The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-04-06 00:00:00

THE S'fATESMAN the Count de Bondy, Canille-Jordee, the Boron Pai l:idiot. , For she nomination of Ns* Project respecting the mode of proceeding in prosscationsagainot the Press : —MM. ll•dnch, Jaquinot de Pompeian., Causig notes, Illanquort de Wiliest, Hardoin, Albert, Ms pat% s, Berton, Royer Collard. Ent she rumination of the Project respecting the Jostual. and Peringlicol Publications :—M M. Her oes', Lombard, the Ceeat do St. Aulaite, K•rxtry, she Marquis Dori., Peaserd, Saalsior, Sa►oys-Rol. tie, Doeseilet. ..ISS4SSIN4TION or KOTZNBUR. • We revive daily, aye the Gazette de France, wen eyrie.. details relative to the estassiostiow of M. de Kotzebue,. All ogre& so to the sort of fanaticism which •as the calm of it. The following is an extract of a letter written on I the 26th of March, at five o'clock in the evening: it ton:sins very positive facts, which leave no longer coy doubts on the subject : " Oo the 18th of Mardi but, the students of Er. lawn assembled in a house of recreation, sitoakd without the town, and deliberated, with closed doors, -isnot' the fate t•• which they should subject 111. de Knizettee, for having attacked the licentiousness which existed in the Universities. sod the novel doe. sines which, since the events of Waltbourg and Got tingen, have made so much progress amongst the youth of Germany. At this secret mooting, the death of the vrtiterovbese remarks they so much dread ed. tees conspired ; the students who pr nnnnn teed the horrid sentence, then cast dice for one who should be charged to smuts it. Chance, at first, desig nated five; who threw between themselves until the lot fell upon one,—it was the young Saud, son of a Jedicial Counsellor, born at Wendizigel, in Saxony, on the borders of Lower Uo►emie, who foetid binnedf charged with whet they celled, in true re. eolutioutery style, the asateriet of the trime. Sand set off post from Erlangen on the 21st March, sod arrived at Manhole' on the 23d, at seven o'clock in the morning ; he took • beth, breskfasted at the table d'hole, visited the magnificent church, the castle, and the promenades. At four o'clock he called upon M. de Kotzebue, who was dressing himself to receive company. The valet-de-chunk' told him that hi. master could not be seen.—' Inform him (said gond) that o Deputy from the Muses of Erlangen is come to visit him.' M. de Kolsebeis begged him to wait, sad gave order, to serve him with coffee, arc. and sent him • pipe filled with Virglniti l tobacco.' Kotzebue, when only half dressed, caused this pretended Deputy of the Alums to be introduced, "went to meet him at the door, received him with dis tinction, took from hint a paper which he pretested to him, and whilst he use penning it fell, pierced with • stiletto. The billet contained the following sentence Sentence of death pronounced on the 18th of March, by the University of Erlangen, and cashed Lutz execution so the 234 March, by the pre. sent biases.' Sand basi•g seen his victim fall, went (raeq•illy oat of the house, andscarcely was he its the elitist, when he stopped, and lifting up his hands to Theven, exclaimed morel times. Opus eosssumetaatum ,'st! art plunged the poniard twice in hi. wets breast. There was (cowl opon a large Moe riband, this de. vice: --iglu et Alert. Ile was taken to the Clad Hospital, an•! two sentinels posted at his bed. Tni. eseut, it is said, will be Welted by very important consequences, end say lied to confusions of the highest interest." PNICK OF STOCKS VIII Mask Sock 3 per Coo- Re 4. 73 ) es. di,. 3 per Cer. Con.o.le .4j LI, per Celli. VI t.•••• 14 fir An . 741 4 pig Cent. 321 IS DAY AT ONE tI'CWCt pee Coot. Navy 111.4 INN", Mends 37 % p. Lasig Mello-4pm Bill. 2 3 p. Onsi en THE STATESMAN. LONDON russeAr. AMU L 8, 1819. THY. HARM. This inexhaustible source of Great Britain's tom. wiercial woe is again brought under the station's view. By national vine we do not mean national inspection, as this has been most sedeloesly kept back from shoe* who had an undoubted right to look into every part of the concerns of this vast monopoly. When a Fume composed of inditiduals of the melt asses. pitied integrity fails, the creditors, by a legates well as natural right, look, and even pry, if you will, into every pert of the bankrupt affairs. The Book Ins been bankrupt ever since January, 1797, abso. lately bankrupt ; and what has it ever done to beer. fit the notion that the Ministers of the nation should say, •' although yes here felled, your affair* ahall not be exposed to the Public eye, nor shall you be obliged to pay, as far as your effects will ge, like other benkrepls, bet you shall retain all the property you possess, keep all the tools with which you carry on your trade. no one shall sae Any, nor shell any one set op against you."