The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-08-17 00:00:00

• • llng ST4iTESMAN.

NAPOLEON BONA PAITB.

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" tea places lire la postrrite Anne wart tarieltes. connive let
autrm !lux capril es de la fortune. NI Olieur oln rOpurntidn de
mut Prince nos est opprhne par an porti. qui; debreat le dim!.
taut, en qui a trine de detrusreun prejuge qni :ni hotter I"
'l:cum:irony.
MR. tDITOR,—The language and sugge.itions of
some of your cotemporaries respecting the fate of
Napoleon, are both shocking aed disgusting: they
manifest such an enotmons depravity of heart, that,
upon reading them, one Is almost induced to exclaim,
are we living in a civilized age, and in a civilized
country ? To insult the fortunes of a fallen enemy,
bas ever been considered as in the last degree con-
temptible: to clothe itsso.t in the foul language of
show, evinces a total absence of every refined as
well as manly feeling. 'rite crimes of such a Monster
as Bonaparte, say thece writers, should not be per-
I mated to pass st ith impunity :—and ham these crimes
been permitted to pass's ith impunity ? I. defeat, with
its concomitant disgrace, no punishment? Is the cit..,
cutnstance of his being hurled from a throne to a slate
of captisity, no punishment ? Is the forcible 'pima-
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t from his n ife and child no punishment ?In fine,
i is the annihilation of his ideal schemes of empire;
1 the object of his fondest contemplation; " his noon-
day thought, his midnight dream," no punishment ?
And what are the crimes with which lie can be
jostla charged ? They are the crimes of ambition ;
I of a great soul :--the crimes of an Alexander, of
I a Cesar, of a Charlemagne ! But lie is murderer.
Isay his accusrrs.—That he is a rcpuicd murderer,
1 I shall not deny ; that he is really a murderer,
I know to he false. Do your cotempornries ac-
tually believe that Napoleon is the murderer of
D'Engbeitt, and Hoffer, and l'olm' and Wright ? • if
such be their genuine sentiments, I pity their creduli-
ty if (as I much suspect) they be net;-1 abhor. their
hypocrisy. Not to dwell on the absurdity of can-
' sidering an independent Sovereign its the light of a
murderer, since by a parity of reasoning must of the
Sovereigns of Europe ore murderers, I will ask whe-
ther the above mentioned victims were put to death
without trial,or contrary to the established laws of the
country ? These observations apply to the three first
names ; the story of Weight's case is palpably false,
and never rested, on the smallest authority. The in.
sidinus mode of attack employed by The Times and
his correspondent im-Probus is worthy of remark.—
Among other injurious appellations equally unfound-
ed, they designate the object of their calumny, as
I " the Poisoner of Jaffe," awl the blasphemous l'ro-
lessor of Mahometanism." Now if they have studied
the subject as they ought to have done, they must be
aware that these tales have been long since exploded ;
that they are not credited even by the most zealous
of their followers:—but by thus conuecting that ,
which is notoriously false, with that which has the
semblance of better authority, they have endeavour.
ed to make the latter support the former, and by
these means to swell- the catalogue of imputed atroci-
ty. But the whole system is false and absurd; the
extrctnes necessarily partake of the incongruity
of the means ; and the whole of this `‘ baseless
fabric" of accusation must fall to the et-mewl
before the scrutiny of a manly and unprejudiced
enquiry. " Magna, vitiates me minore villa,". has ,
been the character of most conquerors ;• but with
respect to Napoleon I will venture to assert that
there never was a conqueror, ancient or modern, '
whose vices bore so small a proportion to his virtues.
The unrelenting ferocity with which the Tunes has
t • attacked the character of this great man, has beets a
subject of general animadversion : it was to be ex-
pected
that this hostility of invective would have
ceased with the ruin of its object : but the contrary
has.been the case;—his abuse being in the inverse
ratio of the cause for its exertion. It is remarked
,by Tacitus snd Seneca, that there is a propensity in
human nature which prompts us to hate those whom ,
' we have injured ; this maxim appears to be peculiarly
lapplicable to the conduct of the Tunes; and I am
afraid that, like the Doctour in Chaucer, " His
studie is but litel in the Bible." Not long age the;
i Times suggested the expediency of bringing Napo.
