The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-06-08 00:00:00

.. ti 0 4 • 1 1 1r11' • Ilehetie Co:lfeclerati on, guided by its ati rieti t inte • grit% , 4:as ini.4l of it,v;l' the system of Europe, and 4.::thrated the can , c Nl)Cial order, 811(1 of the safety It ha.; f e lt the con%iction that SO long &I, the vo!c•ino, telsitnlletl in Fiance, should threaten to influence and convulse the world, the inestimable advantages which the high Allied Powers take a 'pleasure in seeing enjoyed by S 4 itzerland, its wel fare, its independence, its neutrality, would be always exposed to the encroachments of that illegal and destroying power which no mural restraint is able to check. United by the same wish, of annihilating this power, the Sovereigns assembled at the Congress of Vienna have proclaimed their principles in the Treaty of the 25th of March, as well as the engagements they contracted to maintain them. All the other States of Europe bare been invited to accede to it, and they have readily answered this invitation. 'thus, the moment is arrived, when t!.e august Sovereigns, whose orders the undersigned are commissioned to execut , here, expect that the Diet, on receipt of the present official communications, Mill, by a formal a n d authentic declaration, adopt the same principles, and in concert with the under- Ostler' resoleb on the measures which may become necessary to oppose the common danger. - But at the same that the Powers expect. without any doubt, that Switzerland, agreed with them on the principal object, will make no difficulty in de. Oaring that it is armed to attain it, and that it has placed itself in the same line of policy, they are very far from proposing to it to display any other force than such as is proportioned to the resources and the . . usages of its people. They respect the military sys tem of a nation which, remote from all ambition, pitts forces on foot only to defend its liberty and its independence; they know the value which Switzer land attaches to the principle of neutrality ; it is not to infringe upon it, but solely to accelerate the pp. nod when this principle may he applied in an ad. vantageous and permanent manner, that they propose to the confederation to assume an energetic attitude, and adopt vigorous measures commensurate to the extraordinary circumstances of the times, but without forming a precedent for the future. It is conformably with these principles that the undersigned have received from their respective Courts, the necessary instructions to regulate by a Convection which cannot but be agreeable to Suit •zerland, the footing upon which its adhesion is to subsist to the sacred cause which it has already em braced. They have, therefore, the honour to invite' the Diet without delay, to name Plenipotentiaries to enter into a negociation eith them upon this sub ject. • The Allied Monarchs impose upon themselves the greatest sacrifices; nevertheless they require from Switzerl?nd, only those from which it cannot pes- . sibly withdraw itself in a crisis in which its dearest interests are at stake; and to alleviate the burden of putting on foot the forces necessary for the vigorous defence of their frontiers, as well as to insure its success, they propose to keep at the dispogil of Switzerland all the assistance which the general ope. rations of the war shall permit them to dedicate to this object. The Monarchs desire in this manner among this nation (the oLject of their particular regard and esteem) those sentiments of attachment, confidence, and gratitude to which they believe themselves so justly entitled, sentiments which they would have at heart still to increase and strengthen at the time of a general peace, by payir , particular attention to the interests and the safety of Switzerland. The undersigned renew to his Excellency the Pre sident, and to Messrs. the Deputies to the Diet, the assurance of their distinguished consideration. Zotith, May 6, 1313. STRATI:OILn CANN LNG, KRIMM)IsN Mt, SCII It UT CH MLItfE It. A SW Eft or rtin DIET. At the moment uh..ln a new political convulsion showed itself in France, Switzerland, struck with the dangers of its situation, took with ‘igoor and celerity the measures of safety which the importaire of the circumstances required. The Diet has made known, by s Proclamation, the object of these ar maments ; it has avoided all connection with the man who has taken the reins of the French Coverument, and has refused to recognize him. The Ministers of the Allied Powers justly infer from