The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-04-10 00:00:00

:-e \, I, 1 r I i ~ I I 1 the passage of the Odor to thetas . - .It was under the lion, dm guidance of newly-enrolled Prussians that these forms st BMtroops came to make little skirmishes at . the gates of stamped W. The Prussian Cabinet hid thrown off the 1 Waren mask. The King, by three successive ordonences, i terminal immediately called to arms all such young men of fa- i 6* N a koti i i milt' as were rich enough to equip and mount them. sun' , 41 selves; then all the youths from 17 to tll years of whialh ; age; and, lastly, the men above that age. 'lt was I our ‘f an appeal made to the passions, which Prussia had lohg.inn felt the necessity of reprimanding, whilst she was 1 utthrirt desirous of our alliance, and whi st she relbaiiied ! hauSted faitlifel. ' ' - r': .' . I eeived t... - The„Cimacaller _of. - State called . a comstUtlas 'sue discoutioned-7•Ther heads of those aectaries, who, in theirseilitious fa. 1 I.te fielaP nataci-m, preach up - the overthrow • of pill .40eigh 11111iAlly order, and the destruction of 'the throne. Prussian f political _ _ . • - Weer* were sent with eclat to . the Russian heads. I of disgraceful suffering, er,regainisig, by more costly qsarters. Russian Agents succeeded nit each other , sacrifices and more . severe struggles, out lost rank at Breslau ; at leogth, on the:. tst .2 ef , March, the i awl respectaioung indepeisdent Powers. Frnlsitin Government consurnmetedby a treatY.with "On the issue o f tho.vear are steked, eur national Russia, what Gen. d' York had commenced. It Ira 1 ereigiity csai the high Amu, .and .security of as im., on the 17th March, at Breslau, and'on the 27ttriiir? itant.class of citizens, whose occupations gltesthts, Paris, that the Ministers'of the Kine• of Prussia o iL.i pioper value to those of ,every other class. Not Apt ci illy announced their Master's having made amnion 1 , contend for such a stake, is to surrender our equality i cause eith the enemy. 1 • 1 with other Powers on - the element common to all, • .• Thus Prussia tieclared war against Voi* Majesty, ! and to violate the. sacred title which every member i!1 return for the Treaty of Tilsit, which ivhiceil the lof the society has to its protection. . • - .... Kilig on the throe;*, and for the Tre a ty .of Paris 1 66 • I N eed not: call Bete view the unlawfulness iif which admitted him to an allia n ce. ' ! the practice.by vsldch4sus- meriners are feecedi- 4 . l ailil to this Report the pieces presented to your ' the will of.ev.ery cruising ssliicer, from their own M!'iestY when Prookt solicited your alliance, with an vessels into foreign vines, nor. paint the outrages in extract of the letters of Monsieur the Count de Saint separable from it. The pronto are in the records of Nlasatt, on the same subject (under.letter ik•)- • each successive admits/stoat:sass( oust gave/unmet—, The Treaty and Convention concluded - .at •Paris, i and the cruel sufferings of that portion of the Ame- ! for establishing the alliance (under letter B.) rivals people have found their way to every boloin not ' The Conveution concluded by General d'York dead to the sympathies of human nature. . . with the Russians, and his Proclamations (under let-1 "As the war was just in its origin, and necessary ter C.) ! and noble in its objects, we can rllleel with ,a proud , The Papers relative to. the dispositions made by satisfaction, that in carrying is ma,. no principle of ; Prussia on the subject of the defection of General justice or honour, uo usage of ciri4iseil nations, no, d' York (under letter D.) i precept of courtesy or humanity bar" a infringed. The l'ap.lrs relative to the Mission of .Gen. Hatt- 1 The war has been waged on our ~ scrupulous, feldt at Paris (tinder letter E.) ! regard to all these obligations, mud., . 'spirit ,of Li- .The extract of a Report ou the connivanceof Gen. bcrality which was never surpassed. - .„. ;. , Billow with the enemy (under letter F . ) ; 46 flow Little has been the e ff ect of this example on The three Edicts for theestraordinary !ere (under *. the conduct of the enemy. They have retained, as IT letter G.) 'The King's Ordonance which acquits and recom ponces Gen. d' York (under letter IL) . And, finally, the Notes by which the Prussian Go. vernment had notified to your . Majesty's Ministers. that they have violated the alliance, and declared war (under letter 14 I am with the most profound 'respect, your Ma. .jest's most humble and most obedient servant and faithful subject, (Sigtscd) _ The Puke of BASS ►NO. , eome- , llme l iperbitps two.. i joarnineut; 'Weal vial not a quorum of , the HOule presort; to itinteitomiee oC which`shierkt Bills were' lost in Is - mullet' between the two Houses ; sawing ' which Wes - tfteifillttli;mbend thu Naturalisation LeWs, the Invalid Pekdon'Bill, dter • I. 1 ALBANY,. MARCH s.