The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-04-04 00:00:00

that he no longer filled the place which he held in the I Royal Household. Nome time ago he hail announced his intention of retiring, because be found he could nut remain in the situation which he had held, and at the same time perform his duty in that House to his satis faction.—(Near, hear )—lle last year therefore announc ed his intention of retiring, hut was induced under peculiar circumstances to remain, and had lately receiv ed notice to hold himself in readiness to accompany his sty on his intended visit to the sister kingdom. No time could he selected more disagreeable than that at which he received the coutumnication that his services might be dispensed with. That communication was made after the vote which hr hail given in that House, .—(hear.)—by the desire of his constituents, and he had given the same vote last year. The hasty communica tion, he sop:asset', was sent him as a chastisement for that vote,—Clear, hear,)—and as a signal of terror to alarm others from pursuing s' •lar conduct. He would line leave to observe to the House, that when he voted with the sainoritv last year on the same question, no objection hail been made; but when he had voted with the majority on the late occasion, it gave much offence. In whatever light he viewed this tax, it appeared to him to be unjust and impolitic in principle, and ruinous in consequences. It already had had a most fatal effect on 'he murals of the people, many of whom, from being thn most religions and obedient to the laws, were now beginning to be depraved in their manners. He asked, if it was to he borne that in a time of peace this tax shoill , l be raised to such a pitch as to be double the price of the grain ? The tax was the cause of general discontent all over the country; and he entreated of the Members of that House, and particularly his Majesty's Ministers, to consider well what must be the conse quence tit keeping up this bad spirit in the Country.- --{Here the Noble Lord was interrupted by loud and repeated cries of " question ;" and was at last obliged to sit doivis.) Lord FOLKESTONE rose amidst loud cries of I epiestion. He began by defending himself against some iayntatiun that hail been thrown out against him on a former night, relative to what be had said of the fund holders, and 'loot proceeded to discuss the subject before the noose. It hail been said this tax was intended to produce a ..inking rand ; and he wished to know where this sinking fund was to be found. It had been said, that thee. %%mild he a surplus of five millions a year fur that fain:, and nett it appeared that the surplus did not am ount to tsro miliisms. How absurd then must it be to talk of a sinking fund, when no such thing could be created. As to ;he imputation against him, that lie had not cutumesaled a deduction from the interest of the na tional debt, lie had not said that there should hr an un willingness to pay the interest ; hut that it would 1w im possible to pay it. and that instances might occur in which it would be a greater breach of faith to the pub lic to pay the interest, than it would be to the fund holders ..!) s . .op the payment of interest. Therefore the the i•iterest would not at all times he a breach of faith. It had been said, that one might. as well risme and take away the property of the land owner. Indeed we were coming to that state at last ; tor the vivtiers of land mere now nothing more than tenants at nil!, obliged to band over all their income to landholders. who were now enjoying all the advantages that con;.( be enjoyed in the ilium rv. Mr. W 4 ME1101:SK said, he sho uld persist in giving vote in favour of the motion. Mr. IV IS rEit X ruse to speak in reply. Ile denied the asseri.sti of the Noble Lord. that he had taught clan farmers Ise dissatisfied with this tax ; lint, on the con trary, the farmers bail deputed him to bring forward this meas.:re, in order to do away the tax. Ile could assure the then Ministers, that if the burthens of the people were not soon lowered, the people would very soon instruct that House. There could be no economy or retrem.!ssisent, notes, the Members of that House came forward and insisted on its taking place. Ile had already stated, and lir n amid repeat his statement, that this tax hail the effect of reducing the consumption of corn, and therefore operated to the ruin of the agrictil tar's and if the I:overnme t w •nt on t axing the country, they would day lie exhausting its pro ductive powers, and taxes, instead of increasing, lewd I lw every day diminished. Tie question was now loudly called for, and the House prverissled to a division; the numbers were— Fur the second reading Against it Majority in favour of Ministers - 9$ As soon as flu• diyisiol was made known, loud cheers reawandeil throngliout the House.