The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-08-26 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

The fact is, any attempt to convert them to Christi•
anit)—any attempt et stifling those sacred mat ks.
must he attended *Rh the norst of all possinle con.
sequences. We do not say suer has been the atempt
this time, but there is, vie are sorry to say, such •
system of nisaffection in India, at nothing but the
most conciliatory measures atone can dissipate.

(of course FoncuE), directing that none of the Pre-
fects of the Departments shall accept the office of
Deputy of the Legislatite Chamber, though elected
to perform the duties of that situation by the people,
and that they shall on no account abandon their
posts. Tnis order sufficiently indicates the necessity
of preserving the established anthoritirs, but all free-
dom of choice in the election of represNitatives is
annihilated by it. \Ve admit that such a law. derived
from and authorized by no constitution, may in an-
other point of view have a beneficial effect ; for a,
the Prefects are appointed by Government, and ge-
nerally its creatures, we have but too many oppor-
tunities of knowing that the tools of a Ministry, and
who live by the Government, are too successful in find-
ing their way into stations which independence and
honesty alone should fill ; but we cannot but recol-
lect that many of the most intrepid friends of liberty and
their country in the late free Parliament of France
were Prefects of Departments, and that DtmootAtto,
the iVityruntAD of France (no small praise), was of
the number.

We know a war io that country is generally pro-
ductive of immense gain to the colAtierors; and in-
dividutils. who base gone over there as Cadets,
writers, 61c. are advocates for it, because the only
chance they have of returning home with a plentiful
fortune, is by wariin4 upon and conquering the Na-
tive Prince ; such has been the system till of late
years ; and let us presume to hope such will not be
the case now. When the Cadet Mania raged in
England some years back, every family with two
younger sons, would send Master or Master
Baku, to India, in hopes of his returning hack al-
most immediately, a Great .Nan; the very language
of the country seemed changed, every mouth was
full of the words—pagodas, rupees, lac., pagan-
quirts, 4c. in fact, fortunes were to be made in the
!twinkling of cut eye. The consequence of which
I was, so many were sent over, that employment could
not be found for them; thousands who have been
' years in India are et this moment no higher than
Lieutenants in the Company's service, end frequently
distressed for money to answer their necessary wont.;
' those men therefore, will be among the most forward
to promote war, as it it by that alone they " live,
!move, and have their being." The wise precautions
of the Government may yet stem that torrent, which.
if not timely stopped, may deprive England of the
fairest and richest plot of hei foreign territories,
she ever possessed; let os hope the nest accounts
may be more favo,rable, for it is distressing to think
one war is uo sooner brought to a happy conclusion
in Europe, than we hear of another, in a (fistMit cli-
mate, which may be equally expensive, wit] perhaps
more dilfi.;ult to bring to a Iltoutte`le issue.

The caution which is observed in the French Pa-
pers iti speaking of public events, is extended to the
private correspondence between individuals. In the
South of France, it has become necessary for per-
sons treating of public circumstances, to address
their (fiends in Paris under fFigned names, and to
use a form of a language understood only by the per-
sun to whom it is addressed. The Southern provinces
are in a most dreadful state. The Government of
the Duke of A ,IGOe LEMC has greatly tended to ag-
gravate this unhappy state of things. It is in
the South of France that religious animosity rages
most, and it is there that the friends of the ancient
regime most boldly avow their sentiments. This is
carried so far, that it is scarcely too much to say an
approach may be seen to a political separation be-
tween that part of the kingdom and the remainder,
should the authority of the King not he gradually
strengthened, under the practice of the new Consti-
tution.

1);!ICE OF STOCKS TOM 11A1 AT ONR O'CLOCK.
414,.t. t.•ni. Ann. 14 9-161
J per Cent. Red. 561 i India Bon& 2 3 d
per Cent. C.... 56111 E.:chequer HMI, 2 d pat
I per Cent. 71ii1 Ornnluro 7 (ii
A per Cent. Navy BIM Coartols ter Acc.

THE STATESMAN.

LONDON :

SATLtti.:,Y, AUGUST 26, 1815.

