The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-05-05 00:00:00

71" r.l-1 Mr. 1:01; 1.13 t; RN could not take upon himself whether he was alive or not ; hut he had had a !inn respecting him with the Secretary of State t r Ihe Dame Department. Mr. PIiELE informed the Honourable Member, that he certainly was alive, but he did not know what %%as the intention of Government with regard to his liberation. PRISONERS OP 17 kit. Mr. IVYN4;I:. wished to draw the attention of the ilight Ron. Gentleman to an omisaron which he con. sidered as remarkable, in the Convention between th:s country and France. In the article relating to lba exchange of prisoners, it had been usual to sti. petite that the exchange should take place upon the said priinuers paing whatever debts they might have nt acted. It was so stipulsted in •the Preliminary Tleat) of MI. In the present Convention, how. ever, this had been omitted ; and the omission, he Isuvw, had caused considei alqe uneasiness in several ' put. the couotvy whi•re the prisoners resided, as more than ordinary credit had been granted to them, rely i tg upon such a stipulation, in the event of a peace. lie thought the omission could not have . occurred without some reason, and to remove the ap prelicusions that existed, some explanation of it was &sit able. The cHANcELLOR, of the EXCIIEQU Eft said, he nits not prepared to give any precise expla nation upon the subietl, as it was one that would be for the consideration of the respective Governments. SU US! DIA It Y TREATIES, &c. Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that the Right Hon. Gent. had not yet given any notice of the day In) meant to move the consideration of the Treaties of Subsidy and Alliance in a Committee of Supply. He hoped he would give ample notice to allow time for any Member to move for those papers relating to the Negociations at Chatillon, the knowledge of which was become more necessary now than ever. Ac cording to the second article of those treaties it was stipulated that upon the refusal, by the late Emperor of France, to accede to certain proposals, certain acts were to be done by the contracting parties. How could they know what these proposals were 'without 'the communication of the papers referred to: There was another and most extraordinary treaty also, of which no mention had been made, though he wished to know whether it was in exist •euce, and likely to be laid before the House. He alluded to a treaty, signed an the 1 lth of April, with the hoe Emperor of France, by all the Allies, .except England, and its furtherance of the stipuia .tiutss of which treaty, an English Officer was now ne:ing by superintending the removal of Bonapa to .• . 'from France to the Island of Elba. There might be goid reasons for not rrsm:Tionkr.tilig thii treaty to the ttnuce, but he '4 now wheiher such a treaty, It- • •••••• • • • - ' ,vls in existence, ;loci rrl theart'ommrani. 0 01. ,7,1 reftr-;e it or not. Tike CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, revly to the lira tv.ostion of•the Hot.. Member, VOid that he should ceriAioly give sufficient notice for eoa.itiering the treaties in a Committee of Supply. fl - 0 , 11 regr.rfl to at,:: ot:tei Irrio‘y he could only say, t the had on der i:t ail the engagements into which r;.;.; country nuld be duly cornmuni ecord to Parliament. • Mr. WHITBREAD said he bad received no reply to his questions. itle %s (mid rPpeat them. Was there such a treaty in'existenco ? Was the English Minister required to sign it, and did lie refuse to do so ? Was not a British Officer now acting in furtherance of its stipulations by attending Bonaparte to the coact ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said they were questions which he did not think it proper to answer.—[llear, hear! from the Minis. te riot Benches.] In reply to another question put by Mr. WYNNE to the CH .1 NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, re specting the Prisoners of War, we understood him to reply, that the arrangement with regard to their debts would take place previously to their embarka tion. After the expression of his hearty the measure b y . Mr. Serjeant ONSL was read a third time.and passed. 'The Slave Trade Ships' Bill %rap read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Mr. BROGPEN brought up the report of the Sugar Drawback Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. • At the suggestion of Mr.. HORNER (in conse quence of the thinness of the House), the LORD A DVOCATE of SCOTLAND consented to post pone mowing the second reading of the Scotch Otedi tors' Bill until to-morrow. The Dublin Foundling Hospital Bill was read a third time and passed.