The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-03-13 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN: %ding his interest deserted by the Congress at r eons, had signed a treaty with BONAPARTE, on t h,lsth of February (the day before he embarked f,r2 Elba), pledging his co-operation in whatever d,:;gns the latter had arranged, had actually pushed forward his troops in different directions towards Florence, and proclaimed the independence of Italy. ii this information be correct, the cosequences can uot b e v iewed without emotion, for, in that case, a ,fr retreat is open into that country, should France diitproint the hopes of NAPOLEON. with a summons, demanding the cession of the towns in the name of Box.teasure; the-only answer given to this demand was the immediate imprisonment of its bearer. A third emissary entered, requiring, in the name of General Dttourr, the presence of the civil authorities on board the squadron then riding io the Gulf of Juan. This person met the same reception as his predecessor. During the occurrence of this extraordinary event, the Constituted Authorities, in whose vicinity it took place, seem not to have been altogether unoc- the whatever may be the disposition or conduct copied, and immediate measures were taken to cut of Fiance in this new emergency, there can b e j o ule that the It idely-spread divisions which an im. occupied were soon after filled by detached parties provident policy has given bi r th t o i n Italy, Genoa, I of the ,den-d'armes, and other armed bodies, who Naples, Switzerland, Spain, and Germany, afford : co-operated for the purpose. In less than two days but too ample ground for ambition to build her ; after the landing, the intelligence reached Marseilles o %ering structure upon anew, and for the advocates , and Toulon. The Prince of Essling (MASSENA), o r tear to justify their conduct in again embroiling ! who commands the military division in the district t he world. There can be as little doubt that BoNA.. of the latter, lost not a moment in taking measures e urre is aware of this, and that he must have well I , for cutting off the invader's retreat; he detached k rs trd his plans before he entered on their execution, several corps to secure the passes for that purpose. c'ose to the Isle of Corsica (in which, from The Report yesterday, founded on letters from birth.right, he must have had many admirers), with Calais, was, that Massercs. had joined the force under aidy the Gulf of Genoa, a narrow sea, interrupting his command to that of BONAPARTE, and that the li, communication with the southern coast of France, Toulon fleet had also surrendered to him. %hole shores of Italy almost open to his view, Paris is still represented as tranquil, but the funds ine , ented opportunties which, from the outline of hie there give little evidence of this—they are fluctuat present plan of action, and its collateral connection, ing greatly. They had fallen on the 7th down to it is now evident, he has not overlooked. It may, 70 fr. but bad risen again on the Bth to 75. perhaps, also turn out, that the scheme which Mu- s We do not find in the Paris Papers that a reward itAT pursued, in order to retain his kingdom, has been offered for BONAPARTE ; and it is also re when BONAPARTE'S fortunes were falling, was one markable, that while he is proclaimed by the KING 'Phial had in view the rise of the latter, as well as a traitor and a rebel, the Chamber of Deputies, its the safety and interests of MURAT, and may have their Address to his MAJESTY, do not.echo these epi. even had the concurrence of NAPOLEON himself. thets, but designate him, in mild language, " a be ; If the French Pipers are correct, it is most unac- nished foreigner." countable that With such a handful of men as are I BONAPARTE, if is said, complains that his pension has said to comprisethe army of the Invader, that such not been paid him. The Court of France justifies this, 'a At'stoff's sort of motley groupe should have ad- as well as the use of the terms " traitor and rebel" Tented a distance of more than 100 miles without : .applied to him; by saying that Lours XVIII. was resistance, in the short space of four days from the , not a party to the Treaty by which that pension, pcsiioti of-his landing. When we consider the rigid with the Sovereignty of Elba, was guaranteed to him; discipline which has long characterised the French and that he has never acceded to it. Report also says, that he states in his Proclamations e stem of police, armed and drilled as it is into every ; the substance of the Treaty which was offered to him, e'sential which constitutes a regular military force , and which he