The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-04-25 00:00:00

DEPARTURE OF LOUIS XVIII. The King of France having fixed seven o'clock on Saturday morning for leaving Grillon's Hotel, to proceed to Dover, a very considerable crowd had collected in Albemarle-street, and the other streets leading to Westminster-bridge, by that hour. A troop of the Royal Horse Guards, Blues, and a party of the Foot Guards were stationed in front of othe hotel, to preserve order, and soon after 'seven his Rosa, highness the Duke of Sussex, in his full dress highland Uniform, waited on his Majesty, to fake lease of him, previous to his quitting town.— , His Ito) al Highness was soon after followed by his Royal Brother the Duke of Kent ; and both the Royal Dakes remained with the King till he left the aJI .tel. About half-past seven o'clock, the Duchess of Angouleme came in her own private carriage, to pay her respects to her Royal (Jude,l and remained pith him about a quarter of an hour. About eight o'clock his Majesty, in his own travelling carriage, drawn by four horses, accompanied by three noble men, wearing the insignia of the order of St. Esprit, Deft the Hotel, escorted by a party of Light Horse, and followed by the Prince of Conde and Duke of Bourbon, in the travelling carriage of the former Prince. , His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent took . leave of his Majesty before he quitted the Hotel ; but his Royal brother, the Duke of Sossex, accompanied the king on horseback by the side of his carriage for.toMi way out of town, occasionally noticing the populace with the greatest condescen sion, and sharing the congratulations of the specta tors with the King of France. As soon as the royal carriage entered Kent, it was met by Lord Camden, the Lord Lieutenant of the County, and a party of the Isle of Thanet Volunteers, who were to escort his Majesty to Dover, at which place the Prince Regent was to meet him at dinner on Satur day evening, and his Royal Highness' left town at an early lvour on Saturday morning for that purpose, with . Lord Yarmouth and Colonel Bloomfield.-- Lord 11, 4 ieerpool had previously gone to Dover Castle, to prepare for the reception of his Illustrious guests, whom he was to entertain during .their stay, in his character of Lord IVarden of the Cinque Ports.— His Majesty was :to embark yesterday, and sleep at llonlag'ne; to-night-at Amiens; to-morrow Ritphonillet ; cm Wednesday he will make his public entrance into Paris. ARRIVAL K NCi OF FRANCE AT DOVER. • Myer, Snturday April 21. About ten o'clock this morning his Royal High. Seas the Duke of Clarence arrived in the harbour, Ander a solute (torn the men of war. The Rnyal yacht was.ntost ettperbiy 'fitted with an awning of the fags of the Allied Nations, tastetolly arranged, Which had by a beautiful appearance, and when lighted et night produced the most en chteNting effect. The state rooms are more superbly oritarnftted. The streets were lined right and left, completely throogh the town, and nearly a mile beyond it, with the troops of several regiments, both of infantry and cavalry. The inhabitants all busy in decorating their windows with laurel bra . I while cockades, rib e- bens, staler. Sete* iisaatifol,eatblematical. tiansparehtvies wpm dy - for the evening's il lumination. Dining the whole of the day carriages arrived froth London, with the retinue of the King, and inch of the Nobility and Gentry as wished to be present at the King's farewell to the shores of Old England. About four o'clock in the afternoon a dis= charge of artillery announced the arrival of the Prince Regent, who received from the populace loud limas avid exclnmations of " Long live the Prince of Old England." Soon after arrived .the Duchess of Angouleme, and several of the French Nobility, almost all of whom wore the Cross of St. Louis. Im patience now reigned in every breast till helf-past six, when a discharge of artillery from the heights announced the arrival of the King of France. Du ring the procession through the town the guns from the Castle, and men of war in the roads, fired a royal salute, which, with hands playing, flags flying, to gether with the immense crowds of people waving their haedlierchit•fs, flags and coeitacies. and shout ing Vire le Roi! Vire lee Bourbons! produced a very grand effect. His Majesty was received by the PiiilCl3 Regent, and conducted on board the Royal .yecht l where a sumptuous dinner was provided on 'the