The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-02 00:00:00

rH E STATESMAN.

3e: retain a respect for the liberties of mankind,
mike the case of the French people their own, and
to more distinctly feel the atrocity of ;Wonting to
dragoon them into submission to a family most de-
set.% edly expelled, and ask every man who feels as a
men ought to feel, what he would say if the
'TRIUMVIRATE who fancy they have the right
and the power to parcel out the portions of the
earth as TIIEY PLEASE, were to insist upon our
renouncing our allegiance to the illustrious (louse of
BRUNSWICK in favour of the King of SAttotstA,
who, full brother in rapacity and disposition to the
King of SPAIN, supposes himself the legitimate
King of England ? What would the meanest, nay
v; hat would even the most corrupt man in the nation,
whit would even Lord CASTLEREAGH say to so
impudent a demand ? He would revolt at it, and
renounce his existence rather than submit to
the insult.—So will the French ; and I do main-
tain, on the strong ground of our Consti-
tutional Rights, on the very principles that ele-
vated the present Royal Family to the Throne,
and on the far stronger ground of natural right,
which has precedency of all human Conventions,
that the Sovereign who (tares to invade another coun-
try for the purpose of forcing it to receive a King of
his choice, deserves to have not merely the sword,
but the sceptre wrested from his hand. Were I the
subject of a Sovereign so lost to all sense of justice,
of honour and humanity, as to invade France for the
sole purpose of restoring a banished Prince, I should
certainly, from that moment, feel myself clear from
my allegiance to such a Prince, and deplore the ab-
ject servility of those who would be parties in such
an act of tyranny and injustice.
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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

ZUZio.ili, MAY 2, 1815.

Yesterday afternoon we received Paris Papers to
the 20th, and to-day to the 30th. We have also
some more Brussels and Frankfort Gazettes, and
accounts from Italy, which will be seen in our co-
lumns. NAPOLEON had not left the •capital on the,
29th ult., but he was expected to set out before
or on this day, the 2d of May. The commence..
mpnt of hostilities would not be delayed long after
his arrival at the northern frontier.
Signs of disunion among the Allies already begin
to be manifested. A telegraphic dispatch from Metz,
states, that a Proclamation had been issued by the
Austrian Commis.i°n at Creuznach, forbidding obe.,
dience to one published by the King of PRUSSIA,
ordering the inhabitants of the tight bank of the Mo-
selle, which is ceded to him by treaty, to take the
oath or fi.lelity to him. We know not what degree
of credit is due to this statement, or what is the pre-
cise right which Austria assumes to forbid obedience
on the part of the people on the right bank of the
Nloselle to any Power whatever—but if Prussia is
put int, peaceable possession of her aggrandizements,
aggrindizements which threaten the existence of the
Auso•.-n power, and have already sunk it from being
the first to the second Stale in Germany, and Aus.
tria is left to fight for her indemnities in a dis-
tant quarter, where she sees but little hope
of obtaining them, we may expect, ere long, to per-
ceive not the most cordial understanding subsisting
between Austria and Prussia, and the rest of the
sworn Allies, who have lately been so kind to them.
selves, and are now to be so cruel to their neigh-
bours.

We are told the advicrs received yesterday by'
G nvernmetit, by way of Vienna, from Italy, hale•
teen greatly misrepresented, and that the substance
of the intelligence is, that on the Bth and 9th ult.
the Neapolitan Army were repulsed by the Austrians
at the tele du pont of Occhio Bello, iti two successive
attacks. On the 11th, Field-Marshal BIANCHI at•
tacked the enemy's positions near Carpi, and after
e long end obstinate struggle, the enemy were driven
cut of the town with the loss of 12 Officers and 500
men. The enemy abandoned Reggio by way of Mo-
de•►a.

Gen. NUGF.Nrs corps near Piste* was attacked
on the Bth by the Neapolitans under PIGNATELLI,
who were successfully repulsed and driven under the
walls of Florence.

