The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-10-25 00:00:00

as kis 4.1:a •I Id In ;•rornote flop re toration of %Oat is slped the VIII Constitution of tly reouch liouarehy. 'rho Lthor tuzi h s um : I. At th e mime , of the opotting of the soi-distant Clamber of It ee resontatires, the t.stina is agitated and di, id e d &y au important question. On the one hand, the zealous partisans of the Constitutional Charter, on the other, the Royalists, guided by ho. ow, faithful to old principles, and rtjectirg, kith indiestion, 'tors form of Govorterneot for A go to that of the ancieut Mooarehy, for whl.tt they have todrered a fought for these sis.and.t weuty years. Justice and reason golds th^ latter; interest and vanity, bad faith and plesil:-s.:inity, are the qua. lit:cations of their sdlersaries." Aber eshilliting a string of objections against the t'l.4i tell the Author says, " disregarding rights and property, and the must sacred institutions, it was presented without any legal form, accepted by indi viduals who had no powers for that purpose, and therefore cannot be bilitlin i c on any Frenchman."— Re then enumerates the (lasses of men by whom it is , likely to be supported; those who have an intmediate' interest in its existence, those who constitute the in. -different acid the timid, and filially, those who, above all things, require tranquillity. 64 The King," adds ho, 1 ' has gained his cause, which was a just one, and we cannot , lose our's, which is identified with-tis. The Sovereigns have performed a duly in restoring him his Crown, and iii his turn he must perform his, by reinstating us in our rights." Then, es a proof that the King- is conscious of those rights, be submits to his Readers the following letter, ad dressed by his Majesty to M. Nlounier, in the year 1793 : " THE REGENT OF FRANCE. " Vt.:RON A, FEB. i75.'3 64 TO MONSIEUR MOUNTER, EIL-MEMBER OF TUE CON• 3TITL'ENT ASSEMBLY. " When you express timidity, Sir, at addressing me openly on the subject of the means you conceive calculated to restore order in France, you seem to forget the claims you enjoy to my consideration.— My recollection is more fortunate: I shall always 'remember the conduct you pursued towards the King, my brother, on the sth of October, 1789, though charged by the Assembly over which you then pre sided, with a mission so opposed to the duties of a faithful subject, which you so zealously fulfilled.— I shall not forget that if perfidious Counsels had not prevailed over the reiterated advice which jou trans mitted to the King, he would have quitted Versailles, and perhaps would have prevented, by this step, the deluge of crimes and disasters with which France has since beets inundated. The remembrance of a day so terrific in itself, but so honourable to your, determines toe to give you a particular mark of my esteem, by candidly imparting to you my sentiments: the ob. ject of my letter Is one of general utility. " You are sincerely desirous of the restoration of monarchy; what I shall say to you will serve as a basis for your personal means. You think rightly in making a great distinction between crime and er ror ; the former provokes the hatred of the just and the rigour of the lams; the latter deserves more pity than indignation ; and when honestly confessed, it would be injustice to deny it indulgence. I have never ceased to entertain this opinion. lam ready to raise up and to embrace the man, who, being un sullied by guilt, but having been hurried away, either by ignorance or weakness, or even by erroneous ideas, should throw himself at my feet, acknowledge his fault, and solicit my pardon. This sentiment is not only mine, it is that of my brother and of all my family. The monsters who have seduced the French people, by fallacious promises of happiness, to I) ran. size over them, and enrich themselses with spoil, know the bottom of our hearts; but, as they ate •wate also that when these truths shall become known, their edifice will tumble of itself, they resort to every resource of calumny to stifle them; but this obstacle will be overcome by dint of courage and per severance; and the nation oill learn,' in spite of them, that we love her, that we only wish for her good, and that all our labour; teml to that object ; she oill disruver that the emigrants who have been so grossly calumniated, quitted their country, not so much to avoid submission to laws contrary to their duty and their honour, as to seek against those last, hich she at present abhors equally with them, a upport which they could not meet in France, where a set of miscreants had possessed themselves of the national power. •• En a word, sure of my sentiments and those of my family, France will equally know, that if any feeling of private vengeance blended itself with the general desire of restoring order, I should suppress it, and exert the Royal authority deposited in my • hands, to maintain a perfect balance between all the subjects of the King ; but these indulgent disposi tions, this inclination to pardon, even to excuse, are in my heart, it is in the law of God thatl - find them ; they are not dictated by irksomeness of my sit eati.m, by an anxiety to quit it. duty and my honour equally forbid me, at any price, to abide the authority of the King, which •is confided to me; all I have in -view is the restoration of the Catholic religion and of our ancient Constitution. lam far from confounding, as the perfidy of the detractors of the Throne have but too often . done, that Consti tution with the abuses that have crept into the Ad ministration. The only oish of the late King, my brother, was to destroy them. Such is mine also.