Leon to a trial by Court-Marlial for the murder (4.,
Wright ! ! Raises teneatis g This is really too ahi
! surd for serious. comment. His parallel cases of
Despard, Parker, &c. are equally ridiculous. Let
him always write thus awl he will effectually mar his
own machinations; he will himself afford the anti--
dot* to his venom. However; his abuse may be re-.
1 lisbert in the Alley, and in the Sugar-market, his
more solid rraden cannot view it otherwise than with
disgust.

" c tffrnoluntor enure, quibuc est clans, et pater. et res :
" Nee $ Raid fricti eleefiß prubel el mucts empturt
" Repitt uccipiunt islands.
I It has been urged by some of the Morning Papers,
that Napoleon ou4ht to be delivered up to the King
of France as a rebel. Ile i, not a rebel. At the time
of his landing in France he was an independeist So-
vereign, he was not a subject of Louis XVIII. and.
consequently no rebel. Ills landing in France at the
head of an armed force was no more than the circum-
stance of one Sovereign invading the territories of
another. He may be considered as having mon.
quieted a throne, of which he had been deprived by
treachery and violence : if the right of conquest de-
prised him of it, the right of conquest restored it to
him ; and the proceedings of the Field of May con-
firmed his title to the crown. The circumstances at-
tending the return of Napoleon and that of Louis af-
ford a striking contrast. Napoleon returns at the
head of a few follower',
_ and marAes without inter- i
ruption to the gates of Pat is:—Louis returns after one
`of the moo sanguinary conflicts on record; and is kept
on the throne by the aid of 300,000 foreign bayonets! rl.
The arguments of the Tines respecting the surrentksc i
of Napoleon to Capt. Maitland, are superficial in
the extreme. It is said that the surrender did not I
take place until all prospecu of escape had
.been pre. i
eluded ; and that therefore no tern's ought to be tie- i
mantled or allowed. Now I will ask the Timex i
whether wily one hut it fool would surrender himself i
while a chance of success remained, or while there
was any probability of eluding the vigilance of the ette
my. ilud he not delivered himself up till after an
obstinate resistance and the useless sacrifice of Many
valuable lives, the cue might have been difierent ;
but his voluntary surrender assuredly' entitled him to
the most honourable terms. The conduct of the
Officers of the Bellerophon, since his ardial, en
board, however reprobated by some men, rilleito
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greater lustre on our nationl character thaii the I

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splendour of a nasal victory. If we cast our eye NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
spots the persnual habit's ond.prieate peculiarities df .
---semos...'
this extraordinary man, me 'hall observe little to poattsitoutru; Auc. la
tiesure, and much to admire. If take into con- .
Attired the Ilannibaf„
Ilageroeister, and Mario, Webb, from flats. ; Ber-
siderltiOn his exemplary temperance, his early. rising,
his simplicity of dress, his slignity of manlier, his trick, from Norway.—Sailed the Rebecca, Row, for
prodigious and incredible energy in the Cabinet, and Amsterdam ; amd Maysville, for Ilavre.
Of the field, his ardent love of literature hit tin- Pt tsioutn, AIM. ' IS.= Came in the 9Nanette,
daunted courage, iiiS promptitude of eclnception and from It,osco ff and Wheat sheaf,
, el Leif, from \roughen,—
rapidity of executfoti ; if we contemplate the un.
