The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-17 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

by the Dey asthe *elevation of ' war by the Ame-i
rican Republic, aed his means of resistance seemed
to be much
_lnure considerable than have been cal-I
ciliated upon by his opponent,.
In another, and a very different view, the, in.
formation from Lisbon is important. his well known
dolt the Port Vine Company had long since applied
for the renewal of their Charter, the old -one ex-
piring in 1817, and the Treaty of Amity, Com-
merce, and Navigation, entered into with Gieat
Britain on the 20th of February, 1810, being sup-
posed to interfere with that renewal. This Charter
has actually been extended by Ik' Prince Regent for
twenty years, to commence at the termination of the
preceding monopoly, or from 1817. The part of
the Treaty Which 'this concession to the Port Wine
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Company seetat to infringe is as follows:
" Art. 8. Ills Royal Highness the Prince Regent ;
of Portugal engages in his own 'tame, and in that of
his heirs and successors, that the commerce of British
subjects within his dominions shall not be restrairied, '
interrupted, or otherwise affected by the operation
of any monopoly, contract, or exclusive privileges of
sale or purchase whatsoever, but that the subjects of
Great Britain shall have free and unrestricted permis-
sion to buy and sell from and to whomsoever, and
in whatever form or manner they may please. whe-
ther by wholesale or retail, without being obliged t.,
give any preference or favour in conseqUeuce of the
said monopolies, contracts, or exclusive privileges of i
sale er purchase." . .

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 171 1815.

An Officer arrived in town last night, who left
Lord WILLINGTON'S head-quarters on Friday last.
The Prussian army was at that time concentrating
;on Lord WltuattoTores immediate left in conse-
qvence, as it was understood, of the Emperor of
AUSTRIA having shown some signs of unwillingness
to put his army in motion for the French frontiers.
It was asserted that he had demanded a Subsidy of
. Six Mitmoris, without which he declared the utter
impossibility of his moving, owing to the embarrassed
state of the Austrian finances ; that he had also demand-
ed an auxiliary British army of twenty thousand men in
Italy, and that the Austrian army there should be
taken into British pay. These were the terms which
it was generally supposed were demanded by the
Emperor FRANCIS as the conditions on which alms
be would enter on offensive rsarfare,—lt was covet'
dently asserted, that a Negociation was actually on
foot between France and Austria, and that the Duke
!of Vicenza (C.tvLtNcounT) was on the 'way to
Vienna through Switzerland, the neutrality of which
country had been solemnly recognized by Russia
and Austria.

By a Iramburgh Mail which arrived last night, and
the Frankfort and Brussels Papers, the former of
which are received to the 11th, and the latter to the
11-Ith, we have some notice of the movements of
the Russians, the so important, necessary, and li-
berating Russians, without whose presence on the
Rhine nothing can be done for the deliverance and
tranquillity of Europe. But, alas ! for the cause
which they are to espouse, they are yet far from
the banks of the Rhine ; and the number of them
said to be in motion fur that quarter by no means
presents the imposing cloud of subjugation with
which we have been told they were to darken the
French hemisphere. Russia, it now appears, either
cannot or will not send against France much more than
the contingent which she, along with the other Al-
lied Powers, stipulated in the Treaty of Paris to
keep up " for maintaining the tranquillity of Eu.
rope," namely, 75,000 men. It is, indeed, pom-
pously announced in the Brussels and Frankfort Pa.
p rs that " the whole number of the Russian army
is 83,000 men, and 21,000 horses ;" that the Cos.
sacks are marching twelve hours a-day to reach
France in time to take BON4P4RTE by Surprise;
and that two Wks of them have already reached
Coblenfz ; but still the rest of the. " delivering
polka" are lagging far behind: and we have Rasta! that
that part of the Russian force destined to act against,
France, which is still in Poland, would not leave Ka.
Mitch, a Polish city, till the 12th of June. This
delay in the appearance of the expected over-
whelming force from Russia (without a greater num.
her from whence than is specified,Louts's twelve hun-
dred thousand foreigners cannot be made up), and thw.
evident indisposition of Austria to take an active
part against France, create very unfavourable itn-
pressions as to the force which will be marshalled in
opposition to the" nation of disterbers,"and the reselt
of then pproaching campaign. The Saxons too—the dis-
contented Saxons, who lie so awkwardly, though the
King of Paussi.t thinks conveniently, io the midst of
the Prussian territories--what is t o be done with their'?
The Saxon greuadiers, iu garrison at Namur, aci-
tuated by the same spirit that animated their coun.
trymen at Lier, have shown symptoms of open rf.
billion to the Prussian Government, and shouted,
" long live NAroLeo:s !"
Our private letters from Ostend state, that nine
Saxons were shot the otherday for mutinous conduct,
and that it lies been deemed advisable to place the
Saxon troops; as is usual in cases of distrait, in the
rear.

