The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-12-28 00:00:00

le, •-.-- -' may`,` 4. ' . ..,"+, kT; „. . - it 4 ' ....r p I r L v ` ~a , ■ K ! y' s. I TV blkiking : we receive it as a pledge of the ap- WcAing diminution of taxes. The spirit of the , aft Ot is daily infusing itself more and more into our laws, our manners, and our habits. Agrieul lose, commerce, and the arts are developing a new activity ; a ling tmece is promised these by iii gene rous intentions which the Allied Sovereigns have ma nifested in those memorable Congresses, where French policy -ecovererl, after our reverses, a dignity which ~jd.trn~ followed our success. " No : a great nation, after being enlightened by seat painful experience, will not sacrifice its real good to deceitful systems. It has too well learnt, that the weakening of the Royal authority is no less fatal than its sbuses ; that all is irretrievably lost • when she Chief Magistrate bends before the pride of !twines ; and that be can never fulfil all his duties, 'seep , by guarding himself from the loss of any of his rights " The King replied, " It is always with renewed pleasure that I re , ceive the espression of the sentiments of the Chamber *. • of Peers. In the Speech which I pronounced at the opening of the Session, I described my duties and expressed my sentiments. It is with lively satisfac tion that I find in the Address of the Chamber of Peers a perfect conformity with what I then said. It is by such an agreement that we shall be able to • maintain the rights of the Throne, and to insure the • tranquillity of the State." Immediately after this audience, the grand Depu ti teflon of the Chamber of Depaties, commissioned to present to his Majesty the Address voted by the Chrnber, was conducted to an audience of the King, and presented in the same manner as that of the Climber of Peers. M. de Courvoisier, Vice-President of the Cham ber of Depoties, read to his Majesty the following Address:— " ;IRE Your faithful subjects, the Deputies of the Departments, bring to the foot of the Throne the - • homage of their profound respect and gatitude. " Ti'e first desire of your People was for the na • tional independence, and Europe knows of what ' sacrifices they have been capable in order to recon • quer it. Our soil is at length free. The banner of . France, planted by a Bourbon, alone waves on our 1 - ramparts. All hearts gladdened on beholding it, bless the King, and recognize the country. 46 Too long had the foreign occupation borne hard = on our frontiers, on those departments admirable for 4' l their patriotism and fidelity. Your Royal words N 'hove, with respect to them, already discharged a part '! • e e public gratitude, and the Chamber of Demi. • ties participates in the interest with which their heroic • resi g nation has inspired your Majesty. 66 A noble union of sentiments and of efforts has 'every where seconded the forbearance of the Monarch • to whom we owe our deliverance. France has re • -covered her influence and her rank. Our Legitimate • ' and Constitutional Monarchy has become one of the bases of the public law of Europe. Treaties, founded on justice and morality, promise us a long peace, and our forces will henceforth• only serve to confirm it. " Now, Sire, when only we surround you, no painful idea will be associated with the august so- Semi!) , which your Majesty announces to us. The coronation of our Kings, the unquestionable testi mony of our ancient, will be the guarantee of our new, liberties. In swearing to ,the r Chartes before the God of your father and of ours, your Majesty will glace it under the protection of Heaven itself, •`-'rind religion will command its respect by policy. " Thus will be consectated the finest title of glory with which your Majesty will be presented to •;' posterity. Far from us be the impious thought of permitting it to sustain any injury ! We reject every • pernicious principle which would &flick the social order we owe to your wisdom. It is by the Charter, ' and by the institutions derived from its spirit, that - France wishes to stand. France, Sire, is weary of revolutions ; she has not forgotten bow much blood und tears they have cost her. • • " We learn without surprise, but with regret, ' that the state of the finances does not permit your Majesty to propose the diminution of the . public • burdens. You encourage us, however, to expect it soon. Stich an assurance, the reward which our sa crifices have already obtained, will sustain the con k rage of your People ; and the Chamber of Deputies L. will hasten the moment of a relief so dear to your • blajesty's heart, by seeking to establish every eco• • nomy which can possibly be introduced into the ex - periditore of the State. " The situation