The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-17 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN

" The Allied Powers have warmly expressed their
satisfaction at the internal state of France, and with
the guarantees which its situation 'Wert for Oil dura-
tion of general tranquillity.. The By stelirOf -Govern-
meet acted epee by bis 'Majesty, is the princiPel gf
thase guarentvia; brit gurope shag_ also to seeder :4
splendid homage trrihe wisd'om of the humanise ma-
jority of the French nation, who, by acting in unison
with the principles of the Monarch, have endeavoured
to efface the recollection of those discords which have
too long agitated France) and in consequence the
world.

44 The Powers were also highly satisfied with the
guarantees offered for the. repayment of the sums re-
maining due on the part of France. It was in order
to give a new testimony of their high esteem for the
King that they reduced the total of these sums from
`2BO to 265,000,000. They have also given a proof
of their entire confidence in the future situation of
France, and in the solidity of our public credit, by
accepting the payment of 100,000,000 io Rentes on
the State.

"The sums, it appears, have been divided amongst
the different Powers in the following manner :—To
Russia 48,000,000, England the same, Austria and
Prussia about 40,000,000 each, the Netherlands
22,000,000, Bavaria 10,000,000, and to the other
Powers the remaining 57,000,000; the whole being
proportioned to the sacrifices they hare made or the
losses they have experienced.
C 6 We shall not enter into the details respecting
the period of the departure of the different corps of
troops, hut shall merely observe, that in order not to
encumber the roads, or exhaust the country through
which the Allies must effect their march, it has been
found necessary to establish a certain distance be.
tween the departure of each corps. It is believed
that the English will commence their march the 20th
and 21st inst. They will arrive at Calais the 24th,
where transports are to he in readiness to receive
them. The Prussians, Russians, and Simons, will
arrange their march so as not too nearly to follow
each other. They are all to pass through the north
of Germany. The Russians will continue their march
to Poland. All the other contingents will follow
also at certain distances.

" We hope that, in a few days, we shall see
again within our walls the able Minister whose talents
and high character have so powerfully contributed to
accelerate the negociations. lie will bring back with
us the pleasing trophies of peace, and until then,
impatient curiosity may well content itself with what
is already known.

" Although these events were with certainty fore-
seen, they cannot fail to excite a general satisfaction
amongst all Frenchmen ; and still further, to increase
the force and vivacity of those sentiments of grati-
tude and devotion which our hearts have long felt
towards a Monarch, whose profound wisdom ad-
mired by Europe, is the best rampart of our country.
" The most wayward minds, if they are actuated
by a good spirit, most also acknowledge that this
happy termination of the difficulties in which France
has been involved by the deplorable event of the 20th
March, could not have been brought about without
some ability on the part of those who direct our ar..
fairs, for even the most ardent of their friends,
on the conclusion of the Treaty of the 20th
November, could not have ventured to flatter them.
selves with so soon wituessing the happy day of our
independence.
66 It is also but justice, at such a moment, to sc.
knowledge that the personal interviews of Sovereign',
formerly so formidable, are now a fertile source of
benefits to nations. The personal virtues, and the
amiableness of character, which in the Monarchs of
our day so greatly enhance the splendour of the
diadem, cannot but facilitate all negociations, and
simplify the science of diplomacy. These assemblies
of Sovereigns and illustrious Statesmin, considered
in whatever point of view, serve to create an Euro-
pean opinion—an opinion much more respectable,
and much more fertile in happy results, than those
vain caprices of an unenlightened multitude, which
inno►ators wish to decorate with the pompous name
of public opinion.
" It is by a calm and moderate conduct, by re-
pelling porfidiuus counsels, the spirit of caluniny sod
faction ; it is by supporting with confidence the ex-
cellent intentions of Government, that nations will
be enabled to pay to their Sovereigns the universal
debt of affection and gratitude, which has been im.
posed upon them by these august labours for the
maintenance of peace and the progress of general
prosperity."--(Journal des Debuts.)

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THE. STATESMAN.

LONDON:

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1818.

TIIE QUEEN.

Notwithstanding the occasional ease which her
MAJESTY obtains by temporary rest, it appears that
her disorder is by no means abated. The Bulletin
issued this morning states in less equivocal terms
then the preceding, that no amendment whatever has
taken place in her MAJESTY'S condition. It is as
follows:

4' Kew Palace, Oct. 17.
" The Queen continued is a Mote of ease rbroughoet yester-
day, bat her MAJESTY has passed a less comfortable night. The
symptoms of her hla.arsra's disorder remain the same as for
some lime pasts
11.
• •

(Sit)

The British troops in France, or at least a pairb'
them, are, it appears, to he transporteetogdstiays-
, ,
try, as sons at tne means of ..conveying there upiod
economical principles can be bbreined. !Government
yesterday gave notice, that on tire 11th instant, they
Would be reedy to receive the tenders of any person
who would wish to enter into sociseentracts ; the
offere to be made at so much each man, and at so much
each horse; the troops to be embarked at the rate
of one man to each ton of the vessels. It would

seem from thii circumstance that if an army h to
be kept op for the protection of the Belgian
and Rhenish frontiers, our Government his at last
wisely determined that the number of English troops
employed for that purpose should not be very consi-
derable.

