The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-05-25 00:00:00

i twy pr, • • - t I' ' 1•. ' • ••• • • . • IMPE - Rl-41, The Mai dr withettlb• ctiOhtittnv ivitat w a•bet tor than 41r. tith. or ,Iptjjadge.)..ll. trusted that the time of il‘• Prtahlialtritout of Moiety wee near at hand. Fr. ry atruggleTter liberty hill 'brihn of loug duration, •ott *um he trusted. Ire' 'ailtitittetog ra. pidiy, tittle of our st.ruggle had tnitimeti meat, •comvitlering what we had to struggle agiritit!; lend , rter 4pproach to liberty gra the more to . 144 1011 rinl• as we hnd begun to untleritand it. larift 4•ear a 'hill lion of parsons 1.114 petitioned the noose', of PUMA - . !nevi, for Reform Tolitions innumerabli were Oa* *doling in:and !iir F. g o rd•tr had, the other night, s)r . Pieete, ll. o o loas two bandred and savenir. tree. It was strange 'hit a few despidable fellows - should trample upon millions; hut the time was coming wlo•ti Boronchmongors would tremble and I+o entett•ll•ri to tepi I,WE human creatures. The Ilajur thou ridiouled the condor , of *het were called Moderate R•foomers, and (10cla , ed. that if a dozen 'tech porso.l4 as the prosen• ft•pre•entatires of West. •teitoscr *eve in the now., of Commons, the coun• in miJt Pzi - loct a thorough Reform iu Parliament. —(dpplause.) Si .ht 1051 . .. " &Mg -•-" 5% b 1.1 I. pan in my waive Land." Sir FRANCIS Litistnirf then road a letter from Lord Sefton, roarasing himself from attending, in conse- Aster, of ill health ; and der4a ring. that nothing bu t ill health would have prevented him from doing *o. Xdpploute.) • Toasn—. l Hart Serino, and better health to hire." Loyd S•flon't health 'aid armpit with entkesisam. • Tim wortliy Baronet also.read sta apology from Sir Gilbert Heat heore. • • - Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then give Long iffetimid ir..l;orl. awl death n: Religkars . llnool.ranre . .:'ran) her e x i%tniss sr& bun t venerwoola Reptiles be ab perfett hi. let rs n alriuo. of that more actuated pea—Parliamentary Ctorroplionet • and in giving it hg begged to advert to, the change that had been produced in his mind with respect to that . country. Here we were accustomed to identify the enemies of freedom, as ranking amongst the pro fessors of Popery. The experience of the Stuarts justified that feeling in the breasts of Englishmen ; but in Ireland, the professors of the Roman Catholic • religion were amongst the warmest of those who • panted for liberty. They • were abused in this coon ' try—but they were only abused because they were tort kunWn. Tkey_ were the most zealous of those who sought for freedom—and they deserved it, from' the excellency of their cl.o rafters,- from the enlighten ' est quslit) of their Minds, :1114 from the hospitality • tha!'inlorned every hearth.—( Loud applause.)—lle Said rho. merle to do justice to them, and to promote ' the pritt`cfple of generating good will amongst the in• fonfittatsis in every part of She United Kingdom. — Applause.) 1 r c o 'math!" Th• 11`.41. IN/t e lls Kintaird, and tureen to the rising spi• it t ftrf ru. to. fit .tiatoo." Sir KINNAIRD returned his arknowledgments,l apid in k a froriew of the 100104041 p condition of the reiftesetitetion lie trusted for better . ti m es, r rn m the etertions that were m•king in con .4141 . 11•11CP 'of. w' fader' iia the charter . of fine of the . B u rgh,. 'He,' however, would a s s ure thrm, that if . Scot tend loose not fairly repr e sented, let the hearts of her *natives were mitts the Vivant.; of Reform. It l o na a e nnantAtion its well I SW, ..1 things to hp aide e" to dPrlvre, in the Itmaiteirs lionti,aqs. that the Qv' s• • tent must wild—that it wit. a 'system of ill-conceived • en d y4: 4 ... 0 14 4 4E41 horoughmmtgering despotism.