The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-21 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN;

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This paper was not received, as the Adjutant-Ge- from Vienna and Ste Petembergh, and even by the order to perceive if the statements herein made will
nen! himself was to be examined as a witnees, and alarms of the Posen himself, .as the object of
warrant any hypothesis regarding the effect of a and.
as the Court exPectell an account of the acteal tram- unprovoked attack. In fact \ the fetters frost den stoppage of the ports of the Baltic, for we must
ben of the Impel obe laid before them in a more - par. look at Poland first : and in this said volume,
regelar way. Russia assure us, that the measures which are
Colonel Lord F. bentinek seas next examined and suing in all the departments of government there, which has already furnished some points for sultrier!.
sworn, leave little doubt that the flames of war will be i version to us, and will doubtless afford more speedily
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lie commanded the brigade of cavalry before Tar- speedily rekindled. The Marge purchases which to the assembled Representatives of the nation, and
ragona, consisting of about 4 or 600 men. About have been made of bullion and silver coin for the' the British public at large, we find !flea said on the
nine or ten in the morning of the 11th, he received use of the State, •
which have Mised specie • 10 I, particular of our importations of core from Poland,
the orders of Sir J. Murray to march to Altafulla.
and
and other ports of the Baltic belonging to Runia
per cent. could only be required,
Sir John arrived at his quarters in the course of the and Prussia. The drift of the assertions on this
day, and he then asked the General whether ha had it was thought,
for the payment of troops ; and Turkey was very
received any intelligence respecting the enemy ? Ile generally believed to be the intended theatre of war. point is to show, how much, in the present state se
answered that he had not. He (lieu asked him whe-• If this is not the object, it follows that the idea held 1 our agriculture, mid in all cases of scarcity, we era
Cher it was necessary for him to arse any extraor- out of invading the dominions of the GLAND SEIG t at the mercy of the States bordering on the Baltic.—
dinary precautions or vigilance in the course of the
night, and was answered that it was not necessary. subject to a considerable duty. The truth is, it is
mon is a mere ruse de guerres and that the war. i Wheat imported from the Baltic, the Report says, is
About two or three o'clock in the morning of the like preparations on the part of Russia must have ,
only when there is a scarcity in this country that the
12tb, he received an order to return to the camp be the attainment of European objects in view. Is net
foreTarragona. About four the brigade began its ; the prospect of the annexation of such a vast empire King of PRUSSIA, or or any other Power bordering
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march, but he himself staid behind till about seven, as Turkey
to endeavour to obtain information respecting the to another still more enormous, and be.
onreap any benefit by imposing such
the Baltic, can
' coming more so everyday by the forcible acquisition duties; es when we do not went her corn they hare
enemy. H
ofe • could not, however, learn, that they J
whole kingdoms, sufficient- • .ent to alarm the Congress scarcely any market for it. But there is no &Mit
had advanced beyond Villafmoce. He returned to
herd-quarter between 11 and 12 o'clock. He then .at Vienna, and make, in particular, Austria tremble they know bow to take advantage of our neeessitin.
found that about belt of his brigade of cavalry had for her existence as -a State? Yet the Congress of Vi- They have convinced us of this too.often. They ge-
been embarked, and that orders bad been given for enna is to step indifferently over all these consider- nerally levy duties high enough, when they know
spiking the gene' No question was asked bias 45 to aliens to some minor and distant objects in Asia or we must either pay them or starve. This it' He-
Abe information he received respecting
the enemy. ' Africa,perhaps the pirates, or the conversion of situation, and the good-will which these ge a '
lHe beard Sir J. Murray say, that he had not glues j r,
the GRAND MOGUL, by Some " moral influence." , Attie.' of ours show to us, when farntqllt:4l
orders for spiking the guns. General Donkin afeme.l
lwards ordered him to go with the remainder of his the Courier will my, it is useless arguing against ' menacing us. The effect upon our con
brigade to Balaguer, and said that some infantry I these great designs on the part of Aeaxartuest; 44 can by a war with them, and scarcity at the mime
should be sent with him. General Donlan also told ,we prevent them ? Aggrandise Prussia." Nonsense I times. may easily be imagined. We Valk with
him that it was probable that he would be attacked , This Council of wise men and sworn friends have . reference to the article of subsistence alone. It
on his march to Bstaguer, and that the army would
got into a pretty dilemma. The German Dramas , cannot be concealed that our internal 141100reill have
be. attacked on the beach about five o'clock in the 4
where the parties vow eternal friendship one moment, ' been dissipated. Wears like the
-debilitated mortal%
evening. He marched to Balaguer, but no infantry .
accompanied him, nor did he see any following him. j sad separate, vowing vengeance the next, is now i whose constitutions have been so deeply invaded bk
When be was at Altafulla, he did not know where acting on a grand scale. " A combination may disease, and the still mere destralaivii arts of dm!
Gen. Copons was; but about the time Sir J. Murrayel i
axon," re-echoes the Times, " speaks volbe necessary," says the Couricr. " This adinis— domestic quacks, that they cantle* Met witheet al
left the town, about 100 Spanish cavalry enter omes 1 tificial aid: we are are noveceigisiied to laic aloe*
r
that he conceived to be an escort either accompany- . -
as to our future policy ; but it says little hi 1" esetegailiee• - • -
in; that General, or some other Spanish General of
high rank. favour of our past energy, and still less of our, It is well known that, as h commercial conntryt
Cross-examined by Sir J. Murray. much vaunted influence." It does intim!. And 1 our prosperity depends chiefly upon our exports. 1$
lie did not conceive at the time that Sir John what must be the degree of erroneous policy, the iis also known that our merchants melt ham retains
told him that he need not use any extraordinary pre- otter Want of every indispenaible qualification to sup-for those things they export to foreign countries,
cautions, that this communication was made in con., Por t the honour and the interests of Great Britain import
at lor they must cease to export theta. To impo
sequence of the situation of General Copes' army - I •
borne and abroad, pervading the Councils of thisl tin return sock articles as we ourselves an apply,
in his front, but he supposed it to have rather/Amen
from no enemy having been heard in that direction. Empire, when such admissions are made by the would be ruinous and unneoesaary,• lad mast operate
The communication which General Deakin made' venal tools of our Government ? I to stimulate the Industry of the nations wars." with
to him about the probability of his being attackedi It is now but too certains whether this famous Ito similar rivalry. Our obvious iisteres4 therefor*,
on his march to Balsgoer, and the army being at- to preserve, if possible, relations of amity with
Congress which was to do so much, has broken up : iss
tacked on the beach at five o'clock, he conceived to , 2
be merely the opinion of Gen. Deakin, and never on-' in ill blood, or not ; whether they shall 64 meet : those extensive countries which most desire out
commerce, and -to take their produce in return.,
derstood it as official information coming from Sr J. i again in thunder, lightning, or in rain," that it has
Murray. come to no satisfactory conclusion ; that the caul- From Germany and the countries bordering on Me
The examination of this witness being close& dron into which the political erizzards have been Baltic, a principal article of export is corn. Hence
Admiral Hallowell proposed to call Capt. Ingleby throwing their potent spells has given birth to no
we are made more to depend on the grain exporting
again, to put a few questions to him. countries ; and if the fruitful districts of Poland an.
The JUDGE-ADVOCATE informed him I. good omen, for HECATE has been in the midst, and •
, that, ile sew i Saxony are no longer to have a particle of indoors.,
had already examined him, he must state to the ambition has been standing by. ,
pendence remaining—if the prayer .of the Cara:.
Court what questions he now wished to ask lim„es It will now be asked, if the final adjustment of
is to be granted, and Prussia, which Is aiming also
it was for the Court to say irktbii St Aft* hiaiiia oaks is *be put.off from this year the eat, and •
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examined. 77-- at being a great maritime state, capable of rivalling
*desired Hottomou the. aimed ursiiiiissiAattires Congress to Congress, are we to continue to
us, is to have the protection of ,Great
as it wanted but a few minutes of three, the Court P,
'ire piper as we ire aOlng? Wirtuipett Lord -. . ' •
Britain
may well be Interested in the -ag gmudise-
adjourned till to-morrow. Lrvearoos. with eves the help of his discreet The interests .
smuts now carrying into effect. roe interests of
r _ 1 .-- - ifriend, Mr. GLADSTOWEI of PrepopikTax loving

