The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-10-02 00:00:00

. f;" 11 1 .;" 1 , he WOUlti not suffer Malian' to be rrtklegi. by L. ot.: , :11:01, and ; groicigros CoilosolIori; but the infitreggce %hid: tiger hagi exert - keg! oter Iris trait; fr•ger Lip iat'arwy, hat iggg more I).)%ser over !liar, Ire Igs•eg.e.l Igg Vgiqvi anew, again fo!!gru Pal their coun sels, agg;l aide theca rt4gtio p!urrgeti the maim) anti himself into an abysa of misfortgraes, such as ue, so nruch at our expeucc, have felt for above a year. " From these wretched Ceueeellois Itrti.'l•Pllt'll the decrees for the sleet roetieit of the Ceetee; eel term lite e tre. etablielsnieut of all kinds of abtoee ; from then, cents the persecution of our Deputies, of so ▪ hese erttiliers, fan meny tverthy Steeatirde; fleet them t,ie disorder , 1 our fieetiees, the neglect PIA the tii7sery of out 591die.e, th • pnt.lic side of em ..ployetecits; aced front Ili ; r .'lo't, the deb l eeme n t sof t he netioli, which, iii•teed of fete% tespected and Cct somerl. t= i•e se r;rives iheeive, is degraded and ,pieed by ell Enrop • • These few, b'it decenerate `,ranintde, biz years ago, prostituted theeeelse; to the oppre•eor 'of their .eountry, übateloned titter !elite, and tialepled tinder f,'ut their most sacred duties. Anxious for *Penh • heaoure, they recognised him who offered ur :secured there to them, I louked down with coo. tempt upon thoee Speniatil•, who, at :Wilt id and in ail the provinces, raised the cry II indeormilence.— They made inveterate war upon them is the begin 7ning, and did not j(1111 their banners till, ileepailing :of thsecause they had embraced, they believed it was a means to retain their salaries amid their employ. trnents ; faithless to all, they retained their enmity a :td oppoeil:ritt only to these whit, front the be 'l'M enne, had sought to defend the national cause. A!. most all those who surrounded nod counselled the King at Valencia, almost all thuee nho surround at :I - guide him now are of this 'lees; they possess the :lee( 1/laces of the state; and those very persons, who, in -1808, were named by the intrusive Guverntmeit to tales the insurrection its the provinces, compete a !part of the tribunals appointed to judo the patriots,. that is, many of these who, at that time, nourished im the protitices the sacred flame ;'f pate iotism. Alas! history does not present us any parallel. " Against such insults, such crime* as have been committed in this year, the Spaniards, would have tong since raised a dreadful cry, such as they did to defend their itidepentlence, had they not been pru. alert and composed, and lovers of their country, •preferred, before they exposed it to new convulsions, seeking every method of conciliation, hoping that their King, undeceiving himself, would be the first to. change his conduct, to chastiee his perverse Counsellors, and to preserve in fact and without eteitt, the opinion of so many good Spaniards, so einjosely persecutes!. " hn vain we hate hoped for a whole year ; in vain bait a 1 Europe disapproved the conduct of the CA. t bitiet of Madrid ; in saio have several Princes re toretsttetted against the inipelicy of its proceedings, acid the injustice of persecuting so mnny illustrious erttrites ; iu vain have many Spaniards ventured to apeak truth to the King ; the first have not been at tended to, notwithstaudine the respect due to such respectable Allies, and the ethers have been perse cuted. To sack a degree have they got possession . the.person of the King, (het they do not itet mit Han to listen to rerneostrattees a so much wei 4 lit, that they du not allow hie• time ID Iva 'Ct Ou the falsehood pf their asses lions. They telt him that the CottPs land . the liegetr:y sought to removo hint from the 'Throne; they try to col rapt public opitliots, by spreading a perfidious report, that there e 1 as a secret titan to spread irreligion anti to persecute the Clergy ; in short, they alh keels of calitrunies, which none but men so pet verse es themselves