The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-22 00:00:00

E STATESMAN:

[FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.]
VIENNA, DEC. B.—Amongst the Notes which have
been presented to the Congress, has been remarked,
that of M. le Count de Bentink, Sovereign of Knip-
Itausen, Varel, Dorworth, Rhoon, and Pendrecht—,
the same person who had been persecuted for several
years by the express order of Bonaparte—dragged
from prison to prison : he owed his life to a chain of,
circumstances the most strange. Count de Bentink
has complained to the Allied Sovereigns of the proceed•
ings of the reigning Prince of Oldenburg, who has per-
mitted an administrative commission to beestablished
on the property of Count de Bentink, which is situated
iu the Duchy of Oldenburg, under pretence that the
property had been pat under seqeestration by the
French Government. Count de Bentink protests
against these measures, and solicits the protection
of the Sovereigns of Europe at the Congress, to put
an end to a state of things so prejudicial to his in-
terests.

French Papers to the 20th, together with these of
the previous days that were in arrear, and Dutch and
German to the 18th, have arrived. Though the ac.
counts from Vienna are to the 11th, the expected
official publication of the principal arrangements had
• not been made, and the usual mystery was clouding the
• 'political deliberations. The report that Congress had
completed its lahours and' would break up before the'
middle of this month, appears to have been spreadl
for the purpose of raising the course of Exchange.—
• The Newspaper called the Chronicle of the Congress,
which was instituted for venal purposes, and has
been pretending to be deep .jii the secrets of the di. i
plomatists, has proved itself to be as ignorant of 1
the real nature of the proceedings as any of the'
.
Journals in this country, and the French Editors i
and t heir numerous correspondents Seem as little ac.
quainted with the real state of affairs. The mak). i
Tit) of the reports in circulation are favourable to
Peace,but appearances continue to warrant but little
such en anticipation. On one hand, It is asserted
that the Congress has nearly completed the important
work upon which it has been engaged ; that the So-
:...arereigns prolong their stay at the Austrian capital
only fill New Year's-day, that they may begin the
new year with the turning over of a new leaf; and
that previous to their departure a Grand Fete,
• grander than any that has yet been given—grander
than even our REGENT'S immortal celebration, is ex-
pectic! to be given. It is to be called the" Festival
. of Peace ;" and
,will take place on the day after the
signing of the Manifesto, which wilt contain the
principal articles decreed by the Monarchs, intended
to serve as the Micas of the articles which will re.
. twin to be discussed amongst the Ministers. It hi
added, there is another cause for the delay of the
Monarchs, namely, their having come to the resell*.
tion of inviting the King of SAXONY to their
banquet, and of giving his Saxon ,Majesty, at the
feast, at least a part of his dominions back.—
On the other hand, it is said the obstinacy of the
contending pretensions made prevents the advance-
ment of the negotiations, which are absolutely at a
stand, and is the real cause of the stay of the Sove-
reigns at the seat of deliberation. Certaiuly if there
are no insurmountable obstacles in the way, and that
spirit of accommodation prevails generally among
the negotiating Powers that has been represented as
influencing every part of their conduct, it is rather
strange that a satisfactory termination has not been
• given to their arrangements befare now ; cousiderhig
• also that the principals are upon thy spot, and such of
the Minilters of the CoUrts concerped, as may be
sapposed to have the power of acting of themselves
without the delays incident to repeated and
protracting references. When we add to this
presumptive evidence that things are not settled ;
when we hear that Prussia will not desist from her
claims on Saxony ; that Prince REPNIN'S order for- I
bidding the Salon clergy to pray for their lawful King, [moat 711e-btrtat Units.]
