The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-02-18 00:00:00

lad and the discussio►►s which had taken plac upon the merit of the main principle of those Ras .lutions, he could not see shy the House should not be pretswed to espress its opinion on Wednesday neat. Mr. PROTHEROE observed, that a propositioss, to allow the importation of foreign corn, at all times subject, bowever, to the payment of some duty which should aifard the domestic grower an advantage over the foreigner, would not be so objectionable; but that he could not aunt to aay measure for the utter exclusion of foreign corn. Mr. BALLING objecteo in toto to the project for ercheiltig fotvi.:n coin as a permanent measure of Legi.lation; but he Should have no objection to give tenrpnrury relief 4 o the farmer, while he would avoid any *iteration of the corn laws. Ile deprecated the idea of pledging the House on Wednesday neat, and the more so, as it would require farther time to ex amine the merits of the Resolutions, which It did not USN so easy to be understood. Mr. BA'lllUltiT thought the merits of the qua ton under consideration were fully understood, both within that House and without, and therefore be should protest against useless procrastination. Af'er a few further ohservitious from Mr. Tierney and Mr. Fitzgerald, the discussion upon the Resolu tions was rapt! for Wednesday sett. The Resolutions were agreed to, the House re sumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up on !Woodsy. On the. Motion of Lord PALIERSTON, certain returns, with respect So the Artillery, and to the number of tumults for that body, were ordered to be laid before the House. Presented accordingly, and ordered to be printed. Ordered, on the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, that an account should be laid before the House of the quantity of grain, meal and sour imported into Great Britain from foreign countries, situ) also from Ireland from the sth of Ja nuary, 1814, to the sth of January, 1815, distin goishing the quantity from each; also an account of grain, meal, and flour exported within the same pe riod, distinguishing to what country ; also an account of the total quantity of grain, meal and floor ex ported from, and imported into Great Britain, from th. year 1792, to 1814. Adjourned till Monday. Due O • 1 Hasabargb O . Ho'kind 1 PRICE Of stOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Enna Lone. Aan. 16 5-161 S per Celli Red. 64H India Bonds 12 19 p 9 l er Cent. C. , .,..61 Jl} Exchequer HIM 2 5 p 4 per Cents "Hi Osmium 2i d 5 pes rut. Nu.. 93i1 e Caseols fur Ace. 6114 ?VIE STAIIRS_VAN. MON: 'Armen ‘v, rEs*VAity Ia n 1115. French Papers of the 1-Ith and 15th havejust arrived. We can only give the substance of them. The intel ligenc.‘ f. um Vienna (of the 3d) annoeticee the de parture of f,ord CASTUEREAGII for England—and the entry of the Duke of WELLINGTON upon his fanctioas as Ambassador. It was understood at that date that the Austria , ' army would be placed on the peace establishment on the 15th instant. This, and the eir eumstnee, that political quiet appeared to reign at Vienna, which the Carnival was making a move bril liant scene of festivity than it has ever been since the assembly of the Congress, augur well for the peace of Europe. The course of Exchange, owing to the incertitude of *fairs, continued at the date of the accounts in the French Papers to suffer deterioration ; but it will be seen by the subsequent mention which we make of the contents of the Dutch Joun►als, that the German &clangs had subsequently risen consider- ably. The last Sitsirgs of Congress, it is said, were very important. " Tt,eir result," says one of the accounts, " swill settle the repose of Europe ; the great discus sions relative• to Poland and Saxony, are definitively settled. Pressia obtains from Saxony the Two Lusatia: only,—consequently she will have the right bank of the Elbe, and some of the neighbouring country for a military frontier. All the rest of Saxony is restored to the King, FREDERIC AUGUSTUS. „, • • . In Poland, Prussia receives the district of Posen.— Austria gets the circle of Terrapol (which she bad abandoned to RoseM in 1809), and the salt mines of WieMaker, with,tho Dutchy of Warsaw; ibeieeps all Gallicia. The cities of Dantric, Thorn and Cracow, are to be declared free cities—All the rest of Poland is to be definitive!" given to Russia." r 4; Another Correspondent makes us acquainted with same partkulars of a mere private and domestic na. tare, bet not without political interest. He says- 1 K . 