The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-11-01 00:00:00

THE STATESM'N.

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Ills bu'itsevi to have made -himself master of our equally averse to such inflictions in general; but A report had been spread here, that several Mo-
,, 'viol'. ant to have furnished us with assistance? whatever might be urged ou this subject, as applies- narchs arotfiti soon leave this city; hat' as tater
• As to the second part of this charge, it is clearly ble to soldiers at itonl, he Nis satisfied tbatabroade grese does not open before thalst of .November, welt
waved that when Capt. De Gramntont was calling out 4tlleailblitilki of corporal puniefnisents must produce , informed persons believe that their stay will be prio.
.
iss his men to front, Colonel Quintin was no longer inevitable rein to, the service, And the lest Interests traded. . .
with the squadron. The Court must surely be stria* of the cuentry. lie ehould new trepan on the NURZIEDIhIG., Om 15.—According .to the a'ssu-
with the repeated occasions in which Col. Quinttn Court with no farther animadversions, bat assured rakes of two Polish Officers, who left Elba on the
appears to be any where but in the discharge of his them that he felt grateful for the patience with which 11th September, and whose passports are counte.r.
duty, and his qtlicers are compelled to execute his- they had heard, and the assistance they Sad afforded' signed Porto Ferrajo, Sept. 10, Bonaparte seems to
duties. Cialool uintin calls this vivacity on their him during the performance of the task lie kid oar enjoy perfect health. On, the Ist of September,
.-tfotiff 1 caiskel one Quiirtiii, it was a vivacity ' dertaken. Ile now left the case of the 10th Hussite having received dispatches from Eogland, he
hid-
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r- thht_sued tbalreartatian aim oraglautit,. and Pty, to their decision,-satiesed that it worildloagavarned dinly put a stop to the building of his palace, we
'iiii-ps preiititetTliiidestructfon ts- f the column which by that impartiality, which was to by exgratatUrom he had hitherto carried on with great ardour. From
• ..------,-------..•----- --•— —l-Officers of their rank and Tirlependence. expressions let .fall by the English General Passer,
and Several Englishmen, it is conjectured that be
will be conveyed to England; this in some measure
confirms the report that the future residence of 4111-
ooleon will be'definitively fixed at the COniress at
Vienna.
.4. gteat many Englishmen go to Elba. to
see him ;:heje 4eitted by them with the greatest at-
tention and letimet. .. ; ~ , ,

