The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-02-03 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN: letter understanding of this knotty point,: Joechtm, ass t oward for his military services to NAPOLEON, ge t, f r om him the kingdom of Naples, with liberty SIR,-I read in f our Paper of yesterday some to ilil to it Sicily, if he chooses. N APOLEON , aga i n truly sensible remarks on the subject of the Corn i s ,ant of his eminent military talents, perhaps, I Laws, and the state of the Agriculture of this coun „ st i n g also to incorporate Naples with the try. lam not, however, entirely of your opinion as F re w° - Italian provinces, requests JOACHIM to to the injustice and imp o licy o f p u tti ng a stop to im ,,,io his throne and accept the command of Portetion• I grant you that for many years the price t i e French Armies. His NEAPOLI rAN M A - of food has been kept at a rate so exorbitant, and ;se re, however, wishing te confine the power the distress of the l o we r ran k s suc h, th a t every li of \ APOLEON within the natural limits of France, I beral wind revolted at the idea of measures to pre vent the Mechanic and T ra de sm a n f rom their ,Lich was also the desire of the Emperor of Aus-derivin g ILLS, offered to embrace the system then projected full advantage from the change of circumstances.— by NAPOLEON'S Fat her-in- Law. NAPOLEON having, True it is also that no p rov i s i on was ma d e t o save t h e c hsa ever, professed that he wished his (Joactiim's)onsumers from the extravagantly hi g h prices kept u p piesence, to assist the arrangements of peace, on "bile the Contineet was shut against us, and of this t bich he had resolved, the latter returned to the army, the people have good reason to complain. The and did his duty as a brave and zealous soldier. His evil ought long si n ce t o h ave a tt rac t e d th e st sessequent engagements with the Emperor of Aus- tention of Government ; but Mi n i s t er s were so set t, so far favoured the common cause of the Al- busily e ngaged ill overthrowing BoNa PA RTE, h t .,. that lie enabled the Austrians to pass the Rhine, that they did tint stop to consider from whence for it he had, on the contrary, united with BEAU -! they were drawin g th e ma t er i a l s th ey were ern ploying for that p u rp ose . Th e y h ave now l e i sur e IIIItNOIS, there is little doubt but the united force weel,l have prevented that operation, by a march to perceive, that they bare thrown away in the con . and support of th e n a ti ona l f a b r i c , flict almost ever) thing "bleb c on stit u ted the' strength u pon Vienna, which city was covered by a very infe tier army. So that the obligations which the Allies, and that a total ruin threatens to be the consequence of this mad and awl particularly Austria, are under to Juacitim, are • pi t . considerable. Now they appear disposed to unthinking dilapidation. This short-sightedness and :i reel title him from their society, because heis a Plebeian, disregard of the gener a l welfare ou g ht n ot, however, though by his marriage with Bo KAPARTE'S sister, he has to entail utter destructi o n o n th os e whose i n dust r ious become a distant connection of the House of Austria. and meritorious conduct entitle them to a happier ..1 k • aorta, however, has a powerful military force, fate. It is universally confessed, that one of the most valuable and deserving classes of the cortimunity are ti:el it is said has gained the affections of the Italians. at present fast tending to the gulph of bankruptcy. lie is, moreover, a good negociator, and with a . considerable army on foot he is so conveniently ! 1 mean the agriculturists, with w h ose di s t r ess a n d its placed for throwing his weight into any scale, that causes you, Mr. E D I T OR, seem well acquainted, and however desirable it may be to the fraternity of an- equally disposed to remedy. You and the nation tient Monarchs to bar out such a Plebeian from : will perceive from the bankrupt list, and the accounts their society, it is not easy to say how that task is issuing from all parts of the kingdom, in what state the to be effected. I farmers are. I dare say I may spare myself the trouble After having shown the real cause of Joscitim's of making any statements or expository remarks as to secession from the cause of NAPOLEON, that the Al- the degree of public distress felt in England and Ire lies• could not do without him, and that Vienna must , land; as