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TUE STATMAN. together that , service with the service of Soars. book, which so admirably proves this important , Of lutenist, or Of the report of his having been ild create in me less disgust to see St. Pate's f truth' without the writer intending to dolt, that the ' so hold as to' violate the residents of the Sovereign irch converted into a Turkish Mosque, nay, I reign of force was the reign of Anti-Christ : and , Pontiff, and put the nest of hitt/ intriguers to the think it wnuld be better that it should be made that the Church of that day being made subservient 1 uite; we have nuthieg further; but it is evident 'ten temple for the worship of Maw or Mo- , tis assystem of politics Mended on . fence, was any l • than that it should remain as it is, and he : thing but a Christian Church. The pictures that I that Italy is one scene of lurking dissatisfaction, and have already exhibited display to the life the cherac (ed to some such purpose as that of the Bishop j the irruption into that country of the foreigners who otters going there to return thanks to the God ter of the Nobles, I am now going to present one are to lord it over the inhabitants, is more likely to Rice, for !access in maritime injustice; sup- I which will make the Reader as well acqtutinted with bailee and augment the cdaulsion, than .to calm that some ear should be waged hereafter in ; the character of the Princes of those days. , This °AA the agitation •f a people who seek for liberty but it of these rights, founded on the dominion of chronicler tells us, that GASTON, Count Ss *I S OM, . 1 end despair. ' • —for, according to my principles, the triumph I was " perfect, both in person and in mind,. anti no , :ter over sitter is the triumph of Anti-Christ, : cotempurary Prince could be compared with him.— We make the following extracts from the Papers I think, ought not to be celebrated in such i It was impossible (in Fitotsister's opinion) to praise received by the Dutch mail : iace, and therefore, I say, that were such ant him too much, because .he loved the things he ought BRUSSELS, JAN. 30.—0 n the 26th and 27th very . ,0 happen, it would give me more pain than :to love,end hated thOse becoming hit:l'4°llfeet" With i severe measures had been proclaimecrin the neigh mite of worship; inasmuch as such a change, if , this Priuce the author made a stay of 14 weeks ' botwing French departments, to make all French ~, would Ira: e more openness and honesty in it, ! and was entertained with great ' magnificence and consequently, it would be his insulting to the ; hospitality ; so that he may be supposed to have soldiers, returning as prisoners of war, all those 'y of Heaven. Now, to tell you a little more been well acquainted with his character. We absent on furlough, and even the deserters, join the mind, Mr. EDITOR, it is not wise, in •my ' find, however, from anecdotes which he relates,' army. Those who neglect to comply are . to be se. mien. for any nation to provoke the Divine ven. I that this paragon of Princes hadmitle away with his verellpunished, as well as those who Word pro , ; and still less so, to put themselves to au, own son, and kept his cousin germai n , the Viscount tittle to a 'deserter. By these means the French )us expence for such a purpose. f 1 OE CISATE4USON, a prisoner in his castle, till he' army will be considerably strengthened. On the we shall proceed. to a little exemplification , ransomed himself, by paying 400 franc,. Another hand, all is quiet, and the trade with France piss/sive' Devilism, as I beg leave to call it, ! relation of his who held the castle of Losirde•for the , oth er ' with him it goes under the name of Chris-'. King of Emacteo, he invited to come insil see him, ' ineteases daily. ; for this was au exploit of those Knights and having got him in his power, murdered him with The Prussian troopsare still all in motion, but the garrison of Luzemborg which had been luires abuse (lowlife!, he tells us, would have ; his own hands, because he would net betray his trust ) diminished, he downed of Christianity. He was very lby delivering up to him the castle ab ove -me n ti one d. is non reinforce d. iccordiug to his coerupt notions of Chris. Holy MARY ! said FRI:IIS3AM to the Knight who F es. l .