The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-08-26 00:00:00

'V • R PRUSSIJN PROTECTION. I'liz Missing letter hiss been just received in Lon. tlon fo on, en English person long resilient in France, end an inmate in the family of a Noble Duke that has sotie,ad mach for his loyalty in the cause of the Bout ,boo • " fib, my good Friend !—Dirl yen see this coup. try at present, net Paris, but the different provinces, you would be sisrptised at the ravages these four last rmnths hate produced; and, how all will end, God alone can tell. " However nobly, however generously the Eng lish and the Ituseissts behave ' the Prussians are like so (Mail torrents which over fl ow oil all sides, pillage ' and destroy every thing ; and when we remonstrate with them, their ansoei Go 11110 Prussia and see what the French have done there, and then corn. plain if you daro!—l was en e> e w fitness of the sisits they made at the Duke's. There first came only four, with their loaded pistols cocked in their hands, or rather at arms length, in the court-yard of the castle. The Duke went to meet them, and desired them to put aside their arms, as they, would be well received. They their alighted, and asked only to eat and dark ?—After that they asked for twenty sacks of oats ? but when they found that the Duke was acquainted with their General, they seemed to be aft aid, and said they would not take the corn. They then asked for some bottles of wine and brandy ? which they carried away. " The next day my servant came in a great hurry, • and told me that about forty Englishmen were ar. rived, and if I would look out at the window, I might see them. Alas I did indeed see them, but not our good countrymen, but Saxons with a Prus sian Olficer, who spoke French so as to be perfectly understood.--. The Duke came out of the castle to receive them, and said he hoped they would not treat the house nor country as enemies, but as faith ful sihi. , ets to the King.—lle conducted the Officers into the dining room, and ordered the servants to set tables under the piazzas which are on each side of the great court yard for the soldiers. They then served :limn with meat and drink in abundance, whilst their chiefs dived in the castle. I must give, you an idea of their sobriety —thev eat abundantly of fowl; and ham, anti drank each three full.bottlee of champagne; they then took each three large cups of strung coffee, and also asked for beer, which they drank each a bottle after the coffee. --They next proceeded to business, which was the demand of thirty sacks of oats, eighty shirts, two barrels of wine, each of 340 bottles, two fat cows, 30 leaves of eight pounds weight, and when they found that 30 were not sufficient, they asked for 60 of the same weight, a basket of three dozen of champagne for the Officers, another of the same quan tity of bottled beer, with candles, salt, &c. &c.— Wl.ea they had put all into a large waggon drawn by four strong hoists which they had brought with them, they set out, telling the Duke that they were much surprised that he lived in his castle at the present moment, and assuring him that he ought to be very well contented with their conduct, as the manner they treated him was very different from what they had re. quired in the other castles in the neighbourhood.— They stayed front three till eight o'clock in the evening. When the Officers were on horseback they asked for,more champagne, which they drank with out ceremony to the Duke's health, out of the bottles without glasses. Whilst they were in the court yard, a poor waggoner with a team of fine horses pa‘ited before the castle; they seized the poor man, waggon and all, and obliged him to follow them. " trey went to a castle about two leagues off and stripped it of every thing they found, as the master was not there; they left nothing but the bare walls. Those who have the courage to stly in their houses do well, for if they make their visit, what they can not take away they hurn and destr'y. In short, the Dike obtained whit they name a sate-guard, and they now leave the inhabitants quiet; though since the visit I have giseri you tee description of, 100 men and 151 horses nit ye been sent to be fed and pin. sided for at the castle, and every week they demand something more. They have just given him an order to send 18 fat cows to the camp ; so thick bow ail the toilettes will be ruined if this continues. " At the Duke's hotel in Paris; he has had 30 soldiers and OPicers to feed, and also their horses, since the 7th of July. A General Officer too, with his quite is expected, who *Ol not take rip with any thing less than the best apartments in the lintel, :led his table must be in prnportina. lor you but a eery trifling description of the iediseri.neiete nepre. dations of the Prussians and their swinish voracity." 