refused, though it was much more ho :ell that not a village, much less a department, is any nourable and advantageous to France than that which whereto be seen without its quota of bens-d'armerie, the Allies gave to the House of Bourbon. we suspect, that when more ample information shall ar- A Proclamation by SOULT, the present Minister at rive, this cliterprize will assume a more serious aspect.: War, denounces BONAPARTE in a high strain. But if his force was of so insignificant a character as why not make known 'the invader's pretensions and it is described, unaided u it is stated to have been show that they are unfounded ? by the population through which It passed, little ' doubt can arise that his progress would have been wrested at the onset. The line of march which he Lis :uld down, is admirably planned, to sound the s'e%, of the French people, if favourable, and also to co-operate with the Italian mal-contents, who have heen lately described in such alarming colours. On right the 'communication is open with the Cenoese, who are full of rage and disappointment at being handed over to a strange l.ster, instead of recovering their promised independence ; and the a'arming disturbances which prevail in several parts of Italy, leave little doubt of the reception and co operation which be may command in that quarter. It appears from the French Papers, that he set sail from Porte Ferrajo, in tfie Isle of Elba, at nine o'clock on the night of the :6th February, with a flotilla consistieg of one brig nil four smaller vessels, with from 1000 to 1100 tout on board, consisting of Italians, Poles, Nea. politanti, and Elbow, and after a becalmed passage, landed, on the Ist of March, on the south-eastern coast of France, in a bay situate between Frejus and l':e trevil of Antibes, which is westward of Nice. detachment of 50 men advanced, occupied the t )wn of Cannes, and summoned the Mayor to re pair to the shore, for the purpose of receiving in c•ruetinns from the " Genorn! in aiff." The Ma gistrate is stated to have disobeyed this mandate, and 0.4 the same evening to have received a requisition for the iTnmcdiate sus idly of ratjoits fur his nen ly-ar tired visitors. The Prince of MONACO, a French Nobleman, cho happened accidentally to have been at Cannes, spas put under arrest by the Officer com manding this adsanud guard. About half an hour after midnight BONAPARTE reached that town, and bivouacked his little army in After sending for the Prince of Mo- In the total absence of all information, but that I which comes through the medium of the Paris News- i Papers, which are well known to be as much under I the influence of the present Government, as they . ever were under that of BONAPARTE, it is impossible to form any thing like an accurate judgment as to what will be the result of the present eatraerdioary proceeding of that most extraordinary man. It sip- pears that he has advanced about 150 miles, not to wards Paris, but inclining towards the Alps avid Italy, apparently avoiding the great cities as much as possible. That he should have been able to do this, is strange indeed, if, as the Paris Papers state, the whole population of France, and the whole army are against him. It is equally as unaccountable that (.be has not yet been joined by any of the troops, or by any Officers of rank, if he had reason to believe he should hive met with such co-operatiou. • If he had no plan arranged, certainly his con ' duct appears to be almost that of a madman.— It appears that his movement is directed laterally to wards Italy, but so much in advance towards Paris, that as circumstances occurred he could have pro ceeded in either direction. It is somewhat extraor ! Binary that, if as is generally supposed his principal dependance is upon MURAT, that he did not land in Italy at once, rather than adopt the deperate step of I trying his fortune previously in France ; for if he is not well received, certainly he will present himself to the Italian army with a much worse grace than if he could have held out' to them ' the expectation of having all France in his favour. All these considerations afford such a field for specu 'llation, and are really so contradictory, that we can- I not possibly form an opinion on the subject. We I f l have given to our Readers the latest intelligence but 1 ! we cannot venture to do more. the vicinity. YACO, and finding him disinclined to accept an invi clic!, to accompany him, he permitted him to de- 1 ',, , r! wi , iont further molestation. At three_ o'clock 1 (..;, the looming of the 2d, BONAPAATE mounted his Lori:\ and gave orders for the division which he led In march with drums and music at their head, pre ,- ! , .d by four field-pieces and a superb carriage.