WIN •• ill. WCM•46•••4Ib•
As to the third charge, except in the very imma-
terial points,, whether Colonel Quintin was present nun 1r PAPERS.
*Me instant Captain Fitzclarence was wounded, ,
. - there is scarcely any difference hieween his state.; pants, OCT, 2g.—The intelligence from Austria
• latent and my proof. Captain Fitzclarence alloired ' announces that the Kips of lkvaria and the King of
that his merne4y might he imperfect on sealant of Wirtemberg, and all the other Princes and Sove--
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the pain ol his wound,' but he spoke to the best of r
‘ relgus of Germany, now it Vienna, have formally
his belief. Of the witnesses called to contradict couseuted to establish Provinliel States io the coup-
; him, no two speak alike. Otte puts Colonel Quintin ! tries which they gevern.,'. ;' I • .
la front; another places him in a ditch by the road . •
i It is said at
!Vienna, thit-tii affairs of Poland are
side ; one states Capt. Fitzclarence to have been , arranged. If may •believe the reporti in circulation,
•, . wounded before the halt,
.another after it. , I the Grand Dine Constantine will he Viceroy, and
. Now the Gout must observe, that there was neve ;-the Emperor Alexander. King. Gracia' will re-.
another instance of Colonel Quintin's quitting his i main defiaitire.y
1 with Austria • bat A district. of
post et ihe*usonwet of danger; and when the Court 4
• 1 Upper' Polattd will be given to 'Silesia ths teeetrits
• considered how extremely difficult it was to * preserve 1 frontiers: ' ••• .7 T
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.- regular order among cavalry when exposed to a .
The disCusilin relative . the unsold greperty bf
. . heavy and galling fire, they could not fail to re.gard ' the emigrants -was 4064 teed yesterday, sad again'
. the excuse set up by Colonel Quintin far his coo: adjourned. ...
data on this occasion, as altogether insufficient and 1
NUREMBERG. , OCT. 20:--431IF arksatie of Ms day
' unofficerlike. Where his presence was indispensable, announces that the Prussian General Count de Kleist
)se waa net babe found •, where it was of lisle or no ' had ordered the arrest of General Lecoq and other
Importance, there he thought proper to remain.— i
Saxon Officers, but that it had not taken place.—
'No language of the charge, therefore, was strictly 1 They are reproached with having addressed a pea.
applicable when it described such a proceeding on i
lion to the Congress in favour ottheKing of Saxony,'
the part of Col. Quimby, as unwarrantable and pre.
an armed force having no right to deliberate. How-
. judicial to the service. Clear, however, as the ever, adds the same Paper, they hare undertaken the
, :proof was of all the allegations which had beeu i defence of the t'riece for whom they.:toorttn oath to
1 brougl:t forward in the prosecution, and unnecessary I fight, to live, anddie. ,
as it had beams for him to comment at any greater
FRANKFORTs OM ft—According to ail the news
length respecting 'there, he must yet beg tee" to ' from GermanyOhe Allied Powers have resolved to
ask the Court whether the Officers in preferring oppose fo the line of French fortresses which extend'
the present charges had done any thing contrary to mi.
from Strasburg to Dunkirk, a line equellv fnrmi.,
iitary discipline, or inconsistent with the strictest I
i dable • of which the. fortresses of Ments andlnzem-
sebordinatjupt...whether they appeared to have been I burgh wilt form Dee of the principal appals. 1
ectuated by si'hlind hostility against their Command. crAR
st
I OCT. n.—The Duke of Nemours, at his
iog Officer, or to have shown an attachment to disci.
hiptism yesterday, received the names of Louis,
Otte, ao. aux*, bpi the teputation of the corps to
Charles, Philippe, Raphad...te Grand Almoner
M hic h they belonged, and a sensibility to what was
,was asskitettitt the
eeretwetei;l
-the Priests of St.
'due both to themselves and to the Illustrious Person
I Hoch and St. Germain PArtmecols:

If we kir believe several reports,: from Naples,
measures are observed to be taken there, quit* pri.
rateiy, which indicate political 6160.
' 'hus litt4t
quantities of valualilei are said to haisbeen.s;ut
i.ondon, &cy" . . ,

•AaIEItICAN rP..AP;ItitS.'

