The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-05-09 00:00:00

r , Kgc'- A V v ~' FR.ENCII PAPERS. rf'il.~ ir''~. Pants, MAT 4.—The conclusion to be drawn from the dill; rent Atr,!rlAn and Neapolitan accounts in4erted in Ow Papers, is, that the actions %%hich Lave tidleti {lice be;:t von the belligerents in italt , %tete Lot of a selians nature, cod that the retrograde nmientent of t!:e Kipg of Napes had its origin in a quite difforeal cause front that of any re- VOIFe a hoover. Letter from Verona state, that the Neapolitan ,N hail begun again its march for Upper Italy. Itt ad.lition to the number o; public works which had heon suspended, and which the Emperor has or t~ Fed be tesumed, i; the stone bridge at Rouen, which will be the finest, and one of the most useful woiks of that city. The dep.trt mem .de l'Aisne has furnished 2000 men above its contingent, and moreover contributed 120,000 francs for their equipment. On Monday, Mrs. Seymour Darner had the ho nour of presenting to the Emperor the bust of Charles I'ox, in marble, sculptured by this Lady, who had already presented to him the bust in plaster, after the peace of Amiens. She had the honour of art interview with the Emperor, who, on this occa sion, told her that if this distinguished man had Jived, there would have been peace; that the debt of England would have been less by a milliard, and many thou} tads of meo would still be alive. The Emperor heard Mass to-Jay at 10 o'clock, in his Palace Elysee. COURIER EXTR %ORDINARY, Frid.sy Prince Talleyrand has, they say, endeavoured to obtain from the Congress, a declaration that the in tegrity of the French territory should be gua ratiteed; but no regard was paid to his representa tions. We are assured that the works for the defence of 1!e capital *HI be commenced in a few days. A great number ef workmen are employed. General 114 an and Mijor Lana are charged with the direction of the wo;ks. The - English Journals announce that on the 22J of April, the Doke of Orleans had a long interview with the Chancellor Of the Exchequer. Thu Dike of Albufera has returned to Paris. PAR . g.t, APRIL 15.—0 a the 12th of the month, Coont - Maja why arrived in this city; and published what 66 We, the Empress Mari* Lonimt, Archduchess of Austria. Duchess of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, making known to all she suljocts and inhabitants of our States of 'Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, that lißsisig taken into consideration the circumstances of the impossibility in which we final ourselves to re. p•ii. in -person into our :thove-narned States, we have ehtreatorl nor belo►•erl Father the Emperor and King, to have them prot•i-ior+ally governed in his name. We wish slid enjoin our faittifist subjects of the said States to ohoy the orders and dispositions which his_ Majesty shall deign to make known, for such is our measure. 44 Given at nor Palace of Schoenbrun, near Vienna, 114..reh 31. 1815." rhea ( ( Wows a Dorlaration from the Emperor Francis, ggrfq•itig to and confirming the above•inen tionod arritiogomesit. NEXT SATURDAY ALI. THE LOTTERY MUST BE DI4AWN.-ONI.Y FIVE THOUSAND TICKETS.- I'lllK If THOUSAND POUND PRIZE.-THIIEIi THOUSAND GUINEAS IN (.01.1). Art, ?Mitts 0 PRICP. i)V STOcKs TUIIt S Frr ceut. Red. 16 7; Ter Colt. 514 i di 4 per Candi. 72. 4 per Cent. 14.*” boil Dne DAT AT OTIE O'CLOCK Lioc. Aan. 11; 7-16 Ind Bead& It 12 Exchequer Bill. 9 5 p Ourniu:u Cuusolc for Ace. sEli THE STATESMAN. LONDON: TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1815. Brussels Papers to the 7th, and Frankfort and other German Juurtials to the 3d inst. were received this forenoon. It will be seen from the articles they furnish, that some of the inferior States in Germany have refused to co-operate with the Allies; and that, from some stmh obstacles we suppose, the powers intending to act ng . tinst. France will not be able to commence ho.,ti!itiei with any thing like effect till the middle of this month. The Russians would not be on the nine till that time. Prince SCUWARTZEN BERG xls expected to be on the Rhine about the first. Ile nrht to visit his estates in Bohemia! There is a Bulletin from Milan of the war in Italy; but it does net carry the detail of operations farther than the retiring of the Neapolitans to Ancona, where bittRAT thirs, of rallying his troops, and hazarding a lIPW battle. The fol:owing are the chief articles : SCIIAMIA UsEN, Arun. 27.