Star. — London, England, 1816-05-18 00:00:00

. . ^*•~ - r • grpormimpm GRAND DINNER IN HONOUR OF HIS NA. JEOTY THE KING OF HAYTI. On Thursday, Major Raiment) gave t splendid entertainment at the Londin Coffee-house, to a nu merous and elegant assemblage of Gentlemen, intr. rested in the prosperity and happiness °Ethel kingdom of Hayti. • After, the usual loyal and constitutional Britisk tua'sts, the gallant Major, who presided, proposed.' 44 The health of his MajestyHENlU I. King of Hayti." which was drank with 'the most enthusiastic applause. In proposing this toast, 'the Major pronounced a most eloquent and nervous etilogiuns on the -princely and r ol,le qualities by which the illustrious Sovereign of li.tyti is distinguished. - "• Gentlemen," laid the Major afterwards, " I love Ve Haytians ; I have weed with them duds; their glorious struggle for liberty and independence, ad. u hen they want my services I shall serve them again, and dn my duty as a soldier ought to do....(Grast ap- Pketre).—ln the early part of my life, Gentlemen. I' ' entered into the Haytian service, and my humble efforts in their cause have been acknowledg ed in the' / handsomest and most gratifying manner.— Here the Major read several letters from the Count a Limo. sada, the Hayden Minister, and Count St. Louie. ia which his name was mentioned.in the highest terms of approbation and gratitude).—Gentlemen. in the cause of my beloved Hayti I have fought. and, will MOGI willingly fight again. The cause of the Hay. thins is the cause of truth and freedom, and it must therefore he dear to every Briton--(Lsed amtene). They were emancipated by the vile republicans of Frailty—Bonaparte wished again le enslave them, but Austrnarr Nommen saved them by his thun derlsoks from ibis calamity I I had the honour to lead them to battle; and out of 70,00 u men .bhp, were Isought into the field against them by their oppressors, very few were left to tell their story at home. The Haytiaas form a nation, Gentlemen, which has always been &sirens to live in the strictest unison and harmer with this country, the Govern.' (pent of which, I trust, will speedily recognize the, Haytians as a brave and independent nation. " Gentlemen—The wish nearest my heart this day is, that my beloved Haytians may long prosper, in spite of all their enemies. They possess an army of 400,000 well disciplined and well armed men ; their internal defences sender their country perfectly unconquerable, for no army can act against them; and if any enemies shall attempt to invade them, none of them will ever return-to give an account of their failure. 44 Gentlemen--I take this public opportunity or expressing my deep and heartfelt gratitude to the glorloos and illustrious Henri I. This magnanimous King has sent me 40,000 pounds weight of colonial produce. free of all expenses, by the ship Brilliant, sa testimony of my poor professional services ; aad these services shall always be devotixl to the utmost in behalf of my beloved Hayti. " Gentlemen— I have to express the thanks of the Haytians, in a particular manner, to the most esti. suable and dearest friend of my bosom, Sir Watkin Lewi), the father of the City of London, whose friendship has been the pride of my life, and who has crowned that friendship by the pleasure be has done ink in maim here. I have also to add, that the ex. ptessiouid .his generous sentiments it behalf my beloved country of Hayti, has conveyed tdditional pleasure to my bosom. a Gentlesnen—l am commanded by the Sovereign of Ileiti to express his highest satitfaction! with the . manner in which the respectable tradesmen of Lon. den have executed his Majesty's orders. These trades- MSS% names are, Messrs. Modell and Bridge, jewel. tent Kisses. Crowther and Tapps, coach-ova kers ; 'aid Messrs. Hodson and C,onspiny, milliners. Upoa each of these Gentlemen I have called, and, I baste been informed that they have been nobly and ho nourably remunerated by the Hayden Governenent. " Gentlemen—lt is the determination of all those connected with Hayti, to keep up a proper under. standing with Great Britain, because with her we wish an alliance; and because with her on our side, we shall soot% be declared independent by the world at large. I conclude by giving as a toast, 44 The speedy acknowle.lament of the independence of _ Hayti by all the Powers of the world." This enlightened toast was drank with the mo;t rapturous applause. M. PeurrEn, the resident Minister in this country from the It ing of Hayti, then addressed the company as follows : 66 Mr. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMENT feel it to be the duty rf my situation, as Ch.rg4 d'Affaires from his Majesty Henry I. King of Hayti, tc return my best acknowledgments, and to express to you my melt cordial thanks for the toast which has pat now been drank with such applause and marks of distinc. tit -ft.—Gentlemen, I cannot select a better instance of the great and good qualities of the heart, end of the sound discrimination of his Majesty the King et Hayti, than by calling your attention to my most excellent and • worthy friend to whom we are in debted for the splendid entertainment of which we have just now partaken. Major Rainsford. who has been raised to the rank of Lieuteniot-General in the Haytian Armies, is himself a living proof of the great qualities of the heart, end of the sound discrimination 6f his Hayden Majesty, and will Thew the regardend return which his Majesty pays to those whO are truly attached to his cause. Lieutenant General Rainsford bad been cast on the shores of Hayti at a time when the revolutionary storm was blood there in all its 'violence, and when deluges ofwere flowing' is ' .iiip:trts of that beautilal island; on Obit aide, to n vite. liberty, and on the ether; to ptrpetstre s lavery, i tytanny, and misery. lie perceived, in the middle of the dangers which he had to encountee, the noble - disposition of the greatest -part of those good people, scarcely emerged from bondage, a dispositioe of which they me, at a time of greater tranquillity, are eri:f . daily proofs. He saw them, after having been as ail directions, by a number of contradictory 'decrees Wised, day after day, by the French As. ae mblies, at one tome -calliag them to liberty, than calling them to ems to fight along with Franco ; anti, at other times, ordering submission :—he saw ;bee, F elast, taking the detanzination of resorting to .mss Id order tart an end to that awful suspense, en d to free theildeilret once for em of any ruling (+Woo in Prance. General Rein:ford was an eye. Ilitgali to the *Reggie. He me . 4e Haytians deli. veced to blood -kellstdes and perishing by thousands • irk The slat exceuciiting knit% wh;fil their ben' with.lindannted fortitude. It is known to every body bow they dad get rid of their enemies, and how -these powerful and ter goat invincible armies (which, by the bye, had seen actually conquered in Asia by Djezear Pacha, assisted by 6ir Sidney Smith and a handful of British 'warriors,.before they received the final blow by the British Hese) were defeated at Hayti, by Generals Deeselines and Christophe, assis ted by British land and sea forces. But what is not generally known is, that the subject of this toast, my worth yfriend, was the first person in Europe who did write and publish a work in Which he foretold that ' these men, exasperated by the remembrance of past and late grievances, would never be conquered by any, force whatsover, and were to a man res3lved on the ' I sacrifice of theit lives, rather than return to their for , boot simation. He had seen their patience, fortitua& resignation, contempt of life, and contemplated the talents, courage, energy, polished manners, and piety of their present eacellent Chief, who would, in any country, be an ornament to the most exalted society. And when the question of the Abolition of the Slave Trade was 'lately, brbaght forward a-new, and pe titions moved to his Majesty's Government to inter fere with the Freitch Government, in order to put an end to that shameful trade, General Rainsford ap peared in 1814, at the Horns Tavern Meeting, and again declared publicly, that bold trsttlb—the uncon querable spirit of the noble Hay tians. The revival of the Slave Trade was, at that time, cheerily hope of the majority of the French planters, .that they might re-people the Wand with slates, they being rather tn• tent on the total euerminatinn of the present race of Haytian freemen, as it n officially worded : and as the voice of General Rainsford has not. a little contra. huted - to that abolition having finally been accepted by France, he one day may justly boast of having had an ample share in the Independence of Hayti; which, though .11 , t yet publicly declared, is, bowever, virtually acknowledged by the general trade which is now carrying on with that beautiful island, the ra radise of the world ; a trade in which. as usual, the British merchants take, the lead. And here, I beg to add with pride, that my lot, according to my instruc tions, as Chargé d'Affaires of his., Majesty here, have had for their LGject constantly to impress the British G. orernment and the Bilzish subjects with the wish