The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-08-14 00:00:00

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A A*l;ioS 114,4P4fR TE. as to .
threetet, to shut up every channel of Infottna•
. . •,. tioti %thriller friendly to the Government or otber•
Tho, fol'owing is gisroas-part of a conversation wise. If the Press be 'friendly. to the Kings -hi+ Mi.
held ..ri,u limo parte on. Monday last. "[lister. are accused of a scandalous oeglect of their
lie v.:ls:Aced Ms /Onion of the British Infantry ?
loyal duties ; anti if the Esecutive ii praised for its
Bo tsar %it TE—liong wars make good soldiers—the
ensitry of both nations, Ile said, was excellent—our moderation, Louts, and the authors of the decrees
a, tiltery
,lead clerked- much improvemeut from the of severity, are blamed -therefore Fovcasz and the
French.. . King seem to have come to something like 111 COM•
w Of, that buice-og-Weiliogion heseemed to avoid prmvise, 1
and have issued a decree in regard
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giv• :my Ottillkik -*-• -- I
1 tAII question *boot Losis.XVlll, ito the Press, nithdraoing even the appearance
• .*.---:. of liberty, and 'Outings' it under epen re.
trar.auTE—Ho is a good sort amen- too fond
r " • all pea-indica! pal licadosis to
the tattles:Hi 4 pretty sayings. He is not coley. straitst, by subjecting
tatetyor the French. The Duchess of Angouleme is
the evamination of a COmmission, whose Members
the only..mon ha tiro fausity. The French must hate • shell be appointed by the King and his Minister of
such .astnan as•myself. 1 al •
G00.,,f, his attendeete‘.. yedtr,.""e beue,e, gave ;II olsce• TA LLEOvitkeruis name does not appear to
his.npArdott of the- Konsenow-.4; arju,,.,tltat Ito was i thisordonnance,sn degrading to the people of Fiance,
a gOkjpsou ; hitaitOwiliellnal Ahem bithilleli.ltolise(*he so imbecile in itself, and so little in unison with even
dtdagiiithisok.hittlassiertat.lrUik. • ''' .* • Loma's. Charter, that it appears store calculated to
' . lluarkearre, taking, a piuch of anuff,.snd isscliniet i oun,weee •
ryl, avourebleinclination towards him, than in
Tits bete almost 11,10 the face of that speaker', replied
--Aki tool non plus (stow 1, 'wither). the smallest respect te aid his care. The flame that
Ile. hr. ke out into some invectiveasgeinst,the cow- born so intensely in France, will roe be concealed by
duct of the Allies ; called it perfidioes, treacherous. this weak effort—" Man-cannot hide what God would
" But you seem to forget that you were in E-11111. i" i reveal." Nothing shows so much the•want of power as
virtue of a solemn treaty—that no molestation was:. 5..,_, ,_..'
tors.usseaotroaus ezercise of it. It H ill not ',tease one
-offered you, you left it in violation of the faith of
that Treaty." I single patty in France, and shows that even the Go-
BotrAPAart—l wet an independent Sovereign—l vernareot itself is aolkitons of escapist from respon.
Lad a signt to make war upon another Sovereign-- 1
upon for,ti' XVIII. if I chose. 1 did do it, and I sibility. .
The Duke of Axpoozzaz is said to have returned
heat him with a few kundreti.men.
Touching upon St. Helene, he seemed not only to -Paris ; bat no mention is made of his exploits in
indignant, bat surprised at being sent there. Ithe kingly character in the provinces.
.Bonseatcrs.-1 would have given my, word of I The Court-Martial on Ltiszoovzaz is appointed.
honour to have remained visit, and to have held no
• A General, little known (Bot m toout.v), presides,
political correspondence its England. I would have i
pledged myself not to quit the place assigned me, bet . and a Captain (Viorri), is to act as Judge. Advo-
to live as a simple individual. cute.
