The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-01-02 00:00:00

? „ Coasts, and Military Commissions for civil crimes, the consolidation of the National Debt; the yearly Sadist, &Wading the Civil List of the ruling Dy. nasty ; the amoseet of the 'dive Army, the pried *. en which Isa eembers are kept op, the form of the Lsedwehr, In the Budget, the yearly, iikpenditdre siestilist be fired, and the Taxes de- Itemised on the boas of the net income (witboet 'key fattier or eareption), these T.ses divided Meal the several provinces and classes in the most convenient menner. The op is now so far ad vanced in thy knowledge of national economy, (bat no new Cionstitstions sIH appear witkant thus ar raviements. 114.111111RGH MAIM • Svetccuor.st, Dsc. 12.—thse of the vessels belbng log to the Russian squadron has again pet Into Got timber', damaged, sad most is repaired before it can proceed on its voyage. There has just been published here the following re ' rentable report of what has occurred in Ow Govern. Meet of .the kingdom since the last Diet, signed by his Majesty the King, and the . Chancellor Baron Wellerstedt " During the period which has elapsed since the • kit assembly of the States; the general peace, end the amicable relations of the kingdom With Foreign . Powers, have afforded his Majesty a happy-opportn. shy to direct his exertions and cares to the promo. tion of trade end industry, and of the internal admi t istration. Though the rapid transition from war to . peace, particularly after the violent convulsions . +which have distinguished the last 20 years, has also bad a proportionate influence on the trade of Swedes, end the revenue of its customs, yet his Majesty has had the satisfaction to find that this influence, which is to strikl6 in the richer European States, has not been considerably injurious to Sweden.—lt was to be . foreseen that the transit trade, after the re.establish meet of peace in Europe, should return to its ancient channels, and consequently Sweden could not remain the only channel ; and that notwithstanding the men sum which the King has been forced to take, from time to time, for maintaining the value of the currency, aecolding•to the wish of the Diet, have been added to this, yet the revenue of the customs has even exceeded the sum upon which the States had calculated. 66 Attentive to profit by every opportunity to pro. care new advantages to the trade of the Kingdom, Ids Majesty has concluded a Treaty of Commerce . with the United States of North America, founded on a.perfect equality of rights and privileges. Though this. Treaty, with the exception of some less import . attt points which were to be the subject of a new negotiation, has been already ratified by the Presi. dent of the United States, yet it could not be pub lished, on account of the negotiation still pending, but his Majesty hopes we shall soon be able to make it known. " A Treaty has been concluded with the Court of Russia, respecting the commercial relations between Sweden and Finland, the ratification of which will shortly be exchanged, and his Majesty is convinced that the Diet will learn with pleasure, the equity, and at the same time the advantages of the principles • on which this Treaty is founded. • "To fulfil the obligations of which his Majesty acquainted the States at the last Diet, the Duchy of • Pomerania and the Island of Itugen were given up to the Prussian Government in October, 1815; several payments have been made by Prussia on account of . the sum agreed upon, and the arrears are relative principally to accounts still to be settled with the in . habitants of Pomerania, many of which were as on , expected by his Majesty, as their amount is exag gerated. As the negocistion has now taken a deci .sive turn his Majesty confidently hopes that it will be .speedily concluded in a satisfactoiy manner. 64 I l ls Majesty has the satisfaction to be able to ennounce to the States, that the Foreign Debt of the Kingdom in Ilamburgh, Holland, Genoa, and Ant ••irrerp, bas been paid in the manner prescribed by the Diet. " The Loan in Leipsic is the only one which has tot been paid. iiis Majesty has, however, the best founded hopes, that ,t ith the exact observance of the principles of payment prescribed by the States in the years 1812 and 1816, this also will not be long de layed ; and thus the promise fulfilled which his Ma jesty and the Crown Prince made to the States at their last meeting, namely, to pay off the whole .foreign debt, which was so oppressive to the king tioso, so disproportioned to its powers, and the inte rest of which would have absorbed near two-thirds of the sum now granted, or abate ,eight hundred thousand via-dollars in cash.". Mis Majesty then proceeds to dilVelop what has been done is the various beasaboantthe internal ad snioistration. • Beaux, Dec. 20.