The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-11-30 00:00:00

0 .. I THE S'rATESN .N. FRENGII P4PE • • rRusiTIERs:O7 AUSTRIA, Nov. 16.--Prussia is in roust:lnt activity to le Wain augmentations of terri tory ou all i points of Germany—every day she sets forth new pretensions and new claims. if all these ' demands were admitted, thii Power would become, by its territorial, force, the supreme arbiter of all the Gerctin States. But since the commencement of this Pound, the other Powers have felt that the dominions a Prussia could nut be extended - in such .etoundless manner with any regard to the equilibrium which they wish to establish In Errteper. Prince Teileyrend, whose great talents and pro found and liberal views have given him an influettce flour which the most Battering hopes may he drawn,. is the soul of the opposition to the ptaus of Prussia for aggrandisement. That Nl•inister is strongly sup ported by Atistri4, Spnin, Bavaria, and . Wirtelfiberg, and even by England and Hanover, Who appear .to vtish that Sanotty should remain independent. Much h said at Vienna about some declarations upon this subject, which are'etipeeted speedily to appear ;• and s report is circulated, that if the independence of Saxony is determined upon the Crown will be given to Prince Anthony, uncle to the Emperor of Austria, and brother to•the present Rine. • The discus4orts upon the subject of Poland have been most lively. It is said that Austria, • end for rimy reasons England, have s contended With energy for the intlepeetlence of that kingdom 7 -not a no mittal,-but i real and solid . independence ;.eisd, for; that purtose, that a King should be chosen, selected from one of the Gest families in Poland. It is even toped that the justice of the.Enaperor Alexanderaill lead to acquiesce in that arrangement. ,• Paw's, Nov: 26.--A Royal Ordinance permits the importation into Fleece of horses from England, conformably with the law of the 16th of April,-1793. Our Government has taken severe measures for *repressing the smuggling which was tattled on on the frontiers of Flanders. , A very recent decision of the Assiie Court of Ver sailles furnishes an inexhaustible, and at the same time dreadful source of refection on the uncertainty anti instability of human decisions. Julie Jacqucnin, .who, last sikkrig, Was declared guilty of an attempt to poison the Countess de Normont, and condemned 'ter death he capital,.has been declared innocent, and set at liberty at Versailles, only four leagues from Paris ! lia c s DAT t -111; liglay at IL l'ablic• ()Jim. -TH-E STATESMAN. LONDON: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1814. . It is said that .the King•of Saxony has steadily re- the soonest. jetted two propositions which have been made to , • him at different times: therntle.avas to aceept, as an The Austrian. *Mary. force was never on so .inderuility, the ci-devant Legations of Bologna and I formidable a footing as now; it was scarcely so nts- Ferrara ; the other to receive the Duchy of Warsaw, merous in 1800, yet it is expected, that a general and with the title of Grand Duke. numerous body of recruits will be made shortly. . A fitter from Porto Ferrol°, in the Isle of Elba, VIENNA, Nov. 15.—The principal affairs ad of the -41 h of November, states, that " since the end vance rather slowl of September most of the buildings for the improve - y. Several objects of delibere went 6,1 - te's castle have been suspended.— tine have lately became more complicated. France, is not 1:o.1 only circumstance which induces an i Bavaria, and another German State, (save, it is said, opinion, that the. slay of this famous . personage in lately protested against a measure which was cousi this island will not long. Several cases, contain- 1 dered as settled. v:dea;)le, articles from France, have not been Since a ahem time some collisions have arisen opened. The exchange of couriers between Vietitia - and V e rt.