The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-09-02 00:00:00

I t . i 0 . . s .. .... 4 T . b 1 4 t I / '• 0 1 . if ~. ir :, , . . 3` F Ai 4 .1 . 1 4 1 1 1 , , 1 , . t i ..• ~. r v s 1. I I ~ r~ i 2.!00, had previously gone from Cadiz to Pa nama, to ali whics ueie to be added the recruits .4, t It . to he armed will, the cargo on board the St. .:comer a, Ilse combined army was to procrvil to lama, end there :writ' swelled by florking numbers, like a torrent it was at length to disem bogus. on Buenos Ayres. Reader, do take out your map a n d examine this Hee of operations, is it not equal to Alexander's scheme no Persia, or Bona. parte', through Egypt against the Etst holies ? We, however, now see, that the Cadiz expedition was really bound against Buenos Ayres, and that one half of Spanish America was to be employed as an instrument against the other—Government then did well to send to fetch our Merchants away. In Spain it seems this bold phis was thought prac ticable and easy ; but the expedition arrived with %MO sick, to. the most unhealthy part of Venezuela, atiol their disorders were increased by tropical fevers, so that neerly.ll the sick have perished. 111orillo, then, besides having lo attend to strong guerrilla !tellies 011 his front and flanks in Venezuela, has been obliged to send 3000 men to Vera Cruz, in consequence of the pressing advice. he received that the rail to Mexico was blockaded, and that the In. dependents under Morelos had already marched on the capital of Mexico. The convoy carrying down these troops had already passed by St. Domingo and Co ha, escorted by a frigate. consequently, now finds all his original plans frustrated, and is himself driven to great shifts, being unable to send any thing against Santa Fe or Carthagena. The want of money has impelled him to violent measures, and he has had to resort to ter ror, in order to realize the contributions levied on Caraccas, La Guira, and Puerto Cavello, the only points he holds. Several persons have already been executed, and among them the Sdanish Marquis of Ouse 14.011. This principle of cruelty and terror, which we may call a chip of the old block, has great. ly exasperat i the European Spaniards, so that all the inhabitants auxiuusly wish the Independents may at once cfiance their power, as the only means of re storing t;anquillity. All the Costa Pirate, and even I Santa M.etha, has no manifested its desire to unite with Cari;lagena, unable any longer to bear with such horrors and military despotism. In Jamaica, where an im nense trade is carrying on, recent and min •te accounts have been received from all the neighbouring Main, and all agree in the disgust and discontent that every where reigns ; the real state of the Mother Country begins to be known there, flats tering hopes are at an end, all behold iudependence as the only alternative. Morillo began ti -xecute his original plan of or- i ganizing native treeps in Caraccas, but he was soon obliged to give it up; for, besides their being badly armed for the want of proper means, they deserted to the mountains, where, with the desertions of the. Spanish line, they are increasing the large bodies of independent guerrillas. These every day get stronger arid better organized, particularly that which still retains the name of General Rivas. They occupy the largest and most fertile part of the province, and most abounding in cattle. They cut off provisions from their enemies, harass them, impede their corn. munications, and follow them up In the vicinity of . Caraccas. 'Ph, Spaniards can inspire uo confidence in the inhabitants, they are obliged to keep op strong and watchful garrisons every where, and get no pro visions but by sea. Thus in Caraccas the people can scarcely live, though this city, which, before the war and earthquake, contained 50,000 inhabitant, now only contains 10,000. Several bodies of troops Morino has sent out against the Independents, have been defeated and duvets in, and one Spanish division of 700 men eas lately completely destroyed by Guerrillas, bearing the name of Geo..ral Rivas, who seem determined to avenge the cruel murder of their old leader. An English frigate has becii dispatched from Jamt.ica to La Guira and Puerto Cavell , :, in order to claim the British merchant vessels Morillo had sei: 2.7,•.r:3 0r de shied to transport his troops. It is gen.