The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-02-25 00:00:00

, At an early hour yeste r day m orn i ng , M r . F. R o . Aomori waited upon the Earl of LIVERPOOL I at Fife ' bituse, with the dispatches f rom L or d CASTLEREAGH. At half-past eleven o'clock Lord LIVERPOOL went to Carlton-house, to communicate to the PRINCE Re els:we the contents of the dispatches, and at the same time introduced Mr. Roanesom to his Royal High ness. His Lordship after w a r ds re t urne d to Fie house to attend a Cabinet Council, at which the dis patches were taken into consideration. A little be fore four o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR waited upon the PRINCE REGZWT to report the result of their de liberations, and remained with his Royal Highness upwards of an hour. It is said that the doutte n'Escatts arrived on the Bth, at night, at Troyes, the head-quarters of the The tun Counts de P OLIGNAC, who, as our leaders may remember, were arrested a n d t r i e d w ith ;: Stair. tu, have made their escape from Paris and lirriled at head-quarters. We Wive received American Papers to the 2.c1 inst. inclusive. The intelligence from head-quarters, Quebec, dated the Bth ult. is of the most gratifying description. General Orders had been issued, an nouncing a dispatch from Lieut.-Gen. Ditemmorat, which stated that an attack had been made, on the 30th of December, on the enemy's position at Black Rock, where he was advantageously posted with 2000 men. The enemy was attacked in the most gallant manner, and pursued in his retreat to Buf , fah), where he attempted to make a stand, but was forced to retreat precipitately to the Eleven Mile Creek, on Lake Erie, leaving seven field-piecet, and four schooners and sloops, and a considerable quan tity of ordnance stores. The whole of our troops did not exceed 1000. No British Officer had fallen on this The Committee at the Stock Exchange for the occasion. Black Rock, Lewiston, and Buffalo, were Protection of Property against Frauds, was, in , burnt previous to the evacuation by our troops, as some the course of yestet.lay, joined by the Committee retaliation on the Americans for the miseries which the for General Purposes, and continued the investi unfortunate inhabitants of Newark had been made gation till eveniug. A number of respectable Gen to suffer upon the evacuation of Fort George. The j tlemen were examined, and such a body of evi- British loss in this gallant action did not exceed 25 I Bence procured as cannot fail to lead to a discover% killed, and 50 wounded. The enemy suffered se- of the principal actors in the late atrocious trausic rerely ; but from the rapidity of his flight, only 701 tiou. A communication was sent, in the course prisoners were taken, among whom is Doctor, alias of the afternoon, to the Directors of the Bank in Lieutenant-Colonel CHAPIN. General PREVOST had attendance, aperising them of the progress that had announced these successes in a Proclamation, dated been made, and requesting their co-operation. An the 12th of January, in which he details the out- application was afterwards made to the Lotto MAYOR, rageous conduct of the Americans. I and another to Bow-street; and, we understand, CITY Bustmess.—Yesterday a Court of Common Viet a competent number of Officers have been or- Council was held at Guildhall, which was very dered to he in readiness to act as occasion may Te l:wrongly attended.—Licences were agreed to and quire. It is reported that several persons are in cos sealed for granting leave to embark on the river todY on suspicion of being implicated in the conspi • Thames.---The several Committees for the year en- racy. suing were appointed.—The sum of 500 guineas was Sir VICKERY Glees was yesterday sworn in Lord ordered to he subscribed towards the Fund for re- Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, before Hering the Distresses in Germany and other parts of ..the-Loan Cu. tocei.tata, at Litscoln's-Inn.Rall, and Continent.--The sum of 100 guineas was ordered to Mr. Baron Tiuntesom, as Chief Bares se the Ex he subscribed to the London Infirmary for Diseases chequer. of the Eye.