— Nay more, you shall have all the notion's cus tom, with a profit of more then t no millions of money per annum; all the advantages of notes destroyed by tire, by water, by wear end tear, &c. as well as the interest on Unclaimed Dividends, which though be. longing of right to the oration (the notion even giving you the per eentsge as if you should have paid them); end above all you shall be allowed so shire 10 or II per cast. every half year, sort to pot that money its your pockets, with which you may go to market and perches, kschequer Bills, end add profit to profit ( hesplog Yellin on Om till the mountaio of Mao. trans melee the skies in height) ; ell this we, the Ministers, will allow yes to do; and do for you, because you encouraged and cherished that " Ilea. wee-born Minister," Mr. Pitt, in his dete►mina tioe to go to war splint French opinions, lest tbbse'opittitsna might infect the ■iith of the locert of freedom bete t sod we have ell swots tb follow and support Mr. Pm's system. — The gr•tilude, therefore, to lb* Bank is for the kindness, the sinister kindness, rendered to that young rind estraysgtot Minister, by furnish. log him with so mach specie for exportation, in the wsy of subsidy, as the laws of the land forbad the tending oat of the country on any pretence what ever ; bet which that extravagant, that most destrec-1 titre of all Ministers this country was ever mood with, did send out of the country ender an inseleot sueranes of a BILL of Innestxtry ! Here was the first germ of the poisonous weed which has groan up sad ove►.run the whole country. Co where yes will it is Dank.note, Bank.note, and the man who does not reed prialsi facie in that paper the commercial ruin of this country, west be either blind or unreflecting. When we sap commer. cis! ruin, we do not won to ssaager•te in either reasoning or the terms of our reasoning, for on chat can the Bank Ingrid the hope of being able to return to Cash Psymeots, hot the fall in the prim of gold? ■nd what can occasion that fill bet • Wane* of trade in our favour? Now where is Ike hope of Ibis being therms*, whoa we lad that France, according to lb* affirmations of the ultra:sive of the Bank themselves, bat drawn into their mint no less than 5.000,000 of ear geld in the space of two years.— We do not believe this account to the full, for it is reined to (tighten the public into the pretest measure of new restriction ; bet we do believe enough of it to aware es that there is cot the smallest probability of the Coarse of Escbsoge turning in nor f and remaining so, long enough for the Bank le collect any quantiiy of billion or coined money again. No, this new anti paltry restriction will tend further to depress thecredit of Bank Paper, and by that ninth, price of commodities,by which circumstance the articles of corn. wince we mansfactere for foreign cnassrusption will be enhanced in price, and of course the demand pro. portionately lessened, and the advmniege of cooped. lion thereby thrown into she hands of ear Now, in order justly to commiserate a man ender misfortune, we should consider what ha occasioned that misfortune. In this instance, the nose of it de serves punishment rather thin pity. Our ancestors, who in these things were certainly us wise as we are, intended to guard against the madness of Kings and their Ministers, who might rush into wars for personal aggrandisement, or other eqsally worth. less motives, they therefore made it enlists! to send mote than • certain sew of money out of the country without the especial consent of Parliament. They keew that money 'mild hire 'the flesh-mongers of the Continent to let out their soldiers to fight against heaven or hell. The onion of the view• of the Batik and Mr. PITT created a power tantamount to Parliament. and they sent stray the money in ship-loads ; the Bank having at the same time not only a per cent•ge on that specie, but a poundage on she piper which was to represent it : besides a vast increase in their ordinary profits from the segmentation of the nation's debt.