— Wi th in these four days several batt a li on s , which was a thing allied to the State, and told him this tale— was not this. a great cteelty ? r . tool of to promote- that rapine, in the pro. Whatever it was, replied the Knight, so it happened, t;( Infantry of the line and rigors, coming from the which the Clergy Participated; fur we bite and ill betide him who angers that Count, for then he province of Lezmnbarg, have arrived at Dinant, that Geoeray Ts-remora left a part of Ms sixtieth none." This Prince, however, loved what Marche, Melange, and Hoy, and other plaCes on to the chapel of St. George. Th e small he ought to love ; for he was a true lover of the the' Meese, which the Prussian cavalry hes left. A Grammont was a dependearie on Ghent, a Church. He was very exact in his daily devotions. i r_ t seem, that the whole cavalry of the Prussian and 'crapulously observed all• the high Festivals 0 i heal dared to maintain its franchises' against the . Ibe stationed ore both sides . FLANDERS, wbase Bailiff' had taken a free Holy Church, but he kept with more magnificence !IlLw - Y wer l of the Rhine. Odes" to believe that the m ovemen t s th at ar e Burgher and put him in prison, without proof of any than any other the Feast of St. NicrioLAs. On the:. 4,1 1 and there detained him. It was, it seems, occasion he :7/liked hi greit procession to the Church, toting place in the Prussian armi ere intended to , of the privilege of Ghent that no freeman I and joined in thefsalm BenediciesDominutDeusinews, show that the army is ready to take' 'the field if the he imprisoned or proceeded against but by qui &met menus meat adprerlium id digitos meos-ad interest of the Cabinet of Heflin should re of law, as our Alagna Charta says; this was helium. Perhaps the reader may wish to know a little : • . nay 'believe amends that. have. Ise of the quarrel , and Grammont was. to be of this Se.NrcsioLAs— hawse the tutelary deity of free.. i f °44l 11.—If w° , e d f or i ts at t ac h men t t o Gh eo t. Them of the bowers. In all their predatory expeditions, they re .; reached 'us from Treves, a very tensiderable Fesenves, the Lord d'ENcucte, undertook commended themselves to his gua r dian ca re . In a ! corps of the arm y o f G enera l Kl e i st V on torious task, and he took along with him, says word s ST. NICHOLAS succeeded the Pagan Mercury I Noliendorf is to occupy the impOrigni fortress of tit; " 4000 men, and all the young Knights in thelionoarable office of protecting Knights of thelMentz, the key of Lower Germany. The farther of glory." Now, weshall soon be able to Poet. InlittemerAav's admirable Play of Henry occupation, on the evacuatio n Of (b e ' countr i es b e . ,ome little opinion what this glory was of IV., First Port, a. 2, Gaitreill replies t o the Ch am . these young keirdsts were desirous. These noble bertaiu, who gives him particulars respecting the I r a. I tweets the Rhine and the Mose, teems t o d epen d on m ee t i several circumstance that are t o b e regu l ate d at Whose downfal would have been the down. yellers intended to be robbed, 66 ei re ah, if - 42hrihlisnity, secluding to FRDISSART, happi :eeded, and destroyed Gramm:tut, sacked and —46 V e ry few persons (says my authority) The slaughter was very great of men, wo. id children. There were upwards 9f WU of tabitants put to the sword, and numbers of and women burnt in their beds. • The. Lord lET:i (coosioues Fsioniswr) after this gallant returned to the army before Ghent. The Ft.st6osits was much pleased when ho heard ceid—Fair son, you ire a valiant man, and pkasea Gee(he should have said bloa.oun) will -tient knight, for truly you hive made a hand inmencement." See Vol. VI. c. 1. of Joun's 1011. the English nation will pay a serious at. 