The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-04-25 00:00:00

0 0 of tilt o ; ! th( col Jrh BO ed l'o the the the !'t 6 : Mr. Lorea. having been congratulated by some unknown Friends on his supposed liberaam from Prison, in consequence of the lute discussion in the House of Commons, begs leave to acquaint them that he has not yet been so fortunate us to obtain his liberty, but he hopes and trusts the day is not far dbtunt when it will be in his power to annoUnce that desirable and long looked-for event. • Nelson., April 45, 1815, in .he Elfin Year of hi* lasprisnametn. Mai Is. Doe . Holland . Uotenburgh 1 . 1.10)..n 1 .fi Comm 0 ST. MA K /11//1 , 49 o lb. "OlicOPres. THE STAI'ESMAN. I.ONI)ON: TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1815. Our Readors hill see from the official documents, brought by a Mail from Holland, which we this day . lay before them, that the limperor of AUSTRIA has declared the war between the Austrian and Neapo litan State, as begun, and left to the further decision of the force of arms. We particularly allude to the Manifesto of his IMPERIAL MAJESTY against King JoACIIIM, and the Report subjoined of the military operations which have taken place in rtaly. The De. claration of War on the part of the Austrian Cabinet was published at Vienna on the 12th inst., which is suldequent to the propositions for an accomnsculation made by the Neapolitan Ministers. All hope', there fore, of the Allits obtaining the powerful co-opera tion of Muir IT, must be at an end. The Declare. tiros toys, his Neapolitan Majesty, as soon as he heard of the entry of BONAPARTE into Lyons, for. molly declared to the Court of Rome, that 66 he considered the cause of NAPOLEON as his own, and wtruld now prove to him that it had never been foreign to him". There was no duplicity in this ; nor can we well conceive that a conduct which is ac knowledged to have been marked by open and inces sant remonstrance, is one of entire deception : yet NIVRAT is represented as a double dealer, as full of duplicity, and u little to be relied upon as BoXA PA are himself. It is really amusing to see how and with what truth these Crowned Heads bandy about between one another, the charge of duplicity and bad faith. But MURAT " had secret counections with the enemy"—granted—and whet' Mottyr found all his overtures of strict and continued alli. mice with the Sovereigns of the Congress, and all bis just remonstrances disregarded and contemned— when he found those nho owed the safety of their crow las t and the acquisition of kingdoms to his al liance, bent on depriving him of his little crown and kingdom, had not MuRAT a right to take care of himself, Ind to resort to measures of safety and re taliation in his turn ? 66 Moderation and good faith," says the Emperor of AUSTRIA, 66 are words' without meaning in the eyes of the new French dy. nasty ;" and have they not been words without meaning in the mouths of the Princes of the old . French dynasty, and many other dynasties" sldeq, ever since a wise man said " put ' riot thy faith in Princes:"--" The branches of the House of Roue noN declared against! , lie recognition of King JoACilim"—we know it-- I le jealousy and ambition of the House of Bourtaox, • , ultl, like t! Turk, " bear 110 rival near their : 'twine." And what right had the Rouse of BOUR. BON, the French King who never would have enter ' Paris if the Neapolitan army had not joined the 'owers who seated him on his Throne, to insist on le- humiliation of the King of NAet.rs? here is to root of all the mischief ;—the branches of le BOURBON tree, like the deadly Upas, have poisoned the cup of Europe's peace and feli. city in all ages. This comes of that weak policy which, when the relations between all the Powers were to be fited, and individual and national justice ought to have been dispensed, allowed " a conquer ed cowry," as France has been vainly termed, to become the dictator, awl the faithless Minister of a faithless family to give a character of perfidy enex ampled to Councils, which ought to have elevated Kings and human nature in general, not constituted a rcpt.:ma to the age in which we live, and a scorn to posterity. King JaActiru " prepared the execution of his project, by taking advantage of all the elements of a political and military revolution." He only took advantage of the revolution of France to maintain himself ! 