The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-07-27 00:00:00

~"` . Pr " Rat if, contrary Wall expectation, they should be el•o: to this call, and should continue to molest the troops of the powerful Allies, and the inhabitants of the country, to whom they. are equally hostile, Me shall be under the necessity of proberuting theta with all t!.e resetity of the laws of war ; and we de• ciure, thnt as soon as they shall devolve under oar power, they shall be tried by a military tribunal uittrin 21 hours. Besides, in case of such dis obedience, their effects shall be coufiscated, and sold to defray the expences of the Isar ; and further, their :relations shall be arrested, and detained as hostages for such irregularities as they niay commit. (Sipell) '• It. ALOPLUS. " Nancy, mit July, MD." As there are French Journalists who have so little taste a, to extract from the English Papers articles humiliating and out raging to France, we must call to their rf.conection flint the liberty of the Press is car ried in England to licentiousness, when foreign na tions ate concerned. We ought also to recollect, that the opinion of the Journalists is of no weight, and in no manner influences the deci,ions of the Bri tish Government. We most not therefore take li terally the article of the Tintes, which, to say the least of it, was very mal-adioitly translate:l in a Pa per of yesterday.--hlem. The Swiss troops which have entered France are stated to amount to 15,000 men. It is stated that Gen. Leferre Mignonettes has turned partizan. It was he who attacked the Aus trians at Cosue. .PAKIS, JULY 21.—1 t was said some time ago that there were but two parties in France, the Royalists and the Republicans. We may now say, that there are but 'wo sorts of men, the honest, who wish the good, and the wicked, who gain always by mischief.— Whoever loves his country for itself, who is desirous of its prosperity, ought to feel that the safety of the state consists in the sincere rallying of the different parties round the Constitution and the King. Among the men who have spoken if the liberal ideas since the King has consecrated them in the Charter, there were many, as we know, who saw only in these ideas the specious pretext of a new tyranny, re-established under the bloody auspices of Bonaparte, or some other usurper ; but • there were many also who may have considered them justly as the actual expression of our information and our po litical wants, and who conceive it a duty to defend them againt the attempts of a party interested in the maintenance of prejudices, if such a party exists. It is to these latter partisans of liberal ideas that the im mense majority of the Royalists will hasten to hold out a pacific hand, and open a fraternal heart, be en use the immense majority of the Royalists recognize liberal ideas, and cannot conceive a Monarchy with out them. Yes we are desirous of liberty ; we wish the ut most extent of what may be conceded in the state of our manners, and without danger for our interval re pose. But we do not wish the turbulent liberty of Jacobins, which was only the cruel instrument of a sanguinary faction, of denim) liberty of Bonaparte, which was merely the insolent irony of a tyrant. We wish the liberty which it is possible for us to enjoy, that is to say, the liberty which is guaranteed to us by the institutions of the Charter, or the oath of the Xing. Yes, we wish equality, because all men have the same interest in protection from the laws, and in re pressing the exaggerated pretensions of political casts ; but we do- not wish the ferocious equality of the fe rocious brigand of antiquity, who dislocated his guests to lengthen them, who mutilated them to shorten them, and who gave out one iron bed for the whole human race. Yes, we wish the representative system, because we look upon this system as the surest safeguard of the rights of the people; but we do not wish the illu sory representation of the Chambers of Bonaparte, that Congress of servile, or mute, or purcha.ed rien, who appeared to have only occupied the powers of the nation to 5. , 11 them : in short, it is our desire that the representation of the French people should longer be an opprobrium for the Ft ouch people, in tho eyes of the rest of Europe. It is our most fervelt isti that those furious men, who were the executioners of our fellow-citizens, should no longer be entitled to believe themselves their mandatories, and that the Journals of our national assemblies should never more record names