The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-01-02 00:00:00

tlbe s► .- ..p. i . okorsisice the last Diet, aid en the general "stifltined . , ~ ropes of the kingdom. By this it appears, that a . Treaty of Commerce has been concluded between 'Sweden and the United States, and a Trinity with ' 'Russia respecting the commercial relations between, t Sweden and Finland her former province. Prussia burned' considerable progress in paying op the sums ' agreed upon teen indemnity to Sweden for the loss of • poserania. The Swedish Revenue of Customs bee • Improved, and her foreign debt has every where beta discharged or diminished. The Prince of ORA !CGS has ~ hoes reinvested le his military office and titles. This messeri is said to have given the military great sails . faction. WINDSOR, DEC. 31.--Tuesday her MAJESTY FL sited the Kno, and *lnwards took 1111 airing throaeh Slough, Datghett, &c. accompanied by the Nutt cessEs. The same day the Duke of CLARENCE Air. rived on a visit to his Royal Mother. le the even log her MAJESTY had a select party at the Castle.— This morning, after breakfast, the QUEEN and Par s eeing went to Frogmore. The Duke of CLARENCE left us ro.day for Bushey. BRIGHTON, Deo. 30.—At fotir o'clock this after. noon a Privy Council was held at the Pavilion. Be. sides the PRINCE REGENT, there were present the Duke of You, the Marquises of HERTFORD and CHOLMONDELEY, the girl of LIVERPOOL, Viscount CASTLEREAGH, Lord STEWART, and Sir B. BLOOM. emu. Vicount CHETWYND arrived early in the afternoon, and attended the Council as Clerk in Ordi nary. Mr. LEACH was sworn into office as Vice- Chancellor. Sir W. A'Couav, our Minister at the Court of the Two Sicilies, attended the Council. After thi - Council had concluded their deliberations, they dined with the REGENT. The Duke of You re mains at the Pavilion until Saturday neat. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, when in Russia, paid great attention to the mineral productions of that Empire, and became the purchaser of select specimens that the oldest collector might covet ; amongst which are groups of topazes, and one detached, near four inches diameter • aqua marinas of great rarity, &c. On the road his Grace frequently got out of his car riage to pick up curious rock specimens, and to ob serve the geology of the country. This is a good and meritorous trait in the character of a young nobleman, who possesses such immense mineral trea sons in Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Ireland-, &c. The Duke and Duchess of BEDFORD are shortly expected at Wobourn Abbey, from Taviatock-House, Devonshire. • For the information of -many attains friends of Mr. JOSIAH PASTAN, late of Princes-street, we barb the pleasure to inform them that he is arrived • from Ostend, in the Neptune, Captain STRANNACH. GENERAL PAER—di having been declared in the Philadelphia Democratic Press, that the patriot . General Pan is a black man, a writer in the New York Columbian contradicts the assertion, and says, 46 He is a white, born iu Merida, the capital of the province to which it gives its name. It was he that . destroyed the greatest part of Morillo's forces, in his march from Santa Fe to the province of Vene zuela. Ile now commands the provinces that had "been freed by the valour of his arms, via. Baines, Merida, Truzillo, and Cucuta." A coinage of crowns or five-shilling pieces will commence in the course of a few days at the Mint. • On one side will be a head of Ills MAJESTY, and on the reverse the figures of-St. George and the Dragon. The number to be struck in the first instance will be 600,000 , when that number is completed, they are to be issued to the Bank, which, it is said, will be in about a month of five weeks' time. On Tuesday afternoon, as Mr. Marbh, jun. of Mar. gate, was skating on the canal, in St. James's-park, the ice gave way with him, and had it not been for the prompt assistance of the Humane Society, le would certainly have been drowned. DEAL, JAM.' lon...Sailed last night the Centotion, Mead, for Bengal, and •this morning, the home ward.bound, for the Rivei.—Arrived the Isaac Todd, from Quebec. • PENZANCE, DEC. 30.—Arrived the William and Ann, Slacombe, from St. (Jibes, leaky and damaged. bILYORD, DEC. 29.—Arrived the Henry, Ritchey, from St. John's, Newfoundland, Kith lots of• bow.' .ttprit and tiller, foretop-mist sprung, pad of shit' • cargo thrown overboard, and is otherwise. damaged and leaky. It is supposed she melt discharge to re pair. Also arrived the Margaret, orpIIMAIL, from London, with lobs of main-sail, fore-sail, and gibb ; and the Manua, Jones, from Louden for Liverpool, with her cargo shifted, and her pumps chocked. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—Arrived the Hunter, Am. brose, from London for St. Thomas's.—Sailed the Ann Purchase, fur Madeira and Barbadoes ; and his ,Ann, ship Rosario, on a cruize.—The tol -1 Jolting East Indiamen passed down Channel this morning, with a fine breeze from the N. E. viz. the Thomas Coatis, Marquis of Hontley, Lord Lyn dock, Earl Balcarras, Buckinghamshire, and . Cau sing. GRAVESEND, JAN. I.—Arrived the Zeta', Chil. ton, from Pernambuco; Britannia, Anderson, from Havre ; Venerable, George, from Dublin; Martha, jlartlett, from Malaga ; Albion, Richmond, from Getteithurgh ; Regent, Colder, from Seville; Tearer, Rogers, from Rouen; Polly, Moiham, from ditto ; Avon, Jones from Dublin; Friendship, Walter, Ito Waterford; Jane, Taylor, from Cork •, Maria, Ltveigle, from Newfoundland; Borodino, from the Cate.—Sailed the Intrepid, John Johnson, for Val. Perlin and Bengal ; Queeo, W. Fiot, for Jamaica ; Chiles, R. West, for Savannah; and Sam, Juba Ayle, for Limerick. .1 • ' oggliteliddia=.llllra" l " l " - hEa":7---- , -21010 thence yeeiiiesiegWat. Attheigtl Slielsters hive leetlesiele,febnd ffecelbe opewhiet the Seaton, theriil yet'ne ippearince of their being S d r iven from office. ye learn fro.. private ttemOir, rem th e the King has inaksted with the various' persons of cut t hit beesehold that theY shell 'appal the IsseNites of and his Ministers, on pain, of *dein disgrace. We Ka. j ol ty ooirdines with the' Bonapartist Generals. nth • whi Pleaders and Rambergh Mails have also @strived, Mb the Heobergh papers contain a dominant,- signed by' Tim • F•tb e Ki n g Of Sweden, on the eyelets which have taken COI TATi -....n50e ante soutg7T Amovisitsiuty T sees to .ei .1 1 . it „ ,i, N i , , . biIVIVER. .. • • ....1011. After making a few preliminary ohaervallons on She effect of the Suspension of the Habeas Corrine Act its repressing the freedom of speech, Mr. Sit EP BARD thus proceeded:— I have been given to understand, Mr. Vice-Pre. Ildeut, that you and the ether Gentlemen, who Amy, from the time of its first institution, so ably lasawlected the detail of the concerns of the Concerts Irk Society, deemed it proper to defer oar collo .mary annual meeting, on account .of the lamented death of the Princess Charlotte of Saze-Cobourg.— Geatlemen, this testimony of respect to departed worth meets my sincere and hearty approbation.— Conviviality and seriousness are incompatible a ith each other; and, whatever may be the dictate of Ohilosophy as to the equalizing power of &ath, whatever even may be the sentiments of religion as Ile Mae equal insignificance in the eye of the Almighty date high and the low, the rich and the pour, yet I apprehend that no man of ordinary mind can behold the spectacle of a young female, cut off in the spring.time of her expectation, and hurried in a mo. went from the steps of a Throne to the dark recesses of the grave, without being affected with serious, and even with melancholy reflections : I will not, how. ever, Gentlemen, pursue this train of thoughts; nor will I occupy your time in attempting to pronounce a panegyric on the virtues of her Royal Highness. I am well aware that my abilities are unequal to the task. But may Ibe permitted, in reference to this ,topie, to make, in passing, a remark which bears ' immedletity on ourselves end the nation at large; namely, that the manifestation of general feeling which ensued upon the death of this Princess Cher. lotte constitutes a most direct and palpable contra: diction to the base calumnies which have been uttered in Parliament and elsewhere against the People ci this country, as being dialoyal, and 11114111eCteil to the illustrious House of Brunswick. Gentlemen, the burst of grief excited by the sail event to which I am now alluding, was as universal as it was Tonle neous. On that occasion Britain did not " hear shoot the mockery of woe" merely for, the sake of form and ceremony. No, Gentlemen ! the symbol of their habiliments was a true index of the genuine feelings of their hearts. And what a striking—what an important lessen does this circumstance convey to those who may profit by it, if they are wise ! For it clearly and fully evinces that, if the Members of the illustrious House of Brunswick comport them selves in such a manner that they may justly be pointed out, as patterns of public virtue and of pri