—T0-day post-horses were ordered for Princess Berthier and her suite, but this afternoon they have been countermanded, because the Princess has been arrested in the king dom of Wirtemberg. A Bulletin from Milan, of the 19th, states, that in the action of the 14th, near Forli, between the Austrian cud Neapolitan armies, the latter were totally defeated, with the lose of 3000 killed and 4600 prisoners; Nluraos camp equipage was taken. The Neapolitans retired towards Ancona, where it should seem that Murat thinks to rally 4is army, sad ventore a new battle. Should he lose, he will bare no other resource than, if possible, to embark, as the mountaineers of Arezzo, who have been ill treated by his troops, are all in arms to intercept his retreat. Murat is said to have twice asked an ar •tniatice, and to have promised, as soon .as peace Onold be made with him, to join the Coalition, :but a:: 11:s offers have been rejected. THE STATESMAN. When (er. Nugent advanced towards Florence the Neapolitans in that city desired to capitulate, and m anted to remain for the night in Florence, but this often breaks opt into violent execrations. Her bus band has found at Bronn a relation of his Own name, horn lie sends for daily. He complains bitterly of his daily expenses there, which amount to six hun dred florins; however, he is always served upon silver. An account of all that' passes in their fa mily is laid regularly every week. before Pane Met ternich. wus refused, and they were compelled to march out in the night. A division of Austrian troops is marching from the kingdrim of Italy to Piedmont, after which, it is said, the General in Chief, Baron Friroont, will follow. VIZNNA, APRIL 25.—Prince Wrede left this city yestet day. In the affairs of Germany, the only ones now unsettled, great activity prevails. To-day there was another sitting of the Deputies. Great pro. gress is expected to be made by the end of the month; we. do not, however, hear that any of the lodgings for the next month have been given up. The news from Italy is very good; the Neapolitans retreat without stopping. OFFICIAL ARTICLE. By the Paris Papers of Friday last, which are re ceived, we find that the Emperor still continued in the capital, and that 01l was tranquil in Franci.:— The same quiet seems to prevail on the frontier, though the war-cloud darkens 'deeper and deeper along the extended line of threatened operations. — By the return of Marshal SUCIIET to Paris, which we see noticed, it may he presumed that the entrance to France by the Alsace side, which that Arum 26.—An address to the inhabitants of the Duchy of Berg, published by the Governor-General of that country, has isi.en read here with astonish ment. The sentiments which it expresses, the in tentions which it announces, are too manifestly op posite to the intentions and the sentiments of the Allies, for any one to be led to doubt of their real object,—that of removing Bonaparte from the exercise of power in France. Fifteen years experience has convinced them, that the peace of Europe and this power exercised by him are incompatible. The Al lied Powers, provoked hy his unjust aggressions, his perfidies, his insults, occupied, while combating him, the capital of France, they respected the Independ ence and the honour of the nation—the same senti. General went to inspect, anti which is the most vulnerable part of the French frontier, is considered in a slate of security ; and it is certainly so, if the Swiss have resolved, as we are told they have, to preserve their neutrality. The work of fortification, however, coutinues to ;.; on with great activity in the interior of Franco, particularly on the heights around Paris, where there are to be works sufficient to contain 30,000 soldiers, as a garrison. In short, NAPOLEON seems determined to accomplish his for mer prophecy, in case of necessity. "If I fall," said he, 46 it shall be known how much the over throw of a great mail costs:" and the people of France, joking him in the resolution, seem to add,' " And if z.:c fall under the edge of foreign swords, ments still animate, the same principles still guide them. Bonaparte, at the head of the French na tion, comtatitly threatens Europe ; it is, therefore, for the safety of all that they were compelled to take measures, the execution of which may be prevented, and the galling yoke of foreign dominion, it shall be legibly shown what a great nation can do, when united iu support of its existence, its honour, its li