of public credit will fix our atten tion. To what lasting wound can it be liable, when our debt, less burdensome, in proportion to our re• venues, • than those of other nations, is guaranteed by a fertile soil, an extensive industry, internal - tranquillity, fidelity to engagements, and above all, by that Charter around which the French People, by • one unanimous feeling, have sincerely rallied' 6 ‘ Yes, Sire, that sacred compact is the first basis • of public credit, and it is by supporting and complet ing the institutions which flaw from it that the Mo • narchy will find the force it ought to possess in order to preserve all liberties, secure all rights, rigidly anaintain 'Mint order, and confound those who dare • to declare themselves Its enemies. " Such is the ascendancy of a constitutional autho rity that the Recrolting Law has every where obtained submission and respect. At your call the French youth flock to the standard of honour. The young • warrior does not yield to him who returns to his house, after having gloriously paid the tribute due to his country. ' " The reparation of the evils which France still 1 endures, the increase of the benefits she already pos. Imes, are equally attached to the maintenance of a s .well•regalated liberty, such as befits a People en lightened by experience and ripened by adversity.— ' The French People will constantly repel whatever • might compromise it, and the Chamber of Deputies, the faithful interpreter of their wishes, will always Set the example." • The King replied— : " I receive with pleasure the espression of the • sentiments of the Chamber of Deputies. I have opened my heart to you; I have made you acquainted with my pains, my hopes, and sentiments. I see with a lively satisfaction, from what you have ad dressed to me, that you have equally entered into the one and the other ; and that I shall find in the Cham ber of Deputies the necessary support for maintaining • public order, and healing the wounds of the State." E grATFSM The day before yesterday his Excellency tht; Minister of Baden was received by the King in a pri vate audience. His. Excellency untitled to his Ma. jesty the death of the Grand Duke of Baden, hi♦ Sovereign. Immediately afterwards its Majesty , transacted business with Count de Cues, Minister of General Police. De-Sarre, Ea-President of the Chamber of De puties, has recently quitted the residence be occu pied at the Palace Bourbon ; M. Raven takes posses• sion of it to-day. Ile has given in his resignation of the functions of Under Secretary of State and of Justice. M. Rotte, Secretary to the French Legation to the United States, is arrived in Paris, agreeably to leave which has been granted to him. On announcing the departure of the Doke of Wellington from Brussels for London, the Oracle adds, " it is thought that his Lordship will not return to the Continent for a long time." The plan of mutual instruction has recently been adopted at Naples. Besides-the two schools already established in that town, the King has founded a third, which will be opened in the ancient Convent of Sainte Bridget. By an Ordinance of the Council Chamber, dated yesterday, the Preliminary Court, on the Report of NI. Meslier, Joge d'lnstructiou, has sent before the Royal Court, Nicholas Cantillon, formerly a military man, accused of having, on the night from the 10th to the 11th of February last, made, with premedita tion, and from a place of concealment, an attempt to commit homicide on the person of the Duke of Wel lington, which attempt has been manifested by ex terior acts, fullowed by a commencement of its exe cution, and only failed in its effect by fortuitous circumstances, independent of the will of the author. The Sieur Marinet, who has• declared himself to be without any present profession, has been sent by the same Ordinance before the Royal Court, accused of being an accomplice with Cantillon, by exciting the latter by promises, and giving him instructions in what manner to commit the crime. The proceedings which the Chamber of Accusation will have to examine in (order to decide whether the accused shall take their trials et the Assize Court) are very voluminous. Besides the interrogatories and declarations received in Paris, there are very numerous depositions of witnesses which have beets taken in the Low Countries. M. Claveau, Counsel for Cantillon, is occupied with a second memoir in his behalf. French Funds, Dec. 22.—Five per Cents. 631. 20 c. ; BE n k Stock, 1510 f.— Dec. 23.—Five per Cents. 