The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-05-13 00:00:00

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SlN—Mend, as I am, in a retired situation in the c ountry, 1 have little opportunity vf• knowing any thing of great politic events, ai:d am, therefore, about as well acquainted with the alhirs of this troubled world, as my ancestor, Parson Aoams.--- Oar Vicar, however, who is a staunch (;hutch and King , man, takes in the London limes Newspaper; gild in i,is si to pinpagate th iloctr.nes con tained in that ['unshed profound, and patriotic Jour • pat into my ha,tds the Paper of Apri D el p 1 found the character of Ho NA P %RV: display /1J at full length, in the following elegant wsy: " The deposition of the tyrant—this dcsperate stretch—the arch-incendiary—a perjured tralocious rebel—the military usurper—a daring -, ; Plain—surcestfal villaim achieved by this monster —this felon —execrable villain—this traitor—the • drtr the base secret torturing murderer— s Nu etch s'-ailed rash every crime—the bloodiest and in ,.,iperfiaious tyrant that ever disgraced history 90:tda utth a rope about his neck." Now, Sir, the ....as, that the Editor of the Times is a Parson, • . t itter frequently preaching a touching sermon the mild and vliceful doctrines of the Gospel, c , l .es to his editorial desk, in the sacred canonicals L i Lis tOice, and with a voice of volcanic thunder, yr us the Cliftrahln %coshd to arms and slaughter.— ir )on ran, whether tti pions Christian t. rl nr!liy tottiot, be really a Parson, and whether i t,,, co! . v.cture of our village Lawyer who is the •teody ippnfaelit) be well founded, that he has 1.1 , 41P.er a Pensioner on the [county of the Burnt • ?—I am, your's, Sic. TIMOTHY ADAMS. _ - N I, TEI.L IG ENCE. N!,vit 12.—A rrisPd the Amelia frigate, rim sninuth; a,,d an American ship, and two quuranlittors; pariicrlais ntil:nown.—Put b:14.4, by contrar.• several of the ontwar(:-hound that Pall! )esierda', e•.O remain in the Downs with the outward-bound as before. Potaattourn, MAY h.—Arrived the Pelican cutter, Norris, from Zante, bound to London, and is under quarantine; his Majest• ' ship f!om the West Indies ; and the Dictator, &floret, an:; flylra, from th^ coast of America. PLYMOUTH, Ni A Y 11.—Came in the Iti,ingaroc, (loop of war, from Gibraltar ; and Hr !icon sloop of tsar. from the West Indies.--Sailed his Majesly slop Dniern, on a • The intense coif! which succeeded to the sudden amf uliwabotiolile heat of the weather towards the end of March has, it is said, occasioned gri.it: ra- sage in the premature vegetation in France.— I had lauded with a small band of friends. finite, and of national concern in the Throughout the whole of Lorraine, Alface, the De- I3d Article.—The High Contracting Parties so. And the facts in that appear accords, la rtments of La Moselle, La Aleuae, &c. the young pressions of the French Goverment, Llossoms are all blighted. lernisly engage not to lay down their arms unless by irritating a crisis. On Monday week •ts as caught, on one of the common consent—nor before the object of the war, tan the 3d Article, it were to be fi.ni n gs in the Tay, belonging to the city of Perth, designated in the Ist Article, shall have been obtain.- great nations, possessing military poi a salmon weighing SBlhs. avoirdupois, and measur- t ed—nor until Napoleon Bonaparte (thus only lie is prevented from disturbing each other. its four feet one inch in length, and two feet six n designated in this public instrument) shall have been i ••• ••••.... what eon war hut endl e ss war, Ito Ales my, • hrlf touatl. it is aid to be the largest rendered absolutely unable to create disturbance, , IT-4sliseene 'ere 111-suited to - thrind. that has been takers in that neighbourhood for many hi mse lf o f , dent Olathe campaign of 1814, and and to renew his attempts for possessing years. i Congress of Vienna, established no SPORTING INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—A bet of a the supreme power in France. 