The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-06-16 00:00:00

tin; STATESMAN.

here as rinali6ed to encounter, states that this day of companies of artillery. Very violent measures have
instead of beingdistinguished by also been taken at Dunkirk. The French army eon-
prescribed return,
total dereliction from Louts of his military sup- times to concentrate itself, and takes a defettsive !m-
-enders to IslarotF.ost, it was celebrated by these sition.
,evens at Ghent as a day of honour, and of general The following are some particulars of the death of
veuring in to the cause of the banished, or as they Prince Berthier. For some days preceding a remark-
rill him, legitimate Sovereign. But, alas! whilst nNe change in his manner had been observes!. Gen.
the enemy is confessed to be most active and daily Sacken, who dined with him on the 3 ist of M.iy, at
erasing in strength, almost ready to commence, and his father-in-law's, the Duke of Bavaria, told him he
proudly defying the encounter—waiting but for the was charmed at seeing him among the small 'somber
animating presence of their directing Genius. The of persons who had remained faithful to their King;
Ames, who were to overwhelm Lim in one short tilt, these words disconcerted him so, that he WM at a loss
ere he was aware, appear like these Ghent Emigrants, for an answer. He had passed all the morning of the
to be only drinking to his downfall Bat their in- Ist at the window, observing with a perspective glass
activity is perfectly excusable—thore are powerful the Russian troops as they went in ; he afLerwards‘
~,oms for it. The contingents from various States went up to the third story to the apartment of his
li,te not yet come up; and what are to he furnished children, he dismissed the servant, and threz: hiaizzA
mere driblets, compared to what was expected, that out of the window ; his son, yet a child, endeavour-
when all are assembled, but ill make out Lord ing to catch him by the foot, was nearly dragged out
C'-vt EREAMI'S mighty aggregate of human beings, of the window with hiM. The fall was so violent
~;,nos he had purchased for the contest on the Conti- from the height, that he was killed upon the spot,
twit, of a much cheaper rate than men could he his head being wholly fractured.

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bolzht in this country—at I 11. per head ! It is stated ! —ms.—
in the Papers received by these Mails, that the con- I. It is now certain that an embargo has been laid on
Cogent of •;:ixony, the command of which has been the French ports. Letters from the coast, and some
Riven, hy his Majesty, to General La COQ, will • gentlemen who have made their escape, state, that
not eiceed eight thousand, including cavalry.— the orders for stopping the communication were re.
An:: what is of some importance to the specu. eeived and put into execution at Calais and Dunkirk
lations of the war arithmeticians, though we' on Monday last. " With this order," says the
attach none to it, we are informed that our Minis- Times of this morning, " came instructions to admit
ters yesterday received dispatches from Lisbon, an- into France none but certain favourite English Pa-
tioan.ing to them the determination of the Regency pers ;" and with a most laughable inclination to !w-
-00l to contribute the Portucc-se contingent towards row honour from disgrace, this elegant Joarnel
the 4.llied attack upon France. This is the consent pompously adds, " the Times was not one of them."
which the Government of Portugal has given to the We really do believe this—we believe that the most
treaties and documents which bear the signature of ignorant of the people of France, if they could but
its Minister ; and thus we learn to appreciate the perceive one fiftieth part of the filth nod falsehood
weight of credit duo to the anooxation of ether sig- ",rich is (1.-Civ, vented in that paper. a:id by other la-
natures. Can we believe that this will be the only bourrra in the same corrupt stye, woull think their
instance 'of disinclination to the present crusade:— soil polluted by such trash being allo.t sal to touch it.
Prince SCIIMARTZENBERG has sent dispatches to this t —snov—•

