The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-07-20 00:00:00

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THE STAT'

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To THE EDITOR or rfry ST47'ESIIA N. wefe imagined that the collection of taxes from . Tit lE.I.I,IIRee ,
-ow-- ihem would necessarily be easier in proportion as , , •• A. ear. es we et-hare the power, of
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Sir,-When a nation voluntarily relinquishes its their means of precering ordinary subsistence should LYCEUM,-Soo
judgi :g, the English bids fv:r I. lice• me a suce
Peculiar privileges, and submits to the yotie of be fewer, or less elffeiesst-till at length the harden
cesaful branch Opole amusement. We had a few
despotism, the act .of submission demonstrates its is become irseeppnriabeeto titillionte and death;
ll by eielitS ego the {armee of announcing a most talsonhle
eeiNsiess; and implies the extinction of its political any way, is regarded as a relief from accumulated acquisition to the comic force 84 thisetheatre, in Mr.
.
liberty ; 6as as a people are seldom red wim uced to this miseries. -Waea-, whom e saw for the first time in the
wretched condition all at °nee, becatise at the origi. Search throughout the country, and in every Devil's pride. Sanguine es were our anticipations
nel establishment of all societies every man cherishes corner of the kingdom the murmurs of co'ms -
of this actor's progress; he last night f
biareta°LOat ripped
isio-ex.
a natural love of freedom, it tiilt stecessatily happen plaint are heard. !honey ,them. The Opera Kai the Caste of i
e of any sort, cannot travagant and incorrigible, if you choose to call it
that whenever the rights of indiiidutili nre usurped or he &mitered at the coMmon rate of interest, even so; but full of that buoystit hilarity arta iersrpy
invaded the public mind will be ilartned it the first upon unobjectionable securities. Every man seems foolery which few minds,etelevied with Isealtlry Spites;
Now, that NAPOLEON 130NAPARTE, the terror of innovation, and the active principles of History; ever to sus;tect his neighbour of meditated fraud. His- would reject from the Hit at their jn, Otis reeTeations:.
all the Kings in Europe, has been put down, and a t
arivesse to controul, will suggest the proper alien's trust has superseded candour,' and an universal de- II saturs Partial, we Cohilder Iiie of the. most
branch of the Hoot. of BoUnnoN has been placed on of resistance and protection. The adoption I.r neglect . moralization of principle runs through the cninnau laughable efforts of the stage. There is a, fend of
vivacity about. this
:Performer that
.tieser fails eim.--e
the throne of Fizinee----now that the circle of those of these means will determine the happiness or mi. I pity. The nation is gradually dividing into two ,We mistake if there be not a large stock .of variety
clasais, the rich and the poor ; the former will este-
Crremied Reads is complete, who believe and itn. sery of the people. also. His ease reminds us often of JsCsi BAmisten.
press by the sword the principle, that their rule is llf we lake a retrospect of limes past, and contem- blish a tyrant's', and the lattermost be slaves: ' Ile makes faces as prosperiiusly, th'ough not quite so
thiiiii% of all social order, atilt that mankind ore plate the glorious preeminence to which our ancestors And it is not likely that an effort will or can be frequently, as el esteem. lie plays up the.higlem;
s. certainly born to he their unreasoning, unresisting had exalted the national character of Great Britain made to counteract the evil. It is ;lees, to talk of pitch ef the ludicrous
allowed
.him
.or the intueire
:him by, his iterthor :
.
