The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-14 00:00:00

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vo z.)11 COBBLTT'S REGIS:Ehha
911111 P f Mrf••4•' • - .
BANKRUPTCIES 104. LARGE . a, DEATH OF NAPOLEON.
~.. The hirei news-% •
the key of our position. Renovales's division occu- J. llrr, Luton. Bedfordshire, tailor. from Se - t.
tilers
in 1
:v3e for about
pied from the heights of Bolueta to those of Olaviaga, T. WOodhouse, Lower Shad well, butcher, r
which supported our left, covering the bridges of St. Sept. 19. .
BANKRUPTS.
polegta ; 4,0 d, though some oil:hi:dm° havesta49l etqajs:.".
at Jthencranlywkniost,fm73vid!ep3o,lne,,tiDthorsanedfshmireeictobvembwietßer, Sept.
ir2.
peicti:ps2. the fiftieth time, spread a report of the death, N
Anton, the wooden bridge, and the bridge of boats.
they have all s
At daybreak on the morning of the TM, General
T.,a• s..a"...isr.llljullitjminogfm,theostf(airctiet,
Mendizabal, with part of the vanguard, proceeded
Do chest ; and Mess P rs n d Soki, 51
at the Antelope Inc, Dorchester. _At on! es,
, 9 An
rte.Y to be den-er4d.enip'.lsh Ittt,atsh of
!A:nlpii.Arenekncii::466.7.:4lcluti,pyilidio'norrmiwa,
alrhead:ki:katdnereohin6e.k_t:silla4;7,,,
~ tsebor4el'e.
p. piece:iota hio97ll:stghraetaht iassdtchaatthowf otuhledit eatthe
athetopeo areseuvbai
to attack this column, directing that the division ofa
.._
Iberia should meet us at Arrigorriaga. Dispositions 0et.•24, atihe Bridgesstat
~Arms lAss,hlafithester•
were made, which seemed to ensure the destruction
was to, the I a1..111 • • •
Westminster, fruro &c: &c. who express... J. thei;
of this column. The enemy, on finding that we were ,•Pffit 9. L .9.141 hhatfi,eld LeteeStar
in possession of the bridge of Arrigorriaga and roads Salop. /Sunray's, Mr.
. Nork, nt.l.i.napp. Salop; &W.
keeper, Sept. Pickens-,
15, Oct. V, at the Cocklon, watting-street,
leading to Bilboa, changed their direction, and by a . El•r•siSewiliatrh4t,rnNiloltr'ntLlNSlhikielidasg?'shCii="ner, Sept.anei 14t
_Oct. 1, 244 joy by signs the most' unequivocal, and •
I myself most cordiall artici atta.l. In
Awn hose
joy
y P
same
England
reason, P
t rejoice
be
e sdu Ite
et° :1:3
heV
ar'..t
most-rapid march, favoured by the thickness of the at the George Tavern, North Shields. Attornies, Mfr. 90.
woods, effected their junction with the second co- hirnon and Hammond, Austin-Friars; and
Klslern.t.,cl47,2mon::.i.cfwhevayrsdiddeasoth 1
a rot fl
i Nt
aaPs ° a.
North Shields.
Ibinn,--which was destined to make a simultaneous at-
wt the i dae arotetga tack upon the bridge of Bolueta. General Mendi- 1. L. llndshon and W. Ring, jun. Stroud,
London.
namely, ma
Cibls Strand; and Messrs. Aubrey and Curtis, • many would
brewers, Sept. ?I, Oct. SO, St, at tiailtniall,
rejoicenForPpeople
becausetotoii: el
hear
rrniny of
To Perceval's death we
zabal, with the vanguard, and Longa's division, ar- ~hies._
tones-cMro.nrt, Ctirsitorstreet, Chancery-lone. "r-
; loon •,
good
inthing for the country. rived in time to resist the enemy's attack; their prin. J. Simpson, Caidheck, Cumberlaisd, parer-manufacturer,
much to
ottotintghe.
..owe, all probability, the repeal of the Orders in 1
cipal efforts were to force the bridge of Bolueta a, Sept. 18. 19, Oct. 11, at the George Inn,
Inn; and
mAtrt!riiniares:
which was defended in the most gallant manner; the. rsilseoones.pWeuorridtrorth and Addi an, Staple
I Council; the abandonment of Mary-le-bnne Bar-
