The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-09-18 00:00:00

. ,ry, 4... _ poL of death for forgery had not lessened the number of offences of thit de. sciiption. He (Mr. Jackson) earnestly hoped that the Directors would try the effect of the lesser pm. - oishrnent, and see how far that were found to op.. rate. At all events, he conjured them steadily to pursue the best ratans of protecting the Public from fatiect‘si s Cid trot to relax, lest they should give room for a &lug* of okapi injorioas to the public i `'interest. It has, he thought, most desirable that the Batik should cousuit and act in concert with the Home Department in all these cases, so that what. over measures they adopted should, by the concur. Tenee of that (porter, come in an authoritative shape before the Pebttic ; and, therefore, receive that at. rention and acquiescence so essential to the well-being of the Corporation. Ile was convinced that an ili um, of the crime of forging on the Bank was not .460 consequence of the absence of the metallic cur.' .may in the manner some supposed ; and his opinion - es thin ptint was fortified by a comparison of the 1 3 Slumber of offences now committed, with the Mint ,trosecutiona for counterfeiting the coin, before the 1 , 401111 Iteroriction Act passed.—(lleac, hear !) • 'This was the seal way of ascertaining the fart; and he nes confident it wouW, when tried, establish his opinion. A Nom rrou (we believe, Mr. Thompson) said, that the only effectual way of diminishing the crime of forgery, would be to withdraw the one and two pound Husk-notes, and substitute specie for them. — De wished to know whether the Directors were tak ing soy steps to carry such an arraugernent into effect —( Hear.) . The CIIAJRMA3I replied, that so long as the Go. vernment continued the Restriction Act, it was ina. i possible to carry such an arrang ement into effect ; the Directors had not the power. He assured the Proprietors that they were ready to give such a sub. -jest their best attention, and that from the Bank no application should he made for interposing any delay ks the resumption of cash payments—that originated . 'th Government, atvi by no means with them. r. Teostssos hoped the subject he stiuded t o old be well considered.—(Cries qf " Nom !")-- cad said he would not make any trortiott, as he was valor , . as on a former occasfroo, prepeced to leave the apt•hole matter in the hands and at the discretion of the 40irectors. Tee Cart was then adjourned. It was flume. Alawsly. aliaaated. at the inishutent of FRENCH PAPERS. —so— PAnts, 'Stet. 43.—A very distres s ing acci d ent 'happeneil, yesterday, at Chantilly. The Duke of •!* ; :Bourbon Was hinting the boar ; the animal , bei n g ‘. l cfosely persued, tussled upon the horse on which the 1 , i :Prince rode, and bit it. The horse, terrified, reared 'iind overthrew his Royal Highness. The fall was / 'violent, but happily no limb was broken. The Prince received a severe contusion on the head. Ile was im mediately carried to the chateau, where remained for. five hours in a state of insensibility. His Highness was bled twice, yesterday, and this morning is much bettor. The following is the lea Bulletin, received yester day at the Palais Bourbon :--- ' " The Prince complaining of pains in the head, a large blister has been applied to the back of the neck. , 'The pulse is perfectly distittct. His Highness enjoys , e freedom in all the articulations. Respiration is free. The patient speaks with facility." • ' 4 The King and the Members of the Royal Family - have snot couriers with enquiries. I ' SEM i4.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess de 1 [ i BerTi l whose pregnancy we lately announced, and ? 'who had not quitted her chamber for upwards of P t eight days, was attacked at two o'clock, yesterday i morning, with labour pains. The intelligence was Immediately conveyed to the Thuilleries. Their ,(1 ) 'Royal Highnesses Madame, Monsieur, and the Duke d'Angouleme, arrived at three at the Kl}see Bout hi bon, and did not quit the Prioress during the ni g ht. Her Royal Highness was delivered at sit o'clock, yesterday morning, of a Prince, who lived but a few • : il.l ' minutes ; her Royal Highness was four months ad vanced in pregnancy. The following Bulletin was distributes , y est e rda y : 66 Her Royal Highness, the Duchess de Berr i, sr. riled at the fourth month and a half of h e r p re g . 'limey, met with accidents, which require d bleedin g In the arm and other remedies. Ne v e rtheless, a mis .'" carriage took place, this mottling, at six o'clock.