— I will labour unremittingly for that purpose ; and, if I cannot obtain from the favour of God, to confer ou the King my nephew, when he shall have attained his .aajority, his whole nuthority and his Govern ment free from' abuse, I shall have at least incul cated in him such princi;.!•.s as will easily enable him to complete tl.e worls I shall have commenced ft•r him ; hut, I repeat, it is only 'dorm that I wish, aid 1 :cal never lay a daring hand on our Consti tution ; upon t47'.• point l l.now of no compromise which con be compatibl: r ids my honour and the good of the State. The indulgence to which lam so much disposed, will 'only apply to•the guilty, and not to the results of crimes ; my maxim is, tolerution for individuals, intolerance fur principles 46 The natural cowequence of this maxim is to forget the opiniOns which men have lied, but to keep a watchful eye on ti.ose which men have. Ido not think it just to admit to the honour of restoring the throne, only those, whose principles at all times pore, afford them no occasion for repentance; but will not (if I may so espress tnyse:f), while curing - .44 . 0 ft: - Ao ' :i 4 iti .t~ru~ alum , Shia - - -",... _,.viii $ wale think i thronei pore, will no 1 0 y. S • s THE STATESMAN. the patient leave behind the germ 4 a fresh disease more cruel than the first. Yet that would be the ine vitable resu.'t of a combination of true Royalists with 14ose men who, otter the restoration of France, might sta, enterfnin the desire of creasing their erroneous opinions to prevail, and who would therch N expose us to relapse into the disorders front which we , a e scarcely emerged. that exists has the feeling of outraged right when he reflects o❑ his condition. The language of Nature is ill eloquent on this subject : If I am 41 no ni ' ;l yen lordlines rl .ve, 1.4 Nature's law de3igned. lty wa% an independent it - :-!t E'er planted in to mind ? " I know that men are only accountable to God for the opinions which they possess at the bottom of their souls, and I do not presume to usurp his ri4ht : but they are accountable to the Sovereign authosity for all manifestation of opinion. henry IV. for gave the head of the League, but he exterminated the League itself, and its Chiefs (the Doke de Nlayetute the foremost) became zealous Royalists. Charles iI. made use of Munch, but Nlotielt restored him his Crown such as his father had enjvcd it tfure the long Parliament. lit these times, all who are true Roya!ists, whether they have always been sn, or, that they have sincerely abjured their errors, are worthy of co-operating in the restoration of 110- moray, because they alone will labour with good faith to re-establish it on solid foundations; those who have hitherto persisted in tlivir errors may yet repent. but the great work once accomplished the limo of indulgence is no more." If not—why am I subjuct to His cruelty and scorn ? And why has man the a ;II awl ionwcr To make his fenow ammo ? TI c people of Fratrce now see the &cep:ions that Dave been practised upon then, ; and the alTroaches of that hideous tyranny vrh!ch is unable to cot:real the deformity of 114 features and the violence of it; nature. The agitation of the public mind is reneued to a degree even hevood %%hat it has hitherto been.— The Legislative Chambers, oho were so auxiously looked to ai the means of restoring tranquillity, have only added to the general irritation, and heightened the horror of Bourbon Governments. The private adviCes from France speak of the perturbed state of that country in terms so despondent that we might be thought too much disposed to indulge in such gloomy prospects, were we to give publicity to all the sentiments and details thus communicated; hut we are hound to say that a speedy explosion is now the general expectation in Paris. The greatest alarm prevails at the Palace, and preparations for depar- To this letter the author ad's--" I am certain that this miserable charter was always in opposition with the King's principles; it rou'd never be his work. All the evils of which this Charter has been the cause, should therefore fall on his rash and perfidious advisers, who, abusing the confidence of so just and