The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-08 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN'.

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on making representations to the French Govern-
meg, was told, Lord OXFORD had no right to-carry
•
seinani letters to the injury of the revenue, and
that all those addressed to subjects 61 his Britannic
Majesty should be forwarded 3 but thatthoie to the ene-
mies of the French Government should be detained,"
adds, rather Inconsistently, Abet I,it is whispered
neither the Duke of WELLiiiiiTON nor the British
Government resent the seittere4 Indeed ! Is an
Englishman, we say nothing this Lordship's quality
or private business, to be set upon in the face of day,
within two leagues of the capital where an, English
Ambassador resides, and deprived by the' orders of
the Government of that cotintry 'oi:confidential com-
munications, in a lime of peace, aed neither the Am-
bassador of his country, nor the British Goeernment,
resent such violence? We cannot believe this. There
must be more than meets the ear in this tame salmis-
siony and extraordinary suspicion in the French
Gofernment. Some think there are letters, among
those of which Lord OXFORD has been deprived,
" from Englishmen to extraordinary characters in
' Italy, even to the Emperor of the Isle of ELBA, as
well as to his brother LUCIEN ; -while others assert
1 many letters have thus been obtained from high French
military characters to BONAPARTE, and others."—
So goes the speculation to which this circumstance
has given rise. Can the King of NA rim, who assisted
to restore the BOURBONS, be ranked among its ens''
miss? and what has led to this suspicion? The con-1
1 duct of the Royal Conclave at Vienna ; and the 'Opel
which MURAT may have resolved upon, and any man
in his situation might be expected to pursue, for the
purpose of preserving his own interests. Pieter
way tile " accident" is a very awkward one, and
we could wish to find that the honour of no English-1
•!
The state of 'political affairs. in France becomes. man may suffer by it.
more and more gloomy, and if the private coo-I As the most infamous spoliation is again become
inunicatious received from thence can be relied upon, I the order of the day on the Continent, and it has.'
the causes of domestic discord continue to be mul- i become so imperiously necessary to keep a sharp
tiplied in that most 'singularly tempered nation, to.l look-out for political conventions, we should be
an extent frightful indeed, and threatening a return ' glad to be informed by what unfortunate accident
of convulsions which cannot be contemplated but I Lord CASTLEREAGH was out of the way when the
with the awfullest dread. Murders, conspiracies, ; Convention which gave Saxony to Prussia was agreed
,arrests, preparations for personal safety, foolish andlopon,signed,and ratified. The Ministerial writers,-who
tyrannical acts on the part of the Princes so lately with their equally well informed employers its office,
restored from the deepest indigence to stations of have lately been giving, us a variety of desperate rea-
command ; bursts of irritated feelings, and dials. sons,from the anatomical rooms,for thedismemberment
pointment on the part of the people, and disobe- I of States, and the propriety of dethroning the King of
dience in the soldiery; rashness on the part of one Saxosty, have now found out the best possible way of
i
Duke, who has done nothing to indicate bravery but complimenting our negociator at Vienna, and of
broken bottles and made war upon decanters ; and / helping themselves out of a most disnceful scrape,
want of energy in another, who has astonished Eu- ! only to get into another, and show their extreme con-
rope by his prowess, and is now charged with the pre- , sisteney. They say, the 'Proclamation of Prince
servation of the peace, honour, and interests of the 1 Retiring, which bears date the 31st of Oct. but was
greatest of Empires, are the heterogeneous and-: not published till the Bth of Nov. was known atl
ominous features of the intelligence we are now in' Vienna on the 17th, and was formally disavowed on
the dsile habit of receiving from France, by the I the 10th November. It is known that this disavowal
chat Nels that dare to convey what is affirmed to be !did actually take place in consequence of a Note
the actual state of affairs, and the real nature of the i presented by Lord Carrezaeaun." We are glad to
transactions that are taking place. We, of course, hear his Lordship wanted no advice to disavow on
cannot vouch for the accuracy of these statements, : the part of his country, approbation of.this sinister
but there is evidently too much truth in sogie eft transaction. But does nor the existence of such a
them. We have given the copy of a letter from. itrtaty for so long a time, and the actual per-
Palk, of the Ist inst., inserted in the Morning- Post] fortune* of Its stipulations, for possession has
1
of tnis day, and the particulars of the arrest and r been taken of Saxony by Prussia, the term pro-
robbery, as it has been termed, of Lord Oxroen,i visional being only a cover for the intent of keeping it,
to show how strongly some of our former cominuni- ; rather tend to prove that my Lned._ CASTLEREAGH has
cations regarding the state of France are corro..i been out-negocisted, and that there may he much
borate, by the evidence of our cotemporaries.ldanger in his having allowed these provisional men-
---To these, ,herefore, we refer ; and we caneleures to be carried so far? Was it necessary that his
lint. kt remark. that they afford . but too much Lordship should see how the wind blew from the'
grourdYor apprehension, that there may shortly be South before he gave in his note ? The Protest of the
a cessation of friendly intercourse, not only between ;Saxon Monarch is dated the 4th of November. Lord
the mass of the inhabitants of this country and CASTLEREALM, though he waited not for a hint
France, Dui between the Governments; and that from Mr. WHITBREAD, was ntlt very ready with
the good old Lours has too many solid and unhappy his note after all, for it was not until the 19th
reasons for his melancholy, and his wishes that he ' that he ventured to speak out. If the Prussian and Rus-
-wore again in England. Our Readers, unless they sem plan of transfer, and the measures consequent
can penetrate with a clearer vision than ourselves, the thereon, were not known at Vienna till the 17th Nov.
mystery that envelopes the outrage on Lois). Ox- (thouch REPNIN'S Proclamation, which says both
. sotto, will not know what to make of that affairs:- Austria and England had given their consent to Pros.
They will perceive in it, however, the fears of the t sin's possession of Saxony, bears date the 31st Oc-
French Government, and that these fears are not a toner, and was published on the Bth Nov., some of
little founded on the existing connection between' the parties at that capital must know very little of
`this country and a friend of BONAPARTE, who is 1 what is going on elsewhere.
vested with considerable power. Lord OXFORD,
with Lady OXFORD, are known to have resided for
some time at the Court of MURAT, King of Naples,
where they were in high Royal favour. From this
circumstance we suspect that, by his Lordship's
weans, Ille alliance which gave to the Confederated
.Powers Cie co-operation of JOACIIIH was brought
about; a 0 as there have lately been some symptoms
-on. the part of the legitimate Sovereigns, to pay but
little respect to the understood stipulations of that
-alliance, in fact to regard none as possessing rights
'to a throne, but such as came under the description
of their legitimates, his Lordship, who is said to
hate lately had an audience of the Plumes: REGENT,
and to have transacted special business in Londo'n
tied Paris, may have deemed it his duty to take the
step imputed to him in 'order to set matters to rights,
and preserve his own and his country's honour.
We cannot credit the discreditable insinuation in the
Courier, that Lord OXFORD had been so indiscreet
as to boast, when at Paris, that he was the bearer
of ma: y important letters back to Naples, far less
that he was in any way concerned in General
De FOUR'S plot. Had there been any truth in this
assertion, his Lordship would not have been left at
liberty to• pursue his journey immediately after the
seizure of his papers. The Courier, although it
states that Lord OXFORD retutned to Paris, and
complained to the Duke of WELLINGTON, " Who, I