* is vei v frectueot. The tliverce of whiichr indeed, amenksuch various interests of no- Maria fAitisa is sii27nsrd ta . be the subiect. Napo- 4 merous States could trot be otherwise, but without 'eon tlis , ploys externally exPat good humour, cum- in the smallest degree disturbing the harmony that Vete oll; vigil of site pact, and perfect tranquillity Its ' rei , ri!s at the Congress. . to future:the , bet you aie aware how well he knows ' Numerous books are in circulation here without h ow to t h.,,e ot hie, The sate ceremonial is kept up any obstruction, that relate to the affairs of Ger lit the little c:stli?. et Pert° Ferrajo as was at the ; Thuilit•ti s. Nobody untlerstaeds the reason of the " many) which is the more remarkable, as our Go continual cruising of Faiglish ships of wnr off the Isle vernmettt was formerly very cautious- and strict about of Elba : they permit our vessels, however, to pass , L oc k s on political subjects ; there is one written and repass. The '^ o f r ' itia is °lie of those most r with muck energy, that is generally read, while it is nip eted by the Barbary PoWers, the natural allies r• p ()bilked in the neighbouring States. Numerous of Bonaparte. Melly foreign vessels avail them- ! selves of it. Every thing hero is excessively dear." couriers pass between Vienna and Paris. All the ! French in the service of the Arch-duchess Maria Louisa, are now returning to France. CO AGEN, Nov. • 19.—News is come from Odensee, that the Landgraie Prince Christian of Ilesse, - brother of her Majesty the Queen, died there on the I-Ith instant, in the 38th year of his age.— The theatres are shut for some days, and the Court goes into mewing for eight months, from the 20th instant. ctiAmimn OF DEPOTILS, Nov. 25. The Chamber was again employed in discussing the Taw of customq, and particularly the salt-tax. '[he Reporter of- the. Committee pi!rsisted in sup porting its recommendation that the salt-tax should be reduced to three decimes in 1815. The main tenance of the tax at its present rate was the only means of completing the 1.)0 millions to be raised by indirect taxes. M. CAZKM %VE and others demanded the reduction of the tax to two decimes. LEieztc, *Nov. 15.—The Prussian Authorities. have now taken possession of the whole kingdom. It is reported that after the Congress is ended, our university will be removed to Dresden. —...—..-- This was oppos , sd by others, among; whom M. riouctr Aun said, even were it true that the increase of the tax on salt should diminish the use of it, whit would be the inconcenionce? The immoderate use of salt was pernicious to the poor. It was finally resolved, that up to the Ist of Janu ary, 1815, the duty on salt should he four declines per kilogram : 'and that after that period it should be reduced to ihree'decimes. Another discussion took place upon the 34th and last sect:on of the law, proposing to allow, the King a right to prohibt certain articles of foreign fabric, or to increase the duties on their import ; to diminish the chiles on raw materials far manufactures; and to permit or suspend, according to circumstances, the iiaportation and .exportation of certain articles nut sulje..f to any restraint by law. After some considerable dcliale, in the course of which Al. Fla uzergues and others caressed great jea lousy of allot:log the Esci•utive such a power, the further discussion was postponed. Though NAPOLEON has ceased to reign, ambition survives his fall—it rages with as ungovernable vio lence in the breasts of the jealous Confederacy now met at Vienna, as ever it ,did iu his who has broke the world's repose so long, and who is new an humble dweller among the rocks of Elba. LA those, however, who imagine the world yet a child, that will trembltngly take - its - teisen from the red of power, beware, lest that world, equally jealous of its power and its rights, should discover the hollow- 1 ness of the pretensions to an observance of human right and national justice, which obtained for the confederated enemies of NAPOLEON the ready sup port of so many millions ; let them learn from the awful example which they have beheld, that lawless ambition is its first and greatest foe l _as it leagues' against It the wrath of Heaven and the wishes of men. Apostacy, however shameless and