The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-03-16 00:00:00

We men, and he 31041 have supported a still fattber seduction, but for the greater number of men tegoired for reliefs, ender the present system of enlistment. He was the more urgent for reduction on account of the state of the country. Mr. WILBERFORCE said, he could not but think that the military establishment would bear reduction. Ile had no doubt that the Ministers had made inntliries with a view to reduction, but it was well known that the heads of military, as well as all other establishments, wished to see them flourishing and well appointed. If the force were now reduced, the country would bear mo re willingly an augmentation in titne of emergency. Mr. W. SMITH was convinced a great reduction might be in our military establishments. If we looked around us to see from what nation any attack could by any possibility be made o n our Colonies, we should see that the mere forms of garrisons in them would be quite sufficient. By reducing the number of the troops in the Colonies the incidental expenses would be more than proportionably diminished. Lord PALMERSTON explained, and in reply to the Member for Aberdeen, observed, that though there were now in the saute regiment men receiving different vay to consegiteiwe of different terms of service, they were all on the saute scale of pay, which was different from the creAlinif a degraded cast in a regiment. After a few words from Mr. CALCRAFT, the House divided — For the Amendment Against It Majority —7O The Resolution was agreed to, and a Bill ordered ac coriliugly. Upon the motion for the second reading of the County Courts Rill, Mr. I.oi IiFIART spoke against the measure ; and Mr. F. P.II.)IMIt spoke in its favor. Me, CHETWYNI) argued forcibly in support of the a scare, nrgiag that it would he unfair to encumber the quarter Sessions, which were already burthened with business, witit the objects which this Bill bad in view. The .11"fiill.NEY-GENERAL spoke against the tneasnre. lie. for one, was opposed to the ere •lion of any new establishment, unless they were likely to com peusate for the enortuous expense which it would bring upon the county Though he objected to many of the clauses in the Bill, be had no objection to its going to the Committer pry flruta for the purpose of filling up the blanks. Lori Aurtioit PE saill,that if allowed to proceed with the Rill, it wag his intention to bring it as near as pos sible to the su l rzestiuus of the lion. Gentlemen who had spolien ul•ou it, and concluded by expressing his hope that the iloue would allow the gill to be read a second time. The rou,N El-(ENERAL explained. Mr. CAMPBELL and Mr. J. P. 6RANT supported the motion. An Hon. Memnett said, he objected to several of the I'Ln►sr;, but was nut adverse to the Bill's going into a Committee. Mr. MA NSFI ELI) observed, that there were no bur rlrus light as I 'ounty Rates. In no our instance had the County {tato, of Leicestershire exceeded one penny in the pound in the quarter. Col. WEBB said, the ram, was very different with tilaneesterhir•, u-l►ere the Comity Rate was very heavy. Mr. MANSFIELD esplainesl. After a few words from two Honovirable Members nndler the Gallery, whose names we could not learn, the Bill wa• read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday ; as was also On tl►w motion of Mr. STEWART, the Public Nota ries B►ll. s i r R NE/A, flowe d t h e secon d rea di ng o f the Tithes Leasing- (Ireland) Bill. Sir OEIIROF, 11l 1.1. opposed the motion, being de eirous that the Bil', before the seronil reading-, should be prime If .r :be of Men►bers. All the I risls Bishops eC. e nit eI ►o the measure. Mr. SPRING RICE warmly supported the motion of the Hon. Bironet. Mr. lAICKIIARI supported the Bill, and stated that he had never beard a clergyman speak of the Itill whicl► was introduced List year, and of which he understood the present was a copy, who did not regret that it hio! not passed into law. It was calculated t' benefit both the occupier of land and the owner of tithes, and to prevent those litigations which were so freqaent between the parties. Mr:STEWART declared the anxiety of the higher order of Clergy fur the adoption of some regulation' for the better collection of tithes, without pledging himself to support the Bill now proposed. Sir li. 111 LI, explained, and maintained that the Bill ought to be