The Statesman.
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maintain order among our Al es. . i . 66 Nevertheless, and previous 'to Ms taking this
" Title IV. reiter" dispo Ile iiii iti,ol)o lies of resolution, his Majesty made prepolals to the Bri-
the Conscription of 1814, wh had been destined for fish Cabinet to read their Orders in Council, to cert.
the defence of our western a *Whiten frontiers; sent to a peace, and to the liberty of cothrierce :
they will form the Army of Beler .. on the eastern this proposal having been rejected, the union of the
l , frontiers, where they will fill this new destination. HanseaticTowns was decreed. if we consider the
i To'the honour and courage of the Notional Gu.ird, interest of these departments, independently of those
the Emperor confides thedefonceof the 'six great ports of the empire, what is the political existence which
of the Military marine : it is to the National Guards ; those interests should cause them to desire?
that he confides the care of repulsing any attack ofd "To belong to Prussia ?-but these people re-
ster enemies, on the coast of the. gibpiee •
: . ljected the-Wader yoke of the Prussian
"Oos!ernmeut;
-- You bare not forgotten, Crentlifteini with *lst and that Government, which could not 'even defend
ardour the inhabitants of our coasts marched against i the centre of its own States', would it have been able
the expedition directed to the port of Antwerp.. But'l to protect a distant frontier?
it is necessary to direct this zeal ; and what happened 46 To belong to England ?-Iset it*. would then
in 1809, has shown how important it is to organise : have become the tbeatre of all the wars of England
the service of the National Guard, in such parts of with the Continent : and they Would at once have
the Empire where it may be deemed necessary. devoted themse Ives'to the misfortune of supporting
" Those Departments which are especially called the evils of war, and the uncertainty of conquest.
upon to concur in the defence of the ports, are de- 66 To remain Hanseatic Towns ?—but they could
signated in Title IV. The National Guard shall be Ino longer be independent cities, since England no
organized in the Departments, if it shall be found i longet respects the neutrality of any flag. The Go-
needful ; and the companies of grenadiers and char- I Torment of these cities was enabled to subsist, so
seers be completed in such manner, as to present a long as they were surrounded by States interested in
'force of from 15 to 30,000 men in every circle, . their preservation, and because England not having
effective, present, and always disposable. .Iyet acquired that superiority by sea which she so
66 It is from the bosom of the Senate, Gentle- : greatly abuses, it might be for the convenience of the
men, that his Majesty will select the Generals whom ' Belligerent lowers, that there should be a neutral
he will charge to preside over the organization of; flag. But this being once broken, the cities could
these companies, and to take the command of them. • not seek protection but in. the strength of a great
In giving the Citizens such Chiefs to guide them in State, which would, sooner or later, procure them the
these sentiments of honour as have so many claims enjoyment of those advantages which their situation
on the general esteem, it was his Majesty's wish to offers them. The union of these departments with
encourage the confidence of the National Guards; France, was accompanied by proper measures for
to render their obedience more easy, and to secure to joining the Baltic to the Seine, to establish an easy
them such regard and esteem as may be consistent with and safe communication between the old and new
the duties of the service. subjects, iand to blend all their interests by. combine-
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" Not more than from 1500 to 3000 men from tious esually useful to both. Thus, Gentlemen, were
each circle, will be put into activity ; and these will i the advantages of this union felt by all the enlightened
)* placed at those points, where their services may people of those countries • and we soon sass a nu-
be deemed necessary, and will be relieied every'
.meroas Deputation from the Hanseatic Cities, lay at
three months, in order that they may not be too long thefeet of his Majesty's throne, the homage of their
detained from their occupations and business. ' gratitude, their devotion, and their fidelity. All the
" The contingent of every circle shall be in readi- benefits of our political system have been communi.
