The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-04-25 00:00:00

Tel STAT)SMAN.

mid calling himself a King. " This was not the• ject of Ministers to precipitate the nation into an-
way" Wining such mighty Potentates over 'to his other calamitous war. It is expected, and we hope
side—he must learn to bend the knee, like other it will, be one of the most crowded meetings ever
subjects. For this reason, and because the restored held, and•that its example will be 'followed by the
Courts of the (lot/aeons wished them so to act, they, I whole kingdom ; for where, we would ask, is there a
the Wiligh Allies," would not recognize King JO.l- i man in a, sound state of mind, and not living upon
CHIN. Why did they recognize BERNADOTTE, Crown the taxes, who would not step forward to declare
Prince, and King to-be of Sweden, and starve the agsinst a war, for the abominable purpose of forcing
Norwegians into an obedience to his commands, be- a Goternment upon another country. It was in
sides ? Byt they meant peiliaps, at a convenient op- this foul attempt that the late war, of more than 20
portut.ity. to make him doll' his Kingly cap also, and years duration, originated, and this country expend-
starve or cut his subjects into quarters, if they should ed her best blood and treasure in vain—contracting
have so altered their minds, as to wish to retain an a debt of hundreds of millions. It is imposssibte
illegitimate, a bud-blooded, " a low born man, of another war could be carried on for the same dura-
pa rentage obscure," on the throne of their country ; tion, or even for a much shorter period, without
and thus the Royal arrondissement would again have exhausting the resources of the country, and end-
been complete,—the new men being unfit to reign, ing in total ruin.
because they are new, and the old men taking their
-place because they were old, or had old blood to
talk of, in justification of their expulsion and the
new blood which might be spilt in the accomplishment
of their pretensiwis. But we see the new men are not
inferior to the old in penetration. The measures of
:Maim. and NAPOLEON have been promptly taken,
and their determination to maintain their rights and
the new order of things are before the world.—
' There can, we think, be as little doubt of the line of
conduct which BERNADOT 1E will pursue, as soon
las he finds it necessary to uct at all.
1 And this is what the Powers at the Congress call
acting justly and wisely, and securing the peace and
happiness of the world ! The Austrian Declaration,
however, does not indulge so very copiously in eulo-
giums on the wisdom of the arrangements made by
the Congress, as his Majesty of PRUSSIA does iu his
Proclamations. The latter has more solid reasons for
expatiating on the liberality of the deliverers—they
have delivered over to his mild sway more Provinces
and souls, who, by-the-bye, are escaping, bodies and
all, as fast as they can from his paternal yoke, than
Austria could have numbered, even had " the man at

the extremity of Italy" been disposed to allow her to
take possession of her promised land. His -IMPERIAL
MAJESTY has got nothing but promises on one hand,
oand threats on the other; and he is now under the ne-
cessity of fighting for his indemnities. 66 Of two evils
! take the least." Rather than have to contend with.
the King of .PRUSSIA, backed and supported as he
is, most unaccountably, by the power 'of Great id-
tail), and with the overwhelming power of Russia
besides,—Russia, with 46 the dangerous and alarming
pretension," and who has got Poland added to her
strength, in order to enable her to carry these
" dangerous and alarming pretensions" the better
into effect,—rather, it appears, than attempt to fight
all these, the shorn•down empire of Austria, Germany
being no longer her's, chooses to have to do with the
man at the extremity of Italy—we should rather
say now, who is in the midst of that country--a
country devoted to support his standard end his
principles—the standard of independence—of NA.
roti_o sr, and the principles which are now seen so,
widely animating the 'French nation. The Italians
generally have as much as his NEAPOLITAN MA.
.ZESTY, or the French people, considered the cause
of Xteor.zon as their own ; and there is as great
reason to apprehend that they are as ready to give
proof that it has never been foreign to them, be-
cause no policy more agreeable has been attempted to
be pursued towards them.
11 Louts XVIII. is still issuing PrOclarnatious and
Edicts. A newspaper, styled the Journal tinker.
sal, published under his authority at Ghent, con.
tains some of them, prohibiting payment of taxes to
"the rebels," or enlistment in their military service :
also some silly replies to the Report of the Council of
State, on the Declaration of the Congress of Vienna.
Ghent, where Louts is, and Lord WELLINGTON has
lately been, is fortifying, to protect it from any sudden
attack. The correspondence between the Court of Vi-
enna and his Majest) Louts) is represented asextreme-
ly active. English troops and stores continue to arrive
at Ostend, and to be marched off instantly to their re-
spective destinations. The French are collecting in
two points. The most numerous corps is near
Lille ; the other between Mauberg and Valenciennes.
—lt is observed that the French are endeavour.
ing to re-establish the camp at Jamass, near Valet'.
ciennes, as well as the camp of CESAR, near 800.
chain. They are raising intrenchments on the moun-
tain of Augni. Tile Duke of WELLINGTON is in..
cessantly busied in organizing the different corps of
his army, which, when united, will amount to
160,000 men.

Mr. COUVOVSIER, the King's Messenger, arrived
at the Foreign-Oilice, this morning, with dispatches
from Vienna ; as did also Mr. Iturre, another Mes-
senger, with dispatches, from Brussels.

In the House of Commons, last night, an Address
to the PRINCE REGENT, for the Substance of the En.
gagements entered into by this Country, in pursu.
slice of the Treaty signed at Vienna, on the 25th of
March, was agreed to. In the absence of Sir Jour;
NEwrowr (which, we regret to hear, was occasioned
by indisposition), Mr. BENNETT postponed the Call
of the House until Monday nest, when the Report
of the Property Tax will be taken into consideration.
The Estimates for the Miscellaneous Services, and
for the augmentation of 'our Nog Force, were
agreed to, in the Committee of Supply.