printed. Sir 11. PARNELL was of opinion, that the best course to pursue woold be not to print the Bill until it had come out of th►e Committee in a perfect state. Mr. U. 1W Will N SON cuncured in that opinion, observing that the greatest grievance under which Ireland laboured, was the present mode of collecting tithes. He did not mean to stigmatise the conduct of The Cler.zy, but the system was equally disgraceful to the church and oppressive to the people. MT. COURTENA Y thought the most convenient come amid he for Isis Right Honourable Friend to give way...aull allow the Bill to be printed after going through the Committee. After so►ue farther conversation, in which Mr. Gor don, N.:, P. Nlo.ire, Sir G. Hi". and Mr. Courtenay took part, the Bill was read a second time, and or diered to be committed that day sennight. The mo tion for printing it before it went through the Com mittee was negatived'. The Annual Mutiny Bill was read a first time, and ordered to he read a second time on Monday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, 411 . d the House adjourned at half-past twelve. TO TO EDITOR OF THE ST.ITESHAY. Sin—The treatment which Mr. Johnson, now con fined in Lincoln Casile, not fur any crime, hut !oleic be range he interested hims . .ll in the welfare of his fellow. ereatures—l .av the treatment which that unfortunate lientteman received, in not being permitted to take the last Ln {t and farewell of his beloved wife, when she lay on her flying bed, was a refinement of cruelty, winch is almost unexampled in the history of nations.—There are men in this amid, 1 know, who can bear any suffering of the body th a t human malignity can invent or impose stpon . : • hut there is a torture of the wind that tyrants .e.?ti inflict. whi c h i s t oo h orr ible for human endurance . . to stiffer a fellow crea t ure, endowed with the menu - Ildiftrs of our common nature, to leave his prison walls for a few hours, to receive the last look—the last words —and the last breath of the wife of Isis bosom, indicates such onfeelineness of disposition as I thought could not inhabit the huoun breast.— 31v heart bleeds at the recol lection of ir. anti I feel couipaision for the wan who is " unfortunate as to become the victim of such inhume nitv.—tilut there is a Providence who knows all things, anti will do the strictest justice to all of us. This latter reflection ought not, however. to restrain us from relieving as much as we am the sufferings of our fellow-men —a n d I understand there is a subscription °Pnie ! l "newhere, for the assistance of Mr. Johnson sad boa fellow prisoners, which 1 should be very happy THE STATESMAN& if you would gratuitously insert Its your paper, that my self and the public say have an oppnettsite of knowing how, and where we may contribute something for that purpose.—As a constant reader of your paler,—and• an admirer of the general principles upon which it is con ducted, I venture to make this request. I only ask that which I would do myself, were I a conductor of a pub lic paper—l should (eel an happiness in doing so, under the pecnliar circumstances of this case. I am happy to find you agree with me, in thin►cing that it would do honour to this country, for the people to meet together, to express at least their detestation and abhorrence of the scandalous invasion of Naples. The Demon of Despotism is at work again; and it is proper and necessary, that the people of England should not only be on their guard, but shook' also express some sympathy at least for the fate oldie oppressed.—He who does not feel for others, does not deserve relief himself. Yours, &c. Royston, March R. 1921. GEO. FORD!! AM. •.• For the information of our correspondent, we have ascertained that there is a general subscription opened for the relief of persons imprisoned on ac count of political charges, and that Mr. Johnson will, of course, be entitled to receive his share of the con tributions; though that share, it an estimate can be formed from present appearances, is likely to be very small. To distinguish Mr. Johnson particularly, sod to enable him to give his children a memorial of the esteem in which his conduct has been held, it is pro ! posed by some of his friends in Lincoln, to raise a sum for the purchase of a silver urn, to be presented to him, with an appropriate inscription to hint on one side, and on the other a suitable tribute to