this conduct, that Switzerland, united in inte rest and intentions with the other States, must op pose with all its might a power which threatens the peacr, the tranquillity, the independence, and the rights of all nations. Such are, in fact, the resolu tions of the Diet. The relations which it maintains with the High Allied Po►►ers, and even %till' them alone, lea►e co I loubt rope:Clog its disposition or its designs: it will abide by them %lilt that constancy and fidelity whieli Im% e bean at all tines honourable features iu the Swiss character. " Twei -tn a little republics, united among them. celves. far their se.:nrity and Cie assertion of their iodeperifi-oce, must seek their national strength in the principle of ttwir sonfccieration. This is what is 14ecribcd by the nature of thine, by the geographi ,:al situation, the constitution, and the character of the Swiss people. " consequence ref th:3 principle is its neutrality egoist,' in its Favour, as the hasis of its future re lations with alt States. It equally results from this principle, that in the great contest which is on the ere of coin:nencir,g, the ;.art of Switzerland must naturaPy consist in the vigorous defence of its fron tiers. By remaining nn this line, it does not estrange it , elf from the cause of the other powers ; on the con trary, it embraces it the more sincerely, and serves it eith the more advantag e , as this cause becomes immediately its own. Considered in itself, the defence of a frontier 30 leagues iu extent, which serves as a point dappui to the movement of two armies, is a co-operation not only very effectual, but even of the highest importance. Thirty thousand men and more have been pot on foot for this purpose. Resolved to maintain this developemeut of force, Switzerland thinks on ito side that it may evpect from the kindness of the Powers that their armies will re spect its territory, till it shall itself call for their aid. Assurances on this head are absolutely necessary to tranquillize the people, and to induce them to bear with courage so great a bortheu. THE STATESMAN. The Diet believes that it has answered, by these elrlubations, the expectations of their Excellencies the Ministers, at the same time that it shows its con fidence io the . j ustice nd magnanimity of the Monarchs who have bum lately taken such an interest in the fate of this country, and thus acquire fresh claim, to its gratitude. If theme is now any thing to lie done according to the principles above explained, in older to fix in a more precise manner the political relations of the Coufederaliou w ith th e Allied Powers, during the continuance of the present war, amend, at the same time, to a i tree on the conditions of its system of de fence, the Diet is ready to bear these .overtures : it Iris commissioned Messrs. the Burgomaster Wyss, the Aroyor :Vierlineu, and the Burgomaster Wei land, to enter into a negotiation with Messrs. the Ministers upon these two points, which are essen tially inseparable. But in every case the right is reserved to the Cantons to take a definitive resolu tion on this head, and to give these arrangements legal validity by constitutionally colifirming them. No Member having obtained the absolute majority, a fresh scru►iny took place,. Number of voters 427.—Mgjority 214. .14,r Ott, Lanjuitutis 2/7 M. PintsErroirs - .53 M. I.a Fa‘eltr, M. Lanjuinais being. declared duly elected, the Chamber adjourned till te.morrow, at nine. COURIER EN.TRAOR DINAR Y, Mnndny Atnrninn. To-morrow his Majesty %ill have a review, previ ous to his departure. The banks of the Snare are fortifying. From the movements of the troops on the fron tiers there is no doubt of the immediate commence ment of hostilities. The G land Marshal goes eff this evening for Laon. The Emperor will depart to-morrow. Marshal Soult goes dr this evening. _ There was a tumult at Naples on the 11th of May; the National Guard, aided by the English troops, quelled it. SCITAITHAU , CN ! MkY `27.—ln the night of the 2itla instant, Prince Tidleyrand arrived here with. out any suite, and continued jeorney to Zurich. The bustle upon our frontiers st•ents w increase daily. A Hamburgh Mail is arrived. The news from Germany informs us that the Allied Sovereigns are repairing with all speed to the armies. The inferior Princes are still represented as animated with fully as strong a desire to put down BONAPARTE as is express ed on the part of the great ones. The Bavarians, who fought so stoutly under NAPOLEON in his invasion of Russia, seem to be the farthest in advance towards the French frontier on the left bank of the Rhine, and we are told, douht it though we may, that the friend ship between Bavaria and Austria never was so strong and intimate as it is now. PRICE OE STOCKS THIS DA:i AT try'.. I"CLOCK. Bans 127 - 'z. .kr.u. 14 7-Ink 3 per Cent. Red. 57. 