slaves as '• the sparks fly upwards ;"-nows that throughout the civilized world, we momentarily feel liberty to a people who delight in their chains. It yet he has the lucky instinct,
sagacity, always to . stop in
,linie. iris making
Beeriness and Lord CAtTLEni:Acti, at the head of a ourselves inspired with the noblest sentiments of is lost labour to tell our countrymen that they were love, or rather suffering the Lady se ;snake hive
Military Coitimiasion, arid with armies sufficient for pride, excited by the immediate conviction that we once free-that they were the brightest patterns' for to hini-his mock airs, and genuine terreri, While
the task, are making the French suffer in the flesh are the descendants and representatives of such excel- the imitation of surrounding natioes-that they were persottating his master, or when attacked ba: erob.:
for disputing this principle-now that the re- lent men. But how soon do these soul enlivening the Athenians of the Western' World. We exhort ber, were each inimitable in their way : but his scene;
fractory French army, which stalked off like a : emotions cease, and give place to contrary sensations them now, to scorn the names of their eels Hesse- . with I.orenza (Miss leate.e) when she sung eo hem*
of m__. : threw the house into an uproar. oflaughter lied ape
host of ill-aced ghosts, after their defeat, meditating when we reflect on the little we have contributed to- oust anti Ss ()MEV. and of all the noble army "`• plause. re are perfectly satisfied with Mr. Itaatzars
reverence on the foreigners who have profaned their i wards the general welfare, and view the present con- tyrs fin 0 e cause of public liberty in all ages.-We
Elysium, are returned to their duty to the King, and , dition of the empire! In vain were the foundations , and sincerely hove that in the course of next winter
invoke teens to waste their blood and treasure in 1 we shall have 'legume opportunities of tendering
confessed their error in daring to lift their arms of libetty and public these establiilied by Alfred, supporting the profligacy of a few that despise! our suffrage to Isis merit. A, vocal performer wet
against the before-mentioned kingly principle; now 1 strengthed by Magna Cha:ta, and confirmed by the them ; in keeping up a large standing army to apple ! likewise introduced in the pert of Don liersui•,. of
that the white cockade is mounted, and the tree°. Bill of Rights ; we have desecrated the admirable them ; in maintaining the establishment of legions I whom we cannot express ai more favourable °petiole
I than by declaring, that in eis pecelint: dePartment he
loured symbol of revolt is again crammed into the monument erected upon them, instead of preserving of Coarimissioners, Clerks, and Svsvitors, .who knee ' appears to us to deserve approbation no less warm
knapsack-and now that a clear field is made at Pa-it inviolate. Instead of being vigilant guardians of on their substance. Lost as their principles of free-1 thau we have already bestowed ori her. Ilettere.
ris, the "guilty city" itself, for the mighty Congress to the public safety, we have become idle spectators of door must now be, in the consciousness of their own The name of this singer is Ihasissi, from the Belk
re-assemble its political machinery, and complete the aperoachittg corruption; and the British nation here- degradation, let them all simultaneously strive to theatre. With regard to hieacting, we seal I ;ay lintel
work of general adjustment, and the world's happy- tufore celebrated for its political rectitude, is now extinguish the sacred flame of liberty in others, and he has undoubtedly the finest bass voice now to he
met with its London; its compass may: nch bi. extra-
sess,-we may Nil), expect that the millennium distieguiseed only by the superior vices of its principal derive renown from the execratiotss of posterity.
ordinzy, but some of its notes are exquiete mad sins
is about to commence, and that the fatigued members, and llse aeject servility of their respective licessaire, July 18, WS. CASSIUS.
riven . Mr. Human seems moreoter to uisslee•
nations of the earth are at last to be hushed dependatits. Corruption, like a contagion, has ill. --- . stand thoroughly where lies hit chsracteriStic eiteAL
. N-4VAL INTRI, LICENCE.
by their magnanimous deliverers into a long and re- feeler' the nation, and not only destroyed its integrity, lance, and to sing with considerable jedgitient. We
invigorating repose. Yes, yes, if the Allied Sore- but become one of the essential principles of its con. ......6...._ have heeid nothing like him for many years. Mist
reigus-(alas that there should yet be grounds for in- stitution. PLyatouTtt, JULY 18.--e-Came in the Lady Roe- ,KELLY, we were truly happy to find so recovered,
troducing a single if in reviewing this happy prospect). We have heard of the ancient hospitality exercised ringdon, from Trinidad in forty days, bound to as to delight the audience whenever
whole pion
appeared•
if the Allied Sovereigns are really labouring for such in the English halls, which, by affording London. Melon/ was an excellent Spade ; the
examples of t was well cast, and went off with great spirit, . •
ends-4 they are really the men they wish to be HATMARLET.-The tragedy of Richdrsl the Phirci benevoleece and charity, promoted the influence 841 FALaiOunt, JULY 17.-Arrived the Susannah,
taken for- if they, in short, are men at all, and yet virtue and patriotism in the human heart. AVhere Jones, from Cork ; and the Peggy, Lloyd, from was last night, performed at this theatre; and a gene
