The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-04-30 00:00:00

. 1. ~ ~. 4 i ~,: ~ , 60/ L I 4,. ~I . -.; . . 'Breed throughout the country-at largest—Although be was at first unwilling to interfere with so delicate ' a matter as the t.ade of provisions, thinking it would be right to leave it, like eiery other, to regulate it. self by the standard of the demand and the supply ; ' stilt he found, on a nearer inspection of the business, that the general rules which apply to other trades, did not apply exactly in the same manner and , extent, to this. He thought it would be dangerous, in times of scarcit3c, t.o leave the whole responsibility on the balters.;—it would be safer to lay it on the*Magia. tram, who had power in their hands for the Piece. tion of the laws, and for their own protection. 'The law which now prevailed throirgltotst the country on this subject was passed in 1758,. and wanted amendment. There was a separate law, passed in 1797, for the City of London and its vi cinity, for ten miles round, the Rills of Mortality, which was a considerable improvement oil the laws 9f 1758. This he wished to have extended to the country at large. The' Bill which he intended to. bring in was to amend two Acts of the 31st. of George 11. and of the 13th of George 111. on this subject. He obtainedt'' leave to bring it in. It was then brought up, and read the first time.' Mr. COURTENAY said, that he Would to-mor row waken motion, founded on some pf the-papers relative to the East India Company's Affairs, for which he had moved on a.former occasion. A Bill for granting a drawback on the duty of Wines, for the use of the Royal Marines was read a first time. Mr. WHARTON brought in a Bill to enable Officers of Customs to take blonds from Mates serv ing on board merchant ships.—h was read the first time. He also moved that a Plin Orthe new Street intended to be built bet Ween the Regent's Park and the City of Westminster, should be laid before the House.—lt was then brought up, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. W. WYNNE obtained leave to bring in two Bills —one for amending and making more effectual the laws for deciding on the merits of Contested Elections ; the other for the more effectual and speedy conveyance of the Writs of the Crown fo:. ordering the Elections of Members to serve in Par liament. • The Irish Officers' Widows Bill was read a second time on the motion of Mr. FITZGERALD. The Irish Cotton Weavers' Bill was also read a second time, and committed for to-morrow. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Committee on the Affairs of the East India Company was pat off till to-morrow. •—The House then adjourned. • FRENCH PAPERS. • PARIS, APRIL ST. SITUATIOIII OF THE FRENCH ARMIES 1N THE NORTH ON THE 15TH APRIL The Viceroy was in his positions, his left on the Elbe at the mouth of- the Saale, his centre at Bern bourg, his right towards the mountains of the Hartz ; the reserve at Magdeburg. The Prince of Eckmuhl was in a position at Celle. Gen. Vandamme occupied Bremen. On the 12th, the enemy endeavoured to touch Bern • bourg with several battalions ; ihey were briskly re ceived, and repulsed with loss. He likewise advanced a patrole upon Nordhousen, at the debouch from the Hartz ; this point was occupied by a detachment of cavalry, who vigorously charged the enemy, anti took three hussars prisoners. , • , On the lith. a detachment of Prussian hussars ar rived at Gotha at eleven o'clock at night; it sur rounded the house of Baron de St. Acsnan, Minister Plenipotentiary from France, and took his Secretary, who was dangerously ill in bed, and carded him forcibly away. Four regiments of Russian infantry were before Wittemberg, defended by Gen. Lapoype ; they had wade an attack by main force, but were repulsed, • after havingiost many men. The fortress of Torgau is only observed by some parties of Cossacks; 14,000 Saxons are shut up in it. _ The enemy had a post of 25 men at Hof, a squadron at Schleitz, and anothe t Moen. Some Bavarian skeleton regiments ting of 1,200 men, pro ceeding from the V rmy to Bronbourg, were attacked near La two enemy's squadrons; they repulsed so ty stragglers were, how ever, taken. On the 12th, intelligence was received from thefor tresses of Dantzic, Thorn, Modlen, Custrin, Stettin, -and Glogau ; they were in the best state of defence ; . the enemy bad attempted nothing against them. On the 15th his Majesty the Emperor set out from St. Cloud • he arrived the 16th, at eleven o'clock at night, at layence ; he performed the, journey, with incredible rapidity, in less than 46 hours. • Pants, Aram 21.—Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Regent, to-41y held a Council of Ministers at Sr. C?.-rtl. tv..:.7E. APRIL 17.—His Serene Highness the Prince of Neufchatel and Wagram, arrived here on the 15th at night. This night we had the hap piness of seeing his Majesty the Emperor arrive.— The suite of his Majesty consisted but of two car riages. PRANKTORT, APRIL 17.—His Serene Highness our Grand Duke arrived here this morning. M. de Beausset, Prefect of his imperial Maje , ..ty's Palace, has been tyr days. We may expect the Emperor to-ria orrow. APRIL 18.—Our ukc set out this morning for Mayence. The Marshal Duke o Castiglione arrived yrstor. day in our town. The Duke of Istria left Frankfort after Laving inspected the cavalry, which is vary hap. Marshal Duke of Treviso went p sterdsty to the Emperor at Mayence. The General of Division, Kergoner, Controttoder in Chief of the Engineers, and Omit Htssitooky, General of the Garde, have arrived here. BREMEN, Aram 12: 7 -I'o-day two hattelloos of troops of the tine from Osnabruck, have in our town. COMMAGEN, MARCH 43.—The last number of the official Gazette contains the following paragraph: " As it has been announced .hi forego , journals that Denmark had requested that her commerce and navigation might not be interrupted by the enemyoe vessels, it h's beau deemed right to inform the cool.' mercial world, therefore' ince (eke LEMBERG, quisitions fectitie of scription , The r carry some ~**the ' Many men, stroyed Russians BA YOI their system manner nearl , It wilt intrigues, British INfil nrmy to '— mends, and 011icers, jetted to They have again brought forward Prince Fraucis, and they determined, either brconsent or force, to obtain the banishment of the Queen. The King, terrified by the threats and the fear of a general tumult, joined the English, in order to oblige the Queen to renounce the idea of employing means of resistance. At last this Princess was embarked on bolted the polacre the St. Antoine, and exiled with her, son, Prince Leopold, to Cagliari. The King has been consigned to his coantry.bonso of Colli. The hereditary Prince has remalie d in the hands of the English, who, in the hopes of deceiving the people by the appearance of a reconciliation, and by promises, of which they are no longer the dopes, have given a grand feast, at which Prince Francis and the other personages of the Royal Family, not deprived of their liberty, dined with the Ministers and English Generals. Never was a more melancholy fete given—Gaiety could not seat herself between slaves and oppres sors. The English troops are constantly under RMS. The officers and soldiers , are every day on duty, and not permitted to go any distance from their bar racks. Artillery is placed in all the squares, and at all the cross-ways, with matches always lighted. We are from moment to moment informed of violences which are in the country committed upon small isolated English detachments. . • Paws, APRIL Majesty's frigate L' Are thuse arrived on the 19th inst. in the road of St ' Nato. Rear-Admiral Bouvet, who commanded her in her cruise, had the gotiti fortune to fight the Eng lish frigate Amelia, and killed a great number of her men. He pursued her , ftr 10 hours after the fight.— The English, after having partially acknowledged their defeat in this affair, doubtless were not aware that the French frigate was deprived of her helM at the commencement of the action, having lost it by grazing on a coral-rock." The Arethuse took aqd burnt an English corvette off the coast of La Manche. She has brought with her 53 English prisoners. _ _ at MayeitreenthE 190 i April. • French . funds . -5 per cent. 71 f c: 05, c..r2 MAYENCE, APRIL 18.—His Majesty the Emperor did not go abroad yesterday; he rec-ived the Grapd Duke of. Baden; the Prince of Hesse Darmstadt, and the Duke of . Nassau. The Count de St. Marsan, and the Earoa,rle coley, were presented to him. To-day, after Mass, his Majesty received4e Alkr thorifies of the Department. • . • • .. • His Majesty then mounted his horse; viewed Cassel, the new fort Montebello, Ufa marshes of Montbach, and Fort Meunier. At five o'clock, the Emperor received the Prince Primate, Grand 'Duke of Frankfort: The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden, the Princess, Of Hesse Darmstadt, end the Duke of Nas , eau, had the honour to dine with his Majesty. Amain:non, APRIL 6.