The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-13 00:00:00

THE STATESNLti\-.

Martha' appeared afflicted, but persisted in fighting
Bonaparte. The witness returned to Besancon.
General MPrnset deposes, thai he was put under
arrest by the Marshal on eccouiii of orders which he
had given for the service of the King.
The Marquis de Sorting, Aid-de-Camp to Mon-
b; eu r, was on a mission to the Duke de Beni. Ile
net with Marshal Ney, who took him to Louis le
*Saulnier. The disposition of the army seemed trou.
bled. The Marshal encouraged Afterwards
the 'Marshal received the rrorlaniatinos of Bona-
parte. The witness set out agaia on the 13th, with
Di.patches from the Marshal, which seemed to evi:ice
the be.t disposition.

(most de Scey, former Prefect of Doubs, deposes
that Marshal Ney arrived on the 10th of March et
ilsaticen, need demanded of him 15,000 francs,
etlich he refused to give him. Since that period he
has only received one letter from the Marshal.
Marshal the Duke of Reggio deposes, that he re-
ceived in the month of March, two letters for the
Marshal's lady, and that she will produce them.
M. Gander, former Mayor of Dole, declares, that
having been admitted to an audience of Marshal Ney,
he heard him hold forth the moat incendiary discourse
against the august dynasty of the Bourbons; that
the Marshal ordered the city of Dole to be illumi-
nated, and circulated'the Proclamation which he had
read the evening before at Louis le Sounder. The
witness eras to have been arrested, but for 32 days
be wandered about in a forest and avoided it. Ile
thinks that the 151ar,.hal might have put a stop to the
ee:terprize of Bonaparte.
Lieutenant-General Count de Bourmont deposes,
that on the sth of March he knew of the landing of
u,,roparte. He put the troops in march from Be-
sancon to Lyon;, at the orders of Monsieur. From
the 12th to thee 14th, he WHS under the orders of
Marshal Ney, at Louis le Saulnier. The Marshal
told him that Bonaparte must be beaten. Ile gives
ate versant of the measures which they took in con-
cert for that purpose. On the 15th the Marshal
read to hire a Proclamation, which he was about tee
publish. Witness opposed it with al! his power, and en-
deavoured to bring the Marshal back to hisduty to the
Kiel. The Marshal read the Proclamation to the
'Writers, which woes followed by cries of Vise Ic Ern-
perm- ! The witness thinks, that leaving takete the
up..,esiary plecautious, had battle taken place, the
troop,: would have remained faithful to the Kieig; but
the Proclamation overthrew se ,ry thing. The
subordinate Officers overruled their superi!ers, and
the Generals, many of whom withdrew. Count de
gourmont, in his deposition, mentions the Officers
v. ho remained faithful to the Ring.

The deposition of the deceased Marshal Lecourbe
saw. read. Ile sirs at his country house of Ruffey,
%hen, on the Oth of March, he was informed of the
landing of Bonaparte. He repaired to Marshal Ney
at Louis )e Saulnier. The Marshal gave him the
cqrnmand of one of the two divisions which he form-
ed. l'he Officers were well disposed. On the I sth
f Match, the Marshal assembled his Generals, and
paid to them, there sas no longer room for he-
sitation—they must join Bounparte. The Marshal
paid no attention to the observations of de Hour-
moat and the Deponent, hut read to them his Pro-
clamation. Witness sas near the Marshal when he
read it to the troops—it had the must fatal effects;
but the eit cress adds, they were at this time too near
Lyons to he able to restrain the soldiers.
M. de Beau rea rd, Commander in Chief of a aqua-
then of gen 3 trurtiterie, said, that after having read
li' Proclamation to the troops the Marshal end,raced
er-rs !Indy, Ole soldiers, the fifers, and even the
dimmers, and tried, but in suit), to make the wit-
nes.: cry nut, Vke l'Empercur !
Le Bunn Capella, Prefect of the Ain, affirms,
that C.iliorals liourmorit anti Lecourbe, and Mn
N..% hifit•elf told trim that the return of white
roncerte.! between %la rsha I Ney, nutter Mar:dsk,
th.• Niiiticter at War, and Madame Hortense. The
cif Of testis was first thought of, but hay.
a.ceriaitted that this Prince would not Wild hint-
ali to the projocts of the conspirat!,rs, they were
to accept the proposals of :11a.1ame Hostense.

The Prefect of the Creuse deposed, that he had
t,,titied to the 11arshal his firm resolution of re-
"intim faithful to the Kind, and that the Marshal
to " you commit a fully," adding to it
thle.:Pous expressions against the Plinces, which
t. cp,oet G,r these august Personages, says the Prefect,
.Sill not allow me to repeat. The Marshal concluded
t' is interview by these words pronounced in a loud
spice, " we must hare our Dynasty."