country, which we understand do not express any ! We give a full account of the Nletlitie in Palace.
extraordinary ardour on the part of his Government yard, yesterday, of the Inhabitants of NVestminster,
to curry the Austrian arms into France. Fears are whom a Paper ef this morning calls litindiiti. for
entertained that the chief part of the Austrian force attempting to preserve the privilege gnltiat,te..rl to
will still be wanted in Italy. We have letters to. them hy the Constitution. It is true that the mid-
day, stating, that the Milanese are almost wholly in apropos presence on the seem'. of spi colation of one
favour of Bosreeateet, and that if the French make conceived to be net sery friensl:y to the preservation
an attempt on Italy, they will not find many obsta. r 1: : 1 I I ; a
0. 1.1.4 eiva.as.e privileges, my Lord CAsTI,IItF,At; 11,
rtes to their progress. to wit , ambling itolievtard twee his mooring ride, ,1,,,,g
It seems from the article we subjoin from the , Westminster-bridge and Parliament-street, excited
Dutch Papers, that the tedious operation of sieges is some tumultuary procrAings, n hick, in this time
contemplated as the part of the campaign first to be of apprelieusion, led to feats that his Lordship
adopted for the reduction of France, and that Lisle would have been put hors de cemta!, or made to
is cmisidered as likely to be the first. When we utter vows to liberty and popular right, which
consider that there are 14 such fortresses to be sub- : many think he has no Wei:easiest either to sate
deed or masked, before the Allies can enter on or to keep. As he entered Parliament-street he watts
their triumphal march to Paris, along the road *lichs! recognised by the people in the streets, and• the eicw
has also been strongly fortified, we cannot help de- ; haws was given as if a fox had broken from his cover.
spiting of seeing the deliverers keep their promise ' In an instant the Noble Lord was surrounded, and
of destroying Bostseetere's power in one campaign. his ears assailed pith the most tempestuous clamour.
The account of his arrival at Lisle, which gives For some time lie did not attempt to escape from
strength to the supposition that the first hostile ope. this sort of tribute paid to his political character, but
ration will be manifested in that quarter, continues ; walked his horse leisurely aloe ,casting his eyes from
to be believed, and is corroborated by letters from side to side upon the assailants with more of alarm
the coast, which say that he was pursuing the line of : than satisfaction in his countenance. The people
his fortifications, and apportioning the active corn-I
who had attended the Meeting, and were among
mends and disposition of his troops, in a manner !
which left no doubt that the campaign would imme-
the first to disperse, had • by this time advanced
dietely commence, by his taking the general direction. a good way up Whitehall. Hearing the shoots
It is said that he set out on Saturday evening, after i and tumult in the rear, some of them stopped.
having had the Addresses of the Chambers presented . short, while others retraced their steps. This in-
to him, and that he arrived at Maubeuge on Sunday I creased the crowd, and happening just as his ford.
afternoon. He was received with the discharge of ! .
t ship cleared the end of Parliament-street, opposite
101 pieces of artillery at every fortified place.—
claw Duke
~ ~
o.t. ILICHMOND'S house, he made a dash, or,
place.—
Every one has his different speculation on the sub-i
LPet of his probable movements. One likely enough to use a military phrase, be tkbouched across White.
to he attempted by him is the conjecture, that lie hall, through the Horse Guards. At this moment
sill hsgin by trying to break asunder, on the side ! the populace set up a most horrible yell ; but not
of Minheim, the Austrian and Russian armies as . content with this parting salute, they rushed forward
they are forming, by attacking them separately.
~ and followed him up through the Horse Guards, across
O There is, however, a determination apparent on s P
part of the Allies to prevent this. An article
the Parade, into St. James's Park. The military, al-
horn Mauheuge, of the 7th, in the Journal de' ways upon the alert, were instantly in motion. A
Paris, of Saturday last, which we have received by ' strong party of the Life Guards were immediately
II private conveyance, and which is of the same date sent elf to St. James's-square for the protection of
as the
terrlay , a Man
nnounde:Jces that great movementsr, from whieh we made extracts yes- b lordlail, upon the presumptioc that he
terday, announces that great movements wete takin.
elects on all the points of the French army, that these
was
going there, mid the populace would
tr., t•emeiats seemed to be occasioned by the appear- follow him. The Gemds arrived before his Lord-
apace of the Allies concentrating their masses, that ship, and tee: their station in front of his house.—
the arrival of the EAtrEernt was every moment ex- ; They were, however, soma after sent away, and sac-
eecteal, and that it would be the signal for hostilities.' needed by a posse of constables; but even the pre-
NET and his principal Generals are now in the field
`wane of this force did nut appear to be necessary.
with him.