'and national independence. very singular nature was made on Thursday se'nnight, The first Article, referring expressly, and in terms, • i ' f he .Declaration of the 13th of at a coffee-house in Bond-street, which is likely to to the spirit of the Declaration of the 13th of March, . porated by reference into the Treaty afford much amusement, as it is perfectly novel, and announces a junction of means and counsels of the forms and limits of diplomacy again• far no less a sum than 5001. Ike wager is, that a Contracting Powers, for the purpose of maintaining BOSAPARTE. Gentleman snail go from London to Dover, and back, t h e C on .; The tith Article enters largely into in any mode he chooses, while another makes anvil- the Treaty of Paris, and the stipulations of : supposed futurity. The latter part lion of dots with a pen and ink upon a sheet of gress at Vienna, against all infringement, and par. actual circumstances, speaks for itsel writing-paper. titularly against the designs of the said NAPOLEON meat. Au excellent foot-race, two and a half miles, was The 7th Article invites ( and forfeit 13oNaeARTE: and they engage, should the case re run on Sit twisty se'intight, for a considerahle sum of quire it, to direct all their efforts against those who 'Patio's) the rest of Europe to war agt Loney, over Stapleton race•grontid,' by Joite Mo- • • ' for a General Peace, though, at the already have joined, or shall hereafter join his fee. 111tat!DALE. Of Darlington, currier,heat the celebrated WOOD, at York, and WILLIAM JOIIN- thou, in order to force him to desist from his pro i , to:deed, a new application of the tow, of Stapleton, near Darlington , farmer, and jects , and to render him unable to disturb in future Bello." suit by the forme'. the tranquillity of Europe, and the general peace, i Cu the sth, there is little doubt Thursday mornit.g a journeyman carpenter, i ;-xtY under the protection of which the rights, the fiber- be the command, we shall have the jeers of age, wear mu foot from Shorrditch Church ties, and independence of nations had been recently furnishing the supplies. to Wal th am Cross raial hack 4 , _,,sirr, a distance of 9.'2 .- laced, and (the Article says) secured. The 4th seems to point explicitly a p miles, in two hours at , ' :;:a I,:inut2s, for a bet of 51. to the replacement of the Bourbons. Oat Tueraliry n ight, lot we,m the trouts of ton nod The Sth AI 4 icle professes to have no other object On the Explanation I shall only of taelve o'clock, as Mr. J Awes 11••1.1ics, o f Mrar a .t. than to support France, or any other country which ' • it very justly supposes that it is not street, City-road, was rotorhiti4 home along the may be in: aded, against the enterprizes of the it, NAPOLEON 1. • iiour.ons, nor ought to be the pot hi • g's-road, he was attacked Ily two men, who rt Lsovara tyre and his adherents, and invites the late vernmeet, that we should stand pledp kat , cked him down, And nisei roLhine lam ci al. i n po.--sesscr of the Throne of France (whom it desist- to their replacement on the l'hrone ; imps, his hat, arid watch, they ran off. hates ender the st . yle and title of his Nast Christian respect than that of not isupwing on CovENT-G I unEx.—Tho Tragedy of ("take Pre- ticular Gorernment, does it say any ra•ved teas •slesl last tri_;l,t. Mr. KLataLE sustained .lirjestN) to accede to the Treaty, and in the event therefore circumscribe certain expect the character of Pierre, and in this, as in all his of his requiting the forces stipulated in the 2d Ar- .• d oes not make any exception to the ( ether performatir es, he failed net to obtain the en- , tide, to snake known what assistance circumstances ' the Treaty equally incompatible wit tia.iastit• plaudits of a crowded and admiring audi- I will allow hint to bring forward, peace ; at least I wish I could see it di (111 P. The manner in w !rich In , introduceo .fajfier I The , • . i 2O Artc.e stipulates for a force to be kept in 1 Your's sincerely, 10 Ow conspirators was manly, dignified, and highly : ' Troston-Hall May 7. 181.5. • C. the Get ' ! of 150,000 men complete, by each of the ! ••thl ti lig ; but the scene in which he vindicates frt . /flees ---- _ _ _ _ Lt . .ttur, and braves 1110 furV of Renault and his four Contracting Powers, including cavalry, in the I W e un derstand that the Right Elm .0-pinions, was entitled to still higher praise. 'flue proportion of at least one-tenth, and a just pronor• • man he resigned his appointment „. 