-Alt:: he. betted that the Captain of said frigate, carries o..drrF, in case they are not delivered up, to seize them by main force. The Merchants also of Jamaica, in consequence of the frequent outrages they wipe! ience from the Spaniards, and aware of the great ad. ',taws England derives from a free trade with New Granada and the independent points, as al lowed by the Supreme Federative Governments thereof, have made a strong remonstrance to the' 13 Government at home, so!iciting its protection, • and the promotion of the main object for which Spanish America is contending. The result of the boasted expedition from Cadiz his at length resolved the great problem (if it ever existed) whether the discoveries of Columbus are to be free. These extended countries, having already experienced the sweets and benefits of liberty, as well as the horrors of war and 4 panish tyranny, will never again accept the galling yoke; and favoured by their situation, climate, distance from Europe, and the anxious wishes of the good and virtuous, they will laugh at the future impotent efforts of Slain, who may do ii•jcry, possess points, take and retake, but will never again be able in extend a general chain of allegiati:.e. And is uch the interest of Enrope and of the world ? . • .0, may, we not say to the suffering _;,,apish Americans -11- :0 one n•ln—runr9rd in.4lrell, There's E•lglish heart but wt.at tt your.. On Thursday, th, , lt)th curt. tan young Gentle.; men, on R tour to Stalra, lona, &c. hired a boat; from Oban for Aros, in Mull, when, melancholy to relate, the boat n et of the south-west end of Lis more, and one of the young Gentlemen wis unfor tunately drowned; the ether, with the crew, con sisting of three men from Oban, narrowly escaped a watery grave, by the timely assistance of some peo ple on shore. The boev of the deceased has not hi therto been found, almough every possible search has been made by the dkcousolate survivor, with the assistance of 'Bishop Chisholm, and the Students of Lismore. The Gentlemnn thus unfortunately lost was a Mr. ltirett, son of the Clergyman of Syming• ton, iiants ; the other a Air. l3enne►, of Somerset, a Barrister.—( Edinburgh Cuurent, August. '28.) The coast of I.;yerunuth at this time literally swarms with herrings;• on To - easy one of the Coldingham boats took a t least oue hundred thousand, and they are now sullitig at from six to ten Shillings per barrel, at a hundred for fifteen-pence. TIIE STATESMAN. A rr . 1 list IsDoe r • Hefted 0, • Frase Getteoburgh 1 Lat aDo It Blnt 'Re—Mot/day at Me Pub& Offices. THE STATESMAN. LONDON: SATUR9AY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1815. We have received the Paris Papers of Wednesday last. One would think to look into these Journals, that France must be as tranquil as a summer sea, agitated only by the fanning breath of loyalty, and that the ravages of the late tremendous storm had al. ready been forgotten. But this is far from being the case; nor is it reconcilable with common sense, to be lieve it possible that the condition of France should so suddenly have changed from what it so lately was, to the undisiurbPd state of grateful repose in which it is now said to be by those who have had assigned to them, amidst the gloom of the ruins of their country, and the reproof; of truth and a plundered and insulted land, the task of creating imaginary scenes of happiness and ebullitions of loyalty, where the reality does not exist, and circumstances show that the very reverse is and must be the case. his stated, under the head of a Courier Extraordi nary, that " Dispatches have been received, calculated to calm all uneasiness." These dispatches, no doubt, relate to peace; but no lasting Treaty can be con. eluded under the present circumstances of France.— A treaty with Louts alone will signify nothing; and no arrangement will " calm all uneasiness" which does not recognize the integrity of France, and free her from the pressure of the for ign armies who now desolate her provinces. The Papers thus al low that great uneasiness prevails. We can add with truth, that to such a violent state of fermenta.! tion has the public mind throughout France bees worked up, that the Allies are now beginning to tremble for their own safety, and that France never exhibited more signs of a general convulsion. It has been to hide the plots that have been forming, the dangers and the discontents that lurk beneath, and are now ready to explode, that the surface has been represented as profoundly tranquil, and that the ready tools of authority have been ordered to rover the pitfalls for political blindness with flowers. We have always found in the recent history of France, and perhaps the remark may be extended to other countries, the most