WASHINGTON, gm. 9.--It is stated in 'sense of the
rapers, we observe, that the Congressional Library
etas saved. . We are sorry to contradict this step:-
Went. The Vandals destroyed without remorse chit
collection of valuable and scarce Woks, the lots, of
`which is irreparable. If his incendiary Intact were
not to be arrested by the monuments of art exhibited
in the south wing of the Capitol, it cottlit.not be ex•
pected the enemy would respect what none tillt
heathens or barbarians ever before wantonly destOyed
—a public repository of •history, science, and talk...-.
We are sorry to learn, also, that Elias B. Caldwelk
Esq. lost the whole of his valuable law lihrary,which
:4111111,'1n the same building. The papers. and book,
Attie Senate were all saved; and all the materia
Owe of the House of Representatives. • .
... IMPEACHMENT OF MR. MADISON. ~
B
OSTON', SEPT. 16.—What will the faction '#]
have so long misruled our unfortunate• couutip IL
next ? Let us see how they 'stand; and guess wshap
they will do, since they find that all the fair-minded:
and honest are forsaking them.
The war was commenced for these'reasont :—Firs(
to gratifpuicient hatred against Grad itiksaithimu
to assist„the French' in subduing dMaiP.isgrAt.,-:%
Secondly, to give that tone and Strength 11!0,1ht41, ee,
disonlati Government, which might. Iratailally, be
utipected to arise out ors state .of war.. Thirdly V
silence those .men w.ho had opposed the Jager iffil 1
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and Madisonlan course of policy, and to *inmate c.
their wealth for the purpose of keepinettteut,tlll.
Fourthly, to takeilie chances of• the even itigititt
'might arise out of this new state of things.,.aod front
the noise, excitement, and acclamation of succesTfo/
war, probably to etablish, by the help of arms, %
Government not unlike that of Bonaparte. Fifthly,
to satisfy the people as to all the expences and 'feat.
fives which might arise, by conquering the Cattadaal
and making a great outcry as to oar gains and glory,
Now it unfortunately turns out, that this war,
width was pretended to be waged to protect seamen
and commerce, has nearly annihilated both. Canadr
ttnot taken; and 'never will be.. The English na.
tion has not become bankrupt, and . has not Catkin
before our ally in fact, Bonaparte : but he and hit
power are fallen for ever ; and the English are tht
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. most powerful, and effective nation, for their num,
fibers, 'on the earth. _lnstead of having Gen. MO
, quielly Aomesticated in Little York—Gen. Pear.
born In MontrettlL-and Gen. Wilkinson in Quebec
•-i-Lars' e have nitiody within Canada, after two years'
_fighting and an-handrod millions-4;f espence, •excepf
the detachment of the tinny that are bravely defend•
sing themselves at Erie.
But on the sea board, and in the rivers of the
United States which conduct to the capitals of thy
several Stites, the enemy are itt great and threaten-
ing force. Public credit . ts• at an end.* No con
Science is placed in the national Administration
even by their warmest partisans. A portion of on
territory is taken away,
.and quietly possessed b:
the enemy. In short, Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Ma.
dison have, in ten years, completely ruined the re.
'source's, and the Government, and the character`'
And blasted the prospects of this once happy an(
flourishing nation. it is, plain that Mr. Madison. auk
_all his political adherents know this, and know
that the country never can recover from these ca.
'amities, while he and his friends remain in power.

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11tipik*OCT. f5..--WetmetltfireBneeoeat dif-
ficultiel skimp:44 t° them% . ..,Cu4.ava divl;,
slots *of Weigle 's 'for AseerW.f4C plena doubted
w boating. it Can take place. .. ' •
Vlnsir4, Om 17.,Ilitherte there :has appeared
no important writing on the affairs before the Con-
gress; but some arb announced to be quite in real,
diness. As the interests of the Sovereigns appear
sometimes to be in oppositiont,these matters are de-
licate, and
.one party must always be displeased.—
However, whatever is printed here must first undergo
the Censure.
' It is I,4llrmetl3. that the Ministers of Austria,
Prusila, Bavaria, 'Hanover, and Wlrtemilevg, are
already agreed On ,the'fellowing pciiiciples relative
to the territorial steogesin RAO oat of ifierisony t--.
The state. of polemics' If. the lirincesi unless in
.c 4.411,9( elPar P44.17.4tim• • bjyfrl PP va e * ,;:,
Ar o.
The 'Princes who have ved Indemnities can,
neither .be allowed 'to dant' !wild new, nor to re.
demand the States for which have been indiesnk
fied.—The projected chats . I only take place tar'
so far as they be judged necessegy and useful for the
general good.—Every Prince Who shall lose by the
exchange, will be indemnified of right. —T he coun-
tries which shall principally.serve its indemnify the
injured Princes, are those situated oe the left bank
of the Rhine, and detached from France, on which
there exist no pretensions on the part of the ancient
i Sovereigns, as these territories chiesy belonged to
lecclesiastical Princes who are nalotOr in esistence,
! and whose dominions have been secularised.
MANII EI MI OCT. 22.—The Prince Gustavus of
Sweden, son of King Gustavus Adolphus, ciintinues•
at Carlsruhe, where his mothersttencls to his educa-
tion. His august aunt, the Empress, of Russia, in-
! terests herself warmly in his fate. It is supposed
that his situation will come under '.discussion in the
i arrangements of Germany : he :surrounded by se-
t veral Swedes, who display. a... c agachment to
' him.
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The labours of the dorm . entrusted ,with the
rectification of the
_new faro • between France
land Germany, towards the ' se, have already
commenced.
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I Roma, Ocr. I3.—Her Mitiesty "the Queen of
j Etruria continues to receive the visits.of the superior
German Officers. It has been remarked, that within
1 these few days the relations of Charism IV. with the
1 Cunt of Vienna, have become more frequent. !