already con , igned to infamy in history. Yrs, we wish the reign of philosophy and intelli gence ; hut we wish none of that factious philosophy which dostroys to create, and which can only create monsters. We wish none of those lights which kindle names to give light, and which serve only to light up ruins ; we do not recognize the light of reason in tho torch of the Federes. Yes, we wish a Constitution; we wish some thing more, for ee wish a constituted Constitution, and not a Constitution en projei ; a real Cottstitu tinn, and not a Constitution of show. Why does the inconceivable versatility of our dispositions al ways carry us beyond propriety ? Why, of all the Governments .shich our impatience has induced us to try within these few years, is there not one which we have tried without modification ? The Constitution of 1793 appeared the ne plus ultra of demagogic de lirium, and the Constitution of Bonaparte the rarest reiin?ment of oriental despotism. The execution of the first was suspended for a regime, of who' no lan guage had foreseen the name, and a Statesman, whM belonged neither to Tangiers nor Tripoli, took mom' him to prove that the second confined the power Of. the Emperor within ton narrow limits. Oar Constitutional Churter of 1314 occupies seat a medium between these two fatal extremes, that it' must be dangerous to leave it, when it shall have un dergone those revisions of which experience has shown' the necessity, mid which will be submitted to the amination of the Chambers. We offer this rule of conduct and this profession of faith to all French men who wish to remain Frenchmen. Let us take for common centre of the universal union a liberal Constitution unalterable, severely executed, and which shall not be hereafter sobject to any reserva tion, any restriction, any general or partial restric tion. We have perhaps no other means of public safety, and consquently no other duty, and no other interest. It is that'of every one, without even excep ti ng the wicked.—{Journal tics &Guts ) Julj y2tl.`. 0 ..• ~1. - '. z - t T STATESMAN, - GVADALOUPE AND ITS IMPE‘DENCIES. aT. 110TAL AUTHORITY. Charles _Alrsander Leon , Count Durande de tiosois, Governor, &e. &c. The late news teethed • from the Metropolis, threatening the Colonies to be lift in an abandoned slate, the duration of which it is impossible to fore see, and of which the effect would he to expose them to the want of sustenance and ankles of the fitst ilece.sity, with which she has' Instil now sup plied them, and the ditficalty which exists already, and which will increase, in consequence' of the im possibility of exporting the colonial produce to France in her own vessels, which will deprive agri culture, industry, and commerce of all their sup port, &c. &c. we base decreed and do decree es fol lows: Art. 1. That from this day the ports already open in the Island of fluatbdoupe and its dependencies, shall be open to the vessels of all dependencies, as well for importation, ns exportation of all kinds of produce or merchaetrze. `2. The duties of importation or exportation in fo reign vessels are the same as those already established for French vessels, v.kich on imports are 21 per cent. and exports 5 per cent. Four articles arc super added to the above : the third article relates to the proceeds of the imported commodities, which are always to be laid out in the produce or merchandize of the Colony ; the fourth article directs that the duty on exported rum be in future 3 per cent. ad valorem; the fifth stipulates that the present arrangement will not be altered until the circumstances which have given rise to it shall have ceased ; the conclusive article merely orders the publication of this document. (Signed) 1.1 \ OIS. GULLIII;RMY. In giving notice of arrangements for the payment of Treasury notes, the American Secretary mentions that the amount of the Treasury notes at New York and Boston is very great, that current money can not be obtained to pay the holders • they are there fore offered the choice of funding die notes for 6 per cent. stock, at 95 dollars for 100 dollars in stock, or receiving drafts payable in Baltimore or Philadel phia ; or new Treasury bills at 6 per cent. Six per cent. stock, at Boston, may be purchased at the rate of 84 or 85 dollars in money for 100 dol lars of the stock : the discount of the Government paper is therefore slated at 12 per cent. The Secretary has also given public notice, that all taxes and other pay:6%as to Government will be taken only in private