The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-11-03 00:00:00

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szTitAin et A I.llllltaa pito* Oct. 20.
ft is familiarly_said .ier England, that the feast is
Dever abundantly supplied, except there is something
ee spare. I hope I have presented such a relation
of the present-stab of the Belgium, as may have loft
ley readers and the public not unsatisfied with that
expositive meal. An sccount of Liege must form'
the soperfluity; a city Ms leaked to the Belgians
by position and destiey, • that its narrative must
still be thought to matte a part of the same his-
tory, or, to preserve the metaphor, to be the re-
lics of the same diet. The river Meese divides
the city of Liege, and forms the present boundary
of the Belgian territories to the east. We en-
earedit oil the 18th inst. when the inhabitants were
preparieg so illumination, to commerate the battle
of Leipsic, of which that is the anniversary.—
Their's, however, appears to be the exultation of
bops, rather than of fruition ; for never was a peo-
ple more dissatisfied; and if even the brightness of
their prospects is to be considered as typified by that
of their illumination, the latter was not dazzling.
Liege is placed in • cavity surrounded by a beautiful
end extensive amphitheatre of hills : but I have al-
meyil remarked, as in this instance, that towns so
pissed appear to be close and crowded;
.perhips for
tbesame.reason, that trees in; valley seem to stand
thicker than on a hill.

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There were ionirnetiOns in Liege between the : romantic Tooke, backed by forests of vast extent, an
governed and their 'Governor in the year 1789, be- : fronted wherever industry can.obtrude its efforts bi.
fore the commencement of the French 'Revolution,' vineyards and bop grounds. The people of Liege
"lien the latter, the Prince Bishop, was driven front 'l've A trading race, and thecefoces.waso better ablates
the tea. h 1 he aPraled to the 11111M4In Ceurtit"loutend with Bonaparte iu fraud than these of i
Wetalaer, which gave directions'' for Me re-establish- 11Brussels : and I learned from one of his departmental
meat, confidin; the task of so te-instating hint to the 'functionaries of the suite, that the arts practised i
NossiVas, coujolntly with the Austrian and' Palatine- there to deceive him in official returns of rees7
trirePs'illivt the first of those Powers endeavoured kind, particularly as to the population, were noel
irKetly,iti foment rather than allay the troubles ;an ' unsuccessful ; and that the statistic alusanack eatl
office whicil is not forgotten by the respectable in- therefore; cot to be trusted. The ground, eicepk,
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'bend.
itt other assaults iadi been
-oielitted. She ample Of her daughter, be,,
%a was compelled to it; botliOped the Court
senir that
-.gat Oil amp the &Toe, of her 1140 bloco.lt Was too
late: Verdict-:Guif/jt. •
Tho Covet, in copaiderodoo of thelttottinip
thloking, totftioe same time, that some sit-.
Kitemit was nacesiatrointenoid her to Wee mgotitt
imprisonment that House of Correction, apt 4,
find 111111441..fo( teayear, herself in 201. and life,

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hahitaitio(Liege at this day, wlen Prussian soldiers
ocCupy'the-city, and a Prussian Sovereign hopes to
be Its master. The Prince Bishop himself is now at
%sienna, still telititing his restitution. The power
to which he isr4asPives was nett great, his army
anieuatiug only in fact to about 800 men, though
nominally estimated at 1,800; and his con-
tingent wa5.3,500; for Liege was the capital of the
circle of Vireetphalle. I law one of the Prince Bishop's
oki captains, reduced to the humble situation of re-
ceiving the tell, at the barrier leading to Maertricht
and Tongress. His poverty constrained him, or at
least his nature allowed him, to increase his messes
of sitppoet by_accepting gratuities. Before I quit
what rolaelvatat he Bishop of Liege personally, it is
proper te.free his Hord Highness from an imputation
tincloriekOhla has so long and'utijustly laboured. lie
never' had any share in the gaming-houses at the Spa ;
it was his tt leis to have prevented games of hazard
eithedx 4 but holing that impossible, he indiscreetly
levied a centributiou of one-half of the estimated
.gains, (or the support of certain charitable founds=
lions: andis his officers farmed out the Inv, amount-
ing to about 4,0001. English, and received the money,
be was uteliciouily said to make it a part of his re-.
ensues. Institutions of vice, however, shoald never
become the objects of Legislative toleration, under
any mode of restriction ; they are either not to be
seen, or to beeoppntssed. The Civil Government of
the Piece Bishop was sufficiently free : he might be
sued in the peyote ot ish and the laws
were enacted Sy the -.three estates, ;he Nobles, the
Clergy,,ind 'Ate linurgeote/Mlluty have P proverb at
Urge, indicating, that the consent of the three estates,
as necessary to the teectment: of a lase, was indis-
Lnsable: s`Deux duty pai dal ; Trois eters, ur eta?"
iege h a place of great trade; its vicinity abounds
In coal and iron minus; sloth manufactures of every
kind are established around ; its exportations were
once, therefore, immense, but have been grievously
infected 'by the peace 'which separates them from
France ; hia Mes! Christian Majesty very naturally
endeavotiring.toencourage the Manufactures of those
oho are now his own subjects exclusively, by the
most rigorous prohibition of the hardware, cotton)
and woollen cloths Of thee. neighbours. The effect
of this measure 'is gently. So diminish the dis:ike
which the Liegois would Otherwise hive to a reunion
,nith France. There is what may be called a very
extensive zinc Manufactory at Liege. The only ar-
auegement, I am convinced, which would fully
satisfy the people of Liege, would be one which
should lay, the interest of surrounding nations
aside, and study pre-eminently the extension of their
trading concerns, fur mercantile cupidity Is ever its- I
satiable: but they have, neverthelese;soffered cruelly
in the late troubles of Europe; and their feelings
Should, if possible, be soothed. We Were surprised
to hear an union with Belgium and -Holland talked I
of as not improbable. The first wish that the inha-
bitants of Liege appear to entertain is for what they I
call a free GneOrnmentl: this, some associate with
the idea of their Prince Bishop's return ; others seem
only to osenn by it a roe permission to trade every
where; others, *gain lath a notioo of being a free
imperial city. If, wont of these desires can be
realised into um I w; then they would consent
to an union with Belgium and Holland : but
greatly as they had cause to abhor their identifi-
cation with France, still under the reign of a Boor.
bon, they would infinitely prefer such a union to
their being consigned to the Prussian dominion.—
The greatest apprehensions are, indeed, to be enter-
tained, that an arrangement of this last kind if
not managed with wonderful dexterity, produce op-
positimand civil commotion ; and yet, the Prussian
troops otcupy the right bank of the Meese, from
Lexemborg to Cleves (I believe) inclusively.
Basing spoken of the attention with which the new
King of France lute properly shown to the inanufac-
tones of his subjects, at the cost of the Liegois, it
may-be proper to consider how we may be able to
enter into competition with either the superiority
of our articles is incontestible ; it might be wished
that the evince at which we produce them were
equally so. At the town of Sedan, above Mezicres,
there is a considerable manufacture, where probably
sore very fine woollen cloths may be produceil than,
et the piece of which I am now going to speahl
namely, Verviers, close to Limbourg. Bot it is it
Verviers that there are more extensive manufactures
of kerseymeres and woollen cloths, in general, than,
at any other place in the west of Gertnany,or east Of
France; and the following may be relied on as the