—Adjourned. • • FRENCH . PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL 30.—A deputation from the Legis lative Body repaired to the palace of Compeigne, .and had the honour of being admitted, on the 29th of this month, Co an audience of his Majesty. The Deputation was compoied of M. M. le Chev. Bruys de Charles; President ; the Count of Chate. nay, Lanty, Cherier, Chevalier Dauzat, Dequeux, Saint llilaire, Faure, Gourlay (Loire Interieure), Griveau, Laborde (du Gers), Metz, the Count of Montloais, Moreau, Nell, Chevalier Paroletti, the Baron de Peres, Petit (Cher), do Prunele, the Marquis of Rivarola, Chevalier Villiers de Longeau, Zapffet, Count Maurice de Caraman, Chevalier Chappuis, Baron Silvester de Sacy, Emeric David. The President of the Deputation addressed to his Majesty the following speech : " SIRE,--The Le;islative Body has charged us to present to your Majesty their respectful felicitations. " Your Majesty is at length once more it the midst of that France which was always so dear to you. You are surrounded, embraced by your im— mense family ; innumerable cries of joy saluted you on your entrance on the soil of France; they follow you, and will accompany you to the residence, henceforth consoled, of your august ancestors. " Come, descendant of so many Kings, ascend that throne on which our ancestors formerly placed; your illustrious family, and which we are so happy to see you occupy at present. All that we had vain. I ly hoped for when you were far from us, you have brought to us; you come to wipe away all our tears,l to heal all our wounds. 64 We are indebted to you for still more than this: by you will be cemented the bases of a government wisely and prudently balanced. Your Majesty wishes only to enter into the exercise of rights uhich suffice for the royal.authority ; and the executia , 4 f the general will, entrusted to your paternal hands, will thereby become more respectable and more as sured. " Sire, the Representatives of the nation never esteemed themselves more happy than in beirg its or gans at this moment of joy. They leynt your feet the tribute of their respect, their devotion, and.their love." MIS MAJESTY'S REPLY. " GENTLEMEN OE THE LEGISLATIVE 80nr, , ,1 re ceive with the most lively satisfaction the assurapce of your sentiments. I consider them so moch ,the more valuable, as t perceive in them the pledge of a perfect union between myself trod the Representatives of the nation. From this union alone can arise the stability 'of the Government, and public felicity ; the only object of your wishes, and of my solici tude." The sate Deputation was presenieTTo - beigriyal Highness the Duchess of Angouleme, and addressed to her the following speech :- 44 MADAME,—After days of tears and grief, your Royal Highness returns to the country of your an cestors ; and your return is the pledge of the recon ciliation of Europe to France. Precious offspring of a long line of Monarchs, constant object of the I care of Providence, you have been the faithful com panion of the Prince whose heart has to you replaced that of a father. " Your courage and. your sweetness assuaged the weight of his misfortunes. His wise counsels cherished in you virtues of which you had already given a shining example. I " From your early years you showed yourself superior to great misfortunes • you were the pride of your sex, and one of the dnest ornaments of our age. Your- Royal Highness has now become the z-Sniiii • • - 4 Itts‘S% • ' TI TATESNI/ .. N, 'N. ...1.-- ---- approbation of repeated, OW will become of us LOW, the Bill ply countrymen ;"the Allied -Sol , your destinies. The Belgic r SINKING FUND. Mr. P. GRP:NI:ELL rose to make his promised Motion fur Papers respecting the Sinking Fund ; and utter having defended himself from the charge made against him by the lion. Member for Surrey, of hay ing misrepresented the opinion of Mr. Pitt on the clause in Mr. Fox's Bill on that subject, was pro ceeding to read an extract from the debates of that period, as reported in the Parliamentary Register, when • The SPEA KER submitted to the House how far hope of. generations. 'the unfortunate expect you such a prcheeding would be consistent with their as their protectress and their mother. The hearts usages. ;of all the Fr tech are your's. You have over us A short conversation on this subject ettsued, in the rights of birth, and the rights not less sacred of which Mr. Tierney, Mr. Thornton, the Chancellor , misfortune. of the Exchequer, Mr. Whitbread, mad Mr. Bankes ! ac Such, Madame, are the sentiments which the participated. ; Deputies of the Legislative Body esteem themselves Mr. GRENFELL then resumed his speech, read happy to have to express to you." the extract to which he had alluded, and concluded ; H. , r Royal Highness heard this speech with great by moving that there be laid before the House an ac- emotion, and replied with the most affecting affa count of all sums expended by the Commissioe,rs bilitv : for the reduction of the National Debt, and of all " That she was extremely sensible of the homage capital stock created in the public funds from 1789 to of the Deputies of the Legislative BOdy, and that she I participated in the sentiments and wishes which they Mr. TIIO:INTON exolainel the observations I had expressed." • I , which he tee' recently made on the subject. 