The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-04-25 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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hope Mr. Arroeisear.Getesttee will nothe: Offended , propriety that Mr. Peewees, In his Java Anglorum,
with the expression, seeing that we blunt English. published 1792, has called the Rights of Matt tire
men have long entertained an opinion that the Go- basis of the English Constitution : he says—" In
veraments of Austria, Russia, and Prussia are the combination of the political circumstances of the
despotic—and that they did take great offence at the present day, I know not how I can render a more
Rigists of Man, is very certain ; nor was such ha- essential serricc to my country, than by endeavour-
tred on their part a thing to beat all wondered at, for big faithfully to represent, and strongly to impress
it struck at the fiery title by which they hold their the minds of my countrymen, with the true genuine
Crowns. In Ettglatid the case is very different: for principles of ile-Rights of Man; for upon this basis
here the-Rights of Man do actually form the basis bath been raised the most brilliant and stupendous
of our Constitution, and the ground-work of the work of human economy, the blessed and glorious
succession of the House of Hanover. It is right, Colutitution of the British empire. The great
therefore, that we4hould be friends to the Rights of FORTESCVE entertained so sublime an idea of them
Man, and they its enemies. This, therefore, may be as early as in the 14th century, that he said,—
styled a wonderful conciliation ; or, as I haye :lima. " And for the same reasoe it is, that • Saint
dy, I think, (-tiled it, a double Revolution, both in the Tuomas is supposed to wish that all le kingdoms
' Vrencli Government and in the sentiments of its elm. and nations in the world were governed in the poli-
shies. -if I recollectaright (for really sometimes I forget vital way as we are—with such a law (says ST.
what I have said at the commencement of a letter before Tnowas) all mankind would have been governed,
1 rearh the end of it), I have also said, that I would if in Paradise they had not transgressed the law of
not in this letter, and I hope I never shall have oc- l Con." With this quotation from Mr. Peownee, I
elision to do it in any other, dipute the sincerity of shall close what I mean to say in vindication of the
this conciliation.—Wen, Sir, the despots on the Con- Rights of Man. The rights formed the basis of the lii. Nlailltl'i ship B trehatatt, before
tist?itt,. as I have taken leaie to cult them, having, I French Constitution of 1789, and they were, says naeuva, Jae. 'AS, 1814.
by the mediation of Lord CAsTLEttEAGH, becemiti Mr. Peownesi (a very learned lawyer), the basis of SIR,—My letter of the tlth lea. will have acquaint-
fliends with the Rights of !flans I hope our free ! our own Constitution. To them the reigning families ed you of the capture of Cattaro ass
tad of my and
Government will no longer persecute any one for ' both in France and England did owe the Crowns thou to attack this place as soon e artillery and
profeseing his good will .towards him, and that, con.. they wore. They were of a nature so " blessed," I stem, necessary for the siege, were embarked from
seeilossly, , I may be allowed to explain to your se 66 glorious," so celestial, so divine, that accord - ; that fortress; on my at rival here on the Mb, I
liteadets, 111.11 they are the ei.ence 'of our Constitu. ; iug to a great Saint of the Church, they were war- . found the place Invested by the Austrian Genet•nl
tints, and the foutallati;i6 of the present, Hauoveriao • thy to govern mail in a stgteat_peimeral inuocende ; Milutinoviteh, with two Croat battalions, but not
Gm-et:mem. 1 yet weretheseverypriticiplesrentleredtbsohject do- a. single piece of artillery had arrived. Four mot-.
The Rights of Man consist of seventeen articles ; neral odium and reproach by theorts of ettleuuty nd, tars aud two guns were immediately landed from the
but PA t NE, with his usoaVshrewdness, remarks, that misrepresentation ; and so'ln this costietrxietut plunged Bacchante and opened on the works of the town and
6' the three,firtt articles Contain the basis of liberty, into *war for the tole purpose of reciting iset, these Fort Lorenzo thetire morningll of the 22d : the
The ap. enemy
as well individual as national*." What are they ? very principles by the power of the:Sword. PAtsrs returte .d a heavy front a his ies.
