The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-03-24 00:00:00

: Or . ;1 It. t 4; 1e ') 1 1 1 1 1.1 • I ), i : 1 } 1 1 . . ir 1 . , t ' i ll 1 4 i • 1.. . 1 . 1 1 ' t t ) I , Ok' 01 • 1 1 e '. i 1 ~~'' ,~~ STJTE PAPER. Note addressed to the Foreign Ministers at Paris by the Secretors of State for Foreign Affairs : " The undersigned Minister of State, charged ad interims with the Porte-feuille of Foreign Affoirs, has received cutlers from the King to acquaint M. —, that circumstances compel his Majesty to quit his capital. The King will see with pleasure the Mem bers of the Diplomntic LI , ily accredited at his Court re-assemble at Lille, whither it is his intention to re pair, without, however, pretending to hind the de termination of those who may prefer to return to their respective Governments. ." The undersigned has the honour, &c. (Sign ,d) " The Coma De JAUCOURT." " litri.ll 19. 1815." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. DOUSE pF LORDS, MARCH 23. The Rosa' Assent was elves by Commission to the Corn Bill, the Custom, Duties Bill, the Eseke Didier Bill, the Bank R•Prfetiooll Bill, and ibirly.siz other Rills. toe coonoi sioi..-rs were the L.r.l Chancellor, the Earl of Shafte-bury, rind the tart of clorkingliainshire. Adjourucd till Wednesday, the sth of April. rusegiol3 HOUiE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER went the Lortt., to hear the Rayal Nicol gives h, Conbuti.dott to several public and private Bait, the tit w Bich still be found is the proceedings of the other 1i• ere. The Pauper !Atomic Bill was rend a third time and paned. On the question that the Wine Duty Bill be read ri third time, Mr. Alderman SMITH expressed his fears that the mesgure would not be found productive, inas. much as the consumption would be greatly lessened. If the consumption were lessened, to that extent would the export of our manufactures be diminished, which were now sent to Portugal for wine, and ad mitted at the low duty of 15 per cent. The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER could not think of abandoning the Bill, on the con trary, lie deemed it expedient; and he doubted whether other measures, by way of prohibitory du ties, would not be required, in order to counteract the injurious monopoly of the export of wine at pre seat existing iu Portugal. lie agreed to post pone the third reading of the Bill until Tuesday sennight. The Report oldie Committees of Ways and Means, of Supply, and oil Tobacco, were brought up, and Bills ordered to be brought in. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. laid upon the table the Accounts of the Army Extra. ordinaries up to January, 1815; and, to a question from Mr. Tierney, replied, that there would bo no obji-ction to produce them to a later period as boon aa they could be made out. tom) COCHRANE. Mr. 11.0. 4 E brought up the Report of the Com asittee of Privileges upon the arrest of Lord Coch. rane. It was rend, and after setting forth the letter of the Marshal of the King's Beach Prison to the Speaker, and the fact of the commitment of Lord Cochrane, under sentence of the Court of King's Bench, it proceeded to state that his Lordship had mole his escape from confinement between the sth and 10th of March, and was arrested in the House by Mr. Jones, the Marshal, and his officers, on the 21st instant. On entering the House his Lordship was informed that he could not be allowed to stay there until a return of his election were obtained from the Crown Office, which his Lordship sent for, end sat doe is upon the Privy Councillor's Bench, no other Member being at that time iu the House. The Report theti stated the return of his Lordship tar helve for the city of Westminster on the 16th of July last, awl the question for the Committee to decide whether the Marshal had been guilty of a breach of the privileges of the House in making the arrest of his Lordship under the acts set forth.