ness to march to such points as may beattncked, but rated to these new Departments; our Codes have
will not be parted from their families, excepting in been published there--our inetitutioes, have bees
such cases, and then only for the time that the danger there realised.; equitable laws, by effacing whatever
may exist. the feudal system there presented odious and con-
s 44 This contingent, reduced to the lowest number trary to the principles of civilisation and of all good
of 15,000 man fur each circle, will give 90,000 men ; government, have there respected all the rights of
to which, when we join 20,000 gardes-cotes, 80,000 property, and the advantages of this legislation have
of the marine troops, 20,000 workmen employed in teen generally acknowledged. Such, Gentleman,
the great ports, the Local National Guard, about was the condition of these countries, when the mis-
-40,000 men in the depots of the laud army, who are fortunes which a rigorous and premature season oc-
within reach of the coasts, and lastly, 60,000 men casioned to the Grand Army, reanimated among our
of the gees d'armes, distributed in the same arron- ' enemies those hopes which our victories had discon-
dissement, the defence of our coasts will be found certed.
to be secured by upwards of 250,000 men, indepen- " All kinds of intrigues have been given ear to.
dent of the reserve of grenadiers and chasseurs, A new coalition is formed in the North, and Prussia,
who are not entered in the first contingent, and believing that she may show her hatred with impu-
which will besides amount to upwards of 120,000 pity, has set the world the example of an odious per-
men more. fidy. The coalesced, in their transactions, have
" It is, nevertheless, by means of this measure, ° ceded Norway to Sweden, and promised our Hansea-
which does not call out mere than one thousandth • tic possessions to Denmark, as an indemnification.
part of the population of the six arrondissements, iThe. Danish. Government has rejected as arrange-
and merely for a temporary service, that the 90,000 ment, which by despoiling it of an imps:staid part of
men of the conscription of 1814 have been rendered her states; offers her nothing in return, but a chime.
disposable. I rical hope, and the certainty of an eternal war with
46 The actual situation of Europe, the necessity the empire. A wise and enlightened Prince has not
our enemies are under of dividing their forcell in *Si- forgotten the outrages of England : he has felt. his
cily, in Portugal, and in Canada, banishes every !tine interest, pad remained faithful to us.
idea of our coasts being attacked; but, however im- 46 Nevertheless, the enemy has approached our
probable an attack may seem to be, it suffices that it is . Hanseatic departments, and has .there sown the seeds
not impossible to induce his Majesty, in his great of trouble and revolt. Could he have blinded -them
wisdom, not to hesitete in adopting the measure; ,to such a point, as to persuade them that be could
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which have been proposed,to you. . withdraw them frees-the obedience they owe to his
" By giving your sanction, Gentlemen, to theta,' Majesty
you ensure the defence of our coasts and our ports: ; "How !--because a tempest, which prudence
and thus, the empire will have an annyof 400,000icould not forsee, has dispersed a part of our ekte-
men on the Elbe, one of 200,000 in Spain, and 4 rious army, our enemies, flatter themselves that they
200,000' men, partly oh the 1-thine, partly in the 32d , may, at their pleasure, dispose of Our territories ac-
Military Division, and in Italy. And it is in the cording to their ambition !—they believe that they
view of such forces, that our enemies conceive the can dictate the law to tis, and -draw us into a dis-
ridiculous idea, of dismembering the. Empire, and to ! graceful peace. Without doubt, it would soon tie.:
allow our depeefaibets to be given as lademnities in • tome necessary to burn our fleets, destroy our docks,
their political calculations* - • • land reduce our navy to 39, vessels, as they have
" This struggle is the last; Eitrepe will lake a I dared to propose to us. Deprived •of our, colonies,
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definitive
.sitnitioe, and the sweats of. the winter
of
.1813 will, least, have beeW;of advantage .to
France, by causing her to know her friends and her
foes; the extent ' of her own means, the devotiini of
the people, 'ad their' attachment to the Imperial
Dynasty.' * :?rt • . • •
(This profits ftne bitilitg•been referred to a Spe-
cial Commission, was adopted,.end decreed by the
Senate, in the sitOrgtiof the Adof April.)
