The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-12-28 00:00:00

fortunate arrival of the Dutch Consul at this port (I%hai:n}si - Atederivent eat eme pel il in get ring aboard) he with much difficulty persuaded the whole lo re in 141 till next morningoi heti' upwards of 20 ladies and children,. with other passengers and crew, amounting to upwards of 50 soots, were let down by ropes intd the boats, and safely landed (although the sea was running tremendously high), and conducted to the hotel in that islaltd. The reml and cargo, it is sup posesl, will be tired. 'll-pon tfie whole, this storm has been the most serious of its hitttl . in the memory of the oldest per , sons living, and . appears only to hare been exceeded by the remarkable hurricane is 1703. rA,Ris•, - Dec. U. • 0, .• ' .DI A TfIACT QV A TATTr.a4] • • toiellatation lulus at present. on .the case of the . Gene* ft( Divisien .Count, ,Dlticatmatty. to whose • petition' * theOtambre des Deputep.the newspapers have • but eery slightly alluded. : .The question is one *Melt has sometimes occurred in-English , history, as • it is between the personal freedom of• the subject, and the attempts of arbitrary power. You may . recollect that soon after the King's Restoration, the French Government became sensibly alarmed at the ,Prodigieus influx of military men to the capital. Order • after older was issued by the Minister at War, worded 11';!h progressive rigour and severity,and hold ., ing out at length severe punishments to such officers And soldiers as remained at Paris, instead of repairing to the bead - quartrrs of their regiments. General Officers, moreover,were invited to apply for liberty to .soktorn at Paris to the barna of the Minister it War. . These orders and invitations, during the ministry of • Dupont, had been but imperfectly attended to. .Idlemeis or cabal had so infected the French Mili , tell s that upwirds of 60,(X)0 individuals were sup. . posed to continue here in .direct violation of their dal. On fault's appointment, he issued a sweeping . declaration, that- no officer, of any rank •nhatever, • whether in activity, or - redueed upon halting, should , Presume to stay et Paris, without leave front his of. . Soult is not a men to be trifled with, and his orders were no sooner issued then enforced by the • arrest of several officers. Amongst the .class •of those upon half-pay is General Count D'Excelman, on officer of distinguished bravery, talent, and popu larity ; and whose least honourabte memorial is, that he was one of the Aids-tie-Camp of Bonaparte. General D'Escelman could not conceive, that a mili tary man without any duty assigned to him—no, longer in the service, and enjoying only the half-pay which belongs by law to every retired soldier—pos .sessing, moreover, no home but at Paris, where his establillinient had been fitted for many years, could come so far within the spirit of the new order as to be•molested in the bosom of his family, and at a time when his lady was confined' by -airlines! to her bed. lie was arrested, however, by iothority of .the Duke of Dalmatia, though he had contrived to escape from the gens d'armea who had seized him, and hos been searched -for by the Police during the lad three days, in every (patter of the environs of , • bjltory.tv occupied. the .whole world; , tiny° via spaimoct oT last; as to iltelWtivatielllP ,giectiltre Oovern&ent to apace from his florae& do ; Officer retired from the service, without a charga t or any biut of a charge against him, for public or private misconduct. It opens a question of wisdom and of policy, how far a prerogative so terrible (if it exists at all) ought to be exercised upon the per eons of Alen of high rank and character. It• has un fortunately engaged the feelings' of. the army, who do not act .upon a preponderance of . reasoning,• but on the impulse of passion—and, in fact, it has thrown society into a ferment. Soult, with every deference for his great talents, has been bred in the school of force,. which knoes no. restraint but Torce. Bethinks little about Civil Authorities, ex political Consti tutions. Uiv hand is described as being too strong ; 'big touch too coarse ; he squeezes and throttles the infant:charter of French liberty, Which requires to be eenbraCed with the utmost gentleneSs, and to be directed With delicacy to its important objects. -,We vatinot gulls how ibia.besiness is to end.. • • ' An: . Nails., • • flue 0 •• *- Usbeete. ~.