The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-06-09 00:00:00

THE STATVSMAN. 1 1311 I t mia " CottnellOrs were implicated by their former conduct,. he might have been less pompous and more sincere, and acted rather than wrote. A long list of Generals hos tseest mado nut to command the army against France, and in the Madtiti %Var-oflice every thing is activity, hut in the more essential (palters it is the reverse. In rushing into a new war, England will have All opportunity of judging between the exer tions of a weak King and those of a constitutional and popular one, such as Ferdinand might have been male. We WWI aea what energies Spain will display on this occasion. Letter written by Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, to the &lipase Napoleon, and dated Oct. 11, 1807: " SIME,—The fear of troubling your Imperial and Royal Majesty, in the midst of the great actions and iffairy by which yen are unceasingly occupied, has prevented one, till now, from satisfying my entities desire to manifest in writing the sentiments of re spect, esteem, and affection I bear to the greatest hero that east lived, seat by Proridence to save Europe froosi.ilio todusion by which it was threaten ed, to consolidate vacillating Thrones, and to give to nations peace end tranquillity. The virtues of your imperial and Royal Majesty, your moderation and gaminess even towards your unjust and implacable enemies, every thing, in short, makes me hope that the expression of these sentiments will be received as the effusion of a heart filled with the most sincere admiration and friendship. The peculiar situation in which, for a long time back I have been placed, and which cannot have been hidden from the great penetration of your Majesty, has till now acted as another obstacle to restrain my pen, at all times ready to manifest my wishes. But filled with the hopes of finding in the magnanimity of your Imperial Royal itbjerrtythe most powerful protection, I have resolved not ortly . to testify .the sentiments of my heart towards your august person, hot -also to de posit my inmost secrets in the breast of your Ma. jesty, as in thit of the most tender father. I am . extrailiely unhappy is being obliged by particular clrealltetintees to hide, as if it were a crime, an act so jags and praise-worthy as this; but such frequenl ly teethe fatal consequences of lei **es of good-, nest eitt In the heat of. Kings. full of reipectend filial foto for my father, whose beget is most Ac ross pod eptlght-, I should' oat dare to disclose bit to roar Majesty, that which your Majestit e : 4 l , reedr' knows settee than myself; which Is, that t ,same, qualities frequently sans as an instronseut cunning and maliguaat persons to confound thitroth in the eyes of the Sovereign, however thisvirtue of similar ihireders be congenial to that of my respectable father. " If the persons who surround him here were to let him fundamentally know the character of yeir retperial' and Royal Majesty, as I know it, with *bat anxiety would not my father endeavour to tighten the bonds which ought to unite our two na. boas! And of this could any more suitable means be deviied than my beseeching your Imperial and Ifteyal Majesty to grant me the honour of receiving as a spouse, a Princess of your august family'-- This is the unanimous wish of all my father's sub iects ; and I have no doubt would be his own, not. *lthstandiog the efforts of a small number of male voleut persons, as soon as he knows the intentions of your Imperial and Royal Majesty. This is all my heart desires; but as this is not the case with the perfidious egotists who surround my father, and who may surprise him for a moment, I am filled with ap. prehension! on this bead. Only the respect of your Imperial and Royal Majesty could disconcert their plans, by opening the eyes of my good and beloved parent:, and making them happy, and, at the same time, the Spanish nation and myself. The whole world would then daily more and more admire the goodness of your Imperial and Royal Majesty, who in me would have a most grateful and affectionate son. 6 ' I, therefore, with the greatest confidence, im plore the paternal protection of your Majesty, not only that you would be pleased to grant me a Prin cess of your family as my spouse, but also remove all the difficulties and obstacles that may be opposed to this only object of my desires. This effort of good ness on the part of your Majesty is the more neces sary for me, as I can take no steps myself, since they would be interpreted as ass insult to paternal au thority; being reduced, as I am, to the only resort of resisting (which I will do with invincible con stancy) my marriage with any other person, whoever she may be, without the positive consent and appro bation of your Majesty, of whom alone I expect the choice of a spouse for myself. This is the happiness I trust to obtain from your Imperial Majesty, whose prelious life I pray God to preserve many years.. Written_ and signed with my own hand, and sealed with my own seal, in the Es curial, Oct. 11, 1807, &c. (Sigued) " FERNAN))O." FRENCH PAPERS. ro.