The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-08-17 00:00:00

To Ma. ASMIURST. great deal has been said concerning your intkpeneleal political principles. What those prin ciples are, we have not yet heard. We call upon you, therefore t for an open avowal of them. Your opponent, L'rd Strwritar..tNo, has made a public de claration of his political principles ; and, give us leave to ety, Sir, they may be as independent as yours. lie has openly, and indeed manfully, avow ed his entire approbation of the present, that is the l'err system of Govertitient or politics—and he has unequivocally expressed his determination to main tain them, as far at least as his iufluence can have ef• fact. Now, Sir, as we are clearly of opinion, and we are convinced that you and every other man of common sense must see it in the same light, that there can he no middle coarse which you can pursue with any effect, good or bad, between that system of po litics, which Lord S. has openly declared it is his determination to pursue, and that of a Reform in the Representation of the People; that is, Sir, we being clearly of opinion that either the people must once ogain be represented in conformity =ills the Constar:. lion of England, or the Pitt system, under which the people groan, must continue to rule the country. — We say, Sir, as this point admits not of a doubt, and as we conceive it folly and only humbugging the country to talk of independent principles of politics without explaining what these principles are, we re quest, therefore, from you, Sir, a plain answer to the foll Owing questions :—Are you, or are you not, a determined advocate fors Reform in the Represen tation of the People? Will you, or will you not, seemly co-operate with those real patriots, those true lovers of their country, who are anxious end determined, ifpassible, to effect a salutary Reform? —that is, Sir, who are determined to bring back the . Representation of the People to its original purity, and to make it what it ought to be, fast, free, and gcneral.—By the way of illustration, we beg leave to put the following questions, not only to you, Sir, but to every man of common reason in the na tion : Do you think that the nation would now be so overloaded with taxes? Do you think that one-third of its population would now be reduced to paupers, that is to beggars ? IVool4 the Corn Bill, think you, he now the law of the land contrary to the voice of the people, lordly, imploringly, and consti tutionally expressed ? Would the Government of England, think you, have presumed to have set the people, and the constitutional law of England, at defiance, by transporting from her shores. to gratify the rancour of a Russian or a Prussian despot, any man, much less such a man as NArur.EON lionx ?MTh, chosen Emperor of the French by the people, by the unanimous voice of the people, who had thrown himself on the generosity and hospitality of the British nation, and on the security and inviolability of the law of England ? Do you think that a Bri trill army, under a glorious WetrancTow, or any such glorious man, would nom be ordered or pe►mit ted to stand ignobly by, keeping guard as it were, whilst the lawless hordes of the North ravaged and desolated a country, the pride of Europe—the seat of the arts and scieneet—the pattern of civilitalion— and for what ? Why, because they presumed to throw off the galling chains of slavery, because they dared to be men, and presumed to wish to enjoy that just and natural freedom, which was once the glory and the boast of Englishmen. nosily, do you think that England or the English people, who once boalted of their freedom with just reason,—who once were antigun that all other nations should en- joy that blessing—a ho once eagerly called upon the French people to assume their just rights and liber. ties—do you think that she or they would have tent cren a hand, much less have dissipated so much of their treasure—nearly eight hundred millions of lounds sterling—would they have overwhelmed them. selves with an eternal load of laxes—forty millions if pounds sterling to be extracted from them yearly few crer? Would they have sacrificed hundreds of housands of their countrymen ? Would they have ed:iced one-third of the popuration et their country