• • •••••• I !lambert,', • Joini— attin.# ft& ffie t Pie cot. 'Eke Fama, Pat rocifru, of and for Lisbon, sp il run igroud in the 'lead, 16th inst. and bad twr s id e beat in. they evince Wig wan was tet independent principle, .•-•• 6 with tespect to the deo:tads stated to hays his. adtanoti by our Government at the opening of negecitaion, it would be estraordinary, indeed; some demands were not made at the begtnniug of Dresden. There it the best understanding between the intabitants and the Provision .Aastitesities. The university of Wittesibevi wilt not 0107'r filserved, Lot measures are triltiltiO to plapirit-lo Moot floe • - - fears negociation, by each party, to which steithet° , itAliSfit thin . * it expedient to adhere. to tistir fall ifiteittit the close." This high charging .iii - the out *r *A.. .. a 04 transaction, may be *revisable in tube — in , Ws %mimeo, who invariably asks double what she .mmuts • - to take ; but let us tell these unfcelit% and excuse- The Gazette of last night *nosiness the fact of less prolongers of war, that such apathy, such idle ' the signing of the Treaty of Peeve with America, braggadocio, and inflated demand on the part efthtfee;: but says oothing of the ratification. We are, how- charged with the important task of pottiegietoo • tl* ever, assured, that no time has been lost in affixing the horrors of.war, and when the lives' ot tl.e final signature. ThoTreety is said to have been are sacrificing at the very moment of their ...., . , ritified yesterdaylipho P suNg Rsucot, and the is, in the highest degree, criminal . No . 1 "" 4l ratification immediately transmitted to Portsmouth l tm ought to be advanced, but what is tenable* stwsiNaez. be forwarded td America, in order to its being et-. cordant to justice. To respire one thing, anti t ake changed for that of the Pnr.stoxser of this Grata another, is either a proof of defeat isetfishonesty. states. Thus, say the weathercocks of the Ministiy, The Post of this morning, like tie rest of the ll as eager as their Masters to have their former mis- terary lactineys of ,the Ministers, not knowing -we chievous conduct and foolish speculations forgotten, suppose what to 'ay on le singular change of poll-1 the ratification will probably reach America as soon- tics at Court, has gOt.gate a raving strain, if possible. as the news of the signature of the Treaty, and they' still more out of the fetteser and prescribed tract than hope, in the very best piano tone of the " hirtho- . his incomprebenSibi b.ethren. The subject is the: nioos conferences," they who have cried" harock,and Liberty of the Peak' ,inch the Peace is *vested let slip the dogs of war" till we have almost been de-: greatly to increase, awliteg the rest of the blessings Toured, they " hope that before a few weeks elapse it. is expected to-bring. " ftrs troos".(says this-saver) a stop will be pot to the further illusion of blood as the astonishment at an occarfenceao.remoteliiin.' and all the other horrors of war ;" meaning, no ticipated shall have ceased, the put lio opinio*ttpon doubt, the invasion of Canada and the expulsion of it will expand thr6ugh all the kantificatiotst of ii free the British from their last hold on the Western Con. and independent press, that glorisies titient. In this hope, no new desire ou our part, we alone possess." To be sure we A; e most earnestly join them, and we as fervently' rioes privilege in an eminent degree, ..i.lf . the American Government will not hesitate a the still greater eipansi‘ , ll of it is ; , ) .,im-iiit in exchanging the ratification. - We, hotr- ii proved, as we too well know, e ei 5 recollect that Mr. MONROE fortiti a pert of run the risk of being