The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-04-10 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

ildren bastards; it was by such doings as
it the emigrant. who returned with the
of the coalesced troops obtained for the
I,ernmetit the good will of the people.

NilP-4L INTELLIGENCE.

'omit de Lille is at Ghent, and the Count
at Brussels.

trite from Lusatia, that the Saxon Officers
•ed there gates grand entertainment in honour
tore of the Emperor, at!which his health and
, were drank ith acclamations of joy.
II FUNDS.-5 per Cents. 67.1. 75 c. Bank
17. f. 50. c.

Brussels Papers, which are received to the
,rm us that the French troops in the North-
.partrnents have received considerable rein-
ts the last week. Lisle, Douay,
ieaciennes have been greatly strengthened.—
of posts has been placed all along the French
, and the same is done on the side of the Al-
dtt the sentinels stand in sight of each other,
patroles of cavalry approach within a very
stance of one another. The bounds be-
RCP slid war was small, but the quiet had not
broken by hostility. The grand head-
of the Allied army in Belgium was to be
to the village of Sens, between Mons and
necessary measures having been taken to
le. Troops, it is said, were marching on
to the frontiers, where they take their posi-
'Re English troops as they land at Ostend
to West Flanders, and take post between
nd Conrtray. Sixty pieces of heavy artil-
metal that is most likely to be in use in the
ipaign, and a vast quantity of ammunition,
'tied last week at Ostend, and immediately
to 'fourarty. The Duke of WELLINGTON
It Brussels on the morning of the sth lust.
_Vitt. remains at Ghent.
Deputies of the Swiss Diet, in consequence of
events in France, have issued a Proclama-
pealing to the Cantons and the people, and
n them to support the measures deemed
y for the maintenance of their independence
defence of the frontiers of the country. It
system adopted " comprehends the ancient
of the Confederation, consequently those
;, the restoration of which has been gus-
hy the high Allies in the Treaty of Paris ;
.rmination of our frontiers is founded upon
i4hts, as well as upon necessity, sin..a other.
Confederation without frontiers would have
ity."

IMPORTANT.

following was this morning posted at

ie French ship L'.4mluble, Ethene, SODERY,
from Bnordeaux to Dunkirk, lately detain-
.pi.t 'fit° Plymouth by the Eridanus frigate,
I. PM:SCOTT, has been releaser!, and sailed
debtination.

e Confiance, from Cuad,:loupe to Havre,
itely pat into' Swansea, sailed from thence on
(or her destination.

?play Lord KINNAIRD arrived from Paris,
left on Thursday afternoon, at which time
aing was tranquil in that city, and no news had
received in confirmation of the rumours circu-
're of the Royalists being in possession of any

(laces mentioned in the South of France.
military preparations have put all the offices
/NI with it in a great bustle. The Duke of
tell a Levee on Friday. On Saturday night
al Highness was engaged in business till a late
nd also during yesterday he was busily em-

.rder has been ii.oecl at Ostend, on the part of
VELLI ros, to prevent women following the
those who embarked with the troops will be
ick•

ierdiy Viscount 41e'Nut.% trausaqted business
Admiralty Office, and gave orders for the Te.
Is to be repaired, and to be got in a state of
'g with all possible speed.
hear Lord HILL succeeds the late Sir Jour;
3. in the command of the 20th regiment of
Sir WILLIAM HOUSTON to get the 94th regi-
kudSir Hermit TOKIINNS the 24 Garrison Bat-