-- PARTS. Jtss 5. CHAMBER OF RF.PRESENTATIVES. The Sitting of yesterday was opened at nine o'clock. After the reading of the process-verbal, M. SIBURT, D.puty of the Department of Seine and Oise, rose to propose, that no other title than that of Representa tive should be given to any Member of that Chamber. gg We ought not," said he, " to acknowledge two orders in the State, nor to see Princes, Dukes, Counts, Barons, and Knights, sitting • on one side, and those who were formerly denominated tiers-dui, on the other. Here, above all, we are equal, and the President himself can only be primes inter pares.— In vain it may be alleged that titles without privilege are - v.1;41s that infringe none of our rights—" [Here M. Sibuet was interrupted by another , Mem ber, who remarked, that he was not speaking extem pore, and that the Constitution forbade any written opinion to be delivered in that Chamber.] This occasioned murmurs, and calls for the pre vious question, and the order of the day. Several voices.—" It is not allowable to read." It appeared, in fact, that the Speaker had Notes contented in his hat, and that he thus endeavoured to Blade the operation of Article 26 of the Constitution. M. &BUST replied•—" If the assembly deems it * light to put a literal interpretatiou on the constitu tional clause just cited, the consequence will be, that there will be no speakers here except some dis tinguished orators, who have already shone in our assemblies ; or Imperial Adlocates, who, from their profession, have acquired a habit of speaking in pub lic. That measure, so contrary to liberty, which condemned the whole national representation to si lence, will thus be renewed for three-fourths of our colleagues. I tinisn with declaring, that for French.. men, in particular, the most odious privilege is that which tends to humble the many for the advantage of the few. We ought not, therefore, from the outset, to acknowledge any other nobility than that of sen timents—any other superiority than theta talents— any other title than that conferred by our constitu ents." The proposal of M. Sibuet was not supported. The I DENT then announced, that agreeably to the wish expressed on the preceding day by (he Chamber, he had communicated its wish to be made GC lolly acquainted with the names of the Members composiog the Chamber of Peers, and that he had received a letter from the Minister of the Interior, stating, that " by command of the Emperor, the list of the Members of the Chamber of Peers would not be made out and published till after the opening of the Session." The reading of this letter was fol lowed by some murmurs. M. Mei, rose—" If," said he, " as an answer to the letter just communicated, the Chamber were to declare that it will not proceed to its definitive constitution till it has received the list in toes tion murmurs.—Severat Members called for the Order of the Dog.l M. DUPIN resumed—" Why, Gentlemen, should you murmur ? Ara we not all kepresentativet ? Has not each of us a right to deliver his opiniest— If we would defend the liberty of our constitueuts, let os begin with being free ourselves." The Pees' DENT then reminded the Chamber, that the teal object of that sittjng was the election of a President, who was then ballotted for, and Count Lanjuinais was chosen by a great majority, PRICE OM STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONK o'CLOCK. Spa eV loag. Am. 14 7-16 Cent. Red. Me \ ladU Kos& 1 2 p 4 per Cliae. Coes. Ittr4 litsdiseser Bili. 4 p 4 par,Moft. ne s owain. i per Cat. Navy Amt. ; CI ara4p kr Aft. Ali THE .:&41.4TESAU*'• LONDON: PRIDAY, JUNG gi 1815. -....40....- batch and Flanders Mails arrived to-day. They yet announce no event of any interest. The rein forcement of the armies, their positions, and the arrival of the Commanders at their respective posts, constitute the sum of the Intelligence, and denote the near approach of the, loneeepeeted shock. From Brussels we are informed, that the army of-Prince Ihttcnatt has been reinforced by a corps of WOO men from the right bank of the Meese, and that Out troops which he commands make now the finest ►ody of men that Prussia ever had In arms. Thefird Rus sian army, which comes by Nuremberg and Bamberg to the Upper Maine, Is stated to consist of 90,000 men, the second of 80,000, is to succeed it in its position till the arrival of the third, the amount of which is not stated, but which is said to be in full march from Poland. These armies are doubtless all very fine and glittering, as the Brussels writers say, bat the coun tries which