The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-06-26 00:00:00

11 M. do Bernstorff proceeded to London: he ex- Wted to have been eagerly received there, and to have nothing more to do that: renew the treaty con cluded with Prince Dolcorucki: hut what was his astmtishment :shoo the Prince Regent refused to re ceive the letter, and when Lord Castlereagh gave him to understand, there could he no treaty between Kngland and Denmark, unless, as a preli minary article, Norway was ceded to Sweden. A few days after Count Bernstorff received au order to return to bmtmark. At the catss► moment, similar language was held to. Count Moltife, Envoy from Denmark to the Era peter Alexander. Prince Dolgorucki was disavowed 'as having exceeded his powers: and during this time the Dines weregiving their notification to the French Army, and some hostilities took place! !! We stall in vain open the annals of nations to discover in them policy more immoral. It was at the moment that Denmark Nand herself thus engaged in a wa with France, that the Treaty to which she was co: orming, was at the same time disavowed at Londo and in Russia, and that advantage was taken of the i embarrassments in which teat power was placed to present her as an ultimatum with a Treaty which ngaged her to acknowledge the cession of Nor w ! U r those difficult circumstances the King show ed th greatest con fi dence in the Emperor ; he de clare clare is Treaty void • he recalled his troops from Hamtfurgh ; be ordered his army to march with the Fs , n it army ; and, in short, he declared that he still considered himself as allied to France, and that he relied upon the Emperor's magnanimity. The President de Kaas was sent to -the French bead-quarters, with letters from the King. At the same time, the King dispatched to Norway the here ditary Prince of Denmark, a yOung Prince of the highest promise, and particalarly beloved by the Norwegians. He set out disguised as a sailor; threw himself into a fishing-boat, and arrived in Norway on the 22d of May. On the 30th of May, the Freud] troops entered Hamburgh, and a Danish division,' which marched with our troops, entered Lubeck. Baron de Kass, while at Altona, experienced ano ther scene of perfidy, equal to the first. The En voys from the Allies came to his lodgings, and gave him to understand, that they renounced the cession of Norway, and that on condition of Denmirk , making common cause with the Allies, it should no longer be made a question; they conjured him to delay his departure. The reply of M. de Kaas was 'simple,—" I have my orders, I must execute them." They told him : the French armies were defeated; that did not move bjm, he continued his journey. However, on the 31st of May, an English fleet appeared before Copenhagen ; one of the ships of war ' anchored before the tow ii, and Mr. Thornton pre sented himself. He stated that the Allies were going to commence hostilities, if, within forty-eight hours, -Remark did not sign a treaty, the principal condi- i dons of which wore, to cede Norway to Sweden, to immediately give up, en depot, the province of Dron. theim, and to furnish 25,000 men to act with the Allies against France, and conquer the indemnities *hien were to be the• portion of Denmark. He at ' the same time declared, that the overtures made • to NI. de Kaas, on his journey to Altona, were dis stewed, and could only be considered as military sugzestions. • The King indignantly refused this insolent sum mons. Meanwhile the Prince Royal having arrived in Norway, published the following proclamation. [tiere follows the proclamation, which appeared in the STATESMAN of Wednesday last.] The confidence which the King of Denmark bad in the Emperor has been entirely justified, and all the bonds between the two nations have been re established and strengthened. The French army is in Hamburgb ; a Danish di. vision follows its motions to support it. The Eng. lish, by their policy, obtained only shame and con- fusion : the wishes of all worthy men accompany I the hereditary Prince of Denmark into Norway. j What renders the situation of Norway critical, is i the want of provisions ; but Norway shall remain Danish—the integrity of Denmark is guaranteed by 1 France. 