The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-05-02 00:00:00

grp ":- "" rH E STATESMAN. 3e: retain a respect for the liberties of mankind, mike the case of the French people their own, and to more distinctly feel the atrocity of ;Wonting to dragoon them into submission to a family most de set.% edly expelled, and ask every man who feels as a men ought to feel, what he would say if the 'TRIUMVIRATE who fancy they have the right and the power to parcel out the portions of the earth as TIIEY PLEASE, were to insist upon our renouncing our allegiance to the illustrious (louse of BRUNSWICK in favour of the King of SAttotstA, who, full brother in rapacity and disposition to the King of SPAIN, supposes himself the legitimate King of England ? What would the meanest, nay v; hat would even the most corrupt man in the nation, whit would even Lord CASTLEREAGH say to so impudent a demand ? He would revolt at it, and renounce his existence rather than submit to the insult.—So will the French ; and I do main tain, on the strong ground of our Consti tutional Rights, on the very principles that ele vated the present Royal Family to the Throne, and on the far stronger ground of natural right, which has precedency of all human Conventions, that the Sovereign who (tares to invade another coun try for the purpose of forcing it to receive a King of his choice, deserves to have not merely the sword, but the sceptre wrested from his hand. Were I the subject of a Sovereign so lost to all sense of justice, of honour and humanity, as to invade France for the sole purpose of restoring a banished Prince, I should certainly, from that moment, feel myself clear from my allegiance to such a Prince, and deplore the ab ject servility of those who would be parties in such an act of tyranny and injustice. Portman-qunre, A pri 25, 18:5. Arr. 3 REGU LUS. Malts. Gottenburgh 0 1 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS /unlit S per Cent. Red. AU 4 per Cent. Cons 5•,14 4 per Cents. 711 i 4 per Cent. Nary 8611 DAY AT (INK O'CLOCK Leng. Ann. l•1} 5-16 India Bonds 11 12 p Exchequer Hills 4 6 p Omnium Consols for Acc. 57 ii THE STATESMAN. LONDON: ZUZio.ili, MAY 2, 1815. Yesterday afternoon we received Paris Papers to the 20th, and to-day to the 30th. We have also some more Brussels and Frankfort Gazettes, and accounts from Italy, which will be seen in our co lumns. NAPOLEON had not left the •capital on the, 29th ult., but he was expected to set out before or on this day, the 2d of May. The commence.. mpnt of hostilities would not be delayed long after his arrival at the northern frontier. Signs of disunion among the Allies already begin to be manifested. A telegraphic dispatch from Metz, states, that a Proclamation had been issued by the Austrian Commis.i°n at Creuznach, forbidding obe., dience to one published by the King of PRUSSIA, ordering the inhabitants of the tight bank of the Mo selle, which is ceded to him by treaty, to take the oath or fi.lelity to him. We know not what degree of credit is due to this statement, or what is the pre cise right which Austria assumes to forbid obedience on the part of the people on the right bank of the Nloselle to any Power whatever—but if Prussia is put int , peaceable possession of her aggrandizements, aggrindizements which threaten the existence of the Auso•.-n power, and have already sunk it from being the first to the second Stale in Germany, and Aus. tria is left to fight for her indemnities in a dis tant quarter, where she sees but little hope of obtaining them, we may expect, ere long, to per ceive not the most cordial understanding subsisting between Austria and Prussia, and the rest of the sworn Allies, who have lately been so kind to them. selves, and are now to be so cruel to their neigh bours. We are told the advicrs received yesterday by' G nvernmetit, by way of Vienna, from Italy, hale• teen greatly misrepresented, and that the substance of the intelligence is, that on the Bth and 9th ult. the Neapolitan Army were repulsed by the Austrians at the tele du pont of Occhio Bello, iti two successive attacks. On the 11th, Field-Marshal BIANCHI at• tacked the enemy's positions near Carpi, and after e long end obstinate struggle, the enemy were driven cut of the town with the loss of 12 Officers and 500 men. The enemy abandoned Reggio by way of Mo de•►a. Gen. NUGF.Nrs corps near Piste* was attacked on the Bth by the Neapolitans under PIGNATELLI, who were successfully repulsed and driven under the walls of Florence. General NUGENT was again attacked on the 10th and 11th, but the enemy was repulsed on each day Nidi