6 4 This was not the way to bring over to his side this opinion of the Courts (the BOCRBON Courts, of course, France, Spain, and Sicily) who opposed the admission of the King of NArr.Es to a mace t wang 4 8 Sovereigns of Europe." We think differently from his Isteseisir. MAJESTY on this point ; we are humbly of opinion that this was the very best way that ,MetiaT could have taken to obtain a confirmation from the Allies of their acknowledgment of his sovereignty ; and if the Courts who had hitherto opposed him had had en atom of common sense, they would have on the instant that they beard of NAPOLEON'S land ing in Frauce, mode sure of the support, or at least of the neutrality M 19 powerful a person as King .11 . 5. tent w. Da the proud Congress of Vienna could tilt be importuned in language of either remonstrance or menace, by a mao sitting at the ettremity of Italy, A*'. Tel STAT)SMAN. mid calling himself a King. " This was not the• ject of Ministers to precipitate the nation into an way" Wining such mighty Potentates over 'to his other calamitous war. It is expected, and we hope side—he must learn to bend the knee, like other it will, be one of the most crowded meetings ever subjects. For this reason, and because the restored held, and•that its example will be 'followed by the Courts of the (lot/aeons wished them so to act, they, I whole kingdom ; for where, we would ask, is there a the Wiligh Allies," would not recognize King JO.l- i man in a, sound state of mind, and not living upon CHIN. Why did they recognize BERNADOTTE, Crown the taxes, who would not step forward to declare Prince, and King to-be of Sweden, and starve the agsinst a war, for the abominable purpose of forcing Norwegians into an obedience to his commands, be- a Goternment upon another country. It was in sides ? Byt they meant peiliaps, at a convenient op- this foul attempt that the late war, of more than 20 portut.ity. to make him doll' his Kingly cap also, and years duration, originated, and this country expend starve or cut his subjects into quarters, if they should ed her best blood and treasure in vain—contracting have so altered their minds, as to wish to retain an a debt of hundreds of millions. It is imposssibte illegitimate, a bud-blooded, " a low born man, of another war could be carried on for the same dura pa rentage obscure," on the throne of their country ; tion, or even for a much shorter period, without and thus the Royal arrondissement would again have exhausting the resources of the country, and end been complete,—the new men being unfit to reign, ing in total ruin. because they are new, and the old men taking their -place because they were old, or had old blood to talk of, in justification of their expulsion and the new blood which might be spilt in the accomplishment of their pretensiwis. But we see the new men are not inferior to the old in penetration. The measures of :Maim. and NAPOLEON have been promptly taken, and their determination to maintain their rights and the new order of things are before the world.— ' There can, we think, be as little doubt of the line of conduct which BERNADOT 1E will pursue, as soon l as he finds it necessary to uct at all. 1 And this is what the Powers at the Congress call acting justly and wisely, and securing the peace and happiness of the world ! The Austrian Declaration, however, does not indulge so very copiously in eulo giums on the wisdom of the arrangements made by the Congress, as his Majesty of PRUSSIA does iu his Proclamations. The latter has more solid reasons for expatiating on the liberality of the deliverers—they have delivered over to his mild sway more Provinces and souls, who, by-the-bye, are escaping, bodies and all, as fast as they can from his paternal yoke, than Austria could have numbered, even had " the man at the extremity of Italy" been disposed to allow her to take possession of her promised land. His -IMPERIAL MAJESTY has got nothing but promises on one hand, oand threats on the other; and he is now under the ne cessity of fighting for his indemnities. 66 Of two evils ! take the least." Rather than have to contend with . the King of . PRUSSIA, backed and supported as he is, most unaccountably, by the power 'of Great id tail), and with the overwhelming power of Russia besides,—Russia, with 46 the dangerous and alarming pretension," and who has got Poland added to her strength, in order to enable her to carry these " dangerous and alarming pretensions" the better into effect,—rather, it appears, than attempt to fight all these, the shorn•down empire of Austria, Germany being no longer her's, chooses to have to do with the man at the extremity of Italy—we should rather say now, who is in the midst of that country--a country devoted to support his standard end his principles—the standard of independence—of NA. roti_o sr, and the principles which are now seen so , widely animating the 'French nation. The Italians generally