The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-30 00:00:00

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To r EDITOR Or rigs STATESMAN.

Bdull°N are represeeted as perfectly cool and col-
lected coder this revehlen of public opinion. Is
thin' hkel)' to be true, 'when the voice and claims of
these'veko assisted to rescue them from the rod of the
oppressor, has either been silenced- by military pre-
dotninanoe, or pot off with promises, futile as their
artinpmeets to secure the tranquillity of Europe ?
Was this not'to be expected from the absence of all
moral gratitude? We complain of the violation of
oaths on the pert of the French nation, and forget
those monstrous actors in the scheme of crimival ad-
juratioe, that so mach contributed to wreck the ark
of civil confidence—those who complain are, now
justly the viotims of this impious traffic.
Bet the people of this country are forewarned.—
If five-and-twenty years of unmitigated suffering
will not enlighten them,•one•of two things is certain
—revolution or subjugatiou : each are equally to be
dreaded and deplored. They have but one conduct,
therefore, to pursue Bader these complicated diffi-
culties, and that is, to remain passive spectators of
the sanguinary contest. Our best and most fluent
resources are dried up. Conquest is out of the ques-
tion-,--aud even victory must be to England a barren
triumph ; and if defeat should follow (for he mpst be
a shallow Statesman who does not calculate upon the
chance.), our fate is accelerated and the country ruin-
ed. It would be folly to disguise that France has re.
ceived a new and powerful stimulus, possessing the
elementary strength of the first principles of the Re.
volution, bat organized and compressed into a more
compact aad efficient form. It bu more weight and
calibre; and though all the Continental Powers are
combined to destroy it, its volcanic qualities miy
explode in the midst of those scenes wbere its flames
appear to he extinguished. Indeed, without, any
great figure of speech, it may be said already to
rumble beneath their feet. Who shall direct the
course of its lava when it once again overflows ?
Who restrain its fury and impetuosity ?—Will
Austria, to whom NAPOLEON is allied, and whose
insecure possession of Italy is rendered still more
so by difference of habits, and the revolting sense of
former injuries ?—ls she prepared for a fearful and
protracted resistance ?—Will Russia, who already
trembles for the safety of dismembered Poland ?
Will Press's, who seeks " to rule the wilderness of
free minds" at the cannon's mouth ?"

Sift,—lndifference to public affairs is always mi.
minal in a free pen*, particularly at such as dwfol
juncture as thepresent, when, blind to the pest', our
Rulers are about to rush headlong into a new war.—
It is not enough; Sir, that we are secure froin all its
palpable horrors ; the sufferings of England are not
to be estimated by its ordinary calamities, bat ac-
cording to the quantity of moral responsibility that
is incurred, and the lavish expenditure of all those
blessings, intended by the nature of our insular and
local institutions to promote morenoble objects, bat
which are wilfully dissipated upotrdesigns adverse to
our personal freedom, and Inimical to the best prin-
ciples of public liberty. Sir, it is not natural, nor
it never can be, to see'Eisgland, the seat of the arts
and sciences and of liheval principles; 'leagued with
Powers who have aniforivily ptoved themselves the
enemies of the human race.

From the beginning of this eventfol struggle be-
tween legitimate imbecility and legitimate talent,
between the decrepitude of old forms and the
strength and novelty of innovating enterprize, no
event has occurred, so calculated to confound the
speculations of pride, and the hopes of a sordid am-
bition, as the return of BONAPARTE to the Throne
of France. The system, intended to revive and
egtzrandize the exploded notions of kingly irresponsi.
bility ; to extend dominion without rule, and to
establish absolute power without popularequivalents,
is about to be referred once more to the common
sense and indignation of mankind. A new impulse is
given to enquiry ; the fatuity d despotism exposed
again to ridicule; and mankind, propelled as it were
by a supernatural power, which it would be impiety
to resist, to a more useful and sublime investigation
of the moral and political phenomena whist' consti-
Lttite the science of Government.

