The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-04-03 00:00:00

of the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Clive) was, that Ito ill. ireaterent would here been exercised towards Geo. I;ortrgautl, If he would have suffered himself to have been refried naked, and thrown into a car. i.ree, end trampled on. He asked the N. I Lord (Cistlereagh) and those ■round him, whether he meant to stele, in the face of the world, that Cm. Covennud •eriouely meditated a rescue, when set. roended by eight officers? If the Aliso Act oat for the purpose of prnteciing this cossets', from the ma. dilutions of foreigners, it would h• highly seats ornery ; hot they knew It Wes no sech thing. It •rat ',seised to moans, sod perpetuate a system of ripopotirro and oppression commenced on the Conti. tt►ur. High as our military character had risen on the Continent. in consequence of the glorious mat ihit terminated the war, it had sank low as to politics, by the conduct of oar Government after it. Ho hoped Ministers would allow Gee. Goer. gaud to prove his complaints, or themselves to dis. prove them. Sir G. COCKBURN said, that Goer. Rod told him at St. Helena, that he followed Bona. part. to Russia, where he wits distingsithed. When Levis XVIII. came to France he made interest with the Doke de Berri, who gnu him a Cordon of St. Louis. en the retain of Bonet art• from Elba, Gummed got the place of Chef Of/icier d Ord. newt. and when he called on Bertrand to thank ' trim fo► it, the latter said, " You need not thank me, fo► if our muter had token my advice, he would have had nothing to do with such Giroweites as yes." Colorised added, that bet for this foolish speech of Bertrand, he (Goorgned) would never have come to St. Helena. Mr. LAM DION replied. As wished to know by what low theme's of Goners! Goergatid were seis ed, there being none to authorise such a step. He uoderstuod that General Gemmed had dined with a Noble Lord in his Majesty'. Government. Much had been said about Mr. B. Capper • he wished I. know if he was the same who, atte nded by polies officers, entered sword in band a gaming-hoes*, sad seised 'quantity of money, which the officers eseld never get from him? Eves if the Alien Bill had bees • constitutional measure, it was felonious if spy Alien's papers were broken open. Mr. BECKET said, no mats could have behaved 'hotter than Mr. Copper, who had acted under the direction of Mr. Graham, the Magistrate, in the transaction alluded to. Mr. BENNETT said, that in that very frans ■etiore Mr. N.res, another Magistrate, considered the condor* of Mr. Capper as nothing else than a thin; Einstein; his being coonnitied fur. 'lite Petition on then audited to lie on the table. On the atotinn that it be printed, Mr. HUTCHI SON appealed to the Noble Laid, whether be would o.nt allow an invostigation, as a man of the rank of Gen. Goorgaird had been. according to his Petition, beaten wish sticks. and called a liar? Loyd CASTI.EREAGII acid, if may injury ked bees done the C I. feelings, he should not him pet that in the Petition.—Tie Pedalos vas thee or• dried to be printed. _ _ Mr. BENNETT brought up the Chietney.sweep era' Repetition Bill, which was read a first time. Mr. BENNETT said he was happy to correct a mistake. He bad abided to a different Mr. Capper than him in the Alien Office. Mr. J. SMITH moved the second reading of the Ilinkrept Laws' Amendment Bill. This subject had attracted general attention; and he bad received many commenicstions on t►e subject, and be bad ac cordingly altered semi of its provisions. One was the insuffiriimi means of securing bankrupt's pro. petty, and another for preventing unfair debtors from the present means of procuring their mil& calm. 11e proposed also to alter the penisbnient of death for Bankrupts concealing their property. It was also desirable to Wend the previsions of this Act to Ireland. The oaamination of the Commiasien• era before the Committee would destroy in every man's mind ell reaped for the present state of the bankrupt Laws. The first and one of the important classes netlike on the persons liable toils. Bankrupt Laws. On this head much uncertainty formerly existed. Persons had been triode bank reins who bad never been traders. A GP011.111,0 who kept hounds, and sold the skins of the dead horses he (sod them with, was made for that a batik rept. A flier was leads a bankrupt because be bought roloarinic