The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-08-19 00:00:00

periaiek_ frontier. In home quartet', or on his march through the towns and villages of France, his whole depots. rent towards the native inhabitants is an exatispie of complaisance, and temper, .tehieh he it / cou rtesy, s t r ictly enjoined to obeervrs. and which he piqued hi m self on observing,—or violates only to prepare for an ignominious death. Thus unhallowed power contrive, to mitigatethe evils which are necessary*r its existence. Thus are lightened, in some degree the chains of abject servitude. Thus has the subtilty of extreme despotism infused into the bitter draught which it adtainisters, an ingredient elsewhere more bet,eficially provided by the cares and the jealousies' ' of freedom. But he who keeps down that host of bad passions,' w hich, if let loose upon France herself, would re cal the anarchy from *hick he rescued her, spurs and inflames them spied all other countries. Ilia soldiers are his brethren in oppression. To foreign state‘ ae is a destroyer. To France he appears but as a conqueror. To suppose the French nation un- • re eved by the love of sway,—or undazzlA by the sp'endours of reiterated triumph—would he to divest them not only of those passions which pervade most extensive political communities, but of a train of sehoiog emotions, which have animated and distil.- guished in every age the national character of . lo'retio lame So far, then, from hoping for the sym.; r ota. of France, in the complaints and suffer.. boas. of the rest of Europe, I am much afraid It Isno!t1 he more accurate to consider the crimes of t ent coar against the remainder of mankind, as • merits in the eyes-.of his vain. and warlike spits . jeers. What proof have we from recen t facts, that any reliance can" be placed on the disaffection of Franc.'••owards Bonaparte? Are the Conscripts ren dered desperate by conscription,—or is wot their tonduct to he taken as a just specimen of the bias of their countrymen towards the Government which en forces it :7 It so--tiow many instances have occurred of desertion on the par' of native Frenchmen?— We have heard of Foreigners deserting by hundreds —the French soldier, I believe, is eminently true,— etosot we not. then, to regard the fidelity of the sol dier under all his hardships, as some fair index of voltat we might expect front the nation out of which be emanates? The National Guards of the interior exceed a million of men. Can we discreetly reckon en their assistance? Marshal Soult, in his last dis patch, announces, that a certain proportion of them were already in arms, and prepared to op pose the English. Is Marshal Soult a man to be deceived ? or would he put • muskets in the hands of enemies? The peasants of Gascony, too,—are' they disaffected? They have shared with the troops' . the frontier duty. What can we desire ? Ido not deny that Louis the XVIIIth may have some thou sand partizans in France. In England, so late as 1745, there were many partizans of the Stuarts. I only insist that they would disappear at once before the vast body of those Who exercise the powers of the modern Government, or who hope to rise through its protection. To tlois it may be unanswerably added— that any interference of the English. nation would rain the slender prospects of the Bourbon. Every Honest Frenchman will judge by himself, that no honest Englishman can wish prosperity to France.— Our detiTarrition, Therefore, In favour of the banished Family, might instantaneously convert each foe of Great Britain, into the Friend of Bonaparte; on whose side, then, would be the prevalence of euthu siasm and of numbers ? LONDb N: TUURSDAT,'AUGUST 19$ Iglia We yesterday frankly and 'fairly declared dor Sen timents on the tendency of the system of politics pursued by our Ministers, and shall henceforward continue to observe the same line of conduct, in de fiance of the trammels which an abused public opinion is too apt to cast on the pen of the freest writer. It has been the study, and we acknowledge, the success ful study of some of our cotemporaries, to de &ire the British community, as well on the actual state of the armies, as on the finances which are to support those armies. It