A Dutch Mail, which arriverthis forenoon, in-
forms ua, that Prince BLUCHER, disliking his quar-
ters at Liege, where he had nearly lost his tire, :vas
about to remove them to Namur, and that the Duke
of WELLINGTON was about to remove his head-guar.
tern to Mons. Liege seems still to require strict
watching. The celebrated plains of Fleurus are
again likely to be the scene for disputing the palm of
victory.
Above 300 pieceinf cannon are said to he collected
there ; and from the movements of the Prussians,
and the repairing of the English Officers to their
posts, it would seem as if the forces already on the
French frontier had resolved to act independent of
the Russians.

" The French," say the Brussels accounts,
46 alarmed by the energetic measures taking on our
side along the whole line, have collected a force to
defend the passage throtull the Ardennes, as well as
an ;wrenched position before Giset. At Valen-
ciennes they are fin• front being ready. Many thou-
sand labourers are put in requisition to work on the
camp at Femars." The communication with Valen-
ciennes was still open, but the Commandant had an-
flounced that it would by soon broken off.

It is added from Brussels, under date of the 10th,
that, " within a few days, movements have taken
place among the French troops on the frontiers; the
main force which was about Lille, Arras, and Cam-
bray, is gone towards Valenciennes.

" These movements hare caused on our side a con-
centration of force in the environs of Mons, where
also inundations hive been made. The Prussian
army has also made a movement on the Meese and
Sambre, and several divisions are collecting about
Fleurus. About Dirant the troops have advanced
towards Givet. These measures announce that the
communications with France would soon cease, and
to-day the Government has given noticethitasFrance
has broken off all communication with this country,
a similar measure was adoptesi, 1m out side, and
all intercourse with France put an end to.

44 This and other circumstances induce us to expect
every moment the news that hostilities have com-
menced.

" lit the neighbourhood of Assche, three leagues
from this city, a corps is collecting,which will consist of
the Brunswick troops that arrive successively, of a
corps of Denims, which comes from the side of
Luxemburg, and of, the Hanoverian% who are can.
tinned in oar neighbourhood.
"Count NoAtta.rs, ene of the French Stinlyters of
the Congress, after haring had at Ghent some con-
ferences with his Majesty Lours XVIII., Is gone
back to Vienna. The King of PRUMA is expected
here at the end of this month. Tloe Brunswick
troops, which rentlezvoos nt Antwerp, take the place
of the Hanoverians."

CoLoomr, MAY 9.—0n3 Wednesday, the 3d,
the passage of Russian troops through this city be-
gan and will continue till the 20th. The whole
day the troops are marching over the bridge and pro-
ceed to the Duchy of Luxemburg. They march
l 2 hours daily, and have no halting-day. Two
pulks of Cossacks are arrived at Coblentz.

VIENNA, MAY I.—General Nugent, who tins so
distinguished himself in Tuscany against the Neapo-
litans, has received another destine ion, to assist in
directing the operations of the English and Sicilians
against the kingdom of Naples. After the turn that
liffairs In Italy have taken, the Governt..ent of livlnrat,
in Naples, will probably be soon at an end.
It is said the Allies have resolved not to negotiate
any more with Murat, since the former recognition
of his title by Austria is rendered wholly nugatory
by his present unworthy conduct. The return of
the old Dynasty, which has many adherents among
the peaceable part of the nation, and the reinstate-
ment of Ferdinand, are therefore highly probable.
A Central Committee will be formed for Germany, '
as In the last war. We hear that the principal Mem-
bers are named : Baron Bianchi (brother to the Ge-
neral), for Austria ; Mr. Alopeus (oho is sent for
from Berlin), for Russia ; end the Miuister of State,
Baron Humbold, for Prussia.

A Mail from Corenna arrived to-day. The iatelii-
fence from Madrid informs us that the Moved Fag-
*AND bad been paying a visit to the tells of the In-
triastion to fee that all the thumb screws and pinceis
61 that holy establishment were in proper order; and
there are also some exaggerated accounts, by the same
conveyance, of the disturbances in the South of
France. The following are the articles by Ibis Mail :- -
NIADKID, APRIL 24.—The new Dey of Algiers,
who succeeded to the Government on the 22d of
March, has accepted and ratified without any ex.
caption the Treaties between Spain and that Re-
gency.
BARCELONA, APRIL 20.—They write from'Per-
pignan, that they have received no particular neva,
that the post toLyons is still interrupted, which make
it presumed that the Royalists in Languedoc and
Provence are not wholly discouraged.
MADRID, APRIL 26.—0 n the 14th the King ho-
noured with his presence the Tribunal of the Holy
Inquisition, where he remained three hours examin-
ing the primns and other parts of the offices, edifying
all present by his Catholic seal for the purity and
exaltation of our holy religion.
ianN, Aran 24.—8 y accounts received from
Bayonne, and other parts of France, we learn that
tranquillity is far from being established In that king-
dom; in several populous cities, particularly Thou-
louse, Boardeauxf Moatioban) &c. there hare been