The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-07-19 00:00:00

RtATFSM

quitous traffic, and that if lithe cry of this country,'
from one end to the other, that it should be abolish.:
ed. The nature and importance of this horrid trade
'itself, which, we fear, are bat little known on the
Continent, snd not very accurately understood by.,
even our own Ministers, will also thus be made op-.
parent, and the cause of human justice, we hope, at
length prove triumphant.

SLAVE TRADE.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE STATESMAN.

SIR,--1 am not sure that any act of, diplomacy
ever created so general and painful a sensation, •as
the stipulation in the tate Treaty regarding the.
Slave Trade.
It is impttssible the bulk of 'the French people can
wish the revival of this detestable Ira ffic--,they never
can • feel gratified in waging the most horrific War
......1.....-
r against uniojurine heiplessness—itt destroying .the
The MotiOn of Lord EaRINCToN, for an Address nettnisloommerce°4 Africa, and in malting tho•sabl'
to the Prince Reese; to remit that part of the sett- sons .of that Continent feel the most .ctuel•and de-
.
tence upon Lord COCHRANE which relates to the pil- I basing' personal suffering. I eannbt-Atilek :Lard
lory, is filed for this day. Lord Coctinawe highly CASIFIEREAGii has conducted himself on this Subject'
as he ought, and as the country had a right to expect.
disapproves of the motion ; and has written to Lord.
No person who has read Mr. CLARKNON'S Ms-
EnaiNGTOW, in the strongest terms, entreating him i tor
sy ofthe Abolition, can
,doubt, that the English
not to bring forward a motion, the
reflect pr which ! Slave Trade was a series of frightful atrocities; and
would only be to add further
.insult and injury to none need think the Freneh Slave Trade, if revived,
those already heaped upon him. Lord COCHRANE will be much less atrocious, while it lasts.
Of all the nations on earth, this is unquestionably
has also decifired, he would rather hie his life sa-1
. the most powerful at sea; and therefore is, to the
crificed to the sentence of the Lew, hpwever unjust •
asking :most of its power, bound to prevent the pollution
it may have been, then degrade Itlmaelf by i
the sea by any practice hostile to the law of Con.
pardon for a crime whiCh he has never committed,.---\Vireo weelisregerd this duty, we cannot be justified
t
Lord EERINGTON, with that honour an feeling pr. RCeiplectitig a continuance of our naval preponder-
culiar to his noble character, has replied,• that tbePArnee• • If there had been no stipulation at all in the
Noble Lord (Cncunatie) has already seen his opt. Ild have Treaty regarding.ln the eye
'of
the Slave Trade, we wou .
beefs- justrtted -of GOD and the world, in
nion of his ienocopice,, gs testified by his vote,i-saying to the transporters of negroes-44 Your car-
in the Houtie of Commons, which no informs-.1 goes are' contraband by the laws of the Almighty,
lion since, come to his knewldge, has shaki4 i and by enlightened reason, and therefore you shall
and assures his Lordship that lit is a sense of not convey them across the sea." If they persisted,
public duty and feeling alone which influence him to i w *
e would have been entitled to effect by force the
_. • ..
make the motion. • What may he the result .of the 1 suppression of their iniquitous transportations.. .
, - • f A short while since, all Europe was either terra-
proceedings in. the House of Commons (MS etening,. fied or oppressed by Bottaemere. For a long time
'it is impossible to foresee; but itisienerally Relieved: he stormed beyond all human restraint, but he pro-
! that Ministers find themselves much entangled in this cured his•elevation by perfidy, and his reign was a
•
affair, and would gladly re-instate the Noble Lord, hideous despotism: the Almighty Intelligence willed
in his former rank, if an opportunity was aprtied 7 thederootition of his power, and to the accomplish-
themlant of it sent some means entirely supernatural—l
to bring about a reconciliatiott. The Incti As
'Ore- leave particularly to allude to the terrible Rus-
they have gone too far to recede, and uotwithstack 1 lan: winter of 1811 Now, what use do we make of
ing all the reports,to the contrary, we 'note it is the this signal deliverance? Do we seek to testify our
`determination or Government to •stick Lord Coch- 'gratitude to the Almighty by solid acts of benevo-
i
' ' f I The public
• rane in the pillory ! ... may, therefore, • tone? Do we endeavour to compensate Africa for
expect to be insulted' With the .Short impudent the desolations we have caused ber, by exploring
. .--- *Civilising and enlightening the whole of that Conti-
' falsehoods from the venal wrifers in titt Mi- 70'
... ~ . )il went . o ; but we say to the King of France we
nisterial Journals;; and . the ..A1,00161$ Ppst of " will give you liberty to carry on the Slave Trade—to
this day has com,thinced its ofsf. ration by giiing..a commit the most shocking atrocities against the
in-
paragraph, issued by one of its nefarious coadjutors ..habitants of Africa, against a people who never of-
' yesterday evening, the purport of which is, that DE fended you or us—you may bind thousands and tens
...
41. 1:
BERENC ER has written to the COmmittee Oar (tie 0 otOip. 'Alf thousands of them to
.the holds or your ships—we
n 'lt for five years permit you to transport the vie-
Exchange,.implicating Lord COCHRANE in the hoer., wtim. s of your cupidity or policy across the Atlantic!
We shall watch the. proceedings of these gentry; bat It may be the poliCy of the Freneh Cabinet to
in the meanwhile it is necessary to put the people on employ and subdue ii' tit. Domingo that turbulence
their guard, lest they suffer themselve to be cajoled in their military, which recently ha- been observed
by the manmuvres of hireling scribblers, who *ill be .to have a menacing aspect at home. To second this
constantly playing upon their feelings. . policy by the transportation of negroes from Africa,
We base this day &en part of a Lotter from our to free Frat.ce or Europe from a military pest, by
esteemed Correspondent, TIMOTHY TaticatAtii upon desolating a comory which had no *hare in producing
the Ceso or Lord Coctra.tsm, wkirh contains much it, will ho tremendous wici(giness. - - -.,-
legal inforinatiuu, and is highly dew:ring ef„atsetr+-,4oleasiwlut) l '
Lion. lf ....----
i,..
____

