The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-12-22 00:00:00

ti.llVgl . ~~ K q4~ - • ' Mai N. • Owe 0 1 Malta ..... •.. .• . 1 Holland . 1 ratcr.Ar. 4 rrocts ?nit 3 per Go,i. Red: 66 •q Or ,• 4 per Oasts. 811.. . b per Can. NixS. DAT AT OHM O'CLOCK , • Lome. Aim. 161 3-16 India Bonds 13 p Exchequer Hills 4 p onsnium 41. CeMP4. far 664,.. THE STATESMAN. , Losporf: TAURSDAY, DYCZNI Br* W I 1114. • -0 • t • 41"41L INTELLIGENCE. Mat; Dec. 21—Came dont' from the Myer. the 34,14. ampton, Tweet, (or New South Wales, and sailed "kb " I whole of the oujward-botead, for Portsmouth. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 2‘).—Cat the Sets), Ferry, m eth Motor.'; red the Sul!), James, from Modals. • LYOOTR, Dic. 19.—The fleet, for the last 21 hsmaj oi Cede with perfect safety, and Title rlettr otrach o o,„ . Poartuottrli, Dac. 21.—Arrived from the DOllll, 11 ‘; • jetty's ships Phoenix, Yewai, wad Swaammtere..goliv Maje6tb"s ships Calypso and Daphne, for Kith a Beet for Cost ; Fervent, with about affec t ' N i l iota the Weft India fleet at. k'alaanuth ; Archer, for N oah America ; and the hicnarcb transport, fur Plymouth .- ji, Ma jesty'i ship Niobe, Commodore pa els, got usielet weigh 04 kr. tcrnaoa, but has brought to, and id; sell agai n L i,k eweviee at day-light to-morrow momistr...' • . RAMSGATE, *DE,. lif , the ships that patio h ere for bltelter have proceeded Its ses;'austAiie remainder isig uti flirt tide. • z Coax, Dic, 16.—Sailed Lis aigst strips Timm tai. dyce, and Pfilittip, on a cruise. • Coax, DSc. 113.—Only one Ali (a b►ig) arrhed : y blowing a gale; and r o host can board her. - . E STATESMAN: [FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.] VIENNA, DEC. B.—Amongst the Notes which have been presented to the Congress, has been remarked, that of M. le Count de Bentink, Sovereign of Knip- Itausen, Varel, Dorworth, Rhoon, and Pendrecht— , the same person who had been persecuted for several years by the express order of Bonaparte—dragged from prison to prison : he owed his life to a chain of, circumstances the most strange. Count de Bentink has complained to the Allied Sovereigns of the proceed• ings of the reigning Prince of Oldenburg, who has per mitted an administrative commission to beestablished on the property of Count de Bentink, which is situated iu the Duchy of Oldenburg, under pretence that the property had been pat under seqeestration by the French Government. Count de Bentink protests against these measures, and solicits the protection of the Sovereigns of Europe at the Congress, to put an end to a state of things so prejudicial to his in terests. French Papers to the 20th, together with these of the previous days that were in arrear, and Dutch and German to the 18th, have arrived. Though the ac. counts from Vienna are to the 11th, the expected official publication of the principal arrangements had • not been made, and the usual mystery was clouding the • 'political deliberations. The report that Congress had completed its lahours and' would break up before the' middle of this month, appears to ha ve been s p readl for the purpose of raising the course of Exchange.— • The Newspaper called the Chronicle of the Congress, which was instituted for venal purposes, and has been pretending to be deep .jii the secrets of the di. i plomatists, has proved itself to be as ignorant of 1 the real nature of the proceedings as any of the' . Journals in this country, and the French Editors i and t heir numerous correspondents Seem as little ac. quainted with the real state of affairs. The mak). i T it ) of the reports in circulation are favourable to Peace,but appearances continue to warrant but little such en anticipation. On one hand, It is asserted that the Congress has nearly completed the important work upon which it has been engaged ; that the So :...arereigns prolong their stay at the Austrian capital only fill New Year's-day, that they may begin the new year with the turning over of a new leaf; and that previous to their departure a Grand Fete, • grander than any that has yet been given—grander than even our REGENT'S immortal celebration, is ex pectic! to be given. It is to be called the" Festival . of Peace ;" and ,will take place on the day after the signing of the Manifesto, which wilt contain the principal articles decreed by the Monarchs, intended to serve as the Micas of the articles which will re. . twin to be discussed amongst the Ministers. It hi added, there is another cause for the delay of the Monarchs, namely, their having come to the resell*. tion of inviting the King of SAXONY to their banquet, and of giving his Saxon ,Majesty, at the feast, at least a part of his dominions back.