— Here wet the wicked, the avaricious motive, which carnet fail in the cod to pull automatics on all who upheld the system. The Bank, in its mercenary view of making profit upon two capitals, the remittent (specie or bullion), and the false one (paper), has brought itself, or rather the wicked, tidecheroes, and conniving Government into difficulty sad dis grace : for even now, its own concerns are inor. dinately profitable. The patios, from the highest land-owner and richest capitalist to the wretched artists sod indefatigable Isboorter is paying' tax, not to the ost ion, for thst would be proportionally to theme solves, bet to the Bank. Whether or not it ever pays its notes in specie, it will never clear itself of the stigma of dishonour attached to its dealing. It calls upon the People to suffer the evils of a ',baits lion of paper forcurreocy, and tells them that if fortune turns out favourable to their concerns they will take op their notes again. in the meanwhile they are reaping the fruits of a surcossfel monopoly. The opinion of a Noble Lord does not in the small. est degree invalidate one of oar arguments, though wean surprised to observe bow far his Lordship has committed himself by that opinion. But the whole is a cast, not far opiiiou, bat, as we have said, for complete examination. We shall take roccesinn to resume this subject, end make some comments en the pi/wordings of last sight in both Haase. of Parliament, and which, we ceder. take to say, are the most estreordistary ever wit nessed. The private letters of Friday last from Path, which were received in town yesterday morning, speak in noggin* terms of the improved prospects of the monied market. The new measure lately istraduced by ilia Minister of Finance, for creatleg Stock Etching's in the pri.eip t towns of each de• pamper'', metes to he that on eh:ch the speculation principally rest their hopes. It is certals, however, that the fonds hese been radially rising daring the whole of last week. The Five per Cents. on Friday last are quoted at 66. 90. with 13. 90. Car tie rate of Caching.. The hysidatiorts for March have terms• mated in the most faviserable minuet, sad the con• tinoation for the month of April, which had heft at 70 cents. fell soddenly to 10. It emirate that it is se at lAdy STUART, ille nsothet of our Ambassador at Paris, who died on the 29th ▪ that (duly being then in good health, and haviag only left town yesterday morning to proceed to that capital. It most therefore haws been a lAdy of some I other family who died and wag boded last week at /Iris. - . • Ti TRA EDITOR or rap. STATeSMAN. Fria,—l bop, my motive wilt not be miscnnstreed by you in what I em going to say, when I saliently alma yuts, after (wily years long that I have bran grieved with this corrupt generation, I am snore heart irpeeed thWs ever to make every rational seed • the cense of liberty, or In other and plainer words, to RADICAL Rum's. But then what hope can I entertain, who ens more than eexa genoire, of seeing my wishes sod views prevail, and which I may certainly denoiniaate the wishes end views of every honest man of intellect, not warped by oelf-loterest. When I see incilvideala daily falling off trom the faith, [cannot help esciainsiog it is all in vein. The straggle will (Twiner, bat it will be endless, the victory will spair, out of which 1 certainly should never be raised If the whale merit of the case lay in men wholly, mod not pertly in things. The comfortable reflection that the tido of events will of itself sweep away men, how ever Wavily they say be posted to stop the progress of the human stied in the obisiament of human free dom, brings we out of the dismal reverie. 1 have lived to see a %seaman fall off and become inset, lost to freedom's. I have use a BUSKS lure renegade, end obtain, but not enjoy, a pen. lion for his treachery. I have seen, and do still see, Iwo great S. S. who owes were lank and leen, as if from sympathetic grief for the suffer ings of their abased countrymen, now fattening on the corrupt practices of the Court, and defending all its eatravagant measures. I have 'mown a Fr. Liz 111`CArrue rage in public against slavery, and receive a stipend from the West India Merchants for writing privately in fawner of its coolinsance.— In sheer, I have well known the esthor of " Oruro Aorsues," and have (melancholy to say) seen which of de two be has chosen. In short, Mr. Ent rort, these pew/opal - job have mede such a "kettle of fish" of their cookery, and by their double distilled patriotism produced each a nauseous slop, that it weeld taro the stomach of an hosest coral-beaver to see it. Be assured, my friend, that all yen end half a doses more sods staunch Reformers an do (thoegh I too, not where we should find the■) will go for little. An opiate msy quiet our minds nnw and thee, I don't meats in 0. P. ■t Covent.pidan, net an anodyne mai compose us,llll one oft hose events ocean which wore bring @boot in the motel world, end then we may wake spin to new life, new hope, sod new and sect-moral esertioo.