they occupy seem far from being in a happy condition. The blessings of the deliverance which the devouring presence of these vast•hordes is destined to confer on the provinces they have over.rnn, may, in some degree, be estimated from an article which we quote from the Banat, Gaulle, wherein it is stated that the maintenance of the Russian army alone on the Rhine requires daily 250,000 portions, and 80,000 rations, the supply of which portions daily falls upon the inhabitants of the country; and in particular that of Nassau, with only 300,000 inhabitants, has to i bear daily no less than 20,000 portions and 8000 rations. In this manner the South of Germany is assigned to the Austrian army, tkc. and the North of Germany to the Prussians. Well may the inha bitants of these countries wish a speedy termination to the war, and a quick march back into the North to their deliverers. But the French citizens, we are told, are still more oppressed by their protectors. Whilst the French garrisons are allowed to be now complete, the towns are said to be filled with National Guards, whom the citizens, say the Brussels articles, are obliged to feed and lodge, and also 66 to give thou daily a som of money." General VA:granite, say these accounts, who commands the French about Mezleres, Sedan, Rocroy l and Givet, has turned to the left in order to be in nearer communication with the Army of the North, and on the other band a part of the Army of the Moselle has been posted nearer to the Ardennes. On the part of the Allies measures of defence seem still the order of the day. There seems no founda tion whatever for the report of Valenciennes having been taken by them. Lord WELLINGTON'S polity of not hazarding a blow till he has something like an assurance that he can do it effectually, forbids a pre cipitate advance. At his fortifying. Fite thonsaed men are employed in strengthening the works, abd the fortresses, it is expected, will soon be in a for midable state of defence. It is affirmed that the grand Ilead-quarters are. going to be remitted to Tournay. Muazx's discomfiture wtts celebrated et the Ut inst. by discharges of artillery along the whole lime of the Allied Army. By the Frankfort Papers we have accounts frogs Italy, stating, that Ancona still held out; that the French frigate the Pomona ) taken in the Medlin& ranean, has been curried into Palermo ; and that Lord StrfriscK set out on the 19th ult. for London. We have no public Journals from Paris to-clay.— IWe cannot expect the communication with France to • continue much longer. Amounts, we are told, were yesterday received in town, that the Emperor NA. I J fitments, after signifying his approbation of Count LANJUINAIS, so well known for his ability and le nence in the National Assembly, as President II the House of Representatives, and after opening the Session, had set out for the Northern frontier.— This we were prepared to expect, and this also has prepared us for intelligence of some hostile move ment of no common interest. But what has be•- come of the internal disaffection which was to be manifested in Paris amongst the Representatives of the people, and throughout France against his Go vernment, when the Champ de Alai was held—when the Deputies from the people should meet for the re pose and security of France—when the great military genius himself and the pillars of his power should be withdrawn to the extremities of the kingdom ? In spite of all the puffing and blowing of the Times and Courier, and the other stirrers up to " loyal insur rection," and all the stories we have of the spread log of the volcanic eruption, which was again to heave up the heaven favoured family of the Boca anis, the men of divine right, to the rivanacle of power—in spite of all the denunciations of destruc tion fulminated forth against the French nation, how ealinly reposes the sorface of that empire in the se eerily of its own strength—how quietly sleep the passions which we have been told were, vulture-like, tearing the breast which contained them—how in nosious yet to itself and others, is that spirit of in dignant rage, which is, perhaps, yet destined to set the world in a flame. ft is true that some of the men nominated by the people to advocate the conso lidation of a Government arising out of the Revolu tion, the only Government which France can now , have, by means bearing the stamp of an adherence to the principles and characteristics of that Revolution, seem to have already urged with warmth the .tlie maintenance of a conformity to these principles and characteristics ; but does it follow because the conviction that this is the best method of insuring safety is strongly expressed by some of the MM.. hers of the Legislature, that the banished Govern ment is the mere likely to be recalled ? We see from the character of the assemblies on which