The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-04-24 00:00:00

and a free Press are the result, and BoNArixtttt cwt
sents to become the first citizan of a great empire, Ina
stead of a militarv'despot, all we have to do is to bd
quiet if the people of France sliuutd gaiti the Up-
per hand of him, and teach him thtt he is not their
ruler, but their servant, then Fratwe may he gre.t,
free, and happy; and woe he to that natiou that shall
attempt to disturb its tranluitlio).
Although on the first arrival of liotr.tih.turt front
Elba, I lamented the circumstance, and thought it
likely to lead to a civil war ; yet seeing the almost
unanimous consent with which he hsi been re.
ceived, and the little sepport that has heeh gives' to
the BOURBONI, I consider that he is the hhtect hf
pei,ple's choice, nod that they are rejected: That'
they ate so is their awn fault; and under such cir.e
cumstances as they returned to France to have lost
it, shows that they deserved to lose it ; and all at-
tempts to restore them upon the principle of hetedi-
tnry right, will end as they deserve to end, in con-•
fusion and disappointment. If the Allies and the
people of France are now at issue, as I conceive they
are, on the great question, whether the people of
all nations ha ve a right to choose their own Governors,
and to cashier them for misconduct, I have no doubt.
which side will he victorious; and even if they and
merely contending about Ili:O.r.ktrie, I hare no he.
sitvion in saying, that if BONAPAILTE has found it re:
quisite to change his principles and his system of Go.
vernment, from a change of ci&currstattees, rte oa:
tine has a right to try him for his past miaconduct.---
The French alone have that right, and if they 60414
to forgive him, bib not now iffigniiblirldiberAtilefi;
for they had him in their power and they let him go,
Ile is now a new mat., and what &rer may be ids viiturei
or his vices, he has shown his wisdom in yielding td
circumstances which he cannot cotitroal.-

I remain, &c.
Welbeck-street,
April Y 4, 1815.

W. B.

NAVAL INTK LUG ENCE.

PLYMOUTff, APRIL 22.—Arrived the Arlo hi,
gate, from the Westward; and his Majesty's ship
Mosquito' from Milford.—Sailed the Swam(ler fri-
gate, to the Westward ; and the Euflglus frigate,
to the Eastward.—Arrived today two transpoita
from off Boardeaux ; and his Majesty's ship. Hype-
rion end Rolla, from a cruise.

DEAr., Aram 23.—Arrived yesterday the Her-
cules, Skerratt, from the West Indies;. Cambridge,
Evans, from the Havanna!), and sailed for the River.
—Came down from the River the Coventry, Curser4
for Trinidad.—Arrived the Mottestie French passage
vessel, with about 30 passengers, from Calais; Pise--
men frigate, from Portsmouth ; and nnedos frigate,
from America.—Ssiled this morning the whole of On
outward-bound to the Westward.—Arrived his Mu-
jesty's ship Cordelia, from Portsmouth ; anti his Ma•
jesty's ship Ufgent, from Ostend.—Suiled the Ran
pole and Dexterous, for the French coast.—Camo
down from the River, the Alowick Castle, Worrell
Hastings, and Tottenham East ludiamen : the two
former remain.

PORTSMOUTH', APRIL 23.—Arrived yektorday the
Zodiac, Juno, and Ann transports, from Gibraltar,
and are put under quarantine; Qis Alejestr's ship
Acorn, from Bermuda • his Majesty's ships Chatham,
B.ornbap, aut.Larns, easa a aftsks-astif As Western
Islands.—Sailed yesterday his Majesty's ships Kasai
rio and Gardena, for the coast of France.—Arrived
to-day his Majesty's ship Griffon, from Yarmouth..
IlAstwicn, APRIL 23.—Arrived yesterday the
Beaufoy packet, with a Mail from Holland.—Ar-
rived to-day the Auckland packet, with a Mail from
Hamburgh.---The snow Gratitude, of and from New-
castle, with coals, for London', lost her main-mast,
foretop-mast, anchors, and cables.
LYMINGTON, APRIL 23.—0 n Friday evening the
, boat belonging to the Griffon gun-brig, iu proceedr
ing from this place to the ship, was upset in a squall
of wind, when Mr.,Bewden, Midshipman, and three
seamen were unfortunately drowned. One seaman
was saved by the exertions of the Master of a Guern-
sey packet that was passing.
TORBAY, APRIL 23.—Arrived his ,Majesty's ships
Bellerophon and Janus, from Portsmouth, and pro,.
ceeded on a cruise.—His Majesty's ship. Psdargus
remains here.
MSOATt, APRIL 23.—Arrived the. Elizabeth
and Sarah, ClUest, Charlotte, Juno, Xanthue, Dart,
and 'Thesis transports, and remain for orders.—A;
detachment of the Royal Artillery Drivers embarked
yesterday on board several small vessels, and got to
sea in the evening tide, and stood for Ostend.
MARGATE, APRIL 23.—The last arrival from
Ostend was the. Britannia packet, which cams in
here yesterday evening, in eight hours; she brings
ne news.—The Courier from Turin who landed here
on the 17th iust. arrived from London to-day, on
his return, with dispatches for that capital, and will
proceed to Ostend : he embarks on board the Mimi,
Grant.

ThE LORD CHANCELLOR had an audience yesterday
morning of the PRINCE REGENT atCarlion House.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—A new Tragedy styled
Ina, and from the pen of a Lady (report says Mrs.
•WILstoT), was broeght out on Saturday night
'last. The story is derived from English history,
and of so remote a date as the Reptarchy, and the
scene of the piece is laid in the Saxon kingdom of
Wessex. The action and the catastrophe,. neither
of which were•very striking, grow out of the re.
fusel of the Prince (Egbert) of Wessex (KEAN);
to marry the daughter of the neighbouring King
of Mercia, to whom his Royal Father is, for
Slate purpose+, desirous of. uniting him. The Lady
is full•'as desirous of the union as the father of the
Prince, but the latter loves Inn, who bad been an
attendant upon his mother, better, and has previously
married her. Though suicide gild retributive justice
place this piece in the list of Trrieedii.c, tile business
ends happily; and though considerable strength and
beauty of sentiment characterize the whole of the
production, its reception was far from twine flattering
to the author.—lt has since been is ithrirnwn.
The twelve Judges assembled on s+turiley in the
Exchequer Chamber, for the purpose of considering
the case of Wm. Sawyer, who was-rtied se the last
Old Bailey Sessions for murdering• Rheum, Gm-
err; but, in consequence of the alrie4s‘e of Mr.
Aunorr, Counsel for the Crown, the c -
of the !abject was postpotled to Siturda

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