dregs, end sold them again in the articles coloured. Ile was not sere be ►ad seceeeded in the framing of this clause. The new sets of bankruptcy •as. a pers..o who for seven dais stopped payment, I,r who had been for curtain successive days absent from business• This l.e wished to be thoroughly in. •roiroled. Oat of lUO Commissions of Bankrupt, 99 were concerted ones. This might be done perfectly free from fraud. This, however, gave a bankrupt power to turn round and say, I am no bankrupt, my commission was concerted. This being prated, Ise could call on his assignees to repay his property, which they may have fairly divided. There was a clause to protect assignees, aid another to extend the power of the Commissioners, who have really not the power of keeping order in their own Court. If la false debt bt once proved, it canaot begot rid of, but by an applicition to the Chancellor. He was, t her. fore, mimes that the Commissionersshould have power to estrange debts when improperly proved, still leaving an appeal to the Chancellor. In the country, ors of Bankrupts may appoint as Commimien. erg whom they please to work the Commission. Tiffs tire offence to Lo►d Chancellor Rosalyn, and he cited lies of Commissioners in certain districts ; bet the present Chancellor had destroyed those lists. In this Bill there was a provision, that in districts where no sorb lists existed, country Commissions should be executed in London. There was a part of this Bill perfectly new. It was impossible for a mils tb give up his time and labour as an assignee, Without a nmo►ive. The ronserierrece was they did not exert `to oho!e of the bankrupt's of a solicitor. Ie Scot. ,cloyed, who gave Nattily, managed the accounts of a small commission.— enable the Commissioners of bankrupts, sod to proper. lie bad known 23.0001. in 17 weighs in his certificate trey soon, carried on business, a cit. themselves at all, bet left iha property to the management i t land there was an agent flOpll collected the debts, and as at•e bankrupt, on receiving There was a clause to OW to enquire into the condom In refuse certificates it not p n bankrupt who expended 23 Lextravagance. This man got I 610 be believed had since ca • TIM, STATESMAN rummages that should not bare beep allowed in a t►ading coeetry. Mr. Montage, the Commissioner, said, is his evidence, that at Guildhall there were person* reedy to swear debts, and afterwards to sign certificates, for • regular small commission on the amount of debts proved. It was Isere provided that where • bankrupt has had PO accommodation paper, uor been 'silty of fraud, he should have a certain per ventage on every dividend made. This was due to the honest debtor, and he knew no better mode of preventieg crime than by giving the bankropt a motive for good conduct. There was also a clause in this Bill to give perfect protection to the Commis sioners; and another to 'stead the same to Messen gers. lie concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time. Me t A BERCI:WM 111 F. said, it was very difficolt to 'tier any alteration of the law; bet the Public were indebted to his lion. Fiend for having brought forward thl4 memory, though he feared it would be an unsuccessful measure. But the best time for dis cussing this Bill would be in the Committee. lie re. commended to separate this Bill into t we, one having all things mere matter of regulation ; and in the other all matters altering the present state of the Benkrept Laws. In rouseq of the difficulties throe n in the way of the Commissioners of Bank rupts, it was neat to impossible that th►y should be able to do substantial justice to all parties, until the law is sdministeted by persons who can give their whole undivided time to it. instead of burdening the Commissioners with new duties, they ought to be able to attend to bankruptcies Moose. The divi. sloe of the 11111 was the Duly chance it had of passing, which even then would be ve►y small. Sir J. NEwpoRT said, the country could net pay too large. tribute of gratitude to his Hon. Friend for endeavouring to ably to remedy the crying evils of the Bankrupt I:sas. . Mr. Alderman WAIIIISIAN agreed Is the prin. elple of the Bill ; bet it would mot be complete, until ea alteratles was made In the law as to the Coasts slower.. The Bill was then read a second lime, and ordered to be committed on Friday fortnight. Mr. BLAKE mused, that the order for taking