'FRENCH 1 1 1EIV OF TIM BRITISH WARS lV 1vu1.4. tracrat re %Vol txt's at Etsvvocrt, Ann. 21.) It will be seen by a reference to our last Number, that the English affairs in India are by no weans in such a flourishios4 way as we were led to suppose; the cause is not antis►tctorily explained, we only hear that it S.,verrign Prince is despised by his sub. jerts, end an inference is immediately drawn from il, that he ought to he deposed; how far that is just we wit; not pretend to say, bat we certainly are astoui►hed to And those very subjects fighting des-, perately for him ; we allude to the late conquest of the Kill of Candy.—lf it is considered absolutely necestrwy,.to ensure the tranquillity of the other provinces in India, that a Prince, whose example miiht have bad effecti, should be dethroned, well and cont.! ; but if any other reasons are in the scale, we think it extremely dangerous the merely attempt ing to effect such an object. Instead of striking terror into the heart; of the native Princes, it will rather cause them to lorsk with a jealous eye,—to wild+ more narrowly the actions of the Europeans ; we think it is murk better for the English Govern ment to pot up with a (ew trilling affronts from them, than by attacking the hive, one after the other, to bring down the whole swarm upon them ; we all know the temper of those Princes;—the dreadful scenes at Vellore are still fresh in our remembrance; —the very Missionaries sent out to teach them Christianity, are enough to set the whole in com motion, they are more attached and more fond of their marks of cast, than nn Irishman is o f his hengue,-1 Dutchman of his pipc,—or a Lawyer of a Chaucer) suit (rick the Debates of last =goo).— f . THE STATESMAN. The fact is, any attempt to convert them to Christi• anit)—any attempt et stifling those sacred mat ks. must he attended *Rh the norst of all possinle con. seq u en ce s . We do not say suer has been the atempt this time, but there is, vie are sorry to say, such • system of nisaffection in India, at nothing but the most conciliatory measures atone can dissipate. (of course FoncuE), directing that none of the Pre fects of the Departments shall accept the office of Deputy of the Legislatite Chamber, though elected to perform the duties of that situation by the people, and that they shall on no account abandon their posts. Tnis order sufficiently indicates the necessity of preserving the established anthoritirs, but all free dom of choice in the election of represNitatives is annihilated by it. \Ve admit that such a law. derived from and authorized by no constitution, may in an other point of view have a beneficial effect ; for a, the Prefects are appointed by Government, and ge nerally its creatures, we have but too many oppor tunities of knowing that the tools of a Ministry, and who live by the Government, are too successful in find ing their way into stations which independence and honesty alone should fill ; but we cannot but recol lect that many of the most intrepid friends of liberty and their country in the late free Parliament of France were Prefects of Departments, and that DtmootAtto, the iVityruntAD of France (no small praise), was of the number. We know a war io that country is generally pro ductive of immense gain to the colAtierors; and in dividutils. who base gone over there as Cadets, writers, 61c. are advocates for it, because the only chance they have of returning home with a plentiful fortune, is by wariin4 upon and conquering the Na tive Prince ; such has been the system till of late years ; and let us presume to hope such will not be the case now. When the Cadet Mania raged in England some years back, every family with two younger sons, would send Master or Master Baku, to India, in hopes of his returning hack al most immediately, a Great .Nan; the very language of the country seemed changed, every mouth was full of the words—pagodas, rupees, lac., pagan quirts, 4c. in fact, fortunes were to be made in the !twinkling of cut eye. The consequence of which I was, so many were sent over, that employment could not be found for them; thousands who have been ' years in India are et this moment no higher than Lieutenants in the Company's service, end frequently distressed for money to answer their necessary wont.; ' those men therefore, will be among the most forward to promote war, as it it by that alone they " live, !move, and have their