the me mory of his deceased wife. Mr. West, wire worker, in the Strand, is, we understand a receiver of sub scriptions on both accounts. Our co:Tesp.ndent, we trust, will excuse our omission of one passage in his letter; which would tend to defeat an objet which he must be aware we have at heart. From the candour he has exercised towards us, we cannot doubt that on such a point he will allow us to preserve consistency. —ED. PRICE OF STOCKS I'llll Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Rect. shut. 3 per Cent Ow. 74;111 31 per Cent. shut 4 per Cents. shut. per Ct• Navy 1061.11 per Cent. Long Ann. shut Imp,3per'rut.' 71i Irish. per Cent. D .t•r \ 01:LOCK. India Stock Ditto Son& 491. /504. pm. South-Sea Stork Sil4 Ex ilitt32ll. S.. pm. Omnium for Munn• pm Batik for kerma India fur eitto Con. for Arct 73t •'1 a 21 Lott. Ticacti 271. IS,. itte Ptattolitatt. " THIS SRI flail STATESIOAS If INCORPoRsTRD WITS " TIIP iITATILINAT4." LONDON: MOAT trimuNG, 'MICH 16, STOCK-EXCHANGE, One o'Clork. The Funds have experienced some depression this morning ; Consols for the Account which left oif yes day at 7311, hare been done as low as 72f. The Market looks rather steady, there not having been but little business doing this week. We are informed that two or three e‘p hare arrived this morning- front Pari% which laing :he important information Ova the Piedanontiese and the whole of the north of Italy have risen and declared in favour of the Neapolitans; and when the account!, came away they were a.metublin.4. an army of MI thousand men to march immediately to the assistance of the Neapolitans. A great number of breach officer•. formerly in the service of Hwy A ' , Ann:, have joined the standard of the Piedutontiese. Nothing can be more judicious than the arrange ment by which the Neapolitan troops have been brought to act in that part of the Roman States they occupy, as it presents inexhaustible resources for itn- i peding the progress of an invading army. It is much to be regretted, that a patriotic force had not , taken post at Perugg ia, one of the strongest positions on the Northern road to Route. It is, however, to be hoped that General PEPE Mill avail himself of the im • 1 ' pregnable pass at Sarni, a few lea=ses further on ! towards the Roman capital. The high road between Peruggia, Terni, and this place, winds along under the base of the Appenines, which form the frontier between the Abruzzi and papaiterritorct so that by merely assai l ing the Austrians in their march, without attempting a rerular enga2entent, the army of PEP[ can do them infinite mischief. Should the peasantry on the Sienna road form themselves into Guerillas, they possess Means of annoyance no less formidable than thtir luethren 1 of the north. Even Spain itself does not afford more fa- I eilities for the annihilation of an inva ling foe than • the portion of Italy chosen by the Austrian Cabinet, to execute its sarriligeous design of quenching the spirit I of freedom. From a tolerable local knowledge of 11,e seat of war, we are convinced that it does not require a regular army successfully to cope with Fluatioxy's troops.—lf the roads be effectually broken up, and the mtinerons defiles through which they have to pass be only watched with oulinary care, we do not entertain the smaVest doubt that the enemy it ill fail an easy prey to the most inexperienced s u blirls. As h,,,, , ,, , ,, there seems to be an immense force , I either alrewly in action, or coming on front Lombardy. those wilt) have in this country projected any pfati for . , assisting the people of Naples, should not relax in their I benevolent design. Arms and stinnunition, military stores of every kind will be most thankfully received, and are sure of findings ready market. On looking over the Dublin pipers recently re ceived, we perce:ve there is a continent on the letter of Mr. M`NSMAtta, published in Tile St VI'ESM 1S last week. iVe are not sittfirientle sward in the polities of the Irish metropolis to comprehend what the writer alludes to, and must confess, it is altogether unintel ligible. We have indeed heard that party s;,irit, which has dune so •h injury to the interests of the empire and to those of Ireland in particular, wes long rai -1 plowed to frustrate the patriotic rl'arts of Mr. O'll'orsr srk and those of his friends, who have route forward to aid the cause of South Atnerkan freedom, but from