'o this tale, for it affects them nearer than uy imagine. It is clear that we hive turned s on the ptinciple of justice, inasmuch as we the old established law of Nations, and that enlisted ourselvei under the standard of behold then the march of those who have I us in the .same career! contemplate their exploits, oh, Christian Reader ! and if no noble is to be fouled in our late achieve. :onsole 'ourself that we are in bon train, and . same principles, if adhered to, will 'tats. . preducetite same effects. Consider, too, what already dime in this same gallant way. The of Weshingteu and plundering of Ale:- 11, to burrow the language of the Count of is, a ' very handsome commencement" of urican wart—and the massacre at Copenhagen, Vas alto as handsome a commencement of with Dettinalk. The Earl of FLA NDERS tad with - this success of his fair sun against tt, that he would hearken to no terms from smelt, unless every male person, from the ifteen to sixty, bare-headed, and with bare ing halters about their necks, and clothed their shirts, would come out of the, Ind submit themselves entirely to his The fury of a. tyrant produces in those , it is exercised the fury of despair. of Ghent,seurniag to submit to such terms, the Kill, defeated him, and entered Bruges Eh him and his routed army. The Earl, how. : Teel from Bruges in disguise, after having *tiled ender the bed of an old woman. Ins. all the towns in Flanders, Oudenarde may, declare themselves in favour of the Gheut u lay siege to Oudetiarde. The neighbour. signs are alai med—they dread the spirit of the Nobles too, conscious of their robberies ressioos, expect tameless from an enraged punklenents due to their atrocious crimes, .ce makes them cowards, and 'their foam these cutter into stealitions. The Khtg of ‘tid the Duke of BUROWIIIII4 , at the bead Lerds, Knights, and ether Freebooters, he assistance of the Earl of FLAMM% `it Men of Ghent, mks, nye Fools, %AT emit the King of Fussell iespiering him, bet le the love of Goa rot to take any part to theie Igo, ' for that IWO only wish was Issee, Led obedience, ellegieg that their Lord had tgfully and wickedly oppressed them, and they were now doing was only to preserve (lights." Foolish men ! to talk of Rights to who made might triumpkaut over right, and doubt, hated them the more the more they iliejustice of their cause. The Clergy too— aer himself wishes to make these men appear mous and seditious, describes them as levellers (mild pull down all distinctions and deprive the : their ancient privileges, among the rest, no that of squeezing the merchants and travellees' *Away, for which I refer the reader tog, in a former Letter. What a Devilment It jays this pines Christian, if the Men of look, get the better of the Allied Princes. -atkl another quotation from FROISSART'II . they not with Si. RICITOLAS' clerks, I'll give 'heeling neck." It was, no doubt, in consequence of the high .eneration•that this Prince, " 10 perfect in mind as well as person," entertained for ST. NICHOLAS, that he would not pillow any but noblemen to engage themselves in that service. To all petty, low-bred, pilferers and robbers, he was inflexible. It is even mill that this mighty Nimrod made war upon them, and that he hanged and drowned no less than 409 of them iu one day : in short, he bore some resemblance.l to many of our modern Nissrods, mho mroirtl not, l ir they coed help it; attest nay ene• to kill a here we a partridgii bat themiehres. In this admirable sketch which FitnISSART has left us of the character of the Count DE Fong, we find force personified. It is the very thing itself. 'rim idol which many would set op among us, appears mere hi its proper colours, and we " behold a reality which surpasses all argament. How ijintly was it remarked by one of the ancients, that : the government of a Prince bridled by law, is the go. Torment of a man and a Gon—but the government i of force without law, is the government of a man and a brute beast. So much for this paragon .of Princes, with whom 44 none of his cotemperaries were fit to be compared," in the opinion of this courtly churchman. I• (To ire -Coktinised.) ---...... to pot the Vice-King of 'lowa's* in a state o r tremulosity, (new things should have new names) the ravenous eagle to whom the Courier willie s is give all Germany, has now cast a longing &ince o n the two Dechies of Mecklinburgh, one of which lee to boast the h'ppiness of having given birth t o ow most gracibus QUEEN; and so attractivg are th en Duchies, from this or other causes, and so nem. sary is it deemed—llia - Prussia should - have o tt , power of protecting them from France, that hi.s Prussian MAJESTY has demanded they shall he give n to him, leaving the two Dukes to nod .conspenistio ß wherever they can. But where are all these roe. pensations to be found, and what is to be 0, boundary of this system Of rbunding and political ejection ? We shall now see how the sensitive loyalty of the Courier will trim his Germanised reeling between his laughable devotion to the King o r nuns'', and this unhallowed itching on the part or his favourite Prince to profnne.tho very birth-place of oar most gracieas • QuEEN, sand to send two Kum Dukes so nearly allied to. the Royal Family of Eos. land a packing. 0, monstrous: the Courier can never stand thi s . But we proceed td our translations. The follow., ing are from the French Paperireceived to-day. Bsumw, JAN' 23.—AVe have constant communi cations from Vienna,• by-which it . appeari, that our Monarch has not yet ,succeedod in his views, which have given,rise fo very warm eltercaticins. It snow certain that he has given up ill idea of accepting any thing on the left hank of the 'Pane, and that on tie contrary he is determined to aggrandise himself ere the right bank, Jim does not wish to be in to /Wei contact with Fratsee t -aed is determined to act ien principle of hoeing .Nl. !states u i cluely coo S with each other, 'etiet'sirtlrcular, in 'regard to capital, is:is possible.. On this !wawa he latali s ir aewed hit demand of Anapest' BareuthZlbe grialek • . part of Saxony Mut Illintligia*; So* he evetl 4 l.)l6, to have the Prinapolitref .Fulda;: wit 1.4 Of Ilamburgh • and .IVeirtzbtoili,. - itotl.. iles ' moue* Of Narenbargh. ' Added .to alloeggii we hap . learnt that.ke has made attottiertiMpand ;,1047 Vienna. if he eetweeds In, will • indeed' bet most allele • . . ia,-ind:will render him, p er h aps, The whole Belgian army ii'new etilformly clothed; t ageous to Pruss ;the greatest monarch in Europe -,that is to say, sup. the infantry in dark blue, with an Orange cockade; posing that hp obtains.all he asks. This itew demand the offieers hate an Orange sash. The regiment of 14, pf the, two' Duchies of Meckletiburgh Schwerin horseback, trviseeed here, t iet ee.", *A fretrentt; for which he- proposes to give the carbildert on all praise. The English,. Hanoverian, Dolob,.ind I ' • b . e . ke's isdemnities on the French sideef thoßhine, Belgian army, on this side of the Mewl : is in' the gni% tti, them the Northern pa r t, 'and to Bled ten , state of diacipline; the 'cavalry consists of the ' Southern. It is understo o d th a t l a t e ly F.ng 16111 tan regiments •111 "" --- re l lauThlirtit has become much more famerebie to *or Orr. *. liannyeriata -dregoons and hussars ; the Infos- • •. The sing of Saxony comes bs Omistreitin. try is is proportion mach more numerous.-s-- ' ,' - . s If, contrary to all e x p ec t a ti on , it s h ou ld b e necessary i field :heis al way ll treated will . . i shonlybe seat to .. -,....., to augment this f orce f or th e secur it y o f our coon . Is said that he w try, a few days would suffice ter reinforce it. 1 VENICE, JAN. 40.—The Prince of Bease a , ag Yesterday evening an English courier passed i Austrian Governor here, on the 30th of DMA.' through this city, who left Vienna on the 2lth, and i issued a most rigorous Proclamati on a ga i ns t an secaq is to embirk at Ost en d. It i s a ffi rme d, t h at h e is • societies, 41 w h i ch they ere mit ealY "Pressed, bat the beater of dispatches of the highest i m p or t ance f or most severe penalties are pronounced aga i nst t h ose the English Government. who either favour them, or allow them to assemble . m , &c.. Bre. .its. ! • Hume, JAN. 31.—An express a rr i ve d h ere yes t er- their houses conceal their banners, nd en'. day from Vienna, but th e n at ure o f hi s di spatc h es This Proclamation has excited a m e e t li ve l y *mi has not transpired. .