DIAL, Aram 9,Arrived yesterday his Majesty's
ship Dexterous, from Flushing.—Sailed theStreathans,
Marquis Wellington, and William Pitt, for the East
Indies; and Fruit frigate to the Nore.—Came down
from the River to-day the Sir William Pulteney
East Indiaman, and Renewal, for Barbadoes.—Re-
main in the Downs his Majesty's ship Orontes, Chal-
lenger, Mutinc, Redpok, Urgent, and Swan cutter,
and several transports.—Sailed his Majesty's ships
Foxhound, and Sparrowharek, for tke French coast.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Arrived the Harmony,
Normand, from Oporto for London, laden with
wine ; she was taken 2d March by the James Munro
American privateer, off Cape Finisterre, which was
chiefly manned by Frenchmen, five of whom and
two Americans were put on board her ; and they
left also on board the Harmony, her Mite, Mr. J.
Nelson, who prevailed on the Frenchmen to assist
him in retaking the vessel, which they did on the
24th nit. in lat. 43. 6 N. long. 27:23 W. ; they hove
the American prizemaster overboard.—Sailed the
Chichcster parker, with a Mail for the Brazils.—
Passed by yesterday his Majesty's ship Plover, with
a convoy of about 16 sail, for Newfoundland.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Arrived yesterday his
Majesty's ship Steiftsure, and Camel store-ship,
from the West Indies-,—sailed from St. Thames's the
27th Feb., in company with his Majesty's ships
L'Pique and Mosquito, with a fleet of 90 sail, which
which hare arrived in the Channel, and will proceed
for the different ports.—Sailed his Majesty's ship
Cordelia to the Eastward, and a few ships to Quebec.
—Arrived to-day the Harmony, Goodall Henry
Cell, Roxburgh, and Spectator, from the I'Vest In-
dies; the Louisa, Mattison, from Surinam, expe-
rienced several severe gales, and was obliged to throw
her guns and chain cable overboard to save the ship.
—Sailed his Majesty's ship Pilot, for the Mediterra-
nean ; also sailed several colliers.
PLYMOUTH, APaIL 7.—Came in the Eagle, Stig-
ging, from Poole for New Foundland, with loss of
cutwater and bowsprit, having been run fool of by a
frigate.

HARIVICU, APRIL 9.—Arrived yesterday the
Auckland packet with a mail from Holland, and the.
Sahrs and Janc transports from Deptford ; and
Cres,r, tL,asport from woolwich, with stores.—
Arrived yesterday the Beaufoy packet from Cux-
haven; Lord Nelson packet from Holland; Neu
Union packet, from Hamburgh, with bullion; and
Albion packet, for Gottenburgh.—Sailed Diana
packet with a mail for Holland.
RAMSGATE, APRIL 9.—Arrived this morning the
Resolution packet for Ostend, and several transports
for orders.

Veteran Battalions recent!y disembodied are
td to be immediately re-formed, and placed on
tai::i>htretot under new Officers.
tier.i not tell our readers that the term Sire
ippe';ltion of a king. From this the French
••: have a Jeu de mot, applicable to the late
)1 Fit.% vice—they call him " Louis le de-Sia.."
Chert.lier de SALLE, a Captain of Cavalry in
tog of i.tantwia's service, arrived in town on
P,ilay evening, with dispatches to the Sardinian
soder, in Upper Seymour-street.
21.1 l of Dunce is at Ghent, where he has CORN-EICFUNGE, /team 10.—The Market this moraine
was well •upplied with What, but as desoand. at a deeliar of
a house, t ts. per quarter.—Harler 4. lower than Week.—Oats sod
lens have been obtained from Lima, dated the ! Beans 1.. cheaper.—Wkite Peas 4s. dearef...-lo Wier-graie no
November, stating that the disturbances of ; nheratiffiL ,
, Wheat (Nadlsb) , MI 12 Beans
we before heard bad' been introductory to very ! Ditto (neap) 44 73 Old ditto
3 disaffection, and that the Patriots were tri- i Rye .30 36 Tick 49. ... ...... —.46 il
33 Tick d 9•
tat in several spacious districts of Pere. British Bari" '
New ditto oats .... -.. .11 SI
'ty was considered to be perfectly secure at , Malt . 6O 68 Fine ditto ..... ..... 1
MI 48 1 Pokutdda. ,. .22 j/1.
.rako, and throughout the whole range of the? white Pens
New ditto .... — Dot. -1 ditto l6 Pi
•n coast of the Spanish colonies. The Wildman Ditto Boilers 4B 32 rine Flour •,...•. •• • •241)
Whaler, which had taken nut the utensils for Grey Pees n3B Seems& - ....
nes at Pasco, load been convoyed by a ship of --war.--.
SMITHFIELD MARKFT.—APRIL JO.
Ind had reached her port of destination. The TO sink the ow, per atone et tlito.
I hail completely the contruul of the seas in , Beef ....41s. Bd. to s. Bd. Head of Cattle this das t
18RO
111 of the Spanish possessions, the parent coon- ! Mattel ..b.. 346.• to cirs': rd: :1,7": 14,12u
sing only one man of war in bad condition, no
Porke ... fts. Od. to 7s. 61. Calve
was stationed at Lima, and the English having Lamb ...Is. 04. so 95. 61. Plot.
- • •
treCott and the Tagus frigates, and by this time
MAY
May
to 51. ss. N. • es; ' 1
*fatigable, of 50 guns, which hat long been I Glover
voyage to the Pacific 04;ean straw
, ..,/

