The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-27 00:00:00

LONDON:

YIOND%Y, 3IARCII 27, 1815.

The Second Volume of the Life of NAPOLEON THE
CREAT is now opened, and an interesting oue it pro-
Mises to be.

The ample details which we this day submit of the
events passing in France present scenes which neither
history has paralleled since history began, nor fiction
pictured in the wildness of imagination.
We have received since our last French Papers
from the 20th to the 24th, containing the closing
scene of the exit of the Boutracres, and the re-
entry slid restoration to Imperial dignity of
the proscribed NAPOLEON, with something like authen.
tic details of his progress, which we pronounced, in the
midst of all the fatal falsehoods propagated by the
Routine's Government, to have been a march of
triumph, not " through slaughter to a throne," but
amidst the acclamations of an approving and admir-
ing people, from the extremity to the heart of the
empire. The French Editors who speak officially,
like some of our equally truth-telling brethren in this
capital, get over their hallucinations, and the crisis
of their country's fate, very easily. In fact, the
'hole affair of the Revolution seems to have been
managed with the greatest ease ; and if there had not
been so mane' lies officially told about the business,
we would have said, never was any thing, even a
christening in simple life, conducted with more de-
corum. The KING, after receiving regular notice to
quit his throne, goes out at one gate unmolested
a art the Emeraton enters at another, and immediately
commences the functions of his high office, without
the least disorder being created, except what joy
and curiosity to witness the great change naturally
excited. Never was a Revolution more sanguinary
than the first—never was one more bloodless than the
latter. Who then would add the eternal stain of blood
to a scene so peaceful? Not surely the undisturbed,
retitiug, religious Louis X E. the father of his
people.—not surely the friends of peace and liberty,
" the deliverers of the human race"—we shall see
anon. The " peaceful KING" is rallying his forces
at Lisle. The Times generously gives him 40,000
men and the Duke of FELTRE, to begin vvith ; but we
know that he has not 4.000, instead of 40,000 mar-
tial adherents—:aid we believe the garrison of Lisle
are riot more disposed to shed their blood for the
Lilies than their friends who support the Eagles.—
The ANtIOULEME has hoisted his standard
at Thoulovise, os the Duke of BOURBON hos at An-
gers ; but there is a lifeless neutrality in the minds
of the Frtalch people with regard to the Bounuos
c ors-, which is a sad damper to the flame of loyalty.
The Emperor ALCNANDEit, however. on heating of
the landing of Bovapa arc in the Bay of Juan, dis-
patched one•an!-fsenf{r Couriers to different parts of
his Empire, to put his troops in motion ; it will,
however, take some weeks before they Fetich the
Rhine. Verigeatice, nevertheless, is preparing her
greatest thuselar-liolt. The eight Powers who signed
the Treaty of Paris have, it is said, resolved to
proscribe the person of Boxaraturx, and never to
treat with him or any of his " faction." We do
not believe that Austria, at least, has made any such
resolut►on. We know how some of the other
Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris have kept
their resolves.

Now for the acts of the Great NAPOLEON. He
has resumed his reign with that vigour which has
distinguished all his actions. He has begun by an ap-
peal to the nation in general. He dissolved the Le-
gislative Assemblies, by Proclamation, at Lyons, as
he did the Cottgre of Vienna, by the stamping of
his foot ea the sands of Frejus; and he has convoked the
Lectors' Colleges to meet in an Extraordinary As-
sembly in the mouth of May, to consider of the mo-
dification of the Constitution—to declare what sort
of Constitution they will have! His reasons for dis-
solving the Cliamners, which existed under Louis,
are worthy of being recapitulated here. He says
" Considering that the Chamber of Peers is composed
partly of persons who have borne arms against. France,
and who have an interest in the re-establishment of
feudal rights, to the destruction of equality among
the di Brent classes, to the annulling of the sales of
the national domains, and, in short, to deprive the
pe yle of rights which they acquired by 2 years of
ccm'‘ats against the enemies of the national glory :" and