Ahoy oii cr depnciiions were read, tentlin; most
ly to show the guilt of the accused. Nothing
aiiile:,n•d to prove that he had received or demanded
,uot.ev ht fore he left Paris.

/Orr the reading of the depositions, the Sitting was
',"linuritell to the following day, when, it is said,
h.P goection of the cvmretency of the Tribunal will
L. first disynsrd of.
.1-Led Ney was not present at this first first
which was attended by many foreigners of
ai,t;ht tint', amongst whom were Prince Metternich
Lord CaAlcreagli.

Nil., NOV in.- - A company of the National
f;"' ..f. l'',,n;toti,e Was ordered into the commune
Id '. 4.•;inx, .n disarm the i•...,p1e and to arrest some
.'
• ' l'ls wh.. i.4tl rendered themselves notorious.
11.*,!:;: discoseietl in the house of the Adjutant of
l'j ti tliese characters; 3Glllh and a tricoloured

flog, they took them away. The white fig was im-
mediately hoisted 'Ton all the public builditigg, and
six persons'were arrested and brought to Thoulouse.

A Dutch Mail arrived to-day. The intelligence
from Brussels now states that the Duke of WEL-
LiNoTow having been chosen tty the Allied Sove-
reigns to command the united armies which will re-
main in France, in execution of the Treaty, will esta-
blish his heed-quarters at Paris, where he will remain
all the winter. It is, how•eter, belitsed, that selectl
branches of the military administration attached to the
grand bead-quarters will be transferred to Brussels;
• where, immediately after the occupation of the for-
tress of Valenciennes by the Allied troops, the Prince
of ORANGE will establish his head-quarters.

A private letter of the 7th inst. (torn a French
Gentleman et Calais to a near relative in London,
and'of which we subjoin, an extract, represents the
unpleasant situation of that part of the country :
r• You are in a happy country : ours is truly distract-
ed. We are all over France called to arms. We
have 300 in this small tone exercised erety day
from two to four hours. Government finds arms,
we our clothes, which ere blue, faced with red.—
Poor France! All seems combined to ruin thee !
'l'he King talks of leaving Paris fir Lisle, and says
he has no controul in Park. Our unhappy country
is more military than in BONAPARTE'S time, though
not half organized. Its his time we generally knew
the worst ; but now quite otherwise. Our country
and trade is exhausted ; and what is still worse,
there are apprehensions rf another Revolution—
which Goe forbid ! But why all this arming, if
there is not 'something dreaded or expected."
The New York Courier of the 6th,•has the fol.
lowing extract from the National intelligene..r:—
" We are • sorry to perceive from the Weste►n
Papers, that though the savages at Detroit have re-
ceived she news of peace with much apparent sin.
cerity and satisfaction, ill blood continues to exist
in another quarter. The British on one side, and
our people on the other, at Detroit, are far from
being cordial to each other. The•Btitish soldiers
desert to our territories whenever they have an op.
portunity, which irritates the lir; islt Officers, who
do not conceal their feelings. On a recent occasion,
it appears a British guar.-1 pursued some deserters
within oar lines, searched houses, stationed guards
o;t the road, one of whom fired at an American
citizens. Juilly enraged at this outrage on our So-
vereignty, it is stated that our citizens took up ara►s
and pursued the aggressors, (torn whom they took
an Officer, who, it is said, is to be held in confine-
ment until the British release a man, one of their
deserters, whom they seized 'on out side, and ear-
lierl off with them."

A letter from Falmouth mentions the following
circumstances:—" The brig hula is arrived with
Mails from New York and Halifax ; at the former
place, which she left the 2Stli of September, she
lost no fewer lb In ten of her men by desertion, in spite
of all the eseitions of the Commander, Capt. Jo-
LIAN, to prevent such disgraceful proceedings."
According to the latest adviccs from Lima roceivrd
at Cadiz, the whole of Peru remained in the quiet pos-
session of the ltoyaiiits.
. _

The Aurora has arrived at Cadiz from South
Ame►ica, and the Rosa was daily expected. These
ships have together about a million of dollars on
board.

It is asserted, that the artillery, muskets, and ord-
nance stores, taken by the English and Prussians on
Montmartre, and the environs of Paris, have recent-
ly been divided, and the share allotted to the English,
consisting neatly of one thousand tons, is now in
barges or craft going from Paris to Rouen, whither
two ships, sent by this Government, are gone to fetch
the stares.