confined for• THE STATESMAN. Tho ... entertained for the Prince de Live *ere: 'unhappily hot too well founded. This Prince has just expired) it is an' irreparable loss for his friends. He retained his wit, his sallies, and hlispiable characterah last moment. Every kind of spectacle,".g daring his illness, 46 has been exhausted to amen the Sovereigns,' I shall-fps. pish them With is new One, the furteraLolA field Marshal." - LONDON: • 'WEDNISDAT, DECEMBEtt 28, 1814. • Dlefetefies for America were. tent laat. /hit from fkiiSiteretary of States (Mai' t o - Po rtsmouth, to be lorwirded immediately by a, fast sailing vessel, 'which, from the wind being fatonrable, will sail this day. It is said., that two vessels will sail, One file Hali fax, and the other for the Chesapeake direct. Mm. lIALLowELL is arrived in town, and has re 'wired notice from the Judge Advocate-General, to itvsktsiseridence at the ensuing Court-Martial on Sir J. MIME tit. ' Monday 'afternoon Capt. PETITE and Mr. W. CANFIIINO arrived with Dispatches from Lord CAS. it.aarAolt, at' Vienna. We • Inentioned some months agis, that the Col lectois of Assessed Taxes had got instructions natio: levy the' House and Window Duty' from the Esti& lishod Clergy of the Church of.Scotiand, for the year ending -Whitsunday, 1814 We • understand that they are slow directed to les Ake awe for the ending Whitsunday 1411 sod in. future.— .. . . are memo* will return meet PhAittnent, even if hap. terminated, end CIAXGAATY to supply . his. • • to confess tie further humiliations, will.not allow - !pets us the trifling consolation of believing 'Best .we are . ni kl ------- BRUSSELS' Dec. .2-3.—'fbe magnificent regime , Th e S teady, Hall, of Yartiseuth, bound to .Sleek. TheFlora o Tomball, ei orth-Shields, foeadered i.where we wee, ; that, though all hat/ hot been ob. Carabineers on horseback, which is orffaniting in 1').10113,.wai, wrecked near Se' liffet . „ fOth . • ... this city , rained, noti,ing has been lost. The little lhat-iis yet this mill soon .he completed . The corps of t p : I .00 the ilolderneAs coastOlitiriest. • known of the terms of the Treaty 'evinces. hoer Officers is composed of men who bees already di?. The /yr : ',II. am, Ben nett l -of Notth 4hields, foundered „much we have yielded ; our Minister,' the clue titeolshed themselves in the French or Austrian set. :on the Spurn, 17th inst.-. . Csesar nut nullus men, have ame singular , - ewe. The men are as fine fellows as am; be seen, I 'hike Helsicgfort, Tiepke, froth Petersburg t o Lon. habit of asking every tWnt: . and giving every and the horses all from East Friesland ' tie : &borer. don, is on sitnre•oil the ricow keel, part 'teary 'thing,—but allow us to ask,. what have the Amt- s The Belgian light horse c nd the hussate of - Prince J'aved• —•- ricans conceded ? merely, es it 'pool rs, th e discus: Ide Croy are equally remarkable .for the fineness. of, sion of our Maritime Rights. They (the Ghent Com. 'the men and'the horses, and the elegance of tff i ect missiohers only) have consented to say they would,:uniforms• , not press that point at present. Has the American The organization of the different corps of Infantry' . -7- Government bound itself bi a solemn assuience that . steer national army proceeds rapidly, ' . ," . '. 1 its military plans for tire tuvasion of Canada should osr Some Italian Journals announce , that .. cele- I not be carri ed into execution ?—Hteve they gven grant'. fbratedPrince of Peace is goipg to the island of Elba. led an armistice till affairs can be adjusted t. ss It 1 0 I shall. shortly give art interesting account of the I understood," says Lord BATHURsTi "that hostilities Prince of Peace whicle-itill make known some cir. I will cease as soon as the Treaty shall have besa ratt. •eurnstances,• hitherto inpublished, relative to the 1 fied by the PaesreeNx of the United States e' . it beginning of his elevation and his favour. I served I would bean odd Treaty of Peace, indeed, Wit had many years with him in the Body Gvard, and no. not this effect, but what may be accomplished 146 1 4 41 -body, I believe, has been better acquainted with this ratification shall have taken place? and willtlieiltim (roM 178 ILO 1.79%. • , Americans, in the height of all their triumphs, pre. i • Atiaseuaan, Die. 15.