"considering that the powers of the Deputies to the
f.egisltive Body have expired, and that the Chamber
of Commons had no longer any national character ;
that a part of this Chamber has rendered itself un-
worthy of the national confidence, by adhering to
the re-establishment of the feudal nobility, abo-
lished by the Constitutions accepted by the people ;
by making France pay the debts contracted with the
foreigner for forming coalitions and keeping in pay ar-
mies against the people ; by giving to the Bourbons
the title of Legitimate King, which was to declare the
French people and army rebels, to proclaim as the only
good Frenchmen the emigrants, who, for 25 years,
have torn the bosom of their country, and violated
the rights of the people by holding sacred the prin-
ciple, that the nation was made for the throne, and
not the throne for the nation."—For these reasons,
thus energetically given, both Chambers are dissolved
at his fiat, and the nation called to deliberate on the
form of Government most honourable and agreeable
to it !

Ws have also the new French Cabinet, among
which are the names of CAMBACZRES, SAVARY,
FOUCIIE; and last, not least, with a title, and the of-
fice of Minister of the Interior, is the old staunch
Republican CAItNOT, who so strongly memorialised
Lours XVIII. on the causes of the death of his
Royal Brother on the scaffold, and who left BoNA-
exturc when he assumed the Purple, but flew to his
aid a hen his fortunes were falling, and the " Great
Nation" was sinking under the pressure of foreign
power. CARNOT, doubtless, conceives that France
will again be menaced with destruction by foreign
arms, and his patriotic revolutionary ardour has got
the better of his dislike of high sounding names. He
is a great accession to the Government of BONA'
PARTE, for the old Revolutionists, and the admirers
of the principles which expelled the Beunnons be-
fore, may be expected to follow their old leader in
the support of the new dynasty.
The property of the BOURBONS is confiscated. All
the titles which Louts so hastily conferred with the
view of creating friends among the soldiery and the
mass of the people, when to attach the people to the
Government was found necessary, ore abolished,
together with all feudal rights. The decrees against
Emigrants are very severe, and the misfortunes which
are likely to befal that class of men will doubtles be
much aggravated by the conduct of the Government
which they supported in concealing the existence of
the decrees which were intended to warn them to
leave the kingdom,. and under the operation of which
many innocent persons will now fall ; for though
they may plead ignorance of such decrees, it remains
with the discretion or generosity of the new Govern-
ment to sustain such plea. Such are the consequences
of fettering the press, and such the liberty which it
enjoyed under the reign of Loots cer.
tainly superior to what it has possessed at any time
under LIONAPARTE.
But the most curious of NAPOLEON'S acts since he
resumed the reins of power and returned to the ca-
pital, is that which we see announced in the Official
Bulletin of our own Government, namely, his de-
taining the Foreign Ambassadors in Paris, by refus-
ing to give them passports. Lord FITZROY SOMER.,
srr, the young Officer who has been acting as the
Duke of WELLtsiovos's deputy; and the Ainbassa-
dors of Sweden, Spain, and even from the Russian
Autocrat himself, the representati,ve of the 21 pro-
vinces which he is now alarming, are all placed in this
undignified situation. If we really thought that these
public functionaries ought to take to their
heels and run from the nation to which they
were sent, as soon as any commotion or change
of government takes place, leaving the important
trust of watching the interests, and perhaps
affording protection by the high and acknowledged
sauctity of their office, to the. natives of their re.
spective countries who may require it, we would say
there was something outraging all we ever heard in
that Government which would refuse passports to a
Minister disposed to leave the country ; but as a
Morning Paper has hinted there may he something in
the continuance of the Foreign Ministers at Paris
which may admit of a satisfactory explanation, and
show the advantage of Foreign Min:sters not rashly
abandoning their pest. It is stated, that on Sunday
night they all received confidential notice of King
Louis's design to retire from Paris, and on .that day,
as well as on the whole of Monday, the passports of
Louis XVIII. were recognised, and respected by
all the Authorities. A person of rank is arrived,
who left Paris on Monday night without mo-
lestation, and had his passports backed the whole
way to Calais, without impediment—and that
after it was perfectly know that the Emperor's
new Government was established.—As the Foreign
Ministers might have left Paris, and travelled by
virtue of a similar protection, is it not possible that
NAPOLEON wishes, through their means, to convey to
their respective Masters some propositions tending to
I conciliation ? Butt the disposition which we see ex-
pressed on the part of other Governments, and the
irritating language we hear used every day when
mention is made of the new Government of France,
leave us eithout any other anticipation but war, hi-
terminable war.