11:1 4 , 11on with which la , wrested the drawn dagger ' tion of artillery (not reckoning garrisons) , and to , ESIIIIO all so a empty Court. tetr a th e o ld man , hi s e ff ort to subdue the emotion emp l o y the same actively and conjointly against the Soma • ime back a Dr. ROBINSO' Aid, had been excited in his bosom by the calutresies Alexia) by the Sabine river and throw common enemy.—There is a separate Article, in vs!: th r e a t s se hich lind fallen from the conspirators, of „ I exas, by the Washington Gotta L lit the tranquil security resulting from a c‘, !scions m any respects observable, that ns circum sta nces tne promotion of its views. He has ' -tiarity with which he surveyed, while proudly : might prevent his Britannic Majesty from keeping t o t h e United states, turd published ~' hi , e (him all dehatice, was indescribably fine.—, constantly in the field the number of troops specified, object of proving 'the great advantai l'" <corn with which he checked the heroic strain ' he shall hive the option of furnishing his contingent suit to the American Republic by a "f old Renault, and reminded him of Jaffier's i n o f p ay in g t he rate o f 301. per ann. for men, or Iti , r, fate is now beyond the contralti! of Spa, . , was not less effective, and the easy natural air each soldier of cavalry, and '2Ol. for each of ira. , aat. which he became reconciled to the other mem- , DuaLiar, MAY 9.—DuaL.— ln a 11 , entry. This, one half the quota, would amount, some warm language which passed in Is of the frateruity on their submission, gave the ' 'one a f i ,i s h, we ll c o rresponding with the splendour annually, on this single head, to 1,575,0001. Yet Four Courts yesterday, between : I ' 4 progress. IVhere confronted with Jailer be- there seems nothing so economical and guarded in and O'Gorman, two Gentlemen of the in r took pleee between them at seven o', 0 the Senate, his indignation at finding a betrayer the whole Treaty. , il t • friend, ing, in Carton Demesue—the forma hie and his contempt for a life which that , The 70 Article invitee all the Powers of Europe fr' Mr. husband, and the latter by Mr, l'nd could preserve, were depicted with a warmth 0!to accede to the Treaty, which it states to have for gischargieg two shots each, Mr. Wu 'alooring, and a graceful animat i on which left the •a ' • its object t he m aintenance of the General Peace. sligh t wound in the hip, which fermi ' 4l- rice nothing to desire. His death in the last " 1 1e excited u ni v ersal interest, and called forth rap- The sth provides, that whatever relates to the and bath the Gentlemen left the t i reconeiledaar(Dablin Corremondent Haus applause.—Mise O'NEILL acted Belvideru command of the Combined Armies, to supplies, &c. kith 1 Anillctioa was lately tried at Trat all her wonted ability, and in a manner wortliY shall be regulated by a particular Convention. .•r 'las ' IrelaiiMi, in which Captain Grace was hi g h celebrity she has obtained.- CoCoxwAY, as The Gth is for accrediting Officers, who shall cor toas alleged breach of promise of mat .rlar, exerted himself with great success, particu reqpond with the respective Governments of the rain Grace was cast In 35001. damages. aa • in the scenes where he taunts Renault, and al , Con tracting Powers. ' has been eat *tide by. the Gouda sre remorse for his treason to Pierre leads him s :4 , to mellaw the life of &laden:, i The 4th, that the stipulations of the Treaty of fell coils. . v .., _~--r.~ _~_a_. 'rlIE STATESMAN. WAR OR PEACE! . Chaumont, and particularly those of it -.... shall be in force as soon as the obj , LETTER V. view sha:l be obtained " Time is the Ally of trammilloy."