the public Papers, and the numerous petitions otherwise have fallen into his hands, let us see the . to the Legislature for relief, sufficiently indicate the great achievement w hich :he Post says was performed extent of the evil and the urgency of the case; but by Lord CASTLEREAGH in this difficult business. It I presume there is one part of the country with with w ho se anude re t al thesituatioii you are not muc h island. t rly s—" The Emperor of Ausrnie's TreatyWe have been afforded the opportunity of intro northern part . of the . In .cot- ducing to the public notice an abstract from the king Men AT, was doubtless very politic at the critical land the farmer , never in the most enviable Win- 1, Half-yearly Report of the Committee of the Refuge time at which it was concluded ; and the Allies were tion, and boasting but little acquaintance with Go- 'of the Destitute • whence it appears, that during the so impressed with the importance of Joacitie's se- ' vernment Contractors, has been placed in a si- last s i x months they discharged 35 persons, male and ces-ion from the cause of NAPOLEON, that but for tuation more hopeless than ever. From one of ` female, several of whom had been capitally con the firm interposition of Lord CASTLEREAGH, all the the northern districts I have this day the following ace 1 victed , to situations, in which a great majority of count Last year a boll of oatmeal sometimes cost original stipulations would have been rati fi ed !" t:— 'them were living in considerable estimation ; and that The Treaty as it was first drawn up might be con.. 395. and 40s. a price shamefully high, considering that I they admitted 38 persons, nearly the whole of there was plenty in the country. From '2os. to 245. ; whom had suffered, or had been liable to suffer, the strafed as ittsu rine Sicily as an appendage to the wou ld b e a f a i r p r i c e fo r oatmeal, even at the p __ i om 1 ' l,penalties due to those who are apprehended in the Neapolitan throne. The British Al inister,eitherintend- sent high rents; but it is a fact that, for some times ;transgression of the laws of their country. Great ie sto retain that island asaGovereorshipforLordßeres the very best meal has been sold here for seventeen, : tletubees also of those who, at former periods of the 71 sec s . or at Amps: alter per i o d s o o sg . i s A lsc k .lo oss. ,, iiirteee, end in et neighboering county, ems lite-been tutored to the messeeed ebteine Mete shillings. Bear (barley), which used to saluable Ally, the branch of the Bounnoes who had • . . ; lug a virtuous subsistence, are still, under the eye of sold from thirty to forty shillings, and even more , ' rsijosed it, recommended trying JOACHIM with a will . the Refuge, doing well and tiling in increasing cre now scarcely bring eighteen—and all other i dit . Thi s Report cheaper bait, who, thinking a bird in' the hand is kinds of grain in proportion.—The consequence is I 9 ing, as well to his Majesty's Government, who are al crib two in the bush, clo.,ed with the proposal. ! that the greatest distress prevails among the farmers, much interested in the experimental success of this The fawning Pest next proceeds thus :—" And and a general bankruptcy must ensue, unless some Establishment, as to every lover of order and virtue; means are devised for their relief." here let us mark the in fl uence and ascendancy of the and it is rendered evident, that crime may be much Now what is the Legislative measure that can cure • • • hellish Minister. Ile enters into no disputation on . . ' • • • • diminished by a system of reform operating upon this wide-spread distress without, perhaps, entailing the mind of ff d o en ers just relieved from punishment, the seejert ; hut he er-Hes with his own hand the a greater misfortune upon the country ?In the part or the dread 't of oljectionable parts of the Treaty, proposes others, for of the kingdom to which lam alluding, it could be by a repetition ofguilt , to which e Mich he answers that his Government will not object, com eulsiou alone, and the lingering hope of better have been driven l contrary to the reproaches of their regulates the aincunt tf population of which ,1 0.4 . times, that could induce the people to remain in the ron conscience. Every generous individual in the i nee's territorss shall consist, and insists, as a sine country, and endure the wants and distress which British dominions must feel a satisfaction in viewing a niggard soil and war with