Count ,tionlay followed Conet petermont; and
thus developed the petite.- of the 1.4 PrOjet of the
Senates Consdltudi -'• • •
" M r LOMB AliD Satirrote,..,--The 02d Article oL
the Constitution of the moats. of February,. in the.
year provides sgaiiist,,the rose of weighty Omani,
stances compromising t*.safietz• of the State ki any
part of Tospire, and autiiiiiiers the suspension of
the Constitutional reitibitionin'such part..
" ft is for fod,• Gentlemen; •to whom the right
has bemi confided by the -Senates Consultum of the
month of Thermidor, the year 10, to pronounci
inch f suspensionl look the proposal for so aging is
mide to you by Gerertsatent. • .
66 We come, asloording:tditi Orders; to propesi
to you the Momentary application 'of thiemeasure,
in the Departnieutt °fibs tipper Eery the Months

and the adiantagei of a ... commerce we
should furthermore renOubce our •Citittinehtal poViee;
and suffer our menufactifrei ind.ggr national Indus-
try to perish,Orid hecoMe, redpect; the Ser-
vile tributaries of Englandialrof no the Atli*
is of the dame mentimentsi with her Sovereign—full
of conifidennein the Ismisees :of his character; and
the resourcei of his genius, she will never sutler the
least attempt to be made ,against the dignity of his
crown, ; she. will depinie,that
itMay, require'all hle
energy' tb repulse suchvein Pietensions: she has at.
ready made. known her noble sentiments acid we
shall me Mr persevere its them with unshaken con-
stancy. - •
.44 you, Gentlemen, who are theiwincipal organs
of this generous people, you will 'hew yourselves its
Worthy interpreters; by satictiOnini the measures pro
posed to you. What we are especially chartird
present to you, hi, as we said at the commencefinhitio
in the eases provided. or by our Ceostitution. • When
the enemy pas defiled the territory. of. the Kaneeatie
DePartn"t°l-414.0* has emoted there disorders
and seditiOns, ana that. lielms there raised culpable
hopei, it is'evideSie,' &ink, empire of the constitu-
tional tati common tai the eierehle of which Oft
supposes a regular sad peaceable state of stain,'

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retinue, proceeded
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Wales the Address, voted -by the Livery, in COMA i
men Hall assembled, congratulating her Royal High- /
ness on her triumph over the fool conspiracy farmed'
against. her honour and her.M.—There were up,
wardi of a hundred carriages in the processio4
which extended from Guildhall to the west-end e
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Cheapside, where a short pause took place, for l
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purpose of receiving instructions ; when a card as
handed to the City Marshal from the Lord Mayor's
carriage, with,orders to proceed by Neweate-street,.
Skinner-street,. Uolboru, through St. Giles's', Orce.
ford.street, enteriug the Park at •Camberiand-gato,
Tyburu,then to Hyde Park-corner,along Mot ten; tory,
and out at Kensington-gate, on to the Palace ;--this
making a circuitous route of more than a mite. The
crowd in King-street and Oren pside was considerable,
but not to be compared to the immense assemblage of
persons of all descriptions who collected in St. Paul's
IChurch-yard, along the Strand, Pall-mall, and in
the streets through which the procession was expected
to pass, and who felt, as might be imagined, greatly
mortified at its taking a circuitous route. Mr. Alder-
man Comhe fell into. the procession, next to the
state-coach, just as it turned down Newgafe-street.
The acclamations of joy, with which the procession
was greeted, evinced the deep sense entertained by
the public of the honest and manly expression of the
sentiments of the Livery of London. They were
. loud, cordial, and reiterated.
In the Park, however, which contained au assem-
blage no less respectable than numerous,, no disap-
. pointment occurred. The carriages, horsemen, and
spectators on foot,, were numerous beyond all prece-
dent, and the Procession was greeted, as it passed,
with the most enthusiastic shouts and plaudits.
About eleven o'clock her Royal Highness the
Princess of ,Wales, attended. by Ladies Charlotte
Lindsey and. Charlotte Campbell, left Montague
House, Blackheath,. for Kensington Palace. Her
Royal Highness travelled the Most private way across
the country,artil over Battertea Bridge, and arrived
at. Kensington Palace at a quarterpast 12 o'clock..