R. S.

AVrms EDITOR OP TUE STATESMAN.

Yesterday a Mail reaebed London from St. Sehas• l
tian, and we have :0;o personal information through!
;the medium of a Gentleman from the North of Spain. I
The advice. from Gibraltar are to the ¶23d ult. by
which we have the satisfaction to find that the garri-. I
son continued in perfect health. It will be learnt with
ligretand astonishment that three persons,who 'sought
.•tefoge in the British fortress, have been surrendered
up to the agenti of EtnnIMAND, on account of thepo.
litical opinions they entertained unfavourable to his.
I Government. Spain is rapidly hastening either to"
Idespotism or anarchy, but which we will not pretend
to determine. • The advices horn Madrid indicate
I much internal disorganization. It Is repeated in our
advice., that the gallant MINA, who -commands
twelie thousand Spaniards, hovering on the frontier',
bas refused to accede to the measures of the new 94-
: sediment.
It has been asserted, in all the English Newssi.
papers, that Kosctusho is cone to Poland, at the de-
' sire of the Emperor ALEXA !MEM ;-.but we can dig-
. thictly assure the Public, that he is still at the place :
i-of his retreat. where he w ill remain as long as nothing
has been settled concerning, the political existence of his
.country. Ti;i:-. event, though founded on principle! I
of justice, depends, in a great measure on the con:'
sitleration which will be bestowed, at the Congress at
Vienna, on an Appeal presented in behalf of Po*
• land by the Members 4-if the Ministry of the Uochy
' of Warsaw, the 15th of April, 1814, to all the 100.
reign Ministers present at Paris, at the negociation
of the late Peace. A publication of all the Doc,,-
sheets of this description exchanged at that period,
' . would be very interesting. ft would bring to light
other appeals of ai similar kind. It is certain that
the English Ministers have received their copies ;
land why Parliament ihoold have discussed the Peace
•
I without seeing them, is difficult to discover.
'1 Yesterday, a little before two e'elleck, the Princess
CUARLorsze,..attended by her Ladies in Waiting,
Mrs. Lzwis, her dresser, Arc. left Corkin House
:.. for Cranbourn Lodge. Her Itnyil Highness went
in ope of-the PRINCE REGENT'S carriages,tand at.
' tended by the Prince's servants. Rer saddle-horses
1.
' meld before ; eight of the Royal Bays are\to, he at
' I the disposal of her Royal Highness during-her resi.
s 1• deuce at Cranbourn Lode. Her four phaeton ponies
it were exercised in the King's Mews yesterday, in ex-
t'.pectation of being ordered for Cranbouni Lodge.
Yesterday a Common Hall was held at Guildhall,
to elect two Sheriffs, In.the room of WILLIAM BAR.
1;I Low, Esq. discharged, and Joitw TMOMASi Esq.
. i who had paid the fine to he excused serving. The
names of the several Gentlemen in trontination being
I put up, the Sheriffs declared WILLIAM CLARKE,
Esq. and JOSEPII Limn, Esq. to have the greatest
' show of hands, who were declare' duly elected for
' the year ensuing. ' • , .. : •
t . Yesterday afternoon several Members of the
I House of Commons inspected the General. Post-office
• in Lombard-street, in order to ascertain, for their
own satisfaction, how far it is sufficiently comoto.
dious for carrying on the business of that department.
• The Duke of RICHMOND is said to be appointed
to the Government of Plymouth) vacant, by the death
•. of Lord Viscount flown. • .