utiblush.. ing, if it is powerful, will never want defenders; but in spite of all the splendid coverings it can put on, in spite of all its apologists, and all its s hifts, exectes, and protestations, when the deliverer turns despoiler, see what a splendid ruin of moral prin ciple, of hope, of justice, of mercy-giving power, is exhibited to the world—the hand of the searcher, the trier of hearts, soon unmasks the latent defor mity, and he who would be the presiding spirit of the world, "withers into insignificance. Though there are men, eager to offer their services to varnish over the most outrageous immorality, and the most flagrant violations of human right, sad sill sochoots as Would become a Trisouz, wocossary.oritogoos& mous ) we rejoice to see- that the ealielleet steelleols. ,Saturday, about mid-day, as a geutleuran,sf Glou cester we; returning home from stow, he was stopped by three footpads on Hailing Down, who demanded his money, at the s: time informing him, if he made no resistance ft was not their intention to injure him. lie accordingly gave them his loose cash amounting to a few shillings in silver, together with his pocket book ; the latter, however, they immediately returned, en ascertaining that it contained nothing but me morandums. One of the robbers had the appearance of a soldier, part of a military uniform appearing under his smock frock. Duet. PRVVENTED.—Friday, in consequence of ad4ate arising from certain family disclosures im properly introduced into the new Publication, enti. tied The Saxon and the Gael, a meeting took place between Mr. S. and Mr. C., near White Conduit house, but by the timely interference of the seconds, who obtained a promise that the obnoxious passages should he expunged ) the matter was amicably ad. jut:ed. 4~~ ~. r~•. .~. "..4 - 141u_ . td Arr. * Mails. "" tion of set* rk spirit in a British House of .Parliae '.. Cc ? 0 .....:44......:, .-3. ton . 0• • llolland : „. . 1. 6 . went hob' e t unced as it deserves ;'atid dila 1 ,e.,..11,......n...• 114 1 !!ibetsh . .•:-)8Z-- •• 't " '' , ate aiiirt•, ' •convinced 'Ministert that the t)1,: - ....• - er . ... ~....1. i.a. , ... .; 0 V.. ••0 . 0 0 et 1 '., , . j . .4 .. spiriF ores rlo,,tuktiosi will not, for a moment, bretA . lttar aim of Its bring made to lend its counts --""-f--"! nance or support to acts of aggression against the • independence. and Bre rillitli of other countries, though. se hue not been pledged to defend them ; • may, although theyniay have been.of the number of our enemies. We trust, that if any schemes ca . tculated to invoira-dreiLaritain in the ignominy of the Conti. nental spolistiona now &wing oni t they will be A llamburgh Mail is arrived. lt brings some in- l ifruitiated lisi thelnauty - declarations made by the in. - telligence from Vienna, but it is not of alater date ;Idependent Representatives of the• British people, be. than what has been furnished by previous arrivals. !fore whom the Colleagues of the man who gave up , The stay of the foreign Sovereigns is expected to be i the population of Africa to slavery, and has ap. prolonged till the eod of January, a proof that the parenily pledged his country to guarantee thede adjustment of affairs advances but slowly. It is re- i 'traction of the independence and liberties of the peated that. France, Bavaria, and another Ger- Saxon nation, have, like the. negociator who has so man State (Wirtemburgh, probably, for Prince , miserably disappointed the hopes and wishes of his LOSSES AS - f) itti4 flreNtrr's Note will not allow us to suppose it ' countrymen, shrunk into• the appearance - of guilty , Ellen,ihe offst. v in D c o e i rt ia . l 6 4;l cni ni it cans either be Austria or ilanover), have pro- things, and taken refuge in. ignorance doubly (Hs. sunk . The Constantitii:Vitftiee tested against' the measure of annexing Saxony : graceful. The bold Saxons, .whose history is so in-1 • tersbuigh i7 l lr octeber ' Ile' . to PCUSSIT. That collisions have arisen is certain : and i timately connected with our own, Who have been in . rock near Bioilio Sound ' chars awl cables, 'and tl: on re it is