Briefly these :—First, That men are born free and to' r snamiainiug thesis was prosecutt4i4Me hook burnt, proach to Ragusa is extremely difficult, by the corn.
equal, and therefore all civil distinctions are founded and he was hanged in effigy; a hilitiliikav, lowa., mending situation of Fort Imperialitnd the island of
ors public utility only.—Secondly, That the end (Oa I_,.IIHELwaLL, !cc.. had nearly been hangetl in earnest. Croma.; and it became an object of impOrtauce to
society is the preservation of man's natural rights, Mr. Fox was dismissed., I believe, from theeffice of secure this latter port before we could advance our
sceeasey, and RE. Privy CoUlleillOr; and the Doke of Nouttotx from the batteries; two eighteen-pounders were therefore
m-hich are LIBERTY, PROPERTY,
SlsTaxor at,AtNsT oPPßE.Sstoß.—Thirdly, That the command of the West York gilitlit,for toeaktitig the So- landed, and by the great exertions of the offi-
nation Is essettialli the sounCE of all sovereignty, vercignly of the People, kstsitib is a troe,coustltslional -errs and seamen under Lieutenant Milbourne, third
and That no indiva oil, or body of men, can be justly sentinieut;iatleed had net thissoVereigntybeen inherent of thi, ship, one guts was brought round the moue-
ettl:lled to any authority that does not expressly in the people, no pareof Weever could. have been de-
ands at the back of Ragua, a distance full six miles,
emanate from that so we. I dare say the Reader, be legated to the rigese of URVIIfiNVICIe t the Crown . placed immediately opposite the island, which it
he who he may, must Wire heard of French principles, • must have gone, in t: c that case, like an old v
estment, completely commanded.
and the horrible danger attending those principles.— to the next 0( ki,e,or the House of &T The French General, however, on the morning of
I should not wonder if the tales that he has heard ln short, . such wail the abhorrence entertained the 27th, sent out a trbce to request our batteries
about this danger has made even the hair of his head 'by thh wise folks of this country against these would cease, and 6 capitulation was commenced and
to stand an end. Behold here then the epitome of ;, principles of their own 46 blessed and glorious" Con.. signed on the 28th, for the surrender of the town and
these prieciples! What is there here to shock any stitution, that for tiny mats to have avowed them its dependencies. 'Vie British and Austrian troops
man ? Nothing; absolutely nothing, that I can would have been titufficietit offence ta have tensed took possession the. same day ;, One hundred and
discover; MR. Korroa ; on the contrary, I believe him to be kicked out of company ; and I make no twenty pieces of cannon were mounted on the works
with Btrettaxasr, and BRACTON, and the Author of doubt, that if Saint TtIOs!AS himself had revisited of the town And Fort Lorenzo, twenty-one in Fort
Fleta and Fonvescuu, and many others, that it is -the earth, sad field Owlet/re language that tie did, in Imperial, and eleven in the island of Croma, with a
the will of (ion that man should be so governed. On his book De Iter.lntilut PrinalPlunt, his Saintship garrison of five husulted men, and nearly six weeks
the other fused it would shock me, it would be would havebeen kicked and coifed Iso by the sapient provlsions. The garrison are prisoners of war, not
enough to make my hair stand an end, to hear any people of this country. - . -- r 1 -to serve against England or her Allies till regularly.
matt maintain the reverse of these propositions ; ' [To be concluded i exchanged. Liss Majesty's ship Llizabeth arrived
namely, that men were not born free and equal in • here on the evening of the 27th, but Captain Cower
their rights, and that civil distinctions were nut for lillDD L ESE X SESSIONS. . ery handsomely decline&interfering in the negocia-
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the public good, and that pwiell, wig not instituted 1 ' --..ssam--- ;lion. lam happy to say the best understauding has
to to liberty, property, security, and resist-1 Saturday. W. lrareVield Evans and EtLcard Sad- prevailed between the allied troops, and General
ante to oppression ; and that the consent of the ea- let, were indicted for assaulting and wounding Milotinovitsl has expresSed himself its the handsomest
tins teas not necessary to 'auction the exercise of , Vickery, the•Bow-stmt Officers, in Chisseo7streets4e4aser therassisience hAbas receitred.
