The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-06-29 00:00:00

1 (. :111 4h 11 + it f f.r; ;.41 „ I _ 0 .4 q ,i $: T'. • . ..- ;#-• . ti ' t I 1 P nIE STATESMAN. until bind if omigaltattetseOtrimila let ?hits list. ......mea11..... : * Drys sets and Frankfort Paipm, OM %O we chine t* CII4IIRIAt OF RI:PRI:SENTLTIVIRS. hand to the e7th, give Its weerances that the united -nut inuntimin kw cauchn.tou ..r teriday..k.o WI M. Ptztatutli t t wished to postpone the discussion armies mho are now directing their movements te. till swat day. maids Feria are not small. They ire stated to have hi% hlativita-Oentienten, opinions are divided crossed the French frontiers, 130,000 strong, with .n cite question which occupies our attention. Some King Louts and his army / now aegmentieg •claity, • think that Is necessary Immediately to proclaim Na- united. But we know what trust is to be put in _poleon IL; others believe that political circern- . mom requiro . delay, and that the Chamber ought -l i , inil UMW' professed French friends; sod that not to explaio Itself till nt s ig e r i s ti on s s h a ll have se - the troops on whom reliance may be placed Call• guarded us with our true interelti. The Powers. not, after hating sustained so bloody and destruc who have already once declared that they will sot live a conflict as they hare lately done, possess any treat with Napoleon, nor with his family, will they thin g fr e l ike thae-ectire strength attributed to them.— Consent to we Ms son wirs? Such is the objection made. Bet la thus publishing our fears before all w • • ar e confidently enured, and we sincerely regret . Europe, in a dismission which may be regarded as a to state it, that not 10,001) British soldiers on the sal calamity, have we not shown that they may re- scene of action are left in a condition to wage another quire such a sacrifice ? fs there need of enlarging on combat. this point ? I love to believe tiler this Assembly FRRNCII PAPERS. .‹ to -e tin tl A there is but one object—that of saving the country. — But it must not be dissembled that Franca contains Aron than one party. Would you sutler each of them to flatter itself that your secret intention is to labour for it ? Would you desire, that In order to determine your decision, the different parties should ilia dutch their standard, and collect their adherents? What,t hen,would become of the safety of the country? yet, Gentlemen, since this discussion has been open "ed, It Is necessary, it Is urgent upon us to. recognize Napoleon 11. Emperor • boCat the same time it is fit that France should know • the motives which in t uenced us iti the nomination ortbe Executive Com mission ; and that in composing it of wise and up. rlgght men, we intended to form a Council of Re. gency. In conclusion, I will address myself to those Mho appeared to think that political circumstances require delay. I will tell them that this discussion Ista sufficiently made known our firm resolution to do every tiling henceforward for France ) and not for a family. If the Foreign Powers refuse to acknow ledge Napoleon 11. there will stilt be time to come to a determination, and no one will balance between one man and 20 millions of men. M. Manuel con- Ceded by moving a Resolution for passing to Ovdat.af the Diy, on the following grounds : - Ist. Tot Napoless It. is become Emperor of the From*. by the art of Abdiesdioa of Napoleon I. and by the rvrer of the Cantlitstion of the Empire. W. The two Chamben desired nod meant by their decree of .follintlay, in nominatlng a Commission of ProviJunal Getero ..eut. to state up the nation the guarantee necessaity, ender the tra l "" 4l . lB rl . '" which it is *-s 1, for its repine- How destructive were the• engagements which gave the Allies the advantage at Waterloo, or as the Prus sians are desirous of calling it, the battle of La Belle Alliance (the happy Alliance), with what fury, I .:sod in what numbers they fought and fell on both sides, the Prussian accounts of these'dreadful affairs, which we this day give, will show. Tie first thing in the perusal of these details that will strike the Reader, who has exultingly dwelt on the simple, and alwaykenodest details of the British hero, and from these, and all otherßritish accounts that have reached him believed that the glory of defeating the Great NAPOLEON, and