—Mr. Kralowsky, the keeper of a Circulating Library bare, has jest bees called to account by the Police for the illegal distributiou of " The Description of the Great Festival of the Students on the Wartburg," and ell the copies he bad are seised. The same has happened to another Bookseller. A third person, who has been very zealous in distributing this libel in the schools, is also called to account. Bamborgh Exchange on London, 33.5. 33.8. DUTCH MAIL. FROM THE FREECHE lotion/Inas, Dec. 41.—1 t is it'll positively asserted at the head-quarters of the Duke of Wellington, that up to this moment no di minution of the Army of Occupation is thought of. The report of the approaching departure of the Danish, Sazon, and Hanoverian contingents, has wholly died away. These corps are to receive, in the course of the neat month, some detachments to Ell op their complement. It is supposed that the Allied Powers will resolve upon nothing in this respect before the end of the present sitting of the Chamber of Deputies at Paris. The measeres for placing the troops of the Army of Occupation le . barracks are contineed along the whole line. The prices of corn have lately risen again in t►e •*..rn Departments of Franc. ikNorthern peputi .-.. Wades awl disposal oft ill tasek.as else the contreel ever thee, *its Liberty ofthe Prete, the responsibility an o, Minister*, end all the Servants of the State; the at rbileity bf Law Proceedings. Jery Trials, lb. nil nearnal annihilation of Cerebration., of Prevost,' thi 1 1 11 E DANTIIIC g Dec. 15.—Oar waters era still open, bas a ship as been freighted today for Amsterdam, ' .40 Desch form* fl i oriqs peg last ,of -1.04 . 114. night, Insvip”.i. it' Bon so ha rd, fr tlgot 114 coolosw the naelgeflow' - 'will be stopped bribe dijr after motrow for this year. • FRANIPORT, Dec. 16.—Very large qemstilies of bops base bean bought op withist these few days- for L English 'cement, so that the,price row from 50 florins to 100 florins the cwt. 0* this sudden rise, specu lators immediately set 811 for Bohemia sod other hop countries. KONIGSBERG, Dia 16.—The weather is stil4 mild,' but our waters am thickly covered with ice. The prices of corn keep up. Accounts from Memel state, that the house of J. G. Dassers Widow and Co. Was felled. The French Consul at Bamburgh has poblished the following notice :••• 46 TARIV Ott THE EXPORT AND IMPORT Burn, IX THE ISLE OP CAYENNE. 46 The Consul of France has the honour to an.l Flounce to the merchants, that an expedition has been sent to the island of Cayenne, to resume possession of it in the name of his Most Christian Majesty. 46 As foreign flags are to be admitted into that co. luny till further orders, the Tarif of Customs to be provisionally pot in force there, has been filed as follows: IMPORTATION • By Foreign Vessels 13 per cent. By French Veunis 4 dim,. " There shall be levied no =ore than a slaty . 1 per cent. od valorem, and 3 per cunt. 00 the half metrical quintal on salt 6sh, beef, and cod, ineporipd by foreign vessels, conformably to the decree of Ott 30th of Aogast, 1784, and the Ordinance of the 816 of February, 1816. aX PORTATION. By French Vends By Foreign Vends • 15 per testi. " In case that bis Majesty should see 'reason to change or to modify the case, of the tariff, his Wien lions will be made known siz months before baud.— Dated Hambergh, 214 Dec. 1817." FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSEL!, DEC. 26.—Letters from the Hague, which come from the best source, state, that his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange is re-invested with all the places and offices which he held before the 15th November, at which time his resignation was accepted. It is with very lively satisfaction that we announce this happy news, which will doubtless put an end to the ridiculous stories with which the public curiosity is continually fed. DEC. 27.—1 t is by a Decree of his Majesty, ciated the 24th of this month, that his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange has been re-invested with all his functions and military titles. This Decree was ist sorted to-day in the Order of the Day of the differ. ent corps composing our garrison. This measure could not fail to spread among the military a general satisfaction, which is very sincerely shared by all true friends to their country. The High Court of Justice was to hear to-day the appeal made by the Public Officer, in the affair of the Duke of Wellington against M. de Buescher, of Ghent ; but it has been pat off, till a decision is made respecting his Grace's application to the Court of Castellon from the Decree which has rejected his Ap peal. DEC 29.