beggary ? Would they have given up the best part f their commerce 4 Woultl they hare annihilated he best part of their manufactures? Would they are forced their manufacturers to seek shelter and übsistence in a foreign and a rival country? Would] hey. I say, have done all these thingq to enable lie Sovereigns of the Continent to trample on the 'us/ rights and liberties of man—on the freedom—the ust, reasonable, and natural freedom—of French. en ; that freedom, those rights and liberties which t na3 the glory and the boast of Englishmen, that Ley confirmed and enjoyed by the glorious Consti ution and Revolution of 16S8? We say, do you hiok that all these things would have happened had he people of England been properly, that is, eon iititionally represented in the House of Commons? We request; Sir, an immediate answer to the pies oils w e hate put to you in conclusion of the first ragraph. We are, Sir, A BODY OF FREF.IIOI DENS IN OXFORDSHIRE. • Wednesd a y a , shocking catastrophe happened at Ohs Ferry, sow Southampton, to a poor mast smed Gosling, in the employ of Mr. Bell, brewer. le au in the melt-house belonging to the brewery, id got entangled its the wheel of the mill, by hick means h 1 brains were beaten out. lie has rt a wife sad tea children to lament his 1031. • • l l ng ST4iTESMAN. NAPOLEON BONA PAITB. • " tea places lire la postrrite Anne w a rt tarieltes. connive let autrm !lux capril es de la fortune. NI Olieur oln rOpurntidn de mut Prince nos est opprhne par an porti. qui; debreat le dim!. taut, en qui a trine de detrusreun prejuge qni :ni hotter I" 'l:cum:irony. MR. t DITOR,—The language and sugge.itions of some of your cotemporaries respecting the fate of Napoleon, are both shocking aed disgusting: they manifest such an enotmons depravity of heart, that, upon reading them, one Is almost induced to exclaim, are we living in a civilized age, and in a civilized country ? To insult the fortunes of a fallen enemy, bas ever been considered as in the last degree con temptible: to clothe itsso.t in the foul language of show, evinces a total absence of every refined as well as manly feeling. 'rite crimes of such a Monster as Bonaparte, say thece writers, should not be per- I mated to pass st ith impunity :—and ham these crimes been permitted to pass's ith impunity ? I. defeat, with its concomitant disgrace, no punishment? Is the cit.. , cutnstance of his being hurled from a throne to a slate of captisity, no punishment ? Is the forcible 'pima . . t from his n ife and child no punishment ?In fine, i is the annihilation of his ideal schemes of empire; 1 the object of his fondest contemplation; " his noon day thought, his midnight dream," no punishment ? And what are the crimes with which lie can be jostla charged ? They are the crimes of ambition ; I of a great soul :--the crimes of an Alexander, of I a Cesar, of a Charlemagne ! But lie is murderer. Isay his accusrrs.—That he is a rcpuicd murderer, 1 I shall not deny ; that he is really a murderer, I know to he false. Do your cotempornries ac tually believe that Napoleon is the murderer of D'Engbeitt, and Hoffer, and l'olm ' and Wright ? • if such be their genuine sentiments, I pity their creduli ty if (as I much suspect) they be net;-1 abhor. their hypocrisy. Not to dwell on the absurdity of can ' sidering an independent Sovereign its the light of a murderer, since by a parity of reasoning must of the Sovereigns of Europe ore murderers, I will ask whe ther the above mentioned victims were put to death without trial,or contrary to the established laws of the country ? These observations apply to the three first names ; the story of Weight's case is palpably false, and never rested, on the smallest authority. The in. sidinus mode of attack employed by The Times and his correspondent im-Probus is worthy of remark.