—The Court granted 201. to Mrs. JONES, 1 Some of Miss Srernices' friends haelibketiggested, • the widow of W. JONEs, late one of the Ale Conners- that her singlng at the Oratorios would - interfere too Mr. G. A. Stem was appointed a Governor of I much with the performance of her Asa:eke: duties, Chtist's Hospital, and Messrs. WIGAN aid BEDFORD, the Managers have very properly allowed her to Goreenors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The I withdraw herself from them for the present. Leen MAYO* laid before the Coast a letter he had! Mr. Keats, we understiutd, has received many received from Lord StnmoUTH, inclosing a copy of peettniar ) tributes to his abilities, besides the one a totter sent to the Colonels of the two regimen's of ' from Mr. Covrrs, the banker. Airbtiter Gentlevian London Militia, to raisz volunteers by beat of drum, • sent him fifty pounds, and the Managers of ibrort and an account of the distribution of levy money lane have increased his salary, for increasing their allowed for the said recruits, which were severally receipts. rend and referred to the Militia Committee to ex- Detachments for the 45th, 79th, and 92d regi. amine end report. ! meats, on Saturday embarked at Leith, on hoard -the 'lwo'or three jobs are said to be in contemplation I smacks for Gravesend, in all about 400 men, to join at the India House. The first is a p,etsion to Lord their regiments in France. Et.m.r.r., who is First Lord of the Admiralty and BOXING.--As we stated yesterday, several 'hen- Lori -Privy Sea) of Scotland. The second is a pen- Bred persons assembled at Combe Wood on Teliday, lion to the Earl of BUCKING!' Militia, for the kind in anticipation of the fight between Ford WA the part he took In the renewal of the Charter. Both Deptford gardner, as it was known at head-Oilers these jobs are, no doubt, recresimended by the Board until late on Monday evening, that the gardner had of Contreei ; hut if the same eliergy which was ex- refused to fight, and consequently persons who re erted in the eau of General Blume be again shown, , sided in the country, and to whom dispatches had to prevent the Company from being se burthened, at bees forwarded, had no knowledge of the change.— a thee when, we are told, it is necessary to make The Field-Morshel of the milling forces had apprized great redactions in theirostabllshments, both at home the gentlemen amateurs of the disappointment, and end abided, to save the Company from ruin, the me- :eensequesstly there • was but little of the needful on tions will be defeated. • the ground. The multitude waited the approach of I..tw Melt Annalists : 4n in IRELANIh—It is tinder- the Field-Marshal, until there were no longer any stood that the Right lien. Mr. CIIIIRAN, the Irish hopes, and then a fight of some sort was determined Master of the Rolls, retires on a pension, and is to upon, bet instead of Henry Huse, it was hard work be succeeded by Mr. Serjeairt Miblatuos, brother to 'to collect a few shillings. T he g ardners findin g Ford the Right H on. Jouw M' MAIIOII. It is said, that the was not there, began to chirrup, and boast of his Master of the Rolls retires on a salary of 3,0001. a pugilistic qualifications. A groom boy of nineteen year. Theprrnnotion of Serjeant M‘blairom would, of said, he was not afraid, and the gardner and him course, create a vacant Serjearttcy,and Mr. BuI"TeN, ' set to. It was an unlucky incident for Ford that . the particula &lend of the Master of the R.olls,is men- this gtrdener refused to fight him, for it would have tioneil as the most probable candidate for that office. 'been only a few minutes amusement for him. The Mr. Justice DALY retires front the King's !tench battle lasted about a quarter of an hour, and was through ill health; he will be succeeded by Mr. Ser. won easily by the groom, the garde _ ter possessing jeant Moose. The promotion of Mr. Serjeaut neither game nor the gift of hitting. Moony would create tee vacancies; the one as Se r.. lord offered to put down 501. to AIM Dutch Sam jeant, the other as Judge of Kilmainham. Mr. Joust on Tuesday, and the combat will take place after Lentz Foams is mentioned as likely to succeed to the great - battle between Painter and Oliver, the iiiiitainham, and heated Mr. TottnEms are candidates ; Battersea gardener, on the 3d of May. for the vacant coif. Mr. FOSTER was the late Mem- A battle for a subscription purse is named to take her For our University, and Mr. TORRENTS is the bre- place previous to the great day. between Richmond ther of the Secretary to the Duke of You. The the black, and the navigator who last bent Coyan. Saurin in fl uence does not appear at all to operate on I M on d a y se'nui g ht she remains of Mrs. Weimer, any of these appointments.