—The following is eh i estiect . ofa bettir;•l4oldvid.by the Hon'.'lij Ativetts4 Meta ber of the fitifidii' from hie son, dated Feb: *l: " fdanday•lie 23d Inst. at the dawn' of day, the sentinel. frinti!this Side the' river bbieeted a movement of the enemy at Prescott ; about sbn4ise they were formed, autr:adski t ir i g--:;the exadt number is not known, bat ttipposed to be about 600, mostly Bri tish regulars.• As they had been frequently seen to pliade tad exercise on the iitk; it was not believed by our officers that their object was to attack -the lage bf Ogdensburg, until they had passed more thee half across the St. Lawrence; the euemy at thatlimt diikled, the one hair going above,• and the other - be low the village; at the same time scattered as' mach as pedsible, but • advanced towards this shore With' rapidity: •before -they . reached the bank, each sion closed, by rushing. apparently without order ; ' and in feet surprised oar troops. These in the new harrick/4 east of the. village, *ere pleased by the thee bayonet, and tied, panic struck.' •• • ' Ceoo. Fisksyth, who, quartered in the - old bare' racks, cieltanged a few shot with the upper divisidi of the enmity ; but whi . l . e . he was_ disput, complete iitgthe g end Prisoners of war citizens of the J idled States, not ! with them, the lower division obtained _ e pos. Heide to be so considered under the usages of. war. ! session of on artillery, arsenal, and village, and imnie " They have refused to consider as isrissntersni diately diretted their fire -upon the old 'Stine bar war, and threatened to punish as traiters.aed de- racks ; and CaPt.forsyth, with one cannon, being sealers, person` emigrating without,restraiat to the : removed to thehill near Mr. Hasbrouck's house; he et.' United States ; incorporated by naturalization. °into fected his retreat on the road to Black Lake. We our political family, and fighting under theauthority lost six men killed, and about 40 prisoners taken, of their adopted country, in open and honourable ! m an y Of whom were wounded, 750 stand of arms, 'a war, for the maintenance of its rights and safety.— ! great quantity of ammunition which was taken out Such is the avowed purpose of a Government, which ' of the arsenal' in the village, 13 pieces of cannon, is in the practicenf naturalizing, by thousands, eiti- mounted, about 500 barrels of flour, and a quart ; zees of •other countries, and not only of permittiug tity of pork and beef—both the old and new bar- Pants, Amite 3.—Yesterday (Sunday), the 4th of ; but compelling them to fight its battles against their; racks and two vessels burnt—every inn-keeper's April, the Empress received a deputation from the i native country. . I house pillaged, 1 1 .:e. Hasbrouck's and Mr. Gray's, l Senate, composed of thirty Senators, when the Presi- 1 " They have not, ii is true, taken into their own and one or two other private dwelling-houses broken • dell of the Senate presented to he r M a jesty the fol. :. hands the liatcht4 and the knife, denoted to indiscri- o p en , the furniture destroyed, and houses greatly lewieg Address : I initiate massacre; but they have let loose the savages injured. The number of the enemy killed and " MA.D . lll,—liiS Majesty, on th e eve o f setting ! armed with these cruel instruments; have allured ; wounded is not known—they re-crossed the river the out to command his armies, has confided to your lm- them into their service, and carried them to battle by. same day. There have been several flags sent over perial Majesty and Queen, the Regency of his Em- ; their sides, eager to glut their savage thirst with the fr om them since—they have made a demand of nll the pire. He could not have granted t o his people a blond of the vanquished, and to finish the work o(owleat and flout in • the W I age, belonging to halal greater consolation in his absence. . torture and death on maimed and defenceless cap. I I s ~ 11 (gals but offer to pay a fair price for 't • end' ." The Senate, Madam, experiences). litelyintis- tires. And, what was never seen before, British in an insulting manner, they have promised prote&l faction in thinking it shall see its walls 'dirtied with; Commanders have extorted victory over the um! nand security to the country, provided' there