berties, its independence." There is a most stopid inference drawn by some if France follows the dictates of enlightened reason. The Powers intending merely to deliver Europe from him who has so long been the author of its mis• fortunes, they will take care not to imitate him by signalising themselves by those acts of violence and fury which have made him an object of seisersal hatred and detestation. We know that in this re spect their intentions are in unison ; and that his Ma jesty the King of Prussia is far from approving the language which may have been dictated to some of his officers by that just indignation e bleb the return of Bonaparte has excited in all Europe. I f APRIL 23.—The departure of Prince Wrede is supposed to have been hitherto delayed by the protests of Baden and Darmstadt against the • 1 stipulations of the treaty between Austria and Bara ria ; it is, however, to be expected that these two Courts will not make the general interest of Ger-1 of our Morning cetemporaries, from the circum stance of there being no price of Stocks stated in the Paris Papers of Friday. This circumstance is considered as remarkable by the Treasury hirelings, and as " all the French Journals concur in the omis sion," it is, of course, a proof that they either dare not, or are unwilling to show the real state of the public funds. We have before said the Papers are published in the morning in Paris, consequently cannot be expected to give any thing of the day's occurrences, and the preceding day was Ascension Day, or Holy Thursday, when no business is done on the French Exchange. The French Papers have no fresh intelligence from Italy. They give a Proclamation to the inhabitants of the Duchies which were assigned by spacial Treaties to MAntA LOVISA and her son, confirming the statement that her father had taken the admittistra mnnv suburdioate to a momentary advantage. The Grand Duke of Baden has also put off his driga Lure for some days on this account; oo the other hand, all that belongs to the head-quarters of Priaec. tion , of these prolintet iatis bit own ; htseds, ttfritrri- - pres"Oor so she Is styled, being tenable to perform the duties eg a Sovereign. This, and the visits which Austrian troops - are bnis , mating to the Italian. hwartzenberg sets off for the Rhine the day after to-morrow. The Prince himself goes first to his estates in Bohemia, so that he can hardly be upon the Rhine before the beginning of May. The departure of our Emperor is put off till the 12th of May, which makes it probable that the uthet, Sovereigns will Dot go away before that time. By I accounts from Poland, emissaries of Bonaparte have been trying to mislead the people there, but in vain. There is a powerful party there which wishes Poland ) to take the title of a Kingdom instead of a Grand• Duchy. Alexander is said to have acceded to this wish, and the necessary steps have been taken in the Congress to procure the assent of all the Powers.—.l The Itu%siait troops are advancing by forced parches through Saxony and Bohemia, bat CGS scarcely bit, upon the Rhine before the middle of May. The.ac tl countsfrom Italy are very good ; even the Neapolitan army is stated to be greatly dissatisfied with the policy of the King ; some prisoners say, that before he led them to the Po, he assured them it was with the con sent of England—the Neapolitans have on this ac count fought very ill. At Naples itself, where the Proclamations to . the Italians were read (after the French fashion) in the theatre of St. Carley the greater part of the people ire said to have exclaimed, " Long live King Ferdinand PF . There is, therefore, little doubt but that if the ex pedition, which has been fitting out for those three i months at Palermo, and to join which Prince Leopold) States, the people are modestly desired to regard as proofs of the affection which the House of Austritt" has always had and shown to Italy ! 