—'Till then I will remain se I am now, very much your friend and constant Reeder, April 3. O. H. (We hare laserted ssr Correspeadeva's Lefler, ihoseb it sr, be roasidered y wise of oar Raiders 04 ealeelaved is Wier *solar, rather Outs esti* hope of bolter pragmatics. It 0111 be observable, believer. that the *river iv us is seriors as he would sleet to be, es he world be less disposed b persiag.) The Sandwich packet has arrived from the Brazils. The 'cements by her from Rio Janeiro are up to the 47th J y. They supply news of the capture of several more Portuguese ships by privateers belong ing to the Indrpeodeuts, in addition to the long list of those which has previously fallen into their hands. It was said to b• in the contemplation of the Govern went, in consegairocr, to reduce the duties oa British shipping end cargoes coming from Portugal (which are at present so high as to amount to a total prohi bition) is order that the trade might be carried ow is foreign ships. We have received • copy of a Con vention entered into by the Viceroy of Palm, en the pail of Spain, and Capt. &tun rr, of the Andromache frigate, for this country, allowing British weasels and cargoes free entry at Callao and Lima. In coils,- gooses of it a very considerable trade was carried •o boluses Lima and Valparaiso. An article from Harrower mentions that the Coos. dllor of Legation Von STRALLMSIIIIII is to proceed to Dresden to negociste, as behalf of the Hanoverian Government, respectiog the navigation of the Elbe. " It is hoped," says the writer, " that a more coo. dilatory spirit will be shown ors all sides thou in the discussions at Mentz on the navigation of the Rhine, though the new Prussian Tariff cannot be passed ore, Jo allow.. Who can. wittiest regret, see Embden go to gain in the skin of peace, by foreign dirties and commercial prohibitions i" 'f he evil thus anticipated is traced to the commercial systems adopted by Em itted, Holland, and Prussia. Tue SCILLY ISLA is highly gratifyiug to as to learn, and we doubt nes it will ba equally so to all those who have subscribed, and to those who cam compassionately feel for the extreme vieriag of the inhabitant. of the Scilly Islands, that a cac ao of potatoes. which bad been forwarded by the Com mittee for the appropriation of the Sobscriptious in Bristol, arrived at St. Mary's at a Uwe whon it was greatly needed—shen members of Ike inhabitants were ,inking for scoot. The letters received free the Committee at renzamot, state, that " the arrival of the vowel fade etedrifsed the wretched sufferer. with joy." Their sufferings are mob increased by the which is at present raging amongst them. Some alterations in our Import Duties a►e report. ed to lie contemplated, as connected with the im. pronnwent of the Ileum's., amongst which, foreign Clover Seed, it is sold, will be liable to an additional dety of 255. per ewt., operating in the way of en couragomeet and protection to the farmer, as well as making an increase of 60,U00t. in the Donau paid on that ankle alone, even seppoelog the importation to be lammed. The Consolidated Duties on it would then be •beet 37,. per cwt. The rase fee emigration from the neiehboorhood of 1611 agrees the Atlantic, still coatinues. '1 wo 90111011 have cleared set for Q•etwe lately, Ca. the Maids. ESTI LL, with 139; sod the Fame, MINMITT, with 171 psuengers. Six or seven other vessels ore laid on to take pail/niers for Canada, and the Unit ed Sates. Vt 4 k . • • 11 li ' dr* f t.. • • . ING. GAT .1( ; 14-EFT 1 • 1 Yesterday *tea* a Meeting of Catholics took place at the Croon and Anchor. Straod, Is cw.titler of a Petition to Parliament, for unriaalitted Eman cipation. Mr. T. MLISPIIT opened the business by obsere ing, that h► was sor►y no flue more competent •nd consequential t►an himself had undertaken its COS mencomeni. Their object, however, war of a fair and obvious nature, and therefore no estraordinary talents were necessary for setting it ea foot. Neil to eseertiog their claim to coogrileatires freedom, was the pleasing duly of making their gratitude known 10 those Protestant Noblemen and Gentl►. men who had lately, In an enesampled spirit of !iv tonality, forwarded Petitions to Parliament la fa ttier of Catholic Ernandpetion. Besides these ohjects, It was desirable to uodeceive the Pah.. lie with regard to the pretensions of • certain