The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-08-09 00:00:00

tHE STATESMAN.

Flares an attacked are forced to )ield to the invaders'
contribu.ions of the most erindiog kind are imposed
on the inhabitants, end pillage and devastation the
nit less rerniii. consequfloce. No N under we hear of
fttn.tie.ste defences w herever the means of warding
off f UCh unities exist. Illezieres, a strong town
in the department of the Ardennes, on the hteuse.
which was the first to send in its submission to the
Government of Lours, is undergoing a rigorous
bieiv; and is defended with as signal bravery, skill,
attr‘soceess, as when the Chevalier BAYaltss defied
in its citadel nil the power of the F.tnperor Clisnr.Ls
V., and compelled him to raise the siege. The mili-
tary Commander is -Lieutenant-Genetnl Count Du-
140NCZAV. In* sortie made by the garrison, the
besiegers lost sis pieces of cannon, and were com-
pelled to abandon part of their works; in come-
ware of which they have been obliged to call in
strong reinforcements to their aid. This siege has,
however, been very fatal to
.Charleville, and the
neinbhouring places, end in fact all the department,
the inhabitants of which have fled into the woods
with all they can carry with them. Sei!Jo, which
opened its gates without resistance, is overburthened
with requisitions. The miserable and desolated de-
partment of Ardennes, has bad contributions levied
upon it to the amostitt of seven millions of francs
Such ire the blessings which the Af:ied troops aril
conferring on the subjects of the King of Ettsmct!.
The castle of Vincennes, in the neighbourhood of
Paris, w hick the Allies have also sought to aubdde
though it ha• hoisted the white flag and the King of
Fit ANCE is in the capital, still defies their power;
but something like an armistice has given a cessation
to hostilities.

Arrests continue every where. LAREDOYERE is
to be the first orthe great military offenders tried.—
trial was expr,etecr to take place yesterday,
before the first Military Division,—iu Paris. It
seems it is unsafe to venture to hold a Court-Martial
any where else. It ii net said who are to be the
Judged.-
Paris is in a constant state of agitation, and the
most dreadful convulsion and massacres are appre-
hended every, night. The efforts of FOUCHE'S police
eve seconded by the military in vain. Assemblages
and tomultatannot be Prevented, and murders and
outrages are nightly perpetrated. In this state of
the 'capital, we are glad to find the British troops
' are leaving it, and are to be stationed in the indus-
- Wens, moral, and orderly. dist ict of Normandy.—
•The Prussians and Russians are to remain to pre-
serve the peace of Paris ! and supply the place of the',
French troops, who, they say, are to be disbanded.
There is, however, nothing further stated in the
Papers received to-day. of the disbanding of the ar.
miss. Where is .the necessity for an. Ordinance to
this effect, if, as some accounts would laid us to be.
' Here, they have disbanded of their own accord,. and
retired te their homes, from %Isiah those who are cry.
ing out for their punishment say they were rudely
tern? "-The we* plan," said the Journal de Delimit,:
" for the ogantration of the armies, is tettled."i
They had better have first settled the minds of those'.
who are to compose these armies. Does the Govern.
meta of France wish for woos who are indifferent
about the honour, the interests, and the indepert..l
dente of their country ? If it does, it knows whereto
find them even among Frenchmen. But France
not be saved by such means. A report is mentioned, I
that it is the intention of Louts XVIII. to abdicate in
favour ofayounger branch of the House of BOURBON. I
—however necessary this expedient may be to i
assimilate the Government with the wishes of the
people, it is a circumstance very unlikely to happen.
No new systems, no innovation upon the sacred
principle of hereditary legitimacy will be allowed by
the Combined Powers who are new so zealously sup-
porting it. And which of the Bourbon family would con-
ciliate the minds of the French people,and restore their
country to its former rank among the independent
States of Europe? The Duke of ORLEANS is the
only branch of the repudiated family who has any
think like a party in Pratic,! : but the Duke of
ORLEANS' national influence is too trifling to be men-
tioned. The Duke seems to have been so little sa.
tisfied with the present appearance of things in
France that he has suddenly left Paris to congrqu.
late his liberai.utinded • father.in-law, the Xing of
Nart.r.s, on his having re-ascended hii
throne."