Mr. Martin., or Galway, into custody as a defaulter, should he discharged. Mr. W. WYNN said, this motion hid not been pet on the notices. After lose further observations, the Order was dis charged. RARNITA PLR ELECTION. Lord CLI VP, its a very lota tone of voice, en ; tered into an esplanatiun of the evidence before the Committee, which induced thee. to coin'. to • Resole ! I lion that Sir M. Lopez had been guilty of bribery and correptioe. The Noble Lord commented on the evidence taken before the Committee. The Co.. ante, had come to two Resolatioos, one declar. ieg Sir M. Lopez guilty of bribery, and the other stating general bribery on the part of the Elec. tare of the Borough, and recommendiog that the House should take some step epos it. It 'ippon-- ed from the evidence, that twenty-seveo resident voters had received from Mr. Gabble, • banker, 51. per man, on behalf of Sir M. L.pea; and farther, that the Loudon voters ?ad received WI. a mon. The' Noble Lord submitted, that the evidence fully justi lied the Committee in recommending that the House should enquire into the subject, and to suggest arch as in in the heather of Freemen as shoud pre. tail stir recurrence of these corrupt practices. The Noble ford continued, at considerable length, to de- I tail the opinions of the Committee, but is. so iodise ; tinct a tone it was impossible to collect, with any degree of accuracy, his observations. He concletird by moving, shot the Report should be takes into for.. User consideration. Sir J. NEWVOR I' congratulated lbe Noble Lord on the manner in which he had brosaht forward this business. The subject could not be in better hands; and he trusted the Noble Lord would per severe until h• had brought to a conclusion that which he bad so laudably began ; and that the Mute would show itself musings to discharge its duty, and p its honour, by siftiog such subjects as the present to the bottom, whenever they were brought forward, and not stop short of rooting out the evil. Lord LON FON was a Member of this Com. white, and fully agreed in what had been stated by the Noble Lord (Clive) ; who, he trusted, would persevere in the coarse he had adopted, and in which, he had no doubt, he would receive the assistance and support of the Committee. BENNETT coacarred entirely in what bad been mated. Mr. W. SMITH was happy this subject had been brought forward. It was well known that ha was what was called a Reformer. Bat ha bad always been of t pinion it was equally necessary to reform the Electors as the elected. If that object could be obtained ► much good might ba aspirated to result horn it. Mr. BLA KR wee favoerable to reesoustde, though not to visionary, Before. Mr. W. SMITH wee also eosinss far reasonable end temperate Reform, sod as great an rnemy to el. lionary i done es the Honoorable Member could be. Mr. %V. WYNN thought there was not seeh proof of general bribery as should operate to dishes,- chin the lioreegh. lie thought all who IMW had the right of voting should retain that right, and that the number should be islet...ed. Slr. Alderman 111-AGATE did not rise to eecuse or to palliate the conduct of the Borough of Barnsta ple. Ile trusted the House, when the subject cane be fore it, would take a broad view of it. Lint he could not refrain from cautioning the Howse against de alloying all these Borough.; one lifter another, by which the opportenity which nor commercial iota. rest had of being represented would be destroyed also, and to* great a weight and influence would be thrown into the bands of the landed interest. Mr. GORDON. for the very reason assigned by the lion. Alderman against throwing open these 80. roughs, war in faros, of that course being adopted. Ile knew of no advantege which the commercial in. terrst could derive from that system which had pre vailed in the Borougb of Barnstaple, escont that the richest merchant, or the man who could siord to pay biithest, might got elected. The Resolelions were then agreed to; and Mr. W. 11 1 YNN loosed a Resolution, al:Pussies of the opinion of the noose that gross bribery bad been practispri •t t►a late Election for Barnstaple.