vate worth, they will be hailed with general applause while they live, and will be sincerely and deeply la mewed when they die. Gentlemen, the author of the celebrated Letters of Junius, whosoever he was, or whosoever he may be (for it is within the compass of possibility that be may he still alive)—this distinguished writer was accurately acquainted with the history of his country, and well usiderstood the tone and temper of they public mind of England : and he has said— and he has said well anti truly, 66 Loyalty, in the heart and understanding of an Englishman, is a ra• aortal attachment to the guardian of the laws. l're. judices and passion have sometimes carried it to a cri minal length ; and, whatever foreigners may imagine, 'we know that Englishmen have erred as much in a mistaken zeal for particular persons and families, as they ever did in defence of what they thought most dear and interesting to themselves." Gentlemen, I think I see something of this in the lamentations which have (seen uttered on the death of the Princess Charlotte. On that truly melancholy occasion, the language of many worthy individuals has been—" The hopes of the nation are extinct!" Gentlemen, entertaining, as I do, a most unfeigned, and most profound respect for the virtues of the de ceased Princess, I must confess that this style of speakings has affected use with plin and concern. I say nothing of the libel which this language insinuates against the illustrious father of the deceased; that I leave to be animadverted upon by those who affect to style themselves bit friends. I dwell in thought upon a libel which it scents to convey against another quar ter. flow long, Gentlemen, shall we delude our selves ? How long shall we 'utter ourselves to be led astray by the meteors which successively arise above the political horizon—meteors a hich blaze for a few passing momies's, and then disappear for ever? I maintain, that the hopes o f the ii tint are not ex tinct, whilst the nation contains an intelligent, in dustrious, and virtuous population. Oh, Gentle. men, may we live to see the day when the People of these realms, instead of idly looking up to Princei and Princesses, as the guardians of their Liberties, will fits their hopes upon themselves and upon their ow"ii constitutional exertions, to ascertaiii, and, if necessary, to vindicate their own rights and pull , leges. Gentlemen, if we wanted a lesson upon '1)(1414' jeot, we have a staking sod oaeful one hi what is lioie passing in the kingdom of Wtrteraberg. The last King of that country conducted his reign ulmn ihe highest principles of German despotism. His yoke was indeed a heavy one : and, Gentlemen, such ter his subjects as were weary of its weight looked iiis for relief with fond hope and expectancy to what', they delighted to term the rising virtues of the Prince his son. And during the life-time of his father, that young man certainly professed himself to be 'the friend of the People, and the advocate of popular rights; but no sooner did he ascend the throne time he forgot his ancient principles—he discarded his former advisers—he adopted the maxims of his father; and he has of late carried his despotism to such. length, that, in defiance of the rights and privileges of I 1 the States of Wirtemberg, he has proceeded to lay Coast Excitation . grievous imposts on his People, at his own arbitrary .., . . - since Monday i the trade Jet. f. —But little fresh Whea trade -heavy Shia ramming at that di.? • will an d pleasure. prices.—Bertee 2s. cheaper. and very dull st.le et that redisc• Gentlemen, the People of Wirtemborgh are oh don, particularly for the middling and inferior q a.slities.—Oats • , are also la. lower. -la Peas, Below, and other articles ao al- jeca of compassion , . They never enjoyed the benefit termite]. of a free Constitution. We need not be astonished, IMITAIFIELD MARKET, Jan. 2. then, if, in these critical times more especially, they Tn auk the Offal, per stone of Olb.. B ee r ... 3.. Od, to 4s. 4d. I Head of Cattle this day s went astray in their search after this blessing. Hap- Weems -U. 0.1. to ss. Ild. Beasts . 570 , pily for us, the People of this country are differently If 6 cal ... 