--AcCording te.se4dounts I serve the moderation of tone that could be wished ? from France the reviews pith* stldiers who hare re ' Under all circumstances, we are glad to hear no the . i turned home on limited ' foricmghs have Commenced fication by the PRINCE Rzuster has been already eent.',.l6:4lte Departments. ; - - . -..- off,;, mad,w_e .wish that the circumstance of dispatches The Government has resolved, it Is awl, to as 3• I been yeannial-fairoraTdad with a , ' o l lie lif its military establishment, 'that its forces may; toer Commanders on the American mat have been mistaken for the forwarding may sot, be proportionate to those of the other great Powers, ii l topee d the rati fi cation. We underitand dispatche s wara.i Officers and soldiers prisoner. of war who return sent 'to the Commissioners at Ghent iti " tnediately ' 4 .• ureing l a Amer i ca o f , and at the same time to emphiithe great number o • -.. ' ' 1 • , after the receipt of the Preliminary Trettito . It is ph] that 9„0 new regiments of foot are to be t ft, - of. thim. Thete is no talk of increasing tile We' have already said we are Iseartilf glad dirt , 1 -. I .!'el. our chop fallen Ministers, driven to dm " eese i t i .4 fiseaselisyr,lst the regiments of cavalry are, however, - consulting their own safety, and the preaeivatiois.arj c"1114411* 'There is no reason to. be astonished at small effective force Aet has been kept our last stake, by the- abandonment of ail thett.i tigiii 1 46 w rY , since the beginning of the 10011/11114 , 1 . ‘' 'b 4loll. Dupont is pretensions, have at last seen the . wisdom of aped reproached with hewing adepleff. ,Vetjr inedequite fic and moderate line of conduct, for there are too to.. .measures. no is not liked In Illse - tawny, inethers many circumstances, both este/sal and internal, convince the stoutest stickler for honour that tlii be t e p as s ed som e d is a gre e ibie S ail " laebniell bins and some of the Marshals ; he asked' twice ,foir'.bis ,peace is desirable ;but we caner bat remark the toiri l , • 'traordiniry nature of the encases set up by their ser. dismission before he could obtain it. tile foliowerafor this nnexpected.eud.rtieily ex t raer . , VIRPiIiR, DEC. 13."1t is affirmed in a manner Binary conduct on their part. .4; wid, reaped 4 e h a which seems positive, that the affairs of Saxony and demands," say these abject scribbler*, who hive prem. 1 Poland are _terminated to the satisfaction of the Allies. ed their ignorance of Ministerial intention as Mach as . :Viet,. liatelietofraccounte h a ve been received from _ _ • On Monday, .soon after the Earl of Lt reeroot had laid, the dispatches irons' Ghent before th e Patscs: agG;tlT, and taken . his' Royal Highness's .comutends :upon. them, •hir.--WALert, the King's Met. senger, was sent off with wit speed to Ghent. Yestar4 B l . ita TApN? efgANCELmia sa d thiSsei of Livtaeoor. lead long sodienees of the IPtutlttg octal' a t t'avtiatOtans • *Vi wantSlDJoote had 'else ein'aidiencte sof VI liwyel; Highness. • The Deice of NotteoLa gave tau felegenOntertain. ,• meet yeitifcley,.,. 'hangti "be nuptials a t hi s house, in iSt. Jamees.sqoare,. to. the Marquis and Marchioness of STA VFORD, Lord F. GLayse, Lord •E. GowEtt Lady Gowan,. M‘l)oxst.a, Lady E. fi'Dorcalas,. Sir A. 'Proosetw, the Dean of %VI NDSOR, Mr. B. NOWA MN in tows, &C. A Gentlemin hat arrived in tows, Who was s passenger by the ff'illfarn- Nelson, which left Qiebec the 25th ult.