—En. Ray. Feb. 185. , ' ____ •,_ i „ . E „., 't 0 these s prenst an XPLANATioI TO THE EDITOR OF TIP? STATESMAN. and on the behalf of hls BRITANNIC SIR,—AiMOSt the only wound of hope that I can these terms : form that we shall n u t be at wa r is, that as yet I be- " The undersigned, on the exchange of theilatl of the V. 5111 of Marto lost, on the part lieve we are not at war. The public attention has TrearY hereby commanded to declare, that the eight been called oft . frcm th is q uest ion of highest moment to - sa id T rea ty, w h ere i n hi: ftlost Christian Majt a considerable question I own, whether Xinistry accede, under certain stiptilationc,is lobe undt the Contracting Partie s , upon principl es o f an could have prevented Illt . n.:r, whom I suppose to comm ellart against the po tt er dr Napolen be King of Napl a es, but who is, as hat is more ma- pur,t;ance of the third nitiele of the said Treat , aerial, Jo %NUM NAPOLEON, an able General, and be understood as hindin.s, his Britannic Majest , a most intrepid soldier, from becoming hostile to the war, n ith a ties, of imposing upon France at Allies and rejoining interests WITh FRANCE AND 130- ve ‘ r ‘ nm H ow ever snikitous the Prince Regent ma: NAPARTC. Were not the diMculties we have to en- Alog Christian Nlajr , ty restored to the Timor anxious he is to contribute, in conjunction wi counter so great, if we go to war with France, it so auspicious an . event, he nevertheless deems must be acknowledged this would be a heavy addition upon to make tin, declaration, on ti.' exchange to them—hut be that as it may, in all probability it flots, as well inconsideration of what is due is now at least not longer a matter of arrangement— Ilan Majesty's interests in • France. as in cot upon which the British Government i and it is material to keep our eye fiat upon the point. Principles regoluted ts conduct." If we go to war, what is the object of the war ? By I must be very concise, but them this we shall best judge how far it is probably at- innocs : tainahle; what resistance we have to combat, or There cannnt he, in terms, a more what means we shall find for the attainment of the ration of an ettglgement to enrol aci proposed end ; and which is in reality the first point, o f Ate four other gr ea t Milit ary P owes , though in practice generally the last, how far the ob- an 6 t " . 511 in aid n il that can he " 10(14 the rest against the p o wer and the p a r s e ject is desirable, just, and necessary. is replaced at the head of the French I had stated my idea of what the object is. I had The war for this Impose not to corns hinted my conviction what the vastness of the diffi- common consent (which implies, at lea , eulties we should impose on ourselves—the extreme ties ont of four), nor until the object . improbability of success—the certainty of the hea- twined; which implies, I know not viest loss of every kind—and the mischief, even of ' wha t end of warfare. 1 Ihe Ist Article calls those who sup success, supposing it to he obtained. : Bead of the French Goverment, or sl I had stated this object to he the interfering with a Faction ; yet 600"0 men in the the internal Government of France, by 'Tutoring vairy and artillery in proportion, art by force the actual head of it; and by necessary . commencement against it; the necessat consequence, destroy ing the internal independence declared as they must be, not to adm, . of that cuuntr* And it professes fur its object the Ins , and annihilating her weight in the • A ations. scale of F.;.1 op.' :—tint counteyoising, but throwing Now, to change, by force, the acts her out of the balance. Government of a great nation, and Is; The substattre of the Treaty has been officially imports the vastness of that force with puuli•hed. 1. , t us see then what is not always to be contend, is a strange way of maintai seen in Treaties, Kho $4 . .r in the Treaty and the o ffi cial lmndence. It also professes to be at , (planation by oar ; : :overnment of a part of one of signs and projects of BONAPARTF.. Now, the circular which headdresses its articles ; I the object appears. to the other Sovereigns of Europe, Pa , I shill state it in that arrangement of the articles April, I/415. announces the design of I which appears to me best and most concisely to illus. dpendence of France, and the most ri trate heir irrocrt. There is throughout a revolt'. the independence of other nations, 130:e IP : AR . TE separately, and his Cot tionary dwelling et: the power of Bonaparte, of have distinctly and o ffi cially d e ta t whom it • as then only known that he was advert termination to observe the Treaty 30 ring its France wk s at; acceAon of force, where he , 11;14.11;14. This applies directly to • • ...................104.... - ... .._....__— —.... 