—. Adjourned at one ides+. Prncerdinffs in the Lords, ere last page.) PRIvE oF STot KS Di I! DAI AT ONF: O'CLOCK Rank Sloe 3 prr Cent. Red. shut. :seer Cent. C.in. 731 72 3; prr Cent. shut 4 per Cent,. shut. ;) per Ct. Navy lON 7 6/ Aprrt rnt. Long Ann. •hut Imp. 3 per Cent. 711 73 Irish 3 per Cent. Indio stock Ditto Bonds 465. 485. pm South-Ses t►tock Ex Rills 2d. 4s. Xs. 4s. pm (inanities for Money pan Rank for Account 2Y3 India for (lino Con. for Aeet Lott. Tickets —/. —s. Elle e t tattOman. "Tp3 HNITISH STASI:3II%N" IS INCORPORATED WITH " THP STATISSIIAS." LONDON: WEDNESDAV EVENING. APRIL 4, 11+21. The ?fogies. of the Neapolitans towards submission aipp►'ar, according to the atleices we receive, a• rapid as th,•ir masters can desire. The following is an ac count whi►•h has reached us since our last : (From the Florence Ga:elle of March V 4.1 BULLETIN TIIE AVIsTRIAN ARMY. " Head Quarters. San Germano, March 10. " Our t , icanced Allard is at Calvi, near Capita. " According to concurring and certain accounts, the Neapolitan divisions stationed in that fortress under the orders of Generals l'arascosa, Ambrosio, and Films gieri, may be considered entirely disbanded, as the Royal Guard•, and, after their example, other military corps, have declared that they will not tight contrary to the orders of the King. `• The fort of Monte Cassino was occupied by the troops of the Koval Guard, ender the command of a Neapolitan colonel. The tieneral in chief summoned the said colonel, in the name of his Majesty, to surrender the place. While the negotiation was going on, the soldiers within the castle revolted, and. profiting by this circumstance, the enemy's entrenchments were sur prised and occupied partly by force and partly without resistance. "The militia are disarmed and treated as prisoners of war. The guards who had already been disarmed.' hare had their arms and decorations restored. As a te.timony of their t , lelitv, they will be in the meantime joined to the grenadier brigade of the Austrian army. " General Count Fiquelmont has this day gone to Capita to intimate to the commandant of that fortress THE STATESMAN. that he must surrender. In case of refusal the place will be attacked the day after to-morrow, March 21. (1 true copy.) Collet di BOMBELLES." FLoaaNca, bisitat 24.—Authentic accounts received from Rome, dated the 20th, state that Captain Fetzer, of the staff of the Austrian army, had entered Fondi, at the head of three couipauiee of hus.ars. All the posi- tions of the Epilaffio, Fondi, and ltri,. considered im pregnable, were voluntarily abandoned b the enemy. Major Curtis of the Neapolitan service has arrived here with despatches from the hereditary prince to his august father. A deputation has also arrived from the Abruzzi to lad• at the feet of his Sicilian Majesty the homage of the fidelity and the expression of the attachment of that province towards its Sovereign. General Fardella, the Duke of Calahria's sid•de-camp, who arrived on the 19th, returned to Naples on Monday. According to au Order of the Day, i•sned in the name of the King, by Lieutenant-beneral Richard Church, Commandant and inspector of hid 3lajesty's foreign troops, charged, by his . Majesty's letters pa tent, dated Laybach, Feb. 26, with the armament for restoring order in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and dated Aquila, March 15. it is. among other things, directed that within twenty-four hours after the arrival of the order, there shall be organized in each commune a guard of internal security, in which shall be enrolled, exclusively, persons of property, who are the friends of order, and that within 21 hours after the receipt of this order the captains of tniiitia and commanders of circuits shall collect all the arms within their respective districts, whether they be such as are used by soldiers or by peasants, shall immedi ately convey them, with a certificate, to the chief place of the province, and they shall he personally re sponsible for the rigorous execution of this order. The Co!unels and Majors of the .11:411 superin tend the disarming, and Le responsible. The t liagrin excited hy the degraded state of Naples, is little soothed by the brave, but desperate efforts pre paring to be made by the Pieilmotitese. Whatever be the fate an aiting them they appear determined to quit themselves like men : and in the mean tine, and in the midst of troubles, they preserve an attitude com posed and respectable. A privdte letter from Paris, dated March 31, says— " A courier mho leas arrived this day from Italy, states that the affairs of Piedmont are not in that situation which has been reported, that the Provisionary Junta have declared the Prince of Carignan°, and all the other members of the Royal Family incapable of reigning. It is added that they are making great preparations for marching on Milan, where they have beet' invited. The public are in the greatest anxiety to hear the news of this intended movement." The other accounts from that country, which have arrived by Express, are as follow : " TURIN, MAIO( 2b.