The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-04-05 00:00:00

`l~ E _ • King ; we may, therefore, shortly expect important ohce, in particular, profusely milnificent to one of events• the parties treating (Prussia) none can deny, who Goss, MARCH 27.--The day before yesterday, hate watched the progress of the war during his Con -700 French cavalry and infantry, suddenly entered suiship, and the two years following it. The remi- Hulst, and after a short stay, retreated, taking with niscedce of those transactions, and the reflections to them 10,000 franks in money, and the receivers, which they gave rise, no doubt have indisposed the Mr. LP Roy and Mr. Carten. man of so suddenly-changed a fortune, to change as The places where, except a few Cossacks, there soddenly his high expectations to humble conditions. are ,one of the allied troops, are constantly exposed • Again, there can be no doubt but that he has been to these sallies from Aotwerp. • made acquainted with what has been done by this P. S.—Unpleasant news is just arrived. Hoist, country, we do not say by the Government of this and the whole line of the Waas are again in the country, for re-establishing the BOVITRONS on his hnnds of the French; and the Mayor of ilulst, who Throne. These proceedings, which, by the assuming is now here, is summoned to return. Oe the other conduct of the Ministerial Prints, we hope, In this aide a eniumn of 1500 inert .from Lille is said to have instance we may say of the hireling Prints, for we entered Ghent. The English and Russiin officers should be sorry that what they say on this topic, here are all in motion. ! could be imputed to the Ministry, as the whole Yesterday we received the following from Lier, country would be thereby degraded. We had, but kept it back in expectation of further particu- therefore, rather that the advocacy of the cause tart: of the unfortunate exiled family, were the work gg We are this moment informed, that Gen. Mai son, with 15,000 men from Lille, has occupied Ghent, awl that he has already dispatched a large corps to reinforce the garrison of Antwerp, which mist hare arrired there yesterday. This manoeuvre opens the communication with the capital of Flanders of self-interest in the press, or sympathy in some of the people, than that it was taken up on the one . hand by the Cabinet, while one of its deputed Mem bers was treating with the very personage in the name of England, whose force it was, at the same time, intended should be directed to dethrone him. and Antwerp; and the enemy can operate at plea. sure, and alternately threaten Brabant and Flanders, as long as the Swedes who are at Liege, or the corps, of Walmoden, do not approach nearer. It is yet to be seen which of the two preceding statements of Gen. Maison's force, is true; 1500 men seems too few, and 15,000 more than he can have with him. A lateral movement of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar from Mons, is _enough to cut off the French General from his own.frontiers, while the English reinforce ments, end the situation of our own army, will threaten him in front, instead of giving him time to threaten other parts of Belgium." The very suspicion of getting up such an underplot, while a seeming regular piece of an opposite tendency was exhibiting to the world, may easily be supposed to inflame the naturally irascible mind of Mims!.EON and hasten the catastrophe of the political drama.—. What all this may produce upon the theatre of Eel. rope, where every weapon (not a foil) will be .wield ed with a mixture of fury and vengeance, no man ' can say, and at which we should hope every mind must shudder. We shall .be in/patient to hear what the Noble Lord, who has actet! so conspicuous a part in the whole has to say. Without hira the rest of the Mi nistry may still fill their places, but they perform their offices v: , ry little to the public satisfaction.— Lord LIVERPOOL senms as though he should lose his energy, it ur at least our Ally, does not march to Paris ; anal for our CIIANCELLott of the ExcuE even, he puts Ua in mind of GeouGE Lord LYTTEL• TON, who, though an honest man, could scarcely count the money in his pocket : he was, neverthe less in the office of the Right Honourable Gentleman of whom we are speakiue. • It will be seen by the proceedings in Parliament ' yesterday, that the public curiosity on the subject of the rupture of the Negociations for Peace, cannot be allayed for perhaps a fortnight to come. A con siderable portion of anxiety is, however, taken coif the minds of many of the best friends of the country, from the declaration the respective Ministers, of .both Ilenies, made as to the full agreement arnongst all tbeAtiles, with respect to the terms ofered to, and elm cause.