The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-05-19 00:00:00

MI 7" , r - •, • -• . THE STATESMAN. PI ~.: S. r:~i ~. r. e-buinnes, and a large walled gatslen, all in good tranquillity of all Europe be secured. This they day of inauguration. It was reported at Milan on seeair. have sworn in the face of the universe. the '29th, that by a, new victory. Murae's retreat to The Emperor Napoleon appears to he no very " Frenchmen! in the name of 'your King and If Naples was wholly cut off. great favouriee ss ith Mr. Bilk beck, who not unfre. his Allies, I exhort you to return to your duty, aid e embrace the good cause. Louis XVIII. once 'es. The confirtnatlon Os expected every hour. • tittently calls hint a ty rant, and speaks pretty freely' to of what he consider% the oppressive acts of his *sore reealle .you; his clemency stilt w i s he s t o par . ',' [room A LETTER.] -•' • Government, and the madness of his ambitious don your er r ors. • You have now but a short time NAPLES, Kettle 21.—The misfortunes that have projects. Yet amidet eli this, our author is corns left. All Fiance is pointed out to him; he knows befallen our army ere known here in spite of all pellet, t o ae k ne „i re e ze , 46 that under his nuspices the names of the good and the bad Frenchmen ;he the precautions that have been taken. The party of the internal Goverment of the country ass wise knows how to appreciate the attachment of the the old King begins to show itself anew, and we ex and effectual ; peeped/ was sacred and crimes were former, as well as to punish the infidelity of the rare." , latter. , pect speedy and most important changes in this coun. There was a inegnificenee (says lie) about Bona. f " Within a few days 1,100,000 men will pass try, which has been so lont exposed to so many parte which - carries you away in defiance of your• your frontiers, and occupy your provinces (7). I troubles. sober judgment. Today I gained a sight of the: shell cause the provinces which submit to be respect- , Virese, MAY 3.—iiis Majesty the King of Den astopishing colossel elephant, which was to have ed, but I shall he under the necessity of punishing mark certainly leases us on the 15th; he takes with been elevate.] on the scite of the Revile; from the rebel population. 'him the general esteem. It is likewise certain that a which a grate] street was projected to the front of 1 ' _ ' the Louvre, through the whole length of the city. ! , poiliiilw‘e 51y Lord von need not err all converts. As tilreacts peace to irs—nn that mb.nissioa we do ore under- considerable Danish auxiliary corps will shortly join 'rise canal of Ourque, a grand work of his for the . stand that lanyinee. the Allied Armies. The presence of the King has ssilsply of Paris with water, was to have formed a misled . I . oll7;k rn tim i rw rd e'uT; arerseir„iiii"YdreejifllfltientdiYo been of great disadvantage in respect of the concerns fountain through the proboscis of the elephant.— not resist the ny•st Isaac. of projects. Euro p e , a Lu rope .of Denmark. Wherever you turn is some majestic monument of i (I) "On his soldiers—Think, my Lao!, on throe words. • n T a i i i i e th slze y re e ir rin i „ tf c r re re w n ne ch . m .. d d oes not recognise the I It is believed here, that 'hostilities will not begin his taste. In fact, the grandeur of Paris was his ; Soi l e'r ) ri " x Ist of June. creation, and ynu now see workmen busy in a ll i (5.) " That is town, that France sh.itild iitiletnnify Ear ope I beh)re the parts, scratching out his name, and defacing hi s i forA , . l e e . ..i s:r ir z in is sacrifices rte b t e o suhjur i4e ue . i Count Saurnu, Gover'hor of Milan, has received t o t ( sh ill e l , l i i t., ed iii . iir y , e o r ; • l ns ni h n ,;i:e 13116; ~ _ eagles. This is very pitiful: The Bourbons, in 1 claimed lliven t sel . ves inll iille t rs orders immediately to repair to the A ustr i an army at their attempts to disgrace. Napoleon s by pulling ! Lord, shat wanid von sae were similar language an he mldresa- • Naples ; and at the same time the necessary instruc down his stature and obliterating the ensigne of his : ad to the people of Great ftretriMP—,l4, %batw.oll.l you dot ' ~ power, are directing their attack against his least : hi g .. l ..f " thi f t. n n is rmw is ni ls it ori,a n g e l e e f . ertniu. This prediction savours n ! nous, in respect to the measures that are to be adopt - ied on the entrance of the Austrian army into Naples. vulnerable part, and inviting a comparison greatly• .