The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-17 00:00:00

STATESMAN.

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p•,, s. kilkl antl.fornunded in the attack upon the An.lll*lll6 Me
0
1..* ,t nr Allay, a, mid the bs eao.vrorko whirls covered 0
1•• If oproarit to if, upon the 23th inst. anti lu the o .
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(Sion!) J. NICOLLS, effifffiri• i o 1 Hollandl

Return Men killed and wnitniletl on the Oh and 26th of
April. 1815.
_ lEILLED.

PRICE Ole %TO&•KS TUIII
Pant

DAY AT OPIK O'CLOCK
IL-nr. 4as. 134 •
Indta Wed► 5 ti p
ItiOliequer ►ibe. V 5 p
oriontim 161
Comm)lb kw Acr. 62

I.t. hart. 4th Reg. Native lidantry-1 t•ubadar, 1 jeintedur, 4
Is, sldar-. 1 wok, 21
hielitrattn.. 1 sepoy.

3 :.er Cele.. Red 60,13
per Gent 1:...u,. (j
4 per Com 75j
5 ;:er ceer. Nays ni

WOUNDED.

1-' P. " • •Itis Rec. Nit ivr Idantl3-2 Lieutenants, 8 havil-
-41.:•-. 111-.0.. ep..• I ta.ca.r.
ilet .ri.skr•.l..-111.$vild;,r, 4 naiks, 26 srpoye.
Gl ad 1 lel —1 -111i'lrel ;lasi wminded.

E S'l ATES/WA N.

NA LE OP Of FicEkS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Ilai‘k bririciinteiii— Lutist. T..pleis,
14 Bal.. 4th Native Itgantry—Liest. Punk slightly
Waistude.l; t. Wight, slightly wounded.
W. S. WEBB, A. M. B.

To the A.ljutoot•Cwnrral, lirod-qa• nen, Funs ear.
Al a, April :Zti, 1815.
have the honour to transmit herewith a
return of killed and wounded of the irregular Watt-
tr) u •.r Lieutenant-Colonel Gurtlner's command,
during the operations against the defences of this
town.

The total certainly is considerable; but I beg you
pill assure his Excellency the Commander in Chief,
that I have endoevoured, by every means, to prevent
the expentlitu•e of nor gallant tro4ps.
It is a great satisfaction to me to state, that
many of the wounded are slight ; among the whole
there are, I think, but four compound fractures.
I have the honour to be. &c.
(N erd) J. N It 01,L •i. Colonel.
Return of tine K died and Wounde I or t lie I i reeular• usistrf oh*
4' Hmortitil of I.i. toensow-('ohmel Gordo, r, in the ~,wall of
toe roein,'s po,itooo at Algtorn, the of April, ha
i. 1.100.
3 net ininc hers, .5 ern iciser-, 13..f0rt)., l blie,tee.
WOVNI:161).

I jemni'Prei, '2 I,esloincher6., l l es:toilers, 54 sepoyb,.l bhis. eo,
1 j01t:4.-1"ml kil,e.. and wounded—A.
(Slued) W. L. GAR I)N lit. I.leuteironi-CuluDel,
Commanding I rrrgulurs.

111pertcli from
to tiMtersameal.
To J. Admit, Ls+ Secretary to Gattroasent.-secret Depart-
ment.
• nankin', Arra 25, IEIIS.
SIR,-1 have now the honour, by direction of his
Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, to transmit to
you, in order to he laid before the Right Honourable
the Governor-General, the inclosed copy of a dis-
patch, dated the 17th instant, from Major-General
Ochterlony, containing a detailed report of the com.
bitted operations, directed by that Officer, against the
enem)'s fortified positions on the Motown range of
mountains, during the nights of the 14th and 15th
Instant, which have terminated its the establishment
of the British troops on that range, the evacuation by
the enemy of the fort of Sooreyghur, and all the de-
pendent southern stockades, and in his complete re-
pulse, on the morning of the 16th instant, after a
most desperate attempt, directed by the Goorkah
Commander in person, to carry by assault the posi-
tion occupied by the reserve, under Lieutenant-Cul.
Thompson.
Numerous as, have been the occasions afforded dur.