enemy suffering considerable loss without being able DIVIDENDS.
;advantage
t;agaendofstohmeecooltlhnetrrymeaTsuhreespevoepriyo
to gain a foot of ground ; their efforts on the left of 00.10, C.. Lye, and E. M. Lyek, Bath, sockrnmon-peelers—
Oct. 3, G. Starr. Oxford-street, sit -mer•er— t. 9, W. Bel-
bur line proved equally unsuccessful lamp, Great-tlrimshy. Lincolnshire, tailor—Oct. 9, T. Smith.: ham-and elsewhere felt that these h • i enehts were likely ,
General Renovales, at the head of his brave peasant Rathbone-place. opholstercr—Nov. 14,
S.
Ataltby and O.
~
merchants—Oct. 3, S. • Ambobt, Market...lo result from his slaatlk and, therefore, they rejoiced, i
soldiers, met their attack at every point •: the enemy Alliltbv• Size-taste,
street, Westminster, brener—Oct. 14, G. Milner, Thurlstoos 1 and not from the bleady-minfledness, which the ..
hire-
attempted in vain to force the two bridges of the Vol kshirc, and. D. W hitaker, Manchester, cotton-manufacta. .
town, and that of boats ; night coming on the enemy rers—Oct. 14, 11. Pciiticriliv,. Helston, Cornwall, irserer_.. line la Londewhail the baseness to' ascribe to thetnl
Oct. 9, J 11. Clough, J. S. Wilkes, and J. B. Clough, Liver. and to the whole of the working classes
retired to his position on the heights-of St. Domingo, pool, mer.chants—Oct. 16, E. Cole, Colchester, grocer—Oct. I Since that time these very writers, in speaking of.j
ElMorro, and Begona. Arrangements were made for a, It. Ratclitr, Nlonk-Wearmouth-Shore, Diarhain, ship-builder t
W. Jarksisin; Sherborne-lane, merchant—Oct. 27, 511. i American affairs, have observed, that when the news 1
a combined attack upon the enemy's position, but . —Oct- 6'
Ending that he had, upon being attacked by Reno- ('asst!, Sun-street, ,awri,sllpp:gatetTsitLeetutr,er.—h :tee. cr
j---.2bct. 1621..., ; of Mr. Perceral's death should arrive, they expected
vales, who crossed the river in front of the heights of Broad-strecl• merchififi• , lOA American Government la put a stop to its zcarlikel
•
Banderas, early in the night, commenced his retreat, 1 cl. RTIFICATES.—Orr, 9. ;proceedings. Here they confessed that they themol
P. 11. Barker and J.H. Peacock Burwell, Cambrid ire ' selves ex Pee
Bait' IPee d that death to produce a most bent-
no time was lost in pursuing him, and notwithstand- merchants—C. and E. G. Boldero, Sir IL Lushingtoo,
lng the great advantage he had in point of time, from and H. Hoiden), (7oriihilt, banters—T. irons, Ramon, Stafford- i ficial effect for the country ; they not only thought 1
the rapidity witirwhich the division of Iberia marched, l'l4 •I,:oitmetrarrrt,—W. ld'olthey, Jun. Richmond, saddler— 1 this, but they said it; and yet had they the impts., I
we came up with him near the town of Zornoza, and , wardine,r'wlovreer=rsiiiroeo,t amnerL•ore-nla
ie4l-i-twe ,
anvtdcogrssilled_n; i deface and the baseness to ascribe the joy of the pea. ;
attacked his rear with such vigour, that his retreat ! Manche ter, millwrights—T. Burnaeott. Plymouth, carpelle,. ; pie of Nottingham to a bloody-minded disposition !
became a confused and disorderly flight ; insomuch i street, ferry,
eblol•lllisietehaveniv iropaonutgerchalinc.er Arnold,
-. Call:too- 1 was glad to hear of the death of Perceval, because ,
that they did not avail themselves, as they might maker—R. Merry weather and 11 Brain, Ardwick, Lancashire, ! thought it would lend to the good, to the safety,
