The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-05-06 00:00:00

0 0/i a eon a Europe laden so :, to , re a b a l.rn he I %hie pointers j t ..t?'s go leredi , 1,0 hone an (rod ago under t aken ug ti t . I ! l ost po mu"' we really ; pearl to arnahl, Franc is suc naggeral !ourik thousand arts t. If he iers c where nences placeltim lnitibl log for ▪ illu Who wi nervy' it it sh and fill t alone, it truing. Ts is * ran i di ▪; th 11'I lhr 3 7!! ate 3(3 :es, I 4th, des(' a tht d ; ab 6th, a }.ire iu l i t a , farm ble am to ilea' , Eith, a. rfcially 9th, a . sh rttce; 0 ate tuaai nailer* t 1, ,, !,e Us suet of th. and o fulfil nation Ile non :harped Pyrot tbuhtles at weeabl of to him desty tenant. o,Ter the law I. other s riveal at Table S' 'eti xjrh arta ut irons or Isar m ilit ary it, oar f i i imee3 or not n of vv ii . alta art le. that thi —11;n11. little of " has lt liPr pre ngent.'s, like " s enemy and not ,retreat tented. oclitans w!!ett design Nil pro nged its bier, ll tnce en& %here ta:ion a t, which of the .1! fear of FIRI abets hibitint English plied that he been n of the States. . arrived rrornit e troops VAL limn the Allies us, that n an en- tr.:4art n formed rsanne.) keace invoked It has Nth ative to n of their jt , t!rn ; it hat t, t h s of the r :11 puties at tin itter- On , the in- trof.te ir 4 ae t of the Ical. has been tr be has Ft t. still at 'ports to he Swiss kno4 lC I Frsore again ere they h egimeuts and 6 reli 11. that Jails, I, if re- (:Ire t that' to arnon nch goad n;cl freer ''tier e- rest of . ; 'Aft about t tea t ir II Lel tit ••••- Europe will know no other King of France than and of many fine things which he means to do he returns to his capital ; a return which he near at hand! We do not suspect his Ma. , good intention, and think there Is something honesty in stating so explicitly the real object grand one it is!) for which so many men have up arms, and are about to spread over the pot tionspf Europe the calamities of war,—but Ily are not quite so sanguine as his Majesty in to the prospect of his return to the Sovereignty tine, and suspect he is graciously pleased to le, when he says that 66 twelve hundred Ind men" are about to march in his support. he is so much loved and required in France, is the necessity for such a force to im again on the Throne?--Who are call. 1r his return at the present moment?--- will support and preserve his government, shall be restored ? Who will enter Paris, II the throne of France by military authority L outs is again borne to the seat of dignity by the arms of kis foreign Allies? the vilifying and destruction of the French the defences of the country, the invasion solat;orri of the empire, accomplish the object the oleposed Monarch and his Allies profess to view ? " Heaven and the nation recalled font exile to the Throne." The gratitude shown ettren and the nation Tor this signal act has been ty s hown. Heaven help us! And so we dant ill the French say when they think of such in. r; of Roy al gratitude as they can call to mind, and* ;ail to witness. But Louts would not allow , e was recalled before by the nation. Heaven ;ch a good friend to him that he reigned by di. nd imprescriptible right, independent of the all tire time he was "in exile." In exile!— ow admits that he was exiled—but still throws roach in the face of the nation, which will less be regarded as the more insulting and (Bs. ible, as it conveys a nauseous compliment imself and his family. He has the mo. to assert that 6 ' the sons of St. Lours have betrayed either Heaven or their country,"— .er ord,z, that himself and every branch of his since the blessed lifetime of the above memo- Saint—have all been of the same St/int./eke cater, and inner did any thing to offend Heaven i•;arth. This may not be overstepping the of Princes, but it has vastly the appearance, it eyes, of going a little beyond what our Poet " the modesty of nature." However,—modest t modest, true or false, we are told by those are paid for trumpeting forth the virtues sod .like purity of the Bounuosts in this country, ibis Proclamation. which has certainly very of the ability and policy of TALLEY AND in it, is been circulated with great erect in the fron. ' nnvinces." This " great effect" is something "‘ stage effect," not at all times easily defined, not always of the character wished or repre. ed. We know very well what effect it would have placed beside the animated resolutions oroceedings of the People of Mammy and Nor ly, " frontier provinces," mind you; Mr. Scrib , the very hot-bed of royalty in France,—but re the Bourbon name is now coupled with in- At, Cossacks, oppression, and disgrace. One he effects which this Proclamation has already had `trance, reminds us of that which attended the or lon of the human bones, which were lately pa led through the French capital, and said to have t those of the 6 ' murdered Lours"—it has d forth the following article, which we late from the Journal dc l' Empire, received this Wing : ALENCIENNES, Amur. `2S.