— On the other hand, it is said the obstinacy of the contending pretensions made prevents the advance ment of the negotiations, which are absolutely at a stand, and is the real cause of the stay of the Sove reigns at the seat of deliberation. Certaiuly if there are no insurmountable obstacles in the way, and that spirit of accommodation prevails generally among the negotiating Powers that has been represented as influencing every part of their conduct, it is rather strange that a satisfactory termination has not been • given to their arrangements befare now ; cousiderhig • also that the principals are upon thy spot, and such of the Minilters of the CoUrts concerped, as may be sapposed to have the power of acting of themselves without the delays incident to repeated and protracting references. When we add to this presumptive evidence that things are not settled ; when we hear that Prussia will not desist from her claims on Saxony ; that Prince REPNIN'S order for- I bidding the Salon clergy to pray for their lawful King, [moat 711e-btrtat Units.] i has not been recalled; that Russia is de t er mined, if 1 Swerzentawi; Dec. 6.—Joseph Bonaparte has . I she cannot get the whole of Poland, to keep, per ; been again, for .several weeks past, at the estate of) force, the Grand . Duchy of Y u en i ; that numerous! Pranging, which he has purchised in the Casten of ar mies are assembling on the frootiers of Gatlicia, the Vallais. What was lately motioned in the and a powerful Austrian army is arraying itself on Hamburgh Correspondent, concerning some expres. the borders of Saxony ; that Mr. STRATFORD CAN - sions said to have been used by the Count d'Artois mato, oar Envoy in Switzerland, has directed the to the Deputies of the Vallais, who waited on him at Swiss regiments that were in our pay and about to I Lyons, is quite esaggeiated. Monsieur said to these I be disbanded, to be kept up as in service ; and that I Deputies only a few very gentle words, concerning the re Mary demonstrations on .the part of France the importauce of carefully watching over foreigners are continued, and Bottar taxes most celebeated residing in the frontier Cantons. One of the attend. Generals, A UGEREAD, Vicron, DIMONT, i&c. apts of his Highness did really, in private conreisa are appointed Governors of military district, ; tion, afterwards interpret these words as hinting at when we remark all this hostile and unpromising; the late King of Spain. The Government of the appearance, we repeat that the apprehension of a Conton of Vallais, hereupon caused him to be re . renewal of war is by no means unnatural, and we ' qiPasted be abridge his stay ; bat he had already been shnare in the fears expressed, that the result of thelinfoixned of an unfounded suspicion that had been deliberations of the Congress will fail to be generally' ealsedw ; gainst him, and to do it away sent a confi beneficial and happy for Europe. It is evident that dential arson to Paris. It does not appear that any Lord CASTLEREAGH deems it necessary to have some thing fa r thest has since occurred. advice from home. The dispatches from his Lord- In Sazonylt is generaUy believed, that there is ship have occasioned several close meetings of the reason to hope Oat Frederick Augustus will recover Cabinet Mitiisters, and the effort to expedite the his dominions, which is the wish of all true Saxons. full sense of the Cabinet, and the commands of his The prayers for Asa King of Saxony are, indeed, Royal flightless the PRINCI REGENT, in reply, still omitted in the Churches, according to the order prove their importance. When such momentous and given by Prince Regalia % bat contrary orders are ex important subjects as Ministers have within these petted. -• • few days been deliberating upon are to be decided :1 The Chronicle of 'lke Cmgrese pretends that the peace or war with America, on Monday, and the new report at Vienna, thee , the Congress has coat: fate of kingdoms and tranquillity of the European pleted its labours, and that it will break up before Continent on Tuesday, what may be the copse-' the middle of December, is considered. by well-in. quences of Parliament not having an opportunity of formed persons as a report purporely spread to raise' giving to the Executive Branches of the Legislature the course of exchange. i the benefits of its advice ! Perhaps the peace and DEC. B. The Swiss regiments in Eg4ish !'lay, which interests of the world have been decided by some are indeed not authorised by any Couvenon with talf dozen individuals, as moat of the Members of the . Swiss . Governments, will be soon dissolycil. On . the Council had left town for the holidays. the other hand, the Swiss Papers contain an war 'She Coronation of the King of FRANCE, it is tisemeut from Mr. Addington, the F. , iglisll Minister s . . . Holland and Switzerland will be invited to accede to the German Confederation, in forming, perhaps, two new circles. It is said, that an insurrection has for some time broken out in Servla, and that all who are capable of bearing arms have come forward in several districts, and have fallen upon the Turks, who have received some re-iuforcements. The struggle it is believed will be very bloody. ' Dec. 2.