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ro mils EDITOR lip THE STATESMAN.

the article in your Paper of yesterday's
date should be correct, that a French vessel has been
detained by one of our frigates, and brought into
Plymouth, I hope that Parliament will move for
the instructions given by the Admiralty, or by the
Port Admiral, to the Officer commanding the frigate,
that it may be ascertained with whom the guilt of ag-
gression lies; whether with the Officer in question,
or whether with Government? If it should appear
to be an officiousness nu the part of the former, Mi-
nisters are bound to bring him instantly to a
Court-Martial as an atonement due to France,
whose flag has been insulted ; but if the Offi-
cer has acted in obedience to the orders he has re-
ceived from his Department, it becomes the honour
and the justice of the nation to impeach the Minister
who has dared, by a wanton and unprovoked aggres-
sion, to hazard a rupture with a Power with whom
we are at peace. Yob are well aware, Sir, of the
temptation which our Admiralty Droits holdout for
perpetual war ; yea are no less aware of the clan.

destine uses to which the profits arising from this
new species of revenue, unauthorised by the Legis-
lature, is applied ; and that this private fund for
good and bad purposes dates its rise from the unna-
tural and iniquitous contest with our former fellow.
subjects, in 1775, when the sweets of Admiralty
Droits were first tasted, and amounted to so consi-
derable a sum as to astonish and puzzle the King how
to dispose of it. lam recording a fact well known
to the father of the present Minister, and to some
others who are, as well as myself, in existence.
I do riot know on what legal ground the Crown is
permitted to claim these Admiralty Droits as part
of its regalia, liable as it is to be applied to uses',
incompatible with the liberties of the people.-1
The Commons of England in the days of CHARLES
1., who had little patronage compared with the pre- I
sent times, were commendably jealous of Royal in-1
dowses, and soon prescribed limits to the illegal ez. i
actions of the Crown ; I- am sorry that I cannot
compliment the Commons in oar days of possessing
an eqoal jealousy and sense of honour, when the in-
ordinate increase of patronage, the abuses in the ,
Administration, a standing army in the country, and
foreigners, in defiance of law, entrusted with mili-
tary commands, so imperiously calls for the vigilance
and controul of Palliament. With respect to the re-
ported detention of a French vessel by one of our
cruisers, I am willing to hope, that if. no act of ag-
gression has been committed on the part of the'
French to call for retaliation, that the Emperor of
FRANCE will have forbearance enough to demand an
On Monday last, at a public meeting of the in.
habitants of Sheffield, it was resolved to Petition his exptatiatiaa of the outrage offered to his Empire by
Royal highness the PRINCE Recrear immediately to the italicise course of an application through Ids Am.
dissolve Parliament. lasssador. Ile does not want magnanimity to parties*
Yesterday there was a Sermon preached in en irssalt, and he has taught Ministers that he knows
Bride's Church, Fleet-street, before the Duke of ;
how to resent one.
GLOUCESTER, and a most numerous and highly re-
Whatever may have been his former conduct, how
spectable Congregation, for the benefit of the Asylum
for the Deaf and Dumb. The boys and girls of the ever despotic his peculiar situation may have rendered
Asylum attended. One of the boys repeated the him, assailed as he had been by all the States of the
Lord's Prayer very distinctly, although he himself Continent, whom we had hired to bent him down, and
could not hear one syllable of what he said. The to which the interests of France, as well as his own
Church was crowded to an overflow, and the col-
pevsonal safety may have forced him, he has given am-