4s. 6d. to .. OJ. Sheep sod Lambs 2 1 " Past —AL lid Oa. to 5.. . Calves Lu , arcum nc ste ed. We are entitled to a free Constitu.' i Limb —Os. o.t. to O. 04. Pie* 204 lion, won by the wirdom, the toil, and the blond of HAY-MARKET. our ancestors. And if the People of this 'country, Hay Clover Straw ZDn i rrirrrliZ ' r • iro;fr• 6, • • Stl4—Having ?cession to be In Lopatin, • I Was readjug le year Paper a to* days back; when I per.; coked la it a latter signed I' A CONSTANT Reawitt,w led having, as a Magistrate of Sasses, ;n interest the 'Wire and prosperity of the County, I was natorally indeced to lend my attention to this letter, whkb, I foetid, related to a circumstance,, so much talked of in that county ; I mean the same of Sir THOMAS WILSON havieg bees omitted in the ISM Consnainion of the Peace, hosed, a little time back, by Lord SHEPPIELD, who has been appointor! Vice- Lieutenant, in the absence of his Grace the Duke of RICHMOND. I have not the honour of an acquaintance with either Lord %memo, or Sir TIIOIIAS WILSON, nor do I at all know the merits of the (motion ; hut I know that common conversation ; for some time hack, has attributed to his Lordship a little injoatice towards Sir THOMAS WILSON in this respect. The Letter I allude to birds, and I behove it is well known in the county, that 'arks. differences exist between his Lordship end Sir THOMAS ' • and the writer proceeds to state, I believe (for I have not the Letter hofora me), that he cannot suppose that those differences would cause any interruption of public justice.— Knowing so little of the parties, but by common re port, I beg leave to add that I cannot ' myself coo. seise that any Nobleman would s o f ar derogate from his rank, as to allow his private disputes to interfere 'with his public duty; more particularly, when It a " pears to tend so much to the injury of a rumor raydr; and family, and, according to all accounts, of a moat unblemished character. I notice this, simply on public principle ; for surely such a man, if his character he as is represent: ed, ought not, opou slight grounds, to have been struck sot, with apparent disgrace, hem the Magis tracy •an o ffi ce which I have experienced to he at tended with Enoch plague, anxiety, and trouble. I submit, therefore, Sir, for the sake of the Noble Vice-Lieutenant', own character, that some satisfac tion should be Owen, not In Sir TIIONAS IViisom only, as an individual, but to the rest of the Magis tracy of Susses, and the Public in general, for the act referred to in the before-mentioned letter ; other wise the Magistrates, who are, to-day, acting as such, may to-morrow be implicated in the same ap parently disgraceful situation. I do hope, and indeed feel assured, that the cir cumstance must have occurred accidentally from for getfuloess, or from some clerical error. 1 beg leave to subscribe myself, Sir, Your obedient servant, A SUSSIA tiIAGISMATE. Dee. SO, 1817. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Thursday night a new Tragedy. called Retribution; or. The Chieftain's Daughter, was performed for the first time, and received very favourably by the audence. It is said to be the production of a young gentleman of the name of &hum - The date of the Tragedy is supposed to ke in the fourth cen tury ; the scene is laid in the Royal Palace of Cbesiploon, the then capital of the Persian dominions. The piece opens on she anniversary of the accession of Varanes (Mr. Yount:) to the throne; his elder son. Chosroo (Mr. fiI•CnEADY). returns triumphant from an expedition against one of the rude tribes which inhabit the Carpnehisnr Mountains; among his captives is the Chieftain of the Tribe Sadie. (TERRY). whose dolueloter Zimra (Miss O'NEto.) bad been previonsly carried oaf by Chos roo, but had been rescued from him, and was now protected and concealed by Hafted (Mr. C. K Ensue). the younger brother of Chasms. These two brothers now dispute, and successively obtain possession of the captive Chieftain and his daughter.— They are delivered by Varanes to his virtuous son Hawed. but are again forcibly seized by Chosroo. who is found to possess a strong and mysterious hold over the netiln . of his father. .which arises from his knowledge of some fearful crime, of which the latter has been guilty. The violence of Clow roo against the cap lives, and his latent designs of treason aguisig the throne. are discovered by Vanities. who seeks Chosroo, when surrounded by his armed slaw& awes him into temporary fear, mod ma mmoth him to desist from his purposes; Chosroo, boss ever. whose love is indignantly rejected by Zimra, confines her and her father in separate dungeons. Ilafis (Ansor). with his fa ther Abdas (Mr, Etterrna), and the King s Chamberlain, &A rab (Cannon), had, in the previous part of the Play. found Vanities senseless, and on his recovery had heard fall from