1 .-: India Boucle 5 3 P i per t ,ent. Cons. -but Exchequer Hill 3 p 4 per Cents. 73; 2i I ()minim 4 per Cent. Navy taut Consols for Arc. 59: 9 'Jill E STATES MAN. LONDON: THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1815. fly the reports received from Prince WREN:, say the accounts•of the 2.ith of May, from Munich, the Bavarian troops were almost all, on the left bank of the Rhine, and advanced up to the very frontiers of France, seeming to direct their particular atten tion to the rvighbouthood of Saarbruck, where the French are stated to have lately received considerable •reinforcemements. A considerable part of the Rus sian forces which are advancing, is supposed to be destined to the same quarter. A part of the garri son of Mentz has also proceeded to that side, so that, says the German account, there is every security against any hrKtile undertaking on the side'of Lor r..ine, till the Allied troops are all ready to take the otfensive. At a late hour this forenoon we received the Paris Papers of Monday last ; those of Sunday came to hand last night. The Chambers of the Legislature have commenced their Sittings ; but the business which has yet come before them is merely prelimi nary. On Sunday M. LAmanixAts was chosen Pre , sident of the House of Representatives, and the Session would be opened on Monday by a speech from the Throne.---The Jonrtti s be ing published in the morning, do not bring us any of the proceedings of that day. The departure of the Emperor for the frontiers is announced to take place on Tuesday, after a ,rand review, and there is no doubt of the immediate commencement of ito.lti lities. Marshal Sour.-r, the Head of the Staff, was to set out on Monday evening. BERTR IND, the Grand Marshal, was to set out the same night for Laon. It is probable an embargo Kill be immedi ately laid on all the French ports, that intelligence of the Emperor's movements may not transpire. The marriaae of the Date of C::NIBERLAND the Princesq Dowager of S.u.ms was to be celebrated at S7trell't en the '2Bth ult. An article ft orn the Lower Rhine says, Gener.l VANDAMMr, like NE?, has been recalled from the army by BoNAPARTr and sent to his estatos: General Count Lou.►u has taken the command in his stead. The Br6men Gazelle states, that he treated the citizens of Mezierrs, whete his head-quarters were, so ill, that it was absolutely neces,aty to remowe him. A long Letter from the South of France is given in the Hamburg!) Papers, containing en evidently exaggerated representation of the disaffection of the French people in the South towards their present Go vernment. It concludes by stating that the Spauiards• are approaching the frontiers. The French accounts say, there was a great tn ' mutt at Naples on the 11th, which the. English troops were employed in quelling. The intelligen'ee from Italy by the arrivals we subsequently announce, Nsill tend to throw some right on the climes of this reported tumult, and afford a picture, endeavoured to be made as pleasing as possible, of the distracted state of Italy. JetiE s.—The Emperor yesterday re ceived on the throne, nt the Thuilleiies, the deputa tions from the Army and Navy ; and afterwards the deputations of the Electoral Colleges. After Mass, the Emperor passed into the gallery of the Ml:seum, where the Members of the Electoral Colleges were arranged on the right in alphabetical order of departments, and the Naval and Military Drpotations.on the left. The eagle of each depart ment, acid of each corps, was placed on the right of. each President and of the Chief of each corps. No words can desciihe this brilliant spectacle. The Em pray received the congratulations of all present. It was, indeed, a most affecting scene. Ten thou sand persons, with difficulty, restraining their emotions of attachment. At eight o'clock a most brilliant illumination took place ; at nine the Em peror nod his family appeared at the balcony of the Thnillciies, and was received with universal near). mations. After the performance of a most delightful conceit, the signal was given for the display of the fire-works in the Place de Concorde. When the Emperor retired, all Paris rung with shouts and ac clamations of Vire l'Empercur. Here follow the addresses of the different bodies— all of which are couched in the most energetic lan guage, and contain sentiments of the most devottal attachment to the Emperor and to the new Constitu tion. By the following article from Cenca, it would appear that the French statement of MURAT'S . escape is true, and that the whole of Ancona, the Citadel excepted, is in the possession of the Aus trians GENOA, MAY (20.