—This Reaoletinn was agreed to. I,nrd CLI VE then obtained leave to bring ins Bill to prevent Bribery and Corruption at Wars Etec times for the Borough of Barnstaple. On the motion of Mr. %%WYNN, the Attorney. Genr , sl was directed to prosecste Sir M. Lopes for bribery at the lam Election. On the within of Lord CLIVE it was ordered, that the Speaker should not issue issue his writ for a new Election till this day month. Several Restslotions for enabling the Commis sioners for feasting the National Debt, to make Transfers. &c. were agreed to, and a Bill ordered accordingly. The Report of the Excise Licence Bill was brought up; cod agreed to. The East India Goods Acts were committed, sere. ral Resolutions were agreed to, and the airport Was ordered to be roceieed on Monday. Dr. PIIILLIMORE noosed for • list of the Ships seised for • breach of the Cecile, or Navigation Lvws, which hove been restored by order of the Lords of the Treasury after sentence of condemns lion passed by any Via-Admiralty Coors. Ile was more then* little surprised to understand that this motion was to be opposed, the Chancellor of the Eichegoor having intimated that be saw no objection to it. lie understood that many of these caws had occurred in which the Motility hod _authorised re. turns after sentence of condeonatiejr in the Vico- Admiralty Courts. Ile thought tine power of their stepping in between the sentence of the Court and its execution, was one which the Tr y oaght not to poise's. Mr. LUSIIINGTONdid not understand hi• Right llosoorable Friend as haulm intimated his intention of agreeing to this motion. n, only understood him to have said, that if the ',gained Member would se lect any specific number of aaaaa say twelve or toren ty, they should be granted ; het that a retire for fise years was a solarising's, dominion', difficult in mak. log up, and treeless when obtained. The Right Ile. 'towable Member defended the pnwrr eluch the Treasury possessed, and which he said was found to Wilke,. the coa►se of equity and justice. If the Honourable Member wanld limit his motion it would got be objected to. M►. WYNN could see no difficulty in making the were, us called for. A Clerk. as h• conceived, might make oat a list from the Treasury books in a single mornittz. Sir J. NEWPORT did not find halt with the power hiving been granted to the Treasury. It might have been wanted for the wisest purposes; bet the lines, had a right to enquire how the power had been exercised. Mr. FORBFS coosidered the power vetted in the 1 1 Treasury as haying been exercised highly to the ad , vantage of the Pet)lie. He moat oppose the motion, unless the Hon. and Learned Doctor stated stronger grounds for it. Dr. PHI LLIMORE replied; after which the um tiOn was agreed to for the last year. Mr. GORDON moved that certain papers relative to the Post.onice that had kern ordered to he laid on the table on the Ist of Match, should be produced forthwith. The Limitary was elearad, but no division took place, and the motion was agreed to. Ihe who, (Moos wage then disposed of, and at Ilslt•past T»else the Hoops adjourned to Monday. AMBRWAN PAPERS. [FROM TOL NATIONAL INTILLIGINCER, MARCH 3.) EZTEACT OP A LATTER. " CLIIIIOIIIsE (ALASAIIIA), FEL ft.—lf have just returned from Pensacola. and on the 4th inst. the Spanish troops arrived off Bananas, with authority from his Spanish Majesty relative to the restoration of West Florida. Their force consists of two ships, two brigs, and too schooners, with GOO troops rie hoard, 100 of which are dragoons, the remainder infantry. They have on board 100,000 dollars, to pay their troops and mount their cavalry. The whale ender command of a thigadier-Geot.ral. Time, here seem quiet, in regard to Indian hostility. Captain Boyles has removed all that horde of banditti that has been so long prowling below the line, wantonly de stroying the United Stales' property at pi , and taking away the lives of our citizens with impunity. Ho ha; made a settlement on the ChatalmochiP, and erected a smell fortification, which it is supposed will beseflicient for their i.rotrci inn, as they um. strengthen. ed with upwards of 300 families from Georgia. What reception theta adventurtrus people may meet with from their new matters, I am uoable to conjecture, bet I hope favourable. Colonel King is engaged in removing the United States' property, end will entre the troops to Montpelier. I expect they argon their march at this lime." [ FROM Till •ILLAS! RECORD. KA scot 3 We learn that the " British Emigrant Society" have purchased a large body of land, in Sesqueken as► County, of Dr. R. li. Rase; and are tektite measures to settle it with farmers from England. Sescpsehannah will become