— After deliberating upon a matter of such import atilt', upon which they regretted to say that there was no precedent in the books, but was entirely novel, they had concurred iu reporting, that uuder the particular circumstances it did not appear to the Committee that the privileges of Parliament land been violated sous to call for the interference of the House by any proceeding against the Marshal of the King's Bench. It was ordered that the Report should be printed. pons were to have aimed at each other's life, embraced EXI.:(STIONS ON FARMING STOCK. as brothers, and joined in universal shouts. In the Mr. LOCKHART rose, in pursuance of his midst of these greetings did Napoleon pass through notice, to move for leave to briog in a Bill to correct the whole of the Royal Army, and placing himself some practices which he was sure the House mould at its head, pursued his course to Paris. The popula a:,ree with him in believing were extremely injurious. They were these—when a Sheriff, under the existing tion of the villages flocked round him ; the inhabi. laws, took (arming stock in execution, he not alone t'auts of Paris ' informed of his approach, came out sold the live stock and utensils, but he also sold to meet him, and at the bead of two hundred thou the straw of corn which was not thrashed, the 1 . sand persons in the midst of enthusiastic acclama. gross ins crops, and t!'e manure. This proceeding it was hardly necessary to state was attended with tions, did he re-enter the capital, and seat himself in serious inconveniences, and required alteration. The the Palace of Kings. object of the Bill he intended to bring in, with the leave f the !louse, therefore would be, where i der leases nr written contracts, particular covenants , sere entele,l into for the application of manure, that Many curious anecdotes are told of his conduct during his triumphal journey to Paris, —for it wns rather a triumphal entry into his own capital, than the struggle of a dethroned Sovereign to grasp again at the sceptre whicithad been torn from his hand.— He held levees, he gave balls, he mixed in crowds, and constantly preceded his troops by several miles, in a carriage drawn bj eight horses, attended only by three or four °Ricers. When he leaped ashore on the French coast, he stood erect, and stamping his foot, ez med-- " Voila k Congress (know." manure prepared in pursuance of such covenant should not be removal; and further, that some of the buildings on the farm should be allowed to the purchasers of stock, for a reasonable time to thrash such wheat as they might buy, in order that the straw might be applied as required. The Hon. Gen tleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the sale of farming stock taken in execution.—Leave given. ADJOUR•IMENT OF Till }IOUSI. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to move that the House should then adjourn to 3londay se'nnight, a motion to which he apprehend. ed there would he no objection. Mr. W. WYNNE said, he should not give the lust opposition to this motion, although he could not help thinking that it would be inconvenient at so In changing horses at one of the posts, an English lady, in her way to Marseilles, came up in the oppo site direction to the post-house at the same time.— She did not know him, bat requested, as she was pressed for time, that he would permit her to have the first set of horses out—to which he answered, that the object of his journey was rather presiog too, but he must give way to a Lady ; and he waited with great patience till she set out. It was not until she met his advanced guard, as' they *ere called, though far behind himself, that she learned It was their Emperor, Bonaparte. critical a mome►►t as the present to adjourn for so long a period. His Majesty's Ministers were, how- - , ever, better acquainted with the circumstances to which he alluded than he was; and were, no doubt, satisfied that it was net likely any occasion would occur which would call for the assistance of the House. He acceded to the motion, entirely from his confidence that Ministers would not propose such an Adjournment if they were not [added of its _ . propriety. The House then adjourned to Monday seinuight. At the great Batt which he gate at Lyons, he or. dered that the families yssident there, of whatever - .f ...--_-~.,r---_.~l NARRATIVE OF THE ENTRANCE OF BONAPARTE INTO PARIS. On the 20th, Bonaparte reached Ind occupied Fontainbleau without the least opposition. He had at that time with him only 15,000 veteran troops, but other divisions were either fallowing him, or advancing to support his right and left flanks on pa rallel lines of march. Ney, whose corps is stated to have amounted to 30,000 men, had previously corn- , municated to the Court a declaration signed by the whole army under his command, both officers and privates, in which they stated, " that they respected loin too much to deceive him ; that they would not fight for. Louis the XVIIIth, and that they would shed all their blood for Napoleon the Great !" This declaration, which sufficiently explains the ap parent