of independent states, no matter how subversive of natural rights, or unwarranted in justice. Yet many years may not pass over, when oppressed Europe may look back with regret, that the preponderant military power is not France-that the dictator of the ocean is not England. The charm which gave decided victory to the arms of France, where ever they appeared, is shattered in the entrance of hostile armies into Paris; the spirit which once animated their fragments can never more be combined, to render them fearful | to the repose of Europe. No, nor perhaps will the naval ascendancy of England ever render necessary such another rise of military genius, or such varied systems of continental combination. One more view, and I have done one which claims attention, and is disposed to excite anxieties of no trilling interest. Russia, elated by its military prowess, glowing with an ardour natural to humanity, may easily burst its frozen bonds, and pour its barbarous | hordes on the lights of the civilized world; and, in its rugged efforts, rend the | hard won laurel ere it firmly entwine the proud expectant brow of Britain, and with the broken emblem decorate its own, yet but a little since trans-atlantie colonies.But it is the inevitable fate of man, of nations, perhaps of worlds, to arrive at some given point in perfection, then to retrogade until lost in the obscurity of eternity, and are heard of no more! AMICUS BRITANNIE. BUONAPARTE IN FRANCE!!! attempts to excite civil war and destroy the Government, Art. 1. NAPOLEON BUONA PARTE is declared a Traitor and Rebel, for haring appeared with arms in his hands in the Department of the Var. It is enjoined to all Governors, Commandants of the armed force, NationalGuards, Civil Authorities, and even simple Citizens, to arm against him, to arrest and carry him before a Council of War, which, after having recognised his, ideatity, shall apply to him the penalties pronounced by the Law. 2. Shall be punished with the same penalties, and as guilty of the same crimes. "The soldiers and persons of every grade, who shall have accompanied or followed the said Buonaparte in his invasion of the French territory, unless in the delay of eight days from the publication of the present ordonnance, they come and make their cubmission to cur Governors, Commanders of Milrary Divisions, Generals, or Civil Adininistrators. "3. Shall be equally prosecuted and punished as abettors and accomplices of rebellion, and of attempts to change the form of Government and provoke civil war, all civil and military administrators, chiefs, and persons employed in the said administration, payers and receivers of publie money, even simple citizens, who simall, directly or indirectly, lead and to Buonaparte. "4. Shall be punished with the same penalties, conformably to the 102d article of the Penal Code, those who by This uulooked for and extraordinary speeches made in public places or occurrence was anounced last night to societies, by placards stuck up, or by the astonished inhabitants of the metro-printed writings, shall have taken part, polis, by the publication of the following or engaged citizens to take part in the official documents in all the evening revolt, or to abstain from repelling it. papers: "5. Our Chancellor, Ministers, Secretaries of State, and our Director-Ge ORDONNANCE OF THE KING, CONTAINING MEASURES OF GENERALneral of Police, each in what concerns "By the KING, "The Chancellor of France, DAMBRAY." PROCLAMATION. bing." But I find I must postpone my reraarks on this interesting subject. The landing of Napoleon in Trance will oc CONVOCATION OF THE LEGISLATURE.cupy public attention for some days at "We had on the 31st December last adjourned the two Houses, to resume their sittings on the 1st May. During that time we had been preparing the ob jects upon which they were to oceapy themselves. The march of the Congress of Vienna permitted us to believe in the general establishment of a solid and durable peace; and we were engaged, without ceasing, in all those labours which might ensure the tranquillity and happiness of the people. This tranqui lity is disturbed-this happiness may be compromised by malevolence and treason. The promptitude and wisdom of the measures which we are taking will check their progress. Full of confidence in the zeal of which our Chambers have given us proofs, we are eager to call them around us. "If the enemies of the country have founded their hope upon the divisions which they have always endeavoured to fement, its supporters, its legal defenders will destroy that criminal hope by the unattackable force of an undestructible union. "For these causes, we have ordered and do order what follws : least. They appear already as mad about this event as they were when they beard of his deposition; but, although a great many are rejoicing at this occurrence, who formerly exulted in his downful, such is the fickle disposition of honest John, that it will be some time before his sentiments upon this subject, or his opinion as to the defeat of his American army be properly ascertained. BOLLETIN. War Department, March 8. 