The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-06-25 00:00:00

i linler, who, he Could more the House, Sought for bothin but the establish m e n t o f a f a i r reciprocitY. J • Sir J. NEWPORT observed, that by the undies iadvintage derired from the drawback stated by that last speaker, the Scotch distiller Witt enabled lit only to reduce the revenue i but to import his spirit! Into the Irish market, at a bounty injurious to the der Interest bf the Irish distiller. Mr. J. P. GRANT spoke against the Mi r an& Ur. HAWTHORN in its favour. • Mi. GRATTAN contended, that the Comelleeeid Article! of the Treaty with Ireland were•to be rs. gardett is the marriage portion, the obligation to pay %thick could not be infringed without annulling the barriage contract. Mr. MARK YATT and Mr. MELLISH both ob jected to the principle of the Bill, as being at vari ance Itith the opinion of the Committee, who so anxiously considered .the matter in the year 1809. Mr. FINDLAY protested a ga i ns t it on similar grounds. No alteration could make the principle of the present measure palatable to him, or consist ent with a fair reciprocity of advantages between the Iwo countries. lie .should theref or e p r ef er t a ki ng * sense of the House upon it now • and with this view moved, as an amendment, 4 (41;1 the Speaker leave the Chair this day throViiesisau."—[Loied and continued laughter.] - . The SPEAKER suggested to the Hon. Member, that his end would be equally attained, by moving, if That the House de resolve into such Committee , this day three months." • . • • • .: 1 .1 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, tord Caselen isaglsond Mr. W. Fitzgerald, supported Ihei" BM; and Mr. Western, Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Brand, an d Mr. John Peter Grant, opposed it. After which the House divided. For the Speaker's theta leaviag the Chair 63 Agaiost it 47 ' Majority —l6 • The Bill then went through a Committee, was re ported, was ordered to be printed as amended, the `Report to be taken into farther consideration on Tuesday, and Counsel to be heard for the Petitioners against the Bill, on the bringing op of the farther Report, if they should think fit. - ARMY ESTIMATES. • Mr. BENNE!' hoped that at so late an hour it ras not the intention of the Noble Lord (Palmer ston) to persevere in bringing forward the Army Estimates. • Lord PALMERSTON mw no occesien for any farther delay, the more particularly as there could be little information afforded to the House on the subject of any reduction in the expence during the present year, three 'palters of the year's ezpendi tore being already incurred, and our armies not being yet got home. There would, besides, be a further stage for discussing the subjectif it should be thought necessary. Mr. PONSONBY could see no imperious neces sity for proceeding at that hour, the more particu larly as the military service could not stiffer from postponing the business till there was a fuller House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, saw great increased inconvenience to the ifouseiroM every day's delay, while, at the same time, no idea could at this moment be held out to the House as to what Might be expected to hp the Peace establishment. Mr. FREMAN'f LE hoped to have heard,to:night *tat was the probable expectation as to the amount ft bf the peace establishment, but if no hlicatmellinS - 4 tMs head was to be expected, he agreed that the 1• postponement of the Measure was the less necessary. The House having resolved itself into a Committee . of Sapply, a number of miscellaneous Irish services here voted. After which, Lord PALMERSTON brought forward his Army lstimates. He should content himself at present with the leading features, reserving the details for a ' future occasion. From a general view of the whole t 1p it would be seen, that comparing the Estimates with those of the last year, there was an encrease of 7600 Then, and 110,0001.