The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-01-26 00:00:00

__}, r* ~'. - 4 • ' ' 6 • • ~•- - - ---- r 11 • -.- . . . 1 : all the advantages, and an annual vote. To hi there appeared ..rities against any abuse t' inight be feared. The necessity of submitting to Chamber the returns rAr-tito actual disposition of Sanitary fusee was not among the lest. right Teetotaling each year the public charge for recruiting. end retaining tkpeutitority over the distribution of the meth were importer* securities. In no point, how. yew, • that be could- disetwer, , elit the Project affect, Our charier or the /Loyal Prerogative, *A there fore, he felt it his duty to give it his most uhqualitied, approbation. M. stirmtt.lesamined in detail the verioes pro . tattoos of the Le ie. It was .urged, toe sobserved, kite!, die : military a) atino 'Weser! by alt the turopean towers imposed the necret4iy of r a Itreisdoptiog iarpeant vt defence.. lie !realer from denying,thst fact., holm did not think the present l aw calculated lo !nein the oisfect it rowed. .lie ltamw that dur. Ng 'kitty yein, . vioWnce, end . dnaning had extorted from their t unhappy cautery gigantic ef f o rts ,, whose Malts had established hono urable titles of glory and renown. What did these examples prove They proved that Frenchmen were born for the profession Of arms, and that even under a Government absurd I, enough to discourage military service, french.sol tilers would still perform miracles. But that was not theAssestion, !review, on the other hand, that na tional character also proved the facility with which an 'army could be raised and maintained. In the midst of wit a People, the question is, to know what heel becolese of the Governments that have extended their military forces. They have perished; and after pro. digies of valour, after success unheard of in history, after battles gained iu every country in Europe (es• cept England,), France twice invaded, groaned be. Death the weight of occupation by foreign troops. — Concluded by voting, that that , part of the Project zelative to voluntary enrolment should be applied to recruiting for the whole of the active army, and that part relative to ballot to be applied only to the forma tion of an army of reserve, modifying both systems according to, the principles of the Charter. M. DE BARANTE. Commissary of the King, con tended that the Project of the Law now proposed did not aim to re-establish the odious system of con seription ; the difference between them was obvious. lie refuted, in a few words, the partisans for the an imal vote upon the levying of men. The limitation of service, he said, the superintendence of the Cham ber, and the vote upon the Budget, were sufficient guarantees that the number would not be exceeded. The sixth articlek he contended, contained nothing which could cause apprelielicimi to the State. The Marquis DE VILLEFiI Anita read. for M. Crig uoutP uzouer, a very elaborate speech,iu which com pulsory recruiting, the creation of veteran regions, add the promotion by seniority, were forcibly at tacked. It concluded with a declaration for regis. tering the law. M. General BRUN DE VILLEKET supported the 'Law. ; without riches - ople is not strong, and without strength in l ople the Throne has no ; ,splvotioar. lewskstetsvbf,..war a. courageous and In— trerill nation may maintain itself, and oven prosper+ by the power of its arm alone ; but, axe experience.' ages teaches us that in a state of peace It can do no thing without commerce and industry. Everyitatiothhas its peculiar species of corn. merce, which is determined tly• its locality, and even by nature ; the inhabitants of the coasts nave the country trade (Cabotage), exchange, and commis sion ; the inhabitants of the interior &tarot enjoy these adtantages, hut they have in their stead *Ulm t'.e products of a soil fruitful in agricultural riches t or by those mineral treasures with which the province of Namur is amply provided.: It contains more than , 300 manufactories, which-maintain themselves In dm most tiourishing condition as long as commerce was favoured by a protecting hand ; but now that the manufactories are in .a-'state of the most complete ruin, what trust can the merchant derive from the iontainerable efforts which he had to make to raise these fine monameutt of his genius and his glory. • " What, however., happens when an intelligent and industrious People, who have, attained a an, perior degree of perfection in the production of its manufactures, is obliged by circumstances to abandon them all at once? What happens? it depends, it La discouraged ; then the State• is endangered, for dins coursgement produces idleness, and itlteness,proalueet demoralization ;• as many Empires have been extin guished by their commercial insaktiantioa as by the reverses of their arms. " The extraordinary.seccesses which at this day place England at the hea:i•of nations, ate less owing to the fortune of her arms then to the powerful pro tection which her Govertimeot gives to her commerce. 