.. " That seems to be neat to impossible; for though Net is said to have been arrested in Switzerland,
you have had great reverses, yon could never so far
an event, if tree, than which nothing in our mind
forget what you had been as to conceive yourself to
could be more impolitic. What ! violate neutral ter•
h.. or conduct yourself as a simple individual."
'Boamesnvit. But why not let me remain is Eng• ritory to reach him ! We have hstrenough said on
land upon my parole of honour? acts of this kind to show shelf injustice anti impoliry.
" you forget that some hundreds of French Offs- Jicaoraz and JOSEPH HON APA UTE are also said to
cars violated their parole of honour, and that not have been arrested in Patio, charged with being sc.
only you did not espreas any indignation against
cessary to plots against the Government and the late
theta, but received them with particular distinction-.-i
Lefebvre Disnouettes for iustance. • scenes at the Thuilleries.
, Bonaparte made no remark upon this. The Prussians are moiing their heed-quarters to
Cif the Prince Regent be spoke in the highest Caen in' Normanday. The foreign force in France,
teems, adding, that he was the only Sovereign lit F'.u•
whether it is from being spread over the country,
reps that had been cousisterst, constant, anal vigour•
sus-.that it wee he who had been the real cause of from desertion, destruction, or the apprehension of
defeating all his designs and destroying his powt,r. danger, seems to require great supplies.
A Ilamburgh Mail, which is just arrived, brings
some important statement on this head. They tend
to show that the war is forfeits,' being considered
as terminated. Anew levy of 80,000 men is ordered
it, the Austrian States; the military ',reiterations are
continued with increased activity throughout Freida'
where, besides 30,000 men raising for the army, the
second division of the f.andwehr is ordered to be em-
bodied, and a fresh Treaty has been concluded by
the British Minister with the Duke of Banes' fur
subsidizing 16,000 of his troops.
The Swiss troops that entered France and did
nothing, have been recalled. It appears Switzerland
join as convulsed a state as France, and that the
troops of that country are desirous of entering into
the service of Louts ! They have no idea of haring
these genii* youths the Cossacks as permanent neigh-
bours.

But a still mote important statement is made in the
article from the Maine ; it is asierted that a dispatch
has been intercepted by the Prussians, containing
orders from Park to the Commandants of the French
fortresses, in to case to surrender them to a certain
Never, meaning Prussia, no doubt. What uncere-
monious fellows these Prussians are, to make so free
with the confidential dispatches of the Frenci Go‘ete.
meta! The following are extracts from the Mail :
Vlitina, JULY 29.—The celebrated councillor
Gents, who kept the Journal in the Conferences of
the Congress of Vienna, upon the affairs of Europe,
is now summoned to Paris to be employed by Aus-
tria its the conferences in that city.
Madame Murat has now hired the chateau of Hain-
Iburgh, four leagues from Vienna, of the mercantile
house Filluer and Co., for the anneal rent of 6000
florins.

Feow rue Mama, Aug. S.—his still believed
that the Archduke Charles will obtain a separate
state upon the Rhine. The French General Rirand
who commanded a few corps, and was taken at
Chalons, bus escaped on the road, and was again
taken by the Gisracks, wa• brought through;Frastk-
fort on the first, and kept in close confinement till
yesterday, when he was sent in with an escort. He
will be conveyed to Russia.
According to a dispatch intercepted by the Pres.
sians, orders had been sent from Paris to tha Com-
mandants of the French fortresses, in no case to sun.
render them to a certain Power. A new levy of
80,000 men is ordered in the Austrian States.
Mamma, Au& 3 —His Royal highness the
Prince Regent has been pleased to raise Lieutenant-
General Charles von Allen to the dignity of Count,
as a reward for his distinguished services.
Basun, Aao. 5...-Our military preparations are
prosecuted with unabated vigoor. Besides 30.000
men raising for the army, the second division of the
Landwehr is also to be embodied.
