The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-20 00:00:00

TIIE STATESMAN.

Ma. LOVELL'S LIBERATION.

'After an iusprisonmcid of Four Years and a Half in
ha 411cjesty's Gaol of Newgate, in consequence of
Es•ofiicio Informations., for what has been termed
Lift', Mr. LOVELL informs his Friends, with
'the feelings which may be supposed to animate the
breast of a man in his situation, that he has been
this dust liberated from the scene of his long con.
finement, and of his ninny severe ajlidions, and
is now returned to the discharge of those duties in
public life, which, at the present extraordinary
crisis, so pregnant with events of vital importance
to the liberties of mankind, are more than ercr
necessary, and which he assures his Readers
and Friends he shall strive to perform to the best
of his ability.
lie trusts it will not be considered egotism to state,
that his health, as may well be supposed, has suf-
fered much from the continued rigour of his fate;
but his spirits are, as they have crcr been, un.
broken; and he hopes he need not say how grateful
is his heart for the support which he has received
from the Friends of Liberty and Justice under his
long and accumulated afflictions.
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THE STATE S ILI N.

LONDON:

SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1815.

More Brussels and German Papers came to
hand to-dav, and we have also received the
Paris Papers of Tuesday. In the German
Papers we have an article from Prague, of the
Gth instant, which will assist to account for
the delay in the march of the Russians, whose arrival
on the Rhine our Treasury scribes announced with
all the exultation of a triumph in which civilized
Europe might share. It is stated, on the authority
of letters, whose authenticity may be relied on, that
the Turks have commenced a furious war against
Russia, and totally destroyed the city of Bucharest;
and that the Poles have declared they will take no
part in the war against France.

A report affirms that an Austrian General, who
is arrived at Zurich, has required permission (or a
numerous division of the Allied Army to pass
through Switzerland ; but it appears the Swiss mili-
tary Commanders have been charged to resist any
violation of their territory, by either the troops of
the French or the Allies.

The movements of the French corps in the envi.
of Geneva, are said in the German Papers to
• have caused some uneasiness there, which has beeu
removed by an Order of the Day, from the Com-
missioner DUDIOLARD, ordering the 2'2 Cantons of
the Swiss Confederation to be respected. Measures
continue to be taken to put Gene's in a state of de-
, fence ; the fortifications are strengthening, and large
quantities of ammunition are bringing in.

A strong A ustrian army iv reported to be advance
ing from Alexandria to the frontiers of Dauphioy.
Tee Piedmontese, under General LArcu►t, are
stated to he joined to this army.

An article from Milan, of the 3d inst. says, it is
supposed that Count NUGENT has already reached
Rome with his arms.. It is also affirmed, that MU.
RAT has published his alliance with BONAPARTE.—
This does not look like weakness.
More accounts of the disaffection of the Saxon
troops to the cause of the Allies are given in the
Pipers which we subjoin. Prince BLUCHER, iu his
Proclamation, allows his danger to have been most
imminent.

'File French Papers contain little of importance
from Paris. They state that Strasburg, Lille, Lyons,
&c. are in the very best state of defence, and that
imineuse warlike preparations are making in all parts
of the kingdom. In an article dated Metz, it is said
that the King of Nakt.Es has defeated the Austrians,
taking $3OOO prisoners, and 21 pieces of cnnnon ; and
that a Field-Marshal (either General BIANCIII or
General NEIPPERO) has been wounded. In another
article it is stated, that NAroczom has ordered twenty
ships of the line to be disarmed, Is hich measure will
supply him with fifteen hundred pieces of cannon.

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AIX•LA.CHAPELLI, MAY 11.—Oar official Jour-
nal contains a long account of the mutiny among
the Saxon troops at Liege, on account of the in.
tended division of them into such as are natives of
• the part of Saxony ceded to Prussia, and such as
, belong to the other part which remains to the King.
These troops, consisting of one battalion of greno.
diers of the guard, and one regiment of grenadiers
of the line, had for some time shown a turbulent
and disorderly spirit, and on hearing of the order,
resolved to disobey it. On the 2d, they broke out
into open mutiny, and even attempted to force their
way into Prince Blucher's hotel, but were
by the Saxon Officer and two Saxon sentinels on duty
in the hotel. They retired after bTking the win.
dons, and in the night proceeded to Huy according
to a previous order. The battalion refused to quit
Liege till it was e'shanded.
It is remakable that private soldiers attempted to
*educe the citizens, and that the Moniteur unnoticed
some days before that the Saxons had mutinied, and that

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the, inhabitants of Liegv had joined them ; the latter,
however, displayed the most laudable zeal, and the
City Guard immediately did the duty of the place
till the Prussian troops entered on the third iu the
afternoon.