General NUGENT was again attacked on the 10th
and 11th, but the enemy was repulsed on each day
Nidi very considerable loss in killed and wounded.
The Neapolitans having undertaken operations
against Ferrara, their troops in that position were
briskly aitarked on the 12th, by the Austrian divi-
sions tinder Gem Mona, and Field-Marshal NEIP;
react. The whole of their force was driven off the
field, sail their works destroyed. They were par-
seed tyr Gen. Motto as far a 3 Bologqe.
Sod le the complexion of the official intelligence
from Italy, as given out by the •rgans of our Go-
vernment. But we have very different accounts
through other channels, as will be seen by the arti-
etas we quote in other parts of our Paper. At the
date of the last accounts, the Austrians were coma-
Stated between Mantua and Borgotorte, on the Po.
Neither party seemed willing to advance until more
v a; known respecting the war with France.

A Proclamation, or rather the Deeree of the
SOVEREIGN Panne, which we insert, will give the
reader some idea of the state of the public mind in
the Netherlands. It threatens with penal infliction
"all those who shall propagate rumours, announces,
or news, which may tend to alarm or disturb the
public mind." There is liberty of speech and publi-
cation for you, Brabanters, with a vengeance!

Earl GREY, preparatory to the motion which he
is this evening to snake in the House of Lords, on
the subject of our relations with Naples, put some
questions to the Earl of LIVERPOOL last night, that
elicited a little information, which, from its import-
ance, we notice here. Lord 1.. said, 6' our rela-
tions with Naples had depended on the movements of
Marshal MURAT. In consequence of the advance of
MURAT in the North of Italy, Lord WILLIAM BEN.
TINCK had given notice to him that he would consi-
der any hostilities on his part, against our Allies, as
a breach of the armistice concluded between him and
this country. Ills Lordship could not speak as to
the fact of hostilities having commenced between
MURAT and this country ; neither could he speak as
to any discussion or negotiation going on at the pre-
sent moment."

Thus we are to consider ourselves as in a state
of hostility with the present Ruler of Naples, and ,
certainly the chief part of Italy, which is now in
his possession—and for what are the English troops'
to contend for in Italy —To aggrandize the power
of Austria, to carry into effect the projects of the
Bourbon King of SICILY, and to tread under foot
rights and liberties, which the very Commander who
is thus rashly proclaiming war on the part of his
country, swore to protect. Not only must Great
Britain be disgraced in the eyes of the world by her
Ministers giving their sanction to the shameful par-
titions of the despots of the Continent, in direct nod
open violation of the most solemn and existing en•
gsgements ; but her blood and treasure, and the ho•
nour of her Commanders, most be sacrificed to carry
these spoliations into effect ;—and this is called act-
ing justly, wisely, magnanimously, and securing the
tranquillity of the world !
And for this object, to aggrandize our Allies,
Powers who bear that name to-day from the most'
selfish of motives, and may be our enemies to-mor-
row from the same principle, and to make ourselves
appear not only unjust, but pre-eminently ridiculous;
we are to have the Property Tax, and all other taxes
that can be devised or borne—the whole burthen of
the war, and the brunt of the battle,. without a hope
or a chance of advantage! The Property Tax camel
under discussion in the House of Commons last night.
General GAscotarvz moved an exemption for Officers
in the Army and Navy, when actually engaged in
foreign service, which was negatived without a divi-
sion. Previous to the House resolving itself into a
Committee on the Bill, discussions arose on several
questions relative to tl►e most serious inconveniences
attending the Tax; and one motion, to controul the
cendoct of Inspectors, was, after some conversation,
! withdrawn. In the Committee the CIIANCELLOR of
the EXCI/EQUER introduced a Clause, " That the as•
sessments for the current year should be made on the
basis of the last, without any new valuation," which,
as well as one imposing an oath of secresy upon the
Commissioners, was adopted, and ordered to form a
part of the Bill.
This is all the modification that measure, which has
given such pain and disgust to the community of
Great Britain, is to undergo; and though the re--