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has not been recalled; that Russia is determined, if 1 Swerzentawi; Dec. 6.—Joseph Bonaparte has
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she cannot get the whole of Poland, to keep, per ; been again, for .several weeks past, at the estate of)
force, the Grand. Duchy of Yuen i ; that numerous! Pranging, which he has purchised in the Casten of
armies are assembling on the frootiers of Gatlicia, the Vallais. What was lately motioned in the
and a powerful Austrian army is arraying itself on Hamburgh Correspondent, concerning some expres.
the borders of Saxony ; that Mr. STRATFORD CAN- sions said to have been used by the Count d'Artois
mato, oar Envoy in Switzerland, has directed the to the Deputies of the Vallais, who waited on him at
Swiss regiments that were in our pay and about to I Lyons, is quite esaggeiated. Monsieur said to these I
be disbanded, to be kept up as in service ; and that I Deputies only a few very gentle words, concerning
the re Mary demonstrations on .the part of France the importauce of carefully watching over foreigners
are continued, and Bottar taxes most celebeated residing in the frontier Cantons. One of the attend.
Generals, A UGEREAD, Vicron, DIMONT, i&c. apts of his Highness did really, in private conreisa-
are appointed Governors of military district, ; tion, afterwards interpret these words as hinting at
when we remark all this hostile and unpromising; the late King of Spain. The Government of the
appearance, we repeat that the apprehension of a Conton of Vallais, hereupon caused him to be re.
renewal of war is by no means unnatural, and we' qiPasted be abridge his stay ; bat he had already been
shnare in the fears expressed, that the result of thelinfoixned of an unfounded suspicion that had been
deliberations of the Congress will fail to be generally' ealsedw;gainst him, and to do it away sent a confi-
beneficial and happy for Europe. It is evident that dential arson to Paris. It does not appear that any
Lord CASTLEREAGH deems it necessary to have some thing farthest has since occurred.
advice from home. The dispatches from his Lord- In Sazonylt is generaUy believed, that there is
ship have occasioned several close meetings of the reason to hope Oat Frederick Augustus will recover
Cabinet Mitiisters, and the effort to expedite the
his dominions, which is the wish of all true Saxons.
full sense of the Cabinet, and the commands of his The prayers for Asa King of Saxony are, indeed,
Royal flightless the PRINCI REGENT, in reply, still omitted in the Churches, according to the order
prove their importance. When such momentous and given by Prince Regalia% bat contrary orders are ex-
important subjects as Ministers have within these petted. -• •
few days been deliberating upon are to be decided :1 The Chronicle of 'lke Cmgrese pretends that the
peace or war with America, on Monday, and the new report at Vienna, thee, the Congress has coat:
fate of kingdoms and tranquillity of the European pleted its labours, and that it will break up before
Continent on Tuesday, what may be the copse-' the middle of December, is considered. by well-in.
quences of Parliament not having an opportunity of formed persons as a report purporely spread to raise'
giving to the Executive Branches of the Legislature the course of exchange. i
the benefits of its advice ! Perhaps the peace and DEC. B. The Swiss regiments in Eg4ish !'lay, which
interests of the world have been decided by some are indeed not authorised by any Couvenon with
talf dozen individuals, as moat of the Members of the. Swiss. Governments, will be soon dissolycil. On .
the Council had left town for the holidays. the other hand, the Swiss Papers contain an war-
'She Coronation of the King of FRANCE, it is tisemeut from Mr. Addington, the F.,iglisll Ministers
. . .

Holland and Switzerland will be invited to accede
to the German Confederation, in forming, perhaps,
two new circles.

It is said, that an insurrection has for some time
broken out in Servla, and that all who are capable of
bearing arms have come forward in several districts,
and have fallen upon the Turks, who have received
some re-iuforcements. The struggle it is believed
will be very bloody. '

Dec. 2.—The news of the departure of General
Koller for Italy was premature—he is still here,walt-
ing for fresh Instructions.
NOTE.—Some French Journals had already err-
nounced, that he had arrived at the Isle of Elba.