shall be our employment, hs it is our duty, to disabuse the people, and in the end resent their Wrongs. Such a conduct is imperiously necessary to the man who would follow the advice of one of the wisestand most energetic Roman Patriots. CATO says, " No man should be indifferent to the measures of the Go vernment under w hich he lives ; and every man should take a part in them to the utmost of his power, and not say to himself—' what can my feeble voice achieve, or my weak hand operate.'" It is from the most condemnably supine conduct in this regard, that we see so few men in our House of Commons distin guish themselves, except for the dexterity of protract ing a debate. With respect to energy in what may be said to contribute to the salvation of the country, the talent appears to he almost extinct. A few soli tary instances alone show us that the seeds of public virtue are not quite destroyed, although the moment its germ appears to shoot forth, the pestiferous hands of polluted and venal scribes throw their cor roding ink upon and around it, and its opening promises are destroyed for the season at least.— Under this disposition and resolution we were struck with the appearance of a chain of reflections is a cotemporary, and in some measure a rival, print, whose general tenour had often given us just room to complain. We would, however, be as just as we are resolved to be severe, and therefore we ac knowledge that the facts contained in the article in question are acknowledged to be such, and that the sentiments growing out of them are quite congenial with our own. We re-publish soma of them, as A proof of our approbation, and thereby contribute to render their beneficial effects more universal: being as well pleated that the remedy, or the pre scription for the remedy, should come from other hands as from our own—all that we con tend for, being the necessity of some power ! ful and speedy remedy, or we perish. The writer, after expatiating on the unwise recommendation (from a certain quarter) of the invasion of France, proceeds to analyse the character of the French Peo ple and the French Ruler, concerning whom he shows a tolerably exact conception. The battle and victory of the Pyrenees, for which some of our cotemporaries were so eager to confer a Dukedom on Lord WELLINGTON, op.- ated very differently oft our Minds. None could be more lensible of the prowess and the merits of our brace army than ourselves. But, according to the old and So much for counter-revolution.—But if conquest be the plan—is it our design to subjugate Gascony— or Languedoc—or Provence ? Certainly, Napoleon, who seems so well disposed to sacrifice is 3'2rl mi litary ,division to the Allies, may be presumed, a fortio►►i, to throw away, with even less reluctance these so much more recent acquisitions!—and to ac quiesce with still snore cheerfulness and patience, in a nencession of so little value as his siuthern frontier ! If we would borni,fitle runaway with these provinces, we had better pass an Act for dismembering France. To dismember France, nothing more would be ne cessary than to conquer her. " The conquW of France!-0 tame and feeble Cervantes- with how timid a pencil, and in what faint colours, lust thou painted the portrait of a disordered imagination!" Extract from the journal of. an Officer high in ' I trite adage " Finis coronet optts," %se would leave ; rank at the siege of St. Sebastian to the '26th alt. :-,- i. the rewardd of the General till the conclusion of his " On the 24th, two breaches were repnr•.cd practi-a campaigns. With British seldiers, ulna cannot a, cable, as was also the advance of ,:ncr,T. Lord ': Cotnraantler of common courage and moderate skint NVeraasic.tom immediately took the d e . erm i na ti on 1 perroion, -The muscle of a British grenadier ,, of joining the advance, and in the mean while strongly lapplied recommended the continuing the firing twenty-font ; ii hours longer, SO as to destroy, or at Iraq materially ; too unequal numbers, will be sore to make war , injure, the defences of the place. Lord W. then for distinguishing his leader. We would • not,: proceeded full speed for the main battle. On however, wish to see our Generals mere instru the 25th in the forenoon, from some causes at ments of Ministers. They ought to reason . 