• of charge. The increase in Mourn)) arose front a variety of causes, among others, 4 1 . :' front knencrease of pa rer allowance to Non-com ' ,muttonlgr e cere 4 (tithe amount of '20,0001. a year. I: t 40 men,, occasioning. elll tikb"n Staff,ie c t o o o t f h e 1 s o m o c o u o n l t . ; of lOW coupe tailyd; York Ichiasseurs, to the number of la. . VI btain,-34:. imsdee the bead of SO and Garri :Where was an encrease this year in the foreign ,4t 4 twice to the amount oft 56,0001. This, no doubt, i • litostained no estimate for the army of Lord Lyne . I , ock, but this would be effectually covered under the saving in Lorci 'Wellfugton's Staff. There was au increase in the present year's estimates, which he -was certain the House would be happy to encourage, namely, in the pay of General Officers not having regiments, who were at present in the receipt• of every possible variety of pay, from that of Lieute nant Colonel to that of a Captain. This was not con sistent with justice or liberality,. and. a contrary practice not only prevailed in every other Military 'service, except ours ; bat even in the Naval Service of this country, such had ceased to be the rule for I more than a century. Ills intention was to pia& 1 General Officers on the same footing With Flag Offi cers in the Navy. Thus a Major-General to hove the t " Mama pay with a Rear-Admiral, a Lieutenant-Genii eal the same pay with a Vice-Admiral ; but a General to have no higher pay than a Lieutenant- General. This would amount to about 83,0001. — Another encrease of pay would be .to Officers re duced to half-pay, who must safer from the same cause which afforded a prospect of prosperity and cougratulatioe to the rest of " ••• ThE mated at from 150,0001. to It trvice there would be a redi n the Irish Commissariat ,0001.; and in the Barrack redaction of about 38,0001. state the reductions which had were immediately to take place and in the recruiting service, to the London districts. The t• sustained a considerable red! encreased against September rsi Officers. Every proper himself to the House, shoul possible moment it could be , The fir o . R-ltolulion, granted for t' e !.tad Forces, the sum of 1.516,001. being 14r: PONSON 3 f again whch this business had been brougi I , 14;;;.= t ..." 'to the duty Of die Noise ebd ttie ceintry t. the best possible Provision for theGenerat Offinetwet Our Army, sad else for those Officers who mint' eft oessarily retire on batten, he entirely conelirrF4 With the Noble Lord ; that duty, ,he thoo&ht, coal() holy be bounded by bur hbllity. lie would have liked, however, tb hove heard declaration from the Noble Lord as to what was likely to be sour peace establishment. The Noble Lord had left this matter too much open to conjecture, when he talked of kit disposition to make the peace establisitmentt is doir as possible. It ought.to be as nearly as possible what It had been previous to the French Revolatioo; and, wherever any deviation was made from that scale of expenditure it was for the Noble Lord, and those who acted with him, to show that such deviation end necessary. - Before the French Revolution,the whole sum raised for the expenoes of the year, and tb pay the interest of our debt, was sixteen millions a-year. Now the interest of our debt alone was upwards, of forty million! ; and he did not over-rate the whole of our annual expense by stating it at sixty millions. ' In such circumstances it was the imperious duty of I Ministers to redice our expeuces as much 'as pos sible; and he must assemethe 'mallet of our exposes previous to the French Revolution, as the best cri terion by which to judge what our present expense ought to be, till the necessity of an increased expen diture was made oat. After some further disillusion, in which Mr. Rankes t Mr. Bennet, Geseral Gascoigue, Sir Eyre coote, Lind Newark, Gees* Manners, Sir Eger. ton Bridget' Mr. Wrests Mr.. Caicraft, and Lord Palmerston participated, the resolution was agreed to, and the Rouse having resumed, the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and at one o'clock this morning the bons ad. journed to Monday. FlsRkfcp PAPERS. COPENHAGEN, Jun, 3.-It IS thought that this kingdom is about to receive a new Constitution. The law called Royal, prohibits the Monarch, under pe nalty of dethronement, from ceding any portion of territory; and the King having ceded Norway, the Constitution is thereby violated. On the other side the secceesion to the Throne is deranged by the so lemn abdication of Pritice Christina. It is thought that by means of a new constitution the Crown may be made to peal to the Princess Royal, daughter of the King. SctswicE, Julie B.