every surrounding cla que non, upon his giving up all pretensions to Sicily.the aims and fortunes of their countrymen , thus di- Now that peace has given them tion occasi oned. reeled, to promote the welfare and happiness of The Allies, so far from objecting to these alterations reason to urge their claims to an amelioration of those whose necessities were formerly considered on the part of his Lordship, declare to JOACHIM, their condition, and America, the land of their ' irretrievable and hopeless; and it cannot be doubted, tent if he will subscribe to th em , th e y will all accede friends and kinsmen,—America that owes her pre - ' that adequate support will be afforded to an Institu to the 'Treaty by specific conventions. Jonclitat had sent greatness to similar causes—once more presents tion, in a national point of view, of s I► an inviting field for their industry and spirit of ad- I the sagacity to " adopt all the tnodifi‘..ations, and STOCK•EXCHANGE.—A meeting of the Gentlemen venture, if their just and reasonable expectations of I i.nweeliately to rat , :tY the Treaty by a letter written by d . • 'acts of relief are to be t hwarted iscouraging with his own hand to the Emperor of A ustritt.s." Government, we may expect to hear of emigrations place yesterday, at one o'clock, to receive the Report If this is the case, can there be any difficulty in . more numerous than ever, and the strength of the' of the Committee, appointed to consider of the ap doieg justice to JOACHIM : and how came the Kin, e country seeking in foreign climes the justice and fos- ! propriation of the money in the hands of Truste s, teeing encouragement it was denied hi its own. : and claimed by Lord COCHRANE and others, as th it of Sicisy ai,d the rest of the 13outtUONS to be left in 1 Such is the state of the country ; but whilst im- . property, in consequence of purchases in Omnium ignorance of this compaet with MURAT. and Consols in February last. The Stock Ex -1 perinus necessity requires that the Agriculturist should have all possible relief afforded, justice de- ' change, it will be recollected, resisted the payment ' • mends also, that while the distress of the farmer is ,of the differences, amounting to about 9,4001. • relieved by the Leg islature , the consumer should be ,on the ground of their being founded in fraud.— assured, that henceorth he shall not be left at the ' Sir S. Hominy, and other eminent Gentlemen of the mercy of Monopolists, but that a maximum shall be i law, have been consulted on the subject, and they fixed, beyond which avarice shall not go. Should are unanimous in opinion, that the Claimants, under such an arrangement take place, it is to be hoped I dle peculiarity of the case, had no tight or title to that its equity will be acknowledged, and the people the property, and that it was at the disposal of the appear convinced, that although the farmers have for e S • bscribers. The meeting deliberated with closed some years derived undue profits, it is yet absolutely doors. It was understood that a Select Committee' necessary to save them from impending ruin. , would be appointed, for the appropriation of the London, Feb. 3, 1813 D. L. ! money, and that it would he distributed in certain -- - - ! proportions among the charitable institutions. Yesterday the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re- Sunday, about t•hree o'clock in the afternoon, at ceived Proposals at the Treasury for a new Lottery ! w hiCh ti me a ll the family, except an elderly female Contract of '20,000 Tickets, to be drawn in one or servant, were gone to church, three fellows went to two Lotteries, the whole to conclude by the 13th of the house of Mr. Merrington, an opulent farmer May. The Biddings were— residing near Billericay, and knocking at the door }l'm and Co. - - £l5 1 3 demanded admittance. The old woman prudently ince A RDSON and SWITT - 14 15 i SIVEIVRIGIIT - - Ii 0 7 reconnoitred her visitors from the chamber window, The Scheme was presented by Bisii and Co. at the and not liking their appearance, refused to open the same time, for the first Lottery, of 15,000 Tickets, door. One of them, named Price, who had formerly to begin sth April next, and met the approbation of lived in the family. got a ladder, and they made good the Lords of the Treasury.—Tickets and Shares we their entrance at the chamber window. The old lady understand will be ready for Sale on or before Mon- perceiving what they were about, retreated at the , day next. . back-door, and made the best of her way down to COR9J•EXCII 9 NGr., Feu. 3.