The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-08-12 00:00:00

- ROYALLS7' BRAVERY. A p a risian Correspondent, of the Bth inst. says, the topic which, above all others, has since yesterdai eng aged the public attention is a private quarrel con. peered with our divisions of Ultras and Liberals.-- E ver y one tells the story in his own way ; but I have endeavoured w ithout, t correct information, which' I s ou en d y, however, guaranteeing every p a rticular. 66 The Duke de Fitzjames, Peer of France, has long been irritated by the Journals and Pamphlets of the liberal party. On the occasion of the dis.. closures which took place no the foie! of General Bertrand, his brother-in-law, who was condemned to death, he was handled very freely ; he has been treated with as little tenderness since the diScovere of the late conspiracy and the Secret Note. If not openly named, his initials have been exhibited ; and these publications were his torment at the baths of Beurbrin, where he was for some weeks. lie came to Paris with the determination of taking vengence on the authors of the Minerva. 4 4 Some of these writers often meet at the Café Fran. o'4, co the Boulevard de-Gaud. Thither the Duke Tuesday evening, and some de Fitzjames r e p aired nn body pointed out to him M. de Jouy, a men of let. tern, above 50, who publishes articles of criticism and on manners in the .Minerva, under the title of 7Ae Hermit of Gayane. 64 The Duke of Fitzjames accosted him, and pro. seeded to vent reproaches for the liberty taken with his name in the publication of which M. de Jour'. on e .f the responsible authors. high words passed, and the language on both sides was such as could not be tolerated. It was accordingly agreed that a meet iag should take place next morning, in the Bois de Boulogne, with pistols, and each party attended by three witnesses. " On returning home, the Duke of Fitzjames in• cited his brother, the Duke de Maine, and another, t o accompany him. He spear a part of the night in writing, ,and by eight in the morning appeared with his witnesses at the appointed spot. M. de Jouy, on his part, arrived with his nephew, Lieutenant. General Pajol, and General Berton. The pistolspols were chosen and loaded, and M. Jouy put coat. In the mean time the Duke de Fitzjames con • versed with his witnesses, who soon called to those of the adverse party to come to them. An explana• thin was then entered into bar wen' the witnesses and the Duke de Fit z james, the result of which was the informing M. de Jouy, that the Noble Duke tick now. led4ed he had *lone wrong in giving him provoca tion, and that ha requested him to forget what had passed between them. The apology was, in confor mity with the opinion of the witnesses, accepted, and the reconciliation arcomylished. " The Duke of Fejatnes ttow thought the matter entirely ; but he soon received a letter, in which M. Evariste Dumolin, one of the eight re. spensible Proprietors of the Minerva, called him to sccount for the insulting manner in which be had spoken of that work and its Editors. 66 As this letter came from a man very little known, the ihcident was the more disagreeable. The Duke and his witnesses adopted the course of waiting on M. Domoulin; and endeavouring to convince him that as the principal difference bad been settled, this which anise 01.1 t of • it ought to have the same termination. M. Dumoulin, doubtless a little proud of such a visit •nd such solicitations, gave himself the air of not yielding without considerable difficulty. He, how ever, at last agreed and they separated. 66 In this situation matters stand for the present ; but it is much to be wished that the affair may not give rise to other disputes, which would only tend to produce an irritation, that in spreading could not fail to leave consequences very, incompatible with public order." KING'S 711 E B. The Opera season closed last night with Don Giovanni, which was, we believe, the sixteenth time of its performance in this its second season. It has tlevei lost its attraction, nor should we he surprised to find an excellent a piece continue to a tirsrl even in a ihi,(l season. On the present occroloo all the per. formers exerted their ac kt,owled t 4eil abilities with the moat happy effect, and were loudly applauded. A more effective comic cowpony has never