4 its 16th Article, IMPORTANT' ST'ATE PAPER: --..e• tject actually in ! COPY OF A DISPATCH FROM THE DUKE OF OTnAnTsi i to i n the nam e i TO PRINCE sarmen s lan. • MY P RINC E , — Ev ery event has con fi rmed what I MAJESTY, in ' • ! predleted sit thonthi ago. You were too preoccu- pied to hear me; hearken to me now Kith attention Ratifications of the and confidence; We may, in the peculiar (sitcom.: ri of his Court. is :hth wide of the stances and the imminent si•uatiotai in which we are . . jesiy i invited to Placed, influence, in a powerful matit , 6r, the op.: • , terstood a= bidding preaching and rerhapt eternal destlniet of Fiance; natural sectirity, to of Austria; nod of Europe. i con Bonaparte, in You are deceived respecting what is eolog On; and ':ay; bat is not to what is prepalieo in the midst of uc. You will Joke ty to prosecute the of the reports of a roole risti and Whiffed by the toy particular Go. misfortunes which strike without the [mote to ea. ' lighten them. may be to see hilt " Y tit are given to understand at Vietini That Na; , one, ni.d Itoy ever wit! , hi . Ani„. to peleon bus beet' brought hack to the throne by thl ins lihnfelf called army alone; that there are mote onhis side but a Er , e of the If :d ie t:l . Soldiery drunk With war. But forthwith you still ; to h 6 .]eat Chris- know that our army has not been recruited in public- • comformity to the houses. Generals, t.,avtallis, soldiers, all tire chi wit vot hos invariably entirety from the i;. eta of the nation; and for twenty-five pars cm. . rmv has executed almost al. •se are my re. ways their wishes and the laws by the most brilliaut victories. explicit decla- flow dare elm tell us that it iii the army alone combined force which mos for Napoleon ?-otir legions do not ers of Europe, ranee themselves more promptly under their toloors c cod to join of than the Nation itself /roped his proton and hit .son of him ;:ho throne. Almost every where on his route, the pa. h Governoicot• pular insurrections in his fat our preceded Me pre. . nmence but by since of Napoleon. The Bourbons, redurk.l to seek • east, three par- in every pine a Vendee; have not foetid it even in • ' j 'et be fully at- La Vendee itself. Of an Mail armies of Solon- : • what extent or teers, which they said they had in the Smith, not one 1. i is formed ; and though some little bands trembled pport the actual while they had at their head the Duke of Angooteme, k! I shall support it, they are become intrepid by passing under the ttitco• F. field, with ca- loured flag. • re pledged as a ' The power of the nation consists in its talents as . ;Ivry means are much as in its armed foice. They think now, or admit of limits. they express themseltes with respect to Napoleon, . •• lidepencknce of in the same manner in the towns, in the academies, and in the camps. Without doubt, liberty has. been •• • . toil head of the much restricted, but it has never been destroyed,. . i ty a force which Glory, it least, was a compensation for France : , 4 ti which it is to she desired riot aggrandisements of which we abjure 0 51 . 1 taining its Ludes the abuse ; but she was not able to support the against the des abasement when she had thrown off the government of the Bourbons. ;ses as Sovereign ' The French people feel the extreme want of peace, 'aris, the 4th of they wish it as they wish for happiness; but if they if peace, the in- be forced into a war, they believe that, under Na- ~ rigid respect for poleou, they will not suffer disgrace: Is. And both IVe do not wish, say the Powers assembled lit 1 1 luncil of State, Congress, to oblige France to take the Bourbon! ared their de. again ; but Napoleon will not be recognized by•ue. of Paris, May France must choose another Chief ; for, to refrict 4 .. all which is de- her, they add, we shall have, if necessary, 800,000 ' 1 e Ist Article.