bankers' notes, who pay in specie, or receive Treasury notes at par. The New York Cazetie, of the 19th June, gives an extract of a letter from New Orleans, dated the 20th of May, mentioning a great overflow of the Mississippi. The damage done is said to be incalcu lable; entire settlements are stated to be many feet under water at Palmyra, Concordie, and a part of Point Coupee. Many sugar and cotton plantations were entirely ruined. The Admiralty have, we understand, adopted a new code of signals, to facilitate the communication between our shipping, &c. The plan is said to be so simple and comprehensive, that a rapid inter change of observations is rendered practicable in all weathers. A land telegraph is about to be con structed on the same principle. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS :Sant 3 per Cent. Red F 4 57 . per Cent„ C to. 554 57 4 per Cent 7114 5 per went. Navy ft-ii 5 TIIE sr,l7lEsmAisiT. [FROM THE JOURNAL DE PA RIB.] • .: ' • We have to-day received the Paris Papeis of Mon- . Tile army of General Lecourbe has joined day lass. Those of Sunday arrived at a late hour the Loire, which will in a few days be also ' last night. There is nothing in these Papers to by the armies of Generals Suchet and Lane countenance the assertion that Louts XVIII. has Notwithstinding the numerous rumours resolved andisbanding the armies. IVhere would he contrary, it is certain that the Treaty of the policy of, Louts in doing this? They have al- a g reed u p on. Euro p e and France will be most all submitted to him, and we see of w hat essen- by this act, that the only object of the net tint benefit their continuing its arms hasbeen to France. was the overturning of Bonaparte. The integrity of her territory, it is now said, is to be The religious maintenance of the treat preserved—the'freaty with Louis, guaranteeing this , eluded with the King, and the iutegiity of is positifely stated to be about to be signed — but will be the basis of this new net. Thus w the seizure of Lorraine by the En;peror A Lex.te ern, ail the insinuations of the enemies of legith and of the Alsaces by the Emperor FnaNcIFI and tiarchy, and the fears which the tlcelataiio; the proclamation of the latter as King of those Pro. English Journals would create. winces at Dole, accord very ill with the generosity and A contribution to which the Allied Pot moderation which the French Papers received to-'an unquestionable right to defray their ell day ascribe to the Allied Powers generally. There this second war, Mill be fixed by the Treaty ; would be something very strange indeed in the troops , are assured, besides, that two of those Mi of the Allies making war on an army bearing the satisfied with having procured the pear white cockade, and declaring itself the soldiers of world, have generously declared that they Louts X VIII.--yet the Allies are urged to do this, I ceive no indemnity. It is equally underst and not to leave Louts a single French soldier—and after the conclusion of the Treaty the trool something of this kind is actually apprehended. The whole of the Freisch armies hare now united, ap- o f t h ese P owers w ill qu it P ar i s, an d t h a t R ussians will remain in the country for sot , The Emperor of Austria has also declared of his army shall remain in France. parently for, some more paramount consideration than acknowledging Louts. ‘Vhether these French ar- I mies shall continue embodied, or shall be depriied of 1. will admire the political moderation of ti all means of disturbing the public peace, the Allied narchs, who, a second time masters of ow Sovereigns seem to think that Louts will still require h ave avo id e d an y thi ng con t rar y t o th e a considerable Body Guard of foreigners, and that of the French nation. France itself- will for a long time require to be well guarded—and, therefore, though the Allied troops are to be speedily withdrawn, 150,000 Russians (only one hundred and fifty thousand Russians) are to remain in the country, either for this friendly purpose or--to keep Lorraine until the disinterested Emeertoe who has seized it shall complete his barter of that province to his equally disinterested brother EMPEROR who his mile free with Alsace, and has some provinces elsewhere, which the Autocrat of the North very much wants to complete the arron dissement of his Polish Kingdom. But, if all is set tled, and so much to the satisfaction of all parties, and all the foreign troops now in France, except these 150,000 Russians, are immediately to be with drawn, .how