heel, seen in Ills or perhaps any other country. The ti , a.en. we understand, has been most s uccessful. A great variety of Opera has been produced ; and the manner in which the whole has been brought forward sod conducted reflects much credit on the liberality of the Proprietor and on the zeal and professional abilities of Mr. KELLY, the Manager. Yesterday a Foreign Ott cer was introduced to the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton-house, by Lord W. GORDON. Mr. CHURCH, the American Consul at Ltod e ,,, has constructed a large steam yr.:set, which will he laut;ched in a few days at L'Orient. A wheel of a new construction, for which he has obtain e d a patent in France, is fixed in this vessel (which is destined for the navigation of the Garonne), and which, it is stated in a Paris Paper, gives facilities hitherto unknown for working against the strongest curren t s ; the safety.valves ) have been adapted to prevent all accident. Monday afternoon the remains of Miss Pare, of theatrical celebrity, were removed from l3rotnpton, for interment in the vault of St. Martin's church. — The carriage of Dr. Asuc and two others followed the mourning coaches. No funeral pomp attracted the notice of those w ho, in her life time s were charmed with her captivating talents. The trial of Hugh Ross, from Ballantrae, for robbing a carrier's cart, was to have come on nu Friday, before the High Court of Justiciary, Edin burgh; but Ross being unable to be brought into . Court, in consequence of the wounds he had inflicted es'en himself, in an attempt to commit suicide, the Diet was postponed. His recovery, it is said, is extremely • doubtful. The trial is fixed for the 16th of November. Saturday morning arrived in Edinburgh, Mr. 11. ADKINS, one of the principal Officers of Bow-street, having in custody William Crowder, accused of be. log concerned in abstracting a quantity of Bank notes belonging to the Stilling 13,t0k ) on the 3d of March, 1817. ->-- r § rl4 '.l' •':• • ditTSVIIAX FIVANCgS. .• 01! . .i• (0811211VA.T1ONSr IN 70/3 'RECFNIT FINANCIAL. ~.OPh:RATIONS• AND. THE STATL VUBLIC CREDIT IN ADv.Tlil.k. vault AN AUTHENTIC • DOCUMt4T • P 031.1411 ED ON TII E SIUBJ Eel%) Those who recollect the utifetrourehle Mee which, %bout two sears ego, was so generally entertained of the state of 'the Austrian Finances,, Mutt be suf.- prized to hear that the price of the tondo in that country has risen to between 70 and 80 (five per Cents.); that the Minister of Finances' vegoclates loans with the greatest houses in Germany, Holland, and England, on conditions which would be thought favourable in arty country, but which would be thought impossible almost in Vienna—that by one single effective. measure, a remedy has heed provided for thoie evils of which foreign creditors have for many 'years so loudly complained—and that the value of papei'money, which was formerly depreciated be yond all prottOrtiOn, has increased in a surprising degree. Nobody can believe 'Wet - such extraordinary changes are the result of . t/hance. Public credit can never be materially strengthened union Government give the first impulse. Th. basis of public credit iii the opinion of men possessing good information and sound judgment; and that opinion can never he fa vourable unless the course of Government be such as fro inspire a confidence which is justified by facts.— Yet financial operations eve rarely judged of correctly at the first blush—there are few able to judge of them in the first stage; and the Public will form its judg ment only upon results. The credit of a Government must be to a certain d►gree established before the ma jority of mankind can understand that its measures are good. Such has been the lot of the Austrian Government in the administration of its finances. The histnrt,• o f the finances of that country, from the Ist of June, 1816, when the new system was adopted, is an little known in foreign countries, and the accounts of it whichhaveuppintred in the Pohlic Papers have been so incorrect, that some authentic information ►rill contrittute to prevent 'mistake on the ouhject. The Public Debt, that is to say, the Deht hearing interest, was retry little increased during the three last wars. After the puce •of Lusieville no coital &rabic. loan was made. Doting that interval, cir cumstances