could pos sibly conceive. A year ha; passed ; the Govern snout has been its their hands; the Deputies, the Members of the Itee,ency, the persons et horn they .es kit to ciluenniate, base been sur prised in the night, they have been able to discover their secrets, to un fold their machinatiens, and vet nothing has been leusid but proofs of their preLityantl their virtues ; all Spain is convinced of this truth ; what gieater proof ran there be than their owe jedgments and sentences, and in respect to pa title ale! i e irate sights, how ille ga l Bud moustrous at e all their proceedings; iuwhich tee very laws of the patty they pretend to follow, a re trod den under foot, in which the accused are not permitted to defend themselves peisotiallye in which all juilg. Melds are sommaeily decided, many of the Judges being at the swine time accusers and witnesses, who, fseeningimpeachnietits for what they themselves or dered to be executed in the time of the Cortes, have given to the world a new unheard-of example of in justice and atrocity. So many deserting and re- apectable men; so many priests, venerable for their ;jet ues and dignities, so many officers of reek, cover ed with wounds and illustrious by their services, now loaded wieh chains and thrown into dungeons, serve to satitte the rage of their infamous persecutors, - who delight in their misery, and hope to destroy them by torments and affliction. And for what ? Spa. ; piarele! what are their crimes? Their having sougitt to make us happy. If they are criminals we are all so : we have given our full poems, we have acknow ledeetl and approved al! that the Cortes have clone:: tie it Deputies hail no object but the prosperity of Sip& ; their decrees prove it : the Catholic religion wa s d e clared tile only religion of the State; the privi leees of its mieisters stele preserved ; care wastoken of the soltlierv; dis(loielints were 1 ;4E41 them ; decrees were passed to div;do lands among them as soon as peace should he established; institutions for invalids were formed, and notwithstanding; the [timely of i the State, from its territory being for th e most p art occupied by the enemy, (luting the most of the tune, the soldier was much less neglected than he has' since hett, itotwithstieeline the peace and the deli vereece of the I'etri:lslla. The peasant was relieved from frosty burdens and gabcfles which oppressed him ; the ma nefacturer was freed from many ridicu- ; l one rev i A li on s a ro) privileges; the merchant cOuld traffic and snake his speculations at liberty, need with nut those in:lent...is formalities which the liscel eys tem had introduced ; the creditor of the State hoped I to see himself covered for the advances he had made; its short, all was acquiring a new life, and the nation Would. have been recompensed for its sulteringe nod ies less's, if the road poieted out by the Cortes had b e en followed. But how different is that which lass , the results.— and how different also are been•taken, Notwithstanding a yell's peace and tronquilll.ey, cif fittancesare in a worse state than ever, pub ic erica i s nu ll ) the brave defenders of the country are na. THE STATESMAN. tlithnot short, nithout pay, d. piled and per the la hourer wit h his 4.1 I gqbelles, the ma with l,i fnetner fottro , • tini the rnercliint (* . I:N/10"0/ nue A Tie: ican colonies continu illy eo.r.• i°7llited 31 •“ 4 4.1;4 tht jr I),.;,ntie s inyris„„ed t•rrou:s.ot mad.. t Coen. hroken. Ou the orie hi '1 it.. reveng , .; evel , r at• 11 it e. Seicit is the situation of t:ther tLe rotatory must veri,h, or AP must h•.il 4 I nt , dy sec:, greet and tia:s4. , rous •ev:l4. AI! E...ro i n , I; ivtert•sted in seeing our nation well .7,, served; it i- , ecurest pledge of its Ulu quittity ; t•vperien,•e m..-t have taught it, that %on is wove/led ty hands, it necr , srarily submits to aly oho can inipo3o. , Condit join il.