— , (Loud appliture ) . Mit h.te Wi i Itiallac: hied." s. • - • The health of Mr. Alderman Gnoilhehere was next . given ; at:or *hied Ilya onftiry Alderman expressed ' his f. , e. the honour clone him in drilking dsis•health, couolett with the prosy rity of the City of ienndon. T..n.t—" W. A. Atneteckt. - 1 . ...q. and the Ind. penclent Weet..r3 of B • Al. " T st-t—" Th.' Lit t s. of the Pres—tbe People.; Friend, the T% et , • Tuile t . Drub Isl . I T T. a• 1 1 .4 lit—p.n.? anti Pre-rminen! Writer on 1 . 4 1 - 1 ti stn. -.y -q. TtEinsts t.. 4im fur - 11 MI Vindication .f the It *Our. or lac Plelltile." Provionalv to any other health hying given, Mr. Hunt appetred on the table, and was rocaiv , d with noises from all !arta of the room. This eon. 'littled for c•Hrte tirne, when Mr. Hunt retired, ac. c , monnied by clamours from every part of the • pit... Jug. Sit F. BunociT said, that Mr. Hunt had retired, in order not to interrupt the regular series of toacts, and wnuid addretot the Nieetinee afterwards, when the attentionof the Meeting would ito doubt be given to him. T.OO- 46 Sir R , 4bert Wilson, runt the Independent Electors of tinuthwark." lu returning thanks, Sir ROBERT WILSON said, he had tpcpiwd %urh assuranres of support, that he con. eider/tit his %orison; in standing for the Representation of the B trough no longer problematical. h% Jury, and nets. the Traitors who attempt to l.,kr it •itstt% fret the efeeib of ii, ienoratiou from the eser lim' of %Ir. Pr tni.ll. " Twat " Heart lire rtenshend, Mr. lion , again came forgave), tre way hissed from Ali table ; but Sir Francis Burdett having re- quested, in the most urgent mintier, that he should be heard, be again got upon the table; he was oblig ed to retire a third time. Sir F. 13uRnerr stated to the Meeting, that if the ordinary course of proceeding was not adhered to, he should reel it his duty to leave the c hsic. Mr. RUNT, slier a most powerful opposition, was then permitted so say, that in the absence of Ltird Cochrane, he should offer himself a Candidate to re present the city of Westminster in Parliameat.—The Aleeting did not break up till a late hour. HOUSE OF LOH OS, L,v The Royal assent was gi*eti to the following Bills by Commission ; the Commistinnerq were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Winchelsea, and Lord 'Shaftesbury :—The Irish Spirits Intercourse Bill, the Pardon under the Gteat Se - al Fees Bill, the Royal Irish Canal Bill, the Aberdeen Pawing and Lighting Bill, the olfor4l, Literposil, and City of York Gas light Bills, the Sugar Duties Bill, the Glass Duties Bill, the West India Importation Bill, the Action of Assault Amendment Bill, the Irish Court-house Bill, S)lcos'e Hydrometer Bill, the London Duty Amend ment Bill, the Edinburgh Gas-light Bill, aad several 'invite Bills. 'IIIE ST : - _ ifefikj 46r45,' s '• The Howie esialSi4C6".. ed 'L I the House of 1 1 in heir the Royal - 1 1 = giieet• to several .13 end Private' Bills (for whichitee the* Lards' Bei On the return of the Speaker, the following Billt Were reed a third time, and passed:—The Deke'oi Kent's Annuity, the Irish Greod Joey Presentment/9, the Foreigners' Smoggling, the Scottish Distilleries, the Workmen's Wages, arid the Watch and Ward Bills. The undermentioned Bills were reported:- 110 Irish Fever lloopi.el. the Lottery, the Militia 'Pay, the Irish Assessed 'lazes, end the • Irish Bark Restriction Bills. The National Debt Commissioners and 'the Tobacco Importation Bills, were read a ' I Decried time, and committed for Menday. The Ulnae went into Committees on the following Bills:—The Madder Duties, the Silk Bounties, the London Coals, the Irish Excise Lietnices. the Vinegar. Duties, and the Irish CoMmercial Exchequer- 0111.' Bills. The Report of the Committee on the Act of the 57th of the KitiA relative to Ihe Duties on Salt, was brought up. The Resolution for Reducing the Doty on Rock Salt, used for the purpose! of Agficultere, from 101. to 51. per ton, was agreed to, and a Bill ordered srcorditugly. Mr. F. ROBINSON obtained leave to bring in 'a Bill for the 11.tter Regulation of Navy Prize Money. • Mr. TIIOItNTON brought: in a Bill to liegeteo the oat, of Bread by Bakers vissiding more than ten miles Distance from the Metiopolis.