— . The child, which was a reale, lived nearly two hours. The state of her Royal Highness is setis ! factory. ii 1 (Signeti) BOUGON, DENEUX." The King received the Ministers and Marshals, yesterday, and afterwards, in his closet, the Prince Augustus of Prussia. In the afternoon, between three and four, his Majesty went to visit the Duchess de Berri. I ~~ The following Bulletins have appeared relative to the Duke de Buerbou Sept. 12, Three A:lark. 44 His Serene Highness the Duke de Bourbon is restored to a state of recollection ; the motion of the limbs is free ; the poise is relieved and more re. plat, since the bleedings ; but the drowsiness, though less profound, still Continues. (Signed) " PORTAL and GUERIN." " Sept. 13, Six in the *wiling. " Ills Serene Highness, the Duke tie Bourbon, has had a good night, as was hoped from his state yester. day morning. A more tranquil sleep appeared to have suspended the drowsiness, which was often in terrupted by the drink, and by the necessity of giv 7 tog it, with the full knowledge of the patient. The blisters appear to have answered their purpose, with. out giving much pain. (Signed) " GUERIN, BONNIE, SANZ." On the 10th the Doke of Wellington manceuvred in the plain of Detrain the three divisions of the Xnglish Army, ,with the Salon, Danish, and Hann. raglan contingents, amounting to about '28,000 men. These troops will return to their cantonments, to wait for the order to repair to their homes. The Hanoverian cavalry regiment of the Prince Regent is already taken a position which will favour its de- Allure. M. Pow di Borg., the Russian Ambassador et the Court crFrance, is summoned by his Sovereign attend him at the Congress. Fire per Centel. 7.11. 80 c. ... _ •r" . + 4 ) 4 • - • . • -' --,'• \ i 1 rr.r ------ E .--- the. Country, that the punishment o . • 1 . ...... hal Pa' th 4 ). , li fr • ' to . . N • s • 1 1 1 ) . st 1., s ;_ ; .:. _ .. ~t ~; ,: . • . THE STATESMAN M ADRI SEPT: I.—The following is, the extract of a letter frog Calla, dated Aug. 2$ :—" The preps• rations for the grand Expedition to South America all; pursued with great activity. Count Adisbal, who arrived in this city two days ago, will have the chief command. It is said that he, will have under his orders from 11 to 12,000 men, and that he bee received the appointment of Viceroy - and Captaiel, General of Buenos Ayres. It appears that this ex pedition will be composed of four vessels of the line, six frigates, some brigantines and gon-boats ; end it is hoped that it will he ready to sail in the coarse of .the month of November. We are assured that General Adisbal has brought here three millions of foals (31,2501.), which the King has given out of his private purse, to defray the expense of the first equipments, arid that measures have been taken to provide all the other funds necessary. The Junta of Reemplazos, of Cadiz, which was instituted for the management of all that relates to expeditions beyond sea, has been reinstated in its rights, ind the Mini ster of Finances has received an order not to inter fere any farther with its operations. Every thing announces a firm determination to push, with the greatest vigour, the war beyond seas. " M Syr?. 6.—Some of thi German Papers announce that Col. Massenbach. instead of insisting nna formal decision in the process instituted against him, had thrown himself on the clemency of the King, in consequence of hopes which were held out to him that he would be set at liberty, and that the King of Prussia would order him payment of the amount of his claims. This much, however, is cer tain, that M. Massenbach is still a prisoner in the fortress of Custrin, and, that no public judgment bas been pronounced against him. ETUTGARO, SEPT. 7.—We have to announce the' important news of the retirement of M. Matches, who, though ostensibly entrusted with the Depart ment of Finances, had in reality the superintend ence of all the branches of Administration. Dif ferent reasons are given for this event, which is regarded as extremely important in many respects, especially at a moment when the project of a new Constitution for the Kingdom of Wirtemberg is a Subject of so much discussion. The portfolio of the Minister of Finances has been provisionally con. fided to M. Werckler, Councillor of State. M. Matches will not entirely quit the public service.— ' He will in future execute exclusively the functions of President of the Board of Controul, a new haiku. lion lately introduced amongst us,and w hich has been of great utility. CARVIIIIIIE, SEPT. 7.