Hog may, perhaps, take the POPE in his way, and
congratulate him also on having had restored to his
holy care Bologna, Ancuni, Beneventons, and Polite.
Corvo, hi,:h the Ausfrians have delivered op to his
Holiness's Commissioners.

One of the blessed consequences of the mode now
taken to keep down France and preserve quietness
throughout the world, will be that most inimical
of all estab/ishments to the commerce and the liber.
ties of nations—the very thing whieh the delivering'
Powers of Europe have smght to pot down—a large
and extended war establishment in every State which
has danger to apprehend from France, or has, be.
come hound to keep her in eterual fetters. We find
Dutch Mail arrived to-day, and Frankfort and
Breasels Papers to the 7th inst. that the Dutch war
establi,hrtmt is to he further increased im►nediately ;
and from what the Papers call a wire foresight, but
which appears to be merest) urgent necessity (or pro.
Tidittg *Oust Jaeger deemed not fat slietsta, the lame

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' military preparations are still going on In Germany, We have translated aid given in another colors
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from a French Paper, a most important are,l.,,
from- which troops are still marching to France.—
The very Danes are now irastaning, to the amount of which our coteinporaries seem to have overlook,
' 15,000, to the scene of fiction,' and frosh detach- It is a letter from Gen. Sudsier, wl
nientS of. English are pressing to the same destine- from NAiiOLECix his late abdication and pi
tiers. to the Chamber of Peers. The General
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I• But our interestis*chiefly excited, though bat lit- • himself to the Editor of the Casale de Fri
tie gratified, by the French Papers. We find by the in viudicatiou of his own conduct, which
Monilcur that the Colleges of the Armelissements seem to have satisfied•all parties, or been
assemble on the 14th, and the Departmental Colleges open, enters into a detail of what passed
on the 22d inst.. 'lke fullowing are extracts : i himself and the late Emperor immediately
' Nati, Ault. s.—The circle of observation of the to his consenting .to abdicate. The repo'
Castle of Vincennes is marked out to a circumference French Papers of the communications mad(
rof 300 teises:. The Vitiates of the Allies, in number General and the filiiiisteri of NAPOLEON, at
, rfroon lb to. 18,- keep in this boundary ; the French the abdlcation sins announced, falls far
I videiles, in equal number, are stationed on the out- • what is here stated by Gruteral,Sor.ru:s sc.
eide,within trietol-shot of each oilier. tln the irate- cumstances detailed in this letter, bower.
I rior of the fortificstions• they are only occupied Ilt Ivry well with, and show 'the accuracy of
making arrangements for the keeping of goOd order, resting narrative which we submitted to out
the strictest armistice, and the preservation of the yesterday, from a private sourer...awl will
i materiel which is contained. ill the Castle. It ap• tier tend to place the causes of N.seor.ei
pears that the respective Getrernls do not expirt to conduct, and his relative situation in resuect ti
• . in.a. clear light. receive orders to interrupt this harmony.
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Gerierel Mouton-Duvet-fret, who had voluntarily :
I . I The stock of old wheat now in hand,
surrendered himself primmer, his taken advantage h
t ronghout the kingdom, is much greater
tof this act of confidence. and broken his parole, by been known at the commencement of ha,
stealing away from Morithrisott. The gendarmerie many years.
pursued him, and the. seals hate been pet upon his Yesterday, at one o'clock, the Earl of
property. • pooh lint! a long audience of the Palace I
A letter from Thoolouse announces, that General at Carlton- House ; after which the Nei.
weal to the Foreign-o:fire to attend a Cabinet
Clau•sel camp there, with the intention of presenting
cif at two, which had been summoned on '
himself to the Duke d'Angouleme ; hut that Prince by t•.;,d Baritetter. The. Council sat till pal
. having refused to receive Irim;'i therefore prudently , ' The 21st Dragoons which have been star'
withdrew. the Cope of Goo Hope fer some years, an.
The last news from the South is much more lean- coed to India forthwith.
, • I, lIE DUKE OF YORK.—Yesterday, at two
quillizing than could have been expected, after the the n •
I- !MICE g VGENT left Carlton-louse, and
exaggerated accounts of the events which had taken ed 46 Oaalands, the seat of the Doke and .7
place at Niimes and Montpellier. Yoex,. on I visit. to his Royal Brother, it
Individuals are met with wearing a livery,.with a quence of the accident of breaking his left k
lily in the button .hole. It is our duty to point out Sunday morning. The REOENTWAS met there
- . . Quexa and Pe:recesses, &c. who went from
I this insufferable Marine,. . •
, The following Report of the state of his Roy
Among the indiaidttais artrsted.
_yeileillai at the OPSS was received in London yesterday :.
1 'Thuilleriee It is said. there are elope of those slashers Royal Highness the Duke of Yoe's, has pa:;.—