wish to reign as Kings, we shall yet all be politically are the Gentry, whose fathers thought it their chief Charleston. Ileman of the .neme of lie eonerr, from the Edin barge
roaramotrris, JULY 19.-Arrived his Majesty's theatre, made his first appearance, on these boards,
and morally happy. Yes, yes, very happy italeeed- felicity to encourage and animate the free and gene-
for we shall soon see what a fine structure of nation•
rous spirit
of a British tenantry ; to relieve the dis- ship Piikle, from Bermuda ; his Majesty's ships as 66 the crook:buck's, tyrant." He. was rooked. ? oil
his entree, with those manifestations of weleoesel,
al felicity and universal order will be erected by the tresses of their neighbours, and soothe the sufferings Pita Cud Adder, from the coast of America; the
which are tuner refused tn a neit performer, hosiever
new Congress-what a nicely balanced globe we of humanity, by their presence and condescension ? I Marcia Christina, from elesslnts, with fruit e and
humble his ability, and *lsiah, as we hare alwayi
shall have from the hands of the mist wise, the most They are become the appendages of a Court, or the ' the Lora Collingwood transport, in thirty days trona censtrued them, speak a willingness In the audience
Fist, and the most puissant of Confederacies! But if servile creatures of a profligate administration. !Bermuda, under convoy of the late American sloop to give a fair trial to the candidate for histrionie
/ranee is really conquered, and there is not one in Now see what are the consequences. the
'faxes, how. ,'of 'of war Frio/ie.-Sailed his Majesty's ship Rover, on fame. On this occasion, however, ippleuse with
sit that nation of projectors who dares to attempt ever enormous, or oppressive to the Inferior ria,ses i a cruize.-llis Majesty's ship Lyra will give pro-reminded us, in the
enforcing
It Mr. MEGUET was greeted,
end, of the deceitful language of those fiends-
enforcing a counter-plan-if the Kings and Ministersof
society, are Resettled to without reluctance by our 1 section to the trade bound up the Mediterranean ;
" wh.. keep the wnrd or proatae to Vie oat,
of theCongietis have nothing now to do but settle their Legislators, and are considered by them as necessary
! and his Majesty's ship Thistle will take convoy for To break it to the hope.'
arrondissements, and war is no longer contemplated, reeetetems, because they are demanded by the Court i the D. Milo-end Killeen in the InArAiniti--Ceele LAG' . fiterc.ely had this strangei.larhi metroli. eta cesstel
what are we to understand by the immense prepare.. Party; and thus a- whole people suffer pails to gratify i harbour his Majesty's ship Valiant, to be paid off, from bowing to the audience, its return for the plea-
lions that are 'till snakieg for hostility-for almost the caprices of a few. Moreover, our modern men of : RAMSGATE, JeLY 19.-The sloop Mary Anne, des wheel liis appearance had produced -scarcely
had he uttered four lines of his opening soliloquy-
!very regiment and soldier that is disposeeMe being fashion know that the Court is the fountain of ho. i Corydon, Master, was brought in to-day by two
when ass neposition, commencing in laughter, pro.
continued to be sent out of this country-for the re. honour ; and inflexible indeed must be the virtue of i boats, having been on , the Goodwin Sande-Sailed
ter/ding in hisses, end ending in groans, proceeded
(soiting system being still carried on with such actin- him who can resist the temptations which Ministers : the Ceres transport, for Ostend. from different quartets of the House.-Tels coutie
ta . and the bounties so greatly increased-for 63,000 Present to theit wished-for proselytes. As for their I DEAL, JULY 19.-Sailed last evening the whole titled, with little intermission, until tts Scene with
mili.isme.o being called out in England (ordered to tenants, it is a sufficient honour that they pay rack. •, of the transports that arrived from America with the Lady Anne, in the second act. Here the uproar be-
he embodied yesterday), and 2e2,G00 its Ireland, at rent and preserve the game on their ManOiS ; or, if Ist Battalions of the 3d, sth, 39th, 41st, and 88th came so siolent-the friends of liberality endeareer-
i regimentsmg to encourage the performer to proceed-while
of foot, on board for Oetentl, under con- .
an e .ormous ex pence to the country ; and in fact for they please, they are emitted to imitate their lands ,
, his opi ))))) ents, whose precocity in the scheme of cri-
the country being so drained of its regular defences, lords, in exercising petty oppression towards their j "Y.-Camel down from the River the Durogra
ticism had taught them to cbndemn, before trial, were
that the Light Horse Volunteers are under the tie- neighbours, under sanction of that disgrace to civi. : East Indiaman, for India; Mary Ann, for New oquallv anxious to put him doivu-that Mr. Mtn-
ety of doing the duty at the Horse Guards ; lization-the code of Game Laws. And, with re-' South Wales; and the Alfred. for Newfoundland.-
errr fee himself obliged to address the audience,
A large fleet of outward-bound remain in the Downs, which he did, nese in the following words:-
le ask why all this is ; for though we may spect to the labouring poor, they neither enjoy com- • detained by contrary winds. 1 s
" Lattie: sad (iv .- par here,
y,)or victim I lam
agree, that whatever is, is expedient, whether forts nor receive consolation from their superiors; ; a granger: t --I ha appeal frau' t.. 0 I!!-s1 it cruel, it is
it is right or lint, not being in the secrets of Ca- yet these tenantry and these poor constitute the chief ..