—Tranquillity and order prevail in this capital. If disorders and misfortunes have oc curred in the provinces as well as at Genoa, it is to the inconceivable conduct of the Prince Regent alone they must be attributed. The streets of Turin are tilled with soldiers. Numerous contingents are arriving from all the provinces of the kingdom: Count Santa Rosa, Minister of War and Marine, has addressed an t Irder of the RAY to them, which I subjoin. The Russian Minister had taken his departure. It is to he hoped that the great Powers will not consent to any attempt of Austria to oc cupy Piedmont as well as Naples, as that would be to give up to her the whole of Italy. " A patriotic club, composed of advocates, merchants, professors and students of the University, has for these six days past held public sittings in the coffeehouse called Catie Nuovo. The advocates and the mem. hers of the University display the greatest zeal for con stitutional government." An Order of the Day by General Rosa, the Mi nister of War contains, among others, the following passages : " Soldiers of the Brigade Contingents' " The standards around which you are gathering, and under which you will be formed into battalions to march rapidly on the frontiers, are not rebel colours. Rebels will only he found if facilities are afforded for the en trance of foreigners on the Pieilmontese territory. Ours is the Royal ensign: it bears the generous eagle of Savoy, and we follow no other. " Our colours are those of the King, though, however, it has pleased Providence to put our courses: to the ex treme proof by afflicting us with the double misfortune of the abdication of a King dear to his people, and the absence of his successor, in whom our hopes were so confidently placed, hut who is now among our enemies, and obliged to speak a language which we can never recognise as that of his heart. We will always in good or in bad fortune, remember that our fidelity to the Princes of Savoy, ought to correspond with our attach ment to the constitution from which our families have to expect security and happiness." ARCH 24.--EKTRACT or A PRAVATZ LET TER.—From Saturday until Tuesday proclamations con tinued to arrive from Turin, naming the memhersof the Oiunta, together with the oath taken by it and the Prince Reg sit to the Spanish Constitution. Dinners, at which both citizens and soldiers joined, were given here to ce lebrate the event; and nothing was heard in the streak bnt the cries of the itinerary venders of the proclaims tions, and also of copies of the Spanish constitutiones.- Thus all appeared to be going on well, and an order with mossantarily expected from Tann for the authoridm bars to take the oath; but on Tuesday night, shout mid night, the drums heat to arms at the different barraelta, the soldiers were mustered. and a promise was made 'them of an advance of 4 midi ver day to each soldier, sad 20 to 30 livres per month to the offlcers, according to their ranks. Nothing, however, of this was known until the following morning, when coupling it with the ev ents then about to be made public the object of that spontaneous generosity to the troops could not be mistakes. It crested great alarm, and indnesd a belief that the constitutional cause had been betrayed. The public was not left long in doubt; for a proclamation was issued by the Governor, annexing to it the declara tion of the King Charles Felix, wherein lie not only refuses to acknowledge any innovation upon the Govern ment that existed previous to his brother's abdication bat declares all those,' without aseeptiem• who. have ad-; bend, or shall adhere, to such innovation, or who have arrogated, or shall arrogate, a constitotion, or any en. croachtnent whatever upon the fulness of the Royal authority, rebels. In the liovernor's proclamation that accompanied the above declaration he says that the Prince Regent has signified to hint his adherence to that declaration; but this is difficult to reconcile; for if he had done so, he surely would have sicnitied it himself to the politic, since lie had so far lent himself to lead them astray