The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-07 00:00:00

• FROM TUB IMSNCH PAPERS. Pants, Just 27.—The communication which wa% m ide to the Senate is the sitting of the 15th A orii, was confined tcs.the official papers which accompanied the Repoct, of the Minister for rt._ rc;gn Affairs upon the aggression of Austria. But there exist other docpments not less prover to make known, the vio le nce and the injustice that have directed the measures of that Power—War was preceded by the most odious violation of the rights of persons. On the 17th March, a French Officer, with dispatches from M. Doduit, French Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, was stopped at Bran nan, a frontier town of Austria—his dispatches were taken by force, and sent to Vienna. When his Majesty was informed of this, by a letter from M. Otto, he ordered reprisels. An Austrian courier from Vknna was stopped at Nancy, and hie dispatches seized. They consisted of letters both official and private from M. Stadion, of plans of notes, to which was joined the Declaration of the 27th March, and of private letters. We shall see by the official dispatch annexed (No. 2), that the Court of Vienna rejects the proposals of the gitaraatee of Russia, a measure which France pro. posed, and which was, without doubt, the best calculated to ensure the tranquillity of Austria, if Austria had only wished for tranquillity—that she rejected it ander the futile, and, to Russia, the injurious pretext of the weakness of that guaran tee, and of the fear of compromising the power that should have granted it.—Thus bad faith dere. lopes itself by the pretexts with which it seeks to coaccal its measures. In the same dispatch M. de Alen( qich was ordered not to demand his pass ports t ! he shall have known that hostilities have commenced, and then, by charging him to deliver the Declaration of the 27th of March. This de. elsration is not a Declaration of War—it was wished that it should not be considered as such, because M. de Metternich was prohibited from demanding his passports, and yet war was re. solved upon at that epoch, the order for the commencement of hostilities given, and these hostilities had begun before the Austrian Cou rier stopped at Nancy could have reached Paris, and the Declaration of the 27th of March de livered by the A ustrian Ambassador. Thus the Court of Vienna made war without declaring it.-- it made war when its Ambassador was at Paris, enjoying all the honours of his rank, and treated as the Representative of a friendly Power. Austria herself degraded the character of her Ambassador by making him the instrument of a perfidy, and pet him in a situation in which he was asked for an account of the French blood that flowed on the fr•atiers, whilst he wu still speaking of the paci fic disposition of his Muter towards France. On the 10th April, the Austrian Generals on the Inn, the Isonzo, and in Dalmatia, made known to the. French, or Allied headquarters, 20 or 30 leagues off, that they had orders to march forward, and to treat as enemies all that should oppose them. At the same moment they attacked the advanced posts, 24 hours before the latter could have re ceived orders from bead-quarters, and had the noble glory of massacring some soldiers who were reposing iu the security of peace. Military laws, like those of honour, prescribed several days no. tice. Thus they made sport of all that Nations have agreed to respect, of all that form the basis of their relations with each other, and of all that the most savage people regard as sacred. Amongst the private letters is one addressed to M. de Metternich (No. 7.)....it chews what means are employed to mislead more and more public men, and to induce them to forgot their daties...it proves the &infg,•r of that spirit ef Cotter* which, assuming the plat , oP true national spirit, to which it is always adversv, is wily etroug wheel, th e G o . vrnmenl is weak, and leads it Ito its rein from the moment it is abi• to direct it.... The Minister of Foreign Affairs, i !formed of the orders given to the Minister of l'olice to arresktbe Austrian couriers, had refused de lisletterhich the pas sage he had demanded . )r the courier he wished to send off. It was a delicacy shewn to the Ambas sador—but M. de Metternich bad found means to send off a courier, who was stopped at Chalons. Be had, with other dispatches in cyphers, the dispatch annexed (No. 8.).-.M. de Metternich announces to Ms Sovereign the departure of the King of Spain from Madrid. Be an. 