0 ! the proofs of affection which some Sovereigns give to those, whom fate has placed beneath their power, and whom they wish to engulph within the Maelstrom of their authority. , We give the copy of a curious docenteat laid on the table of the House of Commons last night, re.' girding the policy of annihilating the independence of small States and merging them into the greater, whatever the nature of the Governments of the great States may be, and whatever claims the smaller States may have to justice inn respect. Such a production could only come from the pen of a political despot— it was the production of WitLIAM PITT, and it ex.,' plains the system he acted upon. We presume it was submitted by Lord CASTLEREAGH and the rest of i the men who openly glory in acting upon the political principles of Pm, as explanatory of " the .great objects" for which they have been contending, and have again pledged the country to contend, and In support, or justification, as they may call it, of the , "'stem pursued by the Congress of Vienna. That i system certainly needs justification ; but even the au. Ahority of PITT will not weigh much against the evi- 1 font injustice of it, and the lamentable result s w hi c h i e have already seen attend the attempt to carry it Jpto execution. Bet how has this explanatory Pa- 'ir been so long withheld from the woi Id? Why , . of Sicily is going by way of Genoa, lanas in Naples, considerable number will be found in faros'r of ti yes it not, or some such declaration if the real views, intentions, and tincere regsrd of Cie Allies for the Bourbons. Several dietticts of the R•104141* mai Tell liberties and rights of States, allowed to accompany an States have taken up arms, so that the speedy or supply the place of the Proclamations which they and happy issue of the war in Italy is not doubtful. ; distributed so liberally, when they were on their The Wirtemberg General, Von Geismar, lately came ' march to France, and which they have verified so here from Stutgard ; los is going to Grate, to re- , much by their late conduct ? for this simple reason, ceive the Countess of Ifartz (the wife of siert)** we suppose,•-:-they were not so ignorant as not to Bonaparte), who is arrived there, and to accompany know, that had they proclaimed that such were the her to her own country ; she will reside at Goeppen- principle's they espoused, such were the objects they gen.—Private letters from Gratz state, that they etol, sought to accomplish,—that they had bargained for pect there also King Charles of Spain and his Coll- j territory before they set out,--that nothing sort, and the Prince of Peace ; they are to reside in oTuld move them to the fearful risk, but the hope of the Imperial Palace; orders have been sent to re- advantage to themselves, and that the smaller ceive them with the honours due to their rank. , States must be annihilated for that purpose, not For some time past we hear but little of the Coact one of the inferior States would have joined of the Archduchess Maria Louirs; she is said to their standard, on the contrary, all who vas have said lately to those about her, that she would 'sued their existence, and hated despotism, would never return to France; for this reason, she had' /save united in arrest their career.—Where missed her Cabinet Councillat, Suly — lklarcaesi • was to be the deliverance, if such was the principle of action, and such the result? This Paper is on ly %she was given her at the beginning of her Repay, fit for the regions of Russia. There is n o thi ng sa id in 1813, -by Bonaparte, in order that he mi l itate- tern to France as he wished. • in it of the horrible invasion and pirtiti on o f P o l an d ; sow could we expect any condemnation of such na- Accounts from Bruno top, that the abode In that tiunal outrages In a document e x p r e ss ly ca l cu l a t e d to place tiles not much ,le 5? ITe , ?sra Baricechi, who justify such a system. To THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Slft,—lf any thing would put beyond a doubt th, incapacity of Ministers it would be our present in, active state,at a time when war is in a manner begur and that the war should have uo ostensihle ohjoet ; least,that there should he so many loop-holes by w hiss our enemy may defeat its purpose. Surely; if wear SO unjust as to lay waste a peaceable country, a l , murder its inhabitants, merely because they liana, to be a little more enlightened than we could wid e , in preferring a wise Prince of their o enoice t. foolish one of our recorunfendatinit. me need ashamed to make the latter the obj. , t:t of the We should, at least, in that caw, have some hold of one party in France, and its principle would u..t h one jot more unjust than it is. The Itoydists will attach thernselres"to NArot.soN, and when they rf flee!, will see in our jesuitical Nl•iiiireu, nothing loss than a wanton and illegal iuterferetice in what belongs solely to .thetweives. It is SUCK negative virtue as this, Sir, which has so long stamp. in characters of