of his • Majesty Henry I. to_ cultivate the good intelli gence and amity with all his neighbours ; but, above all, with the British Colonies; to encourage and pro mote a general commerce, even with France her self, and to disclaim any interference in the concerns of other nations. And I leek it the more my duty to express, in this manner, the feelings and intentions of Isis Majesty Henry I. as a strange report gains duly ground, that some individuals here, in their internee rate zeal, or to serve private purposes, wish to involve , this Government in a state of suspicion, jealousy, and ill will against the King and subjects of Hayti, by endeavouring to frighten the planters of the British Colonies into an acquiescence to some of their schemes, by the threats of a visitation of the King and of the other Chiefs of Hayti, a combination utterly impossible, and which I ought solemnly to disclaim, in the name of King Henry, who would not, at any rate, lend himself to disturb the tranquillity and well being of any of the dominions and subjects of his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom, whom, on the contrary. he considers as a natural ally. " Gentlemen—lt is the well known affection and devotion of General Rainsford to the cause of the Haytiaus, which has drawn open him esignal mark lof the munificence of King . Henry I. the first Chief of a State ever. proclaimed in the New World, under the title of a Kiln. This reward has been bestowed on him, with an unparalleled grace. as a token of Royal gratitude, which does great honour to the august giver, and the brave receiver. And I conclude by proposing to drink the health of General Rainsford, and wishing that he may long enjoy, in good spirits, the pleasure of the amity and the advantages of the beneialence of a gracious, liberal, and powerful So vereign, who only wants to be more known, to be universally beloved." The venerable Sir WATKIN LLWIII, on " The Lord Mayor and Corporation of London" being given as a toast, regretted the absence of the Chief Magistrate (in consequence of a previous engage ment) from an entertainment which would have been so gratifying to his Lordship's feelings. Sir Watkin then took occasion to express his own individual de light and satisfaction at the opening of a commercial and friendly intercourse with the noble Haytian na tion, the interests of which ought to be justly dear to every British hurt. He congratulated Major Rains ford on the happiness of having been distinguished by such flattering marks of approbation by the Hay tian Government. In returning thanks, on behalf* of the City and Corporation of London, Sir Watkin expressed a hope that the commercial intercourse be tween the two countries would tend to the mutual benefit and prosperity of both. Several Gentlemen afterwards delivered their sen timents successively, in a most eloquent and impres sive manner, in favour of the Haytian cause and' nation. • An excellent military band attended, and by play ing several martial and appropriate airs, contributed greatly to the satisfaction or the numerous and brit., Lent company assembled. The dinner consisted of 100 Myers, and displayed evesy delicacy of the season. The utmost conviviality prevailed to a late hour, and . the guests separated, highly delighted with the tunnifiespee displayed by their gallant host. Tile. following toasts were given from the Chair, sad drank in the following order : Hie Majesty King George the Third, and Goss bless bins," with three bribes Ws* " The ninuaninsoes Prince Regent of Crest Britain, the Pa eibtater of tbeWerld" with three times three. " The Queen and anal randiyr "Ssith three times three. " His ,loya l *sheen the Duke et Clarence and tbs /Loyal BMA Navy, with three dose three. "-His Royal Highness the Duke of York and the British Army," with three dines three. 4. Hie Royal Higbee. the Diked Seem and the Crdt," with thew times three. . 1 Ilbslilestriesa Majesty Henri 1. big et MOS lety gra*. Indrand services to lib Majesty " with th ree thus throe. " The Queen and Royal Family at Hari," with a times three. His Iseelleney the Count de Limns& The Most Noble Lord the Cones de . 