— AU Europe cannot but be p:cased to see a f; o re t meta revive io Spain, which has so much contributed t o th e liberty and in&pentlence of all States : has bee:, recognizod ;Aid treated pith by the lii•l 4 s of Pr us,•ia and Sived,m, and the rnagtivitimous E•n peror of Ituasia. England, our first ally and com panion, that uatinn , ri •Ii and happy in it: Co:coif:I -lion, ni,ich has seen pith horror the destructiots of the Cot t••• and the persecu'ion of its Niernhors, will be lit' Ii: ;t to applaud U 3, as it was the first to assist us in our insurrection, to ackwv..v lodge the Cortes, anti to praise the pAltiotimn and thl virtues of the people. All will 'applaud us, if we continue to show in our conduct that prudent - •and circumspection which have always guided us, and if taught by csperietire we improve our institutions by a , siltilating them to " Yes,Spaninrds ; prudence wil: never abandon us ; the good of the coutitry must be our sole object; (ter 01-ittlens, our Hardships, cur private interests, must lus silent before such a great and imliortarit ob. j-et, C',tupelle•d by necessity, seeing that truth cari oca penetrate to the ears of the King, who is, us it were, besieged by his Coueseller, unless it is sup ported in a mariner to make itself respected, we have taken the terrible, but necessary, resolution, to demood by arms what has been refused to more gentle means. Our object, like that of nil Spaniards, is no other than the establishment of the Mouarchy under wise laws, It hick, at the same time that they secure the prerogatives of the King, may likewise insure to us our rights. We require the coevocation of Cortes named by the people, who may make in the Constitution proclaimed in the Extraordinary Cortes, those changes which our situation demands ; which experience has taught us, and which the Con stitutions of the limited Monarchies of Europe re quire. The Cortes, by introducing order into our ficances, wilt take care of the soldier, will reward the deserving warrior, will insure his subsistence iu old ate, and ;dace Nl* nation in a situation to be re. specter, :raid feared. Tire Nobility, if they lose any trifling part of their privileges, may be indemnified by the changes which the Cortes make in the Consti tution, by giving them a political existence. The condition of tCe Clorey will hr in general ►mproved, the parochial pries's who so immediately cootribule In ti►r spiritual salvation of the faithful, being better endowed. 'l•he merchant, the labourer, the artisan, the manufacturer will aenin enjoy the benefits which they had Urged to drive from the changes made by the Cortes in tl.eir fr•veur. The public creditor, with a good at udni:tratiott of the funds of the public credit, will ag .iti hope to be indemnified for the ad vances arid the It-ses e hick have berm brought upon him by his services, or by his faith in the promises of the Stete. " ThesP, Spat•ia,ds, are the wishes of the Cortes, they are ours, tst.;l they win doubtless be again the wishes of the Cows when they meet. For such holy purposes, we invite all our sister provinces to unite with us, with the brave defenders of the coun try, with their worthy Officers, and their illustrious Gotesals ; iii short, with all the Spaniards of alt, classes. Firm io our purpose, we will not lay down I our arms (if we should he obliged to employ them) WI we have obtained it ; and as we shall embrace every Spaniard wbo shall offer to joist the banners of tlu• country, we shall prosecute without mercy thn•e who, without love for their country, and encodes to the King, would rather lease him in the hands of vile Counsellors than try to rescue hiss, from their power, and open his eyes to their pernicious counsels. Oar conduct shall be a model to our enemies ; pro perty shall be respected, and personal liberty not disturbed ; but woe to those who, availing themselves of the august name of the King, shall venture to in sult or to persecute any individual ; they shall be responsible, and if they cannot be taken, those per sons shall be so whom we consider as hostages. Se cure in the justice of the cause which we defend, the world shall see that