art' all the brilliant virtues with which your Majesty em- qucrable valour of our troops, by presenting totrito more troops sent to Ogdensburgh, to excite the bellishes the throne. It offeri you the tribute of its sympathy of their chief awaiting massacre from their . fears of the Canadians; and as they now have full respect and its devotion. It adds, Madam, that cf. savage associates. satisfaction for all depredations committed by our its inviolable fidelity to the greatest of Monarchs and I 64 And now we find them, itr further contempt ' troops on their frontiers. The village is mostly de his Dynasty, as the honiase the most gear to your'. of the modes of honourable warfare, supplying the serted by the villagers, and the inhabitants on the St. Majesty's heart, and the most worthy of the Grand place of a conquering force, by attempts to disor- Lawrence are much alarmed." Daughter of Blanche and Marii Theresa, and the , gan:.-e our political society—to dismember our Con- Mother of the Kieg of Rome, and of the august federated Republic. Happily, like others, those :spoese of Napoleon." , ' will recoil on the authors; but they mark the dege- Ille Empress replied in these terms : I nerate councils from which they emanate • and if " G ESTI. EM EN ,—The Emperor, my august and ' th e y did not b e l on g to a series of unexample d ;neon. well-beloved husband, knows what 'love and atlec- ] sistencies, might excite the greater wonder, as pro tion my heart contains for France. The proofs of reeding from a Covernment which, founded the very devotion which the cation daily give us, increase the war iii which it has bees so long engaged, on a charge good opinion which I had of the character and gran- ! against the disorganizing and insurrectional policy of deur of our nation. • its adversary. "My heart is much oppressed at seeing that happy 1 64 To render the justice of the war on our part peace distaut which alone can rende r me content.— ; the more conspicuous, the reluctance to commence The Emperor is lively afflicted qt the nwnerous ss- , it eas followed by the earliest and strongest mani crifices which he is obliged to demand of his people; ° festations or a disposition to arrest its progress. L - since the enemy, in place of g i v i ng peace to the The sword was scarcely out of the scabbard before world, will impose shameful conditions upon us, the enemy was apprised of the 'reasonable terms on acid every where . preaches civil war, treason, and which it would be re-sheathed. Still more precise disobedience, it is necessary the Emperor should advances were repeated, and have beer received in a have recourse to his always victorious arms, to eon- spirit foihidditi.g every reliance not placed in the mi found his enemies, and save civilised Europe and its litary resources of the nation. Sovereigns from the anarchy with which they are " These resources are amply suit : Went to bring threatened. the war to an honourable issue. Our nation is, in "I am truly affected with the sentimeuts which number, inu r e tha n half that of British Isles. It you express in the name of the Senate." is composed of a brave, a free, a virtuous, and an in- The Munileur of the Gth is filled with decrees for . telligent people. Our country abounds in the ne the orsonizatiou of the National Guards. Every ° cessar i es , t h e arts , an d com f o rts of life. A general Frenchman from the age of twenty to sixty, capable prosperity is visible in the public countenance. The of service, is to be called out. Thirty-seven co- ' means employed by the British Cabinet to under lions, of 1000 men each, for the protection if site• mine it hare :recoiled on• themselves—have given to vial points, are to he organized at the following our u s.i ona r Acuities ,a mere rood deielepasesst-ss places :—Fleshing, Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais, Be- and draining or diverting the precious metals feom legne. Moutreuiel, Abheville, Havre, Cherburgh, British circulation and British vaults, have poured Granville, St. Melo, Brest, L'Orient, Bells-isle, La them into those of the United States. It is a pro- Ito' belle, Isle de Re, Oleron, Toulou. i pitious 'consideration, that an unavoidable war should ---- - - -- hare found this seasonable facility f6r the contribu tions required to support it. IVheu - the public voice 'PUE PRIISIDEN T'S SPEECH. called for war, all knew, and still know, that without VasntewroN, Matzen 4.