6 ' From all (parters the same cry arises against the dangers which threaten our commercial indepen dence. Belgium awaits with anxiety a decision which may at length fit the fall of its manufactories. " It is for you., High and Might. Lords, whOse most constant solicitude ought to be directed to what ever can contribute to the prosperity of the country —you, who ought to confound the interests of the Monarch and the nation—you, the Representatives of this nation, whom you have sworn to defend against the attacks of all that is arbitrary ; it is to you that it belongs to restore tocommerce and industry, the splendour slid activity of which we have nothing left but the remembrance." VIENNA, JAN. 7.—M. Forbin Jansen, one of the French exiles, to whom the city of Lintz had been assigned as a residence, fled from that place last ntunth t it scent, that he has passed through Bavaria by means of a false passport. PEICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Baulk Stock `290 5 per Cent. Navy IUII I I/ 3 per Cent Red. 792,1 7919 India Honda 107 p 3 per Ce,i. C0n,. , 1% ..81,!ji 79 - Stock Citthol,f4ii• Acc. 7 ;bib 7111 Lung Ana. 901 11-16 9161 4 per Colt. 1)61a/ . equer 16 26 p net istitichiste the troth. • :•Of this we may be certain, however, that if money can be got upon.suc4 pretences, lON liett.sptulia iu 04 pockets of the Public from Wrenn .delicacy on the pert of the Ministers. It may well be believed; ,that on the subject of public distress, though the objects ofiolsery have been so numerous and afflicting to contemplation, as to have visited many benevolent public proceedings which have bet very partially alleviated the dreadful, nothing wilt be said in the State Expose,. for nothing [ratifying and efisfactory can be said on such subjects. A wall will, therefore, be drawn around the Royal View, by the Ministerial Guards, from which the poor .• sailors, and the crying helpless mendicants, and all such obtrusive sights will be .carefallyetcluded. — Of congratulatiocs upon escapes from Conspiracy, Spencesn Systems, sad Stocking Plots, we shell bear enough. But of claims from the consequences of the, incalculable magnitude of the National Debt, mid `the no less enormous War Establishments, and aloud of Tuition the most grievous that ever weighed Down the energies and industry of a country, the Speech may not be so fruitful se some documents we have lately seen. Deny alarms may yet be 'Opposed to oust in regard to the state of the country, they will no doubt •be ingeniously transferred to the more objectionable grounds of Parodies and Re form Meetings, and the clamours of liberated State Prisoners, demanding trial for their imput ed offences, and redress for the wrongs they have suffered. But our knowledge will be speedily enlarged ow all these interesting topics. We shall have something to say upon them, as well as more privileged speakers. The Address in the House of Lords is to be moved by the Earl of A YLESFORD, and seconded by Lord SEI.SEA. The Addreße in the Com mons is to be moved by Mr.Woornoust, and second ed by Mr. WINDHAM QUIN. We rejoice to learn that there is to be a Meeting this evening at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, of Mr. Evelts's friends, and several active persons, who sympathize iu the sufferings of the deeply injured men who have at length emerged from the State Pri. 11009, A subject more worthy of public attention could not engage the warm interest of the friends of freedom, or toe defenders of innocence and humanity. We hope the Meeting which we announce, will be th' foundation of a permanent protection for these much injured individuals. The Public have many claims upon them for aid to persecuted men—and these are strong Indeed. But the Public must not forget that these claims are caused by the Government, and it is for charges of opposing the oppressions of this Go. vernment, that these victims have been deprived of every thing valuable. in the mean time wef - van inform our Readers tint actions have already been in stituted by the intrepid EVANSEI against Lord SID YOUTH, Sir NATHANIEL CONANT, and the Jailer.-- The progress aad issue of these important proceedings will interest every Englishman, for nothing can be more important to. society than the fair discharge of such great and solemn trusts as we have sees. vested in Secretaries of State and Magistrates, arid the de gree of penal responsibility that ought to attach to them. Paris Papers to the T.ltl have arrived since oar last. No Papers were published on Thursday. on account of the funeral service in memory of Louts XVI.— The discussion in the Chamber of DRputies on the Recruitment Project continued on Tuesday, and was then adjourned until Thursday. In the Chamber of Peers the discussion on the Project respecting the Press was continued in a similar manner, and was also adjourned till Thursday. Not a word of the speeches deliverediin this Chamber is published in the Journals, except occasionally ; it is merely an nounced what number of speakers delivered their sentiments, without even mentioning their names.