never having taken any part in the (ies ion at the these, we are the less dl , posed to do Si n u n•. Since the recent tridmples of the Colunehian Republic furnish an unanswerable argument against the enemies of its range, whether here or at Dublin. With respect to the letter of Mr. *NAMARA, it is HOW in our possession, and bears the post mark of Trinidad. We know nothing of the writer, but feel obliged for the information communicated, and repeat, notwithstanding the commentary of The Ihiblits .11 , ,rmiatz P , ..st, that Mr. M•N ► mau.t hag given some very valuable advice to the Ministers of this country. The stehjects under discussion in the House of Commons last night, though of considerable interest, cur limits will not permit us to notice its the manner then• deserve. We cannot. however, avoid adverting to the motion respecting the Act for regulating the making and sale of breael. The removal of the Assize front that important article, has failed to produce the effect intended. The competition expected has never been excited ; and can never, we conceive, have room to ' operate. so long as the corporate spirit of the !takers predouinat•s, and the Ilealmru, he hesitation of the enottoploy of porter brewers, err allowed to be the owners of a large proportion of the ovens of the 3letropolis. Mr. Canning arrived in Town on Wednesday nightl front Paris. He is expected to take a leading part in the House of Commons to-night in the discussion on the Catholic Bills. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has, it said, aban.loned the idea of proposing the tneasure of which be had given notice, for raising the legal tender in Silver from 40s. to 5/. Mr. Home, some time hack, justly reprobated the system of private contracts, which he stated, bail on several oecivions been adopted by the Ordnance, by which the public hail sustained 'viols injury. We have been informed from respectable authority, that during the last year five hundred tons of lead were sold by private contract to two eminent houses in C.:e City, in each of which is one Member of Parliament, usually voting with thavernment, at 211. per ton, when the price of pig lead upon the market was 25/. per toil. Sir William Rowley paired off with Mr. Iluskisson on the Report of the Army Estimates. The circular note of the Allied Courts respecting the object and results of the conferences at Troppau, has been published at length in the Auvriao Observer; but this document does not differ essentially from the accounts of it we had previously given. Accounts received respecting the operations of Lord Cochrane against Lima, afford a contradiction, from their dates, to the statements in the American Jour nals, of the fall of that place. On the sth of Novem ber, they state, that his Lordship with 20 boats, had cut out the Spanish frigate Esmeralda, with trifling loss, and that he had taken besides two English ships on their passage from Cadiz, with cargoes supposed to be worth a million. It is gratifying to learn that in Paisley trade has undergone a considerable improvement within the last few weeks.—(Glasgow Paper.) Litton have been received in Glasgow from Buenos Ayres sebeequently to the skirmish which lately took place there. British merchants continue to enjoy the confidence of all parties ; and British pals, particu. lerly of Glasgow manufacture, are in greet repute. CATHOLIC BILLS. (11FRa:a Tat DUBLIN EVENING POST, u‘ncif 13.1 The Catho!':e Bills are this day atilonitted to tl,e pe rusal, to the Steady. to Um deep coniideration of the Protestants find Catholic. of Ireland. Of the Entati cipatiou Bill, we have only to say. that it is joiliciou., concise, and cionprebrosi ye. We shall be ElSllieht, tie Catholics 1011 be content with this Bill alune—n• other is neeessary--no other is adinissable—no (Aber is politic—no miser is rate. We have not been forward to thrust forth this opi• nion prematurely t hat we should be forgetful of the sAititnents inculcated in this Journal for the last tea years—we should he forgetful of the principles of U. QUAL! PIED EstarictratioN, upon which this Journal has stood—WP should be forgetful of the feelings, Of the opinions, of the principles of the Catholics, 1 ay and Ecclesiastical, so frequently, so lonlly espresseJ. if we did n •t, its their name, pronounce an unequivocal on the Belo Bill which *tromp:mitts the Bill lot emancipating the Catholics of