1 Mr.lt t! ISSON applautied the ebje:t of the 1 COMPEVr.NE, APRIL 30.—Yesterd7 v his Majesty lion. Mover, and took the oi.portimity to recom- i arrived here at six in the evening. Marshals Ney mend to t;e%ertinietit, now that the happy discouti. and Marmont went to meet him beyond rvionelty. nuance of war would enable them to do so, the ut- i The former harangued him in the name of the army. mnst sigi'.:ltire and economy in the domestic expendi-' When his Majesty passed before the Chinch, he re t:tt:! of the country. , ceived the holy water, but was too. fatigued with the --h - lte• 441 i ANGI4IeI.OR-.44e.shoe...ll:XC4LEC,ll,JEß.4.gout to get out. All the Marshals, 13erthier, Ney, 1 'tetfecA- . .• coincided in the propriety of the tecom- ' &c. dined with the King, who gave as a toast," The me;elatitet of his lieu. Friend. In one respect, ' French Army." Every one rose immediately, and tio,vever, it was the intention of Government to pro. i it was drunk with enthusiasm. pose an increase of expenditure. The country owed 1 BEAUVAIS, APRIL 26.--The Prefect of the Oise ,: Nast debt of gratitude to our brave army and navy ' has this morning received information from the Mi te... those gtorious eftets by whielt the contest in l nister at War, tat the Russian troops which are in w hich we had been engaged was at length brought to I France will immediately commence their march for a successful terznbiation. That debt ought to be in 1 the Rhine. The movement is to take place by corps: ~ o me degree diminished by an attention to the com-I, the first corps width traverses this department is to l'en ts of those gallant men ; audit was therefore in I march from Compelgne to Noy-on, and from thence_ eAntemplation to propose an increase of their half. i . to Chauny, in the department of the Aisne. p.iv.—, flew hcar l 7 BRUSSELS, APRIL 27.—From the tenour of the The Motion was then agreed to ; as were also se- : Convention that has just been concluded between the %Prat wileis by Mr. GRENFELL, for accounts or Allied Powers and Monsieur, it is no longer doubt ta9ney raised by loan, &c. - .1 ful that France returns within her ancient limits ; an si \I PI.F. CONTRACT nreT BILL. ! event equally happy for 'her, and for her neighbours, Sir S. ROMILLY moved the third reading of the ' who ve suffered so mach from the events of the ':-z.titi , le Cotttract Debt Bill. . 'last *2 years. Out we bear opal! sides the question , ) N.. NiNecioVV:ANVIVr .. At be tranquil, Irereigna witch over 41gL provinces, by their geographical position, their virtues, the fertility of their soil, the character of their inhabitants, are worthy in every respect of enjoying that felicity which they have purchased b? so many misfortunes. Let us wait, therefore, without impatience, the de cision of this great question. jesti% indloi the nalt/tit' es Wilma • Slave Trade, the King of Denmark. 411 *itls. the King of England, binds himself to inncielit far as it depends upon him, fundamlfitally t 3 4.. r. blish this beneficent work, and to prohibit, N the most positive manner, and by the most solemn laws, his subjects from having any share in the Slave. Trade: " 9. The •tss o high-eontracting Parties oblige themselves reciprocally, not to conclude any peace or truce with Fronce, without mutual consent. " 10. Whereas his Danish Majesty, it“iiieralPor the Treaty of Peace this day concluded with the King of Sweden, has to his ~titl Majesty ceded N. way for a certain provided indemnity, his iliitathrie Majesty, who thus has seen is engagements tractcd with S%verlen in this .espect fulfilled, itro.i mises, in concert with th. King of S.v..eden, to employ li, good offices with the Allied Powers, at the genes ral peace, to obtain for Denmark a proper indemnis ty for the cession of ,Norwax, • " 11. The Sequestration which has been Nil, by either of the contracting Partios, on Property not al. ready confiscated or c,:ndemned, sh ill be raised im. mediate!v after r.vr ratification of this Treats. " 12. This Article sripulatei the obligation, for the Kink, of Dom^ k, in his capacity of rotors Sovorviign of Pomerania, as has been entered into between the King of England