1 The bombardment of Copenhagen, whilst an Eng lish Minister was still with the King ; the burning of that capital and the fleet, without a declaration of war, or any previous hostility ; appeared to be the most odious scene of modern history : but the crooked policy which leads the English to demand the (*salon of a province, happy for so many years under the sceptre of the house of Holstein, and the series of intrigues to which they hive had recourse to obtain this odious result, will be.considered as more immo. rat . and more outrageous than even the burning of Copenhagen. In it we observe that policy of whkh the Hensel of Timour and of Sicily have been the victims, and which has despoiled them of their dominions. The E•iglish are accustomed in liid;a to be never stopped by aly idea of justice—they follow this policy in Europe• • It appears, that in all the negociatioirs which the Allies have had with England, the Powers the great est enemies to France have been disgusted by this rx "cessive' pretensions of the English Government. The basis even of the Peace of I,thieville are di ctated by the English' to be inadmissible, as to fa vourable to France. • __ blAdnien ! Therare deceived in their baited* ? and take Frenchman for Hindoos. [The llioniieur of the 21st of June contains a very long -detailed accOunt,respecting different ren counters which Genera!timel has had with Espoz y Mina, o horn he Wait sent in pursuit of. After stating various petty affairs 'between the 11,th of April and • the - 10th of May, it tiliqs 44 that Mina be ing convinced of the pass of Rance! being. forced, now only thOught of giving bMtle . ; fo'r whieb par. Pose, ors the night between the 12th ena t 3th of May, be coltectett sit his troops near fsahi, on the road from Konen! to Ockagavia, Whieri he 'Anti attacked On the 13th by General Abbe, aiiadriven'frOm Ebree lositiont,' with the loss of 1000nsen, tiposi Which he dispersed- his troops by oonipaniet, and *at himself nearly taken it Villareal ; 'that be VA'S successively tarsued Tnto Arragon that the hisuitleetlottallunta ac4ffed to rcarcestile; Odd Minitri - attend had been it. bra les coo* oQ W. kgitti; . ifild • lift •rt..c:. t; 3 Owl. ,j. 4.4Q: r ip ,4 Geo 1 It', r~ 1 i ) t BERLIN, Juin 6.—The lively interest which public justly take in the corps of Lieu(.-General Von Below, destined to cover this city, occasions as to give the following particulars concerning the happy ! termination of the battle which took place the day before yesterday, near Lockett. The enemy's corps, about 30,000 strong, which stood behind the Black Elster, under the command of the Duke of Reggio, had marched to Sonnen. walde and early on the day before yesterday, at tacked the advanced pests of Gen. Bulow's corps, I who had retired from Cottbusen Lucked, with great vivacity, before that it had joined the brigades of Von Borstel and Von Boyen. Lieut.-General Von Bulow took his position, leaving Luckan in his front, on some advantageously situated heights; the jenemy displayed his attack on the town and Wl gar. rison, supported it by masses of tiralleurs, and stormed the walls and gates of the town, with strong columns of infantry. The garrison defended them. selves obstinately; the enemy. was repulsed with great loss, but then set fire to the suburbs, and a part of the town, by grenades. Meanwhile, by command of Lieutenant-General Von Bulow, the Prussian and Russian cavalry, commanded by . Major-Gen. Von Oppen, threw themselves on the enemy's right Sank, put his cavalry into the greatest disorder in several squares Which he had formed, and thereby drove him to flight.. A great number of the enemy were sabred, and one howitzer and two cannon' taken. This brilliant attack, accompanied by a f and lively one by our brave infantry front suburbs, forced the enemy to retreat, and poi end to the battle, which had lasted from ten o'clelet in the morning till nine at night, and does great 1 1 7 nour to our troops, who had only three brigades . gaged in the combat. The enemy's loss may be estimated at 2500 men • the field of battle, with the suburb, which is reduces to ashes, and the wounded French, who weretherede. stroyed