9 though 1 i present unknown, the assault was ordered, and their subalterns in command may *be forbidden to do lamentable has been the result. As fast as our so. We would have them consider and, reflect on' men came op they were knocked down by thedread- • ful fire from the defences which bore upon the the consequences of what may be actually denomi breaches ; and when a few got into them they were mated a victory. We confess ourselves anxious for unable to effect any thing from their weakness. In ' the final result of this which has been praised by the short, the carnage was so great, that the French prostituted prints to the very skies. It is curious, themselves called out to our Officers to draw the men however to observe one of these, in its comments on I or, and actually ceased firing upon them. Never was Nvitnessed such heroism as on the part of our soldiery the battle (well knowing that it has said too much be on this occasion, particularly the Royals, due w h o , : fore), now says," We would give our euemies their , though almost cut to pieces, absolutely refused to ' and have really a pleasure in acknowledging that the retire till the third or fourth command was issued for French fought nobly." If we had said so much— them to do so. At length, after gr;at loss in killed . had fallen into such a lapsus , we should have been and ivountled, and some prisoners (mostly made in the body of the place), the party was withdrawn, called Jacobins, and even arraigned as traitors. The and General GnanAn immediately proceeded to dig- fact is, that writers of the above description, who mantle our batteries, and remove the guns to the hunt in packs, often run too far, for the views of the water side. During this part of the business, bow- interested sportsmen, and then, after lagging behiud, ever, the garrison made a s or ti e , sur p r i s i ng a P or - incur the lash of the wh i pper- i n. I t i s plain to ob taguese corps, and nearly destroyed the whole.— serve that these politicians begin to feel something of Thus ended this calamitous affair." i the effect of Purrar's observation after one of his The West India p o ck ha s scarce l y ever exhibited : so many external marks of a rev i ve d commerce in victories (and grieved are we it is so). SOUL? cannot this department of our national concerns. Last certainly be regarded as hors de combat. Ile drew off year, at the same season of the year there wad' his cannon, and may undoubtedly repair his loss of scarcely room in this great depoWfor a n additional' men; since it is an acknowledged fact o that three hogshead of sugar or rum ; but now, although the . experienced Martinets are stationed in Pau, Tarbes, bison by its numerous masts so lately resembled a 'al and 01 eron, preparing the conscripts and other re forest of t rees , yet are the buildings not in the. smallest degree encumbered with c o l on i a l p ro d u c e .; - ; traits for taking the line, after the manner of old Bow e‘traordi n arr, that in a time of actual and ; Marshal Luceyea's reinforcing the army under Dv vluleeful warfare, full freighted ships with lieenees VOURiEIi. What then successful can be expected in Gn heard should clear out for Franco diato a the way of invading Franco? The Earl of Lim- latter, in.his return td.his capital, were to Andearcnir personally to animate and invigorate his army on the frontieei . of Spain, whose opeiattoeS no 4; both from the sea*dn and circumstances, mast be Of infinite Im portance to his vast mid ambitions Project's. Infteed, something like this is alluded to in a private / letter from the other side of the water. • liambargh-Papers were received in town lett night; and an express also arrived from the Continent, which has given rise to a variety of reports, but we have not heard of any Bulletin being issued by Go: Iternment; or any thing material having transpired. The article from the Baths at Toeplitz, relating to the appointment of Plenipotentiaries at Prague, con tains a Very malignant attack upon the Russian Am bassador D'A:Stirmvorr, and a'high eulogium on the French nation and Niper.zom ; indeed, the French here their venal hired scribes