occasion. His Majesty will depart for Calais as aeon as the tide serves in the morning. The evening commenced with a brilliant display of illuminations; not a house or window was to be seen but w hit was filled with The transpa rencies exhibited were benotiful and well managed. On Salm day, the Gland Duchess of OLDENBURG awl Suite, attended by General TURNER, visited his 111AJE1rv's Mint, where her Imperial Highness was received by Earl BAntunsT, Lord ST. Ilxr.ets's, and the Officers of that Royal Establishment. After viewing the processes of assaying, melting, &c. and t the depositing of the gold and silver bullion, her Im , Mita Highness proceeded to the different depart ments, where the respective operations of the coinage are cnnducted, by means of the powerful engines and beautiful mochittery now employed at this Insti tution. In addition to the several species of monies which are now coining for the Batiks of England and Ireland, and for his Majesty's Hanoverian dominions, loathe payment of the Russian subsidy, a few me ilils in fine gold were also struck in the presence of her Imperial Highness, bearing on the obverse the effigy of the Emperor ALEXANDER, with the legend, " Alexander Rassiaruin Imperator ;" and en the ► reverse, n figure of Britannia, with the inscription Gaudens Britannia, mDcccxiv, 01) advent. M. D. Catharinte Hosp. Gratiseinue. Her Imperial High , eels felt the compliment, and acknowledged it to Earl BATHURST with elegant sensibility, and ex pressed her admiration of the very striking resem , • blaece of her august brother, in terms highly flatter ing to the talent of tfie artist (Mr. 'Wyox, one of the • engravers of the Mint). Her Imperial Highness and , suite, with Lord BAHUHST, &c. having partaken of a cold collation, triparted, leaving all who had the honour of appronepig her highly pleased with the affability of tier maener. It has been anuonticek that the Emperor of A us-. • TWA, as well as the Einitrior of Russia, Rild King of PausslA, ire to honour the Court of the Pasmo alteuri with a visit. THE. 9' "' '!'ESMAN ROME VERSUS ROOM. lin poor Poet may presume To say with REMILE, "Rome io Room," We sorely then may hope; Since luckless BONY'S quite undone, 'Siend of a kingduns fur his Son, n There's Room now fur the Pore mrnmpton. T. B. MY HEART'S WITH YOU. NEVI SONG, IN SC HIRSH TO TUB PARISIANS. iVlien Brother JOSEPH, swift as w ind, . From Pori:. sew, and left behind, His Pictures, Statues, Jewels, Riches! He wrote " dear friends, my Heart's with yoo," 'Twos all a hoax fur well he knew. That NouLn port was in—ats Daimon! FALSTA FF. 'Mg LADE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE. • No. IL TOng EVITOR OF TOR STATESMAN. SIR,—In die transactions of private'life reerd is always paid to the intentions of the parties concerned, and even to their moral character and disposition-- but this is particularly necessary in all ttaosactions thai cannot be brought to au ionnediate and final conclusion, of which nature you appear to consider the establishment of the new 'Government in France. According to this generally received principle, we ought not only to examine cautiously the articles that have been proposed as the basis of the new Go vernment, but also to penetrate, if possible, into the views of the parties who are concerned in this important transaction ; „and this, Mr. EDITOR, is a task that is not only 'attended with difficulty but also with danger. I shall endeavour, however, to per form the duty otan Englishmen without offending Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL I f You %Nerve in your Pa per of Friday fast, that •the new Constitution of France which forms the basis ' of the restored Mo- OLD BAILEY. SATURDAY, Aram 23. Elizabeth Gibbs stood capitally indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-housinf Thosnai Garrote, dining the day-time, no person toeing therein, and stealing va- Hutu articles of wearing apitarel. The Pri! ne _saner, it appearitf, went into the house of the Pro- I t cr • • man at E nf i e l d , and h ewe d ; starch v i irpprehend, by:the-by,' that the Mo sernior, whit is a poor labouring . permission to boil some potatoes far her breakfast. This was • narchy had been• already restored under BONA- Kratned, and she was allotted In take the potatoes in a wooden PARTE t and that'the present restoration is only that howl, which was lent her. The Prosecutor and his family went one shortly nfierwards,and fastened the door of their of the CAPET Dynasty),ls the object, wide!), at pre house. Oa their return in the afternoon. they discovered that I sent, absorbs almost entirely _the attention of the the door hid been broken open, and all the articles of value ,LI t hi . w y which they bad left belihA erns-leapt. Wont examining n rap. s u e.You add "In a system of constitutional / s board, however, the wooden howl which was lent to the Pei- regulatiottS, "Treed Is ibis was„,,an the spur of the tuner was hand, which nt once led to a suspicion of the robber, occasion, avecitnnot 'Oxpect to find more than the and on her being taken into custody, part of the property was found in her possession.