--_-_ _ --._. - _ .._ _ . -- ._________... to their own disadvantage. He executed many great i PRICE fit' STOCKS Tlll9 DAT AT OAS tECLOCIi - . I 31* is calculated that the present war will cost works of lasting utility, sod many of amaz i ng wow. rein 9 Loat. Ann.l4i 7-16 Austria '250,000 Aogsburgh florins daily. Ger. splendour. Under his auspices the internal Go- 1 ip)erer cent. e. tom. sz i sll India Boa& 10 11 p imatiY is divided into districts, for the better provide Hscliequer BM. 2 5 p 'clement of the reentry was wise and effectual ; 4 per Cents. ill 2 Omnium ling of the grand armies with every thing requisite fur property wars I per cent. Navy 136111 sacred, and crimes were rare because Consols for Ace. 5111 if I their maintenance. they could not he committed with impunity. — - -- j FllO3l THE DANUSE, MAY 2.—lt has been said In the concluding part of Mr. Birkbeck'e tour, he - THE STATESM AN . • • I that the Archduchess Maria Louisa is now attended remarks, • It is dee from us to add, that in the course of our - ---- -ee-e-e e ee 'by none but Germans, and that the French retinue is enquicies on every topic we met with no instance of I dismissed ; this is false—the latter, near 100 in num incivility ; no reserve or appearance of suspicion.— her, attend her as before. It was thus from the North to the extreme South; sad iii whatever direction we had shaped our course, I am satisfied we should have experienced the same kind reception. And, in our own country, wherever an intelligent Frenchman shall present himself, pre pared to communicate, and anxious to obtain infor mation, he will be received as we were received in France; making some allowance for a degree of jea. lousy among the manufacturers, not incompatible with personal benevolence, but arising from particu lar circumstences which might render competition ruinous. A sufficient proof that we are not natural enemies! " Les peuples :se s' entrebaissent pas," as I hearth many of the French exclaim. Ilow lung then shall forty millions of civilized people, in the its° corrodes, remain the dupes of that wretched and dis graceful policy, by which Governments foment per. pouts/ rivalship and war, under the backuied plea of supporting social order and religion, and 0 Mike enemies of notions a bo had else, Like kiuttred drops, hewn mingled Wotan." LONDON: FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1815. • A Hamburgh Mall arrived this forenoon. The chief articles of interest which it brings, are some ru. mours of fresh disasters to MURAT, and confirmatory statements of the intelligence, that the Court al Austria has concluded a treaty, by which,. as far as treaties will secure it, the throne of Naples is ,! to be secured to the Bourbon King of Sicily.— The Allied Powers have him to set up and keep, up too. This, however, they say will now be easy, for " it was reported at Milan, on the 29tb, that I by a new victory Motives retreat to Naples has been cut off." We do not believe it. Is this new victory that General Gagnon" alluded to when he an. flounced in his telegraphic dispatch, that " the King of NIPLU had obtained a great success over the I enemy."—lt will be seen by the following extracts that the Austrians are confidently calculating on speedily entering Naples : VIENNA, MAT 3.—A Treaty is concluded between ithe Courts of Vienna and Palermo, by which Kind Ferdinand is to be secured in the possession of ids hereditary throne of the two Sicilies. Some earlier accounts have stated that Ferdinand's eldest son was 'to be King of Naples, and that it was settled that I Naples and Sicily should never be united under one . sovereign. His Majesty will also be recognised by all the Allied Powers, mull solemnly proclaimed. , ST. Prraessulloll, APRIL 23.—Yesterday her Ma. jesty the Empress Mother granted a private audience to Count IVinzingerode, the Ambassador of his Ma. jesty the King of Wirtemberg, in which he formally ' solicited, in the name of his Majesty, the hand of her Imperial Highness the Gland Duchess Catharine Paulowna,Duchess Dowager of Holstein Oldenborgh, for the eldest SOll of his Majesty the King of Wit ; Lemberg, the Croon Prince, Frederick 'William Charles. This union was already settled in Ger. many, in previous interviews between the Illustrious Personages interested in it. The War Message from the Crown was not brought down to Parliament last night, as expected, but Ministers gave notice that the ratified Treaties of Alliance for War, which have already been laid ! in substance before the houses, will on Monday next be submitted, together with ft Message from the Crown, which will be taken into consideration on Tuesday. The Subsidiary Treaties are also to be submitted, and will be discussed on Wednesday.. The money engagements on, the part of this country are known to be heavy, for the