisions to. sapply pecuniary difficulties. Lord CairtIRRAOH, at of this and the consequences to Which It' might generously gave orders to Sir NEIL CAMPBELL supply the . EMPEROR with a few pounds when wanted them ; so that the man who has made, an , again making, Europe tremble, was actually its ger of becoming a pensioner of Sir NEIL Cann and Lord CAcTLEREAOH ! The whole secret et proud disdain of 'the Rlbcse Emperor, on the , of the BOURRON and their Government, appe: to be, that they had discovered that BONAPI was making preparations which they thought w place him within the reach of their power, and I fondly anticipated the day and the hour when could wreak their vengeance upon him, and hi him w ith the violation of his engagements. If the permitted escape of NAPOLEON, which Lord TLEREAG II allows we were not authorised to Net and which took Place withoot any obstruct though the French Government, 44 apprehends BO,NAPARTE'II designs had appropriated two frig,: to cruise between Leghorn and Corsica, with or to pay particular attention to what passed in theicl, of Elba." Hence also the infuriated Declaration promptly issued against 64 the traitor .and rebel which 64 famously infamous" Document, as Wntrancan energetically styled it, Lord CAS'. REACH, among his other curious admissions, adi to be genuine, and calls on the Britii nation to prove. But there is comfort yet for the British peoin We are not this time to " goad on" the Contine! Powers against France ; but, gratifying honou they deem war necessary, to follow in their tt and pay as usual us their necessities may requi r e , Mr. TIERNEY, in the course of the debate sa id. had been rumoured that, notwithstanding the al rent moderation in the tone and conduct of MI tern, a Subsidiary Treaty was now negociating This nas not contradicted. Madame M OREA U and the Princess TALLEYRA• accompanied by the Duke of ORLEANS, were ia Members' Gallery of the House of Commons night. They seemed to be very much interested the debate, and though they entered before o'clock, they did out leave the House till near Piet ErortAtrvr.--Mi-s M—, a young lady, jest !ft.% anYof 14r;re fortune, eloped on rinniday from. , house of her ii:othor, in the city. She had fallen &opera"' in love with Mr. W a rising performer at one d Winter Theatres, and was resolved to throw herself taw arms.— Yesterday morning sbe was traced by her briiihi:.% an hotel in Covent-grirdeu, where, oa being apprised albis' proach, she swallowed a dose of laud:swim; but medical si%tance having been immediately procured, some hopes are iertaistql of her recovery. On examining her trunks, it f: that site did nut set empty-handed..-They coatainrd a sum iu amity, beside. jetse s. to a great amount in value. LON PON Prilte.l and Pvtdi•hed by D. LO V VI. OFTICII, 87, Fleet4tleit. Duchess uinted a lie G o , Bond:, iament, f armed nonce of • widrra. rt of the ; sr !Wei se its coo. Ito 1118,i . y eta mo. 1 1' I should .1 ;, head- st of ac. 1 r, system • r r L a di. • es with h it is to pre. oidable, pledges without an np. dr war.!: ;een, is I, entail!. ;Amt. *thing • kb led it is ' y, by to the , egained rar 01 cen• e , 'ration, ' sion of tH en paid ns eatury, , e I would Ali to the e plaid ( nit was %- tO M. a, the ; but AG riew— rs, was / some ply his 4.r aware vrt ht lead, 1.14 to tem bee he 'pm tud is Mai in du- UPBELL Ivo of this sr a he pa rt • appears whe air ApaRTE flow would they Gr run , n they hind Y. !fence 11 CAS• udion, r s i ark i%ire of Dr e frigates di e orders kv i !Wand li inns() ai ebel :" n* Fq IS Mr. for ASTLE. ?sit admits to ap• mr Ohl en: k.i iv! if lire. — aid. it yt lie oa; tart thr RANO, rot t‘i in Ow is last ing it ed in ed des e fire leffn• Pie 8. ref! rain Obe; e rairta sp q of ai l into bir of h er . to Yis oF cal err or 64p a I.IW dpi Wl' Oro Tfri dP