of a Di

.^PY

Ihe A&

iecrel

ing the arduous service which Major-General Oehler-
bony has conducted with so much credit to himself,
and so much benefit to the public interests, for the
expression of the highest approbation of Govern.
ment and tbe Commander in Chief, none has Occur.. ;
red wherein the consummate judgment of the Com-
Inaissier, the zeal, intelligence, and exemplary valour •
of the Officeis, and the deierinieed courage of all
descriptions of tie troops, have been more conspicu-
ous titan in the course of thOse a :de movvineets which
have produced the highly important and honourable
results described in the accompany big dispatch.
•f Right Hon. the G orertoe-Geneial will per-
ceive, with regret, that the loss of the British troops
has been severe, though not more than might have
been expected, cunsidering the strength of the ene.:
sn)'s positions, anti the determined nature of the re- i
bistattre lie opposed to nor arms.
The plan and sketch of he attack, referred to by
Major-Gen. Ochterlony, are transmitted herewith.
1 have the honour lit be, &c.
(S.Ol ) G. 11 FAGAN, Adj.-Gen. ;
tHere follows Copy of a "mire and inclosures
frirn llajor-Gen. Sir David Octeerioiiy, K. C. B. to
Lie t. C.l. Fagan, Adjutant-General, fur which
see the STATESSIAN of Monday, Nov. 13.] •
[Various General Orders by the Commander-in.
Chief and the Governor-General are also given, elm-
merating the services sod merits of the Officers who
peculiarly distinguished themselves in this laborious
campaign. The Governor-General, in expressing
his sense of these services, makes the following re-
ams ks :—]
Warfare in a mountainous region offers embarrass-
ments which, when viewed at a distance, appear in-
surmountable, but which dwindle into comparative
insignificance under the grasp of vigour and genius.
It is only in unusual situations, demanding readiness
Of resource and nidmared efforts, that the difference
between officer and otlicer can be displayed ; and it
ought to be always present to the mind of every mi-
litary man, that he who in circumstances of per.
plesiry tries and fails, has to plead those chalices
from which no operation in war can be secered ; his
pretensions to the character of zeal and energy being
in the meantime maintained ; while he who contents
himself with urging difficulties as an excuse for doing
nothing, voluntarily registers his own inefficiency.
" The Governor-General offers to Major-General
Ochterlony, and all who acted under him, fiis went
applause: sensible as his Excellency believes they
will be to that acknowledgment of their merits from
Government, a still inure elevating consideration at-
tends them; they have to reflect, with honest pride,
on the further lesson which they have held forth to
every power in India. The British Goternment is
too satisfactorily conscious of its own superior
strength, ever to abuse it by trespassing wantonly on
any of itx neighbours : but if its forbearance be in-
sulted, and its patience outraged by nggiession, it
will alwa?s prove, that whatsoever obstacles may re.
lard its earlier efforts, its perseverance •will not fail
ultimately to crush the assailant."
By command of his Excellency the Governor-General,
(Signed) .1. All.
Secretary to the Goternme.it•

A vacancy in the Representation of the Counly of
Wicklow has occurred, by the death of NIr.W. 110 A RE
fluty*, who died suddenly on Monday moruing. Al-
ready several cninlidate3 are named.

LONDON:
Fftu)Av, NovEmueit 17, 1815.