finances of our Allies are in a most miserable state. The wants of : the Contracting Powers in this respect present the best criterion of their strength. The Earl of LITER. root. stated, that the Declaration which was affised ~larthe Government of this country to the Treaty of Vienna, has been approved by the Allies. As to the overture from NAPOLEON, his Lordship stated also, that the Congress of Vienna had entered into no negnciatiou in consequence of that, and that we Lhed entered into none likewise. It thus appears that so obstinately were the Allied Powers bent on prosecuting the war, or so much did they despise the power of NAPOLEON, that even to reply to his proposal was too great a condescension from the dig. nity of the High Allied Powers. It thus appears likewise, that they profess to be all of the same mind ! still, though NAPOLEON . is now unquestionably firmer on the Throne of France than ever. We !grant that the French soldiery may have motives for their attachment to the Government of NAPOLEON,, which the people cannot he supposed to have; but is I it not now past doubt that the French people are heart and soul with NAPOLEON ? Can there be a stronger proof of this than the confederation of the inhabitants of the Fauxbonrgs St. Antoine and Mar. • cesu, and the. other confederations of the people who have enrolled themselves in the ranks of the military, and are prepared to fight in defence of the I FRANCE PAPERS.. • .Orkt.mtivrtny Or TIM Ohiggititt. Ifit , CHIEF LWKLI.IPIt;TOttI AF Tlll3 ALLII,te AUIIIIES TO !H Flt0:01 PLOPL. 66 Frenchmen! from my head.qoarten, in the midst of a formidable army of veteran soldiers, I raise my voice in the name of your King and his' Allies, to recal you to the sentiments of submission and peace(l). The misfortunes with which you arc Jlltenaced, render this a painful duty, but the reward will be glorious for me if I am listened to. In con. letting on me the chief command of the Armies of she North, the Allied Sovereigns hate invested me with an honourable confidettee. I hare promised to fulfil its ditties, and r will keep my word. " Frenchmen ! —What do you expect by attaching yonrseltes to the fate of the violator of treaties? of a man without right and without power ? Do you wish to render war eternal by following that Eagle which feeds on and still becomes more thirsty of hu man blood ? Can ou he so much deceived, so much misled, as to imagine, dial, contrary to all probabi lity, he will triumph over the whole of Europe in the contest which he is madly preparing to maintain ? No, Frenchmen, we cannot believe, we cannot sup. pose, that his furious ambition cam have influence sufficient so far to seduce you, as to produce a belief in the success of his insane itrojects.(2). " We know ha forces, we are acquainted with his means. We do not deceive ourselves in declaring to yriu that all his efforts will only serve to make him tall with more.certainty into our hands. No, French men, I must repeat, it is not on the nation we mean to make war, but on Bonaparte and Isis soldiers (3). Woe to theni who shall join him: Woe to the rebel proviouil Do not imagine that Bonaparte can brave with impunity .the Sovereign Authority of so many quancd Wads (I), by abusing with impunity, as be Lag already done, their clemency; or that offended Europe will consent to have in vain made enormous merifices for replacing the Bourbons no the Throne of lemurs (5), when the repose and the interest of rations require that they should be maintained there. ort. " But did not these circumstances exist, one rule - tare powerful would render it necessary to resume srals a second time—that of punishing the factious horde by which the present troubles have been fomented, and which has dared to pronounce against the unanimous wish of all the European Monarchies. " Yes, Frenchmen, henceforth Europe united and moved by the same interest, must form but one, single power, and the Sovereigns a supreme corpo ration, upon which will be raised the solid pedestal of the peace and happiness of nations. The rights of the Monarchy will attain all from this august Senate, and be consigned in its solemn acts. " The nem of Louis XVIII is inscribed in this federal compact. The Allied Sovereigns replaced him on the Throne of his ancestors, and proclaimed the reign of the famqy of Bourbon until its extinc tion, over the French people (6). They now take cp arms to restore and confirm that dynasty—to support this Cause of Kings—to consolidate the Go vriumestt—to secure the repose of mankind, and to erre tan imposing example of sovereign authority to nations. They will not lay down their arms until floe shall have destroyed, vest the possibility of re. Isms, the source of all the evils with which you are it a rncral peace be signed, and the DRE4DEN, M.