On the 6th the following Proclamation was pub-
lished %t Lvige :

" SOLDIERS OF TUE SAXON Cones! Terrible
crimes have been committed in your ranks. I had,
with confidence, fixed my quarters among you, when
I was attacked by a troop of assassins and rebels,
who refusing to ober. their Officers, persisted, for
three days, in a criminal mutiny. Soldiers! you
wouhl be dishonoured in the eyes of all Europe,
your national honour would be for ever lost, if I did
not render you the testimoiry, that you have on this
occasion expressed, in a striking mariner, the indig-
nation which was excited iii vain by a licentious
soldiery, which, in refusing to obey its Officers, vio-
lated the first duty of a soldier.
" By the confidence you place in me, you ha►e
counted on the possession of the rights, which ho-
nour and the laws of war give you. You have not
deceived yourselves. The regiment of gr,nadiers
has' ceased to exist—the standard which it disgraced
has been burnt, and the sword of justice has fallen
en the guilty..
" Soldiers, continde to attend to the voice of your
officers. Their duty is not only to lead you into
battle, but also to watch for the preservation of your
honour, and your welfare. I cannot, therefore,
better show you my approbation, or better save your
character from, disgrace, than by continuing to de-
liver to the severity of the laws the promoters of in-
subordination and their accomplices, if they should
still dare, by their crimes, to tarnish your military
glory.
" Liege, May 6. " BLUCHER."

On the sth the regimeut of grenadiers and the
battalion of grenadiers were disarmed, and on the
6th seven were condemned to death and shot; an
eighth was pardoned by Prince Blucher.
Some accomplices are condemned to perpetual im-
prisonment.

The city guard of Aix-le-Chapelle has distinguish-
ed itself by its good conduct in seconding the Au..
thorities of the city to preserve from the fatal conse-
quences which might have arisen from the insurrec-
tion of the Saxons.

The other Saxon corps quartered in these pro.
vinces have shown their indignation at the authors of
the mutiny, and have behaved extremely well.
VIENNA, MAY 4.—For some days past a great
number of strangers, whom the Congress had brought
here, have been leaving us. It is probable that by
the end of the month very few %rill remain.
LAUStNNr, M t Y U.—Several French regiments of
foot and horse, about 7000 men iu ail, which were
employed in the South, are advancing toward Itu-
Wily And Annecy.

' The Reader will find some curious remarks in the
report of the Parliamentary proceedings of la'st night
on the subject of the very decent letters which Lord
CAmcatacut read in the House of Commons in jui.
tlfication of the Government of this country and the
Congress of Vienna, going to war with
and on the no less strange Proclamations di
Loins XVIII., and that which has been issued to.
the French people in the name of the Duke of WEL-
LING TON. IVith respect to the fabricated letters,
or the letters said by the Moniteur to have been fa.
bricated, Lord CASTLEREAGH has a most notable
answer to make to the charge of forgery on the part
of the Ministers of Lours. 66 NVas it likely," said
his Lordship, " that men in such high situations as
the Ministers of the King of FnAsce, would have
the baseness to commit the forgery they were now
charged with ?" Is it possible, we say, that any
man could be guilty of such baseness ? Is it possible
that Lord CASTLEREAGH could be duped, or
attempt to dupe others? We cannot believe it.—
But, who is this M. BLacas, whose integrity and
honour are so pure that they must be above suspi-
cion ? and the Abbe FLEC RIEL, and the rest of the
Abbe. by whom Lotus is surrounded- -TaLLear-
«tarn, from whom Lord C. got these letters, not'
forgotten ? They must be 64 all honourable men" H
of course, whose purity of lives and character must
ensure the most .Irilimited confidence. Alas ! our
inctidtlity is involuntary. But if high station be
sufficient to repel a charge of criminality, how comes
it that Emperors and Kings are to beheld inculpated,
a►d a private Secretary believed in preference? For
whit object were these letters produaed ? Lord
CASTLERCEGO and the Congress of Vienna wanted
something to justify putting MURAT down, and set-
ting op in his place the old BOURBON King of Sicily.
T.%Lr.LYRAND in his letter to Lord CASTLEREAGH says,
his Lordship applied to him for data, upon which he
and the rest of Congress Ministers could found a
departure from their engagements with MURAT ; and
documents, these precious letters, were furnished by
the Secretaries of King Louts for this honourable
purpose. Lord WELLINGTON'S letter stating, that
he saw nothing in the letters shown to him against
bIURAT, is allowed to be genuine and correct, though
every thing else we have from the French Papers
must of course be false; but that letter is said to
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relate to other matter than the letters in ques-
tion—what did it refer to ? To something not
quite so bad and conclusive as was afterwards
disco►ered. The first set of Papers would nut do—
" the dispassiooate judgment of the Duke 'of IVEL•
razieress" rejected them, as affonling no proof of