62 f. 40 c. ; Bank Stock, 15001. M. DOHENGE proposed so pus to' the ()Melia the Day. The Chamber, by said, had been long enough occupied with the Petition of last Session, and the affair had been already decided upon. M. de Mooa and M. de Jonnue proposed to have the Petition laid on the table, for the inspection of the Members ; but M. DotIENGE said. that as it had 'wen distributed to the Member., they were suffi ciently acquainted with it. Mr. RAYPHENS thought, as the Petitioner had produced no new facts, they .should abide by their decision of last year. He opposed its being laid on the table, and supported the Order of the Day. The question being put to the vote, the Chamber passed to the Order of the Day. Some other Peti tions were presented, one of which, relative to the Indirect Taxes, was ordered to be laid on the table, and a copy of it sent to the Director-General of the Indirect Taxes, the object of it being of great importance, and because justice and duty require that the Chamber should afford the Director every information at a time when a revision of the laws re lative to those taxes is in hand. BRUSSELS, DEC. 24.—0 n the 18th of this month died, at the lintel of the Invalids at Le)den, Jean George Sauer, aged 106. He enlisted on the 7th of March, 1731, and served continually in Holland till 1795. He was in the campaigns of 1743 on the Meuse and the Rhine; in 1745 at the battle of Fnnteooy ; in 1746 at lAnfeld ; in 1737 at the siege of liergen.op•Znom, where he received many wounds; in 1794 he was with the troops which defended Kluttdest, which terminated his military career. — This respectable veteran enjoyed good health, and the entire use of his faculties, till the latest moment of his life. Not. n‘ra —llolalay at the Public Oakes. THE STATESMAN. CHAMBER OF PEERS, Dsc.i.l. The Order of the Day called for the Report of the Special Commission, charged to draw up the Project of an Address, in answer to the King's Speech. The Project was presented to the Chamber, in the name of the Commission, by the Marquis de Fonsanes : after being deliberated upon, agreeably to the sc. coatomed forms, it was adopted. It will be pre. seuted to the King by a grand Deputation of the Chamber, whenever his Majesty may please to re. olive the same. Twenty Members were selected ballot to form this Deputation, which contains, by right, the Members of the Committee and the drand:Referendary. The following are the Members : MM. the Duke de 'UM; Masai& LaseriabswiY4t. count d'Ambray, Marquis de Fontatses, Marquis de Raisecourt, Duke de Levis, Marquis de .Tuigne, Count d'Escars, Count de Suffren.Saiet.Topes, Count de Contades, Barns) de la Rochefoucautd, Count de Ssint.Vailier, Count Soules, Duke tie la Chatre, Count Tucker, Count Roils,' d'Anglas, Count de Durfort, Duke de la Grohs d'Havre, Couut Maud, and the Marquis d'Aguesseou. The Chamber separated at five o'clock, without any filed adjourngsent. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. A Project of Law was supported in the Chamber by M. ROY, for continuing certain tales on their old footing, till the promulgation of the law otr the Budget. Twenty Deputiei were appointed to present the Addreis of the Chamber to the ling ) in answer to his Majesty's Speech. gr-•-•-• VIENNA, DEC. 13.—The Emperor of Russia, af. ter haring slept at Hollobrunti, arritOrl here 'ester. day at one o'clock, and slighted at the Imperial Pa lace. His Majer' is. — There will be mil Had at the end of these the Gymnastic Circa that purr FL, Bev; and Doncin , der*, on the sel for Letters severs; yarn., match those leagues Daher lust- -Aleut Coon. filet Ns• iers to that Urea RAL, SECOND CHAtdBI This Sitting w ticularly by tha , M. KEMPER, Pe titions, observed, , irough: .ord this one because all the Journals had published it (before it was distributed to the Members) with en eagerness which would seem ettraordinary, were it not a well. known fact that most of the Journals in Belgium are in the hands of foreigners. The Petitioner had al ready addressed their High Mightinesses in the last Seisinn at the Hague, but his Petition was rejected. Most of the objections made to the former Petition are not to be found in the present. Tbe Committee, it seems, was divided in opinion, but all the Mem• bets agreed that in form it was insolent. However, they thought this insolence was not la itself a suffici ent reason to reject it. The Committee proposed to refer it to the Sections for examination. pa r. LONDON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1818• Though there scarcely passes a day without a ship or more bringing us intelligence from America, we hate yet had no further information from any part of that quarter of the globe, tending to confirm the intelligence we gave in our Paper •f Friday last, from St.Thomab's, with respect to Lord COCURANE having taken the command of the Venesuelian fleet. We consider the statement thus given at least as prema. lure. There has not, we conceive, been time since the Noble Lord