— ; 1 1 took the route to Grasse, and halted within'a ;eagae of that town, sending forward a General of. f:cer to sound the disposition of the inhabitants. Ths Officer meeting with but an unfitvourable re f....ion, it was deemed unathisable to enter the town, '"Il the division resumed its march through St. Val 'cr, leasing Grime on the left, with the cannon, ''nd a part of his force, and proceeding by the main iql:i towards Digne, a considerable town in the De. ~t rvo t of the Low er Alps, within four leagues of • ' .eh it halted on the 4th inst. at the town of Ba. " ." . I'l I% here it demanded a supply of 3000 rations. 1 On the same day that this descent took place, fir '. " bult4rs, stating themselves to be deserters.from •''3, solicited entrance at the pert of Antibes.— : . y were admitted, and disarmed by the Commit 'ut, Baron Coasts, a distinguished Officer.— • . Illy after, a military person made his appearance Frankfort and Brussels Papers hate arrived. At the date of the 2Gth many Members of the Corps Dip&motive had quitted Vienna, and the Congress was breaking up. The late events in France seem to have been unknown at the date of these Papers. T. SLB I ZR A W4,24I Tire whole metropolis has been greatly agitated this morning, by a Report, that Sir FRANCIS Suit- VETT, in consequence of his spirited observations in the house of Commons on Friday night, in pre. renting the Westminster Petition against the Cern Laws, had been shot in a duel with • Lord CASTLEREAGH. We hare, however, the satis.) ifaction to state, that there is no truth in the teport 1 That the Thanks of this Meeting be 'given to. T. • -7-7. lase- , Leyland, Esq. our Worthy Chief Magistrate for tho MEETING AT TOE TOWN BALL. ' teal, ability, and impartiality with which he has dig. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, being the.time spa charged the duties of the Chair; and that at such a pointed for the Meeting, the Town Hall was filled very 'tumorous and respectable Meeting of the iota. within a few minutes after the opening of the gates. bitants of Liverpool, we cannot consent to separate The assembly consieted chiefly of the most respect. without offering to Mr. Leyland the testimony of able inhabitants of the town. oar unaffected admiration, regard, and gratitude, fur The MAYOR opened the business by declaring that his unceasing attention to the interests of the poor, he felt the importance of the occasion,—that be had for his highly distinguished conduct us a it lagistrate. acceded to the Requi..ition, which had been pre- as well as his very laudable and humane clfects to sented to him no longer . ago than Monday last, most ! rescue the beasts of burden from (Audi . ) , tutd all un voluntarily : for that he could not conceive a subject , reasonable oppression. which called more for the attention of his townsmen ! Mr. Cues - ohjected to the whole system of Corn titan the price they were to give for their bread. Ile • Laws, Is founded upon fallacious and defective re. should, in the first place, order the Requisition to turns. He repelled the insinuation of any insidious be read, and he hoped that in pursuing their purpose I reference to the landed interest,. on the contrary, he calmly and dispassionately, in the constitutional , tontended for permanent and protecting duties as the way which lay before them, they would be successful. : beat means of securing all interests, and of envoi. • He begged, et the same time, to remind them that !teen oor domestic growth. Of course, as the send every person there, whatever might be his sentiments, timents of the :Sleeting were against him, he must was entitled to animpartial hearing. ' give way. The Requisition having been read by the Town Clerk, a string of Resolutions were proposed by 1 Mr. .1. Acs.Eus, and seconded by Mr. CASEY. Mr. MARTIN then rose, and observed upon the difference in the state of the questi o n now, and I when it was agitated in the same place last year.— Ile insisted upon the sentiments which the most respectable classes in society held on this subject, and mentioned the name of Mr. Gladstone among those who could not espouse the principle of the Riff before Parliament. In taking a view of the I Resolutions proposed to the Assembly, he thought 1 that which spake of the corn averages to be indica ' tarty erroneous. In a very lucid manner he ex plained his own view of 'this part of the subject, and stated his strong objections to this Resolution. He i i also observed, that since last year, many things t altered the features of the case. The Property Tax I was extinct, and many other of the expenses of the 1 nation had either diminished or were diminishing.