The intelligence from Paris has lately been of to

much interest,end so much calculated to keep curiosity
on the rack, that we feel more than ordinary the sus-
pension of its arrival. We are still without any
French Papers later than those of which the public
have already been put in possession. The Paris
Journals of Monday and Tuesday last are now due.
They may probably reach us before we go to press,
in which case we shall nut fail to give as much of
their contents as circumstances will permit ; but at
the hour we write (late in the forenoati) our Parisian
information is confined to some private letters which
do not reach the period of the assembling of the
Chamber of Peers in Marshal Net's case. The
Chamber wa, to enter on the discharge of the import-
out duties confided to it in this respect on Monday.
The Papers of Tuesday are, therefore, those which
wit! ft:rnish any details of the proreediogs. Nothing
is now thought or talked cf but NEl's trial, Ncy's
acquittal, the fresh measures pursued against him,
and the folly, imbecility, and vindictive spirit of the
Government. The public agitation has thus been in-
creased to the verge of tumult and insurrection; and
the Government has been plunged into new and un-
expected difficulties. This may account for the dis-
appointment
of the sanguine anticipations of the
friends and advocates of Ministers here in regard to I
the triumphant arrival of Lord CASTLEREAGH and
his Convention. Rumour says, that the negotiations
have been entirely suspended, and hints. probability,
should the Chamber of Peers prove unable or on-'
willing to repress " the triumph of the factious," by
shedding a sufficient quantity of blood, of the French
King and his family accompanying the English nego-
tiator and his Convention to this country. But this
may be a mere November view of things, the gloom
of which has beets heightened by the sonibreaspect of
recent events, and which the next tidings nay brighten
into a more agreeable prospect. It is however cer-
taisi, that the Throne of the BouitaoNs is at present
in great jeopardy ; and that either Louts, or his
Allies, hare been pursuing an erroneous policy
which now threatens to be productive of the most

collated to make, by doing an heroic act of justice.
Prosssie, in addition to the manuscripts,&c. she pre• I
tended to have a right to, insisted on live hundred
manuscripts, 100 designs, and 100 medals, to be
selected by Iter. This infamous attempt coming to
the ears of our Noble Duke, he instantly put a stop
to it, end went in iwrsoto to visit the matchless col•
leciion of medals, &c. at the Roy al library."

Letters by the Centaur , 71, from the Cap of
Good Hope, detail several particulars relative to the
melancholy lose of the Arnhiun. The bodies of
many of the unfortunate sulreters had bees, stashed
on shore in the vicinity wherr the dreadful vitas.-
troplte took place, and decently interred. The re-
mains of Lord and Lady MoLeswouTit, it is added,
has been also discovered; and were found closely
locked in each other's arms.

PAnis, Nov. B.—You *ill not find the Duke of
ORLEANS' name in our Newspapers for some time to
' come, sincedus order to that elfect has been issued by
the Police. The Journal der Debuts having inad-
variedly copied the paragraph inserted in the English
Courier, in which the absurdity of the assertion,
!that " the Duke was returned to England, for the
sole purpose of assisting at the Duche.ti's accouche-
meld," was rendered evident by the statement that
that accouchement was not expected to take place
for some time. The Editor of the Juurtsal is said to
' have received a severe lecture, and immediately ass
order was issued to all the Editors of our News-
papers, forbidding them ever to copy any thing that
may be found in the English news pars on the sub-
ject of the Duke of ORLEANS ; or to mention his
name at all, except whets the Police should give
then) a special order for so doing. At the same time,
the Editors were forbidden to quote the works of
M. de CIIATEAURIIIAND, and they were ordered to
praise the King of SPAIN, FERDINAND VII. as often !
las they should have an opportunity for speaking of
him, and of the acts of his Government. So much
fur that freedom of the pied. so solemnly promised
by Louis XVIII. both its the declaration of St.
Owen, and in that Constitutional Charters which
his Majesty once called " Soo plus beau litre aux
.yeux de la posteriie," and which might have been
such, had it been really and sincerely observed.
The following letter from Naples contains some
further particulars respecting MURAT% trial and ete-
cation :

To rmz EDITOR OF TUN STATESM4N.

" Nein', in verbs mnjirtri ?"