—The videttes of the iies hare thrown on our frontiers some Prociama- . of the Count de Lae, which hare a gond deal :4arrasFod the good peasantry in those quarters. y cannot recont:ile the ideas of happiness and o. :e t Ych they profess, with the foreign bayonets ch threaten them. The follosying is one of these ,clamationF, which does not appear to be authtet". not haling been published in any of the Bel* irnals, except the Journal of Frankfort, of the ih April. :The Proclamation is here given, which will be /I'd in another column.) Oue of oar citizens wishing to make this Prods. con clear to all the world,"has made the follow. analysis of it, which cannot be too widely circa- " Frenchmen I you are all rebels ! you can never ' !efficiently punished for your disobedience to rout legitimate Masters ; but they are good, and gladly select the good corn from the chaff.- 41 10 they would select as good and deserving, you klow. " Frenchmen ! It is a forgiving Father that is again Coming to you. If he is forced to be preceded hsyonets, balls, bombs, and (by the aid of /eaven! by Cungrere's rockets, who can ? 'he white flag will cover the cannon, the mortars 111(1 lhe howitzers, and heaven will protect the , 4 cilings of our faithful Royalists from our red-hot Os. !leaven (how pious he is!) will give a proper lection to our bombs that they steal: not burst but none proper victims ! And if, by mistake, any : ° '" l People should be destroyed, they should con. 'per themselte. ,happy• for measures have been tken wi'h our.pure clergy to open the gatra of Ilea a them !I ic • sguideJ cl.•ildren listen to the voice of COD, a 'IIIE SITATSMAN. attend to the maxim of our divine rigi►t! You are our property L 41Dit. Timms! every means are justi fiable to recover oar own I let some millions of people perish, the rest will be pure and harmless ! " Country met's workmen, people of all sorts, scarcely can you feel under our legitimate yoke that you are slaves. Shut your eyes to the horrors of war. See in the Prussians, in the Cossacks, in the Croats, only real Frenchmen. Bless the name of a Father who chastises you for your good! instead of grumbling at seeing your roofs iu tames, your cities bombarded, think only that these firemen are your friends—that they carry the White Flag, and suffer all with grati tude! Yes! Jump with joy when you see you towns destroyed, your childrons' throats cot, your wives expiring—read on all our bloody bayonets, on our cannon-balls, and on our bombs and rockets,— ' These come from your good King!'" BERBICE, APRIL 10.—His Majesty's ship Cygnet, is en shore off the mouth of the Corantine River, on the sand bank, without any prospect of being saved. The French cavalry, during the war on the Conti nent, always carried three days provision for man and horse, so that they never were disappointed of food into whatever quarter they came. In the list of Insolvents who hare taken the bene fit of tlic present Act, printed by order of the House of Commons, is a fashionable Surgeon for 10,3651. ; a Cook to one of the Royal Family for 1201.; a Bar rister for 130,0001.; and a Baronet for 301. 4s. Sir A. MITCHELL has recovered the large amount of prize money of Lord DUNCAN, derived from the Cum/pert/own and other prizes its Holland ; the Court of King's Bench having ruled, that Sir A stoacw MITCHELL, and not the late Admiral Lord DUNCAN, was Commander in Chief at that period. The declaration of the Allied Sovereigns, that the French notion may have any Sovereign they choose, except Bo' A r.t (tic, reminds us of an inddlgent father, who told his daughter that she might have any hus band she liked—cxcept the man of her choice! It appears to be a species of folly to send the Life Guards on foreign service, in preference to other corps less gaudily appointed. The duty performed by the Life Guards in