—( Dublin &ening Post.) late Prioress of the Nunnery at Lanherne, were in . terred in Mawgan church • on which occasion s ip s jrz COVENT-GARDEN.—After The Country Girt, a , enelo-drame called The Wandering Boys ! or, The cession of the . Nuns of that iustitution took • Castle of °Ural, was brought out at this Theatre.— le the following "der: — El drauties, drama is white, with lon whinged 's. It is said to be founded on a modern French play, Th e arrival by alien Ness, in the fall dread their Or• and it has every appearance of it. There is little to . in, sold weariog lung black veils. interest in the plot, and nothing in the dialogue to Twelve_osuns sosespeied the mains of their late scenes, some light and pleasant N, tit\ lighted tapers, ehautaing a fiserrol snake up for the deficiency.enes, and one or two " There are, however, N The Superior no farther than the church-yard ; wheat Op? situations which excite a momentary sympathy. The corpse was borne to the grave by the ladies who )ad acting of Mrs. EGERTON is of the same admirable !FeGeded It) the.Neus returning immediately to the I winery. A . cousiderable number of spectators as. cast as in The Miller and his Men. Mr. Ltsrosr, in honour of his wedding-day, wore red stockings and sembled to vitiates the novel exhibition. a large sun-flower in Isis coat. He had nothing else Fan. I.s.—Havisi bat a shertantAref to do. The piece was given out for representation Crum Exossanee, to-morrow night with few dissentient voices, but Wheat this t r h ro is n r ina to gl g ia. i:r edire t ar t ie • sciimitsalotief,nr quarter 111817; without any marked approbation. 91. ger smarter. Oats le. higher. articles od variatioe. of the amminpmp, We are happy to learn that the young Lady SMITHFIELD MARKET.--Fsa. M. name of STANLEY, who lately appeared at Drury- To sigh Use OW, per wow of litb. lane Theatre, in the parts of Julia and Desdensona, sit i 6d . to 7.. e t Head Cattle Ibis day I nn and created so much interest in tho se characters, has t a r 04 . 1 1 1. ohier to 9o - been engaged at that House. Pork ....is. ea. to Bs. 4.d. Cairo ... . 1110 On account of the great number of prisoners at Lamb ....os. Oil. to Or. Od. Pigs .. HAY-MARKET. present iu gaol, it has been deemed expedient to Hay ...... 41. O. rH. to M. i t al Bootlethe guards until after the eusui n g assizes.--- Clove r r .... ht. di. to N. t w Westmc.ath horriat) I.llLalNTlCh'illittlfCM: • i • • Dw, Fmk ti.—Arlived hid 3a my annoy. and Melwinia transports, from •Iffelo4loo Pt •MI *PAY 9 ship Grampus, from ditto, and remiss in the Downs with his: Majesty's ships, merchantmen, and tattisposts, sui4sefore.—Gosne down from the River, the Clarendon, Lynn, for is m aria. Polvanovra, Frs. 19.-.-Arrivad the brig John, Bane, Mas ter, from Sunderland.—Sailed his Majesty's ship &ebony, with a convoy fur the North coast of Spain; his MajeitylZ Clinker, for Plymouth ; and Urgent gun-brig, w idi * fur ditto; and the Midetoe, for of Cherburgh. FEB. Y4.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Zephyr, from a etuire.• —Sailed his Majesty's ship Seahonie, from St. Helen') his Ma jesty's ships Adden and Urgent. with a fleet hound to Passages. —Nis Majesty's ship Zephyr takes convoy to Plymouth. PLYMOUTN, Fan. 23.--The French frigates Alcmene and Iphiginie were captured off the Westin Islands, by his Ma jesty's ship Venerable and Cyanne slipup of war; thew latter is arrived with 300 prisoners. 'Re frigates are - gape an 10 the West Indies, with the Venerable. The Venerable also cap tured a vAluable American brig, from Bourdeaut to America. —Arrived the Wanderer sloop of war, tram a cruise ; Raleigh brig of war, from Halifax, with Dispatches; and Pomona, Comb, from Lambs% Camel, from Bristol, last from di .11, Cork, to wait convoy for Cephalonia. • • TER BOURBON FAMILY: TO THE HOME OF THE STATESMAN. mild and Nekton sway of the 800 atoms —the saint-like gealities attributed to them, and the hereditary claim held by the present descendant to the Crown of France, has become the theme of our present War Faction—it is with them a subject at ,thopresent conjuncture of affairs so suitable to their political iiews, connections, end speculations, and to ell probability mace somuch a matter of private ; interest• to our Pates and our Couriers, that in this -view, and with this apology alone, can their pious ravings be considered as exc;osable. Associated with these, and in pursuit of the same object, ale to be noticed