shame, our Ministers and Allies, and is daily giving our enemies so malty pa, opportunities of exposing us to the derision of all, k well as of profiting by our weakness. IA me not from this, however, be supposed to preach the calm of the Bouttnexs ; I look upon the war to be unjust, whether we fight under the lion or the lily. I only wish to espuse the incapability and h)pocriiy of those, w ho, With that family in their hearts,hare no! the manliness to avow it. Now, Sir, among the strange events of the pre. sent day, it appears that the Cap of Liberty has al. ready been placed on the bust of Naroezos, a man who has himself been a greater King-maker than any mortal from the commencement of time ! It is, deed, far from improbable, in the event of the Allies approaching ommee more the French capital (extremele problematical no doubt), that he will offer to France the Republican form of Government- , --not from any wish to deceive his enemies, but for the happiness of that country, which I believe nearer his heart than we are taught to believe. As Ministers assure us the return of the Remmers is no longer to be the sine quo non of peace—that France is to be it liberiv (wonderful indulgence) to choose any man, orsetof men, with the exclusion of Nareecee—this may at all events be calculated on, especially as he is now surrounded in his councils by able mad staunch lovers of liberty. It would also be consistent with his late disinterested policy, and the wisdom orbit toad. melds since his restoration, as it would be the most cruel revenge he could take against men who, in grateful return for his former model - Mien (many of whom are indebted to him for, their' thrones, even their plit!cal existen:e), • view seek with so much ingenuity his destraction. In the epeeulatiens in which we may fairly indulge, Sir, perhaps at no very distant period we may find as many republics iu Europe ef Hs creation, as we formerly did sovereign. ties; for Ilsorty, like every other public improve: ment, is slow in its pro cress, as remarked by a ant. m.ible COr tsponient of yours, esp‘eially - ivies it takes so wide a range ; but. it I. lof i&meare is atat.uor44o 0. Not in Preece ale, C. la! vato:at Other it is probable it is a plants tlll . only slumbered ,--that tt has never been Quip . There isits old adage, Sir, which *tracts es, of 64 two evils to choose the. least." -Now be of a piece with - the foresight of our Minilieri, amd . no trifling proof of their ineonsisteucy, if they should drive the French nation, not wily into the spirit, but the actual form of a Republic, which their great itliotype, the warlike Pin, and these, his falafel wets and pupils, took so mech. pains to per. .ssade their credulous country was incompatible with ItOmfety t Beside', what an opening do we not .gtee to those who, ..with the sacred name of liberty len tneir 110 s, might kindle anew that dreadful revs. lotionary torch which formerly paralized Europe, shook monarchies to, their very centre, and made ' every lover of a rational freedom, start at its very name. These, Sir, appear to me some of the excellent fruits we may expect to gather from a successful termination of the contest. Either Ministers deceive both France and ourselves when ! they say they have no wish to intrude the Bouttaoss on that ill-fated country, or we are now, probably, going to renew the war, b I give a form of Government, to Overt which We ex• pended so long our best blood and treasure at its consmcnccment I—How often did the " [leaves-born Minister" use his best eloquence to dissuade 'mho* entering into any 'Freely with revolutionary Frances on the ground of its insecurity—the same plea se now urge spinal NairoLuott.? And how often did that propheic Statesman, Mt. Fist, vainly endea vour to convince his opponents of the error of that policy which would make one sort of Governmeet more secure to us than - another?—lt Is also in the memory of all, that Our*** interference in let internal concersve . bathed hireererrogent *peter.