the Metropolis is of a peculiar description, and has no reference to field discipline, it can only be satisfactorily executed under OfficeYs of experience, whose address, complacency, and discretion alleviate the inconveniences which they are obliged to impose on the public. During the late Court days it has fallen to their lot to act a part per fectly ridiculous, being compelled to obstruct the progress of carriages, where there was no semblance of impediment, and at such a remote distance from the Palace, that it appeared uncalled for by any ne cessity whatever. Among many Other liberal contributors to the be nefit of Miss O'NEtr.t, the Duke of DEVONSHIRE sent 501. for his box. We bale read letters written from Parts on the Ist of May, by Bankers of the brat respectability, which state that the house of RECARIER, that stop ped payment on the 29th of April, re-assumed them on the Ist of May, and that that momentary em barrassment of the 29th ult. was merely owing to the complete interruption of all communication with Spain and Portugal. Dittav-r.Anz 'hit:Amt.—Last night, in conse quence of the sudden indisposition of Mr. EcusTom, the part of the Duke, in the comedy of the Honey Moon, was undertaken at a very short notice by Mr. RAE, who performed the character in a manner highly creditable to him under such circumstances. The musical entertainment of Rosina followed, in which Miss LverA K CLLY gave to her songs the advantage of increased confidence. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—COMIIS increases in attraction as the rational and brute performers be come more mellow in their parts. Not only the lions, but the inanimate machinery becomes more' obedient to those who have the direction of it, and the effect of the whole representation decidedly im proves by repetition. The Directors of the British Institution, instead of . any particular premiums for history or landscape painting, this year mean to set apart 1000 guineas, for the purpose of distributing rewards for finished sketches, illustrative of the Peninsula Campaigns.— This will not only afford ample encouragement to our Artists, but will tend to perpetuate the proudest annals of our military renown. MRS. OUNTA N'S FAREWELL.— ' [his Performer, who has so long and so deservedly been one of the chief favourites of the public, took her farewel of the Stage last Thursday night, at the King's Theatre. In the course of the e►ening Mrs. MOUNTAIN deli vered, or rather attempted to deliver, an Address of respectful gratitude to the public, for the long and warm patronage which she had experienced —her feelings during the recital powerfully affecting her utterance. This Address, as well as the whole of the entertainments, were received with the warmest applause, and she retired, or rather was borne off the stage, amidst the fullest testimony that the occa sion admitted, of public respect and esteem.—The pressure was se great, that much of the iron railing in the passage to the Pit, was broken away, and many persons were in imminent danger for some time, but happily no serious accident occurred. Yesterday afternoon a singular phenomenon, of the human species, was introduced to her MAJESTY, his Royal highness the PRINCE REGENT, their Royal Highnesses the PRINCESSES, and all the distinguished personages assembled at Carlton-House. 'the above object was a male youth, born near Harleim, in Hol land, the son of a fisherman. On the 27th of this month he will be '26 years of age, but is only 27 inches high, and weighs only 28 pounds. He is well made in proportion to his size, and speaks the French and German languages fluently. A singular, and what might have proved a very serious accident, happened at the late dinner of the Royal Academicians, at Somerset-House, by the in advertent letting down of the large Egyptian illumi nator (presented by the Nitres REGENT), in order to be lighted ; declension of it being too low and rapid, it ;nails through the centre table, crush ing it to pieces. The illuminator is more than two tons in weight.; - tnd had the chain to which it was suspended broke, it would probably have forced its way through the floor. J . i..