The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-04-14 00:00:00

TIIE STATESMAN. rr4=7:7 - 4:..20F. oat those guards that were then deemed indispen sible. He censurml very , overely the predatory sys tea of warfare carried on against Atnerica, and par ticularly the attack upon Washiiilton, although he applaeded the conduct of Admiral Cockburn. It might he wise to destroy the arsenals, but it was al most impious to destroy the noble monuments of art. It was justified as a measure of retaliation ; defen sisrretalittion his Lordship perfectly understood, but offensive retaliation was a modern system of ven rem*, little becoming civilization; ,it was defying the o.rtVneeces uf God and the laws of man; setting at nought that noble maxim of doing unto others as we Would they sitoold do onto us, and adopting in its stead the horrible system of doing 'into others as they had dime. onto ay.—Tear, hear !)—lf we jus -6501 our:elses by the example of our enemies, why bad we IA scalped the President as they had scalped the G ,v,-rnor at Verk Town. His Lordship then juatifi the Government of the United states from the c N ges brought against it of a spirit of rapacity and ...erandisement in the first place, in , the attack uPo Canada. He contended that they had made tha .attack not for the sake of obtaining and retain in., Canada. but because they were unable to cope w;i ua by sea, enforcing their maritime rights by Operatinns on land. whe r e the Noble Earl (Ba thurst) had admitted we were weakest.—The Atext accmatien regarded Louisiana. which, it was said, had been unfairly obtained ; his Lord ship went through , the particulars attending the te'sion of Louisiana by Bonaparte to the United States, in 1803, contending, that they had porches d it to relieve themselves from a pressing and momentous daeger which threatened their, trade on the Mississippi, of which they gave England due notice, at the same time assuring her of a disposition to continue the ha.mony at that time subsisting. Ile also noticed t ,P protest issued by Spain upon that oc casion, which afterwards was withdrawn, when a proper explanation was given ; at least, the period of approaching pacification was not the time for bringing forward a charge resting upon a transaction that took place ren years ago. The next charge re garded %Yost Florida, in faking possession of which the Americans were charged with new rapacity.— The fact, however, was, that that territory had only been taken possession of provisionally. It so hap pened, that at the moment when we were making this charge against the Americans, we were ourselves in the occupation of West Florida for the purpose of availing ourselves of it in making war against the United States. Was this temporary occupation to be a .1! as a proof of our desire of aggrandisement ? C old any imprudence be so monstrous, as, during a nee.aciation to produce sueli articles of charge as th e , f , %c. 0.. Ile would now turn to the last period of the negociation, aft* the withdrawing our de mands. 'l'h?re arose then ail of a sudden, like a flash from heaveil, a point which no one would have .ant nitrated ; and if the trui..:ieg forward this peint had not bee.' nitentlocl wiry. such dreadful conse quences, tie should Lave thought it a ma,•er of amusement. Ile meant the point oft'. , uti pussidelis, by which we hinted to obtain the Penoliscut terlitory. In 'he correspondence which had been published, there was the most astonishing superiority in point of talent en the part of the Americans. He did not truer'. to throw the alightest imputation on the Com ini-itmers. for he believed all their papers were wn up in Yugland. They bnre few marks of the co;lectiore wisdom of the Cabinet. That Gentleman, Mr. Sheridan, who had so often delighted another House; of which he had been one of the toast brilliant ornaments, arid who still delighted all who had the loaminess of knowing him, said of the Treasury Bill', they %Ore Summer Bills. So these proceedings must have b.a , n drawn up in summer at a country villa; and one might safely say of them- - - •` Summa procal 'llama calming famant." . As late as the 31st October last the negociation was again rinsed ; Ind the result of the delay was the dreadful swerifice at New Orleans. It was not till the '3lst November that matters assumed a shape which was likely to be attended with favourable re. sults. The very circumstance of the chasm, if any cause for which he was not aware, justified the mo tint, for the correspondence. With regard to the Treaty itself, there was nothing contained in it but the cessation of war, and an engagement relative to the Slave Trade. A machinery of the most curious land was created for the purpose of determining the boundaries between our territories and these of the Americans. • Two Commissioners were appointed who rou! , ! hardly be supposed to come to any agree. meat on that subject, and if they disagreed the Em f►ernr of Itus.ia was to determine which was the mid. dleof the ;,:tki. Ontario, and where the forty-fifth degr, , e of latitude, struck the Iroquois River. But what did the Tr aty i.mit ? It nut only omitted all the pretensions which 'had been advanced, but there was na• one cord in it respecting the original cause of the war, or the question of public law. This he understood was deemed, on the part of Ministry, an effort of extraordinary wisdom, it being, it was said, better to leave these claims out the general foundation of the public law, than to make them 'the subject of a separate Convention. To leave those questions on the foundation of pubic law, was to Inv* them to the appeal of the sword. It might ba Well to leave this mutter on the foundation of ptiblic law, were the two nations agreed as to the application of that puhlic law, but this was what he had never heard.