—The new King of Norway' has demanded of the Commissioners of the Allied Powers, whether they haveletters of credence to him and the Norwegian Government. Their answer not being satisfactory, he has refitted them passports for the interior, until they have received letters of ere. deuce. These Commissioners, it is thought, are stopped at Frederickshall,the first town of Norway. The Swedish army will attack Norway, at the same time, on the side of Wermeland, and on that of Dronthiem. It will be assembled about the end of July. It consists of about 40,000 effective men, but it is short of provisions. MANHEIM, JUNE 14.—1 f we are to believe some persons who pretend to be informed upon the subject, by virtoe.efAkel.cayit ;rt — h — e Allied Powers, and Bavaria, cite ilium Power is to cede part of the Tytol, the territory of Salzbourg, and some districts to the North of the Danube, to round the frontiers of Austria; ' but Brannan remains to Bavaria, which will be aggran dized by the territory of Wnrtabvrgh, and, perhaps, by a part 9f the left bank of the Rhine, in which is called the Middle Rhine, and which ,compriseb May ence, Coblentz, and Treves. BRITISH and FOREIGN SCOWL SOCIETY. The Friends of this excelled!' Institution dined to.. gether yesterday at the Freemasons' Hail. The Marquis of LANsnowNs was in the Chair, and was supported by the Dukes of Kent and Sussex ; the Earls of Darnley and Eardley, and several other eminent persons were present. When the cloth was removed, the toasts of " The King,"—" The Queen and Princesses of the Royal, Family,"—and "The Prince Regent," were drank. The Noble Citainstax having proposed the health ' of " The Dake of Kent," the Vice-Patron of the Society t ,Which was drank with great applause and' three times three. His Royal Highnesk returned thanks to the Com. pany,and observed,that the present was a time peculiar. Iy proper for the diffusion of knowledge, as a prospect of a Fong and universal peace was opening to us. loge *Aber with the many estimable persons whom the peace would return to society, there were many whose morals and habits were not good. It was by the diffusion of knowledge only that these men could be prevented from being injurious to the peace of the kingdom, and by the extension of knowledge to the children of the present age, the persons whom soy future war might make it necessary to collect, fight be dispersed without danger. His Royal ghness concluded, by proposing the health of the Chairman—" The Marquis of Lansdowne." , The health ha y ing been drank and much.op planded, The Noble CMAIRMAN returned thanks, and ob served, that though the peace owned large prospects Society, they were for the present to depend eiertions, and that be hoped that the individual efforts, would free the incumbrances. The Noble Mar tha other Vice. Society, the Duke with raptures thanks, and said, strenuous for_the every year, While would meat its Society bad la ' saw the num- room with one pommel th 4 Honourable Frigid at llwap the courage ?Veda accianta. aliimate sacceu. a Amok IPPitaan 1;ho Fort of atakt q tit slimed Sankt on What( a( melt **4 tits otior Vigo-f i ratidenti• Tho. remain, Members of tho Solieq," sus . brank; whit . ap . phlnse ; and a poidal tnbute (tom 111fika Wittlbid was sung, with 46 'l'bank*'tb Miss Milford" was then drank *ith applause. The blastrsis of Lassoarenta rose, and saii, that as Men ond Cbristieos .the eiertiops of the Sodety should not.P opined to this kingdom alone, and as they had determined lo Wend their efforts to foreign &nutrias, the Meeting shou l d not separate without hada( taken sittne , itep on the anbject. lie shetAld, thelifnee, prepasei that, tot the purpose atitd• titian ilha *attention of the benefits 'Mho 60ekty to 'foreign parte, the thew. Dr. Schwa* fie INP9lolated the Foreign Settetary of the Society. This proposition was adopted by acchimatiee. The Marrone of L —ANEDDITHE thett proposed the health sit the Kew. Dr. &imam, which, haviog Wee drank— The Rev. .Dr. %swami returned thstaki t pressed his determination, en his return to his native country, to use his utmost endeavours to promote the objects of the Society. Mr. WHITBREAD then rose amidst the loud ex pressions of the gratitude and •adastration of the to propose a toast, whith he desired the company would bow with a iper. The toast be had to mom, wee. t fine Care of Education ihrougheot theWorld."