—The Authorities of the twenty Communes which compose our Baliwick, asseMbled Were, yesterday, when the Constitutional Act having been read over to them, they resolved unanimously to present an Address to the Grand Duke, expressive of their gratitude to his august Highness for introducing into his States a Constitution suited to the spirit of the times, and calculated to establish, in a liberal manner, the rights of every class of citizens. From all parts of the Grand Duchy Addressesscon -ceived in similar terms, are daily arriving. On the death of the late Prince Primate, who was also Bishop of Constance, the Baron Von Wessen berg, his General Vicar in the diocese of Con stance, was nominated to succeed him. The Pope refused to confirm the nomination, but the Grand Duke, his Sovereign, maintains him in his sites. lion, in defiance of the Pope's authority, end in so doing he is supported by all the Sovereigns in Ger- many. The Grand Duke contends, that as Sovereign, he is entititled to nominate to the vacant diocese, and that such nomination ought to be held good till it be ascersarined by competent judges, in parlibus, that an improper person has been chosen. In this case, after the most vigorous enquiry, he has found the Baron Von Wessenberg'a qualifications of the highest kind, and his conduct to have always been most exemplary; and the refusal on the part of the Pope is therefore an arbitrary act to which no deference ought to be paid. The whole case is laid before the Public in a Me. morial from the Court of Baden, accompanied by a number of very curious docume►►ts. It appears that the Baron Von Wessenberg, in his capacity of Grand Vicar of Constance, sanc tioned by the Prince Primate and the Chapter, has been the author of many important reforms in the Church that have long given great umbrage to the Court of Rome. The Bishop is supported by all the Clergy of his extensive diocese, and indeed by nearly .11 the Clergy of Catholic Germany. Among the Lay Catholics there is but one opinion concerning him. cassia rose early, and visited their ak and Sir Ire Amos Mitmax arriving shoot eight o'clnik, he and Sir had an immediate conference, when PRICE OF STOCKS TH' Hank Stock __ 3 per ('eat. lied. 3 per Cent.Cuusels 74ii:i Si per Cent. Consols for Acc. 4 per Cent. IS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 5 per Cent. Navy 1041111 India Koss& 77 p Lung Ants. Exchequer Dills 16 18 p Ouiniutn 4 dis. THE STATESMAN. LONDON: rainvt, szriftsza, 18, ISM THE QUEEN. The Official Bulletin of the QUEEN'S health issued this Morning, is of a still more unfavourable natote than even the announcement of yesterday. It is as follows : " Kew Palace, Sept. 18. ‘ 4 The QUEEN has had a very had night, and her Isimastv continues very much indisposed this morning. (Signed) •• 11 H ALFORD, " F. MILMAN." The accounts from Kew inform us, that soon after the Putmcr.ists and Sir lIENnT IlAtxono had re tired to rest on Wednesday night, her MAJESTY be came very restless. She appeared to suffer great pain, accompanied by an alarming dart of respiration. Sir Iik:NRY 11ALFORD was immediately called, and fresh medicines - were administered, but with very little effect, and her NI AJEsTr passed the night with. opt deep. to the mottling of yesterday, the Pais- "'PP body after •ll in these noble and '.7IM which we published yesterday !F p T o to the Palaces in London Gait Windsor. Her MAJESTY, the ptivattioccoenta need in the same state throrigisest the whole of day, with little or no variation, end scarcely any refreshment op to eight -o'clock night. • ,• • About 12 o'clock, the Countess of :Cadogam visited the Putocesscs, from her meat at Richmond. Her Ladyship remained at the Palace ne,arty •two boors., The PRINCR REGENT arrived from Carlton. house at half-past four o'clock, and, after visiting her MAJESTY, and conferring with the Physicians and the PRINCESSES, his Royal Highness returned to Carlton-house to dinner, R little before sit o'clock. Sir II gritty li ALvonn left the Palace, about (nor o'clock, for London : hut was espected back between eight and• nine. Col. iltcotvs arrived at Kew yesterday with letters from the Duke of GLou• CUTER. ll4lifax Papers to the lOih ult. reached us this forenoon, and we hare also received farther Ameri can Journals to late dates. The Halifax Paper of the 7'h says, " the Order in Council for carrying the Free Port Act into effect at St. John and Halifax had been received from Eng land, and published in the American Papers; and several American vessels with full cargoes had or. rived under the Free Port Act, but the colony could not fairly expect to realize many of the advan tages which that measure is calculated to produce, until after the Ist of October next, when the Ameri can Act will commence its operations." The Commercial Advertiser states, that advices had been received of the Patriots, under BOLIVAR, hat• ing been recently defeated by the Royalists; but ne particulars are mentioned. Under the head of Natches, July 8, we find the following extraordinary and most shocking