— Among other injurious appellations equally unfound ed, they designate the object of their calumny, as I " th e Poisoner of Jaffe," awl the blasphemous l'ro lessor of Mahometanism." Now if they have studied the subject as they ought to have done, they must be aware that these tales have been long since exploded ; that they are not credited even by the most zealous of their followers:—but by thus conuecting that , which is notoriously false, with that which has the semblance of better authority, they have endeavour. ed to make the latter support the former, and by these means to swell- the catalogue of imputed atroci ty. But the whole system is false and absurd; the extrctnes necessarily partake of the incongruity of the means ; and the whole of this `‘ baseless fabric" of accusation must fall to the et-mewl before the scrutiny of a manly and unprejudiced enquiry. " Magna , vitiates me minore villa,". has , been the character of most conquerors ;• but with respect to Napoleon I will venture to assert that there never was a conqueror, ancient or modern, ' whose vices bore so small a proportion to his virtues. The unrelenting ferocity with which the Tunes has t • attacked the character of this great man, has beets a subject of general animadversion : it was to be ex pected that this hostility of invective would have ceased with the ruin of its object : but the contrary has . been the case;—his abuse being in the inverse ratio of the cause for its exertion. It is remarked ,by Tacitus snd Seneca, that there is a propensity in human nature which prompts us to hate those wh o m , ' we have injured ; this maxim appears to be peculiarly lapplicable to the conduct of the Tunes; and I am afraid that, like the Doctour in Chaucer, " His studie is but litel in the Bible." Not long age the ; i Times suggested the expediency of bringing Napo. Leon to a trial by Court-Marlial for the murder (4., Wright ! ! Raises teneatis g This is really too ahi ! surd for serious. comment. Hi s p ara ll e l cases o f Despard, Parker, &c. are equally ridiculous. Let him always write thus awl he will effectually mar his own machinations; he will himself afford the anti- - dot* to his venom. However ; his abuse may be re-. 1 lisbert in the Alley, and in the Sugar-market, his more solid rraden cannot view it otherwise than with disgust. " c tffrnoluntor enure, quibuc est clans, et pater. et res : " Nee $ R aid fricti eleefiß prubel el mucts emptur t " Repitt uccipiunt islands. I It has been urged by some of the Morning Papers, that Napoleon ou4ht to be delivered up to the King of France as a rebel. Ile i, not a rebel. At the time of his landing in France he was an independeist So vereign, he was not a subject of Louis XVIII. and. consequently no rebel. Ills landing in France at the head of an armed force was no more than the circum stance of one Sovereign invading the territories of another. He may be considered as having mon. quieted a throne, of which he had been deprived by treachery and violence : if the right of conquest de prised him of it, the right of conquest restored it to him ; and the proceedings of the Field of May con firmed his title to the crown. The circumstances at tending the return of Napoleon and that of Louis af ford a striking contrast. Napoleon returns at the head of a few follower ', _ and marAes without inter- i ruption to the gates of Pat is:—Louis returns after one `of the moo sanguinary conflicts on record; and is kept on the throne by the aid of 300,000 foreign bayonets! rl. The arguments of the Tines respecting the surrentksc i of Napoleon to Capt. Maitland, are superficial in the extreme. It is said that the surrender did not I take place until all prospecu of escape had .been pre. i eluded ; and that therefore no tern's ought to be tie- i mantled or allowed. Now I will ask the Timex i whether wily one hut it fool would surrender himself i while a chance of success remained, or while there was any probability of eluding the vigilance of the ette my. ilud he not delivered himself up till after an obstinate resistance and the useless sacrifice of Many valuable lives, the cue might have been difierent ; but his voluntary surrender assuredly' entitled him to the most honourable terms. The conduct of the Officers of the Bellerophon, since his ardial, en board, however reprobated by some men, rilleito .. greater lustre on our nationl character thaii the I • . ;...».. splendour of a nasal victory. If we cast our eye NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. spots the persnual habit's ond.prieate peculiarities df . ---semos...' this extraordinary man, me 'hall observe little to poattsitoutru; Auc. la tiesure, and much to admire. If take into con- . Attired the Ilannibaf„ Ilageroeister, and Mario, Webb, from flats. ; Ber siderltiOn his exemplary temperance, his early. rising, his simplicity of dress, his slignity of manlier, his trick, from Norway.