—Guilt,—Death, i great outline, the fundamental principles of a work,' Margaret Bryan was indicted for stealing two 501. notes in the- which win require much time, experience,_ and cir dwelling-boon of Mich. Brooker', iii Litrohard.street. ' 1 chinspectianto perfect in all its parts, to retrench its The Prisoner was servant in the hous,, of the Prosecetor, . 7 • • 1 and found memo to steal the notes in question from a box in her : redundancies , • supply its omissions, and correct. i master's hou e.--Guilty—Death. i its mistakeit.” Wl4.ther the latter pait .of Oh William Featherstone was capitally indicted for assaulting passage may be consideted . as an indication of that George Vee,ey, on the 19th of April, and taking from his per son forcibly agniiut his will, five one pound notes, and other salutary suspicion, sillies at all tiinef, becomes a . monies. ' free nation to entertain, a nd - a rree press to props.. On the night of the 15. h inst. the Prosecutor +vent into aub- • lie-house, kept by a man of the mane of Rogers, tin the gave-' gate—whether, like me, Sir, `you already begin to mem, in Moorfields. He perceived the Prisoner and three ! smell a rat concealed in this new and exteriorly fair other imagining iii a box. The Prisoner abused the Prosecu- v.e I really know not—hut I Oda you, Sir, tor, called him a tailor, and used some abusive language. After , "Ince/ sitting some time, one of the men went away, and soon after. !as well as myself, bare heard of such things as wards the remaining three men also went out. The Prisoner; Constitutions , that wellt pm nt she same time, and turned op the Pavement, to- 1 wards ritesbury-oluhre. Him He had not gimp. fair when he was es- '........••••-••• were intended sailed by the Ps Wooer and the other two men. who had quitted , • • •' ••For nothing else but to be mended." the public-house with him. The Prisoner struck Lim 1161 the 1 tooth, and knorked hitu don n, and while on the ground they , In short, Sir, to speak the truth, there are some robbed him of 51. in bank -notes, and I9s. in silver. The Pro- i people who do pot scruple to assert, that in this secutur gave nn alarm, and the Prisoner was stopped by s : vet circumsttuice consists the excellence of our own watchman running along Finsbnry-square. His linger was. y bleeding, and he seemed much flurried on being secured ; none ConStilution i k lishilet others as stoutly maintain, that of the property stolen was found in his possession. . what these people call emendations are, in reality, The Prosecutor had ti.i doubt thut be was the , person who , hail rokbed him. 1 aditiferatiOnjlhat what with them is a march to- The facts of the case baring Leen corroborated by tother_wit- . • wards politica: AerfecOpu i , has beep s in truth, a. de. tosses, the Ptisnuer was found Guilty—Death. T clension torom s corruptiott.and abuse • and that the . .. • only way t o establish and preserve fr eedom, in any Those who are hurrying over to France at this me. country is Ito lay down good principles at first, and meat, are not aware that things are very unsettled to adhere t them rigidly afterwards.—lndeed every in that country—anti that crowds of men destitute thing t ,t a p NOgst foundations; and the whole of all provision are let loose, and traversing the arcana 6 ernmelit are reducible to a few simple country in all directions to their own homes. We ry principles. gut this is a subject , learn that the Marquis of SLIGO was way-laid by which I shall not engage in at present. I have much a gang of Conscripts, and stripped of every thing to say on the French Projet of a new Constitution, he had in his carriage and on his person, even to his but it will not be, in the present letter„ which I con clothes. _ sider as introductory to that discussion. I have called _ Lord LAUDLROALE, in his publication on the Corn Laws, pays the following well-merited eulogium on tbs public services of the late Duke of • BED , wino :- 4 "Adiongst the most active, iniversieering • exertions to encourage agricultural improvements, was the late Duke of BEDFORD, to whose memory it is impossible for a person so intimately 'acquainted with his real excellencies as the writer of this letter to I pay a just tribute of applause;—indeed it would he lin vain for him even to attempt to express the loss he feels his country has sustained by the premature death of a man, who combined talent, industry, and liberality of sentiment rarely united in any station of life with fortune and reek, such as can appertain but to few." A shocking accident happened just as the proce3-1 sion of the public entry of the King of France was passing in Piccadilly, opposite the Basin in the Green Park. Such numbers of persons incautiously got on a large ann of a tree at the west end of the basin, that it broke down, when one man had a leg broke • to pieces, and another was so extremely bruised 'that he could scarcely move. They were conveyed to St. ; George's Hospital. On the 4th of December, three Officers of the ; American Militia, convicted of desertion, were sen tenced to have their faces blacked all over, and five rations of beef and meal hung about their necks, • their coats turned wrong side out, with the label " desertion" on their backs ; the Prisoners to be furnished with wooden swords, and their own swords pointed at their backs, and thus to be drummed around the lines of the camp three times, bare headed, and then dismissed. The house of Mr. Page, tailor, in Castleman street, Bermondsey, was entered by some villains on Friday night, who succeeded in carrying otf a quantity of cloth and kerseymere. DISPOSING OP A Wm.—Another of these dis i graceful transactions took place in Smithfield on Saturday, the 9.3 d instant, where a man, by trade a shoemaker, and who added to it the profession, though not what ought to be the practice, of a preacher of the Gospel, exposed his wife, a decent looking young woman, apparently about twenty five years of age, to sale, at the public railing, with a halter about her waist. She was pt rchased by a hay-salesman for twenty-nine shillings, and was de livered to him with all due form. it a French Projet, but my real opinion is, that it is an English fabrication. The Conservative Senate has, hayseeer, on this occasion 0.0,00 to the national rules of politeness; nor it ft,..peritaps, the first brat that an Xngllshmen ha 4 begoicint a French man fathered. Of what use would it be to the French people to enquire 'where this child of liberty comes from ? No, that world be daring a little too much under present circumstances, let them indulge their natural propensity.. Rejoice then Frenchmen, " for unto you a child is born; unto you a son is given," and he shall be called FREEDOM ; and no doubt you will find him worthy of his name and lineage: even now the new-born babe exhibits, to my mind, features that indicate the noble Lt from which he springs; verily .he fathers himself; but let me not disturb the joy of these happy mortals, for as GRAY says, "sorrow never comes too late." Neither will I question the magnanimity, the ge nerosity of the Allies—their pare unaffected lovynf liberty, and, above all, their newly-acquired 4eel for the Rights of Man, which were the gertn of the first revolution, the elements of those French prin ciples that turned BUIL . .< E's train, and against which he preached a war of extermination—yea, even with his test breath. No, I will not diipute their sin cerity in any of these important points—if I have had my suspicions, they shall not appear in this letter.— I will pat them away on the present occasion at least, in order that I may give a free, unrestrained scope to the reflections with which this double retry lutien presents me. By this double revolution, Mr. Enrroa, I mean the change which has so lately taken place in the French Government, and also in the disposition of its enemies. I allude to the mag nanimous conduct of the Allies, who, after having maintained a sanguinary contest for one-and-twenty years against those very Rights of Man, and having it at last in their power to annihilate them for ever, say to the French people, take then: if you like (hem. We are content with the satisfaction of show ing you what we can do if we please ; our motto is, Parcere subjeclos di debillare superbos. We are content with the glory of having proved to the whole world, that the indefensible lights of Kings are more transcendently excellent than your ple. bcian Rights of Man ! !