now depend the pence and interests of France, ,what .sort of Go vernment she requires and is to have, and from the po pular basis on which it is ?banded, we may infer its strength. We repeat, that not only France as a na tion, In danger of falling under the encroaching ' and mulcting power of foreign dominion, but all the parties in France seem to require a Government este. blished on the foundations of her late changes and improvements, a Government sufficiently strong to protect them, as well from foreign invasion as from themselves--and they have all taken refuge under BONAPARTE% authority. VIENNA, MAY Majesty the King of Saxony having signed, on the 20th, the act of ces sion to Prussia, with some modifications, two Royal Commissioners set out yesterday for Dresden, to re place the Prussian Provisional Government. His Majesty intends, after the Sovereigns are gone, to see what is carious in Vienna; and, then, in about a fortnight, to return to his dominions. It is still uncertain what will be poblished respecting the basis of the new German Constitution, all not Wing yet agreed upon. To-day will be the last conference on this subject. The Ministers and Ambassadors of all the Courts leave Vienna next week, as, with the departure of Princes Metternich and Usrdenberg, all negociations here are at an end. The Ambassa dors are invited to follow the Sovereigns to the field. s T We have had occasion to state from sources to which we could well give credit, that FERDINAND of Spain, who is now joining his iuvective and his power, soch as it is, to those of the Allies against BoyarAnte, had frequently importuned Plapor.soN for a wife from his family—we this day give thesopy of. Letter from FERDINAND to the French Emperor, laying his heart's wishes open to him on this subject; it certainly furnishes a curious contrast to the late declaration of war which this hopeful youth has not into the world against the man, with whom he was so earnest to form the closest alliance. Whilst we are on this subject we ought to mention that we. have Letters from Madrid of a late date, stating the discovery of another plot to overturn the present Government of Spain, and the consequent elocution of four of the conspirators. After the Levee, his Royal Highness gave audi ences to Lord GAENTILLE, ViiCOUtit CASTLEREAGH, &c. MINORITY ON SIR JOIN lIRWTORT . S MOTION TOR OMITTING THE RRSOLUTION IMPOSUi 0 A !I ADDITIO N•L DISTY ON N ENS. ,*P w. Moore, I'. Mortis, J. Riddell, S,r J. 0, Boger, F. Dunennnon, Lord Majorihnnkg, limey. S. - Morognsery,Sir 1.1. Hotlnnd. —.— Newport. Sir J. Comptoo, Lord TELI.EILII. Ridley, Sir M. W. Allen, Geo. Rennet, Hon. H. (1. blanch, Sir C. Illarrynt, J. Gordon, R. Satin', J. Leferre, C. S. A poor woman, of the name of MARGARRT Srm, No. 8, New-street, Chapel.street, Westminster, wife to a private in the Foot Guards now serving under the Duke of WELLINGTON, was, en Wednesday, delivered, ■t intervals, of four children, the two first of whom are likely to do well, but the other two were still born. - - - the Constitntion American frigate put into Moran. but oa the 2d of April, and sailed again on the 13th. Mai Is. Arr. - " •_••••••, e. Gottenbungh 1 i •••• , 00000 -• ••• Malta t •i Lisbon i 1 1 LAIV INT!? L.,WENCE. COURT OF K 1 Ni.'. BERCI!. 'ova S. TIIE gush a. CHAIII,E9 A. WIMIITE. Mr CClta OM) s o•erl cause against this iule for a cri i.ifial information for a libel upon Col. Be. keirry, in a Sunday Paper, called The Postecri, ; and this he did, not from any neW ailid.rtifs on the 14 ,1 of the Dere:Asia, but from the affidavits io soppoit of ' the prosecution. Upon these he contended, 6 st, that the Prosecutor had not Shown reasonable grim di for belie% ing that he nes the person p. loved at in the libel; and, second', , that he had not specifically defiled the charge. The COURT calk' upon him first to read the libel, which was as follows The late rel.r pin -4Th e fa.hionahle world will be surpris..ll to hear that an commodatines has taken pincof oetwerti the parties' ' ice a late cri,n. cfrn. Ir ariNes Goan recrimination on./ the side of the frail fair who had threatened to pub. Ugh the particulars of a transaction happening in a distant county daring the honey-moon, in which another gallaut Colonel (the natter of the cwt.) was a principal actor. However horrible it am, ap. pear, the fact Is enqiiestionable, that in a moment of intosication, the latter was introduced to the b.d. chamber of the wife, who in the dark unsuspectingly received the ravisher." No names were mentioned in this paragraph either of persoo: or places; and there was nothing beta monitor in Cal. Berkeley's own mind which could lead him to suppose he was the person meant, and nothing at all to induce the reader to suspect that Col. Berkeley was this " gas. lint Colonel." But he and his brother, Captain 8., had