~y. r. To rsa ED121211 of.rira ,STATESMAN. You, no doubt, Sir, recollect the trite but just precept, so much inculcated by •the most renowned masters of ancient wisdom, of ttoree se ipsom ; and can bring to your memory how often we have been told, that to a wilful neglect of this aphorism, or to a want of properly understanding it, were to be at tributed all the follies and misfortunes of mankind. However willing .I maybe to subscribe to this doctrine in general, I must confess that I widely differ from it in regard to the follies, errors, and abominable principles prevailing at the present important crisis, for I attribute them to nothing less than to a full' 1 appreciation of that very precept. It is sclf-knowledge that moved the Sovereigns at Vienna to those acts of injustice which have lost them their ill-begotten popularity, even amongst the blind est of their admirers—it is because they know. how weak they *rein the lose of their subjects, that they tried to make themselvei stronger by terror and ar bitrary measures. It is from knowing themselves, and how poor. a chance of success their principles had in the present ege of intellectual improvement, that they attempted to serat the days of barbarism and oppression, bf feudalism and priestly persecution.— And what, pray, have been the consequences of all this? The Norwegians curse the memory of the Co. &titian of 1813; the Poles look with distrust upon their soli-styling defender; the Saxons bate their pretended liberators ; sod the Italians are in that otoio of &meet, which requires but one word to in duce them to adopt those measures, that have so quietly and fully accomplished the late revolution in France. Again ; it is self-knowledge that strikes dumb our Ministerial Benches on all questions of the most vital importance, and gives the high fever to a certain great Diplomatist, whenever he reflects on the glo rious advantages which his voyages and lets-a-lcie dejenners with Emperors and King s, have produced to this country and to Europe. To self-knowledge, also, most he attributed the impotent wrath, 44 and foaming black and green" of the Courier, together with the filthy eloquence of the Times, although I am sensible that the latter has stronger reasons for his rage, than the former, reasons which, if not, to the heart, may at least be said to come, nearer to the pocket. And to self-knowledge at last, or to ,the knowledge of their insignificance may be ascribed the noble effusions of the remaining bought and sold Newsmongers, whose productions are at this parti colas moment the disgrace of the British press. 1 It is curious to see the childish, yet mischievous, i manoeuvres employed by all these personages, high and low, in order to come to that important result Ifor which they have fought, kicked, and cried for i these 25 years, namely, the effectual prevention of I all intellectual improvement in the people they go -1 vern, and the establishment among them of even 1 Mahntnetan stupidity. So clearly prevalent has this aim been in all their affected views of political 1 affairs, that the eventful period we have witnessed, since the first moment of the French republican Re- , Ivolution, may be justly called a struggle between 1 • light and darkness—ignorance warring against phi-' . losophy. As the latter gains ground, and progres- . sively unfurls her banners of triumph, these disap pointed dictators and gazetteers become more out rageous ; they no longer know how to keep their temper, and in their agony they show the cloven foot. When things seemed to wear an aspect favourable to their cause, and barbarism, mar4ialled by the In quisition, the Jesuits, and bigoted Princes, was forcing its way among enlightened nations, these ene rgies to the repose of Europe, who had been glad to get rid of NAPOLEON on any terms, affected to look upon the Treaty of Fontainbleau, by which that event was brought about, as a contemptible and a disgraceful document. They did not hesitate to pro claim what little value they set upon it—nay, some boasted that they had not disgraced themselves by affixing their names to it, as a title to the gratitude of the world. Yet now, that a daring Captain, justly offended at the want of faith in his opponents, comes forth openly and in his character of one of the parties to that Trettty, to demand why it was broken, the question is retorted upon him—the Treaty is to be held up as sacred; and in conjunction with that of Paris, decorated with the signatures of Ministers from the very Courts which gloried in not having sanctioned •it, is to be brought forward, a plea for a declaration of hostilities, such as would have dis ' graced the times of Bute