— Still he thought the agriculturist entitled to protec tion. To the manufacturer and to the merchant protection had been frequently afforded by the Legi slature, and of this he enumerated many instances; why then, he asked, should not the landed interest, and the capital employed by it, which had rendered our agricultural improvements worthy of the highest notice in the history of the world be protected also ? If we did not afford that protection, we must be de pendent upon other countries for our corn ; and we must give those countries, such as France, the Ne therlands, and 'Germany, under present circum stances, not manufactures for their corn, but gold. He would, therefore, suggest that moderate encou ragement, with a scale .of decreasing prices,' should be the foundation of the measures to be adopted. • Mr. MARTIN then read a Petition formed on the Resolutions, and afterwards • another Petition and other Resolutions. L 611000 14 MAittut id. Colonel WILLI 1 MS took a view of the subject ac cording to the Resolutions proposed by Mr. Ackers. He showed, that the Land Proprietors were great! relieved by the expiration of the Property Tax, an that the projected taxes would not affect 'them i proportion with the rest of the community. It w a vulgar error that the nation must necessarily b obliged to leekler putjouce...to fdreign graio.—n 'There were many thousands of acres of excel land uncultivated. The reason was the expensiv nese of Inclosure Acts. The Clerks of Parliament with their fees, consumed many hundred pounds a thioetset of any act to. increase our agriculture.—, This was called the wisdom of Parliament ; it would be well if the wisdom of Parliament would consider how much the clergy drew out of the produce of the land. No sooner was any waste land, at an enormous expence, fenced and made productive, than in came the Clergyman or his tythe-man, and took a tenth part of the produce. The Colonel here mentioned au instance of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle, claiming the tenth of the produce of 40,000 acres of waste, brought into cultivation on Inglewood Forest. Ile hadmo objection to Clergymen—he wished them to be well paid—but not oat of the produce of the I land. c•The present support given to the Bill was said to be entirely that. of the landholders—but who could rapport measures so directly in opposition to the voice of the people, but a base and hireling ma jority ? The Colonel Concluded by insisting upoW the necessity of Parliamentary Reform, since it was erideni, that those *ho were day after day opposing the voice of the people in majorities of three to one, could not have the same feeling with those of whom they caged themselves the Representatives.—The Bill now before parliament he characterized -as a round about wall( keeping up the taxes. Dr. Cnoltrrost moved a Resolution, declaring the f el sense of the Meetin to be averse to any alteration whatsoever In the • 4 Laws - 3 Which' wall" iteliwil l i mourly carried. . The ether Speakers were, Mr. J. YATES, MA' 1 person named ---, who, with much energy, tle• claimed against the Corn 8114, and stated, that 4 re ference had been made to Mr. Gladstone, on the ne,, cessity of signing a requisition, but that that Gentle. man had been averse to.such a measure. A Petitio* was, nevertheless, beton, foot, and had-beep siguad by more . then 47,000 persons. . The Resolutions were ultimately passed. -. The following Resolution was snored , by,, mi. 'cAlsy:— That the Mayor be'requested to address a letter to ills. Heskisson, entreating Aim, by all the means in . hispswer f to urge the prnyernf the petition --to statOnAr o triio*lastao. ,that Um lob4 l l/01 111 s4of Liverpo4 aro emboldeteeskto arge.opoqiltkalb., 91. ecuti•o - 4 01,015wa l from th, 51540 1 4011411 tel reoei red, *et 0 irsoi4 atte4.l* the 1n511.411, . ~ Borough t i t s painfar.out aperi,,rigOott sence.of 4r. • 'ft from his Conplitnente; w re interests Aim, well ;wow ins prefers befoie.all consi derations/of verso,* eye, ambition, or aggraudiaa-1 Mr. SYLverrea arrived yeterday morning at the Secretary of State's Office with" dispatches from Lord FITZRO Y SOMERSET, who is now our Minister at Paris. He left that City on Friday morning, "the 1 10th inst. and consequently brings the latest accounts [ received in the French capital of the progress of the invader, and of the state of the kingdom. Mr. S V le• — ! vesten was the bearer of a letter to the PRINCE. RE• GENT from the 'King of FRANCE. ; writtati with his i i own hand, in which he assures his Royal Highness ! of the universal attachment to his Government and i person, evinced by the army and by