° f difference with, the enemy therein,which led to the diplomatic rupture. Of the reasonable • nen, and •atoreasonablettess of one and the other part s the world is not as yet able to judge, till the circumstances and causes of this its dig appointment be known in detail: and w should suppose, that each party will be desirous of making its appeal to the opinion of mankind on this occasion s so interesting and so afflicting to humanity. As fat as informatiors, or rather as intimation, has gone al.' ready, there is nothing which we, as friends, always sincere friends to the peace, as well as to the pros.. petity of the country, can find fault with ; and, although we hay: always thought that the surest road to the prosperity of England is through the ways of peace, yet we do not hesitate to say, that the de mands of the enemy may make it wise in the Go vernment to prolong the certain miseries of a war in the pursuit of au honourable and safe peace.— There is a maxim, however, iti the Courts of Justice not to be forgotten, 64 Audi alteram partens," we therefore wait to hear both sides the question (though One side be even our enemy) before we fully acquit our Ministers of a want of due sensibility to' the sufferings of, those who derive no partial advantage from war, but are every day straitened in their cir cumstances, and abridged in their comforts, by its continuance—and in this number we may fairly in clude three-fourths of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom. In the interim anti absence of a communication of real facts, it may not by our Readers be thought impertinent that we otter our conjectures as to what may have most esssentially led to this gloomy change from the bright prospect of pehce. We may well say bright prospect, for never was it realised to the country without benefiting and enriching its inhabl. tants. The war with America, which half ruined Great Britain, by diminishing its fortune in that pro. portion (the funds in the course of it fell one hair in value), hostilities were no sooner terminated, though at the expence of losing thirteen valuable colonies, than those funds rose again almost to par, not withstanding they were clogged with a debt of more than three hundred millions l!! If these undeniable facts do not show the war-loving faction the pre ference of peace over war, we do not know what will : and if Ministers are not thereby led to con template the weight of the responsibility upon their Treads in again relying on the sword for disengaging the diplomatic knot, they are lost to all feeling.— The first circumstance, then, which presents itself to our imagination, as the cause of the separation of the Negociators is, the probable departure ' of the letter of the terms from the spirit of tke Declara tion of the Allies, as issued at Frankfort, the 21st December—the liberality of which seemed to at tract the admiration and commendation of all Eu rope. Now, upon any signal deviation from the gene sous tendency of that public appeal and declaration, BoNAPARTE would he likely to feel much hurt, as he would recollect that to three out of the four Powers with which he was treating, he had aforetime, and to two, more than once, shown that magnanimity' as a conqueror, which he expected from those, by whom, le his taro s he had been overcome. That he was. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Adoti- I rally, from Adniiial PENROSE, as we slightly no. tired. They were brought by Capt. Cor., itrs, dated rth • 28u ult. from the Gironde (the name of the Bourdeaux river after the junction of the Garonne with the Dordogne, 12 miles below the 'owe). Tim Ad miml entered the river in the Eg moot, accompanied t 4 by several smaller ships, where he /k * 4 iovoral batteries, as far hs he had prOc7M, and rvis etpect. ed to take possession of the 114. g adiss, a }Tench. man or war. It is reported that the inhabitants on both banks manifested great joy at the progress of tbe Bourbon standard, awl that the counter-resole . tianary enthusiasm had extended to Nantes. The WEST LONDON LANCASTERIAN Meeting, held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, was most nu meronsly and respectably attended, not only, by its former friends and patrons, but by wrest no 'ink. of Ladies and Gentlemen who • had net pre; ously given it their support. The worthy Members for Westminster, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and Lord COCHRANE, came forward in a very liberal manner to support this Establishment; and the candid avowal of the former, in having entered the room somewhat prejudiced against the utility of educating the poor, and afterwards admitting a full conviction of ,his error, must prove highly beneficial to the under taking. The liberal subscriptions of Lord Coca- Rove and Sir FitANCIS 113CRDETT, the former of which being nearly 10001. in prize money, and the latter 10001. in the Three per Cent. Consols, will prove very acceptable to the Fund, and we under stasid a considerable sum was subscribed by the com pany present. STATESMAN OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. We understand that French Papers have been re ceived