—The &Tried for Wheat FIRq the church, a distance of a mile, and gave the alarm. routinues; the , apply ot En g lish is trilling, and higher prices All the male part of the congregation went in pur are obtained.—B a rley nt Monday's pric , s.—Oats and Beaus ts, suit of the ro bb ers , were discovered in a wood ; who per quarter hi g her.—Other articles the i•aute. —......-.. 1 dividing the spoil, which they had obtained by break- SMITHFIELD MARKET.—Fes. 3. 1 ing open bureaus, drawers, &c. They were secured, To .11.1 i. the 0041, per stone of rill.. Reef ... hs. 01. to (is. 01. i Head of Cattle this day : . :p i n i on e d , and taken to the church, where they were Mutioa .5. os. is 6, 01. I Beasts vesi ....7,. Od. 1.• it.. 01. I Shee p Pork ... ('). 01 to 7s. 04. Calves . .. Lamb •..t. Otl. a tti. OA. I Pip If A V-MARK ET. I committed them to Chelmsford gaol. Monday morn nay Clever SKIM To rH s EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. GREENWR,II g9sPITAL. The various alterations and improvements which have occu pied the builders employed in this grand national mablishment, during the last two or three years, are now approaching towards a finish. A new edifice, near the east wing of the Hospital, is already opened, though not completed, for the displrcli of busi ness connected with the prize-money due to the seamen and marines, Stc. As it certainly adds to the beauty of the Hospi tal, a short description may not be deemed intrusive on our readers. There is a colon ids in front, of twelve handsome Doric pillars, two pilasters, and a piazza extending from the eolanade le each wing. The building over the colonade cumin§ of a long range of apartments or public Mikes for the dispatch of businesst The arms of the Admiralty, forming a handsome pit ce of sculp ture, is placed over the entrance. The shield is quartered by the Cross of St. George. bearing a.tcpyisl Crown ; in each quar ter an anchor; the right suoiorter, Yt Tr' , holding the trident of mica' government, Is net, er•Cuted. The left is a lion, with the tut fisted body of a fiyh k holding the witique oar its nn emblem of naviga tion . Brunches of an oak and pains give to the whole a pleasing' effect; in short, the fabric, erected more for virility than ornament, is not MIA orthy its situation near one of the- best architectural. designs in the country. It a ill be in the recollection of our Readers, that about three years since the brick bonding, or west wing of the Hospi tal PM put in a state of repair, With a view not only to render it sore ornamental, but useful, by enlarging the reception it alDwded for pensioners, it is now nearly finished, anti is callable df holding Ron men. 'lnstead of bricks, rich stone work is now seen with Corinthian pilasters, and ether embellishments, whic h strictly accord with the adjoining range of magnificent building. Oyer the arched entrance in this wing the following inscription aPP"Irs— " Geurgius HI. Rex Regni L. IV. A. 11. M DCCCX I V." Oae or the principal helms near the Hospital is also fitting up forme accommodation efts board, to be formed there in future, bf ticiagas tlmAtimitalty,for the parpoJeuf passing pen fillrilkod hearing claimants. . . CURIOUS g„ISE'7DROIPAR4II) . wrnwt THESE rotAmys AT HutTVIIIN CAHOON& Mr. ALBERT GALLATIN, the friend of Mr. MADE PIN, has been sent on a secret and important mis bllM to Paris. 44 We understand," says a Morning Paper, " it determined that a Corn Bill is to be brought into the llouse of Commons on the meeting, and that it has the countenance of Ministers. We are told that the scheme is complicated." So much the worse— the complication of disorders under which we are al ready labouring is beyond all endurauce. It is reported that Mr. C. GRAN r is to succeed Lord PALMERSTON as Secretary at War, in the mut of the latter being elevated to the Peerage. A Messenger arrived yesterday with dispatches from Vienna, which, it was reported, announced that Lord CASTLEREAGH bad commenced his journey. After these dispatches arrired, a Cabinet Council wai held at the Foreign Office. it sat until five "clock, and was attended by all the Cabinet Minis ters in town. The Princess of WALES is expected to stay at Naples, till May. So, at least, the French Papers tell as. Sir JAMES C ItAll AM, Bart. M.P. for Carlisle, has educed the rents of his tenantry in Cumberland, in otispgtence of the reduced price of grain. In Ireland, as well is in England, we are happy to find, the Lend-owners are adopting the most effectual means of rendering unnecessary any al teration in the Corn Laws. The following para graphs are from the Irish Papers, which arrived yes "rdaY :—" Colonel Lefroy, of the county of Li merick. has reduced his rents at the rate of 20s. an acre.