all the classes lof the community, on the daring attempt by 80, , NAPA LITE to disturb the tranquillity of the king- Worn. He states' that he has received a dispatch from Marshal MAMMA, the Prince of EssLivb, professing his fidelity, acid that ief all • the troops under his command: and stating that he had dispatched General MIOLLIS, with an ample force, to give combat to the daring invader, whom he describes as totally destitute of means I'm...the atrocious attack on his Majesty's dominions. He assures his Majesty that both at Toulon and Mar seilles the best spirit of loyalty prevailed, with the most forward zeal to be employed in repelling the invader. The Marshal expresses his confident belief that his handful of followers will be speedily in his power, and requests to have his Majesty's instructions. The KING further informs his Royal Highness, that from every account the desperate man had rashly tempted his fortune in this expedition, without. any concert or preparation that could give a serious alarm 'to the country; and that whatever expecta tions he might entertain from the correspondence of a few discontented partizans, they had been totally disappointed. Such, we are told, is the substance of the letter of Loins XVIII. to the PRINCE REGENT. Saturday and yesterday passed over without this slightest disturbance in the metropolis. Up to a late houriast night the same tranquillity prevailed. ~ . . _ _ • Austrian,Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Prussian, Spanish, and other Ambassadors and Ministers had a meeting with Lord Casvutazanx at the Foreign Office. They remained in deliblvatiou till near fitik, o'clock. Yeste — rdilitana; CHA.PICELLOR had a long au. dience of the PRINCE REGENT previous to his attend. ing.the Cabinet Council. A Cabinet CounchNat on :dispatches OtreFrance, which Lord CASTLE. criAZII . laid before the PRINCE REGENT, at five o'clock, and a Messenger was ordered to hold him. •self in readiness to set off for Paris. By intelligence this morning received from Shef field, we learn, that a Public Meeting is to be held at the Town Hake Wit, this day, to consider of the propriety of Petitioning the Parse: RWAVIT to withhold his Assent to the Corn Bill, and preying his Royal Highness to dissolve the Parliament.—This is a most important step, and will possibly be fol., lowed.all over the kingdom. The Meeting was ea pected.to be very numerously and respectably •at. he eI 1 Bankers, • *Yid - Traders of the City of Loudon, against any altera tion in the Corn Laws, containing upwards of 80,000 Signatures, will be presented by the Duks 'of SUSSEX to the House of Lords this day. Mr. JONES, the Marshal of the King's Bench, has offered a reward of 300 guineas for the apprehension of Lord COCARANE His Lordship has, however, had a considerable start. It is said tbat Mr. GRATTAN, jun. was in Elba at the time of BORpARTE'S escape, and that it was he who conveyed the first intelligence of the event by way of Genoa. A British frigate pursued and got 601 . knowing $o q n boariti Wall unfortunately becalmed before eliiw couid.ceneep. No VOis.—There are certainly Three Prizes et g e4o l ooo in the Lottery to be drawn the sth of Nest Af . 9tith, yet only 15,000 Tickets. AU the 'Wive Capitals may be drawn on that day, and two -id the Five Thousand Guinea Prizes oust be drawn tq the bth and 15th Blanks—and will be paid in C F 9l44Oelediately, without deduction. • VR;CE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT UNIC crptacx slant Long. Am: b per dent. lied. • ladia Beads 4 p p.parCert. Gook Min listeheopor Bulls d Ip. 3 per c en t s . . Minium Aft d 4 per Cent. Navy 94 gg 1,10w014 OS!} . ••••• .4.420106,6404,i :*44. ,, • • rotter•Excitaucuiv . i'Maten IA -- TI!! Market being well sunned with Wisest, tkio ming. -Sae laapvies w e re regally takrn "al Monday s.tericebt (o ft or kiads uusaleable, and nearly all left on hand.-13sitiri. Beane, Pee. 414 Oattstre heavy a.ale, 401 Ise &tontine fa prices. •e. . . • Wkeeu Wtie) 741. tWell • e ..• • • .11, O. MU° ( ) 44 70 Old ' ' Bye 7 4i1411.:14t,..411 Tick ~....; 4 13 .33 Harley . • 5i5.4.....5tiv.44 49 Ott. .... —.4 ditlp thal ' '64 Ft& itta - Wkites . -Ftei . 4 ; 90. 40 PoWidolo s reltd46. erne Flour Setan4 ~. Y Y * l l I . 'IA. Ji... faction to slam, a i e i 1 t I i i it: 13 111 J 111111 1 111 a/17 “.I.‘" . getiaalanisfra rc .„.,,,,.,....,,...,.., ~........-----, -- —cc- ; e . nor tin; any such meeting taken place betieen th moot I !' i t,, 1 +, 4 4, , . , Malt • • i: "44 '64 Fide Ilituw -..... ;,„.7".;., - . - 4441talreas .:.5...,;.04.1":911 111 Painado. ..4..: di .. distinguished characters. 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