4 Ir. " Tito 'Respray AtExamarn dined a few days . • .. ago with Prince &togas BEAUIIARIIOII, at the ' house of the Empress MARIA LOUISA* Priam Iltracus diem with her twice a week regularly, iOOO4 Wednesdays end- Saturdays. She is said to have, acted with mach imifty Waive to her duchy of Parma. It is conjectured the Ex-Empress will ob tain much larger possessions than have been assigned to her." It is asserted, from goodeuthority, that BONAPAITI Isis expressed an earnest desire to be permitted to porches. a territory in Eagtaad, aid the Empress MARIA LOUISA has declared her determination to join bins immediately. It is said that the Italian Tyrol is to be added to the Now Italian Kiegdoes, which will be gives to die Ilsooror FRANCIS ) •ad the Austrian Tyrol annul Austrian States. A.Y. THE WfATESMAN; "It is understood that every thing is now cow pletely and definitively settled. Lord Wes.mxwrox will sign for England. The great points of Saxony and Poland being settled, all the smaller concerns will be soon arranged. Rinsia gets almost all Pe. land ; Austria the new kingdom of Italy, and an Ci arrondinement" in Germany, in rotund, &c.; and Prussia the Two Lutiatias, and the country et Saxony, which she requires for her " !arrondisse ment." England for 'consenting to this, gets am. Qver erected iuto a kingdom. Thus every thing Is now completely settled, and Lord CASTI.MiEI4III may go to the English Parliament without difficulty." Rows, FEB. I.—Murat is straining the utmost to detach from the Pope all his best friends. His troops surround us in all directions, and live at discretion. —We expect hourly the entry of the Neapolitan troops. garded with extreme iousy and care, and should not be allowed to be confounded amidst mysteries and difficulties by those whose interest it is to throw a veil of impenetrable delusion over the public mind. The ports are shut at 635., and the agriculturists will have the entire monopoly of the musket for three months. The Property Tax is to be taken off, the wages of labour have fallen consider ably, and yet corn is to be raised to SOs. per quarter ! The Eroding branches of the community, who have been the real sufferers during the war, are yet in a state of depression, and the agriculturists, who have benefited by the exclusions that have impoverished the rest of the public, are now to be protected to an extent which cannot but be highly injurious to the Other traders !—And this is the time when a system mast be found to give permanency to this partial and unjust policy ! The business of the Committee opened by referring to the Reports of the last Ses sion. This was rather unfortunate for promoting a conviction of the policy and justice of the proposed measure. We would make the same reference.— The Reports in question are self-declared to be deficient in point of adequate information. More over, the circumstances of the times are much al tered since the evidence in these Reports was given. On a consider ion of these circumstances, we really do not wonder at seeing a reluctance manifested to a new examination. The reason of this is plain.— A new enquiry, even if managed entirely under the Influence of the Landholders, would prove that the whole assumed basis of last year's Report no longer twists ; that the expences of agriculture are greatly diminished; that what 4ould have been a fair price to the grower, labouring under the pressure of War ' Taxes, would now be altogether unjustifiable; that do proposed price, if established by law, will ieventually ruin the manufactures, and (which some ebert-sighted politick's,s may not see or be willing to confess) the revenues of the State,—and endanger the peace and safety of the empire.— All this, we repeati would be rendered *vides* by. t Dow examination. We have already declared •that wo think the agricultural interests should be'ro• imised tested, but not to an extent to endanger the general welfare. If the general comfort is deeply struck at, the general safety most be placed in jeopardy. The price of the Quarters Loaf, under Me intended re- Oise, cannot be Muds under Eighteenpence! This 'sill, indeed, be placing the poor upon regimen; aid this at a time when they ought, in the natural poi* of things, to be enjoying the bletsings of 1 118 4 Pi . FRINCII Fuxin, 78 f. 95 c. Brussels and Frankfort Papers have arrived tothe 15th instant. The intelligence which they commu nicate is gratifying. They announce the great pro bability of the independence of the Netherlands being secured by the strongest guarantees, and the pro spect of the speedy return of our troops from that Country; the Officers belonging to the Staff of our Belgian Army having received orders to rejoin their respective corps in England. The English-German Legions now in Brabant are oa their return to Hanover. It is stated from Frankfort, of the 9th, that se veral expresses had arrived there from Vienna, with news that the Exchange at Vienna, which had fallen, on the 3d, to 336 florins of Vienna for 100 florins of Augsbergh, rose, on the sth, to 298. Mt Lug, JAN. 31.