very considerable loss in killed and wounded. The Neapolitans having undertaken operations against Ferrara, their troops in that position were briskly aitarked on the 12th, by the Austrian divi sions tinder Gem Mona, and Field-Marshal NEIP; react. The whole of their force was driven off the field, sail their works destroyed. They were par seed tyr Gen. Motto as far a 3 Bologqe. Sod le the complexion of the official intelligence from Italy, as given out by the •rgans of our Go vernment. But we have very different accounts through other channels, as will be seen by the arti etas we quote in other parts of our Paper. At the date of the last accounts, the Austrians were coma- Stated between Mantua and Borgotorte, on the Po. Neither party seemed willing to advance until more v a; known respecting the war with France. A Proclamation, or rather the Deeree of the SOVEREIGN Panne, which we insert, will give the reader some idea of the state of the public mind in the Netherlands. It threatens with penal infliction "all those who shall propagate rumours, announces, or news, which may tend to alarm or disturb the public mind." There is liberty of speech and publi cation for you, Brabanters, with a vengeance! Earl GREY, preparatory to the motion which he is this evening to snake in the House of Lords, on the subject of our relations with Naples, put some questions to the Earl of LIVERPOOL last night, that elicited a little information, which, from its import ance, we notice here. Lord 1.. said, 6 ' our rela tions with Naples had depended on the movements of Marshal MURAT. In consequence of the advance of MURAT in the North of Italy, Lord WILLIAM BEN. TINCK had given notice to him that he would consi der any hostilities on his part, against our Allies, as a breach of the armistice concluded between him and this country. Ills Lordship could not speak as to the fact of hostilities having commenced between MURAT and this country ; neither could he speak as to any discussion or negotiation going on at the pre sent moment." Thus we are to consider ourselves as in a state of hostility with the present Ruler of Naples, and , certainly the chief part of Italy, which is now in his possession—and for what are the English troops ' to contend for in Italy —To aggrandize the power of Austria, to carry into effect the projects of the Bourbon King of SICILY, and to tread under foot rights and liberties, which the very Commander who is thus rashly proclaiming war on the part of his country, swore to protect. Not only must Great Britain be disgraced in the eyes of the world by her Ministers giving their sanction to the shameful par titions of the despots of the Continent, in direct nod open violation of the most solemn and existing en• gsgements ; but her blood and treasure, and the ho• nour of her Commanders, most be sacrificed to carry these spoliations into effect ;—and this is called act ing justly, wisely, magnanimously, and securing the tranquillity of the world ! And for this object, to aggrandize our Allies, Powers who bear that name to-day from the most' selfish of motives, and may be our enemies to-mor row from the same principle, and to make ourselves appear not only unjust, but pre-eminently ridiculous; we are to have the Property Tax, and all other taxes that can be devised or borne—the whole burthen of the war, and the brunt of the battle,. without a hope or a chance of advantage! The Property Tax came l under discussion in the House of Commons last night. General GAscotarvz moved an exemption for Officers in the Army and Navy, when actually engaged in foreign service, which was negatived without a divi sion. Previous to the House resolving itself into a Committee on the Bill, discussions arose on several questions relative to tl►e most serious inconveniences attending the Tax; and one motion, to controul the cendoct of Inspectors, was, after some conversation, ! withdrawn. In the Committee the CIIANCELLOR of the EXCI/EQUER introduced a Clause, " That the as• sessments for the current year should be made on the basis of the last, without any new valuation," which, as well as one imposing an oath of secresy upon the Commissioners, was adopted, and ordered to form a part of the Bill. This is all the modification that measure, which has given such pain and disgust to the community of Great Britain, is to undergo; and though the re-- corded voice of the nation has pronounced it most in jurious and impolitic—because the Petition of the City of London referred to it as a measure likely to be adopted by an infatuated Administration, to en able them to carry on an unjust and unnecessary war—though the See.taxa of the House of Commons, on a late occasion, declared, that the doors of that House ought to be freely opened to all Petitions,—that of the Citizens of London was not allowed to be laid on the table of Parliament; and when they are called a respectable body, those Ministers who have heaped such accumulated evils on the country, fall a laugh ing and call hear, hear! Yet do we see these Ministers with their Exchequer Bills iu their bawds • unfunded, soliciting the very men they thus affect to contemn, for their aid—no wonder it is la vain.