PORTO.TERRAJO, DEC. 3.—On the Ist of this
month, a corvette, of 26 gulls, bearing the Spanish
flag, presented itself before our port, and showed an
intention of entering. The Captain commanding the
port, repaired on board. Count Dronet afterwards
went in the state..barge to the corvette, and received
from her two persons of dignity, the one in an epis-
copal, and the other in a military habit ; after which
the barge returned. These two Envoys were imme-
diately admitted to a conference with Napoleon,
which lasted several hours. The 2d of December
being a day of festival in the island, they alone dined
with Napoleon. They were accommodated with
apartments in the house of Marshal Bertrand.
It is said their departure will take place In a *few
days. It was remarked, that in the conversation,
with Napoleon, they gave him the title of Benet-
lence. '

We are ignorant of the object of their mission-;
but, it is conjectured, that it relates to the Prince of
Peace, who, having obtained permission to establish
himself in the island, caused to be purchased for him
a house at Porto-Lougona, wkere he is expected in
the mouth of January. - The Court of Spain it ap.
t,...
pears, his interfered in this affair.
The works which have been undertaken in the en-
virons of our city, intended for the residence of ostr
Sovereign, have been suspedeed.-

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of Charge d'A.ffal that' in co eerier! of
said, will take place at Rheims, in the month feff; stating, nem
June. 1,, 9 p
orders from Mr. Stratford Canning, hell' to declare
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A Bressels artl4e fir the listiii tapers 7isierts, that to 111 whom it may concern, tint titer-Officers nod,
Ike Sovereign Prnce:or-the Netherlands has been roidiers formerly belonging to the Swiss v'egiinenis in
proclaimed Kin; of BELGIUM, at the Congress Re! Enelisk pay, who were distnissedin 1801,, and have
, Vienna; and another article, under the same head, I enjoyed a pension from his Britannic Majesty, are
asserts;
that the boundary line, as far as regards ;by an order of the Secretary at War, restored to
Belgium, will be extended to the Moselle and the
~their righta,, and are to'continge to enjoy their pen-
Rhine. 1 sions as heretofore; the Resolution for suspending
The account of the departure of Gen. Kor.tte for , the payment from May, 1815, beingietoked.
Elba. it seems, is prematdre: It is, however, flattened ! PRAGUE, Dec. 6.—here too it is said that the
that he is waiting for instructions. ; Congress is ended, and that the publication of the.
----- I, Peace will take place on the 113/11. The departure
1, of the Monarchs is said to be deferred, because a
;courier is gone to invite the King of Saxony to
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IVienna. This Sovereign is expected' In tidreity
,with his consort and daughter, who will tiOtit re-
maid here while the King goes to Vienna.
[mom AN AUTHENTIC SOURCE.) ,
VIENNA, DEC. 2.—Many German and Foreign
/ Papers, frequently quoting articles from the Chroni-
icle of the Congress, it may not be indifferent to you.
and to the public to learn from a good and authentic
source (the credibility of which,-as you ktrow the
writer of this letter, you cannot doubt), how far that
Journal is worthy of credit. A passage in the Chro-
nicle, quoted in Number 329 of the Universal Ga- '
:elle, runs thus—" When the secret history of the
negotiations at Vienna shall one day be known, lit
it be remembered, whether the following short sketch
of them, till the beginning of November, was a vision,
or a right combination of the circumstances that were
observed.", Auswer—When the history (I do not
say the secret history) of the Vienna Congress shall
be published, then it will be evident, that all that the
Author of the Chronicle published under the name of
Sketches, or Explanations, was absolutely without
foundation ; and that of the Aneodotea contained in'
his Journal, scarcely one in a 'hundred was true.
Of this you may boldly assure your readers with-
out' any fear of saying too much. As the
time is not yet come to justify this assertion, I
shall content myself with showing, by a .singloox-
i emple, how it is with the. Correspondents and other
sources of the Chronicle. In the same article, which
begins with that high-sounding introduction, is this,
passage--" Thq Note of Count Noailles, whatever
may be pretended to the contrary, was rather impos-
ing." Who would not believe that the man who
speaks with such confidence, must at least have some
authentic information on the subject of which he
speaks ? and yet it is certain that this Note of Count
i Noodles never had any existence.—AL ono' disce
omnes, 4'c.