Ireland. The !leader's close attention it retrieStell to the s:•• coed Bill—to the Security and Com m ission 11111—.) • the Bill appointing Privy Councillors, being Hrotest ants, to superintend and overlook the Ecelesiaatical intercourse between the Supreme Poiitiar. and the Ca 'lodic priesthood of Ireland. There is no occasion this day to tatter into any particulars. he mere stafe ment of the pr.ivisiotts of the Bill it ill he qiiite sort cient to show that it does not differ in any material point from the Hill of I tsl3. We shall take another opportunity of eoloparing them ; fur the present, it is sufficient to stare, that in :ill the main aril material points, they are une and the same. The objertions of the Catholics to the Bill of ISI3 — the ohjeetion, indeed. of the Protestants to that Bill re main undisturbed ; both are vetoistical in the manta's tial points. The sliffei mire is this—by the Bill of 1913. the lii icas empowered to pot an absolute Veto on the recommendation of the Clergy. By the Kill of lel, this Veto is constriteil iota a disapproval. where is the idiot who oloos not See that Disapproval means Veto. awl twilling else Attain. liv the Bill of 1.13, there was to br erected is Lay• Ecclesiastical Board. coasisting of certain Cat lodic Gentlemen and Ei.ele,iastics, aided by certain Isroli.statst Privy Councillors. By the Bill of 1:21, tbere are to be no ICatlinlic Laymen; hut the Bishops are to sr!imit tho correspondence to the aforesaid Secretaries of State and Piivy Conticil! Hs. The most material difference, how ever, between the two Bills is this, that, by the Bill of 1913, the Board should first decide upon the eligibility of the Candid ate. previous to election ; br the Bill of lts2l, they decide un his tittles% after the and previous to htis consecration. Aoainst both triodes we have instiperible objections, but the latter is, in our mind, the most objectionable attar two. We shall say no more this day. We have only to add it..on very respectable antlimity, that th e ii.thowing, a ro stated to he the Commissioners, whom it is the intention of the t•rown to appoint, in the event of the Bill passing. into a Law :—Lord Ormonde, Lord Shannon, Lor Itononobitiore, 11r.Pleitikett, Mr. Buslie, Colonel Harry. Mr. Penis Browne, .Ir. Grant. Th- Catholic part of the Board to consit of taro l're• dates—Br. Troy, Dr. Everard. We onderstand that parish meetings, to colc:lder the Provisions of this Bill are already in progress. SPORTING INTEI,LIGENCE. RETTINU xr T Mkttfll 15. nputiv.—S to t ago ftegioold---I I to I 11.!,!d e. wit or Morel—lli to I tlgst Uustarts—l3 to I asst .1 oek--11 1 9 to I opt Polygor. OaKs.—l Ito 2 o.ot M' tally-8 to I apt Augusta-2 so I ogst Springe--I3 to I agst ZPal. ftinuaasssom to I ',sit Iteginolll-3 to I ors' out of Stored-3 lu I opt r. out or Selima-10 11, I nest Polyilter. DONCAITICR ST. Li:atm.-17 to 'd ag..t Jock Spigot-13 to I most Colwell —l.l to I apt 5aud10...1.---- I.) to I act My lo,ly-111) to ft ac:t r. rod of Itemembronce-100 to 4 Agit e. out uf Brush's d. —lon to 4 asst Mr. Ridstlale's filateirmait. Dumas, Marten 13.—A very nntuerons Meeting •nf the persons who have been most snxious in promoting ka Address to his Majesty, on occasion of his inten• :on t.. v:sit I)nh!in, was held' at Morrison's towering evenis4 ; and we are glad to leans, that the address unifsienatures which are most nnonerous, will in a few days, be ready to present at the Castle, to be forwarded to his Majesty. Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg returns to town tn. ' day, from Claremont, for the season. There was a report at the west end of the town yesterday, of the' tlearli of his Royal Ilighness's father. From lierbice we are inf.srnseil of the death of li's Excellency Major Thistlethwayte (of the gni. n'. Royal Regiment). As•ting Lieutenant (inventor of li .1 - hire, and that his Excellency Sir Frederick Robinson had appointed Sir John Cameron, IC, C. B. to tise.ti In. porary administration of the Civil tiovernment of t .at Island; Sir John Cameron took the Oaths on the 2:.d of December. From Detuarart we learn, that a complaint has Iseen made to his Excellency the (Inventor by Mr. Coch rane Johnstone, against the President of the entail of Policy fur extortion, as well as for being unjust in refusing to receive him as evidence in a certain tense wherein he was c interned. Ilia refusal arose in con sennence of a writ of outniwry having been *tied awl now actually in furce against Mr. Johnstone, on the occasion of the Stock-Exchange affair. In cono.