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power, n hich would leave the people exposed to ton the night 6f the 30th of December lilt' - ' '771 ,rtici oialh'ia. for Which you seat In e, 9
force, and make might the criterion of right. Alga, The particulars of this case are alreadyliefore the. I ketieve.„ obtained, by the eel) sires of ;he
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Sir, what a system would this be! I will toot merely i public. ' French troops from the provce of Cattaro and lta.
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say that this is not the 'law of England, I will go ! The testimony elf the Officers broogist the case gusa, and it only remains for me to montion the int.-
much farther, and will say, that Ito nation in the ; home to the Prisoller Eviiiis i but there being some
'hovelritorous conduct of all the ofneec; and men %the
world ever intended that it should be governed by ;donbts as .to -Sadler's being present, the Jury ac. shared the fatignes and 'piivations attending
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such a system as this. In shout, I ermine the law! quitted him. • ' , it. .-
of England, and there I find the Rights of Man. The Court sentenced' Evens to two years impri- , I beg leave :Pio to mention the great assistance. I
BaacioN tells me that the King iscreated and elected.,
endssohsent in tfre' Homo of 'Correction, and, at the have received from Captain Autgelo, of Lieutenant-
by the people to exercise the power of the law, ex- - General Campbell's staff', who accompatlied me from
ercere debet Rcx potestotern kris, ad hoe Timm fur two years, himself in 1001. and two sure- Cattaro, both there mid at this plate. *His ready
cnE42l,,s est et ELEcrus at justitiamfaciat unirer.! ties in St/Leach ; and to remain in prison till such se- and active services have considerably dintinished the
sis : and that this justice is to be ,administered .entity was found. ; difficulties we have met with. The limits of a dis.
'without distinction, for all are equal in the sight ' er:*atowlemeel patch will not atlow me to eater further into detail,'
of the law, and according to the ancient laws POIXE. but I ZAN assure you, sir, that every officer and man
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end customs of the land —Justitio fiat omnibus,l -....0. , wider my command. hos strictly performed his duty.
Bow-sr:tem—On Saturday a journeyman mecha•
tam divitibus quam pauper stagnalibus politer 4 1 The loss of the Briti-li during the siege, has been one
nit was brought to the Office,- charged with attempt-
secundanz nrcr.es Co,OSUETUDINES 4 Leges
in this : ing to murder his wife, while in bed with her, and in I seamen killed, and ((it severely wounded.
in Regno usitatas. That he can do nothing I have the honour to- be. &c.
: the act of suckling her Infant. s W. lIOSTL, Captain.
land hut what the law empowers him to do, Nihil
The Sitting Magistrate expostulated with tire. Pris
mine aliud potent in terris nisi id solum quod de loyal ,- Rear-Admiral Tremantle. &e.
acid
`sorter on the heinousness of iris offence, especially :
yotest. Tkat his power is the power of the laW, Hie Meieey-s ,hip Miir.ra% off Trieste,
towards a woman whom he had, in Isis marriage row, -
me the peer of wrong doing ; potestas sua jurist Fel.. 16. Mit
: solemnly undertaken to maintain, suppout ats4 the- 1 Cut,—The fall of Meuse makes the Allies masters
Iv', et no injurirr. And that when he governs by law
he is a King, hut a tyrant when he exceeds it—Rex ' rish. All re-proof, rembustrance, or advice, 110- of every place in Ditto:ilia, Croatia, Istria,, and the
peered to he lost upon the hardened wretch ;as he, Flinn], with all the islands in the Xlitiatie. .
est duns bent remit, tyrannus dam pupating op.
. answered, he could not live comfortably wills his ; I beg leave to transmit a statement of the "feral
primit violenta dontinatlone.—All this is repeat-
in creasequence, very pro. : places taken by the squadron, since I have bast the
ed by FLETA in nearly the same words; and they imife any more. Ile was,
both agree that the power of the law is from Peti.Y
ordered to find good and sufficient bail triwards- command in this gulplt.