corded voice of the nation has pronounced it most in-
jurious and impolitic—because the Petition of the
City of London referred to it as a measure likely to
be adopted by an infatuated Administration, to en-
able them to carry on an unjust and unnecessary
war—though the See.taxa of the House of Commons,
on a late occasion, declared, that the doors of that
House ought to be freely opened to all Petitions,—that
of the Citizens of London was not allowed to be laid
on the table of Parliament; and when they are called
a respectable body, those Ministers who have heaped
such accumulated evils on the country, fall a laugh-
ing and call hear, hear! Yet do we see these
Ministers with their Exchequer Bills iu their bawds•
unfunded, soliciting the very men they thus affect to
contemn, for their aid—no wonder it is la vain.—
Out of eighteen millions proposed to be raised by
the desperate expedient of Exchequer Bills, the
Minieter has not been able to procure mere than Cm
The sentiments ■nd situation of the country may
be read pretty plainly from this.
Our Readers will, perceive from the Report, and
wonder, doubtless, at the choice of the champion
made by the Livery, that the Petition of the Com-
mon Hall was presented by Sir WILLIAM CURTIS,
who, in doing his duly upon this occasion, and re-
presenting the sense of his Constituents, declared
that not one single sentiment contained in the Peti-
tion met with his concurrence ! The Honourable
House, or rather the Gentlemen who compose the
governing part of that Assembly, gave two most,
weighty reasons for a rejection of the Petition. It
was not quite to their taste in point of language—estel
sufficiently respectful, or adulatory enough, and
forms of the House forbade any interference
whatever with a Tax Bill while before the
house. No matter—the case would not have
been much altered or bettered althoegh the Pe-
tition had been ordered to lie on the table.—
, The House, the country, and the. Ministers, hart.
been made sensible of the light in which the most re-
spectable part of the Citizens of London look upon

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the attempt now making to plunge the nation into
an expensive war, and the abhorrence in which they
hold the expressed disposition of a rash and
incompetent Ministry, to add fresh burdens to
the load which already weighs down the people
of this country, in order that their blunders may
be repaired, and their Quixotic projects may be
carried into effect.' Ministers may shut their
doors and their ears, and may get their ma-
jorities to shut the doors of Parliament, and their
ears also to the petitions and remonstrances of the
people, but they cannot shut out all 'perception of
the true nature of their policy and the consequences
that will attend it. The people of England will not
believe an allegation the less true because it is spurn-
ed—not refuted—nor that true loyalty, patriotism,
and common sense, consist only in devotion to
Courts and Ministers, and are only expressed in the
language of servility.

Paris Papers to the 3Uth ult. arrived this morning.
Their contents are of little importance. The only
thing worth noticing is, that Joachim, on his depar-
ture from Naples, appointed his Queen regent, and
diminished all the taxes one-third.

Yesterday, about three o'clock, Mr. BUM; the
King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, in a
post-chaise, with dispatches from abroad.
Government gave yesterday notice of its purpose
to receive proposals for the purchase of 8000 tons of
hemp.
The Paris Papers contain a Proclamation of the
Emperor of Alarm& for the reunion of the king-
dom of Lombardy to the Austrian Monarchy, under
the title of the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom. It is
to be governed by a Viceroy; and is divided into
two Governments, the Milanese and the Venetian.
Representatives from the different classes of
inha-
bitants are to meet at Milan and Venice, for the pur-
pose of enlightening the Government with respect to
the interests of the country ; the Constitutions of
these Representative Assemblies, however, are not
fixed, but are to he laid down in future Edicts.
Such is the state of feeling in Saxony, that at Dres-
den an order has been published by " the Libe-
ratots," denouncing severe puutsishment on any per-
son who even speaks in favour of NAPOLEON.
BONAPARTE has granted permission to the bene-
volent Mr. Wass to visit any part of France. The
agent to Mr. WEBB has been requested to meet the
-Philanthropist in Paris in a few weeks.
. Saturday being the third and last day for the in-
vestment of Exchequer Bills, the books were filially
closed. Out of the 13 millions, to which Mr. VAN-
s trutives effereztended, he has obtained 10,300,0001.
It is likely that the sum of between seven and eight
millions, which is there deficient, will he added to the
new Loan.