The Paris Papers, which we have received to the
11th, express great satisfaction at the approaching
evacuation of their territory, though they represent
the measure as one, the adoption of which had long
been placed beyond a doubt. The Journal des De-
bats, in a very sensible article, takes a comprebena
sire view of the present state of France, and justly
attributes her early liberation to the wise system of
Government adopted by the king, and the hearty
co-operation of an immense majority of the People.
—This appears to be the fact, and therefore the Allies
being 64 satisfied" that the French People and their
Government have at length determined to get rid of
them, wisely adopt the resolution of withdrawing
without less of time. The Allied Powers, it is said,
are equally well satisfied with the payment of the
sums remaining due by France. These will thus be
distributed : to England and Russia 48 millions each ;
to Austria and Prus.ra 40 millions each; to the
Netherlands 22 millions ; to Bavaria 10; end to the
other Powers the remaining 57 millions. With re-
spect to the departure of the Allied Armies, some in-
terval will take place between each corps, in order
not to incumber the roads or impoverish the countries
through which they must pees. The English, it is
thought, will put themselves in march on the 20th
or 21st ; and will arrive at Calais on the 24►h,'where
transports are to be ready to receive them. The Pros-
clans, the Russians, and the Saxons, will arrange
their march so as not to follow each other too quickly.
They will go through the North of Germany, end
the Russians will continue their march to Poland,
there to take up their station, and give liberty to that
country in the style of modern liberation, for the•
Emperor of RUSSIA says, " he is a man of integrity,.
and a friend to freedom !!"

According to the private letters from Aix-la-Cha-
pelle, the Emperor ALEXANDER has caused a Note
to be submitted to the Congress, urging the removal
of BONAPARTE to some more healthy place of con-
finement than St. Helene. We have no doubt that
the treatment which NAPOLEON has experienced un-
der the rule of the present Governor of that island,
has created a very unfavourable impression against
our Government on the Continent. The Courier,
however, discredits the report of the Emperor
ALEXANDER'S interference, and supposes in its
wisdom, that because the other inhabitants of
St. Helena can bear the climate, it can have
no pestiferous qualities to an European !—The
Times of this morning is still more abusive and
outrageous at the mention of BONAPARTE'S corn-
plaints, and the rumour of his removal. The follow.
ing paragraph on a subject which usually softens and
interests humanity, the sufferings of a great man,
will show to what a degree of scurrilous baseness
that Paper can descend The Allied Sovereigns,
we believe, have (in the midst of their other more
serious occupations) thought as little of him as of
any of the lesser rascals at present confined in New.
gate or the Bicetre. He is disposed of b,eltsr than
he deserves; but there, where be is, let him rest
quiet." There is much more of this sort of Billings-
gate eloquence in the columns of the Tim: and
Couriers bat " there let it rest."

It is stated that two Commissioners have arrived in
London from Peru on an important mission. They
are on their way to Madrid to represent the dan•
gerous state of Peru, since the captor." of Chili by
the Patriots, end from the disastrous circumsteaces
of the country in general. They came over the
isthmus of Panama, and by the way of Jamaica. It
is supposed that a meeting of the Municipality, or
the chief inhabitants of Lima, took place, previous
to their departure, and under the sanction of the
Vicsaoi, when the meeting came to the deternvina-
tion, That the war carrying on by the Royalist
Chiefs for the last five years, and constantly directed
against Buenos Ayres and Chili, had almost ex-
clusively been supported by the contributions of
those individuals who had remained faithful to the
interests of the King, owing to the exhausted state
of the public Treasury, and that the expenditure for
these objects, and the maritime defence of the coun-
try, on an average, had been equal to 800,000 dol-
lars per month; but that, after such long persever-
ance, and so many sacrifices, no substantial or perma-
nent good had been attained: that in consequence of
the late destruction of the Royalist Army in Chili, the
strong attitude in which the Patriots were placed,
and the dig:dated state of the public mind, owing to
so many disasters, Pero was left in a situation liable
to an attack, and all the consequent horrors of a
fruitless war, without hopes of receiving timely and
iltdequate retaforctments from the Pcniosnla..t. Teen

