The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-28 00:00:00

Aortissique and Cayenne; ,they have both• bran
badly defended ; the circumstances whicliilitt.W
deprived us of them are an object of a sties/ Sr.
quiry ; not that their lop is of any weigh Arin the
scale of general affairs, for they will be restored to
us in a more flourishing condition; at•the time of
Peace, than they were at the time when they were
taken.
" To conclude, peace has brought back again
the Emperor among us. All the Estate Bodies
have laid down Muir homages at the foot of bas
Throne. • Iris answer is engraved in our hearts—
That Monarch who exerts thegreatest admiration,
the greatest enthusiasm, is he who is also worthy
of more love. lie has said so to us. Ile places
on that which he inspires all his hopes of happi-
ness. Frenchmen, be then has once been de-
oeived, when he has asserted, that other Princes
bad been happier than he."
M. de Muntalvet descended from the Gallery,
amidst the applause' of the Assembly and of the
Tribunes.

" Thy PRESIDENT—Minister of the Interior,
Messieurs the Counsellors of State—You were
sire to inspire a great interest unto this Assembly

—you haie described the glory of the Monarch
by retracting the benefits of his Administration.
Ito not sqfick:it fur him his haring raitynished his
enemies in the field of battlr,he wishes to discourage
even their last hopes ; he accomplishes, in some
measure, their dufeet, by strengthening more and
and more his interior Government. Every thing'

was to bear extraordinary as he is himself in the
events which hare occurred during his reign.
Formerly, after some years of war, the eventl of
many compelled conquerta; to sue' for pe.ice, at
present the support of so Many araiim; has not in_
tlirrupted the successive amelioration of our ft.
minces. •

44 Formerly the signa) for war suspended all
useful establishments, end the national monu-
ments, whereon is migrived the Magnificence of
kings ; to-day the cities are embellished on all
parts ; one might say that this people, so terriltie
abroad, is employed within only in preparing the
age of peace, of the arts, and of festivities. In a
word, war has not at all enfeebled the strength of
the laws, and of the police; now the wisest and the
vigilant police insures the public safety. She sees
the scourge of poverty disappear, with all those
scourges apd disorders which it drags in its train.
This influence of a good administration has been
felt even at the time when the Piince war absent ;
he animated and restrained every thing at the
distance of 300 leagues from the frontiers.—
No sooner did the English appear than France
snatched up her arms ; no sootier have they fled,
than she with minal readinrss has laid them down.
&hail-able in her movements, and no less admirable'
in her inactivity, she has shown in Europe the corr.
gy and wisdom %skid' characterize a great nation ;

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i she has manifested what she can perform under the
1 All-powerful Hand which eat; either precipitate
I.or moderate her at its pleasure. Such is, Minis-
' ter of the Interior, the Nuperb picture, sir, which
you have exhibited before our eyes. You could
not have inure effectually praised the Suvcreigu
than by &oiling his life. Orators have been
told, that twilling could be m ire sublime thin
his actions simply related. 's'e ou4ht to add,
that nothing it more eloqoent than his word.
It is by repeating them with fidelity that we
exhibit him in all his glory. How much
were we affect, whilst listening to him, the
last time, when he said, that Imp wished
to live thirty years only to be for thirty years
of servire to his subjects. Never did a word more
worthy of a King issue from the heart of a great
King. Royalty is, in fact, only the most useful and
the most eminent of all services. It was instituted
only fur the happiness of mankind: Happy the
I Prince who is so well acquainted with its duties
land with its dignity, and who exprestes them with
,so much nobleness. What Frenchman does nut
'at this day form the same wish a; his. - Yes, may,
he live 30 years ; may he live still more : so pre..•
clogs a life cannot be sufficiently prolonged.
And since every kind of prodigy seems exclusive.
ly reserved for him, let us hope that a reign so
memorable will
,sueaass all others by its Jura-
lion, as it surp them all by its power and
greatness.•P •
t rf• loft. •• •..?• .ir • •
litio apple...B4er* retrogred. Tie Orators of
the otsintil :of St4te, hazinseitetireJ, the Sittings
were adjourned till to.morrow.

Yesteiday a Court of Directors was held at the
Fast India House, when the following Captains
were sworn into, the co Timm! of their respective
ships, viz.—Captain G Et) It • z Gutty,Can t,in,
China direct ; Captain Jour Wool), 11 ugh Intik)
Madras and Bengal.. The David Scott, Capt.
Loci, jun. was stationed for Madras and China,
instead of China direct. _Aiwa* the Cirencesteri,i
Capt. Illatzerv, fur St. Helena, Prince of Wales
Island and China, instead of China direct. The
Bombay and Royal George was taken up and sta-
tioned fur China direct. The Court adjourned at
seven o'clock till tu.morrow.
In addition to the moat number of frigates and
smaller vessels, three sail of the line are ordered
to be got ready to eraize off the Iri,h coa,t.
The Universq of Dublin have ilispo,ed of Go!,
feet deep of the Park and Garden neat NASSIIIII•
street, fur the purpose of building ; that !.earned"
Body would have evinced more taste, by erecling
a handsome railing and shrubbery, which woalir
have contributed a great ornament to the city,.
Jour Fui.r.sit, Esq. of Catsfield, has direiicti,l
his Solicitor, Mr. Wii.Lasto, pl. Battle, to distrit
bate the slim or 5001. to and anionsgt the
pour inhabitants of the rape of Pevensy, at the
approaching itieleinrtit of the year. In
addition to she 5001. bestowed ou the pout Ostia.
bitatits of the rape of Peveosy, three (at but.
locks were un Friday distributed, by order of the
same benevolent geutleinan, to ilia poor of the
parishes of Catsileld, Niulichl, and Haw.
The hereditary dignity of Earl Marshal and
Premier of England, is likely to be filled by
Roman Catholic after the dvitii,e of the present
Duke of Nontot.a. his (; race has no son, and
a Roman Catholic is presumptive heir to his title I
and estates.