The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-05-19 00:00:00

Ivy. T. 4 looked well from Ibe Whigs, after the Niessminster Election. Ile bad himself no occasino t• Isom his hustings with • filo of grenadiers.' /..1 thei• errant the mations need and the triamplis' ••• n milder ibis Administration; and Ilion he asked It Pr the, should eiiher be dismissed with honour, or 11.Pri rush .1. 1 1 1 ,0 ff as world enable them to carry on the .ffolls of (;evernimeof with effect. Mr II FAINEI . , in reply, denied that the sin. ti. n •iligintrd in • OA to obtain the disiniss.l of his itlajesq's ; sod in jostle* to the Gen. en his >id. of the flossy he would positively asters that they had set contemplated an introduction to 44fico. Ile entered into • re-statement of tho so den, which. he mid, had been wigoodieftfoed. Id a .suer to the observation that the Oppositinn was unpopular, it was to be retallected that the Adasiai. atiaion had the Church end the lodoenra of the C•••n ; and Ise had no doubt if the lists should be 'rambled that night after the division, end the sum% 4.f the Alembrirs who were personally In office and cow...veil with the Coast were deducted, that the ma. Jon', would in that case be on his side of the [loose. 11. denied that he hail forest•lled the question; and d. elated, that lentil lb. declaration mad. that night, be had sat hood that the Chancellor of the Facile quer had a new system of Moaner. to latrodoce. Ili contended, that tho Ministers had seabed themselves of Committees to relies. them from responsibility ; that the motion for • Commute. on the State .t the Nylon did nut seeessaiily imply the dismissal of the Ministers, for an insigne, to the canonry might be found. daring Lard North's Administration ; hi, ob. jeet was, that the Hoes* should ahem a sympathy for the snirertngs of the country ; if this Hasse should refuse that enquiry, it wesld by a declaration that the distresses of the amiss were disregarded. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the lies.. divided--. For dr. Mottos 1731 Against it 337 I Majority again' the Norka 179. The miser Ors.ere wet, Ikea disper►d or s sot! t►e Hesse adjooroed at Iletf-past Two •'Clock. PUBLIC MEETING Ix ris CITY. ........-. 'Yesterday a Meeting of the Sinkers, Merchants, and Traders of the cosy of Gondola was held, p.r. avant to Advertisement, in the London Tavern. The Carpet Boil was crowded to excess by a most neineroua end respectable body lone before one o'clock. At 10 minutes after one •'Nock the Chair was taken, on the motion of Sir Charles newer, by Sir. BAIII. BRUM, who stated the object for which they were ad, sod kapott that every one would receive a ;wind heariag. The object was of infinite import. ale. to the coentry, and on that or eoent he wished to deny an insinuation which had appeared in some of the Papers, viz. that the Sleeting was called at the request of the Bank, while ethers said it was at the instancy of Government. Neither of these, be could visors the Meetly', were tree, for the Meeting was a spontaneous act of the citisens of Landes, and to them the measeres sew proposed were to be submit. ied.—( Bear ! Sir Bore.. Pti.L, in moving the first Resolution, vsas highly gratified to see so eery nemesis and re nodal!** blestiog en this meet interesting and vital ly important qetstion. The question was one to which Ile bad •leveled mac► attention, having been in Par. (lament at the time the Restriction was proposed, in 1797, by that triply great Minister, Mr. Pitt, — (Hisses and elplisere)—eis whom he would pan oo peneityrie,becarat he was sate that all of them would be gratified to have a man of his Integrity sad knew ledge.