we.e unfavourable to public .. credit. In the ittteri"r of the country, the exhaustion - - of its pecuniary rosourcea, in spite of political conjunctures, operated against it. And even if so many obstacles could kayo been surmounted, the conditions attached to the system of loans in such a state of things, might have overpowered or at least for a long time paralysed the Monarchy. In this state of things, the increase of the taper money (with all its inconvenience and dange►s, which did toot escape the GOVertit11 0 11 1 ) was chosen as the least evil, end more than once, as the only means of sup. plying the pressing wants of the State. After the first Treaty of Paris, the administration of the Austrian Finances was entrusted to the Count Stadion. From that time the re-organization of this department in all its branches has unceasingly occu pied the attention of the Government. '(he new war of 1815 retarded these plans. Since then, how. ever, the opening of a Loan of 50 millions destined to cover part of the experices of the last campaign, announces the change of system; end the creation of a Sinking Fund for that Ivan, meths the principles which guide its future operations. BURGH R EFG EXTRAORDINARY DECISION. ABERDEEN.— The Ptivy Council has decided re. spectieg the case of Aberdeen; and we will venture to affirm, that no decision , which ever emanated from that body was less in accordance with the sentiments and feelings, not only of those whom it more eape. daily interests, but of the country at large. That Ministers should, it, the face of the precedent of the new and liberal set granted by them to Montrose-- a precedent for which they claimed and obtained . due praise—have ordered the old Magistrates of Aber. Been, a set of men who have brought destruction on the affairs of that coy, who have plunged it into the golf of bankruptcy, rind who have dissipated every farthing's worth of the public property belonging to the burgh—to meet and avoilit their cuecessors in office, is a proceedieg fortunately without • parall►l in the history of this or of any other couniry ! But this gross outrage .'n the good sense and feeling of the People of Scotland will not accomplish the end intended. It will not have the least effect in inducing any relaxation in the generous efforts of the Bur gesses to Ptfect the abolition of the wretched practice of self-election. On the contrary, it will serve to redouble their energy. The intolerable evils of that system ha►e been too completely exposed —they are too glaring and ebvious—and they have already been productive of too much injury to the Burgesses of Scotland to allow them ever to think of quietly sub mitting to their continuance. Neither will this act of the Privy Council put down what the Lord Ad ♦ocate termed ♦. the stalking horse of Parliamentary Reform." So far from this being the case, it will add new vigour to its partisans: and it will teach the whole People of Scotland and of the empire. the necessity of making every possible exertion to effect a constitutional and efficient Reform, not merely in the present disgraceful system of burgh polity, but in that system of general government which ran pre serve a set of men in power, who thus deliberately trample on the precedents which they had themselves laid down, and who have become identified with the supporters . of the most revolting species of misrule, absurdity, and abuse. CORN•EXcHANGE, AVG. 12. —We have not had any supply of English Wheat since Monday, but se veral cargoes have arrived from abroad, and or trade was heavy this morning; hut what sales were made were upon the same terms as on Monday.— Although the supply of Oats continues large, yet from the briskness of the demand, Monday's prices are fully supported.—Barley continues dull in sal , and prices nominal.—lu Peas and Beaus uo alter! Lion. The King George, Pattison, from Greenland, h arrived in the Hirer. - 'r . yr -^ f • .I,I4I4%.3Ik;s I ti•MYVERS. • • [lllO3ll TILE NEII: I ,ICAK . cpivissEnClAL AtaIgESTISEIL, qty • JULY 151 CALcUTT4„,. J,ttw. 24.