Whatever may be the fate of NAPOLEON, there
can be no doubt bat that his enterprise owes its rapid
success to the proceedings of Congress. During the
whole course of its •elaborate discussions, not one
popular principle has been avowed, while all those
sacred rights to which the fidelity and devotion of the
people en 'tied them, have either been overlooked
or violate 4" The wisdom that flows from experience
has been turned out of doois 'and the endeavours of
these artificers of human happiness only sedulously
devoted to rebuild, upon the' dotage of former ages,
a gigantic system of universal oppression that should
restrain the excursive powers of the Wotan mind, and
limit the march of its perfections. Vain and inso-
lent hope! One short hour—one little moment has
dissolved the enchantment, and dispersed to the sight-
less winds the air-bat castles of these modern sor-
cerers. '

Whose, Sir, are indeed questions of feverish import,
and; require other answers than a mere appeal to the
power of the sword, and the ability of England to
support a new contest.
Laadoe, March 27. DRACQ.
. .

I know, Sir, I shall be told with a grave air and
unblushing effrontery, that none but Jacobins could
find fault with the mild and paternal- Government of
Lours XVIII. Though its elements are nothing
more than a compound of uegative qualities as to
the best and most oulightened principles of public
liberty, Poseessieg within itself the seeds of former
intolerance and political imposture ; equally odious
with that of BOLtnittl, or even mote so, because
divested of the frankness, which gives such an appa-
rent magnaeirsity to the system of the latter.—if,
Sir, So* sylleles are calculated for ages -ot-bappis.,
ness--if such be the Constitutional charters of mo-
dern Statesmen, praised in this country, and to be
acted upon in•others, the primitive simplicity of oar
native institutions will hardly escape the cumbrous
trappings with which it is too much the fashion to ,
load every thing British. . .1
There is evidently, Sir, amongst the Powers of
Europe a design to root out, if possible, the doctrines
of popular Election, and to substitute the Divine
right of Kings, which the honest enthusiasm of Eng-
lish liberty has reckoned upon as long since extir-
pated ; and I will confess to you, Sir, that the libel-
lers of 66 gold chains and fur gowns," and the eu-
logists of Representative Government, as it is enjoyed
and understood on the Continent, make me tremble
for the liberty of Englishmen. Yon cannot be igno-
rant, Sir, that corruption and distress have already
made rapid strides to weaken the ardour and attach-
ment of all classes of persons to the severe forms
and penal severities that environ and sustain true
liberty. Poverty and ambition are dangerous alter-
atives to an enfeebled Constitution ; and between
want and cupidity, the strength of the virtuous few
cannot be otherwise than overpowered by the weak-
ness and vices of the many; nor will the due admi-
nistration of justice long preserve the superiority of
our laws and customs, when the unnatural influence
of the Government pervades, regulates, and controuls
the whole by its corrupt predominance. How then
shall we stand against the imported auxiliaries of fo-
reign policy and foreign principles ? All that is in-1
digenous must ultimately give way to the combined 1
pressure of domestic treason and external dilapida-
tion ; and our blood and treasure expended upon
designs too remote to be useful ; and for the support
of principles, which it was once the bent of our in-
stitutions to combat and destroy. This, Sir, is the
grave I dread to contemplate—a state of public feel-
ing that disarms the best, and furnishes the worst
with mans for our destruction ; and we have no
need of prophecy to predict, that if we engage in the
new meads about to be again carried on against
France, the fate of the English Commonwealth is
sealed. •
What other inference can be drawn from the prin-
ciples laid down and acted upon by the negotiators
at Vienna, than that we have presumed to draw ?
Where all are equally culpable, what good can by
deduced ?. The safety that lies le extremes is not ep.;
plicable either to the notions or interests of man.
kind. Who will talk hereafter of roundiog a king.
dom, and transferring a population of human souls,
as a safe, beneficent, and necessary polity.? Will
Lord CASTLEREAGH ? France bas shown, as far as
the accounts may he relied upon, that you may
transfer a Throne without insuring the affections of
' a People ; and that public sentiment is still the same
awful and overwhelming force as it when it
overturned centuries of bigoted deception and blind
subordination; and we feel certain that the hearts of
all Saxony and Poland vibrate at this moment io the
sound of the tremendous explosion that has hurled
Louis from his Throne, and unveiled the delusions
of a Kingly oligarchy.
It is said, " that it is wise to assume a virtue if
yon have it not i" and the Allies and the house of