We hate to add to this notice that we have just !
Private letters recently-- rectived from Bengal, state,
seen a Gentleman of Manchester, who is returned
that the operations of the army were resumed against
from the Continent, who corroborates what we have
the fort of lialuriga. Tire grenadiers nuil one hat-
had occasion to mete, that the Allies were working
taliun of the b3d, with the light infantry companies,
en the greatest activity in all the fortifications from
stormed the fort; hut, after a most galling fire from
Mayerice to the sea—that they had received sudden •
the enemy, they were obliged to retreat. Although
information of the necessity of concentrating, but
'hat the troops etssembled on the Upper Rhine and the troops were not successful, this attack produced
such an effect that the Nepalese Governor abandoned
,:in Brabant frontier wero far from being so name- •
I !nos as has been generally stated.
the fort to the British troops.
—aw.--
Beesser.s, JUNE 10.---It appears that the French, t. •
oR v•EXCtI 4 NGE. .Tu v c I6.—There being nn arrivals of
are of opinion, that one of the first operations of gr..iii this inor .. i,, ...:. arid licirrrly any huaines, done, the .
prices
OP klieg will be the siege of Lille. in consequence . coutiaue nominally es on Wednesday.
6:%1 ITU 1,1 ELI) MARKET.—Jeer 16.
file most severe precautionary measures are taken in i ro sea toe (WO, per stone of eft..
that unhappy city. The day before yesterday 40 of Beef ••• 14 84 n. bi• 84. head of Cattle this ans.:
j
the principal inhabitants were summoned before the titv
.ui ion...
‘4,:.
(8141.. :.... .
:33
1:: i
it,./...th , 670
.... 6,43 u
Commissioners of the High Police, where they were Pots ... 6.. 01. sr, de.. 61.1 Ca.% . ..
informal they must immediately leave the city to he Lin t) • • .15s- Chi• to ti,.. 6'. ; Pies
11A1-SIARKFT.
conveyed, for the present, to some small towns 30 tiny
leagues be) mot Paris, where they are to remain ender; Clnver
the enntroul of the Police. The three gates of Lille ' Wray" ... 11. 12,. 0/1 in 11. 164. 04
"Ant
Davis,tint i;;lo,npft(heriellth irii:t.nt Readin. In Berkshire. Nor.
t owerds our frontiers ere shut, as in a state of actual Pembrokeshire, to Mitt. %wavy,
siege, dammed up with durie and earth. The garri- eldest daughter of Colonel Savary, Deputy Liente far the'
In4sK,rit, and one of the Directo s of Greenwich Has-
son consists of 10,0()0 National Guards from Nor-
tal County
e;toc hie Excellency Lordlo Whitworth,
i
mainly', Picardy, and Champagne, commanded
by fjord Lient;•n'ajultnelllrse:laieicid
^III tif5CM. These soltiiiirs are badly equipped, Rued. late I. rd Chief Justice la Bengal; Yalsoertrei 11). Dienotil-
Lady Dc Blaquiere, Viscountcy tyke. flask. Besseianen
aed worse armed. There are besides 1`23() "r
falgervorth ; and first cousin to the Lord De Brasetire Vies
trace of the litre) some depot. of Cavalry) and 16 countess Kirkwall, and the iioll. bill. Hawkey. ' .

WESTMINS 7'E It if E EII:VG.

A. very lnutiorous Ni.eting of the Inhabitant
11,,oictiottlers erf-)Vevtniinster was held yesterday, in
Palare-yard, in cbosegoence of the rejection, by tile
(lonic of Commas. of their late Petition, " to
consider of another Petition, in support of the Peo-
ple',; r;g!:t of Potitiuttin4 for a redress of grievances,
&r."