—Prussitylitteing departed from twr engagements, and allied herself with 'tut slit, all diplomatic relations between Our 'Court and the Cabinet of 'Berlin have ceased. In consequence the Count de Qoita, Prussian Minister at our Court, has quitted Munich to return to his Sovereign. DARMSTADf, APRIL 17.—At the demand. of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Frankfort, and in conformity to the existing treaties witb • that Go vernment, all the Civil Authorities in the 4",itratwl Duchy of Hesse are expressly enjoined 'to Atilt over the.itedividua.ls of the Grand. Duchy of . Fsaak(ort, who are subject to the Conscription, to Nina) all those to be arrested wife owlet-sire brisctss *opt Since that . instrument in the hands of the Agent* of.ifEngland. ''''fantrYt . cavalry, ,poly possession be a militia, composed :of men from 18 to 30 years They soon threw off the mask ; they. age. In the Proclamation, ordering the railing of all the maritime Spanish establishmeets, without " this force, it is observed, " That the oppression a llowing any troops of that nation to be placed in .1 • • Sf ca in se k ing , occasioned to the inhabitants of the country by the g arrison in them, and Lord Wellington, , last iniquitous entrance of-the French, bad been so ta upon all the authority, left the Supreme Jun no destructive, that every one must be convinced of the other prerogative but the power of feeding anarchy in 1 , i necessity of averti ng iwil the provinces of the interior: , ,-- ' . a, similar calamity at the. • miming of : pence of their lives and property.".ex- Such a conduct has disgusted a great Spaniards, wh o m a pretended love -of indepmideace kar.iscn, APRIL 7.—Prince Kutusoff set out from hence to-day ;the Guards yesterday and to-day,. had thrown into the insarrectional party ; bat who, baring at last opened their eye., ickoewledga that and are to be followed to.roorrow by the cavalry.—• The Grand DtikeConatantine will alsoleasie our city. , they have fallen under a foreign yoke, whilst they rthough to-morrow. The English Ambassador, Viscount Cath.. - t they were spilling their blood for the liberty • of their country. cart, the Swedish Ambassador , * Baron Lowenhielm t the Prussian General Von Lottum, and Austrian It appears that discontent has broken out in ,the Baron Lebzeltern, are still here, but will follow the strongest manner, and it is difficult to, foresee what may be the consequence of it. bead-quarters in a few dais. . •• According to private intelligence from Spain, a ne. WARSAW, APRIE 3.—This day the - phew of Ballasteros collected 15,000 men, with whom dal notice was published by order of hi he marched against an English division of 3000 men the . Imperial Russian State Councillor at some leagues distance from Badajos. The combat Lanskoi : Commenced whit cries of " Death to all the English," " His Majesty the Emperor of and the whole were cut in pieces. entrance of his victorious troops into 1 These details have been given us by a Frenchman ; Warsaw, graciously made known the he was informed of them ou his road by several Spa- regulations which he expected to be obi' niards, who told him them as meriting all credit. inhabitants in regard to military matter' MESSINA, APRIL 2.—Since the late event", of , peremptory orders were issued for the which Palermo has been the theatre, to the moment of I ception of the troops by - the citizeni; ti the King's return, Sicily did not cease to find herself ! which has constantly distinguished itself threatened with an internal war. lof battle, has been not less conspicuoui The English have employed all those means which I cipline, and its humanity. • The conduct are familiar to them—the preparation of force—acts . zens towards the army has shown their 1 of violence;—seduction—caresses—false promises.— ; the magnanimous views of his Majesty _ _ -oceived the Russian . whore recer 11 _. troops with joy, every where remained, and do remain'tianquil. " As, however, the greater part of the Duchy of Warsaw is now occuOed, it becomes necessary to establish measures of civil administration, for the prevention of anarchy, and the security of the gene ral tranquility. 