— If the Americans disputed the existence of the right of search, by leaving that question undecided, would they avoid a future war ? Would it not have been more wise, instead of wasting the time of negociation in setting up untenable pretensions, and in bringing forward imprudent charges, to have made some ar rangement which would have secured them from the (linger likely to arise on the renewal of war; for every war in Europe would inevitably lead to.war with America. The Noble Nlarquis then concluded by moving an Address fur copies and extracts of the Correspondence between his Majesty's Ministers and the Plenipotentiaries of the United States, relative to the late neeociation. Earl BATHuitsT said, this was a motion of a (rely orralordinlry nature and if it was understood that at the conclusion of a peace, the proceedings du , log the ilegttrialion wore to he published, no one circ:;mslanre would be more likely.to prevent n peace. All argumunrs esed.by a neguciator in 'the course of 'he no;ocia!ion, tuUtt be a matter of reproach to him if he thought proper to relax in his demands, and this might be a catqe of the prolongation of war. Another objection to such a practice was, that it had a tendency to revive many, questions which ought for ever to be buried in oblivion. Ile entered on this question with reluctance; and he hoped he should ' not in the course of debate make use of any expres sion which would be construed into a wish on his part to hurt the feelings of America. Ile was the more afraid of this, as there was unfortunately in ' America a strong party adverse to this country; and in this country there was a strong party adverse to America. It was said that it was the bounden duty of this country to embrace I the earliest opportunity of terminating the war with honour. ' In this he was ready to agree with the Noble Marquis. The Noble' Marquis had termed the instructions given to the American Com missioners moderate. To show that they were not so, he would state the u►structions given to those Commissioners at the time that they desired the me. !diation of Russia. The first nos, that the flag should pro:ect the crew, in other words, thal the British should have no right of search ; the second, that the right of blockade should he defined, that was, that a neutral should be allowed to trade between the co lonies and the parent state of a belligerent, and to carry on the coasting trade of a belligerent ; the last was to demand an indemnity for loss, by requiring from Great Britain payment for all . American vess. , ls condemned under the Orders 1* touticii.— In June following the American Commissioneri re ceived another instruction, stating, that notwith standing the repeal of the Orders in Council, it was highly important that the controversy of blockade should he settled in the same manner as that of the impressment of seamen. There was an additional instruction, that should the restitution of territory be agreed upon, then that the boundaries of both countries should be more accurately defined. This last circumstance admitted no construction but that the American Government had contemplated the probability that a treaty of peace might bi concluded without any restitution of territory, although at that time they expected the conquest of a part of Upper Canada. We declined the mediation of the Emperor of Russia, on the ground that it was unfit to allow any foreign Power to intermeddle with our maritime rights. The American Government received our de termination in January, 1814. They immediately instructed the Commissioners at Ghent in the same manner as the American Commissioner+ had been before instructed. The Noble Marquis had charged his Majesty's Government with delay in the conclu sion of the Treaty. The circumstance which info endel his Majesty's Government to delay the com- ' mencement of toe uegnciNtion which issued in that Treaty, was their wish that the intelligence of the recent events in Europe should reach the American Government, and induce them to commence that ne gotiation in a spirit calculated to produce a happy result. Adverting to the last point—the terms of the Treaty itself, he contended that we had obtained important objects both In the settlement of the boundary line, and in the provisions stipulated for in favour of the Indians, end in opposition to