have as much as his NEAPOLITAN MA. .ZESTY, or the French people, considered the cause of Xteor.zon as their own ; and there is as great reason to apprehend that they are as ready to give proof that it has never been foreign to them, be cause no policy more agreeable has been attempted to be pursued towards them. 1 1 Louts XVIII. is still issuing PrOclarnatious and Edicts. A newspaper, styled the Journal tinker. sal, published under his authority at Ghent, con. tains some of them, prohibiting payment of taxes to "the rebels," or enlistment in their military service : also some silly replies to the Report of the Council of State, on the Declaration of the Congress of Vienna. Ghent, where Louts is, and Lord WELLINGTON has lately been, is fortifying, to protect it from any sudden attack. The correspondence between the Court of Vi enna and his Majest) Louts) is represented asextreme ly active. English troops and stores continue to arrive at Ostend, and to be marched off instantly to their re spective destinations. The French are collecting in two points. The most numerous corps is near Lille ; the other between Mauberg and Valenciennes. —lt is observed that the French are endeavour. ing to re-establish the camp at Jamass, near Valet'. ciennes, as well as the camp of CESAR, near 800. chain. They are raising intrenchments on the moun tain of Augni. Tile Duke of WELLINGTON is in.. cessantly busied in organizing the different corps of his army, which, when united, will amount to 160,000 men. Mr. COUVOVSIER, the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign-Oilice, this morning, with dispatches from Vienna ; as did also Mr. Iturre, another Mes senger, with dispatches, from Brussels. In the House of Commons, last night, an Address to the PRINCE REGENT, for the Substance of the En. gagements entered into by this Country, in pursu. slice of the Treaty signed at Vienna, on the 25th of March, was agreed to. In the absence of Sir Jour; NEwrowr (which, we regret to hear, was occasioned by indisposition), Mr. BENNETT postponed the Call of the House until Monday nest, when the Report of the Property Tax will be taken into consideration. The Estimates for the Miscellaneous Services, and for the augmentation of 'our Nog Force, were agreed to, in the Committee of Supply. Letters from Antwerp mention that the garrison of that city was no longer to be composed of British troops, their services being required on the more ac tive theatre of the war ; and notice had been given that 120)0 Ilanoverians were approaching the for tress, to whose gallantry its protection was to be con fided. The first and second Number; of a Paper pub lished at Ghent, under the authority of Louts X Vl.ll. have been received. They are in the form of the Paris illonitcur, and contain, among a variety of official documents, the important narrative which we lately published relative to the tootling of BON APA RTE, and the departure of the King front Paris. There are copies of two decrees published on the 1-4ih, by which his Majesty prohibits the payment of taxes to IlottapanTE's Government, and obedience to the Conscription Laws. By a General Order lately issued to the army, it appears that a Veterinary Surgeon, after twenty years service, is to class with a Captain of Cavalry. The Secretary of State for the Home Department has fixed the rate of bounty for men to be raised by beat of drum for the Militia, at four guineas. The American Mr. KING, son of !turns KING, of New York, and Mr. LARPENT, on the part of -the British Government, have proceeded to Dartmoor Pripari, to investigate the circumstances leading to OW late unfortunate event at that prison, whereby 67 Americans were killedand wounded. The Earl of DALHOUSIE, Sir 'FHOMAS PICTOX, and Sit LOWRY COLE are to re-assume their commands as Lieutenant-Generals under the Duke of WEL LINGTON.' The Foot Cuards ore to be commanded by Major. Generals Coos, BY NG, and MAITLAND. Head quarters at Ondenarde by the last letters; the Prus sians in great force at Norm. j A million and a half of ball-cartridges were ship. ped on Monday, from the Ordnance-wharf, at Chat. ham, for Belgium. We learn that it was the Comtesse tie MINtAc Ro -1 it tN who obtained 15001. on the deposit of her j:wels at Malta. That Lady resided for two or three years past in England, and went to Malta in the hopes of the recovery of her danghtet's health, but who died there. She had gone to Elba out of curiosity, but certainly was not employed by NAPOLEON. The jaw. I els she deposited were not worth 30001. much less 100,0001. She begged that they might be sent to Engin nil, where she was herself going, and where she would redeem