evident that arms are considered necessary to every str u gg le for p ower on the . Continent the firm the carrying into effect the arrang,ements 'meditated: i Merida of England, who have hitherto held the ha.: board. • Ausfril is tiling great efforts to recruit her'military lance of power between France and the other power- I The Ilit or Nish Bushel force, Gad if there are any more Secret Conventions . ' ful States, and who bled at Leipsic for the freellon't 2" lust. I The St. Peter:burgh bask t A . rthaitgel leak ' ' , of the same nature as.that whick.has made Prussia of which they have been deprived, have been weakly ! _The ° Coiltarincs„ ' Forbes ' such a formidable Power, yet to be ethibited . to the ! given up to a Power who had certainly as littleclaim 1 wondering eyes of nations, —if Austria, in her turn, !to their country as NaroLtorr at Archangel, having beeu ;`•and othersacrifices,of ; means to swallow up the other States of Germany I the rights of States, and the fend hopes of natiorts,nrust I there. . . . • • ‘. and Italy, more collisions may be expected. The i be made as a counterpoise . Thus• is one fatal step . I • .. .. ' • . m INORrry. following are extracts from the Papers brought by the cause of many, and of endless misery ,te the hu.. oe VIE YOTION or stri SAMORI. ROVIII.I.T oa raes si ' the Mail : , 1 man race. 'What most provokes indignation' and M i' • .TECT Or T 115; lUTIA LAWS. .. '1 1 arcing. .Alrx. • Margin. It PYRII F. 1 VIENNA, Nov. 10.—We hear that the apartments, : contempt; is•to find these spoliations, now carrying !,nrv.efr S. 1 iotio immt.t,l o ., J. Gm Saidannre, 1 0 • &e. which were taken by oar Court for the suites of iinto 'effect, . the result of Conventions apparently H l a gi t ' ti mb re l t i d. i;li. I:ientt, Sr A. envitti, J. 1 k, t .t .., Geo. Cocks. J.l. :. the foreign Sovereigns tillctbe cad of November, are I agreed upon longno, and in direct violation of the ,' Tierney G. 6.e.avii, Pascoe Catena 1. . • 1 Cron, J. P. lurch , Jos by a fresh contract engaged till the.ead of Jinuary.il Treaty, by which the partitionfsts stipulated the ! }bum., w. le ms oo d : lis l:ct l e i r . R. . it H s E iii kiimtrati T tabt. lik si ' Wilrr, Gro. A numerous body of recruits has been ordered in the combined erepleYmentof.all their 'means to obtain ' Preto." , R . Neal ore, air J. Caven.:6,l). Ld. G. kingdom of Bavaria. for. themselves 'II ad their Allies " a peace, under Leo ii. P. Flnvorr; F. Nov. 14.—Persons who are well'informed believe which the rights and liberties Of all the nations -I.yrr . e e tron„ W. Abercrombi, IF. J. Milian. ' Lod ' • 'WI 3 . , J. Guide. Sir W. B. N0a:971-Aaas that no decision in the most important affairs befOre `of Europe should be re-established." The Procta the Congress can be expected before the new year at I mation of • Prince Arteurm soya, the supreme Admi- NAVAL INTE DEAL,•No►.29.—Came down sloop of war, and remains !taboo' port, bound to Purtsronuth:—Pu( Orpheus, for the Cave I and the and several others—particular a, nistration of the Kingdom of Saxony haa been .placed in the-hands of the Kink of Pntitst,t, and his de scendants, by, virtue of a solemn and fornial Con vention, to which Austria rind _England have ac cetled,• and the country has been delivered over ac cordingly. Ministers are not so hardy as to own - thls, but there is no doubting the fact. Their. faith ful mouth-piece, however, upon all occasions when they-themselves are ashamed to speak in defence of tenets iltich appear to form a lending part of their belief, boldly avOws the lawfulness of the horrid (loc. trine of national partition and the subversion.of all in -1 - divides! right as a thing of necessity, because forceand power demandlt. The Courier of last night, with 1 a simile -perfectly adapted to the barbarity of the act, justifies the annexe.tion of Saxony to Prussia, 1. and Poland to Russia, by saying " the rights of some Powers must be taken away in order that the Itights of. others .may not be destroyed," and that .44 the limb Must be cut off to save the rest of the body." - . Tbiti doctrine of dismeniberment may