—Sailed the Rebecca, Row, for prodigious and incredible energy in the Cabinet, and Amsterdam ; amd Maysville, for Ilavre. Of the field, his ardent love of literature hit tin- Pt tsioutn, AIM. ' IS.= Ca m e i n t h e 9Nanette, daunted courage, iiiS promptitude of eclnception and from It,osco ff and Wheat sheaf, , el Leif, from \roughen,— rapidity of executfoti ; if we contemplate the un. Sailed his Majesty's WO Scamasstier and Rhin o to paralleled cele r ity an d ex t en t o f hi s conquests, and call to mind the c i rcums t ance o f hi s h av i ng ef f ecte d the Eastward. the subjegation of continental Europe before he had DEAL, Atm. Ig.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Cres attitined the age of forty.; we shr.ll not be surprised cent, to Portsmouth.—Came doe•n from the River that till the Monarchs of Christendom have been and remain the Surrey , for New Providence • and proud to tonsider him as a model o orthy their most c.'• aiiaideonS imitation. ' To the above.mentiOtted qua- - titles le t me add h;s unshaken firmness on the (nog Curacoa end Seamander, from . Portsmouth s an d I trying occasions, an d th at i nv i nc ibl e f ort itud e o f I: eons which rises superior to all the vki'.itudea of FAtelovirk, Auo. 14.—Arrived the Princess Char fate and fortune, owl sets at defiance the most : creel- fotte packet, with Mails from Gibraltar, in nine i persectitious of ntiversity.-os" AdverTis rerun int- deyree/le jititir ship Coromandel from Charleston, I turrsabilis undis !"—lie is to4dny the P. pe of • ' m ror f t ,i. • b y t I 1 , • • line most powerful nation in the world,—tomorrow igt 1 ' 4 15.--- Sailed h is Majesty's • Teensy, Ano . 15. 1 et ship `a proscribed fugitifite. One day the tltst amen ; the next in a worse sit u ati on th an th e meanes t peasant , a McnektOe, on a cruise; —Arrived the liertario, - Ur, captive, and at the mercy of on enraged enemy !-- gent, anti Hope, from ditto; Bermuda, froth ditto Where is the human soul which can endure a titan.; off Lime, and sailed again. • sition so sudden, so ti e l nen d ons ? b u t yet — i • , • " Tholie, ,coccus nod tempesti thu n d er on his. his.* 1 To ias EDITOk or T H E STAtSM EAN. " fir .t Mi.: ti IM/If ' d I! " . -... .....1191 And tins is (h.. man whom the notes designates as ' • the bloodiest of villains ; and Whom a Correspondent Sts,--However nicely oett fe4lings rday be in of the Murning Post d, da te s to b e r/ unwor thy o f unison with that benevolence which has prompted chrislian !finial !!!" his RO% al Highness the Pittect Rentot to request Napoleon has been Called a tyrant i With respect the aid of the Church in !scorer of the Waterloo Sob to the ty ninny of his •Gese'rittnent, 1 am of Opinion scription, an attentive Render is foreiky 'track with that we have always measured it by a false stand. the method by which that aid is to ho otweesnol ; The and : we contrasted it with out (+tee inimitable Con. Malig/a are ' 6 to fake care that no Mrs occasion the ' stitution. hid we eon/pare/I his form of Govern-, Mittkeers in each writ!' tin offeetnally 'excite their nient /sigh that of the other Continental Powers,: Pachhitoters to a liberal Contribot dim which shill we sho u ld ha v e fo un d, if I mistake not, that time i be collected the followiog• week at tbeir respeeti.:J appellation of Tyrant has also been greatly Ws- dmellinge o by the Cleitechicortkne or Orervers of applied.—if France had not been blind to her I the poor in each Oafish." On •eadisig en rte lines own interests, if she bed supported hi ,„ w i th that I one is tempted to enquire, why are ecit Dissenting energy and unanimity which circumsi /titre% required, 1 Ministers tecorrimentleti to draw the at•e .• •‘. of 'Reit' he had raised her to a hAght of unparalleled glory. hearer:, ta this compassionate object? W. 11111.4 -le , i ! quence less "effectually excite" to beisevisle.