— Out of eighteen millions proposed to be raised by the desperate expedient of Exchequer Bills, the Minieter has not been able to procure mere than Cm The sentiments ■nd situation of the country may be read pretty plainly from this. Our Readers will, perceive from the Report, and wonder, doubtless, at the choice of the champion made by the Livery, that the Petition of the Com mon Hall was presented by Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, who, in doing his duly upon this occasion, and re presenting the sense of his Constituents, declared that not one single sentiment contained in the Peti tion met with his concurrence ! The Honourable House, or rather the Gentlemen who compose the governing part of that Assembly, gave two most, weighty reasons for a rejection of the Petition. It was not quite to their taste in point of language—este l sufficiently respectful, or adulatory enough, and forms of the House forbade any interference whatever with a Tax Bill while before the house. No matter—the case would not have been much altered or bettered althoegh the Pe tition had been ordered to lie on the table.— , The House, the country, and the. Ministers, hart. been made sensible of the light in which the most re spectable part of the Citizens of London look upon , the attempt now making to plunge the nation into an expensive war, and the abhorrence in which they hold the expressed disposition of a rash and incompetent Ministry, to add fresh burdens to the load which already weighs down the people of this country, in order that their blunders may be repaired, and their Quixotic projects may be carried into effect.' Ministers may shut their doors and their ears, and may get their ma jorities to shut the doors of Parliament, and their ears also to the petitions and remonstrances of the people, but they cannot shut out all 'perception of the true nature of their policy and the consequences that will attend it. The people of England will not believe an allegation the less true because it is spurn ed—not refuted—nor that true loyalty, patriotism, and common sense, consist only in devotion to Courts and Ministers, and are only expressed in the language of servility. Paris Papers to the 3Uth ult. arrived this morning. Their contents are of little importance. The only thing worth noticing is, that Joachim, on his depar ture from Naples, appointed his Queen regent, and diminished all the taxes one-third. Yesterday, about three o'clock, Mr. BUM; the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, in a post-chaise, with dispatches from abroad. Government gave yesterday notice of its purpose to receive proposals for the purchase of 8000 tons of hemp. The Paris Papers contain a Proclamation of the Emperor of Alarm& for the reunion of the king dom of Lombardy to the Austrian Monarchy, under the title of the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom. It is to be governed by a Viceroy; and is divided into two Governments, the Milanese and the Venetian. Representatives from the different classes of inha bitants are to meet at Milan and Venice, for the pur pose of enlightening the Government with respect to the interests of the country ; the Constitutions of these Representative Assemblies, however, are not fixed, but are to he laid down in future Edicts. Such is the state of feeling in Saxony, that at Dres- den an order has been published by " the Libe ratots," denouncing severe puutsishment on any per son who even speaks in favour of NAPOLEON. BONAPARTE has granted permission to the bene volent Mr. Wass to visit any part of France. The agent to Mr. WEBB has been requested to meet the -Philanthropist in Paris in a few weeks. . Saturday being the third and last day for the in vestment of Exchequer Bills, the books were filially closed. Out of the 13 millions, to which Mr. VAN s trutives effereztended, he has obtained 10,300,0001. It is likely that the sum of between seven and eight millions, which is there deficient, will he added to the new Loan. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. IP 1.-414 DEAL, MAY I.—Arrived his Majesty's ship nia.vdel, from Portsmouth, and sailed for the 11.ber ; and Re4ole sloop of war, from Ostenrl. down from the River and sailed to the Westaard the Diana, Burn, for New York ;.and Young, fur Lisbon. 1)01ITSMOUTII, MAY I.—Arrived from 'he Doan; the Duke of Bedford, Duchess of Bedford, sad British Isle transports, bound to Lisbon, fur Por. tuguese troops.—Sailed his Majesty's ships Astreu, Bermuda, and clinker, to the westward. FALMOUTH, APRIL the Lady Louis.: packet, with a Mail for Corunna. IJaKwtcu, MAY I.—Sailed the Auckland packet, %kb a Mail for Holland ; the Nrpean packet, with a Mail for Ilamborgh ; and the Thetis packet, sith a Mail for Gottenburgh. THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. We have the most lively satisfaction in stating, that a Gentleman is arrived in town front Holy, who saw an Aid-de-Camp of the King of Naples at Bologna on the 12th April, and received from him , i.e ante that the Duke of Bedford was unhurt in the at. tack made on his equipage by banditti. This 0.:1••er '*was with his Grace at the time, and neither ..f theta were wounded. Some of his servants wro. , hur, and two of the postillions killed, as well as the This was communicated to the Marquis of Tav,,tlelt yesterday by au Honourable Baronet, who the information. The Duke proceeded, after the dangerous interruption, to Naples, where he arrived in safety. We received yesterday netting Phiis Papers of the 28th inst., which repeat the former report of the attack and robbery committed upon the Duke of Bedford ; and although. the circumstances rela.iug to 'it had been fully ascertained, and that his Grace had received no personal injury, yet the Courier thought fit to publish a Second and Third Edition, for the purpose of employing the Horn-boys to annoy the relatives and friends of the Noble Duke. SPORTING IArTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1815. THURSDAY, Arm i. Sweepstakes of lOgs each, for 2-yr old costs, Sst. 71b. and 611i.0, ' Sst. 41b. T. Y. C. ,1111 r. Payne's c. by Staveley Mr.. Cruckford's c. by Sella% Lord SaMeld's c. by Sorcerer - 3 Sir J. Shelley's f. by Sorcerer or Waxy - 4 Evcii betting on Mr. Croesford's c. 7 . to 2 agst Lord Sullield's c. sto 2 agst Sir J. .:belley sf. Sweepstakes of 100ga each. A; E. Mr. Watson's Panlus, Ssi. 31b. . I Mr. StonchPwr's § - lender Billy, Bst. 121 b. - 2 , Mk. Chant .n s Toga, S. Ito, - 3 5 to 1 apt nil: 6 to 4 ngst Slender bliny. 3 to I art Toler. Mr. Wilson pricorn, Sst. beat Lord Jersey's Fugitisc, Ost. T. Y. L. s. sto 4 agst Capricorn. Mr. Perren's Cambrian, Sst. beat Mr. lonises ChlWnick, 9st. 7th. A. F. 100 gs, h. ft. 4tol on Cambrian. The 10)0gs Stakes of 100 p each, h. ft. for allies, Bit. 41b. each. I). 51. Lord Fuley's be. by Saila Duke of Grafton's Minuet - lien. Grosvenor's b. by Popinjay Mr. Rush's b. by Meteor or Trafalgar - 1 9to 1 agst Lord Fuley's br. 2tol oo Mieset. The Kin 'e of 100 p, for 4-yr olds, Ilst. 3-yr olds. 110. Sib. 8-yr olds and aged, 12st. Last three elks of B. C. ; Fir. Villiers's bl. c. Don Cossack, 4-y s old . 1 1 Mr. Kirby's b. b. Otterington, 5-yrs old - , I 10 to 1 on Don Cossack. . A letter from Leghorn, dated on the Ist ult. states, that the Aboukir, 74, was at anchor in the Roads, giving protection to the English merchants' shipping and goods. The Tremendous, Clorinde, and Grass hopper, were at Genoa. The Halifax Papers of the 31st March contain the particulars of the failure of the small expedition up the river St. Mary, respecting which some uncertain rumours were derived from American Papers. Oar gallant fellows behaved withtheir accustomed bravery. The news of the peace arrived on the Id March—ten days sooner it would have saved these valuable lives! New York Papers to the 96th ult. contain the official dispatches of the American Military Corn. glanders, relative to the capitulation of Fort Bowyer. The news of peace arrived soon after the surrender FRIDAY, Arita 23. of the fort, which took place on the IHh of February. Mr. Lornat's Shealey, ist. 121 b. beat Mr. Charlton's Toter, A detailed account is given of the capture of his Ma. ilst. 51b. T. Y. C. 100 gs. No betting. jetty's schooner the St. Lawrence, Lieut. J. E. Goa- se t %T . ,c 3 .; b s . E. i l ri et, Bst, 91b. beat Mr. Stontliewep c. by t half of Ab. M. 50gs. b a.d tto4 on Dow, Commander, by a Baltimore privateer of E ag l et . superior force, called-the Chasseur. Mr. Stonebewer's Hamlet, Set. 71b. beat Mr. Boareries Halifax Papers to the Slat of March state , that Sir sc ren. G rarc aosvde' Bsi. 41b. T. Y. C. 3000. 