-s-At twelve o'clock this : them it could not be carried on through the period day, James Madison, the President of :the United , which it might last; acid the patriotism, the goes!' States Elect,' having attended at the Capitol, for the sense, and the mattly spirit of our fellow-citizens, pirpose of taking the Oath of Office, delivered to . arc pledges - for the cheerfulness with which they the vast.coneourse of people assembled on the occa- ! will bear each his share . of the common burden.—To • sion, the following Speech:—. I render the war shirt, and its success sure, animated .. . . „ i‘ About to add the solemnity of att'osth to the . acid systematie . et . !mans atone are necessary ; and obligations imposed by a secoed call to the station i the succesnef onteisrma Mow may long preserve our i'c which my country has here before plued me, I ° country from thetiA;egoity of another resort to them. hind in the presence of this respectable assembly, a n ! Already bare the gallant exploits or our naval he-, opportunity of publicly repeating my profound sense i roes proved to the world our inherent capacity to i f so distinguished a confidence, and of the respon- ! maintain our rights °a one element. 'lf the repute united with it. The impressions on me are i lion df our arms-has been thrown under . 05814 on sngthetted by such an evidence, that my 'faithful: the other,..ptesaging flashes of heroic •enterprise as ideavotirs to discharge my arduous duties : have been I isere as, that nothing is wantipg to correspondent drably estimated; and by a consideration en the 1 trion,bo there also, bat the discipline and habits ,omentous period at which the trust has been- re- whiclillie in daily Praill'lna." • . . From the weight and magnitude*. now be. . ' nag to it, I should be compelled to ihrink, if I" */`/' ASUIVOTOW; Masten s.—The Twelfth Congress less reliance . pu the support ; of en enlightened' Gloated Its session about twelve o'clock last. night.-- geiterokulakoi4e 2 and feel : lop deeply a cook. i---Thp Sent of • the United States, by a mode IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Avast. 9. A short sitting, before the temporary adjournment, took place, iti which Earl Grosvenor took the oaths and his sent.. 116 Lordship presented a Petition from certain Protestant in hal.itants of the City of Chester, in favour of the Catholic Claims. The Bishop of CHESTER took the oemssion to observe, that at a very numerous and respectable Meeting of the inhabitants of tfie male city, some time previous, a Petition of a contrary tendency was voted, as by sutha vastsnajority (so We under stood the Rev. Prelate) in the proportion of more than WOO to about 60 persons. I :rfGROSV ENOR, in some degree, admitted the circum stance; but observed, that he understood massy 4rahe tunes were those of persons not the most properly gmtV , fied to judge of the subject, as women Lind children. The etitibii which he had just presented was numerously, and, be believed, respectably signed. The Peatiog being read by the Clerk, it was ordered Its lie on the table. Oa the maiming of the Mimi, the Felo'ns' Transportation, and the Artificers Wages Bills,• were read a third time, and passes!. The Additional Customs Daties Bill, the Tobacco and Sn u ff i Excise, and a number of private Bills were brought up from the Commons, by Sir W. Rowley, J. graham, hl lindlaYs and others, and severally read a first time. The Ea rl' of I)ARNLEY, in pursuance of what be had stated op a recent evening, proposed that their Lordships should be summoned for the discussion of the sullject of Which he bad given notice on an early day after the Easter recess, and which, as we cool , ' hear his Lordship, was tiled by them for the 2711. instant. The Lords were ordered to be summoned ac curdingly. The klll of Is AEMERI)ALE aninutdverted upon 'some of the returns foam the Mint, misiolt hast heels-made *ronseloenee ; of runner motions of his. With respect to those, it appeared the Officers of the Mint had misunderstood the import of the motions, and drawn a line of distinction between the Dollar Tokensissued from the Bank, and those for three shillings and eighteen pence n piece. His wish was, that they . should be in-; Aided, as be considered these dollars as a species of tokens and the Noble Earl adverted to a more specific motion. indult- I in„ the degrees and quality of alloy used. which it was his inten tion shortly to 'bring Flaw 'tit, with reference to the proposi- ' Lion of which, a Noble Fcis;nd'had given notice of his intention to submit to their Eionlships, after the holidays, viz. for the ap pointment of a Commi:tee to eoquire into the State of the Cur rency:- On the Motion of Lord nitEN VILLE, the