—Estract hoes the Sydiscy qrstette of the 20th of September ~ T he late arrival of the fliairVit, frwin Ni'w Zea land, presents os•with a picture of the natives of that island, as by no-means flattering to the hatnene . wish fur their civilization.. While the Ilarriet lay there, which was eight *weeks, (the greater pert of which was in the South East River,) Captain Jones received repeated information of plots formed among the Chiefs for the capture of the vessel ; hut beings . ). ways on the alert, the conspirators never. bad the op. I portenity of making the actual attempt. These islanders were aware of ibe condition of Captain Jones's crew, nine of whom had refused duty ; and as there were but few other Europeans, exclusive of the officers, on board, she !tying partly manned with Liscars, they encouraged their treacherous designs until the last moment of the vessel's stay. " She arrived at the Bay, from hence, the 211 June; and had been more or less agitated with the apprehension of assault, until the middle of August, when the conspirators, becoming impatient for the perpetration of their design, and finding that they could not, by any stratagem, prevail on the Captain or Officers to visit tlieir village (though frequently invited thither), the treachery assumed a bolder cha. racier, and at a little.after day-light on-the morning of the 221, a fleet of war canoes, 11 in number, had just cleared a. point of land that before screened Ihetn,ond stood directly towards the tessel,aroonct !rich a num• ber of other canoes, with armed natives, were already collected. The Chief, Rumor ri, of whose perfidy Cali tain Jones had received repeated inforniation, at this time drew alongside, intending familiarly to go on board as before; bat this being refused him, and find ing the ship in a thorough condition of defence, they thought prudent to obey Captain Jones's orders not to presume to approach, on the pain of being find into. The overbearing insolence of this inhuman race of People it is impos , ible to form an adequate idea of, " Their insults to Captain Jones and his Officers and people were w ithout parallel spitting in their faces and using menacing gestures to them on board their own vessel, was far from uncommon ; and in their insolence. they appeared to consider themselves protected by the consciousness of the ship's people, that the Missionaries on shore were always in their power, and that to incense these cannibal tyrants might provnke some acts of vengeance upon them.— The plan laid to cut off . the Ilarriet was by no means limited in its extent, es the Chiefs and theirsanguinary subjects were attracted by the hope of plunder from the River Thames, which is 200, and others from places upwards of 300 miles distant." . NAVAL IN I'eq,LIGENCE. DE AL, Aria. IL—Arrived stud sailed for the Riper the Willie, Bradfield, from Rabic—Caine down from the River and sailed the Robert Edward, Sherburne, for Charleston.—One of the homeward-bound ships that guise(' yesterday, after working through the •Galls, bore up for Ike Downs—particulars gukuown, and still remains. POIITiMOUTY, AUG. 11.—Arrived the Union, Whitaker, from Jamaica, whence she sailed the td of June: spke the Richard find Sibels, all well. The Lord Cianitoun, sailed the It Jane for England. The William Bryant arid the Cleveland had arrived safe out.—Sailed the Speke, Quinton, (or Calcuvta. RAMSGATE. Ava. 11.—The Resetotien, from Antwerp, and the Nassau, from Rotterdam, both bound to London, hare put in here for shelter. liAitivicu, Atm. 11.—Arrived the Lady Nepean maim, with a Mail and passenger* from Cozhaven. IltitA, Aca. B. Arrived the Perseverance, Pat 'iron, from Greenland, with' four fish. AliG O.—Arrived the Esmouth, Thompson, from ditto, nine BANFF, AUG. 7.—The brig Triad, Ridley, it. rived this thy from Greenland, with two &It; the Mite died on the passogo. FURTHF-R PARTICULAR % OF THE. FIRE IN RAT CLIFFE HIGHWAY. Most of the unfortunate individuals who were ',owned oat la coneeque r. of the late calamitous fire, have lost all their p•o -petty, bin h ippily no lives were lost. —The whole of Tuesday wis occupied by the firemen in diggi th.• rubs, in hope. of finding some of the property, hut they only succeeded in 6. d iag some oo.•reigns, .