There can be no doubt that there is a great
division in the French Court—one party sees
ne permanent security for the Bourbon dynasty
but'; in the restoration of the old
Whilst another, a greater in number, but without
the royal authority on their side, perceive no salva-
tion for France, but in liberal ideas 'and a u•rion of
all parties. In this state of things no treaty can be
concluded honourable to Louis's Crown, or popular

The Paris Papers of Wednesday last arrived this in France; consequently, as the Allies must hare
forenoon. They are almost barren of intelligence. foreseen, it is not in treaties that they are to rely for
--An Ordinance of the King directs the disarming of their safety. It is said the Allied troops will not
the maritime forts and batteries a'on; the coasts of ' only take possession of the fortresses, but remove the
the Kingdom, and other indications are mentioned annon and military majazines, es well as the means
of an immediate return, on the part of France, ill of manufacturing a fresh supply.—Great quantities
of arms have already been es►ried away, and the plans
of the several fortresses of France have been removed

her war establishmeuts, to the state of the 20th of last
March.

The Fete of the King, which it Is now said was to
to have beets given yesterday, and at which it was ex-
pected the definitive arrangements fur Peace would
be promulgated, is alluded to fir the purpose of as-
suring the French people that it would be conducted
upon economical principles, and in a manner suitable
to the circumstances of the country. We wish all
Princes regulated their fetes according to the cir-
cumstances of their country; the people of some of
them would then b ,hrld less of that estravagnnt
and unfeeling conduct which they too often observe
on the part of their rulers, " who lie craining
their low thoughts to form unreal wants," whilst
those on whom the espence amt burthen of these
scenes of riot, made doubly grievous by the cir-
cumvances under which they are given, must fell,
are surTeriog all the prisntions of poverty, and
wailing in sackcloth and aches their own and
tErir cr•utitry's miseries. Tare King of FR trice seems
to perceive that the situation of the kingdom will not

warrant much diplay of rejoicing on the part of
hi'►tself and that nation. The blessings which he .has
conferred upon Fiance are properly estimated. Her
day of mourning is come. She can 111 hear to look
on the shadow of happiness when the substance has
departed—still less on carousals in honour of her
degradation.

from the lovnlids.

Contributions, fortresses, pictures, BONAMIITE,
too, who shall say that the Allies have not obtained
indemnities and securities ? Why may they not now
allow the French to choose what Government they
like? Where is the fear of a re-action now, but
that which ever springs from oppression and injustice,
and will recoil on the mightiest heads ?
Pasts, Ave. 22.—General Blucher, it is said,
has moved his headquarters from Caen to Alencon.
They write from Germany, that the opening of
the Germanic Diet, which was to have assembled on
the Ist of September, is adjourned.
The French troops which occupied Roanne were
to quit it yesterday morning, with Marshal Sachet.
—The Austrian troops were to take possession of it
this day.
Lyons enjoys the most perfect tranquillity ; pro-
visions have not augmented in price, and commerce
resumes its former activity. The Americans hate
given an order for silks to the amount of seven or
eight millions.

An ordinance of the King orders the disarming of
the maritime forte and batteries on the coasts of the
kingdom. The furnaces, carriages, powder, &c.
shall be returned to the artillery depots before the
15th of September. The companies of cautioniers,
formed for the protection of the coasts, shall be dis-
banded.

Every mention that is now made of the Govern-
ment to whirh France is to look for an amelioration
of her condition, the support of her rights, and
from which Europe also is to expect a guarantee for
its tranquillity (for assuredly Louis alone can never
give this), excites our liveiiest interest. We well
recollect what a French writer has said on the nature
of the Parliament which France now requires, and
never may a. Englishman forget it, for it is equally
applicable to ill Parliaments that pretend to reply-
seat the people—" the Assembly which is preparing"
says he, 41 must not have the appearance of a ma-
chinator Decrees ;"—theAssembly must not bb auto-
matons, whom every King and every Administration
has caused, or may cause to perform convenient part!,
and assume these attitudes which the prevailing
power and the prevailing caprice require. This is a
mirror to hold op to the political traders of all coon.
tries; but will France be allowed to have a Parlia.
went so constituted ? We fear not. There are Kings
and Ministers in that country who would glow sick
at the sight of a Parliament that Kos any thing else
but a 64 machine for Decrees." In the Papers re-
, ceired to-day there is a singular order spoken of as
lhating been Issued by the Milliliter 4 the Interior
. .

fly an ordinance of the King, dated the 15th of
August, the number of Aids-dc-Camp is fixed for all
superior officers, as it was on the '2oth of last March.
Another ordinance of the King raises the singe of all
the places of the Bth, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th,
14th, 15th, and 18th military divisions.
Friday, the 25th of August,is to be the fete of the
King, which is to be economically conducted, suitable
to our existing circumstances.