, VIENNA, Dec. 4.—The Sittings of the Ministers
at the Congress ire neatly ended. After they are
terminated the Monarchs themselves will have some
meetings, to have the contents:of all the deliberations
laid before them, and are to give them their sanction.
This time nobody will have to complain of the in-
fluence of France. The circumstance that it soon led
into action its diplomatic reserve, in the persou of
Vount/Noanies, seems to show; that the first, se-
amid, and 'third lines, under Talleyrand, Latour du
PIRA And. Wirth were hard put to it to keep their
ground.
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Yesterday 'Ministers were again occupied wit%
dispatches brought by Mr. KAYE from bed Cain,
REAGII, at Vienna, on 'l'uesday ; there was tareget-
to collect the whole of the Cabinet, nor en*
PRINCE RECENT in town, to take his Wye Leo.
nest' commands upon the• nature of the 'reply sass
sent to the dispatehes. Summonses were in conse.
quence issued, on Tuesday evening to all the Wei.
aters, and Messengers Were dispatched to them where'
ever they were, calling them to attend a meetingit
an especial manner yesterday, on these inipottue
dispatches. The Earl of Ltvrateoot had a consult.
ation with the, PRINCE REGENT on the suhject is
the morning. At two o'clock the Noble Earl aft
the Cabinet Council at the Foreign-office, which ins
attended by all the Cabinet Ministers. They cosfi,
need in close deliberation for upwards of heel**
an& a half. At the breaking ap of the Coaseil,'
Messenger was ordered to hold himself in radian
to proceed to Vienna.
DRURY•LANEI—A numerous audience emelt%
Theatre to witness the representation of the Bdldi
Stratagem, inkh iri h MSS WALITEIN aria Ise
tained the principal character. As on the feces '
evenings, het-triforts catled forth the strongest mild •
general approbation; and the play went off Is sail ,
style ,. , • .
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The William NiftaiN;- ganarth, from Quebec, to
Liverpool, was tuff es' an the• 12th inst. in 1it.50.1.
lon. 12. by the 11011. privateer, 0f.14 guns and tW
men; given up to the crew;:ef -Oa relieving resets
she had previously calitaresi, and •arrived atthe Pts
of Fondry on Friday or Saturday, viz t—tlis Go.
land, from St. Vincent's to Newfounland, slat to
America; and Jane, Brown, from Sliramichi, to Ow
Clyde, burnt.
Ari order has been inserted in the AlsaW., fat
preventing Military Officers, not employed te Ratty
from residing in •that city. A decree has sisoki
issued, prohibiting Fiench Officers from enter*
into foreign service without the permission of tlis
Government. . This measure has perhaps beet
adopted its • consequence of the repre,:entation 0
the Duke of Wer.t.itecyors, respecting the titan/
emigrations -to America. Tire Decree orders all
who have entered into foreign service e iihout staid
permission to return to France by the 15th of April
next. This, however, is rather too early a period ix
those who`may be crossing the Atlantic.