•nd other trill ng a. tides. A desk, be longing to Mr. Worker, containing property to a ro siderable an.uunt, is missing. thus of the firemen no fuesda) found smear the -upporiers of the desk in the ruins almost in a perfect state, which 1.41 ton great anxiety to the recovery of the properly I but ou digging for some time afterwards, hot the lea t s.ssop tom of any particle of the desk appeared. Friday evening, when a mo ment before there appeared to be a perfect calm, the inhatitants of Croydon, near the (larch, were thrown into alarm by the suilden rising to a great height in the air of foot leen pieces of cloth that had been peg. gad down in the bleach-ground of Messrs. S. and I'. Storey, one piece of which was so twisted round the steeple of the church that it required a great length of time to disentangle it, another piece on a large tree that stands in the cho►ch-yard. The long continuance of dry weather has been par ticularly favourable to the youpg broods of partridges and pheasants throughout the kingdom. In come of the Southern counties the coveys of partridges are large and numerous beyond all laiter precede Wt. A fire broke out at one o'clOilt this morning, in the upper story of Mr. Graham's, grocer, on Led• gate-hill, but owing to a plentiful supply of water, and the prompt assistatice of the firemen, it was very soon subdued, after burning part of the roof only: The Tyrolesian Peasants from Italy,whosel)toicing on Stilts four feet high, has surprised John Bull and his numerous family so much as to cause the doors of ASTLEY'S Amphitheatre to be surrounded every even ing at an early hour, in order to gain admission, finally terminate their engagement on Saturday nett, after which, report says, they return to the Conti nent. LYING IN STATE.—A very considerable crowd of people were assembled in Fore-street, during the greater part of yesterday, to view the remains of a Miss Hill, lying its state. She was the daughter of a tobacconist, who, some years ago, left her a consider• able property, which, by economy, she extended to ,0001. it 1 sale, awe property, wnicu, lay rG , ...... iv, , ay. , •.• --- . atera- the large sum of 100,0001. The principal part of it at this season. It will he advisable for al! those wan ske has left to Methodist religious establishments, have butter for sale to bring it to market ;fume- I, bait and to various charitable institutions; the remainder distely, as all sccours agra that the make of but. ‘ among her relations. ler will be very abundant thi n year. 's -- , , VE 1.11111410( Mini& "ERN r The fellisisingiiiiising setifyi sat Coillintleititiel itrolw Oterdesss wader doge et IL* Sul) i-;; . " Berea* I quitted VONA. I ditentered left 114 E.toPeret .of. fieflrlic *lli ant geitit an Plithiar wkli his subjecti,as. tst ithogisied. they in 4 he is not it r.-fse MOO. He is led essilrelji/sy his Miiihnere, sod they distress the - People by t Iteii iticiihns. They are perpetually irsaing paperklioney, aid tie hired calling it in. . isvg . the air they firit 434 enoi• smoggy 411 stticles of 'piste in the pniseriiitlis of Piety family, and ordered • stamp to be phi upon the easier minute thing. They afterwards leigid: • Wive. Ist *pen the sums plan, alt hough tilts cotiotrt wet at that time Hearty weighed dOiell by the preiivie of other imposts. - The I.:rept:tor then made , laigi issues of paper money, which he obliged the People tri take, but iiisisied that all distizs, does, list. Should be paid its specie, t . ".This inkteitoell vittPetis greti to dui postage of a letter. Within these tiro year. tf hi. tinnal Bank hat been tee vp ley Go•erhnsetit, *here other notes are issued, and paid rot either in specie or the old ragged paper stoner'; , a certilet 4 piantitfr . Of which ii called id Once t month: .s.G; • " There ',date great jealousy hetsteillPfgii and Hungarians, *lt heroes they ate sbch gar ldirst‘ bouts, and governed by the same Pifileil; this Eiliplete of Austria and King - of Hungety. The soil ti the Hungarians is remarkably iich, sad deftly knit rated itsel. During the late wars led especially leset.di Its clot*, certain individuals *beet fbe Corer' Weida very rich, by assuming the thirstier of littekilett or Forestaller:. They bought op. tile hired corn, and occasioned thereby ad erfificistrs;orcity. These articles were re.sold at enotinesi Prince Albert, the Bitipistot'• shells, h tee) west pry. He has a noble person, though upwards ire fie.