the Noble Marquis's assertion, maintained, that at the outset of the negotiation the Commissioners were not prepared to give up tha► which they conceded it the close. The time occupied in the negociatinn, after the partial publication of the proceedings by the American Government, was taken up by the dis cussion of the Protocol of the American Commis sioners; but . although the partial publication by America, to which he bad just alluded, was evident. • ly for the purpose of exciting hostility in the United States against Great Britain, he would not, by any detailed statement of the contents of the American Protocol, endeavour to excite hostility in Great Britain against the United States. The Noble Earl concluded by defending the conduct of our brave army awl their gallant Commander at Washington. At the moment that our victorious army was entering that city, an attempt was made to assassirfirte their leader, who was at the very moment exhorting them to respect the lives and property of the inhabitants. In the tirst ebullition of resentment, the house, from which the attempt proceeded, was destroyed ; but the voice of our brave Commander restraining the fury of his troops, was soon listened to, and no pri vate property was subsequently injured by the British army. STANHOPE said, that as he thought it highly desirable to obtain the fullest information upon the causes which had originally led to the Ame can war, he should certainly support the motion of the Noble Marquis for papers which niight commu nicate that information. The !louse then divided, when the numbers were, Contents, 50—Non-Contents, 83. Adjourned. HC•USE OF COMMONS. There being only twenty-uitte Membess present at four o'clock, the /louse adjourned to this day. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL 9..—This day the Emperor re viewed twenty regiments of cavalry and infantry, and addressed them in the following words : " SOLDI ERS have just heard the news that the tri-coloured flag is Hying at Thoulouse, at Montpelier, and in all the South.--The Com mandants and the garrisons of Perpignan and of Bayonne had formally announced, that they would not obey the orders given by the Duke of Angou leme to deliver up these places to the Spaniards, who besides hare since made known that they would not interfere in our affairs. The white flag flies only in the single city of Marseilles ; but before the end of this week the people of that great city, oppressed by the violence of the royalist party, will have resumed all their rights. Results so great and so prompt are ' due to the patriotism which animates all.the nation, and to the recollections which you have preserved of me. If during one year unfortunate circumstances have obliged os to relinquish the tri-coloured cockade, it ever remained in our hearts. It now becomes again our rallying sign—we will not abandon it but with our life." [The Emperor was interrupted by these words, which were repeated by every atolatit" Yes, we swear."] " Soldiers !" resumed the Emperor, " we will not interfere in theaffairs of other nations ; but woe to them who would interfere with ours, to treat us like Genoa or Geneva, and to impose on us laws, such as the nation does not wish for. Thry ev ill find on our frontiers the heroes of Marengo, of Aus terlitz, of Jena. They will meet there the whole population, and if they have GOO,OOO men, we will oppose them with two millions." [The warmest acclamations here interrupted the Emperor.] " I approve," added he, " what you have &lie, to ally yourselves again to the tri-coloured flags. It shall be in the Champ du Mai alone, and in the pre sence of the assembled nation, that I will restore those Eagles which have been so often made illus trious by your valour, and which havo seen the ene mies of France fly before them. " Soldiers !—The French people and myself rely on you. Do you rely on the people and on me." The most exalted explosion of enthusiasm followed this Address. COURIER EXTRAORDINARY, MONDAY MORNING. On the 29th, the news of the entry of Napoleon into Paris was received at Vienna. It produced a great sensation. When the arrival of the Emperor was learned at Ancona, the cannon of the fort was fired, and the town was illuminated. On the 4th, several persons were arrested at Lyons, nccused of having endeavoured to favour the revolted Provenca lc. On the 9th of March, a sedition broke out at Constantinople, excited by the Janissaries. This soldiery, on slight motives, assassinated their Chief. It appears that the Congress will be at Frankfort on the t2uth. LETTER TO THE PRINCE OF ECEMUII 1., MINISTER AT WAR. . Head-quarters, at Tltoalnuse, April 4. 1815. ' 46 MONSEIGNEUR,-1 received the Emperor's or ders and your's on the Ist of April. Informed of the wonderful events which have pasted in such ra pid succession since the Ist of March, I would not have waited for orders, to give the Emperor a new proof of my sentiments; but I had around me only a small number of officers and soldiers. I was in a city of 50,000 souls, where the presence of a Baran Vitrolles, pretended Commissioner of the King, re pressed the zeal of good citizens who are the great majority. My force was small ; Baron Vitrolles increased his by levies, which, though not nume rous, and ill commanded, still produced him some companies. 