.Thc populace had-began to assemble round the pa•
lace by eleven o'clock. Soon after one, Bacon,
belonging to Bow.otreet Office, who was entrusted
with the direction of the Police, upon this occasion,
• cleared all those assembled near the entrance of the
Princess's apartments, to the outside of the railing
which encloses the grass-plat, to enforce which, he
called in a Dumber of the military to his assistance.
The Lord Mayor's gentlemen in waiting arrived
about one o'clock, to he in readiness to receive his
Lordship. At ten minutes past two, the grand caval-
cade arrived; the crowd that accompanied it over-
powered the Police and the Military, and burst open
the gates, at which it entered. The Lord Mayer oas
received with marks of disapprobation by the in-
calculable crowd that surrounded the Palace, and
those in the trees. The Aldermen were received with
three buzzes; Ald. Wood experienced unbounded rip,
plause, his carriage being drawn from Holborn to the
door of the Palace by men. The CoMmon Council-
men who attended on the occasion, did not appear
in that character, but, merely as Liverymen.—
Among them Mr. Waithman was discovered, and he
I was received with loud hums. The Lord Mayor;
Aldermen, &c. were shown into the small dining-
i room, between the grand dining-room and the
drawing-room. The Procession consisted of the
two City Marshals, in their state uniforms, on
horseback. The state carriage, and six bays,-11
i which was the Lord Mayor, the Mace-bearer; the -
Sword of State, and his Lordship's ChaplaiW; Al-
dermen Cembe, Wood, Goodbehere. and Heygate; •
Sheriff Blades and the City Remembrancer, Mr.
Sheriff Hoy and his Chaplain; the Chamberlain, the
I Comptroller, thC Solicitor, the Town Clerk, and
f about 150 of the Livery in their gowns. It occupied
i exactly half an hear the setting down fromtheir car.
rises. It being announced to the Princess. that- the
whole ware arrived, tier nivel Higness entered from
a back anti-room into the .grand dining-room, and
took her station at the upper end of the room with
her back to a small nierbleslab, before a large look-
ie,-,glast ; Ladies Charlotte Lindsey, Charlotte
Cireptiell, and Lady Ann Hamilton, her Reyal
Highness's ladles in waiting, stood to her right heed;
end Mr. St. Leger, her Vice-Chamberlain, and Mr.
H.S. Ftis,•on her left. The. Town Clerk, in the
absence of the Recorder, approached .the Princess,
• end 'read-the &Holing Address

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Neon eft lieldionv°f the gOl4. 111111 A 'lll. arient, and of latt tied the of Om 'Elbe, Om• should bet ltr
•Teitotponded, add; Make way for *heti.
0641...mmieggeoptjtoteo lo,tbelfsPaittlitaMitspttl.Mipithle of posittic Opplittitnifart Oblate& Tieteireumstinces Mit* Opkiry Measures May be commanded by
Ootetleg 1100 the cos as iteettiiMiter Alan have re- •in *Ma thnoe'irtmente 'circueleanCii. rhis suspension, Is, howeorrs only
4 awes- neteed- the' preliminary instiaMshh Thh cohorts peat ter yeti •fterethen tw astetweitte you to -for
.three!tnotitba: every thing cads,- us. (0 belies.,
retina. by the first call Osi,liaillihwitete'aiready the adoptido of this Measure. . " that it.will
.neerequire more than that time, to I>rialt .
s. net 04014 *hot •eipeefutions wittier' ourselves 6' Yea will recollecto •Gentremenrate motives of 'those DepOrtments again under perfect .suinniatien
many .triens.ibe stela caH propoSed.. . high policy which aicasierrthe lintel. tit ,and • we have no doubt that we shell see all the pond
it the "We tie toot dissemble beilt.PalotAti (fie appeal these ewolttriei..*ith Clle." Empire. Orders in . •ettliens, all the enlightened people* of those cooniciot,
fietteittoltizen Coancil Jutted by the Btliish ComsCil, alO6 and ,concur of. theinselves to the success Of the measures
dose oat till It 'preferable to mitt? I present Oren,' 1807, bad annihilated' the treaty of Utrecht, de. -.which his Majesty will take to restore there. the G.
