The National Register. — London, England, 1819-02-21 00:00:00

• • . em0„., 1 1 • • „, tßittr+ cut• iltitta, Can6titutton attb ilabA. 741 , b. 573. —yin.. t 11. SUNDAY, I'EPRUARYgi. Pluck: 9 'A. POLITICAL DISQUISITION. ought to have been manfully avowed. In the mean time the Ministerial candidate has withdrawn, and Ministers leave the arena open to be contested between the Whigs and Reformers. In this they have shown that the lesson taught them by the event of the last election has not been thrown away. They have acted with judgment. Had they opposed gr. Hobhouse, they would have ineared his election. As it is, of the two candidates, they would much rather have Mr. lienli than his tippoemt. and all their active friends will vote fur Mr. Lamb. This ?imminence reduces a virtual mutinies, io•twipois tlime . IWO - petrditew-itre trrristet.isl awl the aristocratical—agairst the popular candithite ; and Sir Frans Burdett s in standing forward en conspicuously, .as his patron, ratline than his friend, gives currency to the kye-word, which the coalition have talent up—that he wishes to make Westminster his own close borough. This bye word, like many others, will do math htinn, though it is an insult on the common senst.of those to whom it it addressed ; for how oats any WWI, %AO is not a blinister with u host of dependent electors, and who stands on his popu larity alone, dictate to the city of Westminster, or make it in the most remote degree like a close borough ? How does lite;hold his influence, but at the free will of a majority of the elec'ors ? Is he not therefore de pendent on them for his hifinenee—and will not the breath of thoir nostrils, if they eltuse, deprive hint of it ? Hawever inclined he may he, therefore, to become so great a borou;li.holder, where is his power? But it is not :he fully of this imputation which will prevent its currency with men of a certain scale of intellect.— Nevertheless, we hope, as the Westminster electors are, from the advantages of their situation, without trestle°, the most enlightened in the kingdom, that the great mass will not in the long run be deceived by this attach on their vanity ; nor have the weakness to reject a candidate, not became he is ineligible, but be cause he is recommended by one of whom their euetuie would fain make there jealous. They have shcwn too ranch penetration before now to be caught thus, and will make their choice, be it what it may, on rational motives. The city which exalted itself so nobly by the election of a Peomilly, cannot act otherwise. PECUNIARY INDENINII'Y BY PRANCE TO THE ALLIED POWERS. DEFINITIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR UE01.3411E0 r3c MODE AND THE PERInDS OF PAYMENT OF THE; LAST 100 MILLIGNR or FIiANCS, or THE PE CUNIARY INDEMNITY TO It PROYIDRD 11( FRANCE. ON THE, WESTMINSTER ELECTION. It is certain, that nothing was a greater loss to West minster, to the people of England, nay, to humanity itself, than the death of Sir Samuel Remaly. We are now beginning to feel it. The Electors of Westmin ster never did then:seism: more huneur, then by their choice of that great and good emu, and by the manner of their choice. His worth would have re aw e t h e i r character, ael tkeir• eheiecter would have given ad &jarred weiele to his worth. Bat he is gone, and we now begin to feel that he is. Westminster can find no name worthy to fill the car after his Two young men are propose,], who are justly deli; noted as novicee ; end an old one, who, though very honest and upright, is much too visitmery, too little of a pruetical roan, to be of any Ude. He would, indeed, with the best he tentions, be worse than useless,--he would prove eletrirneetal to the cause of rational Refiners,—Mr. Hunt seas, he alone is up to Me mark.—Mr. Hunt's commendation is itself a stigma : and the fact is, Major Cartwright is much beyond the maik of any Cuing that is either desirable, or, if desirable, that is attainable. He would, indeed, be a good member for these complainers by profession, who v.: MI to have sumething to complain of, and whore freitices impor tance would melt away like mist, v.