—( Aso, me l and liege, Arerl)—rbe measure itself was dictated by dire necessay. as the enemy, feeling himself incompetent to meet sir fumes by sea or laud, tried to rein oar finances. The City sane- Honed the proposal of Mielsters by • Meetiog, equally semernee and ►es,ectehle av the pretest was, and hre l bail ato dada, the Gentlemen now 'wetter would egret with him in feeling conidencele the Bank. He ua never asked a (avow from them, sod of coarse could sot be suspected of acting from sinister me. tips; bet his opiaion was, that the system bad lased the country in a time of great difficulty. Bring new, it watt tried only a sheet time; bet by degrees re newed till the present period, and it had been thought, and very properly, the only way to escape uer dif. Scotties was tw tely on our own resources. lied, therefore, a Paper Currency not been sebstitated in room of the Gold one, this country would, in all probability, hate become a colony of the enemy. In the Administration of M►. Pace's!, • B•lline Cent. melt., was appointed, which laid the fitesdatlon of the Iwo Committees who had just reported. He had many fri►nds in them, and a relation who was at the head of one of them, of whom ha hoped Islay, that that individual would lay down his life for his country : bet he (Sir K.) must owe, that ha differed from them in their Report, feeling that the system ►ad led to the salvation of the country, by leading them to rely on their internal reseerces: and if that were now to be chang►d, the country would suffer in a degree which no one could contemplate without alarm. He dreaded the idea of oer resources being restisieed, and he hoped he should wetter live to see them so. Ile thought that the country was now In a better state, owing to the system which he hoped to see supported. Such were his sentiments, and be was not ashamed to avow them.—( ficer!)—lle moved. " That the Meeting deprecated any raisins tend ing by forced, precipitate, or endue contraction of the Cu►reacieaef the Kingdom, to embarrass Tiede lit general, depress the vales of Property, injure alike the Poblic Credit, Agriculture, Manufactures, sod Cot..merce." Artwnon (a Banker) seconded the Respite. Lion. awl at great length stated the circosastances of the different suspensions of Cash Payments, which be thirty teed from the Reports. In proposing the present messeses suggested by the Celestine', it op. peered 'legator to him why they bad acted in such opprwition to the p inciples adopted by the Legisla. tete, without enquiries into the estate of these, or to the great Interests which would be affected. It was equally singular that se allusion hed been made by them to the immense debt and briefest, just as if 11 ere was so coesKtion between the Debt and Cosh Pay. 'Nests; for, on lbs contrary, the stesseree they bed prnpr.sed would teed to an increase of tie debt and of e loan, with which the country was already im. at early loaded. The only proper lie* woold be to n lace tie debt and tastes cad ties a tante ry cheap wneld be felt. to 1810, the People suffered Wolof. ahl), nor were Government free from danger. lisp. pity we were now relieved from that, net by the sesresasion of the Constitntion ors Sraudieg Army, but by the increased issue of the cirrelating mediae. Nero Mr. A. was isterrepted by a Gentleman, who said his speech was taken from the Morning Post] — Mr. A. went nn. The next point so be attended to Was, the hues by the Bank to (internment. Greet part of their hese was occasioned es advances to Go. vers.ment, shish were, however, redared from 1814 to 1816, when they were only 19,009.0001. They had subsequently increased, till within the last six i nsoAths a reduction was gradually elected, which it was molt important to notice, as part of these ads sauces were new relnyieg. The Comelier...smote mended the repayment of snevs milllens "Sore to enable the Bank to resume Cash Payments; but he thought the experience nt 1816 might have suggested better, as the country was yet in danger, ham whirl it could only be deli•ered by the marked expression of public opinion. —( Hear, hear!) Mr. Nous observed, that while the rich bad all their luxuries, the peer men had nothing bet his loaf, and that often was of light weiglit.—(Lerreltfer.)— Ife cont►nded that by the proposed prices the country world be reined.—lie had prepared a Petition, pert of which he would now reed.