Sea,—My weekly Newspaper having some time
pest inserted the answer from Lord LI trisussr'i
°lce to Mr. ,M•iiElitlOT, curl knowing nothing more
to the latter Gentleman, hut esteeming him a sort of
philanthropic Mr. ‘Vc.ns, disposed, by the trattsmis,
'ion ofbooks, &r., to console " she greatest cel;_
tain of the age,"• and whose having done his duty II
Waterloo was acknowledged by she Duke of W,,
LINOTON isOOSPIf, 1 addressed both Mr. bl•Kas.
ROT and Lord BAT/11:RST, to propose, that
books and pamphlets, to be supplied by myset!.
might not be excepted from the literary cargo to !vi.
Helene : and had the latter, instead of the formes,
suggested the charily of ass address in behalf of the
vanquished Emperor, thus suddenly transferred from
power to petrifaction, the service, as many who have
found me ready upon application in various were
cast testify, would probably have been equally per.
formed. Your having inserted in your Paper the
suggested address, must be my apology for troubling
you with the request, to give your Headers also this
history of it, together with a correction of it at
kart, which ma Y be more material to me than to then.
The persons originally suggested to he addressed byme,
were, the Lords Spiritual, but the body of the British
maims was my preference. Mr. bl'Kenuov also, I
believe, would readily vouch for me, that my cue.
scription of the address was with no Christian et
surname, but (altering try motto to nullaram is
verba parentum ) with that which, until remised
from me by regular refutation, I have taken the Hs
berty to assume ; for,

Q se non fermi's Ire. viz ea nnstra von",
To this correction I think. Mr. 141. K erraor will
agree. Any correction of the Address I do not
propose, unless it may be, that as War and Peace
are the King's prerogative, an Emperor, considved
as a tiger and caught, may be (possibly legally) Toads
to occupy an iron cage. But how is this ei•derani
Emperor so to be considered, after that a Peace was
concluded with him by the Allies themselves, pre.
viously to the great success of the first march to
Paris? and for which Peace the Minister who west
to make ir, engaged for his friend a reward, which
will not suffer a senior in the Diocese of London to
forget the Peace, or the Bishop of the Peace 105
BONAPARTE? The Emperor, if tried as a private
man, might not be unlike either the Peace, or the
avowedly mild Prelate of the Peace.
The address was the result of my own reading and
sentiments, in retirement, and conferring with very
few ; and, if error is committed, pardon must be,
asked of ail parties, none having been designedly of
fended. Nor, though it appeared on Gunpowder
Plot-day, as the date shows, is it to be so conuected,
the reality of that plot having long been disbelieved
by the w riter, who read die full service of it on
Sunday last. On the occasion and meaning of AL.
KOTACBGEER the Diocesan is informed; anti, Ail
have been long apprised in print, that their refota.
(ion shill deprive your Conespondent of it.
I hare the honour, to he, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
c. S. ALKUTAUBOLER CLARKE.
Welt! an, Chelmsford, Nuv, 1.