Soon after one o'clock, Sir F. Burdett, Major
Cartivti4,lo, Mr. Hunt, of Bristol, Mr. P. Walker,
and several rifler Geot!omen appeared on the hust-
ings, and were receive, with loud acclansgtions.
Sir F. Buitui.rt stood forward, and
41)0k0 as follows :----" Geett!met', the High •Beilit
of IVestininster not hnsing thought fit to comply
e ith the requisition of 118 resperemble hedeeholders,
it falls to me, on Jailing a requisitioit, signed most
numerously and ieveceibly (I believe by the ,utne
persons whose Humes %sere "Axed to that which the
High Bailiff did riot conceive it proper to obey), put
in'o my hands, to take on myself, at their request,
to till that situation which it might have been more
becoming in the High Bailiff to have occupied •on
this occasion. Gentlemen, I do not wish to cast
any reelection on the High Bail 4, with whom, sip
'to this time, the Citizens of Westminster here had
so much reason to he satisfied. He has every right
to judge of the propriety of his owe conduct; at
the same time, it is not incumbent on the Citizens
of Westminster to depend at all on the High
or on any other particular person, to pre•it!e at
their meetings.—[Loud Applause.]—loileeJ it
would bear very hard on the people of Criglarel, if
their undoubted right to meet for the purpeee of
petitioning, could be made to depend on the discre-
tion, or the no-discretion, of any °nicer whatever;
but, in Westminster, where the Citizens have, on
all occasions, acted as becomes freemen, there never
was any necessity to call on the High Bailiff to
summon their Meetings—because, as I am told, in
former, and, as I should be inclined to say, better
times, it was not der,med at all necessary to re-
quest that he should preside at those Meetings.—
In the time of Mr. F-x, he way always the Chair-
man, I believe, on those occasions—but certainly
he acted in that capacity, very frequently, as the
Representative in Parliament, for this city. There-
fore, in whit we are now doing, we ale reverting
hark to our ancient, and perhaps b Ver mode of
proceeding —[Applause]—Gentlemen, in the days
to which I have aPudedf the High Bailiff thought he
was treated rather slightingly, if a Meeting were
held, t'te compliment of asking him to preside at it
tint having been first paid to him by the Citizens of
Westminster. This was done more as a compliment
or formality, than as a serious request to preside on
such occasions. But we often see men, the slightest
ground being afforded them, lay claim to an au-
thority which they have no right to possess ; and, on
this occasion, the High Bailiff has thought it neces.
sary to step forward, and to state, that he does not
give his sanction or authority to our Meeting. It is
for us, Gentlemen, to show, by our act, that we
do not think any such authority necessary for our
wooprittdir*,7[Applause.] —end that what we have
hitherto done has been merely out of Teepees to an
indisiddal, with %hose conduct, up to the present
time, the Citizens of Westminster have been per-
fectly satisfied. The High Bailif, by the course lie
has pursued, has disqualified himself from being a
person proper to be applied to on such occasions—
because he tells you lie is not capable of acting from
his own judgment or discretion—and teat (where no
necessity for information, either in reason or in
law existed), before he can give an answer to the re-
quisition of the Citizens of Westminster, he must
consult a fateeer. Perhaps, Gentlemen, no worse
mode can be devised, on all questions, where popu-
lar rights are concerned, than to adopt the opinions
of the Gentlemen of the long robe.—[Applause.]--
Our right to meet and to discuss the situation of
our country, is ton obvious to common sense to
render it necessary for any' elan to have recourse to
those opinions. Having stated tbus much, with
respect to the situation which he now fills, I shall
next beg leave shortly to state the object of nor meet-'
ing. When I last had the honour of addressing
' you in this place, a Petition to the House of Cum-
! mons was unanimously agreed to—complaining of
the grievances of the people—protesting against'
that war in which we are on the point of being in-
volved—and calling for that redress which is so
essentially necessary to our security against the
notorious corruption which prevails in that Assembly,
who thought proper to reject the Petition, because it
was not couched in language which they conceived to
he consistent with their dignity.—Their notion of
dignity appears to be extremely fallacious. Real
dignity, I think, would consist in adopting proper)
conduct towards the country—conduct very dif-
forme from that whirls the public for years post have
beheld them attempt to support and justify.—[Ap.
please.] —Gentlemen, as the business of the day is
to assert your right to Petition—and to recapitulate
the topics of former Petitions—(nf the precise course
you may deem it prudent to purpe, I em at present
ipintant)—l shall now merely desire your attention
to the Petition and Resolutions which have been pre-
pared for your consideration ; and when I have heard
them read, I may, perhaps, feel it my duty, as your
Representative, mid the person who will probably
be desired by you to forward the Petition to the
House of Commons, to address you on the sub-
jects to which they advert.—[Applause.]—At pre-
set, I shall merely confine myself to opening the
business, as Chairman, and stating the purpose for
which we meet."

Major CARTWRIGHT neat addressed the Meeting t
—" Gentlemen," said he, "as you have heard from
our worthy Chairman the cause which has occasioned
the change in oor practice, I shall have less to say nn
that. subject, than I otherwise should have. No no. i
Ake appearing, for a long time, to be taken of the re- •
jection of our late Petition by the House of Com-
mons, some persons imagined we felt little on the
subject—while others were ready to conclude, that,
conscious of the impropriety of our conduct, we sank
under the reproof which we, in common with the
Livery of London, had receiVed. The truth, how-
ever, is otherwise, as a few words will explain to yoft.
The rejection took place on Thursday, the 25th of
May ; but it was not known to many of ns till Fri-
day noon, or after Words. On that very day, know-
ing that the rejection was founded in tern a new •