M. Desportes, Counsellor to the Royal Conrt of
Orleans. hss been nominated Member of the Com-
mission for the management of the Journals, in the
room of M. Fieve, who 'gave in his resignation. •
The Journal of Nantes contains the following im-
portant informition :—" By a decision of the Mi-
nister of the Interior, dated the 12th instant, the
Prefects cannot, in the present circumstances, quit
the departments confided to their administration.—
Therefore they cannot accept the functions of De-
puties, even should their fellow.citizers honour them
with their choice."

General Eirelmam, who obtained permi•eion to
reside in the derirtment of Po7.de•Dome, has takeo

up his residence at Wont, the chief p:.ce of any,,

dis.ement.

COURIER EITR %OR N A RX, St•.r,,,
They write from .itrasbdrg. , Kat the
Alsace continue Id he strictly blocka!,d. 0..
other hand, they announce that bostilit!es haveteab,j
before Landau.

The redoubts which hAtl been constructed at Lyts,l
for its defence ore now hPing destroyed.
A letter from Thou4oust3, dorm! tho 150% is cr
flounces that Geo. Ram*!, Comrast,ltr o( -
meat of UppPr-Garment., t.as !welt crue:!y
Little credit is gibe**

On the 21st of this nimitti Mucher
set out for Chartres st ith 011 his shlr.

dr•.041,..ma•

FRENCH tUNDS —slpr Cc% s. 61. Bata Amion3lo3t.

It is thought that the return of at least agree pro.
portion of the British troops from Frames will Im
hastened by the serious and•sell-founded appreheo.
sloe's eine!, are now entertained for the safety of
our India possessions. The successes of the
paulese against our troops bad, as might be
expected, produced the revolt of other Chief.
tains. This, it seems, was not calculated on
by those who planned the late attack en Nepaul; it
was thought that it must be successful, but uthrto.
natt,ly it failed in a great d•Tree. Circumstanced At
we now are, nothing less titan the most prompt sod
vigorous measures can save us (rods the fatal cuttsr.
cittences of our own want of prudence.
It is said, in letters from Paris, that Lord Oaten.
%f:11 is anzious for the retirement of the Altieti
troops to their respective countries (with the fun-
tion of what may be necessary to maintain tranquil*,
in France). but that the Contittentnl Powers are ex.
tremety attached to their I.resent garters. Orden
were given to seas. al regiments of &nisi) infamy,
about three week, since to be in rendineks for thtir
departure. Severs! regiments, some ..f which an
aniutig those re. e•ttly returned from America, look
forward to their being soon ordered to the East Is.
dies.

Lord CtsTLE ur.%Git, says a Nt or,ing Paper, is Ft.
peCtrol to re urn from Paris tot a hot). tO 1.;:t,
as Lady CAsTLEKIAGII dot.; no' .ocetquirsn), im, his
soy in En4lanl will probably b 4, short. o,d•
ship, it Tic svoospri, cone to he I) • .tit at lie it'll
Coogitletaii.m (111;,e Troatt of h Cab he.