'ounces that on the 27th of March, about the period of the victory of Ucles, as a moment, of prosperity for the affairs of Spain... What thou had he written in times when they had been lest happy ? And is it thus they attempt to de ceive the Emperor of Austria, and to hurry him into a war that must ruin his country ? They promised him the conquest of a part of Italy and Germany. They had already shared these rich spoils ; Intendants were named to administer them. Private and hateful passions had created those illusions, and formed those wasting and ab surd plans. And such are the men who are the depositaries of the fate of the interests of Nations. Sovereigns would do an act of wisdom, if they annonneed to those whom they invested with their confidence, that they made them responsible for the miseries to which their cupidity and ambition gave rise, and for the fatal errors produced by the lying reports of men destined to enlighten them—if this responsibility were something more than a vain word !—Moniteur. Of the documeau =meted we shall a.w take only the last, at length. The lint is M. Otto's letter, dated the 19th of Mareb, 1909, is which be considers the •eizure of the Freed courier at Beaulieu as a new proof of the alsolate ascendancy of the Enlists faction, which for six months has directed all the stain of the Court of Vienna. The seemed b from Count Stadion to M. de Metternich, dated the nit March, is which the guarantee of Russia is re fused, as adding nothing to the security of Austria, the latter not Wog able to demand the fulfilment of the eogagosagsts of Meek Wore the enemy bad established himself is the centre air the knotriaa Moaarehy. The thinl awl Dearth &mist °fastest. be premised fly M. de bison dells t. the Frew* Mhdotet, is which Austria con siden the note of the French Generamout, of the 10th of March, as useatiolactory. The Nth, sixth, seventh, and eighth are of little is pertains. 4 THE STATESMAN. • . • (M11).--Ps Ili, MARCU 47.—An twat u a leery WOOF lat nature occupies the capital. UM Thursday a valet do ehambre of the Emperor, going begirt or aeatetpanying Emperor in his Cabinet, in the Palace' of Elysium, diseSS rued a man concealed, according to tome, wider a piece of furniture: avoiding to others, behind the curtaios of a trio dew. When tie was sejud and searched, he was foood to have a tdch shod with iron, and a candle. This man is said to have got in by removing a pane of Alms la a window look ing into the proles. I_ is said that be does not speak a word in answer to the (potiona+ put him, and it is not dunhted that he is mad.• This is all I have been able to collect that is probable among the crowds of rumours that are circulated. I cannot even guarantee %bat I have the bouour to 'Omit to your Excellency. • Nova--What e •yerty !—C. it be supposed this man was there with criminal views t It is well known that the Emperor need sot be weight for in the battier of his apart ments. M. de Metternich is not ignorant how common it is to 'netlike Emperor even without any attendant ; and this confidence. which belongs to great souls and generous view, the Emperor testifies not only to his people, but in Germany, Seal% Eppt. among trangrrs, and there even where they might bprak to him more of the dangers that serround him. Such stories might he told the English, who, excluded from Ott Continent for 15 years, are as longer acquainted with It ; a ho know nothing of whit is passing there, and who are told once or la ice a year that an attempt has been made to assassi nate theft Sovereign.—.Menitessel MRIII. Due. f _____ Duna. 0 111 aterftwil .... ..... ..... • • • • 1 1 1 Arrived. PRICF. OF STOCKS FHIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. C 0... 67* ex. die. Oninium 1 prem. 3 per Cent. Red. 681 * Each. Rills, 7s. 13s 4 per Cent i India Bonds, ISs. 5 per Cent Ut ex. die. Lottery Tickets, 211.111. Commis for Acc 691 THE STATESMAN. GOTTEN BURGII NAIL. RETRACT OF A LETTER DATED CARMAN!, JUNE We have received information here, by way of Dantzie and Colberg, that a -revolution had taken place at St. Petersburgh, that the Em peror was dethroned, and his mother bad taken the reins of Government fur the prelent, and that Romanzow and his party had been massacred. . You must' not place too much confidence in this report, though it is a thing likely to happen. STOCKHOLM, JUNE 23.—Gen. Baron Wrede, Commander in Chief of the Northern army, ha► reported to his Majesty, that the frigates Frnht and Belluna arrived on the 1811) inst. (the date of the report) in Hernosand-road, where they came to an anchor, but were to proceed immedi ately after to Qwarkcn, and that the head quarters were al►u to be removed farther to the Northward. According toietters from Upsala, a violent conflagration broke out there on the 18th inst. which consumed in a few hours seventy houses. On the 13th inst. his Majesty was pleased to I nominate Dr. Domiges, a British physician, Knight lb) Order of Wasa. —Stockholm Gazelle, I June Eirtract &welt Letter of a Swedi3h Officer, on hoard the brig Frisch*, dated Malmoe Road, June IS. . On the 10th inst. the,brig set sail from