taossA, and such as de servedly received the appellation of infamous in the British Senate!! As long as there had been any hopes that Kingly promises, and threats of foreign chastisement would succeed in putting down the rising spirit which hailed the man from Elba, we were lavish in our protests. lions, that Britain wished not to dictate to France. But no sooner have the French people chosen for themselves, and changed their Government without using any violence, without spilling a single drop of blood, and without offering any insult or hostility to foreign nations, than we assume the right of calling in question their authority—we protest against their domestic decisions—nay, we outlaw the chief of their choice, and call down upon him assassination ! " The shocking perfidy of a banditti," said the Times, some days ago, 66 which has effected the re bellion in France."—lf perfidious is to be called a revolution brought about by military force, does the epithet belong more to the rebellion of 1815, thou to that of the preceding year ? or rather the reverse? NAPOLEON lands on the French territory, with a handful of followers to vindicate what he conceives his rights,—jet not to these followers, but on the justice of his cause, does he look for its success. Ile soon leaves them behind, and penetrates alone, un attended, unarmed, into the heart of that very pro vince which had been described as ready to tear him to pieces the year precediug, when travelling towards the same coast to embark for the place of his exile. — Does he hasten to his old companions in arms ? Does he appeal merely to the•passions of his fellow ; soldiers, and excite them to ►event ? No ! we have I it from the very hirelings who are now employed in heaping ail sorts of infamous appellations on his head, that be advanced alone, abandoned by his soldiers, stunnad by the cries of rive le Rol!. yet not a patriotic poignard, not a loyal Officer, not an indignant citizen to fight him singly—to chastise the daring adventurer so much hated by all classes of .:~.~ ~~lg.~y.:~. . . .. it •• . , 1 * • • • 1 • = ,.... a.-ar ...... .. r -. Nin" ... .. ~........., --.2 ' a/m*4;ft ••••••71Zrron; persons in France. No ; but whole villages and . towns, throwing themselves in his way, to. hail him as their liberator, and to carry him in triumph films I province to t‘rorinee, even to the very gates of Paris! 1 I . What a contrast ! Treachery and `200,000 foreign bayonets, in the preceding year, after nn obstinate resistance, in which every ledh of ground surmise!. ine the capital had been defended, forced noon the rimiest a King, echo, far from neknou lodging his Crown as from the hands of the People, derived it from divine right, and the sift of the &gent of l , Great Britain ! ! • I ! And here have we the secret .of all this violent roaring and indecent abuse against France. The doctrine by which the people is brought in for some. thing in the question of sovereignty—by which a Royal Chief is declared to be merely the first ei:Len . • • of the Empire, watching over the interests of thOite that appointed him to that high station, is the gnawing serpent that that cankers their hearts ; it unsteadies them • on their throne; it btings theM In an equality with those on whom they never looked but as the tools of their passions. Hence their rage and their haeterving' to war. But let them beware and recollect the first it ' years .4 the French Republic. Their contort has , , thrown France wholly into the hands of a Irian who • knows how much can be done with her ; they have made NAPoLany a new man—they have placed la morale on hii side. Ilis present system of modern. . .. tioe they call weakness; his Pithy decree abolishing a most infamous trade, • so well contrasting the i • jesuitical Declaration of the Sib of February from . the Congress on the some subject, they laugh at as ridiculous ; but let them beware, I repeat, lest the laughing should soon be on the other side. France, whatever the Courier, and its copy ist the Times may say, is stronger than eter in a spirit of union and unanimity for their actual Government ; and I new much mis'aken, if on the event of o a coteest. our Al- lies do not quit the field shorn of those phosphoric rays of glory by which alone they have been enabled to support their antiphilatithropic system of pre. .• tended pacification. • • . i April V, 1815. . TRIBUNU9. i • , i .. 