The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-02-06 00:00:00

we bear their hands now ; and, in imagin ation, find onrselvas stupified with the sound of their voices. It was impossible for us to read this speech, without thinking of poor Old SHERIDAN. W e thought we never should look upon his like again ; but here we have him, caring not due single straw for party, for principle, for consistency or for any thing e lse, so that he got but one good day of newspaper p r aise! Out he used to bring it: old jests and new jests; cut here and cut there; back stroke and fore stroke : any thing, no matter what, and no care about consequences: so that he had the clap of this town for one single day. Yet, even Sheridan would hardly have talked about the absolute necessity of the severest Economy of expenditure ; and, in the Very same speech, recommended to the Ministers to make a Naval Armament. However, we have now said enough of this Speech of Mr. BROUGHAM. It will be begun to be laughed at, in just eight-and-forty hours after these observations come from the press. MOTIONS COMING ON IN THE HOCRE OF COMMONE. Loan JOHN RUSSELL(GOd bless us!) gave notice that he will bring forward his motion for Reform, shortly after the Easter recess. If he should call for an account of the news-papers published, as a proof of the enlightened state of the age we live in, we hope that he will give the "Political Register" credit for a little mote than sixteen a week; and will take a few of our hints, as to the manner in which the trade is car ried on. • Cneacu or IRELAND.—Mr. Huns gave notice of a motion respecting the amount of Church property in Ireland, and also respecting a Commutation of Tithes. This looks a little Norfolk Pctitionish. CROWN LANDS.—Mr. Hums gave notice of a mo 'Rim for a copy of a report of the Commissioners on this subject. That is not what is wanted. That is of no use. What we want, is, a list of allthe parcels of property. A tkscription of all the several estates. The number of acres of each, if land. A full de scription of the Houses, Mines and other property. A detailed account of the timber cut each year, for twenty years past, and what has been done with the money. An account of all the estates that have been sold within the last twenty years, and to whom. And for hew murk. The names of all the present tenants, cad the amount of the rents. In short, what we want, is, that which any individual would want if he had to ovei.hawl the accounts of a steward. The report of the Commissioners is just nothing at all. Mr. WESTERN.—Mr. BENNETT stated that Mr. ‘Vetermtu was prevented, by illness, from attending in his place ; but that, as soon as he was able, lie would bring forward a Motion on the state of the currency. ASSESSED TAXES. Mr. MAnERLY gave notice of a motion for a repeal of the whole of the Assessed Taxes; and Mr. Peel said that it was the intention of the Go vernment to repeal those taxes, or a part of them. The laud ought to make a stand for the Malt and the flops. The Malt and the flops are the things. The assessed taxes, fall, in great part, upon the taxeaters. The Malt Ta.e and 114 Ta.e it is that oppress the land 'most severely. Repeal these; let the labourers once more brew beer in their own houses ; and then, indeed, there will be some relief to Agriculture. From every part of the Country petitions ought to come for the re ral of these taxes. • HOUSE OF COMMONS, Fan. 5. A petition against the New Turnpike diet was pre sented by Mr. Brougham. Thousands will come, we lope, unless this Act be immediately repealed.—lt cannot be enforced !—Dr. Somebody gave notice of a • motion for altering the New Marriage Act. The Address was brought up. Sir ROBERT WIL SON spoke, and, in a way, that showed, that lie did Smut wish Mr. Brougham to carry all of! He was for • onr taking part at once against France. He was for making an appeal to the nation in behalf of nations and (t 1 thrones. Colonel Davies and Mr. H. HUTCH INSON joined him most cordially. And all seemed to think, that the declarations in the British Parliament would have great effect! Not knowing the Ministers in France, we cannot say whether these declarations will make them laugh or swear; we only know, that, if we were in their place, they would make vs laugh.—, Mr. Brougham's famous " drops of blood," which the trading press is bottling up fur him, is a very stale sarcasm. Talleyraud used it eighteen years ago ; and the Morning chronicle has repeated it ten times within this month. But, Mr. BROUGHAM, when talking of those " drops of blood," should have noticed, that the murderers were hired and paid; and he should have also noticed, WHO it was that h;rtd and paid them! It is very well known, that the "drops" were not shed for the benefit, nor at the instigation, of the person that he was aiming it! Mr. CURWEN seemed to be tired of the " war for man kind" : and said, that too little had been said about • Az.riewltural Distress. Mr. CURwEN was very right ; and he might have added, that if the Stock Jobbers v%anted a war, it must and should be carried on at their expence. Mr. Cuttwax seemed tired of the chit chat about the " Pavilion Marsan" ; and to be sure Englishmen must be half mad if they can believe that the immense powers of a country like France, are wielded by a mere club of petty politicians. BOURBON IVAR. Our opinion is that this war will take place. Two months ago we said that the French Govern went would laugh at any attempts at interference on • the part of our Ministers; and that the French, being n polite people, would, in the month of March, pull off their hats ; make us a low bow, and walk into Sp a in. We now bee the Paris papers announcing that the Duke D'Angouletne will proceed to Bayonne on the first of March, and that by the fifteenth he will enter Spain. As to whether we ought to wish for this war or not for the sake of the Spaniards, that will de pend upon considerations into which we shall not en ter at present. But, we wish to caution our readers against sucking down the doses now in the course of being served out to them by Anna Brodie and Co. and the like. In the first place, these constant traders tell us that the King of France is a consummate pypoeritc. They abuse him and all those Ministers who have coun selled him to go to war. They call their conduct base, scandalous, savage and infamous. They treat, them. in short, in much about the same way that the two Billingsgate' viragoes of the Old Times, backed up by the Barn Meeting at Cromer, have treated Mr. Cobbett and the Norfolk Petition. Now mark their sincerity, They predict most confidently, that the Bourbons will die defeated, and that they will be TIM STATESMAN, driven from the Throne of Fr nee ; and this they says will be a blessing. to Me world I Now, if this be.so if they do believe this, ought they not to wish the French to invade Spain! Hypocrites should be cau tious how they betray themselves. These writers may talk as long as they please about the " wretched he " ings " who now wield the resources of France, but can those beings be more wretched than those who express a wish to see the Bourbons destroyed; who say that a war against Spain will insure that destruc tion ; and who; in the very same breath, bellow forth their senseless praises on the rattling clap-trapping speech of Mr. BROUGUA 61, because (as they say) it will tend to prevent the French from going into the War! The insincerity here is so palpable that the French Ministers must be dolts indeed not clearly to see through the whole of the hopes and fears of these parties.—lt is our business, in a case like this, not so much to express wishes, as to offer sound opinions. Our opinion is, that the French will despise any bullocking harrangues that they may hear on this side of the water; that they will look to see whether we be noticing taxes ; that they will know that without money we cannot carry on.,war ; that they will know that we cannot even begin war without a repeol of Peel's Bill and an issue of Assig nats ; and that they further well know that if we can not make assignats fast enough they can help us, as we were kind enough to help them in the year 1793. — Knowing all thdse things, they also know that there is no terror in any of the bawling speeches on bawling paragraphs, that we can put forth.—The Nation is in dignant, and justly indignant, at the attack upon Spain ; but indignation will not pay fleets and armies; and especially at a moment when, to make a very large reduction of taxes, is absolutely necessary, in order to mitigate even in a smaller degree, the present intole rable sufferings of the country. THE LIBELLED Wooncoca.—An account, our readers will remember, was extracted the other day from the Wert Briton, of a woodcock being shot in the parish of Endellion, Cornwall, having a bit of tape round its neck, with the words " Enville Hall." In consequence of this notice an intimation has been given that a woodcock was caught at Enville, the seat of the Earl of Stamford, in Staffordshire, sometime 'in December last, and was turned out the same day, with the above mentioned words round his neck. STOCK EXCHANGS, balf past 12 o'clock. Consols opened this morning at 76i4,went down to 75 ',bat which price they remain. No business of magnitude has been done this morning. The Esp from Paris bring the French Funds 80-40. FOREIGN Few DS.—Very little is doing in the Foreign Market this Morning.—Spanish Bonds opened at 38k, went down to 351, and rose again. _ __ Chill, 64—New Spanish, 34-01 d, 43—New Prosaic 73 —Old, SO—Russia, 75—Danieb, 80—Neapolitan, Nothing done—Peruvian, Nothing done—Colombian,l4Bl—Spanish Scrip, 27. • Private letters from Paris, state that M. Lagarde, th e French Ambassador: left Madrid on the 27th ult. It is said that the Loan CHANCELLOR intends to make Mr. C. IVARREN a Judge! A vacancy will thus be made for any legal gentleman who le diapered to sere{ the Chief Justiceship of Chester is certainly a tempting bait, and not a few will be eager to swallow it. Mor ning Paper. The Spanish Government has published the decree of the Cortes, which orders the calling into active service the whole of the militia of the kingdom. This term militia re quires an explanation for foreigners. There are three kinds of militia in Spain, each of which has a particular denomi nation and object, viz., ne Active Miii la, the Volunteer Militia, and the Legal Militia. The first is a kind of army of reserve, and in time of war those who serve In it must perform the same duty as the troops of the line. The Vo lunteer Militia are enrolled for the purpose of maintaining order in the interior, and above all of defending at all risks the constitutional system. Finally, the Legal Militia is no thing else than the great body of the male population capa ble of bearing arms, who are liable to be railed out if need be, in aid of the volunteer militia, or to co-operate with the other troops in defending the national independence against the attacks of foreign Powers.—(Freadt paper ) Letters from Rio de Janeiro to the 17th of December state, that the expected declaration of war against Portu gal had not then been published,but that two decrees, dated the 11th of December, had been issued, which may be rev garded as preliminary steps to active hostilities against Por tugal. The first lays an embargo on all vessels bound to the Portuguese dominions in Europe : the second orders the sequestration of a'l properly in Brazil belonging to na tive Portuguese. In the preamble to the latter decree, the Emperor refers to the declarations and orders of the Cortes of Lisbon. and the necessity of preparing against the fra tricidal war with which Brazil is threatened, as the jus tification of the severe measure he his resolved to take.— Ile then orders " that there shall be put under effective sequestration.—l. MI the merchandise in the warehouses of the empire which belongs to the subjects of the kingdom of Portugal : 2. All merchandise of the same description in the possimion of merchants of this empire: S. All possessions in town and country which may be under the same circum stances: 4. The vessels belonging to Portuguese mer chants. The actions of the national bank of the Cazes de Seger°, and of the iron-works of the Villa de Sorocaba, are excepted from this •equestration." A letter from Madrid of the 48th states. but as report merely, that some ministerial changes were on the eve of taking place. The names mentioned as those of new Mi nisters elect, were lit. Pizarro for Foreign Affairs ; M. Ve , lasso, War; and either Domingo de Torres or Perez del River°, Finance. The latter is described as a man of con siderable talent. A private letter from Madrid, dated January 26. given in a French paper, states that the Committee ordered to re port to the Cortes on the events of the 7th of July, has pro posed to put on trial the seven Ministers, General MoriUo, who was then Captain-General of Madrid, and General San Martin, the Political Chief. A letter from Paris says, that the Russian Ambassador M. Pozzo di Sorge, whose efforts to provoke a war between France and Spain have been frequently ad verted to, was so overcome with joy on finding by the King of Freeee's speech that his exertions had been crowned with success, that on his return to his house. he threw his hat into the air, and embraced the servant who opened the door. NEAPOLITAN LOAN or 1822.-.-41lOy of the holders of Neapolitan Deposit Receipts having failed to comply with the tenour of those engagements, by which the parties were required to pay the balances thereof on the Ist of February, 1623, with the interest accruing up to that day, and not hav ing availed themselves of the terms proposed for their ac commodation in the advertisements of the 11th and 23d of January last, public notice is given by Mr. N. M. Roths child that such receipts are void, that the deposit money is forfeited, and that all obligation has ceased on his part to deliver certificates at a future period. Bring desirous, how ever, that no individual should suffer unknowiegly on this occasion. Mr. Rothschild hereby notifies, that he will grant to the holders of his receipts an indulgence of one week from this date, either to pay the balances due by them on the lit inst. or to make the further deposits called for by the ad vertisements of the I Itk and 23d of January last.—New court, Feb. 5,144!. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. £TTIII4O OP Till I:4BIIROPNTS O f MAORtD. P.R. 3. "From the 20th to the 24th ult. all the enemies of the Constitution at Madrid looked with anxiety for the approach of the factious bands who were known to be in the neighbourhood. The danger had been at first too anuch despised, or too little known by the Govern ment. Hence the means of resistance were not orga nised with sufficient skill, or exercised with sufficient promptitude. The rebels were, therefore, allowed to advance within a few leagues of the seat of Power, and had they succeeded in overcoming the militia, might have even fraternized with the Serviles about the royal palace. This mo►ement of Bessieres on the capital has nothing in it so striking as its audacity. It will be remembered that this chief commanded in Mequi nenza, on the Ebro. He would appear to have broken up from that place to march upon Saragossa ; but, be ing opposed by Velasco, was obliged to change his purpose. Instead, then, of dispersing his troops, as most of the other chiefs would have done, he formed the design of a forced march upon the capital. His band increased with all the discontented in his way, and when he had passed the Guadalaxara, it appears' that he commanded not fewer than between 5,000 and 7,000 men. The few troops that could be despatched from the garrison of Madrid yielded to the superior numbers of this force; but on the 24th the National Militia completely routed it, and compelled its retreat towards Velasco, who, coming in its rear, would allow few to escape. Thus Madrid has been saved from a scene similar to that of the 7th of July." It is remarkable that neither of the leaders in this exploit were Spaniards. Bessieres is a Frenchman, and Ulman a Swiss. PROTEST ON TN! NOTION TOR AN ♦DDRESS ON HU NAIESII lel SPEECH, FEBRUARY 4. Dissentient Ist. Because it is at all times the duty of Par liament to examine and redress public grievances, and that duty is most urgent at the present moment when the country is afflicted with severe and unexampled distress. 2d. Because the nation has a right to expect that the causes of the present distress shall be immediately examined, shall be fully ascertained, and shall as speedily as possible he removed. 3rd. Because the investigation of the snbject cannot be delayed without injury and injustice to those who stiffer, and without the utmost danger to the country, of which the welfare must be destroyed, and of which the tranquillity may be disturbed by a continuance of the present calamities. zitn. Because this house ought also to examine " the results that have arisen from altering the value of " the currency," as that measure bas very considerably diminished the prices of all produce, and very consider. ably increased the harthen of the 'faxes which have been imposed, and of the engagements which have been contracted. 6th. Beca Ise the subject of which the immediate examin ation was proposed, is of vital importance, as it affects directly all the owners and occupiers of land, and indirectly all the other interests of the country. SrAnnors, TANKERVILLE, SOMERSET. SHIPPI ht INTELLIOENCE. DIAL, Fan. 6. Arriv ed last night and remain, wind bound, with l more homeward bound vessels, the Good Intent, Heppen, from Terceira ; Nile, Forster, from Berbice; Watchful, Warren, from Seville; also to-day the Britannia ; Gore, from St. incent's, and Dove, Chancellor, from Seville. Came down fro:u the river, the George,Pace, for Madras and Calcutta ; Rio Packet. Kirslaid, fer Rio ; Mary and Jane, M'Corrnack, for Cape Good Hope; Golden Spring, Strong, for Do.: Commerce, liony. for St. Vin cent's, Greenwich, Thomson, for the South Seas ; George, Beetle, for Gibraltar ; and sailed with the whole of the out ward bound for their different destinations.—Wind N.N.W. PORTSMOUTH, Fee. s.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Phea sant, from New York, &c.; Fancy, Baskitt, from Leghorn. —Wind N. FALMOUTH, Fee. 4.—Arrived the Assistance, James, from Prince Edward's !aloud, in 38 days. Sailed the Lark, Brown, for St. Vincent's; Concord, Freeman, for Do.; King George, Rose, industry, Venus, Enterprise, and Nes tor, all for London.—Wind W. to N. The Woodbridge, Masson, from the Isle of France for London, has put into Terceira. leaky, and it is reported she will be condemned as not sea worthy. HARWICH, FEB. s.—Sailed the Prince Oscar, with nialls for Oottenburg; and Princess Charlotte, Do. for Cuxhaven, ■nd Lord Castlereagh, Do. for Holland.—Wind U.N.W. On Tuesday evening, Mr. Ruff, the King's Messenger left town with despatches for Madrid. Balotroh, Fee. s.—The King's health, we regret to state, does nut improve so satisfactory as could be wish ed. His Majesty has not left his private apartments.and there is evident reason to fear he is not se well as he was a few days since. His Royal Highness the Duke of York is expected here as soon as he is able to travel.— (Brighton Herald.) Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain William Mitchell, of the ship Bridgewater, took leave of the Court previous to his departing for St. Helena, Bombay, and China. -- • • •• DUHLIN COUNTY ELECEION, on Monday last com menced at the New Court House, Kilmainhatu, the election of a Representative for the County of Dublin. Uhe candidates proposed were Sir Compton Domvillc and Colonel White. Confusion rioting and drunken ness, according to the Driblia Morning Poet, prevail ed during the entire day, in and of tside of the Court. In the afternoon, when the Court adjourned, the num bers were for Colonel White, 64 ; Sir C. Doraville, 49. A youthful bride and bridegroom, who had been married in the Haymarket on Tuesday last, by the Rev. Mr. Woods, (for which they had their own license,) were visited on Friday evening, sans ceremonie, by peace officers Robinson and M.Donougli, of the head office of police, io consequence of a warrant transmitted from the Rev. Mr. Moffat. of Longford, charging the young lady, who is respectably connected, with the felony of 401. in money from a female relative, also a diamond ring, and a quantity of wearing apparel; and the gen tleman with being an accomplice. This mates-propos visit took place whilst the happy pair were sitting over their wine after dinner at their apartments in Great Britain street. For obvious reasons we forbear men tioning names; a committal to Newgate, however, bas been the result. The maid servant of the lady (we do not mean thereby the bride's maid) has been committed to Longford gaol, on a charge of being concerned in the above.—(Dublin Noraing Post.) COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Di:Jowl, Ft 3:1. (ABRIDGID FROM THE DIC6I.IN lIORNINO POST RIOT Ann CONgPIIiACT.—The trial of the travertiers against whom EX Officio informations had been filed by his Majesty's Attorney General fur riot, and conspiracy to excite a riot in the Theatre Royal, on the night of the 14th December, when his Excellency the Lord Lieute nant visited the Theatre, came on yesterday: So much of party feeling is unfortunately involved in the case of these men, that a degree of excitement has been pro duced in the public mind almost without precedent. At an early hour in the morning, so early as half past Big o'clock, the doors of the Court were surrounded by a considerable number of persons : toner& pine the crowd greatly increased, and among them a large num• bee of the gentlemen of the bar. When the doors were opened the rush was frightful. Some gentlemen were thrown down and severely hurt; many had their clothes torn, and lost their hats and shoes ' the scene is dread. ful to those who were compelled to be participators init, disgraceful to those whose duty it was to have pre vented it. _ _ _ At ten o'clock the Judges entered the Court, and after many preliminary points had been agitated and settled, the traversers, Jas. Forbes, Wm. Graham, Win. Brownlow, Henry Hand wich, Geo. Graham, and Mat. Handwich, were put to the bar, and a Jury was sworn.. The following are the names of the Jurors. Francis Mills, Foreman ; Js. Wyon, E. Armstrong, T. Fry, Rich. Dullard, Rich. Annesley, Isaac Tyndall, Abraham Hargrave, Neil M'Kenny, John Baker, John Caldwell, Thos. Parker. Counseller Greene opened the pleadings, and the Attorney-General addressed the Court and Jury. Arrangements had been made fur giving a full report of the proceedings ; but the Court having signified its wish, at the motion of Mr. Robert Johnson, traversers' Counsel, that no e parte report of the trial should he published, the a-- count that had been prepared is postponed. Two witnesses only were examined on the part of the Crown. These were, Mr. Richard Lowther, Box keeper of the Theatre-Royal, and Mr. George Aticin son. The First was examined by the Solicitor-Gene ral ; the latter by the Attorney-General. Mr. At kinson underwent a long cross-examination by Coun sellor Blackburne. AV:five o'clock the Court adjourned to nine next morning. It was understood that up wards of sixty witnesses were subpcensed on the part of the crown. The Paris papers, which have arrived to the 4th inst. state the troops will not be in line till the 15th of March, although the Duke of Angouleme is to pro ceed on the Ist of that month to Bayonne. Tlic-- papers contain the answer of the Ring of Spain to the message of the Cortes. The answer is, of cons•, quite as it should be. None appear more zealous to defend the Constitution, or resist invasion, than Fer dinand! Intelligence from Corfu, of the 3d ult. an nounces that, on the 12th of December, the Greeks took Napoli di Romania, and that the seat of Govern ment was immediately transferred to that important town. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.--Wterumsrsii. THIS DAT. JUDGhIaNTS. THE RING P. WILLIAM TONBtIDOE. On the first sitting of the Court, • The SOLICITOR O.IVERAL moved the judgment upon the defendants for publishing a Blasphewras and Seditious Libel. Our Readers will remember that this Defendant was tried at the last sittings before term at Ottildhall for publishing what was denominated a Blasphemotas and Seditious Libel upon the Holy Scriptures in a work called " Palmer's Principles of Nature." _ _ The CIIIEP JUSTICE read his notes of the eviden.:,, and the defence made by the defendant, containing the principal expressions made use of until he was stopped by the Court repeatedly. Mr. JUSTICE BAILEY, after an impressive address, :n which he declared the book to be a most gross and revil ing publication, passed the following sentence, timely, that the defendant should be imprisoned in the Ifou;e of Correction Cold-bath Fields, for 2 years, at the end of that period to pay a fine of lOW. to the King, and find sureties to keep the peace forfive years, himself in lOU, and two others in dui. each, and to be imprisoned until the fine and sureties were paid and entered into. The defendant was then removed fro:n the Conrt, in the enstody of the Tipstaff, and immediately retnare I to the gaol. THE KING V. SUSANNAH WRIGHT. In this case the Courtpassed toe following sente , re that "the defendant be imprisoned for IS months in thy Honse of Correction, be fined 1001,, andfind safeties fur five years, herself in 1001., and two others in finy pounds each. TOLERANION IN PORTUGAL. —A chapel having bent erected in Lisbon, in virtue of the treaty of Amnesty and Commere between Great Britain and P,r tugal, for the celebration of divine worship conform able to the ritual of the Anglican Church, the King of Portugal, by a Decree of the 7th of instant, has thong ht fit to order ghat the said chapel shall be held under the special protection of the British Legation at th. Court of Lisbon. Boxisio.—Tuesday, there were two fights on Wim bledon Common. The first was between HALL, the Bir mingham lad, and WYNIIII, the Bristol youth, for 2:, guineas aside. It was a very gallant fight of an hvir and 16 minutes, and Hall won it from condition. Tho second fight was between Ward and a high couraged countryman, for a purse made up on the ground. T'iis was a prime battle. Twenty rounds-19 minutes.— ' Ward shewed off his milling talents in great style, was enabled to finish the rounds almost as he pleased, yet the countryman proved himself as good a bit of still' as ever peeled. He would sot giver in, he was so com pletely game ; but his seconds insisted he should cat it, as he had not a shadow of chance. A fine assemblage of amateurs took place yesterday, for the benefit of the widow of the late Hickman. Mr. Powell, the proprietor of the Court, acted with becon ing liberality, All the boxers set-to. Neate came nri from Bristol to forward the benefit of a vanquished hero. The sets-to were generally' good. Neate 'drew Tom Belcher's cork; Spring physicked the head cf Bales ; the veteran Scroggins made an out and sit-to with Randal ; and it was altogether a grand day's play. Thema who was defeated by Ward yes terday, a good thin beaded one, got a good subscrip Lion for having been made a blinktr of, and every thin ; wtnt off well, • • - - - tkt ig". !NAL 1: I~ f'