" Naples, Oct. 2).
'' MURAT landed lately nn the coast of Calabria,
near Pizzo, with thirty Officers, mostly Corsicans:
he was immediately seized and confined: on the 13th
of October, at five in the evening, he was summoned
before a Court-Martial, and at six he was shot, six
halls entering his head : he affected a great degree of
fortitude, but on approaching the fetal scene his firm-
ness began to waver, and he said to the Officers
around, that they ought to await the decision of the
Allied Powers ; however, finding all lost, his vanity
came to Isis assistance, and asking those around
1 whether they thought he was afraid to die, and re-
fusing to have his eyes covered, gave himself the word
fire, which was instantly executed, and he expired
without a groan. lie was some time with a Confessor,
and wrote three letters during his confinement ; one
to his wife, one to the Emperor of A uorni i, and one
to the KING here, beginning ' Dear Cousin.' I un-
derstand all these were instantly destroyed."
Recent accounts from Madrid state, that discon-
fatal consequences : hay, that though the fruits of
tent was daily increasing in that capital, in cruse-
quence of the disappointment of the hopes which had
this policy are additional danger, amid increased
been excited, that the Kier; would proceed in throw_
odium and dislike to the Government which has ing off his connection with the many bad counsellors
been attempting to carry it into execution, that, such who still suraouissi hint. The Marquis of CAMPO
is the fatuity of Governments which refuse to profit Sso u A Do, who has succeeded RALLAsTettos in the War
Ministry, though a Lieutenant-General, is absolute-
by experience, Louts and his advisers seem deter-1
ly unkto n own in army. has been
mined porno
to pursue their system, unaltered, unabated,!
sent Valladolid(he on half-paßy' where he is under Mn. EDITOR,-1 find in your well-.till they reach either the object of their desires or ' the orders of General EcurA, ALLASTEROS
his predecessor in Paper a general disposition to amuse its Readers,
the goal of their power. When that object is blood office. The King was lately invited by the Monks to give every information on those subjects •
and the gratification of vengeance, we can very well of the Escorial to a religious solemnity, which Ise de- interest the public at large. As I mix a
conceive by wihit feelings it will be met by those dined attending; but early on the morning of the in company, I am often entertained sitting in a
26th of October, he suddenly set out for the Escu- tier in a public room, listening to the converui
from among whom the victims are to be taken. Hu- tial, accompanied by his brother, the Infant Don of those blockheads, whose heads are filled
man stature shudders at the idea of a Government CARLOS, leasing at Madrid his uncle Dan ANTONIO. most absurd chimetas, andl therefore, can
giving itself up to the indulgence of such pas- ! —lt is reported, that the fear of public discontent sionally furnish you with anecdotes that may .
stons as the French Ministers openly express : breaking forth into acts of violence, gave occasion unworthy your attention. A few evenings ago
as the stiles of their Legislation, and that spirit of ;to this step and' it is added, that an order had been listened to a proposed speculation which, no dot
issued for the arrest of ISO body guards. will meet with encouragement, as there is .
vindictive hatred which they are inculcating in the The Janus has arrived from Rio Janeiro, bringing too absurd for some people to adopt. it naafi
minds of public functionaries, as their proper guide, intelligence to the 6th of September. ' The Patrice fellow, after abusing some of the most valuabi
instead of that humanity and regard to justice which REGENT is said to have abandoned all intention of stitutions in the metropolis, very gravely .
ought to distinguish all Governments, and are the returning to Europe, bosh from private and public to the company, that as times were bad, he had
best means of preserving public safety. The French
motives. The following is one of the letters contain- contemplation to establish a Joint Stuck Cool' i nginteresting particulars:— for the propagation of calarniw and slander, sI
Mioister, the Duke of IticuELlEv, has now thrown ,
" Rto DE JANEIRO, SEPT. 5.—A Spanish frigate could not fail of being very productive,
off the mask, and the Emigrant and the Russian has arrived from Europe with General VtoODLT on matter whether such an establishment was hoso
Governor, the Accuser and the Judge, stand revealed hoard. A short time after his landing he waited on able or not. lie proposed that the Members shi