by his previous proclamations in favour of the constitution. For these reasons, the lienoese are not milling to credit the clause, and say they have been betrayed to the Austrians; and many are of opinion that the whole affair has been planned in order to give a pretext for the Austrians occupying the strong places in Piedmont and here, which the soldiers would not before hear of. Exclusive of this, a circumstance has occurred, which goes far to prove that the Giunta at Turin were ignorant of what was about to occur; for, on the 20th, they named M. Emmanuel lialbi and M. Maximilian Spinola, deputies to the Giunta; and the latter is said to have gone there to-day. Wednesday morning the whole city was in great confusion; and, in the afternoon, large parties were pa rading the streets, crying out e rive la Co:eitazione: This continued increasing, and at last the numbers were so great, that in two or three instances they actually at tacked the guard and took away front them their arms. Wednesday night several people were killed and wound ed; and Thnrstlav all the shops were shut." [To illustrate further the situation of affairs in Grow, we subjoin an extract front another letter of the same date.] firNOA, M4REH 24.—The sudden tinnonacement of .o rapid a transition from the constitutional es stem to the an cient order of things was like a clap of thunder. 111 miails were agitated by it. butt especially those of enthusiastie young men attached to the newt institetions, the t•st.o.ll:- - meat of which they had celebrated only tyro days bet' re. To many the affair appeared incredible : they examined hie termer of the proclamation ; the expressions relative to the Prince appeared equivoral. and its autlit•ntleity ma: doubt ed. Many groups of people were funned: they united to gether and sent a deputation to the palace of the Governor. lie granted an interview to some of the lenders. and at tempted to allay their fears; but they still remained unsatis fied. Toward, evening the tumult increased sonic Plat!' of the guard were disarmed, and the crow , ) again repaired with those arms to Ratichi. In the mean time the princiral pests a ere occupied by strong detachments of troop , . and two commies mere placed on the mall which commands the street leading towards Bauchi. where stands the entrance to the Governor's Ware. The attitude of the troops. an.! tyro discharges of en mom loaded with powder only. we r • sellicient for the dispersion of the crowd; and the rest et the nitht (Wednesday ) passed off quietly. The following day mas tranquil though gloomy ; but in the evening the peace was interrupted bs a discharge of grape-shot—no one keen how —from the military post 'those named. which wounded two soldiers, and, ns lam informed, two other persons. This greatly exasperated the minds of the people, who were heard to titter loud complaints eering the night, and till the dawn of Friday. On that day the news arris ed from Turin Of Cie preservition of tranquillity them, and of the formation Of the I onstitntional Got ernment under the Prince Regent. It was then conehnied that the proclamation was nut genuine. The troops received the information. and mixed confusedly with the multitede, calling out • The Cendirntiun. • The crowd then entered the Pablee, and became toasters of the person of the tioserlor, on whom they would base com mitted some ontrage had he not been rescued by Ge neral illson, and some friends to good order. lie imme diately afterisseet a proclamation. in which he declared that he resigned the government of the city into the hands of 19 individuals. :ilium THE errnmotsvEse GAZETTE OF TIM 27rn or st taca.. l , Letters from Monaco of the both instant contain the fol lowing .—" The population of Mentone being assembled In the rhumb, this day, at the invitation of the Governor. the etNateatitiodges. an 4 Oeseals of the priori- P l 4 4Ti r tl P Al2ntfiro; Thwas determined that the rnit•tillitintt of Spain should be proclaimed as a fundamental lam of the state. sat iug the modification that may be deemed necessary by a Commission to be appointed fur that purpose." The Catholic Bill was introdneed last night int. , the House of Lords by EArl Dosort;trmoar. this occasion his Lordship was led to expr‘nis his belief, that from the communications he I.ad lately had with some of the first turn in the kingdom on both sides of the question it wa , likely such material amendments would be made in the Bill, in its progress through the !louse, :is would remove at once the objections of scrupulous Catle)l4 s, and the grounds of Protestant alarm. The Earl of Livaaroot, and the Lord t'rr.tvr►.r.r.oa, howeve:-, inti mated their intention of meeting the Bill with a strenuous opposition, and when the weight of these Noblemen is duly considered, the Parliamentary sue , eras of this important measure cannot be deemed secure. The fate of Mt. WESTERN'S Bill last night in the House of Commons for repealing the last Malt Tax is an instance of the progress which a measure may be allowed to make for the purpose of spewing respect for the wishes of the peaple. On the •2211 ult., the lloti. Member's motion on a resolution fur the repeal wassup ported by a majority of 1 . 