We cease to pursue this subject to announce the
ARRIVAL of FURTHER FRENCH PAPERS

TO THE 23 l'H.

They announce the important intelligence of the
troops who had accompanied Louis, baring aban-
doned his standard and returned to juin the

EMPEROR., Th'e l'refects of the different 'Depart-
ments are appointed, and among them we ob-
serve the names of several einqUent friends to ra-
tional liberty in the late Chambers of the Legislature.
NAPOLEON'S family are returning to the capital.—
It is expected that the EMPRESS and her son will ar-
rive at Paris on the 4th of April.

Peps, AlAncn U.—General Lnmarque is ap-
' pointed Commandant of Paris, Count Lobau corn-
mands the Division of troops assembled there.

; The two Generals Lallemand, who were arrested
at Lnon, have arrived et Pariq.
• General Excellmans marched yesterday at the head
of a body of cavalry for Beauvois.
The Lyceums of Paris have again assumed their
former designations.

The Duchess of Angouleme has fled to Spain. It
is understood that she means in future to reside there.

Almost all the volunteers who followed King Louis
have returned home.

The English and other Foreign Ambassadors still
remain at Paris.

The 5 or 600 guards who had followed the King
hare returned to Paris.

King Joseph, brother of the Emperor, arrired
yesterday at Paris at three o'clock.
• The Emperor has named new Prefects for most of
the Departments ; many of whom were Members of
the Chandler of Deputies.
• Madame, the mother of the Emperor, and one of
the Princesses his sister, who he had left at Porto
Ferrajo, have arrived at Viareggio, near Lucca.

The letters 'N are restored and restoring to the
public buildings at Paris. On the gallery of the
Louvre the words Lycet Napoleon, are replaced in
golden letters.

FRENCH FUNDS-3 per Cents. 70 f. 60 c.—Bank
Bonds 1010 f.

The following Bulletin was issued by Government
on Saturday night :
" F reign Office, Downing-street, Saturday Night.
" Colonel Jenkinson arrived this evening with
dispatches from Lord Fitzroy Somertet, dated at
Paris on the 22d instant. Lord Fitzroy Somerset
and his suite, with the Spanish, Swedish, and Rus-
sian Embassies, were, at the above date, detained
in Paris, being unable to procure passports for post.
horses.
" BONAPARTE entered Paris at half-past :eight on
Monday night in
,the most private manner. His
suite occupied three carriages, each drawn by sit
horses. At ten next morning, he showed himself
' from the window in the garden of therhuilleries.
About noon he reviewed the troops on the Place
Carousal.
1 " Marshal Nz joined BONAPARTE at Lens le
Saulnier. His Proclamation, dated from that place
on the 14th March, describes the BOURUONS as un-
fit to reign, and recommends his troops to join the
great NAPOLEON
" CAULINCOVRT had been dispatched to Germany,
to invite the Archduchess MARIA LOUISA to Paris.
CAULtNCOURT quitted the Capital on his mission on
Tuesday evening.
" His most Christian Majesty had arrived at
Lisle. Marshals Barthier and Macdonald remained
! with him. Monsieur and Marshal Alarmont were
marching with a large force towards Lisle."
In consequence of the present situation of affairs
in France, Government has discontinued the packet
sailing between Dover and Calais.
It was announced by the Post-Office, that a Flan-
ders :Mil would be made up on Tuesday eveaing next
1 —and every ensuing Tuesday and Friday—to be for.
warded by packet from Dover to Ostend.
Packets are also established to Corogne, for the
purpose of maintaining that intercourse with Spain
which has been interrupted by the late occurrences
in France. A Mail will be made up to-morrow and
every succeeding Tuesday.
A communication had been reeeived by the Court
at Brussels, that six weeks or too months would
elapse before the Russian troops in Poland could
reach the Rhine.
MAncto 25.—The packet boats L'Union
and Elizabeth, with the Doke d'Castries, Le Compte
I'Defournielle, and a great many other persons of rank
arrived at this port yesterday, after post, from Dieppe,
the wind having prevented their landing at Brighton.
On Saturday his Majesty's ships Desiree, Zeplor,'
and ()ranks sailed from Portsmouth, with sealed
orders.