1815. Captain Wylly arrived this morning with dispatches from Major-General Lambert, detailing the operations against the enemy in the neighbourhood of New Orleans. It appears that the army under the command of Major General Keane, was landed at the head of the Ba yone, in the vicinity of New Orleans, on the morning of the 23d December, without opposition; it was, however, attacked by the enemy in the course of the night succeeding the landing, when, after an obstinate contest, the enemy were repulsed on all points with considerable loss. On the morning of the 25th, Sir E. Pakenham arrived, and assumed the command of the army. the 27th at day-light, the troops moved forward, driving the enemy's picquets to within six miles of the town, when the main body of the enemy was disco On "Art. 1. The Chamber of Peers and the Chamber of Deputies of Depart ments are convoked extraordinarily in the usual place of their Sittings. 2. The Peers and Deputies of De-vered posted behind a breast-work,extenpartments absent from Paris, shall repair ding about 1650 yards, with the right thither as soon as they are informed of resting on the Mississipi, and the left on the present Proclamation. a thick wood. The interval between the 27th December, and the 8th January, was employed in preparations for an attack upon the enemy's position. The attack which was intended to have been made on the night of the 7th, did not, owing to the difficulties experienced in the passage of * 4. Our Chancellor and our Ministers, the Mississippi, by a corps under Lieut. each in what concerns them, are charg- Colonel Thornton, which was destined to ed with the execution of the present. act on the right aux of the river, take "Given at the Castle of the Thuille-place till early on the morning of the 8th. ries, 6th March, and of our reign the 26th. "Louis." 3. The present Proclamation shall be inserted in the Bulletin of Laws, addressed to all the Fretects, Sub-prefects, Mayors, and Municipalities of the king dom, published and stuck up at Paris, and every where else. matters now. (Signed) DRUBBING THE YANKEES!!! Well Johnny Bull what do you think of Does the following bulle tin skew that you have been able, as the patriotic Alderman said you would, to give the Yankees "a confounded drub The division, to whom the storming of the enemy's work was entrusted, moved to the attack at that time, but being too soon discovered by the enemy were receiv ed with a galling and severe fire from all parts of their hue. Major-General Sir Edward Pakenham, who had placed himself at the head of the troops, was unfortunately hilled at the head of the glacis, and Major-Generals Gibbs and Keane, were nearly at the same moment wounded. The effect of this upon the troops caused a hesitation in their advance, and though order was restored by the advance of the reserve under Major-General Lambert, to whom the command of the army had devolved, and Colonel Thornton had succeeded in the operation assigned to him on the right bank of the river;yet the Major-General, upon the consideration of the difficulties which yet remained to be surmounted, did not think himself justified in ordering a renewal of the attack. The troops, therefore, retired to the position which they had occupied previous to the attack. In that position they remained till the evening of the 18th when the whole of the wounded, with the exception of 80 (whom it was considered dangerous to remove) the field artillery, and all the stores of every description, having been embarked, the army retired to the head of the Bayone, where the landing had been originally effected, and re-embarked without moles tation. Names of Officers killed and wounded KILLED. -General Staff-Major-General Hon. Sir 7th Ditto-Major George King, Captain George 21st Dino-Major J. A. Whittaker, Capt. R. Renny 93d Dit-o---Lieut.-Col. R. Dale, Capts. T. Hitchins, and A Muirhead. WOUNDED.-General Staff-Major-General Gibbs, severely, since dead; Major-General Keane, se. vercly; Captains H. F. Shaw, 4th Foot, (British Infantry), slightly, and L. Delacy Evans, 3d Dragoons, D. A. Q, M. G. sevenly. 4th Foot-Lieut.-Col. F. Brooke, slightly; Major A D. France, Lieut.-Col. severely. Captains J. Williamson, J. Jones, J. W. Flevelier, R. Erskine, severely, and). S. Craig, slightly; Lieutenants W. H. Brooke, 3. Martin. G. Richardson, W. Squire, C. H. Farringham, James Marshal, H. Andrews, severely, and E. P. Hopkins, J. Salvin, P. Baulby, G. II. Hearne slightly; Ensigns Thomas Burrell, severely, and A. Gerrard, J. Fernandez, E. Newton, sliginly; Adjutant W. Richardson, severely. 