—The few bat daring partizans of Joachim at. Rome have posted up a pretended De cree of the Congress, which secularises Rome, and ~. sZ sed fixes a German Prince there a temporal save vereign ; though it cannot be that Chris tian Priam can byre sacks thought, ygt the Mt of countries to divide has certainly made them turn their eyes on the fine provinces of Bologna, &c. which contain 1,800,000 souls, while the rest of the Roman territory is poor and ill peopled. CAPTURE OF THE PRESIDENT AMERICAN FRIGATE. A gleam of setting glory bas gilded the close of the American contest, which will go fat to retrieve the loss of character sustained by our naval arms in the war with America. The capture of the United States frigate the President, e•miseeded by floe of the best Officers is the ♦mericas ttzsz - CaMisdore, Dzcavaa, by his" Majesty's frigate laseiraioss, of forty guns, Captain HENRY Hors, after a severe action, is confirmed beyond doubt. The account of this capture was brought by an Offi cer who came by the Piston achootur, (which has reached Portsmouth iu t 2 days from Bogen), and arrived last night at the Admiralty with dlsrictebes, which will appear in this night's Gazette. The Pre. sident had escaped from New York, and is stated to have been chased neat day by a squadron of his Majesty's ships, but by upset's of cutting away her ancheu, aid throwing overboard her stores and provisions, she was enabled to make so ink way that only the Endi►mion could overtake her. This ship engaged her for some boors in the old English style, yard-arm and yard-arm, and the contest was maintained, notwithstanding the Endl. mien's inferiority of force,with great courage, till the Peewee frigate coming in sight, Commodore ;hem a hailed to say he had already struck. The President bad at this time sic feet water in her hold, and had lost a great number of mea. The Etalgonion had suffered much in sails and riggthg, bet had only 30 men killed, and 14 wounded.-The whole proceeding is such as reflects the htfiest credit on Caplets Hors, and the gallant crew of the Enikmian. The Endymion and her prize are stated to have proceed ed towards Bermuda. The crude and hasty offspring of the Private Par. liarnent, that most wonderful of all plans which kJ* make bread cheap by making corn dear, was last night submitted to the House of Commons. We va. fer to Mr. Romson's Speech and Resolutions / d the manner in which ,this is to be effeoted. The ptibv proposes • to make eighty shillings the quarter of wheat the protecting price—to allow theimportation, warehousing, and exportation of Corn, Meal, and Floor (except Flour to Ireland, which is by law prohibited), duty free; but to permit none to be sold in the country while the average market price is der eigldy shillings. 'fho same priaciples to be ex. tended to oar North American Colonies, substituting 675. for 80s. The Resolutions were moved in a Committee of the whole House, and after a debate of great length, were agreed to merely pro forma, and the Cont i tnittee will akt again on Monday, whim Mr. BARING intends to move as an maendmentt that the protect. ing price shall this your be 755. the garter, aod,that it be diminished 2s. whom, eetil It be•rediota l e the present rate. On itesehiffia ing received by the ametaittee ft :lbe whole 4111. be printed; and, it is oedersto,i;*ooll* ist• farther oeosideratios oo Woilomiter • ' ~; It wield be Almost . sops*, 10. 1 10k-.4 1 01 itile Ms lessigrgorsdi and what wit OM** OW 111149 Wilk** slew of setting this amp hopostsei h t *Win a dear light, to swell toss isii Atpessot; bot it is sig,lsipoik 01,1014, tt i :7 -tic:, ':i 1.. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. this 633.1 foeud that our bread will semi be higher than it over ought to be in England." Let the effect of nettling the ports be itirly experieoctid before you endanger the prosperity and the peace of the commu rnity by a system of quackery and self-interested po litics, opposed by the soundest principle. of keels don and economy. We yesterd!F announced the death of the Deke I d DORSET. His Grace was killed in the Phcenix ' Park, near Dublin, on Tqeedariast. llis horse fell cad rolled oser Mat. Ile saitived the accident aboat half an hour. This melancholy intelligence was received late on Thursday night, by express from Dablift., The Earl of Livritroor., in conse quence, did not attend the House of Lords last even ing. The present Dowager Countess of LIVERPOOL was grandmother of the Nobleman thus prematurely snatched, away. His Grace was in his e2d year.