profound apparent tran quillity was the most certain precursor and indica. tion of a great approaching convulsion. There is al ways this advantage at least in an unshackled press— dom and relief. The existence of these divisions cannot now be denied.. Not only is it repeated with confidence, and the appearance of every thing to warrant it, that the Russians have received orders to quit France, both on account of the designs of the PORTE, and the unwillingness of the F.mperor ALEX• ANDER to assist to aggrandise Germany at the expenre of France; but it is asserted in the German Papers that Funcne has gained over Austria to his views by the disclosures he has made; and that in factoshilst the G overnment Papers of this country are representing this Minister's influence on the decline, and heaping all manner of abuse on him and his Sovereign for not 'Aster shall retire or receive his dismissal, and those who regard his continuance in office as a pledge of I security aud respect to their rights, shall not perceive his place sappli. d by one in whom they can repose lan equal degree of confidence , new plots may be pected to develops themselves, and France may I expect to be whelmed in fresh convulsions. The French have no such confidence to place in TALLEY• RAND. But there is yet no seeing bow the great and complicated problems of these Ministers' conduct, and that of all the Confederates together, are to be solved. Time alone must determine. , . 1 The following are from the French Papers of IVednesday : PARts, Arm 29.—The garrison of Besancon, being disbanded according to his Majesty's Ordi. Dance, General Montrichard expressed to the Na. lions! Guard his wish, that they should redouhle their . zeal for the support of order, while it had that duty to perform. Marshal the Duke d'Albofera, has published at Valence, the following Older of the Day : " The Austrian General, Coont Dolma, Governor of Lyons, has ordered' to depart within three days all French soldiers who have left their corps, and who have stopped beyond their time of leave. . All those disobeying this order shall be transported to , Hungary. The Colonels are to make k nown these s presents to all deserters. Colonel Brujard, of the 14th of the line, has been authorised to give a month's i time to those who have deserted their colour s , in a moment of error, to return to their duty.—This per- . mission is extended to all the corps constituting the Army of the Alpo." 1 ► that it gives warning of the discontents that exist, and of the cammotions consequent from those dis contents, unless they be removed with the grievances whence they flow ; but the suppression of this nate. rat and wholesome vent drives dissatisfaction to the necessity of working in the dark, by mines which explode and destroy, while the undisturbed surface above them is trodden upon without suspicion of the danger lurking below. In proportion as the French accredited channels of information are stripped of their interest, those which - supply their defects are rendered the more ac ceptable and important. The Dutch and German Papers, which are happily not quite so much re. stricted, are therefore increasing in those features of interest which the French are not allowed to pos. sess. We have, by a Dutch Mail just come to hand, a variety of accounts, which tend to threw consi4. :able light on passing events, on the plots and in tripes carrying on in France, and the movements and intentions of the great l'owers in whom events have their spring. It is there stated, that the Ministers of a great Power (meaning Russia, no doubt) have declared iu favour of the integrity of France; and that so corn. plicated have political matters become, so little are they likely to he settled to his taste, and so appalling are the general appearances in France, that Prince RLucitEa has solicited from his Sovereign his dis charge ! We have it stated through ot her channels, that Lord WELLINGTON has been secrets( times fired at, and that he has hitherto happily escaped by a sort of miracle. The greater part of the late army of the Loire, has returned secretly to Paris, and mixed I with the inhabitants. The telegraphs are said to be constantly at work without the Allies knowing for what cod, and another sign of a wide conspiracy has been discovered. The pink has given place to a straw, which is carried in the mouth ) or otherwise exhibited. This is an old symbol of association and destruction. It denotes fire. We gave in our Paper of tho 22J of August, a curious and interesting ac count of the manner in which the