7th Foot-Captains W. E. Page, severely, J. J. A. Mullens, slightly; Lieutenants M. Higgins, scvedly, B. Lorentz, slightly, 21st-Lient.-Colonel W. Paterson (Colonel), severely, not dangerously; Major E. J. Ross; Lieuts. J. Waters, and A. Geddes, severely. 43d---Licuts. J. Meyrick (left leg amputated), D. 44th---Capt. 1. Debbig [Liem.-Col], slightly; Campbell, severely. Lieut. R. Smith, H. Bush, R. Phelan, W. Jones, Royal Marines --Captain Gilbert Elliott, slightly; Trave, severely; Midshipman Woolcombe, his MISSING. 4th Foot-Lient. E. Field, wounded. Kidd; Licuts. J. Stewart, A. B. Armstrong, 134. ditto--Capt. Robt. Simpson, severely wounded. ed; Johnston. Names of the Officers killed, wounded, and missing, in the operations preced ing and subsequent to the action of the 8th Jan. 1815. KILLED Royal Artillery.-Lient. Alex. Ramsay 4th Foot--Capt. Francis Johnstone, and Lieut. Royal Engineers-Lient. Peter Wright. John Sutherland. 21st. ditto-Capt. Wm. Contan. Harris. 1st. West India Regt.-Capt. Francis Collings. 85th Foot-Capt. James Knox, Lients. George 93d dito---Lieut. A. Phatto, severely (since dead). Forbes, severely; Lieut. J. G. Farmer, slightly. Graud Fotal 2454 Printed and Published by G. HoUSTON: No. 192, Strand; where all Communications addressed to be VOL. XXVII. No. 11.] LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1815. [Price 1s. 321] CORN BILL. TO THE PEOPLE OF HAMPSHIRE. [ 322 upon the subject, my hatred, my abhorrence of this Bill have only been more strongly confirmed. I shall, therefore, continue to do every lawful act in If only one Gentleman from every town, my power to prevent it becoming a law. aud from every considerable village, were to attend at Botley, the work of signing Petitions might be very easily and speedily accomplished. WM. COBBETT. On the 9th inst. I delivered to MR. BOSANQUET, the High Sheriff of this County, a Requisition for a County Meeting, signed by myself and by 581 other freeholders, and others, the place of abode of each of whom was written against his name. MR. BOSANQUET, on the 11th inst. informed me, by letter, that he should not comply with the request of the persons who had signed the said Request. This his letter, together with a proposition for further proceedings, shall be published next week, after I have had an opportunity of consulting personally with some of the Gentlemen who signed the Requisition. And, for For my part, I am wholly unable to this purpose, I beg leave to invite such judge of the probabilities that exist in of these Gentlemen as may have leisure, favour, or against Napoleon's enterprise; to meet me at THE DOLPHIN INN, but, after viewing what the people of AT BOTLEY, on Saturday next, the Italy, Genoa, Switzerland, Spain, and 25th inst. at 12 o'clock in the day. it even France have experienced, in consewill be as convenient to every body else quence of his fall, I cannot say, that his to go to Botley as to go to Winchester, restoration would, to me, be matter of and much more eonvenient to me to re- surprise, especially when I consider how main at home, especially as I have al- large a part of the soldiers aud of the ready been much from home on the bu- people of France were, and always upsiness. When met, we shall be able to pear to have continued firmly attached to adopt some plan for the signing of peti- him.-As to wishes, they avail nothing; tions in all parts of the county. No one but we are now all free to express those will deny, that we have a RIGHT to Pe- which we entertain. Our country is at tition, that is to say, to PRAY. The peace with the Emperor of Elba as well poorest of us may PRAY even to God; as with the King of France. My wishes and, surely, we may PRAY to the Par- are, that the Jesuits, the Dominicans, liament! In our Church service, in our and the Inquisition may be put down Common Prayer Book, there are prayers again. I do not care much by whom; against DEARTH, and thanksgivings but these "ancient and venerable instifor plenty, or cheapness; and, surely, tutions," as the Cossacks of New when corn is cheap, we may PRAY to England call them, I wish to see com the Parliament not to pass a law, tend-pletely destroyed. LOUIS the desired ing to make it dear! The moment that the Corn Bill appeared in the House of Commons, that moment I declared, that if there was but one man in all England to petition against it, I would be that man. After very attentively listening to every thing that I have seen or heard NAPOLEON'S RETURN. If ever there was news that struck like a thunder-bolt, this was that news. Many persons seem to be out of their wits at it. After having seen the deliverance of Europe accomplished, they really appear to be delivered of their senses. has not done what was promised. He has not abolished the heaviest taxes; he has not left religion as he found it; he has not adhered to the Code Napoleon; he has not left the press free. I do not know, that, surrounded as he has beeu, that he could have done more than he L Farewell Blockheads, unless in cases of actual investiture!