left Europe, to offer such service and make arrangements for sock important opera tions as are spoken of in those accounts ; we have otherwise no doubt of the Noble Seaman's prompti tude and prowess when entering upon action. — Lord Cocnntsc sailed for Chili in the Rose, and some weeks ago we stated this vessel had been spoken with near Cape Horn. Lord C. is said 'to have ar rived at Valparaiso about the end of November, and in the enjoin month it was expected he would pro. ceed with the nasal forces of Chili on an import ant expedition, for which great preparations had been made. American Papers to the 27th ult. have reached us. According to an article from Washington, the nego. elation between the Spanish Minister and the Ame rican Government had been resumed. Accounts from La Guira state, that the Patriots were again assembled in the plains of Calabria° in great force, and that MoanLo, the Royalist Chief, had made a a requisition in Caraccas of 200,000 dollars, 4,000 men, sad 400 mules. The private letters from America are dated the 28th of Nov. They state that the British Authorities had restored to the Americans the settlement at Columbia River. The military force at Ohio is estimated at 61,401 men, viz. 60,000 infantry, 1275 cavalry, and 126 artillery. From Careens it is stated, under the date Nov. 9, that a dreadful sickness still con tinued at that place, the daily average of deaths being about 30. The trade of the Colonies is represented to be most flourishing ; the accounts from Halifax state, that the wharfs were all bootie with the great traffic tarrying on with the West India Islands, the conse quence of the late Acts of the British Legislature; at the same time a fear is expressed that the Com mercial Treaty in negotiation in Loudon might alter the present state of the intercourse. French Papers to the 25th inst. hive arrived since our last. The King has nearly recovered f. An his regent attack of the gout. On Wednesday he pre sided at a Council of Ministers, which sat from one tii five o'clock. In the evening he received Depute. doss from the two Chambers, with Addresses in re ply to his Speech at the opening of the Sesiion. They merely re-echo the sentiments expressed by his Ma ' jesty, with regard to the external and internal rela tions of France. The same day a Project of Law was presented to the Chamber of Deputies, by the Mi nister of Finance, for the levying six-twelfths of the Land Tax, and the contributions on moveables, doors, windows, and patents, for the ensuing year, according to the returns of 1818, and also for con tinuing the indirect imposts on their present footing, until the completion of the measures in train for carrying into effect the new law relative to the finances. The Project was ordered to be printed, and discussed forthwith in the 4 different Bureaux. M. DUTERGIER DE IlitUßANNS,submitted a proposition .for uniting, in certain cases difficulty, the Magistrates of the Civil Tribunals with the . Commercial Judges ; e. His Majesty will remain here ten days.— ere will he military reviews in his honour ; and a end of these tnanceevres, a gaud banquet at th mnastic Circus in the Preter t which has for the rpase been decorated with ompificeuce., . . 1 FLANDERS .4No BRUSSELS PAPERS. BettiszLi, DEc. 2 1 2.—The a 4 it of Messrs. Doh. d Doncin, Editors of the Jo nal des Deux Flue re, will come before the Coo of Aisizes at Oh,. the Sth of February. M. .1 ulna will be Coos for M. Doncin. Letters from the frontiers if o Spain " announce tin rural regiments in garrison ' the provinces of Ni rre, Biscay, end ArragOn,4 eve received orders I itch to the environs of Ma id ; it Is affirmed thi use troops were to assembles at the Ifistatial, WTI ivies from Madrid. ii• --, f- F.COND CHAMBER OF TOE SrATES-GMIERA Usc. 42. This Sitting was chiefly occupied on Petitli, pa cularly by that of M. Cauchois le Moire. M. KEMPER, Reporter of the Committee of F tions, observed, that he first brought forward tl • f • P • j %Rd M. DAIEILLET Of ggested %me new reg u . !alit:4l)44* kit eetitiins4 *a . ti t ", to the ing was voted in a . Secret Mitten e.-- —On Tilkiday, the Minister from Alitttail a pri. irate ;tektite of hiVajesty, at whic notified to him theAa n lit of thf.lrand Dulte.JA C rt Mcvn. Ilklt ing was n red nu the itecising, to last ((earth. 24th co the th inst., both days inclusive. t o An Or dinance of tlig Council Chamber, of the Preliminary Court, on the report of M. 11:Ermen, Jo:7,e d'lrr. 