Gave done, of several strong positions which the 1 brewers—J. Irlato, Manchester. jookeeprr—J. Bourne, Black- the honour, the happiness, the freedom, of my
friars'-road, cheevemonger.-R. Peer, Cricklade, Wiltshire, dea- country. I neither killed him nor abetted any one '
road from Zornoza to Durango presents. Atne b .
ter an cattle—J. Rnsseter, Brirol, dealer.
of the strongest of these positions. they made' in PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. in killing him, nor did I do any thing to rescue the
I
man
effort to stand, but the gallantry of the Command- 'H. Roberts and W. Swyer, Shaftesbury, grocers—G, and T. who hacrkilled him. I took the event as it caws i
ant-General Longa, who, at the head of his Troops, ttle,,,Haines,urne i ei-rt er
7 I: ;Zreen-dsurarFP.ceors—Ai .Djaatullirsttagifletrsee and believing most sincerely, being thoroughly coo.
led the attack, animating them by big example, who field, steel-refiners—M. and Li. Carr, W. Rayner, 0. A. va , 1 vinced, that it would produce good to England, I rim
charged the enemy with a few cavalry and a small andil J. Tingle. York, makers and refiners of steel—D Holy. W. I joked at it. When I can be convinced that the dektb
body of infantry, obliged him to abandian this post-' aindik W.
tleolrdi
,Islii v Parker, J,
I.lVarn'ertra. naidl4l:7'..Par.ker, I of Napoleon will he good for England ; when I can 1
tlon, and fly for safety to tbefoWn or Durum°. i Cannon-street—W, Holmer, T Bunnett, 0. B. pi a.jasdk W. ibe made clearly to see how ,his death will tend to the
The enemy's loss has been very conskerable ;. we :and lryieriqiudne; Bear-street,%iarcilt Blackfrinn, manufacturers—J. Leech. , honour, the happiness, the freedom of Englishmen,
have taken some horses and pri'nners. As yet lam . Portsmouth, 'musicSle-in esrZlrti4t=l;ts.lirrernt!ctil, I shall stand, prepared to rejoice at his death. At
unable to giv' you a detail of this victory, as my at- ; Bright, and J. Crunch, lilbon.sireet, fiashury,
4,,,„. feather- present there is no such conviction in my mind ; and
inanifactirers—H. Green awl .1. Kendall, Great Driffeld and' therefore his death does not appear to me to be a
tention was occupied on our right, and in the pur- Mahon, 1 nrkshire, merchants-I'. Webb, J. Carter, and R. M '
suit of the enemy with the division of Iberia. ' Wetter, Garlick-hill, accountaots—J. Rich, jun. and
J. Pratt, • i thing to wish for or rejoice at ; acrd I believe, that
The General in Chief has not a; yet received the ' Leicester, iron-masters. 1 hundreds of thousands of those, who are so anxious
details from the Commanders of Da isions. i —amo— Ito hear of, his death, have never duly considered,
The Average Price of SUGAR, fur the Week,
ending Sept. I nor, indeed,. at all considered, the effects which it
This victory has been highly creditable to the Spa- 9, is 47i. Sid. per Cwt. ""I
•
nish army. The advantages which will result, and ! Average Prices of C9IIN ef ENGLAND:id WALES, per i would probably produce with regard to England.—
the confidence it inspires in this newly raised army : orlreter. from tit. e Retnro, ending August /9 i-- There are some persons, and, indeed, the greater
% at. R•e Barle I Oats • •
Vi!l, I have tio doubt, produce the very best effects. :
The enemy's force appears to have beets from five to • 1'- it. s. il. t. it. q. d. 1 restored, Is. d. s. ed. e. d. the Bourbons and all Itte,blrl despotism re-
-,49 3 83 11 78 7 59 8180 5 75 0 b 19 7 • listed .ihe , .
sa.t..to• r
--