►Y s.—On the 20th of April, Prince Sulkowsky was arrested at Stupka, hi Upper Silesia, by a company of dens d'armes, under the direction of a Councillor of the Government, and in conse quence of an order from the Prussian Minister of Po lice, on account of every thing suspicious of attach ment to Napoleon and his perfidies. national independence with that desperate fury, which has given so many proofs to Europe that France will not submit to foreign . domination, and the rule of that imbecile Monarch who builds his right on birth alone, his power on foreign bayonets, and re ceives his Crown from foreign hands,—yet tells them be owes them nothing, for, it is his independent of VIENNA, MAY 3.—Since the departure of M. Monterou a new attempt has been made by the French Government to open a negotiation with the Allied Powers, but like the first it has wholly failed. PRAGUE, Atari 30.—This morning was the so. Winn procession ordered by his Majesty, to implore the_llivine blessing for the success of our arms.— At fire o'clock there was a Sermon and High hint's, in all the churches, after which the procession pro. ceeded to the Cathedral. The number of persons was so great, that the procession lasted for several hours. them, and that he has never ceased to reign ! Yes, ,It seems mote evidence of popular feeling in favour of the present -French Government is necessary before any ohti►e old legitimate Governments will recognise its claim to respect—and more evidence of this certainly will be given. Happy for Eu rope if it be not of •that nature which shall shake thionei and the fAbft of social society to ►heir foundations. "Tear the opinion on this subject of a person who n rites under the shackles of Prus sian ftuthority—whilst the Prussian banner is waving over his head, and whilst he is complimenting the lIAMBUROII, MAY 11.—The English cutter SpA ,power under Which he writes. The Editor of the Captain Ferguson, is arrived in the Elbe, with the Rhenish *Mercury thus describes the spirit which pre_ monument of the late Queen of Prussia, which was veils in the French army, he might have said through. made in Italy. It was embarked at Leghorn, for out France. 64 The Frenchmen of NAPOLEON will Ilamburgh, last autumn, on board the English ship fight with courage, with fury, and desperation : with Alexander, which was taken by the American pri. courage, because their favourite Commander leads vateer Leo. The privateer was on the way to Ame. them; with fury, because they burn for revenge on rice with the price when it was retaken by the Eng. account of our victories; with desperation, because lisp privateer Tapper, and carried into Cheiburgh, they draw their swords as political delinquents, no thence it was taken to England ; the mocaftest is longer for a country or a throne, but against that pu. now on the way to Berlin. t nishingjustiee which they must endeavour to avert Accouuts 'from Milan state, that the most magni. The war will, therefore, be sharp, and the first onset ficent preparations are making for the reception of I terrible. Holland, &Iliad, and Prussia, cannot the Archduke, who is expected on the 12th at Iprovide troops toospeedlly, or in too greet nUmbers." This is true, and well mar Holland, England, and MI the eagles and numberless N.'s which figure in , Prussia look to k. Their punishing j u sfiee is not . 40 work much in their fames. Thi. some every corner, upon every piece of furniture, linen, - I likel y !Paper has another political article in which (he porcelain, &c. &c. are effaced or altered. The No. i Editor seenis think that .14/NAPA i I tTE is moreire ' pared for anirruption thaw the bility of Milan are alio forming a noble guard on foot and ou horseback to do the first dory on the' Allies are for resistivg him. ~ The consideration of these topics naturally red Bests a question as to the propriety of the Ihl WELLINGTON issuing such a Proclamation as we s, addressed to the Freuch people its his name; and thi question will sugirst another, whether the 0 ‘V ELLINGTON could have actually issued such a P re tlamation, so directly at variance vs ith the declaration of his Court, and so calculated to fan thrt . easne e r le sistance in France to the cause which he eqputLe,. This preachiN, boasting, and abusieo Proclatuol.c. is without date ; and as it comes thrnagh sh e , r dium of the French Papers, with some sharp remai:, I appended, we wonder our Treasury brethren h a , not been pronouncing it a fabrication. Genuine, Istated, we do not believe it to be. It is moro