The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-06-07 00:00:00

• • . • 4 . ; tither in the sririt of those who favour, in the high: tit degree, the agricultural liters*. It - would be very importing in every view, not to delegate to a tonueittee of that House, the decision on so imimr taut a nieasere, since there is hardly a' Gentleman who is not pledged by his opinion, neither on one side nor the other. He thought . the Committee ought only to be instructed to enquire, more fully into the snippet, .and the. Main question be then put off.. till another Session. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would remind the Hon Gentleman, that the Report, *hen presented, could be subjected to a division. The preseet question MlLS.merely respecting the appoint ment of the Committee. Mr. PIiILLIPS thought 'the danger to be appre hended from free trade ingrain was. without founda tion. If the prohibitory defies on enanufactures - "ere removed, We might be supplied with articles of foreign manufacture at a cheaper rate than they could ite sold by the home reauufacturer. It was-said, that die &Wish farmers could not compete, with tho:e of foreign countries . ; but the price of corn in foreign rt.rerkets was not known. The application of the principles of free trade, to that of corn, would ifs tithattly be most beneficial to the landed interest. A fearful cototalnation against as was said to be apprea ht.ncled kit foreign countries. On this Subject both tie' agrleiltital and manufacturing interests were ciattsetont l and for the advantage of both, Paslia algid vreeltets in.consult. He would vote for the _...._., . qns". INT ee o . With the understanding that its object: isidi tolitenistifiether information, abd not to conist; tO a (leash:re daring the present Session. ' I Mr..HUSILISiON rose to support the motion for , *Committee. The only circumstance which had oeie • cnrred to vary the view which the House should take on: the" subject, since the motion for a new Corn. *Wee, which lad been proposed by an Hen. Mem lmit (Mr.l3enker) some weeks ago, was the number of Petitions' which had been presented. Though this iirfumetesiesedid not in ;the least make him change 111111014 km is to the principle of the propon4 al. terettin on the Corn flews, yet these Petitions were entitled to respect, and deserved consideration. He lielleverl that many of these Petitions originated, some Wifeelings of malevolence, others from mistaking 1441 --,i 'i're of the measure to which they referred.— Tant - rate enquiry would allay the ferment which nowexisted, by showing the true nature of the pro posed taws. Those who supported the measure might vote for the Committee without in any degree incur. slug tii- imputation of inconsistency. The general prayer of the Petitions was, that there might be fartlier etniairy before the Ibuse came to:a filial deo cision. It Was to be considered, , that Owing to the very great drmlnution in the Value of •Mckey, 4ilit , was a fair protecting price in 1 . 804, was riot' so now. If the Noble I,ord Lord A. Ilamilto.1) ' , 'tied that things woeld reitiin to the - same . : as before the - Conimeticernent of the mr s er#,,su,eras egregiously mistaken. Let him ask libaltirli likely to be the expenditure of the ceon, ! try l ow, compared to what it was before the war be . ' Imo? At the commencement of the eat, the :newel expentlituee or the country was about .sixteen mil lions - but now, looking at our debt, and the inte rest of it, there was entailed on ns a permanent charge of nearly e 0 millions annually. Under these circumstances could it be expected. that prices were i to be reduced to what they were in I'M? Out doors it was said, that the obvious remedy was to • lower the rents. But if the Conimittee now moved for was allowed to enquire, it would be found that the income of the landlord was less in proportion now than in Int In 179 t the farmer considered that if the gross amount of his produce was three times the amount of his rent, his affairs were in a flourishing state. But now, in order to carry on the operatioos of husbandry with more success, it was necessary that the produce should amount to five' times the rent. It was, perhaps, an unpopular truth, but it was necessary to say it, that it was not; to be expected that the price of grain now, could be, less than double of what it was before the beginning', of the war. Lord A. HAMILTON and Mr. HUSK iSiON illisteelly - exPlained. ' . .Mr. BROADHURST raid. that the whole of the . . 