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1/1115.,

We have still nothing bet ransom sod *Ogee
statements to present to oar Readers on the splint
of the Congress. From the circumstance of Alt.
Susw, the King's Messenger, having been sent off
yesterday with dispatches to Lord Caercantao*,
46 at Vienna," it is inferred his Lordship is***
yet taken his departure from the Austrian capital,
though it is admitted he must be home by the apes►
ing of Parliament, war or not war. We koow till
Ministers bare been down at Brighten to deliberate
with the Patrice, on the last " important" commv
nicntions from our Negociator ; and it is probable
his Lordship only waits for a reply to enable him to
give in his ultimatum. Be this as it may, consider:
Atte importance is attached to the dlspatchea now oil
their way to his Lordship.
It was stated this moralism on the authority ot
private letters from Vienna, that, though at the date,

celebrity at Liverpool, will not be te reconcile
the people of this country to disburse' lllay years
longer in the good natured way thq bale dons, in
elder that Lord CASTLERZACIPIL add bleiletirmay make
"attitudes" for the edification et the -Continent,
whilst the great Powers (our Allies too) pass -by
them to their objects, without saying so mush as "by
your leave !►► When this is the ease, we hunsbly sp.
prehend it is high time for any Representative of
Great Britain, if it means to retain that name, to re-
torn home, whether he be wanted in Parliament to
support the renewal of the Property Tax or not.
A question will naturally arise in the mind of
many on bearing of the disputes about Saxony and
Poland, end the decisive step said to have been taken