—T:ie Bull was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. On bringing up the Report of the Committee of Supply, Mr. CALCRA FT repeated his objections to the Grant of 15,0001. for - tbfa porchase of Ground at Hounslow, as an exercising ground for cavalry. , He could not hut consider it as a waste of money. The Resolution was.then agreed to, es were the other Resolutions. The other Orders of the Day being then disposed of, the House adjourned to Monday. sve“; :IAMPDEN CLUB, A N EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEET -cm- ING of the CLUB will Me held at the Freemasons Tavern, Great Quern-street, Lincoln's inn-fields, TO-MOR 'BOW, on matters of very great importance to . the object of the institution. The Chair will be taken nt Fou► o'Clork. 25th May, ISIS. THOMAS CLEARY, he. ••• Dinner un the Table at Nal4 1 five u'Clotk. PRICE OF STOCKS TIII9 DAY Al' ONE O'CIA)CK Bank Stork 179/ . '4 per Cent. 96/ a per lent. ((ed. i7ll h.per Cent. Navy 1071 1 per Cent.Con.ols Mb hiditt *nod, 98 100 31 prr Cent. 871 Long Ann 40 3-16/ Luton's fur Acc. 781 Escnequer Bid. IN 21 p F. EYTON. Sim. k- Rinker, ' 2, Coy bin, and 18. C Ae..try wee,. TA7'ESM THE vig N LONDON: lIIONDAT. MAT 25, IRIS EXTRACT OT A LETTER FROM TILE AGENT AT LLOYD'S AT BUENOS ATltEs, DATED FEB• 15• " The English ship Mary Ann, HADAWAY, from Monte Video to Valparaiso, sent into Lima by the Vengeance Spanish frigate, has been condemned with her cargo. The Hydra whaler, of Plymouth, which was also sent in there, has been released. All the ports in South American Spanish Colonies have been declared, by the Viceroy of Lime, in a state of blockade ; Callao, the Island of St. Mary's, and Chau,. excepted. A brig privateer, Chase, Master, with 60 men, but without papers of any sort from this Government, supposed to have a commission from Artigas, has sailed on a cruise: she was former. ly a Spanish vessel, captured and condemned here ; she has no register. The Meeting at the Crown and Anchor on Sitter. day, to celebrate the Eleventh Anniversary of the return to Parliament of Sir FRANCIS Bunnerr for the City of Westminster, what is justly styled the triumph of the Purity of Election, was the most numer ous and respectable assembly of the Electors which we have witnessed, upon such •n occasion, for a long time, end the spirit which pervaded, and was es pressed in the sentiments of the Meeting is most honoorable to the independent feelings, the dis cernment and character =of that mast respect able body of Freemen. We regret to per ceive that but * very imperfect report of the speeches and proceedings of this important Meeting appears in all the Morning Papers, which we have In some instances endeavoured to correct. We shall add in this place such particulars and remarks as may tend to supply these omissions. The names of the distinguished persons whn were present, the occa. don and object of the Meeting, the interesting toplca discussed, and the time in which they come to be con sidered, give peculiar force and claims upon our at. tension to the sentiments and opinions delivered upon this occasion. • Besides the Members for Westmin ster, Sir F. BURDETT and Lord COCHRAN; there were present Major CiRTWRILIIIT, Sir ROBERT WIL• EON, Mr. BRUCE, W. A. MADOCILII, Esq. M. P. the Bon. DO.FC:LAS KtristAtaD, Mr. Alderman Croon- Bettritr, Mr. HUNT, and a number of other distin guished public characters. It will be observed that various other Members of Parliament, and some No blemen, namely, the Carl of Syron, had previously intimated their intention of being present, but,for the reasons assigned in theletters of apologyto the Meeting, this did not take place. The sentiments, however, of these abcentces, it is imp:snout toremarks ~. -,--, - , a o _ - _ the Meeting, and itAleirtaweyamg to Ctb these, approvers of the 4104:10111. of .., .. swede, allil Ole R epres e n tatine, sh e welabs of Sii , - ..., .. GILEENT IlisAtecerce and WALTER rAATICEtS ES(I, of YerirshireTthe latter et "which Genleman tretuatT declined a teal in the H o use of Commons, because :el conceived it impossible, from thecorrupt system carried on io and out of that House, tndo any good to his Con stitoents. The most important features in the pro. ceedings of the fleeting- was the intimation which Lord Corona-NE gave of his intention of gasbag abroad, consequently of his resigning the trust of one of . the Representatives for Westminster ; and the *bereaved degree of unanimity in the minds of the iceding men and the Meeting in general on the sub ject of Reform, with the questions which it involves, namely, Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments. It is true, that when Mr. HUNT attempted to speak, considerable reluctance was manifested to hear bin.; but it is also true, that when he slid obtain a hear ing, it was chiefly to remark the • growth of that unanimity on the great topics in question whirh we bavembserved, and to propose himself as a candidate in the place of 14,0 rd CocaitSNE. . . 4. . Upon thkeeressity of Reform, and that of the moot radical kind, there can now, we think, he. tyos 0 . • :, little difPreoce of .o tiiirtv Ifiroughoot tile Nia•i...fl: 1 , The country needs aa itquires it, and it mutt com e, The issue of the trintio l ,for the repeal of the Apples,- nial Act, shows that noshing rail he parried of the House itself, till they know * aorl feel that the Friends of Reform are so agreed and united, that they, the Parliament, must yield to the just and cons titutional w ishes o lthe, People. I; is for the nation to perse. eerein its,jpstdetnands, and to re-echo the elves sjonif its t:%htoi until the House of Commons is convinced of tiii, • Or the faction who held the Peo ple and tile forms of theColtstitution in thraldom to their unjust views, shall be deprived of the power with which they have so illegally invested them selves. The `treat bulk of the Nation '.have come to a Sense of. the necessity of Reform, to preserve the ground-work of national prosperity, which ground-work stilt exists. If there be any rfa'nger, it wow consists i 9 withholding the just demands of the People ; and if there be any men distinguished ' for talent and station, who still derhut in joining the' rooks of the People, or one public duty more ire.' perious tbsn another, it is the duty of. those who are testified by talent, weight, and esperience to felt ill with the wishes of the People, and evert their powers. to give direction sod effect to the prior), of limit countrymen. The 'dorm which agitated the country tome time ago has now no real ground of founds. tion. Men now perceive the arts resented to, So entrap them, and keep them under the iron. yoke of a inclines yid despojic power, which, as Sir FRANCIS BURDETT justly observed, is e'er.' risen with all the additioiral arts of Corruption to keep both the Crown anti the People in : - übjection to their own selfish vieel. The Potion will not, cannot, always hear this odious thraldom.— The progress of knowloolge and of troth is slow, but the march of orations is steady, and not to be repressed. Neither the Government, nor the 80. roughmongering faction, who are now lording it over the Crown and the People, can he ignorant of the national desire, or pretend that the wished-for Reform is confined to a few. Thee cannot, thei dare not now say, that it is in Spa. fields atone that a wish for Reform is heard ; the knowledge of men's rights has indeed descended to the loops, and the poorest 'of Society. It has penetrated to the in nermost recesses of the dungeon, and broken the fet. ters of arbitrary power. We now also see, and we rejoice to witness it, these right confirmed by the acknowledgment of characters, whose SPB I IOII4 MP in terposition in favour of them and humanity, may do much to save the country from