—1 t seems that several changes are to be made in the different parts of the Administration of the War Department. It is affirmed that his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange will be invested with new functions. On the other hand, a Belgian of very greet merit, who has served with distinction in the administration of the Austrian army to this mo ment has been called to the Hague and consulted. It -is said, be has presented a general plan, which if adopted, would produce great regularity in the ser vice. The organization of the Austrian army in this respect, is a model which other Powers have in vain attempted to imitate. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, Dcc. 4.9.—The Doke of Wellington ar rived yesterday at Paris. His Grace dined at his hotel Roe des Champs Elysees. From the few per sons who accompany him, it is supposed the Duke will not make a long stay. _ _ One of the persons under accusation for the rob bery committed some time since in the Department of the Meuse, on Lord Clanwilliam, his made im portant discoveries, by which means the property stolen has been found in the places where it had been concealed. On the 22d inst. one of the walls of the Theatre at Tboolouse, now building, fell down with 1 tre. mendous crash. The workmen fortunately escaped without injury. Marshals the Duke of Tarentum, the Doke of Reggio, the Duke of Bellono, and the Duke of Ra., gun, had the honour of breakfasting ytivierday with the King. , Colonel Moncey, son of the Marshal Duke of Cornegliano, has been taken from his family . and the army in a melancholy ' manner/ Ile Was hunting, and jumped over a ditch; supporting himself upon his musket, which was loaded : by some accident the piece went of, just at the moment when the muzzle was pointed towards the head of the unfortunate young man, into which the whole contents entered, and he died upon the spot. Colonel Moncey, though a youth, bad performed many and glorious services, attested by many wounds. His bravery and talents had already made him worthy of the name he bore. His loss will be severely felt by his companions in arms, and by the friends of French glory. ItssraticK, Dec. 17.—According to the intelli. gence from Italy, a definitive arrangement has been concluded beetween Austria and Sardinia, the Courts of Rome and Modena, respecting the division of the debts of the Monte de Milano. Austria pays 69 per cent., the Holy See 21, Sardinia 4, and Modena 6. WARsAw, Dec. 10.—It appears to be determined on that the Emperor will proceed in the month of April to review the army under the orders of Count Bennigsen. The corps of that army will probably be assembled so as to farm two camps, the 6th Corps in the mimes of Odessa, and the 7th near Keel ;sled. • • .. • AWBRWAN PAPERS. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The Minister of hb Catholic Majesty (the Chevalier De Onis) arrived it the seat of Government yesterday. • The Members of the National Legislators ere re. pidly assembling at the seat of Government, anil , from the numbers already 'arrived, there is no.doubt but a quorum of both Houses will convene on Moe day. • CONGRESS. • •i. 4 BALTIMORE, Nov. 18.—On Monday neit 044 National Legi‘lsture will convene at WashingtOne-1-, Notwithstanding the present is a period of profound peace in Europe, and the clarion iif war is not heard save in the Soother,' Provinces of our own •Continent, yet there can he no doubt that subjects of much im portance will occupy the deliberations of Congress. We hope to see a liberal, enlarged,, and really m anual policy adopted with regard to our domestic manufactures, and that our internal relations gene rally, as far as is expedient, will receive the salutary influence of legislative interference. It is an opinion which has met with getieral ere. dence, that the cause and situation of the patrotic Governments of South America will be examined, and the propriety of acknowledging the independence of one or more of them attentively considered. The official communications of the delegation appointed to enquire into the expediency of the latter act, no doubt, will be productive of very important, and perhaps conclusive weight, in the determination of the question. It has been promulgated with an appearance of au thenticity, that Don Dills, the Spanish Minister, has in his possession sealed dispatches from his Govern. ment, which are to he presented to Co►►gress at the succeeding Session. These are said to be an'offer, on the part of Ferdinand, to cede the Flotillas to the United States, for a stipulated consideration. Should this prove to be the fact, it is sincerely hoped that the attention of our Legislature will he called to the sub ject at an early day in the session. The present state of affairs at Amelia earnestly re. quires the interference of some Powir capable of establishing order and government, and affording it protection from the band of pirates cod ffeellomers