Rif. stifgontl, in company with two English frigates, one bomb-ketch, one gun.brig, and one cotter, and about 1:50 merchantmen, most of them Swedes; we arrived here all safe the day before yesterday, at four o'clock in the afternoon. Our intention was at first to go through the Belt; in consequence of a signal made by the English frigate Cer. berms, we stood on through the Sound. Be tween Neckspoint and Ilammermolla, thirteen of the enemy's znn.boxis hove in sight, but kept close in with the coast. Some shut Mere lireti against us from Kronenbergh, but did no execu. tion. Off Ilelsingburgh our convoy was joined , by the Africa English ship of the line. As soon as the nind serves, we intend to take our depar ture from hence; but the number of English armed ships which are to remain with us is uncer. tain....Stockhans Ossosstercial Gazette, June PROPOSITI TENAZ. LONDON: FRIDAY, JULY 7. A GOTTENIVROU Mail Arrived this morning, which brings oo intelligence, but a report, of a revolution In Petersborgh, qualified by a cau lion not to give credit to the rumour of an event, which is, however, announced by the writer to be probable. That dissatisfaction may czist in Petersburgh, we do not doubt ; but it did not require this caution of the Triter to induce us to withhold our belief of an event aunounced on such vague authority. There are many other re ports in town, all originating, as we imagine, in the conjectures of their authors ) of what is pro. bablc. PAPERS and letters from the coast of LloHand are said to have just arrived, in which another fracas between the Dutch and French is men tioned. To this is added a report of the public expression in Paris of dissatisfaction at the con duct of NAroutort.---We mention these as the Reports of thu day, which, coming in an unsu theuticated shape, are unworthy of contradiction. In the German Papers we find an article, ex. ceeding in interest eren those Bulletins *kith re. cord the increase in height of the waters of the Dauube. The article to which we allude will be found in the First Page of this Paper, and pur ports to be the " Order of the Day," issued to the French Army at Vienna, on the 18th of Juoe.—lf this Paper be authentic,' we venture to pronounce it the most interesting document that has ever been published by NAroLtoe...." The Em. 44 parse sees with grief the disorders which " take place in the rear of the Army, and " which multiply so fast that they occupy the whole of his attention." This is the first public acknowledgment, on record, of the French Emperor, of the dis orders of his army—and they not only exist, bat multiply so fast as to occupy the whole of his attention. The movements then of the Austrians are bat secondary objects—and the fluctuations of the Danube are absorbed in the superior im. portance of suppressing the disorders in the rear of the French army !—This is one of the im portant effects of the paralysis produced by the meninrable Rattle of Estfso. When we compare this " Order of the Day" with the antecedent addresses of NAPOLEON to the French army...the alteration in the tone, temper, aid spirit of the man is so striking, that it is im. possible to refrain from attributing to such a pub.. lication of " disgrace," a necessity more imperious than that which meats the eye. It h a degree of vituperation folly equal to the memorable ♦ddress of Sir RALPH AIDERCROIME to the British Army in Ireland. What must be the dreadful situation of the Inhabitants in the rear of the army, when Narot.Eos himself complains of disorders! Com. pare with this effusion of his grief, the cool sar castic answer which he gave the Italian Deputies, who laid before him the complaints of the people, of the horrible excesses committed on the first ir. roption of the French into Italy.—At that time be imputed the disorders as muck to the people as to his brave sans-eulottet.—This paper cannot fail to be read with extraordinary interest—and clearly evinces, whatever may be the result of the impor. tent conflict, that the effects of the battle of Es ling, like those communicated by the touch of the torpedo, have certainly produced a parallels of the vigour of the French grand army. Whether it be only temporary, or finally destructive of the rystem, tape aloes can discover... NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Ponruttiness. JOLT S.—Arrived the Ahoakir, of 74 Fenn, eaptnin Patine s and the Achilk, of 71 guts, Sir Richard King, from ut Flushing. They left Sir Richard Strachan, in the St. Domingo, with tiro flail of the lime, re turning to the Downs, the Flushing and T"ael squadron; be • ing ordered into port. The Blake and Mar., were till the 'rexel ; the Alfred and Sceptre. of 71 gum each, from the Nore; and the Hardy and Ant schooners, frotu the Downs; also the Sarpedon, Capt. Green, from a cruise. IVeat demo to St. Helen'', La Loire, Capt. Schoenberg, with the East India convoy. Goale up from the Mutherbaok, the Garnet binop , Capt. Steve:lion, from the Mediterrao►ao. -- Pt YMOUTtt..JULY h. —Arrived the Swallow brie of war, from Liilwn ; came home with the Lisbon fleet, 14 loch pried op Channel last evening. Arrived the Mariner gee-brig Irma a cruize. THE MARKET'S. --•..