like l one of Louis's denunciations of woes and merits in favour of himself and family, or a brication of the French press for the purpos e lof ridicule. In this Proclamation the Duke e ‘V ELLINGTON is made to say, " The Allied Sovereigns replaced him (Lou!; X VIII.) on the throne of his ancestors, rciga andp a r l i ocl ts ai c e r s i tl nctshipe of the family of Bounno.v, until • the French people. They now take op arms to rc ! store and confirm that dynasty (we know they do, though they are ashamed to confess it so openly as this)—to support the cause of Sings —to consoli ! date the Gorernment—tO secure the repote-or inst. kind (a curious way of securing it), and to give an I imposing example of Sorereign authority to all na llion:. They will not lay down their arms mil they shall have destroyed, past the possibility of returu, the source of all the evils with which pus are ! menaced, until a general peace be signed, and the tranquillity of all Europe be -secured......— This they have sworn in the face of the universe."— They have sworn to restore the Bouneoss, end • give an i:nposing example of Sovereign authority to all nations, by punishing the FrenCh for expelling. them, and daring to say they have a right to choose their own King. This is declared to be the express object of the great crusade; and a British General says he is sent from his nation to carry this object into effect ! But the magnanimous Allies neither combated solely for this noble object, nor the still Golder one of giving nations the liberty of lexercising a choice in the adoption of their Rulers; and the very liberal arrangements of the Con. gees, of Vienna have proved this to be the fact.-- Justice and liberty, and magnanimity, end all as admire in idea, are uniformly good and beautiful till they come to be put into practice, and then the splen. did theory admits not of realization. Statesmen shrug op their shoulders, and Pament that, unless' it be "punishing justice," they are unhappily inapplirahls to the presoot state of thing; ! Poland, Saxony, G'- nos, and the fine idea of breaking the fetters which bind millions of human beings to the earth, and de. grade the image of GOO to the level of the brute creation, come across us here, and with the mitirg up of Lord CATLEREAOU'II: gingeroreta King.ist the place of the great military genius oho now governs, and knows how to govern France, ae see what the Congress of Vienna have been cans tending for. And with • such Proclamations befere oar eyes as are issoieg from the head-quarters of the Allies now in arms, we see what, at least, are the professed objects for which they are about to plunge the world again into war* We shall be told thet because the Congress has shown that it will hold no correspondence %iris lio- NApAntc, it must be all false that has been .a:d about Austria having entered into uegocistions nith him, and resolved on being neutral. It may be se; but it is no less certain that couriers, " &great many couriers," have for sometime been passing betweea the Imperial Courts of Vittoria and Paris, and it was only iu the Brussels Papers received ye,terday that we read orders from head-quarters for stoppinz thin. -AoStrins particularly in a distresved and rxhau tad state. She has gained nothing by the war, and am not, as acknewledgod in the above article; from, Vienna, continue it long. She is merely acquiescent, and may be evpccted to become one of the " *ie. tutors of Treaties" as soon as Fre lice can protect her in her violation. She may welt say, " protect me from my friends." PLYMOUTH, MAY 17.—Came it, the Whiting schooner, frotn Bermuda, with several transports. Dt: tr., MAY 18.— Arrived his 14hjesty's ships Aotritc, Spartan, Leoniaus, and Caroline, from Portsmouth, with detachments of the 53t1 regiment; and his Majesty's ship Tartarus, foam Ostend. — Sailed the City of London tact Indiaman, for l o clis. PORT•MOUTH, MAY IB.—The whole of the trans. ports at the Motlierbank, from Bermuda, Sic. are released from qtrtrantine, except the Fanny and Pcsfg.ll- - Saiird big MPjesty's ship Bermuda, with the George, Sir W. Heothcote, and Bridges irvis. ports, with troops on hoard, for Ostend ; hi, NlA jesty's ships Desiree, Belle Pordc, and Dottrel!, tom the Downs ; and his Majesty's ships Phabe sod Bacchus, for Plymouth. FALMOUTH, MAY 16.—Sailed the Duke of Kcnt packet, for Lisbon ; Prince Ernest packet, for ditto; Queensberry. and Frecling packets, for Coronas; Princess Charlotte packet, for Gibraltar and Ma'ta ; Ranger packet, for New-York ; Osborne pi:ck•!!• for Jamaica ; and Diana packet, for the Brazils —ail with Mails. 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