the kingdom, eicept as auxiliaries in case Of inva-
sion.
t. The Norwegian Minister of State, and the
two Councillors of State, have seats in the Swedish
Council of State, and may deliver their opinions on,
questions interesting to both kingdoms.
58. The Diet meets every five years, in the begin-
ning of February, in tke capital, or any other city,
of the kingdom,
.63. Theliing appoints the Speakers of the two
Chambers.
69. A resolution adopted by three legal Diets
shall have the force of law, even should the King not
. assent thereto, provided it be not contrary to the let!
ter or the spirit of the Constitution.
70. The Diet does not remain assembled more than
three mouths without permission of the King.
82. The King will propose to the Representatives
of the two nations a law, to the effect that Norwe-
gians sod Swedes may reciprocally obtain the rights of
citisenship in Sweden and Norway.
99. All subjects are alike liable to military service
. until the age of 25 years.

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*WV% OF STOCKS TKO DA? AT ONK O'CLOCK
Sank 241 l'enZ• A 1111.16 1-14 ,
9 per Cent. Red. 64i1 ledia Hoods 17 p
9 per Cast. Cnno. Exchequer liilla 5 p
4 per Gots, 811 i thallium sie
b per Cert. Navy Consols for Acc. 660

THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

THURSDAY, DECEMBER S, 1814.

LOSS OF THE DEVONSHIRE EAST INDIAMAN.

The Devonshire East Indiaman, bound to China,
upset at her moorings in Saeger Bay during a violent
squall on the 2d July ; she had nearly the whole of
her cargo on board ; and e 9 lives were lost on this
melancholy occasion. The above account is brought
by the Wellington and Indian East Indiamen, which
arrived yesterday in the Downs ; the latter ship
parted from the Lord Castlereagh extra-ship, off the
Cape, on the 20th July, at which time the Lord
Castlereagh sprung a leak, and threw half of her
cargo overboard, and went back to Bombay.—The'
Wellington sailed in company with the Hannah, bat
parted three days after they left Bombay.

It is now generally known that the late purchases
in the Funds have been principally made by the
holders of American produce. In the event of a
peace they presume Stocks must rise, and If the war
be continued the imports in their possession will in-
demnify them for the speculation.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when the under-mentioned Com-
manders took leave of the Court previous to depart-
ing for their respective destinations, viz.—Captain
SAMPSON, Marquis Camden ; Capt. LOCH, Charles
Grant; Capt. Her, heir • and Capt. DazaTmrts,
Vansittart—for Bombay and Chins.
Saturday a detachment of the 23irot (too men)
embarked at Portsmouth for the Mauritius.