1 • Ihi .ligibility of the Hayslett Magda& . • . A union of Eolith:al and Comiatettiet a n beeves& the Kingdom of Grew litigate aid the ineettle a Hari. My couetrmon, tbe braseDske el Weetioseen, who sow .bad Ids superior or @qua • 1M Lord Mayor and Cosperediet et the City- el Lea4sta i , I • • • • • • • • ' 7•:• - • PAILLIAMENraitr PROCEBDINGS. • HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 17. • • The House met at In o'cinek hither triorniug, and proceeded fa Appeals. On the motion of. Earl STANIIOPF, the conference with the Commons regarding Ste Statute 1104, was vo.tpuned till Friday. S FANHEIPE also save notice fur Friday oi a motion re- Speedos the subject of Weighs and Measures. The Lords were ordered to be summoned, for Friday, The Malt and Beer Duties AU vivances Bills, several Local and Private Bills, were brought up from the House of Com mons by Sir WM GOAIdAhI, Lord Fenno.' Osmanli, Mr. FIWLAY, and other Members, and read a Stu time. Mr. Hrsim, from the Commissioners for the Reduction of Cie National Debt, presented Accuuuts of the Funded and Unftuid ed Debt, which were ordered to lie on tbe Table. Tip Earl of ALBEMARI.II. presented a Petition il•om Bren dan, in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, against large Mili tary Establishments, and praying for Economy and Retrench mene.---Ordtred to lie on the l'abie. On the *object of the Coroner.' Bill, the Earl of EGJI E MO NT ed a Petition against it from the Justices of the Peace and rt=ibutors to the County Rate in Somenetshire ; and another Peritionagainst 1,, which were ordered to lie on the Table.—. The Noble Lord wished the third reading of the Bill to be fur ther postposed, to give time fur ar due consideration, and a short cooversation ensued. Lord HOLLAND observed, that it was contrary to the forms at the House to make this a private Bill Earl STANHOPE said tbe objection might be cured, by in serting words in the Bill on the third reading. The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM thought it would better to go on with the discussion, as several persons wbo were wait ing in town-the reauk, would be otherwise put to grist incon venience. The Earl of LIVERPOOL objected to going on with the dis cussion now, as subjects of importance were fixed to con-e on. The Earl of EGREMON T proposed Friday, but this being objected, the Earl of Livtaroot. named Mooday. The former, Noble Earl said he could net attend before Wednesday, sad the third reading was postponed till that day. • On the motion of Lord HOLLAND, the Order of the Day for she mend reading of the Shoplifting Bill was discharged, and 6zed fee Wednesday. The Earl of LAUDERDALE, with a view to the dlseursion on the Book Restriction Bill, asked whether a New Luau from , the Bank to Government was neg otiating Ibe Earl of LIVERPOOL. said, tbeir was an arrangement on foot for a leather advance by the Bank to Government. hi answer to =other question from the Earl of LAUDER DALE as to the amount of the advance, whether X 6,000,000, or £ll.oooool the Earl of LlllllOOOl. declined stating f o r amount at present. INTRRIFERRKCII 01 TAR MILITARY. The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM obseried, that the subject of, the interference of the Military, on which be had given notice for this day, had risen into importance. in consequence of the defence which Ministers had set up. It appeared from what had been stated by them, that a violation of the law had been committed, and tbat notwithstanding all the efforts of the Noble Secretary of State, there was still some power above the law which ordered out the Military take upon themselves the duty of the Police, without any communication v.ith the Civil Authorities. The Noble Viscoupt stated, that there was an imperfect communication between the Military ,Authority and the Office of the Home Department, and this statement rendered the interference of Parlia ment necessary, in aid of the Secretary of State, for the purpose of enforcing thelate.of the land. It Was not a little singular, that the Noble ViSCOUfit, who united in himself the offices of High Steward, or Head of the Police of Westminster, and Sectetairy of State, by virtue of which otfice be was at the bead of the Police ut the while country, should, upon a recent occasion, have found himself without the me.ins of resorting to the aid of the Police, whilst, by some aut'iority, the Military were called out to do the duty of the Police. The interference of the Military had, 'however, beettattempted to be defended on the grottud of public convenience, but the setting up public con venience in this way above the law of the land, it was scarcely necessary to say, was wholly contrary to the principles of the Constitution. The legality of the practice was however attempted to be set up, and, the illustration of it was the trial of Mr. Hastings; he denied the argument, and rejected the illustration, the Address to the Crown on that occasion was clearly nothing more than for the Military to be called out in aid of the Civil Power. Besides, the privileges of Parliament were paramount to all law, taking their date prior to any statute law, and no analogy could be drawn to compare with them any privilege attached to the Sovereign, there being none which belonged to the Sovereign of the same nature as those at Parliament.