—Cliere mach cnnfesino prevailed, bet the Worthy Gentleman persevered, till the Chairman declared he would en longer listen to each irrelevant matter, and insisted that he should sit down, which, after a continued noise, be did.) Mr. Cusuccs l'ssarom came forward to mole same itesoletions as an amendment, in dais( which he would make seise remarks on "that had bees said, trusting that shoold his s►ntiments be displeasing to any one, they would at !Pest hear him with condos?, as he conceived the conclusion drawn by the other side came front Ulm premise.. Whether the country Iv, in • flourishing state or net, might be seen from the Bsiskrept Lists iu the Gazette, the crowded state of , he prisons with debtors sad criminals, and the state of the weatherises. There were not commerce to the merchant, trade to the shopkeeper, nor bread is the lahosrer, who certainly was dragging est miserable esistence ander safferinga too mach for na ture to bear. It had been proved that in [mid', Sheffield, Coventry, dsc the poor were condemned to the initiating death of hunger. The labourer had nothing but 7s. • week to sower, himself, wife, and cbildrou, and had to week 18 boars every day for that miserable pittance. All was owing to the paper rurreory, which enabled Government to wring the lazes with BM iron grasp.— A state so horribly &lacono, retold not long canto sloe, end the only remedy for it was a ►ererreneelo a healthy currency.—(Hcor, hear t)--11e con. eluded by moving as an amendment, several Reacts. tiers?, the sabotaaree of whirh is That the plea tog the paper circoloting medium in the hands of any body, without its being mill. into each et the will of the holder, enabled that booty to create flee. limits's, in the value of property, and that therefore no such power should be given to them. That the only means of preventiog %writ demi/motion of pro perty, was a return to • metallic currency, which was highly desirable, and should withoet d►li, be adopted." Mr. WooLan seconded the onseettled Revolutions, and contended that the persons •oo mad called this Meeting, were decidedly the mends of the 11.14.-1 They bad elegy sepporteit the somas .re. of A••mrr,is. 'ration. The rights of the c.•untry hail tot g b►rm M. sailed, end were now nearly trrospled alt .g-t , ,mr, and it was therefore their dots tesist she at vestal. One would have thought that the ieta et the Cabinet,l pledged for paying the notes to fire m•'s•hs after she first restriction, would have 1.41 them to discharge their premier, lostiod of which, it hod now hero Carried on for twenty•two years. Th► Bank had made immense profits, and were etiosequestly ea. willing to have the system +tiered on which they bad so long fattened When, therefore, it was greed that the 'edemas which would be affected by a return of gold. %imolai be considered, it •right also to be recollected that the 'yahoo having beer a system of vast profit to those greedy usurers, they bad no right to complain. Hirable, in fact, to pay, they were glad to have any pretest for avoiding it, and I therefore opposed the plans of Ike Committees ; for besides their inability, they hod no intention to pay. Ile woo astonished uo allusion bad been made to t►e abominable murders committed on esecutions for forgery, not that in saying so, he did not think forgery a crime, but because the temptation to com mit it was so meow. To speak also of loam, was to tontines the present system, for every Minister was sure to spend every farthing be got. Major Twinges differed totally with the two last speakers. He did not mean to contend that the cava lry was is • flourishing stole, because It mast be by all admitted, that the greatest distress was occasioned by the excessive taxation, which had Injured bur commerce and auseefactsreo. He opposed the Reso lutions just read, feeling they would lead to an in &ease of the debt, as gold at present was Ave per cent. above paper, and of coarse, by introdecing the former, five per cent. would be added to the debt. Ile was astonished such a measure could be supported by men who ware in the habit of declaiming daily against tazat ion. Ile lamented the locusts of forgeries moonset as any enecoold, but it should be remembered that if there w►re forgeries now, thine were convk• lions for coining prier to 1797. Against that pert of the Report be certainly would raise his feeble voice, viz. that which went to aubstitate bullion as payment in the place of coin, because the former was more 'slily exported then the latter. Feeling that the ceentry could ant bear the risk which might be ran by the ameadineat being adopted, he should op pose it. Mr. IluxT went into a detail of the miseries aria. log from the present system, which, ha contended, h■ti led to the ruin of the cowry. Ho read an ac count of a Meeting like the