'traction, has sent before the Royal Court NICIIO. LAS CANTILLON, formerly a military man, accused 1 of having, on the night from the 10th to the filth of February lost, made, with premeditation, and from a place of concealment, an attempt to cont. mit homicide on the person of the Duke of IV ELe LINGTON, which attempt had been manifested by ezterinr acts, followed by a commencement of its execution, and only failed in its effect by furtui. tens circumstances, independent of the will of the author. The Sieur MARINE; who has declared him. self to be without any present profession, has been sent by the same Ordinance before the Royal Court, accused of being an accomplice with CANTILLON, by eliciting the latter by promises, and giving him instruca lions in what manner to commit the crime. The Ern. peror ALEXANDER and King of SAXuWY hid a short interview at Chemnitz on the Bth of December, after which the Emperor proceeded on his way to Vienna, where he is stated to have arrived on the 12th. ThoEtn.. per°, FRANcIs intended to havegone in person as far se Stockerau to meet him, but was prevented by his not having completely recovered from the effects of a ms. lignant fever which had confined tint to his bed for se. 'era! days. The Hereditary Prince, however, received . the Russian Monarch at the barrier of Tabor; but after a short interview he returned alone, it bring the wish of the Emperor ALEXANDER to preserve the strictest incognito. The intelligence from Madrid given in these Papers comes down to the 11th inst. There was a grand fate at the Court of FERDINAND on the 10th, in honour of the birth-day of his mother, the Ex-Queen. The delivery of FERDINAND'S Con. sort was expected every hour. The reports of se attack upon Madrid on the 3d or 4th inst. are posi. sitively contradicted; but it is admitted that there are several armed bands in La Mancha, which rob tra vellers and• lay the villages under contributions.— Their force, however, is represented as ton inconsi. derable to cause any alarm ,at Madrid. General GOUROAUD still remains at Hamborgb till he has re ceived the passports which have been promised to him to repair to Austria. The French Funds continue to decline. On Tuesday the Five per Cents. left off l at 63f. 20c. On Wednesday they fell to 62f. 40c. Bank Actions, 1500 f. Mails from Flanders have alai arrived, with Bre,. seals and German Paper, to *be With inst. The Se. geed GumOber of the Ststes.General was occupied on the 22c1 in the consideration of various petitions.— .That of COUCHOIS LEMAIRE, one. of the French exiles, was, after a discussion of ewe length, dis posed of by the Order of the Day. The troops in Navarre, Biscay, and Arragon, are said to have re ceived orders to march to the environs of Madrid. This intelligence, if correct, indicates a posture of affairs in that capital very differeot from that which is stated in our abstract of the contents of the French Papers. The marriage of Prince FnEosalcc of SAXONY to the Archduchess CAROLINE of AUSTRIA, is to be celebrated after Easter. ft is Ap posed that Prince ALEXIS SUZZO will be the new Ilospodar of Wallachia. A numerous Meeting was held at the Guildhall, in Nolgagbasn, on Wednesday, to petition the' Houstrof Commons for the repeal of the Corn Bill. The Mayor, ISAAC Wor.r.Ey, Esq. was in the Choir. The Petition and Resolutions were voted unani mously. This step is intended to counteract the " Agricultural Petition" sent over the country by some persons in London. We hope this example of opposition to a most selfish and impolitic project will. be universally followed. The appointment of the Duke of WELtimaTeit to the office of Master-General of the ()Matinee announced in the Gazette of Saturday. This of is a place enjoying great military patronage, end has attaalied to it the salary of four thousand a year. His Grace loves military parade, and 'o tin our most pacific Ministers and their Royal Master. The system, it appears, is still to he supported. _ Satorday morning, soon after 11 o'clock, the Duke of YORK left York.house, St. James's Palace, for Windsor, and afterwards proceeded to Oatlandt, where be had a party at dinner. The Duke and Duchess of Ccataxtscit are expected in England in the month of February nest. ' A Letters hate been received in town within t few days, from the Duke and Duchess of CA3I. BRIDOT, at Hanover. 'Their Royal Highnesses were in the enjoyment of good health ott the 9th install!. The Royal Duke and Duchess were to spend their Christmas wilts the Landgrave of HEssit-Caassm., the father of the Duchess. Letters from Berlin state, that the house ef WooLve, Lv.ve,and Co. Bankers and Merchants. that city, have recently stopped payment for hair million of Prussian dollars. On Friday the dispatches for St. Helena. Ilencno len, and Chins, by the William Pitt, Copt. Gat. HAm, were closet{ at the East India.house, and deli• vered to the Purser of that s hip : -I) o ,,roaess by the William Pitt—Mr. J. Same.ost, Miss C. JOINMS and hies. M. SMITIJ, GM St. ittletlo. r .. • , "11 ,: . ." I: . . ) I.-