, lection on the occasion was very considerable.
which trencher le roof since he resumed an empire
On Friday evening a respectable looking man, from pp y
Finrhley, just come to town, met the driver of a 'and chance, more than courage, had wrested from him
`brewer's! dray in St. John-street, with whom he was for the moment, that despotism forms no part of his
acquainted, after walking together some distance, the present character. He has shown to surrounding
countryman complained of being tired, requested per-
nations that he has profited by the lessons of ad-
mission of the driver to let him sit on one of the
varsity, and, it is seriously to be lamented, that
shafts of the dray, which permission the driver in-
entnple so worthy of imitation has not yet en-
cautiously granted him, as the dray did not proceed
many yards before the unhappy man fell off, and the gaged the attention of those who are for '" hunting
wheel passed over his body before the horses could be him down as a wild beast." They will do well to
profit by the lessons he has already given them; or it
stopped ; he was taken up in a dreadful state and
carried towards St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but he is possible, in the event of renewed hostilities, he t
expired oo the way there.
who catty find more friends amongst their subjects than
We have the pleasure to inform the Poor,
are afflicted with Ruptures of any sort, that at gi, they are aware of. He has shown that he knows
bow to win as well as to conquer. His abolition of
Swallow-street, opposite Burlington-street, the Repo-
sitory for new and second-hand Trusses, they can be the Slave Trade speaks volumes to the nations of the
properly fitted, and made comfortable for a few' earth, and in particular-to England, which was the
sh Rings; or ill fitting Trusses may be exchanged for
first to renounce the inhuman traffic. The establish.
what will fit.
ling a free Press in France is another measure no
At Notingham Assizes, John Hempstock was con..
less
victed of murdering James Snell, a boy, about twelveess acceptable to,the habits and prejudices of this
years of ago, and executed on Thursday.—ln an country, and which shows how little he has to dread
action on the Civil Side, Boolton v. Moody, for a' from the licence he has accorded. Our Ministersescape
breach i f promise of marriage, a verdict was, by the censure they deserve by purchasing such Journals
consent, taken for the Plaintiff, damages 1,0001.; iaswillabjectlydevotethemselvestotheirviews,andby
and the Defendant's Counsel made a handsome de- I
coercing with the strong haud.of the law such others
claration as to the unimpeachable conduct and cha- I
as dare to breathe independent sentiments. It most
racter of the fair Plaintiff.
The wife of notary, of Nogent-Seine,-Seine,
was also be observed, that the French Government has
a
safely delivered, on the 22d March, of Jive fine chil- I cautiously abstained from giving umbrage to this
dren, who are all doing well. . I country; and as the reinstatement of a discarded fa-
mily by the voice of the nation cannot be a legi-
timate pretext for war, it may not be amiss to advise
the confidential servants of the Crown, to well re-
flect on the consequences which may result to them-
selves personally, as well u to their Royal Master,
should they precipitate him into a contest with a State
which is giving no just cause of offence, and which
is evidently desircos of preserving the relations of
'peace and amity with us. The Sovereign who seized
vefy firlappertunity in his power to abolish, by
his fiat, the Slave 'trade, and to establish the free-
d* ef, the Press in his dominions. is entitled to the
admiration alsd gratitude of mankind, while those
;11011a 'would conspire to dethrone him, will become
leXts of well.merited contempt, and may eventually
thellace which they seam disposed to assign to
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