—The news of the departure of General Koller for Italy was premature—he is still here,walt ing for fresh Instructions. NOTE.—Some French Journals had already err nounced, that he had arrived at the Isle of Elba. PORTO.TERRAJO, DEC. 3.—On the Ist of this month, a corvette, of 26 gulls, bearing the Spanish flag, presented itself before our port, and showed an intention of entering. The Captain commanding the port, repaired on board. Count Dronet afterwards went in the state..barge to the corvette, and received from her two persons of dignity, the one in an epis copal, and the other in a military habit ; after which the barge returned. These two Envoys were imme diately admitted to a conference with Napoleon, which lasted several hours. The 2d of December being a day of festival in the island, they alone dined with Napoleon. They were accommodated with apartments in the house of Marshal Bertrand. It is said their departure will take place In a * few days. It was remarked, that in the conversation, with Napoleon, they gave him the title of Benet lence. ' We are ignorant of the object of their mission - ; but, it is conjectured, that it relates to the Prince of Peace, who, having obtained permission to establish himself in the island, caused to be purchased for him a house at Porto-Lougona, wkere he is expected in the mouth of January. - The Court of Spain it ap. t,... pears, his interfered in this affair. The works which have been undertaken in the en virons of our city, intended for the residence of ostr Sovereign, have been suspedeed.- _ \ *4:4. of Charge d'A.ffal that' in co eerier! of said, will take place at Rheims, in the month feff; stating, nem June. 1,, 9 p orders from Mr. Stratford Canning, hell' to declare e s j o ss, 1 0, . 41 , : t, joi . ... . A Bressels artl4e fir the listiii tapers 7isierts, that to 111 whom it may concern, tint titer - Officers nod, Ike Sovereign Prnce : or - the Netherlands has been roidiers formerly belonging to the Swiss v'egiinenis in proclaimed Kin; of BELGIUM, at the C on g ress Re! Enelisk pay, who were distnissedin 1801,, and have , Vienna; and another article, under the same head, I enjoyed a pension from his Britannic Majesty, are asserts; that the boundary line, as f ar as r egards ;by an order of the Secretary at War , restored to Belgium, will be extended to the Mos ell e and the ~their righta,, and are to'continge to enjoy their pen - Rhine. 1 sions as heretofore; the Resolution for suspending The account of the departure of Gen. Kor.tte for , the payment from May, 1815, beingietoked. Elba. it seems, is prematdre: It is, however, flattened ! PRAGUE, Dec. 6.—here too it is said that the that he is waiting for instructions. ; Congress is ended, and that the publication of the. ----- I, Peace will take place on the 113/11. The departure 1, of the Monarchs is said to be deferred, because a ; courier is gone to invite the King of Saxony to , I Vienna. This Sovereign is expected' In tidreity ,with his consort and daughter, who will tiOtit re maid here while the King goes to Vienna. [mom AN AUTHENTIC SOURCE.) , VIENNA, DEC. 2.—Many German and Foreign / Papers, frequently quoting articles from the Chroni icle of the Congress, it may not be indifferent to you. and to the public to learn from a good and authentic source (the credibility of which,-as you ktrow the writer of this letter, you cannot doubt), how far that Journal is worthy of credit. A passage in the Chro nicle, quoted in Number 329 of the Universal Ga- ' :elle, runs thus—" When the secret history of the negotiations at Vienna shall one day be known, lit it be remembered, whether the following short sketch of them, till the beginning of November, was a vision, or a right combination of the circumstances that were observed.", Auswer—When the history (I do not say the secret history) of the Vienna Congress shall be published, then it will be evident, that all that the Author of the Chronicle published under the name