Letters from Antwerp mention that the garrison
of that city was no longer to be composed of British
troops, their services being required on the more ac-
tive theatre of the war ; and notice had been given
that 120)0 Ilanoverians were approaching the for-
tress, to whose gallantry its protection was to be con-
fided.

The first and second Number; of a Paper pub-
lished at Ghent, under the authority of Louts X Vl.ll.
have been received. They are in the form of the Paris
illonitcur, and contain, among a variety of official
documents, the important narrative which we lately
published relative to the tootling of BON APA RTE, and
the departure of the King front Paris. There are
copies of two decrees published on the 1-4ih, by which
his Majesty prohibits the payment of taxes to
IlottapanTE's Government, and obedience to the
Conscription Laws.
By a General Order lately issued to the army, it
appears that a Veterinary Surgeon, after twenty
years service, is to class with a Captain of Cavalry.
The Secretary of State for the Home Department
has fixed the rate of bounty for men to be raised by
beat of drum for the Militia, at four guineas.
The American Mr. KING, son of !turns KING, of
New York, and Mr. LARPENT, on the part of -the
British Government, have proceeded to Dartmoor
Pripari, to investigate the circumstances leading to
OW late unfortunate event at that prison, whereby 67
Americans were killedand wounded.

The Earl of DALHOUSIE, Sir 'FHOMAS PICTOX, and
Sit LOWRY COLE are to re-assume their commands
as Lieutenant-Generals under the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON.'

The Foot Cuards ore to be commanded by Major.
Generals Coos, BY NG, and MAITLAND. Head-
quarters at Ondenarde by the last letters; the Prus-
sians in great force at Norm.

j A million and a half of ball-cartridges were ship.
ped on Monday, from the Ordnance-wharf, at Chat.
ham, for Belgium.
We learn that it was the Comtesse tie MINtAc Ro-
-1 it tN who obtained 15001. on the deposit of her j:wels
at Malta. That Lady resided for two or three years
past in England, and went to Malta in the hopes of
the recovery of her danghtet's health, but who died
there. She had gone to Elba out of curiosity, but
certainly was not employed by NAPOLEON. The jaw.
I els she deposited were not worth 30001. much less
100,0001. She begged that they might be sent to
Engin nil, where she was herself going, and where she
would redeem them. • It is due to the Lady to give
this explanation of the former paragraph, in which
she was called the Princess of ROMAN.
As soon as the Marshal of the King's Bench Pri.
son received autbeetic information that the room in
whic.b. Lord COCHRANE had been confined since his
apprehension was 'dangeroits to his health, he had the
Noble Lord remeved to a more commodious apart-
ment.
I- A letter from Brussels, dated April 18, 1815, says:
Lord W. Letitia is, we hear, better: he still re-
mains.at Enghien. Yesterday RD affair of honour
ttiok place between the Honourable Jot's CA PEL and
Baron TRIPP ; the former was attended by the Duke
of RICHMOND and Dr. lIEDE, and the latter by the
Hilcinourable Colonel Joao.tx and Mr. Surgeon Gum-
Nino. After an exchange of shots the seconds in-
terfered, and the business happily terminated without
injury to either party:---We are all warlike here."
A N OTMER GOLDEN LOTTERY—another t 130,000—
more Guineas—and more good Fortune, at E YTON'S
who sold the grand Prize of 1000 Guineas, No. 353,
in the last Lottery, the whole of which he paid in
Gold, atriums as drawn ; and who is now dispen-
sing Fortune's Favours for the 13th of May, when
the" whole Lottery, of only 5000 Tickets, will begin
and Cornhill, and 18, Coventry-street.
Bar.to.—The LORD MAYOR, having inspected the
Meal-weighers' returns, ordered the price of Bread
to fall 2d. in the peck. .

A chow of 41. for extirpating rats, and 21. 2s. for
; the keep of cats, in the public accounts, discussed
last Aright in the House of .Commons, excited consi-
derable mirth, and not a little warmth. It would
appear that the place of the cats is become a sinecnra,
and should he abolished.
Dttxt..—On Friday last a meeting took place at
Ilfracombe, in Devonshire, between Mr. V. and
Mr. M. two medical practitioners, in consequence of
a professional dispute. Mr. M. was wounded in the
thigh, when the seconds interfered.
Some curious bets have been made at onr Club.
houses. One is, a guinea has been given (25 times
over) to receive one hundred, when the PRINCE RE.
GENT and UONAPAa•rc shall exchange and wear, the
one the ribband of the Legion of Hangar and the
other that of the Garter !

Another bet is, that if the Allies shall cirry the
war into France, the dynasty of BONAPARTE Rill be
the oldest on the Continent of Europe!
Letters of the 10111 inst. from St. Sebastian, an-
notion', that it is the full determination of the King
of SPAIN to take an active part in the cause against
BONAMARTR. Every disposition was making to that
end;• and an embargo hart been laid upon all French
vessels in tior ports of Spain.-..-It is stated, on good
authority from,Madrid, mailer date March 31, that
Hitsaditioi had been- opiminted Minister of
War. •

Mr. Serjeant RESMINGTON, it is understood, wil
accept the office of image of tha faspirent Debtors'
Court, in the room of Mr. (JerieiniPALmr.n7 de.
cooed. .• •

On Thursday next the Livery of London are to
meet in Common Hall to petition against the pro*