Sailed his Majesty's WO Scamasstier and Rhino to
paralleled celerity and extent of his conquests, and
call to mind the circumstance of his having effected the Eastward.
the subjegation of continental Europe before he had DEAL, Atm. Ig.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Cres-
attitined the age of forty.; we shr.ll not be surprised cent, to Portsmouth.—Came doe•n from the River
that till the Monarchs of Christendom have been and remain the Surrey, for New Providence • and
proud to tonsider him as a model o orthy their most c.'•
aiiaideonS imitation. 'To the above.mentiOtted qua- -
titles let
me
add h;s
unshaken firmness
on
the
(nog Curacoa end Seamander, from. Portsmouths and
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trying occasions, and that invincible fortitude of
I: eons which rises superior to all the vki'.itudea of FAtelovirk, Auo. 14.—Arrived the Princess Char-
fate and fortune, owl sets at defiance the most: creel- fotte packet, with Mails from Gibraltar, in nine
i persectitious of ntiversity.-os" AdverTis rerun int- deyree/le
jititir ship Coromandel from Charleston,
I turrsabilis undis !"—lie is to4dny the P. peof • '
m ror ft,i.• by t I
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• • line most powerful nation in the world,—tomorrow igt 1' 4 15.---Sailed his Majesty's •
Teensy, Ano. 15. 1 et ship
`a proscribed fugitifite. One day the tltst amen ; the
next in a worse situation than the meanest peasant, a McnektOe, on a cruise; —Arrived the liertario, -Ur,
captive, and at the mercy of on enraged enemy !-- gent, anti Hope, from ditto; Bermuda, froth ditto
Where is the human soul which can endure a titan.; off Lime, and sailed again. •
sition so sudden, so tielnendons ? but yet— i • ,
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" Tholie, ,coccus nod tempesti thunder on his. his.*
1 To ias EDITOk or THE STAtSM EAN.
" fir .t Mi.: ti IM/If'd I!"
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And tins is (h.. man whom the notes designates as ' •
the bloodiest of villains ; and Whom a Correspondent Sts,--However nicely oett fe4lings rday be in
of the Murning Post d, dates to be r/ unworthy of unison with that benevolence which has prompted
chrislian !finial !!!" his RO% al Highness the Pittect Rentot to request
Napoleon has been Called a tyrant i With respect the aid of the Church in !scorer of the Waterloo Sob-
to the ty ninny of his •Gese'rittnent, 1 am of Opinion scription, an attentive Render is foreiky 'track with
that we have always measured it by a false stand. the method by which that aid is to ho otweesnol; The
and : we contrasted it with out (+tee inimitable Con. Malig/a are '6 to fake care that no Mrs occasion the
' stitution. hid we eon/pare/I his form of Govern-, Mittkeers in each writ!' tin offeetnally 'excite their
nient /sigh that of the other Continental Powers,: Pachhitoters to a liberal Contribot dim which shill
we should have found, if I mistake not, that time i be collected the followiog• week at tbeir respeeti.:J
appellation of Tyrant has also been greatly Ws- dmellingeo by the Cleitechicortkne or Orervers of
applied.—if France had not been blind to her I the poor in each Oafish." On •eadisig en rte lines
own interests, if
she bed supported hi,„ with that I one is tempted to enquire, why are ecit Dissenting
energy and unanimity which circumsi /titre% required, 1 Ministers tecorrimentleti to draw the at•e .• •‘. of 'Reit'
he had raised her to a hAght of unparalleled glory. hearer:, ta this compassionate object? W. 11111.4 -le,
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quence less "effectually excite" to beisevisle.•cel—
—The privations which she at times suffered flora
(This cannot be, for it will oc'eor to the rfeollectind Vie severity of his system, were but the temporary
discipline of future vigour :—but she has betrayed of many,
jf hat on t former ••ccesion *hest 110.00U1.
were ebtatned by collections et Churcheviedd Chapels his interests and her own, and her dignity and re-
of every denomination, in aid of the Patriotic Fora},
110 Vi to are lost for ever. The enslaved press of that
country reflects an accurate image of its present Go.