sworn that they and their friends believed the Prosecutor to be meant by the words 46 galla n t Colonel, the owner of the castle." Coterie! Berke.. ley was, however, not the only Colonel iii Euglattd or Wales who was owner of a castle. Mr. Cur. wood instanced the Duke of Norfolk on his own Circuit, who was also a Colonel and owner of a castle: end there were doubtless tinny others. it was said of Socrates, that when he was libelled it, the Athenian stage by Aristophancs, he stood up in the theatre and said, ".1 am the person meant." In this instance, at least, Colonel Berkeley had imitated Socrates. The Prosecutor had, in his le. cond supplemental affidavit, sworn, that previoes to the publication of the libel, intimations had beers given in several of the public Newspapers, that lody Deerhurst, who had with her husband visited him at Berkeley Castle soon after their marri•sge, had been detected in a criminal intercourse. 'lke paragraph did not say that Lady Deerhurst was the person alluded to ; and she was very mach obliged him for naming her. The second affidavit staid only, that 66 soon after their marriage, that is to sly, in October, 1811," they visited him; but did not my when the marriage took place, and the libel referred to the period of a honey-mann. The COURT said, it was a necessary intendment, that the marriage wet shortly before October, 1811. The ArroaNET.Gernitas. said, that with many persons the honey-moon lasts much longer than a month. Mr. Cvftwooo.—Then it must be called a honey. year. He then contended ('ldly), that the Prosecutor had not specifically denied as much as he ought : the words of his first affidavit were, that he believed it was meant to impute to him, that he had been in. traduced into the bed-chamber of a newly married I woman at night, at Berkeley Castle, by the cou. Inivance and with the knowledge of her husband, and without her privity and consent; which suet pars. graph, he said, was 11-wholly unfounded sad scandalous i insinuation, and a false and malicious aspersion of him. The Court thought this not sufficient, and then he made a third affidavit, in which he said, that he hayloft/ been visited by Lord and Lady Deerherst as aforesaid, and such intimations having been given, that she had beets detected in a criminal intercourse with another person, " M has never at any time had. any criminal intercourse with lady D. during her visits at Berkeley Castle, or at any other time, or at any other place." Now the libel did not charge him, or any body else, with any criminal intercourse with Lady D. After repeating his belief as to the roes port of the libel, be added that " he has net at any time been introduced into the bed.chambee of any newly married woman at night, in Berkeley Castle, or at any other place or time by the connives.* of with the knowledge of her husband.' The COURT held this quite eurtagh, and stopped the Attorney-General In glapport of tire rule. .The Prosecutor not only denies all criminal intercourse with lady D. but with any steely married WORM at any time or place. - The ATTORMRY-GENRRAL mentioned the elm of I lihet in the Morning Herold. Lord Towne. bend (we believe) who was al a peed tali Peer, and a witness was held j Iteteribet-44 • that character to Lord T. not fro* bikini jest in the minds of those who did know his Levellabip, bet what Wag supposed by the fancies of thee* who di not.—ltule absolute. A dreadful fire broke nut this morning, OW /we o'clock, in the wine cellar under the tap of the BA Inn, Wood-street, occupied by Mr. MORALS. 1 111 flames raged with great violence, and though every endeavonr was promptly made to arrest their pre• greys, the whole of the Inn, we regret to say, nag destroyed, and the backs of the houses adjoining Om yard in lilver-street were much damaged. One ms' attempting to escape over the house top was precipi• tated into the flames by the roof falling In. The pro perty of the tap-keeper was not insured, The per• son who appears to have been burnt to death on Oki occasion, is supposed to he the ostler at the ton, nhn had only been in Ms service about thrre week.. Ti" counting-house and warehouses of Mr. DE%lieg were also destroyed, but the chief part of the goods were fortunitely saved. - • Colt v-Excn.SYnit, JCNIS 9.—Flne Wheat sold festally ni fdarsdas . '” pries...hut them was no demand far inferior Barley dull sale, and ranire cheaper.—White Peas in dermaeds and ss. dearer.—Oats, Beans, and usher artitks Maio t' same. SMITHFIELD MARKFT.—Jtros 9. l'o ail.k tir. °Vol, per stow of tab. ktref ... 4s. 81 tt..Ss. ILL Head of Cattle *is day: Hutton . 44. 81. to !►t. It, Nests V. ... 6i Ott. to 7s. 41. Patois Rice ... 6s. Ut. to 6.. 81. Cates* 1 ••. ~ 4l i4 Limb to 5 4 . 5.. Pii l'1,11)0:11 • Primed era PMlisib i los tassa.b. M4M St a ./rims, 1),4411eet, f 'I 4 , r , a ft&-i hu~~l tit~.r