six thousand. We understand, from prisoners and
deserters, that Rouget, Duvcrnette, and another
General, lately from France, cogimauded in this
action.

establi in France. ...'hiiiii-liersetts would, of
course, wish to see the whole bf EbrOpp and of the
world in the most wretched slevery, and, therefore,
they could have no objection to its ceminc here ; but,
there are others who wish for thedenth of-Napoleon,
lwhis.do not %richt° see England as well we rho root el
theworld in chains; and, it is for these persons to
consider what might possibly be the,efect , the sud-
den death of this powerful man, whose .eatstence
prevents any attempt to revive the Md:despotisms of
Europe. He has, upon the Continent, crushed all
the ecclesiastical tyranny, except in Russia and
Spain-rend,- will any man, end especially any En-
glishman, s;y that he would like to sett thnt tyranny
revived ? Lord Sheffield, in hie report to the Wool-
farmers, says, that this contttry suffers in.its cumpe.
tition with neighbouring ebuntries on accounrof our
lands being tithed. HIS -Lordship must allude to
'France ; and, therefore, he, at least, who 1% a very
&Naimoli, can hardly, wish to .see tithes restored in
France • unless, indeed, he can be supposed to be
actuated by a spirit similar to that of the jockey who
lamed his neighbour's horse to bring it down to a le-
vel with his ewe,.
There is a Rev. C. Cox-row, who, as the news.
papers inform us, has written 'a poem to persuade
the French not to fight under Napoleon any longer.
The Aforeirog Chronicle quotes the following verses
of this poem, and says, that it perfectly agrees in
the sentiment :
Riot think not. France, we wish to see restor'd,
Thy trembling vassal, and thy feudal lord,
The grinding impost, and the torering wheel,
The horrileletter, and theme. Bastile:
Britain too well the sweets. of freedom knows,
And deprecates oppression era to foes.
But in thy Sale clime no medium reins:
Mutt thou he forging still, or wevring chains ?
Still in extremes of heat or darkoes. groan ?
Nor lad is Albion, freedom's temp rate sone!
Here still for fruits by Patriots planted. spring,
The King a speaking law ! the Law a silent King,

SICILY.

" PALERMO. JoLvl4.

Oa board his Mstiesi c Venerahlr,

- off Portagairtte, Au.
I have the honour to acquaint your Lortl4:hip, that
we. have just received information that Catfare!ti,
who is much exasperated at the failure and defeat of
Roug-t, has marched a force of from 2500 to 3000
seen to D !range, to reinforce Rouget, and that they
purpose snaking another attack upon Bilboa. 1 am
returning to join General Mendizabal. The troops
are in the highest spirits. •

" The Parliament held their second sitting (first fro dispatch
basistelti on the Mat, w ,en the folitits in rhurtsen arum.*
were resolsed, and pass^d through the three Chambers, bY a
large majority, in spite of the indoeuee of the Court. Thete
is not perhaps in hi.tory so remarkable a revolution brought
Wow, with mi-ch tranquillity. The Barons, have given up
their feudal rights, and if the It esolutionswre followed up, of
which I have no doubt, the people will be free.
'• Onr Minister deserves Vie highest credit for his conduct ;
the Sicilians admit that they owe every W.* to his moderation)
good sense, and &mums.
ist. Toe Supreme Authority of making Laws and imposing
Taxes, is vested alone in the Nation.

Admiralty, fyfice, Sept. 12, 1812.
Extracts of Letters flout the Capta.ns of his Nt.jesty's Ships
named in she 711 tritio*,:4lresswl to Viee-Aslmsr sl $ six ver,
Cssin.sta,ider in Chief of his ht.ije%ts's Shills and lintels .it
Halifax, nod transmitted t s J..lm W Hum (-stoker. rssi.
Hi% 111:tiNt‘'s Ship Masts. at Sea. `24.
I beg to acquaint you, that his Majesty's ship
AMR., under my command, fell in with, and captur-
ed this day, in latitude 41. 15. N. and longitude 62.
30. W. after a short chase, the American privateer
brig Curlew, pierced for twenty guns, but having
only 16 on board, with acompletneut of one hun-
dred and seventy-two men.
• Astute', Colihri, Emulous.

" td The Executive Power is io the King.
" rd. Judicial Antit city is in the blagistnstes, subject to the
approval of Parliament.
" 4th. The King's person is sacred.
" sth. The Al inisters are responsible to Parliament.
" 6th. The Two Chambers to consiSt of Lords and Commons,
and the Clergy to have Seats in tie former.
" 7tb. The Barons to have only One Vote each.
" Ath. The Right of assembling Parliament is in the King,
and necessary every year.
" 9th. The Nation sole Proprietor of the State.
" 10th. No Sicilian can he judged or condemned, except by
Laws t• he recognised by Parliament.