his immense army, was exclusively, acquired by, and due to, the British arras,—*lll bfq the extraordinary share—at least one-half of the honour thus obtained,—to which the Prussian Gesteeil. lays claim for himself and bib army. The Prussians, we were given to understand in Lord WILLINGTOR'S dispatches, did little more than show themselves en the scene of action on the last and hottest day—at least we were induced to believe there were not more than two corps or them siding the British, and that not before the close of the day—here we are told the Prussians assisted in repelling this attack on the Bd. tish troop, with all their force, for it was .on the spot w here the two Commanders had 'previously united the chief part and the elite of their armies lid 6 !immobile:es is it is elacei s . • 'Was adopted amidst ilse cries of Tea 4' mpsreur !" Itrwes then moved— • 1 that a Depalatitia be seat to the late Emperor to make kinagers thisdreisino. E. That the Members of the Provisional Government shnald 'Otte no 'oath of obedience to the C►►ostitutio;s. of the Empire ► end "reoltlitv to Mapole. a 11.. Emperor gibe French. The Order of the Day was carried, sod the Chem . 'per sdieuroed. ST. 11111 AIM P► 4 r...-.lbiltiv at ti. Path& °Meas. of history, here succeeded each other in pid reeled wanfinit ; an Tfi Mc it pauing ases. devetedly attached to the • ~~ . . aisliseilllsetts war was calculated, upon,-even by the ealagulne supporters of Govirnment. Now, the blosiness is said to be over, and nothing remains but a a g ain invest Louis XVIII. with the ensigns of Goreinment, and, according to 4 ' the Times," to ,commence the bloody work of execution, for *hat that charitable Journal calls " rebellion." It Is al [most impossible to hazard even a speculative opinion aus to the future; yet it appears to 0, judging with moderation, that the business is not yet quite finish ed, nor is the road so pet fectly smooth as these zealous politicians seem to imagine.: We are all astonish ment at the prodigious seeress which has attended the Allied arms in the first conflict, nor have the cohie queuces attendant on it excited less surprise. It ap pears almost incredible that an army, comprised of the finest troops of France, selecte • from the whole fr of military force of that most martial nation, lin! by Generals of approved talents, under the eye of the Emperor himself, Bushed also with the success of two succeeding days, should at once be so completely disorganised as to offer ne resistance to an army, weakened as was Lord WELLINGTON'S by the im mense lose he had sustained, but allowed it to advance upwards of 120 miles .in five days without impedi ment. Again! it is wonderful, what motives could have been sufficiently imperious to have induced the Emperor to have risked every thing on one battle. His very bitterest enemies do not accuse him of want of personal courage or of Generalship. As 'to° the former quality it is admitted, that he himself led the Old Guard to that murderous charge upon the British line, which produced such dreadful slaughter, , wiserein the opposing armies fought hand to hand— saws the Chiefs of either side were intermixed with each other—and where, accordingto Lord WELLt Ton'i Own account, victory hung upon a thread F. As to his Generalship it is understood, no plan was ever better laid or more ably executed. It however failed ; but that its consequences should have been so wonder ful as . to totally disorganfse the whole .French Army Prepared with so much care, and on which ye touch time and attention had been bestowed, is indeed almost beyond comprehension. It appears . . . for the struggie,• that both saw the long tleobtfel l incredible that any attempt, however important, question of victory or defeat could be decided. should have been made, failure in which would have In fact, the Prussians say they are entitled to as been attended with total rain, for such appears to have mach of the ',dry es we are, end had as much share been the case. On the other hand, perhaps the Elv in the battle that obtained it. These accounts are , peror felt that if 'he awaited the simultaneous attack very interesting. They prove the havock on all l of Aestrlans, Russians, Prussians, and British, to sides to have been most dreadful, and cookie the say nothing of the smaller nations,. the whole f o