them. • It is due to the Lady to give this explanation of the former paragraph, in which she was called the Princess of ROMAN. As soon as the Marshal of the King's Bench Pri. son received autbeetic information that the room in whic.b. Lord COCHRANE had been confined since his apprehension was 'dangeroits to his health, he had the Noble Lord remeved to a more commodious apart ment. I- A letter from Brussels, dated April 18, 1815, says: Lord W. Letitia is, we hear, better: he still re mains.at Enghien. Yesterday RD affair of honour ttiok place between the Honourable Jot's CA PEL and Baron TRIPP ; the former was attended by the Duke of RICHMOND and Dr. lIEDE, and the latter by the Hilcinourable Colonel Joao.tx and Mr. Surgeon Gum- Nino. After an exchange of shots the seconds in- terfered, and the business happily terminated without injury to either party:---We are all warlike here." A N OTMER GOLDEN LOTTERY—another t 130,000— more Guineas—and more good Fortune, at E YTON'S who sold the grand Prize of 1000 Guineas, No. 353, in the last Lottery, the whole of which he paid in Gold, atriums as drawn ; and who is now dispen sing Fortune's Favours for the 13th of May, when the" whole Lottery, of only 5000 Tickets, will begin and Cornhill, and 18, Coventry-street. Bar.to.—The LORD MAYOR, having inspected the Meal-weighers' returns, ordered the price of Bread to fall 2d. in the peck. . A chow of 41. for extirpating rats, and 21. 2s. for ; the keep of cats, in the public accounts, discussed last Aright in the House of .Commons, excited consi derable mirth, and not a little warmth. It would appear that the place of the cats is become a sinecnra, and should he abolished. Dttxt..—On Friday last a meeting took place at Ilfracombe, in Devonshire, between Mr. V. and Mr. M. two medical practitioners, in consequence of a professional dispute. Mr. M. was wounded in the thigh, when the seconds interfered. Some curious bets have been made at onr Club. houses. One is, a guinea has been given (25 times over) to receive one hundred, when the PRINCE RE. GENT and UONAPAa•rc shall exchange and wear, the one the ribband of the Legion of Hangar and the other that of the Garter ! Another bet is, that if the Allies shall cirry the war into France, the dynasty of BONAPARTE Rill be the oldest on the Continent of Europe! Letters of the 10111 inst. from St. Sebastian, an notion', that it is the full determination of the King of SPAIN to take an active part in the cause against BONAMARTR. Every disposition was making to that end;• and an embargo hart been laid upon all French vessels in tior ports of Spain.-..-It is stated, on good authority from,Madrid, mailer date March 31, that Hitsaditioi had been- opiminted Minister of War. • Mr. Serjeant RESMINGTON, it is understood, wil accept the office of image of tha faspirent Debtors' Court, in the room of Mr. ( JerieiniPALmr.n 7 de. cooed. .• • On Thursday next the Livery of London are to meet in Common Hal l to petition against the pro* To TILE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. MR. EDITOR,—As the following very s711,q,10:1. prophecy is fulfilling at these times, as deliimpti i„„,, ago by JOHANNES AMATUS, in his 66 Praphyticol Pleiades," and published iu " Lacg's Warnings," in 1707, 1 think it not xinwoithy tut insertion in your very excellent Paper. I am, your's, &c. A. D. m. icetmia,ier, April 14. " I foresee," says he, 66 great wars and combats with extraordinary shedding of blood, occasioned b y the civil discords of the great men of the kingdam ;. Ido see wars, the fury whereof shall last some time; provinces, divested of their people, and many strong holds and noble houses shall be ruined -6, cities shall he Forsaken of their inhabitants, and la divers places the ground shall remain untitled—there shall be great slaughter of the people, slid rrui : ,, chief persons shall be brought to ruin—there shall be nothing but deceit and fraud among them, where. upon shall ensue the aforesaid commotions among the kingdoms and people of the world —there shall be likewise great mutations and changes of Kings and Rulers ; the Right Hand of the World shall fea r the Left, and the North shall preval against the South': Yes! thou Versailles, which thou (mea n i ng Louts ;CV.) has made for the glory of thy tiame , , will throw to the groiin.l all your Insolent itticria. Botts, figures, and abominable pictures—and Park! Yetis, that imperial city, twill afflict it dreadfully— ') ea, I will afflict the Royal Family —yes, 1 mill nv nt., the iniquity of the King upon his gaud. children !" NAVAL IN7'h:LLIGENCE. DEAL, APRIL 2-I.—Arrived the Scout sloop o f war, from Flushing.