reports made by the Commissioners of the Customs and Excise . , to the Lords of the Treasury, respecting the means of preventing illicit trading in case the commerce of Indt,r should be thrown open, were or dered to be laid before the Mouse. FAST IN InA QUESTION. The Order of the Day, upon which their Lordships were stun mooed, being read, The Marquis . WELLESLEY, in pursuance of his notice, rose to move for the production of Certaiuk documents which he 6:inci34ed; to be essential to the]. due illuitration of the important topics under the: consideration of theii Lordshipo, Select Committei' on the Affairs of India. The Noble Marquis cont.. menced by observing, that there never yet existed an intended revolution in fitly form of Government whatever, Which, under all the various circumstances that had taken place might seem to cell for such a revolution, that requited to .be considered or dis cussed in a more cant, dispassionate, 'and detibtra tive-mauner, thin that to , which he wee about to cill. 14 4 with reference they-were to-be the selaam.of -apt to reeseeea isek ateda ate. :mere_ the gu East estlo Indite nn Company,dir,t_hevrotion thug combiningtlie . e ist o a e ce ofthe c t n. be characters of Someigits t oA o f ta p l irt i o y po anonuslotss, - and that, therefore, such a riot irl s i i l tio u n n o n itita f 7kiN lAg d he strongly The neat pre-eminent consideration tn. which heast= verted, was fhb, trade of India, which, as it was held by the proposers of the new system, was an unproSt. able trade, and therefore ther s might' take . *fiat li. berty with it they should deem expedient. .:.This t . upon merely commercial principles, though that par. Healer branch of the traftsc,. - separatelyi.takeu 9 . may be unprofitable (though :such an asstraptiOrt was eon.. tested and even denied), yet if should be consideredv With reference to tht whole' of the iiinnmerciat eon. Cern. That branch of the trade, though not so profitable as tninduce a prifate merchant to pers'. were in it: yet' that part of the question should be eimeined, - on the principle whether the India trade was or was not essential to the Company as a part of their general commercial.corscern ; whether it was pot connected with an advantageous prosecution of their trade. to China itself; and, with respect to its importance, to that latter branch of the trade. lie spoke from personal knowledge of the effects pro duced with respect to it, of measures suggested un. der his administratiou, and effectuated under his authority. The possession of the India trade was' not 6nly of vital importance to them, but it was his sincere and determined opinion, that to de prive the Company of the East India trade,would be to essentially affect the possibility of exercising their. political character in India. This was a part of the question which he desired to be met distinctly, and to receive a distinct consideration. , . Ile thenpointed the attention of their Lordships to the complex na ture of other parts of the general. subject, with re ! sppct to which, in framing a system for the Govern ment of British India, the peculiar habits, the man. ners, customs, and even characters of the natives, wereao be seriously considered ; and not only with reference to the political, but the commercial in terests of the question. In the latter they would have to consider the nature of the most valuable pro. duct of India, particularly those of the looms, usually called piece goods, with respect to which, an un restrained free trade would be highly injurious, not only to the manufacturers interests of that, but even tri• those' of this country. That trade, ex necessitate rei, must be carried on with a reStrictetl' band ; and on the principle which he had laid down. ' That trade must be restrict. ed, .it coed' not' be . generatty opened : if thrown' open, the event • would be' to cause an Huai ous competition either in our own, or in the Conti ; nental markets. With respect toe that part of the question, in which the presentezistence of the Com patty, in its mixed character or 'sovereign and mer chant, was held to be an anomaly in reference to the British Constitution. After a general view of the principles on which the point was. to- be considered, the Noble Marquis declared,:•that, upon the whole of his view of it, his opinion decidedly . was, that never, from the very origin of Governments down to the present period, had any Government ever better discharged its duties, under the circumstances in which it was placed. For an illustration of that, let the general state of our