°° Tsai ,te l o.the last classes.; bu kil me.
• to ass' riokidUg greater ones la •tettl and from strayed the Ilbelty of Maritime ciainteree, -and.'vernment of order and htw." . •
tpen. , which the eerie results could net theihnseeted.? Ex. placed all the Continental Powers in.& .state .of de. (This projet; otter having been referred to a Soso
41* of 'desire of (Me, the calls, nnatholikeitietes. should pendence on England. To her Orders in Council, vial Commission, was adopted and decreed bythlt
be determined by arrets the cogitia, and these his Majesty tTpliedly the Decrees of Berlin and Mi. Senate, ht the Sitting of the )d of April.)
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MOD- oneestive measures shall be titikert* *loom proper lan ; the obje'et Of 'which was to subject England to
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atiOIL manestr, to prevent all Injustice aid ißmeolty, a general end absolute blockade, and to keep all her ADDRSgS i0:gh.e.,P12:14V,. MS cif WALES.
well know, Gentlemen, thealdift of .fora. 'Merehandikee; within his borders, 'under seguestra- '
and sight' whirl always guides hii.tilitiesty's designs ; and . don'. By *biting to tarry off -all maritime Com-
Ai a quarter past twelve o'clock yesterday, the
'thus td present every kind of datigei, sad even of merce, anttporting with the laws of nations, Eng.
then lug dieted., he has deemed it seresearY tkerganize an land forted him to adopt a system necessary not only Lord Mayor attended by the Sheriffs, and • the
ulna! retinue, proceeded in state from Guittlhall to
t au.. Army of Reserve,. which, etteampedon Nee frontiers, to the Empire, and to its Allies', but likewise to' all
Kensington .Polsoo, to present to the Princen of
ides will at the same, time watch tor their defence, and the Continental Powers. w.I.- •1.- A at.- 1 2.. _ _

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• . the .hanible Addres of the Laid olayor, Aldermen. and Livery
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1 • NAV IT saliva vova aiovALielonngss,
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We, his Majesty's loyal sehjorts, the Lord Mayor, Abler.
men, and Livery of the pep 91 indtosid,
ninp?,,simiumooti Hull n..
I least:led, hearing In salad lishise i 8 f A d ration ,
and ardent atrectioa, witkit we bailed the arrival of your ' "
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Rossi HighaesS la I* coasoiy. humbly beseech your Rosa' •
Hiiibbesstotretreive tar assurances, that in the hearts of ihr ci. •,
tutees of Atom saatiments base never experifaced di- ' - it
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I Deeply bite ed In every neat eonnedted with the Mali. .
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lity Nisf the Tityaise of this Kingdom under the sway of the . ,
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• 1 Haase gf areantickenheipderty Mite to every eircanwhiacc
affecting the gimonal willqirentioery.branch of that illnorious. • i
; Hinverehite hash telt ladtgastiewssi abhorrence ipexpressible. • . . ' • '-'
. nape the. .11aclosare ,sofrdlialt fast tad detestable compittrey , • . \
, w hick, lty perlarell a4folOneditreiigere. Mae been carried or ' •
• anvil at year Maya, Hlghissi's *Moor and life.
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The senosittioo for the 4W/the sanderaties, the forbearance, • - •
' the &nohow, the ritaaanaloft,„,phich r..lloyal Highness , ,
bus so emittenily displayed sokr tir se trying, and • :
. during a persecution of
~.hp 4 'llllsl44s-spliese. while lk„el'
demand as esprossioa sr - Indionsabled apriume, Caelill Mil r
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fo epeite ip as a. '1 mater , the s way of "vow r 1
illetgloas 111 hothead dailghser. oar .children will.eigay.all the ~
bilateviimaistor•espeopiei eon we hombly bn permis.
libla • laill4llca jitier,itool Idleness. that, as . t
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