—Came down from the Riv er the Alexander, for Demerara ; Royal Sovereign, for Honduras; Lord Nelson, for Tolsago; and se. veral others, names not known.—The Alnieick Car. tle and Warren Hastings East Indiamen remain. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Dutch sloop of war Endragt, Captain Warderberg, from Brest bound to Plymouth ; the Pickle, from the Downs.—Sailed his Majesty's ship (lope, on a eraise. —Came in the Champion ' of Wales', from Cork.,— Sailed the John Vaux, for the West Indies ; and Young William,. for Bri4lol. ; FALasourn, A PRHA V.—Arrived the Lodi Lutiod packet, with a Mail from Cormitia, in silt days; and the Osborne packet, with a Mail from Italifas, in 25 days.—i,iile I th.. Elizabeth packet, with a 7414 for Lisbon.—Tie Frceling packet did Hot sail jester. day, but to-day, for Corunita. POVFIL, Aram 24.—Arrived the ga4liot De Fhe Lucia, John %otter, Master, from Bourdetal, hosed Ito Stettin, laden with wines, haring been on shots • on the Goodwin Sands, is very leaky, cod west discharge her carry, _ _ LIVER POOL, - APRIL 53.--? he Milo, Captain Glover, from --, a very .valuatrlo ship and cargo s which %las on shore yestertiay,• was got of last Mew withpur any domge, and came into the river. HA KWICH I Aran. 24.--Arrivolf 1 1 44 i Nora packet, u MI a Mail and passengria t trnik .! .)110bd Sailed the Diauu packet for ditto . f ,P , cY: • PADSTOW APRIL 42.—We exptheaseemelf ref, heavy gale here yesterday at W..and N.N. W. which did much damage. The sloop drove, to Baalf, i Dodrilge, from Cork to London, went_ onshore st Perron, and instantly went to pieces; *Nat and two of the crew were drowndedi Sitolkirthe cargo has been saved. The Mary of Ibis place was driven on shore at New Quay and totally lost. A brig was also seen to go down olf Trevose Head, and a boat has since drifted on shore with the words, " Concord of Swansea, Nicholas BON" on her stern. We are fearful we shall hear of furgir da. mage on coast as the gale continues. . . On Friday morning, about Seven o'cloeth, the lime sloop Thomas, of Sunderland, in running fee Whit. by harbour, was struck by a heavy sea, which ear vied away her mast, and turned he bottom up. The hull coming on shore shortly afterwards, the master's son, a youth about twelve years of a ge, was found lifeless among the lime. Miss fatker,,,,ad the other person ou board (the three constitutingllie whole of the crew), who was on the paint of marriage with his master's daughter, having been washed oat of the vessel, their bodies hare.not yet beets found. On Saturday, a young woman, of most interest ing appearance, but drenched to the skin with rain, and her dress much disordered, attempted to threw herself from the Pagoda-bridge, in St. James's Park, into the Canal. The soldier on guard, however, pet ceived her intent, ran to her, and eatched her iu Ids arms. Fire resisted his grasp for some time, but at length yielded, and burst into tears. A Police Offi cer, from Queen-square, attending, she was put un der Ais care, and, at her own request, was con veyed to the chambers of 4 professional man in the Temple. • The Duke of BoccLevart and Qvremsauav, muck to his honour, has given the poetical Ettric k herd, Mr. HOGG, a pastoral farm, at a merely nomi nal rent, in that track of romantic country from which Mr. Monet derives his title. Tug IMPEIttAt. TWINE CLolll.—The recent and frequent sudden changes of the atmosphere in thi; variable climate has often proved a serious evil to multitudes of the inhabitants, and it is equally car:-. rain and desirable to know that where the wear the Patent Imperial Twine Cloth is adopted, IP health of the intik idual is not only protected but ill,. Proved, whilst its ecotiorey renders it en. object et . the first consequence to every indivicluak me , t useful article, for which we are indebted to W. MIL LARD, the Patentee, can only be obtained, statepA genuine at the East India Warehouse, SA- I .Qt Cheapside, and by transmitting an order there ItY post, since the conveyance to every part of the country is so expeditious and so regular, it mac obtained in every part of the empire with 'walls as same facility as in London.—To 'Gentlemen %%let take much exercise in hunting, and t o t t ,e rate constitution it is invaluable, for akm isvP , l heated, It tnially prevents that turcoinfortele.a . frequently dangerous cold sensation V' experienced from the wear of tither cloth, . a cili pol go' to Or Jec obi I St sell tiot licit real that satil to taki door and ufve men Rev the I pro, long more !Mir port tecte reset arclo over anti the to Cl be 0 some This craft, firm thee ae el !qui! 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