happens it that British soldiers are still pouring into France in as great numbers as can be spared from this country ? Four thousand. men are to be sent off this week to Fiance. What is the meaning of this, if the root and the object of the war are now in our possession in the person of NAttorrox BONA PARTE ? What is the danger appre hended now ? We really cannot divine it, unless it be deemed necessary to exterminate that rebellious army of Frenchmen which seems to be augmenting rather than decreasing (now above 70,000 strong), and which, to complete the climax of its perfidy, has, with discontent in its heart, heisted the white flag ! Are some of the Allies unwilling to attempt the total demolition of this mass—are the disinterested Empe rors now declaring off—must Louts have a British Guard also—it looks like it. Brussels Papers to the 24th inst. also a, forenoon. The following are the most ii parts of their contents : BRUGES, JULY 18.—The landing of Ostend has begun again with fresh activity. before yesterday there arrived here a deini Scotch dragoons, mounted on very fine go as well as a detachment of artillery, which lowed in the night by the 25th regiment of yesterday by a part of the 6th dragoons, regiment of foot, and some Scotch. All 64 are proceeding to Ghent, when they will p their further destination. The 26th bat militia, coming from Antwerp, arrived het and waits for orders to proceed to the fr France. The Official Gazette, of July 21, contains the fol lowing Decrees :- 1. A Decree authorising the Commune of Paris to levy the sum of 9,619,300 francs—i. e. 6,619,500 francs upon property, and 2,999,800 francs upon revenue. This imposition is for the purpose of sup porting the Allied troops. 2. A Decree ordering, that up to the Ist of July, 1816, no promotion shall be proposed either in the army or navy. 3. Appoints Baillardel de Lareinty Secretary of Marine, and other persons to stations under Govern ment. 4. Orders that ail battalions of the National Guards, levied since the ‘2(lth March, 1815, shall be disbanded. Baussrce, Jur.v (2.l.—The Hanseatic composed of the contingents of Hemborgh, and Bremen, arrived -Isere this mornini troops, which have a fine military appear; ordered to St. Denis, near Paris. Yesterday will be a remarkable day in of the city of Brussels; never at any peril history was such a transport of joy seen streets there was but one cry of Bonaparld power of the English. People seemed to . late each other, that the enemy of the repose world was reduced to the inability of-doi. The whole city was illumirrtted, and bonli lighted in the streets. LILLE, JULY 13.—Count Bourmout elf city yesterday, amidst the acclamations of the who are beside themselves for joy at returni the Government of the King. At the first moment it was net possible tt from the rage of the people, some individuals oos as Jacobins or Bonapartists. They hal support the first consequences of the popular Their houses were surrounded by a crowd, windows all broken ; in short, they were utf all kinds of ways. 5. Disbands all the free corps. G. Appoints M. de Tal!eyrand Honorary Coun cillor of Stale. [FROM TIIE GAZETTE DE FRANCE.] PARIS, JULY 14.—Marshal Jourdan and his gar rison hoisted the white flag of Besancon on the 19th. COURIER EXTRAORDINARY, Monday Morning. • Yesterday a Grand Court was held. Lieut.-Gen. Pernetz is arrived at Paris, bearing the submission of the army of the Eastern Pyrenees. They persist in saying that the Treaty between the Allied Sovereigns and the King will soon ap pea Many soldiers of the Old Guard entered Paris yes. terday, crying !'ire le ! • The Confederation of Llritanny has been dis solved. The Emperor of Russia, in his Prussian uniform, yesterday visited Marchal Blucher. Yesterday they commenced building barracks in the Champ de Mars for the foreign troops. The Journal de Paris, after giving Davoust's Or der of the Day requiring of his army submission to the King, fur which see another page, adds the fol lowing paragraph : 7 " This Proclamation ought to dissipate the inquie tudes which for several days have existed. The Army will prove their attachment to the King.— After having gathered cn many laurels they have yet another triumph to obtaiu—that of rallying by their example all Frenchmen around a throne which onr brave soldier= have rVr ;(/ many ages gloried in &- fending." [FROM A LETTER.) LUICEMIIVRO, JCLY 18.