The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-14 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

BERLIN, FEB. 2.—The ci•derant Councillor of
the Russian Government in Saxony, M. de M. has
arrived here, charged with a mission from two great
Pursers to the King of Saxony. He has offered to
that Prince a territory situated on the banks of the
Rhine, containing 700,000 inhabitants, as well 119
considerable endowments for the functionaries who
wished to follow him upon the condition that le
would renounce the Crown of Saxony. M. de M.
at the same time addressed himself to the King's
Confessor, Father Schneider, but all these attempo
have been rendered fruitless ; the King, faithful to
the character he has displayed, has rejected all these
propositions.
Lestugx, FEB. s.—Letters from the banks of the
Rhine and the Meuse state, that within the last 15
days, there have been several movements amongst the
Prussian troops, the motives for which are unex-
plained. The garrison of Luxemburg has been rein-
forced, and the Prussian corps cantoned in the cir-
cles of They, March, and l)inant, have marched to
the banks of the Rhine. All the Prussian cavalry,
it appears, will be stationed on both banks of the
Rhine. The Prussian army, it appears, is much
more numerous than is generally believed. If we
may credit the intelligence from Treves, a numerous
corps of the army of Kleist de Nollendorf will be
detached to occupy the important fortress of May-
ence.

ilur.oGna, JAN. 28.—The situation of King Joa-
chim becomes every day more critical. King Fer-
divand has numerous partisans, who begin to speak
in a high tone, and who quote the example of France
and Spain. The people in general are discontented
with the state of uncertainty in which they are
kept, and manifest no disposition for war, at the
motnent when all the world is at peace. The sol-
diers &set t, and cannot be induced to march to hunt
the Iluly Father from his See. It is supposed that
Murat will take precautions to place himself and his
family in safety, if affairs do not take a more favour-
able turn.

VI E:YNA, JAM. 30.—Nothing has yet been agreed
upon in Congress, but the cession of the Republic
of Genoa to the King of Sardinia. With respect to
every thing else, not only is nothing concluded, but
nothing advances. All that relates to Poland and
Saxony is far from being arranged. Russia and
Prussia persist in their views, and the measures pro-
posed to conciliate these two Powers, have not hi-
therto produced any satisfactory result. It cannot
be•dissembled that the Court of Vienna is at this
moment in a situation of great delicacy : the power
of Russia disquiets it, and the state of Germany is
not very consoling ; every Prince and every State
puts forth separate pretensions: On the other side,
it cannot be dissembled that Italy loves not the Aus-
trian regimes, the spirit of the Italian people is no
longer the same, the Revolution which has passed
over them has changed them. It is said that the
Plenipotentiary of a great Power has proposed to
our Government to give a particular Sovereignty to'
Lombardy and the Milanese, and not to extend our
f:ontlers beyond the Adige.
The 27th, an English Officer arrived here, with in•
ti lligence that Lord Wellington will arrive at Vienna
on the 31st of this month, or the Ist of February at
latest. Lord Castlereagh will set out immediately
afterwards for London, by the way of Brussels.
It is remarked with some astonishment, that the ,
Austrian regiments are completing, the recruiting
being very active.
For some days the Aulic Chancellery and the War
Office have been very busy. Yesterday morning an
Officer set out with secret and important instructions
to Milan. Several Couriers have also been sent toi
Croatia, Illyria, Venice, Rome, and Naples. It is
unfortunately but too true that Italy will soon be.
come the theatre of singular events, of which it Is
difficult to calculate the consequences.
A coldness is thought to be perceived between Sar-
dinia and Austria, on account of some portion of
territory claimed by the Court of Turin. The people
of Genoa claim their independence from Austria ;
Venice sues for her's to the Emperor Alexander,
whilst Ragusa, with a similar view, puts herself
under the protection of the Grand Turk.
The change of Ministry which has been spoken of
has not taken place, but the Prince de Metternich
and Count de Nesselrode no longer represent their
re•pectivc Courts.