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(;(,1), hut that oppression or lawless rule from the ' her. I have the honour to be, &c.
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-.)i:vir. and that the KING will be the minister of the i The landlord of the house attended, and esplain. 1 (si,o.qt). Ttltvi. F. FREMANTLE.
To Sir Edward Pellets, Bart. Commander
ed the cause of the husbard's cruel concae, which in ci,n.r. &c.
oni. or the other according as his Government is Is.. -
was his cohabiting with another woman,' which the
gal or illegal ; Potestas Juris whits est Dci potestas • [Here follows the ti-kt•r:plices taken 3
fellow did not deny. The landlord, on the con.
injuriee Diabali est et ciders horum operant feccrit --wiett
represented the conduct of the bite W be .
Rex, epts Minister erit. ForttemE tell us, that a , traTirs Foreign-OA:4' ril 22.
King af Essgland is set up for the benefit of his pea . every thing that was discreet and praise - - (why. Earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty 1 Principal Secretaries of
, Sta.- Mortis day notified, by carainancl of his Royal Bigh-
pl., and not for his own—that he is the guardian of Hierean-a/rittoeseri—On the 23d inst. Gear e liave. port, he pe ate Pride legent. to die Ministers or Friendly Powers
the' peoples' tares (mind, Mr. Forma, they are call- fiber.ie 1,47m° viTtr ~,„°Z,°,7rlll,,,itsilhe'roffi.Br fewr;:;7„bc.":11,4;::::: i resided as this Conn, that Ihr erstrict isms heretofore imposed
ed the people's laws, not the King's, for a realion tee theta tohie stoke, ~,.d the hatter ter 61e"1446 s: 6 r''''' 'is"- ' ells
("1:41111:015 It = ttailaitviZtriteil'iacritZt;'.sntodhjhectr sfitlosptetfle
that will be explained presetitly)—of their bodies .4p.ittifilv.alitilarlsl;thdonkt,s.tind station:l from Mr; Sohn 13..... 1
t in- floe vend wooer era they had before traded in times of peace,
and of their goods—that for this purpose a power is y,'„`„;.,.:l.kiv„,clew,„ imm,T,rnilr'
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,lerS"lreel' so !hal! 4*.' in hist Maissaisrlounioions, and the ports of Italy from
delegated to film by the people, and that he cannot The discovers was made in consequence oitt:ldest Pri- whackdie British flag is out excluded.
---Sdlaw—
govern by any other power. Ad TIITELAM LEGIS
,sl7:i.e,srbin,rilve."..44:litC„rf 7. as'al,,e,:tsoorNsehr b'noitssc.k,S,les'nllMAr. Lot' kssiish,v.,tC,,,,°: fit the eii at a 41st April, /1414. Present,
subditorum uc want CORPOnUi d BUNOnUM Rex . snspecting he did not come by them li •stly, vireo to inform --- -- ki:fttloyaiCinretiessilitr. tbeee'llteorfent. in Cotiocil.
erect us est , et ad_ hanc POTESTATEM A POPULO
14.5.1.rr.frburikoutlitt:';01';::;;1"3!1312.ef..". "jell .th'e "!'init".."
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r.. and found
pears, considerable tars thymitwif. valuable Theis/lay the flight Huissorable Sir Aksander Thonion,Knt.
~FLUICA2I.I ipSe' habet, non licet potestde ALI. 4 suo i bunks u"nddrp.rtt p. Lord Cttief Baron atwir Masiesty's Court of Exchequer, was,
populo doormat-J. As to the law being called the The Pritiontrs were rein:ward for anothler exatiiiiiation. Ily command of his tout ilighaers the Prince Regent, in the
name and on the behalf of hie Majesty, sworn of bir Majesty's
people's law, or the law of the land, it arose from I moo Hotionrable Privy Council, and took his place at lie
this circumstance, that the law was the common will i An Inquisition was on the Blb instant taken it the Board accordingly.