Spain, valiant and persevering in defending her country, is no less illustrious anti courageous w hen she has to defend her rights and liberties. By the Members of the Ju nti, JUAN DIFZ PORLIER. The above is stated on the title to be printed at Co mtism, but has no date whatever. It is a singular therm:Vance, that the prices of Cotton instead of being depressed since the peace with America; as general!) , expected, have advanced from S.I. to ls. per lb. on account of the flourishing state of our Cotton manufactures. Cottons are now so high in this errantry, rind in so great recinest, that the shipments from the United States to tfie Conti nental ports are immediately forward.d to Ktigland. Last week about 1100 bags arrived from llivre, Alit erp, &c. Sir SAMUEL ROMILI.Y was at Geneva on the 13th instant, where he had then been for two or three days, and was expected to pass a month with a p•itt of hi; Limily, and to see his eldest son, who receives Isis education there. Tile Tsagedy forthcoming at Drory..latte Theatre is the production Pf Mr. tio•rit 141 Y. An toquest was lately held at the Chelret work. house, on Sarah Hunter, one of the paupers, aged near 70. Another of the paupers went to the ILA belotagia4 to the house to fetch water, when she dig: covered the deceaveil in it, and her water.can stand. itig on the edge of the bath. The deceased was taedilte:y taken out, hut she was quite dead. livery circumstance tending to prove that the death was the result of a mohtneholy accident, the Jury returned a verdict of-4ccitiertfrNi drowned. - .572N1L:4; 7 :" -4 Mails. _ 1 - France U U , U 1 ~. . .. 1 1 STOCKS THIS OAT AT ONli O'CLOCK. L•nc. km% sill" 3 per Cet:t.Rev! •httt lodto Bond. 6 7 3 per Gnu. hit Milo-goer Hill, 3 6 (I 1 pn •!•:sot h per Cent. Navy 85,1. tn I ConsoL: for Are. .57} THE STA 7 1 ,Tr f: 53.7 - . IN. 1.0 AT DO : bum) orrogim '2, 1815. • Dispatches were received in the course of last night by Lord I,Tvroe..t. from the Duke of NV CLI.INGTON and Lord CAsTLEItrAcal, and iu the course of half au hour after their I.e.:A i d his Lordship summoned the utemhers of ti.e Privy Council to attend a Clitittet sleetiag t welve o'clock. this Tn•Trning. Another Mail from Corunna has arrived and I brought nccouuts we regret to say rather feud to cloud the hopes which we were led to entertain from the bright ray of liberty which has recently dawned iri Spain. It brings Papers to the 25th of Sept. from %filch we learn that General Pourart had left that for Santiago, a town of Gallicia, south of Curtinna, to quell the to- , ps and peasantry, who were ill , posed to repose his views; that according to report he had failed in his object, anti was, with 22 of his followers, madr! prisoner. ft is added, that a counter-revolution bad taken place inCorunna,iiwhich the Chief Authorities who had been deposed by POILLIER, were restored to their functions, and the place was put in the best possible state of defence.— , This intelligence is far from being so favourable as we were led to expect ; but though we cannot but re gret its depressing nature, we are by no means dis posed to place implicit reliance in its truth. We learn that the troops, which Cen. PORLittt had under his cornmand nt Commie, amounted to 4000 regulars. and that all Gallicia was well disposed towards the objects he had in view. It has been stated that Ferrol, a rlaval depot, and co aiming a large arsenal, had declared for ttr, - , Cortes ; and that Cadiz was expected to take the same line. If these statements have any truth is them, it is very imprebable that the progress of General Pouhtert's enterprise should have been so suddenly attested by tire means stated in the accounts now received. The mere intelligence of such an undertaking must hare created bifrilar more ments in other parts of Simile Whether the tesult is as stated; whether this eels.' ptise, which, though unsuccessful, few will feel disposed t o condem n , h a s been the result of a momentary impulse or of a deep and Well-digested plan, it is evident that