present a most dreadful sight. At the departure' of the courier, we had already made 500 prisoners, and the volunteer Yager', and the light troops, were continually bringing more in. The prisoners stake,' and their miserable appearance and worn-out fore e confirm their report, that the French Army baud*. ing under the grea t est privations. The brave inhabitants of Berlin will now certainly further prevent oar brave troops from suffering any wants, that they may be enabled with fresh vigour to pursue the enemy. Late in the evening the Commanding General joined Major-General Von Boatel, and Colonel Vou Boyen. The enemy is retiring by the way of Sonnenwalde, from whence be came, and is vigorously pursued, in which the Generals Von Borate!, You Oppen, and Von Harpe, are occupied with their light troops. The Royal appointed Military Government for the country between the Elbe and Oder, (Signed) V. L'ESTOCQ. SACK. that , inexpedient, _ ences. Wa m, p on, that he has overioeked is cilfAl , , !barite partition treaty, safissientlremesliali affirm l _that Russia and Sweden are slot . in I prat Britain fob the purposes, if 'mai against plltlmirk. Those two Powers weitiat • pie l oth &mark, and a Contention was forced at Abp, leder the apprehension that we liseild aieede -te aMs alliance with Front*, and ea er their Wattle": Had Sweden already commensehistke t Attack maim Norway, then might Mr. Ponsonby have feumfatilla for his argument. Had England compered Norway. she might is strictness , at the conclusion •of p en% have surrendered that kingdom. to Sweden, bikes contracting parties concurring in the'alienation. Oe to guarantee suck as appropriation of an untouched. and unoffending country, will issio subject of ap plause with the English people, although the Minis . 1 ter may triumph in Parliament by IXlie, Conjectures,- and gross misrepresentations, as was the case in the year 1807, on the occasion of the attack upon Zee. land, which every British heart *condemns. . I " What right had Russia to dispose of any portion of Denmark, without the means to conquersor . e,vin to molest it, and in a time of profound peace and good understanding'at the Court of Copenhagen ? At the same period she was flattering ourAmbassa_ dor she presumed to send a Minister Extraordinary to, purchase the friendship of Denmark, or to bribe her to participate in the war against France, with fallacious promises of remuneration in cities, and territories, which Russia did not herself possess, and over which she had no manner of controul, under any principle recognised by the law of nations. 64 ' Thus happens it, that small states, when they I devolve under the power of greater, are exposed to ruin. The former are uttered a sacrifice to the mer cenary designs of the latter, and by the great and ; mighty, honour and truth, justice and morality, are driven from the face of the earth !" TMNISH VINDICATION. [CONCLUDED.] " It was natural to expect that Denmark would propose to take temporary possession of the Hanse Towns during the war, in order to preserve Ham burgh and Lubec from the sanguinary effects of the collision of the conflicting armies, and also for the , security of the Danish province, in their neighbour- , hood ; but with respect to their being set apart as the prey to violence under the proposed partition, as alleged in the English Gazette, we boldly contra dict such a statement; and on the contrary we affirm, that had the offer been made to us to occupy these places, we should have only accepted it under the express condition, that they should be surrendered on the re-establishment of tranquillity. 