The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-04-25 00:00:00

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6: Mr. Lorea. having been congratulated by
some unknown Friends on his supposed liberaam
from Prison, in consequence of the lute discussion
in the House of Commons, begs leave to acquaint
them that he has not yet been so fortunate us to
obtain his liberty, but he hopes and trusts the day
is not far dbtunt when it will be in his power to
annoUnce that desirable and long looked-for event.
• Nelson., April 45, 1815,
in .he Elfin Year of hi* lasprisnametn.

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THE STAI'ESMAN.

I.ONI)ON:

TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1815.

Our Readors hill see from the official documents,
brought by a Mail from Holland, which we this day.
lay before them, that the limperor of AUSTRIA has
declared the war between the Austrian and Neapo-
litan State, as begun, and left to the further decision
of the force of arms. We particularly allude to the
Manifesto of his IMPERIAL MAJESTY against King
JoACIIIM, and the Report subjoined of the military
operations which have taken place in rtaly. The De.
claration of War on the part of the Austrian Cabinet
was published at Vienna on the 12th inst., which is
suldequent to the propositions for an accomnsculation
made by the Neapolitan Ministers. All hope', there-
fore, of the Allits obtaining the powerful co-opera-
tion of Muir IT, must be at an end. The Declare.
tiros toys, his Neapolitan Majesty, as soon as he
heard of the entry of BONAPARTE into Lyons, for.
molly declared to the Court of Rome, that 66 he
considered the cause of NAPOLEON as his own, and
wtruld now prove to him that it had never been
foreign to him". There was no duplicity in this ;
nor can we well conceive that a conduct which is ac-
knowledged to have been marked by open and inces-
sant remonstrance, is one of entire deception : yet
NIVRAT is represented as a double dealer, as full of
duplicity, and u little to be relied upon as BoXA-
PA are himself. It is really amusing to see how and
with what truth these Crowned Heads bandy about
between one another, the charge of duplicity and
bad faith. But MURAT " had secret counections
with the enemy"—granted—and whet' Mottyr
found all his overtures of strict and continued alli.
mice with the Sovereigns of the Congress, and all
bis just remonstrances disregarded and contemned—
when he found those nho owed the safety of their
crow last and the acquisition of kingdoms to his al-
liance, bent on depriving him of his little crown and
kingdom, had not MuRAT a right to take care of
himself, Ind to resort to measures of safety and re-
taliation in his turn ? 66 Moderation and good
faith," says the Emperor of AUSTRIA, 66 are words'
without meaning in the eyes of the new French dy.
nasty ;" and have they not been words without
meaning in the mouths of the Princes of the
old. French dynasty, and many other dynasties"
sldeq, ever since a wise man said " put '
riot thy faith in Princes:"--" The branches
of the House of Roue noN declared against!
,lie recognition of King JoACilim"—we know it-- I
le jealousy and ambition of the House of Bourtaox, •
,ultl, like t! Turk, " bear 110 rival near their :

'twine." And what right had the Rouse of BOUR.
BON, the French King who never would have enter-
' Paris if the Neapolitan army had not joined the
'owers who seated him on his Throne, to insist on
le- humiliation of the King of NAet.rs? here is
to root of all the mischief ;—the branches of
le BOURBON tree, like the deadly Upas, have
poisoned the cup of Europe's peace and feli.
city in all ages. This comes of that weak policy
which, when the relations between all the Powers
were to be fited, and individual and national justice
ought to have been dispensed, allowed " a conquer-
ed cowry," as France has been vainly termed, to
become the dictator, awl the faithless Minister of a
faithless family to give a character of perfidy enex-
ampled to Councils, which ought to have elevated
Kings and human nature in general, not constituted
a rcpt.:ma to the age in which we live, and a scorn
to posterity.
King JaActiru " prepared the execution of his
project, by taking advantage of all the elements of a
political and military revolution." He only took
advantage of the revolution of France to maintain
himself ! 64 This was not the way to bring over to
his side this opinion of the Courts (the BOCRBON
Courts, of course, France, Spain, and Sicily) who
opposed the admission of the King of NArr.Es to a
mace twang 48 Sovereigns of Europe." We think
differently from his Isteseisir. MAJESTY on this
point ; we are humbly of opinion that this was the
very best way that ,MetiaT could have taken to
obtain a confirmation from the Allies of their
acknowledgment of his sovereignty ; and if the
Courts who had hitherto opposed him had had
en atom of common sense, they would have on
the instant that they beard of NAPOLEON'S land-
ing in Frauce, mode sure of the support, or at least
of the neutrality M 19 powerful a person as King
.11.5. tent w. Da the proud Congress of Vienna could
tilt be importuned in language of either remonstrance
or menace, by a mao sitting at the ettremity of Italy,