as well as the English, and it might be difficult to determine which of them tatelin profligacy and servility. • Ministers are said to have Sent expreslit to Lard WaLslzst.cx, at East Cliff Lodge, Ramsgate, with intelligence of the late gloiloOs events, and with letters from the gallant Field-Marshal to his Noble IBrother. "Plik STA-iESIVIA-k a The Ist Life Guards return to Rumford thii week ; the London duty will then be divided between the 2d Life Guards and the Royal liOrse Guards, who have taken possession of Hyde-park barracks for that purpose. Major-General MEAD is to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope, having been appointed Lieutenant- Governor. SIGE; .• . „ Wiltol Nett; ,r' s ay . , from ilricoi; :Wedoieiday l lA' nay tiiris 4 T gu ! n; ibex _ of tfihicli were iboui titreft it In . cotrpany . , two brigs i two ppee pop, and . one boat MO lying ta-44 five, then about p league distant, Sate the steop on fire —gat alarmed and flood away; at half-past die saw the sloop ; go dowa=it sax saw another of tbp vessels .on fire ilea eilerest—abo4 ivielie s think they ittf firs it it . greit distanoe-one of the two brigs fillet seen lying to was a black brig, of about sixteen gooe y , with the English ensign at die peik thought bier one of his biajeity's Alps pressing—fipon seeing the iessel bur nt, his no diiubt AO *as an inertly, probably Atnericati—in acct.: lini Aud; 19.--The Mari, Clartc, Cundalonpe to Glakew .and the /fetch Johnson, frothgarhatleei to Dublin ; which were yesterdst noilcconntea for; are both safe arfived at their deed: nation. The Royal Org. of writ.; gear-Adinirel Detiuclerk, and Srahorre frkate t Capt. Gordon which ailed from Portithou'th oti the 13th tilt: were spoke with on the 7thittst. 'off St. Kilda, neer the llebritlei, looking out toi the l'residetit fttilpiie; Commodore Rodgers. The folio* ing G Teen I intim'iri . have .iifflieit 'id: ditinti to-tfitie. - lieforeonentioned gad, the Sarah add Elizabeth, Eggingtrin, Harniotyl,, and Nero ithotchertei., from Greenland ; and fn the rivet the Eilteriment and Eweretta, frnni ditto; and at Newcastle, the Lads Jant—.;;" froth Liaiis Straits: _• • • • . • PROGRESS • OF TILE VEPRgeIifTION. • . 1811.2 Gold 41; 15es—D.Ilars; S il ver rs. lsd.—llauu-nritet July, $ Ide. sd. fis the 1912, Joli 51. os.-- 2ed. 15.. id. 1813, July 61.1 h.— Od. 14e. Oad. ••• • • Sapposing the same rate ot deprechition to iakst Yesterday the Hereditary Prince of Nance and place ihronih the next eight years (no great length his Serene Highness his Father dined with Earl l o f time, which has taken place daring the last year; BATIIURST. I and upon . the preient system; the probability is Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the i that it will be greater, the legal tender fora pound Fast India House, when the under-mentioned ships ! ster li ng will be reduced to the sated value of were taken up, in part of the number to be employ- I about one shilling, when measured by the !lite legal et) the ensuing season, viz.:— ! standard of the country 1 A comfortable pro. Bombay, 101 tons, Capt. A. Hamilton; F.lp'hiniinn. 1200 spect this and near at hand for stockholders lONS, QUO. M. Craig; New Ship, building by Sir W. Fraser, , , , MO tons, Capt. J. C. Lochner; Cabals& ' 1200 tons, Ca t. 1. mortgagees , annuitants; Canal. proprietors; gse. &c. c. arch ; and Neptuae, 1200 tons, Capt. W. Donaldson-to M oro- &c. who, by this means, will have their claims - bay and China. ! . Winelielsea, mu tons, Capt. W. Moffatt; Marquis of Mot. I II e on the' public and individuals kgolly and sellviy ley. 1200 tons, Capt. I) 11' Lend-to Coast and China. ' adjusted by a shilling in the pound; nor let the mad Scaleby Castle, 120) tons, Capt. J. J. Harrington-to St. Ile- ealledilhongh now wrongfully called, a land pro • Jena, Batavia, and China. Castle Burnley. ITUU tom, Capt. 3. Patterson-to Prince Of prietor, flatter himself that he has' much bitter real Wales's Islam! and China. . son for consolation ; present experience May teach Royal Charlotte, 100) tons, Capt. H. Ruth ; Surat Castle, him if he haie the least Share of foresight, that hi* 1149 tons, Capt. A. Robertson-to Batavia and China. I Manna, 1200 tons, Capt. J. Ilalliburton-to St. Helena and three great and orerwhelming landlords, the King, China. ' . the Church , and the Poor , will at no very distant' Dorsetshire, 1200 tons. Capt. R. H. Brown; Courts, 1200 period, leave him little need to trouble himsel f about tons cam. J. llo)ce; IVexford, 120 tons, Capt. C. Barnard ; i Thaines. 