-. The Duchess of ANGOULEME, it is said, sets out for Bourdeaux between the Ist and 1011 of next month, on one of her fanatical tours. • Flanders Mails have also arrived. The Chamber of Commerce at Namur has addressed a Memorial to the States General, with a view of obtaining some Legislative prohibition of importations. English manufactures are not mentioned, though doubtless it is against them th% Decree is wished for. EuoENE BEAUHARNOis, who is about to take possession of his little principality, is to be saluted, ou the occasion, by congratulatory odes. WINDIOR, JAN. 25.—Yesterday the Duke of Susses arrived at the Cagle, on a visit to her Ma- JESTY and the PaincEssEs s and afterwards Metaled' to London to dinner. BRIGHTON, JAN. 23.—His Excellency the French Ambassador, and Lady, are in the list of arrivals. The Doke of WattiNGTOX is daily expected. Most of the Cabinet Ministers are arrived, for the purpose of holding a Council, at which the Speech prepared fur the opening of Parliament *ill be submitted to the REGENT for bis approbation: At the same time it is supposed that the Sheriffs will be pricked. A Meeting has been held by some of the most re spectable Electors in the Borough, who have deter mined to propose Sir Roncwr Wicsott as a Candidate at the next Elettion, and very mingulus hopes are qatataiued of bit mow. principles of obit • followed by the recollection of th ose sentiments, se honourable to his mind and heart, in favoursolcivil aud religious liberty, which he so eloquently mom . inended to his • Prince / and which, if they bed bee n acted upon, would have saved Englund from its deem, and Europe from the horrors of revolutionary war. The Noble Chairman gave those toasts with his own happy address, and his Royal Highness in a shore return of thanks', on, his health being drank, ex.: pressed his cbrivictinn that the strength, order, sad happiness of these realms could only be preserved by the maintenance of the principles which had seated his family on the throne; sod at taking hit de parture he proposed as a toast— " The reupectaili*y of f o r Curtiss. tb. d rahility of he Constitution, awi the piwiterity of he Pe..ple." KlsG's THEATRE.—Signora Co,Kat, io her per. formauce on Saturday evening, exhibited a more per. • feet possession of her theatrical powers in the charac. ter of the Gountesi, in Figaro, and exerted her vocal ahilities.with the, happiest effect. The house pre. settled &brilliant display of rank and fashion. Soweseow , e4 ltussiau biographical account of SUWARROW contains some singular and curious de. toile. Though the general cruelly of his d'sposition was evinced by the horrible where. of Oczakoff, and Prop (where 60,000 Poles are said to base_ been sacrificed to his vengeance); yet he sometimes eho ed a more peculiar as doer of ferocity. • Tu the Frech, in particular, be bore 'a sort of lane tint hatred—a rage of detestatiou. A proof of this passion was even exhibited iu exercising his men. In conimandieg them to make a charge with the bayonet, they were to understand his directions in th•ee dif ferent ways, according to the nation which they were supposed to combat. When he gale the wo r d march against the Prussians, they charged straight , forward with the point of the bayonet —against the Pales, they 'rtipiilly repeated the thrust—aguilist the electable French, they turned round their bayonets alter• the seeded thrust, to enlarge the wound. Original in every thing, and even affecting originality, this senti-barbarian some times appeared wrapped op iu sheep's skin, like a Cossack, and .at other times covered with crosses, with badges of orders, and portraits, .which he had received. These latter ornaments, joitoed to his little ' grim c-untenaiice and his lank figure, gave him more the appearance of an Italian charlatan than the ge. octal of an army. Although he gave the world rea. son to suspect his sanity, yet, from sharing their dan o ters, their fatigues ? and their frugal fare, he was always (he idiil of hie soldiers. The speediee of his. wattling a mut ny among his troops, in crossing the Alps is well tilubsii. His soldiers, overwhelmed with fatigue, and dispirited with hardships, no longer. obeyed Sits voice,•or oberied their usual discipline. tie ordered a ditch to he dug, and stretching himselt in it, cried oat" tu metitious soldiers, •• Covct me u p •with eui tli, your U r pueral desires here to be Inter. veil since you atiiiudoii him." They alt threw theta. selves at nit feo, and followed him wild desution red. «gitaa,ia,m. The Emperor Alexander his caused a statue to be erected to his twee, and the Grand Duke Constantine has pronounced • public eulogium on his memory ; but such honours will nut remove the stain of capricious ferocity fruits his character, or induce history to paint him iu any other colours sue those of a fortunate military madman, or au cuter* prising savage.