end the King of Sweden, by the Treaty o the 3d March, 1813, concerr.ing'a d pot of "riglish merchandise at Strati. sued, loaded Swedish o British vessels, paying only one per cent. ad valorem. K l3. All th- 'I i eaties of Peace and Commerce between the King of 1 . ...g1and and the King of Den. mark are renewed by the present Treaty in their full extent, in so far as the present stipulations do not contradict them. {6 14. This Treaty of Peace shall be ratified by the two high contracting parties ; the ratifications to be exchanged at Kiel within ene month, or before if practicable. " Confirmed and concluded by us undersigned, &c. &c. " Kiel , 14th Jan. 1814. " EDMUND BOURKE. EDWARD THORNTON' DECLARATION. " His Majesty the King of Sweden having de. dared to the. people of Norway, by the Proclam t s. tion addressed to them, that he reserved to them all the essential Tights which conetitut.e.public iibertj r and having engaged himself expressly to leave to tho nation the faculty of establishing a Constitution analogous to Ow wants of the country, and founM chiefly upon the two bases of national representatios and the right of taxing themselves ; these promises are now ret:ewed hi the most fornial manner. Tie Ki ng w ill by no means interfere directly in the nett ennstitutionni Act of Norway, which must, him. ever, be submitted for his acceptance. ale wishes , only, to trace the lirst lines of its foundation, leavirtg to ite people the right of ereOlig the rest of the " 4 His Majesty is also invariably determined *$ to antaigamatl the financial systems of the two OM* tries. In consequence of this principle, the deht. of the two crowns shall remain always separate hem each other, and no tax shall be collected in Norway for the purpose of paying the dents of Sweden, sad viec versa. The ;,/tention of his Majesty is not to sutler the revenue of Norway to be seat out of tha country. The expellee of administration being,de• ducted, the - rest shall be employed in objects of ge neral utility, and in a sinking fund for the eztermi. nation of the national debt." PRICE or STOCKS THIS Rank 2!i $ per Cent. Red. 6610 3 per Cent. Cans 67*** per Cents. 8411 5 per Cent. NH,. 96* 6 Long. Ann. 16 1.16* DAT AT ONA O'CLOCK. India Boob I 9 p Exchequer Sills $ 5 I✓ osmium soli 'Pay ditto• Cuavols for Acc. THE STATES:VA N. LONDON: THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1814. We have received this morning Paris Journals to the 3d instant, from which the following are ex tracts : PARIS, MAY 2.—.-We are assured that the King Kill arrive to-morrow at St. Ouen. At seven o'clock' in the evening Deputations from tbedilfermt Govern ment Authorities will wait upon him ; he will sleep there, and on the following day leave St. Ouen, at ten o'clock in the morning, with his escort. for Paris. The doors of the cathedral will be ()Petted pre cisely at 10 o'clock. • S blon.ieur returned .this morning at one o'clock from Compeigne ) and .after Mass gave audience as usual. Tile Prince Royal of Sweden left Paris this morn ing, on his return to the North, by way of Com- The King is perfectly acquainted with the actions which i:nmortalised our Generals, and is always showing an anxious recollection of them. When Marshal Moncey was presented to him, he spoke in the most flattering terms of his military career, and the propriety of • his late conduct. The Marshal was .on the point of throwing himself at his feet, btit the King prevented him, saying, " It is into these arms that you must throw yourself, which are extended to receive you. I know all the good you have done, and th'e evil you have prevented." lie then embraced the Marshal, who was sensibly affect. ed at se much kindness. The Allied Sovereigns, during their residence in / SPANISH PAPERS. MADRID, APRIL 12.—A. letter from Vittoria, of the 9th, says, " all the constitutional A.yuntamiento of this city was arrested by an armed force, in pur suance'of orders from the Intendant of this province, on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday last. We presume that the friends of disorder, and the enemies of the King (whose name they profane by having it always in their mouths), ,have given rise to these scandalous scenes." MARCH 31.--By a vessel which has arrived at Cadt from the ilavannah in 60 days, and which brings letters from Vcra Cruz, we learn that a con spiracy had been discovered at Mexico, the object of which was to introduce Mor ,, los and the other chiefs of insurgents into that capital, at the same time that kpopular .commotion took place in the suburbs.