His Maje'ds' Slnnp Csolibri, Cane Sable, hearing
Wes. 1? Lentues,Julv 4+6,
I beg leave to acquaint you, that on Sunday at
eight A. M. we descried two ships to the northward,
and a schooner to the S. E. the former apparently
steering a course for Halifax ; hauled up in duce of
the Schooner; at_ noon exchanged numbers with his
11Iajesq's schooner Bream; wore in chare of the
ships to the northward, which we found had hauled
up for us, the headmost evidently a mari of war with
an American ensign, and pendant flying ; she soon
tacked and made sail from us, with a bark, her prize;
144 continued closing %% irk her, and at a quarter be-
fore three o'clock we cam" alongside, and the action
became general, and at three they called wit for guar.
ter; brought too, and tor:: poeesslon of the Ameri-
can ship privateer Catharine, from Brostnn, out eight
days, and had taken noti•ing but the said bark : she
is a beautiful and well equipped ship, pierced for six-
teen guns, mounting fourteen long six-pounders. and
a comdlement of eighty-eight men, commanded by F.
A. Burniiam ; she had one man killed, and one
'_wounded ; Fer men ran below, which accounts for
• their suffering so small a loss.

. _ .
" lids. The Feudal Law is abolished, as well as the Right of
Inuestiiure (Monopoly).

" 12th. The Pi ivilegcs of the Barons, over their Vassals, is
also abolished.

" 130. Every proposition. relative to Taxation, most origi-
nate in the Lower Clamber, and be approved by the Upper.

14th A modification of the British Constitution to be re-
commended this Session.
14 The Parliament had their second meeting last night,, the
24th. The Ecclesiastical Chamber sent a deputation to the
It Lords, stating, as their opinion, that the first article of the Reso-
lution should ge to establish the religion of the costar/. which
was carried, after a debate. It was then resolved, that the ar-
, tides already voted by the three Chambers shoal he forthwith
presented to the KING for his sanction, previous to any further
proceedings, it being argued, that if the KING should put his
Pao on these Remlutiom (which were to form the basis of the
new Constitution) tiny superstructure formed upon them must
fall to the ground: There were only six dissentient voices en
this question. Princes FRABBEIA CANNING (the present Minister
of the Interior), CuTo and Listen's' NISCILIO, and two embers.
• voted with the Court. BUTERA, the premier Baron, gave the
first voice for the articles being immediately presented. Their
deliberations continued to a late hour.
" The Marquis Sanyo proposed aad carried the thls Relies
lotion against the Ministers.
" Prince Lisisioscra made a most eloquent speech, and to his
perseverance, ability, and firmness, every credit is due.
1, The Marquis SALVO also proposed the Tr'sal by Jury. whkb
was opposed by the Lords, last carried in the Commons.,
Tie I)..ke SVERLENRA propmed and carried the metion.
relative to the feudal law, on which (wadi* he delivirod i bril-
liant speech.
" I b.tve L'ile store to add, than that the Parliament IX de.
t"areki perms-sent until the Conatittajos ts formed.-11 must con
elude, as the Courier is*niug tai Ise dispatched. aad
,l write this
in the greatebt haste."

What " sentiMent"here is that the Morning Chro-
orae liZreei In I" do not know ; but, I do know,
that a Frenchman might give the Rev. Poet an an-
swer that he would not much like, as for example :
g Rm. Sir, since when, I pray you, has it been
right, according to your creed, for subjects to resist
their soyereiggs4..and, without such resistance, how
are we to follow your advice? As
.to the question
whether Napoleon be our inw(ol. sovereign, you
hare settled that by acknowledging him as such
:at the Peace of Amiens and at the Cnveittioo
of Cintra 4 and, you .2lra. not -nom,- when it suits
your own purpose, to perfu.s,de ,as that he is not
. .9ur legitimate sovereign; you are mit,:_ene days
to treat with him as Our. r4ettul ,ruler, .capable.
'of ,disposing of the territories .thd honours of.
France, and the next. TlVo'..call..oMn,us..tO rek
hipt.and destroy him,as a . Celsius. said :sis visserysey,;
besides that it is very impudent, Pe jer,r,..or any of,
your countrymen, to talk in th,IS strain, ..-It will be.
. quite soon.enongh, Rey. Sir, for you to•go into the
particulars of what you wistflo restore in France;
when we. 001. be Alposed ti stiffer : you,. or any
body thy W. reetwin:.,an - thing in France.;
,but,
since you liavititotptAiet u ttbe saLiec,t, let me ask
' you what you'
pow .14! 111 ins; us, that you wish us
to imitate you, and, at-the sre time, that you do
not wisli to 'rittoio the ." .grisUliur impost," &c.
' &c.? 'You moan, I sopposes.tisat you would 'torero
us the obeli, arkttislo.ti Who r
,"grinstisig impost; but,
would MerelY.,lay,,en. ke.tha.tacise.and Customs, and
Assessed, and !Auld, and Property TtptPß ; you would
only make ue'pay,temuir,ceptum . out of our Income.
after haring Collectida tas upon theland and upon al-
root eirtg.hrOclt..sof ute.i.tsp.o.o lift. otipt!.. You