• In ibitt part 'of the'St..Lemetce the 4rost'had set in s . and the . ships en the pot itsd tint. segue e, ANA 4144stItt Estglisi flutist.; We se, -coontisitakiseerrascebred- of military operatiti,o4 in Cattadartife . oaswpwign was Citqatt•' -4 777, 7 *- A repeal, of Mi.. Iri l astifxaeliaiiiiii - 1444161 hit resignation Wativery-Oorrent last night, e* we no believe it•vestedoponauth -th or*, • The father of the Nike of tiittNi*Sit '4is-est of 'the Chiefs of a Clan'aif • Bightstiders,.bod left Scot. jand, in the pea r 1745, - With the r. rthstilitr. lie at terwards Served in France as manftOt i in the Web Brigade. The• mother of: Aron Duke Vas a . Freath Lady, and their totcWfbcriowAr,o, Mitered early into the army, and held a Ciptain's consmissitrobefore the Revolution. . . The Geptlenyen,dleeorered tying insensible in the - road near Ctiftoo t ,proves to be Colonel PVRFOT, • IFIIO, Teems, wee- post arrived from Ireland; hen now at Mengeon's Hotel, but is still unable to he the least account'of what has befallen him; his ser. rant has been examined under a supposition that be might hare been the robber, but 'he clearly, prated an alibi; the only property harl*about him when discoven;il,..was 30; 6d. in his weisteoata.pocket. Last lien, Thomas Downing, 'a private soldier is the 3d dragoon guards, now quartered in Leeds' loaded his pistol with powder and bait, and tired the contents into his body; in,consequenee of which he languished in great agonies • till' nettley, itatOhed a expired. The Jory's verdict--Lnitecy. ..41-1 1 41 buried with . the usual military bottom*. • A list of the criminal causes brought before.the• Court Of Assize in Paris during this year, makes their number amount to 358, of which 311 were thefts, 15 forgeries, six assaasitsations, 21 fraud*. lent bankruptcies, and trick:l4pm One Decaux, & button-maker, at Paris, found guilty of an attempt to violate the person of a giit',Wf, 4rieLn of age, has been condemned.. to tleatitt4ears forced labour, and 3,000 fr. f o r the ' Alletiatof ,the high police, • .__ .fitittltttrs lire: rikto tesisted alt nuptial were of the most flattering appendages of rank and , I •t has prepared for, bee a young Hibernian, rim And and'• to ahat'n she .6 • attached: bl;lit 9, WELLING.' age lot the Noble Dukes iplendoui and ma gnii• oady by•the one presented to iciadvind this deiti,iaXice•pa rt o GdYttrUttieht.:: l l,e . erk" - tinted. The body is a • trialletb,t.tirOhe rogb:S 1•1111 t,ar4rttenn , :Coirre .-- rtfollteWesed Aid •-so nt• it'firuibody,*ni:ie,g„ „r -ot riab , tifiraer, restobirs',' arid decoratei dead gold iPpearelna.' - harness, . . tot. six horses, is beat', drolly decorated er)th ethblentatical devices of dead gold appeareneo. • It' will be sent to Paris for, the illustrious Duke, and we undereant it is to be a pre sent to him, to he used as a •St,ate-catiage of the Ata (Outdo! te,line.Coart -or Fs an 4.; • This,FralessfavßessosiN from'ltouen to Newhaven. 'was demo et% h - ItOre, yesterdati - . Oka? Ityt., but I wed to be got off. ~:' t Pei Fidler% fitith Year ending White sa d a y t H we penis]; t his slog; (Greenock Paper.) ;Mai der tib l is Lord CtsTi.tatAcu, we al .4 . 14541 . whei . t o i:Otia caaop.) , in dine to mei ' Wt le Mu 0 Coo 14°114411‘0.. thn wwfq mat wia tam i.wed CIA 1 'lire for The elms: piaci: • and 3,000 fr. tor the. inspecal under witithabotwite mina; n 't Eas O'NEir,t. has bitherk lioMons, some of which wei kind, from their fascinating a fertabe. Greg .Loom ieport an migageameni for life with a accodlpettied her to Engiant said fib horse been long *Oath 7... S TE CILEEIAL• FOR TI! TON OR Saturday a carrial srs , ;completed, which, for "I wi ce". has beets surpassed only the ince of ORANGE by fit en: ,'p is of the best:kintlys are richly and eletantly pal dark broiattrred oft the rum irms, :with the . , motto Vii ti The .tihing is white, richly fel ecl;.„ titian different parts:of Latie. . The tutmrner-cluth ti I ormititented with yellow fe with embossed tessels.o f a i Tire hartiess,, which is made THE STAI'ESMAN: that Government, and that he has said the United Ippear both parties, we cannot but indulge apprsitestsions. 