enlightened a Prince, have presented him with this disastrous invention as a means of arriving at the re• storation of France." lute are even raid to be making in case of emergency. here follows a long Declaration of the King, dated in 1795, the lit year of his reign. TA% Declaration is entirely in the spirit of the letter we have fast given. To this document is subjoined, by the author of the pamphlet, the following observation on the present House of Deputies :—" Who cou!d in so re spectable an Assembly be rash enough to propose maintaining the Charter ? The wisdom of its Mem hers denote that it is in perfect harmony with the Kitig, with justice, and with reason ; and that they will propose to his Majesty, of whom, indeed, they form only the Council, the reestablishment of our antique Constitution, and thus put an end to the ca. lamities of our wretched country." at. 21. The foregoing is the substance of a pamphlet, which, together with " A word to !he tgo Chow bcrs," has made a great sensation here. In the first ramphlet, the author boldly tells the King that he should employ the 46 Crusade of Kings," which has restored him to France, and the " 600,000 bayonets" nt their command, to subvert tho Constitutional Charter, the two Chambers, and all power which puts itself in opposition to the absolatc szzay of the King. The So►ereigns are considered as having united for the purpose of enforcing the principle of legitimacy nod divine right, and they are desired to beware of how they allow different principles and liberal ideas to prevail. Both pamphlets have been called in. by a dariisg example ; and more especially as they might expect to be joined by the Protestants whom ANctoutsmes Catholics are seeking to exterminate. The DAP of Best RI is gone t 0 .1.3 Vendee to rouse and lead forth the White Jacobins there. At Or- The letter of the King, inserted in the above, is perfectly authentic. Nal le, f.iAhon Got tee: hutch I lanitturg4 Dee GeoiGi 111. Actc.sios.—lbilitiny it the Public Ogiem THE STATESMAN. LONDON: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1815. The secoonts front France ere more gloomy than e‘rr, and it ii more than ever impossible to speculate with accuracy on the result of the present agitated state of that country. If we look at the intentions of the Powers who are coercing France, and the system which the restored Government is endeavour ing to establish under their sanction, and with their aid, we can have no doubt of the future prospects of that unhappy country; all the efforts of the most iron hearted despotism that ever marshalled its hordes for the extermination of human liberty, and sought to establish the reign of bigotry and intolerance on the ruin of human right,are now exerted to rivet the chains of slavery on the French nation, that nation vs hich has so long and so honourably given an example of op position to the will of the enemies of freedom, who, raised to power by popular strength ana law, blasphemously ossert that they have rights from God to oppress his people, and disregard all laws, human and divine—but though these Powers are at present triumphant by the very means they despise, and liberty is low in the dust, clanking the fetter of abhorrence, or seeking a milder fate in foreign lands, we yet may be permitted to doubt, whether a nation like France can so suddenly be bent and reconciled to the gsllitig yoke, and in the gloom of hopeless apathy and degradation, resign all the invigorating prospects she has so fondly cherished, and forget that she once was free. If France is already sunk in this depth of despondency, ber people have very much altered their nature since last March. If those millions who have so long the " tyrants of their 1 fields withstood," and acknowledged no sovereignty but what emanated from the people—if they can mei. come back their oppressors, and take the will of the Prince for the law of the nation—France is, indeed, fallen—liberty is extinct, and II We knots not where% that Prometheno heal, 1 . :1;l: ii flnme relumitte. But the:e are de.ii Pi aril recollections that expire but with the last•tAiugqles of nature. To know our riOtts is to pieerve them, and this knowledge once imbibed can peter be effaced. Whoeter can feel, can reason on this subject; and the veriest slave .~, .- > ,"' -- L ~... Mow Conusrx s, Ocr. 19.