- (pence of several alleged aMssea in the public depar:- clients in the Island, Isis Excellency hass given permis sion for a public meeting to he held to take the same into coasideration. . The benefit of Mr. Roraner, hox-huok and hoses"- keeper of the Cobourg Theatre, we find it . fixed for a Monday next. We are glad to learn the nspicioit, patronage under which it is uudertaken ; and doul.t not, from the judicious and varied entertaintnea..: which are aunotryed in the advertisement in the front of our paper, that he will be gratified un the ovcasiuss with an overflowing home. . CORN EXCHANGE, AlAncit 16.—We have, had hut litt:e Wheat fresh in since Wednesday. but a conviderahle irel tity remained Mer from that day's supply, for which chore was hut little &Mood this Morlsing, whtm die sales of all description were exceedingly heavy at a &cline of 23, per quarter. and oily the finest samples eiMjd betli•pOsed of et that abatement.—Bariry is *a..per quarter clipper, 'hiving large arrivals from the Hutto& coast.—The 'Oat tainlewas very dull ; and from Is. to 25.• lower than on ;1111pudal.-31ii Beans and Peas nu alteration. 1 . • —.. t . 1 .• . SIIITIIIIIL MLD MARKET, ARCIE 1 6 — T ie I w e t tppty u titss morning, at Market, was not po great as osuin in conic quince of which, Betio( good quality is rather di•arer, ar.d the inferior sorts rental's as per last Market def. 4 . : J . (To sink the offal ; pap St* so of till • Reef .... 3s. 631. to 49.11 d. E CAI IRA a'r 2eintrr. Mutton.. 4s. Oil. to Si. Oil. I Bhasts * • . .: . 410 Veal .... Os. Od. to Gs. 631. Calves ....;`,.. , ..r.,.. ~.. v , Pork .... 4s. 6d to Ss. Sd. Sheep and issnibil.., • • 43 1 11 0 Lamb ... . Os. Ad. to (. rid..rid.. ill . Agit .., ‘....,....:.. ;an 1 Hay iatorrt.—This war et ramehis no title, as per Mir lasi—St:ow and Clover me atomics, INTELLIGENCE RECEn ED AT LLOYD'S. The Emma, BAusituunT, from Lonulon to Ben2.al, India packet, and the Dorah of Bengal, were totally lost iii T able Bay, Cape of (bunt 11ol.e, during a hur ricane on the 4th of January. The Wahetield, of Li verpool, was in Table liar on the 9ils of January, with five feet water in her hold ; and the Zoroacer, llnanAm, of Bengal, in the sante place on the 13th, with trifling damage. _ The expectation of a speedy conflict between the contending parties in Italy, will give birth to many a rumour in anticipation of the event. Front Brussels, as well as from Paris, reports of the commencement of hostilities have spread, hut the vagneneot of the representations deprives then) totally of credit. The Neapolitan troops, however, being on the alert, and the population of the country on which they advance, receiving from them the animating impulses of inde pendence and freedom, it is highly probable we shall soon receive accounts of local contests between them and the troops of their aggressors. Both private and public information confirm the state seat we gave at .an early period of the struggle, of the noble spirit that appears to rise through out the States of Italy ; and had nut the Aus leans marched much sooner than was expected, it is affirmed that insurrections would hare been general from the Po to the Nearolitan frontier. At Piedmont, a conspiracy is reported to have been discovered, and several officers, even of Austrian Regiments. are said to have been marched through Milan under arrest. By the conjectures of more sanguine politicans, it is presumed, that as General PEPE and the Austrian commander were, for some days prior to the 24th of last month, manceuvring almost in the presence of each other, some engagement between their detachments at least were likely to occur immediately. From our notion, however, of the proper policy of the Neapolitans, we cannot anticipate soon an affair of any serious conse quence. The policy of General PEPE will, of course, consist of lively action, mixed with caution. Accord cording to the last accounts, he had, about the 20th, thrown forward upon Terni a corps of 3,000 men, with nine pieces of cannon, and another of 1,000 men, as far as Monte St. Vito, neer Spoleto, on the 22d; while Fat :mortv on . the 21st effected his junction with Wale worsts at Foligno, autl marched on the 24th in the direction of Spoleto. , .....d A IP o ''