The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-13 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN:

%ding his interest deserted by the Congress at
r eons, had signed a treaty with BONAPARTE, on
th,lsth of February (the day before he embarked
f,r2 Elba), pledging his co-operation in whatever
d,:;gns the latter had arranged, had actually pushed
forward his troops in different directions towards
Florence, and proclaimed the independence of Italy.
ii this information be correct, the cosequences can-
uot be viewed without emotion, for, in that case, a
,fr retreat is open into that country, should France
diitproint the hopes of NAPOLEON.

with a summons, demanding the cession of the towns
in the name of Box.teasure; the-only answer given
to this demand was the immediate imprisonment of its
bearer. A third emissary entered, requiring, in the
name of General Dttourr, the presence of the civil
authorities on board the squadron then riding io the
Gulf of Juan. This person met the same reception
as his predecessor.
During the occurrence of this extraordinary event,
the Constituted Authorities, in whose vicinity it
took place, seem not to have been altogether unoc-

the whatever may be the disposition or conduct copied, and immediate measures were taken to cut
of Fiance in this new emergency, there can be
joule that the It idely-spread divisions which an im. occupied were soon after filled by detached parties
provident policy has given birth to in Italy, Genoa, I of the ,den-d'armes, and other armed bodies, who
Naples, Switzerland, Spain, and Germany, afford : co-operated for the purpose. In less than two days
but too ample ground for ambition to build her ; after the landing, the intelligence reached Marseilles
o%ering structure upon anew, and for the advocates , and Toulon. The Prince of Essling (MASSENA),
or tear to justify their conduct in again embroiling ! who commands the military division in the district
the world. There can be as little doubt that BoNA.. of the latter, lost not a moment in taking measures
eurre is aware of this, and that he must have well I, for cutting off the invader's retreat; he detached
krstrd his plans before he entered on their execution, several corps to secure the passes for that purpose.
c'ose to the Isle of Corsica (in which, from The Report yesterday, founded on letters from
birth.right, he must have had many admirers), with Calais, was, that Massercs. had joined the force under
aidy the Gulf of Genoa, a narrow sea, interrupting his command to that of BONAPARTE, and that the
li, communication with the southern coast of France, Toulon fleet had also surrendered to him.
%hole shores of Italy almost open to his view, Paris is still represented as tranquil, but the funds
ine,ented opportunties which, from the outline of hie there give little evidence of this—they are fluctuat-
present plan of action, and its collateral connection, ing greatly. They had fallen on the 7th down to
it is now evident, he has not overlooked. It may, 70 fr. but bad risen again on the Bth to 75.
perhaps, also turn out, that the scheme which Mu- s We do not find in the Paris Papers that a reward
itAT pursued, in order to retain his kingdom, has been offered for BONAPARTE ; and it is also re-
when BONAPARTE'S fortunes were falling, was one markable, that while he is proclaimed by the KING
'Phial had in view the rise of the latter, as well as a traitor and a rebel, the Chamber of Deputies, its
the safety and interests of MURAT, and may have their Address to his MAJESTY, do not.echo these epi.
even had the concurrence of NAPOLEON himself. thets, but designate him, in mild language, " a be-
;
If the French Pipers are correct, it is most unac- nished foreigner."
countable that With such a handful of men as are I BONAPARTE, if is said, complains that his pension has
said to comprisethe army of the Invader, that such not been paid him. The Court of France justifies this,
'a At'stoff's sort of motley groupe should have ad- as well as the use of the terms " traitor and rebel"
Tented a distance of more than 100 miles without :.applied to him; by saying that Lours XVIII. was
resistance, in the short space of four days from the , not a party to the Treaty by which that pension,
pcsiioti of-his landing. When we consider the rigid with the Sovereignty of Elba, was guaranteed to him;
discipline which has long characterised the French and that he has never acceded to it.
Report also says, that he states in his Proclamations
e stem of police, armed and drilled as it is into every ;
the substance
of the Treaty which was offered to him,
e'sential which constitutes a regular military force,
and which he refused, though it was much more ho-
:ell that not a village, much less a department, is any nourable and advantageous to France than that which
whereto be seen without its quota of bens-d'armerie, the Allies gave to the House of Bourbon.
we suspect, that when more ample information shall ar- A Proclamation by SOULT, the present Minister at
rive, this cliterprize will assume a more serious aspect.: War, denounces BONAPARTE in a high strain. But
if his force was of so insignificant a character as why not make known 'the invader's pretensions and
it is described, unaided u it is stated to have been show that they are unfounded ?
by the population through which It passed, little '
doubt can arise that his progress would have been
wrested at the onset. The line of march which he
Lis :uld down, is admirably planned, to sound the
s'e%, of the French people, if favourable, and also to
co-operate with the Italian mal-contents, who have
heen lately described in such alarming colours. On
right the 'communication is open with the
Cenoese, who are full of rage and disappointment at
being handed over to a strange l.ster, instead of
recovering their promised independence ; and the
a'arming disturbances which prevail in several parts
of Italy, leave little doubt of the reception and co-
operation which be may command in that quarter.
It appears from the French Papers, that he
set sail from Porte Ferrajo, in tfie Isle of
Elba, at nine o'clock on the night of the
:6th February, with a flotilla consistieg of one brig
nil four smaller vessels, with from 1000 to 1100
tout on board, consisting of Italians, Poles, Nea.
politanti, and Elbow, and after a becalmed passage,
landed, on the Ist of March, on the south-eastern
coast of France, in a bay situate between Frejus and
l':e trevil of Antibes, which is westward of Nice.
detachment of 50 men advanced, occupied the
t )wn of Cannes, and summoned the Mayor to re-
pair to the shore, for the purpose of receiving in-
c•ruetinns from the " Genorn! in aiff." The Ma-
gistrate is stated to have disobeyed this mandate, and
0.4 the same evening to have received a requisition
for the iTnmcdiate sus idly of ratjoits fur his nen ly-ar-
tired visitors. The Prince of MONACO, a French
Nobleman, cho happened accidentally to have been
at Cannes, spas put under arrest by the Officer com-
manding this adsanud guard.
About half an hour after midnight BONAPARTE
reached that town, and bivouacked his little army in
After sending for the Prince of Mo-