the dangers that might otherwise be apprehended. We have received the French Paperi to the inst. The funeral of the Prim* of CONDE was fixed for this day. Ort Wednesday the King held a Coun cil of Ministers, which lasted for five hours. M. PORTALIS has Bet out for 'Lome, to set on foul new sregociations respecting the Concordat. The public mind in France has, strongly expressed itself against the spirit of . dominstion manifested by the Clergy, bat the Papers are not very communicative on this subject. The negotiations for Concordats with Hanover and Prussia, are said to be cousid: rattly ad vanced. Those with the other Protestant Slates of Germany do not appear iu so favourable a train. On the 4th inst. the POPE was to have announced °reap pointments of several Bishops in the states of the Church, and sixteen Neapolitan Bishops. lie had refused to confirm the nomination of several Bishops by the King or BAVARIA, objecting to some MI ac count of their doctrinal errors, and to others on the score of their morals. The revenue of the Reuse litotes amounted, - last year, to 6,000,000 of scodi; hut the expenditure exceeded that sum.— I The foreigners who visited Rome during the last year had expended there about %,000,000 of scorn. A number of new buildings are erecting upon specula tints, and the ancient mistress of the world is about to assume a more modern appearance. Nearly all the chiefs of banditti had surrendered themselves: the last who came in was the noted Cesaris, whir had the bolduess, last vitt, to carry off M. CIIATILLON from LUCIEN BONAPARTE . , country-house, 'near Freacaii. of the.conspirat ors in the territory of Ancona, , s and Macula., Gad been liberated. , . , -. rfom Viednent is li hhttoared, that Nal do l itA . .1 Sovereigns will not take liti l k _until September . . that Prince Mirrruttirc posit e y atiene I Emperor FRANCIS on that asi . ' ‘ ,ll trNg l ei count NVOIELRODE acting a inivter for Rush, we \ are now assured that he ha s tired to hia estates,:lg disgrace with his Imperial Master. The report of the plague having broken out et Oran is confirmed; and,- it is said, that it rages there with extreme violence, i s well as et Algiers. The file per Ceuta. left off oa . Wednesday at 68f. 35c. —wm..—. We regret to find by the accounts from Italy, re. ceivell through the medium of a Flanders Wit, that the Princess of WALES• lies dangerously ill at he r coenrry seat near Pesaro. Her affliction at the lop of her beloved daughter had greatly imusired h e , health, w hick has been anew severely attakeo by the late vexations in respect to the bills of exchange (pretended to he forged), payable out of the propeller of the late Quke of BRUMWICK. i . The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at Brum, ea the 20th instant, and on the follow ;og day went 4 inspect the fortifications of Nem and Charleroi—. The Duke and Duchess of Camentme arrived' there op Thursday last, a 46144-1160114 44 0- 1)1010 of KETT if !,pffirmetlfilar M. CAfistcEßtf Rud several o ther French:stiles have received perutiaaiou to rebus to F. an o n The Consul of the,Uoited qtates of No r th A n iodi t at G.nna, has received , he official news, that the 0, of ALGIERS has prohihited,his Corsaii• from yis i ititic the A tberican vessels as long as the plague prevails in his flnit.i A marriage is talked of between the eldest , o o f Madame MURAT, and the eldest daaghter of JJ3EPII BONAPARTE. STATESMAN OFFICE. HALF-PAST TWO. We regret to hear it rumoured that an accou-it his been received of the death of the Princess of WALts, whose indisposition is floated in the foreign Papers. • THE QUEEN.—The accounts of her MAJESTY'S health represent her as somewhat better, but her situ ation is evidently still considered dangerous. It is at present understood that the Prorogation of Parliament will take place to-morrow fortnight. The following communication has been made at the Stecit-Eachatige s' Excucouen BILL OFPICE.