• signs afterwayis, motility cuntrthuted toliamt colossal nielitary power, and to the advancement cf as Chieftain, with whom we now feel our inability to contend. We were formerly led to believe test no Governmentein France could be trusted which had tot undergone tiro / necemory‘ Ammo sf• pvehettioo— Aich could not Iring cridcnce of its tkratility; yet, now, a secure peace is to be with stay, it maw ters.mint when, nor with wheel, except BONAPAnti a man who was then scarcely heats! of ! How our Ministers reconcile such contradietory—such in consistent polity. Where is their &redone! ftlelil to their great master, as they call trim, of ohms they are so rely proud (for . what, I conks, I never could discover), if they sn soon forget his isvaltteble instructions. and the principles of thoschool in v.:h4:11 they were educuteti. Such, however, Sir, is the retrograde ri the present times like the drunken Aria ••• we are eternally “fiekiing our battles over awl again," we cannot tell %4 by or wherefore ; might be some excuse for his folly, but there is PP° for ours, for he was blinded, and we rush structiomm with our eytw open. We reject , I .CA 2. '"'! l at the head of a limited monarchy, and France ni• ;- in her ancient bounds (consequently tiaaited is t , power to iejlre us), het people djsirous of peace and a Treaty already in our pnekets, OK 4 dui of toil and trouble, for the, very tee"' 'flogs chance, at present before us, of secoti I. that nation time bleesinge; and to ourselves ettrity of a republic; an authority, is Fri 'Onicr' Til • a l wa ys turbulent, by .French the in. ;AC etrs. part, i C d h e a . t r a ir e tnat t: ol: e r r , and ehmsoe so it is probable we ir!l to acknuwledge the al e j ar more afflicting I, I wan t on ly shed so , c) attempt to d e p r ive a n " less , we may add, I losing for ever our in() b. of Flanders, Holland, placed with the even, of France did under It graded. Hew often, .* f e l t so in our former would think he had giv ;to lessons enough already ee t u ne, to prevent our. cls i n her behaviour. Aft p. we're arrived ate sums sir aighed in vain ; and mu ur to the uncertain issue c as pc . nsag lose a great de ot Nay?, ISi3. . cer ---- NAVAL 1. 1 ly of FALMOUTH, rvIAY 6. 3t No. 3 and SG') (tramp n. unknown ; also the Alalta.—The Duke.of ) in berry, and Diana pack iv day, have brought up t. sudden shift of wind. re .Hanwecn, AIAT ly with a Mail and passeni y Mir., MAY B.—Arri of from * Portsmouth, to In Scott, the, Commander. Cams doss from the I IC neiro t'aratarthen and Bast l a d ies Satan, for it Cot/ Aura, Archduke C riner, Lady Hamilton, litilleattik, for Gibraltar ; foundland ; and remain i t. Beet of outward-hound. tt River, the Indian Oak, from the Brazils. re o LIST OF Tli on U. ettaser's storms is owvaittlas 0! 0 Ahsvetaaibie, 11..1. tend..y, h Mthokiro. Lord Fe:ca.oo, An.ni, Non. Ca a. Fosolert, Alberto. A.. Foley. I: AubreN. Sir .I. , ha Foley, C Arklies4 sir T. Fra..ki:m Itsr.ttorn. it Bernard, Lord rase, Jo a. Armen, Ulm. U G. F , l;one3. 11eWirk • G. tiducloc, It Itiretp. S. Groto. P. Sarreil. Sir C. Crovm, I I. Barrett. Hun. I). aeof..ll, Bombe,, Mr J. Come. Sin Rm. Geo. Gritty, Si f tuber. limes namintrf Ufteoev i &sal, 118• itutolnary, Bea, W. M. llahrc , J Berdrlt, Sir F. . heroe s Si jubjirgiod. T. Uurnhv, liattrrw,ttM, J. .149 oor th. Caleerg, Cb. Kruk, G. Calvert, N. Loom, Campbell, 11:m. J. toloot4e, Campbell, *I D. Lrfr.‘re, CoveadrA, I.d. C. Lemon, s r'"Plulnit, U. Leal., r. • Lime, on, Corks. amt./. Lloyd, NI. COrki. Sir Carew, K. 8. sl..ibue n , Coke, TilitlNlS Dicictsool, W. Wet n, J. Modes. C. Dt •rti,., ft, Doneanoon. Lord Nitta:l, LI r DWI* lion. L. Moro-k, Sir 111011. W.M.wre, liglsre, ertlAberi Gierelli •••••••1111 Captain Plensco . rv, nri which sent be several Fier has beets soperseded, and Captain PATERSON. The Young Wasp Ames from off the Cape of Goo February, fur St. Helena, days, hut slid not make an at Philadelphia. Ministers were yesterday tweet communications Kith net was held. .Visconnt audience of the PRINCE R In the evening Mr. Rnow: %Is sent off with dispatcher Yesterday the Duke P RINEEE REGENT. It has beers ascertained t French hero 31 large ships 51 s a il. Nest Saturday the Lofts ,O,nly 5000 Tickets, wide! iluiskere and Co. uctissain Ply In Gold—One Prise of of 500 each. Also a GI and other'Cal pital Priz.s.- ?Ping •Ho NSSY and Cc Nea lyt', 3 of R 20,000, Pl ite* of k5OOO, f2OOO, all at No. 26, Cornhill. The singular ci rcums t an iet its tiehavingriksre last cm d i a s ndsold t , ri i c n t : 0 4 that they will share Its Prize, the greatest in the theft ' , 1 o f na chance fornisl nature, for it Will be ft hvvesiably followum I natmeCtail evidently wa hosaid, •. 6 Time is a tit . 41 1140: 8, Corshitf, and In atane'll imperial Offices, ‘ 4 , 1 . 1 : 1111010 pie, end where " lila •in guineas, as soon 114 4,_ o. Stock-brokers. N ieVimi had finishes. and aw , Mei I no itho soon N „ Is I