In the total absence of all information, but that I
which comes through the medium of the Paris News- i
Papers, which are well known to be as much under I
the influence of the present Government, as they
. ever were under that of BONAPARTE, it is impossible
to form any thing like an accurate judgment as to
what will be the result of the present eatraerdioary
proceeding of that most extraordinary man. It sip-
pears that he has advanced about 150 miles, not to-
wards Paris, but inclining towards the Alps avid
Italy, apparently avoiding the great cities as much as
possible. That he should have been able to do this,
is strange indeed, if, as the Paris Papers state,
the whole population of France, and the whole army
are against him. It is equally as unaccountable that
(.be has not yet been joined by any of the troops,
or by any Officers of rank, if he had reason to
believe he should hive met with such co-operatiou. •
If he had no plan arranged, certainly his con-
' duct appears to be almost that of a madman.—
It appears that his movement is directed laterally to-
wards Italy, but so much in advance towards Paris,
that as circumstances occurred he could have pro-
ceeded in either direction. It is somewhat extraor-
! Binary that, if as is generally supposed his principal
dependance is upon MURAT, that he did not land in
Italy at once, rather than adopt the deperate step of
I trying his fortune previously in France ; for if
he is not well received, certainly he will present
himself to the Italian army with a much worse
grace than if he could have held out' to them
' the expectation of having all France in his favour.
All these considerations afford such a field for specu-
'llation, and are really so contradictory, that we can-
I not possibly form an opinion on the subject. We
I flhave given to our Readers the latest intelligence but
1! we cannot venture to do more.

the vicinity.