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treachery on the part of Jo name. A• other net •v•ts•
found, and communicated to his Grace; but whettr.r
the latter were entirely different from the former, or
were more amp]) filled with the necessary grour:d
for pronouncing tAt n't guilty, is not yet so do
to us. But we are bound to believe ti at the evi.
deuce was satisfactory, and that the yecessary sou.
tiny took place, for his Grace immediately declared,
that there could be -no doubt • shout MilitAse4
treachery. " The Duke of WEII.,:s-ros then iti,;tl
these documents before the Allied Sovereigns at
Vienna, who were dearly of the same opinion, 4,,t
resolved that on attack should be made on ,11yR4i,"
for Lord CASTLEREAGH slid thry clearly proved th•t
2411.-nAt scats treacherously corropo)iding with
NAPAUTE and the Vlcceow •at the time he nJi
bound by treaty to the Allies. And were not
Allies bound by treaty to him ? And do the letters
in question justify the violation of these Treaties? Th,
assertions of our Ministers on former occasions !out'',
lead us to suppose that nothing like treaties subsi,ted
between the Allies and MURAT—a mere armis.ti;e
was all that had hitherto restrained their hand, hem
putting him down. But we ate to be better far.
nished with grounds of judgment—we confess +Rq
want them much, for we have been sadly in
dark its relation to the validity and justice of tLe
grounds on which the great Powers have founded
their important decisions.

IVe had a Minister at the Congress of Vienna,'
who did what he liked, without consulting any.
body, and seemed to be accountable to nobody...
now we hate a General with one of the greatest
trusts in his hands that ever was confided to man,
apparently doing the same. Ministers were asked
in both Houses lest night, whether the Proclamation
addressed to the French nation, in the name of the
Duke of Wsr.r.trinTon, stating, that he and the
Allies were to fight for the restoration of the Bora.
lONS, was an authentic document,—but they could
not tell whetter it was really so or not; they 'seemed
to think it was not genuine, but they did not say
that the Duke of WELLINGTON ought IlOt to bate
issued such a Proclamation.
A statement, hewever, equally important was
made. It was admitted that the ratification of the
Treaty by Austria is not yet received. The Earl of
LIVERPOOL says he is assured that it is ratified by
that Power, though not yet come to hind.

Mr. Cut--the King's Messenger, arrived-tt the
Foreign Office this forenoon with Dispatches from
the Duke of Wer.r.tmcsTorr.

Two and twenty waggons arrived in town yester-
day under a military sescort, hanging the valuable
plate, porcelaine, lusrres, and a variety of costly
articles of furniture, the property .of the Duke of
tt'ELLisc TON, and which belonged to his Grire's
establishment at Paris while he was Aggsosader M
the Court of Louts XVI-11.
I The Sp-dash Gen. Ms t, after travelli,g through
!Spain in ,disguise, has reached this couatry. He
landed et Bristol from a Dutch vessel.
American account of the capture of the Cane, off
'cite Merleiras.
Copy of a Leiter from Lieutenant llnsrmAY to Ve Seers-
• Ivy of the Navy, dated his Britannic Xlajesty's
..Cyane, New York, ,April 10, 'Bl5.
SIR.-1 have the hot,our to inform you that OP the eveciitg
of the 20th February last, while cruizing off Madeira, the
United siatas frigate Constitution fell in win. his Britanpic
jetry's ships ()ine and Levant which she captured errata
action of fifty minutes.
" The Cyane is a frigate built ship, amounting 24 canines
guns, vit. ta enty•twu n-pound carronades on the mnin-d, ek,
eight 18-pound carronades on the quarter-deck, two 18-potid
carronades, and two long nines on the forecassle; and, from the
best information I could obtain, carry ing a complemritt of 175
men, commanded by Goa Dow Est.coa, Evq The Levant,
mounting 21 carriage guns, via. eighteen 24-puoud carronades,
two long nider, and a shifting 16poundei on the top pilaf-a
forecastle• with a complement of 150 men, commanded by the
Hon. Bronco Donct.As. Both ships suffered severely is their
spars, rigging, and sails. The Cons:riution received but tridiue
injury, having only four men killed, and ten wounded. As to
the loss of the enemy, I cannot possibly ascertain, but should
• presume it was very severe.
" Very respectfully, I have the honour to be. &c.
" R. T. ttorroAN.
i" The Hon. B. W. CROWNINPRIF2LD, Seere.
fury of the Navy, Washington."