1200 tons, Capt. NI. Riches-to China. his propdetorship. The Minister may assert and amen (early), 820 tons, Capt. ----; Lurope (earl . ), 820 re-isserVt4 Parliament may vote again odd mitt tini, Capt. 11 . Gaston; AstC39s3 twiW, - Vatt. li. la: 1 ventews,. . - . , 7 . .. - . .- . . herre i Prince Regent, 9.53 tons, Cap ..I. H. Harris ; Surrey, . that ban -notes and guineas are, in public istithation • 819 tons, Capt. S. Beadle; Bengal, 953 tons, Capt. G. Nicholls , and ht reality, of equal value; but every man of property w il l soon feel, what the poor hare long Ana ' oTs t . a s n i d s oils . , Captain I. R mien ; and Lady Castle- reach, 820 ions, Ca l it. G. simpson-to Bengal. ! since felt; notdithstanding all these artertions and I Tigris, 5:7 tons, Capt. D. Al.Dougall-to Madeira and Bom- votes, that the scheme of depreciating the currency bay. 1 Alexander, coo tons, Capt C. 11. Newell ; and Lord Keith, is fraught with the utmost misc:tief, and productive 599 tons, Capt. J. Freeman-to Madeira, Coast. and Bay: :of more individual, silent misery and distress, thats I COURTS 'MARTlAL.—Lieutenant White, of the I perhaps any one other measure could have effected. Artillery Driver Corps, has been found guilty of I obtaining quarters as a Major of Cavalry at the house of a priest at Latnego, in Portugal, and whilst there 1 causing the uncle of the priest to be imprisoned, ` taking away silver spoons, destroying` the furniture and kicking the servants of the house. Deputy Assistant Commissary General Berard I has been tried at Lisbon on charges of defrauding i Government in purchases and supplies of stores to ' the amount in one instance of 20,0001. or thereabouts, in-another in another instance 26,8621. 12s. ' Lieutenant Steitz, of the 60th regiment, has been tried at the Cape of Good Hope for selling sheep be longing to Government, to different colonial farm- I.ers ; for having embezzled several barrels of flour; for employing soldiers to tan skins of the Govern ! inent sheep, and making them into trowsers, selling l'the fat and exchanging it for soap, &c. PANTHEOX.—Promotion is often the creation of tlislent, and though the fact does not appear in our I public minutes, yet is it pleasingly illustrated in ( ; dome of our public singers. Mr. HILL, for instance, since he has been made chef du corps, has consider ! ably distinguished himself, beyond his former, al ways respectable powers. In The Cabin 1, last i night, with the aid of the pipe of the little AMATi, I be made a charming duet of " The bird that sings in yonder cage," &c. and we doubt not but the Ms. i stagers will find it their interest to give that admirable Opera again. A 38-gun frigate was launched on Friday, from the dock-yard of Mr. ['mum, at Northfleet. Capt. Tatuscorr, of the Navy, has lately invented * Sight for the Great Guns, which the Admiralty has approved, and we understand a number are preparing to be sent on board the different ships. This is the Officer who some time since invented a water appara tus, which is now become in general use throughout the Navy and Merchant Service. We have heard that Mr. Sorneasr, the Translator i 1 of Virgil's Georgics, and the Author of several po pular Poems, is a Candidate for the vacant BATS.-1 The emoluments of the Laureistship are confined to • ! au annual stipend of one hundred pounds, with an allowance for a Butt of Suck: The decorations and other improvements going on . ' at Covent-Garden Theatre, preparatory to its open..' lug on the Gth of next month, are of the most splendid L and effective kind. The embellishment of the front . 1 circles of the boxes will combine a brilliant display or.' national allegory ; the first will be adorned with or i atamental devices of oak, interspersed with the union of the red and white, emblematical' of England : the I ; second will exhibit those of the thistle, and the upper t• one the shamrock, as a tributary compliment to Scotland and Ireland. 