The official dispatches from the Mr! of Moista,
relative to the terniination of the Nepaul war, reach-
ed town on Friday, and were forwarded to the
l'aiNce REGENT, in Staffordshire. They will ap.
pear in Tuesdny's Gazelle. We are assured, that
besides the forts and territories ceded to the East
India Company, a free communication over land,
through Nepoel and Ta►tary, to Chill 4, has also
been obtained. The Noble Earl and his suit were
et pected to arrive at Calcutta, front the interior, in
the first wank iu October.

Last Saturday, Mr. M.tuRICE MARGAROT 6111S11Pd
his earthly career. After being the sport of the
fickla Goddess Fortune, his spirit took its flight
from the much decayed day tenement, at the ad-
vanced age of 7Q years.
Covour-G sunex Tite.tree.—On Saturday even.
ing Niiss O'NEILL pi,' formed the part of Elminu. in
Ali,s 11. 111ootte's retired Tragedy of Percy. The
acting of Niiss O'Nui.r. gave the Piece, meagre as it
is, the highest interest. Although it was impossible
to render the whining of the commencement pleas.
lags w hei ever the passions came into play, She
electrified the spectators. tier dying EMU. was
dreadful. There is this peculiar in Miss O'NEtt,t.'s
mode of dying on the stage—that she seldom or
never fails to expire in agonies. This, no doubt,
is sometimes inevitable; but, as a uniform practice,
we deny its conformity to ph) sical truth. Were we
to push the matter rigorously, we might say it was
ilijerious iii its moral operation. There is tia other
portion of the admirable performance of this great
actress, which we conceive liable to candid dissent.
Mr. YouNG's Douglas is not his happiest effort :
he now acid then seems to be deficient in energy—
front being too generally boistrrou•, lie leaves himself
without a reserve of occasional and necessary vigour.,
The Percy of C. KEMBLE is a termagant hero. This
actor cannot carry every thing by storm. There is
110 character that requires—there is no spectator
who can tolerate—a perpetoal shaking of the head.
and stamping of the font, and windmill exercise of
the arms, and papermill splitting of the lungs. Nature
ha♦ been kind to CHARLES KlibißLE, in all the este.
tier qualifications for the stage; and, we believe,
in many of its inipllectoal requisites. Ile abuses the
former by lavishing, and the latter by forbearing to
apply them. lie has therefore a double subject of
reform. The other personages need not be particu-
larly noticed.

TO 7111: EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.

Silt,— You Kill gicatly oblige me by incerio; 11:o
inclosed article in your excellent Paper, a. a con-
firmation of a Letter signed a 46 FA lin (.II ," s hick ap-
peared in the Si 171.11:AN, the 2GII, .tuber. It
would be %sell for the country were there more
writers like your Correspondent, who e ou:d fear-
lessly speak the some truths in the same nervous
strain.--I am, Sit, your obedient servant,

PHOCION.

IS RI:A D.—As the patriotic endeavours ofthe pubiic-
c;nritcd Members of the !louse of Commons, who.
in the last Session of Parliament, rn:tined an Act
aholisk:•l4 the Assize of Mead, seem likely to be
•Weateri le) a siugularls systematic combination agaitist
the inlefe4ls of tap )(lor., the rellotvit.g facts anal' be
useful in showing lite quarter to which the nefarious
practices now carried co may be tracer!. In the
year 1792, the bast !teat was selling at 4Ss. per
quarter ; tine Flour at `.7s. per sack ; and Bread at
54,1. the loaf of silt). soz. %Vilest weighs
ft rim 55 to GMb. per lictsitel, and mac oyes ate, there-
fore, 59.1.. or 7.2:h p.. quarter. TN. sack of Flour
contains •2:-3'.)11).; but more than 821 b. of a quarter
of Wlnltt rem•kts of Pollard, secords, thirds, and
Bran, and :t9trib. is fine Hour. Further, a sick of
Flour. at the I,twe,t rate, yields St) quartern leaves,
often S:;. and ttronctintes SS. nut reasoning from
the above facts 4 the scale of Bread prices slo,uld (as
• it has been) by hos :
' 1.. r Q.tas r. * rS. k. Per Clwirt
11!Irat tiottr Bread :ill.
51-
.. 55. ..
71s ....... . . 41, ..
so,
4E,),
c.lO.
nat, at present, on the contrary, tl:e cplartern loaf
sells at 11J. %Wicit supposes Flour at 4Ss. sd. per
sack, and Wheat at 104 s. per trarter ; whereas, it
is nutosious, the best Wheat sells for 6Ss. !fence it
follows that Flour ought, at the peseta moment,
only to sell for 38s. 9.d. per sad:, and the quartern
loaf for 71-d. It is for the Miller to explain why he
forces the Baker to levy an excess of 57 per cent.
from the consumer ; and as this, possibly, may be an
irksome task, there remains no remedy, except the
wisdom of Parliament should interfere by renewing
the investigation next Snlion.