YACO, and finding him disinclined to accept an invi-
clic!, to accompany him, he permitted him to de- 1
',,,r! wi,iont further molestation. At three_ o'clock 1
(..;, the looming of the 2d, BONAPAATE mounted his
Lori:\ and gave orders for the division which he led
In march with drums and music at their head, pre-
,- !,.d by four field-pieces and a superb carriage.—
;11 took the route to Grasse, and halted within'a
;eagae of that town, sending forward a General of.
f:cer to sound the disposition of the inhabitants.
Ths Officer meeting with but an unfitvourable re-
f....ion, it was deemed unathisable to enter the town,
'"Il the division resumed its march through St. Val-
'cr, leasing Grime on the left, with the cannon,
''nd a part of his force, and proceeding by the main
iql:i towards Digne, a considerable town in the De.
~trvot of the Lower Alps, within four leagues of
• ' .eh it halted on the 4th inst. at the town of Ba.
" .".I'l I% here it demanded a supply of 3000 rations. 1
On the same day that this descent took place, fir-
'. " bult4rs, stating themselves to be deserters.from
•''3, solicited entrance at the pert of Antibes.—
: . y were admitted, and disarmed by the Commit-
'ut, Baron Coasts, a distinguished Officer.—
• . Illy after, a military person made his appearance

Frankfort and Brussels Papers hate arrived. At
the date of the 2Gth many Members of the Corps
Dip&motive had quitted Vienna, and the Congress
was breaking up. The late events in France seem to
have been unknown at the date of these Papers.

T.
SLBIZRAW4,24I
Tire whole metropolis has been greatly agitated
this morning, by a Report, that Sir FRANCIS Suit-
VETT, in consequence of his spirited observations in
the house of Commons on Friday night, in pre.
renting the Westminster Petition against the Cern
Laws, had been shot in a duel with • Lord
CASTLEREAGH. We hare, however, the satis.)
ifaction to state, that there is no truth in the teport

1 That the Thanks of this Meeting be 'given to. T.
• -7-7. lase- , Leyland, Esq. our Worthy Chief Magistrate for tho
MEETING AT TOE TOWN BALL. ' teal, ability, and impartiality with which he has dig.
Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, being the.time spa charged the duties of the Chair; and that at such a
pointed for the Meeting, the Town Hall was filled very 'tumorous and respectable Meeting of the iota.
within a few minutes after the opening of the gates. bitants of Liverpool, we cannot consent to separate
The assembly consieted chiefly of the most respect. without offering to Mr. Leyland the testimony of
able inhabitants of the town. oar unaffected admiration, regard, and gratitude, fur
The MAYOR opened the business by declaring that his unceasing attention to the interests of the poor,
he felt the importance of the occasion,—that be had for his highly distinguished conduct us a it lagistrate.
acceded to the Requi..ition, which had been pre- as well as his very laudable and humane clfects to
sented to him no longer. ago than Monday last, most ! rescue the beasts of burden from (Audi.), tutd all un-
voluntarily : for that he could not conceive a subject , reasonable oppression.
which called more for the attention of his townsmen ! Mr. Cues- ohjected to the whole system of Corn
titan the price they were to give for their bread. Ile • Laws, Is founded upon fallacious and defective re.
should, in the first place, order the Requisition to turns. He repelled the insinuation of any insidious
be read, and he hoped that in pursuing their purpose I reference to the landed interest,. on the contrary, he
calmly and dispassionately, in the constitutional , tontended for permanent and protecting duties as the
way which lay before them, they would be successful. : beat means of securing all interests, and of envoi. •
He begged, et the same time, to remind them that !teen oor domestic growth. Of course, as the send
every person there, whatever might be his sentiments, timents of the :Sleeting were against him, he must
was entitled to animpartial hearing. ' give way.
The Requisition having been read by the Town
Clerk, a string of Resolutions were proposed by
1 Mr. .1. Acs.Eus, and seconded by Mr. CASEY.
Mr. MARTIN then rose, and observed upon the
difference in the state of the question now, and
I when it was agitated in the same place last year.—
Ile insisted upon the sentiments which the most
respectable classes in society held on this subject,
and mentioned the name of Mr. Gladstone among
those who could not espouse the principle of the
Riff before Parliament. In taking a view of the
I
Resolutions proposed to the Assembly, he thought
1 that which spake of the corn averages to be indica-
' tarty erroneous. In a very lucid manner he ex-
plained his own view of 'this part of the subject, and
stated his strong objections to this Resolution. He
i
i also observed, that since last year, many things
t altered the features of the case. The Property Tax
I was extinct, and many other of the expenses of the
1 nation had either diminished or were diminishing.—
Still he thought the agriculturist entitled to protec-
tion. To the manufacturer and to the merchant
protection had been frequently afforded by the Legi-
slature, and of this he enumerated many instances;
why then, he asked, should not the landed interest,
and the capital employed by it, which had rendered
our agricultural improvements worthy of the highest
notice in the history of the world be protected also ?
If we did not afford that protection, we must be de-
pendent upon other countries for our corn ; and we
must give those countries, such as France, the Ne-
therlands, and 'Germany, under present circum-
stances, not manufactures for their corn, but gold.
He would, therefore, suggest that moderate encou-
ragement, with a scale .of decreasing prices,' should
be the foundation of the measures to be adopted.
• Mr. MARTIN then read a Petition formed on the
Resolutions, and afterwards • another Petition and
other Resolutions.