characters, whose conduct in their politi cal writingi can in no other way be accounted for, than by an evident wish to make an atonement for past treasons, by turning their pens froni the vilest and most slanderous abuse of this country, and using them in the same honourable course towards that na- ' tion, and its Chief, by whom they hid been fostered and protected, until suspicion as to their motives, and their general conduct, gave just ground for offence, and procured their banishment. One of these cha- ! racters, ti writer who seems to stand 'foremost in that class of political's, whose vulgar, vile, and abusive style has been adopted by some of our legding Prints ; —who, ever since his esc a p e f ro m the F r e n ch c apital,l FALMOUTU, Faa. 21.—Arrive I the Duke of Kent otwitet,' ) has employed himself in lulling to repose the just Capt. Bradley, with a Mall from Passages, in four Ilbys Okra Welltorton carter, from days. om Valencia, with wine and brandy, la 't -1-411112 , 164111 Of Our Alien Police, by his slanderoimi perform sinanuo:.se , pe.blicationti, now labours most assiduously to change 29 .11114 t Miguel constitutional mode of writing and ar- Fan. 21—Arriveo the bri gain; peculiar to &Oshawa, mid a free Conatitu. tion, fora different mo d e, bat ill adapted to both. I_ heats proper. to quote Scripture In ifie44inrittlilp. marks, when spanking of the eoffgri of tho French nation at the present periOd. .1 he' retain). tive justice of the Almighty, where he threatens to " visit the sins of the fathers upon the children," the writer consi(!ars as the just consequences of pa. crificing the most virtuous of Monarchs, and the prolific source of ail their accumulated evils. For the information of those to whom tho history of this race of Monarchs is hot little known, I sill briefly , sketch the peculiar features of Krsonal character by which . the four lost , Monarchs' :of the ; Royal House of the Bounteous, its Francr, 4.bcc Vin. gnished, and leave the reader to his Alp eAostko f s. I cannot help remarking , however, tlymi,446;lire T e execution of the Divine denunciat , ;Ty ..seemaeq :illustrative in the past sufferings and present*Rondi on of the present family of the Bouysaorrs. Wkso.can read, without horror, the long catalogue of.pOltio and private vices of Louis XIV. and V I IAhe lewdness and debauchery of their contiocii Ayr utter disregaid of law and jostice, and coniemist•ot every appearance of decency, and not conclude, that in the piesentConclltion of their descendants, nothing surely could wore effectually illustrate the Divine denunciation tskoreo, or afford a more coo vincing proof of its troth, than is exhibited iliAhlu fallen Family of Royalty. The first of these Monarchs, Louts RM. it King only in name. 111Clitt : JIM had the absOtute direction of all public affairs; scarcely a year past in which some cabal was not formed, or a public execution witnessed of some leading character. ,It RIP was n remarkable expression of 4,icneLtru to the Mug* of VIguvILLC•—" I oveitt , I - -w The confidence apparently indulged by many . A ihuVILLE,— _ _ , urft, . met T In i dews all before me, and then I throw my red cas.. the statements and motives of this writer, ought ; sock over It, and cover all."; MARY of Maetots, surely to be entertained with the most guarded sns- I the Clasen mother, and the Dike of 0 csms, ste_c_ t d picion, when his former guilt and diabolical tre as co- p artners with 11,1C;IEUltit asons Rt. in the itestrOspent ; are remembered. many intrigues were formed to - asset** him, It is, indeed, see reply credible a character of such which occasioned such a jeel nosy In his rated against a description—of suet; ast notoriety—could be ever the Nobles s that he had ett..i.lx all the great Lor4s received here, much less sanctioned and supported, of the kingdom destroyed. gleam.' ett ' rivalied as beappears to have been—let the following instance Cardinal WOLSEE in grandeur snit pride; his equi. of his treason suffice as a warning to the credulous, page resembled that of an Asiatic Priece • he steer and teeth them the character of the man ; it appeared cised the most despetic sway,. 