The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-04-21 00:00:00

IMPEL:Li PARLIAMENT. BOUSTi OF I.o:tns. APRIL 2'. The House met at ten o'clock in the morning. In the Appeal " Aylmer v. Blake," Sir Arthur Piggott and Mr. Leach were heard for the Appellant. Judgment affirmed. In the Appeal 44 Walker v. Gibson," Mr. Leach and Mr. Murray were heard 1,4 the Appellant, Mr. Adam and Sir Samuel Rocnillsk for the Respondent, and Mr. Leach in reply. Judgment on Monday. The Committee of Privileges on the Airly Peerago wag appointed for to morrow se l nnight. Mr. Kingston, from the Eriu India-Roose, pre sented some Accounts directed by Act of Parliament, .0 hill' were onlerei to lie on the table. Adjourned tlic to.nim row (this day). ‘101:3V, OF COMMONS. There being at four o'clock not one h u ndred Members present, as required on account of the ballot for the Cal nay Election, the SPEAKER. took the Chair, and an Order was made, That the names of the defaulters at the ballot to-morrow be set aside, and afterwards reported to the House., in order that the absentees may then be taken into custody. The Mini then of;tourse adjourned to to-more row. Mails. Due Arr. 1 Gottenburgh • 1 0 PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS Bank 25171 501 5 per Cent. fled. CAM 5 per Cent. Coo. 66 51: 4 per Cents. 80 79i • b per Cent. Navy 913i4 Loot. Ann. 151 DAY AT ONV. O'CLOCK India 130ti3 7 9it Excheourr P.llli 2 5 p Omnimn tei 171 Pay ditto 1711 Camels fur Acct. 66i THE STATESMAN. LONDON: THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1814. Once more it is our melancholy task to relate the horrible occurrences of war, occurrences which are more distressing to the humane mind, because they can have no effect on the attainment, or the condi tions of Pears.; because the most confident and pleasing hors had been entertained that our columns would no more be polluted by pictures of slaughter; and because the calamitous event to which we now allude, is to be ascribed to the most unaccountable eakriess, or the most atrocious perversity, in some quarter or other. By French Papers re ceived this morning, it will be seen that a Most sanguinary conflict has taken place be tween the French army of Sovs.r, and that of the Allies, under the command of Lord WELLINGTON. The triumeli, the melancholy triumph, remained with the Allies, who, in consequence of this vic tory, took possession of the city of Toulouse.-- The battle is said, by the Monileur, to have been fought on the 10th inst. ; bat, In one of the minor Journals, it is stated not to have been till the 11th. It is thus evident, that from the Ist, the day on which the counter-revolution may be said to have' taken place at Paris, there was ample time for the ue. eessary communication to have been made to the Com manders of both armies, the distance from the capital to Toulouse being 470 miles. In what manner, or owing to what circumstances, this disastrous delay in the arrival of the information at the head-quarters of either of the contending armies, took place, we are left entirely to conjecture. Thus far, however, appears certain, that if, on any day prior to the sth, or even the 6th of this month, that is, within four or five days after the change of affairs had ac tually taken place, any person or persons of sufficient consequence and authority to command an uninterrupted progress, and every facility to accelerate it, had been dispatched from the capi tal, this battle, the most deeply-afflicting of any that has taken place during the war, would have been avoided. Every drop of blood thus uselessly spilt, must indeed excite a more lively regret than any effusion of blood, sacrificed for the at tainment of necessary and honourable objects.— On such a subject, our undissembled grief, as well as our consciousness of the magnitude of the offence in those to whose neglect our cause of grief is in any degree to be ascribed, may well secure us against any undue promptness to pre. .fer accusation. It will hereafter appear whether Lord C!OTI.EREAGII, and our other Ministers, made such representations to the Mlied Powers, and so employed their influence with the exiting Authori ties in France, as to secure the adoption of means the most certain of success that could be devised, • for the speedy transmission of . the intelligence, that would immediately have terminated all hostile pro ceediegs, to the armies iu the south. It is evident, that if ordinary measures only were resorted to on this occasion, enough was not done to satisfy the deep importance of the interests at stake. In