of Sketches, or Explanations, was absolutely without foundation ; and that of the Aneodotea contained in ' his Journal, scarcely one in a 'hundred was true. Of this you may boldly assure your readers with out' any fear of saying too much. As the time is not yet come to justify this assertion, I shall content myself with showing, by a .singloox i emple, how it is with the. Correspondents and other sources of the Chronicle. In the same article, which begins with that high-sounding introduction, is this, passage--" Thq Note of Count Noailles, whatever may be pretended to the contrary, was rather impos ing." Who would not believe that the man who speaks with such confidence, must at least have some authentic information on the subject of which he speaks ? and yet it is certain that this Note of Count i Noodles never had any existence.—AL ono' disce omnes, 4'c. , VIENNA, Dec. 4.—The Sittings of the Ministers at the Congress ire neatly ended. After they are terminated the Monarchs themselves will have some meetings, to have the contents:of all the deliberations laid before them, and are to give them their sanction. This time nobody will have to complain of the in fluence of France. The circumstance that it soon led into action its diplomatic reserve, in the persou of Vount / Noanies, seems to show; that the first, se amid, and 'third lines, under Talleyrand, Latour du PIRA And. Wirth were hard put to it to keep their ground. .... . •., "AL . . Yesterday 'Ministers were again occupied wit% dispatches brought by Mr. KAYE from bed C ain , REAGII, at Vienna, on 'l'uesday ; there wa s tareget to collect the whole of the Cabinet, nor en* PRINCE RECENT in town, to take his Wye Leo . nest' commands upon the• nature of the 'reply s a s s sent to the dispatehes. Summonses were in conse. quence issued , on Tuesday evening to all the Wei. aters, and Messengers Were dispatched to them where' ever they were, calling them to attend a meetingi t an especial manner yesterday, on these inipottue dispatches. The Earl of Ltvrateoot had a consult. ation with the , PRINCE REGENT on the suhject is the morning. At two o'clock the Noble Earl a f t the Cabinet Council at the Foreign-office, which ins attended by all the Cabinet Ministers. They cosfi, need in close deliberation for upwards of heel** an& a half. At the breaking ap of the Coaseil,' Messenger was ordered to hold himself in radian to proceed to Vienna. DRURY•LANEI—A numerous audience emelt% Theatre to witness the representation of the Bdldi Stratagem, inkh iri h MSS WALITEIN aria Ise tained the principal character. As on the feces ' evenings, het - triforts catled forth the strongest mild • general approbation; and the play went off Is sail , style ,. , • . ,i i , , Th e Willi am NiftaiN;- ganarth, from Quebec, to Liverpool, was tuff es' an the• 12th inst. in 1it.50.1. lon. 12. by the 11011. privateer, 0f.14 guns and tW men; given up to the crew;:ef -Oa relieving resets she had previously calitaresi, and •arrived atthe Pts of Fondry on Friday or Saturday, viz t—tlis Go. land, from St. Vincent's to Newfounland, slat to America; and Jane, Brown, from Sliramichi, to Ow Clyde, burnt. Ari order has been inserted in the AlsaW., fat preventing Military O ffi cers, not employed te Ratty from residing in •that city. A decree has sisoki issued, prohibiting Fiench Officers from enter* into foreign service without the permission of tlis Government. . This measure has perhaps beet adopted its • consequence of the repre , :entation 0 the Duke of Wer.t.itecyors, respecting the titan/ emigrations - to America. Tire Decree orders all who have entered into foreign service e iihout staid permission to return to France by the 15th of April next. This, however, is rather too early a period ix those who`may be crossing the Atlantic. MANCHESTER, DEC. 20.—Last week was most —...--- comfortable in this neighbourhood. The torrents o f An *Milli from ,Quebec has brOught . a confirma- rain on Sunday and Monday made the river swell to tins of the evacuation of Fort Erie by the Americans, a great height, and cut off communication, and of the ending of the campaign. The Quebec common route, from Broughton, Strangeways, Paper, of the 17th of Norember„ has . the following The rain was aineast incessant the remainder tiOtifitation on thiteehject :-- . week ; and on Friday, the most hurricane - hl .. of wind experienced here since the year ts General Dattallaeobro officially enn'oeaaces th e . • 1 itt l ittlipit of fort Erie by the Americans,. h aling the slates fly from the house-togs, and the if - i hurled fiom the tops of the chimnies,whilst Wire sap and destroyed, as-much