the largest subscription.wasregeited from a amen:-
yernment :it is the genuine fountain of inconsistency ing Congregatimite, mid toot ooly in sanction, bat lit
and misrepresentation, where facts" rani aerates in f many parts of the country the subscription foe
gurgiie vasto" are scarcely discernible. Every ape. i Protestant IYs.enting Congregations, exceeded the
i cies of annoyance that malevolence can dictate or subscription of many Pariah Cl/arches. Is it that
the assistance of D:ssettters is not required on 66 this
itivenlitro supply, every engine of fraud and &cep-
' lion i', tit present, employed to destioy the character occasion 1" Their assistance is required, the moues
is to be collected at "the respective dwellings of theof Napoleon ; who belied at home, and calumniated
abroad, stands (he general butt of malice and re-
Parishioners," and being presented in a lamp by the
yew. The town is inundated with fob, icated port. Churchwardens of the parish, will appear to th.o
generality of persons, the benevolent offering of
folios, extrggerated Journals of Spanish campaigns,
forged letters of Ney, in short with every thing that Churchmen.
I I requires but little sagacity to discover the
is calculated to prejudice or mislead. The letter of •
motives which led to the adoption of the new method
the Duke of Wellington* to Lady Moritlngton is
of collet. ing the libectdcoetribetions,of the Pebiie_
the best answer to Ney's pretended narrative. The
The aid t f the dissenting Public is wonted, but see ' canduct•of Bonaparte, says his Grace, was not to be '
some, let us obtain it as quietly as possible. if
arraigned : he fought the battle with
collections be made at churches runt chapels of aid
: severoitce, and courage ; and the result es to be chiefly
denominations, the Dissenters will be too prominent,
attributed to the superinr physical ,:rengtkof the allied
their subscriptions may, exceed the subscription of
troops. lo'thephysical might be added the numerical
soperior* at the Allied Armies ; the French force their brethren it' the•K°l3lili'hmenfk end then feel-
consisted of 120,000 men, while that of the Allies mg' ,very italtifel to the
opolous Churchman must
, : •
' amounted to at least 200,000.+ , The reputation' of inevitably fe 'produced!
As every Old Of society should receive a mode of
Napoleon as a warrior can never be Aitken. The
praise p?, d finale to list eaertionss atid as much
Campaign of ltit4, although one of the most un-
good frequently results from a spirit of emulation, I
fortunate, was nevertheless one of the most brilliant
of his campaigns. With 60,000 MPIt he kept in would suggest to. D.ssetsters the propriety of Making
Collections at their respecties; Cbepela, and forward-
check the armies of Europe, •beating them in event
and had not the Allies intercepted some let; stlg,the as'!ltult to the Cntentittee in 1""d"n• The
ters
Thus the rote 'of result ?oust 'be betielkial, 10 funds of the Society
the ' they had never succeeded.
Empire was decided, by accident, and not by
would be increase•lmaad!tbst Pehlic would entertain
The in increasingly high sense ni the benevolent and pa.
the skill' or valour of the Allied Generals.
(Filmic feelings of that largettody of theceMmuisity.
letter of tbitteetollent men; 'Mr. Cape! I,offt, does
honour to his feelings : I shall not presume to tins rd I am, Sir, yoerobliged'servant,
an opinion on'tbe poinfof law to which lie alludes Aug.7s.
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Surrey Chapel...
but hope (halite is right ; be it as it may, 'I applaud
the benevolence of his motive; and on such 'an oc-
casion " Malta cum Sealigerct errette,- quern tam
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Claris reek sapere."
I am, Sir, your very obedient sersinmt,
Auttot 7. 15th. ' nmimikapitom.
• lands frogs oitiory. ' .
+ *1 In. Doke', army amounted co 41100., chat 4,l3lsicher,
inciading 8010.% corp.. to 105.000-4 w '1103,0J0.
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1.1. .• • . - . st,a_A__" 1, • :d,
- v tllieog 1111,PV114 day for Oninitue, and it I,
'earthy' oT;i: lostrvetion,„ that within the lest, two
moeflitS' w
fry.tWo sniilions sterling, including tho
0
pityonsittV tise,„.llonk; have been transferred from
the Putt .'!'l,,tlse !4attils of Cr+vernment. Coder
these ix o..aisiterjt ctrcumstancea; the scarcity of
. ..--_ money` it grayer than at any former period within
. .