-Í shall be told, that we have not stipulated with America to refrain from any of these impediments to neutral commerce. Óh, no! There needs no stipulation. The events on Lakes Ontario and Champlain, at New Orleans and Mobile, at Fayal, and on the Ocean itself, will, I am very certain admonish our ministers of the danger of bringing the Republic on our backs, while we have to look France in the face. The war, the war which I so laboured to prevent; that war, which was to divide and subjugate the Republic according to the predictions of our Cossack writers; that war has left the Republic on the tripple pinnacle of military, naval, and political glory: happy for her, if it has also left her with a deep horror for all war, not necessary to the preservation of her independence, rights, honour and liberty! But, seeing what has passed, do our Cossack writers expect to see her again acting the humble and the degrading part which she acted before? Do they not see, that the very first infringement on her neutral rights will be the sigual for our seeing her " Bits of striped has done; but, he has not done all that was expected, and has done some things which were not expected. It is quite impossible for me to know, whether, or no, Napoleon, is best calculated to make France happy; but, to him who is most disposed to make her happy and free, I most sincerely wish success. At any rate, with the same earnestness, with the same anxiety, with the same forebodings of evil if my prayer be rejected, which I felt when I so often besought our Government not to embark, and, when embarked, not to persevere, in the war against the Republic of America, I now beseech, I implore them, not, on any account, to draw the sword, to waste the treasure and pour out the blood of our beloved and long suffering country in this new quarrel.-We all now feel the sorrows of a twenty years war, in the taxes and troubles which have trod upon its heels. If a new war were now to be undertaken, and that, too, for the sake of the Bourbons, what must be our fate? The question would now be cleared of all the rubbish of 1792. If the king of France stand in need of no foreign aid, why should we draw the sword to give him aid? If he do stand in need of foreign aid, is it not clear, that the people of France are against him? If we, in the former case, interfere, we do it unnecessarily; if it in the latter case, we make war to force upon a foreign nation a Government which it does not like. Therefore, it appears to me, that it is impossible to Justify war against Napoleon upon any ground that, at present, exists.-Besides, have the writers, who already begin to cry for war, considered at all of the consequences? All the taxes hitherto collected must be continued? The Debt and the taxes must go on augmenting,can Republic would swell to an enormous till, at last, it will be impossible to go on. But, is this all? Is this all? Would not our situation be very different indeed from what it was during the war? Then, though our expenses were enormous, they were, in some degree, balanced by that monopoly of trade and commerce, which put our hands into the purse of all the world, and which, after destroying all the military fleets in Europe, we so easily maintained. Now, what would be the case? Farewell Licences! Farewell Orders in Council! Farewell Impressments on board of American Ships! Bunting" flying and our hearing the sound of her cannon in the English Channel? What, then, would be the other consequence of war? Why, we should see the ocean covered with Ame rican merchant ships. The Republic would carry on half the trade of the whole world. France would be supplied with colonial produce. Her trade would flourish in the midst of war. We should make few prizes. Our prize-courts would have nothing to do. There would be little for our navy to gain. Our mercantile marine would have little employment. That of the Ameri amount. Her military marine would increase in the like proportion. And, at the end of a few years (many would not be wanted), it would not be at all wonderful, if she were able to step in and decide the war.-Reader; am I talking foolishly? Am I rattling on? Am I exaggerating the danger? Look back to the pages of the Register, in the year 1812, while I was yet in prison for writing about the flogging of Local militia-men and the presence of German troops on the ocasion, and just before I paid the Prince Regent a thousand pounds fine, in the name and 2 1 誓 1 |