being." The wise precautions of the Government may yet stem that torrent, which. if not timely stopped, may deprive England of the fairest and richest plot of hei foreign territories, she ever possessed; let os hope the nest accounts may be more favo,rable, for it is distressing to think one war is uo sooner brought to a happy conclusion in Europe, than we hear of another, in a (fistMit cli mate, which may be equally expensive, wit ] p er h a p s more dilfi.;ult to bring to a Iltoutte`le issue. The caution which is observed in the French Pa pers iti speaking of public events, is extended to the private correspondence between individuals. In the South of France, it has become necessary for per sons treating of public circumstances, to address their (fiends in Paris under fFigned names, and to use a form of a language understood only by the per sun to whom it is addressed. The Southern provinces are in a most dreadful state. The Government of the Duke of A ,IGOe LEMC has greatly tended to ag gravate this unhappy state of things. It is in the South of France that religious animosity rages most, and it is there that the friends of the ancient regime most boldly avow their sentiments. This is carried so far, that it is scarcely too much to say an approach may be seen to a political separation be tween that part of the kingdom and the remainder, should the authority of the King not he gradually strengthened, under the practice of the new Consti tution. 1);!ICE OF STOCKS TOM 11A1 AT ONR O'CLOCK. 414,.t. t.•ni. Ann. 14 9-161 J per Cent. Red. 561 i India Bon& 2 3 d per Cent. C.... 5 6 111 E.:chequer HMI, 2 d pat I per Cent. 71ii1 Ornnluro 7 (ii A per Cent. Navy BIM Coartols ter Acc. THE STATESMAN. LONDON : SATLtti.:,Y, AUGUST 26, 1815. There can be no doubt that there is a great division in the French Court—one party sees ne permanent security for the Bourbon dynasty but' ; in the restoration of the old Whilst another, a greater in number, but without the royal authority on their side, perceive no salva tion for France, but in liberal ideas 'and a u•rion of all parties. In this state of things no treaty can be concluded honourable to Louis's Crown, or popular The Paris Papers of Wednesday last arrived this in France; consequently, as the Allies must hare forenoon. They are almost barren of intelligence. foreseen, it is not in treaties that they are to rely for --An Ordinance of the King directs the disarming of their safety. It is said the Allied troops will not the maritime forts and batteries a'on; the coasts of ' only take possession of the fortresses, but remove the the Kingdom, and other indications are mentioned annon and military majazines, es well as the means of an immediate return, on the part of France, ill of manufacturing a fresh supply.—Great quantities of arms have already been es►ried away, and the plans of the several fortresses of France have been removed her war establishmeuts, to the state of the 20th of last March. The Fete of the King, which it Is now said was to to have beets given yesterday, and at which it was ex pected the definitive arrangements fur Peace would be promulgated, is alluded to fir the purpose of as suring the French people that it would be conducted upon economical principles, and in a manner suitable to the circumstances of the country. We wish all Princes regulated their fetes according to the cir cumstances of their country; the people of some of them would then b , hrld less of that estravagnnt and unfeeling conduct which they too often observe on the part of their rulers, " who lie craining their low thoughts to form unreal wants," whilst those on whom the espence amt burthen of these scenes of riot, made doubly grievous by the cir cumvances under which they are given, must fell, are surTeriog all the prisntions of poverty, and wailing in sackcloth and aches their own and tErir cr•utitry's miseries. Tare King of FR trice seems to perceive that the situation of the kingdom will not warrant much diplay of rejoicing on the part of hi'►tself and that nation. The blessings which he .has conferred upon Fiance are properly estimated. Her day of mourning is come. She can 111 hear to look on the shadow of happiness when the substance has departed—still less on carousals in honour of her degradation. from the lovnlids. Contributions, fortresses, pictures, BONAMIITE, too, who shall say that the Allies have not obtained indemnities and securities ? Why may they not now allow the French to choose what Government they like? Where is the fear of a re-action now, but that which ever springs from oppression and injustice, and will recoil on the mightiest heads ? Pasts, Ave. 22.