19 to 15; List night the Bill be was directed to bring in to that effect, was rejected on a division by 242 against 111. It would have been as easy for the Minister to have stifled the measure at 1 1 1 first as at last; but that might not he consistent with his policy. Lord Firs, it appears, was permitted to vote against the tax last year with impunity, because his Lordship voted then in a harmless minority ; but when the opposers of the tax grew numerous, and the Hinisten began to dread the loss of one of their resources, the independence of the Noble Lord be came a proper object for chastisement, and the es ample of which he was made, became a useful warning to dependants and expectaats. The gentlemen of that description whose orator• in the HOll4O of Commons is commonly coutiued to " clues. lion! *snort '2' or to yea or nay, were last night overpowering with their single worded eloquence. They coald not contain their joy at the success they antieipaned from their muster and their discipline, sod they gave vent to their applause on the division with loud and continued shouts. No doubt their rejoicing was sincere. It had keen understand, as Sir Joust SnaaLav stated, that if the Malt Tat was repealed, his Masserv's Minister. would resign:. ! ! D'ergeat ! beau coup orergeat ! is the cry not of • Republican French Minister alone. Pant d'srgent, poise de Seism! Papen hal has sent an agent to Constantinople. A fen , de), past the United States brig, Spark, arrived here, and Mr. Brattish, who cane in her. proceeded iminediate'y to Comdantinople. He appeared anions his character should not be known ; however, fur more than two months I learnt the English Embassy expected the arrival of an Auirrican Miuis:er. The departure of Mr. Bradish from the rutted Strtes appears to bare been a great secret. The Spark is to remain far dis patches from Constantinople. Lint PROM Ilartrax.—We have this nrrning re ceived Halifax papers to the 27th of February. Speaking of the i receedings of the legislature of Nora Scotia, they say there has been a mist animated and obs!inate ilelroe upon the stibect of the agriculture ofthe Province. The first Bill which passed the House for imposing a duty on American cattle andtother pro dure, was rejected by the Council. A reduced scale was then intrJdoved. and ad.ipted, which has also been rejected, so that live stock, as well as (tour flout the States. will be permitted, we fear, to be imported another twelve mouths, free from any incutubrance fo .he s upport of our sinking revenue or the protection of our owe. agriculture. This result we know will ecrite great clamour anti discontent thronghont the country. —(Provi the Nem lurk Commercial Ade i+th Alttreh.) The capitulation of Naples is said to have hem' signed on the 231 at Carta, by Ambrosio, the Ne.i politan general and on the same day the submission of the Parliament was tendered to the King. Th. principle article, accordlag to this statement, is, th..t the kingdom shall be ;occupied by the Austrian army, and that a commissioner %hall reside in each fortress oa behalf of the King of Naples. The Amiable, Agathe, frona Bordeaux, arrived at Ca;ee Feancois, St. Domingo, the 27th December: she was the first French vessel which bad entered that port for 14 years. Mr. Brunglians, her Majesty's Attorney-Oeneral, has been under the necessity, in cousesinene.• of position, of returning the briefs be had received it lour Assizes, and on Thursday (29. h nit.) 1. ft here for Brous h AIII I I all, Westnnylaud.—(Laoraxt..r I -eft e). • A 4 Iliozrapify is the monk pleasing an:l instructive brands of Literature, a more important and swirl volume. for the tsar of the rising generation, never i<- sued from :he press than Gultle.hitles phi( al law- 1104 ; cons:sting of 100 hives of the most era , nent persons of :01 Ages and Countries, from Houser I j to the most illustricus eh:tract, ra of one own . ag,e.