—Bvaxr. said, that the spi rit of chivalry was gone—never did a wise man make so foolish an observation. Surely if he were now alive he would see his folly !—llave not the Allies exhibited to the world the true, genuine spirit CORN EXCHANGE, Avail. 25.—The supple of Waffle this J 1 ~1 1" 7 . c". own'.. '' `"° ••••"- ...,, "..1 8.......- u?..-- ---- --...,--- ------ - _ , -- - 7 - 11117riiin. being small, Sue sampe. s•dd at 144 Motturs's price% o f chummy ?—What was more common than for doubt it was an object worthy his ambition to con- whet , sor os 2.. cheaper. Barlry and Malt alaiataln last week's these heroes to. engage in deadly encounters for the ciliate the Government of France with that of Eno- .., , t . pricer. Hero% ruid Oats 25. lower. . sole purpose of proving which had the fairest mis. land' and her magnanimous Allies ; but all his art Wheat (F.nglish) 60 74 Flews , • * 44 tress ?—The victor never exacting from the van. could - ant assuage the rabid fury of the Corsican, Ditto (Foreign) 6.5 86 Old ditto — - Rve Was ley , 9B 41 Old . the object of Ilia affection —no, no, that was not the a guard, almost amounting to a little army. to ke-i) New ditto Blatt 7¢ 78, Fine ditto - , White Pens 6O 64 • • Poland do. . . 2/ %1 French, might still remain it...moored of the same in-law thinks it not .prudent to trust him with the , . . '''''' ' 5l ' 26 n 1 i ea only her charms if future were not to be society of his loan wife and only son. Some of his New ditto .... ''''''' — , Feed ditto Ditto Boilers 66 70 Fine Floor ..... ... 60 65 --u." s 4;rey Pear ............. : ! lady who was the Dulcinea of the victorious Knight. baps it will not be long before those wishes are 1 SM ITII FIELD MA K1L6T....417111L /S. i Such were the exploits of chivalry in days of yore ; gratified• To-rink the ORM, per i rso of tilt. • itt i po s s i ih s„ but they were poor and paitry compared with the ! But although our grand negociator has not been Beef ... i. OA. ft 7 , 1. DC 11 0. Stuts) . fis. 81. ti• 7%. 81 Rag s lB7O chival exhibited by the Allies in this age of gene- ; able to conciliate and assuage the madness of a mitt V ea l ....7). od. 8* 8 4 . 4d. I 9106 P .r.• ..... - ••• • 11,113 ra h i mprov e m ent . In those days a short combat of , who rejected so fine a king.lom as France, yet has vied r Porte ....1). 81 tr. 41- Od. j Colors .... , wo an hour or two decided which had the fairest mis- ;he been able to e ff ect something in the way of con- 'f . Lom b .. As. 01. 1.405. Oa. , Pigs HAY-MARKET. . 4 , tress , and not above a single man's life, or two at ' ciliation, which may truly be called wonderful. He , . Hay Clover 'Wm . , • , . • • . . .. , . . .., • . . . '-;*-- .. „... . • -AIM Aft . - ,„,, VtilatiNefibe". . . tweeting the superiority of those two systems 4 Nege. lilies, the• Rights of Kitses and the {lights of M3e, or, in other words, Aristocracy and i)ensecraceehee lasted more than teice the time employed est the ' siege of Troy, and has sent ;hot., then two mil• lions of persons into auetlier state of esisttce. There are men who have; oppiauded this chiseireee ' war, even from the very first ; aunt still more wha t applaud its conclusion, w h ich is •in the true style of knight errantry. The triumph of ancient monarchy over the upstart rights pretended to be derived from the people, is all that the victors desire thatepae riority being acknowledged, theirlionour is ettes re kel i and their wrath extinguished; and they now :enee dially unite with the French people in the estetiffirli. ment of that very edifice which first moved tlrieir indignation ; they assist in giving Fratice a Coostia twine similar to that of l 789, which was so hateful, to then %hen under the character of a rival; but being now introduced under their own pettronoge,, and with an acknowledged inferiority to the parable excellence of their own political system, is well enough. It is swum], however, that scruples_ should wive in some men's minds respecting the sioteetity of tlii* ! .. " patronage and friendship which the Plies now pro.: fess towards French liberty ; and e l. confess, Mr. i EDITOR, that I too have had.my motnetste or dout t t : but, .Sir, I have assured myself by keileciing on.thga, deference which C ought tio put