MANCHESTER, DEC. 20.—Last week was most
—...--- comfortable in this neighbourhood. The torrents of
An *Milli from
,Quebec has brOught.a confirma-
rain on Sunday and Monday made the river swell to
tins of the evacuation of Fort Erie by the Americans, a
great height, and cut off communication,
and of the ending of the campaign. The Quebec common route, from Broughton, Strangeways,
Paper, of the 17th of Norember„ has. the following The rain was aineast incessant the remainder
tiOtifitation on thiteehject :-- . week ; and on Friday, the most hurricane-hl
.. of wind experienced here since the year
ts General Dattallaeobro officially enn'oeaaces the . • 1
ittlittlipit of fort Erie by the Americans,. haling the slates fly from the house-togs, and the
if
- i hurled fiom the tops of the chimnies,whilst
Wire sap and destroyed, as-much es Simi' wouldi tiful steeple of St. Mary's church " rocked •
iltfailt, the fortifications, destroying their stores and 1 tasty sublime, bending in, obedience to the blast,"
amismenitlon, subsequently passing to the other side. the admiration'of thousands of gazers, obi'
elite the receipt of the last dispatches from that I reminded every minute that its motion
!accuracy of its perpendicular. A part
• quarter, no hostile movemebts, had taken place, on • work over the east:gate:of •Cheitham's
either side." . blown doivn. It fell almost' momentarily ,
It is reported that Lieutenant-General Daum. boys were about to be dismissed from their
mown 'was preparing to leave the western shore of `erected
studies in the grammar-school; Ser
Lake Ontario, and to proceed- to winter quarters in houses were unroofed by the
Kingston. I found a way into then by the unclosed
At Liverpool, the storm was tremendous;
We are told that a...Re solution had passed the I
Senate at Quebec ter the raising of 40,000 ad- ' slates.; whilst the river presented a.scene of
streets were deserted for of the flying brick!
ditional troops. This circumstance but little coin- sion and distress which harrowed op the heart.
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cities 'with the pacific colour of the letters from From the great quantity of rain which .
Ghent, the latest of which still hold out assurances !Mien, the low lands in the neighbourhood
that proceedings are in a state very favourable to ' Tewkesbury are in a dismal state of inui
accident
peace. It is said an important conference took
place boat, in which was Mr. Mann and his Son, of
041 the 10th instant, in relation to which great secrecy I Lower Lode t
„, ; Mr. 'Whitmore awl Mr. •leleis,
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was observed ; but that the intercourse between the Tewkesbury, and several other persons, O.
Commissioners has since been carried on with great ,
Toughness of the weather, sunk about midway
activity. On the other hand, we find that all the
i tween the Lode and the town. ' Mr. Mann !as
contracts for the supplf of our forces in America • imminent danger. of'being drowned, when he
are continued or renewed by Government; and we swam to his assistance, and they were both '
by the violence of, the waves to a
also learn, that by an arrival from Halifax about a' distance, but at length got 'to a shallow
fortnight aeo, Government was earnestly entreated, where they, obtained a footing, and
to send out large quantities of fire-hearths, boilers,
1 arrival of a boat, numbers having been sent
&c. &c. for the shipping in that quarter. It was at i
to their rescee.., The other passengers clunz to
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than • bolt, and there anxiously awaited their
first deemed inexpedient tis comply with
,
"I and they were all brought to land. A Yoong
one-third of the demand ;but within time few days,
Government have thought it necessary to" tend oat' .11:h' had
o:se: a thus;
the stores to the full extent required. . „ terror and affright, P
iiiiftbies escaped,
.spectacle,
waseck.l takenquits to a
v nerecL
overcome
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It is stated in the Brussels Papers, that tie. se. On. Tuesday, two lads, about 13 years of
,neetary of Mr. BAYARD, the American Negociatos':""l"s Of Mr—LlGYtie of
100tt, were drowned in the river Avon, at
at Ghent, had been sent on e mission'to Par'
• 'ss the i They had• solicited.their father'epermission to
pulse' the water in his own boat,a barge-owner
object of which Is represented to be to feel the
of the French Goverment, which, it is added,ahrgke.h.olwieuer
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did refuted ; 'bat they rashly
got into another, an,
not answer. This be Very unlikely story. . . carried by the tepidity of the stream towards
• -•. , 'bridge, where the river being too high Is admit
and of their ',aren't!.filag,
The jams, bi,Neil
r from
Oporto, is retaken by the Whiting schooner,tAi boat was upset, and they both perished within'
tarried into Bermuda. third boy
father) who was with them, was foi-tunately say
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