es Simi' wouldi tiful steeple of St. Mary's church " rocked • iltfailt, the fortifications, destroying their stores and 1 tasty sublime, bending in, obedience to the blast," amismenitlon, subsequently passing to the other side. the admiration'of thousands of gazers, obi' elite the receipt of the last dispatches from that I reminded every minute that its motion !accuracy of its perpendicular. A part • quarter, no hostile movemebts , had taken place, on • work over the east:gate:of • Cheitham's either side." . blown doivn. It fell almost' momentarily , It is reported that Lieutenant-General Daum. boys were about to be dismissed from their mown 'was preparing to leave the western shore of `erected studies in the grammar-school; Ser Lake Ontario, and to proceed - to winter quarters in houses were unroofed by the Kingston. I found a way into then by the unclosed At Liverpool, the storm was tremendous; We are told that a ... Re solution had passed the I Senate at Quebec ter the raising of 40,000 ad- ' slates . ; whilst the river presented a.scene of streets were deserted for of the flying brick ! ditional troops. This circumstance but little coin- sion and distress which harrowed op the heart. 1 cities 'with the pacific colour of the letters from From the great quantity of rain which . Ghent, the latest of which still hold out assurances !Mien, the low lands in the neighbourhood that proceedings are in a state very favourable to ' Tewkesbury are in a dismal state of inui accident peace. It is said an important conference took place boat, in which was Mr. Mann and his Son , of 041 the 10th instant, in relation to which great secrecy I Lower Lode t „, ; Mr. 'Whitmore awl Mr. •leleis, • was observed ; but that the intercourse between the Tewkesbury, and several other persons, O. Commissioners has since been carried on with great , Toughness of the weather, sunk abo ut midway activity. On the other hand, we find that all the i tween the Lode and the town. ' Mr. Mann !as contracts for the supplf of our forces in America • imminent danger. of'being drowned, when he are continued or renewed by Government; and we swam to his assistance, and they were both ' by the violence of, the waves to a also learn, that by an arrival from Halifax about a' distance, but at length got 'to a shallow fortnight aeo, Government was earnestly entreated, where they, obtained a footing, and to send out large quantities of fire-hearths, boilers, 1 arrival of a boat, numbers having been sent &c. &c. for the shipping in that quarter. It was at i to their rescee.., The other passengers clunz to __ than • bolt, and there anxiously awaited their first deemed inexpedient tis comply with , "I and they were all brought to land. A Yoong one-third of the demand ;but within time few days, Government have thought it necessary to" tend oat' .11:h' h ad o:se: a thus ; the stores to the full extent required. . „ terror and affright, P iiiiftbies escaped, .spectacle, was eck.l t aken quits to a v n er e c L overcome o It is stated in the Brussels Papers, that tie. s e . On . Tuesday, two lads, about 13 years of , neetary of Mr. BAYARD, the American Negociatos':""l"s Of Mr—LlGYtie of 100tt, were drowned in the river Avon, at at Ghent, had been sent on e mission'to Par' • 'ss the i They had • solicited.their father'epermission to pulse' the water in his own boat , a barge-owner object of which Is represented to be to feel the of the French Goverment, which, it is added , ahrgke.h.olwieuer • did refuted ; 'bat they rashly got into another, an, not answer. This be Very unlikely story. . . carried by the tepidity of the stream towards • -•. , 'bridge, where the river being too high Is admit and of their ',aren't!.filag, The j ams, bi , Neil r from Oporto, is retaken by the Whiting sch ooner , tAi boat was upset, and they both perished within' tarried into Bermuda. third boy father) who was with them, was foi-tunately say A• : ~ atioo, by the sways, itc,— ainder of the ane.like gale x 1804, tags the pots woe iilst the beas• rocked hot- the blast," to obliged Mb, • I proved the of the StO • S College 1 r rily before their mew • ;evert' aril slink tekkk w ifido wt. nendous; tie ing bricks sea ene of cosito e s heart. hich ha' lately Ibperhood intiation•- -4 siternoon• is son, of t Mr• •ftfew , ;, owing to t at midway Malin was i when h 0 • both ear consid • s shallow IW awaited I seen dent 0 clunz to preserver" A yoelf • I ilPigltberr e ; oterCelne years of If tier of Steo 1, at Brest*. iision tO go!' peremptoll A her, and to n towards le to admit del st4wilig , ed within 5 0 mike to ll° nately Skied, • I. lik F 1 i