body, who had constiteted themselves Into slut they called the British Catholic Board, and ender this assumption had tampered in a most injurious way with the interests of the Catholic Body ; where as, neither their institution, nor their authority, oar their (reelections bad ever been Submitted le, or re ceived the acquiescence of, a Catlsolicbteetlag,pablic ly convened. The Petition, which was afterwards read, prayed for an ■agsalified removal of all conditions that shoaled religious belief, w bethe► of Protestants or Catholics. It was agreed to withal dissent, as weirs also the Resoletions which were proposed for giving the sentiments of the Meeting their full elfert. Lone STEWART sari Leer EMILY V4NE . TEMPEST. This lang.talked of olden took piste en Seterday evening, at the residence of the Coentess of Antrim, in Bruton-street, Berkeley-sqesre, where the happy bridegroom led the blooming bride to the hymeneal ■ltar, precisely et nine o'clock. The ceremony was performer!, by special licence, by Dr. Pelham, Lard Bishop of Fatter. The Duke of Wellington s gave the Lady away, end Miss Liddell had the hoover of being selected as the principal bride's maid. The frost drawing room was chosen for the perpnw, and therein were present about eighty pm sons of fashion, among whom were— Prince Paul E4erkaav, Durkee, of 'mi. Earl ne Aberdeen Earl rf Syr , no honer, V ',roar ~nd V ncoorre4 Carle numb, h art and Crest... 01 Reka•reelh. Ilarellinn and list - ebinser of Cambrian nod Ike lArkes Penn; her hoojamia Lard lie•ode Murray, Lu.l and L a d y s um o. Woo.l, Lady Cier.l.ae Padget sir Timms and Lady Liddell, Mr. nod Mt, W.-11e.ley P..le. red Rev. rierrad . Wellerek. Mn. Croke, iII • V lc,-Chrue e lj ae . Lord sod Lady Idonodotoo. Moedasald. The bride was dresSed is a suprrb robe of Brus sels Ism sod looked very lateroating. At half-past ten a new travelling chariot, *scowl. ingly neat, arrivrd frogs Ligoorpond-strett, sad. *kb roar horses, ihe firmly-warded couple set off for North Clay, io Kaot (Lord sad Lady Castlinglea villa), to past the bouey-soon. _ _ _ All th e Gest',men present were is fell dreg', wearing all their stars and orders. lady Castlereagh, among the meteors, appeared in • Spanish hat of black velvet, ornamented with pearls, and a plane of white feathers. no servants of the boom wore soperb liveries of crimson, richly ornamented with gold lace. N4VAL INTELLIGENCE. DEAL, APRIL s.—Camo down from the River dm Old Maid, Allen, for Grenade ; Deli. of York, Anderson, for Jams's.; Laurel, Jones, for St. Do mingo; Amazon, Everard, for ditto; Sophia, Blickett, for Quebec ; Amity, Spurs, for ditto ; Barbuda.. Picket, Garrick, for St. Loci.; Prince of %Vittorio°, Gray, for Halifax ; Reliuee, Ilurrisoo, for Buenos Ayres; Sarah, Weeiberly, for klirsmichi ; Roberto, for Bilboe ; Mary, Duon, for Quebec; and several others, particulars unknown—the whole Imo sailed. PO•TSMOUTIH, APRIL 5.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Abandons., f►oas the Downs for St. Helena ; sad Mary, Barclay, for Jamaica.—Sailed the Jetsam*, Charlotte, and Grant, for Cadiz. FALMOUTH, A rat:. S.—Arrived the Polar. Ernest packet, with • Mail, from Lisboa, in 13 days.— Sailed the Doke of Kent packet, with • Mail, for Lisbon ; and L'Alile, Starbeck, for the Swath Seas. HARWICH, APRIL s.—Arrlted the FArl of (Alai. ter •nd Ifeery Fleeting packets, both with Mails, free Holland. The Cezhateu Mall still remains. The brig Charles (rein Hotl to Lisbon, got oa shore on the Kentish Knock, in thick weath►r, on the morning of the 3d lost. bet was as. assisted oil by a Margate boat's crew, wilbont da mage, and proceeded on her voyage. The Governors of the Rigel Dispensary for D... Pale, of the Esr hese presented Mr. Cones, the Sergeon of that institution, with a superb piece of plate, as a token of the high estimation they entertain of his professional abilities, end for his great atten tion lo the Patients placed ender his care at that use ful Charity. Oa Saturday the Lottery finished. Ilisrt (es meal) sold more Capitals than an) other Otrace.heeper.— The elo,ooo Brine which he Shared west as (el. lows:— A (Pinner in Ilereinrd A. triiitlith in Saftrnn Wattle,. As I.s h.h lo Sitto,o‘k A Shhenile is kluir4nsd A Si %fres.), to Nrittl.spoo A Siattnivio In Ihrtiono% A %month in litionburett A SitVivito to lisjerarorit, A Sitteestit to Maidon A Si limo% I. 14..rthwasploss A Sitteestb MI Registered. In a few days Ursa intends publishing the places vr!gele his to!Lef Cap lass went to, but he never lora tioos the (taws of the fortunate perchance. i