The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-06-22 00:00:00

Ate. r.dented. So massy instances, on the contrary, mich be silducod, of subjects of this count r s kari•tcfntereil tato the service of betligerents, win§ w howl we were. et that timeat peace, that it was onbecersaf v to quo', them. To mention only one—the case of the great Marlbortregb : he began his mirror under one of the most celebrated Capiaios of his aye, I. Mariorhal Tommie, mod with a commission from Louis XI V.: be served against • Power with whom MP were at peace, yet no remorotrarare eu ever mule by it upon that amens. He übjected to the Bill in the third place, becalm he thought it any thing rather than whit it professed to be—a neutral measure. It api peord to be, order the mask of neutrality, a* act of hostility to the colonies, and of favour to Spahr.— The Hon. Member proceeded to show, that 'niter present circenistances there most he some persons to whom the habits of peace were not congenial; and others, dissatisfied, from more goestionable asotiCall. with their country, who were devoted to disturbance and agitation; he could not see, therefore, why, by the present me , they should pen up the receipt humours of one of the,e parties, or close up the field of heroic enterprise in the other—a Sold rif war in the most glorious of all causes. The Hen. Member concledod lo'ss)ing, that considering that limey was nothing to justify it in theta* of natiorie, in the law of justice, or in the principles of political ',Hided, sod considering alto that it was directly adverse t• the socient policy of the country, be should give his vote against it. Mr. SLIEMIERD supported the measure. Mr. G. V. VERNON opposed the lull at se*. length. The supporters of this 0114111111fe appeared 10 have assumed that, in proportion to the warm and active feeling opposed to it, was the paucity and in. efficacy of argument.-. 411 assumption intremely il logical. In this me, is in many others, the will kuown 'oasis hold good - Nimmons shied mars. ailed opiewile disk." TM 11... Member obeerved, that he was relectant to detain the Hoese long slier that wog eloquent, most urgearentatise, and most impressive appeal which h..,1 been made to them on a recent neeseinti, by so Hon. and Loomed GeoOrman (Sir Junes Macintosh). of whose speech, he might say with the poet, that it was *. A. rapid, no rterp. and no brilthua a thle. As ever bore frredura aloft ue it. wave." For all meessary 141 r poses, he conceived that the Common Law was sufficient ; and he really could not sea why they should have recourse to certain en prreededted, nemoostitutional, and uncalled ter pro via..., which were contained in that Bill. One of them ignited the lowest officers of tee State, the Cestom4toese *Seers, with a discretionary power of arresting, pessons, not merely before commission of *few*, bet on a bare presumption. Althoegh a friend to legitimate Government, he thought it would be tot hi own interest to correct abases when they became gri and intolerable to the aebject. A few useful sod memorable eramples had taught a military lesson both le Prisms and to People: to the former, that there mold be no assurance of impunity fee misrule; to the latter, that while they were not bees to be slaves by soy mbappy totality, they ought to be cautious hew they imminted or overturned m isting institutirms. Mr. Alderman WA ITHMAN assured the Home, that it was not his intentless to trespass on its at. 'Wien for more than a very few minutes. There were Petitions from the Merchants of London lying on the table, to which he did not think sufficient con sideration had been paid. The allegations contained in the Petitions upon this subject had net been con. treurted or denied. On other occasions it was usual to consult the feelings and opinions of commercial wee. In feet, Ministers bad never contemplated any greet job, wittiest making an appeal to is. Myr. atolls sod Citizens of Lnodon.—(A laugh )—lfe recollected a great Meeting in %lerchsnt railer.