rdo 1 of Pram would have been unequal to have resialed conduct of the Prussians in the parfait to have been the overwhelming mass which Weald have be e s most barbarous. The circumstance of BoNAPAIITZ having left himself no reserve, is accounted for, I breeght against him ; still it is'tti be remembered. and the nimblest given to the Allies still better ac. .that infinite difileelties ileaya attend ail ievadifig, coact for his defeat. The Prussian arenas are anew. army L the ground might beve been disputed inch ed to have amounted to 80,000, and the Duke of by inch, lite fortress*, out the North. .41'irrancir Wu:alginates to the same number, whilst the would have created considerable. deiajr4 a' asKI French are not rated at more than 180000; yet the less force than that which coOlpee.44lall Frenob I Prussian General talks of " the stspeilet numbers of armies womhl hate been able to have •offemtd . a very the enemy I" serioaa resistance to an invader, and in every point From Paris we have iie fresh intelligence today. of view the chances of success would heir' been muhb The proposals of Peace from the Provisional Go. greater than by taking the event of a Iloilo battle,. vernment, in the name of Naeot.itow H. kale been 00.,fiich all, it appears,. depended. • .. . made to our Ministers. The person destined to be Nor is it less onaccoentable that the baggage led the bearer of them was M. Otto, but he was not whole teviallei of the french *calf lakeeld Ilea' allowed to proceed to teas. He arrived at Boulogne been posted intries'the Sambre, when, in the chaeol and sent to London for passports. These and leis of a reverse, its emitter, was at all events probable. proffered pacification have been refined, on the For several weeks past, the French ,Papers have ground that a new Congress will ateemble at a resounded with accounts of the high state of pre. central place in Flanders, where the Ministers of the partition for resistance in which were all the roads Allied Powers will assemble, and there only will the to Paris, and ill the fortresses which covered them; I future Government of France be settled I In the and yet we hear of Lord Wst.ratictort having passed mean time we are assured that M. BLAcAs, the them all without firing a single shot, and that even confidential Minister of Loom XVIII. is arrived the important depot of Leon has fallen, in which in town, with greet affected secrecy, le represent immense magazines had been collected, without even the claims of his Royal Master, and to treat for a shadow of defence. There is something so de the support of the Allies to his restoration.. He cidedly enigmatical in all this, that we confess, until stipulates for their respecting the integrity of France, we shall have it in some way explained to us, it sp end their taking the word of Louts and his Minis. pears to be totally inconceivable. It can hardly be ! ten as sufficient security for the preservation of the credited that such important events as these should ' peace of Europe I And the Allies, though they do hate occurred without the possibility of their being not openly avow lt, are as resolutely bent on having foretold ; and if that was possible, of which there more substantial pledges than these ; so that even appears to be no doubt, it certainty afford, a most Lours and his good friends, the Allies, are far from conclusive reason why NAPOLEON should not have ; being agreed as to the terms of his restoration, and ventured his all upon a single cast, ' which, If he lost,l the extent of the kingdom which is to be given to would be derisive of Isis fate. It is no lees certatei v i him. The causes which have kept Russsia and Aus. thit the Allies would have entered Fiance with in: l tria back are slow receiving some elucidation. It is finite caution, had the Emperor limited Ms system stated that AtExannea's delay has been occasioned by solely to the defensive. Their advance Would have a Treaty which had bean concluded between the been attended with danger to their supplies, and their Courts of France, Austria, and England, having for mutual communication., from hoeing an hostile and its object a joint guarantee against his further; ad. a naturally military people in their year. Much 1 vance on the side of Poland, and which Trettyi wa s u n easiness likewise prevailed as to Sa xon y, Poland, I