such a breaking up of all authority, to expect that a com mon messenger, or any of the common modes of communication, could be efficient, would have been little short of insanity. It is clear, that some individuals of sufficient weight to ensure the respect and obedience of the provincial authorities should have been employed ,on this momentous er rand. Perhaps, indeed, this has been done, and some unexplained accident may have prevented their due arrival at the place of their destination. If, however, it shall appear] that nothing of this sort has taken place ;—if, above all, it shall appear that our Ministers with the Allies TILE STATFSMA'i. . - - • .. • . vo have displayed any degree of apathy, or inactivity, _ After the example of the Kings, his ancestors, BENE LENVisO , .. , Yesterday . this postponed ....ohilanthropi c r e • .0' —awe— in watching over the arrangements on this occasion, Monsieur attends Mass every day. celebrated at the City of London Tavern. —we atop, we will nordeetn so ill of them as to be. : ' Today, tit halt pest twelve, !his Reyal,Highnest * 1 ley, the t c h o e n; : e a q r u i consequence i f tr t i i : tiollonkestshoefChair. Marquis IV lieve it. • Al! that we shall now say is, that, at pie- ' eccompanied by the great Officers of his Household,l was sent, the.delay, for which so many families, both in ; the Duke de Maille, Count Deicers, and the Mar trahanfkl, ii t s h t e he N y o t t l i a te d P !fl a ti estO fo Et r ir pruei England and France will have to weep, is utterly in- I quis of Chatenay, crossed the apartments of the After an excellent dinner, and the heal.ths m comprehensible. From Paris to Toulouse the news . palace of the Thuilleries, to go to the Royal Chapel. i King, the Prince Regent, the Queen, ant i !t op Of the counter-revolution might have been conveyed l His Almoner, L'Abbe Latit, according to . ancient r i ' tn occ n h a ar w ity i n f o o r l iin t i; ie co p i t i e li v l a b l e ei f ic a e rth o t t, 4 a f t r i o y m p t a ,i r e t i jsiset, ed rni l t Y h e h a a assembly e b m ee b i l l y d sh at the rate of 5(2 miles a day, or about two milesond , usage, held the Prince's bat, and presented him . his one-sixth an hour.. : prayer book, his Royal Highness remained kneeling . , . - - implied,menfs. i n N o gi t v h i i i n ig g ' a o s f a t t h o is as k t, ii ,, l . , i f i t i e e w u •a e s ne s v u o re le ,. n w t i . After f t h li e is E a a n r d i s o o f mLo i t r l i t t e i r m lis h ° t: Rg le "d iv BONAPARTE is so far recovered from his indispo- ', during the whole of the Mass. sition, as to be able to commence his journey. Del After the Mass, Monsieur went down into the ' is said to have set off on rho 18th, accompanied by Court of the Thuilleries, followed by numerous i of St . P lin l cl tri g c o k n ' e " ro A ui f til l an escort of the Allied troops, commanded by a sta ff , to review the first legion of the National Guard , Russian, Prussian, and Austrian General, together of Paris. His Highness was on foot, he passed be- lto call the pa rticular 'attention of the eomp a „, to the hea l t h w hich he-was about to gi‘e, i t • with the English Colonel CAMPDEL. BONAPARTE fore all the ranks, addressing to each words full of I that of a man whose name would be immortalize is also stated tn.have demanded, prior to his depar- goodness, and of that inimitablegaiety which charms the pages of history : he allud.lllo the Marti' ture, three libraries, those of Fontainbleau, of the all hearts. During the review, - tlee soldiers made the , Wellington. His Loidship briefly, but poi nt Council of State, with his own private library at the aieresound with rive le Roi! nye Monsieur ! The ; observed, that when the late overthrown De: pot Thuilleries. He demanded also his carriages, of, troops then filed off before his Iliglinet;s, the mili-; nearly succeeded in desireyini, the libe r ty o r,: which, it is said, he possessed 160. The number, ' tary music,playing the favourite air of Moe Henry IV. newel E d uror, the gallant Marquis was the first - w h n gave a eat.iy check to his caret-r---the first if correct, would lead to the opinion of his having :On Monderind the following days, his Royal , roused, by Br i t i s h valour, the nations of Eart maintained a very expensive Court. These demands tHighneis will.rwiiew the other legions. ! that spirit of resistance ' which had ended i n the appear not to have been complied with.. . I '.'