DUNKIRK, WEDNESDAY MORNING.--We have al-
ready a report of the defection of several garrisons,
and of emissaries having entered others. The troops
at Valenciennes mutinied, desiring their officers to
hoist the Imperial Eagle, and threatening them with
death, declared that they would not fight •against
their former Commander, nor their brethren.
Dorm, Marten 26.—The Paris Mails of the 22d
and '2.ld inst. arrived this day in the Elizabeth
passage-vessel to the surprize of the town, as we had
concluded they had all stepped. The 2rl Batt. of the
35th Regiment embarked, and sailed from this port
last night at 11 o'clock, in several passage-vessels,
with a fair wind for Obtend.
Tee KING v. SUTroN.—The cause was expected
• to have been tried on Monday morning, and, with
this expectation, Mr. Surru,: attended with his
Counsel and Solicitor. On calling over the names of
the twenty-four Gentlemen who had beets suinnume3
as Special Jurors, only three appeared ! and the
Counsel for the Crown refused to p:ay a !alis eat of
a mast respectable Common Jury, a:though they
had a special Licenr. Irma the Attornev-Ciaserril for
that purpose: it therefore stacds over, as -a matter
of course, In future day. It may he necei-rary to
add, that this extraordinary proqecotion was pro-
yoked by the urgent application of a few imlirideal,s,
chiefly of Nottingham; and while we cannot ex-
I press the gratitude we feel towards our friends, we
will not indulge any feelings of malevolence towards
our enemies; we know most -of them, and we shall
. leave them to the enjoyment of their own reflections.
We call to mind the words of a great man (Lord
BacoN), " By taking revenge, a DUD is even with
his enemies; bat in passing over it, he is superior."l
...-(Natinithow Review, March 24).

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

rumours!, Mallen 24.—Arrived yesterday the
I Chichester packet, with a Mail from Malta in :G
li days, and from Gibraltar in eight days; by her we
learn that about 40 vessels were lying at Gibraltar,
Iwaiting convoy for England. The Louisa packet
had arrived at Gibraltar, and proceeded up the Me.
diterranean. The Express packet had also arrived
Ist Gibraltar, 12th Ma rch.—A sloop of war,ssith eight
vessels under convoy, proceeded up Channel yester.
Majesty's ship Warrior, &c. and the
West India convoy still remain under the command
of Admiral Douglas, who has received an order
from Government to disembark all the troops under
• his command, part of whom has already landed and
marched into Pendennis Garrison, the Governor of
which had received previous orders to prepare for
their reception ; they amount to about 85') men.—
By a telegraphic dispatch we learn, that a vessel is
on shore near I.i,:gard—name not known.
'lmmo-, MAR .11 25.—Arrived his Majesty's Win
.Sc' at, front Oporto, and the hope, from Plymouth.
Sailed 18 large fishing vessels, for Dieppe; they had
come over for the mackrel season, but returned owing
to the change of affairS at Paris.
PoIiTSAI. UTIli MARCH 'M.—Arrived yesterday the
Lord Calitereagh, from the East Indies, particulars
not known.—Arrived to-day the Vine, Hope, and
Susannah colliers, Dispatch and Liberty coasters,
and the sloop Ann, from the Westward.—Went nut
of Harbour his M •j,sty's ship Prometheus.—Dtliped
down to St. llelen's his 'Majesty's ship Ajax.