4‘ *flowing offi- Excellency !and Senator ssia, on the e Duchy of iture of the rued by the The most ',friendly re rd the army, on the field for its dis of the citi atitude for they every and .flect this beneficent object, our - To carry into el _ most gracious Sovereign has appointed a Supreme Council for the Government of the Duchy of War-, saw. This Supreme Council is composed of a Pre sident, a Vice-President, and three . Councillors, all of whom are to be nominated by his Majesty. With• this view the Emperor, by an Ukase, dated the 'lt,. has been pleased to appoint the Commander in Chief of the Armies, Prince Kutusow of Smolensk, Pre sident; the Senator lAnskoi, Vice-President; and the Home Councillors Novosilzoff, Mawrzecki, and Prince Lubecki, the members of this Supreme Coun cil; and for the Department of Finance, M. Von Colomb, at present Administrator of the Crown- Property of the King of ,Sazony in the Duchy of Warsaw: " To this Council shall be consigned. the govern ment of all the provinces of the Duchy of Warsaw, already occupied, or which shall in future be occu pied in the name of his Imperial Majesty. 44 The seat of the Council is in Warsaw. 46 And as it is the unalferable wish of his Imperial Majesty, that the flee of the inhabitants of the Duchy of Warsaw may be as much mitigated as pos sible, so will the Council devote themselves to the effecting of this beneficent object: and, as in the mean time, the contributions for the army of the Duchy are wholly done away, they will consider it their duty to take into consideration, such of the imposts as are most oppressive upon the people, and reduce them to such moderate amount, whether fall. ing Apon the, inhabitants of towns, or those of the country, that all ranks may experience the cares of his Majesty for their welfare, and that they may per ceive thereby, as well as by the total abolition of all levying of recruits, what a difference there is between the present and the late order of things by which 4beiveete-were-tetepellett to part with - tire last-re: .fns of their property to satisfy the thatiable rapa city of masters, who called theMselves Allies. " It is, moreover, hereby made known, that the order of Civil Government existing at the time of the entrance of our troops shall remain unchanged, and that all the recognised Authorities shall remain con firmed in their right. • The Supreme Council shall also be speedily opened, of which due Bodo shall appear. ) LANSKOI." The Governor-General of the Duchy of Warsaw, and President of the Supreme Council, hereby 'bakes known, that in respect to goods, the introduction of which into the Duchy was' prohibited .by the Conti nental System—sugar, coffee, and all other colonial produce, will be permitted to enter by the Custom houses established on the frontiers of the Duchy, upon payment of as ad valorem excise duty of 15 per cent. -. . The Chief Officer of Police has communicated, through the Gazettes i that the reports with regard to the dreadful situation of She hospitals, have been found exaggerated, and false with regard to the Austrian and :axon hospitals; and that the Chief Inspector of the Austrian hospitals has proved, that every thing has been done which it was in his power to accom plish. This cannot, boweser, be said of the French hospitals 'which were deserte d ' by. their Inspectors, and othe r officers, from ',hence the moat frightful consequences resoked; .but . .their situation is now confiorablY impetyg4, T 1 1 .6 onion employed --- - up, qust pecessacily be spared during the whole war. It was not until eleven days after the departure of the French, that it could be again crossed on foot, and in carriages. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM POMERANIA ) DATED APRIL IS. .4 tit. tesierday, being Manday, the parishes of Lindow, Weissenspring, Hammer, &c., received . from the Land-Director, M. Lehman , to ring ,00,.915in-bel:s immediately, and for all the insur. jAci l son mass from these and the neighbottring pa.. I'B.lllles to bkrik up, arid repair to the appointed place i. }of 'assemblage at Mulirose, on Frederick William's 1,011=1,-6000 French having made a sally, whose in. tention was to join the garrison of Custrin, and lay i waste the adjacent country, and procure prey'. ! lions; it was likewise stated in M. fAhman's writ. ten instructions, that the insurrection of the whole :Valley of the Oder, under command. of M. Von Marwitz, had likewise broke up, to oppose the in tended passage of the French at Gristediese. The or. tiers arrived at ten o'clock, and by two o'clock, every thing was organized, and marched off, with the Pro. prietors of Estates, the Clergy, and Stewards, at their head; and a number of workmen•being just then •employed on Frederick William's canal, they imme diately joined the troop with their axes, &c. They were followed by waggons laden with provisions, brandy, and a war-chest ; in short, every thing was in such order, that whoever saw us, must have be lieved that we had been accustomed to it for months ; a flag, with a cross, and the inscription of 66 By the help of God, for our King and Country," was borne .before the sturdy peasantry; and in this manner we proceeded in high spirits towards Mull rose, as be ing our appointed plate of rendezvous : scarcely were we 'arrived there, when a courier brought us information of the French having been defeated, and 500 of them made prisoners by the regular military, in conjunction with the insurrection of the Vale of . the Oder, under the command of M. Von Mar wits; that under these tircuikitances, our assistance has. no longer necessary, and we might return quiet. ly home. At Damm (near ,Stettinji our watch.woTtl was [ betrayed to the French by a deserter. They made a sally, our advanced guards were surprised, and obliged to retire with some loss, but the Cossacks soon restored order, and re-took from the French r the booty they had made. On this occasion Finken walde was burnt down. The French indulged them selves in dreadful misconduct; but they are said to have lost 3 pieces of artillery, and 150 men, on their `retreat." * t .• ' ot, *., ~' I— ~ . ' , .• . ' , ..• ' se"' •-•••-" a• ' ' "''' • ' .. . \ ••, .. ' ` .--• , •`'... :-:., .- 0 .1' .-1.. 4-- .. .' • - .';'` 4 steldriliart. 1 . THE I,s,ilir" . -t .- • • ''' - '.• ' 1 Vritt., ':* .6. - : • . -, , t„,:.;. Ak . • ' • 0410 sit gbesa4p,tolhameas , Obi 111 41 6 41040Wpifehlliff• i i teekleilefuguistaulo i h e di vo rid, that no Such step has 1 . . ~. lor e Daft of F ree ky ar t, to - ,i s • iglesz i e D oeuie;:7 - .‘• - ....i. , ..0.-,-. v. ~,,. . , ore from time tot ee affairs of fri toilmkt+,.. 9" 1 " .. 3r - - she place upon our costs ." . ' * iletePtellakokOtilliabte oCtha-Grattd Diaj_ itt, :::Aiiro4ePosteltellik, Lena ilerlie c we d eg at with t i e * . H o * w l i o • h f ho,to ofen 10 . as to th'rooem ripe to . kis the sortie or Geu.'D'Ornbet g . IBERG, keen t.— The Rtuslans load w _ ~, . _.:l - thelevestiodlea k i t ialit they vela Knelt!'" pay. :‘, - • • no 'Lin' o cin o s t. t u h u e bo coni s try it_ w ood hich iw the i r ess ooc ..d op e y it . ; ofe 'lla ry l , ;r e z ilie rio : vosignien ti sibtiel . o " 4 „.4.. toissi. , it ilarittracido.diaglikattt ofithobosioistivillason ... The opoduirom sonevb.otkistßoyainsiiinecriguntzsklocrown . . p l ace oil , 4 . *••• thy ilitsi of this month. The Jtoseloo General of • lon. \ ' ' " ... nittesnon . t to -in 11011 =Nit. ' = --;:,. . . le hatter's., but•tilif arrisen eh isi son I Russian CORM Wasp Eamove e 1444, iti, , . • ZEICI4I4I4OID 114.11 0 .• - - under* Roril Highness. - It is reported that the fortress kept'up_a continual fire, eh! MOO „ , Swedes, 6,0(X) strong, have crossed the Oh at men. On' sihio -1 1 . 1th March% its artillery : de* . . v .. . , ,rrviniv„.. . -Galt Da a t i c i s . nz - W, APRIL 2.—The following Girder to • the d 100 Waggons laden Irith'faseiness' which . tits' , lielikulitsni Arms. 10e—We , da_ A lly man . ive . )•‘o 7 : 6 ins had sent , for the use of the siege. . - 1_ dieh troops float. R l . l lFOrl...lkh ic h " * "'"* — *r ' Army has this day appeared here:— repel, APOIL 15. . g in 7,' for Rostock. The roWn Prince is.ozpected hero 1 "In sate of ; the combioed tr o ops of both the Allied Poweri tysow the Ilith inst. • The number of Swedes who will fa11 . n. . 