hem& tojustify any thing, and murder, in such it view , of the case Will become lawful, .because it may be supposed necessary. Why, at this rate; is France allowed to esist a separate Power? Why does any one of the rival Powers of the Continent allow his neighbour to live a -moment? Were the glowing wishes of the Courier for the emancipation of the ,territories in vadidiand nppiessed by BONAPARTE expressed, that these ill-fated countries should be blotted " unwept, withoet a crime" from the list of nations ? If these were the drift of the Courier's wishes, they were as diabolical as the doctrine it is now preaching, and NAPOLEON/ BONAPARTE stands excused for all the i enormities he may have committed. PORTIMbUTEI. Nor. 29.—Not His Majesty's ship Pickle, that Helen's ROMs with hrr comfit", to harbour SinjealPs shipiA FALMOUTH, Nov. 37.4—Sailed. boa ; and the Princess Charlotte both with Mails. , ' }UR NOV. 29.-.-Arrised land packets, with Malls and pattie So UT 11 1:141h011t. Nov. .49.- 4 -+ Master, from Lood9n to 11.1sTe. lint otlfiliavre% nit. ea S..stir,inr drowned : tviti:Frenchatets whet the I'ier, ?nn their Weis, oat cinch injured in their coulenemtrd.lo Hilt Grace the Doke of IVELLiNGTov is now said to !Hive changed his mind, and determined upon a longer continuance ut Paris.; . Intelligence from the IL; vannlit states, that the Go. rertio'r refused to illuminate hooour of FERDINAND, as.the sanction of hii NlajesFv trod not been given to the new Constitution. AtTilc•ttion had been made to devote the Theatre to to tr.a,c,noii.ent hall and banquet, out of respect to the young King, hut these hitstivities were suspended by public order, from the • same motives. Au Offictif of efitch,eNperienee; lately arrived from Brussels, reports, that the state of the numerous fortresses in the Netherlands, has become a subject of the highest et sideralion ; the: difficulty of m:tin taining a form sufficient to garrigan them is new ap. parent, and it will be inipracticableto place them in a condition of efficient repair in any given time, even if the enormous sums necessary fur the porposecotild be raised. The Dutch are not disposed, or not able, to furnish men or money, and the Belgians themselves are decidedly adverse to any measure, which has a tendency to separate their country from France. It is stated that the average price of 3 per Cent. Consols fur the last hundred years (peace and war I:minded) is 68. It Is worthy of remark, - that to this day the stamp La 64 the Official Paper" in . France, namely,, the Afoniteur, bean the Imperial Eagle of NAPOLEON. The wbote interior . of the Opera-ilonte it alai' going a complete alteration; .the situation ' .:itage is to occupy that part of the theatttfi* formed the lobby and gent bolas; the 4;44 , 4 trance is to be. from Pall,mell s where *Al** front is to he erected. * Yesterday a Meeting of the - Magistrates row* County of Middlesex took pface at the Setticti House,• on Clerkestweil-green, is expectance sole place of Treasurer of the County being &ela►eltr cant, In consequence of the bankruptcy of Mr, 130tH.Tax NIAINWARINO, the Treasurer; tot . having made it appear that all the money with which he bpd been entrusted in his office of Treasure was forthcoming, and that he wait prepared tapir duce fresh securiti he was continued iu hisairt of Treasurer. Mr. SA DLED's BALLoOm.—Many t tors. assembled on Thursday morning., tlutAiik honsareleptal Plymouth, to witness the assent of Mt. Sie*acii his balloon: •owing to the violence of the 'viol foe the south-west, the.uetting gotfoul of the manstiett, in the centre of the citadel, and oite of the iron 4 1 11 1 1' is stated to have mitered the balloon, which Wed the Bass to escape; avid the wind having increasetits neatly a gale, it had such power, that the het*, became much agttated, so that it was foumine. possible to . hold on, and . it ascended without lb. SADr.ER, The.balletan took a north-east direelilar and alighted on Nrtrnoor. The following extract of a letter gives sweep & culars of the fate of Mr. SADLER'S Balloon: " Bat bentrr, N0v.26.—1t having been aenclimed that Mr. 