-ere the abuses of the Constitution t., be remedied,—men who, like the Lite Catholic Board, live. by complaining and having reason to ceeplein. IVith respect to the other two unttied men, who have nothing to offer hut professions, they arc doubtless neither of them such as might have Lecn wished. As, however, erne else start, the choice lies between them. Now, uotwithstending the bungling islolanatien of Mr. Hobbouse, which betrays the mean ing it was mean' to conceal, namely the abandonment of the prite...4de of Universal Suffrage, it seems that the electors toil best consult their own interests by choosing him in preference to Mr. Lamb. His disav - ,wal of the piinciple of Universal Suffrage will be a recommenda tion to the electors, if not to the mob at the hustings, there'.: his evasive manner of disavowing that doctrine will cut ; tier it way any thing but manly, and may fairly be cel:,l shu iinr. Had he distinctly said, that he was not an advocate fur Universal Suffrage, hut for the right of election being eetended to all payers of direct taxes 01' a certain amount, or whatever is his notion cei this head, he would have acted much more ererleetly, as well as leddly. Mr. Lamb professes •neeelf a Whig, and a folinwer of Mr. Fox—but might not be asked, which set of principles of Mr. x's he admired—those which that great orator rQ of when in apposition, or those which he practise , / witen in power ? The fact is, the IA hi r es as a party ace essentially ariAocratie, and ought not to be supported err rick by the peeple. Melly individuals who have lelonged to them, such as Pomilly, have been most worthy, and most deserving of support ; not as IlThigs, however, bat on their own individual merits —even as Remilly WAS himself. It was not his being a Whi,g which bronght him in Ihr Westminster, 5,e his being brace than a Whig,. Of individual merit Mr. Lamb can beast nothing—for he has not been tried—and his very professions only amount to this mysterious word Illsiggiser, which the people. of Westminster witnessed, in rBO5, meant a very different thing when its erofni sirs were Right Honourab!e, ken what it did when t ley were only men of honour. Mr Hohhouse is for an extension of suffrage something short of universal, and for Parliaments of as short duration as two years, er shorter. Notwithstanding the loceish verbi nee and evasion of his declaration, this is its meaning ; and it seems a ve ry good meaning, though, we repeat, it Existing , circumstances having rendered it ne,e , cnry to seak the means of diminishiq„o , as much as po::::i 1 :10 the ut-iss Of the Inscriptions of Reut-s, on the Go_at Book of the Public Deht of France ~ which may im medirely be brought into the market at Paris, it has been agreed as Fxlinws : Art. t . The insciip.ion or 6,i15,94}F. newt's, made over b FrallC2 to the Courts of AuAtria, Grp at Britain, Prassia, and Russia, conforinah!y to-the oat Article of the Convention of the 9th of October, 1131 R, sliall remain in deposite in the hand; of the Commis sioners of the said Courts, till the I , tli of June, M.O. In consequence, the Co. - itraCt eaten:it into htft , reen the Courts of Austria, Gr.iu Britain, Prust-ia, and Russia, awl the Houses of thipe and Coinpany, and Baring, and Compazie, Plr the rritiizAtioa of the capital of the said iii:,cr+tiun of Renter, is cuiridered as null and void. In trirsuan:-.i• of tli- .11) bye A flick, the in-. seription of 2,205,814 f. the four Special Com missioners hurl remitterl on the 2d of Occ..mihcr, 1818, to the houses of Hope and Cu., and Baring, Brothel -4, and Co., in execution of the contriet of sale abrve mentioned, shall be returned by these sane banking houses to the four Commissioners, who will return to them in exchange their engagements for the same value. The said inscription of 2,•405,314f. shall be transferred by the Royal Treasury of France, and shall be united, under the lames of the four S i secial Commissioners, to the inscription of 4,410,630 f. which remains in their hands. Art. 3. On :he Ist of June, IE2O, France shall remit to the above awned Courts, in exchange for