—A Prussian courier, who is arrived in nine (lays from Kircelor•a, confirms, that' 80,000 Spaniards awl 25,(;00 Portuguese. are ready to take the field at the first sig•o al. ( oiJevi! ! Gently Mr. Oracle !) It seems the Spanish army will be-H . gin its operations at the same time as the Allies on the Rhine, anti in Flanders. The whel • r A:Konu, except the Citadel, is in the • hands of the Austrians. Private letters say, that Murat has embarked in the Harbour of St. Benedetto, near Ascoll, on board a small vessel, which steered towards Otranto. j Auosuunott, MAY 28.—Letters from Basle, of the 23d, state, that the French out-posts have so long teazel] the Swiss, that the latter, at length pro voked, hastily advanced, on the last occurrence of the kind, and brought back twenty French prisoners to Basle. CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 4. A long debate ensued es to the eligibility of Lu cien 13onapirte to sit. in the House, he being a Member of the House of Peers. A Letter from Count Carnot was read, to the effect that the List of the House of Peers would not be published until after the opening of the Session. Seine murmurs taking place, The President stated, that the question before the House was the election of a President. The scrutiny then began, and was as follows, the number' of voterd being 472,—there must be 237 to form an absolute majority. The result of the scrutiny was : For M. Hawn:tits - *ls9 M. La FaNem., SCII. 51 M. La Fayette - 17 • FRANI:run/ 4 MAY 30.—The Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia left Vienna in the night of the 25th. '1.4 Emperor of Mattis was to leave it the neat day. The Emperor of Russia. goes to Munich: Bntissrts, JUNE terday morning the Duke of Wellington, accompanirtl by the Dot e of Brow,- wick, with a numcrous SOT ; ter iewcti 14 battalions c"unt Merlin - - - 41 111. Ottp..nt (I)e I,Ture) - - 29 There mere smaller numbers for Messieurs. Bedoc, lionlai, Dumolard, Canso, Reguand d'Angely, Girartlin, Gara7, - Alalberbes; Vonty, Ramond, Dubois ((i'Angers), Rei (de la Seine). lbsv ii-i of English, Scotch, and Hanoverian troops, c 0,,:. posing our garrison. Two hundred of the citizens of Dunkirk have repaired to the standard o f Louis X VIII. at Ghent. The Departments of th e Pis de Calais and the North are ready to rise in his favour. The miserable mole-eyed nibblers of the Govern. meta l'rct“, whose existence is merely preserved by the warmth of the Treasury, and who do such ho 'tour by their lucubrations to the cause which they advocate, are. still' floundering and turniae up their it..oses in the Field of May, with ;nest di t • nt all that their jaundiced oper:s could per. e, there, and venting their spleen in their usqat elegart and convincing manner, by ma ki ng the foulest abuse, and the most trump er y misrepre sentations, supply the place of a;goment *and truth. Foremost among this worthy train, commissioned and eager to sap the foundation of Nieozrox's glory, stand the Editors of the 'rims, Post, and Courier, so noted for their elegance of language and veracity, with many a story of " loyal insurrec tions," and new coined term of vituperative speech at hand, to " amaze the wise and make the stupid stare," fully as much as at K A TERVELTO t';S hair on end, Ai own wonders wondering for his bre-gd." But it wilt not all do. The splendour of that diadem which glitters with such attractions in the eyes of a pious Monarch that, like MEDEA, he would sacrifice " his children" to obtain it, is too powerful fur the sickly eyes of the Treasury moles. We pity them. Our arguments ere not necessary to show the absurdity of theirs. In fact, all argument Is so perfectly in favour of the Emperor N A . POLEON as to the present war, and the circum stances and ceremonies which have confirmed him on the Throne of France cu.! show him to he the only man able and worthy to sway that great nation, that it would be a waste of time to add to what has been so well and frequently expressed by the Fronch titc:nselves, and particularly by M. Dußois, in his Address to the Emperor in the Champ de Mai, and the