fact an. pounced, in a letter from Dr. J. &Imre to Dr. J. H. RoniNsox, dated at Natehitochee, in June : " A trader has lately arrived from the Camanches, and reports, that that nation has lately taken (2000 souls as prisoner., from the province of Texas, and that they are disposed, and do even sell them at the same price for which mules sell in their nation. I have lovely understood that two vessels had arrived at Galvesto wit, with three or four hundred African slaves, all of which are intended for Louisiana and . the State of Mississippi. General LALLETdAND and his party remain as they were, near the mouth of the Trinity river, erecting forts; some reinforcements are joining them, principally Europeans." Intelligence to so Isle a date as the 16th of May, bas been received from India. It is sufficient to say that it continues in the same favourable tone as all the recent advices, and seems to place the affairs of In. dia so much nearer the desirable close of a peaceful settlement. The French Royal Family have experienced two misfortunes, which have thrown them into the greatest affliction. The Paris Papers which have been re. ceived to the 15th, inform us, that at hit o'clock on Sunday morning the Duchess of [hap, opon whose pregnancy the hopes of the French nation,". or rather of I.outs's family, were resting, was, in con sequence of some accidents which are not stated, prematurely delivered of a male child, which did not live above two hours ; and on Friday the Duke ng Holmium bed a fall from his horse, whilst hunting in the environs of Chantilly, in consequence of a wild boar running between his horse's legs, by which his Royal Highness's head has been much hurt. lie was immediately carried to the chateau, where he remained for five hours in • stale of insensibility. — Able medical attendants were obtained from the capi tal, and his Serene Highness was three times bled, end blisters were also applied. The Bulletins issued on Sa turday and Sunday state, that he was somewhat recover. ed. The Duchess is also reported to be in a favourable state ; but the loss of her male infant has caused a. great disappointment to the Members of the Boust uosi family. There is, however, no danger at pre sent of the House of BOURBON wanting a male heir, for the Duke of ORLEANS has a promising family. On the 10th inst. the Duke of WELLINGTON reviewed, in the plain of Denain, three divisions of the English army, the Saxon, Danish, and Hanoverian Contin gents, amounting together to about '28,000 men. These different corps, with the exception of one Ha• noverian regiment, were, it is said, to return to their former cantonments, to await orders for. their final departure from France. The regiment alluded to, the PRINCE Ittnewr's Hanoverian cavalry, instead of returning to the vicinity of Lisle, was ordered to take . a position Wier Conde, close to the high road. This change the French Journalists consider to have been adopted with a view of facilitating the order in which the troops will march off. The Private Correspondence from Paris corn. monicates some curious and interesting statements re. spectiog the withdrawing of the Army of Occupation. It is asserted that the four Allied Sovereigns refuse in admit to the Congress. of Ail-la-Chapelle, the Spanish Plenipotentiary whom the King of SPAIN wished to send there. It is said that the Prince of METTERNICH made the principal opposition to this adteissida. It is reported, that the firil act of the cils. No honourable botuage is Lordship's name, and represents—the merit of a Russian Emperor! The Jya, Conspiracy, by exposing the wickedness and weakness of flat laction, has done the cause of the illiberal pen t mach injury. The good effects of this foolish attempt will be strongly exemplified in the new Electiess.—. Nearly all the proteges of this fsctiott,now SO comple4o 7 unmasked, feel themselves to be entirety set They must sustain a great diminution of numbers i n the Chamber of Deputies, which they will ne►er be able to repair. The accounts say, that abo u t 20 of .6,4 party most go oat, and they canoe( expect to replace more then six. It continues to be reported that the Ultra, steals% to have their Plenipotentiary at the Congress. it is even said, that one of these Plenipotentiaries slid be the Baron DE VITR(.I.I.tiS, who has resided far soma time past at DasseltlJrti. Prepocterous as the con. OHO of these men geoerallyi4,this report appears too incompatible with the regolations of the Congress foe 1. rjVt ' 777--- - .. ' -.77 . 7 " . 741011 - :Tr' ,c:, ' . ~, - , : ~,,,. , ~. • . , .. > . - .. • ~ t . .4... . . . • ,' . s • .. . . . . . 1 11 - 4 1 / 4 1 ‘ 4 0 -v. i Ilk .. 