•I•he regiments ordered to Ostend, which lately ar- '. severity and of cruelly io treat me thus "-
billets ebmaseest.oif 1 huligudiun from /tames who was.
billets we really cannot account for it, wider the strength of the kingdom ; by these the rich are ', rived from Canada, are, the Royal Sceta, 3d Foot, Ike (Winery of Ma fele geoids, prtvented Ike spbaker from ere-
present pacific and conquered aspect of the most fed, the taxes supplied, the country defended sth do., .27th do., 39th do., 41st do., and 88th do.; creding).-?!strove hems: aht.aioed, Is.. iutcl-.' radios and Geo-
forrnaible foe to public tranquillity. Is it appre- froth foreign usurpation, and domestic tranquillity '.
seven battalions being directed to disembark, and to iciri.„t rsrmcriuterietoc:nlerelin."nre :elm's. ilia. ae7nhebnYntnx mhe ire
!," ord cruel'
remain at home.
headed that the settling of the arrondissements by preserved. But observe how unequal the distribution ! • This fair and honest appeal to the feelings and to
the Allied Powers will he yet a smack of ilifficulty, of justice is in corrupt times. If the inferior members ' the justice or the audience, producer, a temporary
and that the rounding system and all the Knights of of the state owe debts to government, the plea of its- . silence ; but, from time to time, the outcry was re-
the new political Round table may yet be suddenly ability to find money is inadmissible, supplications pealed, No that it is utterly impossible to speak of
Mr. MEOGETT'II performance *Many thing like pre-
iiiterrupted in the midst of their territorial carvings ; for forboarance are unavailing-there is no appeal to . clean ; and we are very unwilling, on the mere
or that there is a possibility of their mistaking one Commissioners on this ground; a warrant of distress authority of the vociferous critics of the pit an
another's Meaning mid going to loggerheads among or an extent must issue against the debtor's goods and .;allery, who prevented us front forming an accurate
themselves, as has happened in similar cases be- chattels, which in proportion as money is scarce, i judgment, to describe it as a performance totally
fore ? is it apprehended that when the French shall must be sold for inadequate pikes. Oil the contrary, devoid of merit. There was evidently a preexisting
feeling against him, and a party formed (o put him
Perceive that their country is to be dismembered- let us advance a step higher, and observe the pro-
down, fur what particular reason we know riot,.
that the most valuable of their provinces are to pass cedure hi some other cases. In the last finance ac- We can merely conjecture, that it arose from a feel-
inter the Cuudine Forks to foreign and arbitrary count of Great Britain for the year ended fifth of ing in the minds of some of the audience, thd
Kings, that their fortresses are to be garrisoned by January last, under the head of Public Accountants, Mr. elm:err was guilty of presumption in ate
sreign troops, that heir sea ports are to be seized, it appears that these gentlemen being chiefly commis- tempting a character which Mr. KEAN has played
with so much eclat. We admit that it was an er.
el their matiufactures destroyed, and all this effect- series, 'culture, and other high officers, are in arrear
duress task-but we ate well assured that it was not
. under the pretence of giving them a legitimale many millions--yet we hear of no legal process erste- courted by Mr. Mecerre. But, even if it had
king, and delivering them from despotism-that the toted against them.-No, they are a sacred, on intim- been, the malcontents ought to have suffered hint •
people of that vast empire will not thus bear the ring gibls race ; their accounts must be investigated at 64 to give a taste of his quality."-When Mr. Mete- '
i their mouths-that the submission oftheir armies to leisure, by the commissioners appointed for that pule I eery fell, the noise occasioned by hissing and ape
or King is only a temporary submission to the force purpose, who ere too polite and courtly to hurry 'emitting became so great, that it was found emcee.'
nary to drop the curtain on the unfinished ;slay. The
circumentices, with the view of obtaining fresh ac- them to a settlement, and some of these accounts sp•
feelings of Mr. MiiGGETT must have been deeply la.
ms of strength, and that the very Monarch thus pear to have beets malty years delivered for examine. I cerated-yet, torn and wounded as they were, we
seed will either be wider the necessity of 80---, ;law
don. But inasmuch as some of these public account. would not exchange them for the reflections of those
war with his friends and Allies, or of speedily
ants, (a softer name for debtors) are honourable mess, whose incipient opposition embarrassed and oppress-
sin giving place to a military defender of
they are therefore virtually -exempted from the rude ed him.
to rights and independence of France.—ls
xis the prospect anticipated by the wise men who dementia to which others must submit. So much for
'tern affairs? Are these the probabilities yet con- distributive justice!