` report is generally spread in the capital, that i storation of unive . rsal happiness and peace; and bloody battle before Toulouse on the ever prospects the Continent may have of. immi .... The interview between the Emperor of AUSTRIA and his daughter, took place at Petit Trianon on the 16th. MONSIEUR, according to the custom of bis ances:- torF, attends Mass every day. This is becoming and decent enough. We trust; however, that the French Princes will not now follow another custom of their ancestors, that of sufferiug those by whom Mass is administered to meddle with affairs of State,, and ex tending to them that veneration and inspect which, at the altar, is their due, even when engagedin -the less sactified avocations of the Closet or the Council. there was a 10Ih inst. in which we lost many men and four Ge nerals. One asks, how is it possible that the great events of the Ist of April should have been unknown at Toulose on the 10th?--What ! hes the fallen usurper stilt had the power to command this horrible snd useless massacre ? , • • • " •Portmenth, April 20. " The Counts, 32, Captain DtcxEms, is arrived, five days only from St. Jean de Luz; she brings ac counts of an assault (the termination of which has been unfavourable to the British) that was made so late as on the night of Wednesday, by the French garrison of Bayonne, upon our outposts,. in which Gen. Sir J. Hors was taken prisoner, and the Bri. • tish lost, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, between 5 and 600. Among the killed were Gen. HAY, and Col. Sir HENRY SULLIVAN. " Sir J. Harz, on the morning of the day on ; which the attack was made, had received instruc tions to suspend hostilities, and to iuforn by flag of truce the French Commandant of the *garrison of Bay onne, of the esisting state of affairs at Paris, and to invite kiln to submit to the Provisional Government; in compliance with his orders, Sir J. Horn on that day sent in his proposal ; the answer returned to which by the French Commandant was, that on the following morning a reply should be given. j 44 Notwithstanding the cessation of arms, which was supposed to exist between each party until the time in which the French General's decision was to be made known should expire, he made a sortie on our outposts, and, by surprise, gained ad ', vantages which, under other circumstances, he would not, in all probability, have acquired. Sir JOHN non, it is said, surprised at tie firing of mus ketry, suddenly mounted his horse, and, alone, gelloppcd to the spot from whence it proceeded; his ! horse was killed, and in falling Sir JoHN HOPE was severely hurt and taken prisoner. I 44 The official accounts of this treacherous and cruel aifair, were sent home by packet on the pre vious day to the Comus sailing." PARIS, APRIL 18.—Nothing more closely proves how guilty those persons have made themselves, who have dared' to intercept the orders and dispatches of Government, since the Ist of this month, than the new and useless effusion of blood which took , place at Toulouse, on the 10th inst. The Marshal Duke of Dalmatia, notwithstanding the precaution taken by the Provisional . Government to give him a speedy knowledge .of *the great events which have restored.peace to France and to Europe, not having received any information of them, accept ed the battle, and the new wreaths of cypress are joined with - fresh laurels. The two armies so full of esteem, the consequence of equal valour, have again engaged each other, and the French troops, after a heroic resistance, have evacuated Toulouse. We have to lament the death of Taupon, General of Division ; and the severe wounds of Generals Harispe and Baurot ; Generals Berlier and Gasquet, the Colonel of the 10th infantry of the line, and M. Mollincourt, conimandii.g a haitalion of artillery,are also wounded. W e o ught' to mention all the Generals, all the Officers, - all the cots of this brave army, who have constantly seconded the plans of the Mat shal ; but how deeply are we afflicted by the re. &cairn that such noble blood, such noble sacrifices, i were no longer claimed by the country, which has, lon the contrary, been deprived of them by a bar -1 barous and unpi ofitahle Machiavelism ? At present the Marshals are exactly informed of every thing ; these is not one corps of the army but what is acquainted with its new duties, and the re pose which all the troops are to enjoy in the prospect of peace, that happy peace which is going to-bring back the King of France to his capital, which, as well as the whole French nation, is eager to possess him, and to prove its love to him. The Courier, who carried to the South of France thenews of Bonaparte's dethronement, having