—[*plaure.]—The amiable Poetess whole effisions the Company had heard with pleasure, had entitled it the March of Mind. Since the last year, the collected mind of the Society bad marched—it had extended its purpose to the I whole universe.--[Applause.].-The progress of the Society he had foremen from ks birth ; for it had the free use of its strengths, and bad not been nn. peded by absurd swaddling bands—[Applause}— unlike another institution, which was never to extend its benefits beyond this island. because it could not draw the Chin* of England after it.—[..dlaugh and applaure.]—The British Society could, on the con trary, extend its blessings to all countries, because they taught according to the Bible, as it had been delivered to eswithont meteor comment. What was the cause or i Education? The cause of oar national independence— the cause of peace—the caused everlasting happiness. What was ignorance but weakness-,-but degradation under the oppression of knowledge misapplied ? For knowledge when monopolized was always mis applied by crafty men.—(*plause.)—ln that room an appeal had been made to British feeling, In favour lof the oppressed satires of Africa: If knowledge had been universal—if it had estended to that unhappy quarter of the globs, those Africans whom we now, for five years, delivered over to the oppression of ; the French [applause], would never have been thus subjected to oppression; tut it was by the know. ledge—tbe misguided knowledge of Europe, ope rating on the ignorance of Africa, that slavery and its train of evils originated; The time, he hoped, would soon arrive, whew the benevolent wish of our ' beloved Monarch would be accomplished—when every child in this kingdom would be able to read his Bible. Then would the glorious diffusion of know. o ledge extend to the rest of tfie gtobel_ an 4 w§imjbet . 4.igr , ht read, with d i ne great-A(1ot, " Heaven's cell o:aye—for then, indeed, would be destroyed for ever " the reign of Chaos and old Night."—[ Loud Hppplause.]—The Hon. Gentleman then proposed his toast, which was received• with rapturous applause. The Marquis of LAN SDOWNE proposed--" The healths of the Committee of Management, and of Mr. Joseph Fox and Mr. Allen ;" which , was drank !with much applause. Mr. JOSEPH Fos returned Thanks for himself and Mr. Allen. Several bundrettYpouriat Nigel subscribed during I the course Of the levelling. The company did not i break up till a latik.hour. • IMPERIAL WO RO,YAL irISPT TO POIMMOUTII: Proanata, Friday . onarning, Jaw 14. . Ilk Royal Highness the Prince Reeent.rodoin his can iuge yesterday Morning to the Dock-yard, where he was met by the' Allied Sovereigns, the Royal Dukes, the Duchess of Oldenburgh, and a numerous retinue of Generic! Officers. After paying a visit at the house of the Hon. C. Grey, the Commissioner of the yard, they walked to the stairs, the Duchess of Oldenburgh taking the arm of the Prince Kaput. His Royal Highness and suite embarked he the King's barge, and the Illustrious Strangers embarked in the Port Admiral's barge, amid the cheers of the town. Fourteen ships of the line, chiefly of first rate, were moored at anchor in two lines, from smith-east to north-west, estending nearly tear Miles. .The sea aels were—the Ville.* Paris, St. Dorsingo,_ Bed". ford, Rodney, ChidUs, Prince, 7'igre, Queen, t atorug 'Sceptre, Magni cask Montague , Stirling castle, Aged the flag .' tbe Impregnable, on board of :gittich the diatingi visiters assembled. On the iMeral of the Pr' ent's barge within sight et .the fleet, a royal salute of . 