The Western World seems resolved not to be be-
hind hand with the European Continent in violence
and outrage. It is but too true, that the warfare
carrying on in the province of the Caraccas by the
Royalist and Independent parties is of a description
so sanguinary as to be disgraceful to human nature.
It seems to be a systematic rule, that whichever party
gets the upper hand, butchers the other in cool
blood. We have accbsiiiti froth Laguira as late as
the 10th of Dec. and from St. Thomas of the Bth of
or PRINCE TAELETR %ND TO PRINCE METTER- , the same month, which communicate various parti-
ICH, DATED DECEMBER 19, 1814. culars on this distressing subject. The Independent
party was not entirely extinct, as had been sup.
I have hastened to fulfil the wishes of his Imperial posed ; but they were so far subdued as to leave
and Ito%al Majesty, expressed in yoor Highness'l the Royalists masters of all the strong places. The,
lettnr, and have transmitted to his Most Christian ' towns of Caraccas, Laguira, Puerte Covello, and
Majesty the confidential note which you addressed ; various other principal points, are in the possession I
to Prince Hardenberg on the 10th instant, 'of the latter. The Independents are only in force
and which you officially communicated to me. To at Maturin, under the command of Ribes. 'This
prove the satisfaction which the resolutions an- General has quarrelled with his colleague Bolivar,
nounced in that note will give to the Ring, it is sufb- and it is to the disunion between them that the over
(lent to compare them with the orders which his Ma- • throws and misfortunes of their party are ascribed.,
testy has given to his Ambassadors at the Congress. ISuch is the inveterate hatred between the two parties,,
France had not to bring thither any views of am- that they murder each other without remorse. As
hi; ion or self-interest. Replaced in &her ancient the Blacks revolt daily, the Royalists must have
boundaries, she no longer thought of extending them, " reinforcement, from the mother country, or in time
--like the sea, which makes no inroad on its Shores, 11 they will be outnumbered. The Commander at La
but vs hen it has been roused by storms. Her armies, guira is a Mulatto, and the people of that colour
loaded with glory no longer aspire after new : possess all the places of profit and power. The
conquests. Delivered from that oppression of Whites act towards each other with the same barbs-
% hich she was less the instrument than the Tic- pity as the people of colour.
tim, happy on having recovered her legitimate WEST ['min.—The Antigua Paper, of the 22t1 of
Princes, and with them that repose which she had , December, contains a Proclamationisso;d by SliJames It was discovered early on Sunday morning, that a
reason to fear for ever lost, she had no reclamation, Leith, pruclimiming martial law over the island for sit closet in the Long-room of the Custom-douse at
to make, no pretensions which she wished to form ; days, and ordering the militia to be embodied. The Portsmouth, bad been broken open, awl Bank-notes
she has not put forward any, and she will not. But , motive of this measure seems to be an apprehension to the amount of 6801. stolen therefrom. The mo-
lt remained fur her to desire that the work of resti.! that the slaves, who were allowed some holydays at ;Ivey was deposited in the closet at a late hour on
twit:in should be carried into effect for the sake of Christmas, meditated designs inimical to the general Friday night ; and the watchmen left iu charge of the
all Europe, as well as for her own, that the spirit:tranquillity of the Island. A Barbed's*, Paper bf a. room.
of Revolution should even now and for ever recent date asserts, that the Porteguese Governor of The remains of Corporal Ka,, of the Royal
cease : that every legitimate right should be rendered , Cayenne had permitted a cargo of slaves tot* sold at Horse (Wards, were interred en Sunday last iu the
sacred, nod that every kind of ambition or enter- public auction, and had sanctioned the fitting out of new burying-grount4 St. John's Wood, Mary-le-
prize should find both its condemnation and a per- three veseeli within his jurisdiction, for the purpose of bonne, with military honours. He was the tallest .
potent ohcfnc'e in an explicit acknowledgment and at sailing to the African coast, to engage in dill law • man in the eorpi, being elk fad tax Inches high ; bet -LONDON
furmnal guarantee of those very principles, of which man traffic. bad been in the regiment 19 years.

IiTS, FEB. 10.—The letters from Italy, received
yosterday and the day before, are still silent as to the
occupation of Rome by the troops of Murat. It is
obable, therefore, that this intelligence is untrue.

NOTE

As Madame Ses,i and Mrs. llickons were return-
ing in her carriage from tl:e Drury-lane Oratorio on
Friday night, the ceatinnan being inhreicetted, foil
(rose his box, when the horses ran away with the
carriage; they were fortunately stopped without the
ladies sustaining acy injury, except being extremely
frightened.

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