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DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Last night a new piece, written by Mr. Amman,
was brought oat. It is entitled The Unknown Guese•

CHARACTERS.
The Baron of Gab°lto Mr. Bitatstv
Frederick his son, disguised as ai Mr. Pitts
ligdern or Gipsey
ftodolf .Mr. BR tirtm
Charles,. Count D'Holherg Mr, Pmt.'s.,
Walter. _ .Mr. It•tortr

blieudents. Mlanderraberg .Mr. hit svur
Wolf .. Mr. CAITIE
.
Karatmg • . Mr. Oxataa I'
Fritz • J . Mr. Caflea•
Paul ~ Master lAA RV CT
Soldier " 21 • . Me. tIIA ET Eh L Elr
CtiEllilni • ' Mn. lheacas
Clarice • :. • i MI* KELLY
Amelia • MIK Poot.o:
Usher,' - Mrs. BLAND.

Zigderns, Villagers, Peasants, Soldiers, &c. &c.—The scene
lies in and pear the astle- of Gabon°, lb Hungary, near the
Carpathian biountains, oti the borders of Poland.
leas.E.—A deadly batted whilst- .between the Hungarian
Baron Cabolto, and the ;Polish Chief &manner the latter
(one of those predatory prnpiietora of feudal territory, who
owns no law but that of seetonful.warfare) has educated a No-
ble youth named Rodolf, whose native rectitude of heart impels
i' him privately to quit the service of the savage Chief for more
honourable (plonks.' On his way he has the good fortune to
rescue Celestine (the Baron 61Gabolto's daughter) frinn a band
of ruffiale employed by Rouonolf. and is in consequence intro-
duced to Gabolto by the nqme of ferdioand. which he avenues,
well knowing the ferocious character he luld gained while at-
tached, to Itomansiff, and particularly his suppose:el etroitY to
Gabono would deprive him of access ro Celcsosa, of whom be
has hecotne deeply enamoured. At this time also, Gabolho's
son Frederick is supposed to have been murdered by the.bostile
Baron, in which crime lisdolf is ace ot participa. hug, and
be heopapelled, while in Uktisewi Oa on. to hear this errs
aeotts mid creel accusatloo without meitasefrepellimr Reels di*.
Icovery would not,only lose Cidestua, but cost 114.1 We, as *Sikh
'a price is set by Gabolto's party. . This reward. however. leads
I to his being taken in his real character of Rodoif, and.CPieftill2
•.unicnowinitly,'ls by accident Medea principal in betraying bee
1 lover, whir, unable to prove hlsiunocence, is condemoesi to
death, and even given up by Celestine, whose life he had pre-
: 'seri/ed. • Her sentiments, hoWever,. soon cheer. aid from a
'persuasion that he is not guilt*, she and Clarice, her confident,
succeed by a ruse, ip rescuing him front hip Gaoler. which is
scarcely accompildied whets the supposed murdered Frederick
di: ewes himself, baring escaped from Koninaeff.by As eg tug
with a horde of Zigderne, nr Reticules Gipsies; he acme .nctw
the approach of Rummest, who attacks Geholto's castle; Fres
derick and Rodelf joie with the Count D'Holbere,•it aitedidati
for Celeslina's hand, to repel the invadeer and, aliboogis tbet 4
ruffian secceeds in nadermining and blowing up a part or the
fortress, be is eventually repelled and slain—Old true character
of Rodoif is vindicated, and' his union with Celestine in conks-
quenee tales place. t . . ..,
The auxiliary interests arieetrem the love of Frederick for '' ,
; Amelia, and the use he makes of Ins giysey disguise to pees .'
i her truth. His attendant, Karabeg, b$ similar memo, tries like '
wife's constancy, which is assailed' by Bluadereuberg,.upete
pose
s:
si! ' officer of justice, so proud of his appointment, that ifs
dignity as the constant theme of his discourse; his f>ts Rift,
and the comic courtship of Walter and Clarice,' the favettrita.2.
attendants of Rudolf and Celestins, relieve the principal isiei.i,
Idents of the plot, which we have forborne to detail too mi-. 9
mutely, that their doe effect *ay not be leureart by tienrcrsbary:•
the
antTillpiasp tishera is more, remarkable. f. abundance Iv
and beauty of its songs, than for ,eke e.a. nscrection.:.
of the plot, or felicity of the incidents The Poet's.,
• design has evidently been to employljta,admiiable
Jatents of the vocal band of .this,Theatmi4nd in this ~
•he has succeeded in an eminent degree kRO
094therg
are too, many songs, duetts, and triost;:,Thir.suge,. i.
ceed. one another with ;such rapidity,.4o4.-09,4t..,,.
gress of the fable is incessantly interrupted
.tei.luitket,
room for them, and,' to add to the delay, they Arco
frequently encored. .INay.. a beautiful song of this.
Btaaesit was calleti for a thin; time, and if , eve; them
..
t was E. piece of music that merited that tliatiactiou,it
i• was that wonderful effort of his leaching. art. Its
'•thia emote' .apt ~anal by the Orchestra, he.
`:lisphryid that superior power of intottationiraliftne,
I sod variety, .whichiaStly plartee, him at the head of
the lyric. school—not merely of Englando but of. tho
I world. ` Ja this song he shows, that the most perfect
i articulation may be combined with the most scientific
1 execution--wed - that impassioned emphasis, may be
used without tletrimept to the harmony. It is only
' for a master in the art, however, to overcome the
', difficulty, v culty, as wavisible in some of big imitators—
' All the vocal talents of,the company were conspica-
.
toasty employed ;Mrs. bliss.KEPll.. Tv Mill! I
POOLE, Mr. 'PMILLIPS, Mr. BELLAMY, fir. Pyilly ,
&C. &c. Bcc. and they were all. highly applautjeclfir4 1:
•
The decorations are beautiful, and the last weep, I ,
particular, iii (rely meglipl. . it••• -..^. !:

WETWOCTH, MARCH 29..--But very little of .the..:
cargo of the .4(leconder East - Lndiaman has been
saved. There hu been takes np from the wreck the
bodies of 39 Lascars and seven Europeans; amongst
the latter are Capt. Campbell, Mrs. ;Jackson
.and
her daughter,. Mr. Bak, the Chief Meta, the Gun-
ner's Mate, and an Officer in the Army.—Arrived a
French fishing-boat, with six military officers from
Caen.
No fewer than 80 seamen have
.411geerted from the
Dutch fleet at Plymouth. The local advertisements
say, " besides many others not described." •
A Scotch Paper, quoting a private letter, states,
that " a Frendli Actor is said to have been a prince
cipal agent of Bosaraare in arranging the measures
for facilitating his restoration. He visited- Elba un.
der the pretence of managing some dramatic repre- •
sentations for the exiled Emperor, and when he re•
turned to Paris brought communications to the prin.
cipal adherents of NAPOLEON."
All the principal . fortresses. particularly Maa-
stricht, Venlo, Nimeguen, Grave, Bois-le.Doct
Breda, Bergen,-op-Zoom, and Antwerp, are receive
ill supplies and strong v reiaforeements. 4 flotilla
ie assembling on the Scrieldtt
...rhirhybattaliosse•af
infantry and chasaeurs, end 10 squadrons of bavalry.,
with .1430 batteries of artillery, are to assemble bp-
tween Veolo and Maestricbt, and are'to csi..operate
with the troops under the command of the Aloce of
beAsiciE.
The greatest exertion is making at Ilymonth to
getthe ships at that port ready for sea. ft is re-
et i'2l ships of the line will be
.fitted out
rtotkAnst, port immediately.
• .•.1Y has been observed, that notwithstanding the nu-
tittroskaippdfes sheaf Acre le tety risked our fashionable
egjrei,l4kara ises.hern nolsody al home.
ipqmiog a:fire broke out in the premises
it Keehn. LANGDALE aid Co. distillers, Holborn,
threatened very alarming consequences, but
lay .timely assistance it has confined to the stable in
IschiCh it broke
.onts and Which was entirely de-