The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-09-01 00:00:00

fore they heroically drew their swords
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, how comes it thlt
Plums'Art MAJESTY is laying siege to the mit
valuable of the fortresses in the aforesaid nee
kingdom of the Rhine, and Iles not scrupled I
possess himself of several of them at a c,,,•61.
able @avenue of blood? Is it to restore thpte (1,017
purchased possessions to the Atcnduke duns f•t
Austria? Disititerkited Prince! %Ve think wt, per,
ceive him handing them over with blushing nual9sty,
without fee or reward, to a House (hat he has hot's*
to estinguish, and would glory in seeing ezibigui,l4
for ever—just as Fiesnaatca Till GREAT team
Silesia to the *Me stock from• which he bad intuit
by perfidy and violence; and he himself, the F.
DERMAL of the present day, magnanimously restored
Sazony to its rightful possessiyr.
On the other side of the devoted country, Hu,*
satisfied ai any of his legitimate brethren, rens!
Out for spoil and security, and giving full stio
his Pyrenean wolves. the gentle FERolllAlllifi
Spain asserts from his [Lira Monies, that •Frsii
ought to have no Trans-Alpine possessions,. aid it
Rousillon of right—legitimate right, belongs to h.
—who says that lie is not legitimate, and has s
many divine rights as any Prince in Christendom, pe,
ng his train of followers are ail divine togerset?...
Also, that the French fortresses on the Spsnisli
ought to he garrisoned by Spanish troops. and
he has as good reason to insist upon this as the fief.
man Powers have for seizing on the French fortitnd
places no the northern frontier, and garrisoning tiles
with Allied troops. •

LONDON:

rtmtv; StrrEMBER 1, 1815.

The Paris Papers of Tuesdny last arrived this fore-
noon; and we have also just received a Flanders
Mail, whose contents we shall notice in connection
with the substance of the Paris Papers.

j The only intimation worthy of observation in the
latter is that its which it is stated thnt the foreign
troops are repairing to their respective points of re-
' view, that the Russians were to leave Paris and its
vicinity for the plains of Champaigne on this day (the
Ist September) for inspection, and not to return to
the French copilot, but to be afterwards marched
home as fast as possible ; and that the Austrian
armies in France had also received orders to quit that
I country and proceed to Ita!y ; where from causes
not stated the public tranquillity appears to be dis-
i torhed in various places. The cause of the retro-
grade movement of the Russians is sufficiently ac-
' counted fur by the intelligence in the Papers brought
by the Flanders Mail. Turkey is arming with the
greatest activity, and formidable armies are stated to
be already in motion against Russia from that quar-
ter. The Emperor ALEXANDER, it thus appears, has
reasons for his magnanimous forbearance towards
France. It will not do for him to continue fighting
on the Rhine to ohtain kingdoms for Isis ambitious
neighbours, the Emperor of AUSTRIA and the King
of PaussrA, whilst a formidable power is laying
waste his own dominions, and forming plans to ren-
der his new acquisitions and those of his neighbours
of little value.

Such seems to be the cordial manner in wi
Coalesced Sovereigns are now adjusting the
which they mean to build the Fpl'ndirl and
fabric of European happiness and tranquillit
materials for this fabric are certainly in great
Mon at present, and the }toads of some of the
tects appear to have come into rather too cl,
tact with the scattered remains of a c rain tt
antiquity, where things weut suddenly into gi
order; bat—we live in an island, and let us
the best.

Amidst this scattering and disunion of her enemi
France may be ezperted to revive. If 1;/;,,rt
justice shall also arise more beautiful th,
from amidst the national wreck, we
be sorry to behold her regeneration.—lb
Indeed, be a very shallow politician wh,
riot perceive, that the war nas not again!
eca.tox, but against the civil rights of all nu
It is in this light only that the contest

In fact, we have not for a long time back had-con-
veyed to us such a picture of *disunion, confusion,
and the jarring elements and indubitable symlotoms of
war, general war, and " combustion dire" among
States that we were led to suppose were settling into
the calmness of content within themselves, and the
tranquil relations of confidence and amity with one
another, than we have very distinctly furnivhed
through the medium of the German and Flanders
l'apors, contained in this day's Mail.