been detained upon , the road, it is affirmed that there was, on the 11th, a bloody battle between Lord welling ton and Marshal Soult, the Allies remained masters of the field of battle. What regret must those men feel who might have prevented this new effusion of blood, and have sablfied to odious passions the inte rest of the country and of humanity.' The indisposition of Bonaparte had at first ap peared very serious. Dr. Gorvisand repaired to Fontainbleau, but the patient is doing better, and he was decidedly to set off to-day to the place of hi; destination. He is accompanied by the Englis Colonel Campbel l the Russian General Schuwaloff, a Prussian and Austrian General, and an escort o 1500 of the Allied troops. It is affirmed that the fate of the Rotiiiiii - ate', er' and of Tuscany, is determined ; the form .to ... be given back to the Pope, and Tuscany will re stored to the Archduke of Wurtzburg. Mr. SYLVESTER, the Messenger, arrived yesterday, at Doweing-streei, from the Court of Wirtemberg. He brings letters, we understand, from.the Queen of WIRTEMBERG to her Royal Mother, and to the PRINCE REGENT.—It is said that the Queen of Wm- TEMBERG declines visiting this country at present. The Marquis CAMDEN had a long interview with Lord M ELVILLE yesterday, at the Admiralty. ' , The Duke of CLARENCE yesterday attended the Board of Admiralty, in order to take the Oaths of Allegiance, &c. as Admiral of the Fleet. His Royal Highness was in his full uniform. The Royal Duke left town immediately, to hoist his flag on board the Jason frigate, the lion. Criptain KING. Lord WELLINGTON, it is now said, is not to go directly to the French capital, it being more con sonant to etiquette, that he should first pay his duty to King FERDINAND VII. of whose forces ne is Com ma der-in-Chief: A diminution of expenditure will take place im l ~ mediately in the naval department. The rendezvousi for volunteer senmen, at Lynn, is already broken upj and orders have been issued for calling iii all the 4 re cruiting parties for the Royal Marines. The Devon -1 shire, of 74 guns, at Sheerness, is to be paid off and laid up. ‘- At Nis Perth Depot, when the news of BONA.. YARTEIS dethronement was communicated to die pri soners, it w as 'received with acclamations of joy. — They soon after sent a message to Capt. MORIARTY, requesting permission to illuminate the prisons, in token of their delight at the prospect of peace and and future tranquillity, it was evident to all the that those orginated solely in tije consummate dence and ability of the Noble Marquis. The health of Lord Wellington was then druni amidst thunders of applause, which lasted for siderable length of time. The Noble Pazsirozwr then proposed a toast, s he hoped would be considered peculiarly approp to the great and glorious events with which the cou, had so, lately been astonished. 411 e had said,- tir the interests of this Society were ,not injures. what hid occurred that day, the cemparty had, least, been deprived of the presence of some , most ardent supporters. lie spoke of the pubs try of the King of France into the British Men lis ; and in allusion to the circumstances which,, produced this occurrence, he could not lint observe, that however much the youthful fancy may have is Bulged in plans of visionary and theoretical Reform, it would now and for ever he admitted, that the security for public liberty iron hereditary and i Monarchy. The happy union between Give tain and France left a well-founded hope, -that world would no ionger kear of.aoy rivalshlp.but.. them, except in the OS of : Peace. Bias lossoldifp concluded with proposing:as a toast-t,-t-t " May 11 u rill of •litripattv- Lc a lei , u - ta.rnsakinefit4 may Fortu.:e never prove le, kind l.f thrlt'e wilts abutelieffs, vac.rs." His L6rdship next propsect t14. 1 / 4 .4th XVIII. premising, that this %vas the 4rst•Sit health of a King of France bad rsare"ksergly4(h Public Meeting in F.uglartd...,4le-‘ruateds, ahr, peculiar circontqances of the times would I jisstify the incident, tut" . ..thatilWOurave tailed exultation. The next toast from the. Chafir stasH " The Royal and klii..d Atatioa,.ftig o s: 42 ilhok rylifity hr peace be ecual to their prtiteet.s.la II the4torkigleratilli in virter7." The list of Subscriptions wardien 'read by man Rowctsorr, from which it appeared - th Prince Regent, with his wonted munificence, sent 100 guineas ; the Princesk of Wales 50 g• Marquis Wellesley 100; the Earl of Chars, 50 ; Mr. W. Fitzgerald, Chancellor of the Irish chequer, 30, &c. lac.' The total sum receive(' day %l as 