'of shawl* and sprinklers of aqua fortis, who have -good night. Ile is this morning free from fever,
filored a wey for severardays in the Joernali. i in all respects'going on favougahly.
! M. de Loedey.ege, is iiT, .it )1 74-4, be brought the : • (Signed) lIEKRY HALFORD.
P. M'GREGOR, Surgeon.
• daiaffer to-mrstrosi•before the Council of War of aitlards, Taer.dny Morning. Aug 8; 1915.
,• the Ist. Mil ita ry. DiviSjoo. . - • . I Coax-Excuasms, -Ave.. 9.—Our Wheat
• ~.
. 1 The battalion of trooplets officers who serum- eontinees extremely heavy to-day, and pricy
descriptions, except prime tramples, are,
panied the King to Ghent, and who returned with •-arid even that of fine quality is doll sale at firl,
I his Majesty, will active at Paris next Tuesday, at prices.—Barley is Is. per quarter lower, '
i eight o'clock in the mornitte, by the. barrier of IA good -supply this morning.—Beeos, Peas, lc
Villette. :.the officer, who form part of this cos ps go off slowly, and hardly support•our last qv
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, have been invited to meet their comrades at IA ' Ilicuanososr, Goontuce and Co. Cot
Villetle. . for the present Lottery, respectfully
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• those persons who wish. fur particular Numl
i The family of General Lefebvre- Desnouet tec, and make an • early application, as the Lottery
t his father, aged 84 years, address to us ((he Journal drawn 24th August. The Scheele, with one'
: des Debuts) a complaint against several of our articles, Tickets, coolants a Grand PI ize of R3O,C
Il• in which this Genet al is represented as a leads:- of
3000 Gutheas.—Tickets and Shares are of, sri
partizans who threatened the department of La 'rely of Numbers, at their. Offices, Coral
i Loire, had ravaged one of the country !mikes of M.de Chsring.eress, where they sold in Shares in
Lottery, Nos. 11,172, a Prize of 220,000.
,la Tremnoille, &c. &c. They deny formally all these 6407, a Prize of 1000 Guineas in Gold.
I t secusatinos, and assert that General Lat.bvro is more • . -
i than 400 leagues distant from the department which i • PRUSSIA.
ibe is accused of wishing to invade. " Whatever may I EXTRACTS FROM THE crazerres OP BELL
be the wrongs and errors in which Desnouettes may I 29•rit Juee.—The Minister of War, annl
have been led into, lit enemies cannot deny his donation of 100 golden Fredericks (about
: having always carried on honourable warfare."— . ling), sent to him by an unknown Patriot
relief of the 'wounded, in the glorious battle
They appeal for proof of this 9 to the Polish, Data.• terloo, under the command of Field-Marshal l
i•rian, Wirtemberg, and Saxon Officers whom this Prince of Waldstadt.
1 General often commanded. In support of this com- ' The Ladies, Presidents of the Society for ,
plaint, they send us an Order of the Day of General lief of wounded Soldiers, are publicly called
i Destiouettes, dated San Cerre, 20th of July, and ad- send their succours to floorain, where the '
Irireseed to the cavalry of the Old Guard. " Al- are much crowded; the slightly wounded ,
I parsed in the country along the Rhine, whet
though I share your sentiments," says he to his twee, with every assistance and attention.
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soldiers, "it is possible that I may be forced to leave i 4ru Jur.v.—Art Individual offers 2000 dol
! yoe.—lnflamed by an enthusiastic pose for my cois- the relief of any /too respectable families, w
try, I would have sacrificed all for her ; but if, after have met the misfortune to lose their chief sal
halting been a long time your Chief, -I
bear with me ' by the death of heroes in the hard fought
yor promise me to t from the 14th to the 19th J •ite.
I your esteem and your regret-A(
belaithful to France Sind it% Gevernoiont, I shall be ' ..•
Om JtiLY.—At 14ege, all have contribute
00r p est their mites, to the relief of the w
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consoled in its disgrace." . . ... r - ! Prussian aohliers carried these: the collemi
. Another complaint of the SWIM nature has been ad- two first days, was 11.000 franca.—Wioe, Ii
dressed le Aire Jeurnid de Paris, in' behlif of Geri. Hoeft were also furnished in abundance; and
Lamarque, by the
Chief of the Staff of bps army, physnns and surgeons of the place gave I
M. Bigex, who cites several cirrumstanres to the ho- , 6isStaubcsec.riptions are opened at Berlin for tl
neer of this General, and gives numerous eximplisX of the wounded at Louvain, and amounted
of his moderation and humanity in the war of La' 504/I.—Mr. Schirmir also sends 500 dollars COI
Vendee, terminated by him. • '• -' - to head-quarters. •
At Toulon, Dijon, and Avignon, numerous ar- •1 Um JULY.—A subscription taf' eight d
about 1501. was sent from J3erlin to Dr. Gut
rests take place. • -
• Sixty-two houses have been pillsged in the city of head.eriarters.
ISiti JULY.—A plan is proposed at Berlit
Nimes. The liarricke 'wire also pertly destroyed 'by Princess Wilhelm of Prussia, sanctioned by
fire. •' - • pobition of the King, for the great and seta'