—The following Proclama tion has been addressed to his Majesty by the Bishop of °most., in favour of the thlicers implicated :n Poi tier's insurrection :-- " The Bishop of Orense would fear to abuse (he Royal piety of your Majesty, if it were not s ch that rising above all the malty virtues which adorn your Alaj-sty, it (Item:rages him to hope every thing from y our Majoily's paternal and most benign heart. The Bishop knows •that the crime which has already cost the life of the principal author and his companions in hig infamous project, does nut admit any apology, and even excludes every petition on the part of men. For that reason lie presents himself to your Majesty's Royal piety, in the cha. ranter of Mii.i,ter of n erudite(' Cod, who suppli. cited to the Eternal rather for those very persons who ramified him. This disine clemency of• Jesus Christ, cur "'dog and our Redeemer., it is that he presents to your Majesty to temper your just intrg nation, and to obtain their life and a commutation (of punishment) in favour of the Brigadier Don 'Limon Roomy, and all the accomplices of Ibis so criminal cause. r ' In respect of this unhappy Oilicer fur wfinm this letter has been reqnested of me, by one who serves your Majesty svph honour and fidelity, what is expressed it: it, and his intentions may lesson his crime ; and as for the others, ignorance, ideas of glory ill tincleistood, the precipitation and ardour of youth dateled by false light, and erroneous wind ! plea, that they were not only gone astray ; justice may without any injury he tempered, and mercy made to shine in full s plendour, and in imitation of the King of Kings manifest more and more •that your Majesty is a just King awl full of clemency. r..,,,,_,. ........ .., ~......... • „,.;,. ..-r• -, l - ,, t . ... ;A - ' _. A •-• ' .1 ' l ' • .~.. _ NM& " " I must not detain the attention or your NI tie. ; v. The volcano seems to b. appeased. Gtiliris Shown and proved its fidelity ; an etiempi nry nishinent has bron inflicted ; let hlooll) punishments ihencense ; let your Nlaj , ity give 140 t., hittlalio gave it for your 1114.5 t) ; a davWP CO cr,,ni 1) ,, y that our trespasses mat be for;.v.ol as we forgive those vs no trespasv again t u ► 144. re. der ourseires wiiity of treason to he I) &in 11a.t.4;11, by disobey. jug it, and not neg!ere,ing to do . tru. to our enetniei. I •• Mly the Lord guard the ro on of your Nia. ?F t y for many 'ears, for ihe good of the CLutt:, no:1 of the 4‘ pEDIZO, Bishop of OrPow. " the Itn),o1 Piety of yntir liaje.ty.” A long Proclainaticn has also ben presented in the name of the G.iefr and °dicers of the 4th sims of Provincisl Grenadiers, and of the Inraitiry at Monterrey. They state-•-- 66 'chat from the time of Porlier's unhappy And criminal attempt, their heart • have been filled with desire to redress the inju s den , hi. M•; and, at t h e same time, with con-ide ion of the unit ilipy end of those *he, to their misfortune, have been the instruments of II at plan. " 'chit confiding in their te-ed fidelity to hi, M 2. jesfy they venture to appeal •0 11l mercy in fari , ur 0 ( those unfortunate men, whose guilt they readily ac. knowledge. " That his Maje3ty has always acknosee r !,,,,,, the The Duke of Astriotmcare's journey to the South is sersices of the army daring his captivity, and that, e now known to be in consequence of the insurrections nerhlln s among the armies f his Maje.ty th. se it: „ y in that quarter, w here the Army of the Loire has vela- considred as I avicg the greates• cia•m to his Mi. bushed itself, refusing . to disband. At Hour. jesty's munificence, who now groa t i n p r i son on ac. Beaux, information has been received, that a part of i count of the attem; t of Pottier. the old Imperial guard have carried off their erms and ! . 4 That the Petitioners Lave been, as ancient cum. rades, witnesses of their valour and their suffelilwr baggage, and Gen. Lov Error) has published an Order who for his Majesty's glory ; and if this Petiio a not move his Majestys heart, he would l ose t h e of the Day upon the subject. Gen. CLA usu., lately commanded there, and who was sent by BONA. flower oT his subaltern akar-, and with th em t h e PARTE tO PEpPi the Duchess of Amcor/Le:4e, is sought for with the greatest ear:iestness by the Police, and experience of mei' who ecknowiedge thei r Wirt an d one of his Aids.de-Camp has been arrested at Pa- So errors, and whose gratitLde may one day make th em tis. The South though a model of fidelity. that part of France where the • 11c/unarms have hitherto had the greatest number of "What their death would be no a!'di-i on t o t h e disgrace they hare already suffered, being led about adherents, twill the farthest from the Allies, it wns St. Jag° as the worst of criminals, thrown into dun. to be expecte4 that the refractory parts of the armies goons, 1:(1 treated in the same manner at Crewing, would make their first show of resistance there, if thus sLffering dishonour, worse to a soldier rh as there was a scheme for giving a spread to disaffection• death. " That nothing is loss earthy of a King shin ro. vengo, end nothit , g mole ore yof him than clemency. They, therefore, beg him so lardon these pe I.li- in consideration of their former services and sullerivzs in his Nlajessy's cause. " co:sosa, Oct. I:1." (The Signat ures.) leans numbers have been arrested, as aell as in the capital, where the new laws against seditious 'sties and speeches are already begun to be 1 , • rIIE COURT, &c. —Yesterday, at thre e