Parisians delivered The Editor of the Gazette dc France says he is eager to publish the following important circum stance:" A grenadier of the Old Guard met a soldier without a cockade; he said, you have cer tainly forgotten it ; and taking his own, divided it into two parts, one of which he gave to the soldier and kept the other for himself." The Horeditary Prince of Nassau-Usingen k gone to his principality. A report having prevailed of a marriage between one of his sisters, 17 years of age, and the Archduke Charles, the brother of the Em peror of Germany, it is thought that the object of his journey is to assist at the celebration of the nup tials. M. Defermont, who has been some time at his country-house at Courbevoye, set out this day for Brittany, where he his obtained permission to reside upon one of his estates. Prince Blucher, who was expected on the 20th inst. at Alencnn, arrived there only on the 2Gth, ac companied by a numerous Staff. It is said that the Emperor Alexander will review, his troops to-morrow, the 31st inst. and that they-will extend from the Punt do Neuilly to the square of Louis Xv. 1 The report is repeated that none of the Russian troop., who are to be at the gran d rev i ew on t h e l . . _ _ plains of Champagne, will return to the capita!, but that they will altogether quit France. An Austrian camp of 160,0011 men, it is said, is going to be farmed three leagues from Dijon. It is thought the Emperor of Austria will review them on his way to Italy. The Courier dc flresl has been prolibionally ses_ pended by superior orders. their city from the allied troops, under the Prince of CoNot:, in the year 1652, when cottaagration was themeans, and a straw was the symbnl of the con. spirators. The recollection of the miseries which the French then inflicted on themselves and their enemies, not exceeded even by any thing in their most eventful history since, and the possibility of their recurrence, have created the most painful alarm, for which there appears to be but too much foundation. COURIER F.XTRAORDINARY, Wednezday Sl..r .ing. it is insinuated that a courier brought dispatches yesterday calculated to calm all uneasiness. Letters from Toulon state, that a person has been arrested there, who distinguished himself by fre quent skits to the island of Elba last year. They write from Ai:-la-Chapelltp, under date of the ritl Aug. that the day before yesterday Charles Schulineister, a famous spy of Napoleon's, passed through this place as prisoner, destined for Wesel. Ile was arrested at Paris by the order of M. Tagus Grauer, General of the General Police. But it is chiefly from the divisions among the-Allies 'that the French are now deriving their hope of-free- Yesterday, at two o'clock, his .Majesty' s ' 4 of Justice was with the King in his Cabinet, and ro. mained with him three quarters of in hour. The Count de Maces, one of the Peers of Fran ce , appointed by the King's Ordonnance of the 17th of August, has left Good.in for D 'Ter. [Dino' )(Am RECEIVED THIS MORNING.] D'SEEq I AuG. V.—The Geller 'ls commanlieg the Army of Reserve upon the S heldt, the or g ,„ nitatiote of which is prosecuted with unabaii ng , e. tivity, continually review the diff.rent corps which compose it, and are highly satisCed with the ap ron ,. sure and discipline of the troops. Since the Fren c h prostrating their country at the feet of foreign power, army has been disbanded a , great many Belgi dn , and ruining it for ever, this very FU I;C:1 E has suc- who remained in it last year, come h er e to onti : t ceeded in gaining all parties to his vices, aye, even in the service of their Sovereign. England itself—all but Prussia and lkucticii, and At Valenciennes there is not a soldier of the li ne remaining ; they are disbanded with r eserve; the such others as France cares sery little for. 'I'ALLEY- ft.deres and free corps are also dimmer!, and s ent RAND seems to hove shrunk into insignificance. Fouctie and he are represented as not on very good home, with passports. The General S ta g of 0 , 1 terms. The policy of Louis in attaching himself so place is dissolved by the King's order, and coo, much to FOUCIIE has been much condemned in this ma pled to leave the fortress, the duty of isf l i c h country. It is unquestionably the wisest policy th left entirely to the Urban Guard, which is sat which Louts could pursue with regard to himselfAtimerous; so that this fortress is as good u i n t 4 In beholding that Minister at the helm of affairs, the hands of the Allies. The same is the rase n il French nation hava pledge, that