111. Nl:linty% Sloop Emulona, of Rem, July SI, 18'2.
His SNeßty's sloop under my command, fell in
with, yoverday evening, the American privateer brig
Gossamer, of fourteen carriage guns, with one hwi-
drerl men, and after a short chase came up with and
captured her: she left ,Boston on the 2lth inst. had
made one rapture, the ship Mary Anne, of Greenovi.,
from Jamaica bound to Quebec.

We learn by the Eclipse, Capt. Lyme, that the
Americans have a number of ships loading with very
valuable cargoes, at China, and others on their
voyage home. The Eclipse brought dispatches from,
the Isle of France, which place
.she left in March
last; went to the Portuguese settlement in the Mo-
bambique, and then to the Cape, whence she sailed
on she 12th of June. The Racehorse and fiarpy
were left at the isle of France. The Galatea prov-
ing unsuccessful iti obtaining specie ft Bengal, went
to Bombay; she.has slue* returatod to the Cape.

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would not restore any
pt
rho`
cbl
rigudaii
elbtedyegotdyruiltiruth.nua.epdni
toitu,p4nl;,4.,dihsn'oloe.trsBm::eul(tilpoire.
mwehriecityi,giiivoewnesseyro,uhreEsexcise and C
forfeiture,tliy ouw us.um-..ous" .
toiol"t leasPg.seilnyle:COUTiiimsntectns::::vy‘faoglit;idrir.:lllll
eath, fur dif,
4:aftelwitodueldg:oefiesudliodleuObnf
f
ith bs„g.
rbiypptiloieg neck,
oucrubttoilwigelu,sbdeorowren before we we,y
r
d7inagdu'Off our heads, cutting us iiagoorepfouwr4otiatrocrectetis,:reiseivs.ao.ll,n:dg ! polaectiyugouthwosoeulqduaprutterosvaetr tuhse, disposalq
f
our
, at
yttFehone.
ucnledus
describe
esadcteoertifltby
het
i:passednssnsaidscuec asvosioo
:I
it
I,e,utrixertenhi
I.9ountrymen, who, strange as it may seem, hisci
theh
service
of your King for that of this very Nripliew, hot.,
ps
;in minor Cases, you would give us thatI which Sir
ia
e MIAs
you would give us, are they ?—Thank yu9,
otifi r ; we
LettersHol.flack.oechtehe will
taod
! suppose, give us occasional suspensions of the 1? lb
again,Corpos itcvt.ansdir.Solßitaurty,
flynt ePrr.i sbSni Sir, ht reT haa
oFrni:eeflsitts:..oewleulasttt
tainhs7yogousu,snranigindhititih,hio,aseswoolbfoijegoirlueat importance, and such 't
)°,oxtir.htaevde wtoll oh laivye oumPijetterrii
ismesaunrptrhiesitGigAoMhsEt,
oaund were T
i E
telling lulsf
I.you did not wish to restore, you should have
Of your list these two grievances, which were more
1 powerful than all the others put together in produ.
cing our Revolution, and rather than see which re.
stored, Frenchmen would perish to the last. Nova
! we know and feel, that no man in France can be
prevented from killing game upon his own land, or
upon the land of any other man by that other manes
consent. We know, that, in France, to be able to
kill, or possess, game requires no qualification of any
Sort; and, we also know, that, no man's crop is liable
to a deduction of a tenth part. 14 by did you not,
Rev. Sir, assure us that you mould not restore tithes?
• Why did you not give us this assurance, of more
impertowee to us--theft-ever, because so many of us
are now become proprietors of the soil ? I'll tell
j you why, Rev. C. Cotton ; I'll tell you why you
! did net give us this assurauce ; it was because it
would have let. the people, the "most thinking peo.
ple," of England into the secret, that we have no
tithes to pay, while they-have; that we have, by out
revolution, got rid of tithes; and this is a secret that
! you did not wish to communicate to that thinking
! people, that 4k 400 thinking people."—This one
article, Rev. Sir, might have solved your question
u WHAT ARE FRENCHMEN. FIGHTING
FOR 2" .They are fighting because they would-not
Ibe restored to their former state. They are not
fighting for " a Corsican;" they are not fighting for
I" usurper;" they are not fighting for "an up.