• The system of terror which now prevails here, is this 1 VENICE, JAN. 14.0;--It ie affirmed that the Jesui ti !more horrible, because, under oar late happy Gliii. vernment, all traces of it were esyinct. Arrests cos.; Wake a great progress at-Tunis, wh ere th ey h ave a :College; they enjoy Much favour, and meet with Roue daily, and, it is observed, that the English, who treat protection in many cities of Africa. Don wens soPPosed to bebeoutobie to ottrObitvliessPote ; Arrigha, Canon of the Cathedral of Ferrara, who .seem to be in perfect accord with Alt tee: Masks Was here. is gone to Rome. A general assembly of were permitted during the Carnival, Winch is the the Order'of the Jesuits is to be held on the Ist of state of terror which universally prevails * . that al" February. . - amusements were neglected, and an unirersafiloot" The Police becomes every day more and more exists throughout this formerly happy and joyous severe towards those who venture to express their State. Most of our richest and principal inhibitanti , hare quitted us, some for Florence, oth ers te r hit sentiments concer n in g th e negotiations at Vi enna . PARNDA, Jr. 15.—1 t is constantly affirmed that vorna, but the mast for the kingdom of Joint/ire, oar beloved Princess, her Imperial Highness Maria where liberty and tranquillity ere to be feud alone Louisa, will take possession of her dominions when throughout Italy. her august father pays his intended visit to Italy, for Letters from Corfu draw a melanchdy Ott arrest which great preparations are making at Milan.— That once flourishing city is new become, tasellins Some changes have been made in our Government-1 tents and purposes, an English fortress. The Alla:. Chevalier Maggi, ancient Deputy to the Legislative ' bitants and the 'English are on the worst terms. ' , it (Body, is appointed Civil Governor of Placentia.—; is so also throughout the whole of the Seven Isles. -r It is absolutely impossible for us to find means to pay The English imposts have totally destroyed au aft thewspencer crf the State. The stay of the Austrian seem. An Anglo-lonian corps was in contempli_ troops exhausts our resources; the pensions which 'tiors ; 'but as recruits for it were not to be obtained a • are to be paid by the Duchy a re s till iu arrear; fele' Hie project has been abandoned. - merly they were charged upon the French Treasury. trcsactanu, Al: 29.—The Doke of Wen ;age GENOA, JAN. 14.—The A ng l o -Si c ili an _t roops I A • still occupy our city ; and a plan is sp o k en o f, ac . , ton, with a btr. , Weliesley i hi s d ep h e w; C a t on .. nod two Aids-de-Camp, p asse d th roug h cording to which Engl an d w ill e ff ec t a c h ange i n our po . Fremantle, litical situation, and b r ing our aff a i rs aga i n b e f ore the thls place list night. Thei r - t ra i n on ly cons i ste d o f two carriages. The Noble Duke is travelling day Congress, in order that G enoa ma y b e ma d e a f ree city, like the Manse Tot em . end night to reach Vie nn a. H e p asse d th e night be*. ---....-_ I fore last at Se v e rna , i n Al sac i a , an d te-morrownignt ,Paris Papers to the 6th have also reached us.-1 he will reach Braunau, upon the Inn. It is said that this hurry is the consequence of the necessity *bids . There is nothing of a recen t d a t e f rom Vi enna. B y an article from Augsbergh, of the 29th ult, we exists for the presence of Lord Castlereagh in 'Fa g .. find the Duke of Wer.merrrou passing through that land at the approaching meeting of• Parliament, Jurihg place, travelling dry and night to reach Vie nna . . whose absence Lord Wellington is to officiate as t 1.4 The intelligence from Berlin is of interest, in as British Minister at the Cougress._ mods at it tends to elucidate the causes of the mi. ! Manta, Jest. 14.--The report is still cootielm). Aar, preparations in the vicinity of the Rhine.— indeed it is 'understood, that no doubt now',AL. as Prussia, uncertain of succee di ng i n h er v i ews upon - to the intention, of , crowning. the Emperer *cony, is casting ' , greedy eye, in eve r y di r e c ti on , King of Italy, early i n March. We are daily is for wherewithal to satisfy. the craving appetite of expectation Of the arritaliiere of the Nimes teeis the remorseless einblent of her power and her nature. and Lucien Bonaparte, whoere (strange to say) t 6 Py way, we suppose, of bringing back Lord : Ministers Plenipotentiarier of the Pope. my, item Carrcsaearan's veering political needle from Austria days haaaltered his Roliness's