Emperor in his reply. Those two speeches con tain a full analysis of the subject. The Courier, io a , tone of triumph, asks," Who are,lbe Foreign Kings who have been raised to Thrones by, NAPOLEON? Were they JEROME, JOSEPH, Lotlis, and. MURAT :" Has the Courier forgotten the King of WIRTEM. BERG, our revered Monarch's Son-ht-Law? Has he forgotten the King of BAM'A RI A, and the Crown Prince of SWEDEN—to say nothing of the beloved FERDI. NAND, whose right to the Throne, if he. has any, pro ceedott from the Abdication of his Father CHARLES IV. 0,160 abdication was procured fot him solely by the Emperor: ant! who so often - , and so earnestly, and so humbly hesou4ht Nie.meoN to permit him the honour of an alliance with his Imperial Family? But the Courier very carefully skims over that most impressive part of the Emperor's Speech, in wl irh he draws so perfect a picture of Royal ingratitate, • when he speaks of the personal hatred towards him of those men, whose pre.ent political existence is solely° wing to his forbearance—There is an old adage, that our bitterest enemies are those who owe as the ' most—in the present instance it is fully exemplified. Brussels Papers to the 6th inst. also arrived this , Has the King of Prussia no recollection of the mak forenoon. Under the head of Aogsburgh, 28th of May, natiimity displayed by NAPOLEON in twice sparing they give the substance of letters received that morning him? Has he no recollection of the prayers and en from Italy, which announce that King FERDINAND treaties of the Emperor ALEXANDER at the Peace of IV. at the head of a large body of English and Sici- ' Tilsit, when IslaeoLzori publicly declared that he Ilan troops, and the ('alabrian Legion, had landed in permitted the King of Poussra to reign solely out of the Bay of Salernum; that immediately the standard the esteem he felt personally towards ALEXANDER, of the legitimate Sovereign was displayed, and an and in compliance with that Monarch's urgent sup. energetic proclamation distributed on the coast.-- plicatithis ? Has he forgotten the humble way is The King announces, that the throne of the Usurper • which he received the boon, and his vows of eternal is over-thrown, and that " the fair days of justice gratitude ? [las he forgotten the scarf workrd and happiness will again return to Naples under his the hands of the ,ueen of Pnussza, with whirl' s.t paternal sway." 'These advires state, that the whole herself decorated NAPOLEON, their acktrowledul population of Naples rose in favour of the King, and saviour? Has he forgotten with what humility 1e that all persons helonging to Mu AT's Govern- bent his Royal knees ar:d oiled his tongue with the ment have left the capital to avoid the vengeance flatteries of servility to the Empress V.PMINE,I4II' of the people,—we suspect they should rather say . he enjoyed the honour and the felicity of a alLin,z Sovereign. Vengeance we were sure would follow of with her in her garden ;It Mahnaison, and entreated ! her Course. :00d Oilier' With Cie EMPEROR ill OW g o favour?-11ut what terns can be found sufficiently strong to express the sense which posterity mut t have of the conduct of the Emperor Of AUSTRIA — that Emperor who openly and sharneless:y grows that he saci;ficed his own child, a daughter, to sire his Crown. The Courier seems totally to base fa , - gotten, in the fuilr.ess of its rage against the City a Paris, emit tbe Austrian Capital had born ever in the, power of Naeor.v.o:;, and the Noble manner in which it was treated by him ! The ciirctr...tsrire of the Emp,rar I'3ANCIS, bestowing .is or:tighter %ilk so much zeal on his Conqueror is nisa fontrttea : and he, Kho, tk hen in the zenith of his glory, the greatest. Monarch that the world ere , krrir, is now all at once become a robber, a it! i and t:t assassin ! The war may now he considered as virteally con.. meticed. But hew is it to be supported ? millions, it ailrears, are already required to the crying demands of our disinierested Ati . e`• "'( cannot mailse war•unless at our cxpence; it pears the King of DFNMARK has declared Ont h will not march, unles he alio is ciai Ir. by 1: ul beferiinaird too! Aad eel it be supposr,l (1 , if NArnI.EOSI is oriall;ckl to cnro.inue the coritekt one year, Got this cithacqted clangry can find weans of supportiaz all thee hungry hor4tv. v are ineyill on ifs very cira:‘ ; and the moment el aro enaT,n-in gr-tify their ar.ai tlemAntls. Cu trill at once dissolve, and " Like :12 bafelets fAhric ef " Lea% ;:ot uchind." k • U. ia , ;. a , ■ .