The Rhenish Mercury, (hp o.ds o
Continent that semis:. t rise fii ely lt • • t
topics of the day 1114,we nr•• s•I yres•.ll,
a striking ;woof of rite regird enter arise I by i.e
Allied Sol eteigns fur the litre•-r• of ihe Pie
Letters from Ind,n. by the W:. r i Ifftsivigs. jn.t
arrived ig the Riser, meirtioir
Turns and suite set ont f..om Ife
13.1 i Dec. in prosecution of his tear. 1. wsa 14
Lordship's intention to proceed in Sahirrurqe.r-,
whence he would turn agnin to the South. and tak-
ing the roue of Agra, Fueruckebed, •iirl (leircL
pore, would re-embark at Ciruppra, on hi% return
to the Presidency. The party were, at the date of
the latest accounts, in perfect health.
Accounts from Germany intimate that the new
Constitutions which have been framed for different
States in that country, occasion great struggles. In
Wirtemberg, tl.a Crown Prince—a young man of
great abilities, has taken part against the King, who
opposes the wishes of his people with great perseret•
mice. In lianover, the Nobility insist upun immu-
nity from all takes. At Frankfort, the Senate con-
cealed the privileges allowed to the People by the
Congress. The Nobb.men of Holstein had a Repre-
sentative (Count MotTgE) at Vienna, without the
knowledge of the King. The consequence has been
that his Mak?sty hat been obliged to accede to their
wish ,s. As for Hamburgh, the town and the
neighbouring country are in a reviving state. If the
fortifications be demolished, and no more war hut,
lesied fur some years, its future prosperity is cer,aith
At present the war trate. in that town are so bigh.
that many Merchants talk of settling in Altons.—
However, the iLimburghers have much reason to be
satisfied with the decisions of the Congress.
Yesterday morning Mr. Mlt.Ls and Mr. MEARS,
the King's Nle,seirgers, arrived in Downing-street.
with dispatches from the Duke of WELLINGTON alta
Viscount CAsTLEREIcII at Paris.

The Russian Ambassador transacted business fes•
terday at the Foreign Office.
The letter, from Cadiz by the Llahou Mail of
)esterclay are to the bib inst. No further accomo
had ht•ru ob.ained of 'the operations of General
Mom the expedition to New Sr".
CRILIP A-L%-MODR.—A late occurrence, in the
Fasai.•nahlr Worid. has excited much conversatitl
fintni.gct females of hautton. A widow, becoming-
Iv Ott essed in drop sables aid weepers, for her &vessel
Lola, was sucpe:ted by one of his near relatiro, nr
receiving private consolation from one of her intimate
friends, remarkable for his fine person and gallantry•
By means of one of her servants, her " dear hrothei-
its-lays," it spew, 1, as admitted incog. and witnessed
enough to induce him to charge the mourning fih".
with 'capable indiscretions, and pretty broatb,.
hint, that he never could treat his young nephew lot"
the affections of an uncle!

ACClDENT.—Yeqerday, a Coroner's Inquest *,"
held at the Apple Tree. Dorrington-street, Clerloa-
well, on the body of George Paymer, aged near!Y
three )ears, the son of a Naval Officer. It IIPPel".
ed that the child was at the t o pair stairs wind",
No. '2, ltsyne's-row, and that not being sufflcien.lv
watched it fell out upon the pavement; by the fall it
fractured the skull dreadfully, and died nn the fol-
lowing day (Tuesday). Verdict--.fcci(kntel
At the time when Mr. Hawthorn, who was
covered floating in the Dublin Canal, la't It ft
house, he had with him three remark Ole krY •
which have since been discovered in an old iron
and sworn to by a clerk in the house of Carton.9i"t
Hawthorn. The Magistrates have rotered intr
diligent investiplien of the melancholy affair.

Tu rna EDITOR OF THE ST4PESIII.IN.

Sin,—So estimable a man, so brave a warrior, so

honourable a patrint, as the late exalted, but un-
fortunate laacnovEnc, cannot pass into the grave
without exciting the noblest sympathies, and the
deepest regrets of which human nature is susceptible.
Yet the fate he so heroically sustained is far more

glorious to his memory than a death however gallantly
met on the field of battle. In the hour of slaughter,
when his comrades and friends are falling on all sides
of him, in the midst of hostile cries, the roar of can.
mon, and the confusion of opposing armies, the brave

man, though death is continually before his eyes,
suffers not the thought of it to intrude upon his mind.
• Struggling with soul and body, full of ardour, and of
hope for a favourable issue of the contest, in which
he is surrounded by imminent, yet unheeded hazard,
the absent relatives, wife, children, parents, friends,

small forgotten, and the hurried feelings can cosy,
perhem, revert to them for an instant e►e they cease