—Notice is ' hereby gilress, that the Interest on the Deposit and instal. ;Dents of Exchequer Bills, will be paid at the abore Office, on this and the following days." THE AMERICAN EXCLUSIvE NAVIGATION It'now appears that a cleat-ince out from Bermuda, or any other intermediate port between the Britisk `Nest India colonies and tlee United States, will not be su irorKt to remove the taint of illegality from a vessel originally proceeding Grim the West Indies, such second clearance being 'deemed a coetlnuance - of the former one. it is to be remarked of clause the , 2..1, that whereasit exacta a penal bond, that every '- vessel which is British propert'w. being laden with ar ticles the produce of the United States, and clearing out from the ports of the said States, Omit land het cargo in some port other than those from which Ames ricer' merchantmen are escluded, the said British vessel may, by merely landing her cargo at Bermods, &c. reload and proceed forthwith upon her. voyage to the West Indies, without incurring the penalties of the bond ; so that a landing at Bermuda by a Bri tish ship has greater virtue in the voyage outwards from Ilse United States, than in thesoyage inwards , to the United States froth the islands; being, Wass • first case, reckoned the actuil break or diacontiom anre, and, in the second, only an unlawful pretest. The weather was en excessively hot in Ititly,st the commencement of this month, that appetites sirens were 'intermitted of sit i.srtitriuske. The Duke of CLARFNCE, it is said, Wends to re. side, after his marriage, at Zit, in [lgnorer, frost economical motives... The hotel of Mr. H. Mutters, the banker, at Frenkrisr has been purchased, at as eapence of 220,000 tlorisa,. for the futrre residence of the Hereditary Prince'of Hesse-floweuno. The Duke of KENT was eapeol i ed Ath Frankfort OD At 15. h or 16th instant. On Saturday the dispatches were closed at the Et s t india• House, and delivered to the Pursers of the fei• lowing ships, viz. :—Getteral Hewitt, Capt. P. CO MASON ; Warren Hastings, Capt. T. LAltttlaS ; and A ia, Capt. T. F. BALDERSTON—for Bengal sad Moulins. Pastengers per General Hewitt—For B. ngal—M. C. UPI writer; Capt. E. T. Ellis; Messrs. H. Beechen, and Y. Ha free mariners; Mr. H. Alston, free merchant; Lient. R. Ed mantis; Messrs. Wright and Clerk.; Mr. Robert Ttiossas• ',tie/4e'; Mss resides Ttuaa.as and 111114 tkrisit U.S.; Ma l " Cory. Cragle, la Fotiche. liamilsost. and Brown. Per Warren lbw jags—Fur 11 ligal—Major.geoeral J. Oaf' lain and dmighter ; Lieut.-Col. Fitzgerald; Airs. and Man Fate gerald: Ca t .t Ins Howler and SI ) e ; Mr. O'Brtea ; Near). Alexander and Archer; Miss F. H. Colehruulte; Van zetti. W .ater, Twine. Fitzgerald. Walter, W.;ite, s od O. strts•her. cadets. Per Asia—For Bengal—lion. F. F. Shore; Messrs. Yo . 'n and Simon, waiter.; Mrs. Money; Mio.eb Patton mai sai l ' ton; Mr. H. J. liellerup; Mean. Bruere and Thomas. meets. Immediately after the discovery of a criminal inti• macy bet wren the wife of a Church Dignitary and s young Irish Catholic Peer, the husband took awsf his children, of whom there are seven, from the scene of his disgrace, and sealed op the doors; end was immediately after applied to by her Idstlyst,ip upon the subject of the plate, which, she said, es he cot" ant be in ;lie humour for entertaining, she could make better use of. The use. however, which she interidrol to put it to has. in her apprehensia u s vanished for ever ; for her paramour went away fro' her two days after, without ceremony, slid 14 114111 iss lissi•stad. Law proceedings are going forward , ' 'Peedo as Possible• Unfortunately, a divorce e .not a stranger to the Lady's family. She is:11 years°, age, extremely handsome, and of great ele,;ance 0' manners. • The Harriet, Moonc, arrived on'Friday et 110tt' mouth, from Calcutta, bound t London. S!lt on the bth of January, when there had becu no rece°' news received from the armies. . _.. 1 .