L 61100014 MAittut id.

Colonel WILLI 1 MS took a view of the subject ac-
cording to the Resolutions proposed by Mr. Ackers.
He showed, that the Land Proprietors were great!
relieved by the expiration of the Property Tax, an
that the projected taxes would not affect 'them i
proportion with the rest of the community. It w
a vulgar error that the nation must necessarily b
obliged to leekler putjouce...to fdreign graio.—n
'There were many thousands of acres of excel
land uncultivated. The reason was the expensiv
nese of Inclosure Acts. The Clerks of Parliament
with their fees, consumed many hundred pounds a
thioetset of any act to. increase our agriculture.—,
This was called the wisdom of Parliament ; it would
be well if the wisdom of Parliament would consider
how much the clergy drew out of the produce of the
land. No sooner was any waste land, at an enormous
expence, fenced and made productive, than in came
the Clergyman or his tythe-man, and took a tenth
part of the produce. The Colonel here mentioned
au instance of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle,
claiming the tenth of the produce of 40,000 acres of
waste, brought into cultivation on Inglewood Forest.
Ile hadmo objection to Clergymen—he wished them
to be well paid—but not oat of the produce of the
I land. c•The present support given to the Bill was said
to be entirely that. of the landholders—but who
could rapport measures so directly in opposition to
the voice of the people, but a base and hireling ma-
jority ? The Colonel Concluded by insisting upoW
the necessity of Parliamentary Reform, since it was
erideni, that those *ho were day after day opposing
the voice of the people in majorities of three to one,
could not have the same feeling with those of whom
they caged themselves the Representatives.—The Bill
now before parliament he characterized -as a round-
about wall( keeping up the taxes.
Dr. Cnoltrrost moved a Resolution, declaring the
fel
sense of the Meetin to be averse to any alteration
whatsoever In the • 4 Laws-3
Which' wall" iteliwilli
mourly carried. .
The ether Speakers were, Mr. J. YATES, MA' 1
person named ---, who, with much energy, tle•
claimed against the Corn 8114, and stated, that 4 re-
ference had been made to Mr. Gladstone, on the ne,,
cessity of signing a requisition, but that that Gentle.
man had been averse to.such a measure. A Petitio*
was, nevertheless, beton, foot, and had-beep siguad
by more.then 47,000 persons. .
The Resolutions were ultimately passed. -.
The following Resolution was snored, by,, mi.
'cAlsy:— That the Mayor be'requested to address
a letter to ills. Heskisson, entreating Aim, by all the
means in.hispswerfto urge the prnyernf the petition
--to statOnArotriio*lastao. ,that Um lob4ll/01111s4of
Liverpo4 aro emboldeteeskto arge.opoqiltkalb., 91.
ecuti•o-4 01,015wal from th, 5154014011411 tel
reoei red, *et 0 irsoi4 atte4.l* the 1n511.411, .
~
Borough tits painfar.out aperi,,rigOott
sence.of 4r. • 'ft from his Conplitnente; w re
interests Aim, well ;wow ins prefers befoie.all consi-
derations/of verso,* eye, ambition, or aggraudiaa-1