found by Narot.zon at the Thuilleries, and spilt to an 4 Italy, which any check would have increased. If him in the mouth of April last; and Austria ,was the reasons which Lord CASTLEREAGH unsigned. in determined to have her objects in Italy fully attain. Parliament for the concurrence of the Allies ts ed before she would draw a sword in say other quer- the Peace of Paris were good, the same ter. Her jealousy of thegrowieg Power of Pnissia reasen4 existed now in a tenfold degree. At is of the most rankling kind, and it may not be wittiest that time wear* •of one half of the pre- just grounds that great apprehensions are now miller- I sent French - ffillo ' were prisoners here and * lo brined of her changing her conduct io regard toithe , Russia, the remainder were dispirited by defeat, avid Allies, now that on offer is made from the pepOlor the moral impulse of the people were against 13owa. Government of France to place a branch ef!the Curs. Lord WELLIN•TOK was, with a victorieue l House of Austria on the Throne of that countrj.- - -.. British army, far advanced in the South of France, But a little time may skew all these specalatiotis to and BOurdesuz and Thecae**, two most importak be unfounded. We cannot, however, in the 'Wince cities, were In his hest*. ' Ulm very. different wits of more authentic intelligence r.efraie from indulging the situation of iffairs 0111**itto the battle of We. them. . ter100....4 popelation dirgeetot with the flowtions, The most important events, vilestilliblir 'ls whom they had tried for a yeti.' in the balance, and Ilikeiissetary of 4 itate has nide au appllcolon succession, during the last week, that w 0.14.! 'ol4if of their choice, reinforced by the junction of th. !.salon en d W e st a th t ssa t la i ttst Norte V almost impossible to make more 'than peer ‘ aiiittii Olefins who had fought and aniqwerea tinder trees, to eaten(' &heir sr...ices, or necessary. iit . - meats upon them as they occurred. It appears lib him in.his most brilliant tßuipaigns, hauling with the . sermons of Al lb, Cavalry Regiments being 11:ht a dream—a alert week only has paned amino Inf gore a t emp for the injuries they conceived they fttliiSSlll foe fit let ',row • • • "" is .7 . .. • t; ' c....r . • - THE STATESM4N. • • LONDON: TUC&SIut. Jens 29, 1815. ' The latest Intelligenee respecting the Duke of %%Pecs:me:oA army does not tarry him beyond St. lacent's, where be had his bead-quarters about the , 94t11, het It is added his light troops bad advanced as far as Compeigne. There are reports in circulation, that both the British and Prussian armies had stop- . ped their march, at the points they bad reached en Abe pith, either from finding an appearance of greater to their progress than they bad expected, vie in consequence of being thrown into a dilemma by the intimation communicated to them of the mea sores now adopting in Paris ; but these reports the . : • ' official organs of our Government will not believe to be true, and cry out, " On, STANLEY ! on,"— . " to the capital, and bang all who oppose you."— We will not reason on this impatience, for we have sufficient confidence in the Dake of Wecusaxon's prudence to believe he knows best whether he should advance or not. If it be true that his troops have been under the necessity of escalading Cansbray to obtain possession of it, it will prove that no smolt degree of caution is still necessary in his taseelt into the heart of a hostile country, and that the defensive positions have not been ail aban• dotted by the enemy. The inolligenco from the frontiers, is the Paris Papers of Saturday last, favour a supposition that all is net so bad witb the French in t►at quitter as has been represented. It , Ia trot, that the accounts in these Papers are at least ' two days later than what we have by our own chan nels regarding the movements of the Allied Armies ; bat if there be any truth at all in the French intelli gence, it will tend greatly to show that there is either some fallacy in the many accounts we have of the defenceless and prostrate state of Franca, or that there is considerable danger and precipitation in the rapid advances stated to us. For the French reports on skis head we refer to the articles from Paris, of the 14th, where it is affirmed, that op to the date of the rid there was no appearance of foreign troops