44 5111, , lim•••• Z 11 24 ' . i j . affl i cte d paren t, Spanish Plenitmtentiary was td profs* against r fm the evacuation of 4 aFrance by the foreign t roaps. ..... eNy u A This may be the ground of refasal en th e p art of the . 0 the B u ll et i n Allies, but this report seer* in b e a little mitr e , ID u ro Pinner r oftu t expreu as it The troops, it is said, are to be withd rawn, ii d were by acclamation, at the 'mini Congtew, and 111 ots add, conti- " the noble idea of pronouncing their departure i n st e.. ,thole of the the manner in which !ho loon of liberation w as voted T i :o fi r. by she ha d ta k en in the French Chambers," is attributed to the E. J , , ht . o'clock last peror A LIMA N DER.--Leed CASTLEREAOII.Bppeen ee . G body after all in these noble and disinterestaices s . ai 1 of .CAelnloam cils. No honourable homage is tentlated in ki t 11 . Lordship's name, and as little to the Sove re i gn el :t it Richmond.ce ueut l y : tw ht represents—the merit of liberating prance is given t, 1 fa• [UMW Con s pi rae . tl I from Carlton a Russian Emperor! The Ult belieG An article in the Journals from Madrid intimatm that the Spanish Court intends to exert some of its own strength upon its own war in South Americo! It was lime to mice a few appearances of this mkt, when the Official Note is on the point of soliciting alma at Aix-In-Chapelle. The present statement it, that Count D'Aossnat, the Commander of the Es. pedition et Cadiz, iv declared Viceroy and Captain. General of Buenos Ay res, the focus of the South Arm limn Revolution ! This Office, if we mistake not, will prove a sinecure to Don ADISITAL. " It is hoped that the Expedition will be ready to sail in November nest"—the Expedition, for which pre• petitions were begun in November last ! The subjects which came before the half-yearly Meeting of the Bank Proprietor., held yesterday, are of great interest to the Public. It is most im portant to remark the statement made ky the Chair. man of the Meeting, that no objection masted with the Bank Proprietors, or would be made by them, to the resumption of Cash Payments, and thanks' ' Restriction originated with Government, and eat with the Bank. This declaration, taken in cod. nection with the extraordinary increase of forgeries and punishments for that offence, as well as with many of the other evils that afflict the coentry, af which the Paper System is the roof, is VON thy of general attention, and ought to be kept in remembrance, when the CHANCELLOI of the ExCIIICQUER nest cornea out with his nowt, professions, and pretexts, for continuing the measure of restriction on Cash Payments. The charge die peding or protracting the resumption of the whole. some and necessary measure of paying in specie W thus openly and publicly laid to the door of Gaeta. meta, and we desire the nation to take notice of it. The daily spectacles that now shock humanity, sad the consequences to society—flowing from that fruit ful source of guilt and misery, the Paper System of expediency, render this topic one of most melee• choly interest ; and tke Investigation et it% iv I duty which public justice eight to perform. The proceedings at the Oki Bailey vim how intimately it is connected with individol and public happiness. On yesterday alone, so het than seven persons, all of them very yoswg, were tried or pleaded guilty to charges connected with forgery. The subject of the nemerous forgeries was adverted to.in r .the discussion yesterday, and sees very proper ieinarks were made upon it, but still the nee/wary information was not afforded as t the wane of detecting, preventing, or remedy ing the treit.•---.411 the. information elicitedow merely 'a confirmation, by the Chairmen, whethed been stated in the House of Cnmrnoi', that the funition of *electing prisoners for trill in cases. of forgery, and determining the amount of- the rewards for detection, was exercised by Committee of the Directors. Nothing 1189 stated as to the progress made by the-Commission appoint. ed to enquire into thelest means of preventing fat. genies; though various ingenious methods of prevea • l• ing, or at least rendering that offence extremely cult of mention, have been submitted both to the Commissio', and to the Bank. One of the Pre' prietors soggested that tine one and two pound rtotd should hi withdra telmecirculatiOn ; b u t this re• ""dlf *al Aeciareil bOAChairman to be impossible, &lug ths &pa Rregraiceion Ad remained in force --- This is the, real carae!,4l. the mischief, and this in formation is 'sufficient a ;point out the remedy.. of lizter•strived, on the at Cs . ' bray, 'not,king thit the Duke of WELLIIG TON Ned tr...n*64lre' has headquarters to Vs ll " l ,' , riennee. Aids.de-Vautp wer e sent to invite h i s Royal Highness to tfi,seview, co toe