Mr. L. an eminent bookseller in Soho square shot
himself, at 12 o'clock yesterday. The cause has not
transpired. •
LORI) BEREsFORD'S SWORD.- -A report basil
lately appeared of a sword presented by the City of
London to Lord BEntsroato, for his SertiCPS at
Buenos Ayres, having lately been sold by auction,
we have authority to insert the following f-,cts :
Shortly after the taking of Buenos Ayres, the City
of Landon voted their Thanks and a Sword, take
200 guineas, to Lord. BERSSFORD. In consequence
of this vote, a sword was ordered of a Mr. Al
which, when finished, was thought by the City to
be so ill executed, and so inferior to what was their
wish to present to his Lordship, that it was returned
upon Mr. A.'s hands, and another ordered Pke-
where, which was presented to Lord BERESTORP,
and which is now in his possession. The sword lately
sold is that which was returned to Mr. A.
Yesterday morning a fire broke out in the stahlni
of Mr. Burgess, hackneyman, in Little Russell-
street, Bloomsbury, by which three horses were
killed.

CHI LH-STE:it:LINO.
U 10 11.111 A y F.l is st beotti..ht Woe Mr. Se' io'.l
Srt.t.a.si on n chorgr of child stealittz. ,lr. tea rn '•
Clarence Illareol3lcd, that having tin Thirstlas rte..: g
served it mob etllleellog nearly opposite hot door, he %rot not id
enquire the calm'? Hr saw the l•riioner, se: s much
and a child, :shoot three 'ears told, u I.h her. Supeolea ter
child was her oaf., le qortstionett h.rst4 in the rra.trrr.
which she had nhiaiaed it. lo re' ly, she sa;ti she r n•i.s so .0.
sad that she :e•idrit at Delittitrd. IM•rhild, how, Vet, nn by-
initrr.iatetl..aii, she enflle from sadr.ost-ltill, nod th
dtsr
Prisoner had saki-9 h•r tivras. Mr. Wa rare, vi pout 110-,
for Holmes, tile canstattle, awl gave the Ptis'onrr two his Cu -
.tody.
' Holm-Ist:deo, that he had seen the Prlsiinfr Aerie,*
..treet i.. the earl• purl of the dos I she Ittl .1:e child sroh h':
.std aa, beating it. The mu' hut. uf• the child istie.itidi•
il3lol. 0%11 the I'llsiater, sehnin•he had a hnoal a:'.
s•krd pe au,sioti, un Thurad ty srs. t to tale the
utile Way fur a wit:k 3 10 filet .he consented, Mil bee,"" :1".
alarmed tot their not retorni, 8-4. sal
ra
r",I4Y mtorai te, whps she hetird the Prismo r's
.lout, mid immediately Come to the mikee,„...The pi iselliftl "
cogaratleJ fur he cuinliwitiva.

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To THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.
—.R.—