to the Ist, and Letters from Paris one day later, which are said to contain the important intelli gence of the EMPILESS and King of Rows ha►ing quit. ted Paris, in consequence of the near approach to the capital of Marshal BLUCHIR. We cannot vouch for the truth of this report, but have reason to believe' that a letter has been received in town this morning conveying such information. It will be seen by our... Stock List, that the Funds have advanced to-day. Yesterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL had a long in terview with the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House. We have advice' from St. Jean de Luz of the 22d, and from Passages of the 23d ult. The army before Bayonne was said to be 40,000 strong, and the siege was immediately to be commenced with great vi gour. The Horatio frigate, Captain Daunt, will sail immediately for Newfoundland, with General CAMP.. NELL and family on board. The Commander-in-Chief has ordered that the Vo lunteers for the Ordnance, as Sappers and Miners, should be confined to the regiments of militia belong ing to Devon and Cornwall, and the counties in Wales. BREAD.—The Lone-MAYOR, having inspected the Mea!weighers' returns, ordered the price of Bread to fall one assize and a half in the peck loaf ; or three farthings place ou Thum', -',•;• .. - 114P4L INTRLLIGENGE. • : ng•L, inn 4.—Sailed tbismornitig the whole of the outs ward..bousid East Laliamen. and sevens ctl:er shiv. viz :. •trius-ports.t.tasters, soil rollers, under convoy of the Bermuda sloop of ear and Folke,ione lugger, for Portsmouth. Punirsaterru. Aran, 4.—Arrived his Aloie-ty% ihip Ty ibis from Plyinotith.—Sailen hi, Xijesty's *Nos Ceylon. Pene lope, Spencer; Donn and Ahoonsuce store-ships from Si. He len's, with I detachment of marines And oiler troops for Cana da ; hist Majesty's ship Freya in the esstward ; Resolution ant Protector for Cook ; Conflict ion a croke ; and the Camel for Pl. moutli.—Weat out of_lrubour his hlnjelly's ships Barone, Redwing, and Cyanne.—H . Majesty's ship Tvrian gives in sirto Voris to the ships booted to Passages, and will take them as Gtr as Plyassouth. '- FALMOUTH, ANVIL 2,—Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet, Wit Iva Ma from Lisbon, in six days.—Also arrived several other ships, bat It .has blown so fresh that few boars have been able. logo or come to them.— BIGHT O'CLOCK P. M. Arrived the Martial gun-brig, with dispatches, from Bourdleau iu five days. Dov Es. Aram Majesty's sloop 'ewer dos snowsuit hod n btuAh with two of the enemy's prtosov, of the Ihrgest class, which were proceeding frog Boulogne so Havre, with stun and shells. The pin:lois ►ept close un.ler the ,batteries, which fired b►iskly upon the Briseis, notwithstand ing which the compelled ►broil to take shelter tie running into Calais. A fiAling boat in company with them bail her bowoinit b hint 51Will the 4.—Arrived his hllijesty's cotter King Groigr, flans liolanti. Cows, APRIL 4, Two o'CLocx.—The Flyrriln frigate, with a colivo transports, having no WWI d t:ie Marquis if Huck ia4hlnt's, Sir W. W. Wynne's, and Col. Ba3ley's cegi wenn, of (Willie:, is groilt o t un.ler weigh. ?Hr. DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG. Yesterday morning, soot after eleven o'clock, her Imperial Highness the Duchess of Oenesteuaist, with .her attendants, conducted by General Tv RN Ea, her Chamberlain,. left her residence in Piccadilly in two of the PRINCE Rerierev's carriages, and proceed ed to St. Paul's Cathedral, where her Imperial Highness was received by the Bishop of Iv:cow; as Dean of the Cathedral; in his robes, attended by the Vergers with their silver staves, &c. belonging to the Cathedral, who conducted the• Grand Duchess over the body of the Cathedral, from which they proceeded, with torches and a, lanthorn, to the church under the Cathedral. They then ascended, and after viewing the choir, the monuments, and trophies of victories, they proceeded . to ascend 'the staircase to see the different curiosities. Her Im perial Highness made a considerable stay at the west end of the first gallery, which has the best view of the whole building, and where her Imperial High ness had a long conversation with the Bishop of 'Ascot.; making appropriate enquiries. The Grand Duchess proceeded from thence to the Whig. pering Gallery, where she expressed her curiosity sufficiently gratified, and from fatigue declined ascending higher to view the other curiosites. They descended to the body of the cathedral, and retired to the vestry, where the Royal Duchess partook of some refreshment. She was in continual conversa tion with the Bishop of Ltecor.m, and appeared highly gratified with the building. The Bishop conducted her to her carriage, nud showed her every possible attention and respect. A large concourse of people were assembled on the occasion, who, althoagh extremely eager to view her person, behaved with the greatest decorum and regularity. The Grand