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who heti so long honoured them.with his protection ?
Hai wished to bring this question fairly, before the
Court
,because malevolence had been busy.in,ellsre..
presenting the conduet tal the °Souk • on this twee.
sion, and the motives of this prosecution.. Cole,
Quintin, in his defeuee, bad talked of the rilitiO
whit!' had long • dzicted, mate which generally Perel
vaded the corps; and in proof of 34.hed referred
to the letter addressed to the Petsbeßestot as amply
indicative of thoes prejudices which' Mere entertained
against him. This letter he further represented tot*.
a breach of good order, and inconsistent with
the forms and usages of military discipline. Watt'
it, indeed, contrary to usage, and a violation of este.
dished forms, for Officers who felt *pride in the dis-
charge el theft. dety, to state their complaints when
they saw, the honour, character, and well-being of
, their regiment. sacrificed without redress? Weather*
;any thiug either novel or unjestifieble in desiring m.,
`, qolry where not a suspicioit, but a conviction, pre.
Tailed of great and tnnnifcst minoncluct? It was
hardly meant to convey an insinuation that subordi.
nate Officers could suffer no wrong, and therefore
could have no title to complain. Let the Members
of that honourable Court recal to their minds that
period when they theinselves held subordinate sitea.,
. Cousin the .service' either as Captains of troops or
eompa nice, and ask themselves what would have been
their owr9ertistions, if left unsupported by their su-
perior tCer hour of danger and difficulty ;
and they had seen all their efforts to maintain the
discipline of the men rendered ineffectual by his re-
fusal to heed their complaints, or to second their,
exertions.? Would• they have considered them-
selves Ant violating any military duty, in endea.
Touring to vindicate their own honour, and the
chatacter •of the regiment, by an open declara-
' Ilion of • their Commanding Officer's culpability ?
°tithe subject of the fourth charge, he had to trouble
the, Court with very few observations. , He had laid
before the:Court end proved the cavalry orders
ntthe 46th of Februartilist, and
,the letter of the
AdjitintoGeneral 1 ward Pakenhem)! to Lord
' Somerset, 'dated the ,rth of,lrlarch, end he
triaged had tilly.eatisfied the Conk tohnt, the censure
*passed and:' implied in these documents had been
" 114ealed upolt fops and statements, the teeth of which
;bad been incontrovertibly established in, the course
of that preseeetion. In the whole of the evidence of
.141trd COssoberstutreotiOvell as in that of Lord E So-
:hierlet, not one expression could be discovered fa.
Tearable to the chanitter of COI. Quintin in any re.
'hike! of military conduct, either in the presetioe ef .
'the enemy, or in the maintenance of order and disci-
'ollie among those entrusted to his command.— listrovEa, 00T. 21.-001160 intelligence was
Throughout their entire examination, neither of these yesterday received from COMA Munster; the Hand-
Noble bards was heard to mention a word expressive setian Minister of State at the Congress at
of approbation;of any part of Col. Quintin's beha- Vienna, that Hanover kaeleee _there relied- Wile
view; but, on the contrary, whenever they were rank pta kingdom. •
'asked to 'what the relaxation of discipline in the 10th At an entertainment given yesterday by the cele-
Aussurs was cc:moldered by them to be attributable, . brated Gen.. Von Alten, of the English German LP.
Abel uniformly replied, to the want of system and glen, who is now here, his Royal ...Highness the
eetivity in the Commanding Officer. What must Duke of Cambridge proposed a toast son account of
lave beau the state of the,reg.iment in point of order . this event, which is, in every reepeets so interesting
end subordination, when it appeared by Lord Edw.! to the Hanovcrians. We look with impatienie for.
Soreerset's testimony, that he had directed Colonel the particulars, and whether, and in what rottener,
Quintin to report to him all the offences of his men, ! Hanover is to receive an accession of territory:*
that he himself might. examine them and award the FRONTIERS OS NORWAY, Ocr. 18.—The
due punishment, thus virtually taking out of his wegian Diet is adjourned to the 11th of November:
bends the command' of his own regiment ? That the The people in Norway are well dhiPosed; and it is!
outliner in which Col. Quintin exercised the corn. wished that the King of Sweden may immediately
sesiol, end the kmentable disorders by which the assume the title of King of Norway.
regiment was consequently disgraced, called fOr such VIENNA, OCT. 13.—1 t was reported yesterday
an interference was, however, manifest from the con. that Talleyrand would be replaced at the Coingress,
current evidence of all the witnesses who had been by another Ambassador from France. .• .
called to speak to the same subject. The Captains, •Ocr. 17:—A. MS. circulates here, 'tailed Extract
at length seeing all their remonstrances unavailing, of three Conferences, whiollisiere:lneitdildngeished
ceased to repeat them. Whet was the nature of Col. o(the Ministers now here-lrangMr4opemi hid to.,
Quintiles defence to this part of the charge? fie gether.l Aceording to tbiaii lam that A
ascribed his conduct to a disposition on his part to grief &prows Of opirtionelpiletilimiliter tbem's OP
lebseu corporal punislimenir He (C 91., Fajuser) was many inspottimaanbjects6 ..sane ..• •.•
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Will they, then, voluntarily give up the power ?
Will Mr. Madison and the " super-eminent" Mr
Gerry resigii ? No.—What, then, must be done .
Mr. Madison is old ;he is without ility for the times,
which he has produced. • he has little or no influence •
he is not wanted, and is not feared. There must bi
a ;cape goat for the party. They have tried ow
Secretary attd anotheri until it is plain they mum,
make a balder push. They will impeach Mr. Ma-
dison. They understand how to put a man up, (IL
put a man down, as snits their purpose. Notwith,
standing the artful messttge which Mr. Madisop
will send to Congress neat Monday; unless we are
greatly decerved in human principles of action, Mr
Madison will be impeached by his own party.
TREASON.

HAMBURGII MAIL.

BOSTON, SEPT. 17.—The day before the great bet-
'le, General Armstrong drew'from the Trepsory,
' for his department, a million of dollars. It is said
he has gone on to join our army in canticle, and k
case of a cenvnlsion, will seize upon the reins of
Gorernment. The movements of this fiend must be
narrowly Matched; he is knwon' to be in enemy ti
our present fork
,erVovernment, which he thitoki
deficient in energy. Ile will bring about a revolts.,
lion certainly, if he can succeed. At any rate, 'lit
him be narrowly, watched, as hot is only in his element
when he is plotting mischief.
Ntsi ORLSANS, AUG. -19.—Some time since
smomber of reports were circulating here of the in,
tended invasion of this country; at. one time by file
British, east *Gelber, by the Spaniards, and age's
joiatticby both. 'Latterly we
.have nothing fore*
on' tits' subject, and I,presptne we are as secure as
yocaf, in New York. The Government of
Sates are making arrangements. (it ma