-- CORN-F.XCHANGE-Jrtv 7. This day there are considerable remaining sup. plies of Wheat, chicly foreign, of second and in. ferior quality ; sales thereof are extremely dull, at rather lower price. Rye rather dearer. The supply of Barley is short, at little variation. Beaus of the two kind likewise. But few White Peas. Of Oats, the supplies are considerable, mostly from Holland : scarce any of prime quality, and sales thereof, of those here, are nearly as per cur rency annexed. Dour at late prices ; hue Ame rican also. CURRENT PRICES: Wheat, --- - 5i ;Os. teh. Ti,lt Beats, -- - - 46.. 31s. Hoe ditto Rye, - - -38 s. Barley, - -- - none. Malt, - • - £5O £33. w. prim( Boiler..) 94.6 1014. Fine Flour -- - - 7*. 755. Grey Pen g, Beale - s6b. 625. lITHFII To sink tits Mal Beer.... ss. 4d. to 6s. Od. Mottos) 2d. to 64.10 d. Veol ....Gs. Od. to is. Ud. Pork ....ss. O. In 6.. 4d. ud. to is. 4d. .11)—Jimy 7. per moue of 41b. Head of Cattle thic drty Beasts and Larnipt• • • 7,000 ('aloes Pa JIAY-MARKET. Hay hs. Od. to 61. 6i. Od. Sttaw Clover SOl/111.11.1.. Beasts .. . 104 Sheep.... 11.1101 Pie.... 85 CORONER'S NW) EsT.--An Inquisition was hold yesterday, at Limehouse, before Jonn Wascut UNwts, Esq. Coroner for Middlesex, on the body of Joseph Fowler. The deceased was son of the foreman of Mr. Mitchell, au eminent rope-maker. Last Wednesday week, he was ordered to bring Mr. Mitchell's horse from the East India Duck Tavern, to Limehouse ; he was unskilled in rid. ing, bat got upon the horse, which, eager to return home, quickened its pace. The deceased was alarmed, and called out for God's sake, to one Nicholls, who was in the road, to stop him.— The horse, frightened with the exclamation of the deceased, set off on the full gallop. Nicholls not not being able to stop him, the deceased, in about two minutes afterwards, threw himself from the horse, and pitched upon his head. lie was taken up insensible and conveyed home. John Hark ness, -Esq. Surgeon, detailed the medical treat. ment adopted towards the deceased by himself, assisted by Sir William Blizard. They found a large tumour on. the head, hut no fracture on the skull; they were of opinion death had ensued from eitratasation In the ventricles, or on the surface of the brain.—Yerchrt, Cqrsial Death. • %. - . 1. - GO.VMERCE. COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSIs WITH AFRICA. Ix the infancy of the Arts, the various pro. ductions of human ingenuity mere so generally dependant on the exertion of mere manual labour —that there never could be reason to apprehend inconvenience from x redundancy of those pro. ductions which minister to the wants and comforts of mankind ; but it is a fact too notorious to be denied, that the ingenious and universal application of machinery in this kingdom in our various ma. nitfactures —has at length created a pea Per of pro. (lacing so indefinite—that nothing but a perpetual increase of consumption can enable oar marsuface turers to suppoo t (hit immense body of people, who are absolutely precluded from obtaining sub. sistence by any other species of industry. New markets are the perpetual objects of commercial research, and in the great Continents of Asia, America, and Africa, they have been principally sought. Although we are very ignorant of many parts of the interior of Asia, as well as of South America, our knowledge of those quarters of the globe greatly surpasses that which we possess ro. specting Africa, of which the climate, the preju. dices of the.htolianimedans (who form so large a proportion of its population) and the utter ignorance of Europeans of African Arabic, the universal language of that Great Continent, have hitherto kept us in profound ignorance. To the progress of European travellers, innumerable ob. stades have been opposed—obstacles indeed in. surmountable, when it is considered milder what circumstances their jonrnics have been undertaken. The bigotry and prejudice of the Africans exceed those of any other nation ; and yet there have been found men who, in defiance of these great obstacles to human inquiry, hare attempted to penetrate into the heart of Africa—itt the dress of an European—which is not only in itself prima foci:: disgusting to all Mahometans, be. ing by them considered as indecent; but at the same time proclaims that difference of religious sentiment which is an almost insuperable barrier to the progress of the traveller, who, at every step, finds himself opposed, insulted, and attacked.... When