him frantic expressions, which convinces the former of these, Hans, an impetuous young man. that Varanes bad mounted the throne by the murder of has brother and predecessor. Sapor ; he insults Hamed wi h the charge, who dying to his father, Varanes. to enquire into its troth, finds it confirmed. flamed, found by Cbosroo standkg over his fainting father. is charged hs him with the murder of Varanes, whose body is carried off. flamed. together with Sutbes. charged also with treasonable designs. are on the point of being led to execution. notwithstanding the prayers and entreaties of Zimra, when it was found that the body. brought in as that of the King, is. in fact, that of a slave, who bad been commissioned by Chosroo to destroy him; the life of the King having been saved by 1104. w hileendea vowing to rescue Soothes and Zimra. Vtuanes now re-appears, orders Chosroo to execution ; discovers *s Retribnoion" for his own crime in the misconduct and guilt of his von, and dies ex hausted and heart-broken. Named and Zimra mount together the throne of Persia, and the curtain falls. The style of this production is of a very florid cast, there is some poetry to be found, particularly in the first act; and that, though the general effect is to of. fend the taste, there are occasional proofs of talent which reflect credit upon the Author. The plot is not remarkable for striking situations, though some of them are not without interest ; but we were a little surprised to find, that one of the principal inci.:l dents should have resembled so closely as It did a scene in a tragedy so recently produced as The Apostate. The story is not connected with much art • and is not a little unnatural. A King who had killed his own brother ; a son who conspires both against father and brother, and sentences the latter to death saintly; nay, who curses his father on being justly sentenced to death by him, are circum. stances rather too much in the taste of the German School. The performers exerted themselves as usual, but Mr. Youno'S part is too declamatory, and Miss O'NEres not sufficiently prominent. Mr. MAc- READY, as the villain, Chosroo, acted with consider. able spirit. The scenery and dresses are very splendid. • Pc• - .. 4' . . by Clair time-serving spirit, their venality, and belt vices, suffer that Constitution to be impaired or de stroyed, however bitter may be their consierient soffetingt--however deep may he their degradation— they will have themselves, and themselves only to blame. Gentlemen, in what I have to say, I wish to staid as much as possible all personality; I wish not to press hard upon topics of irritation. What I ad. vance I wish to found on the general and abstract 'principles of human nature; and in referenceto those principles, I Itty down the two following positions : . —That it is of the essence of power to be lenecinee --a-That it is of the essence of power to be ereroacbs imp Hence there is a tendency in every Esecutive (Internment to extend its influence, and to increase its energies. And, Gentlemen, upon what can power make its encroachments, but upon the liberty of the People? How ears it increase its,energin.. but by restraining their freedom and grasping their property ? The question then occurs, how is this tendency to be met ? How is it to he counteracted This question, except I shall answer, it in the em phatic words of the late Mr. Cerrito, thin whom it mere hold or a more consistent friend of freedom never graced these islands ? lie was a man, Gen tlemen, by' the Ibrhtningcof whose eye corruption was withered, and shrunk into her native insignificance; he was a man, by the thunder of whose Voice, tyranny was smitten, at least, with a temporary awe. This great man, in pleading before the Psivy Commit of Ireland a cause, in which the franchises of the city of Dublin were vitally interested, made use of the following memorable words :- 66 The condition upon which God has given freedom to man is, that of eternal vigilance; which condition, if he violate, slavery is at osice the penistimeerof his crime and the consequence of his guilt." The necessity of the exercise of this vigilance 04 the part of the People of this country will be evin ced, if we consider the various attempts which have !wen made by successive Administ rations, , 'raring the men of his present Majesty, to discoura - fe and to restrain the operation of the principles of freedom, both at home sod abroad, Gentleman, the first Princes of the House of Brunswick nurtured the principles of freedom. The