46 It was in these circumstances that Count de Da mas Crux arrived at 'Toulouse, and was soon fol lowed by Marshal P'rignou, whom the Duke d'An gouleme appointed to the command of the 10th divi sion. This appointment appeared to me singular ; but as Marshal Perignon received my communica tions coldly, • ' I felt convinced that this coldness, which did not escape the Royalist party, increased its confidence. I thence concluded that delay was dangerous. Foor companies of artillery, which they dlo• spiked of attacliag to a muse totally loot, wire re. turning from Nismea to Thoolouse. Baron Vi ttolles, through the medium of Marshal 'Perignon, issued orders for their retrograding on Narbonne. I eluded this order, and sent intelligent officers to tell the companied to come to Thoolouse'as speedily as possible, in spite of the orders of Marshal Perignon, which I took upon myself to disregard. My arrange. tnents being thus made, I this morning at day-break caused Baron Vitrolles to be arrested, and am midi* an inventory of his papers, 1 - also arrested the Count de Dames. " I forthwith repaired to Marshal Perignon's ; as his powers ceased the moment f received those of the Emperor, I proposed to him to pt himself at the head of the movement which I wns prepbring, voluntarily offering to sacrifice to him the honour of the day.— The Marshal having shuttled apt] shown weakness, I did not press him ; l myself gave the signal, and ■t five in the morning the tri-coloured flag was ftoat ing on the ste.•;)les and public buildings ; at the same hour the garrison resumed the national cockade, with the acclamations of an immense multitude. " It is now mid-day ; no excess has been com mitted, no symptom of opposition appears.• " Count de St. Aulaire, Prefect of this Depart ment, has conducted hiinstdf well. Messrs. D'lmas and Vitrolles have demanded permission to d •part. I have left M. de Damas, whose capacity is tint dan. gerous, at liberty to pursue his route for Spain. As to M. de Vitrolles, I have thought it important to detain him on account of the character he display. ed here, and the infamous conduct he pursued. I await in regard to him the orders of the Emperor. " Generals Cassagne and Cassau seconded me perfectly in this affair. I have given the latter the command of Thoulouse, as the population is nu merous, and as that General seems mime a well. organized head,—l have, &c. " Count dr LABORDE, Lieut.-Geo." Lirovs, APRIL 7.—" General Corbineau, Aid de-Camp of the Emperor, has arrived in our city.— The crowd of National Guards coming from Bur gundy was such, tl u 't couriers were obliged to be sent to countermand their march. " Lieut.-General Grouchy has gone to Valence: Lieutenant-General Pire must he at this time with the advanced-guard at Avignon. The rash enterprize of the Duke d'Angouleme may be considered as ter minated. It will only have served to show the at• tachment of our city to the Emperor ) and that of Dauphine and Burgundy. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT M ADE TO TILE MINISTER OF WAR BY TILE SUB•PREFECT OF VALENCE. 46 On the 3d of April, at seven o'clock in the morning, the troops of the South arrived within sight of Valence ; they were preceded by a Staff-Major, consitsing of the Duke. d'Angoulente, Lieutenant- General Datiltanne, blarshal•de.Camp Dtmas, &c. who were all lodged in the city. The Duke d'Att gouleme, immediately moved, .et the head of 12 to 1500 men, on the road Of Vilit!llCi Greer-He. " The next day, the 4th April, the Duke d'Angoe. leme gave audience, named a new Prefect, displaced me, and then replaced me: no military movement took place: some companies of volunteers arrived .the South, and increased the effective stren gt h of his troops to the number of 4 or 5000 men: th at is, 800 men of the 10th Tegimenttof the line, 4,x, men of a foreign regiment, and 2. or 3000 Roy a l volunteers. " On the sth of April, the approach of his Ma. jesty's troops i:,duced those of the south to evacuate Romans, repass the Isere, and after bunting th e bridge of 'lonians, to place theme; ves,ataix.e'elock in the evening, beyond Valence, on the road of Montelimort. " On the Gtb the noise of cannon was heard.— There was a combat from one hank of the here to the other, which had no other apparent result eX. cept some woundectpersons who were brought into the city. 46 The Duke d'Angouletne mounted his horse at mid-day, and (lid not return till four o'clock. After that, much precipitation was remarked among the Chiefs, and it vv as augured that their departure would be speedy. In fact, at ten o'clock in the evening, th e Duke d'Angouleme departed, and all (light horses and carriages were heard to go away. 46 in the morning of the 7th,,we leat:ierl that the city and the country round it were en t rely evacuated, and at seven o'clock there ,arrived, with cries of " Vire 1 'Empercur ' the National Guards of 'Vienne, well armed, and well accoutred, who au. flounced to us the arrival cif troops of the km. tSlgneo " " Valence, April 8, 9 o'clock i,, the Morning." 