•cel— —The privations which she at times suffered flora (This cannot be, for it will oc'eor to the rfeollectind Vie severity of his system, were but the temporary discipline of future vigour :—but she has betrayed of many, j f hat on t former ••ccesion *hest 110.00U1. were ebtatned by collections et Churcheviedd Chapels his interests and her own, and her dignity and re of every denomination, in aid of the Patriotic Fora}, 110 Vi to are lost for ever. The enslaved press of that country reflects an accurate image of its present G o . the largest subscription.wasregeited from a amen:- yernment :it is the genuine fountain of inconsistency ing Congregatimite, mid t oot ooly in sanct i on, bat lit and misrepresentation, where facts" rani aerates in f many parts of the country the subscription foe gurgiie vasto" are scarcely discernible. Every ape. i Protestant IYs . enting Congregations, exceeded the i cies of annoyance that malevolence can dictate or subscription of many Pari a h Cl/arches. Is it that the assistance of D:ssettters is not required on 6 6 this itivenlitro supply, every engine of fraud and &cep ' lion i', tit present, employed to destioy the character occasion 1" Their assistance is requ i re d, th e moues is to be collected at "the respecti ve d we lli ngs of theof Napoleon ; who belied at home, and calum n iated abroad, stands (he general butt of malice and re- Parishioners," and being presented in a la m p by th e yew. The town is inundated with fob, icated port. Churchwardens of the parish, will a pp e a r t o th. o generality of persons, the benev o le n t offering of folios, extrggerated Journals of Spanish campaigns, forged letters of Ney, in short with every thing that Churchmen. I I requires but little sagacity to d is c over th e is calculated to prejudice or mislead. The letter of • motives which led to the adoption of the new method the Duke of Wellington* to Lady Moritlngton is of collet. ing the libectdcoetribetions,of the Pebiie_ the best answer to Ney's pretended narrative. The The aid t f the dissenting Public is wonted, but s ee ' canduct•of Bonaparte, says his Grace, was not to be ' some, let us obtain it as quietly as possible. if arraigned : he fought the battle with collections be made at churches runt chapels o f a id : severoitce, and courage ; and the result es to be chiefly denominations, the Dissenters will be too promine n t, attributed to the superinr physical ,:rengtkof the allied their subscriptions may, exceed the subscripti on o f troops. lo'thephysical might be added the numerical soperior* at the Allied Armies ; the French force their b rethre n it ' the •K °l3lil i' h m enf k end then feel consisted of 120,000 men, while that of the Allies mg' ,very italtifel to the o polous Ch urc h man mus t , : • ' amounted to at least 200,000.+ , The reputation' of inevitably fe 'produced ! As every Old Of society should receive a mode of Napoleon as a warrior can never be Aitken. The praise p?, d finale to lis t eaertions s atid as much Campaign of ltit4, although one of the most un good frequently results from a spirit of emulation, I fortunate, was nevertheless one of the most brilliant of his campaigns. With 60,000 MPIt he kept in would suggest to. D.ssetsters the propriety of Making Collections at their respecties; Cbepela, and forward check the armies of Europe, •beating them in event and had not the Allies intercepted some let; stlg,the a s'!l tult to the Cnt e n t itt e e i n 1 ""d"n• T h e ters Thus the rote 'of result ?oust 'be betielkial, 10 funds of the S o ciety the ' they had never succeeded. Empire was decided, by accident, and not by would be increase•l m aad ! tbst Pehlic would entertain The in increasingly high sense ni the benevolent a n d pa. the skill' or valour of the Allied Generals. (Filmic feelings of that largettody of theceMmuisity. letter of tbitteetollent men; 'Mr. Cape! I,offt, does honour to his feelings : I shall not presume to tins rd I am, Sir, yoerobliged'servant, an opinion on'tbe poinfof law to which lie alludes Aug.7s. / e • 4 • •- . * Q. Z. Surrey Chapel... but hope (halite is right ; be it as it may, 'I applaud the benevolence of his motive; and on such 'an oc casion " Malta cum Sealigerct errette, - quern tam . , . Claris reek sapere." I am, Sir, your very obedient sersinmt, Auttot 7. 15th. ' nmimikapitom. • lands frogs oitiory. ' . + *1 In. Doke', army amounted co 41100., chat 4,l3lsicher, inciading 8010.% corp.. to 105.000-4 w '1103,0J0. • • 1 .1 . .