present, held at the Mansion•bosse, in 1797, when the Lout Mayor (Watson) presided, who was afterwards crested a Baronet, and appointed to a place under Govern ' Mo. lie aloe read an entract from a work tolled Paper against Gold (toy Cobbett), to prove the danger of • paper currency ; and concluded by mov ing • Resolution, by way of rider, to those voted by Mr. Pearson, and sat down in the midst of mein and coelesiee. LONDON: WWIfIDAT, MAT 19, 1819. As Ilsdings says, in Bawas's Earl of Essex, " I have a world of hastiness on my mind, and bet u feat minutes of life for its transaction." We have bet • little spec., though emelt tat say. The debates of lest night base timed 'slimes of matter! Tho rootworks of the fortlicition ate giving way—the citadel will soon be accessible, but the treasure is gene—all, all conserved. The isveterate *sent, has mods away with the gold ; their soccessera most be contented with iron. Yet iron skilfully used will eel gold—we shall beet our share of it again, on. der soother and • better system. We west, hoe. ever, be alert, or our bands will be tied by as enemy onsespected et this • time. We are in danger of witnessing the fact, that we have ipest four bon. dyed mafiosi of debt, and incurred an additional twenty millions of taus, to create a more powerful enemy than ever Groot Britain had to cope with the Doke of WILLI*GTON'e skill and velour should not be ablest repel the new species of dan ger which se eats see at no great distance from es; perhaps his generosity (fat with a tree hero that quality keeps pace with his courage) may mist his poor country with the nee of a million of the ate• nay it bus so liberally bestowed on him. Great Britain, however, will stead in steed of defenders at a cheaper rate than she has oblaie►d them within the lost twenty sears. If the call to the " Stste of the Nation" raises sects a feeling, as is otivioasly fast rising at this moment, what will the call to " The danger of Ike Nation" do ? And the sooner ibis call be made too, the safer will it be rendered. The vessel of the State baa long been in a reissue sod perils's! truck ; s►e must be put ■bout, as the nautical phrase is, bet she will right with an honest pi lot on beard, sod a few soond.beerted fore matt men. New is the time for proclaiming "The miseries of Femme, • *stelae to Englishmen;' bet net in the ■sower leshioaled by Mr. A. Vaunts, and by alter me rcies to the fr.ed.'sm of ill it enentry !!! To. Morrow we ma) be stile tit mike s.mr Luther re. marks open %hp proceedings yesterday at St. Ste. phenia, sod at toe I.nistion Tasrrn. Me. Case! Nisi ',aub inferior In Mr Prrt as ers crater, with whom, indeed, there can I*, there might to be no comparison, is yet a plausible aimaker, end b ee i n t i mat e d she Coeufry Goeflernini ; bet th e charm is at an sod, for hi, volubility of language arose from presuirepfiun. His very colleagues par. took of the same folly, all, in short, rammer to hate been equally &piped of their reason by his logos. cities boldness. If the /Adana of the Ns ~, could have taken a praspernev tern. Instead of so adierua one, ender the Administration of which he is a Mem. bor, the greater portion .1 the writ of such sacs yes, would bare been ascribed to Gi..aoa (:Annu l,.. As things are oboes to torn oat, he will as.questinnehly be set down as a Ministerial and Parliameoary b o a,. The crafty Gentleman is obviously peeing the way, if not for a new place, at least for sew fellowsser. wants. He does ant deny that thole say bore been dissimilar opinions in the Cabinet open wow points of discussion. Ile admitted that he held singular opiniors.—it was she more easy for him to be in NaIOPS milk himself. Ministers, however (he added), had agreed selbciently, and that was quite enough. No doebt in one thing they were folly agreed, i. c. that however they might be in disarming sill+ one umber, they would slick to place and to etch other as long as possible. The hat part of his s;.rech wee sou dotabiedly able and elopeot, and well calculated to make the desired impression epos the House; bet the effect of that kind of rhetoric is summary—. logic, sound lonic will p farther. The last French Papers bring the eatclaslon of the trial of M cairn and CANTILLON for tbe prirtooded attempt on the life of she Duke of WELLIMOTOS.