at Lisle, or Valenciennes; that the French continued to rally on the different points of Avesnes and Rocroy ; that Leon; with its magazines, had not fallen into the po;sPasiots of the Allies, for the head-quarters of the French army wes still there, whither the Ye s Ir Gum Znd mains of the Imperial Guard were repairing; and that the fortresses of Sarre.faouts, Metz, Longwy, . .. ' Ihionville, sad Bache were in a respectable state of l. \ ..,, defencel ft is -also asserted, that at that date the Allies had enured the French territory, all of wbich assertions may have naw been proved to be false ; but we could wish to see those which relate to tke state of the fortresses confirmed to he so before we joie is a beat/ approval of a hasty march on the p ar t o f th e t . ~, : _ _ .. . IPwiral;jr had endured during their captivity in the North of Russia, every thing promised a Most favourable i•sae to the cause of France. If fought upon its own ter. ritory, where (se natural is the unser Odds to all mankind, so abhorrent is the idea of invasion), that in all probability the whole dation would have united in one great effort in defen"ce Of its independence.. It appears, howeieri . iluit.theteiignation of Nam: . LEON has been accepted, and taking 'Armitage of the Declaration of the Allies, the Provisional Gown= ment of France have offered to accede to their Wish; as to the removal of the Emperor, and have arid offered petite. Hither the Declaration, and the Pest; script which Lord CastrAncaan added to it by Waj of rider Co which the Etnperor of Aortal* made a flourishing addition of his hearty concurrence), that there existed no intention whatever of imposing OOr particular Government on France, farther then to the esclusiun of BONAPAFr6--Oithor this Declirition is sincere, or it is not—if it is sincere, as we most fervently hope (for the sake of humanity in general, and for the interests of our own country in par ticular) that it is, there can be no possible ob jection to an immediate peace; the Treaty of Paris will still exist, and the only alteration will be the new ioternal Government which it will have pleased the French nation, in the natural exercise. of its in. dependence, to give itself. If, on the contrary, that Declaration was a falsehood—if it was a mere pre. tepee to undertake the war with a show of decency, limn, indeed, nochasge of Government, short of the restoration of the Boustaows, will content the cele brated Negotiators of Vienne. It will be then appa rent, that it is net a war against NA POLSON which is waged, bet a mar against the forkpendetsce of as. flow --a war of Kings against the people, carried on for the express purpose of establishing their divine indefeasible rights, and of putting down for everille inherent privileges which all mankind are bore with, of chasing 'their own governors. Bet suppose that the full tide of semis still tows, that Louis is again seated In the Theilleries, the "Emigrants all again brought beck, the reign of priest hood restored, and the blessiogs of tithes, taut, and paper, curreocy bestowed .open the people, in all the plenitude of even British abundance—how are these blessin gs to be preserved to the ungrateful I . people of s r Fiance, If they are not disp os ed t o reta i n them I. the Duke o f Tv ttr ILLS NCTON to remain as an armed Ambassador at Parip, with Aid-de-Camps.in stead of Secretari.s? Awl is the peace of France to be preserved by a corps d'elde of British Life Guards, Russian Cossacks , and Prussian Grenadiers? I s thi s I . what is called Ike deliverance of Europe! And, we' , are convinced that nothin4 short of this kiwi of deli ' verance, can preserve the BOURBONS on the :Patrick ,throne. A short lime, however, will show what ip Intend ed. The times are pregnant with events, Every .socceiding day prodacee samethiug new—the peace of Europe will be again immediately restored, or the causes of the war will be plainly and unequivocally 1 -riad.to the whole world ! STATESMAN OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. It is very currently reported in the City, With some degree of belief, that overture" have been made by the French Government to the Duke of WEL macron for a suspension of hostilities, Which he had reflood to grant untoos BONAPARTE was surrendered; and at no other conditions would satisfy the