of the people, or the community, as BitacToN de.i parish of Aston-le-Walls, its Newthansinottshii% on
scribes it.—Lex cst conununis sponsio Reipublicw.! view of the body of Rachael Morris, twilp hatl4:been
Here we see plainly, that the power by which this; barbarously murdered on the 6tif itustint,. whi'b a
country is governed, resides in the people originally ; ! spade, Which was left sticking in her skill. The
and that the kingly power is but a secondary or deri. i deceased presented a sight of the most awful and sa-
'olive power, confided by the people for certain spe. ; rage barbarity ; she had one ear'cut off, one eye cut
cific purposes, which its truth are the same that are! out, and her head was literally shattered to pieces by
intended to be secured by the Itteters or 11ae.—; the, repeated blows she had sustained. 'Pte Jury
As to resistance against oppression, we find it both I were doPlitwd the greater part of the day in hearing
in theory and practice. The Saxon law positively 1 the evidence of several witnesses, when they return-
says, that if a King breaks his Coronation Oath, &c.' ed 'a verdie: of Mfitrul.afurder against Thomas Mar-
be shall no longer retain the name of king—nee no- Hs, the husband of the deceased, who was cosimitted
men Regis in ea constabit—and as to radical re-1 to the county gaol, to take his trial.
sisiance is it not to
.these principles that the present i The present' would, perhaps, be the propitious
family owes the Crown ? The House of CADET and time for correcting the long-standing nuisance of
the house of Bistugawical -equally derive their right I Custom-house Officers, both of England and retiree;
from a. popular autertion of the right Of resistance" searching the persorili of passengers id a manner so
egaiust op. It 'was, therefore, with drat infer:mire to common decency, and thathialthoutatny
ice, - . materiii advantage to the public' remit.' of eithet
eottukry.

Admirtiky Office, April t 3.
Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Ste Edward Pellew,
Bart. to John Wilsou Crokrr, Esq. dated on hu..rd his Isla-
jest)'e ship Culedouia, off Minorco, March 28.
His Mainly'. strip Caledonia, oft
Manners', March 28. •'
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enclose, for the information of their
Lordships, copies of letters just put into my hands,
by .Rear-Admiral Fremantle on his way to Eng-
land.
I learn with the sincerest regret the death of Cap-
tain Taylor, of the Apollo, whose exemplary con-
duct and amiable character, raised to him universal
respect. The last service he performed in co-ope-
rating in the capture of Paso, was executed with his
usual judgment. Captain Hoste's letter, respecting
the taking of Rause, will show their Lordship's the
success of that slUtiuguished °Meet's constant zeal
and activity.

I hare the honour to be, &c.
EDWARD PkiLLEW.

(Tbis Gazette alsir contains an account of the ceremony of
conferring the Order of the Garter on the King of France ; stales
that'tbe Prince Regent has dispeased w ith the statutes and regu-
lations ting installation. in favour of the Emperor Alexan.
eer aarlregellarquis of Wellington ; and notifies his perenis-ion
to Sir T. Caicraft to accept the l'ortugues.! Order of the
Tower and Sword.]

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Croton-Office, April 23. •
lONIRER RETURNED T
RLIAME NO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PAT.

Borough of Newton.
Thum Legh. of Lyene, In the County of Chaster. Egg. in the
room or tanjor4:eneral Prter Heron, olio tins accepted the
Chiltern Hundred..
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BANKRUPTS. _

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R. Crawford, Neweastle.epon-Tyne, grocer, May b, 16,
June 4, at the George !nu. Newcastle-upon-I'y tie. A ttornie,
Mr. Stoker, Nen castle-stpon 'l'ytte ; and ,Nes•rs. Bell alai Bra-
driek. Bow Church-yartl, Cheupside:
G. Neeld, Winchester; attialumn, April 30, May 7, June 4,-
at Gnil3holl, Attorney, Mr. Pike, Air-street, Piccadilly.
W Cock, roxearth, hex, shoemaker. April 26, May 7,
June 1, at Guildhall. AttOeuey, 31r. Lewis, 'lar:c•litnr.

• Ser PilhE'S Mee of Kat p. )120; undo FLAWIII7S
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