hi the immediate vicinity of Liege, where it is crop«,
pad every year, bears a Willie! and spring croria
succession, and is left fallow the third year.

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mines of zinc. _ ..
.11c tittle mold Isetbe *toted in indaige private indi- the Eliiisa,.ltite.hle, sewn; Petershergli, and Steil celpai 'bp;
This semi-metal is melted into sheets of great sine, 'ideals. ''. ' •
•f which water-pipes, and kitchen utensils, are fa- i . ._ . .
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. . . The Ceres., Barn, from. 'Liverpool to Si. 1:0011410,
located : the tower of the church of St. „Pot's; id WESTMINSTIIR SIBSSIONS, Noir. IL pat back on Sunday, haying wile; a teak- •-..., .-
Liege, it covered with it, instead 41 heel or slate. •
- —am,— • The Lord .Kcison, Fort; 11.4ter Leek MK:Io-
:The proprietors, and other agiventeiers, are very ADJOURNED' AIIRETING. . , , beter; and Irvine, Green,..from Malaga Oa loondoni, .
Linzious to force this concern into entice, and solicit Nosy Johnson, algid of 17 or
.18 years of sr, I put imo Lisbon the 14", alt.
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:an examination of the, articles which it produces. ' stood indicted for enameelt wisi her own mother, 0- r The willidni,.. ma.... e..... otesigena. et.
1 zinc admits of a simpler end More easy method of i beating and otberwtescruelly using her. The mother, 1 eiend- nand . yereinta7 ny;il7;*toiliVni4ine been ea
soldering thikn the substantial metals. - .pk Wt. nospeetattle looking elderly, woman,
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- tedlebuire,.must discharge. -, -' • '
1 The country about Liege is better cultivated thaw ittlett, Om h6d thegreatest affectiop for her dau ter,, ..
The Samuel Cruttnting, Doneideon, from Trig..
near Brussels, more especially in that beautiful valler.l4sud •
that eke would lay do w n iterjiltro n b child
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_.keet ..",.i dad de Cuba to Liverpool, has been taken by "the
which is spread on both sides of the Mew, towards in the paths of virtue. cinforte , ..11111111MInignea i pike American privateer, •and lost off Charleston.
Namur; a valley, It ivtrue, of narrow breadth, but of connections with dissolute persmn end in, fade,- 1 Ti.i....._
• fro. Liverpool to Nevi Brans-
infinite interest, being shut in on both_sidei by the- soaring to prevent her reso.rtieg;,,to - - itstied 1, - -,.'"7-1779"2: gib. r -
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It is to be obsereed, aiaN that they work from , cotest.r ov KING"; egglizill, Kau. st: 1 1146 Pit"Mill°41411.1141111‘ IIP li!.. 11*" 14414/113564°141
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five o'clock in the morning tillabontosevewat night.: Loa manbaraugh, as amaii
arrived at Giaki..l6l traomiry, bead tmilsolaswor, • -..,,,..-
The whole eeentry of Liege and MI NH litnandli., batp alt: AM "Alm*, but eitfitsegh there ware 15 ":
__P*lllll/114114 41" l•-alael• tb. 11,144"" -dblifti .
at I have intimated before, in mines of. fivery kinds
iron, coal, slate, freestone, limestoeti a kind of gra. Specie/ hey IMO let down in the paper for trial, abilen..s*, trltal i ertir, •-lialle 1.#40164 **lei Witti 04 '
eine sk 'fibreartlea were ready ; and after waiting tewheirme. 0. sooner*, prwsedestertleiftii.Co2k. Tie
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nite stone for the flooring of houses (which is hi- eeme . ebietiemid,,• time is ma, his r,k.m. ad. .1. fid.aa. Aidait ism, ,%, ei sae aborim maii,d...
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genioualy worked into "smoetk and square pieces- at , ;outwit, ipipsatii7g, that thaw ettecerei7;'-esTtake to7;;6'isiwirt'----titahe thav-;ospithit soginiie wiraii4i.eadia;
mills), aleminons earth : there are also one or more 4/
the consequences of their own menissneesaithepub.. this airman with thew *pip the ikunidas at Cork.—Arrived
tines of zinc.

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