'SAMAR intended to ascend from PlymN in his Ilialinen on Thursday lest, we have rennin believe that some misfortune has happened to hie„it yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, the tort pot of a very large air balloon was taken up in Lillis Dowec, five miles from Bridpert, and is ntliViti . possecion of J. STRONG, 'Esq. of Chilcomh. " N. B. The part taken up measures forty in eitcumference." __ The Schap of Persia, in a letter to Sir G. Oaseley, acknowledging the receipt of a t ritnsial ioh of the New Testament, says, 46 For ninny years past the four gos peller:if Matthew, Mark, Luke, anti John, were known In Persia ; but now. the whole of the New Testament is completely traillited, which event lea sew source of satisfaction fee 9 1 00. enlightened mind. With the grace of God the Merciful,, we will direct those of oer eertnieto Who ere admitted into our presence, to 'read the vikt writings from b s eginning to end before as, that we retay ildett•te their sentiments reopectil ale saws" • • We understand that the principal brewer; mat, terday fortnig:it, to consider the propriety of dating the price of porter, *hen it %vac deterrol to continue the present price, hut enciease tot strength. The publicans received notice of this)* terday. The only clause in the late Hackney Coach Ad which has operated as a cheque on the imptitiO., of the Gentlemen of the Whip, namely, that OP obliges them to produce a ticket en paymeut oft* fare, is to be repealed by the !31U now before Ps* ment. I'Enr`xr a A •../Iss4.—A groom to Nl:ij.•;•r the name of Camting, completed a jeorary miles a day fur four days, on Saturday lait, wager of 100 guineas. lie started at Cle gate at an eat by hour on ‘Vellnesday merlin halted on Saturday at Warminster, Wilts, circuitous route through Sussex end fla II: The Government of Irdia, a few years 41 posed a heavy tat .on all letters and packets a from England, because Ikea were not tuxcil itt land, and which urrattgrineut was fiery semi by the mercantile world at hotre, as welt' akin on account of mutual cannection. Theta% tinnes in India, and now.Goierument at e , tablishing a clouts!. tax. on all fettersilsc, td This is inflicting taxes with a vongeance.• CORN EXCTIANGE, Nov. 30.—We had 's supply of Wheat this morning; a large quantity left unsold on Monday caused ter- dull sale IV article ; and Monday's prices with difficulty sr ed.--Earley is rather cheaper.—White Peas quarter dearer.-.-In Beaus, Oats, and other. no . variation. Wheat (English) Ditto (Forilit) 45 76 Okrditto .... . . 4Q Tie& do. ley 26 $1" . • Pleivr ditto' 32 43 010. ,.t..... %It s Peer ... 46 51 Pelerid do. ...•••-• ••• Nell ditto ..'.. Feed ditto ..... ;./* Mitto - Selleni 54. e 2 i Flee ..... Grey Yeas •.•.• • • • 44' 47 I %Cod. -I' ,, ••"4 . P1“..1!.%; . .. , . s', ..... e .... 44 , die ' lll ' gI/ L I GENCge : .' 11.•••.... , :i , a from the River the P 6 44 tibound ; anti the Behi l it hit. 'at back by contrary ;oft al he Welding; tlii. Sierra L eme , oot known, thing arrived or failed trist,. sailed yestOrffkt; A issi b i s o i bpood to Guernsey.-. 024, ; . mural. , Like. Elizaheth•packttalau, is tepacilft,.loB..o42: ~.. I Ad }tray rriiii vie liltolmn.,6?tte - - - ....iii, 0..„ 1 , 'V el nal}, i1 e . 1 , 5 to , wirk sugar, &e. ism te t o, li&y , a/J(7000i let f 14N, 44 ; .... I wire no..stinginere nittra,l It lievi : call E4llthalia . 6-141i•awe tkeite.iintif lc ..- h.CRAT d- ' s n-- .1.. „ , .• •.- , kit- Iretogariintia to Zit wed. : - _ - -. 7 . ‘ i t !rt;l4; ' r pitt tnick )ii, • baying stroettio&it i onthe 104b r inst t ir i • ass half of tilr alio ow. !Li ; caught fire at Antis, bound to Loudon, ,"anaisinto s rs shoo.. i, has discharged lierisi e t run foot of, and. Wei* • • IRITY . • - . NOR/. ROMILI•T 01 MIGIIIA. LAWS. H. hay*. F. i 4 J. Saidailbre, P 4 Sir A. Stahl', J. ' Geo. Cocks. J.,S. : , pa l a u e Catena. .1. v Fos. • Himmeesley. a t . Peter Wilarr. Gra. ' 'Afar., riry or • 1114, fel the My+ ills, afiff . . . 1.3 agog . ;els arri cil is serval,' - at to' had anlity sale fori , ' ty sopr. Pea, - liier • .......... :1 7 ..... '.'"• ...... . •• _ '