% ball, followed by soother in Grotiers'.6ll—(A lough)—on the subject of the Bank Restriction When the war Woke not in Spoilt, it was thought necessary to have • dinner, in order to rouse a spiri, favourable to its support. He br-lievrd the wee et the tickets was not less than four divines' each laugh )— One of the toasts which were drank up that ai cation was, " Our have associates in liberti and arms," alluding to the Spanish People. It was set jest thee to work upon the feelings of the Politic at one moment, end to despise them a , smoker. lie trusted that, however attached • ma jority of the llouse might be to the Alipister4, world net, under the circumstances of ear present situation, sanction a measure se injetious and so on necessary. Or. PIIILLIMORE observed, that he took a deep interest in the transactions which were now de veloping themselves on the ether .ide of the Atlantic, and in the fate of the distant provinces of an unwieldy empire, whose galtiug yoke they were 'hiking olf. sod rising into the rank end character of independent States. Bet the nay question which the Hove had to coosider, yes the relative situation of Crest Br'. tale, with refereece to the contending parties. This vilest be determined by the compact and the decls re. Cods under which we stood pledvd is the face of Eerope.—They bad to consider what it we' emissary for them to do—to maintaie invinlate the faith sod honour of the nation. He would sot htiguethe Hoeseby prolonging that discuss:on ; suffice it to say, that the antral was bound not to intederein !steer of either belligerent. What would amount to that anti.neetral interposition, was a subject on which considerable variety of opinion had been enter. bleed. Another point, incidentally touched epos, related to the allowing troop, to he levied in the ter ritories of a neutral State. This was a subject which bad been much litigated amongst the greatest writers oti public law, bet it seemed finally agreed, that the **smite must depend •poo the laws of each parti. miler State; sod Byukershoek bad himself stated, that in Holland it was punishable with death.— The same great jurist bad likewise distinguished, in describing the duties of neutraliti, between a State that was simplociter milieus, and a State that was Otitis confederalue. This observation brought him back to the question—•bether any Treaty was in existence beta u Spoils sod this country. He had bees met, indeed, on the threshold of this argument by an aaaaa lion, that although there was • Treaty, it Meet bind* open Crest Britain. The propositions of his lion. aid L earner , (FiendMariororh), I ybaseelocpatece had been so dieliopished oo the sub. ' ject were clear and indisputable; bet t►y did notap proach the facts of the present case. Tire miry first ar ticle la the Treaty showed that t►e allitioro-was one of strict amity ; and the question oat, therefore, be. toren • solemn •treaty on rte one hand, toil the 11111111 faille's of the commercial inierevi r f thiv country on the other.—(fleor, hcar!)-- In another article, ' , nadir, as it weir, co finnan, for the purpose of bringing hack Ike sabjects of Spain to their elle. Risme, it was provided that ntilish sabjicts should be restraiNed (torn furnishing t►em with arms or nat. like ►tores. Would it not be a seers quibble, to say that men were riot included within the terms of this description?—(lncessant cries of Question )—The lion. Member con , iiiiied speaking for some minutes longer, hut, from the meshing and other noises which prevailed, lie was totally inaudible. Air. WILLIAMS expressed bis humble bat Arm conviction, that if this Hill passed luto a law, it would be not I.ally prejaditial to oar commercial in. west', but prejediciel to the National boomer which it wronged to splaold.—(Chetre.) Mr. W. P. 1. LONG WELLESLEY sepported the Hill. Mr. BARNETT avid, that the Hon. sad Learned Gent. oho bud introduced this Bill, sireck dumb by the oljecsinns urged spinal it, lied retired to a neigh. boating reentry, sod left the Bill to backhanded by a few Members of that Wawa alto could jestify it upon no principle of reascn, policy, justice, or ba. enanity. 