empire in India be looked to, wherein, notwithstanding' the rations peculiar disadvantages the Company had fir contend with, a state of real solid peace had been generally esta blished ; and such advances made, on solid formla. tions, towardsa permanent settlement of the landed seventies ; a work in which his Noble Friend near him (Lord Grenville) had so considerable a share. This latter part of the subject called for a- decisive legis. !alive interference, and a permanent principle should be established' with respect to it, but not until •an adequate enquiry were gOneinto. A 'system, too, for the better administration of justice in India, had been established under the auspices of the Company ; and a liberal spirit demonstrated with regard to ge neral connection which they might hare restrained. The coasting trade of India, and the trade to China, were increased by the Company to such a degree, as to enable them to pay for their importations, and to remit such quantities of bullion, the effectuation of which, in termer times, was regarded as so desirable an object. And this discharge of their duties, 'with respect to the advantage of those whom they go. vented, and the commercial aggrandisement of the empire; these beneficial results tame from the union of the two Authorities, end the manlier in which they administered them. What then could be more incongruous, or more absurd, than •the abrogation of such system ? After a few general remarks, as to his supposed impolicy of 'some of the projected al terations, he pointedly adverted-to their application, with respect to the military system, upon which muck depended; and he noticed the beneficial effects of that system, by which European discipline raid military ha. bits were gradually introduced among the sea poy s, and which • constituted the material difference between those engaged in our service and that of the Natise• Powers of India ; and he rkprecated any hasty at tempts at innovation in that system, as likely to re duce the most serious HI consequences. That part of the question should be considered not only %vial respect to its details, but tott. principle. Theis Were among the leading topics fdr the serious consi deration of that House, it a time when the Gov.a-n. ment of the country came before its Legislature with a plan under which so many great and important changes in' a long-tried 'and experiasented system Were meditated. Hi las not present when these propositions were first formally communicated' to the i 1 1 bibility st rcngtl endeavt itvogra ttiomenl new sql, 1 aging 1.4(1 rem and 1 Sae rdoo only a t hni t i l ye : im,,fthoion libilloecnhtil"bniligh"lel..l:.'ipsortal:llodeLPr:tf:°:....piiiiansvd::::nttPtdpoore"rfribnePettliricesoiencesoioinifsekporedieiriatkatwioitinheotofnodteemh.iregi I . the Hoes, TnE .g • CIA • tit attest lei 1121thel : i kal f.f. t i c : ti b tfh o a l c n i dt kIrdshi nt r ii i Ind o l ra gthiln Ps ra o l P6f n : i d o sn i t il :e i cibl e ii it er f u e t teeet t ni rPea o l t hat iptrhoeiv7.ernwt.itoih 'a power tpuoreweirnf,ultZtlfshbted a d with ate e citli mea fj n e s iiti o ee tte ,.w ed hi t th ti i i 7l i t t ei te th a t : liwueee slid the itioe. • • iu w wee. i l ly we not cheris this,sentimer without N. re,t foreign 11 7.„' 74 11 :•kta i e j la* • not trtip r tg °els& rap •::: g;n7st t ni sfe g od t0 .4.44r c irni dwa " the " h i e°, e q ual ''' . :eatimil ve a-•!" com pl e xl e. :lt s pa k e r Thellimitsaill"."l6lP6striasitta the nezt 4911" fr Rae o ' : l; t s het tea) . * y ou g g r lin tutiteer it it in had nam7 e t is,ililitraisirlomr4liarsrhpß9 by ' an* & N it ta- o ti o w d el-4! that agi the n , li dm -we tlia:ohettesrnatoe of the case to othohich: At the rtgintreeitritettrpmeletten . time, he waslully aware, that all abstract goes. Biikrbeir fotirs Repolw,lretr precluded their con: ions of that. kind sisoskitoe. considered with refereuee I—until a pofter. devtaratiow been to- that the wrottii - piovbking it would 'not be liassake. th e re to be Li al icd-,A9T coultgo imfger • iye d . w i t k ou t. 1 0 .00 4 d o wn the spirit of the Sessions, the BilPhyinroii sidditiOnlattlity on foreign political , • debtl'ivieg , al/ a(oo4ence,in Huff ildtn *its tonnage, and foibkiding thit restoration of , goods others, reguirfdo in its application., .itta nuerritivaao, and either, perpetuating state der edfedieetwvid , • •.. • don of practice and experience. 00E4 these cen• qt,trorine- or regainiust. by more costly For eansti-otiese;ipiritisis two. biers before ad., sitleritions, he must depreeah any; attempt to deciiit