64 It has been usual in treaties of peace to restore conquered countries to the original possessors; but it has been reserved for the tortuous policy of the present times to offer the territory of a friendly power, as a bribe for obtaining mercenary ildrauT tages. Hitherto it has been considered, that "the lands to be alienated, whether acquired by conquest, 'inheritance, or purchase, should, before the alliena don, have become the property of the party by :Wham they are transferred; but now these pretended distributors of justice imitate the foresters in the comedy, and sell the skin of the bear beforwthey have shot him. But know ye that the bear whom ye seek to sell, is a noble, free, and dangerous f0e,,1 who knows how to defend himself, and to avenge ,lsis wrongs upon those who molest him, and he will jeer no fox or beast of prey to interrupt his repose. Denmark, like the arms she bears, is a courageous "gime, provided with the battle-ax, end she i, pre pared to'resent the insult offered to her. Do not be lieve that it is as easy. to conquer as it is to barter and divide. • " The people of. Norway have seen the heir , ap parent of our throne in an open-b oa t,defyi ng th e P age ! lof the ocean, and exposing hi mse lf t o vigilant ene- my, in order to liasten to their protection, and to con- duct them by the path of honour to victory. Such a Prince will know how to resist foreign usurpation.' The justice of our cause, the spirit and valour of oar , subjects will crown his endeavours with success, end will afford grounds fo; the hope, that the destruction contemplated by oar adversaries will fall upon the head of the aggfessors. . 66 The English Minister las promised to Parlia ment, that he will submit to its attention something regarding the demands of Denmark, which respects Great Britain alone, indepeudent . `of other Powers ; but in angler to a question bY hfr:ronsonby, tench lag the 'late twOpositieut (of r epe l:01We by Den . • , ..• t. THE STA7'ESIVIIIN. LONOO. 4 i: SATURDA Y, JUlgt VS, 1813. We have .e..... gtv : r o t he on n co le n s te t nt n s ie o h f t, th t e he P m a being g ich m ost recent e a p rn to "l the gate of the 23d instant. ris Thr Pe ou r :l: the u p o r t e l i e t i f c a s l , eto e oi re r nk n a d e l e e nwd r e a d ro i p ge l en o m m oan a r t kt i c h. a i this channel much a dditi ona l li g h t i s t h rown upon s o s l The see h a n . f n u e i g s r y h further w r h i e . e advance in cate subject, the mere do we discover the awkward condition of our Ministry. They have certainly involved and entangled themselves so far with Swe. den and Russia, that they must confess themselves in the wrong, and make the best of their way out of the labyrinth, or inflict on their coon. try a fatal stigma. After the discovery that Sweden would have joined France, if BONAPARTE would have countenanced the severing of Norway from Denmark, what becomes of the only plausible part of their defence of what they have done ? They really appear to have been frightened out of their very wits, by their acquiescence in the strange, the unreasonable terms entered into. We had hoped, that injured and weakened as our country undoubt edly Is, that it had a higher sense of its own im. portance than to have submitted to such humiliation. A strait forward, open, and honourable diplomacy can alone avert that ruin from England with which ebstsettess threatened. If she cannot be supported in her designs by her own intrinsic strength, she must be undone. She has long been too much envied, and of latetoo much hated, by surrounding Sates, and especi. ally the maritime States, to expect to be supported itt her high (we must not say unreasonable) pretensions, without in some way er other bribing them ; and then it should become a consideration with those to whom the fortune 'and honour of the country are entrusted, how far they may commit themselves and their trust to hazard or shame, in proposing, or con. tenting to give, such bribe. This is the state of our present connection with the Powers of the North. The wisest and most able Statesman of England,\ cannot say what it may be in two or three months hence. Its complexion may be as different from that which our men in power would now paint it, as the. African's face is from that of the Circas sian. By these French papers we are informed too, of a very curious piece of intelligence: of what is truly an anomaly in the history of Ar. misticea. It is contained in the following ar'i. I cle:- 44 Some of the enemy's partizans are still in our rear. They make war on their own account s . after the manner of Salmi., and refuse to acknow. ledge the Armistice." The account adds, " Several columns are in motion to destroy them." This, to I most of our Readers, will appear as