— He was born November 15, 1793, and succeeded `his father, Jourr, the late Duke, July 19, 1799. His titles were, Duke of Dorset, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex, Baron Buckburst, and Baron Cran field, in whicltides with the hereditary estates, having died unmarried and without issue, he is suc ceeded by the present CHARLES Viscount SACKVILLE, his second cousin, now fifth Duke of Doasri, born 27th of August, 1767. The House of Assembly at Jamaica, as appear by the papers lately received, have been busily employed in adopting a mew system of economy by retrench tnents ip salaries, and reduction in fees of office. The nsetchaits of the island bavtl ft d meeting/ 4 .am! have taken up the grievances of she Post, T offies there.— The late delivery of letters forms their principal com-, ptatht. These are estisniplei wfira, it the mother country has neglected , to set, she ought not to be *limed to follow. • It has been notified to the Army by a General Order, dated ist February, 181 " That Non oommissioned officers and soldiers discharged before completion of service, and not conforming to any rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission ers of Chelsea Hospital, as to registering their names and pieces of abode, and notifying the same from time to time, or not offering themselves on any Pro. clamatiun of his MAJESTY ; or not joiniug any Gar rison or Veteran &Mallon it required by the Com missioners of Chelsea Hospital, to plait all claim to increase of pay, or to pension on account of ser. eke." An addition of 80 per amt. to the Itiorssed Taxes is understood to' hate beef determined so. The Ansottot of the sum to be taken from the Sinking Feed is wren millions. Mr. MAINWARING WWI 00 Thursday rasketed Zicakrese of the Quarter bedew of the ceaety of Ml6ledge. • A. Garet otaiiiiii:i t raiiismont is not for 111 . •11,1 1 4 to b.. 1 1011400di Iffitingjast dopriund ' I OOII I P it*** tWe s t Mi. Stijoitit Reariuti;tos took ali le It If ightireles for the County of Itt Clikkoo cf ..ai ':,: -- :.: S DEAL, Fae. 17.—Sailed the Mary Ann East I n , *Daman for the River ; arrived and sailed for th e River the Lillie Sophia, from St. Michael's.—ceme down from the River the Carnperdowe, C i t y of Iloardeaux, Euphcotia, and StraNger, all uutuarci. bound ; remain as per last. 0 PonTSKOUTII, leca. 17.—Arrived ''the schooner, from America, with dispatches, which were immediately forwarded to Lonclun ; ids() &r , rived the Mercury and Fairy 82, transports, fret the Mediterranean, and are put under quarantine end several from the Downs.--Sailed his Majesty ships Plover and Perseus to ditto. . itAxss*Tr., Fun. 17.—The transport mentionm yesterday as having been - ou the Goodwin %; aO .l, proves to he the Ilcron, ofOields, Wilson, :11.-.o et Ske had been working , to:4oodward alt tke tide, steeled by the smack that biallserio charge d -and itlr just brought up near the Nati* Betty of the Brakes —Clime in about 10 sail for aintiteliprinclPaliy " • • , reigners. LYMINGTON, Fen. 17.-4104 ,by . 'lb .liaj eg y ship Picton, from, pottony iii Auieriey 41 ) 2 . 11 slay passage. . . OLD BAILEZ, • • FILIDA y, Fgll. 17. Waithman, a watertuaii, was tried on on inclictmentodrugius him with the wilful murder°, Jaen% Orpsion, on see Ris e - Thames, atcWapping. It appeared by the evidence adduced, that lhe dc - ceiliedad his brother were rowing a shipi. , lly-htist, when the Pi Watt gnt fon% of them. which produced Yaws .the hay 41 , stl,4•K er pression annum sailors, and the Prjsigtier struck blotsait.h a kia o u r, and then pushed him witistke point 'of ;g u tsy winch he fell oierbaard and was droWtuCtL • I , Altitetttett AU:tt the de cooed wore a rough Guero.ies *kik, its winch.tho oar eat en tangled, laid there was an matics prelifaiie ; oa tiw coutrari, Prisoner used every exertion to save the bp).—Verdiet, Mau. slaughter. J aruto Nettle, a youth of albeteen years '.