—General Blucher, it is said, has moved his headquarters from Caen to Alencon. They write from Germany, that the opening of the Germanic Diet, which was to have assembled on the Ist of September, is adjourned. The French troops which occupied Roanne were to quit it yesterday morning, with Marshal Sachet. —The Austrian troops were to take possession of it this day. Lyons enjoys the most perfect tranquillity ; pro visions have not augmented in price, and commerce resumes its former activity. The Americans hate given an order for silks to the amount of seven or eight millions. An ordinance of the King orders the disarming of the maritime forte and batteries on the coasts of the kingdom. The furnaces, carriages, powder, &c. shall be returned to the artillery depots before the 15th of September. The companies of cautioniers, formed for the protection of the coasts, shall be dis banded. Every mention that is now made of the Govern ment to whirh France is to look for an amelioration of her condition, the support of her rights, and from which Europe also is to expect a guarantee for its tranquillity (for assuredly Louis alone can never give this), excites our liveiiest interest. We well recollect what a French writer has said on the nature of the Parliament which France now requires, and never may a. Englishman forget it, for it is equally applicable to ill Parliaments that pretend to reply seat the people—" the Assembly which is preparing" says he, 41 must not have the appearance of a ma chinator Decrees ;"—theAssembly must not bb auto matons, whom every King and every Administration has caused, or may cause to perform convenient part!, and assume these attitudes which the prevailing power and the prevailing caprice require. This is a mirror to hold op to the political traders of all coon. tries; but will France be allowed to have a Parlia. went so constituted ? We fear not. There are Kings and Ministers in that country who would glow sick at the sight of a Parliament that K os any thing else but a 64 machine for Decrees." In the Papers re , ceired to-day there is a singular order spoken of as lhating been Issued by the Milliliter 4 the Interior . . fly an ordinance of the King, dated the 15th of August, the number of Aids-dc-Camp is fixed for all superior officers, as it was on the '2oth of last March. Another ordinance of the King raises the singe of all the places of the Bth, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 18th military divisions. Friday, the 25th of August,is to be the fete of the King, which is to be economically conducted, suitable to our existing circumstances. M. Desportes, Counsellor to the Royal Conrt of Orleans. hss been nominated Member of the Com mission for the management of the Journals, in the room of M. Fieve, who 'gave in his resignation. • The Journal of Nantes contains the following im portant informition :—" By a decision of the Mi nister of the Interior, dated the 12th instant, the Prefects cannot, in the present circumstances, quit the departments confided to their administration.— Therefore they cannot accept the functions of De puties, even should their fellow.citizers honour them with their choice." General Eirelmam, who obtained permi•eion to reside in the derirtment of Po7.de•Dome, has takeo up his residence at Wont, the chief p:.ce of any,, dis.ement. COURIER EITR %OR N A RX, St• .r ,,, They write from .itrasbdrg. , Kat the Alsace continue Id he strictly blocka!,d. 0.. other hand, they announce that bostilit!es haveteab,j before Landau. The redoubts which hAtl been constructed at Lyts, l for its defence ore now hPing destroyed. A letter from Thou4oust3, dorm! tho 150% is cr flounces that Geo. Ram*!, Comrast,ltr o( - meat of UppPr-Garment., t.as !welt crue:!y Little credit is gibe** On the 21st of this nimitti Mucher set out for Chartres st ith 011 his shlr. dr•.041 , ..ma• FRENCH tUNDS —slpr Cc% s. 61. Bata Amion3lo3t. It is thought that the return of at least agree pro. portion of the British troops from Frames will Im hastened by the serious and•sell-founded appreheo. sloe's eine!, are now entertained for the safety o f our India possessions. The successes of the paulese against our troops bad, as might b e expected, produced the revolt of other Chief. tains. This, it seems, was not calculated on by those who planned the late attack en Nepaul; it was thought that it must be successful, but uthrt o . natt , ly it failed in a great d•Tree. Circumstanced At we now are, nothing less titan the most prompt sod vigorous measures can save us (rods the fatal cuttsr. cittences of our own want of prudence. It is said, in letters from Paris, that Lord Oaten. %f:11 is anzious for the retirement of the Altieti troops to their respective countries (with the fun tion of what may be necessary to maintain tranquil*, in France). but that the Contittentnl Powers are e x . tremety attached to their I .resent garters. Orden were given to seas. al regiments of &nisi) infamy, about three week, since to be in rendineks for thtir departure. Severs! regiments, some ..f which an aniut i g those re. e•ttly returned from America, look forward to their being soon ordered to the East Is. dies. Lord CtsTLE ur.