The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-17 00:00:00

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VIINN M -1.-011 the 4Oth Af-wil, the Impe;
vial Proclawa tint. for the erection of she kingdom at
Lombardy and Vebire %Oft made public. At night
all the 111104: huiltlieg% and the tbeaisea were illu-
minated. Farther ceremonies were deferred till the
arrival of the new Archduke Viceroy.
Accortljng.to the report of a soldier who accom-•
pined Bonaparte from Elba to Prasice, and after-
wads went to Germany, where he was apprehended
through the vigilance of the Prussiau police, Bona.
paite assembled his men before he quitted the island,
awl haratigUrVi tittle. He told thine, tliat "'he would
lead t lunn to France, and thence to Germany ; at Paris
they w nut& be joined by all the veteran troops re-
turned from captivity, as well es by the people; and
he assured Oleos, that if they believed well they should
have full likerej in Germany, and be tacit reicarded
with an ezhnee ie ti at country." How does this
ViTee %Vali his pre.:ent ,p;:rific declarations
The Giornale de Veneein contains the followiog
letter from Lugo. of the 1911, of April :
" At le;igth we are delivered froM the banditti.—
About 12.000 Neapolitans have cost us here in two
(flys 40,u(X) dollars. This is a public charge, what
privn:e indithluals have loq by them is incalculable;
shops were plundered, fields laid waste, the eiventry
pees& beaten, and the women treated in the most
brut-11 manner. And these are the heroes who preach
up the itelepondenee of Italy ! To augment our Kt:-
fortunes, they have burnt all the bridges, and con-
sumed or sunk all the shipping. Of the forced tee
qui.itions I shall say nothing—suffice it to observe,
that daring the short time they were here we fancied
ourselves to be in hull. Yestesday they left us, and
to-day the Austrian cavalry entered the place. The
Neapolitans are closely pursued ; but they will not
fight, and run away like cowards ; the most that they
will venture upon is a skirmish, asat Bologna, hurtle,
and Icuenzs. The desertion is so incredible. that it
is thought this nrmy will be dissolved without a sin-
gle battle, before it reaches the frontiers of Naples."

FRENCH PAPERS.

The Journal de Paris, of listurlay last, contains
the following report of the preparations of the dif•
ferent Powers arming against France:—
" Runk, they say, has ander arms 100,000 men,
but its force Is not altogether disposable. The Po..
Innen army, which constitutes part of this force, has
molded/24 settiments so opposite to the wishes of the
tinperor Alexander, thathe has been obliged to send
them towards the Turkish frontier. It will be ne-
cessary to leave in Poland a considerable force, to
keep down the rising spirit of this brave and generous
people in favour of independence and liberty. The
extruded frontier of Russia demands the presence of
snot her part of that Russian force.
6"l'he Kitirof Prussia makes a figure on paper of
hi 3 ifindwelir and his land:tam ; but the men who
eunipese these corps are cultintors, torn from their
ploughs--men who would defend their country if it
mere attacked,-bat who will not willingly quit their
fro-sides for a cause foreign to them.
" Saxony, so indignantly treated by the Congress
at Virnna, is in a state of ferment that gises the most
lively apprehensions to the Court of Berlin ; and
Prussian troops must be employed to watch the
Sams ; and the Saxon army is itself so discontented,
that they dare not trust it in the ranks.
" The attention of Austria is chiefly directed to
the side of Italy. This diversion will prevent her
from marching any considerable number of her forces
towards the Rhino, where, if she made any con-
quests, they would be altogether for the interest
of Prussia, against herself. The Cabinet of Aus-
tria is too knowing thus to assist its most formidable
enemy.

" The English have at most 30,000 in the Low
Countries. Let us calculate on a 100,000 men from
all the rest of the Confetletation, and we are probably
abote the mark.

" If there were a des;gn in France again to pe.
netrate Germany, there is no doubt but the theatre
of the wir might be opened on the banks of the
Danube. The united forces of the Allies could not

prevent it. But this is not the Object. It is the plan
• of the Allies to enter France, and what will be the
consequence?—Eighty thousand Frenchmen, fatigued
by a disastrons campaign, did keep in check for
three months the combined armies of Europe. At
this day 250,000 Frenchmen, well armed and
equipped, fresh told full of ardour, wait on our
frontiers the signal of battle. Thus on our side, the
Allies attack us with a force less than they possessed
in 1813, and we have to oppose them with an army
niore than three times the amount of that which we
possessed in that unfortunate moment. These facts
are so clear that malice cannot deny them."