—We are glad to be able to announce that the 1 : 4 r 1 of Ormond has determined on reducing (Le rents of all those of his tenants to whom leases have been recently granted."—(Lvinitcr Journal.) BY the will of a Gentleman (which was proved tome rears ago at the Ottomans), oi:e of his sons became pusset•sed of con siderable per , onal property, and very ouch to the surprise of the other relatives, as they were, by such n disposal, completely excluded front any benefit in the tesiAtor's property. The re mark, and wonders ou the occasion, it would now appear, were not without some reasonable excitement, tic the supposed fa voured son has lately and accidentally made some discovery as troche nutheinicity of the will itself. Dining a ith a convivial parte. and in a merry mond, he told.them that havitA got hold of hii father's real will, and finding it would give to 'biota only an inconsiderable legacy, he went immediately to a. pet son, and offered him 404 guineas to imitate the hand-writing oThis father, via will which be should make ; that the ester was accepted, and he had succeeded in every respect, us the hand = writing of the witnesses to the will was very perfectly imitated. As a se quel to his story, he mentioned uhu, that the person who had forged the will for him had applied recently for 341. more. mid threatened, incase of refursl, to di , cover the whole trans ssOlon. From the reports of such a conversation an enquiry Ma eimuratly followed ; the will in question is declared to be a forgery, and the person who forged it, has actually embarked fa* America. The son remains in appoierot security and do n age., as the property is all spent, and the real will eulirtly deitroyed. • TO THE r MTOR OF 'rlip. STATESMAN. [CONTINUED FROM OUR P %PER OF J.%N. 40.1 We are told that SOCRATES, contending for the ess cellence of true philosophy, made use of the follow. ing expressions—" Many carry the Th)rsus, but few are truly inspired with the spirit of BACCHUS." Now the spirit of BACCHUS here alluded to, appears to have been something not very diffe r ent from the spirit of Christianity, at least in the opinion or Cctsr ems of A lexandrin, from whose tin., by the learn ed LE CLERC, 1 glit.lo. CLEMENS liligli a person of great erudition and piety; and bad been instructed in Christianity by one who ha I persooally known some of the Apostles. This holy father was of opie nion, that the same Goo who gave philosophy to the Greeks bad also given the Law and the Prophets to the Ilebrews, and Christianity to modern times; and that the end of all these inspirations, for such he esteemed them, wns the same, namely, to make men just and pious. On this excellent and liberal doc trine I shr.ll take leave to observe, that as there were many among the Cheeks who carried the Thymus, and jet were strangers to te true spirit of philo sophy, so were there among the llebi en s many pita• risaical observers of the law, nod so likewise has there been among the moderns many false Prophets, who have come in cheeps' clothing. but inwardly were ravenous noises. Such indeed were Ore lA4g'y of spesniri+lle ages, who really appear to tiiiiis i !larded the sanction of religion to rot try I iAr, &Ca* it was the passion oV tile' test main 4*a age to indulge themselves in those stresses. Of ' all national misfortune's one of the great* is - a time.: serving, obsequious-Clergy ; for as the ghtie from an ; ignusfatuutismotedangeroustoa tririellerthan also.. lots darknessoo the causa'of And-Christ is beat pro. 