14 Wet Ille King in by way of en advertisement, in the Paper of which i the greatest ignorance, who knew 'Nothlug but through 11 0 eutdiuni of hittonflesor, CAM* he was the conductor, whilst he resided at Paris : tt English sailors are invited to desert, and to re- After the death of Ittottgaseu, public affairs were pair to Pads, where they will he received with open , left entirely at the mercy apt Limps. Over the gate arms, and experience better fond, better raiment,' of the hotel in which he :iodide two brother' s °usually *ld better pay, than in the service of their own come. ! resided, was inscribed the Words , -- " The Hote l f) l f . • IPY'" the - Three Kings."— The private debaucherie s of Feelings of commiseration and pi'y are justly due Louis were not of great extent, .or - they* were hid in in the fallen fortunes of the Hound of BOURBON.— ° the seclusion of his inenasttc mode of 1it.... lie iv No one can fail to sympathise in the loss of parents, i , rensar4ble only for his grearigncrjrnce, - anif trxtreme Mends, and relatives, even in the common walks of , weakness; and for suffering biniself to. be On life--but how much more acute these feelings may l o f on e &signing knave o'l4 another, until his de l l! become when contemplating fallen Royalty nod . --.(Vide De Bury's roltaiike, fre.t) Princely misfortunes, has been amply proved by the , Lome XEV. on aveending Ole thrline, was ritfer. public marks or respect and attention shown IT this : edenbject to his mot her am' Cardinal MAzA A t Et, who, nation to the exiled family of that race. These like Ms predecessor, completely negle.e.ti his - 'edu. feelings of commiseration are their just due, and all i cation; such ens his extreme ignotance, 'that eln qualities .at the period of manhood he eetrld . lrirreriry . e that has been said in praise of the amiable attributed to the present-Head of that fallen Reuse ) !, if tellite; he was, ho wet or, earls' initiated' ititla ell relit, iwitt Meltability, be generally admitted—his ; the vices attendant on Courts, Which his stiliseqhfetit i.1.....1 .1 I llininru Otto UnaSsunsingesadact-.41, general aurae- I conduct tots most clearly evinced. Manurreta t Un thaprivate entices, and in tried eircumstances of ,like Rtturetett, livcil ia extreeteherarice oud io . e;". Z *e, Ins entitled him, in an individual cape- ° rich himself had recourse fo' .40 rpecies of rapitie city, to the respect nett protection which he has so. and plunder. He died with a detested; mem , it, largely shared. It must not, however, be admitted, leaving behind him immenSetiCheS (lirsitikin!ing, at that these qualities, however much insisted upon by cording to .Dr. Sr. &sloe, to nearly two millions a party, can alone qualify ham for the high situation sterling). Louts then began to act the Part of red. to which he aspires. It is, at best, a mere contpli j elly , and to bid defiance to Ebrniet by everysretis meta to the heart at the expense of the head. For 'of provocation. lie seized provittees in the tudst of if we look back at some of the public acts of his : peace, bombarded and besieged towns and' cities life, particularly in his efforts to recover the throne . without a declaration of war (vie. Cassel, Went of hit ancestors, it will be found that much of the bourg, Genoa, &c.), caused the most horrid periiiiti eld family pride and principles of arbitrary sway ruled lions bye general massacre of the Protestants.'"He his conduct, and that the vindictive spirit of our . was married to MARIA TnettESA, of the LicAtie; of CHARLES 11. has appeared too evident in his disposi- ' Austria, but soon forsook his consort. tie coal. tion. This was too plainly evinced by bis sanction- i moused his amours with the nieces of M ....AZARrNE, iag4lre circulation of such maxims as these in attempt. who, knowing well the King's disposition, and like 'a log his restoration :—" What the King wills, the law I true pimp brought no less than seven of them froM wills; the Ring will pardon, but the Parliaments; Italy, with a view, no doubt, to afford the Kiree:a will punish." variety in choice, and by such means to gain every Man, taken at the best, is bat the creature of sir. ; political object favourable to his interest. Among cumstancee, and we have had too many examples the ladies of quality with whom he indulged his lade not to know, that a change in the one, generally c i r i ous passions, were the Dttchess OE LA VA rLtERR; produces a corresponding change in the other. We ' • Mesdames DE MONTESPAN, Lk FONTANGE, LUDO, have witnessed it in most of our modern public cha. !DE MONACO, DE LAUSIN, DE MAINTENON, &C.