to act upon the mortal fame. Not so does the victim
of a legal procedure find himself abstracted from suf-
fering and acute anguish. Ile is exposed to the ut-
most misery in beholding a beloved wife, a venerable
parent, weeping over him, and conscious every effort
to save the object of their affections and unavailing
anxiousness would be ineffectual. Ile is continually
reminded of that final and inevitable doom to which
the forms of justice have consigned him ; and the
preparations, perpetually visible, for au ignominious
death, must strike a damp upon the heart of any one
net totally insensible to all that ranks man above the
brutt , who camnot face it with a consciousness of
innocence. Colonel LABXDOYERE has gone through
this ordeal, and proved himself worthy of being made
a sacrifice fur his country. His death will inspire
thousands to achieve the deliverance of France, and
posterity will reverence the spot on which he fell.
Pardon me, Sir, if I indulge in a few observations
on the circumstances that led to the death of this
distinguished and lamented character. Almost an
Want at that period in wbich the astonished world
beheld the French nation bursting like a volcano
from that degrading state of subjection to its Mo-
narchs, to which a long succession of Bourbon'
Princes hod reduced it, and when the name of that
frnily was !lever uttered but with signs of abhor-
rPlice by 28 millions of people; educated at a time
eliPa every Frenchman was glowing at his country's

surreves over the enemies who menaced her iude-

!,•e(lenee and her safety ; led to glory in the field
ior trot Cl ief whose triumphs for France won him
• 'rniration, and, as a reward for his services,
t. e restored Throne of that Realm ; always taught

to regard that Chief ns his only Sovereign—was it a

matter of surprise, that st hen he beheld that Sovereign
re-tread upon French ground, after an illustrious
but short exile, and saw him welcomed by the ac-
clamations of rejoicing multitudes, he should rush
from the post, from the duty assigned him by a
stranger, and a stranger of that family which he had
never ceased to have reason for holding in hatred or
contempt, to greet the Sovereign of his heart, the
Chief of his affections, and his nation's choice ?

Consider also the humiliated condition of France
at the wra of the Emperor NAPOLEON'S return from
Elba—a Monarch imposed upon it by a foreign force
—a Monarch not merely indiTerent to the habits and
wishes of the people, but one who was as much a
mark for their ridicule, as he was an object of theiraver-
lion. No, Sir, it was impossible that a man of fine
Intellect and courageous principles could feel at least
otherwise than LAREDOYERE did! And what, Sir,
vas his offence ? Make the most of it, it was against
the authority of Lours only—the person of the King
was never menaced. But how has Louis rewarded
this forbearance en the part of his enemies ? By
death ! ! ! No man will deny that the duty which we
owe our country is paramount over that due to oar
Kind, w hen the interests of King and People are at
alliance. Now, Sir, what was Loroo vent guilty
of morn than a too devoted attachment to the land of
id, birth—to the glory of its name? This might be il-
iu,ian—it might he dangerous, if not fatal ; but the
?park that kindled the flame in his breast was genuine,
and .natched from the pure altar of liberty. It was
enthi:siesm for the sacred interests of his native land
--it was loyalty to that Sovereign who could best
guard and preside over its prosperity, and whose au-
thority the French people almost unanimously and
cheerfully a second time acknowledged and sup-
ported. Did such a man deserve the punishment due
to a criminal/ What liberal-minded Briton but will
indignantly exclaim, even of an enemy, no!
Be it also remembered, Sir, that Colonel LABE.
"vne never took the oath of allegiance to Louis
XVIII., himself being absent at the time his regi-
ment went through that ceremony ; consequently he
did not, by his subsequent behaviour, incur the im-

potation attached to a violation of his oath. The

obligation imposed by oaths I consider to be moat
*sacred. There are, however, situations in which
even oaths may not be binding. If a King, by so-
lemn engagements or professions entered into with
Lis people, binds himself to rule according to the wishes
of that people, and for their interests and happiness,
and if he neglects to perform certain duties specified
is those agreements, he tacitly absolves the nation
from its allegiance to him. It is evidently, there-
fore, under such circumstances, no crime in his sub-
jects to call in, and support, and defend to the utmost
of their power a Sovereign in whom they can place
more consdeace and regard.