hesitation, inactivity, or want of skill of Ney, did not, however, entirely extinguish the hopes of the Bourbons. They still relied ou the good dispo sition and numbers of the troops at Melon, and blinded by the Addresses sent up from many garri sons and provinces, at the very moment of their de fection, still thought that their cause would be espoused by the nation as her own. As a measure of precaution, however, part of the King's .House hold was dispatched to secure the road to Calais, in case a retreat should prove necessary, and on the 19th occupied Amiens. Early on the morning of the 21st, preparations ! were made on both sides for the encounter which was expected to take place. The French army was I drawn up en etages on three lines, the inter vals and the flanks armed with batteries. The : centre occupied the Paris road. The ground from Fontainbleau to Melon is a continual declivity, us that on emerging from the forest you have a clear view of the country before yon, whilst, on the other hand, those below can easily descry whatever appears on the eminence. An awful silence, broken only at times by peals of martial music, intended to confirm the loyalty of the troops, by repeating the Royal airs of rive Henry Quatre, et La Belle Ga brielle, or by the voice of the Commanders and the march of divisions to their appointed ground, per. vaded the King's army. All was anxious expecta tion ; the Chiefs, conscious that a moment wouldde , cide the fate of the Bourbon dynasty, and the troops, I perhaps secretly awed at the thought of meeting in hostility the man whom they bed been accustomed to obey. On the side of Fontaiubleau no sound, as of an army rushing to battle, was heard. If the enemy was advancing, his troops evidently moved in silence. Perhaps his heart had failed him, and be had retreated during the night. 'lf so, France was saved and Europe free. At lengih.a light trampling of horses became audible. It approached :an open carriage, attended by a few hussars and dragoons, appeared on the skirts of the forest. It drove down the hills with the rapidity of lightning : it reached the advanced posts—" Long live the Emperor" burst from the astonished soldiery ! " Napoleon! Na poleon the Great !" spread from rank to rank ; for, bareheaded, Bertrand seated at his right, and Drouet at his left, Napoleon continued his course, now waving his hand, now opening his arms to the soldiers ; whom he called his friends, his companions in arms, whose honour, whose glo ries, whose country he now came to restore. All discipline was forgotten, disobeyed, and insulted ; the Commanders in Chief took flight; thousands rushed on his passage ; acclamations rent the sky.— At that moment his own guard descended the hill-- the Imperial March was played—the eagles were once more displayed, and those whose deadly wea- THE STATESMAN. TO CORRESPONDENTS. MRi is. Gatienbiargh Holland . Emace Goo* FalDAY.—ileaday at the Public Offices. • LONDON: liIRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1815. i, 4%._ --ra. nation, should be invited, and it was - crowded to excess. A person of rank,,,who had paid a visit of curio sity to the Exile at Elba, met aid' him again on the banks of the Rhone. Bonaparte there recognised him, accosted him with much friendly familiarity, and amused himself with the expressions of surprise of this person at meeting him in that situation. On finding he was going to Paris, Bonaparte recom mended to him, for his own personal convenience, to hasten his journey. CoMgo► SENSE, upon the Gore Bill, is intended for To- now IV w•. W. B. no the Restraints impmed on the Freedom of Speech and the Press, o all be given the earliest opportunity. Due THE STATESMAN. BONAPARTE is now seated more securely than rear on the Throne of France—France, now moo powerful and devoted to his will than ever. It seems, that although all Paris was eager to give him welcome, and his flag was floating harmlessly over the head of the last of the BOURDON Sovereigns of France, even before that unfortunate,Prince had left the Thuilleries, BONAPARTE, the true (Infra, for this will now be admitted, delayed his triumphal entry into the Ca. pital till Tuesday, the birth-day of his son. The enthusiasm displayed by all classes of the people in favour of the returned Emperor surpasses all de. seription. Nothing that was ever evinced by the people in favour of the man of their choke, even in the midst of his most brilliant victories, equalled his reception by the Parisians on this occasion. The very mEn who are dying from their own country to this acknowledge this fact, and say the delirium of popular joy approaehed to wildness. What a triumph to the human mind, uncreated by any thing connected with the proud claim of legiti macy !—We are at no loss to account for this popu larity, though our brother scribes, who are better feed for their literary labours, are sadly at a loss to account for it. It is really curious to see how the Government Papers of this morning have looked upon this event, and what fire and fury and smoky nonsense they have poured forth, with the view of stirring up this country to fight for the Bollitspite-- but we doubt not the minds of all the sensible part of our countrymen are as sick of such stuff as we are. Well may those men who hare so shamefully bun gled the mighty affairs entrusted to their management who have deceived the just and reasonable expecta tions of nations—who laid claim to • the honour of having driven the most formidable " enemy of the human race;" that ever wielded a sword or a sceptre, from his Throne and into banishment, and who marred the only part of the piece which fell, in fact, to their lot to perform,—well may these men cry out war—Bella, horrida hello !—" Arms and tho man," till the knowledge and the re collection of their errors and ridiculous conduct, would it were only ridiculous ! shall be lost in the confusion and the cry of war. BONAPARTE, at the head of the French Empire, by the call and the una nimous acclamation of the whole French people, as well as the army ; an army augmented by the release of at least not less than 300,000 prisoners, panting and calling to be led forth to battle to wipe off the disgrace brought on the French arms and the country by the cap ture of their capital, the seizure of their territory, and the imposition on them of a King by foreign Power —France renovated in her natural strength, and most unexpectedly and most impolitically enriched, almost beyond her wish, by the restoration of her colonies, and in a fairer way than ever to have " chips and commerce" besides, in spite of us, cer tainly presents a prospect every way calculated to confound her political enemies, and startle Great Britain and Europe. What an awful responsibility rests on those men who have been so hoodwinked as to tread the dance of vanity and trample upon human right, in defence of the expression of public opinion, and almost the power of fate to alter their decrees, whilst such tremendous events were taking place, whilst the human mind gave such tokens of resistance to their arbitrary will, and who would again plenge all Europe into war to replace a repudiated family on a throne to which they have very little other claim than that of inheritance or ligitimecy,as it is called. For, hewever, much those who can give no other proof of vigor or eompacity to manage public affairs, than by shooting out eternal war when thei► weakness is made apparent, may attempt to disguise the object; contended for ; it is for the Bounaoes, end the sons alone, with their family compacts and cries of the indefeasible rights of iigitimacy and old houses, that this country and Europe are to be again, if that is, and must really be the case, involved hi war. fare and desolation. And we call on the min try to keep this fact in mind. There never was a moment in which it was more desirable for England to avoid war than at the pre. oat. A war for such a purpose oust be use• •Arr less—yet the Statesmen of Watcher". are not yet tired of campaigning in Holland.—" The Duke of WELLINGTON," they exclaim, " will soon be in the Netherlands, and France will feel his vic:e. rious arm in the North, as she has already done in the South." Vain bluster. What is the Duke of WELLINGTON to fight for iu the Netheelands?.... England has no right to force a King up on France.—The dethronement of LOUIS the Eight eenth, and the recall of Bowes.AtorE by the free and spontaneous voice of the nation, do not fur. nish a legitimate cause of war against France.... Free and spontaneous we call it, for if ever man was called to power by the voice of a people it is DonaeARTE.--He entered a mighty em . pire, accompanied by a few followers—he tra. welled through it collecting the homages of the people—when lie came in the front of the great army declared to be in the interests of the legitimate Ki ng , he bared his breast to them, and bade them shoot him if they disliked him—they rent the tkies with acclamations of his name. The people of the Capit a l, although not so enthusiastic in their exoresioa the army, also gave him welcome. Could any King have ascended a Throne with a better title ? Who is the Monarque desires after this?—. If, then, no interests be compromised by his conduct than those of the person whom he has removed from the tbrowe, we repeat, that war may And ought to be yet avoided, and that it is only the future conduct of BONAPARTE, on his re-asceeding the throne, that can render it necessary or justifiable. They say he will not let the public effervescence is bis favour cool—he will dash into Belgic*, and what right have we to prevent France from being the neighbour of Holland? Belgian) never has beep, and never can be ours, nor can we keep it for say other Power if France opposes it.. We should bare made sure of this object before we restored the a. lorries. But, to our details. As the French Papers heveceesed to arrive., and to furnish the fatally deception nate. meats with which they have lately been filled, we have now to derive information throßgh other chaa nets. The following are the ADVICF.S RECEIVED THIS MORNING PROM THE COAST. BRIGIITON, MARCU 23.--Arrived this morning it Newhaven, the Eliza packet, with 33 passengers: the above vessel left Dieppe at sem last evening, it which time an embargo was expected hourly to take place; among the passengers by the Eliza was a General, who Awes sent clown from Paris, to take the command of the troops in that city ; but finding, on his arrival at that place, the troops inclined to favour BONAP UtTE, be immediately prepared for his departure. Before quitting the place, Officers ap pointed by BomAnacts-etrived, cud he experienced, tome difficulty to proceed to the coast. Also arrived this day, at ten o'clock, a French fishing-boat, bringing a Messenger from Loots, with dispatches, whom he left yesterday at Abbeville; he was accompanied by a Custom-house Officer, from Newhaven, in a chaise and four, and set of from this place in a similar conveyance, a little be fore twelve, for town. It was expected that Lints would embark from Dieppe in the course of the night ; but up to this time no tidings have reached us of his arrival. We understand that an embargo took place at Dieppe late last evening. A boat is now in sight, expected to be from the opposite coast, but will not be able to reach this before 19. o'clock. The *id blows strong from the south, therefore whatever 11. rives this night will be obliged to put into Newhaven. TWO O'CLOCK. Two Messengers are arrived with Dispatches to Government. The statements respecting Louts XVIII. are various and contradictory.--ilt h3s bee* asserted that his MAJESTY had arrived in this city. Another statement says, it is ascertained that be his gone to Lille, to which place he has imitell the Mem bers of the Diplomatic Body, accredited at his Court, to accompany him. The Corn 13111 received the Royal Assent yester day in the House of Lords. On the return of the SPEAKER to the House of Commons, we understand, in the recital of the Bills that had received the assents the Corn Bill was not mentioned ; the stranger. in the House of Commons hence concluded that the Corn Bill was not actually of the number. The omission, however, was merely cases!. On refer- ence to the PRINCE REGENT'. Answer to she City Address, it will be seen how Illusory were then. pectations of those who conceived that his Royal Highness nodld refuse to sanction that measure. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at Newhaven, dated 2.`:id March, 9, A. M.—" A lugV't has just arrived from Dieppe, with a Allessenzer with dispatches from the King of Faxmca (who was near Ahbeville on Tuesday.). to the NIUE ltxoryrr.-- BONAPARTE entered foals on Monday without r e.,io. ance. The Eliza, I.lmo, is also arrived with 40 passengers, amongst them ore the Duchess of C* Tarts, Lady BA RRYMO RE, Duke D'iERENT, Sir W. A. CowNiNauxxs, a Colonel of the French Ar tillery, &c. &c." BONAPARTE, has said, his reason for proceeding un accompanied by troops—and always ungttaidod, was —that as Louts XVIII. had been called Louis le Deeir4, he was determined to make it knout' uhirh of the two was the real delir—or, as an Eng:l , llloas iconic; say, which the true Abel Prugger. We understand twenty battalions from Catiadi, end Ore from Nova Scotia, have been ordered to te• turn to this country with the least possible tlola Colonial produce has lowered 20 per root. since Wednesday, iu consequence of the Unfavouthhir USWI. . ~., mh ,dm rim! anti re I'd Iry