the throne of rEItDI NAN n is now tottering, and that Spain is on the eve of being relieved froth its sufferings. Should France stand conflimed in the blessings of a free Constitution, for which she has so lately and stre. nouously contended, the day of liberty will soon ea -tend its brightness to Spain. General Poneutt has only anticipated the happy xra. This revolution, it appears, has been long and deeply plotting, but what knowledge the British Go. vernatcrit has had of its progress, we do not pretend to say. It is believed that the journey of Sir HENRY IVELLE4LEY, first to Paris and then to England, is connected with some knowledge of the preparations which hate broke upon us, for it cannot be imagined that such considerable art angements have been made without being known to 'our Minister at the Court of Madrid. Our A mba ssa dor, Sir HENRY WELLESLEY, has lately been much closeted with Ministers, and is now about to return to Madrid. Since writing the above, no have received the f o l. lo%iae, coma•unication ft otn I.LoYn's, which gives sumo fat thrr ;11(u: sting pat !kola's of Coneral Pon t.tEit's orerations. it lends to rcnfirm the ruin of the pattit.tic rarty, but the facts are still enveloped in great confusion, and much of the information still rests On rumour. ArFAims IN SPAIN.ANO TOE :VIM:ST OF OEN PMII.I ER. cc I.y the ricglcri..k par;tet, aivrred at ,Fa!month from Corunna, we learn that General Parlier , after keeping possession of Cranium, Fees, a 11,1 Ilefar , gos four days, and forming a Prosisintral (;orernmmit, had mrrche , l with the principal part of his troops against Santiago, leasing about 300 men to guard Curunna, when the Friars had succeeded in raising a force consistrog Of trooi , s and peasants. No ac counts bid been received from Pont.] En after he quitted Cortina, WI the morning of the 23d, when a report reached them that PottmEn's troops turd de serted him at the moment when he was leadiog them to a c ti on . The 1,. w soldiers oho remained faithful to him were rooted rod diz , pci seri in all directions. This report was no sooner in cite:dation than the City of Co. runna was in n dreadful stale of con fusion,every w here the inhabitants were se. ri ing—shops am! private houses shutting up, rud the :;'•:.)0 men !eft by Pon. LtEit pair off, l ent . jog the place to the mercy cf . ! the Ito)arsts. 'rho Friars and Priests I began arresting ail who were suspected of being favourable to POlll.l Ect's party. Thu Captain-Gene. rat of Cal licit and other persons who had Iven con fined by l i onr.t En, a ere liherated. Three Nuns' were hung the morni:— the ~:arket sai:(,l„and incr. as she was quittiog tF.a harbour, a report ..vas re- I cd nr. red that l'uliat liavarre:ted. :~_ _-.~ Dee 1 1 , " It Was known at Corunna previous to thi., the Province of Catalonia was also in arms a,.. 1 the Royalists." The Paris rapers of Thursday last arrivml yrstrr d iv, and this forenoon we received those of rridat The latter are of great interest. To our great sat prise we find them announcing, by special D ecrees, issus d in the v.:me of his Majesty, that the Ist Ministers, with the exception of Potent, ere continue in the Councils of tho King, es Ministers, Stote, and that Lis Msj. sty has conferred upon tlw, the most becourable ma: I: of his satisfaction. " r a i t i,f,o nell-belored Pi ince TA LILLYRA:CD" for the eminent services be has rendered, been poitittil Grand Chamberlain. This is notified sa! the seal of his successor in the rovign Odire, Duke of 'Melts:rim ; and tie other Es•Mittiler (ritt:citt: always excepted), hare been app o i n t, Grand "Cordons of the Legion of ll. moor . T he At, gouleme party, it thus appeals, hnve not minim! their obket to its full extent. The Russian influence se ems predominant. Russia and France may o n , therefore, be considered as in a bond of very shirt union, grounded on the preservation of their mutual interests as Slates. is this what the other Pout contemplated ? The highest military honaars al decreed by the French