° ''llls fortune is srill to be . dittiised ler .04 Archduke Charles, and his children: AU 'lie Ainfatee are thought to he good sort of ten—ttit tint renowned as Generals. " Font' he and his family lodge 1141,1644ifi5i Mt friend, Baron Wittier, on the Puede is going to remove to Lint, b rity of far less bee sty and sttraction; swept that, lailieddisr tfid s linideisi it lies upon the banks of the Dariobe; and 'if •cllied. genus to the vast estates, for the poeihihtv or s~hteh Feriae is now in treaty: lie has remained iii ' merit ever since he left Dresden, but it is whilipeced that Madame Fouche intends to sate when she arrives at Linz. " Carlsbad is more resorted to this sottimit'lliiri usual ;• 350 Russian families are there at pre,ent, be. aides Austrians, Ilungariatis, Bohemians, Saxons, and Prussians: Rents of houses, charges at hotels, and prices of provisions, are very dear. The prn spect of • fine nine harvest has Pleadingly loweted the price of that article, especially in Buttery' and about the Rhine. Toepliie is likewise very roll Of company. Thil little liatting place has aaiume4 ea importance in consequence of its having bats the Test . ing spot of the Emperor of Russia, the EMperot of Austria, and the King of Prussia, after she death of General Moresu, and the retreat of the Allies from before Dresden. Close to Tneplita Isere fought the ,hordes of Kuhn, in which the Allies were successful, and Vandemme was taken prisoner. This reach( lad the way to the battle of Leipzig. 66 The King of Saxony resides principally at Its new palace at l'ilsnitz, which is on the banks of the Elbe, and about seven or eight miles from Dresden. The present is the fiftieth year of this King's reign, and the 64th of his eke. His sister. Princes. Amelia, is just arrived from her palace at Zevey brois. in Ba varia, to congratulate her brother on his birth-day, and the anniversary of his reign. In the division of the spoil at Vienna, the umpires of Europe left this King bat a small state to govern; hut if his empire is diminished, so are his cares. lie still, however, retains a fruitfel and beautiful cenntry, with the Elbe, the meat commercial river in Germany, lolling through its centre. This monarch is indeed shut!, of his beams. TliPybilte limited his whole al my to 10.000 men, including the guards about his person. Marsh of his One country is Rivets in Prosaic One post only from Dresden, on the read to Berlin, the Prus sian fertilely commences: Hemmer, I fancy, comes in for a .lice, and all Ms from the Deliverers of Rurope, because he was a man of honour, kept his * word, and had no predilections a Nothing can exceed the hatred which, in the Prussian Army, is entertained against the English ; and they are not reluctant in the proclamation of it. They deny the fame we acquired at Waterloo, and state themselves entitled to the greatest shire of the victory. They are anxious, and pant to go to Mir with us, when thil say they wield humble our haughty and insolent boasting, with• maul to the honours of Waterloo." INCREVING PROSPICKITY OIARELAND.-Th. Del.. fast News Letter says, we are much gratified in learning that the demand for all kinds of borne pro duce increases, and in a particular manner for butter, which is more abundant than it has been in any former season. These articles also continue to rea.. live good prices. We must attribute thin in a great measure to the operation of the new regulations in the cooperage arid salting of the butter. We have been favoured by the Weigh-master of &Mad with the following document, showing the .quantity of butter brought into market for the two last years np to this period ;—From tat of May to lit of Aug. 1817, 5,708 firkins ; from Ist of May to Ist of Aug. 1818, 16.213 firkins; being an increase of no less thou 10,505 firkins more than last year. At the same time, we most observe, that butter In the Belfast market is upwards of 365. per cwt. higher than it was last year at this time. We are happy .to learn that the increase in the ether markete• in Ireland keep pace with this—a strike ing proof of the flourishing state of the couotry.—• Q~ting, however, to the large shipments, we under stand that the Ertglith market has experienced a de• cline in price. The high price given for Dutch but ter counterbalances the duty on that article, and large quantities are daily expected in London ; some has alresrly arrived, and it always gets a preference It will he advisable for all those who , t► . - ~. t c; a ' . - g . ..•'• e e a I II J I, e r. I k a ,4, r•!• - -; : :~ _