The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-05-04 00:00:00

4 th , 3 , .4Y .A. , last peace was made with France, England had no !abolished the Slave Trade, and the feet was adiaced as ap imputation oil ii . p r aknqrity...That blot .10 our character' tICi WiVeriexisted. -We bad sOt itse. ex ample, had he trOsttisi ie. wo uld e :nniversally;:.and pif it wore, he was aim it would be.beneficalli . fol lowed.. ' When he used the term " be'neflrially," he did not mean merely as consideratiOns of humanity weer*, involved, but he contwehended alt - thogetgetling* ,advantnges on which the most cold-blooded spicule. for could tranquilly calculate. Mr. Pitt had begun into of his olognent speeches on , thiwitilsjeca by de ' monstrating, that as a bare g4testian 'of 'lnterest the /abolition of the Slave Trade Ought to he 4lesired by 1 every commercial man. lie cgukl .not anticipate the ' slightest objection to the motion.. A. hid . his most hearty support. ' . Mr. W. SMITH reminded the 'lloesa that the principal opposition to the Aholitkon 'of the Slave *Trade, at the commencement of that Parliamentary contest, whjsb.elvad so gloriously terminated in the 'triumphs of his Hon. Friend, prlcerkd from Liver pool, from Bristol, and from the West • Indies.— They now saw that which , could scarcely have been piedirted. The eloquent Member for Liverpool, i l the Member for (irisw‘ and another Ron. Member, almost the. official i•Vht of the West Indies, had 'United in eulogising the Apolitinti! Nothing eitold rbe mare con soling than Allis reflection, ind nod)* roold Aoki otzt a more well-founded hope that the. who)* World would evehtitelly St Ail got * rill oblect. .•' ' .. • \4 , "' ..4 " . ." The motion wag iligniatreed lii, . . . • giiiiifireptititim dicenle. :-. .., • . . • I . "lately connected with the happiness of mankind.— The most dreadfol ctiesequet‘cos would result to Africa should fore:::11 l'Hweis not Commit to un it e In this deSl l'P , ; olvi , ol. That wide continent would again be made the bone of horror, and our praises skild thanksgi, lugs 'to the Divine Being for hit recent, blessings to us, %%nett, be accompanied by the shrieks and screams of those whom wo were persecuting. — But he tripled this would not be the case. What ever might he Ititopinion of the Roman Catholic Re. ligieri, to the professors of that religion Europe owed much ot:iii esisting liberty ; and he hopod they would feel that their religion. no less than Pro. tevrantismroattled on them to abolish that Inhuman traffic, which Mr. litt hid tax celled 44 .414 greatest .practical sit, tint bad ever hiss suffered .to esist in the world."---11n reireloded he moving an Address lo the Pritwe fr..g-"titt-cot4iprmblo imigth, •emho dying the n - s ftrei l il tripi,ce , a ii,i,,,poech ; and pray- ing that thell r itiSh flovecresteitt woeld use every pos eible mean- I. ia 14416.11.0 Cow li.:Piital POWVIS to unite with theo; ie the utter :seerressino of the Afrieen ,Slave Toth , . , . . •: I, . I• - . The Cll.\ NLLOII,,,:of the ,EX.CIIEQUER eapres4e OE d Ow earnest` disposition,of his Majesty's Miniaters to s.'cood the views of his lion. Fuiend, nudseated his cuittit!ent eapeesationgliat the utiaui imousieelaratiott of tile oattsit tailiikinout, %hie'. ho that: night . ainirlpated, Would- "we. n. powerful N isullereilt% Ilse object fee wilich . - Isis . Ilonour erb Priehillibil sir tong , , se-nielytestal so hopoerahly ' ~ c vi e oah tided. :'• ~.1 , "Mr., PO.VON4sI, eV! his ainst.,hearty assent to ihe 1 1 0 . 1 .4 0 h1 4 -CteiO4-4mun's,motioa...' it s would be stran. if - Plumpe r tescood fro*. the degradation end t hraldom to,witich, ghat. had: receetly been sub ject, should ".541Crifice Abe tayilizatiost and happiness pf -One entice quaiteref the Klein); not to purposes of security but of mere lusory aed extravagance.— Arjserting to the Poorer which had proclaimed its iris's toomerse the Slave Trede in terms pf great 'summary, he characterized such cotujuct as worse than that of the Inquisition in its worst days. To couple the terms " humanity" and " the Shivel rade ;" to talk of " the comforts" of men-dragged from their country, and from every thing dear to them, 'was to show that those by whom such language was used, were at once sensible of the misery they were Milicting and incapable of resisting the temptation to li4ic it. Mr. CANING coineided in every word which Isad heel uttered by his Honourable Friend who goade the motion before the House. This was a•day of real triumph to his HonourableFriend, who must r'njoy at once the conscintnsveilection of how much lied been done, and the confident . prospect of the 'peel!) , achievement of that which it yet remained to do. His object in rising was to dectare,tliat, in his •pluioi', the vote of to-night would net be a barren ge.sseertloo of the former declarations of Parliament: but that iit would materially aid the great cause of the abolition. ;On this peculiar, occasion we had a Tight to call on other nations in look to our authority and example. .Those who maintaiiied that the ex istence of the Nave Trade was compatible with he :nattily, as had a right to refer to our conduct as 4 I its , .7--- ....• MTENS Aestr,gll.—v,. M ilrtiesty ‘ set out yetatee t e, authority. that it was not so. Those aho intends* . , As i i i t; westil __,... through 1200 , e " , the , rune that it should he coptinued from interested motives a ,N les of That place s dret • to.. white,.. west to we had a ri4lo to refer to our example. We had ; inert , the carriage' , and to present the King And the Cut off that great source of wealth and power, and : Duchess d'Atigouleme with flowers, tier.. Roysl pet so far were we from having lost any of our i Highness welcomed these Ladies with in fi nite grace, energy, we had been enabled not only to maintainisnd preveiled,upon his Majesty to- atopen hour at our own independence, but to contribute to the Moot reed to gratify the cur-fealty of Allo.lehibiteuts. rudittenance of the indepeedetice of other nations. : 0,1 ' 'I nes'eamen drew the. King's' carriage throe ilk the With respect to the Powers who seemed reluctant to .. town. The Most lively joy was eapreased,-Itr every acquies:v in this great measure, we could with .much : face, and his Majesty *altered the emotion 4t 41 . * more propriety call upon them for theirconcorrence ' inhabitants. than at hen they were struggling for their own fiber- On their arrival at Ilampont, on the frontlirof ties, at which period wur demand might have hod too ; the department of the Somme, the illustrious tertiel much the air of authority. What we could do with lets were received by Baron de Latour-flurns, amore delicacy, we ought to do with more firmness. Prefect of the Department, thePrincip .. al Authori glar relations with foreign Niters would he incom ties, and the Guard of Honour, . The : Mains oat if this subject w'e'e not made one of the most d'Angouleme, upon request, gave White ribbons to prominent. Is was riot a matter of indifference each of • the Guard of Honour. 'whether this should be so or not. If omitted, things , ' The Mayor of Abbevithilprisented the keys, be would not remain as they were. On the cominexioes fore a triumphal arch erected. near "the gate of Mo of the. treaties about to be concluded depended (as rendee. A company of young females presented far as they might respect the Slave Trade) whether the King with flowers, and as at ail the tither the era of the general peace of Europe should be that places through which he paNsed; he While took the of new security to Africa ; whether the lasting re- . horses from his carriage, and (Ere* itto the clitirch of .pose of the latter should be guaranteed, or whether St. ' Vilfran. After l'e Dews, ifie Ring was con. ,o new starting-place should be re-established for the ducted hack in his carriage to - the hotel Of, St. .recoinmencement of ,a course of pluuder and de- Pierre. lie first desired that the you'd' Utiles whOl vestatiou. He sincerely trusted that that which was had met him should be introduced, afterwards the justice, which was honour s which was sound policy, other Ladies of the place, and then thiSConitituted wont(' be utratiimously.adopted by the assembled nia ;Authorities. At ten next morning, he set out for jesty of Europe. ; Amiens. PitOTHEROE entirely concurred in the 1 ... . At o P s. e M cquigny, the young tidies c6Mplimented the motion, and hoped the eitorOll of his Majesty's Ms.. I .Dichesi d'Angouleme. At three o'clock his Ma . - . pisters would . be particularly directed to prevent the iiewry—, reached Amiens, when forty sailors dressed in ,smaller States of Europe from taking up that traffic ...' white, unharnessed the horses, and criew the car whiA he trusted the more lmportatst oitell-wosld be , liege to the principal chum+. The' procession was 'induced altogether to relinquish. . • attended by many foreigners of distinition, who . Mr. Ni ARRYA I'T supported the motion. Much , have come from Loudon, luta other perscner of idler ;geed had resulted from the steps taken by this coun- • rank. At the cathedral, the King was received un try on the suerot, but it was necessary that more . der a canopy, by the Bishop, and conducted to the should be done by Foreign Powers. By the Report : choir, where a throne tilts erected for him. After .of the African Commissioners, it appeared, that, in the Te Dew's, he was conveyed back to the hOtel of ;18tp, 80,006 Africans had been torn from their na- . the Prefect. All the streets were lined with white tire century- 7 42ff of them in Spanish, • the o th er ' stu ff s of the manufacture, of the place. Marshal _Pelf In Portuguese ships. Since the abolition of the ' moncey rode on. horseback, by the side of the Sieve Trade by this country, the situation of the ' . Kings carriage. The Marshal west to Boultlite to slavva itr our colonies had been greatly ameliorated. : meet his Majesty, who received 'him with great - kind. Fortately, wink was done day and night by sa P a- Hess. and as soon as he saw him, mild, " Let Pe . rate gangs of negroes. This practice was now very embrace, M. le Marechal."' Fror' that moment generally hod very properly abandoned. The P re- 'the Marshal hag had the honour of dining every day ' sent seemed to him to he a most auspicious moment for inducing all the Continental Powers to follow a t the King's table. the example of Great Britain in this respect. France ...—. .in particular, yet 'mouruing for the sous which had bees, torn from her bosom, must feel a powerful sympathy for Africa, still suffering under a.despot , ism not less unrelenting. , . . Mr. SMITH warmly approved of the motion. - Mr. WHITBREAD ... thought the House woold deceive themselves if they thought oh persons in this ' country w,ere unanimous in their vriali to put doeru the abominable traffic in question. an the contrary, he had reason to know that there were individuals who had long indulged the base hope, that the rote . ration of peace would enable theta, under neutral flags, to re-commence it. He was most' happy to think that the demonstration which Parliament would that night give of their determination on the,subject, would crush such infamous ezpo;titkiettO....7 l V-Ikeik the reseekief their sentiments as premature. Ships going lu, or Oat are not yet permitted to touch at the Heider. •Our entire deliverance depends on the answer ex pected from Paris, whither Colonel St. Just is gone for this purpose. • MILAN , APRIL 10.—The environs of Bergamo hive been for some time past infested by a hand of about 1060 brigands, the greater part refractory conscripts. Some days ago 400 gens-d'atsues were sent against them; but the former were compelled tb retire iwfore the brigands, who are well armed. We learn here that the Empress Josephine has arrived at Turin, on her way to Mantua, to visit her son. The Pope has arrived at Viterbo, where he will be rejoined by his Cardinals, with whom . he will make his solemnentrance into Rome. ERR•TUNI.—,IN Jo II N N uwcoma's Advertisement. which ap , peered iu our Paper of }esterday, iustead of Tanning Leo- Iber, read Currying Leather. . An. Mails. flue 1, ! Fraace .a • , 0 0 , . .. , Oaths • • I • U , . tiotteulit ia :r 4' 1 0 .6 . ..,./.. .• iI el igu -,. 1 1 ' Pies&age ...... I ' - e. .. . Jamaica .. , 6 0 . . ritICS OF STOCKS , THIS flank 252 '5 per Crnt..Red. 661 k 3 per Cern. Cone. 610 percents. 811 Y 1 per Cent -141 a, 96-1 - Lone. AO. 13 A new Writ was ordered for the Borough of KU- Iteuity, in* the room of Overingtou Blunder, Esq. who had.aceepted the office of Escheatar.of Munster. CI.F.RGY PENALTIES BILL. The noose resumed the proceeding on the third reading of the Clegy Penalties Bal.\ Several new clauses: 0408 introduced by Me.: Bathurst, and were addedkyrhay of riders ; after which the 13111 was passed, fnaeOrdered to the Lords. The Sugar Drawback Big went through a Com: - mittee. ), . : . • • .The Report of the Irish Orphan Hospital 13 i I I .- * lra -4,ll4nblenessets for lid instant we,* reCeiv i ed this taken into consideration. Ordered to be read a third' nnirn t ittg . front - which .. - Welitilet taken th e following , time to.mm•row. extracts :-- • ';'*•' • • .. The Irish Judges' Annuity Bill went through a • PAats,..M.ii n 1.:--It is oer'duty to publish the Committee. Report ordered to be received ,to- defence of MI 'Bradyin favour , oftord ' ' Ifht ~.. ~.. ca.— ~ morrow. right te add,. titet Mr. Ctlettia,,. übliaati . . s 'ill, •tht gliciihd Mr. lIA.It VEY moved tthe second reading dr 'the Wild Fowl Act. . :: . • ~... , elittoo of Ms.aorki has •explaiqed his,tdeas on this 1 Mr. 1 1 1LESTON objected, to the Bill as eetterseciti. , -edhjertcinsto open end liberal manner. • 4 'lt is eri, , , trig on the liberty of the:Subject. ' ''' • ' 'dent,".Says he, "•that . 1 have neiihnettitened tope. Mr. HARIT l.: V said the Bill only enlarged: the..lial.nor Italy;, i t ilou ( lied rtbsuril to liniitite •te isei• protection ~, , iren by former Acts of Parliament to the iion - s . the crime s .. ef.• indillidualS ; It Corsica gave Proprietors of Decoys, &c. j.k.i, Bonaparte , live . . . , After a few words from Mr. WF,STRRN, the; Pirw Id •da not France birth to House divided, when there being one v twelve Memo I,litokespierte ?. 'Ptah island, already so celebrated, has bets present, the House was counted out. ' sent forth noble and great .cherecters. Wet It oet;te Adjourned. ' • rtheirst Marshal Milano 'that ilisi4 lir...oord, in _ . . a great measure, the conquest of Doopitiay ? Even now, it, is to. the pregence, the courage, she, firmness, duCtidenb, of one of Bdaninirte't Countrymen- that *dare indebted .- for the - restoration `Of the. Freleh , "teenarchy, i s7...a . ""''''` 4 . , ' ' . ' ••• • The windows,' with three places, for the tf!ret"hf I.nuis XVIII.'s arrival at Paris are hired at 100 franks for the front, and 16 for *the Sack. • • , We heel' from Saint Valery en Crux, that several vessels have already sailed for the mackerel fishery, on the coast of 14reda4t4 where this fish is found in , great abundance; " • STATESMA LONDON: WEDNESDAY% XAI 4, 1814. . , FIiENCII PIP RitS. •• ACT OF GOVEW/lIWENT.—MIN WRY OF WAR. PARIS, 11:30.—By command of Monsieur, Liente fiend of the Kingdom, detachments crime the di grunt corps stationed its the neighbout h6sid of Parity are repairing to this city, in order . to form part of the King's escort, and to heighten the iittewleer of his entrance into his capital. • .Thairhele army, which, for want of time, cannot aitilitat tit. pomp of this ceremony, will thus be re= presentatilt troops animated by the same spirit, and who will afterwards report to:their corps the as surance of his Majesty's paternal sentiments. The joy and enthusiasm of these choien troops of the .Parisia; Natienal Guard, and all the people, will Alspi be Shown in this happy and.memorable day. -These detachments, headed by several French Mar ' ahais and General Officers, will be under the supe i riot command of the Duke of flerti. • . Gruera coustimPosT. • • ' Government Cnsami<,itroter J the War Dephrteitent.. - •. -.---- . P 4. R . IS, APRIL 30.-Yesterday and to-day lar ge -convoys belonging to the Allies left Patti, led took et Flanderralid GiiMiej i ntimeretli bo dies' or troops are likewise in motion for theesecue ....ivt. Lion- of France. .. Bonaparte went throufh Lyons, withou(sfepping, on the 24th instant. • 'rise people flocked main] his' carriage by torch-light, cr . ) ing," Vive f4ouis XVIJI ! Vivent les Bourbons!" Bonaparte continued his journey'by way of Vienne. Joseph Bonaparte is arrived To Switzerland. M. De Brese has been appointed Grand Master of the Ceremonies which office he filled under Louis XVI. • . • AVTOII, Arms. 26.—Napoleon was to have passed 1 through .our city, and several detachments. of the Allies had come here to formitis escort, but he took a different route ; and this is the principal news. Ills brothers have been ill our neighbourhood. — Jerome was all night at !Amy, a small town of Ni veritois, seven leagues from here. On Thursday, 'the 21st, he unexpectedly paid a visit to Madame hi Chapelle, the Mayor'istife, who felt very a wkwaf (1, because of her husband's absence. The lady must naturally enough conceive, thni,her husband and his relations are attached to the Bourbons; but for the lest three weeks we have had very little news, as a body. of -mareadon have infested the banks of the roire:'and impeded the cominneications. Jerome • DUTCII .PAPERS. Tar HELDER, APRIL 241.-- Respiettl i tig the French garrison of our fort the (*Hewing pkrticulars may he added to what is *Wady 14tostAil.Admiral Ver beuil had sent a Staff °Seel. CO' the Hague, he re turned on the 20th, in the evening, and the Hest day at noon, amidst a salute of artillery, the .si rri. lon hoisted The white flag and the white cocksl ; and were informed in a speeds of the evstuts o France, to which they replied Wills: three *hears, crying 46 rive k Roil" The same day the Dutch inhabitants of ,thia place hoisted ihe orange flag and oockede,..but the 'French Commandant being, of opinion that the chauge al rads 44_ no eget .otA ,tateicati;ll;aty kositiou ) and ... ... a 4. - ... • ....... . . . 1 . . . .. . . . ~.. . . .. . . . . . II • ' * Sk ih k - d . • , it\ .44 4 .• a.m.: • . . ri'llii, 5'1'A'1.14 7 .5N1A . •. 3 .. -• '*- 1 1 . • t. . .. . • -.... 4 - .. was still more alartneJ hostess; however, he 1 pudence :—" Passing , i they are misrepresented and` estaggeraid; a - I,...esai„ t ' bustle is called a counter.revolution ' t'h hi s ong r e , work only of a few evil..minde I men :—hut have p,.. tiettce—the Emperor, my brother, is more powerful than ever—the people are attached to him—lte will soon triumph over the factions, who must experience p just chastisetnent, and order will be restored.' , i On Friday, the 22d, Jerome halted an d stopped J . • . _. ali night at a house.not far from our city, on the • ,road to Moulins. It should. seem that he avoided steeping at Auton, the people not being well enoa g h disposed. lie has a great deal of baggage ; a R A ,. r sian Colonel is in his suite, and his destination la said to be the Island of Elba; his servants are Ger. mans, and speak their minds too freely in the pot. houses ; however, the Hungaririn Major, who conli mends at Autun, threatened to punish their inep.' lence, which silenced them.. PreparatiOtis ails isall: I lug for their departure to-morrow. -`l‘r his understood that Jerome ratherdepencTed tape ] succours in Nivernois, as that part had been visited • by partizOns and agitators, who had so dreadfully alarmed the peasantry, that they are scarcely rena; : f. ° vered from the panic of being roasted alive and es* . J , 7 by the Allies. There are even people sufficient, 1 credulous to believe, that atiarmy of . 2oo,ooo . Tuai ;Was-marching upon the Daoubl to invade Gertaafy, • 1 , iota& the Allies in their . tsar, While &imparts ie.. 1 , tacked them in front, so as to prevent -a siuglaiadi. .. viduat from retuning. But the trash is about tot]; known ; and thanks .to . Providento for such mica. calms events, and thw.prcitul - return of the wOry cockade. ' .- .. • - But there is another piece of ne ws--Joseph BD parte passed through our neighbourhood the 24th in Nel end was treated by' his escort ..with too mock respaci. . ft* is thets4ht that he was likewise on.his road to tei blind of Elba ; but he disappeared in a wcredsle tween pitsise, opOwtite Laltrualid liusy, and eluded all lidfilik: ' If ,haw been . stispe . cted that he inteoddi to seek.aw.ityiuns with one of his. 'old fellow cull*. gians , ; bat the bitter died'in Spiin, and Jo s eph must have is Bosco . if. ''This friend', ,rife, whom 'her lief band's• ambition lind mad. *retched, died shortly ifitt him iit"ll44 patt of-the country. This iitanai. must tlkrefote be without fonesdation. At all event, he is notto be machdreaded,and his, perhaps, Red from feat:rather' than any tle y wl.hainz: of ; Paris, theitsi has fu. tleof.tKe r . 30th of March, platted is frith the sale of Ms. courage and cow. • artlice.. - , COIIPerCINE. APRIL 30.—Eight Marshals of France are• here with Prince Berthier—they are Moncey, Ney, Marmont, Monier, Lefecre, Jourdan, Brae., aad Serrurier. All these braie men hare dined anti 15t • BASLE, APRIL note addressed, on lito 26th March, to the Government of Berne, the thriw Ministers of the Allies formally declene; thee** Sovereigns will acknOwledge no polltieelnAtito of Switzerland, that shall not have fur I** .Fetire Constitution the basis of 1803, which 4044 4 . country into 19 cantons. A Mail from St. Sobastianorrired this morning. . . • . Bunton, Aral!. the- 6th., Gen. Palafee lik•Sitritioesa at the bead of a deputation to rectite . his - itiajesty, who was to arrive on the 6th. Sizty Artagottese ladies, dressed in .white, end ctoitiett . 'wlttt laurels, were to go to tneet . his Majesty,-and .draw his coach to the entrance of the city. Great priparations - were making for Saturday and Easter Sunday. His Majesty being to depart on Monday, in company with tb Infant Don Carlos, for Va• lends ;• the infant Di% Antonio going directly fr a► -Catalonia toNalencia. : •• • An _e;presl has just brought the news of the'er ,trauce of his Majesty into &anima. The transports of the inhabitants, awl the elftt. sions of love and gratitude comb* front lii Majesty, are not to be described. MADRID, APRIL 10.—We are very eager for treo from the Lord, expecting to hear of a new defeat of Soul!. Don Antonio entered Valencia in the coach of the President of the Regency., His Majesty would not permit th 2 Arragonese Indies to draw his coach. The King is to enter Valencia an the l Ith. 'MADRID, APRIL It---There are no words in our language to clascrlbe the transports of the people o: Saragossa, at the sight of their belove 4 Ferdiunutl. who, on his side, could not rdraiu from shedditi tears of joy. htd Ma' • .To . e conclusion of nVparte';' [ Com . experienced som • the effects of, a castle was dama • some cannon balls, an. ~ t yet repaired ; . remarked, that in th • ' -les a ball h'ad car • ay from the marble • 1‘ the .rd Emperor, but word King. P. S. A depqtation n Fish-women present. ed their homage and n to the Duchess of An- gouleme. FRANKFORT, AP 4 . - The official accobutisof the Kaplan Govert • ' state the less of the French and their Allies i:I . . 'last invasion •of .Russia, as folloWs :—Dead, • ; :nerals, 2000 Colonels end othqol,oers, s ii! Pri soners,l3 Gene. rats, 311 t, cola d other Officers, 233,222 sol. diera..—Losses i . ton, 951 ; flags and standard', 63; muskets ab 100,000; baggage. waggons; 27,000. _ _ . - r ) ; • ..4. , riled ti - itli t!te sen i lei, c; s i & c said, , witti aiCuiii&al ire. :.• Ig events )kce:4l4 mere notl)l., ; .4.A ....A - ..- f ..L.11 - ": • - DAY AT ppili O'CLOOK. India Bowls II 9 p Exchequer Bills 5 5 p Osmium 204 Pay ditto Consols for Ace. 6F