by the British Minister at the Congress in regard to
these points, whether or not the granting or resist-
ing the demands of Russia and Prussia in the parti-
cntarssalluded to is likely to affect the internal con-
cerns of this country—whether the price of bread is
likely to be raised or lowered by Russia getting Po.
land, or Prussia Saxony—and whether it is really
worth our while to go to war with these Powers in
order to prevent them accomplishing their desires?—
Nobody needs be told that one of the effects of war is
to make corn and provisions scarce ; and that scarcity
visually makes bread dear; Ergo, it is pro►ed by this
and ten thousand other circumstances that a state of
warfare has not naturally the effect of making the es-
wential articles of subsistence cheap, therefore such
a state is not to be courted by those who have more
desire for food than glory.
Bet new, they say, having heard enough about

these countries will be to keep us continually in a
Fickle, in order to have the opportunity of sigeeeziug
us the more.
Re say not this for the purpose of aidiccillhbers.
Terted assertion above alluded to in art ibia.
Corn Committee, but to show thenecusit
torment studying the real interests u mikes ilte
indisputable honour of the with*. Of what sawn..
would the boasted privilegei of Britons be if' Whit
Government were to make laws by which they wet*
to be deprived of the prospect of comfortable air
sistence. Their labours would become worthless,
like those of the slaves in the countries where bar.
barism still reigns, and the revenue would derive
little support from them. The real honour of the
empire will be best supported by as attention to

the means which secure its independence. Why Is
it that the laws for regelating the•comasetve et Cern
have not had a sufficient foresight before new
Why, when Government bad to purchase the arti-
cles of subsistence so largely and at a mach higher
price, was it not conceived :mammy to adopt some
plan for procuring the necessary supplies at la rea-
sonable rate, and yet allowing the fanner a Mr
profit? Had this been dose, had legislative interfer-
ence with the commerce of grain been made wen it
was more necessary than it is now, how enormous
would have been the difference in the expences of the
late war ! It is not, perhaps, too much A0,184,,,tbat
the expences of the war were doubled by want of
due care in this respect,• and hundreds of millions
added thereby to the National Debt.
Whilst we are on this subject we will say that
whether Ministers have bungled oar business abroad

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of these letters, which is not given, the Congressl honour and justice, and political balances and neces.
had not broken up, " it will be obliged to separate sities, we come to enquire what relation do the two
without having perfected any final arrangements."— points in question bear to this country, to warrant
" This separation," it is said, gg will be with no view t our concerning ourselves about them, either in peace
Ito future hostilities, but to re-assemble and form a lor war? The Courier bawls oat lustily for Prussia
grand European Convention for the organization of 'getting ail she wants, yet tells us there is nothing in
twetve States, in which not only the entire territory ktbe dispute that we need care much_about.—A proof
of Europe, but part of Asia and Africa will be in- [litre are persons to whom some information on this
chided; this has no reference to the supposed de-;subject may be useful. Now that Lord CASTLEREAGH
signs of Russia on the dominions of the Gamm boo given evidence he thinks the conservation of the
Smarm's." :Sason and Polish territory important to us, setting
Part of Asia and Africa to be included in the or• aside the Court cant about the preservation of dig-
, ganisation, yet the designs which Russia is knows nity, and so forth, in what does this importance
to have en Turkey to be overlooked ? Impossible! consist ?
is it not for some such enterprise as Russia bas long As that subject, which comes home to the bus'.
meditated in Turkey that she has been endeavouring Woes and bosoms of all has been connected with the
to strengthen her hands still more by the ad. territorial points mentioned, we open that volume,
dition of Poland to her dominion? The Poles littety put forth from authority, styled the Report of
baseball called to arms under the Muscovitestandard, the' Select Ceostitts• *PiMbilal by Parliament to
and Turkey is pointed out by the concurrent hints bear evitimmo on the mato of the Corn Trade, in

or not, the people of this ieuutry have new a right
to expect cheap provisions. If they have miscon-
ducted our affairs, the blame be on their own heads,
The nation can no longer, without-complaint and
without an effort to escape from the evil, continue
a prey to the scorpion that is devouring its vitalQ.
The sweat of the labourer has been long enough
weighed to a nicety, in order to ascertain what he
can bear. It is now high time to ascertain what other
classes, far more able, can bear, or bear to reduce of
those rents which have occasioned such an impoverish-
ment of the Inferior orders. Wedo not contencrthat act
landed interest ought to bear all the burden ; bet, Iti
they have been enriched by the high price of provisions
more than any other class of the community, they
surely ought to bear as great a share in lowering the
price of provisions as others bear.

Mr. Got:Lava*, Mr. .A yrs, the King's Messenger,
and the whole of she Commissioners suite at ChM;
arrived in town from thence a few days slam