• • . - . st,a_ A __" 1, • : d , - v tllieog 11 1 1 ,PV114 day for Oninitue, and it I, 'earthy' oT; i : lostrvetion,„ that within the lest, two moeflitS' w f ry.tWo sniilions sterling, including tho 0 pityonsittV tise, „ .llonk; have been transferred from the Putt . '!'l,,tlse !4attils of Cr+vernment. Coder these ix o..ai s iterjt ctrcumstancea; the scarcity of . ..--_ money` it grayer than at any former period within . . - Letters from Ravenna!), dated 80th. Of Junis,4nen- our recoreCtl sll doe the arrive, off' that parr of :the frizate Pfilebre • tiff; 'ilitliiiTry of procuring ii:h pl;rms.nts 01 4. with 4} millions of dollars belonging tes t indivitiiiiits, prompt acceptances, is now represented to be fu!le proceeding: from Vera Cruz, together with . the' eqeilte what Was rier experienced by the mercantile schooners of war Prom:rime and Cartfueritt; with a interest in London during the war. convoy Of •ten vessels. All these bring a multitude • Tba . Pitiladelphia Mertantile ...itlrerliper.. ,t July of passengers emigrating terSilltin in consequeutu of 21, mentions a thi.attful . flp. havittg taken Warr , at the state of the insurrection of New Spain. The Ntersborgh, vih;ch•consumed GOO houses, destroying privatee r s o r Carthagena continue capturirg nearly two-thirds of the town, the Office of I)iscatint, Dl all the Spats's), merchant vessels which venture to na. 1 posit Tobirco Warehouse, and its contents. Minty ' vtgate th os e seas withoat convoy. These privateers i lives WPM lost, °slog to several houses being blown, have fr e quently attacked brigs of wor, and captured ! ult. • Thedistrestrof the inhabitants is 'tiled RS COOS!. vessels under their convoy. The schooner of war deplorable, one half being wifhentt . litiose ark:les—. Galatea from Cadiz to Vera Cruz with dispatches, t -We hear the Duke of IVELLINGITON has derlistert.. was token by them 18 leagues to the east of the Ila- granting leave oraltsence to (Mum belonging to the Toenail. • 1 Etsglish army•whO are effeetive,•and able to do their On Tuesday the very singular 'phenomenon of of .'duty in the field. water spout was observed at Marsden, near !ladders. t' iAlarge reittforcemeist of British ,troops teaches" . field. It appeared to be formed of a dense black 'St's Denys on the 7th 'of this month. ' eked, aqd irommlded a very long inverted cone, the 1.........5Ay F.A.tzattrrn Wiirranc.to left town yesterday . lowest part of which seemed nearly to touch the for the Earl of J LIMY'S seat, Osterley Palk. tier j.',l;r4sond ; above it the clouds were whitVa , nd Heavy, lnelyship leaves nest week fur hei seat in Iletiford i for Ming a soil:ill contrast with it, but they appear- : shire. - - ' 1 , •'..1% ed strongly agitated ; our Correspondent concludes his description with stating. " that the slissot r , saheb pees:inn of SIR/01. per sebum, for his Mission to • completely formed, appeared tobe rowed and sionelis, Persia, its:addition to any foreign grant for having and hollow within, and then! appetkredbcstavarls of Asegaciated a peace between the Russians and Per. 1 water running down the inside r , pert of lahieh is its siaus-i-thoso two Powers haring been previously in a • • der..cont passed to the, oetside, and: snip sweet' up state of, hostility for many years. 1 ..-, 13 . MAUI % very rapidly, by a spiral inAtiorts • ilsoachnle Yesterday a ballot W 44 fak4M . It' the East India tiers font of this phenonseuon was atmektri•aiinator ." Holum' for the election of 4 iNreetni, its the velum of ". AO Farmer at NewteasketN .svh,o,ebgeineti,• share. Rastas Cx.sua, FA ti-x'eased- Xikb sir o'clock the ,' of the thirty tberasansi .yoossfil prize ' tplyo., it is the g!asses•Wereclosod assil•delivegest•W• theScintitteerg, beslyielding crop heevez : bad, with the least labour who reported the election to have - fallen upon and pawn's. Uany.(farasors as well as others) will Riparken•Pxagv, , , IA: ' • have reason to make the same 9blervation best week, Ilant.cir, of the Lyceum Theatre, etas. extended %ha may partake of the golden grain to be then ga- his engagemeist.with Mr. AIL`COLD to five years, and thered, tame load ofovbick will be worth thirty thou- entered into one with the Board of Iv.oagenten s t of Sand pound,. . 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