21 guns was fired by the whole fleet at once. . . On the barge bearing' the Royal Standard reach ing the Sag-ship, the flag of his Royal Highness the Doke of Clarence was !truck, and the Royal Stand ard, of newond esluielte workmanship, hoisted on the main-top gallant-mast bead. It was salutes' with 21 guns by the 'itself fleet at once. • It is oomputed that NO sail it this moment were under weigh, tra versing opposite courses in the space of four miles, end yet such was the management, that no accident hap pened. The hills Verrounding Portsmouth and South gt., Commose - weVi covered with most elegant com pany. The refreshment inspregnabk and that of head, and the crew band played and other vessels of warmer, under weigh during the whole thee disPlaYhtliaaval titcOcs , His Royal ifightten the Prince Regewt awl his .11- lastrions Visitors retail-Wed to the Sally:port, whore they landed M boar o'clock, the Royal .Staadard ~.,.; Saw* . 4 heels struck on board the Inipreg#o4 l e yerdo spin manned ; a third Royal saline by the , . whole fleet' Wit - fired, and et fourth by the. partY landing, by signal front the platform; The Admirals and Captains. of the Fleet assembled On • hoird ,the flag-ship by signal, and accompanied the Prince Rei. gent on shore, In ptotession. Ten thousand trOopi were drasitt up in Pettit:eolith 4t the landing; and ' • feu-de:oie *as fired, and repeated several dines vii .much dexterity. TheOfilteri Of the Fleet and a dig: tinguished number dined Pith the Prinee Regent at the Governdiegt • In Portimouth, at the lending; it grattei Coticonise Of people were never asiijnebte4 ht-,liientiOn On one .spot, although thousands were agent. . The minter* horse and foot were by presinie irregularly jumble d together, yet ho accident happened. TIM gallant I Russian Galen& CberniCkef was redognized by some; lad so muck pressed with kindness in receiving fink'. Ihandlf John Bull's family that he was eiltemely awkwardly situated: Re was rescued by a diagueni and Vickery and Lavender's party of patrOie; an d ! taken into the Fotintain Tavern., • , After the aniusettienti of the day had Cliied . eitt the setting sun, an event occurred tihiCh gave life to the town. A coach drawn by eight Itortuld, drew op at the Crown Inn, or Clarence Hotel; aed": who should alight but the gallant Blucher. and *al identified on alighting from the carriage, and on h 0 occasion in London .was the populace more name. rows; the eagerness to grasp his hand by beat WS was unparalleled.—" Blucher! Blocher ! tlit) air, " Show me the CongueiOr of 'the Tiratit ;"4-1, Come forward Blucher," Iris exclaimed on all eiiali The gallant veteran appeared at the windOw with his accustomed cheerfulness, and the air was relit with applause, and it was several minutes before the patents could agree, whether Immediate silence was respectful. Lungs carried the day, and when the roar *as out4he General, in English, with a bumper in his hand, drank the health of the company. It lay easily be imagined in what manner this toast was The populace became appeased, and 'oar* after ti carriage drew up, and was immediately surrounded. Rihcher got ,into it in haste. A party of sailor* shoved in, and swore they would be true to a good Commander. up mounted half a dozen ; and at this time au escort of dragoons, previously stopped by the crowd, and consequently kept back, appeared some got oft' by accident, but two kept their stations. The Government House was a few hundred yanis distant, and the two sailors, elated as men of war's men by victory, danced on the top of Blochent car. This day the Prince Regent proposes to receive the Congratulations of the .Mayor and Corporatiob of Portsmouth ; after which the workmen in the - Dock-yard are to copper a ship in two hours; next,. a review of the military, and then another aquatic excursion. To-morrow (Saturdsy) his Royal High ness. will breakfast with the Duke of , Richmond at Goodwood. The Allied Sovereigns wilt not visit London again, but embark for Holland In a few days. L4ff INDS LLIG MN* . vSat ll 3- 1 -rn t ir zuvy. luso= -Amiss,* HEIM 0. . ~. .This was a cause of Divorce or Separation, pro moted by Jamila Heyn, the wife, ngainst Wm. Hers, her knaband, of the parish of St. George, in the gouty of Middlesex, by reason of cruelty and adultery, alleged to have been committed with his servant, of the name of Mary Ana Canute. It ap.p peered from the proceedings in the Caine, that Mrs. Heyn quitted her husband's house in consequence of 'cruelty and the adulterous intercourse existing be ,tween her husband and Mary Ann Canute, with