The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-14 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

the Revolution had been only a long and fatal ob-
Hvi,.l4 This wish of France must he that of every
European State hich is not self-blinded: without
such an order of things none can deem itself for a
moment certain as to the future. Neter eras a nobler
object presented to the G overnments of Europe; never
was such a result more necessary ; and never could
the hope of its attainment be so strong, as at a pe-
riod when all Christendom was for the first time sum-
moned to form a Congress.

Perhaps it would already have been completely at-
tained, if as the King had hoped, the Congress, on its
first meetings, had, by laying down its principles,
fixed the limits, and traced out the only road by which
it can be reached. Doubtless, in that case, we should
not have seen some powers employing that as a pre-
text for destruction which can only have conserva-
tion for its end and object. Certainly, when it was
the spirit and meaning of the Treaty of the 30th of
May, that the ultimate result of the proceedings of
the Congress should be a realand durable equilibrium,
it was not then understood, that territories and na-
tions were to be thrown into one siugle mass, in
order to be afterwards divided according to certain
proportions. It meant, that every legitimate dynasty
should be preserved, that every legitimate right should
be respected, and that vacant territories (that is, with-
out a Sovereign) should he..distributed in conformity to
the principles of political equilibrium, and, which is
the same thing, to principles conservative of the rights
of each, and the repose of all.

It would besides be a very strange error, to consi-
der the quantities which political arithmeticians num-
ber out, as the only element of this eqoilibrium.—.
1 Athens, observes Montesquieu, had within herself
the same physical force both when she ruled with so
much glory, and whe❑ she was in base subjection.—
' The balance of power would be mere idle words, if
it be separated not from that ephemeral and deceitful
force which the passions produce, but from the true
moral force which consists in virtue. But in the mu-
tual relations of states the first virtue is justice.
Penetrated with these principles, the King has
prescribed it to his Ambassadors as an invariable
rule to pursue in preference to every thing that
which is just, never to swerve from it in any case,
or upon any account whatever, never to subscribe to
or acquiesce in what is contrary thereto ; and in the
order of legitimate combinations, to adhere to such
as may most etil,ctually contribute to the establish-
ment and maintenance of a teal equilibrium.
Of all the questions to he discussed at the Con.
gress, the King would have considered as the first, 1
the greatest, the most eminently European, beyond
all comparison with any others—that of Poland, had 1
it been possible 'for him to hope as strongly as he
wished that a nation so worthy of the interest of all
others, from its antiquity, its valour, the services
which it in former times rendered to Europe, and
from its misfortunes, mild have been restored to its
ancient and complete independence. But the ques-
tion had become foreign to France by anterior trea-
ties ; it is no longer any thing but a simple affair of
partition and of limits, and there remains to Frauce
only the wish that you should he satisfied with the
result of your discussions, and to be so herself if you
were so.

The disposal of Saxony, according to the chtims
now set up, pernicious as an example, will be espe-
cially so by its influence on the general balance
of Europe; a balance which consists in the recipro-
cal force of aggression and force of resistance be-
hinging to political bodies.
France, like Austria, may say with truth, that
she cherishes no feeling of jealousy or animosity
against Prussia ; and that it is precisely because she
has a sincere regard for her, that she cannot wish to
see her obtain apparent advantages, which, acquired
by injustice and dangerous to Europe, will sooner
or later become destructive to herself. Let Prussia
acquire all that she can legitimately obtain; France
will not only not oppose but will be the first to ap.
plaud this ; and if cessions on the part of the King
of Saxony are necessary in order to restore to Pros-
sia an existence equal to what she had in 1805, the
King of France will be (he first to press that Prince
to make such as the interest of Austria, and the in-
terest of Germany may permit, which in this point
constitute the interest of Europe.