language of freedom was in their day the language of the Court. This was nrcesinned by the peculiar circumstances (rioter which the Princes of the House of Brunswick ascended the throne of these realms. They did not - stand in the legitimate line of succes sion ; and their title. to the crown could only ,be *indicated by the principles so ably asserted by the immortal Locke; principles, which, if we may judge from what has lately taken place in the University of Dublin, et.e no longer deemed by our state in. structiun fit to be inculcated upen the ingenuous youths whose rank and station will entitle them soon to take a part in the public affairs of these kings dome. But at the time of his present Majesty's accession to the throne, the male line of the House of Stuart was nearly extinct, and the friends of that House, in this country, being no longer able to make heed against the Governmer.t, began to transfer to the House of Hanover that slavish submistion which they had been so ready to pay to the milled dynasty. These circumstances seem to have instigated certain of his present Majesty's adiisers to act upon maxims of Government far different from those which had. Dein adopted by his immediate predecessors. The first grand violation of Whig maxims of Go. recommit which I shall mention, is the American Revolutionary war. What was the object of that war ? Its object was to assert, by force of arms, the slavish doctrine of taxation without representation. His Majesty's Ministers said to the North American Colonies,—" We will impose taxes upon you by the authority of the British Parliament." In van' the Colonies said, 6 ' we have legislative bodies of our own, by which, and by which alone, we . can be constitutionally taxed." Its, vain they said, "we do net refuse to pay our contingent to the exigen cies of the general State; but les us raise our contin gent by the medium of our Representatives." These representations had no weight with Ministers, who, only varying their means from force to stratagem, and from stratagem to force, still pertinaciously ad hered to their object. When the Americans nishel to approach the Throne with their complaint., they were spurned from its steps by the minions who sur rounded it. When they krincked at the door of the House of Commons, it was rudely shut in their faces. %When it was predicted that the violence of N:itristera would drive them to resistance, they were treated with contumely and scorn. Lord Sandwich, then at the head of the Admiralty, said in the House of L.rrds, that the Americans were innate cowards— that 'they would bluster, but durst not fight. And gallant Officer in the House of Commons declared, that at the heed of two battalions, he would march through. the Union, from Massachesetts to Georgia, sebdulog all before him. But what was the result Jr this empty boasting ? When General Howe went ..1 4 to take the command of a numerous army, he found himself cooped op within the nirrow limits of Boston neck, end when he attempted to Marge his quarters antilop, two, he found , to his Cost, at Bunker's Hill, thalami 'Americans could fight as well as argue.-- 'Whin, in a subsequent campaign, his Lordship was overrunning New York and the Jerseys, General Burgasy ne - Meiched over the Canadian frontier, to co. operate *th him. Burgoyne's army was well ap.. pointed and numerous. It consisted of British, Irish, Hanoverian., Hessians, and Indians. It entered the United States with all the " pride, pomp, and cir cumstance of glorious war." For some time it car• tied all before it. Bat it was ihsensibly surrounded. by soldiers who had started from the plough in de fence of their country's rights, and after many a fruit less effort of valour, it was compelled to surrender to an army of warriors clad in a uniform of no more splendorsr than that of a weggoner's frock. Gentlemen, the Convention of Saratoga, con. winced the British-Ministry that matters were takim; a serious turn; and when Louis XVI. of France en tered into an alliance with the revolted Colonies, they were as crouching to the Americans as they had be fore been insolent; offering their carte blanche, if they would bet preserve a federate union with Eng. land; and, in the meanness of little minds, they at tempted to bribe to the acceptance of these terms, the illustrious Commander, whose pertereiatice they could not conquer in the field. Ou tba rejec iii Of k A • • .1: , • I el• ; ' • • • • • t* es . . v M I • 41. fri4 . . ~. . . • • ~ ...1 . . _ . ~ .. • , . . . . ) ." 1