1 , i • with Salon troop'', tbewi are not in fit 41 MI bta ir nearly similar t o that of the Sicilians. . , . , be t an d l id hi r . is' mentionsd'it 35,000 Med. : 'llie stein of oppression, —'lls treat E :l l i g e li ;* h plin f i k arns * H i nn th; contrary, .well (footed, and efery cotkidrt atiou sho . nai:, vill be recollected, that it was but' after longi. contributions of oar citizens were so exorbitant dur. . ni e ,..§, - : - -- .7' •. - • -.. . APRIL 11.—The public feeling in Saxony, and h Minister succeeded in causing the Span? les, and manoeuvres of every , kind, that t . h h e is g the pretence of the French in this city,. that 383 ; dollars have been paid by a single house% though only likewise in Dresden, is general against the F renc h. to be placed under the orders of English (vei. t. 1 .., a moderate size.„ - . • This is more particularly , the case at Leipski:, iu i of in our tariitori there is to be raised a Swedish Po. . the smaller towns, and in the COntstry. All the who are to equip ! Dresdenesawlsk that the,King may veryspeedily join rs at a tti nd tha s t m e on g i he ßa r i o la f st s e e ro p i zio h r ig S h r;: o t b s . , o mei:stolen regiment of volunteers, g rea o t th n e u r m 's • - • to a. submission so humiliating to their oati . o i n i.. .. that time the Junta of Cadiz as themselves; it is to consist of two divisions, one of '; i n i t. . . .; . w ; but a. - itinfantry, and the other of cavalry. There is also to I Th e pelt Ifridge over the Elbe, which has beolo ment in ;he hands of the Agenta.efuglan anon throw oft the mask A • ..1_ tl• • men f_reell6_to _3o.yeers ~ repaired since it was bleep -up, must necessarily be k :.. they. took nmession b e !_7tilit.ht, a e . om . tosed . :of .. ROCHESTER ADDRESS. Yesterday, about three o'clock, the Rochester Deputation, consisting of the Mayor, Town Clerk, Mr. Thomas Hulkes, the Mover, and Mr. Charles Larkin, the Seconder, waited upon her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales, at Montague House, with.the following Address, voted at the Common- Hall, on Tuesday the-20th inst. TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES. MAT IT PLIAIR TOUR ROYAL NIORNIESS, ..W., his Majesty's datifolsod loyal subjects, the Mayor, Citi seas, and Inhabitants of the indent City of Rochester, in Com mon Hall assembled, beg leave to approach your Royal High mess, and to be permitted humbly to tender our assurances of unfeigned respect and attachment. We heartily participate in the public feeling of indignation, so generally expressed against the base and unworthy artifice.; which have been'had recourse to, 'With a view to stigmati,e and isjure your royal character and reputation ; and we offer our must. sincere congratylatione to yodr Royal Highness, on the complete failure PI At late &IMO Wale your lifeled • We canaot refrain from expressing our sincere gratification at the confidence your Royal High:Oils displayed in the opinion of the Englisp people, by your recent magnanitammappeal to the Members of the House of Commons, who are considered their Representatives; for by that appeal, your Roy al Highnevs has afforded his Majesty's sunjects- as opportustify . of expressing their high admiration of your exemplary fortitude, during a long persecution; their disapprobation of an investigation, both unjust and unconstitutional ; and their utter abhorrence and de 'citation of your Royal Highness's•suborned endures. It is our earnest prayer that your Royal highness may long cosstintie to enjoy that happiness which results from conscious Innocence, however oppressed; and that, by your esalople and instruction, you may contribute to render your illostriow Daughter. the pride of an affectionate, loyal, aid sirt.toss people. R. THOMPSON, Mayo:, Cbaionali. 'The Deputation was instantly ushered into the pre sence of her Royal Highness,' wbe was nnoil,Fll by. Lady C. Lindsey : The Address was read wbtt great animation by the.Maynr..— Her ROyal if ighue'°s appeared much gratified, and rind the following Answer : I return you my Best thanks.for this testimony of your attach ment, and for the good wishes towards any daughter, 'which aic- • compay it. • - The ,Deputation then• had the honour of kissing hands; and atter taking some refreshment ((luring which they, were honoured with the affable conver,a tion of Lady Charlotte Lindsey, returned. ' Tiord fiLLEI4IIQROUGH is the porChasetr of the Lute of *to)rsvona'. house. in ...St: James's-equate, for 494 1 14 • •••,•. ,01 • ' 4' . : • • •• • • :7 r I . i