'llk Bows divided upon the geostles that lbe Bill be now read a thir4 time— Arrs, Rol N aft. 111 8 / I Majority, C. _ The 13111 was accordingly read a third time. On ear estrum into the gallery we friend Mr. DENMAN on his legs moving, en the question that I the Bill de pass, as amendmeat to the Bill, the object ! of which •as to enable Cestem•konse Ulcers to I search, and to detain, all ships which might be in any of his Majesty's pone. &Ir. GEORGE LAMB mid, he did not rise to oppose the amendment, bet he wished to remark upon the curious manlier in which this Bill was worded. The Learned lawyer who bad framed the measure, whoever he might be, seemed to have had his head completely filled with military phrases, and the individual who now fills the civic chair was raised to the high and distinguished reek of " chief eivil commander." To the Lord Mayor it seemed appli cation was to be made to pet the provisions of this Bill into emotion. He should really advise lion. Gentle Men not to limit it to the Mayor alone of any town, but to all the subordinate Aileen, even to the village schoolmaster, who would be found to be upon Nis, as upon all other occasions, a most mire and usual personage—nay, the intone and their companions might be applied to is rases of great emergency.—(A largh.)--The Gel. laud Officer behind him (Sir Robert Wilson) had prophesied the influence this seders mould have in foreign countries : he would prophesy it, influence nearer home; sod he should have thought ' his Majesty's legal advisers, after the lessees they bed already received—after the repeated pule they had Nee d the wisdom and the secluded spirit of a British Jury, would have been wise 'laugh not to press sea a amide as this. The aorta of Go. eernmeot bad already Wow 'defeated by the firmness and independent spirit of a few individuals at home. —(/!earl)—" Mei God, it yet remains to be Nes ',basher a British Jury will assist the Govern sent its enforcing such a raw as was new attempted N be fereed upon the People"—(Rear!) Lord CASTLEREAGH felt confident that eta. thing would induce a British Jury to forget their sacred obligation.—( Hear !) The gusting' was then put upon the amendment, In d it w as nifitivod. The Bill was thed passed. alt. PHILLIPS moved for a Copy of the Eli •!epre tars Wu,* the last Committee on the Cotton VattariPs. After a few ob.mations frees Mr. PEEL and Mr. WM. SMITH. the motion was agreed to. Mr. KROUCIIAM pet a question to the Noble Loud oppmte, as to the arrastgeseents ovule for the lobate to.a.otroo, ow the third reeding of the Cho titahl• Founttoilets Dill. l e eaderstood that there was a moti, a of ea flow.fisramm ((Sir James Mont. g °spry) respective; the Red Ritter Settlement, which would 'trite same discussion. _ Mr. BENNETT said, that the Res. &resit we. will;rg to pesipmse Met w..tlea emit Tlestsday. Lord CASTLEREAGII observed (use believe), that all ether impasses., would be mooted, In order that there sight be a fell discussinn of tta Bill. EXCISE DU I'ILS BILL. Oa the Order a the Bey fee teceiriag the Report otitis Reeler Defies Bill, _ _ Mr. WESTERN objected in the discussion of this important oeasure at this lite hoar of the night. He should feel ii Lis duty to take the sense of the lines, upon the amendment, that this report be brought up to-morrow. Mr. SCARLETT supported the amendment. • Hp thought that no is.ar tales wire now necessary, and should oppose the Bill in every stage. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re presented that *beau Hills had undergone • considera ble discesaion already. The only question now was whether the Report 0(.011 he brought up, and the House should rrroilert that an amendment might be proposed in almost Peery stage. Mr. CALVERT recommended postponement of the kiiscussinn until 10-morrow. Mr. W. SMITH said, that he bad received in. rictus commaeicatious from bit constituents against the Rill. Lord MILTON also protean) twine the system of discussing such Important Bills at lin Isle en boor. After an esplanstion from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, a diatoms* took place upon the amessalment of Mr. Western. The 'mothers were Jtve , s. 68 Noes Mil Majority. 114. _ _ . Tka t Wag then brought up. Mr.IV.SAI urn thought thp arrangements wade by the Hight Hon. Gentleman, with reeved in the duty on British Spiri,s, were unfair to a certain class of indiritlsials, who would suffer tenthly in cone?. quest,. H. knew one individual who "mold woolly loss 10,0001. by it. H. wished to know when it wss intended to reed thl• li I a thi r d t i me ? Mc. CALVERT asked whether it ass intended to zilew the foil amount of drawback on boor : if it ' ♦ere so llllleded, Ile {tight Hes. Geolloisq. bed wade a =Wale la Us eelalWes,lt• WWI 17i. lid lashed of ids.l4l. The CHANCELLORat tIsviLICORQUIMI ..id. thr •s hr as lie sow, Si.. hid side s fele ealrelaiiee. M ow e. r. W. SMITH tn end to the earopleasty the Mahe hod nutitiet t• do but I. sotto(' to li.o prinriple Of Intltion . Xgoin 'lobate° to 4111 *hat day the Bill would be reed a thiod time CIIANCELLOR of the EXCIIMICI:11. re. plied. thst he ebueld name Wednesday tot the third 'eating. A 1,.,. few words from Mr. C. CALVERT, A MEMBER. when name we etst,!•l ant team olammeed, Het on the third reetlint., he mhotild °prise the oddities's' date no tea (we Iseliev.) altogether. . . Mr. C. CALVERT then mooed aq an amen,lneviet that the drawback go porter imported he Os. 4.41., ia.'•ad of 164. 11., au at primed in the Bit,. The CIIANCELLOR of lb. EXCIIEQUER observed, that he would enquire whether the calculi. Howe on which that sum had bees aimed sere cor rect. The amendment was then pet and negatived. On the motion that the Bill be engrossed, Mt. WESTERN again protered against that hoer (one o'clock), be, therefore, felt himself boned to take the tense of the Hesse upon It. Mr. W. SMITH was aware that In tleWpreemdiftol of the Bill he could oat present *Peddle* whist It, bet he felt It his del to express the opinions which his Constituents had give• upon the Tex upon Malt. Thl farmers and la•d•owoers of Norfolk and Nor wich, whose Petition he held in his hand, bail de. Cared what he was convinced of, that the pressure of that duty would be most severe upon them; that instead of malt (as was asserted in the Hasse) hiving cost only 635. the quarter, it had stood the farmer ie more thee that saw, without even the duty or the trouble and cost of making ; so that at present, and without this Bill, they were at 431. less upon it. Mr. SCARLETT wished that the Chancellor of the Eacheqeer woeld consent to postpone the third reading till Thursday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that there was • greet deal of business stood for that day. _ _ . The goeslion was thew pat end carried, and the third reading fixed for Wearied'''. On the motion of Mr. PEEL, the Bank Ad. rances' Regulation Bill was read a wood time, and ordered to be committed to.morrow. COMMITTEE OP SUPPLY. . Thet How Wing resolved Itself Mi — n a Committee if %apply, it was Resolved, me the sen•ino of Lord P&L M LR slat ammo sat euredlog 189.5711. Its. Id. be granted to his Vidiesty far defraying the ch:orgel of she Disembodied also a farther min of 166,96.51. 19s. 6d. for the charge of the Irish Dismahudied The Hnuse resealed, and the Report ordered to be received tomperrow. The Salt Ditties Bill, and the Aimeriess Trade Bill, were read a third time and passed. The other. Orders of the Day wore thee ditradd of, and the Howe adjourned at near Two o'Llock. PUBLIC MEETING'S. MEETING OF THF. WEAVERS. GLAsoo*, Jusz 17.—Yesterday, at four o'clock, • Meeting of the Weavers took place in the Greets, according to pre►ious advertisement. The 40th Regiment, some troops of Cavalry, and the I'o. lice, were in ►eediness to act. Fortenstely, their services were not required, from the peaceable manner which the members of the Meeting conducted themselves. The crowd was very large, and some possess suppose that the number might amount to' 35,000. The Committee appeared JO the platform at four o'clock, in the middle division of the High. green. About a quarter pest four the business was begun by one of the Committee, who begged that the greatest order shneld be preserved ; 'leveed the Re. quisiiion, and stated that $ I Special Constetiles were in the crowd ready to seise any one who acted improperly, and he, for his own part, would be the first to point oat and assist in securing any Jelin. germ,. A Chairman was then appointed, and a string of Resolutions read to the Meeting, pointing out their distressed situation, and praying that his Royal !Rebut'', the Prince Regent would be graciously pleased to grant such of them as wished it the means of rosthing the colonies belonging to his Majesty in North America, together with the means of sup. port for one year after their arrival ; which darns they promised to repay by yearly remittances of pro duce. _ _ The Meeting was then addressed by another per son, who was a most determined enemy to the Rein lotion in fawner of emigration. Ile contended 'bat the low wages of the weavers did not arise from • aepe►abendant supply of bands, nor from any want of internal resources, bat from eareaaive rotation and misrepresentation in Parliament. Ile was aware of their miseries, and fur himself nothing bet real necessity had forced him there. Ile said be bad been Gee times before the her for a similar boil. ness. Ile was not aware what characters might be among the crowd ; bet he was determined to give his sentiments on the qeestion, whatever might take place. Ile thoeght it a hardship that men should be obliged to petition the very persont who (misted by their industry, to be trans. ported from their native country; that, even were their Petitions answered, it would not, by diminish ing the number of hands, have any effect in raising the sages of those who remained. He Instanced the Irish, who were not, bo said, in the least benefited by the emigrations to Scotland. lie moved, as an amendment to the Resolntions, that there should be Annual Pa /liemeple, Universal Savage, and a (hail nulion or tAletioss.—(Gival cheering ) 'Ube fleeting was West addre , sed I)) a person who said he hall coma from a distance ; that he had written his speech, is he :tad only lately escaped from the faitga of the tig•rs. lie reprobated the first it...nlufinnt, and af , er abusing the inattufactuters for taking an unfair profit., and 01,-irby living luxurious!) whiie the weavers felt such vitiations, be slid that they might weal a thousand times and petition his !Loyal Highness .very time, and )et he slight nestle hear of it ; therefore, they should go in • body to London sod present tt themselves. It was his opinion that th' only persons who should tad. glee to Gonda, arpra. 1 1 1. it.ruogh-tonticeta, Sine ce!islsl luJ 1,0 , ca vf 1 1 ,e 0:17. (lle Wes re- pettedly erlted to nrdee doting his ipiiech,soJ sppa. tont y curtailed it in etronovesentw.) Stigma! other sposkors delivered their opinions; lot some fellows near the beatings, who would not boor ail thing in former et mnigrotion to the CA D . nits, raked Illy cry for the asonimmit, .11(1 gurce r ded in tarrying it, karst-kis/ down the hats siiJ uplifted hands of their oppereoets, who were W..% i!ling. from their Into of peace, to resent it. In.. amendment was conitspently corded, and 41P1 , •ctirs ate to meet in the Green al sit o'clock no S.turolay night, for the yttriuose of foreerding the hutitur,s of Unirpr.al Sidfragry Animal Perlis/11volt, I .it a diminotionost the fated. musk; were then toted to the Lord Provost, Ms. gistratehitedtbeother mit uoiiiies,for Stirting to take place in the Greet., sod t • the Otair m in for hit conduct in the chair. The \Pelisse then quietly dispersed, after having he•n r.serrbled tiro hosts and • half. The Gartisk Journal, speaking of the preceding Mreting, observes:—" We hate very great ffttiiii 10 Itllll4eCl, that sloe of the persons eke addressed this Nteet.og was a Govsrees•ut spy. We hate bend et a certain otell.heown character. who was prowling about Grille a few days ago ; and it is very probable that a bloodier scent bad attracted hiss to (iiloogoor ; very fertioately, his incites's:its were 64 4 ea t, di m , regarded, bat absolutely hissed." ASIITON-UNVER•LISIL In pursuance to public advertisement, 9 ii 1909110 the inhabitants of Aslston•under.Liee awl is aelgho bourhood took place oe Monday. the 14th iset. att Hurst. By one o'clock, the h.'s', at Odes the bud, nese eosiseeced, the assemblage consisted of heal 12,000 Its 15,000 people, and was still istereee.ing. The Rev. Joshes 11.tnarsom was Plied to thq Chair, who, after reading the Roqoisitien fee We Meeting, opened the besiqess by 01,4.1901 in fee the unprepared state in which be was to perform Use is: portant task which had devolved epos bia H. dwelt with energy on the present distresses of the eoentry,L and the necessity of obtaining ...dress foe ell grievinces. The time had now arrived whets mis. guided opinions were about to be revised, and acted upon in a shape that most ultimately render them triumphant over despotism. The bard earnings of the lettestrints, wrung from the sweat of their brows, bad hitherto pampered the idle and thw ladelent; sett the :cry ;node's of office, with morality on their lips and blasphemy in their hearts, with whips its their right hands and scorpions in their left, were the first to treat with contempt the supplications of a brave end long suffering People. He rionclueled with a most pathetic appeal upon the deptoeahlet condition of the labourite' poor, and their half-stare• ed and famishing progeny, end 'shorted the Peep* to the preservation of peace and good order. A letter from Mr. Joseph Johnson, Nienchester, enclosing en Address to the Meeting, and the Adee dress itself, were thee read. He remarks, in kis Address, how singular it is that the ishoutingsiasses should be in such careens distress is a esimetrf eboending with every Improvement, liwth I. ageicel. tire and manufactures, which the pee cot eiattrifi science could tarnish ; ands dotestatielbs•-•" --- of the measures ads e prement the lispreetatinis of corn, • measure calculated merely to sawn she landed proprietors, while rents end Lases are esscreased and the labourer's' wages reduced. Be presses upon them the necessity of beteg Arm, persevering, and united In their endeevoors te obtain for the People a preponderating inllessas in the Mese of Commons, without which theca can be no security for property. liberty, or life. — l6 The straggle. lies between immense pro. poly and labour. Property has usurped the power of legislation • and until the class of labourite bee gained a derided prepondersuce, Ueiversal Suf frage, Anneal Parliaments, Election by Ballot, sod Representatives not qualified by propessy, they have no scarify whatever for Bey thing."—(Gemel applause.) A Deputation from the Stockport ilition R oo s neat read an Address to the Meeting, sod proposer' some Resolotioes, which were afterwards embodied among those adopted by the Meeting. Mi. WRIGHT SHITU thee addressed the Meeting, sad expressed a strong hope this the Borough Ty. rants would soon bear th.ir infamy proclaimed eves in their own tabernacle, and econrlndert by ing, that a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Ste, kpott and its neighbourhood, liseingln view the ititsistment of cheeses. humble objects es the present Meeting, would be held that day fofleight. Mr. Smith was followed by Mr. Jaws TeAc.aset SAITOX, who begged to propose that means should be taken for establishing a regular commonieetion flows one extremity °rill, kingdom to the other. A. Resolution to Ibis effect was proposed and carried. . . Dr. MEALY called the attention of the Meeting I. the numerous strorglea which the friend. of Ireedom had made, and hitherto with no other effect than that of adding mew store to their already abundant stock of information. The People, he said, hat become almost desperate at the scoffs. and scorns which had been heaped opon•theas. This desperation it was necessary to check, and this could be done only blr restoring the Constitution to parity. Ho lavoked the People to room from their degraded lethargy, bast not to act with tioleoce. The Prim* %lint himself would anon be coosinsed, could they approach his with their complaints, that he has been serroanded by the basest of mankint Other Gentlemen spoke, anti various Resolutions, with votes of thanks to the Friends of liberty, wets carded. The people dispersed uithoot eny tumult, after which a warty, consisting of shoot fifty persons, dined together, and spent the earning with great coo. virisliiy. Th It I r e ..erro.st.ont dwell on the following topics : The distil...ars of the People; Ibe aisles of 'be •wils that assail 'hen?, end the outran+ of remedy, Tit Uni semi :iodine, Annuli Parliaments, itc• ; th• Con• initiation of the House of Commons es now malting . , which is Si) IA a mockery ; the distriboulon'of tae hard earnings of the i n tlastairor. not for beneficial purpose+. but in 1/colligate esreteditese. as for ea. sal P;•. 24.0001.. for so•Mbostwo 10,0001. • pur the Doke of Volk, th o ugh possessed of 4 0 , 000 i Peer, for perfortritie the least doll 61ia1 duties ; Corn Lists; contempt of Petitii ti ; eu•peusion to keep mcu io durg^7br, :od Acts of lodei pr le II e ths 1 of sv rm• ,011 W ~N WI . I I 1 .1 /04 P ' I 4' f