to this consideration is added that of the ignorance of the European traveller of African Arabic, it is much _mere surprising that European travellers should have penetrated so far as they have done into Africa than that they should have hitherto been unsuccessful in the great objects of their inquiries. --The same consideratio.is naturally occur in contemplating the subject of our commcr. cial relations with many of those African States, whose rulers we are in the habit of considering as barbarians...amongst %whom the Monarch on the Throne of Marocco is not the least conspicuous. But this opinion,although probably inseam respects well founded, is, for the most part, the result of ignorance;--the important truth is, that all our imfornsation is derived either from Consols or Am bassadors—in general alike ignorant of the lea. guage, religion, and manners of the people they describe. We hare been Icd to these reflections by the perusal of a Work recently published by a Gentle man who has been resident many years in the do. minion of the Emperor of Marocco—which con tains an account at once so clear, so candid, so convincing, and so extraordinary, of the real causes of our restrained intercourse with the polls of the Empirb of Marocco t that we do not hesitate to lay before our readers genial front this Work, in the persuasion that they will be round peculiarly interesting. In the first Extract will be seen, a very clear illustration of the inat tention and defective policy of Great Britain to bcr true commercial interests. And in the second, a circumstroce is narrated, which must strike every relecting mind with astonishment—the total neglect of a letter• written by a Monarch, whose friendship and good-will are universally admitted to be imminently important to this country. (FROM J.ICKSON'i TRAVELS Elf A FIL(CA) " A dote euvutetion with the Empire of Marotta is or the greatest importance to Great Britain. both in a political sad commercial point of views for besides the variant articles 4 trade already ellueserated, it all'ords ample suppiles of pre visions ; and If a friendly intercourse between this two tta tions were firrwty established, we should never have any dif ficulty in victualling, not only Gibraltar, but also all oar eltfo . ferent heels which entice is the !Mediterranean, and an the northern coast of Africa. a resource, which, in the preterit state of things, certainly merits the reviews attention of this country. The advantages of altrade with this empire mast be evident front what has been detailed in the preceding pages, where it will be wen, that nearly the whole af the ex ports to .Morocco consists of manufactured goods, and that the returns far these s. a (Mirey resse materials, many of which are essordialls necessary in our mainifacturei. That the present trade is so incuosiderable, arises entirely from the 41/le encouragement and support it 'sweets with ; for British @abject., finding they hal to depend on their own exertion, elate, for the protectiqn and safety of their property em barked is this trafsc, have. for the most part, abandoned it, and now it is falling into the hands of subjects of Maracas established in Engtuid. This i the more to be regretted. as we have it in our power, by proper reperoevientlime, and a judicious rorgeciation, to supply, through this charowl, a great pert of Me intenor of Africa anis oar saperfiucies inannEsetares, while we might receive in renews many very valuable and sweet articles, such as oil of nlirts, hide., skim. almonds, gums, wax, silver and gold, in addit'uin to, which may lie mentioned oranges and lemoi,c, of whi c h a greater quantity might be procured from two profs in the empire, than I 'forded by both Spain and l'ortagal.-. The oranges of Tabula are the finest in :he world, and aro sold fur eight drahines, or about Ss. Gd• Per rlmuslirel; may, perhaps, be übjeded by some, who have expresso/AA dirculties in treating with the Emperor, that be neolvl not, probably, allow trait to be exported : tit thp . t earner, Oa( it is powible, by proper means, to (*tail) almil,t any favour from a Sovereign who is antigen:a#/0;1, ; it is not ge , kl which governs his conduct, thogkii tame irosious persons hails inns ' gifted that lobe the upi.) , niCass of procuring any thing frau' him: had this be the ease. he would nut have granted me the priti.irge of expnr:ing mules to the West Initios at tali the duty the frvcrti house of Messrs. Demellet and Sabapee altered hen, in short, nothing is wanting to secure a ru.uf cateasive aid lee.-oftwe trade with MOrocco, but nn Mier &tithed friendship het ween'the two endow, stresigiheiled py a mutual reams of pod *Glees and attentions. !aired the present Emperor, Maley Salimin, may !se said to have u‘voi eve-tures of this encore; bat rllllll oar in.pvit;y, and inaren ~~ "MR'