iklezieres is continually attacked, end defendedct • of .
in which the Clergy are called on to
k relief to the Sufferers in battle of IS
with vigonr. The attack on this place by the side of and 15:
Charleville not having succeeded; the Allies directed their eaeriiond in the cause of a so just claim,
triotism, and of humanity.
their Jorts against the opposite aide. The besiegers' , The plan is, a 'weekly or monthly contrihi
corps havo.heess reinforced by three battalions and all classes, of a small sum, to raise and co"
some artillery. In a sortie made by the garrison,. suitable fund for this good and highly descrn
the besiegers have lost six pieces of cannon and hisr6 ' Pwle•
abandoned a put of their works. However, the/ ''l9th Jor.Y.---The Ladies of Aia-la-Chart
ibutio
Appear determined upon,an assault, which Wilirn co-
formed a Society for the contl
plete the miseries of this city, one of the first to 0e- of necessaries for the relief and supra of mot
support of
-ed !soldiers. 1
knowledge the King, and hoist 'the white flag. This It is expected that the numerous, weatil
siege is tint less fatal for Chaileville and the neigh- Well-disposed Society of friends, in Great
basiring places, whose inhabitants have fled into the
and Ireland, will come forward
woods, with all they cools, carry away. Sedan' ,ion of a Christian and chwith the
ble Penn
which opened its gates without resistance, is over arila
mane compassion for the poor willows and to
burdened with requisitions. Those of the- depart- children of those who have fallen in the late ch
tire contests for the defence of their country,
.agent of the Ardennes, including the contributions support of property, order, law, and religion
in money, amount nearly to-seven millions. Wft is in no manner to support, provoke, or eno
hope that the Prefeet, whom we expect to arrive the unchristian and inhuman contests of 0
I'verY ,day, will be able to °binin some relatation of unwise policx, or bad ambition, whith hare
the grieraaces a Likb °Wen its. . scourged, aelictedo and disgraced all civilised