The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-07-27 00:00:00

tT STATESMAN,

- GVADALOUPE AND ITS IMPE‘DENCIES.

aT. 110TAL AUTHORITY.

Charles
_Alrsander Leon, Count Durande de
tiosois, Governor, &e. &c.
The late news teethed • from the Metropolis,
threatening the Colonies to be lift in an abandoned
slate, the duration of which it is impossible to fore-
see, and of which the effect would he to expose
them to the want of sustenance and ankles of the
fitst ilece.sity, with which she has' Instil now sup-
plied them, and the ditficalty which exists already,
and which will increase, in consequence' of the im-
possibility of exporting the colonial produce to
France in her own vessels, which will deprive agri-
culture, industry, and commerce of all their sup-
port, &c. &c. we base decreed and do decree es fol-
lows:

Art. 1. That from this day the ports already open
in the Island of fluatbdoupe and its dependencies,
shall be open to the vessels of all dependencies, as
well for importation, ns exportation of all kinds of
produce or merchaetrze.
`2. The duties of importation or exportation in fo-
reign vessels are the same as those already established
for French vessels, v.kich on imports are 21 per cent.
and exports 5 per cent.
Four articles arc super added to the above : the
third article relates to the proceeds of the imported
commodities, which are always to be laid out in the
produce or merchandize of the Colony ; the fourth
article directs that the duty on exported rum be in
future 3 per cent. ad valorem; the fifth stipulates
that the present arrangement will not be altered until
the circumstances which have given rise to it shall
have ceased ; the conclusive article merely orders the
publication of this document.

(Signed)

1.1 \ OIS.
GULLIII;RMY.

In giving notice of arrangements for the payment
of Treasury notes, the American Secretary mentions
that the amount of the Treasury notes at New York
and Boston is very great, that current money can-
not be obtained to pay the holders • they are there-
fore offered the choice of funding die notes for 6 per
cent. stock, at 95 dollars for 100 dollars in stock,
or receiving drafts payable in Baltimore or Philadel-
phia ; or new Treasury bills at 6 per cent.
Six per cent. stock, at Boston, may be purchased
at the rate of 84 or 85 dollars in money for 100 dol-
lars of the stock : the discount of the Government
paper is therefore slated at 12 per cent.
The Secretary has also given public notice, that
all taxes and other pay:6%as to Government will be
taken only in private bankers' notes, who pay in
specie, or receive Treasury notes at par.
The New York Cazetie, of the 19th June, gives
an extract of a letter from New Orleans, dated the
20th of May, mentioning a great overflow of the
Mississippi. The damage done is said to be incalcu-
lable; entire settlements are stated to be many feet
under water at Palmyra, Concordie, and a part of
Point Coupee. Many sugar and cotton plantations
were entirely ruined.
The Admiralty have, we understand, adopted a
new code of signals, to facilitate the communication
between our shipping, &c. The plan is said to be
so simple and comprehensive, that a rapid inter-
change of observations is rendered practicable in all
weathers. A land telegraph is about to be con-
structed on the same principle.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS
:Sant
3 per Cent. Red F 4 57
. per Cent„ C to. 554 57
4 per Cent 7114
5 per went. Navy ft-ii 5

TIIE sr,l7lEsmAisiT.

[FROM THE JOURNAL DE PA RIB.]