46 The Journal de Paris has an articie from Naplei, dated, March 29, stating, that in consequence (Atha 4 n i ; I n a through l had le party at the Congress in favour 9f the restoration of King Ferdinand having gained superior influence, Murat bad put his nreny in motion, to the amount of B R o 4:ma °°o n me Sta u tes. T" Th d e i r vi o si pe ws an w d l' i r i e is P C " :: to Florence. This extraordinary event, it is added, had produced some movements (if a very numeions party at Rome, who wished a secul. , r Government, and were dissatisfied at seeing all vices lied by Abbes, Monks, and -Priests. " There is talk of the appointment °Nis sew ' shall, among whom are mentioned Generals P' Drouet, and d' hi Lon. ' • " It is reported u certain, that the Duke i lame has retired to the frontiers of Spain." THE LOTTERY DRAWS TO-.. ORRO AT NINE O'CLOCK. THREE PILIZI THREE THOUSAND GUINEAS IN DIATELY. Mails. Bonsai 0 • Getteaburgh• 0 1 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS, DAY AT 01 Kant 420 1 &mug. Ate.. 14j 3 per Cent. Red. SS) 6k Ilse& 9 per Cent. CAMS. 57} f=rie 81l 4 per Cems. no 4 per Cent. Nays 'Cassels for Ate. THE STATEBM LONDON? FRIDAY, ♦PRIL 24, . T. 1115. Paris Papers to the 11th have been NAPOLEON if taking every • occasion tol the new principle upora which he is acti deterniiniitiott . to support it. The deter , the nation generally to adopt and wit, system and its object, seems no less ardent equivocally expressed. It is the fashion this country to.consider the professions tions of the French Estezaoa as um.. . meaning any thing but what they direct!' convey; we, on the contrary, think to tention cannot be paid to his words and I aken literally, they furnish sefficien' serious consideration. ' Of this mallow of hints to Politicians and fulminating are some articles which we quote I Moniteur of Sunday last. On - that PEROIL reviewed twenty regiments of cavalry, rocently arrived at Paris ft and the left bank of the Loire, a nd expo thus :.- 44 SOLDIERS! we will not inn affairs of other nations; but :roe to thel inkrfere with ours, to treat us like G. neva, and to impose on us laws, such does not wish for. They will find on the heroes of Marengo, of Austerlitz, of will meet there the whole population, and 600,000 men, we will oppose them with tort Ile also informed them that 44 the white only in the single city of Marseilles," and fore the end of the wee . lt 46 the people city, oppressed by the violence of the lit would have resumed all their rights," the flag tri-colour. have just heat " that the tri-coloured flag is flying at T Montpelier, and iu all the South. The Col and the garrisons of Perpignan and of formally announced, that they would orders given by the Duke of ANnoutEstz op these places tothe Spaniard., who besid, made known that (lig samiltiest interfkre ' fairs." It thus appears from authority, wl be fool-hardy, and against the evidence of trusyhat thoroyalists have made their "prat ' efforts" to deliver up their mull t Spaniards," as their correspondence bloodshed and anarchy—in vain ; and will not tamely be treated:like Genoa and the rest of the independent States. I Lord CAsmettcAnu, and the Coneret Ivery rs, were pleased to. deliver over ' masters like farm stock. 44 Pay to the Ern, of• Russia, or the king of mans thousand scut:!" No, no; witetln fective stren gt h tXX) men th at the line, 400 ✓ 3000 Royal telt of his Ma. ith to evacuate ✓ burning th e ;, at tix.o'cl,o, ti the road of a was heard._. of the here to ent result Py. e brought into I his horse at 'clock. After ed among the ;!parture would he t+vening , the • II night horses .ataerl that the rely evacuated, with cries of Guards of ho au. the km. s , !Ili ItL in'.' e from Naples, , .equence of the • restoratio n of rine influenc e , the amount of ng through the dinals had fled it, it is added, eery numerous • Government, e aces lied by " raiz new Mar. r e fait Bertrand, „ Wm./sego. A D. ', • INy IRONING, Ls Op :Ilkoke. .G01.14 , 111,111,- Due 1 : 1 0 nc Illtt ()Tux", n At 7-16 9 . itla 9 4 6 p ae. Mgt —l__ .51 lAN T Id err 5. lit n rtceired.— re make know ou sting, and his to terlllialltion of ith intain the new R 1 rdent, and an- n!: with many is d s and deism. ;it ; nmeaning, or e redly seem to an too mach at. tl and actions.— rut ground 1 , ern parvo sod *i g Congress's, DE to fret; et day the ry infantry a )• from Orin rtl tressed himse terfere in em Who :au si , ;oroa or 6 as the nati IP oar fronti t s f Jena. T itt al if they ha .0 two million at bite flag I sfl and that to •re of that g royalist part. ' ond Pt rn ird," says It ,ca ThOUIO II Se, COMMaaal Ira Bayonne et no t obey is re :At to der inn ides haves; 'l,einearr , V which it our f facts, to praise-I"r'' ci no t " (0 ShOW NI. Ao [ that FM" d e r and G"'` GI es, w h " her, essional to Drill -. A e order el • 4.1 4 Prryssik ' th ut ler yen, An. I