1 I, , is . applied to'Creat Britain, was erroneous. Colonel WOOD 'should vote for a Cominitteee• fall 1m - did not think would recommend the Bill Assist the House, or if they did recommend il l week!' essip satisfactory reasons for so doing. If the lrmar, were to be protected, it should he by pro. Wit* the insporeinn of guile from which bread , as not mad*, as barley, oats, and beans. Should tat, prove ituificieol, so public alarm would be 01 Xcitrd . fik W. crams was sorry to , hour any invidious. • 4., )mpartsonsdrawn betwixt the manufacturing and' tended Interest. How could the House :re:islet.' About sufficing information before them i e Lich at Present they certainly had not. He war: net, how. - -vet, bostilo 16 the appeintmrog of a Committee, in e onderatanding, that no decisive -step would be ken during the present session. .Idr. CA NNING cote-erred with the worthy Alder m ; 'and if a committee were intended f• T• n means force the Bill through the House in toe present esaibri, he . should certainly op'ose it. But tie understanding was clear as to the appointment of a Committee, in order to consider the petitions before .iie house, which the public had a right to expect. The number of those eetitiens was certainly a suffi cient motive for the lionse to grant delay, and to 'iow to the country that they were not only anxious.. . consult the interest of the petitioners. but also to allay their fears. In 1804, a Committee had been appointed, to consider the exportation and importa tion of corn, and the du ties to he paid. He should teconstnend a similar measure at present, with the exception of the exportation of corn, on which the House had already come to a decision. The report of the Committee should be circulated through the country against next Session, stating the feels and the data on which they had proceeded, and the work of leehdation should be suspended till the ;Mud of the 'ountry were prepared. He should not move an amendment, but hoped his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer would attend to Abs teeeesti PT' • Sir . J. NEWPORT theme* it would he disgrete ,ful to the House to fin m a lo t .` a 'lye enactment upon partial details. The Petitions before the House had grow •.• 1 4 11 Bill, C **kb lter? farm was Oat exc l Si corn the tl}tl Pre • 'imp *.AI 111611 1p tae ‘ 11,71 the Vie 4441 she to ail. - • -7. Z. arisen from men pains` been ' `He thought a subject, .and t Mr. BASIN._ had judged barshl , and 14 knew scribed. The prices. If any lated, so as ' neighbouring felt, as, in conseq could not coi were cheapet ingfacturera would go to chef? would not come to them. The Honours', Gentle man replied to the observations of Mr. Heakisson, and concluded by declaring himself indifferent to the Committee, and that he wished to get rid of the ques tion for this season. Mr. HUSKISSON and Mr. BARING mutually 'explained. Mr. BARHAM thought that the proposed measure. •would ultimately lower the price of grain, and was against the Committee. Mr. P. MOORE thought the best mode of pro ceeding would be, according to the Prayer of all the Petitions, to postpone the matter till the next Session of Parliament. His object, and that of his Cimsti , tuents was, to see what the effect of the inurement which the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) had t h at night laid Ware the House (the Definitive Treaty of Peace), would be against next Session. Ministers would have time to look about them, and to see to what extent our burdens could be alleviated ; and landlords also might have time to enter into arrangements with their tenants. Lord COMPTON spoke in favour of a Com mittee. The CHANCELLOR , of the EXCHEQUER expressed his willingness to accede to the suggestion of Mr . Canning; though he declined giving any pledge as to his future conduct during the iession.— Thy period of the Session was late, but it was never too late to bring in a measure that was called for- by the circumstances of the case. Sjr C. MONK thought the information before the House was quite sufficient without going into a Com mittee. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KINGS BENCH, Jams 4. LAWRENCE 17. WARLTERS. Mr. LOCKHART was in favour of the Commit tee, and of postponing all discussion daring the pre sent Session.- This was an action whiChaccopied four hours and a half, and excited a considerable degree of interest. It was an action of replevin. The Plaintiff and De fendant on the record had no interest in the question : the real parties were, the eldest son and heir-at-law of Mr. Samuel Jackson, formerly a brewer and hop merchant in the Borough, and Mr. William Towns end, an attorney, who has carried on business in Staple Inn, for near 50 years. The history of the else, compressed in the shortest possible compass, is this : The father of Mr. Jackson had formed an attach. meet for his housekeeper, by whom lie had a daugh ter (now married). Soon after the birth of the daughter he married his housekeeper . , and had several children. Samuel Jackson waelphe first born after the marriage: he went to His father had re shied for some time at Axminster, in Devonshire, and about ten years ago returned to Londini. Upon his arrival he lodged at the Saracen's Head, Snow-hill, „where 1001Fai takeAaill, etaldied intestate, leaving a vary large personal and freehold property. At has death has pecuniary concerns were, and had for a long period been, under the management of Mr. Townsend, the attorney. Samuel Jackson, the son, heard by accident of his father's death, and, quitting the India service, claimed of Mr. Townsend an ac- Count of his patrimony. He could get no satisfactory information, and was obliged to institute proceedings In equity. In the meantime Mr. Townsend set up a trill 1111 which himself and Mr. flogarth, his clerk; wet* meditated the executors. It was not an ori ,oWal will, for he stated that to have been lost ; but t was the draft from which the original will had been copied. lle took the draft to Doctors' Commons, j and swearing to the loss of the original, obtained . 1 probate. Samuel Jackson, the heir at law, in order'' to 'try the validity of the will, distmined upon tlia Plaintiff, one of the tenants. The Plaintiff being in., demnified tiy, Mr, Townsend repievined. The case having been opened by Mr. ATTORRET GISERAL in support of the will, called several wit. nesses, and, among others, Mr. Townsend and Mr. Hogarth. They both swore to the deceased having made a will at Townsend's chambers in Staple Inn. 1 Mr. Townsend then swore, that after the death of Jackson, he found the will in his trunk, at the Sa racen's Held ; he took it out. and read P over to the relatives, and returned it again to the trunk, 'leaving it in possession of the daughter of the de ceased; that she sent the trunk to his chambers next day, that the will was then missing, and had never been seen since. Upon his cross-esaminatioN he said, he had made no entzeiry at the time about the wilt; he had not gone to the Saracen's Head to say such an important paper had !leen loft in the house, be had Rot applied to the Police, nor had 4 taken any one step to recover it. Mr. PARK contended, that the Very related by Mr. Twonseed and Mr. Hogarth was in)probable.— That a will disinheriting the heir bad been made, her admitted ; but it had been cancelled. If the will had been in the trunk when Mr. Jackson died,, it could not have been lost; it would have been too much the interest of those who had the custody, 04 it for them not to have taken care of it. He, ther fore, trusted the Jury would disbelieve TOwnsend and Hogarth, and give the hair at law, his right. Lord ELLENBOROI4II addressed the jug in a most able manner. . The Jury retired for a, short ame, smd,reterned. a verdict for the nominal Defitsdanti thcre.by dis-, c rediting Ike witnesses Townsend and Ilmattboand establishieg the right of the heir at law. • • , The property thus recovered amounts to about 55)0001. Mr. RASE, id- not object to the appointment or a. Committee. provided it were distißctly understood that there.shon)(l be no ulterior proceeding during the present Session of Parliament. The House then divided' on the motion for the Committee, • , . • : Far It - - - - 1751 AmbioM - 67 • • !Norio , for:slbe Committee - - —lO6 4tiongetre'were still excluded, hat we understood that the XGANCELLOIL of the EXCHEQUER neat proposed, that the further consideration of the Report of the Corn Impuit Bill should he deferred till this day three ',becks. General GASCOYNI moved is in amendment, that it he deferied till t►istday sirmontbe; The House dila divided, 116 -10 FMK 4altwt PAlnjurtly . . is. Thus the Bill was thrown'eat. The Lottery Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord PALM EItSTON gave notice that he should move the Army Estimates on Friday.