— Such was his abandoned libertinism and debeuchery, racters, and are better things to be expected of ' Princes? Can the reader of history forget the , pro- : that all appeared as fair game to him ; country eirls, mises and professions of the exiled CHARLES; with ' house-maids, gardners' daughters, and chamber. maids, alike with ladies of quality, shared his (timers. the lessons of experience taught him in the conduct and ignominious fate of his Royal Father? The An English lady then at Paris, Mrs. CoaNwAtr., was proud hopes and expectations raised in the breast of asked what she had seen at Court, answered, — the nation, only to be Masted by his subsequent con. 44 Love in the tomb, and monsters in the cradle."-- duct? Can a person, contemplating the weakness of By the influeece of his mistresses, FoNTAINE was re. mankind in general, look at the sudden elevation of , fused his patronage, and ?CARLON (r6graceil ; he hated an individual long in exile, and in a private situation, ' every thing moral, and banished every thing that ap to the highest wordly honours, and forget what is in ! peered to him hostile to arbitrary power, The Mare man; er, shalloplaistry and delusion blind him to . q uis . P ONTELiWER was told by him, when he happened maa's insalicienty, and blot from his • mind those' once to question his absolute power,---" If f order. trades of historical record which depict the vices and I tefNou to throw yourself info the sea, you ought, Millar -of Princes ? This, indeed, seems to be the' without hesitation, to jump Into it heastfotemost."—• wish of our lv,nes and ourr.Couriers, but their mo. The Marquis immediately turned sttort, and went timer. too apparent from their writings to establish ;.towards the door, which tbe,Kintobserviog, *044 the imposition on rational, unprejudiced minds. I him where he was going, " To learn to ltraitn, ,airs." That these writers have as end to answer, distinct 46 He wished," says the Abbe n Ceorse, ""to he from the public interest, clearly appears—or Irby thought to govern by himself ; and he ekrtaittly did, I should they use language c a lculated only to atonal if hearing none but his Ministers, seeing with their the savage passions of man, and h urr y him on to the 'eyes, and shutting out truth from every other avenge, destruction of his species. Language, such as when it was their interest to conceal It, can he called would entitle them to the highest seat in the noctur- so." He abolished Parliaments, and . bis lewd asserts sal assemblies of Dyott-street, or to the most Cone blage of mistresses became the only States General. spicuous situations among the votaries of Billingsgate. He at length became the dupe of monks, acrd the When speaking of the present Ruler of France, they prey of mistresses. ,Of the .5i years during which anifumly have recourse to those quarters for terms he reigned, -40 were HECHpleti by wars of aggression to express their abhorrence o f hi m . But when and aggrandisement; his civil and military tyranny speaking of their newly-adopted Hero, every ePi- caused, according toMr. CO*, not less thatt 500,000 of his subjects to erbigrate. His Court was a magnitr diet of courtly flattery, and servile admiratio n, i s used. The termer is represented as any thing hut ficent brothel—a poop of titled prostitutes—a trails whilst the latter is elevated to a niche in that of dependants—a spurious progeny, with a der. poris Temple .of Saints, among whom, in - their estima . lion of ecclesiastical parasites—these were the tools lion, the Louisa, hold situations so conspicuous. of this intriguing crew, and these were alloeed to Tee.permsa conversant with the history of this race sport with the fate of the nation daring half a cell. of Monarchs, and whose judgment of them has been tury. He sank at last under the necumnlatett formed from the perusal of authentic documents, the distresses of his country, at its last stage of ruin, de. laboured attempts now made to hold them forth spised as a man, and abhorred as a - monarch. threagh the medium of partiality and prejudice to the Louts XV. married at the nee of 15 to a Polish 'rut* Im.direct opposition to their general history, Princess, and served a seven years' apprenticeship. to conjugal fidelity. lie imbibed all the terrors a omustasche feelings of pity towards those who a re thus deluded, and of disgust and contempt against superstition without one sent i ment of religion.....'-a. _ . _.___ the euthem of ouch delusion. The Times has i f 'Anil. 11th - ought I Stile affair. were left at the sole directica of Gantt• ! :V ~~ .~