'the upper boxes and gal- I Niles are rendered far more commodious, and the . I wings and dome of the stage censidtrably etteqdedi by jtulicious alreretions. Major General COOK,E; of the Ist Guards, whO lately arrived from Cadiz, is to resume his command, ao soon as his hearth Will permit. We have seen a letter from a Field Officer of Ar tillery, which states, that the expenditure of ammu nition before St. Sebastian was. unusually great; every gun might be calculated at firing 35Clbs. daily during the. siege. The shoe trade bas considerably revived.' A ware house in Stafford contained, about two months ago, shoes to the amount of 20,0001: Which have been ' nearly all sold. Nicholdon was yesterday conteyed froth the House of Cotrectien to Maidstone,' preparatory to his trial. jle was seared with a straight Waistcoat, and was I attended by a proper escort. The Bill of Indict ! anent will be preferred before the. Grand Jury this day; and should the Bill hatband, of which there is Ino doubt, he will be tried te.:rnorrow Morning, The interest excited by all the circumstances attending this man's case, has been Molt extraordinary. The town of Maidsto'ne has been crowded for somodays, ' by persons of reek and distinction, who are tato& I to be preseet at his trial. Teculitimen skeletons hate been dlscotered at Pan.. toy Lipiihear ilandebie, at a depth of 30 feet from. liwklierfatfe of a limestone rock. The skulls are (*of. eery great size and thickness, and all the belies aro of a larger calibre than those of the present race of Into. Late. oil Stiodity sight si Gentleman was ptit on 'Afore from . h boat at Billingsgate Stairs, and left there by the boatmevi in a state of insensibility. He was discovere4 In ibis sitaatiop'hy a Mr. Davis, of rfewin g ton Causeway, wha, t int observing that he . wore In undress military uniform, thought the un. fortunate Gentleman might be recognized at the Tower,and very humanery'aitit hi4Conveyed there, and eli lodged in the Detachment :Guard Room,-... He was immediately visited by Dr. Hall, the Medical Officer in charge of the invalids, ant eery ,aid that humanity s c ud skill could dictate was pvilleptly ministered, but without success. Yesterday still continued unable to give'any account of himself. 'appears, however, from some papers found in his pocket, that he is a native of Dundee, of the nettle -a Stirling; that he has served as a Captain in the 84th Regiment, and that he had jolt returned to Europe in tho Lord Daman r.ast Indiamen.--11* had in one of hit pockets a purse, containing, eight guineas and three half guineas. There were Woe found upon him. three silver studs; a metal *etch lad seal, and halides in his fob a gninea of the coin. lige of Queen Aetno, atti a half guinea. This property was deposited in the hands of Capt. Dalgety, of that Invalids, and the papers were maid up by Colonel Maclean, Abe Toter Major. . .. . ,•..... , .• • • i i`FiE STATE 1 4 . i, . A __ • . _... ---- . _ .... ..........• .. , ........._ ~ • . rr. Altai. ~- . - i'e . ~4 AL INIAI,1;1G D' 4 i.99t ; 1 ' 1.140.11' be 86 rP1P, 11,40 79M i 1 4 A+ 11 4.t t li. . - • ' 0 • • •1,181)6a . • . •• • . . 0 The . asiatios,..ea Wi t hnve iii ()hitt e 61 4 4 . 0 1 1 - 1 1:: ?a. T V 4, ll 7.* D iari * ..l.o 4 o , .:. Goliente l ftir :, t • 9 0 • ' Conerlilo4oll to ihrioit etett hiker Print, Isis 'WNW G . i jk --' 1 1 4 er ?ri e O l ti f: lt C r l it i titAcE ote kr i acKil i Ttiis DAt AT ON Ii O'CLOCK.' t' i Li A: it i), •W 219 India Baud* 2 dig. . tenewed fo r 40-litits. • Under itib 'firm perao i ttfol ,_ j oit ,s lif ... pr ,'. bleik - „ .•,, ~ *ni ta. S. E . , it. ii 3, per cent. itS. 37§ lizehegno Hifi! Sid. ! ~ • the steitidiiiesi.of the rilperer of "iO.I,STRIA'S TICWIIIO -4,, .. v . d r i ft • sig. tiro" ge 9 3 per Ceilt:ilnin. , s4l Ditto 1 d1i..3 pat '6• 1 7 . , ' I• '' ' Minium 6iii 0 ~ a certain point, copfenral wilfi tiliisitilios of the ri,n- origs ying:tti p bearing, W. ibi?ui , 1: 1 )er Cent!. ~7//1 , per Cent. Navy illa C*ltiols tor Amt. 04 -"' • IV Lenity , 'rickets .:, I ,' ~. A ' EON. We shall notbsilFpriseci then . if the Ott two P. hL okserreci in coa tg.•Ann. 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