—Adjourned. - : Joss 6. . - • 1 JEGON V. WILLIAM. This was an action to recover damages. fee .414 molt, alleged to have been committed tr.y Abe. De fendant on the peruse of the Plaintiff, vp the SO. of February Last. The parties; it apptaVwd, were Poch chants, and on the day in question, Plaintiff , having gone on boor 4 one of his own barges at . Paul's Wharf, - - - ethenoil • t their H. and cast off a rope Which confined the batges of thi Under :Defendant; he; the Defendant, having witnesbed the power ; tranuctien, ran to his barge; and a scuffle ensued ' void an- between him and Plaintiff, which ended in the forinet ing an striking the latter a blow en the face; Which fohnl heart , ed the ground of the present action. Mar-1 The case having been proved, and the defenee not lique, with being of a satisfactory nature, the Jury found a ter: 'luable of , dict for Plaintiff—Damages Five pounds; cal espendi- Forlg . . nfidence ; , : • , COURT Of Ml** ` not be I, it leads I *—. • seeyez a. filsAillienT. Ant/little 'Mr. Serjeant . . BEST stated this was an tii•flett become the brought by the Plaintiff, a respectable upholsterer; that fine island ; and upon the whole, !against the Defendant, a lady of fashion, to recover it is able, that it should be • restored than the sum of 71. 14e. 6d. being the balance of an ace but we are compelled to ask, first, trat!count for goods field and delivered: The circum; how, - Iphotte expence is Sweden to be indemni- !stances were, that the Pla inti ff furnished a p art of gild for deprivation' of the advantages stipulated . the Defendant's house in Chesterfield-street. lit 'to her by Treaty with' England? only question was, whether he had or had not " 2d. If not entitled to an indemnity for Guada- charged mere than the articles were worth: He loupe, on what ground rests the arguthent for aid- would prove by respebtable persons, that they were higher in the conquest of Norway,—defended as it ' charged at fair trade prices ; when he had done that; was in the British l'AelialnanS, against the acknow- he would consider himself entitled to the verdict of !edged prihciples of fieslice, and the obviOus consi- the Jury. In justice to the Defendant, it became derations of gonad Ind far-sighted policy, on the his d uty t o in form them, t hat the Plaintiff's demand, single fact, that it was dee to the conditions of the which was originally 1161. 14s. 9.1. had been paid; same Treaty, which now, it appears, in the ca s e of except the sum then sought for. He then proceeded Guadeloupe,. is destitute of all binding obligation ? to call his witnesses. f -• cc ft week' not be candid to flips by the truth, Messrs. Daizeii Smith, Collins; feed reight op. that Engla4sl has had con fi rmed to her some disputed h olsterers, de p osed, (het the . char g es in te II werel title! *Fidel importance--ind has made some valu- correct, that the price fliargell•per yafdtfee the tors able acquisitions. On the high va l ue of Malta we peting, one. of the articlee t :they mold not purchaad need net dwell. St. Lucie is a' most useful harbour, wholesale, at the" pace Charged, Bs. 9 4 . defendedrby a port almost impregnable,and the I Mr. Serjeant V Aucitee then addtessed the Jury on the part of -the Defendant, he said, it was most Isle of France may be said to complete the great chain of 'works that connects our Asiatic E mp i re probable, the witnesses which had been minified, with*Great Britain. But the general sense of the -had spoken, true, according to theiebelisie v .ee teethe people of Paris respecting the part we have lately best of their judgment; but it would be recollected, - taken in the affairs of Europe is by no means equi- they examined them at eight, or at dusk, as was vocal. That we hive paid our Allies for 'making war, acknowledged by Mr. Dated, Who also said, the said our enemies for making peace—pretty largely, it veneering of the wardrobe was not smooth. The will be