%Git, says a Nt or,ing Paper, is Ft. peCtrol to re urn from Paris tot a hot). tO 1.;:t, as Lady CAsTLEKIAGII dot.; no' .ocetquirsn) , im, his soy in En4lanl will probably b 4, short. o , d• ship, it Tic svoospri, cone to he I) • . tit at lie it'll Coogitletaii.m (11 1; , e Troatt of h Cab he. The Rhenish Mercury, (hp o.ds o Continent that semis:. t rise fii ely lt • • t topics of the day 1114,we nr•• s•I yres•.ll, a striking ;woof of rite regird enter arise I by i.e Allied Sol eteigns fur the litre•-r• of ihe Pie Letters from Ind,n. by the W:. r i Ifftsivigs. jn.t arrived ig the Riser, meirtioir Turns and suite set ont f..om Ife 13.1 i Dec. in prosecution of his tear. 1. w sa 14 Lordship's intention to proceed in Sahirrurqe.r-, whence he would turn agnin to the South. and tak ing the roue of Agra, Fueruckebed, •iirl (leircL pore, would re-embark at Ciruppra, on hi% return to the Presidency. The party were, at the date of the latest accounts, in perfect health. Accounts from Germany intimate that the new Constitutions which have been framed for different States in that country, occasion great struggles. In Wirtemberg, tl.a Crown Prince—a young man of great abilities, has taken part against the King, who opposes the wishes of his people with great perseret• mice. In lianover, the Nobility insist upun immu nity from all takes. At Frankfort, the Senate con cealed the privileges allowed to the People by the Congress. The Nobb.men of Holstein had a Repre sentative (Count MotTgE) at Vienna, without the knowledge of the King. The consequence has been that his Mak?sty hat been obliged to acce d e t o their wish , s. As for Hamburgh, the town and the neighbouring country are in a reviving state. If the fortifications be demolished, and no more war hut , lesied fur some years, its future prosperity is cer , aith At present the war trate. in that town are so bigh. that many Merchants talk of settling in Altons.— However, the iLimburghers have much reason to be satisfied with the decisions of the Congress. Yesterday morning Mr. Mlt.Ls and Mr. MEARS, the King's Nle,seirgers, arrived in Downing-street. with dispatches from the Duke of WELLINGTON alta Viscount CAsTLEREIcII at Paris. The Russian Ambassador transacted business fes• terday at the Foreign Office. The letter, from Cadiz by the Llah o u Mail of )esterclay are to the bib inst. No further accomo had ht•ru ob.ained of 'the operations of General Mom the expedition to New Sr". CRILIP A-L%-MODR.—A late occurrence, in the Fasai.•nahlr Worid. has excited much conversatitl fintni.gct females of hautton. A widow, becoming - Iv Ott essed in drop sables aid weepers, for her &vessel Lola, was sucpe:ted by one of his near relatiro, nr receiving private consolation from one of her intimate friends, remarkable for his fine person and gallantry• By means of one of her servants, her " dear hrothei its-lays," it spew, 1 , as admitted incog. and witnessed enough to induce him to charge the mourning fih" . with 'capable indiscretions, and pretty broatb,. hint, that he never could treat his young nephew lot" the affections of an uncle! ACClDENT.—Yeqerday, a Coroner's Inquest *," held at the Apple Tree. Dorrington-street, Clerloa well, on the body of George Paymer, aged near!Y three )ears, the son of a Naval Officer. It IIPPel" . ed that the child was at the t o pair stairs wind" , No. '2, ltsyne's-row, and that not being sufflcien . lv watched it fell out upon the pavement; by the fall it fractured the skull dreadfully, and died nn the fol lowing day (Tuesday). Verdict--.fcci(kntel At the time when Mr. Hawthorn, who was covered floating in the Dublin Canal, la't It ft house, he had with him three remark Ole krY • which have since been discovered in an old iron and sworn to by a clerk in the house of Carton . 9i"t Hawthorn. The Magistrates have rotered intr diligent investiplien of the melancholy affair. delis I)ne O not f en ti ant O ...... . Hamh.,•eh H..liand Fraser 1 . I I I t I I t 3 i f .1 1 1: • r ~ ! i !.~ I. I L ~{ :~