The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-07-17 00:00:00

7'o THE EDITOR OF THE STATES.II.4y,
Sin,—Never was the world at large more rte:'
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by a certain special pleading and sophistry that;
: the present momeut.—Never also has there beeti
much pains taken to draw men off frorii
justly on passing events., ;11
In the beginning of the French Itevnlutina, t!„ in
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surrounding Potentates armed themselves agaiiistl
nation determined to assert her rights, and no
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to groan under an oppressive and corrupt
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The motives of these despot. were prq'esserily
the restoration of the ancient order of things;
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unless it is contended that no nikory endured In
people can justify orn resist:lnca to oppression, ti,,
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King of France, and those zcito took his part wen: dr
originally THE AGGR ESSO RS—the primary cause of Li in
the follow ing consequences.
. Many events then succeeded, on both sides, lAA O
are not to be justified by either party ;—the farce, th
for instance, required to repel such a host of erownel
despots, who poured forth their numerous and slavish 1,1
subjects to fight their cause, naturally procured for di
to
France a Military Government under a Military
Chief. But still in all this—the aggressors—the ag. sa
gressors I say,—must not be lost sight of. Oa
And do we not see, Sir, at this hour, those very
men, enforcing the very same principle, which, twentg .4'
years ago, they endeavoured to establish ?
In short, turn it and twist it as you please, Gr, fr
yon will find that the royal confederacy have Defame. of
—7'hat no nation shall be allowed the rig he of frtline el
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their legitimate Sovereign to account ,b,. c, VIM 1 •
wards that nation what they may.— Ilenre sir, .4
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• will of the French nation is laid low, and the b.' 4.
bons restored !—Look well to this, my countrywat
—for your turn may come! tv
Allow me, now, Sir, to end this by congratulat.
ing you on our late glorious successes. .How noble,
Sir, is the object attained ! How gratifying tea a.
free-born Englishman is the restoration of the Boua.
Boss and the return of a peaceable and quiet despot.
ism in France ! li
July 12, 1615. y.
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N AL IN TE LLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 15.—Arrived the Hawthorn,
Doyle, from :Bahia, ittss days, and 45 days front
Pernambuco: sailed is company with the Lion; 10 •
prisoners were put on board each vessel, belonging to
his Majesty's late ship Penguin. The Penguin
fought 20 minutes, and sunk : she had 35 men Lill-
' ed and wounded, among the former was the Captain.
Oil Cape Clear the Hawthorn fell in with his Majes-
t ty's ship insolent, and put on beard the Penguin's
people.—TheMinerva, Jackson. from Liverpool for
Quebec, was lost near Gaspee, atad part of her cargo
saved; Thy Saragossa transport was also lost in
Quebec harbour, by accident : she had the 57th re-
tri tient en boaid—a few lives were lost.
Drat, Jesor IG.—Arrived the John (Auto, Taylor,
from New-York, in 26 dlys.—Came down from the
River the Sir Charles Price, for the South Seas.
Hauwten, JULY 16.--Sailed yesterday the EA
of Leicester packet, for Holland ; Auckland packet,
for Cuahaven, and Albion packet, for Gottetthurgh.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 16.--Arrived yesterday his
Majesty's ship Tagus, from Plymouth ; his Mae
jesty's ship Grrifon,; from a cruize; and the Lean. -
der, Acosta, and Perseus, from Quebec, with * •
convoy of about 56 sail .of transports among them .t
are the follow ing :—Eliza, Lord Castlereagh, 'I
George, Mercury, Resource, Retreat, Charlotte,
Nestor, Pilot, Admiral Gambier, Regent, Bri.
tannin, Voyager, Spring, Henry, Eurydice, Brit.
sus, Northumberland, and -Jonah.—Arrived to.day I
his Majesty's ship Valiant, from Plymouth ; Braten
and Pandora, from a cruize.—llis Mejeity's ship
Clinker, with 36 transports with troops for Ostend,
will sail in the evening.
PLeateu ray JULY 15.—Came in the French brig
Emilie, from Cette for Dunkirk, detained by the
Podargus; Trois Frere, from Bourdeaux, detained
by the Cyrus.
FALMOUTH, JULY 1 I.—Arrived the if'alsinglutes
.packet, from Corunna, in seven days.
Tuella v, JULY 15.—Arrived and sailed on a
.cruize, his Majesty's ship //aeock ; and the .4g.
pressor from a cruize, and remains.
The Commercial Treaty with the United States is,
we learn, short in the form, but comprehensive in
the substance. By the first article, the Naiigatir a
laws of the two countries are for mutual benefit di,.
!messed with, and British vessels trading to Americus
ports, and American vessels trading to British ports,
ate equal privileges in regard to duties and elver.
' tions with native vessels respectively. This bent fill
not only extends to the ships, but to the Cargoei.
Thus cotton wool, which nu coming to England
British ships from the United States is liable to •
duty of only one penny per pound, and if imported"
in American vessels, is subject to a charge of threow
pence its the pound, will incur the same duty, if con.
veyed in the bottoms of either of the two countries.
The second article edmits cf free trade to Calcutta,'
and to all the British settlements of the Peninsula of
iiimkstrin. With regard to China there is no regulite
' lion, because that trade is exclusively with the liidia
Company, and this Company has no power or autho-
sky to obstruct the trade:o China; either with /ea.irri
to the Americans or any other foreign State. A third
article, and not the teat important in the view of the
American Government, reirri,7ts the British from -'"•
tering into any trade is ith the numerous tribes of le.
sliarts occupying-any part of the country within !!:e
jerisdiction of the Coked ittltes•