— Bat it having been clearly established that there was a privilege claimed somewhere, and a power actually exercised of calling out the military, not only to do the duty of the Police, but to obstruct the streets, and stop his Majesty's subjects in the purtuit oat theisk lawful avocations, and that too without commimica. di:m.l4th any Civil Authority, it became absolutely necessary for Parliament to interfere, in order to put a stop to this growing practice, which was equally contrary to law, and a violation of the Constitution. As a first step to such a measure, it was necessary to knew the authority from whence the orders for call ing out the military on Monday last, the day corn. plained of, issued. -And be therefore moved an Ad. dress to his Royal Highness the Prince RegotiV, ll praying _Ms Royal Highness . would be graciously' pleased to communicate to-the House the authoritt under which the military were called oat on Monday the 18th instant, and a copy of the orders issued fee, that purpose. His Lordship observed, that if a satisfactory statement was made .on the other side as to the conduct to be pursued in future, he w,as lead, to withdraw his motion. He thought it due also to say, that two Court days had occurred since Mon. day, and that particularly yesterday, on the hippy occasion of the congratulations on_ ;be Royal mar riage, hd witnessed what took place; the conduct of the militaly was certainly quite exemplary, and lie observed police officers properly mimed. • Lord Viscount SIDMOU rii entered into sr detail of the circumstances which had taken place upon this subject, and which have been before:meationed, and 'observed that be had anxiously searched the Jout nal. of *Parliament and the Records of his own Office, Ink' that he could not find ant instance of a communia..l lion being made to thi Office of the Secretary of r State, regatding the calling out the military for public convenience, nor any allusion made in Yallia.l meat to such a circumstance. He however thought it was right that such communication should be made, and that the cOntroul upon stsCh an occasions, shquld rest with the Secretary of State for the Hemet/ Department. As to the legality, what he bad argued was, that if the practice of calling out the military for pub* convenience was illegal, an Address of the i tioua oW Lords coded not Make it ` legal; lad he. found in the cases of Sachiverell and Mr. Hastings,' tnat the Crown bed boa addressed' to call oat- the- Guards. as had been usual proof of the usage. 1 - id, hr ought to be a responsibility Secretary of State for the Et the occasions ssh-n the mill loblic convenience, and th . department the column' and occasions, ought to be vest. state, that the whole dilly couttoul upon 5e7.11 occ;:sinn that department, and that he yesterday. The Marquis of BUCKIM self satisfied with this arrant , withdraw his motion. It., in caws where the High C, assembled, the military we, u on , l r y h it e t, E ai , d ig r o t f he L c l iz . i i l E p it oii c ;t i r c. _ question, c t , h . us I h t rc h w a :k ile h di t ,e ;: inn : the time of the Revoktion to emil..) 7 ;; 1e mt4Wf upon Court days, years that he had lived in London, b e h a d wet witnessed any 'serious.' inconvenience restltin it f rom this practice, on the contrary, it had be en productia of great public convenience. Nor could there 1, 2 , e been much reason for comp! alluded to, when, as he ttn&-rstood, th e N o bl e Eel (Essex) stated that he went on purpos e to ascelLio. whether he should be s•o i lped._ course ofrlt.ehmtlberett The E 471 of ESSLX, Lc, order, stated thathelaa never s.iii any such thing. Eail of LIME It iCK • observed, that it hi been staled in another placs—(Grits if Order, Crie r He wa.; not aware of being out of urger, and taw, therefore sit down to bear a:Let objcetion was mad e to what he had_ said. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, ti nt whether it had been stated or net in another pile., the Noble Earl was certainly nut of order in inak!r, , , the allusion. The Earl of LIMERICK resumed, and observed with respect to the Drawing Room of yescerdi► that with such an immense throng, he !tad all- 4) . r. said mob, pressing to the Palace, it would have be ta impossible to have preserved any kind of regularity, without the aid of the military ; he saw a number of outrages committed, coostables contending Kith fox men, -and some of the former confoundedly butes. He thought there was no ground whatever for mill's for the interference of Pa►liament. The Earl of ESSEX denied that it was a matte of insignificance that re or an, one else should haw been illegally stopped in the street by a soldier. Hs wished, however, to ask a question of the Noble Se. cretary nf State, as to the manner in which the duty of the sole management and contrasl upon these occasions was assigned to the Home Department i The orders upon the occasion alluded to (he behered it was no secret) came from the Lord Chatobellain; .but he wished to know by whom the duty was assigned to the Sccretary of State for the Home De. ' panatela ? Viicount SIDMOUTH said he had receir d the Prince IZ.tge:lt's cn - ranands to take this duty apon himself as Secretary of State for the Home Department. j ,The Lail of ESSEX expressed himself satisfied. The Earl of LIME nrcE said, he had a bigh re. apecsfor the Noble Earl (Essex), and he had alleged the insignificanee of the question from the supposnioa that . . the Noble Earl had stated his having honeys .purpose to see whethsr he shoeld be stopped. Earl STANHOPE said, he gave his conwat !to the withdrawing the motion only on the grourAt4 what had been last stated by the Noble Secretary of State, that he had received the Prince Regent's cero. mends, which was an express authority. Tice Noble Earl (Limerick) had tAlked of constables being nes• foundedly beaten yestrday : but he must say, that upon this questicri Mtnisters had been c , tdoundeely beaten ; and their conduct upon it proved the with of an old proverb, that It Si b A Miotster, 2 Spaniel, and a Walnut Tree, The more you beat them, the better br. (A loud and general laugh.) The Earl of DARNLEY said, th4t thanks were due to the Noiile ILO (Essex) who had first brought this business forward.; a►:d he cow-a:Ward the House and the public Upon the result, as it would tend to prevent any love for military parade Iwo leading to an undue military ascendancy, as front small beginnings sometimes great evils arose. There being an objection from some Noble Lnrd to the withdrawing the motion, it was put and negatived. iv 0 ] BANE RFcTiIICTIon. • The P.arl of LlVit; It POOL, in moving the order for their Lordships going into a Committee on tke BM for the lnrtber continuance of the Restriction of Cash Payments by the Bank, slid that he toi,lc this ppportunity of stating the general grounds r an which he conceived this measure necessary. in preferunc.: to any of the prvious stages, because whatever cl;ktence of opinion might exist among their Lordships as to the period when ;be Bask ought to resume cash p ) - insuts, all of them were of opinion that some preTa rAttons wet e necessary, before such resumption ciauld take place, and the only points in dispute were, (II nature of these preparations, and the time which t h ey would require. In proposing this Bill to their Lad 'taps, he proposed it not only in the• view that the Bank must resume cash pnment , :, but that they mu-: do so at the earliest possible period. This WAS Wit only his opinion, but it was a principle recop,n zed iar the preamble of the Bill. If, therefore, no new and ' unforeseen Circumstances should ::rise, it was the in tention of tho:e who proposed the present Biii, -fat after the p.riod limited in it, the Bank sliqull in.• mediattly resume" their oath pay rnynts. The BA which was passed at an early period in the last war, in ISO 3, enacted that the restrictions should subsist during the war. and six months after a Definitive Treaty of Peace. This six months atter the peace was very properly added, because it was expedient that the whole question shouli be some time under consideration after such a change—the first six months MI6. a peace Was the period of all others, in which there existed the•greatest difficulty in resuming cat's payments. After the change from a state of Wei to a state of. peace, from the general revulsion in pro fferty, the cessation of the expenditure of Go ternment, the direction. of commerce into a new chianti; it war mrje dangerous alga at any otia Itiossi.leves:"4llr,chfeelt"th4' tte444 • attacLed to the ' l e ., ael inme Department, lirary weTe tail ed nut!, ~;c op sequently r t to ski man nt, opt it COI ed a:id 11.1.1 n..n, the rr.-Indgeotent Dg rins hecn assia N bit e had exercised tl.st e., kel ii.lNl expressed hits, •°? and prorsellt, to I.nw,v,7r? illc!sted t h y . to of P•tri%trnent or rr.