Mr. SYLverrea arrived yeterday morning at the
Secretary of State's Office with" dispatches from Lord
FITZRO Y SOMERSET, who is now our Minister at
Paris. He left that City on Friday morning, "the
110th inst. and consequently brings the latest accounts
[ received in the French capital of the progress of the
invader, and of the state of the kingdom. Mr. S V le•—
! vesten was the bearer of a letter to the PRINCE. RE•
GENT from the 'King of FRANCE.; writtati with his
ii own hand, in which he assures his Royal Highness
! of the universal attachment to his Government and
i person, evinced by the army and by all the classes
lof the community, on the daring attempt by 80,
, NAPA LITE to disturb the tranquillity of the king-
Worn. He states' that he has received a dispatch
from Marshal MAMMA, the Prince of EssLivb,
professing his fidelity, acid that ief all • the troops
under his command: and stating that he had
dispatched General MIOLLIS, with an ample
force, to give combat to the daring invader, whom
he describes as totally destitute of means I'm...the
atrocious attack on his Majesty's dominions. He
assures his Majesty that both at Toulon and Mar-
seilles the best spirit of loyalty prevailed, with the
most forward zeal to be employed in repelling the
invader. The Marshal expresses his confident belief
that his handful of followers will be speedily in his
power, and requests to have his Majesty's instructions.
The KING further informs his Royal Highness, that
from every account the desperate man had rashly
tempted his fortune in this expedition, without. any
concert or preparation that could give a serious
alarm 'to the country; and that whatever expecta-
tions he might entertain from the correspondence of
a few discontented partizans, they had been totally
disappointed. Such, we are told, is the substance of
the letter of Loins XVIII. to the PRINCE REGENT.
Saturday and yesterday passed over without this
slightest disturbance in the metropolis. Up to a late
houriast night the same tranquillity prevailed.
~ . . _ _

•
Austrian,Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Prussian,
Spanish, and other Ambassadors and Ministers had a
meeting with Lord Casvutazanx at the Foreign
Office. They remained in deliblvatiou till near fitik,
o'clock.
Yeste—rdilitana; CHA.PICELLOR had a long au.
dience of the PRINCE REGENT previous to his attend.
ing.the Cabinet Council. A Cabinet CounchNat on
:dispatches OtreFrance, which Lord CASTLE.

criAZII. laid before the PRINCE REGENT, at five
o'clock, and a Messenger was ordered to hold him.
•self in readiness to set off for Paris.

By intelligence this morning received from Shef-
field, we learn, that a Public Meeting is to be held
at the Town Hake Wit, this day, to consider of the
propriety of Petitioning the Parse: RWAVIT to
withhold his Assent to the Corn Bill, and preying
his Royal Highness to dissolve the Parliament.—This
is a most important step, and will possibly be fol.,
lowed.all over the kingdom. The Meeting was ea-
pected.to be very numerously and respectably •at.

he eI 1 Bankers, • *Yid-
Traders of the City of Loudon, against any altera-
tion in the Corn Laws, containing upwards of
80,000 Signatures, will be presented by the Duks
'of SUSSEX to the House of Lords this day.

Mr. JONES, the Marshal of the King's Bench, has
offered a reward of 300 guineas for the apprehension
of Lord COCARANE His Lordship has, however,
had a considerable start.

It is said tbat Mr. GRATTAN, jun. was in Elba at
the time of BORpARTE'S escape, and that it was he
who conveyed the first intelligence of the event by
way of Genoa. A British frigate pursued and got
601 . knowing $o qn
boariti Wall unfortunately becalmed before eliiw
couid.ceneep.
No VOis.—There are certainly Three Prizes et
ge4olooo in the Lottery to be drawn the sth of
Nest Af.9tith, yet only 15,000 Tickets. AU the
'Wive Capitals may be drawn on that day, and two
-id the Five Thousand Guinea Prizes oust be drawn
tq the bth and 15th Blanks—and will be paid in
CF9l44Oelediately, without deduction.

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takrn "al Monday s.tericebt (oft or kiads uusaleable, and nearly
all left on hand.-13sitiri. Beane, Pee. 414 Oattstre heavy a.ale,
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