,
I Sit,—There are not many persons, I apprehend,
[who, living in the country, would be willing to sub-
Four- lb,
_to the Westminster Election, though they
• Wilily applaud the spirit of the Voters of that lade-
.paltdent City, yet would readily bestow their mite in
Abe purchase of a sword or piece of plate, to ke pro-
tected to Lord COCHRANt, in return fOr the'vatuaMe
~Uprtiies he has rendered his country ; ut;d I 4Oula
.4loks. Sir, such a gift would be as acceptable to his
Lordship as any that a set of gamblers at threStoeb-
Etcliange could procure. 'Phe surplui, If any,
faatittlie-upplied to defray the expences of Sic tl4.
: fenee, and to satisfy the heavy floe imposed upon
Ibitn.—l am, Sir, your friend,
•/pay 18, 1811.

1 W. H.

THE GRAND. JUNLEE.

In opr Paper of yesterday we pre the. Official
Progiamme of theapprilaching grand. Jghliee in the
'parks. We have now to add the following further
t official notice :

The whole of the Green Palk, outsidethe cirenl..r renee round
. the Temple. will be open to the public at large, where, from
: the gradual rising of the ground in every part, a most etcellent
wkw will be °trained of the Temple, and in most parts of the
Pagoda and Bridge in St. James's Park. From the Green nu*
also the people will have a communication into the Alan. and op
: CoAStitution bill to llyde Park, where the Naumacbia will
commence about five o'clock in the afternoon: In this repro-
• sensation of a sea fight, the various manwuvres of two hostile
&TO will he practised, with every apparent circumstance of
reality, such as chasing, forming and breaking the line, with die-
' taut :aid close action ; occasional and heavy cannonading, and at
-.nightfall the effect of fire-ships on an enemy's fleet will he Ills-
. played. After dark grand fi•e-works will he exhibited on the
„Terrace of Kensington-gardens, at the head of the Serpentine,
;with the most extensive dights, and the largest girandoles of
rackets, rising from amidst the trees in the gardens. A twenty
feet balloon will also ascend from the Terrace in the afternoon,
from which parachutes of various forms will be let down,..s.
• This Park also will be partially illuminated with Chinese laa-
thorns.
In short, althongh for the convenience of all classes, tickets
of stdmis-ion are allowed to be purchased, for the inclosure of
St. James's Park, still those persons who do not feel inclined,
or may not he able to afford the purchase of tickets, will; ib
fact, have full possession of two Parks out of the three, and a
view of the third, and will find also that equal attention has
been paid to their amusement, security, comforts, aid taste.
- • .

H A Y-11 A MEET TORATRiG++IA,IIt night a Farce, en-
titled Conte and See, wai brought out. The idea is
taken from an old German interlude of one act, but
the management of the plot is entirely new. - It is
the productioh of a youth of the name of EINGLE-
BACH, and was written at the age of fourteen; and
who is now abroad in the service of his coutytlst;4ll
It would be idle to apply criticism to such a piece.
There was nothing in It to offend, and it wits heard
without disapprobatichOf not with applause, to the
end. •

1.•

V

The Foot Goudalire to remain the. tut 'latish
troops on the-Continent, the principal-part of which
are to garrison the fortresses of -Holland.
Mr. KERN was announced to play Richert; aethe
unusual hour of 12 o'clock, A. M. at the Cheltin.
tam Theatre, on his Wirto Doblio; his engagement
at the latter place NOt admitting tour delay on the
road.

r