FRAIMPOAT, Avo. 1.-... The Grand Doke of Be-
den has concluded a Treaty with &gland for the
subsidizing of 16,000 men. The peke Welling.
ton received, bu this occasion, the Older of Fidelity
of the first class, and a rich enisirebot• with the por-
trait of the Growl Dote net is rilsoondr-

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In Soitterland, different parties still prevail; flann education or etample, it creates an amid i 1!4,
"carcely have the Swiss troop' enteied Kane., shell rather than a noble mind; where it is the nottur.ll he,st
flay ate recalled for fear they might do too,much in of the Prism's inclination it prompt 4 him to the pu..
prow of the Allies! Their army etas, iii fad, done suit of things truly glorious. B It, wryer and
nothing, and *twit!, if it came to the trial, hardly the exercise of power alone, are ton often mistaken
heckle to do much, bsiag without disciplined. Tio• foreglory. True glut, is the shainw of virtue, and
Officers have netaulhority over it, for which reason where ,irtueis not, glory Sioiriot b... The spreadiog
aefterels Buchman arid . Castello have d sired their of fame is not the Requiaitionpf.h.enroge: The unjust
Prince Ii ignoble lied bitharoas ; t'.e n aid Ponce
discharge, and intend to ga into the se vice of IGO
Louis XVIII. The strangest of all is, that the only renowned and glotious. We calor). pIIfSUP this
Swiss, before peace is mode, 114 already reducing subject so far, tlinuah the examinatinis w•oilil neithei
their army almost to nothirg. We are odious to be unpleasissg, nor enistetructite,todraw compritisonti
learn what the Allied. Powers will say to Brit precipi. between the potentatei who are now lay iag claim ta
tation. the palm Of cacique., and homer, awl to disti.rzuNi
A few days ago Russian and Prussian Commis- between what is empty, perishing, and frivolous, and
sinners arrived here from Paris, bringing about a that which is solid, lasting, surf important to the ban.
million of florins in gold to purchase green and blue l piness of mankind. The cnnsidaratlon of One act
cloth for the use of the army ; above GOO pieces have absorbs almost every thing else. The determirsathn
been already procured; 10,000 pair of boots and ;of all the combined Powers of Europe to make their
shoes are also making•here. Sovereign will and pleasure the only law—the 0 sly
It seems that a principle highly favourable to the legitimate spume of law; sod instal in the doistrfall of
German manufactures has been adopted, namely, to I NAPOLEON &manures. who has in long, an often,
purchase as far as possible all that is requested for the and so successfully opposed, the lime of freedom to
army, except provisions, in Germany, and to pay the love of power, the downfallund utter evitictioe
for it with French money, in order by this means to of liberty itself and ell its advoestee. Vain, sash,
bring back to Germany the immense sums which . and unlawful attempt ! Though all the Provers of
France has been drawing from it for so many years . Ewalts have marshalled all their hosts to carry hub
past. 'effect the unhallowed enterprise, the Hired will and
The cavaly of the Saxon army is now arrived in must fail. Trample upon, and tyrannize over, the
this neighbourhood. i fallen hero as they may, on him, by whose 1)01114-
13REMEN, Avo. 4.—Yesterday afternoon a part of ; cent errors the proudest of them ho'd thfir thrones,
the Danish corps, with a considerable train of nail. ion him who doted the crater of the (evolution that
lery and 300 hussars pissed through here. Prince I threatened to eugulph every crowned heed in the
Frederick of Ilesse, the Commander in Chief, ar. world; tel them dens the title stow to the mar, whom
rived to-day, and to-morrow a large body of troops they have all recognised as a Sovereign Prince, and
is expected. . . place him out of the la* of nations, whose sole ef.
• • fence was to obey the. voice of a great &M.•, whirls
BoNAPAIRTE, who was so impious as to affirm la. called him to enforce respect to
solemn" eogigemerits,
the face of all Europe, that the approbation di peo. Land to avenge violated treaties and outraged nati nil
pie was the most legitimate title which a •Prinet could rights, violated and outraged by the Popes Who iirs
have to the sovereignty of .a nation, being new dia.' now accusing him of perfidy— .