-- The A ovOCAIMG almost soapily his case be. forest weal to the Joey, oho, af'er deliberating about h a lf an beer, declared ir umaxisious verdict to be that the accovtd were Net Galli! The applies' of the Pihbc on the occasion sallicientlyviince their opinion of the whole affair. MASI/4ST and cANTIL. Lox were liberated amid general rejoicing. We shall give the macular, folly ro•rnorrow. The length of the Debates sloop peseta,' es from doing In now. Yesterday Earl UATIIVIReT sod Count blustris bad'aodiences of the PiIIICE Ihroset. • The DJk► of Y.'s& transacted military business with the Patric' liamswr t ►stetday. Tbe Doke of Yu *Khalil L►•ee y►et►rday, at kis Office in the Hurt•-Guard., sad gate sedi.nees to between forty and fifty G►ntl►men. ORLRAMI. APRIL 7.—An i tion is sail to bare broken cot in • district of ilia West. relied Grande•Anse. President Boyer has issued a severe Proclamation against these Insargents. in whirl, he tremens them with annihilation if trey do not jennies. diately &unit to the troop. merehlog sgssns• that. A tael•nrbely accident occorn4 last nib. it the corner of Bowestreet. in Long•aere. A Gentissogg's carriage was proceeding; with great velocity to the *1 hestle. and jeet us it had reached the above spot, knotted dean a .coe little boy, about seven yeas of age; the wheels green over his body aid killed hies on the spot. Ho was taken iesmedistely onto the shop of Mr. Wallis, the oil end colour.w•n. Tao LAW, were in the clumps, who sestsntly alighted, and their (polies% can tie beets coocrived than dee sclibist!.--We have sot yet been able to IPSfII to whom the Add Monday last • youth, about 17 g reers old. was apprehended begging In the streets of Plymouth. sod conveyed to the wutkbouse. Oa osemessing him its conk! not speak a ward at English. Vastnes interpreters attended, but none c••etd •ude.seswd hie. On Wednesday the Mayer a blue. go d ordered that he should be tied up and dogged; when, after hewing received a few lashes, he roared oat Murder! in plain English, and begged to be takes down, confessing himself an impostor. sod that hie name wu Frederick .Vorigay. of Minos-garde% londuo. He mss immediately committed I. Brides. A few days since,. farmer's wife at Bsllydine, was deli►ered of 6►e &mule children ► three of whom are Herald ) DUAL, MAT 18.-011011 doo• from the River end tetntio, the Carroty:lon, Koss, for Bomber; Si.. 114111111, Peter', for Doblin ; Mary, Wilkinson, for Demerara; Cooed, Miller, for St. Viocent's ; tttstl %I/swotted, Itiehottl•, f•fr ditto. . _ PORTilliar [if, MAT lA—Arrived his Majesty's ship Rosario, from 111 PLYNOUTII, MAT I7.—Pared up Channel the Urania, liatchinsoo, from St. %raiment's, for London. —Caw in the Mentor, —, f rom L ou d", fo r Oporto; Friends, Bert., front Rose°lF; Vieroyy, Be•see, from Jersey ; and Horatio, Tozer, frost Guernsey. • FALIAOCTU,NAT 16.—Arrimad the Jaw, Brabyn, from Loodon.—wiled the Baamish , Painter, for Cardiff and Constantinople. COV/P, MAT 111.—Arrived lie brig Weer, Poonder, of Sonderland, from St. Jsgo do Cobs, with sew end coffee, for orders, out 54 days. LIVEUPOOI., MAT 16 . — Arriv ed tint Henry, Can. non, from Mitnnhern ; sollrd 18th Mardi: on tbe 14ib April, in lat. 22. is. N. lon. 55. 45. spas the brig Irene. if and from Halifax for Jamaica, milk tossed bowsprit and stern bast. On lit May, is Ist. 44. 32. lon. 33.20. spoke the brig John, of sadiron North Shields for Quebec. not 34 dip. Someday spoke the brig Omniern.of Neweastlr, for Q. ibis. Cotes ESUIANGt, MAT 19.—There have been no fresh arrivals of Wheat sine, Monday, bat s large gesatity remained over front that day's fowl?, for wit.rh 11.Prit was eery Tittle deemed thib woroure, and pries, may be foundered tether lower.--la !Jolley. P.as, and Beans Owe is bat little do*. anti prices 'wetly sominal.—The 'apply of Oats is 'p ry l o w, and (sr exceeds the demand; what fry sales worm made to-day were on lower wino thus ass Monday, and only fine fresh Corn rootd be got off. 111k11. At his fatheia bathe, la PlethilsUy. Da Mery Piga. IW. M the age sr 15 mu Frederick, the wily saa aad .