The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-22 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN:

titularly the dleseesel which BONAPARTE wore in duties of putting him down directly. Whether the
the hilt of his sword, which is said to be the most august " deliverers" will by a repetition of their
valuable of any now in Europe ;" and learn that magnificent and high sounding promises to the people
" the Duchess of WELLINGTON brought over these of the Continent, get as many to follow them
precious articles !"—we cannot hear of such wise as they did before; and whether they themselves
precautions, and, of a lady with a lapful of crowns, will stick as closely together, as they did before they
without thinking it is prudent to provide against , knew one another so well as they now do, is not for
robbery, and that the owner of such articles may us to say.
naturally be expected to follow them. I But we do not believe that the Allies will be rash
As BONAPARTE approaches the capital, the up- in invading France. Their measures and movements
prehensions for the fidelity of the Royal Army and are doubtless only precautionary. The Uritish troops
the populace increase. What can be expected of have certainly advanced towards the Frencli tron-
men who, when they are sent out to give battle to the tier, but they have not yet passed it—nor have the
invader, cry out Vine l'Empereur! The Tuilleries Prussians, as yet, though a letter in one of the Pa-
have been provided with cannon, but what safety ris Papers asserts it, penetrated the boundary.—
can there be even in the Tuilleries, when the life of . We are fully persuaded that nothing but that step is
the King is in danger, in the very Chamber wanting to unite all the armies of France, national
where the Peers assemble. It is stated, on the au- guards and all, against the unfortunate Sovereign
thority 'of a French Nobleman, who arrived yes- i now on the Throne. A camp is forming at Peronne,
terday, that a conspiracy against the life of his go miles north of Paris, as the means of falling
Majesty was attempted to be put into execution on lback on the British troops in Belgium in the last ne-
Saturday last, but was happily frustrated. " In I cessity. It appears certain that M*SSINA, with his
the morning of that day," says he " the Chambre great army, had joined BONAPARTE, and the fidelity
of all the rest of the Marshals is very questionable.
de Marechause (an apartment wherein the Peers as-
semble when they are in waiting to see the King) We understand a messenger arrived this forenoon
was crowded by persons of all descriptions. On a with dispatches to Government from France. No-
sudden, by a pre-concerted signal, a considerable thing is allowed to transpire of these communica-
tions. Lord FITZROY SOMERSET was, it is said, body cried out, Vire l'Empereur ; on which they
pre-
were joined by an immense multitude of confede- paring to leave Paris. -
rates, who occupied the gardens of the Tuilleries.—
Tie object of this clamour was to distract the at.
tention of the National Guards, and to give cre-

dence to the report of the arrival of BONAPARTE;
they (the conspirators) judging that the confusion
of the scene would afford them a favourable op-
portunity for the execution of their purpose—
the assassination of Lovis.—Tbe guards on

thig occasion acted with great promptitude—they

seized the ringleaders; the partisans of the latter in-
terfered and a desperate scuffle ensued, in which

several were killed and others desperately wounded.
In the midst of these horrible scenes, the Peers

mustered around tha person of the KING, who re-

moioed perfectly collected. The gallantrpf the Na.

tional Guard prevailed, many prisoners were mAde,
and tranquillity restored." Our informant assures
us that NAPOLEON was expected to arrive at Fon-

tainbleau on Tuesday, and to make his entre into
Palk this day. it
BONAPARTE'S near approach to the capital also
extends the circulation of his Proclamations. We
give in this Paper copies of two of them, one to the
People and another to the Army. They are at last
noticed in the Official Journal, and a torrent of in-
vecti% e is poured upon the expedients of the invader:.
In the mean time the King is carrying on the war of.
Proclamations with what the Courier will probabty
call equal vigour, when it next sets oat with the
astonish;ng detail of the" vigour of the BOURBONS."
But the true and never-failing " expedients " for
creating courage hill be found in the French
Monarch's prompt imitation of what has been
termad by scoffers in this country the di:-
Order of the Bath. The King is creating (" a
breath can make them, as a breath has made")
hundreds of Knights of Sr. Louis and the Legion of
Honour, and taking all other commendable moans
to inspirit the people to maintain their liberty, and
defend their Sovereign.
But what is more worthy of notice now is, the
preparations and determination' of the Allied Powers
to invade France " to maintain the tranquillity of
Europe !" This intention is absolutely announced
in the Gazette de France. The article informs as
that 46 the Emperor of RUSSIA has resolved, in
maintenance of the Treaty of Paris, to march six
hundred thousand men into France ; that all the
Austrian troops are under orders for France and
Italy ; and that all the other Members of the Con-
gress will second these generous and necessary ef-
forts."

The East India fleet under convoy of his Majesty's
ship 4cbar, sailed from Plymouth on Monday last,
the 20th instant.