by which it is now infested. When that Wand fell into the power of the besiegers, under WGregor, we rejoiced at the event, because we regarded it as the first movement towards the entandpation Of the Florida,, and were impressed with the belief that the possession of that island would operate giest. ly to promote the common cause of South American freedom, by the facilities which it would avid the Patriots as a place of rendezvous and equipment. We do not censure the original intention of M‘Gre. gor ; the course of conduct which be partied, and the measures idopted by him at the onset, famish at least presumptive evidence that his view, were ho nourable, and that his object was to have taken pos. session of St. Augustine. Ile was no doubt deceived: in his expectations of aid ; end we now owe that the ; consequence has been, the conversion of his conquest into a common receptacle for freebooters of all na. tions and hues; of which, however, the sable appears to bear the predominance. We consider it a duty enjoined on our Government as the head of an independent nation, to arrest and completely put a period to these proceedings. Our own commerce and the commerce of the world de mand their interference. Let them, by their deter minations on the subject, prove to other nations, that, however greatly they value liberty and the free. dom of States, yet it requires something more than the mere name of patriot to ensure their countenance and approbation. Should negociations not be entered into with the Spanish Government at an early day of the Session, we trust and believe that Congress will see the absolute necessity of interposing, and taking pnssessipn of the island of Amelia, with such other _posse akhi►►dho territories of Spain, in the vicinity of the United States, as may be deemed expedient to counteract and prevent depredations upon our commerce, *swell as upon the commerce of other nations, from an en. authorised soorce. We believe is» hazard nothing in asserting, that the time is near at haud, when both Amelia and Galvestown will be taken possession of by our Government, and held for future disposal. PRICE OF STOCKS VII Rank Stock 9 per Cent. Red. 801 i 9 per Cent. Consols Consols for Acc. 811 83 4 per Cent. 98i1 [S DAY AT ONE. O'CLOCK. 1 5 per Gem. Navy liana Hands 97 99 p Stack tong An 0.90 9-16 Excimpper Bills 13 19 p THE STATESMAN. LONDuiv: IRIp1T• .311NUART 2, 18119. ___-.....- A. variety of American Papers have reached as. , The dates are to the Ist ult. A Charleston article stain a circumstance which may elicits some surprise after the public declaration of neutrality which bas been made. It is affirmed, that a party of United States' (troops hate beau sent to take possessioa of .~. : _ 'a ___.______, p4 mADai °MCI A , _L ARTICLE. ,_ _ , Amelia Island, which is represented as having belomo .Dec.n' s M 16. 6 At t h e end o f a Dints Ntagrods the Ambassador 4 his Most Chriations j _,.. . .. t h e e ee t nha receptacle of pirates and freebootihm ' 1 i. '.... 1 Wc h his Exelleocy commenicases the yng ireUtP" "I' " al / 0 ",-- °. t al f t" ll htfi m l6 Ol ; viish Wl* SpereCeign upon the *abject of an agree. inst *hid it thebefore behoves the Government of meat betteels - the two Goverementa, in passports mig - ht - not be granted to vagabo nds ft A -wdr or the United & ties hOsseecepy, t least provisi ona lt yt t. ise their own defence. writer ew attjd ANNUM indinaduelo, accept in eases where they wi . „ . •. . in the Dwighisok,' &nue 'co fi deoti smart y. /h o ts - to return to their respective countries, and that they "the s. time is near al ease* bait Amelia -might not thus be tossed from onelfrontier to another, his Majesty orders that the Authorities of hie States " and Gaivestown will be taken pouession of 4. hi s shall grant passports only to those persons who are " Government, and held for future disposal." Tho known, and who, to obtain them, comply with the step taken for this purpose is thus stated :.—A valet customary forms and ordinances." has been taken up at St; Mary's, supposed - to be dt - It is belived here, that at the same time when it was ordered to finish the proceedings instituted against seined f o r Amen, blood. and 80 men, with offire's the individuals implicated in the affairs of Generals in proportion, besides some other troops from 4._ Lamy and Milans, in Catilonis, a similar resolution vannab, are to proceed on the same espedni-In. with respect to the nameroos officers who have re- Colonel BARMIER°, the account goes on to s• 1 i rained its the prisons at Coruona, since the attempt was to leave Charleston about the 25th ult. for of Porlier. Dec. 17.