—(Ghent Paper.) The Funds fell again on Saturday, in conseq of a rumour that the plan to be pursued wolfs reg to fintsce was nut finally arranged, and that there we in fact a serious difference of opinion subsisting toot merely between the Treasury and the .Bank, but bap tweet, Ministers themselves on the subject. By letters recently arrived from Paris, we ere happy • to learn that Mr. Alderman Woou is completely re• . covered from a very severe illness, with which helm., been afflicted nearly the whole of the time he hash in that capital. Towards the close of his seem*, May us altyyliis friends had ob served with serious cons. cot to, that Ilia health was visibly impaired by a long suit incessant application to the duties of his high and la.' borious otlice. No remonstrances, however, coati, prevail on him to relax those exertions that were IS' honourable to himself and so useful to the Public., The apprehensions of his friends were at letigtk ; and we are persealed that every one who' has bad an opportunity of witnesting the conduct of this distinguished and exemplary Nlegistrate, during a season of no ordinary difficulty arid alarm, will re joice with us at lii• restoration to health, and at the I happy Prospect of his resuming the exercise of those ineeirtant functions entrusted to him by the free suf. fr le,es and grateful confidence of his fellow-citizens. Tire EARL OF Szrros.---We are itikrined, says the Lircrpootiliercory, that this public-spirited No bleman is far so recover. d from his alarming Wisp*. sition, as to be enabled to leave his bed-chambee. It has been . earnestly recommended to such of the Freeholders of the County, as•approve of his 1A 141 " political conduct, to iuvite him to offer WM- self at the ensuing election for the County ; at O. same time, pledging themselvel to repair to the pl'es of election, at their own individeal eapetice. what exterit such a public-spirited measure Whia be adopted, we cannot hazard a conjecture ; bit we think there are many thousands of freeholders eke would most cheerfully fa.' in with the admires'. —amongst which, we might confidently reckon upon all leis Lordship's numerous friends is thO tow% and neighhourhood.--The prtizaus of Mr. CANNING ate busily employed, at this 1111 0 /• meet, in their canvass. As for. turning bill, out, Although such In event would be the gfeet:t 'est triumph over corruption that ever was achieht!! in this town, we have nu eapectation of euchre looses, froth the hands in which the elective franchise kiji vested, its this town ;.e.-snd, however we may apidelg4;' the spirit that actuated an* honourable port;c3 of OA:. Freemen at the last memorable struggle, we fear Ad . , .we shall, on the 'teat occasion, witness more. bribegYK , corruption, and human degradatiou l than ever dbo gr4ced our electioneering annals." 4:140 ~.,.. '.! ,• -- 4: ~,,-. JA; • .: ", 7e 4 , 4 the the Project contsissed tbe• immediate requlis of there apprareel four securi , impoimamegm omi do*A.4o , o ,o. , . . . - - . , , ~, . . * ),....) . - . . i•-• . . THE STATESMAN. • . _ . s.) ) _ _. . - all duties, shicheonairts of hying before the styes -of tore taiSpnifth.',. Rut here the public eietittildb him the, Ki , lio estwP ,t ote li tion . of our sealuefaels : • 7'bo isso sanguine. ViiieeS eta slatiy Oho ; The Anniiersiwy . Mt. Foa's Birth-day was A; that tfitin - naVr ;as in tale Chair. i'llni M 4 ng h. 6 . e;`''PecllpeOtY of the State ' ' 7l .$4 -"ior they shall no t be.ttiopt ., piktitttede s * OPevOrated on Sk i Y 111 4111 t FiteniP °llo i re, the alit! t kaksti s 1 t Iciiiiens would load. Ides to • * that / .ir . - heart and beiseplailit.vieospresence of Itiaitoyal Hi Nevi lor did not wauce him to it. . , ettra.' in made for furth er trieottof IN•di - tl 4 a bre s h, / n e o r u d ie ll ; h ll " l 4 aey reported to be necessary to " con tinue theauc- the Duke of Sus Y sex.. and a party of IN obleme g n and Gentlemen faithfutq attached to the Vonstltutienst _, .. ..- _ ... . • .... ',test .1.:. ma relay ing • . A' C'ea""-"1"20141.""/ Ire the . lid" of siV . '1:01111137" - ifir know nothing, - aid;thii. ef b o e re ce , r s tain, mind nles of that departed Statesman. His uame was PARIS, JAN. 21.—The Duchess of Angouletne will set out on a visit to Bourdeatsa on the 10th of the ensuing month. The Journal de Thoulouse states, with respect to `the case of the assassination of M. Fealties, that in addition to the arrest of the Er-Commissary Con. stens, several other [moons will be apprehended. • All the theatres and places of public amusement are shut to-day. French Funds—Five per Cents. Of. 85c. Bank Stock, 1552 f. 50c. MADRID, JAN. ft.—Our Gin Tile inserts to.tlay the General Amnesty published by General Moriilo, in Venezuula, on the 21st of September, granting plarat.ti to all those who had taken or were taking hart in the insurrection; and the Decree of the 11,0 ) al Audience of. Caraccas, for carrying the am meaty into effect. 14'LANDEKS MAIL. GuENT, JAN. 201.