—The Prince Homburg, the Governor of this city, has since the Ist of this month at the head of of son towards Longwy, which was summoned render; the Governor having refused, bet shells were thrown into the place, which sel many houses. In the night of the 12th, alr of French troops sallied from Metz, and attacked the Prussian troops, who, though surprise, defended themselves vigorously; overpowered by numbers they were forced back. Towards evening some fugitives, and baggage arrived here ; an alarm being lisp the city, two battalions of militia took th and asked to march against the enemy. W nas passing, the country people joined the Pr the French were repulsed on all sides, and or resumed the positions which they had for abandoned before Longwy. This affair serves the excellent spirit that animates the brave citi Luxemburg. They are all eager to meet the enem , part of Gen. Tauenzien's corps is going to of the French frontiers. The French gas Charleville, with a General and several 01 the Staff, have passed through here, going tr as prisoners of war. BRUSSELS, JULY 22.—The Belgian artillery has so greatly distinguished itself this carm now in the Bois de Boulogne, near Paris; scarcely six weeks have elapsed since the Papers announced that the Belgian troops w; patiently for an opportunity to join Bot eagles, and that one regiment would be suit conquer Belgium. Their Majesties are expected on Saturday Paine of Laken. ester - chi', at two o'clock, a Cabinet Con' held at the Foreign thike, which sat till past Lord StonouTit came to town yesteulay f;•( m Iticha'rod, to mend the Qabilet Court kt , Nk • 1 - • AMERICAN PAPERS. to , • • sa .,. y ioined that st ilso increv,..l ,amarque. lours to Ihr y of Peace i, be convinced new crusade treaty con: y of Franc,; us will vas Lt; s.gitirnaie a:ions of ces: Powers hare it expences is eaty ; and Is, se Monarchs, peace of the they will re. derstood that roops of three that 150,000 or some time. lared that no e. Posterity of these Mo. our capital, independents to arrived thls tot interestiu; of troops at Thy day !erne/Immo of e grey hor.es hich we, t - rnl• of foot ; niat ons, the 614 II these trcovs ill proceed to battalion of I here to-day, e frontiers of 'satic Legion, rgh, Lubeck, rising; these oearatice, are in the annul; period Of our teen. In t h e carte is in the to congests repose of the doing evil.— bonfires wen t entered ooc of the people, turning under Ile to presene ideals notori. y have had to pular fury.— .owd, and the • 'e molested in ''.ll# . - ce of Hesse. has advanced of our prri. 3 stoned to cur. • , bombs Intl ch set fire Is , a largehody ' and suddenly ugh token by tly; but soli need to NI es, woasnlel, ing (spread in IL their orals While thio he Prussians, sd our !roes roe a moment erves to dot re citizens of he enemy. A ; to this pit garrison (f I Officers el sg to Pros:i? illery, whirr campaign, ii is; and yet the Fren' s waited i , . Bonaparte . ; sufficient to t rday at Cm , Cou :cif nsr past tour. lay mornin; Mails Arr. I)re - .. O 1 O 1 O O .... ...... ... Malta 1 OAV AT OVE O'CLOCK. Lpmg. k nn. 11} India Routs 6 8 d Fachequer Hiils 7 10 d . Oronium Bjl Console for ACC. 57 LONDON: THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1815. BONAPARTE STILL AT TORBAY. BONAPARTE, still the chief object of attention, continues on board of the Bellerophon. Ills desti. nation is not yet fixed, and various places continue to be mentioned as likely to hive the honour and benrfit of his presence. He bears his fate like one who knows how to conquer it. We have inserted elsewhere various interesting particulars of his con. .duct on board the Dclkrophon. They prove the statements in the French Papers, imputing to him the greatest posillanimity, to be dastardly falsehoods. Our letters from Torbay this morning (of the 25th) state as follows : " The Bellerophon, vt:th NAPOLEON on hoard, I ,taill remains, and without orders as to her future i altatination. The Port-Admiral of Plymouth and Co►d KEITH, did not arri►e at Brixton-quay on the 21th, as was expected. His Majesty's ships Slane) and Myrmidon, having on board the remainder of BONAPARTE'S attendants, remain in Torbay, and have been joined by his Majesty's ships Furieuse, Rosario, and Icarus." "So anxious," say the letters," are the people, who have come here from all parts to see NAroccov, that upwards of one hundre'd boats have been em. ployed all day going otT to the Bellerophon ; they are not permitted along side, but go round her, and as BONAPARTE is almost constantly on deck, or in the quarter galleries, several who have Ince off have come back h;ghly - , V ..~~:-, t ~~~ - Ik * " . -