'noted, not by .those who would openly espouse it, hot by corrupt . Churchmen, who, bearing the en -I.lagns of the religion of peace, treacherously lead I men to war and bloodshed. Surely it were better to put an extinguisher at once upon the light of tic .I•Gospel, than to use it for the purpose of alluring men to do that which the Gospel itself forbids. It was my intention, when I first took up this highly important subject, to dedicate a Letter to the 1 matter of Impressment of Seamen ; but I afte rw a r ds • thought it best to argue generally against the prior. ciple of Maritime Rights, because if that is once ad mitted it would be nonsense to say a word more upon the subject. If it is once conceded that might confers right, the nation that is strongest at sea hate a right to do whatever they please there. They may take men or merchandise—may impose a tribute on every ship that they rencounter, and if they will not ransom themselves, they may burn ship end crew and cargo all together ; or if the captors find it more to their interest, they may take out the crew and carry them to some other country and sell them as slaves. Once the principle of force is admitted as a sanction to human actions, it is i mpossible to set any limits to injustice and oppression ; or, to speak more properly, there is no such thing in that case as oppression or injustice-, nit then power - would be 1 . !justice, as it see s. to have . been considered in the difieligti ' ' , ......au5i... - :',4:0-....,..... uer., ••• , , If imistake not, it has been asserted by JEAN JAQUES ROUSSE%U, that all animals derive great sa.. ; tisfaction from the exercise of their physical powers. I Now, that this should be the case with respect to i irrational animals is natural enough, such satisfac -1 tion being with them the stimulus to action. It ' constitutes what men call instinct. Hut it is not na.. i i tural that an animal, whose chief excellence consists lin the exercise of his rational faculties, and who is I endowed with the high perception of virtue, should take greater delight in the exercise of force than its the sentiment of justice ; such a preference is the mark of a savage state, where men are but a small degree Iremoved from brutes ; whilpt, on the other hand. i the preponderance of justice over force is a mark of man being in a state of considerable advancement to. wards the perfection of his nature. It was, as we have seen, the epinine of SAINT CLEMENT, that philosophy was sent by GOD to teach the Greeks justice and piety, for they are sister vir tues, and indeed inseparable; and he tells us, that the Law and the Prophets were sent to the Jews for the same purpose ;—this also was, he thought, an emanation from the Deity, the fountain► of all justice. Now, what said the Mosaic Law with respect to the act of force exercised on the person of a man ? It says, peremptorily, that 44 whosoever stealeth a man shall surely be put to death." This law appeared to ALFRED so very just, that he copied it into his laws, although it is well known how mild the Saxon laws were in general, and the abhorrence that ALFRED had to the punishment of death in par ticular. I observe, that in the pieces extracted from the American Papers, and given in CobbeWs Regis ter, that the arbitrary impressment of American sea men is called man-stealing ; and, to confess the truth, I cannot say that the expression is misapplied. If the forcible seizure of the bodies of men who had attestations about them, proving that they were Ame. rican citizens, was not man-stealing, pray, Mr. EDITOR, what is? Shall it be said that this odious offence can only be committed upon black men and not upon white? ‘Ve have long been stealers of blacks : the African Slave Trade was carried on for ages upon that principle. Neither the Mosaic Law nor the venerable institutions of ALFRED, though they are still the common law of England, nor the precepts of Christianity, nor that philosophy which taught the Greeks justice—no consideration what ' ever, in short, was powerfulenough to deter us from practising man-stealing for ages on tie coast of Afri ca, e here, I believe, it is even still practised. 'There we set up force against justice ; and, like the noble banditti of the middle ages, stimulated by the sa. tank principles of avarice, made the powers of dark ness t,iumphant over the kingdom of I e'ee. But. as to America, what must that Government be that would sit tamely by and see its free citizens treated after such a fashion as this? What claim would such a Government have to the support aid the esteem 'of a free nation ? Let us not wonder, then, that the American nation would not submit to Le treated like the nations of Africa ; let us not wonder (hates re luctant recourse to arms was supported and approved by the whole people. We, however, had other no tions ; we thought the Americans would have desert- .1 V -.7•pappag • MARITIME? RICiIiTS. LETTER Y. 11 I \ . \ • . , t • not 2 , 14. (1 to lint era. the Wit ICK ••••••• Mom pe. Dry •..-• Dili nce or I p. ent ray ?ell eh, .au tn. to