D BIM 1r..L.1N E THEATRE. LAI+ INTELLIGENCE. TE L LIGE NCE. -_
—40...._
Mr. KEAN assumed for the first time last night COURT Ole CtrA,NCER Y. FEL 13.
the cheracter. of Reuben Glenroy, in Town and This being the last day. of Hilary Term, several
Country, and by the excellence of his exertions con-
motions were made of a peremptory nature.
firmed and increased his fame. The style of this
BOOTLE V. BLUNDELL.
Comedy, one of the best which MORTON has pro. '
The LORD CHANCELLOR, imniedistely on his en.
duced, indeed offers many speeches, and its plot many tering the Court, pronounced himitedgment on the-
' situations, which powerfully 'assist the performer ; motion for a new trial, of this impoilket cause.
and evenije
in the is deprived
closet, where the work began by stating, that he had read, with emu
of the illusions of scenery, and the energy of action, attention, the answer of the Defendint, the tlepn.
cannot fail to delight the mind and affect the heart.
sitions of the profestional gentleman *ballad made
But these aids, however propitious to mediocrity,
the late Mr. Blundell's will and codicil
could never raise it into greatness. Like the quarries ; and
lastly, the short-hand cotes of what passe upn,',-
;of Faros, they only supply precious materials, which the trial at Lancaster. His Lordship entered very
the chisel of a dunce may torture into something like much at large into the impression produced on
the human shape, but to which the soul of a PHIDEAs mind by these several documents ; that neither
can alone impart the• true proportions, the elegance,
and the beauties of real life. In the hands of Mr. the will nor codicil could possibly be impeached..
His Lordship also expressed his opinion that s
KEAN, they were cast into the most perfect mould. will of real property could not be established is
Reuben Glenroy is a mixture of bluntness and
of , equity unless the three ttitnesses to it were all of
humanity, of sound reason and acute feeling, them examined, which he 000sidered as a gene.
great self.command and spotless honour. Like the ral rule; and that as but one attesting whites,
flint, with a rough outside, it contains a bosom of had been examined in the Court of Law, he
fire. It is, in fact, a counterpart of Mr. KEAN'S should have thought this cause a fit subject for a
genius; nature shines equally through both, and second issue. But he apprehended it was competent
when employed in enlightening each other, their ito the heir at law to wave any benefit the law gave
mutual excellencies incorporate, and form a gem of
him. lie might have waved the issue before it was
unsurpassed brilliancy. Were we to descend to par- : granted, and when it was granted, he was at liberty
titulars, even after the most severe scrutiny, we 1 upon the trial to wave the necessity of examining the
should not be able to mention any passage marked three witnesses. His Lordship then said, that spot
with weakness or inattention ; whilst such a crowd reading the short-hand notes, he was of opinion Mr.
of beauties would present themselves as would 2soon Blundell had given the matter up, adding, "Al.
compel us to generalise again. We shall, therefore,
I though my opinion is that no will shall be established"'
confine ourselves to the scene in which he learns the .
i if the heir at law wishes it, unless all the witnesses
supposed elopement of Rosalie, and that in which i are examined, and although when this Court directs
he thinks he meets the man whom he thinks her an issue, it is an erroneous notion if it is thought te
seducer, whose life he bad saved ; to whom he be a species of investigation that is to be carried oa
relates ke tale of his blasted happiness, and whom he in the same manner as an i jectment. For it is as
persuades to marry the girl for whom his heart i
1 inconsistency to say, that if a will is to be proved by
In these it would have been impossible to express the I
still beats with lore and breaks with despair. three witnesses in thi • Court, those witnesses are not
;all to be examined upon the trial at law ; yet (guards
varying feelings of nature, and that reviving energy
le
of mind, which ultimately controlled them all, ing the case as a precedent) I think lam bound
say that I ought not to grant a new trial, for the hew
with more force and fidelity. Had Mr. KEAN never
at law has judged for himself at the trial; and I
played more than these two scenes iu his life, we state this with the less reluctance, b 'cause lam per.
should feel no hesitation to pronounce him one of seeded that it is quite impossible that the heir at law
the greatest expounders of human passions that have should ever be able to shake this will,,or the codicil."
ever ascended the stage. A most crowded house
Merited to share our opinion, and the universal ap- This was a novel motion made AYLAM O. ATLAbS!
y Sir. S. ROISULT,
please, the shouts of hundreds, and the waving of
hats throughout the Pit, which attended the close of supported by Mr. HORNEit.
is
performance, were renewed with equal enthu- It was an application for ad order to examine i
this cause a person who was the attesting witness tea
siasm when it was announced for Saturday next.
deed, without which the Plaintiff's title could not be
It won'd be unjust to DOWYON, MuNDEIi, KNIGHT,
supported.
and WALLsce, not to say that their exertions in The Learned Counsel admitted that it was a we.
their respective parts kept pace with those of Mr. tion of the first impression, for which hehad net bees
KEAN, and that all of them were greeted with sm. able to find a precedent, since allesecb orders were
ral rounds of applause at their appearance, and re.
grounded on the facts of the witness sought to be Elm.
peated marks of the public approbation throughout
the performance. RAE, Who, with Mrs. GLOVER, mined' de bent esse, being in dangerous sickness, and
likely to depart this life before the time of trial—et
Mrs. Home, Mrs. lisaLowe, and Mrs. SPARKS, had
being above the age of 70 years—neither of *hide
hat comparatively little to do, also did that little with was the ease here.
them in the best manner possible; and we have never Tt hehiegrounds iu this case for the onskodes.. womb
SOeti a Comedy, in which every part was better sus. i
material sitnesa was now moles ssmipittal.
hatted, and harmonized that
so well into a rich and faith- . in prison upon a charge of capital felony, fine Jessie
fell picture of claimers and pauions..
1 he might be convicted and executed before ths'iStie
,
of trial, and, of coursel his testimony lost as stoll as
the cause.
The LORD CHANCELLOR asked, if nay case like It
could be cited ? and being answered in the negative,
observed, that it required serious consideration how
to dispose of such a motion ; and, therefore, promised,
that in a few days, after every enquiry possible, be
should give the best judgment in his power.—Jude
mint was postponed.
His Lordship rose early to atteld a ColkaiL