5t04 on Scherterasade. ieaor's ion Mot, beat Mr. Stonebewer'sc. Drake. G. regrow is coming home, and may soon be ea- list. 2lb each. T Y C. 25gs 2tol on Bon Mot. peered in this country. Oar men of war were fast 7th . ea c h. 1 74 1 . 1141 * beat Mr. . Lakes c. . by Granites, ea. 100 gs. b. ft. been betting. withdrawing from the American coast. The Severn SATURDAY, Aram 29 was to leave Charleston on the 18th, and the Menelaus Sweepstakes of 150 gs each, Is ft. colts, Set. 41b. Met sm. lib the 20th of March, for Bermuda. A number of Ab M. Mr. Neville's ch c. Sir Joshua 1 Blacks taken off the American shores were at that 2 Gen. Grosvenor's b. 1. by Po p in j ay island. The Spencer and Bulwark were about to 3tol on Sir Joshua leave Castilla with a convoy of transports, contain- Sweepstakes of 103 gs each, b. ft. colts, list. 41b. Nies, B,t. 11b. ing the troops which had occupied that and adjacent Al,. M (Five Subscribers.) Duke of Graftoo's Minuet 1 places. The West India regiments employed in Sir Mr. Nortbey's f. by Gamenut A. COCRRANE'S armament have been sent to New I 10 to 1 ea Miami. Providence and Jamaica. Mr. Prince's Yoga; Eagle, list. 131 b. beat Mr. Lake's I by Zodiac, id. 91b. T. Y. C. 21;gs. 7t04 on Young Eagle. HALIFAX, MARCH 29.—NEW BLOCKADE.—The , Spanish Admiral Don JUAN GAvacco has notified, ! from Porto Santo, to the British Admiral Duanam, that he has instituted a strict and rigorous blockade of ail the ports and places in the Spanish American provinces of Venezuela, which are occupied by (baits- i surgents. • A letter from Dublin states, that the Catholic As. sociation had that day selected Sir H. PARNELL as the Member who is to present the Catholic Petition to the Comtuons. Whatever the Houses of Parliament intended when they legislated against the importation of Fo. reign Corn, it appears that the direct tendency and i consequences of the Corn Bill have been averted, by their forgetting to include Foreign Fume I.—(Sussex Paper.) . MEMOIRI 01 LADY HAMILTON.—It has been well observed that human nature is better understood by being contemplated in the actions of persons who have rendered themselves conspicuous, as agents, in ' dissipation, or the dupes of *folly, than in abstract disquisitions on the passions, and in hortatory dissua sions from vice. We are therefore not sorry to ob. serve, that the Memoirs of the modern CLEOPATRA are given to the : world we see• in them the hidden springs which lead by a gradual, but circuitous course to habitual depravity, and whose current impels those that want steadiness of principle down the winding channel which brings them, ere they are aware, into the abyss of corruption. Nett, the celebrated swindler, recently sentenced to seven years' transportation, has been sent down to Woolwich, preparatory to being forwarded to Botany Bay. Ills active conduct and habits' have procured for him promotion—he is now an over ' looker, and lately prevented the escape of several convicts. : M kNSION•IIOUSE.-01 Friday last, Was. Crum, the driver of the hackney-coach No. 782, was coo victed by the Commissioners in the penalty of toll for abusing a Gentleman, at the Elephant and Casa?, on the 22d ult., who chose to hire a chariot In pre ference of Crane's coach. The same day, W. Hayford, the driver of the hackney-coach No. SO, was convicted in the pe nalty of 108. for driving contrary to orders ; also is another penalty of 10s. for having no check -string. James Davis, the driver of the hackney-coach No. 210, was convicted io the penalty of lOb. fol refusing to carry Copt. Arabia in his coach lion Knightsbridge to South Molton-street, on the 21st ult. Divis had been out 12 hours, which he might have pleaded, as he resides at K•rightsbridge: but he would not make use of this legal plea, therefore the Commissioners inflicted the penalty. Richard Fares, the owner of the hackney-c•,,r` No. 480, was convicted in the penalty of 0.. misbehaviour, by leaving his coach without beinA the care of any person, at Sadler's Wells, on 22d ult. John Houghton, the driver of the hackney- 0:° No. 324, was convicted in the penalty of 10s• abusing one of the Inspectors, on the 42d ult., Gentleman's door in Cleveland-square, wheii' Inspector happened to be when Houghton hroug!.. fare to the house. Houghton would hare heels ' victed in the full penalty, if he had trot eaPre'''': contrition, and a promise of good behasiour future. Yesterday the sth Regiment had a grand fi - 11 on Ascot Heath : and practised firing with 10!: '' ~: u:..~ :~~ Aid ~~- 6 • V L F ~ Y~ :, ,~ ;r , ~~: li ~. I I i