The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-14 00:00:00

t„,e ; adverts to the recent abundant harvest, the
• miss, of commerce, industry, and the arts, the re.
covert of national independence, end the consolida.
lieu of public and private liberty; and winds up
with calling ripen them to unite with him in esti.
tide to the Author of so many blessings, the data-
pity of which, he reminds them, depends upon ft
coorriction that their liberties are inseparable from or-
der, the side plledium of which IS the throne. The
transaction which guarantees the present territorial
distribution of Europe is spoken of by his French
' Majesty in language which will not obtain the sauce
'ion of the impartial voice of history, nor for any
great length ni` time retain the approbation of the
Sternum] of France. To describe en arrangement
Which arbitrarily blots out whole nations from the
• wisp of Europe, as "dictated by justice, and con.
• solitlated by morality and religion," is a gross per-
' Version of the common use of speech. And what
hstions._iteve been thus dealt with ? Precisely
'lose indeptodence it had always been the
of this country end France, prior to the
, to watch ever with peculiar jealoesy. In
the intended coronation, the Royal
(rodoces a parody upon a scriptural expres-
I not a little surprises is, considering the
•hich lie has obtained for piety and sound
The .mention of ST. Louis, though a
tonery, arty be admissible, out of compliment
, eincerftf of, his devotion, sod the great bene.
which he conferred upon the Gallican Church,
. . ~.tling it in possession of pieces of the tree cross,
,obi, spittle,. hc. But what are we to think of ad.
jorine the God of CLOTH{ and of CHARLEMAGNE?
CLovis, after his gretentied conversion to Christian.,
ity, doirossessed silt or seven of his near relations of,
their petty. tinverelAntles, and ferociously sacrificed.
their lives on the elder of his insatiable ambition.--j
AS for CHARLTMAGRE, the atrocities committed by',
bim were sorb es, to use the words of a Chronolo-
gist, " make humanity shudder ; tempt us to forget
- his ether (polities, rand to bold his memory in
abhorrence."--it is in our opinion in the highest
. degree impious and twirl to allude to such
It Jae
i monsters of hrigeit as the favourites of the Father
' of Mercies. . I
If the state of politics in Paris, at the opening of the'
Legislative Assensbliee, may bejudged of by the price of
the Fund., it *is talker gloomy. They bad been higher
then 67 f. ors .Wednisday, but at two o'clock on
. Thursday, they eters anus at 63 f. 70 c. and they closed
iat 65 f. To accoint for this unexpected depression,
It is said that the new Finance Minister, M. Rot, is
Dot liked by the monied men. They were mech dig,.
-soti6fied with Count. Couverro, but they ere still
:Atom so wit), his successor. Hi bas threes hits till
blanket, - sit at otsiiti-41(4rIelitiOnsOUreolee, wisid
bis predecessor, M. COMTRTTO, had taken ep, es-1
preasty for the purpose of lightening the essirket.—
.1111 motives far this step are supposed to be tiefeld,.
partly to cast discredit on his predecessor, and partly
to enable the Sinking Fund to act with the greater
celerity in buying sp the rents: at a low rate. It is
also said that some alarm was felt at Paris lest M.
'JAIME should COON into the Administration. It
has been said, but one of the Papers contradicts this
assertion, that LAPITTE had lately an interview with
the King, which was supposed to relate to that ob-
ject, and as it is generally believed that the banker
is a disciple of hi. NECKAR, it is feared that he is in-
oculated with the principles of that able but unfor-
tunate financier.

Moils from Flanders, with the Brussels andCerman
Pipers to late dates, have also arrived since our last.
The Grand Duke of BADEN died on the Bth inst. an
event likely to be of some importance to the settle-
. Vent of the question pending between that Court and
Munich ; since the dispute will now be stripped of
'whatever dttficulty and delicacy right have been st-
itched to it, by considerations of personal feeling, if
any such existed, towards a living Sovereign.

DEATH .or LORD ELLENBORouGn.—Yestiprdey
meaning ELLENROROUGH departed this life, et
ilis•rPsifloolce its St. J1111111,31)-1911Ife.

On Saturday, soon after eleven o'clock, the Doke
of Voa left Ynrk-House, St. James's Palace, for
Wiudsor, mad from thence proceeded to his lest at
Oastands,where his Royal Highisass had a select

Forty at dinner.
Ilia Royal Highness the Doke of Sussex me a,
grab(' dinner party on Friday last, at Tonbridge
W.llo. ilia Royal Highness occupies the house in.
whit it the Duchess of WELLINGTON resided when she
vas last there.
The Duke of DcvoNsorna, and Lord and Lady G.
11. CATENDVIII, and family, are expected borne from
Paris, tt.e first week of newts moilth.
Bermuda Papers arrived on Saturday, to the 7th
They were brought by his Majesty's ship Har-
rier, Sir C Jong, who touched at those Islands in
bee way home burn Vera Cruz end the Havannah.—
' Some alarm was excited on the arrival cf the Hairier,
that she had brought with her the yeHow fewer troll
the latter place, but it proved, on engoiry, to be
'without foundation. The arrival of Rear.Admirel
Sir D. Mimst, with the squadron from Halifax, was
soon espetted. No intelligence was brought from
Vera Cruz by the Harrier on the general state of that
country.
Captain the Hon. HstuaT DuncANl of the Liffey,
• for the M•diterrsnesn station, has been op-
poil.ted to the Revolutionaire, which ship is to be
• foi the East Indies. Captain the Hon. FLENT•
WOOD PELLEW hes been appointed to the Liffey.--
1t said the Revolutionaire is intended to take out a
new Governor• General to the. East Indies.

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