7We are told there was. no right ender dismission at Ghent, every question of that kind having been waived. This is the very ground of our fear, Au it shows the main points remain yet to be settled. So this great contest, the prosecution of which has been marked by such sanguitsary.a_nd unexampled features of atrocity, and in which the Brtish Minister; have shown such lamentable neglect of the nation's ho. nom., has been kept up for years for nothing, and about nothing; the illustrious parties have, as usual, been sticking at straws, and swallowing cables; and after all their fulminations and haughty pretensions, they leave the Inest essential points in dispute to Com missioners, aud that 64 end where they began il" Would we could.say that the country, whose Ministers have thus given up the unhallowed contest with half the long train of glories that have encircled our national diadem, was left in the same situation of financial prosperity ind commanding influencedelens before : the war with tits American States begat. ! But the increased greatness of the enemy with whoa' we have been contending, and our own dilapidated iesousces, •ion of an . . obnoxious to GovernMent. sO dqrlees privilege which _we areotold , *rand the Oidence of our senses and ,4 • , . ~ ... ••• ,, Ilifeilla .. I French Papers to the 26th, and Brussels and Frankfort to corresponding dates, have arrived.--- /be intelligence Atm Vienna in the Paris Journals takoro days subsequent to that formerly received, itertly, of the_l4th instant. The only thing worthy Of sotice in the scanty accounts given of the pro ceeding. of Congress, appears to be the presentation of a conciliator* Note by the Russian Miiiister to thenther Plenipotentiaries, to which great import rince seems to be attached, as Messengers were im- Inerlt 'aiely oix,its production sent off to Paris 0d London:, 'The declared nature of' this' Note fii certainly heportant, whatever its contents .may ' te, as it clearly prove. that the :best under stinding has not been prevailing "Mang the negfi , ciators..aed warrants a hope, that ~by its tenour a concilietOry effect may generally be prodoced. But we fear there are too many causes' for irritation, not merely at this Assembly 7 put pervading everyjnar ter which their proceedings affect, and are likely to influence. The affairs of Germany are evidently far from settled, and the accounts from the Belgian frontiers furnish fresh groands for alarm in that quartet. The following are from . the Brussels and other German Pa received to-day : this 4,LitifilNu IDEAL,. Dsc. 17,--Sailed Ike Camillus, Fetter, fro I giver ; Magnet s elarkbaro, for Hetmburgb ; sad ; L c mane, --, fur she River.—Arrived the Swnn cate r , f ru ,. Portsmouth. Pour sittbdwit, Hsu. 27.—Arrived his Majesty's 'hip A n ,. phion, from Bermuda ; add Ilia Majesty's sibhp,Rip ;r4, tni Quebrc.—Carne into itarhour bis MafeJtY'Ssh;VArititate ni.d Contest.--.We expect his illir.iisty'sAiraihmr. *tea The stifm bound in the Cape of Good Hope, Eon ladies, and Sotoh S u ., will •ail to-morroty. ..._ .. 1 .. 114iii4.ic PLV3II9OTII, OCT. 26enAtri441:" pi! fps; • . . . •the Rochdale, from Itrewidgeditallid * ll ilitali . haul • • t. —Tire convoy fib' ' Bottrdditi f t ti• iil4l64l 4 lll .giegii'l giilliet. homier, sailed only yeiterdaY,lsltb:*'Br . tc kind ' a t • I. k..;_t se Chesapeake frigate, Caritli X 0464149 wild the Ships for th e Cape and Judea, .still Ferathiuto Mitt *oar: 4lll .f the Ni n f r om Portsmouth.-=i'l7se ,Faravldence brig'. has . biettgot off dm i ' the rocks. • FA P IOUTII, DEC., 25:1".*.1110 bill•Allge`it.... 3 ship laide ne „, Araxis, Conway, Redwings Dritke,' I:4lrtoise," gollitlo, a e d the frigate and sloop of war, .whisiSilitaiied yesterday ; tem, the whole of the outward-boiiiii44st iltidbeffeet, in all a b oin . 266 sail. They - cleared thelifidittelea l widiuut the least accia mt. Also sailed the folloWing pickets i • Marlborough-. and Lady Arabella, for I.istion i Francis Frecling, for Jamaica; (M om. for Halifax ; Chesterfield, for Surinam; • Montague, l'm Ri o I;Mein,' ; and the Hake of Montrose, for:•.ibe Mediterraman. States should yield no right. The acctuieseewe of 1114,1dericati rApplot\iiiltieeiterisive military orgst- nfuitiiyis, 'has own 'the tietertninetioe which they clierislVo maintain whet • they consider their rights, and till these appear to be better understood by 1 f A : 1 wag