Duchess left St. Paul's ex ectlit at one o'clock, and proceeded to the Tower of Lestlidespi hesmebnipeop6 , -Offieeri were in readiness to receive her Imperial Highness, by command of the s PEarNT. She was received with military honours by the regiment on dity theilt;itild was con ducted over the estabiislinteet. On their quitting it, the sun proving remarkably powerful, the-top of the royal carriage was thrown open, anti the Royal Duchess returned through London in the open car riage. She proceeded to the Panorama, in Leicester square, at which exhibition she expressed herself ex tremely gratified, and returned to the Pulteney 1 Hotel soon after five o'clock. . The Earl of favaaPoor. will give a grand enter tainmeat to her imperial Highness, this day, at Fife- Rouse. The Royal Duchess had a select party to dinner in the evening at her Hotel, which was served up id the most splendid and magnificent style. The following is given in the Ministerial Journals as the substance of BONAPARTE'S demands : 44 I. He DEMANDED ITALY, int•isting that 14.:UGENE BEAUHAUNOIS should be King. In Oil demand of Italy Venice was included : so that lie wa more ex orbitant in his terms than he was when the Treaty of Loneville was concluded, by which Venice was ceded to Austria. " 2. He DEMANDED the LINE of the The Netherlands, therefore, to remain annexed: to France, and he to continue Master of Antwerp and the Scheldt. " He did not demand that Holland should be re stored to him: bet he did demand what would have made the independence of that country merely no. minal—he Amended Nitneguen, and part of the line of the-Weal. 44 4. Besides the demands we have just stated, he demanded provisions or indemnities for different mem bers of his family who would be dispossessed of ter ritosies or titles. Thus an indemnity for JOSEPU BONAPARTE for the loss of his Kingdom of Spain; an indemnity for JEROME BONAPARTE, for the loss of his Kingdom of Westphalia ; for NAPOLEON Louis, Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves ; for EUGENE BEAUGARNOIE, for the sacrifice of his claim to the Grand Duchy of Frankfort, upon the demise of CHARLES D'ALBERT, Archbishop and Grand Duke of Frankfort. The nature of these indemnities and pro- visions we are as yet unacquainted with. . 44 Such, .we *reassured, was the substance of his demand or projel. The Plenipotentiaries of the Allies .had in the commencement of the nerciation delivered their raja, which went to reduce France to her an cient* limits , including, besides, a cession pro tem ' pore of some fortresses now in the possession of France. How much time was occupied in the dis custion of this projet we know not; but at length BONAPARTE was required to deliver a categorical answer to it by a certain day, the 10th or 12th of March. When the time fixed had expired, he de livered his prqief, containing the demands we have mentioned. And what is perfectly new in the his tory of diplomatic transactions, where parties pro ceed upon the desire of agreement and accommoda , tion, BosAra&re did net require any , answer, or offer to consider and mutually concede disputed but ordered his Minister back to his WEST LoNpos 4.41 - AtddSrvii.ittf 48SOCIA1 lON, • Yesterday *fry 'fiumerotis Meeting tlas 614 at Freemasons' tavern of the eriends of Universal Education, for the purpose of raising a fund for then establishment of Schools for the instruction of children of the lover classes of the community iti the district west of Temple-Bar. Sir JAtnes Mackinti,sh took the Chair at one o'clock, and was supported on his right by the Duke of Sussex, Mr. Whitbread, Lord Cochrane., and Mr. Home ; and 'in his left by Earl Stanhope, Bart Dtruley, ,Sir Francis Bur dett, and Mr. Western. The flail aas much crowded, particularly by females of high distinction —among whom we noticed the Marchioness of Lans down, Lady Elisabeth Whitbread, and Madame de Steel. The business of the day was opened by redding two letters. The first was from the Duchess of 81- denburg, stating the regret of her Imperial High • s at her not being able to fulfil her intention of atteirs ing the Meeting; and the second from Mr. Brougham, inclosing a draft for 501. and stating his reasons for supporting the Association. The subsequent Report from the Conimiltee op , pointed to make previous enquiries wftS also read. The Committee appointed at a General Meeting of the Vest London Lancaster inn Association to carry, into effect the object of the Association, Report, that they mace commenced their labour* by endeavouring to ascertain the number of unit* cated children in the extensive - district to whicb thw AssOciation propose to give the opportunity of in.