felt, in both instances." Jury would consider this case not a common one. —This lady of fashion and fortune, as she had beets called by his Learned Brother (Best), desired a Mr. Hodson, it tradesman, to call on the Plaintiff, and, tell him she find deposited the money in his hands to pay the Plaintiff, if he would allow the articles to be fairly valued ;Instead of attending to this notice, the Plaintiff hail the Defendant arrested. He would ask them, if this was proper treatment from a trades. man to a lady of fortune ? He would prove the facts he had slated, and had not a doubi, but his Client would have their verdict in her favour. Mr. Thomas Hodson, ironmonger, deposed, that the Defendant and the wife of the Plaintiff called at his house, and the former give him 501. ; he after wards suw, .the• •w hen the . witness said to him," Yeu and I can settle this business," and oreiedbini' a rule to measure the carpet, and told hlth allow him two 'yards more than hatimild meaisire, and that he would allow him the corner*. The Plaintiff declined doing its . The witness then measured it, and it wanted 11 yards of what was chareedift the bill. On the 224 of April,, the witness 'offered the Plaintiff to pay hint the whole lof his Bill, if he would make an allowance for the Carpet, and deduct 11.'1s. for two shelves put into !the wardrobe. This be refused, and four days after: eritrds the Defendant was arrested; he the witness was her bail. lie had known her 20 years, and she. was a most respectable woman. George Woolley, upholsterer, Piccadilly, t.. key,' cabinet-maker, Grosvenor-street; William Greetie and John Blackstone, deposed, that the articles ire the Plaintiff's bill were overcharged 111. tls. 6d:hut said, that the witnesses on the part of the Plaiutiff, were most respectable men in the trade. Mr. Serjeant Beer s replied. Lori Chief Justice G Ines, summed up the evidence. The Jury gave a Verdict for the Defendant. DL) TCII MAIL. [RECgITED THIS MORNING.] BOLOGNA, MAY 11.—Ilia Majesty the Emperor of Austria hating provisionally taken possession of the departments lately occupied .by the Neapolitan' troops, has informed the Prefect of Pino t that he future all the public acts are to be headed "Prot& sional Government of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria." MILO!, MAY O.—The fate of this country seems to be decided. The old Duchy of Milan and Bo logna, and Ferrara, come under the Emperor- Francis. The Deputies have signified to his Majes-: ty, at Paris, the wish that his Italian, States may form a Kingdom of themselves, governed by its own Taws, like Hungaryand Bohemia. . MANIIEIM, MAY 28.—The Allied Armies return.. ing from France seem by their position to form • line of observation upon the frontiers. The het& quarters of the different corps are at Spires, Kreuts• nub, Buberach, Stutgardt, . Donau, Eschingen, Offenburg, Steckach, lludelburg, Ulm, &c. ; the .grand head-quarters are at Freburg. The Russian," boweter, continue their march homewards without luterruption. . .J3RUSSEI.I, JUNE I.—Within these four days 25,000 troops, atil:tt vast quantity of baggage and artillery, here pored through Namen. . They are going to that parteof Liege Reslaeze t where previ- I sions ate abundant. It is said . the march of the Al lied troops Will continue till the end of Jtine.• An immense number of French troops, of evert' destriptiest, 'ls lisenebkd kt Lille,. &c. along the froatiere l ien'secoeit of the new organization ! the Ofkers- whe hive served only _ sting of this was, are to he,disatiased scripts of the last three leak, to be Nille4onsider thf . fate of Beigium thltela a manner very desirable for "-the anion with a neighbouring peol nets and customs so much resemble deed a benefit conferred by the cannot tiro iighly valve. ILtour., Juse R.—The Prierfice, dered a general Thaniegiving fir t, Allies ) and the delitessce el Liollamt. ' . e - 4 • k i • men dealing in fort4gn corn, end tree • s '1 1 : • • i 4 b oipt which can never cease to be the seen tikes). fis inflame Om pnblic efi l ipo.—' "Ms in tierce, or their ene mi es in' weir ? 