the above-mentioned Inscription of 6,615,944 E of Rentes. Bone of the [Loyal Treasury, for the sera of 100,000,0i;0 vf frames v•-tka-saill. Baum lieu* per cent., payable in nine months, in cps' portions, ficcia day to day ; to commence the let of j..anc, 1820, aal to finish the let of Nlarch, 1821. The two first thirds of these Bons shall not be nemniable ; but the last third may be negotiated from the period of the Ist December, 11140. Art. 4. The Commissioners of tke courts e Austria, Great Britain, Prusia, and Russia, wlil receive the ar rears of the said Bente of 6, 6 / 5 ,944f. inscribed, with interest from the C. 21 of September, 1818, which will fall due from that day until/ the lit ofJunie 18V), in clusive, on which day the successive remittances will be paid to the parties interested. Art..s. It is agreed thatthc above arrangements shal not interfere with those conelL.le.l between the French Government and the above ruentiontA houses, Hope & Co., and Baring, Brothers, and Ce., nor with the me ciitications which may be given to them by.virtue of the present arrangement. Art. 6. It is agreed that at the period of the negoti ation of the last third of the Bons which shall he placed rat t :x disposal of the Courts of Austria, Great Britsir, Prussia, and Russia, in pursuance of the 3d Article cf the present arrangement, (provided that these Courts shall he disposed to make use of this power,) th e F re „,h, Government s hall be informed thereof, and en the same condition shall enjoy the preference of neg...tiatiag saris Bons. Done, in five parts. at Pari4, Feb 2, 1819. (signed) I.E BARON 1)E VINCENT. LE NIA RQUIS DESSOLLL.S. CHARLF.i STUART. • Ii 14E. GO I.TZ. ro:;.zo DI BORGO. • Sir William Curtis took his scat on Wednesday evening in the House of Commons, as Member for the liJrougli of Bleci,ingly. The Hon. Baronet's appear ance, after his late defeat, ex,itecl some cheering and goo , l-nr.tured laughter from the Opposition B. aches, which was met by loud cheering from the Treasury, benches. Sir William's good humour did not desert him he latiolied as heartily as any one else. In consegnew e of the great increase of appeals to the House of Lords, and the length .of time which sonic have remained for4lecishm (upwards of six years I), the Lord Chancellor has thrown eat the suggestion of appropriating these days'in the Lords on these cases, and the other three days in the court of Chancery. . Madras Papers have arrived to the 3a of October in clusive. The state of affairs in • Ceylon is said to hare greatly improved since the capture of - the Pretender and ;Lis Minister. In every 'province, the vople of alt des criptions were hasti ping to submit, and to gi vc the surest proof of their sincerity•by the Surrender of their arms. In the seven !Corlett, arms were brought in every day in great abundance. In H6Wahrtte, where Capt. Cleathe was so vigorously attacked, and his escorts so continually annoyed, all hostility had nearly ceased ; an,l there was every prospect of that province, the most rebellious of all, being restored to tranquillity. In IVellvsy every thing WA.; perfectly quiet. The new works at Parana gam were in great prgress. Sir W. Coke, LlaiefJustica of the Su t ireme Court in Ceylon. (lied at Trincomalee, on the Ist ofSep'emher,ols mortificatien of the bowels. Mr. 11. Byrne, Barrister at Madras, has been uppliuttd his successor. The deaths by cluderri nwrlnea at Bombay, tom the 17th to 3ist of August, amounted to 537. Its ravages there, however, had comparatively ihutioished. but the malady continued to spread on the Contiaent of India. A numerous meeting ,ff merchants, manufacturers, and uth, rs, was held on . Thursday :it the t itr of Lr.o. don 'Tavern, for the purpose rf taking into considera tion the neuesFity of petitioning Iltudiament, in order m obtain an equaliza:inu of the Duty on Coals ; Mr. Al derman Wood in the Chair: when, after u very long discussion, saverul Resolutions were pissed unani mously ; and PetitiDnat faunded upon them, to both Houses, agreed to. Alderman Wood wits deputed to present that to ate Common,. ' , • • r - „ -~