+ a:ruction. • The bound's which this Association has prescriha4 to itself, includes the whole of .the western part u( the metropolis, from the City of London to tto - Parks, and between the Thames and the New Tioll4 —a very small part only of this district have .nex been able to visit; but it has afforded them ample reason, to congratulate this Meeting, teat the parents of the objects of their cousideration ore alive to•the benefits and comforts to be derived from education; • which from the limited modes of communicating striction heretofore in ti,e, they have Irad no 0p.., portonity themselves of enjoying, but most anxiously desire, and hi,pe to be able to obtain for their chit, dren, throttgli the assistance of this Asaoctation.—. The district comprised between Broad-street, toomsa I:ury, and the Strand, and bounded by St. &tubes* lane and Drury.lanei has been carefully and &It, gentl) examined ; thegrentest part visited.: hose by house, and much of it room by room, and the Cum. mittee have found 3.076 children, of both sexes, of au age capable cf receiving instruction,, but without any adequate means by which it can be imparted ti them. On the most moderate calculation the metro• polis, west of Ti mple-Har, contains at least 30,000 children without the means of education. it is not only merely that many of them are too poor to pry" cure instruction, but that the present establishmet are also lamentably inadequate to the numbers and that the mode of conveying it is inadequate to the object. Fears are wasted in attaining that which need only be the work of months. By that system, which Las received the sacctioo of the greatest and most il lustrious benefactors of mankind in these kingdoms, and has been for some time ptst practised with the most extraordinary success in various parts of the country, and in every part of the metropolis except this district, a thousand children can be taught with more faCility,. in less time, and with little more ex. pence thaisla hundred by coy ftirmar• method. But it requires to be set on foot. The effects of educe. lion are, government of the passions,. destruction of prejudices, and removal of ignorance. The new system too, promotes industry, and combines with it amusement and emulation. None are idle ; "one can evade their lesson; ; but none are compelled to learn by terror or by torture. All are excited by ap• probation and encouragement. Boys are not to be drubbed into dunces, but elevated into 'men. Edu : . cation readers them better servants, and bette as ters, and better members of society. Thia m, 4c , which may be truly called " The British Sorfere ' " is calculated to preserve the eminence of Britain,-sut4 •-' to render it as illustrious an example of civil society as it no is of naval and military glory. To effect this the: Committee appeal to this assem bly—they are confident the appeal is not in vain.— They are persuaded that :his assembly will not, after this day, sutler it to be said, that ti,is district of the metropolis,, the seat of Government, of .the .Coqrts -of Justice, and at the Parliament; the residence of • the Court and of the Nobility ; and the cradle of the carts; has . no adequate 'establishment to ameliorate, ' by , - educition,. the condition of its youth. It will I net sitter itself any inept() be eclipsed by the in ; habitants of Spituifielkti.:Und Ifolywell Mount ; of St. George's-fields and Whitechapel. It will lend ( its aid to perpetuate the glory of the British name. I The frum required is neither immense nor need be .perpetually renewed.- The school-rooms, once erected, the establishment nil! nearly maintain itself. The Committee are convinced that it is mote com. patible with the independence of the English character, and will be more werally acceptable, if means are provide& to &PO an effectual education at a cheap rate , rather than to_ offer it for nott ing. And they are far from wishing to discourage this honest pride of, honest industry. It is provided, that every bubseriber, to the; amount of ss. in a year, shell be a Member of this Association. And as it is a fon& moetal rule of the Association, that of religious books,• " the Bible alone, without gloss nvcommeot, writ tee Or vokett," will be rend. The st•hools are open to children of 1 • every religious persuasion. Their minds impressed with those sentiments in the Holy Scriptures Which inculcate obedience to parents, faithfulness to' ete. ployers, and the fear of God, will render them use ful to their country, -and their existence a htessiog to themselves. The hopes and expectations of the Com mittee depend on the liberality of this Assern'oly.--- . The* are prepared to carry into effect the measures they haie planned for the attainment of the object depicted, when provided with tbsi,necossiry funds. For this purpose, donation's and sUbscriptions aro respectfully requested, and books are now opened to receive them. A system of check and contreet over (he receipt and expenditure Ms beets adopted Committee liich thr • - I it, s in the goartero, which will tate points, but it once ordered bii Minister back to his 'Committee which prevents the ruisapplica:ion of its ly next. pres ence ." 'funds. ..; ca /V 11'74.4 J • • • • F - N ,' - ~' r~;a ^~,