9721. of which 1721. was collected tables. The principal concluding toast was, " The Health of the Earl of Moira, nod may diet., never forget the beat fits of his pairotoutedurihg his ahseitee, The procession of the children was .es' interesting ; the boys supported by the societ • upwards of 100 in number, and the girls, ' seventy. Mt. MONTAGU BURGOYNE, towards the cl the evening, called the attention of the Meet the efforts making by this Society, to educai children of Irish parents in London, general! which subject a Meeting is announced to be I the Thatched house Tavern. Owing to the public procession, the Di Cumberland's military band, whioi always I tended, was not present. There was, however vocal entertainment afforded by Drcsum, T. BILL, and other professional pe6totts. Lord Wellington is appointed President next anniversary. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria returned to Paris yesterday at two o'clock. At five o'clock, his Majesty, accompanied by Count Metternich, paid'a visit to Monsieur, Lieutenant-General pf the King dom. liberation. A Malta Mail reached town yesterday, by a packet which quitted the island on the lath of . February.— Oltr advices.over !awl from Leghorn are .nearly a month later. The following 'is an extract• from one of the letters by the Mail, dated Valetta, February 14:—" 7'e Deum was performed on the ‘29111 of January, on account of the disappearance of the plague, and the return of the accitstomA intercourse. It is true, however, that this terrible malady has vat wholly ceased, in one of our villages it is yet dis coverable; but this infected place has been converted into a temporary lazaretto, and we are under no un easiness whatever." NAVAL liVtE L L ler ENGE. DEAL, APRIL D.—Arrived and sailed fir the River Henry Craig, from Jamaica ; the Liereule, from St. 1), ao4 a few other ships, partirulars not known.—Ctit (Nun the River several ships, bound to the We , ,, fax, and sailed with the rest of the rut • a A 0.1.1, under vov of the firosv'er gut.-brig, for Portilibath. PORTSFIOUTH, APRIL 90.---Airillegi 1 , 5T41l Bert Downs; his Majesty's ship *pip p i mp l es+ Strip, from Grerrrey.—Sailed Maje , !y's shipOlaun Fairy, with nnotit lOsail of West Winter!), to cull; oho sailed with them several ships for the ititermOdhai... the Channel ; and his sty's ship ryriao, on e a cm( Majesty's ships Bellerophon and Pandora, with tn. , N _load. convoy, are expected to sail at driy-linht in ihe PARIS I APRIL 17.—Her Imperial Highness the Archduchess Maria. Louisa of Austria had an inter view yesterday with her august father, at Petit Tria non. This Princess, illustrious for her virtues, and her heroic devorcement, will never cease to ho dear to the French. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 19 ..—Came in the 1 3 1-arttis Re leus (righter, from off the coast. Fran Ce-- i'elttle Li Oreittts, and Pheasants slooptof war, on . FALMOUTH, APRIL 18.—The Princess Elizabeth for Listt..n, with a Mail, h.is gone into the Roilds, Hartwte - st, APRIL 80.--Arrived the Lord Neltnn Nepean packets, with Passengers, from Goftettburt lauded their Mails at Y.inn,uth. Capt. Br.Acastmv,- of • Dunkirk, the cel Commander Of . Several French privateers, been confined as a , prisoner of war at Gilli % , ras released a few cloys : since; and left Chat go before the Transport Board, preparatory returning to France. AU the natives or inha , of Dunkirk, who were . prisoners, were rein, the sometime, in return for the liberation English prisoners of war at Dunkirk. The communication between Brighton and opens pp Etiday neat, when tbejirst packet • This morning Bonaparte at last set off front Fon tainbleau. It is affirmed that he yesterday demanded three libraries, that of Fontein!)leau, that of the Council of State, and his private library at the Thuilleries; and besides all his carriages, to the number of 160, to go to an island where there is no travelling except on foot or on horseback. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-House, .when the under-mentioned Com manders took leave of the Court previous to depart ing for their respective destination, viz::—Capt. G. StursoN, of the Lady Castlereagh; Capt. T, LAIL KIM', of the Warren Hastings, ; and Capt. J. PIKE, of the Phanfx—for Bengal di r ect.—Capt. T. Dubs siartox) of the Larkin, for Madeira and Bengal. Vent% of th e 'al Fa. P mind. , I rpnsei • IT lbidS Sena. alibi • iociety litigant hegg s d mpany being [zed in quit of nteilly, tot had 'coati. it wh o ropkt o the ie. 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