Government to the troops the Emperor of RUSSIA. But the Treaty—We are again desired to Wiese that peace is finally concluded. It is asserted OA the Treaty was actually signed on Wednesda) last. and much satisfaction is expressed at the conduct the Allies, particularly that of the Emperor Aux. ANDEtt. The terms it seems are not what were, first proposed. Many rigorous conditions have, consequence of the mediation of the Emperor Russia, been succeeded by others more moderai and compatible with the equilibrium of Europe. this be the case, why has it become necessary I change the Ministers, in order to get the Tre:i fully ratified ? And what means the King PRUSSIA by his desperate attacks rin the Fiencit fortresses and town-, if this Treaty of Peace, cc, favourable to France, be signed ? We Lai but smell groutids, indeed, for believing that any such pacific arrangement as the F r e nc h hi n t a t, bas been concluded. The opening of the Chambers is pstpeaed to the 9th inst. • This deferring of tho Session, which is ' dispel doubt, and inspire confidence, speaks much with regard to the state of the Government, and the satisfactory nature of the expositions with *hid Olt King is prepared to meet his Parliament. The ful :owing are extracts : PARIS,'CEPT. 29. ORDINANCE 01' 111 C Rum. " Louis, by the Grace of God, &e. " Hare rlvereed and do decree as folks's:— " Prince Talleyrsrid is sypointed Niinister State. " Given at the Chateau of the Thuilleries, t 2Sth of Sept. ISIS, and of our reign the twenty second. (Signed) " LOOl 4 . " The Minister Seeietnry of Slat. for F •feign Aol4l, (Signed) " RICHELIEU." &c. 44 IWiihillg to give to our faithful and beloved Prism TallPyrand a mark of our satisfaction for the er.i. tient services he has rendered us, and to acknow:ec i gs his fidelity to our person, at Have decreed and do decree as follows: " Prince Talley rand is appointed Grard Chns. terlain. " Given at our Chateau of the Thaille:ie3, 2Sth of Sevt. ISIS, and a our reign the tweNty , second." A third Decree, couched in the same tearer•. ap• points Ma rshul Gouvion Saint Cyr, Alinister of —A foutql Decree appoints Coosa (le Javour., Peer or Fiance, Minister of State; and a tiflt, couched in the same terms as the second al ti tlinh Ippoints him Grand Cordon of the Legion of 11 "' sour. A sixth Decree appoints Baron of State; and a seventh, couched in some teznis a 4 the fifth, apttoi::fs him Grand Cerbs of the Legion. of Honor r. An eighth a•((1 Decree appoints Il'orent L ou i s t o the same / d ace ofitl honour. The by his 0. di:liven of the Rgth ult. ha, ppriliteil the 1),ko Gi;!rnmossi, Governor or th. 11 th Military ; and Count de Damns Cita, Gover c ,o r of Ole The Mittis!er of War, Couvion St. Cyr, in 4 RP' port to the rf the ( .2'. ult. prOpiPiPd grant;,: t!!e 'top!! and APitsry decerstions of the o:derr Louis an t i ML-tit to tho (ietterals and 011iet"'" i the flonsohohl troops of the Fotpe t or of f ho, 110114 nenr their august Sov , rvign, lotto trt most contributed to gt-t ot d cri eArru t e d, to •op:)ort of discip!ino, amt la the tral.luitlity of 0.9 departments occupie3 by the It US51;1(1 " I " ch the Kitt4'eiyrovett of. (::.I , y of the Ic . lier wrilfrn I,v the AlinisN , r of IVar the Vt . ovror of ' Slili.,-TIIP maitor, or:1'!4 froto have it 111 , 110 , 1 r of r..iftri vi:ltg to vour extract of roe Ortriartm.r !::! !,i(h three (;!rota nr: (tong, 12 Cro‘.ses rtf Con:to Iniors (one a 1 . '1 4, h ii Proastaut), Cltev.i;in‹ CliAre of witkil 11' •. tr , Anni), of the it a y a l att .! 7,liiit ary O rt l et of ' Dori Merit, aro given o 2itTerent Genet•ils ant: of !tie army. 441. Sur. late re to Pt of the! • 0 - tl I. 11.6 r liters ointett An. ei toed uence flu strict natall unroll s are opt of 4 time I ohot last; 11C1 of ILEX. cre at re, ror of lerate If ry to ir lc of tench o eare, lose that at at, a the is to mech a•I the the e of , anty. " rind ef leegto ham• t%e mt y. op. our', .inl, 110- [uj.-r and has the rust Re. L's ref ; rf it.s 0.8 uth cr,r Ia as or• , it ' • • :o