Hamburgh
.and Dutch Papers received to-day,
confirm this statement, and give a curious. account,
which might furnish abundant matter for the pencil,
of the uproar occasioned at the Congress of Vienna,
by the intelligence of BONAPARTE being again in
arms. A letter from Berlin, of the I.l.lli,'.saysi=i=
66 We apprehend that the news of NAPOLEON'S

I
With the French letters there are none whatever
from Italy, and the.stoppage of the post is naturally
i attributed to the situation of BomapARTE, which is
i in the immediate line of the communication between
I that country and Paris. We have a few .letters from
Catalonia, but none from any other part of Spain.
Those from Barcelona are its late as to the 14th inst.
but they bring no political intelligence.
NAPLES, MARCH 2.—The establishment of an 11.
1-16%triodi English Visitor at this place, has recently
been thrown into considerable disorder by some per.
sonal feuds, which have extended so far, as to have
occasioned the dismissal of one Lady of the suite,
and the resignation of another: Great anxiety is
manifested by their Royal Mistress for a speedy re.
I re-
turn to England.
4.i,. Yesterday a letter was received in town fusel a
'-Gentleman attached to the English Embassy in Paris,
• dated the 17th inst. stating that Lord Finnoy So.
miasET was making preparations to leave Paris.
The following anecdote, which we believe is not
• generally known, will show how sincerely NLY was.
once attached to the interests •of BONAPARTE. It
! will be recollected that NET was one of those sent'
,by NAPOLEON to the Allied Sovereigns at Paris as
his Plenipotentiaries. Finding some difficulty -in ob-
taining the terms which he demanded, he expressed
himself with so much energy, that the Emperor'of
I BOsSIA observed, " you defend Nmeoz.tos very
I warmly." " Sire," replied the Marshal, " my sword
iis still left me to defend trim better." ALEXANDER.
! having then pointed out MARNONTIS conduct as
! worthy of imitation, NET added 9 " I trust your MA-',
I ,ZESTY does not confound me with men who betray
their Prince and their country." Whether he will ,
! still be actuated by the latter sentiment in the pre-1
!seat circumstances, time alone will show ; but strong
reports prevail of his defection, and of that of
1 MAssxxA, when they found that no efficient obstacle
seemed likely to be opposed to the entrance of NA-
POLEON into the capital.

66 Corporal Violet" (meaning BONAPAILIC), is the
favourite toast among his partisans in France. When
leaving the country, he told them he should return
with the violet season. Hence the title, and the
badge of distinction, a bit of violet ribbon, adopted
by his friends.
The Sucatm were to wait upon the PRINCE RE-
GENT, at two o'clock this day, to know hie Royal
pleasure when he will receive the Court ofsCommoo
Council with their Petition, praying Mm to refuse
the Royal Assent to the Corn Bill, and to dissolve
the Parliament. It is expected they will go-lip to-
morrow.

escape will detain the Emperor ALEXANDER at Vi-
enna, though letters of the 6th announced his speedy
departure. The news spread consternation at Vi-
enna. Another large tinily of troops is'preparing to
march to Italy, and Prince SCHWARTZENBERG iS ex-
pected tq go to Milan to take the chief command."
The Prince Sovereign of BELGIUM has got a
dreadful surprise in the midst of his Proclamation as
Sovereign, and the ceremonies attending that auspi-
cious event. On the 17th, the Prince Sovereign
assumed the style and title of the King of the UNITED
Nrristawariq, and issued a Proclamation to kis sub-
ject, accordingly, giving the dignity erPrince of
ORANGE to his son. The intelligence from France, we
are told, had excited great a dour and diligence of pre-
paration for the defence of the barrier. The chief for-
tresses are provisioned, arid the line, comprehending
Maestricht,Venlo, Nimeguen, Grave, Breda, Bergen.
op-Zoom, end Antwerp, is ordered to be strength-
ened by 30 battalions of infantry, and ten regiments
of cavalry% The Prussian forces under General
limas were between the [thine and the Meese. The
Duke of WELLINGTON is, as we have said before,
to be Generalissimo of the Allied Armies ; and as
Lord CASTLEREAGH says, we can never have any
peace whilst BONAPARTE has the least sway on the
Continent, the Duke is to enter on his arduous

Lord WHITWORTH, with the Duchess of DORSET
and suite, visited, on Thursday, the Hon. CECIL
JENEINSON, at Pitchford Park, near Shrewsbury, on
their way to London.
The youthful Demosthenes, who, in order to dis.-
cuss the Corn Bill, mounted into a tree, seemed de-
termined to consider the subject in all in branches.
Incat ‘sc or TUE POotr.—lt has been calCulated,
from cfficial and other documents, that the number
' of persons who received parish aid In 1812, amounted
to 2,079.4320nd that the Poor Rates' then reached
.the prodigious sum of 16,432,5561.1—Here are
then upwards of two tallions of paupers in Eng.
land and Wales only, (for Scotland and, Ireland hare
no Poor Laws :)—that is, about every fifth-person,
in those parts of the United Kingdom. The sum
levied for their support, is between sixteen and seven-
teen 'millions sterling. In 1785, the Poor. Rates
amounted to 1,943,6491., when the number of pau-
pers was 878,851.
An eagle was lately shot, by DAufn CLARE, Esq.
of Slagary, Scotland, while preying epon one of his
sheep. The distance between the tip of the .wings,
when extended, measured seven feet four inches.—
The body and wings were a dun colour, shaded,
the tail white, the legs and bill yellow, and talon;
black.

Yesterday morning, about two o'clock‘ as the
watchman was going his rounds in Chicksand-street,
Bethnal-ween, ha found the body of a young woman
naked and quite (Enid. It was removed to the bone.
house to.be owned.

Cwowocn To AN Excres.—A countryman finding
some difficulty in walking up Cheapside the other
day, could not help esclahning, 66 'What can •be the
cause of this rush to the City ?"—when he was an-
swered by sewers,' voices—We Are in quest of the
tuineas at Ban% or of one of the Three 30,0001.
Prises, which may all be draws au Wednesday) the
bib of April next.