start;" they are fighting for no game laws, no tithes,
no gabelle, we corvee, co feudal, ecclesiastical, or
regal tyranny.; and though they submit to tl-c•
mends of one of themselves ;Aiwa at their heed,
they feel that all that nine-tenths, cf them p0t0..3
is held by the same tenure !hat he holds t-s
ttrorser: ---'rtes ansvr;r would, L'ovingine,
the Reverend C. Cotton a little,. But, indeed,
question whether he knows -any thing ut a" of
the state of France. .14., perhaps, has tak •
his notions %holly from the hired newspapers
which have been constantly is the habit of pub.
lishing false •accounts of evstato of that coun.
try, and. which, upon thitaakject, have promul.
gated his till their Editors, probably, believe them
to be true. The Rev. Poet waist° be as much out
in his geography as in his political views ; and, to be
sure, it must make Frenchmen laugh to see an Eng-
lishman pitying them on account of the fickleness
of the climate of their country; but, even this is
not quite so absurd as an attempt to persuadea whole,
nation of proprietors of land, that it is better for
them to have a tenth part of their crop taken from them.
than to retain the whole crop. In a parson one might
have excused an assertion that it was or good ; but
'an attempt to make them believe that it was better
was too much to go down.—There is one view of the
subject, I mean of the consequences of the death of
Napoleon, that•the friends of our system never seem
to take. They al,ways appear to suppose, that, if
he were to die, or be killed, there would be a great
change, and I think there can. be no doubt
of that ; but then, they rush on to a farther
conclusion, and take it for granted, that that
change would be.in favour. of the restoration of the
old Government, in which; I think, thejoare deceit.
ed. The first consequence of the death of Napoleon
would, in all human probability, be a state bordering
' upon anaachy ; but, the rpublic would revive. The
Irepublicans wombd again bear sway ; and, if we had
I good memories, we sboeld be very well assured, th
Mach was not to begotten by the ehange. If o
stomach for fight did not get the better of our recol
lection, we should not be exceedingly glad to see
sr
schtuisn. a ,
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pPeiepc hleeg
or uf sp,,,uarnodpe Bes
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on
un
scribk; and their sovereigns would, in my opinion,
crahgajanlgne with feelings that I need not de.
scneeoemwseuraefochreteho
have more ground for apprehension than they now
have. Therefore, it appears to me poesilde, to say
the least of it, that the death of Napoleon is what no
I high-flying royalist ought to wish for; or, at least,
that, if he should hear of that death,'he ought to m°-
, derate his joy. I have, however, I most confess,
1 another principle according to which
.1 judge of the
good or evil of Napoleon's death.
! hireling news-writers expressing
hear of his death:l perceive thug. his death is
j • thelir seea,s the
wished for by all those whom I know to be
I the country's worst enemleal 'by;, all those who
hate every thing like- fieedoro in the. country, by all
'the sons and all the daughters of corruption. And,
ass I,canuet refrain from believing, that they wish
thehips
countr
for their gond must be injorioes to
.y,
tilfeaordirec,r, seaut,hi,esystihienkm that his
.ie!ahati,te:whaitlevi bee`goo!
conclude that the death of Napoleon would be inju-
r
mind to wish abet he may live.—i
fort myself with the
Hbeabused for this,; but I comfort I
have
does to England, aud, therenpon,kul
'.reflection, that to revile is not to refute.
given my opinion very frau ,
I do not
fended with any ohe who may differ from me.
zeishier the deathsti Nvvieen. That I say distinctly.
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