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posed of in a way to prevent him enforcing this due. • vi Tsmatst tootle ye um* to wittrodtioes,
trine any further, and the power of Greet artisa
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n' "to vain se limit mi.rl's arrae.tri.rt spew-Ai - ~.
having confided to it the honourable office of being The principle' which you wish to obliterate, spin
gaolor to the Allied Sovereigns of the Continent, like .hope, eternal in the human breast—they are
1 who deny the privilege of nations toiled their rulers, fitierVihere by nature
.and confirmed by the liassr,
and doom all those to imprisomeet or exile who be. whirh once imbibed, can never b ettiuguished, a .(1
Ileve in such heresy, the glory of the Prince Regen i will :always piodoce 'the same effects. Ynu may
lasf ENGLAND is now said to be complete. Not fetter the Proves and bind NAPOLEON in ci ins—ths
human mind disclaim your letters : the possession of
only, say the admirers of his Highness's glory, is the
PRINCR Recreso rested with the constitutional rule men'. persons is. net that of their mieds. or stk.
lions ; neither is the acquisition of territorY alts.,,
of these realins,which confers on him the enviable title
of being the chosen Sovereign, and only legitimate that of rength. That strength which keolety ea.
ploxed for the purpose of keeping down, will soon
heir to the suffrages of a peat and a free people;
but by the bravery of his armies, and the 'kill of his be exhausted, and reqt.lre support issW.— sip.
Minister. he has become surrounded with all the at. .port from
.the'Very energies it %soul& oirck,' Loinp
tributes of a Con bents! Sovereign, and has the XIV. the lout puliemet of hie lime. even sr ow.
power of dispensing with constitutional forms as much peace of Keswick, found that his *IOW ro lad
as any of the great Potentatbs who compose the
been unprofitable to himself arid Isis people, mid that
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all the territory he had pined br war say far from
Confederacy, end have no popular restraints on their
actions; and they instance, as a proof of his Royal snaking op what he had lost in the acquisit:on, try
Highness's ability, or that of his Minister, to act in. the sacrifices made of useful subjects, 0 no in.
Idependent of any restraints springing from the Con. herbed, ea on +hose allegiance he could rEI ; and
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1 stitutien of this country, the bold-act of sending NA. NAPOLTON Boebotoore never found himself *esker
! POLEON BONAPARTE, who wished to throw himself thus when he had 'carried his aims to the capital of
'on British laws in a Britia' ship, to the distant pri. Russia, and was Memorise by a foe that neither
son house of St. Helena. We admit the boldness of , could nor' would ftghtlhim. FiIIGOR Ay the lore of
this act, and think it savours as much of the gloriout , liberty is as strong as that of power, and the hart
rule which is exercised by the Princes of the , Idea of oppression engem& s noisome.. When the
Continent as' any that could be -adduced ; but strenrbof the community sees it fruitless to evert
still we hare scruples on this most momentous sub. their industry in liaison' ccco atien•, that all vro.
jest. In the first place, we are at a losi to conceimt forty is preciriows, and subjects only •ow that Prince'
how a Prince can be a constitutional Monarch, yet; may reap, those arms that should fence tine Dunes
esercise arbitrary powers at the same time; how,Uaiwillsocur be turned against it, nature iii her extremity
...aroceno out r will borrow vigour f. om
one of the Confederacy who placed N de-pai:, and Oppr,ssimi
of the pale of civil Lew, and made war upon him, 'must fall Solder the weight of nafonal wools--
and have denied him the protection of all laws what. " For a nation to be free, it is sufficient that At
ever, a Sovereign of this or any other country, or! wilts it," Is an aphorims uttered by ono of the roo
all the Continental Princes together, could suspend liest advocates of American freed m, aliti i' is AS MO
the British Constitution so far as imperiously to say I as the principle on which it I. fauttried.o-Tde Ame:i.