to Or word and in- • nour of a Prince. I have called to mind the maxim, of tiiit French Meg, who• said, tkist.if faith and I troth were banished frorall,the, world besides, they • ought to be found in the fireulks of . Princcs." t. 4 haze coßsidered the magnaninsous conflict of the Al. * 4 lies towards Boxepearee How sincerely desirous/ they were of making peace with him, the failure of which every body knows was entirely owing to hie, own fault. In short, the case is as clear as the sets at noon-day, that the man might, if 'he had pleased, ; have had peace and a large kingdom, but he would . I not. And this being -se generally understood by . ;all men, it would he quite superfluous for Parlia ment to make any enquiry at alt into the negocia tions. We are all sell satisfied that the Allies have treated the monster BONAPAR/E far better than he ! deserved, having behaved to him with truth and ha ; nour, whilst his conduct has always been that of a false acid perfidious villain. how anxious was his t kind-hearted father-in-law to settle him on a throne that might have descended to his own grandson ; and how mad must the malt have been to refuse all this ? After all these Princes had come so far from their own countries, purposely to make peace with Bosse- PARTE at Paris, how obstinate must he have been to refuse it, and give them all that trouble for nothing ? , Our PRINCE REGENT too, must have suffered no smelt vexation to see his generous intentions frustrated by the untractable , fury of this Corsican brute. Did not the Prince say with his own sweet lipo, in, the Parliament-house, where nothing can be supposed to be said but is the hurl', and particularly from the Throne, that no demand would be made upon the late Government of France, incompatible with its dignity? And to to be sure tie such demand was ever made ; nevertheless peace could not be had ; and it was, as we all well know, the sole ' fault of BONAPARTE. In vain the magnanimous Allies, ever true to their word (far be it from me , T Mr. Entree, to- dispute the honour of so matey_ Princes, shining so bright in one united blaze, as I . may call it), did, as you well know, make a solemn Declaration at Frankfort, and even specify the very terms of peace ; with one consenting voice the very articles that were to form the basis of this much-dee sired peace, were laid down and sent to BONAPARTE; just, Sir, in the same manner as the articles that are to form the Mitre free government of France, have been stipulated and set down in black and while. Heaven forefend that it should prove to as little per. pose!—All this, Sir, we know wasdone—but done in vain; and all the blame attaches to the false per fidious Corsican. So true is it, Mr. Enema, that in all transactions of life, public or private, much ' depends on the character and disposition of the men with whom we trnnsact any business, as I observed at the commencement of this letter. When we have to do with a rogue, a villain, like BONAPARTr., nothing is secure, eeca though it be put dotee in black and white: hut, above all, Sir, we ought to ba particularly mistrustful, when, in any transaction with such persons, we find ambiguous terms used, and what they call loop-holes left in the most important articles, then we may say nub confidence of the ' perfidious traitor, that he *sill certainly deceive us. This is a caution that really I know not how to find language sufficiently strong to impress upon the mind of the Reader. If I were able to say to him all I would say, what a sickness,what a nausea would I ex cite it. his honest mind at the treachery and deceit of , mankind, particularly in matters of politics ? But I will turn from the offensive subject to speak. of that virtuous and profound Statesman, my Lord CASTLIRCAOU. Never, perhaps, did a matt exist, in any age or any country, better qualified for the great mission on whirls he has been sent, than his Lordship ; what, then, must be his mortification at its bad success? How must he grieve at not having been able to make peace with BONAPARTE? How must he la, ment that the infatuation of that man has prevented him _ from exercising towards him all the kind end generous intentions of our PRINCE REDE I NT,SO nobly expressed in Parliament, and so highly commended in both Houses ? Surely this must have given our great tie gociator no small portion of chagrin ! After having obtained such just eclat in conciliating Ireland, no A t ' 1 • I. - • • Y • 4 .~~ rr .