-Timed, and the causes of the Continued prepare- ! Its the last century, we had all the advantages
• fir war that we still see so vigorously carried which a nation could hope to possess ; we were
There certainly yet remains much to settle ; fi
appy, because we had learned to appreciate the Ha-
' France is net the only ground of discord, or the
lure of civil liberty. Our trade was flourishing ;
ily cause of apprehension. There are bodies which
ry in themselves the seeds of their own and the our poor were comparatively few; and most men
'ld's unhappiness ; and until ambition is banished could easily obtain a livelihood by those avocations
Councils of Princes, there is a greater probahi- and pursuits to which they had beets educated. But
y that war and public discord will continue, than now our trade being diminished, the numbers of use
nialikind. by the decree. of any such Congress
employed persons are relatively increased ; and to
Me have lately seen, shit be long blessed with
hall-von days of uninterrupted traisqviillity, augment the general oppression, additional taxation
tee eneoemeet of Rotund and yoliticti rights. i has been snceessiettf imposed on individuals, as if it

of the Generals, Officers, and soldiers of the army
und2r his command.
As we announced three days ago, Bonaparte
ip-
pearc to be certainly on the isle of Rite. This was
the general opinion at Rochelle on the I Ilh. In the
Mean time the tri-coloured flag was II) ing at Roth_
tort, and the communications with that city were
very diflicult.
They speak of a Marriage between two of the
oldest houses of Europe, ullich would consolidate
►heir union, and inspire France with hope.

The British Army in the immediate vicinity of
Paris, and composed exclusively of native troops,
to consist of 20,000 men, and other detachments are
to be stationed permanently in several of the for.
tresses. The total number now under. orders rot
embarkation, or iu progress on the voyage to France
are 12,000, the greater portion of nhich were in the
Downs yesterday.
Different reports being in circulation with regird
to the manner in which the British troops are sub-
sisted at present in France, it may be satisfactory to
our Readers to know, that since the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON'S army entered the French territory, it has
been supplied with provisions and forage hy, the
country through which it passed, upon regular re.
quisitions. No payments have been made, but our
Commissaries have given receipts for the articles
which have been supplied, in order that the pro.
prietortt may be able hereafter to produce proofs to
the French Government of their hating furnished
provisions to such an amount.
The Allies ore levying contributions in most of the
provinces and principal towns of France.
Mr. cAsAMAJoR, the Secretary of Legation at
Lisbon, returned last week from that place, leaving
Mr. CANNINO alone to execute the important duties
of Ambassador to three Deputy Regents and 'an
empty Court, while we have a mere Envoy at the re-
sidence of the real Regent of Printout. It is not
true then that he is cooling home.
Yesterdae,,at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was
held at the Foreign Office, supposed to be in entice.
(pence of some disiettohne brought by the Dutch
Mail yesterday morning.
The bayonet has been lately proved to be so de.
c:sive a weapon, that a new bayonet exercise has been
established ; and a select body of soldiers are daily
trained at Chelsea, with a view to instructing the
whole British infantry hereafter.
The fortress of Charleville has been sacked, and
scarcely one stone left upon another. 'This misfor-
tune was caused by Ike extravagant conduct of some
manufacturers of warlike arms, who fired upon the
Allies, and killed a superiorwlicer.

Mr. KATI!, the Messenger, has been robbed of
his money, and plundered of the dispatches he was
conveying from Paris to Sir CicAlum STEWART ; the
rufliails otherwise ill-treated and insulted him.
ATTEMPT AT SVIGIOE.-011 Tuesday evening Mr.
s—, a gentleman of fortune, residing at Wal-
worth, attempted to lint a period to his existence, by
cutting the mats artecy of his fight arm with a razor,
in a most shocking manner. The unhappy man has
twice before attemptlid suicide withintiledie
batsie
months, during which time he has been ins despond.
ivr
ing way, owing to the sudden death Of en only child.
Surgical assistance was immediately cal
small hopes are entertained of bistiecovery.

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