— men. i int with the ex- I - shall not stop to discuss here the principles of t, though at so the rights of nations ; it is too evident that they are 1 : all violated by a similar pretension. The Emperor I. wished that all Napoleor may demand from the Emperor of Russia, ower, could be from the Emperor of Austria, from the King of . . • Yet Prussia, in what manner he has merited from them a stilt breed." i 'ratio , " so ri,,lei,r, as to_ cause them tq belie... -'Teat.. • It ii th evi. they owe Roth:rig to the justice saniCO is due to all I the consequent other men, and that in consideration of their per. 1 basis of peace ' sonal hatred to Napoleon, they are authorised to rob the French of the sacred right of their ludepen. r March, incor- ' deuce, absolute and without limit, In the choice of y, overleaps all , the Chief of the Empire. t ist the person of i Vt • ictory has several limes placed the political el - ..s istence of the Pawers of the North at the mercy of o previsions for , the Emperor Napoleon, and he has not wished to) of it, under the' erase any oue.of them from the list of nations. It 'lf' without cams it the wish of Alexander, whose name is revered • ; • i among u3,,t0 dispense with our •rendering to his tiro idable is t:' , l kil tugs the homage which they merit ? Does the Em - i against FirAN'operor of Austria, i'i dethroning, contrary to his in. 'I hat moment and terests and those of his monarchy, his soe-in-law •of them. This and his grandson, wish to prove to the world, by • " Par gaunter , the must astonishing and authentic of all examples, , that among the most hideous of all the sentiments of t that wherever' human nature, hatred is that which has the greatest e full honour of sway over Kings? The people are not disposed to believe it; and in this age of revolutions, it might by and exclusively' better to take care to dissuade them from it. In short, my Prince, when it shall yond doubt rffer thus much : that France is resolved to dispk ' er forces, to ~ 4 the interest of expose all her destinies to sop his thrbne the ulicy of our Go. man who is the object of her pride, who alone seems i l red,at all events, to her capable of guaranteeing all the existences and but in no other all the relations proceeding from the Revolution; . France any par. ' will the Princes at the Congress make the attempt, e thing. It may perhaps, a vain one, to tear hint from his throne, at ~e''. . .._, ?clations, but it ' the price of all the torrents of blood which this new et./,:--f4.i'At••• other objects of , war will cause to be spilled ? ' ith the hope of 1 What pretexts will cover so many outrages on did. reason, on jus;ice, and on humanity ? , . They pretend that Napoleon cannot offer any gua- :APEL LOFFT. rantee with respect to the durability of the peace of • Europe; but what a strange mode of seeking this in. Gonne CAN- i guarantee, to commence their research by replungirer t of Ambassador Europe in al! the fury and horrors of war! On the contrary, every Oil% announces, every , ois was sent to thing establi'.hes, that any Prince inEurope,.at the ugh the provinces present time, cannot give this guarantee of peace iii otiment, and for the same degree as Napoleon. s lately returned 'No one has experienced so many dangers and vi. 4 a work for the cissitudes of war, so many unexpected and terrible 'gee that will re- reverses, as Napoleon. • I • an early connec- It is, in fact, a new life, as well as a new reign, 0 ?w Spain, whose which the Emperor Napoleon commences, after haw- t, ipain. ing understdod, during a year, in the Island of Elba, consequence of as in a tomb, every tt.itig which' truth as well ns n the Hall of the hatred, has told in Europe, respecting his first reigu ~ Messrs. Wall ice and his first life. he Bar, a meeting I In fine, my Prince, France has given herself a new ,'clock this morn- Constitution which wilt not be a vain charter. It is . ner attended by no longer Tiossible to use subtilty and deceit. The • Bennet. After force of things' n ill ;necessarily bring order arid jus. Vallace received a tice into social life. , titiated the affair, Our Constitution constitutes two Chambers. The ground perfectly sittings in both will 'be public. Thus France unit it) Europe will understand evory thing which will be i • 'ralee Assizes, in said on peace and war ; arid every war, which than ~.. . ..., is Defendant, fur not be one of justiee and evident necessity, shall pee, '1.4 irriage, and Cap- ralyse with terror the man who would kiudloit iss„ 'k .ltr' • ~.. its. This verdict Europe, already•bleeditig from so many wars. in Dublin, with The Coalesced Powers plume themselves on !Sic • immense number of men Which they can cellect.-e- -. ... . .. .: , ,