Allies he was accordingly gime up, and sent as a prisoner to the bead-quarters et the Duke of Wact.tivavow. Mr. MORAN!), a FOllll4ll Messenger, arrived this morning from Brussels, but we 'understand his ad vices relate chiefly to the state of the armies. The wounded Officers and men are said to be generally fast recovering. It is proper that we *towld add to the report re specting the delivering op of 111.seot.cox, that the Representatives or the French nation pledged them selves, by the adoption of the plan of abdication, to stipulate in the negatiations for peace for the in terests of the min "who has prosided so long over the destinies of the French Empire." To-day was a holiday at the Stock Eschew, but a good deal of business wag done prime!) Ornnium was done at 13i, and fell again to litf. Three per Cent.. Rod. 581 and 59. 'MUTING AT Tug CITY or LOWDOW TATIRrow-A Ger.eral Meeting was holden at the City of Loudon Tavern yesterday, which was attended by a great. number of Merchants, Bankers, and others, to consi der of the propriety of a public Subscription for the Relief of the Sufferers and their Families in the late ; glorious actions. Mr. A. BA RING in 'the emir, Mowed i a Resolution that a Subscription be entered into ito fulfil this benevolent design. It eras seconded by Mr. ANGERSTEIN, and was carried unanimously. The books wer4 then opened, all the Gentleinett present subserihed, and we are told, that in a short time the contributions amounted to a very consider•• able sum. We have the satisfaction to learn, by letters Brussels so late as the 27th, rticeivA by the &mil that the Marquis of Asot.vtv ( ate Lord umlaut) was rapidly recovering, and may sees lexpected in England. We understand it is the intention of Government to embody the whole of the Militia forces, in order that all the men may hare an opportunity of Oaten , ing their services into the Noisier Army; it we be found impossible to retrieve the leases sustained the late sanguinary contest by the ordinary modes Ming. recrul ,ay vetoer et the I diery—they an hied nertiom [leer, krar!] try Willi OUP yl attribeted to ti ma ndet• I nrtby dime worthy t wander.—{ lie mast be the an victory—the e jOstified, and r Oasting pest" at *he last effort n `mount and in I ken egoalled; ;elect rare, b tar, and ralami A oat ft jars. The to le ailialgara w 4 e mease. b e tall/era; he . „foe--lo the t .Ottlemont of a !. freed at dui. I . Owes wade ion of thnile of flood would not • • . - 1 lik!glati ' A • : - Aa r Po I. die jlri .. Ur. R 41114119 C if Ar yl , {n 'r.'s ).. r. assel re sod ' t esastooers E rile !spirit t 'oreigo Obi were several] • . . The Order . Prince Hegel of Esniberl.in lie Earl a - drew In Snits 'try to slate i De ainde. It ineosse. with i slit sarvived li to Address, II tee sod esp lib writ h Keil, • ' /Mead • Thii orde . Metalge froi ' ' of Credit, ill The Earl i .. known pied Session, in a . -' Meet speci6 lt itaigeeeies w been. It wa en the preset Leas et ide n t .1 to pot in oho ling with wigd • ep our forme bonoorablo p ttidetl to I then we el the Ii -11114pliidiateni 1 * : %110 0 1 C -Cit • t• rat to es; 66 tho SWIM .tat the prompt 4•l4,iiii .. .... ebjedt. loreill 1 116 Avoid ao ! . teethe, oberel had littlest t i, - toodance in 1 ' Session; lint I Sent (notion, • tonity of dole Lordships, he , world bore it atxacion, . w he at an event at '''• i. felt senitittibit '.l 'intik/ seknow ij 'merit of oar g '‘ i the day when 1 Lordships. . I •; late au&esses, FAelithaan, w • medneet ; ever the jostice of ti when it mum • ,I the glory of th • , !geoid net fear • , try was now p • ' never before at . , of oar ancerint - ieorpassed by si : and the skill si . i late greet adds ti, , they asked the -A ~, day was doe- ousiy. it. lined would not !einem t. • be reel peace Cl *boa ' ' : enpoileece of tlt 111 wider.' ‘::-.; . Oboored—no HI . . ou boo ds the i &ow ' . in semis rheas tinily, 1 -i.: Os Bosse f], e VI I- ' 1 ' eining that of lit ''. hi . e« . too l* ie ed bi : h t w hay be e be item . : iris shed lo iii order .. Oct be the come. (tend- • • .•err—sech could could coverusect, an lied in :-. Sin his tonna! si les of The Address p ..1. The Marquis Inn to Priddy he should ' Inn. . the Foreign Star et- . '— --- • The Ensl. of Vi Ad lis ... mid, be should d Adjogrood. •-, i alt • - ".. -,;/-1 br veil I ilim 'U 111 1 i