tone ; Dot a futtnight to the port with which he seems to have set out, she is ago .he Ives. threatning to confine in a dungeon our • approadsing the leach-nsi-notflowers °roar German., Minister it Rouse; now' he is „sending a , es li rati• pp ng garden. After having a tt em pt e d, we su pp o se vainly, minion to our Sovereign. Th e d ec l are d intetvions 1 - IP ~~ ! . . , j. ti it 2 47,...].....: fn m's. I r 1 It %tout , t Church . , sten (hi a heath' LOCH, I pollute( ~ . of Los of Jtati posing I support force—l of smit which, a place, men( tli a chang sincere, . and, co Majesty of wy . . opinion, • , gcance ; cruelties' • .Now s , s of Few though I . , -tiastity ; : 1 and Sfst been the . , Tight, ac • taletity, • I made a I fits of w , teen the bnoty t 4 ,town of a ••nd Gitet .EArl of , - Burgher :s e. crime, a a part c shall he , course of the cans! punished Earl of I this glori, f I . Fsoissal desirous form sot -which the t J £ portions, t k ' J- fat of .CI i / 1 ly suoceee , , ! burnt it . escaped. .• men, and • .• the inhal ti l. old mese I d'Esestal exploit, e Earl of I it, sod el ' If it pkaA be a galls Some coin - t • translatiol I hope i. s, S t tention to I .1,,1• ~ many may 1 I our backs disclaim t 1 , n we have e 4 1 . Force; be preceded , „ft glorious e -.• s thing so I i &Puts, co 4 Fc t that the a rally prod i • we have al . , burning c Imelda wai , . i • 0 FLANDCR% , : . the limerit YY • s surely, wa ~ • h , i. the war n was so elat , 1 Grammonl the Ghent( t ages of fa ~ . 1 . feet, havis 1 ..) 1. only in I sown ane ! k i will.-1 t , • on whom i The Alen c attacked 111 along with ever, escat I , i beets cosier mediately t 1 'to excepted, f r• * . men,. who ing Soverei 1 .... i liberty--th and oppres people the 1r , Cot.cience make the• I I • Frtsmt - E an 1 ? of their L I I. t , dy to the /I - 1 against the letters to II I ! . Yaio, i for th 1 ' , disadvatiteg f peace, and ' very wrong , • that what t ' r their Right those who 1, ' • who, no ds 1 1 1' ' . perceived (1 i • • • FitOrliSART , 1 ( as tuutiuoui ~ .who would 1 , • nobles of t doeht, that •n the hie* 1., quotation ii . .! wouki be, . Wield shot I shall 4 1 . i 1 1 , ik % It . •.... -.. .• SOOT!! SKA-HOUSE, Frs. 4. ISIS. • - THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the SOUTa IR SEA COMPANY give notice, that a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at this Howe, ow THURSDAY NEXI', the 9th instant, at One o'Clock Pre cloelv,,lss take into consideration n Proposition, for the sa►. reader of the exelneive Hight of Trade within the existing Itinitio of the Company's Charter. HARRY STONE, Secretary. • An. Mails, Doe 1 0 0 1 Malta ........ - ...'1 Ass WZONElDAT.—floliday of Ms rah& Offices. THE STATESMAN. LONDON: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1115. A Daseh mail is arrived, bringing Frankfort and Brussels Papers, and a variety of advice. from the Continent,which, though not of very recent dates, are of considerable interest. The accounts from the French frontier are still very inexplicable. Measures of the utmost activity, and even of unusual severity are had recourse to by the French Government to strengthen its army. All French soldiers returning as priseaers of war are compelled to enter the ser vice, all those absent on furlough are ordered to return to their corps, and the. most prompt and Vigorous exertions a►e adopted to get the deserters to rejoin, :Ind to prevent desertion. The Prussian troops which had been diminished in the frontier departments are also reinforcing, and in motion. This does not anger well. We have very little intelligence in these Papers from Vienna, but we find it incidentally stated, that a Courier left that city on the 24th instant, with important dispatches for the English Government. From Italy we are informed, that the Pore has called an assembly of his trusty emissaries, the Jesuits, to council Kith him in his present emer gency, and that the Ea-Empress, MARIA lARISA, is to take possession of her Italian dominions, when her august father visits Milan to place oe bit bead the Iron Crown. • t i ' . tt : le , • I t I t 0 I i c 1 I c 1 • a I i 1 $ I/ $ I i I 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 I