o'clock, acted upon—before they Pre passed ! These w ese lairs their Imperial Highnesses the Amiss! .kes Joffe mud have been declared by one of the Committees of I.twis, attended by their suite, arrived it the It E. the Deputies unconstitutional, and the Cham- cusT's cattiages from Stratford-place, at Csrltott. her of Peers is already [sherd in opposition to the house. Th. 7 were admitted to a closet aasleece, other branches of the Government. In short, the and were most graciously received. Chambers and the Ministry, and all France are re. Extract of a letter from Port Louis, Msu r itios. My no :-64 This Island is now in al the hu s tl e , :fpresented as in a state of t o t a l di sorgan i za ti on an d Ma)' distraction. Some accounts say that th e Prussians warlike preparation, Lord MO I R A his applied f o ra 8 rong military re-iJorcement from this gallium. is are returned—others that they are on rapid marches conseq twee of the protracted vs artare with the \e- out of France, and that the British are expected to Paul Mountaineers and the apprehended revolt of take an early departure. The King's Guards hare some of the native powers of Ilindoostati. The Sitb, again been attacked with Increased vio!ence. The e ith the bilk companies of the I2th and 42.1, are under orders for momentary embarkati•et. Colonel hopes of peace seem to have enti re ly ravished fur i• s.s: \ TING is appointed to the command as Brigadier. the present. Gestetal, and Major FLeeeit will Lea I the fla..kers. A Corunna Mail arrived thi s f orenoon ; an d we i yerltaps a finer body of men never took the fie'd.— have, through othe r cha nn els, some f ur th er advice, i They I are expected to sail in the coarse of a few days , of interest from Spai n . W e muc h d ou b t w h et h er Bj letters from Madrid to the Bth, received through , France, we learn the following particulars rehoin4l• ExnureaND% stew system will be better than th e old a • isain : —ILA LLASTEROS, late War Mllli•iter, his heel —there is no hope of such fellows as add hypocrisy carried to the Alhambra of Granada, under ail estett to the worst of qualities. Th e f o ll ow i ng ar ti c l es are of.Bo Idragoons. OSTULARA has been con fi ned to I h I from the Corunna M a il : — Tanion Convent, ht the solitudes of S;..rra Morena: I a Father Cisrito, of Alalava de la Nanc!i . a, t the seclu,leil piles of Guadilup.v. In (iaVick th.! Revolution still continues : -1000 have assetahhil in Trey, cry it g out for the Coot ti! alien, in roltillt"' tiJii to the enterprize of l'orthtta. They are rem. mantled by a Naval Oilicer of known bravery. Ts. expresses kit Merit id, one after the Other, with or. ders an/ counter-coders recpecing the fele - of Poe- LIEU. The fi at w!s the bever of 01.411 petro tot that as soon as the Council a War was elated anal. ever tsar 11;0 Se I t , lice, it shoold be immeriiv.ly ft" . cuted without its I)'intT pprriv«l by his AlAjestv; ah,r'a is equivalent to a death-air-rant signed by hit 059 hand. The second st,itrd, th • his should be consulted, but this art red tn•v late. This Mot have arke t out of ltd perrisy. evil d i•it 1, or fear. •,%. Con rier has left P ar is f o r Ma i l r i.l, rid, it te, , ro'e• Ito he;:rs an ioterc7ssicn from the Aries in 1.:%,.ur r rc ft LI I: fi. We have also rec iced let tars from 131yonne 01111 12:Ii• Several prsons had arrived there (ram C''' ru non, as it wore, ecca piug mirsrnloucly, Parry% (hut twenty of Pi:tuna's anc•rs have been th• dered to be , hot. Thy Spanish army nit the Stench frontiers, is in the erestest distress anti free The officer; are starving with honer, living all "Iv two rations of bactillan (salt eethi,h). All d. pinto the unfortunate issue of roattEtt's sin ialit• Mr. KNAPP, the Barrister, basing Fnisttegl a c3 s ' l at the London Sessions on Mmiday, had only sit down for a few minutes, wlien he fell back into flio arms of Mr. ArtA at N, apparNitly in a fit of ap-pP II . ' Mr. ARAMs And assistan.s consered him out "r "" rt. lie svo.; carried home, and we regret to hear died )estetday morning about half-past two o'clock. CORN I:Acuminate, OCT. 25.—W.- had but Wile Wheat fresh up this mor , tit,g, hic4 Monday's pricey, but s not so nuisk as that dti • --The supply of Oats bring short, fin , fresh 4 311 1:''' sold readily at so advance of one slitting per qu'" tor.—ln Peas, Beans ) and other articies therei 1 ,0 alteration. • Ai.•,.•••• _ ~:~= ... -, • • Wirr - , dble t tries will ra toiler Nada tion friend lion jest i if mal it will IVtiet degree change one. vernm• 'Poetic k. B ot the stitutiol whidt I IlartC , rd. Oct. Suettor the eyeful be atlow t Not wg ii Crop o r, Iy st pr i :i f tittent. , with that tteral °the Kent and Amapa Emperor ing-piecel set of apt Cats watts. Co.',, Toil ff Shi p, and without at Itiewsly tR Reid !mot iteelts 16 i t hotal hat,.! ; yti r i • • thp Ind tong p I ti' - i ONE Ta • Sii of evi they Crow Oil co fur. had by row , ' *oral