inexplicable, till some further light Is ' thrown upon the subject. — We believe, however, we can guess %hat is meant by this detached and racoo kind of warfare. We do not believe, that these partizans make war wholly on their own account ; we shrewdly suspect it will tarn out to be done in partnership; but - as the primuus mobile of these little armaments will most likely be laid open to the world in a very short time, it is not necessary to supply the place of those coming facts by conjectures, however warranted. — We wish from our souls that we were free from those diplomatic fetters with which we are hound to the Continent, and that our tutelar guardian or genius would dispose those who have the sway over these kingdoms, to conciliate the minds of their in habitants, so as to arouse and engage their zeal in cutting the Gordian knot', which it is impossible now It will be seen by an Advertisement in our Publi- cation of this day, that, on T u esd a y even i ng , there to untie. will be a Benefit at Drury-lane Theatre for Mrs. I By the Gottenburgh Mail, wh i ch arrived last night, Seat:l4.--AI an old servan t and an excellent come- we have, with other articles of l e ss importance, the dian, this Lady has cogent claims u po n the Public; S tate P a p er f ro m Berlin, to which we refer ou r her acknowledged tale n t s as a th ea t r i ca l re p r es e nta- Readers. It relates the success of a b attle fou g ht live have been long admired, an d he r v i r tues es a woman duly app r eciated, an d es t ee m e d. S ever al • Prior to the armistice taking place, viz . on t he 4th inst. popular Songs will be int ro d uce d i n the cour se of the evening, some of which are promised by Mr. defeated OODINOT, who commanded a corps, said to of Miss Ruth Rivers, in the Comedy of near Luckau.. The Prussian General, Von BOLOW, BRAOANI. Mrs. SPARRE will _perfOrM the character be composed of 30,000 men. The contest appears to Enin, which is designed for • e The French lost in killed, wounded, and prisonets respectable house, and that the *tidied have no doubt but that we shall witness s fell Ind repreientii t t h io e n Sons yf l have been stubborn, and lasted above ten hours.-- cony convinced that the charaetee of Engilelscsatigewlll 2boo , besides will find it difficult to make it believed, besides two cannon and one howitzer. The been ably supported. •." ' I that they were not defeated in this attempt . _ -... . • , rrlE StATEMIAN. seceigiLeuer to WILLIAM 4 a ( VS V Me' B orn an d on , *We e Tirousatt. POUNDS, we:Waled some years sin: dined to 10 Of 1$ men, with whom he Was hying riffifith , :AI Rid, that 155."1"..".. —lar eauld set retire the ismer at The from the pursuit of the cavalry, and that .the t%?od- tgo because the Alike might lan* by tbi ex- it P. k, er m i l k . • 11 "° Ba h led* deuce of the inhabitants in him had been ileakthr lae" , . Each indleidoel Daub is u analogs to re. for their Royal Higktesses the Prince of IV ' .. the A"Ci ill 8 1: 11 :k CS / N of r roar an d il i o -s f aa .. tr °N c:, t i csil' iv ; e p i rl b: spited, and he himself meth dejected by his sadder 'move this mat, u any reverse of fortune.") EmPirkeo le• monid ectl ir y i : T on ia vi tiorio nced_ , vim.: el& 414-1.4111.11111 of Mr. Pliiiiiien. The Trial and Condemnation of the PRINCES' FRONTIER" .07 80111X44, JUR4 10 4 iPtiCierabig 4:4 O "Hk to ioielligence from prays Prince iceteartseaheri aillo i llilmi l , i ll* ,_,_ , ..T., ty, • mereage nd others implicated in. the transaction who arrived there 11 1 the 21;th of May, on the id of , . i ' a a " s .agne , tithed on Monday next. June received,. Coition He set oat, the same day, by, we MGR 401111elet Or surprise at his'declaVatlon, with his Staff, for Caitlin, where be preeented his that the gassorstos glue by-lkitei. of tivasaersadey i respects to the Pitparar of Aostria 4 The following of Norway to Sweden is jest, and in coincidence I the e si sight and ' We iift :"I''isat! reCT F :7 :ll23lzlr tiller fro:r i i i.r th i e l ß 4 4 l / 7 . R day, the 4th of June, he set oat with that Menikeie"lth all the customs of war . When we are in hos. who guillotined in Paris, will also be pub: L ill c t e ' ati sa v y ee s i h t, e9 and witil to l ' ln appt y na ep tio 40710 1 ::10001:0 ". for Brouuau, where the Emperor arrived the same day. provinces, or to permit oat-Allies to do so. - Yet he if: ' ietpols the lisii ' et'. pre GO TTENB URG El M.4IL. admits, that there stre many osserwhiab *gift render. Catholic Discd ' • mons, al:Rh —.op— this inexpedient . , on arsoent of the tilitihit ~,thi ea,. have an ha an ecurbiimpertiow,. BERLIN, JuNt o.