Beewuns.—When Malt (says a Correspondent),
was at 9%5. Porter was sold at sd. per pot; now it
is about 70s. and Porter is 54d. per pot. The amount
of the superfluous profit of one penny a pot will ap-
pear from the under statement:—
MS to 1814. Profit of Id.
Barclay 262,467 Bairels Z 157,580 4 0
bleue 161,618 99,3;7 6 0
ib.nnury 145,121 870/2 12 0
Whitbread 141,104 84,662 8 0
H. Nene 100,776 60,465 19 0
Calvert 100,571 51,134 12 0
Coombe 95,989 47410 16 0
MUM' OP KING'S BENCH, Fes. IS. .
Goodwin 69,019 37,014 14 1
Mr. Jones moved for a rule to show cause wily
Boxrec.—A baker, of the name of Mankth yes-
terday entered the ring with Croxley, at Wilsdon a Writ of Certiorari should not be directed to the
Green, where a rope ring of 25 feet was formed at Magistrates of sessions in Berkshire, calling upon
two o'clock.—Oliver, the Westminster hero, second- them to remove to this Court the proceedings in an
ed Croxley, and the bottle-holder was Scro*gins.— , information under the Game Laws, beard before
Manby was seconded by It. Harmer and Paddington I them. The :-`,rmation in question was filed against
Jones. Betting six to four on the tar. ft would be 1 two men, Western and another, and heard Wore
iMpossible to give the rounds of this very manly fight 1 two Magistrates, by whom the Defendants were con-
in detail.—They consisted of 12G, which occupied i victed, and ordered to pay certain penalties speci-
two hours. In the first rotted the baker made two i fled by the Act. The Defendants appealed against
short hits and slipped up, without mischief on either ; this conviction to the Sessions, and the Magistrates
side. Two blows were exchanged in the second ,at Sessions not alone confirmed the conviction, bat
round, but the ground was slippery, and the baker further directed that the Defendants akeold be im-
went down by accident. In the third round, the
prisoned three months, and at the expiration of that
'
baker having got his proper length, he hit out and time, be forwarded to the military depot of. the. Isle
drew first blood with his left hand on the head, and I of Wight, there to be enlisted to serve his Majesty,
knocked the sailor down with his right. Jack Ito inflict which punishment the Vagrant • Act em-
looked about him, and went in again undauntedly I powered them. Mr. Jones msde his motion, first,
to the fight.—The fourth round was also in favour ! upon the ground of informality in the information ;
of the baker, who planted a heavy blow, which' and, nest, upon the fact of the conviction having
forced much blood again. Betting was now six to taken place subject to the opinion of the Courts of
four oh the baker, but the odds fluctuated materially ! King's Bench. He did not place muck reliance
every ten minutes, for the state of the ground was ; upon these points, but the Defendants, from the n-
eigh that there was no certainty in planting blows.— I verity of their sentence, conceived themselves bound
Tbe seventh was a good rallying round, and the ' in duty to themselves, to seek the' oplisivre of la
sailor received a severe blow on the neck, which higher Court than that before which they had been
caused much blood to flow inwardly from the ear convicted.
throughout the battle. Croxley turned the odds in hale Nisi granted, to show cause at Chambers.
his favour again after this, and kept it until the 84th WILSON V. KEMP. •
round by determined fighting, each haring made a In this case the Court held that in the case of an
I gallantstruggle. The baker took the lead again for Insolvent Debtor, who, after he had been discharg-
several rounds after the 84th, and he gave his ad- .ed under the Insolvent Act, made a promise to pay
Iversary two very clean cross-buttocks. In the 100th' a debt incurred previous to that event, was not liable
round both were so exhausted, that they went down , to arrest, and was entitled to his discharge upon
upon their faces, and were unable from weakness to "tun" bail. The debt should be considered as re...
extricate themselves without the assistance of their i 'rived, and a ground of action established by common
seconds. Tice baker got weak soon after this, and . boil Process only-
Croxley won at last, but with much difficulty. Both 1 WEOTT V. DUNN.
men showed determined courage throughout the i In this case, which was an nction for Clint. COIN
—a new trial was granted, upon the ground of Bre
fight, and weight brought the sailor through.---A
Defendant not haying had an opportunity to bring
i lecond battle was fought between two hackney.
Soachmen. _ , witnesses in his defence.
This being the last day of the Term, dig Ot*
proceedings were of an uninteresting nature.