1 1 ~ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. . ; YLY:tiOtITII, Mar 4.—Arrived MS Majesty's ship Zenohia, from Gibraltar. PORTSMot:TiI, MAT s.—Arrived his Majesty's . .. ' . ship 4/Lion,' Admiral Cockburn, with his Majesty's . ships Asia, Peruvian, and Baruch, from Bermuda, in 30 days.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Ilebrus. for the Nore ; Milan aid • Shannon for the River ; and the Sapphire, for Guernsey.—Arrived the 211,ifsore, from Bourtleaux, with passengers ; std the Seaga!, from Havre.—Went out of harbour, his Majesty's ship Curacoa. , • - 3 • ' FtLwouvlr, MAT 3.—Arrived the Norton packet, ‘, 1 • with a Mail from Surinam and Antigua, in 36 days.— i The Prince Ernest packet is now off the Manacles, • . , ~.. with a Med from Lisbon, but it is not expected she . .. will get iii before the morning.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Cephalus, to join the Rhin, now off this port, to cruize off the French coast. • • • DEAL, MAY ~Y s.—Arrived and sailed for the Ricer , . the Diana, Graham, from St. Ifelena, last from the westward; Prince Regent, from Naples; and Cos- sack, from St. Domingo.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Hasty, Dextrousoind Wrangler, from a cruize , i.. . .. off the French coast. -s-Came . down from the River and remain, the Fairley tag lediaman, for India ; . . •,- Caltlicot Castle, for Gibrallar*; Ratcliye, fur Lis- . bon; and the Harmony, for Demerara. 1 • . I A New Jon.—We see by the Daily Papers that n ! a new corps is to be formed, to be attached to the 1 Quarter-Master-General's Department, to act as pioneers to the army ; and that the Colonelcy is to be given to General CAPEL, half brother to the Earl of ' Essex, with the title of Chief Pioneer, and the al. ' i lowances of a Major-General on the Staff. We have ' never heard of this officer's military fame, and there. r fore are bound to presume that his talents lie another I way, and that this little sop in the pan, not less than . 15001. a year during the war, is given to propitiate . . the favour and support of some of the Nobleßelatives • of the forthcoming Chief Pioneer. The Bill now passing through Parliament for the amendment of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, will have the beneficial effect of compelling debtors to deliver [ up their property to be divided among their creditors, 1 instead of being permitted to live in gaol, on the pro. duce of their estates, and leave their creditors with. .. out remedy. The following is the outline of the Bill: 1 '' r The preamble to the new Bill for the Relief of In. solvent Debtors, states that whereas the imprisonment I of Debtors bath been found in many cases insufficient ( .. . to induce them to apply their property towards the . payment of their debts ; and the discharge of Insolvent • i ' r . Debtors, under the provisions of an Act passed in the 53d year of the-reign of his present Majesty, for the • Relief of Insolvent Debtors in liagiand, hath beers . foiled injurious to credit and to the morals of the subjects of this realm.—lt therefore enacts that any' .:,. creditor whose debtor has been confined in execution, D may petition to compel such debtor to deliver up his i property, to be applied in satisfaction of his debts.— Every debtor on being served with order, shall ow . k oath deliver a schedule containing a description of his s creditors, the amount of their debts, and a discovery . e of his effects. The punishment of debtors refusing te e comply with the order of Court, and to make di;- - covery of their effects, is to be imprisonment, 09.1 . their goods and effects to be divided among their e'e- n ditors. Prisoners not to be intitled to their discharge, .1. s until they shall have been confined for certain retinal - of time accorrlittg to the amount of the produce a I. „,.... - their effects. Prisoners, by consent of credite , 5,1 , - may be discharged after examination. No prisoner ~ • e entitled to his discharge, who is liable to be detainol ri by Act 53. Ceo. 111. Prisoners confined in tl , e , King's Bench or Fleet Prisons, and remanded, may is be ordered to be confined in e!ose custody. Prisoners . ii '' r 11 e removed by Habeas Corpus, to he sent for examii.a- -n Lion to the prison of the county where the majority a' e of their creditors reside; and the espeuce of removal s if to be discharged out of his effects. .. -/- t 1 .. 14 . . .. . .. . ..- , . „ ... .