[-age, vs as is. dieted fur stealing u black veil twin of the bUtlllel of Newcomb. • ' • The Pnisecutrit was walking with her ',stir front Great Turnstile to Lincohis lutotields, when the Prisoner .n.tilied the veil from her :Rowel ;and innate or. Toe totibei i took place at eight o'clock os the evetesto Al the sth of F. tpaary, and the P.rosetwo fires itilvjured -by-filise fateet, YAM' Net comb's sister, who gage ens alarm, and he was scented by patrole. The offence was laidb kigillor robbery, het it was rather *match than patting ii fear, ` . the Prisoner was found— Guilty of Larceny. William Wallis was indicted for stealing in the dwelling. rose of James Grant, Farb a quantity of spoote and ether as ticks of plate. The footman in Mr. Grant's family stated, that lee Prisoner was found snaking afloat the lower pats of she premises oo the ask of Janeary, at nine o'clock its the morning, ..W norm was cleaning boots at the time, nod he observed the Prteenur coming out of the pull , where the plate was kept. Go befog qua• dotted, he asked if Dr. Burnham did sec •live there, as he lu:t1 a /alter for him The footman detained the Prix ar. aid sat.t f t an (dicer, butt previously to his strive! the Prosonermotteased imbed robbed the horse, fell on his biter and begged forglie - then pointed out thr place where lie had modelled v.—County, , but not capitally. C , kle was copilot! • Calmitted of bq e akt ~ A varekligadt. i* ' riiith ‘.lli astudese.peigkit, ent.,llKwindewat of ti tforw ask. horsey, siWilVitirryi", The Lady of an Irish absentee Nobleman has just been safely delivered of a fine black boy. This it another sport of nature. The Lady accounts for this eztraordihary accident by saying, that she was the victim' of curiosity, and *could' dot avoid tooling attentively at the face of a black servant etenever he . came into the room.—( Free/riser Joginst)- • The Favourite sleup of war, Ash. Carit: Steer, dispatched from this country with the Pabst s Rwr oxsur's ratification of the Treaty of Ghost ) wis met on the 23d of January at tkeeutrance of ill Chesapeake, by the Sultan, of 74 ggns, arrived* Portsmouth. Allowing a reasonable •Space for tbi remainder of this voyage, the journey to Washington and back, re-victualling - and storing, re-embarka tion, &c. the arrival in this country, with the ratifica tion of Mr. Mzorsoz, may be confidently expzeted by the Ist of March. hIYSTERTOUS Ciecgratarsuce.—Friday afternooh an Inquisition was taken at the Light Hartley Orange court, Leicester-fields, upon the bodp..eVirtrita unknown, who was found dead in litteil+ic'estrevt, Long:iscre, between twelve and ens o'cloCk on Fri day morning. It appeared from the evidence of Dann, a watchman, that at he was gulag Ms upends, he saw the deceased lying io ceetb-wof of the street, and called the militant* if 'tile gentlemen, and they discovered that lite - antokolect'Aino needing very profusely. He expired hit few silliretet‘iith out being able to otter a word: .-Thirderseasid was taken to St. Martin's work-home, itlfi upon being searched, the rainsant of a lettet-wee• teased in his pocket, which appeared to ,Idealtair li sstAtitetr by a neglected female. It was dillat WWI. hale 17, and complained of a long separation., Mr. Simmons, a surgeon, examined thadocened, and found two frac tures on the right side of his head which he had no bt - wererthfekuse of his 'deitl7 "Wheilter,lew ever, they were inflicted by a blew, a fall; or coming in contact with some herd substance, witness could not say. Mr. Truefit, of Hanover-street, saw a coach drive most furiously about the lime, and lie thought it probable that the deceased was killed by it. Verdict—Accidental Death. INDEPENDSNCE ow Law num.—The Court of Ring's Bench has,this.week,soade absolute the forty Mandamuses issued last Term against the Corpora ! Lion of this City—thus forty persons, whose rights were long withheld, will he immediately restored to - the rank and privileges of their ancestors. The case ,of Lord GLENTWORTH has been also decided in Lordship's favour, all with full costs.—(f.inicrici. &ming Post.) Lord GLERA wLEY,the son of the Earl of A NUM Ty, has declared himself a Candidate/fee Dowapatrick, in opposition to Mr. CROZER. The Moniteur states, that his Excellency the Mi• mister of the King's Household had, by his letter of the Bth hist; authorised Madame CATALAN' to fake 'possession of the Theatre Fanny, which she had agreed for on the oth of January, and to exercise 11 !consequence the exclusive privilege of the Opel a sera et &fa ) which the GovernepteiV granted to her o o the tOth of December last. • ✓ 03e0r4 s PripiCNA ietTesll-141 0 lAA,Ur,a.Mvses, Sltfit Thei4firet. . 4 food, and a comparative ease from their, long neunreht ;al erty.— [!I of sufferings I And Corn and Bdm prop Bread are to be wra. Buckle pod ,to thVelftll._..jipirisielheffg the'useet velhs o l n our: tastattoss oat ito egvaistterista la Paown t Really vie eve or lis too much. " Even at a protecting price 1 of i 1611 robb ed 611 ." u a brother Journalist observes, "it will be rrk. r ..1.. CI 4 a. he ne of d. an eh a. I )as ; I ell 15 le, as it! • 41 1 ter rtet 0( kit le- 11 II en- et tire lE w. J [re. ci elli led Pe k ) r I ,~