in the same person. Such is the Duke DE RICHE.. the PRINCE REGENT, with whom he remained closeted subscribe monthly a certain sum each, to defray
emu, who not only accuses NET, sot carts for bin' two hours. . Rumour. *Oyes that he comes to negn- expence attending the prosecution and conviction
elate a marriage heti/ern PERDIMAND'and the second I any of the fraternity, for libelling any of
punishment, before any evidence is heard, and who daughter of the PRINCE REGENT, gild between DuN former friends. The Projector promised the
is himself, as a Peer of France, to sit hi judgment CARLOS and the third daughter, but it is more privi.
But what are we to think of the scribers SO per Cent. each, premium, prosiil..(l
on the accused.
Itle, that the object of his mission is to persuade the had the management of the (lethal stock. I/
wisdom of a Minister who denounces the Members hung to declare war against Buenos Ayres, and , terest into a variety of schemes and calculation)
otherwise to assist Spain in re-possessing herself of , served only to confuse his auditors, and being I
of a public tribunal, which had before been held to the adjacent Provinces. As the greatest harmony at' ignorant persons, they imagined, as they slid
be legal, " a faction," because it will not take present prevails between the Portuguese and Spanish comprehend the sckense it nod be naturally low
the law from the Goveramesst ; and who veluntarily Courts, it is not improbable that the General will cial and good. Paper was called for and a auf"r
augments the power of that faction by proving to all succeed its Isis views with this Governteent for a joint tints was commenced rind the shares rose its theta
the world the injustice and illegality of the proceed. attack fin the I.telnititr°lliStil of Le "'is*" .of an hour 2 per Cent. I eas aid to sot:wt.
sfe are glee to observe that no successor has been but a thy tellew in a remote part of the room cal
logs against which 66 time factious" so lousily exclaim ?
appointed to the late CHARLES BISHOP, Esq.; since out " it wont do"—that chap ;s
Tile expression of triumph, to which the Duke of the enormous fees and perquisites of the offices, so in.: .s.:OS-alles, S pm. 1. A NI.1:1)1.!
furious to the Rosa! Navy, ought to be annihilated. f —saw--
Ricsict.tEu so strongly alludes, must have been loud
It is certain that the profits of the place for the war '
have not been less than 20,0001. a year ; and the . i
A Lady, who lodged p
shot herself yesterday mornitse. about two sin Ablesatreet, I!":I'
and es:et-wit: indeed, to have reached his ears in
the short space between the decision and the delivery
causes yet to try in Doctors ' Commons will predate SlLe has left a young and beautiful family. No c
of his speech, and the apprehensions his urgency sers. perqu'aitea ti, the amount .al mom. a ypir
y has let been assigned for this rash act.—(D,
rtifests, ill fficiectly imply their strength. The 'private the duties of the office would he better executed on a Journal, Nur. 11.)
et
letters inform us, that there bas beets a marked change salary of 1000 or 15001, per annum; and we trust *1 he two most important Works which 11.,
that that plan will he adopted. It would be a fit sub- enenetil she. "111.:us" e! . !"eAl'":siiii•l'..i 11"1,4ril.'ilsteLuli
its the tone of the Jacobins lately respecting NEY ;
)Pct for parliamentary enquiry, if the abuses of the e.,rs, have ji4st sr, 11 oval :s Irli 11, $) /4..t..1 r, .
r.O:
w hen it was supposed that his life would he sparest olio iss ousteoso of the I.l)roib tit the frraitiry, lac of, c. "
office should be continued. the matinee. 4 I,he Prince Regent.
We have received letters from Buenos Ayres up to , Tl.`e,f'",er,us.A.l.)lrVil;i;fyitilre`i:jrv,lrtetr tietatint.-s'
by the clemeney of the King, they spoke much '
against him, hot stow that imp is masked out as a sic- the 21st August, but they are extremely harness of „c1j)(1.: hNyAt‘i,!l(ll4,-et tris'of the' C;;:st.m.s, hall ihe ad"'
tim by the Goveromnemit, they talk of nothing but political intelligence. 'flier merely state that prep.- rim', by S'• Ti'l'lmP 1.'"1.
his valour, Isis services, and his devotion to France. rations were making for a Co-operating armament of 'r:. I.f.fer, ni,./4 loirrestiog TE AV BLS in ELYSIS
400 Q men, intended to 1 t‘D the BAI Tl'•, .',C. ns Itelwri Joboston. 1,1 '
passage of which over thperw:rteillestoxsoisna new ehni.ne.sot Trade so extensive .
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TO MR. SPGUIER,
FIRST PRESIDENTT
PAR OF TII F. ROYAL COURT
AK