it should not be administered to any one who lames owe their liberty to the oppression of the Eri:•
should appeal to its justice and protection. A . lisp ; mid, if we suffer ourselves to be guided ley t:t
Constitution, which can be shoved aside or con. i experience of past times, or ....en what has happerol
tracted in this way, by any arbitrary hand, is a • in Oar nsvn, we cannot but believe that the Fi""th
mockery of the senses, and all that we tame k Pe^Ple will yet derive their freedom from the °Nato
beard of the nature of our Constitution. Still more ' siert of the-Allies.
are we at a loss to conceive wherein consists the ! History is fruitful of instenoes where the SaCVI
glory of acting that arbitrarily, of rivetting the chain' of the Plitt" has been fatal to the liberty •r"3
of captivity on a him man who voluntarily our_ : prosperity of the subject. The intoxicatioa whie) it
renders himself to make trial of the generosity of his ' produces lit the MIMS of weak p.ivcrs hides o'l
rival, and who sacrifices his hate, aud,offers even , thlott hu't the delusive phantoms of their own "ia
Wife on the shrine of honour and 'his country,: ' imagination*. When Prelates had shows. tl.e tit'
Sasiec.t has said, that there is not on earth a spectacle Most fondness for his expedition against the Itorosst
more wortby of the regard of a Creator intent on CTNEAS, his chief Minister, asked him if/hi' he Pri"
his works, than a brave man superior to his suffering"; posed to himself by this wet. ?—Why, siv 3 Po'
and that it must be a pleasure even to JUPITER hitineflf Ilittat Paestum/et the Roman., and reduce all 114
to look down from Heaven, and see Cala), amidst the . to,ssy obedierseWhat the', ? says Cyst:AS, 1')
Irvin of his country, preserving his integrity. What *pssi 44eiltito Sicily, this Hotlines. and 4h,,,t, sleets
i then ought the feelings of a Prince to be, whosi mind licilialtrroest bet ouisobjects.—And what does )01"
should be the sect of magnanimity and generosity, or 'Majesty intend neitl—Why frothier the Kiite•'•
of any man sensible of the instability of 'human.: caresuer Carthage, .aid make myself master of n,l
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grandeur, when the greatest Prince that ever-swayed.! Africa.—And What Sl* , Says ihe. Minister, is lob"
a sceptre, the most terrible in battle, end the greate.dl end of all your eseurdbione .1-.. Why then, set
ht victory, implores the boon of merry, eitZtlaog! the King, for the rest et oev tires we'll sit &seam
sell.prostration is the result of sonfideniattii -lied
.goncr wfite.eseilove; Re, replied CT/4EA 49 t° l*lfet
the dictate of the purest integrity ? .. ' t?
-r•.,: it': 1 fisin-tie-hate now before us ?-..Have we not sittol
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. The perfection of glory, says TOLL', consists.- f
le ,tss much as vomits drink ?
'these three particulars—that the people lake es, that 1. But PrincArisy stswisrar than drink cowl Esher
they its,. confidenceconfidenceill us, that being affected with b and vapour over their full cup of self.glor ity isle felts
certain 'admiration towards us they think wedeserve 'city—they May Otuitge thentsetsesane their count/
honour and confidence. These are indisisensible in a 'into- ireetrievable robs. Raver IV. of F.oscrs
Prince to insure him either power or honour: Ac. intimating
' cporodrdiaceing uttbehe
glorevaeteestf ggooryodis
ecru IttiiiveatedgremintePit to the Spehieh Ambassador the reps ~.1
riseire:ii.s.:_t with labial he was able to oper.ron irai,, toil!"
! that If negli.he mounted *on ho . hitch, he -lin"'l
Whore 6"sitigni bil" it by iinPreciieur received breakfast it Milso, ••d-dies at Nantes; to ITO