Viewed by reifecting minds capable of disrer,
and with hearts, Luna fide, attached
general trete eats of their fetlow-creatures. fI
is, that we have bewailed the wretched situsti
France, a prey to civil discords, and to tht
tiuustiess of the military hands dispersed ore
unhappy country, exulting in the h,vock of
crimes, while their Royal Masters are employ
forging chains for the people; and hence it
we shall rejoice when Fiance and all other countries
similarly oppresbed, shall behold an end to
calamities.

From the frozen North to the Mediterranean
64 contending passions into war increase." Not one
of the Powers from the northern to the southet rr ex-
tremity of Europe seems satisfied. The masses led
forth•by the Confederacy against France are disport-
ing, but in the bitterness of their disappointment ap-
pear more disposed to fall upon one another and de-
luge creation with Mond, than to return to their
former hounds, and sulkide like fertilizing rivers that
for a moment have been compelled to overflow their
banks. Eery one seems now disposed to seize what
he can, and act for himself. The game of decep.
tion, so soccessfully practised by the great Powers
at the Congress of Vienna, is still attempted
to be continued ; but it is now too well under-
stood by the most distant parties to be admired
or acquiesced in by any who think they have the
means of opposing it. The march of the Danish
troops, who are said to be on another destination►
o than France, seems to have excited considerable sus-
picion. Ilis poor DANIS(' Mx.rEsTY has gut no in.
demnities for his losses, whilst he sees new kingdoms
rking up in every quarter. The scheme of the new
" Kingdom of the Rhine," intei.ded as an even-
age to the Austrian Monarchy, is given in the
Chronicle of the European Confederation. It
would, says the German schemer (we suppose if
.France :could allow it, it is not said it will), bc‘
I.eomposed of the ten Departments of the Upper an.l
Lower Rhine, now belonging to France, compre•
bending Lorraine, Alsace, French-Compte, and the
countries on the left Bank of the Rhine, which
form the Department of Mont Tounerre ; the
hienrthe, the Moselle, the Daubs, Ste. places,
which are actually represented by Deputies in
the French Chamber of Representatives.---Is

The following are from the French Papers recnted

to-day :
PARIS, Au°. 28.—A. great number of
troops defiled this morning upon the anolevi
the North, for the purpose of repairing, it
to the plain of Vertus (Marne), where the grand
view by the Allied Sovereigns is to take place
hogirutittg of September.

It seems certain that none of the Russian
which are leaving Paris and its environs (or the
review, which is to take place in the plains of
pagne, sill return to this capital, and that,
soldiers of Russia will speedily leave the Preach

ritory.
The report at Vesoul is, that different Au!
corps have received orders to get•ready for a
iato Italy.
IVltilst the Bishop of Ghent shows himself
tolerent in the mandate of which we hare al
spoken, yet we observe in the lis► of the Depuos
of the ancient Dutch provinces niatty who are
(holies (thou4h a minority of the inhabitants;
Amotigit others the great banker Guillaume
Brienen, late Mayor of Amsterdam, may be
who occupied that post when Holland made
of France.

COURIER EXT R AORDIN A RY, TuMay hiarmnp
The King has taken an airing through the vi
of Sevres and St. Cloud.

this the price of the Emperor FRANCIS'S co-opera. I• Jerome Bonaparte went through Carisruhe,
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Lion against his son-in-law, and in favour of his by a Wirtemberg officer.
august and well-beloved Ally, Louts XVIII.? And News from Nuremberg state, that a Russian►
are we to pay for the erection and maintenance of coming from Poland, and arrived at Frankfort
the Maine on the sth, destined for the Rhine, this kingdom also? What says his PUUSE.LiN MA.
bad
ceived counter-orders on the 9th inst. to retina
JESTI/ to this? Has he given his consent,—he who
counts noses with such accuracy, and weighs the P"land•
value of province! so well,—has he given his consent r The city of Arras has not yet opened kts gs
to this annexation of three millions of Industrious the Allies. Infantry are only permitted to eat
inhabitants, and the most fertile and valuable coun. a wicket-gate.
tries on the Rhine, to his rival? The King of PRuss,A, The accounts from Corfu state, that there al
by the help of Lord CAMICRIAGII and our money, pearatices there threatening interruption to
has of late become a very considerable personage, tranquillity.
and he is now showing this by every means in his The Marquis tie Motitchenu is said to bo app"'
power. But if this arrangement has been determined ed• by the King as Commissioner
upon with The 'consent of all the Confederates, be- bland of St. Ildena. for France

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