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We have to-day received the Paris Papeis of Mon- . Tile army of General Lecourbe has joined
day lass. Those of Sunday arrived at a late hour the Loire, which will in a few days be also '
last night. There is nothing in these Papers to by the armies of Generals Suchet and Lane
countenance the assertion that Louts XVIII. has Notwithstinding the numerous rumours
resolved andisbanding the armies. IVhere would he contrary, it is certain that the Treaty of
the policy of, Louts in doing this? They have al- agreed upon. Europe and France will be
most all submitted to him, and we see of w hat essen- by this act, that the only object of the net
tint benefit their continuing its arms hasbeen to France. was the overturning of Bonaparte.
The integrity of her territory, it is now said, is to be The religious maintenance of the treat
preserved—the'freaty with Louis, guaranteeing this, eluded with the King, and the iutegiity of
is positifely stated to be about to be signed—but will be the basis of this new net. Thus w
the seizure of Lorraine by the En;peror A Lex.te ern, ail the insinuations of the enemies of legith
and of the Alsaces by the Emperor FnaNcIFI and tiarchy, and the fears which the tlcelataiio;
the proclamation of the latter as King of those Pro. English Journals would create.
winces at Dole, accord very ill with the generosity and A contribution to which the Allied Pot
moderation which the French Papers received to-'an unquestionable right to defray their ell
day ascribe to the Allied Powers generally. There this second war, Mill be fixed by the Treaty ;
would be something very strange indeed in the troops , are assured, besides, that two of those Mi
of the Allies making war on an army bearing the satisfied with having procured the pear
white cockade, and declaring itself the soldiers of world, have generously declared that they
Louts X VIII.--yet the Allies are urged to do this, I
ceive no indemnity. It is equally underst
and not to leave Louts a single French soldier—and after the conclusion of the Treaty the trool
something of this kind is actually apprehended. The
whole of the Freisch armies hare now united, ap- of these Powers will quit Paris, and that
R
ussians will remain in the country for sot
,The Emperor of Austria has also declared
of his army shall remain in France.
parently for, some more paramount consideration than
acknowledging Louts. ‘Vhether these French ar- I
mies shall continue embodied, or shall be depriied of 1. will admire the political moderation of ti
all means of disturbing the public peace, the Allied narchs, who, a second time masters of ow
Sovereigns seem to think that Louts will still require have avoided any thing contrary to the
a considerable Body Guard of foreigners, and that
of the French nation.
France itself- will for a long time require to be well
guarded—and, therefore, though the Allied troops are
to be speedily withdrawn, 150,000 Russians (only
one hundred and fifty thousand Russians) are
to remain in the country, either for this friendly
purpose or--to keep Lorraine until the disinterested
Emeertoe who has seized it shall complete his barter
of that province to his equally disinterested brother
EMPEROR who his mile free with Alsace, and has
some provinces elsewhere, which the Autocrat of
the North very much wants to complete the arron-
dissement of his Polish Kingdom. But, if all is set-
tled, and so much to the satisfaction of all parties,
and all the foreign troops now in France, except
these 150,000 Russians, are immediately to be with-
drawn,
.how happens it that British soldiers are still
pouring into France in as great numbers as can be
spared from this country ? Four thousand. men are
to be sent off this week to Fiance. What is the
meaning of this, if the root and the object of the
war are now in our possession in the person of
NAttorrox BONA PARTE ? What is the danger appre-
hended now ? We really cannot divine it, unless it be
deemed necessary to exterminate that rebellious army
of Frenchmen which seems to be augmenting rather
than decreasing (now above 70,000 strong), and
which, to complete the climax of its perfidy, has,
with discontent in its heart, heisted the white flag !
Are some of the Allies unwilling to attempt the total
demolition of this mass—are the disinterested Empe-
rors now declaring off—must Louts have a British
Guard also—it looks like it.

Brussels Papers to the 24th inst. also a,
forenoon. The following are the most ii
parts of their contents :
BRUGES, JULY 18.—The landing of
Ostend has begun again with fresh activity.
before yesterday there arrived here a deini
Scotch dragoons, mounted on very fine go
as well as a detachment of artillery, which
lowed in the night by the 25th regiment of
yesterday by a part of the 6th dragoons,
regiment of foot, and some Scotch. All 64
are proceeding to Ghent, when they will p
their further destination. The 26th bat
militia, coming from Antwerp, arrived het
and waits for orders to proceed to the fr
France.

The Official Gazette, of July 21, contains the fol-
lowing Decrees :-
1. A Decree authorising the Commune of Paris
to levy the sum of 9,619,300 francs—i. e. 6,619,500
francs upon property, and 2,999,800 francs upon
revenue. This imposition is for the purpose of sup-
porting the Allied troops.