— • The valaable plan of such a work reg oires n o en logjam ; but it may be proper to state thr.t execution has been most careful, and that its in terest has been much increased by the introdortio.i of 50 portraits. AlAri, To 11.1 . x AN' Him TwrxTv-sEvrx Mit.rs Tun , ingtdar match, made by a lietztle- Matl named Probatt, for 100 gitinea4, was decided on lllott+lav, on the Ila.int,•stoke and Andover road, and it athire.ea much sport. Air. Probatt had backed himself to do eight miles within the hour on foot, over :1 taco-tulle piece of ground, u hil' he accomplished as follows : arc•. First two miles in.. Second ditto l3 _►ll Third ditto l4 10 Fourth ditto l6 ID MI 30 Thus the pedestrian accomldi•hrd nearlr half a mile over the eight miles hefore lie nor a line hl od mare, anA ro:le over a piece of ground afoul . wiles and a half, nista ro. to to tun' at each end. Ile did ten niiien in thirty . foitr minute•s, Leeping his mare upon the fret to go on. lie hail rather more than eight miles and a half to do in the nest twenty-•ix minutes, anal he an•nmplished it a•le verly three minutes within time, and won a good extr► stak . e. Con•iderable quantities of paper were seized in I.;.: o eel:, in consequence of its weight being expressed Its figures on the wrappers, inatrad of work at length, as required by a recent ena. t fmn , for the purpose of preventing ; frauds which were alleged to have been committ ed tinder the for mer s s•ein by erasing. and altering the figures. The following item is copied front a Coach adver • tiseuieot :—" Swall Parcels will be taken free of Book - ing, awl oilier C'N N. I I,SSARY EX peNsts.“—a practice which we recommend to the attention of Coach Pro prietors in general. Da Rim; ltounKay.—On 31ontlity night, the chambers of Mr. West, of liolhorn-Court, firav's-inn, were broke open and robbed of Rank notes and other property to considerable amount. There is no doubt the thieves obtained entrance by means of a ladder placed on the side of Gray's•inn-lane o all ; and they had packed up a number of valuable hooks for removal, when it is pre sinne,f, they were disturbed ; as they must necessarily have been engaged a considerable time in their wsirla their entrance and exit must have been particularly hap• py in escaping the praiseworthy rigilance of the watch man. ItioW-STREET.—Ynterday, Mr. Miller, hemt and shoe maker, brought up one of his journeymen, for leaving his work unfinished and quitting his service. Mr. Miller stated, that in November last he gave the defendant two pairs of women's boots to make, which he has never returned. lie has confirmed to employ him since, as he considered him one of the best work men in London, but could never obtain any satisfactory account of the hoots in question, and from his &queet neglect and general bad conduct, was determined to convince the defendant, by subjecting him to the penal ties of the Act made for the protection of masters, that hr wou!J not be trilled with any longer, though in eon sidera:ion of his large family, he would not press the severities of the Act.—Fined:is. Met. inCHOLT AND DIRTRIMINO ACCIRENT.—KiImory (Island of Arran,) March t4—Friday the 16th install, about noon, the Rev. Mr. Crawford, minister of this parish, took his passage from Greenock, in a small wher ry belonging to this place, and, distressing to relate, neither be nor they that were with him have been beard of. To-day the boat was found, keel uppermost, betwixt . the Islands' of lamlash and Pladda. Three of the men who shared the fate of our worthy minister have left widows and large families, in abject poverty, to deplore , their less. 3lr. Crawford was about seventy years of age. lie was universally esteemed and beloved, a sin cere friend, steady and unblameable in every virtue, es- . ten4ively charitable to the poor, and affectionate to the stranger. It is understood that there was a student and two young men passensren in the boat, None of the bodies have yet been found, and, according to the direc tion of the wind, it is with reason supposed that they would drive on the Ayr coast. CORN-EXCHANGE, APRIL 4.—00 r supply duce Moo day has been very small, but a considerable quantity re usained over for this moruing's market, for which there was very little demand, but prices mat be considered liv .Barley- ssdaliattlesltto 13, and obslay's Prices sasspits.-42.ft oc - isoluiti" American Papen have arrived this morning, bat not Wu very tittle nemano, our prices may Or , comisurrrn be declare - *mina% iy as on Monday.—liarley was dill sale,altiongh . - of a later date than those previously received. P not on l y Extract there was bnt little at market. and illosilay's prices yes.. be (lovers- . •f a letter f rom SmYrall. Dee. "- - At with ditficaltr, obtained for super fi ne samplos.--41004 sbdicationi leogth I mopes( the goverement of the Celled States Beaus and Peas, there is no alteration. " • I - ,i+ irr , . t'