—The intelligence from Pere, published Savannah. Considerable reliance is placed on th e in our Gazette, comes down no later than to the 11th opinion, that immediately on the meeting of C. 1114 of lax; Jane, and it contains nothing of any interest. greys, East Florida was to be ceded to the U n itp t i States by Spaie; and Amelia is regarded as forming an understood member of the territory so to be given or. This is the most probable view of the cause of tl re. above occupation. But the cession of East Florida to the United Stales, cannot but be looked upon by other Powers as an important transaction. It is oh. served by a morning writer that " 6 the Spanish Go. vernment has an equal tight tpAransfer Amelia as it has East Florid. to any foreign Power." The rights of Spain over theseterritorles is now very disputable. Iler power •over them is now lets than her rigid; we suppose Spain is driving the best bargain she can, in regard to the disposal of her revolted colonies. But whet is she to receive in 'exchange from the United States? Money, or assistance of arms? The latter cannot be given by the Republican Go. vernment against their Patriotic neighbours. If seizures by the Government of the United States are merely for the purpose of defence, or " rounding their territory," we shall hear much of these violations; though the conduct of the legitimates of the European Continent, and the example of the no less hopeful legitimate of the Brazils, in the seizure of the Monte Video side of La Plata, "to protect his new empire from Republican principles," might afford a reply to the cetiserers is the American Government. , Considering the ottfortunsie state of Amelia Island, and its proximity to the American commerce, NI.. MUNROE, it is observed, may not be much to blunt.. in anticipating the result of a negotiation with Spab , , provided he gees no further. But "on the mere plea of. Amelia Island bring wrested from' its lawful 7 awners, and retained in the dominion of Alms- and his many-coloured partisans,. England, or any other Poser that can be named, has just as much right to tlsim the sovereignty of Amelia, Galvestowo, 83; as the Government of the United States." Here Is the point on which the differences may be expected to arise. It is curious that England is never allowed - to have any right to interfere in,the South American affairs, until the advantages of interference seem to have passed from her hands. The right of inter ference is common to all ; but what, it should be asked, is the desire of the inhabitants of the terri tories to' be transferred ? The l'eople of Amelia Island want a Representative Government, end pei vileges, such as are enjoyed by the citizens of the United States. So, we dare say, do the Floridan.'; r• and no power whatever has a right to deprive them of these. The Government of the United States is the most likely - to afford them the protection they require, as it is the most natural alliance on both sides. Burt - this will give occasion to more important events. The American Papers now call loudly for the interference of their Government in the affairs of the South American People. We cannot, however, but deprecate that sort of interference which word's make internal dissentions the plea of wresting from a struggling People the rights of independence for which they are contending. Some. negotiations with Spoilt seem to be going on at the American seat of Government. It is stated, as a general opinion en tertained at Washington, that in the approaching Session of the Legislature the cense and situation of the Bstriotic Governments of SOoth America will he ... examined, and the propriety of acknowledging the independence of one or more of them attentively considered. Congress we:assembling. It is said that the judgment of the President has been remarkahlr displayed in the selection of his, new Cabinet. lie could not, it is said, have united •greater mass am. lent and information. 4 —.411104.-. Paris Papers have been received since yesterday, but they have few articles of interest. The Moniker contains the proclamation of the law for authorizing the collection of via-twelfths of certain of the taxes for 1818, as already passed ,by the Chambers, and assented to by the King. Another decree confiners the additional duties payable on provisions at NO., to the 31st of December of the present year, at the increased rate to which they were raked by an ordi nance of the Bth of January, 1817. A third decree lowers the duties on the importation of raw and spun silk until the it of nest August. The Duke of WELLINGTON has arrived in Paris. It was soma time ago announced that his Grace tiaa been called upon to mediate between Fiance and Prussia; and a hope is now stated, that his presentee at Paris will ac celerate the negotiations respecting the foreign claim', and the coutituanee of the Allied Armies within tl frontier, irliith " some time ego threatened to be " indefinitely prolonged." Tits Duke, it is said, .a .ir,} •