DEAL, MARCH 26.—Arrriced yesterday the Care
packet, Cornwatl, from St. Helena.—Arrived to-day
the Mercurius gun-brig, with passengers from Ca.
lais ; and the Emilec French packet-boat,%ith pas-
seogers from Boulogne.--Came into the Downs the
Cambrian, IV:simph, Pomona, Percival, and Ariel
transports, having on board the 51st and 23d regi.
mews of foot, from Portsmouth, bound to Ostend.—
Came down from the River the Coffin, from the
South Seas.

PLY MOUTH,• MA nut 25.—Arrived the Ludy Aru•
Ulla packet, with a Mail from Lisbon in six days;
Ann transport, from ditto ; Zenolda, Gilbert, from
Tarragona. Also arrived nine other transports,
with stores from Lisbon, under convoy of his Ma•
jesty's ship Icarus.—Came in his Majesty's ships
Opossum and Fly, from a cruise.

Admiral SCOTT arrived yesterday (Sunday) at Dee,
and was expected to hoist his flag as yesterday in the
Downs.

ATTEMPT TO POISON.—We are happy to state,
that none of the family are likely to fall victims to
the poison, and likewise that the woman who is sos.
petted to have administered it to an unspecting fa.
mily has been takeu into canitedy, and is now in
confinement in the infirmary of Clerkenwell prison.
The family is that of Mr. Turner, Law Stationer,
in Chancery-lane. Mrs. Robert Turner, who is
pregnant, and two children, were the greatest suf-
ferers; the rest of the family have not suffered so
much. They are attended by Dr. Ogilvy and Sur.
geon Marshall. Elizabeth Fenning, the cook in the
family, about 21 years of age, is the person in cus.
tody on suspicion. We understand there is some
slight suspicion attached to another person. Several
causes are assigned, which we will refrain from men-
tioning, until after her examination, whick will beat
soon as she is fit to be removed.

-4-IHOLLANDER!.—This Novel,
which excites so much attention, is not the only pro.
duction of LOUIS BONAPARTE'S pen which has
reached the press, though it is perhaps the only one
which has yet been seen in England. A high sloe°
t of moral principle, the warmest sensibility, themost
amiable propensities, and an attractive eloquence,
are decided features of this production.
Ott Thursday last there were only 1900 Lottery
I 'rickets left in the Bank; 13,100,having been taken
out by the Contractors. There are now only seven
days to come before the Lottery begins, and it iv a
well-known fact, that in almost every Lottery for
the last Ten Years, there have been more 'flaws
and Shares sold in the last Week previous to the
Drawing, than in all the time before. It is imprs•
sible to be the case now ; and the unprecedchted
Sale can only be attributed to there being Three
Prizes of 230,000 each, and Five of 1000 Guineas,
to he paid in Gold, which is daily rising in value.
Guineas will shortly appear in great abundance, ag
the Lottery soon commences drawing, when Or
Purchasers are to be paid in Gold. The demand for
Tickets and Shares at lIORNSBY and Co.'s Ulfice, 26,
Cortiltill, is beyond their most sanocitto expectation.,
from all parts of the Kingdom, nl7ich exemplifinthe
genuine value of the Scheme. lioetuseir and Co.
assure the Public, that it has frequently occurred
that 20,000 Tickets have been sold barque the tient--
ing began, and the present Lottery consists of onit
15,000 ; containing three Prizes of
.1)30,0'"0,
No former Lottery ever had more cLan
treble the number of Tickets.

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