It is almost superfluous to say, that the affairs of
Europe are at present In a more momentous crisis
than they ever were at any former period ;and as this
crisis has been produced by the misconduct of the
men who had the fate of the whole civilized world in
their hands, it may be worth while to enquire how
they ought to act in order to repair, if possible, the
errors they have committed. By. their violation of
the Treaty of Foritainbleau, and by their rapacious
policy in the Congress, it cannot be denied that the
Allies brought about the return of BONAPARTE to
France, and the suspicious conduct of the Bouneorts
rendered that return acceptable to the majority of
the French nation. If these facts are admitted,
the injustice of the war on the part of the
Allies cannot for a moment be denied. It seems
to me, however, that war is by no means so
certain as some people have imagined, as some
have wished, and as others have feared. They
who undertake it, subject themselves to a dreadful
responsibility, and when they begin to be convinced
of the unanimity of the French people, I believe
ti riv will pause before they hazard the safety of
?heir own percale, and the existence of their Go.
•oramelits. To this country, above all others, war
mu,t be attended with the most frightful conse-
quences, even should it be successful ; and that it
should be successful who can believe, that has ever
attended to the event of all wars undertaken by coa-
'kiwis against a nation united and determined to be
free. 1 consider Europe as now placed precisely in
'Le same situation as in the year 1793. I perceive '
not an ati.m of difference, except that the force of
Fiance is now directed by one powerful individual, !
and she was then the prey of faction and anarchy,
till the force of terror united her under a sanguinary 1
Gr.vernment, nod enabled her to repel the ill-corn. !
pacted league nhich menaced her liberty and !
pendency. Should tke Constitution about to be pro-
posed to the French people undergo those modifica-
tions which can alone make it palatable to the friends
of liberty, it will do more to unite the French against I
their enemies, titan even the tremendous arm of
11°1mm:tutu; it will mite them in bonds of liar.
molly sal affeetion, and render them invitteil.•:e by
all the terrors of despotism. 1 hold the present Coa-
lition against France more profligate in principle,
and mere dangerous in its consequences, than even
that of 1793 ; for it not only attempts to dic-
tate to the French nation wham they shall have,
but whom they shall not have for their ruler. It .
goes to limit the rights of every nation within these
narrow bounds, that before they can choose a ruler
for themselves, they must first consult the pleasure
and caprice of all surrounding nations, who are to
he at liberty to punish other people for taking nil.
vantage of their own breach of treaty. The Allies
bloke the Treat) of Foittainbleau, and yet they
wish to punish the French nation becaose BONA-.
r RTE chose to take advantage of their perfidy. Butt
it seems the war cannot be tarried on without moneyo
and where is the money to come from ? Where, but
from England. But can England supply all the de.'
mands of the other Powers ? Will her people submit
to 1)- taxed almost to their last chilling, to support
foteifsiti armies, for purposes evidently against their
ean interest—for is it not the interest and the po. ;
licv,atid in the power of this country, more than ausy
other, to he at peace, unless she chooses to embroil
herself with the affairs of the Continent ? But
Bitterer, dear Banover--Hanover is a millstone
about our necks, that will bring us to the ground—
Hanover will sink us like a talent of lead at our
heels, in the sea of political ruin—rind .chat is Hanover
to us, to the people of Engle: The king-
dom of Hanover may be a pleasing sound in the
oars of our Government, but what is it to us ?
Will it increase our trade ? Will it help to pay our
taxes ? Will it help to lessen our debts ?• No ;it has
diminished the first, inasmuch as it has increased, and
will increase the two last to an enormous extent.—
Ilanover has been the cause of almost all our wars!
upon the Coatinent. and if we were rid of it to.mor-
row we should be richer and happier. It remains then
to consider how the Allies ought to act, in order to
avoid those tremendous calamities which war must
inevitably bring upon all European nations. They ,
oast seek price in the spirit of peace—they must
w},.,11( of cultivating and improving the countries they
ratty possess—they mast reader justice to those
:1005 ,hey or their ancestors have injured—they
mu,4 treat with Rom te.s RTC upon equal terms, as a
eign elected by the choice of his people and sup-
ated by their power—they must lay aside all ant,
bitious thoughts of aggrandisement and domination—
they must respect the rights of men, as well as the
rights of kings—and finally, they must act upon
V:e principle they professed when they first
fo am! themselves strong enough to pass the
hutindaries of France, and release the French
f' orn the tyranny of Bo ear. t RTE—for Boss-
l'Aue was a tyrant, though he never can be one
'Pill. Should reason and redaction take place of
inssion and violence in the bosoms of the three great
hvideis of the Coalition, the consequences will be
hiralculably beneficial to all Europe; but should
V,"y persist in the principles avowed in the first De-
riaration, vengeaticc will certainly pursue them, till
trey are forced to drink " the bitter ingredients of
their own clpalice."
ti4hton, Mly

I remain, Firr.

W. B.

TlerroosagaDEN.—Friday a most distre,sing rate came
before the Pilagistrates nt thiv Office, a bieh was that of a father,
4 010.5 resort tibie tradesman, whose feelings we will not
by mentioning his name. against his reprobate child, a
girl Just turned ten years of age. The unforsusiate patent, wiln
Itee%ei suffused is team :aid neatly deprived of the power of
rra ltd die child by thr..httnd before she M igistraies.
io half a °traces, he related heart-rending complaints
h,r abandoned conduct, and then requested their advice and
"''dance liliw to act by her, to prevent her coming to total
!Istniction and an untimely end. The Magistrates very fed-
:o7 rompassi,nuted his Misfortune, but more they mould not
site *asunder age to be admitted into the Magdalen. as
try take none under ears of ; she did not come under
the deseri tams of person,: admitted into the R Its4e. for she Dts,-
'srlditse essul.l not be re caved into the Philmthropie, ns
saal *at far the rerept of the children of convi-ted felons.
r. *as at length agreed upon, with the cement of the Church-
-441"1.-, 141ie her int., the W..tkhume, with orders to pre-
/' o 4 her risiee nut, and that her father should pay a weekly
fu. h. r . aintruawc‘!.