whom he cohabited, and they passed as mats grid wife. It further appeared, that during such coha bitationi, Mary Ann Canute had been delivered of it male child. On the part of Mrs. neyn, it was ad mitted that there was not sufficient evidence to sup port, the charge of cruelty-against the husband, but with respect to the charge of adultery, the Counsel contended it was fully established by the evidence produced'. The Court (Sir Wst. ScorT) was of opinion, that The fact of adultery was clearly proved, and there fore pronounced for the remedy which the wife Prayed. the country. Thithe esti- ! to the Society, they were for the press 160,0001.1 u theirolenteer I on their own exertions, and that be h duction of about 160,0001. Members, by their individual efforts, t a reduction of about institution from its incumbraaces. Tb Department of Ireland,* 'via proposed " The health of tilt I. He then proceeded to Patron and energetic Friend of the Socl ad already taken place, or of Sussex." This health was drank 14 lace in our forces at home, applause. e, which was now confined His Royal Jiligliness returned than he Home Staff having now his exertions should ever be most stre duction, which would be I benefit of the Society, end that ever , r next to thirty-six Gene. life and .health would permit him, he er reduction, he pledge& friends in that room. Though the S old take - piece the earliest Wired aisderdifficulties, yet when he effected. ' . ber of persounassembled in that large namely, that there is q•ldapt, !ben he saw that the Society nt, at Home and Abroad, firm and ablc support of hiss Honoun Lig put his left (Mr A MO lobo had alwa noticed the late hour at to speak the"tra t t f - 411 = d [Lond and rape, cu brought forward. As lions]—he cbuld not doubt of Its shin • +tit ' • • rAtt4-mot • ia . eettn tri to ma k e 1 - i'iN Health of tb. Viii-Pitildiati" was then haelog enema Ofitetset idrook with PPlllfelel !the yet 'he dignified party partook of a iisaaptuoss Pitt on boast and duals. Melt slay. The rbk hoisted the 'Uttiog ,hg at the molten, )f the Admire: t i t '. at the fesietop•gallent-mast lon the Pet Rig* anteing en board', welcomed Isies•Wilh to ehm'rs, and tde red God atm itti King, - • Thir - fear frigates WILSON AGAINST WILSON. This was also a cause of divorce or separation brought by Martha Wilson, the 'mire, against John Wilson, the husband, of Warwick-court, Holborn, in the county of Middlesei, by reason of cruelty and adultery, alleged to have been committed with Re. becca Watley, a servant in the house. It appeared froM the ►ibel and evidence in the case, that Mr. Wilson, Arlin is a Sheriff's Officer, afterwards took lodgings for Rebecca Watley, where be col►ahited with her as min and wife. On the part of the wife it was contended, that both the charges of cruelty and adultery were proved by the evidence produced against the husband in this case. The COURT said, it was clearly of opinion, that both the charges were folly established, and that with respect to the cruelty it was most outrtmous conduct on the part of the husband, and therefore said, that the wife was entitled to a sentence of separation, and accordingly pronounced for the same. With respect to the alimony, the Court *lldwed 601. per annum, to be paid goarterly to the wife. It is reported that the Duchess of Leaps has ten dered her resignation of her appointment on the Princess Cna LO rr E. An order from the War.office has been issued, coo -1 taining the regulations relative to the disembodying ' of the Militia, under which, to each Subaltern, and to the Surgeon's Mate, if any, an allowance will be made equal to two months' pay from the day of dis. l embodying exclusive, not to interfere with the receipt of half-pay, nor of any other allowance to which they are entitled, or may hereafter obtain from Go. eminent : Officers holding two appointments, are, hovreter, to receive the allowance for•one of them Only. 'TheAdjutant, Paymaster, and Surgeon, are mot to have - the allowance of tw• months' pay, it Ming intended that they shall be retained on duty, and receive certain rates of pay, commencing from the day subsequent to that of disembodying inclusi►e. • %.% , p ; 4.1 . .~ :: ~.. I. . 4 ) , :, I' , I ;~ .: