The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-07-10 00:00:00

EPP"' "1 ' L'• • , t.. y. .ing sin. other Apolog,i4ts l• explain their wishes, besought tile abrogation .4 the laws enacted against them, which pre rise to tfie dreadful persecutions which took place in the Roman Empire. It may be allow• ed to hope, that the day is not far distant, when a la•-csorsespoudinc with the wishes of the Catholics shalllse enacted, Which, however, be their right to tlio-obt sinment of tiasaltiepitisitc WSitirritayi sewer, Ch. , hP C!•l7a linos, 1 makil use of St. Justin and certainly, *ill pass, without our previously granting The weight of those reasons. which we have long nod duly, in proportion to their high importance, considered has induced urt, after first hearing the counsel of several of our Venerable Brothers, Car• anal, of the Holy Roman Church, and examining tl•.s opinion of other men, eminent for learning and a knowledge •f British affairs, to propose the tem perament so fully explained to you, for the settle. ment of this matter. We saw indeed, that an in fringement to a certain degree was thereby made in the discipline of the Church. which claims for the Reinert Pontiff a complete independence in the elec. lino of Bishops. But with regard to discipline, who is 'ignorant that changes may, by the legitimate an thfirity, be made, in compliance with the circum stances of things and' times. And this is a prin. aisle which our predecessors h■►e uniformly main tained; es an in►tatnce of which, a noble maxim of st, Leo the Great, particularly occurs to us, as ex pressed its a letter to Rusticus, Bishop of Narbonne: " Arthere are certain things which can on no ac. count be altered, so are there many which, from a due consideration of times, or from the necessity of tl.i'ogs, it may be right to modify." We had also before our eyes the rule laid down by our prede. cessor, Innocent the Third, who says—" It is nut tube considered blameable if, in consequence of a change of times, a change of human laws also be effected, especially when an urgent necessity, or an' evident utility, calls for such change." Now, what more powerful reasons, what more women. tons circumstsuces could ever he supposed to exist, that► those by which we felt ourselves affected, and which we have not hesitated thus to lay before yor ? therefore, the privilege offered by us is in itself harmless,and consistent also with all the rules of .prudence ; since, from our refusal of it, heavy ca. latbitiee, and from our grant of it the greatest ad vantages must result to the Church (understanding, by . these advantiies the Emancipation of the Cob°. DO, and the restoration, in the kingdom of Great Britain, of liberty in all things pertaining to religion) why should wt hesitate. What motive could have retarded us from openly declaring our wish to grant the privilege in question, or from relaxing somewhat from the strictness of ecclesiastical discipline? We unquestionably judged that we were bound to act on this principle, and saw ourselves placed in such a situation, that we might justly adopt the expressions of our predecessor, Gelasius: 66 We are compelled, by the inevitable dispensation of things, and by a due regard to the maxims of Government adopted by the Apostolical See, so to weigh the enactments of former Canons, so to interpret the decrees of preced ing Pontiffs, our predecessors, of employing •all due and diligent consideration, to regulate, as well as way be all those things which the necessity of the present times may require to be relaxed for the re storation of the Churches" Vta, therefore, Venerable Brothers, entertain no &tart, that you ell, having considered and duly *retitled what we hive thus set before you, wilt se tt wiedie 'the measure adopted by us to be most just; an sill, in ali respects, conform yourselves to it. Let your hearts glow with that zeal for reli-, gio'u; with which those truly Apostolical men were Intl imed, who laboured with so much solicitude, to twit the Irish nation from the erroneous celebretion of .Easter, as prectised by them in the sixth and se. veritl►'ages of the Cfiurch ; and at length, by much labour and many cares, succeederl in establishing, in yorilislind, the time of celebration so strenuously vindleated by our predecessors, 'lotteries 1., and John IV. No•w, if you shall show yourselves de. strolls t•o see an example of docility to others ; and, as yool Wisdom so powerfully enables you to instruct the'People, and allay the rising emotions of their minds. 'We are fully persuaded that, the benefit of Emancipation being once granted, the long_ and stoimy periods•during which • religion has antlered a persecution so tedious and so severe, will tie followed by days of peace, replete with tranquillity and all other blessings. Such dsys, Venerable Brothers, our prayers most ardently solicit for you ; entertaining, as we do to wards you, all the tenderest feelings of lova and charity, in return for your •merits towards the Ca. tholic Church, and for the zeal and reverence you have ever manifested to this Apostolical See. In, pledge whereof, and with the strongest expressions of our dearest regard, we hereby bestow on you, our Venerable Brothers, and on the whole Irish Nation, our Apostolical Benediction. Dated Rome, atat..lllary lolaggioces, Feb. 1. 1816.1 a the 1614 year of oar Plntilleate. PIUS P. P. vii. .EAS7' IN DIES. MADRAS, FEB, 14.—The following extracts from the Calcutta Mirror, of the '2Bth ult. contain the latest intelligence from the Army in the field:— " Letters from head-quarters the 15th January, convey the agreeable news that Sir ‘Villiam G. Keir bag fallen in with Cheetoo's durrah, and cut them up in great style. Cheetoo himself made his escape with about a dozen followers, and threw. himself into a small village near Jawed. It is said that Captain Caulfield, who is with Juswant Row Bow, .vas going to surround the village, and seize the Chief. " Major• General Brawn, according to the same letters, surprised some of the refractory Chiefs of Ilolkar's army, and a rabble of fellows at Ram. poora, and cut .them up: Rosbutt Beg lost three of his fingers in the fray, but contrived to Make his escape. Three hundred of his followers were sabred, and a number of camels anti horses take 9. The.sur- . prise was comp(ete,"and so astonished were the fel.. lowa, that they . did not contrive to wound a single m..n of ours. If Only remains now that we get hold of the perfitlioul Peishiva. The power of the Pin,. darees seems almost. annihilated by one short and . hrilliane'campaign; and the subjogation of thigiates that protected them, promises every security against depredittuAs, 4keir futon dek • • • • .•?. • ' • •• Utic c FL - -~ - ..,.• • , •—: • s S THE ST ATIMMAN " IC A; said a good deel of-booty falls to the attar under'Oen. Sir W. Keit." " Camp, near °ocher, Jan. 15. 16 We had all regarded houti*dowts the Pindarees as a very hopeless task, but we have just heard that SirWlliiant Keirtssatompleteireanted and dispersed that portion of them under Chute°. I cannot sell you where, and must confess myself extremely deft- ding in a knowledgo of the distribution of oar troops : but in this respect I ass not much worse off than my neighbours hero. I cae procure no inform ation from them. Cheetoo himself has barely escaped ; he has only about a dozen followers around him, and is within a few coss of our troops. All their .baggage is taken, and, some sly, this includes no less than 50 lace of rupees. We fired a royal salute two days ago, ou the ratification of the treaty with Holkar. " General Watson is now in command of this division, his own brigade is broke up, and incor porated with the others. The 25th regiment, one of his battalion, are encamped considerably to our left, but are almost quite well. The 7th, the other battalion, is along-side of our brigade, which forms the left of the line. It was dysentery, not the cho lera, that appeared among them, and is attributed to forced marches, bad water, ill cooked victuals, and want of warm clothing." • MADRAS, FED. 21.—The following details n 4.1 spewing( the operations of our armies are given la the Calcutta Mirror : " Our letters from Camp,.since our last, cnnfira' the account of the total destruction .of the only un broken dorrah of Pindarees under Cheetoo, who et the date of the latest accounts was skulking with only nine attendants, in the neighbourhood of Jowbud and 46 Captain Caulfield had set off in pursuit, some hope was entertained that his person would be se. cured. The remains of the dumb, under Wusset Mahumed Khurreem Khan have also, after several ineffectual attempts to escape, been nearly annihi lated by' the divisions under General Marshall and Colonel Adams ; and the rebellious part of Holkar's army have in all likelihood been dispersed before this time, as Colonel Adams had been ordered to march to Rampoor and attack Roshun Reg's troops, who were occupying a strong position in the neigh. hourhood of that place. This Chief's force is said to consist of seven battalions, some thousand horses, and sixteen guns ; it is expected that they will make great resistance. Tin only Mahratta force that remains unbroken, is that under Amster Khan's Sirdar's, who like those of the Nagpore Rajah, do not appear dig posed to abide by the arrangements made by their Chief ; but as Sir David Ochterlony is said to have marched to attack them, we may every day look for accounts of. their defeat and submission ; and with these we may almost consider the campaign on this side of India as at an end." a• Camp, near Onehar, Jan. 19. " An Officer and party of our's left the cafitp this morning, as an escort to an Officer, said to be bring- 1 ing in the Treaty with Halter, who is to subsidize 3000 of oar troops, which, it is reported, 'mu be furnished by Bengal, and the number of his oven it very considerably limited. His whole refefiee isitot to exceed 17 tars of rupees. No further accounts of the Peishwa or Nagpore Rajah. I have seen nations private bettors, regarding the attack of the latter, all of which represent it to have been a most desperate business on our part. A General Order was pub. fished yesterday, thanking Colonel Macmorine, and the troops ender his command, for their gallant be hatiour at Nagpore, or rather Serinaghnr. General Brotvii..by.the-bye, has also been killing and slay. ing. Ile had heard that a body of Mahrattes (ifot kat's neople).were seeking safety in some village, in his way. Several roads led from it. Ile posted on each of these a party of the 3d cavalry, and made a dash himself with another party at the village, and succeeded in cutting off the poor devils." " Colonel Adams' Camp, Jan. 17. " On the 13th, Colonel Adams received intelli gence that Khurreem Khan was within seven toss of the camp, and had at least 1000 men with him, upon hich the Colonel detached Major Clarke, with the sth cavalry, at 1l o'clock at night, and he very luckily came upon them by surprise at day-break ; of course he cut op almost the whole of them. It turned out, that instead of 1000, there were 1600, and . out of this number the Major gave a good ac count of nearly 1000. The rest" fled in all direc tions; and Colonel Adams has sent out some Rohil lahs to intercept them. Among the stain was Nam der Khan, who was considered the very life of the party. General Brown has come upon Roshun Beg (who was in rebellion against Balker) at Rampoor, and taken eleven guns, besides doing considerable da mage to the rest of the force. We hear also that Sir, William Keir, with the Bombay Army, has fallen in with Cheetoo, and completely annihilated his durrah, ntif, 'however, without some resistance. Cheetoo escaped; and is now wandering about those parts with only:bine followers. " Captain E:en, of the 22d Dragoons, Aid-de- Camp' to Sir Thomas Ilislop, passed this on the 10th,with dispatches for head-quarters, among which is the Treaty with Holkar, the articles of which are still unknown here. He is escorted by a detachment from this hrigade." Ceylon Papers of the 7th instant have been re ceived, bit their contents are totally uninteresting. The Pretender to the Candian Throne still continues to elude Ole most diligent pursuit, though conducted with all poesible caution and perseverance ; but con fident hopes are still entertained that so much ac tivity, and, xigilance cannot long be exerted without success. Wetre sorry to observe, that the Cholera Mathes has broken out at hlidnapere, where it has proved fatal to four or five perste'', daily. A merchant of Tries has made a present to,the Emperor of A.usiliA of, two colossal statues, which he received from his brother, who is in the service of the Pacha of ,Egypt. The "statues are of black marble, and representpro figures of Isis, with lic;ns' heads. Thes: are cioaelt_draped, and bold in the left hand the mysterious Tau, or key of the Nile.— The Sides of the blocks' which they are seatod are . orrianleited with rarinas figures and hieroglyphics. The whole workmanship is exquisite, and both stafuesire in' excellent preservation. 011011;iloiliMillheamk. ...... . eiticwor STOCK THIS DAY Cent A Mk ' T QV 14. O'CLOCK Hank Stu 4 per . 9 per Cen t, 1ted.784 . . 5 per Cent. Navy 1051 g per (C e nt. 741 India Hoods 99 9k per Cent. 881 Long Ann. 20 5-161 _ Coniuls for Acc. 791 79 Exchequer Dills 19 21 p , . • . _ STAi' j- ESMAN- LONDON: leleeec JULY 10, 11118. • Baltimore Papers Papers to the 9th olt., New 'Fork, New Orleans, and other American Papers to recent dates reached us at a late hour this forenoon. The Fede ral Republican and Baltimore Telegraph, alluding to the fate of AnsUTnNoT and AmBRUsTER) makes the following remarkable statement : " The evidence against both, we understand, was clear and strong. Letters, advising the enemy of the movements of our army, and how to act, were inter cepted. Documents were also found, proving beyond doubt, that a criminal correspondence had been some t ime kept up by them and the Gtivernor of New Prowl deuce, w ith theindians and renegade negroes in Florida. But how indignant mast every One be when informed that the Prophet FeAncts, who was hanged a little before, had its his pocket a new CemmieSion of Byiga dier-General from the British Government, supposed to bare hien given to him during his late visit to'litig land, whence he had not long returned. As - a scrUtioy, we are assured, will develope the blackest perfidy to wards this country, Great Britain will likely be dis posed to let the matter rest where it is." There is not a doubt that the North Americans have invaded the Fioridas, in open defiaace of Spain. This step may lead to some serious consequences ;. but we can entertain no such ideas in regard to the effect of these upon American Commerce as a Morn ing Paper expresses : — 44 If the Government of Spain," says the Editor of the Times, " is active and resolute in its retributive measures, the capture of the trading vessels of America may be enormous, and afford an' equivalent for the loss of the Florides, as well as draw upon the Government of the United States the wrath and resentment of their commercial com munities, whose interestio exposed to imminent risk." Alas, for this if. It speaks, indeed, with laconic force, and we are not sorry that the 'very reverse of the Times' Editor's supposition as, tb the activity, resolution, and wrath of the Spaniards, is the case. The very next paragraph of our morning cotempo rary's hop-seep-and-jump sketch of Spanish affairs proves he is speaking of a re-animation very unlikely to be realized, either in the Spanish Government or the Spanish nation.--" It does not appear from Madrid that any change of Administration is expected. Don Jost PIZARRO will continue Prime Minister. The King of SrAiv takes a very active part in the political radii.; of his kingdom. Curiosity is on tip-toe to ascertain the course which his Majesty will mitre towards North America." We know not what curiosity others may hare on this subject, hut we are happily without any disquieting feeling in this respect. What Can a mi..' tiro), curst with tiacis government as SPsin has received from her deliverers, do towards America, whatever (bay be the crtnduct of the latter ? Spain is lost to our political hopes— for sheds lost to moral virtue, to freedom, and the enobling improvements of national policy. Posterity will scarcely believe the his torian who shall record the present supersition and corruption, into which Spain has sunk never to rise again. She indeed falls like Lucifer—for her lasteffort hut seals her guilt and abominations—an effort to en slave enlightened millions of People in the new world. Long after Europe has shaken off the shackles of darkness and superstition; after the t rue religion of the Crosi has been disseminated in all the simplicity that marked. the instructions of the primitive Fathers ; after Philosophy has shaken her torch over the chi lized world, and the arts and sciences have formed their temples and altars on both sides of the ocean; after mankind have denounced the barefaced incanta tions and mummeries of priestrreft,end t re mpled,w ith indignation, on her blood-stained sceptre ; Old Spain still continpes to gathor around her the robes that once covered the unhallowed pollutions of the Papal king dom, and clings to a bigotry that would have dis graced the annals of the dark ages. The day of re tribution is at hand, when the last vial of wrath will be poured in unsparing judgment on her guilty head. Like B4bylon of old will she utter her last groan, and who among the nations will weep ! . ‘•• • ,:e The arrivals from India have firiAiVersome in teresting details. remelting the operetionelf the war in that quarter, which we haw inserted. in another place, • The corps of Cuzsioct i • the great Pindaree Chieftain', has bee* attatked end -dispersed by Sir WM. KM, and AMEERICIIAN has else been de feated by e detachment from the force under Colonel ADAMS. Tha findaree war, in consequence of these successes, ',pore to be entirely at an end. To heir establishment of a free Pre s s in India—iiititis'etirrieet of despotic rule, is indeed ) • e novelly isr ' role ' `ratifying than any success of, gaga ve catUtn,Pl4 • p r ier the resisting victims of, our ipreponderallng power. Those who have 'visited ' India well know with what a supreme band the Go-* moment theril'his dispensed SDUIDMISt judgment on all who . hive preiumid to b ilk 60 Press. Tile bbo' would hivii 44441 a IA years ago to publish any thing not approved by the Servants of thi Government in that quitter,_ would base been in- • - _ / N ~ ~ _~.~~J~.r~..11 ~.~~ .~ :.~ , g.t, • • . ' N l 1 J s t out ly shippeil off for England, if not worse tete ted ; and we know instances cif the este. this despotic authority tevi h iirds Gentle rruf fir er ,. tore, which will long reflect discredit on tri liberality of. what has been called one of the most 'splendid Governorship's of net Indian Empire. Tfib tights' of free born British sobjar4a appear, No tgL be be. ' • 'ginning to be better understood andmaintained even in Indio. The communications which we copy front private letters inform us, that mime attempts have already been made with success tti establish a feed , and independent Press in one part of oar Eastern possessions, which has brought the rights, of a numerous class of inhabitants, the descendants Of Europeans from Indian inothera and their progeny, into discussion—rights which it appears ere " also so:guarded' by the last Charter granted le thel Company. that it is not in the power of the Indied Government to adopt its usual mode ofsilencing tbi voice of just complaint, and the spirit of iodepeocia ence. This circumstance we may well anticipate, will be productive of incalculable reielts; and we have Ad " hesitation in saying, that we feel satisfaction at tbd prospect which this event holds out for the Bereft of mankind. All public measures in India will now be openly canvassed as they might' to be. &rope wit) no longer be abused with tnyerilielitatiliieitir direct 'falshoods respecting,the Eitmern and the Natives will receive that instruction which a.' free Press and a free Trade never to fail to dispense, where these blessings are secured to the People. • **•, It seems Sir Home Pommes judicial,* conduct ht•rt treating with civility the Mission sent by BOY ea to anuouuce his accession to the Presidency of Hayti, which polite and politic behaviour on the part of Sir . Home, had made an impression on the new • President highly favourable to the interests - of British merchants residing in his territory, ham excited some displeasure -and jealousy in Jamaimi. 'The Jamaica Journalists, it appears,' view the trans. action in a very different light; arid the gallant Ad aiiral, for having permitted the Hayti Negroes to 7, partake of the hospitality of his table,in the midst of 4 ", his own family, is inveighed against with as muck "sperity as If he had been guilty of high treason.-- The Admiral, however, may console himself for these )nvectives, with the reflection that, in respecting the dignity of human natnre, he, at the same time, best , consulted the interests of the British Public. Had he acted othewise, it was pretty geeerally understood, that our Merchants would have bees instantly or. dered off, and their property, amounting to a mil.. lion and a hair s would mile probably have been sequestrated. French Papers to the 7th have arrived. ThOegh • the con piracy, of which we have beam informed through private channels, has been the..sebject of ge. neral conversation in Paris fora week past, the Pa- porn are not allowed to take any notice of , it. Tb. . letters from Paris, however, continue to awed the fact, and impute it entirely to the Ultra-Royalists. It'appeara to have been serious and daring in the' plin, but weak and absurd as to the means of easels. tion. Among the persons judicially arrested, are the Vendean Marshal-de.Camp CHAPDELEIREE ; M. DE Rom LLY, Chief of the Staff to General Cststisr., when at Lyons ; and M. DC Sortnes, Camp to the same General, who, it is said, has .fled. —The negotiations between Spain and Portugal have, Wig said, again assumed a turn which is far from fa vourable. The Cabinet of Madrid consents to sub mit to the mediation of the five Allied Courts, but no such conditions that Count PALMELLA, it is said, has declared them to be inadmissible. As in this state of things the negotiations must necessarily be protracted, it is thought that the Duke of WELLIMOTOM wilt soon return to Cambray. , . Ye‘terrltiy, at a quarter to four o ' cloc k, tie PRINCE REGENT left Carltoas.house for Kew, and previous to his departure he received visits from the Dukes of YoOR and CLARENCE ) and also gave audience to Count MUNSTER. Yesterday at four o'clock, the Doke of tLAR EXCE left town for Kew ; about the same time the Princess ADELAIDE Of SAXE. fIl El RINGER accompanied by her mother, left Grillun's hotel for Kew. Yesterday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and Prin. teas A UGSEITA visited the Doke and Duchess of KENT, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Saxx. . COBURG, at Clarmout, and afterward' ventured to . , .KIPM to dine. It was yesterday reported to be in the contemplfs , 1 u tion of Ministers, to call Parliament together earlr . . in the course of next month. It wee also removed 'that Mr. i'm had resigned the Secretaryship IA ~. • Ireland. t PEsTAr.orzt's System of Education, so much 1 , 11 ' „ tolled by the Continental Writers, proves, On ezarei. . Ration, to be the very same in principle as the Inter. h rozative Systens which has long been introduced into the principal Schools of Great Britian and Ireland.—. The British System has, however, in practice, the ad. vantage of greater eztension than the Swiss System, —the latter heivg confined chiefly fn . specolative sub jects, White the former, in its several Books, em.. brocvs the various Arts and Sciences, and nearly every otiect of humern enquiry. Both Systems ion. sist of Questions without Asters, the latter being tO. be furnished as an intellectual iiaercise by the Pupil from the several Tex! ;; Otikke' p while the most difficult subjects aI e allspted"ta the use ef Schools by means of a Key to all the•Questiens - for the ease Of T u tors. , Co kt 4 EXcll &SG 1:. , t/ E.Y 10.—IIT hen. at btowbsee prices -- . Hot lry '24. dearer..--Oais 9.a. themper..—Benes . sad Veto di. higher.-10 other articles no alteration. t.4ll . }i'riELD mARKLT, ..lt•Lit to. : ' Taste& the Mal, per stone tit tltna. . .tieef . 3.. Btl. to 4s. lee. I Head of S.:attie ship day a : Mutton. 44. ot. to 5:. 6.5. Peasta . - ... •• -. 500 . ' Veai ... ba. Oti. to 6.. ltd. Sheep and Lambs • 7.700 Para ...si. Ott. so 6s. 0.1. Calvet, ...,-4.:......150. ; '' • . ' s Lamb•••,tis. ‘,14, to 7s. Q. Pitra••• • ..•••••• ••••.. ••• MO • • 1.1111.111.111111 -. rim! 0 /i fe ti 0 ei C 11 1 A -'l l Prti