—The lively interest which the sequences. We meet thispropoeiti ,on and we asset, ar-7.----7.'mr----- mr " P-6----- ' /oft • Nam •, . ~ public Dug justly take in the corps of Lieui.-General Von th a t he h as overlo o ked a eircebetlinte iss .this ye. 0., . . 0.rib , : 1 1 9 R e flo o d : .... , ......... . 1, Bulow, destined to cover this city, occasions es to !barite partition treaty, seficientiramlWialietld We • ..., °AI e s alluil a ir e"'— .......... 0 give the following particulars concerning the happy affirm, that Russia and Sweden are wet' le alibied • 0 ......,.........-..-w ow 1 • 11 I Inl termination of the battle which took place the day with Great Britain for the purposes, a .irar against • ....,d±t‘:,;::4.., ix ' • i • DUBLIN, Jutis 21. A meeting of the Catholic Board was held on Sa turday last. A letter from the Earl of Fingall was read, in which his Lordship stated, that he had never had an audience or interview with the Prince Regent in the presence of Lord Clifden and Lord Petre, as had been supposed ; and that he thought conversations between individuals, of whatever re lative rank, or even the written report of such coo. versations, could not form just grounds for the pro. ceedings Of any public body. A letter from Lord CLIME), to the same effect, was also read. The next letter was front Sir Francis Goold, and stated that he had not the most remote recollection of the circumstances of this supposed pledge of the Prince Regent ; but that he (Sir Francis) ever' had a strong impression upon his mind that the Prince Re gent had always expressed himself in very favourable terms towards the Catholics of Ireland. Major BRYAN, conceiving that the totters just read involved a contradiction of what he had said on a former day, eleclared upon his honour, that about five years ago he was called into Mr. Fitzpatrick's inner shopos here Lord Fingall stated, in the presence of Sir Francis Goold and Mr. O'Connell, that after the rejection by Parliament of a Catholic Petition, he had seen the Prince Regent in the presence of Lord Clifden and the late Lord Petre, when his Royal Highness had expressed himself in, favour of the Catholics, in terms so exceedingly strong, that his Lordship had thought proper to commit them to paper ; and that after he had done so, he waited upon Lord Clifden and upon Lord Petre, to enquire whether the minute he had made was correct, and that they had both declared it was. Major Bryan was fine Certain, that Lord Fingall had used the word* audience, nor was he courtier enough to know the' distinction between audience and interview, or con versation. _ Mr. O'Coartrzcz. gave the same solemn pledge which Major Bryan-had.done respectittg what passed in Mr. Fitzpatrick's shop. He also avowed the accuracy of the report of his speech which had ap peared. He was glad to perceive, that Lord Fin gall's letter, 'when attentiVely perused, did not con tradict what he had said. His Lordship says, there was no audience; but he goes on to say, that con: versations, or the written report of conversations, cannot form a just ground for the proceedings of a public body. If there had not been a conversation, and a written report of it, Mr. O'Connell thought this paragraph would not have been introduced. He professed much respect for Lord Fingall, but de clared, that he should take an opportunity of re questing a distinct answer from his Lordship, whether there is, or ever was, any written report of the senti ments expressed by the Prince Regent to his Lordship. 'iaci WiimprticslTHoNE o.cLoch Mask • ..•. • . • India Bonds 4 d . S per Cio'C' 441: 1 111 ' 41 ' &chequer Billed. 9 per Cent. cippe. Dino d. Id 1 p I per OW!. Tle : Ontiiiisin li 41p 0 perVeot. e. Assn; 4 4 1 - y Se Lotter • Consolsy Tickets for Aeet. 571 e Lobl . .