—The news of the deaths o' Messrs. Lalahie and Ponticonlatit is absolutely false ; these Gentlemen have not been bong in the Erezils to which they have not gone. Our manufactures are still lat-Auishing, notwith standing some assistance, owing to the munificence of the Sovereign. The worm which corrodes our in dustry is in the legislation, and it must necessarily sink, notwithstanding all the succours which a pro. tecting but too powerless hand might bestow upon it. There is no question better decided by the national sonanimitylhan that relative to foreign manufactures, which the whole nation rejects with a kind of horror. If we except some individual speculators, strartger to every passion but the love of gold, *e have beheld the noble spectacle of the flower of our fellow-citi. tens proclaim in the midst of universal applause that the preference which we owe to the productions of our own country is one of the thst principles of our political creed. The National Tribunal has re-echoed the same cries, and if notwithstanding the public hopes, our legislatiou did not require already in the last Session the changes called for by public opinion, and by our wants, it is because the Legislator wished to corro borate his conviction by the experience of a year. This fatal experience has been acquired, and if no thing is now known, it is because there is a deter. mination to know nothing. The Chamber of Com merce renew their complaints ; numerous memorials just addressed to the Representatives, express the com plaints and the hopes of the nation. The Chamber of Commerce of Namur has just entered the lists. The fol lowing are some passages of the Memorial which it has addressed to the States General, on the deplorable situation of the manufactures and commerce of a great part of the kingdom,• and on the causes of the ruin of our industry. It proves incontestibly the causes of the rapid decline of commerce, and points out the means of restoring it to that activity which but lately was the admiration of our neighbours, who' stow rejoice at its inactivity; by which they profit " The Chamber does not enter upon the question, whether the fetters imposed on commerce both by vices of our system of Customs, and by the want of a General 'Treaty of Commerce with the neighbouring countries, are the result of policy. It is a diplomatic question which it does not pretend to fathom. " It confines itself wholly within the sphere of its THE STATESMAN. LONDON: MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1818 Parliament will meet to.morrevr for the dispatch of business. The Speech will be delivered by Com mission, thoogh the Brighton intelligence intimates that the PRINCE Kunst continues to enjoy uninter rupted good health. A Privy Council was held at Brighton on Saturday, when his Roy al Highness gave his approbation to the document styled his Speech. The continuance of the King's malady, and the death of the Princess Cnancorre, will be leading topics in the Speech. The rest will be " pro. nella." Our Foreign relations will givethe usual scope for running over the surface of things, from Pole to Pole, and dilating, like the rest of the unmeaning speculators, on " the magnitude of oor relations." But nothing will be ventured beyond generalities. — On the interesting question of our relations, and the relations we ought to have, with the new South American world, we doubt much whether any thing so explicit will be said as the AffleflCßll PRESIDENT'S declarations on the subject of his Country's con• tie:ions with the same quarter. The continuance of tranquillity among the European Powers, will afford the usual boasts of the wisdom and effects of the pacific arrangements; but as to the degree of con stitutional freedom and prosperity resulting from these to the subjects of the respective States, the Reader will be presented with "a universal blank." The efforts of the Holy Alliance in all countries to estinguish the liberty and free spirit of the Press, we can assure our Readers forms no part of the Royal Speech, and the defeats of the Ministers in the same holy cause may be espected to receive as little mention in this political record. In regard to our domestic concerns we hear a very consolatory picture is attempted to be drawn, This is kind, far the nation really stands in need of consolation. The progressive improve ments in oar trade and commerce are dwelt upon with much satisfaction by the Ministers, but by no • means proved to their content, or that of any body else, by the financial statements they have to submit, showing, in spite of all the surcharges and espedlents to raise money, a deficiency of from 12 to 14 mil lions iu the revenue indispensibly demanded • by the State. The Retrenchments during the year, or rather the establishment of Boards for Retrenchment, and the measures in train for still further compliances with • the public demands and necessities ih this respect, will ) if properly described, be another striking tea• r- - 7 7 \ .4..,. ~L .:~