they aleesitiva 'rig the beautiful ealleys.kf ?ere; th,v
have therefore pted the plan of seekitAto-sxoill the
disasters hype...eh tlteabre now tjungski. They
N
have, hoireser, els Oren too elate' in stk.
ing this resoluti . The it
t
illation is mu
by, end couseqo ntly the present application is too
late. Gen. SAN MIIIITIN will not wait-for the resell of
the mission in question. Long before the Ministers
of FERDINAND can send the necessary aid or advice
to The shores of The Pacific, the Republican bawler
will be established in the heart of Pero.
A strong, and, we hope, a general effort will be
made in the approaching Session of Parliament, to
Obtain the repeal of that must odious and health.de.
stroying imposition, the Window Tax. Who,
disease and poverty have invaded almost every dwell.
ing, it is high time to endeavour to remove thecsase
of such wide-spread evils. We observe, hy.the
Irish Papers, that a general disposition to try the
effect of Petition prevails. Newry, Carlow, Liewriek,
and Belfast, have already agreed to Petitions against the
Window Tax, and generally the Parishes of Dublin
have adopted similar Resolutions.- At a Meeting
held last week at the Vestry-room of Mary's, the
Deputies present came to a Resolution inviting skits
Parishes to agree to a General Petition. We should
strongly recommend the adoption of this Resolution.
An increase at the rate of above Six Hundred Thousand
Pounds a year in the Revenue of Ireland, is immune.
ed.—The Window Tax does not produce quite one.
third part of this increase. There can be no doubt
but that the Minister must relinquish so odious a
means of raising so paltry a sum, if the People of
Ireland continue to show him that they are in earnest
in requiring relief.

--s-

We remark with regret that the Arctic Expedition
of Discovery has completely filled. A notice of the
return of the ships, and an account of the progress
of the Expedition, will be found in another page.—
They could only penetrate just as far north as Lord
MuLGRAVE did before them. The difficulties oppsed
to the passage appear to hive been insurmountable,
and rendered the further prosecution of the voyage
totally impracticable. The detached masks of ice
which had recently found their way into the Atlantic
Ocean, had encouraged a hope that the sea would
be Amid more clear of obstruction in the highest
northern latitudes, but this hope has proved fella..
dons. The ships, had they persevered in their course,
or remained much longer in the advanced position
which they had reached, must hate been lost. One
•f them was caught between two floating ice•bergs
(ice islands), the collision of which was so great,
that sbe was lifted completely out of the eater. lier
irons were all forced, and her ribs broken. We
understand that, with the advantage of every possi-
ble care and assistance afforded by her consortsit is
with great difficulty she has been able to make port.
The vessels were first seen, on their return) off Sao
borough on Thursday.

The feelings of the Public are now strongly es-
pressed on the mischiefs that result to society from
the innumerable forgeries of Bsisk-notes that now
take place. The frequency of prosecutions and capital
punishments which follow detection, is indeed ap-
palling. The mind sickens at the hideous measures
taken to sustain the blood-cemented fabric of paper
currency, and turns with horror from the perspective
immolations destined to be made at the alter of the
demon of that system. Prosecution follows upon
prosecution, and punishment after punishment, and
yet the crime is not arrested. A flood of guilt is de-
luging the land notwithstanding the multiplied and
daily multiplying number of these sacrifices, which,
though obviously ♦ain, are still repeated as if there
were an emulative contest between justice and crime
to wear out each other, or ultimately obtain an odious
mastery. Surely under such circumstances it behoves
our Legislature to step into the breach, and try what
may be effected by proportioning punishments to
crimes, and by protecting innocence from the coo.
sequences of misfortune. By the currency of the
country being almost wholly in paper, the genuine-
ness of which the Public have no certain marks of
ascertaining, the whole community are subject to in-
conveniences which seriously affect their fortunes
and endanger life, end from which, Pans the utmost
caution and the most.blatneless conduct may not es-
empt them. Indeed how can it be otherwise thin
that mischiefs should be multiplied, and forgeries in.
crease in proportion will the extent of the original
evil, when Bankers, and Banker's clerks, and In•
specters themselves, may be mistaken as to the
genuineness of notes. It is well known that it is
not uncommon for even Bankers to take bad notes,
and to refuse good ones under the idea of their being
spurious. What wonder then that others less ac-
quainted with the secret distinctions of such paper
should, in the hurry of business, take and pass for-
geries. The Public ought not to be made responsible
for crimes in which they have no shore, and cannot
prevent ; nor ought individuals to he compelled to dig.
close their private concerns fur the purpose of giving
validity to Bank issues. This is another manceuvre to
yoke the whole country into the support of the Bank.
If a Bank-note without such responsibility from the
Poblic will not pass, the credit of the issuer is in a
low state.—Who requires the tenderer of a
guinea, era shillinc, to inscribe his name upon
.11, or for his address or other information