LETTER 11.

Sin,—If you had been a private individual, anxious
to pave your way to the favour of your Sovereign by a
species of flattery for which language has not yet found
a nomenclature, I should have held it beloW the dig.
pity of argument to controvert doctrines which carry
with them their own refutation. Hid you been cons-
pelted by hunger to lend your talents (the richest gift
of nature!) to support the illegitimate pretensions of
degraded royalty, I should have sought an excuse for
your baseness in your want of fortitude to resist the
pressure of the times, and have pardoned the prostitute
the rompers I should hese left your Royal and
(Added Master in the undisturbed enjoyment of the
divine attribute with %%bids you have invested him ;
ecr would the escroquerie of the flatterer to improve
his ruined fortunes have been deemed worthy of my
animadversions. Perverted power is always ready
to most amply recempence the servility of those who
do nut know any distinction between vice and vir-
tue ; and, however munificent the reward may be,
you are toe well read in the history of Courts not to
be well aware that it costs nothing to the donor.—
The liberality of Princes is sometimes on a par with
the generosity of highwaymen. You have not,
however, Sir, the obscurity of your rank in
society to shield you from public censure ; your
station is not that of a private individual who
fills for the moment an imperceptible chasm, arid re-
tires as he appeared, witho..t being known or no-
ticed. It is not a private individual whom I address,
hut a public functionary, responsible to the laws and
to posterity for his conduct ; nor are you to be
told that your public character gives an importance
to your opinions, which even in the happiest periods
of foreign and domestic tranquillity should never he
hazarded but with the greatest circumspection and
-inity. When a Magistrate comes forward to
ihs'ruct his colleagues, and the subordinate officers of
jug 're, in tt.eir res;vective duties, it is in the as tless,
genuine, unt•oithisticated language of truth that be
should ail Trees them, and leave the nonsense of
divine right and pa,A.re uladience to the vile herd
of Priests with wl, origimuel, nut sole!)
and entirely for the bene:it of a: ido's most
blasphemously pirbet.ted to us to be ss..rshiped
as the irna;e of Goo by the.cs worst of sharpers, hut
to prop their own usurps;ions on the human mini:,
and to abridge and stupify our intellects, as the
others curtail our fortunes and the produce of our
labours, for the saneeitutry purposes of unprovoked
warfare, or profligate dissipation ! Surely, Sir,
you proclaimed that Kings reh,zsi by tl.e
GP.ACE OF GOD, it must have escaped your
memory, that you I:0110% ed the impious teat from
the theocracy of the Jews; that it was the foul con.
tri‘ance of the sacerdotal order to subjugate man-
Lint! to the worst and most degrading species of ty-
ranny ; and that you have, by a plagiarism no Icss
dishonourable to your official character than unwor-
thy of your understanding, incurred au odium which
a retrograde march to a fras.k avowal of the
LEGITIMATE rights and duties of a Sovereign
only can obliterate. What, Sir, is it a Minister of
Justice, and in these day, that is so lost to all de-
cency, as to open on account current with a hypo.
critical priesthood, and share with them, if not the
profits of their frauds, at least the dishonour of their
guilt? To tell us that Kings reign by DIVINE
RIG la, what is it hut an attempt to fence with the
rays of Heaven the booby or the despot from the
contempt or the degradation they deserve? The
history of your country, in times, Sir, far less en-
lightened than the presets', records, its the answer
made to ono of the many tyrants who ha.e dis-
graced the Throne of France, sentiments vet), dif-
(meld to those with m loch uu would dishonour
aril enslave your fellow-cif:zees! " Q.ri roes a
aortic le droit de me pa, ter ainsi," s,iti the Despot
to the Nobleman. " Nun pas v,,as," he answered,
" muis (vox rpm .our opt fait lif‘i." In this an.
sac., )sto will find a complete refutation of the pi-
tiftl falsehood you have so indiscreetly litizalded to

the kjury of ) our Sovereign and youtself—that

your (incest°, s, more wise than the present gene-
ration, recognized that your Kings rtigned by the

CRACE of GOD." Where was the GRACE of

COD when CU %RLES IX. concealing himself in
the Louvre, shot nt midnight the hapless fugitives
as they Ned from the assassins, whom he, in concert
%WI his perfidious mother and the Guises, engaged

to butcher those who differed with them on the sub-
j.•ct of religion—a subject on which no two men
were ever yet fully agreed, since the Clergy have
eared to adopt it to their own iniquitous purpose,
and call it to the WORD OF GOD! In my next, I
Mill state to you the probable results of the perni-
cious doctrines you would incorporate with the civil
jurisprudence of your country, and proves that in.
stead of fortifying the Throne of your pasteboard
King, you are probably accelerating its destruc-

tion, and assuring the inevitable ruin of the hapless
who are far better fitted for ehaunting Mass
is a Franciscan blonisstery than governing an en-
lightened nation.
I have the honour to he, Sir,
Your most obedient horrible servant,
THE GHOST OF WA'4HINGTON.
Loodoo, Nov. 13.

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