- The plan, however, was detected, and some of the ringleaders seized. ' The Viceroy had ordered all Eu ropeans under the age of 50 to take up arms, in order to increase the armies, and all above that age to con tribute to their maintenance. Senor Moreno had been detached against Morelos with a division. TREATY OF PEACE. BETWEEN DENMARK ANL) ENGLAND. CONCLUDED AT KIEL, THE 14TH JANUARY, 1814. " We the undersigned on the part of his Danish Majesty, Chamberlain Bourke, &c. ; and on the part of his British Majesty, Sir Edward Thornton, Envoy at the Court of Stockholm, having exchanged our full powers, have agreed upon the following ar ticles:— " 1. From the moment that this Treaty is signed, there shall be peace and friendship between their Majesties the King of Denmark and the King of .Great Britain, as well as among their Subjects in all parts of the world. " Hostilities between them shall cease, and all prizes taken from the subjects of the respective na. dons' shall be restored to their owners, and be consi dered as not having been made, from the moment that this Treaty has been signed. " All prisoner's of war shall be given up in a mass, immediately after this Treaty being ratiticd of both parties. •• 6 ‘ 3: His British Majesty consents to restore to his banhit Majesty all the PosF.2ssions and Colonies, • which have been conquered by the Rakish wins in this present War, except the island of Heligoland, which his Britannic Majesty reserves to himself with full and unlimited gevervienty. "4. The restoring of the Coloni e s shall be per formed according to the same rules and principles which were laid down, when his Britannic Majesty gave up to his Danish Majesty these very Colonies in the year 1801. 66 With . regard to the Island of Anholt, it is agreed, that it shall be given beck one month after the ratification of .the present Treaty, unless the sea son and the difficulty to the navigation should op pose the measure. " 5. His Britannic Majesty having agreed upon with his Allies the Emperor of Russia, the King, of Sweden, and the King of Prussia, not to conclude either armistice or:peace with their common enemies, without their mutual consent, it is settled, that the peace, which by the present Treaty is this day signed bet Ween the King of Deemark and the King of Sweden, shall in consequence be extended to the above-mentioned Allies, by the means of negocia tions, the which shall he entered upon ai soon as possible, .his Britannic Majesty engaging' himself to employ his good offices with his Allies in order that their respective relations with his Danish Majesty may he renewed upon the same footing as they were before the war. _ " His Danish Majesty, relying with full confi dence on the good offices of their Britannic and Swe dish Majesties, for the purpose, as soon as possible, of restoring the peaceable and friendly connexions between his Majesty the Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia, as they were befoye the war, con sents ,to make all hostilities towards the Allies of Great Britain and Sweden immediately cease. AU prizes which have been made since this Treaty has been signed, shall be given back ; his Danish Ma jesty relying on a complete reciprocity in this re: . spect. 44 G. His Danish Majesty consents to take an ac tive part with the Allied Powers in the present war against France, and to "furnish 10,000 men, which are to join the army under the immediate com. mand of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sweden, to be placed on the same footing, and to he treated in every respect in the same manner as the Swedish troops, which *stitate a part of the .said army, his Britannic Majesty engaging himself to pay to his Danish Majesty, for the maintenance of the said troops a certain sum, to be provided for every month intliis present y ear,v in the proportion of .100,0001. sterling a year, from the day on which they are placed under the command of the Swedish Crown Prince. "I'ffii corps always to be kept up in full number, which. a British Commissary shall be authorized to controul. " It is however agreed between the two High Contracting Parties„ that these payments than be Halle to cease from the time his Britannic Majesty may declare such troop not to be required for the good of the common cause, or by the conclusion of a general peace. A proper time shall be allowed, co:►Cerning which an amicable agreement shall be en tered upon for the troops to return to his Danish Majesty's dominions. " 7. The commercial relations between the sub jects Of the high-contracting parties shall again re turn to the usual order, as existing before the present war began. It is even reciprocally settled, as scan as possible, to determine how these relations might gain more strength and extent. " 7. It being othigh importance for his Britanuic .4 . Arr. Nails. Dept . 1 . 0 0 1 1 4.: V PP • 1 . • ~,‘. t ." I'.