- Letters from Ravenna!), dated 80th. Of Junis,4nen- our recoreCtl sll-
doe the arrive, off' that parr of :the frizate Pfilebre • tiff; 'ilitliiiTry of procuring ii:h pl;rms.nts 014.
with 4} millions of dollars belonging testindivitiiiiits, prompt acceptances, is now represented to be fu!le
proceeding: from Vera Cruz, together with . the' eqeilte what Was rier experienced by the mercantile
schooners of war Prom:rime and Cartfueritt; with a interest in London during the war.
convoy Of •ten vessels. All these bring a multitude • Tba.Pitiladelphia Mertantile ...itlrerliper.. ,t July
of passengers emigrating terSilltin in consequeutu of 21, mentions a thi.attful
.flp. havittg taken Warr, at
the state of the insurrection of New Spain. The Ntersborgh, vih;ch•consumed GOO houses, destroying
privateers or Carthagena continue capturirg nearly two-thirds of the town, the Office of I)iscatint, Dl-
all the Spats's), merchant vessels which venture to na. 1 posit Tobirco Warehouse, and its contents. Minty-
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vtgate those seas withoat convoy. These privateers i lives WPM lost, °slog to several houses being blown,
have frequently attacked brigs of wor, and captured ! ult. • Thedistrestrof the inhabitants is 'tiled RS COOS!.
vessels under their convoy. The schooner of war deplorable, one half being wifhentt.litiose ark:les—.
Galatea from Cadiz to Vera Cruz with dispatches, t -We hear the Duke of IVELLINGITON has derlistert..
was token by them 18 leagues to the east of the Ila- granting leave oraltsence to (Mum belonging to the
Toenail. • 1 Etsglish army•whO are effeetive,•and able to do their
On Tuesday the very singular 'phenomenon of of .'duty in the field.
water spout was observed at Marsden, near !ladders. t' iAlarge reittforcemeist of British ,troops teaches" .
field. It appeared to be formed of a dense black 'St's Denys on the 7th 'of this month. '
eked, aqd irommlded a very long inverted cone, the 1.........5Ay F.A.tzattrrn Wiirranc.to left town yesterday .
lowest part of which seemed nearly to touch the for the Earl of J LIMY'S seat, Osterley Palk. tier
j.',l;r4sond ; above it the clouds were whitVa ,nd Heavy, lnelyship leaves nest week fur hei seat in Iletiford-
i for Ming a soil:ill contrast with it, but they appear- : shire.-- ' 1 ,•'..1%
ed strongly agitated ; our Correspondent concludes
his description with stating. " that the slissotr, saheb pees:inn of SIR/01. per sebum, for his Mission to
• completely formed, appeared tobe rowed and sionelis, Persia, its:addition to any foreign grant for having
and hollow within, and then! appetkredbcstavarls of Asegaciated a peace between the Russians and Per.
1 water running down the insider, pert of lahieh is its siaus-i-thoso two Powers haring been previously in a
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• der..cont passed to the, oetside, and: snip sweet' up state of, hostility for many years.
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MAUI% very rapidly, by a spiral inAtiorts • ilsoachnle Yesterday a ballot W 44 fak4M. It' the East India
tiers font of this phenonseuon was atmektri•aiinator ." Holum' for the election of 4 iNreetni, its the velum of
". AO Farmer at NewteasketN
.svh,o,ebgeineti,• share. Rastas Cx.sua, FA ti-x'eased- Xikb sir o'clock the
,' of the thirty tberasansi .yoossfil prize' tplyo., it is the g!asses•Wereclosod assil•delivegest•W• theScintitteerg,
beslyielding crop heevez:bad, with the least labour who reported the election to have- fallen upon
and pawn's. Uany.(farasors as well as others) will Riparken•Pxagv,,, IA: ' •
have reason to make the same 9blervation best week, Ilant.cir, of the Lyceum Theatre, etas. extended
%ha may partake of the golden grain to be then ga- his engagemeist.with Mr. AIL`COLD to five years, and
thered, tame load ofovbick will be worth thirty thou- entered into one with the Board of Iv.oagentenst of
Sand pound,. . Drury-lane for three seasons.