•eir d tall HOll. Mr. 1)110111001M1 1/011111. LONDON : Primed dad M l awi ...is b 7 S. penny, st.ll: &LITMAN thricao.No. 4, 3alleborpcoset, Fleevetrad. THE STATESMAN DAV A f ONE. 0411.tich. ft per Cent. Nary 194 ii lode N.nd► 19 31 p. Len Ann. I$ 9-14 lisdirgner Blob i S p. Oasis. Mr. Jon!' Lowe opposed the merndereat. As a Moncheat, be had bees led 'Priestly to consider the elect this message proposed by the Committee woeld hove on the coentry, sod he was convinced that it Ismail nisch injure ishsur by diminishing the circu lating medium or the country. Mr. Owes, of lAnark. said, he had come there, not as a party men, bet batmen be frit the qeestion was of ii.gs ►ighest importance between the higher and lower rlssses. The circarnstencos of the eoentry were quite differeat from what they were in 1797; end store Slat, the produce of the eoent►y bed in crested ten-fold. By adopting the proposed plan, he was satisfied the fourth pert of the labeering poor smart be throw. oat of employment. Whatever iodination there might be for Cash Payments. his (vision was, that it was impossible that costal be Peel door. He spoke thee frees experivece, became he bed studied the sobject, and was satisfied that the roileds of the coontry might be inecoserd In 1 respects, so that, from 400,000,0001. it might be made 6 or g 00,000,0001. Mr. Lowsitsri, st emit length. supported the oti- Opal 11 , golations. The Old Lady in Threadneedle street Ws* now noel, abased, and lir* wish's, to make a defence for bee, as she Itsd laved Englend from de spotism. She bad carri►d the country throutib a dreadful *or to a alerloos conclusion; and he "meld therefore hope, that, as Englishmen. they would sot now forsake her. Mr. Pa.sastes replied, after which the amendment was read, end being pet, was carried, in •er opielee, by a great majority. The Chairmen, anti some Gen. Heinen neer him, thought diferently, and, of MOON O violent uproar tank place. The friends of the amendment, and others, rushed on the tables. and declarer, it was ratremely unfair to say so. while on the other heed, the sepperters of the original motion, insisted that the victory was theirs. It Is impossible to attempt gisiog any ides of this scene of uproar. Mr. 'lent, at-enreponied by Muer*. P Weeler, dtc. ilemincled • division, insisting /list though the maiority was on their side, this ...old at once put an end to the dispute. This ess reeved. end the Chairman immediately retired, mccomptnied by a most rospectahle body of friends. The erode- sine increasing, Major Cartwright was called to the 1 Chair, •hru • vete of CPOIOIO was passed no the late Chairman, Mr. lieinbridge, for leasing the Chair. Mr. ROWCROIT in the mete lief returned, end at. tempted in vein to address the number 'bat remained, I when being about to go, be was called on to nay sad hear what might be said in reply to him. he locoed round sod exclaimed, that he was reedy to debate or fight with any one till midnight. A vote of censure ties also passed on him, with the observation that he ,4 as an enemy to social order. _ _ Thanks , arr. ',aril to the Chaironao, sod the Meet. Jog Sispessed at five sick ck. Tb. following is a correct copy of the eateniled Rotoletsoes : .• nal a paper ru , ren• c twit convertible irte specol at the ("bin of the holdrr, ehablia the basers, by ea gentlest nod cen -Ir/tether obi seneant arbitrarily, in latraduor Guetantlita la Ile violet if 411 proprrt%. " Thal owls is purr ehOst not to he 'tor t ured to f el b o dy of nee whosertr. .• el floss with n metAllic rare. oil s •reis power le hist. rod frets its oatote cnnnat, be confided eves to sore. r.ent Weir. •` That on the owning* of the Clunk, Is 1;97, title was grail. ed In resume RI payment,. which ii engaged to do in Eve mini ha, Nu that from pair tu use she Psi(. Nave been deluded sass rrperstr4 enen t e.oint• ..1 bit. inane kind. a Its .5 have sever b. es fela.led. and a Did' hove be. • list ciatensed f.e a apace of Y 3 ear*, norms watch peeled isattailio• a if the preattad mansi tide to she vii:ee of properly. have broogai dews dl.tres nod nun toe c•otoirolt,. _ " This steer .sser %/Oft of peace. the MOW tlelosio. peofoloi are ag•us held hot for the ...le beweit of the Ronk of Enlor4, and t... 1 is s we, imp so resin 10 Ike nttddl ask* Illbs/WWllle flitielle, or the foonlrt." Pit ICE OP MIOCKS THI Mask stock per Vest. Red. 7Ci 71 per Celli. enn•n6 i I ti Se per Ceei. 791 t •lionlo for Arr. 7111 4 per Ce.1.891i Tiik; STATESIVIdi N. A