2. A Decree ordering, that up to the Ist of July,
1816, no promotion shall be proposed either in the
army or navy.

3. Appoints Baillardel de Lareinty Secretary of
Marine, and other persons to stations under Govern-
ment.

4. Orders that ail battalions of the National
Guards, levied since the ‘2(lth March, 1815, shall be
disbanded.

Baussrce, Jur.v (2.l.—The Hanseatic
composed of the contingents of Hemborgh,
and Bremen, arrived -Isere this mornini
troops, which have a fine military appear;
ordered to St. Denis, near Paris.
Yesterday will be a remarkable day in
of the city of Brussels; never at any peril
history was such a transport of joy seen
streets there was but one cry of Bonaparld
power of the English. People seemed to .
late each other, that the enemy of the repose
world was reduced to the inability of-doi.
The whole city was illumirrtted, and bonli
lighted in the streets.
LILLE, JULY 13.—Count Bourmout elf
city yesterday, amidst the acclamations of the
who are beside themselves for joy at returni
the Government of the King.
At the first moment it was net possible tt
from the rage of the people, some individuals
oos as Jacobins or Bonapartists. They hal
support the first consequences of the popular
Their houses were surrounded by a crowd,
windows all broken ; in short, they were utf
all kinds of ways.

5. Disbands all the free corps.
G. Appoints M. de Tal!eyrand Honorary Coun-
cillor of Stale.

[FROM TIIE GAZETTE DE FRANCE.]
PARIS, JULY 14.—Marshal Jourdan and his gar-
rison hoisted the white flag of Besancon on the 19th.

COURIER EXTRAORDINARY, Monday Morning.
• Yesterday a Grand Court was held.
Lieut.-Gen. Pernetz is arrived at Paris, bearing the
submission of the army of the Eastern Pyrenees.
They persist in saying that the Treaty between
the Allied Sovereigns and the King will soon
ap-
pea
Many soldiers of the Old Guard entered Paris yes.
terday, crying !'ire le !
• The Confederation of Llritanny has been dis-
solved.

The Emperor of Russia, in his Prussian uniform,
yesterday visited Marchal Blucher.

Yesterday they commenced building barracks in
the Champ de Mars for the foreign troops.
The Journal de Paris, after giving Davoust's Or-
der of the Day requiring of his army submission to
the King, fur which see another page, adds the fol-
lowing paragraph :7
" This Proclamation ought to dissipate the inquie-
tudes which for several days have existed. The
Army will prove their attachment to the King.—
After having gathered cn many laurels they have yet
another triumph to obtaiu—that of rallying by their
example all Frenchmen around a throne which onr
brave soldier= have rVr ;(/ many ages gloried in &-
fending."

[FROM A LETTER.)
LUICEMIIVRO, JCLY 18.—The Prince
Homburg, the Governor of this city, has
since the Ist of this month at the head of of
son towards Longwy, which was summoned
render; the Governor having refused, bet
shells were thrown into the place, which sel
many houses. In the night of the 12th, alr
of French troops sallied from Metz, and
attacked the Prussian troops, who, though
surprise, defended themselves vigorously;
overpowered by numbers they were forced
back. Towards evening some fugitives,
and baggage arrived here ; an alarm being lisp
the city, two battalions of militia took th
and asked to march against the enemy. W
nas passing, the country people joined the Pr
the French were repulsed on all sides, and or
resumed the positions which they had for
abandoned before Longwy. This affair serves
the excellent spirit that animates the brave citi
Luxemburg. They are all eager to meet the enem,
part of Gen. Tauenzien's corps is going to
of the French frontiers. The French gas
Charleville, with a General and several 01
the Staff, have passed through here, going tr
as prisoners of war.

BRUSSELS, JULY 22.—The Belgian artillery
has so greatly distinguished itself this carm
now in the Bois de Boulogne, near Paris;
scarcely six weeks have elapsed since the
Papers announced that the Belgian troops w;
patiently for an opportunity to join Bot
eagles, and that one regiment would be suit
conquer Belgium.
Their Majesties are expected on Saturday
Paine of Laken.

ester-chi', at two o'clock, a Cabinet Con'
held at the Foreign thike, which sat till past
Lord StonouTit came to town yesteulay
f;•( m Iticha'rod, to mend the Qabilet Court

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