1 t a Committ e e quite inapplicabile • Wtb* •ke late laxatlens of the Company's coercive d shoblet•therefore oppose it:: t ' . inindba. be must be a bold man whe wool RING said, his Right Honourable laktetwk elver the ,consequenees of thus admitti harshly of the motives of the Pititionerat eillimi Multitude of folleigders into the rw no such class of men as he hadtdq.l onetheli dominions. Why, again, should Ile object of the iiill was to obtain gia tilikine restored to France? Martinique any county in England were to he iflsu- itsisobl arbour—with the remelts§ still wallet as to have no communication with the itsigran fortikation—and enriched by the es ng counties, a bad anion would be heavily tare of irilish capital, poured out in the cons 1 consequence of the• restrictioni supplies. indulge ia by every Englishman that it would tome in from the adjacent places.. If bread lose to oar country ? As for Guadaloupe, i per in other counties, the manufacturers to two caves questions. There is certainli to the -cheap bread, if the chef"? bread reason to *egret that Sweden will not beco come to them. The Honourabli Gentle- Sovereigo* that fine island ; and upon the dto the observations of Mr. Hoskisson, it is oso esirable, that it should be • restore ided by declaring himself indifferent to the 1 transfer : but we are , compelled to ask t ~ and that he wished to get rid of the quek. how, a n at hotte expence , is Sweden to be in is season. bed for this deprivation' of the advantages stil .. . , ..... ~ ... , .. . , . . N I 5 .:,,, . , . . , 4 i , . 5 , , . 1 ... V t YI ' 4 4 1 i 1 4 r Y . 4, i. . ' organization ; all- • since the begin- red and the eon- . e sent home. • m as decided, and • t! )r the inhabitantp. opti,. ribose' man- le oar oirn, is in- Anita, 'which we Seireffrl • the successes of ths Mad. . • • FRE NCH PAPiRS. PARIS, Jc 2.—We are assured that the Bishop of Troyes has received from Pope Pies VII. a re. script, charging him with a mission to his most I Christian Majesty. It is believed that the object of this mission is :fat of general interest to the church, and that it specially relates to the two august Sove reigns, who are not less closely united by identity of sentiments and principles than by the happy events wl)ich have recently changed the face of Europe: l Already has his most Christian Majesty received in: thewost honourable manner the Extraordinary Nun. cle, whose arrival in this capital has been before announced. This Nuncio is Monseigneur Della . Genr, Archbishop of Tyre. General gacken, Commandant of Paris, has ad dressed the following letter to General Dessolles, Chief of the National Guards of Paris:— June 2. 1814. - - M. GEN ER u.,—At the moment when my function of Governor cease in the city of Paris, 1_ cannot refrain from expressing to yon my feelings of the happy understanding which has prevailed lietween the National Guards of this capital and the allied troops. This association of the brave men of France, with the brave of the other countries of Europe, will become one day an object of admiration to posterity, as it will be to the present generations durable tie of esteem and reciprocal regard. (si.ous) SACKEW. GeneraLio-Cbie. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. " PARIS, JVNE 2.—You have probably. by this; time 'the conditions of the peace from the En g lish Go-.' vernment, as 'we hive them, on French authority, lo- Ibis day's Motsiteur, at which I have been able to _siktain only a single glance.—The treaty seems to have been framed in a good spirit, however cassia able some of its. details. The .French politicians are I generally of opinion (and well they may), th at trance could not have expected a better peace. . : . 1 4 The increase of territory granted her on the Rtdae, app. ars to be rather for the sake of recipro cal convenience between 'the French Government and that of the neighbouring Powers, than to have been desired big France from any ambitious views, or yielded through any undue weakness in the Allied Sovereigns. plot so the concessions made by Eng land. In God's name, why should France have any footing in India I What use has she ever made of her possessions in that quarter, bat to menace and agitate Great Britain ? What security is there for the repose of an empire. Which it has cost the English nation so much bleed and win§ to make perfect, if they are to o,,vtish, iu the voey j kopens of its most, important provinces, a nest of intrigueri—political, military, of - comercial—frote these Statue of a4ikT;i.),.. a g ;;;