in its internal concerns Conde ; the Governor of the fortress and those eh at least, a system different from that which he has so were concerned in the murder of Colonel Gordon long assisted to uphold will not be rudely and suddenly have fled. It is, however, affirmed, that man or ,. forced upon them. Foixtie knows the value of his po- are taken to arrest and convey them to Pans, i t polarity in this respect too well rashly to forfeit what order to be tried by a Court. Martial. is his own safety and protection. When this The garrison of Bouchain is not yet di sarmt , L Mi. NVithin three or four days two divisions of caisbos4, loaded with money, end under military escort, pae...d through here on their way from Paris to Berlin. The I; first division consisted of VI, the second of sews I waggons. A tx-i. t-CnAPELLE, Auo. 17.—Some days sines Baron von Stein arrived here very unexpectedly, and proceeded immediately to Paris. It is hoped that his presence there will have important come. quences, the Ministers of a great Power having de. dared it is said for the integrity of France to the dis tadvantage of Germany. A private letter s which I however certainly wants Confirm ition, says, flit they expected at Paris that would not maintain himself its his poet much longer; be is at variance with F—, who has contrived to gain all , parties. Bonaparte, says the above letter, had at. tempted in May last to excite the Turks to act against the Russians, while the armies of the !suer were proceeding towards France, and F. bag disclosed this plan to the Russian Cabinet ; Ressis is, there. fore . in his favour; F. likewise Contrived Bonaparte's journey to Rochefort, and his rapture by the English, by this he has galued England. To the I Austrian Court he is stated to have discovered T.'s plans during the Congress at Vienna; Austria is, therefore, well disposed towards. bias. The liner oontinues to say, " he has the-least iulleenite on the Prim-hilts, because he comae the ridiculous proposal Colt the King should take the Crown of franca, at Bonaparte was ruined, and the . Bourbon family ge nerally hated. Frederick only laughed at this.— F. still at this moment is aciing towards all the par ties an equivocal and most dangerous part. Rehm pointed out_ many adherents of Bonaparte's, who, when they come to Paris, are cow:fated and protected by him, that he may employ or give them up as Its finds convenient. The sign of the discontented, formerly a red pink, is now a straw carried In tiro mouth." Another letter says,—" Our contributions go ors slowly since the Monarchs are here ; Prussia was to have the civil administration in eleven Departments, but Talleyrand is said to have evaded this. Oar Officers (of the Police, &c.) are idle. Thousands if this Army of the Loire come daily to Pori., openly or secretly, and the whole population is against sf. IThe telegraphs are frequently at work, without our i knowing for what end. Prince Blucher, who is tired of all this, is said to have asked his discharge, which he has not however obtained. All is in a stele , of violent fermentation ; one cannot see how the great and complicated problems can be solved. The French universally hang upon the Emperor Alessi'. der as• their deliverer from the dismembering Cr limiting of France by the other Powers, and yet this dismemberment seems unavoidably necessary.—Ths situation of kiug Louis is the worst of all, *he stands in the most painful dilemma between the IP terest of his dynasty and that of the Allied Sol" reigns, his protectors." THE JAMAICA FLEFT. The Fthelred, !Maraca, arrived off the Wiet , from St. Domingo ; parted from the Jamaica fleet mi the 10th ult. in a very heavy gale. On the following morning counted 14 sail, with loss of lower and loP' masts, and some totally &masted. Spike the Rost, of London, with lose of foremast and topmast, ka and the Sinclair, with loss of mizen-mast and top gallant-mast. On 14th, in lat. 41. 14. long. 3 1 . spoke the Bark:cora and the Ocean; the former with half her ground tier of sugar washed out. The Alexander, of Lerida, from Jamaica ; Jane, of Bristol, from Jamaica, were abandoned sr sea during a violent gale•on the 9th and 10th alt. Ott Thursday Sir Huosoist Lows transacted bas e . Hess&lt Lord BATHURST'S °Ace for a considers" lime; tv. is expected to soil for St. Helena in about& fore night. Citrons Journals hare reached us to the . 14 of April. A general rromotion bas taken ;1 1 '" the armies in Judi*. o r o. of 4. c. Ch T. rtt I!, iit lle hi M It ha 11. ho a rd 1e• It it It 11 d e I • • .1 • 4 I I