one of the most populoes and wealthy counties in the State. The Gentlemen who have purchased. had prorioesly visited Illinois ; anti pref►rred, I think wisely, the hills, the vales, and living streams of Pennsylvania, to the sickly prairies end stagnant waters of the west. The Englishmen who remove to Susquithennah may still eat their roast beef, end retain the native rose open their cheeks; bet for an English lady who cares the least of her beeety,or that of her datiehtves, it would be madness to bury herself in the pestil..nt prairies of Illinois. Breathing the miasmata of the prairies, and drinking their regnant waters, would (vial,' blest the fitint bloom in Christendom. We hope to see the settlements incre.s.ing in the coentin all along the northern line of the Stale; not from motives of persons! interest (as is impertinently insinuated in the Wishinton Gag Gazette), hut he. cons we know t►e country to be healthy, the we. tens swan, end the lends fine ; benne we with to see Pennsylvania increase the number of her free, pi...porno, and happy people; end because if we could check the torrent of enretlectieg emig►anty, who, attracted by the specloer bet deceptive isles of speculator,, are precipitating themselves upon the fever-prairies of the West, and induce them to Settle *here reason so Co re istly invites by the fairest pro. miles of health mood prosperity, we are suie that arts should tender them a service, and be entitled to their blessing. FLANDkitS MAIL. Rawlins, MARCH 118.—The Mereury of Ant. irerp of io-tia) coet•inf Mirk* -" War have jest learned. from • rrsiwctible source, which merits fell confidence. that the Concor.tßi boweeh his Shinty war King and his Holiness the Pope, is at length concluded. Seteral now 13ishoprice be eremed, and. among others, at Utrecht. ilois.le. Doe, Brays, &c. The tli , ocreeable •i.ir of dm Prince de Broglie, Dither of Ghent, is stringed.— The proceedings fgainst Wm will be cancelled, ►et he .ill resign hisNey, and obtain an annuity, like the Et-Archbishop of blalires, sad other ,Prelate!, who have sacrificed their places to circountulpees." The pamphlet of IC ;la ll►aglin, lye Ohhnp of Ghent, called Reclamation Respectisnme, mid which has been on sale for these six weeks, woe seised yes_ tetchy, in consequence of as woke from the Jugs d'insttaction. The ship news which trig bran received fort sewn time past no the port: of linlland are filled with bit ter complaints of the depredations of the South American privateer:, which commit all sorts of brlgandeges even toward, the Ilrgs of Powers libido they ought to respect.—lf such • state of Wogs is not remedied, we must eapect that the pirates of South America will scour the seas which they fre quent, as the African pirates do the Mediterranean. - , V MONA, MARCH to —zoom. SSS •ee measeres are molten •f, which the Government hes been obliged to take against the sect of the Carbeneri, which bare spread in massy parts of our Italian States, especially Wirier', &sod in its neighboerhood. It is affirmed that Public reactionaries of high rank are implicated. It has been proved, by proceedings get on (not at Itnale against many members of this sect, that ill ()lied it to overturn the Governments fe asting in Italy, spread confusion and disasters, and make tierder and pillage the order of the day, ender the pretence of liherty,enity, and independence. This society has ramificatinna in all pests of Italy ; eat of it+ ventral points is at Ancona, and the mi. fitIMIH. Where they think themselves in danger, they lake refuge with Ali Poch., of Janine, or with the Paella of Egypt, at Aleaanilris. They are hound together by the einst dreadful oaths. It is, there hose, quite necessary that the Government .horrid exercise the strictest vigilsuce with respect to this danger... sect. The Emperor of Austria is espected here on tho 3d of April. He will not Irate Rome till a fortnight lifter Easter. It is supposed that the Duchess of Parma will return directly from Floreoce to her owo dominions. Sneer shocks of en etrthgeake were felt at Palermo on the 21'h end 23th of last month; they were chiefly felt at the saGentain Della Madonle, whoa I persons perished by the siekiog is of the earth FRIS.VGII PAPERS. PARIS. MARCH 30.—The Stan:leis de Wrier., ►is Majesty's Ausbestador at the Potty, has obtained leave to worn bone for the purpose of parsons a few months in France. Count Fibre de la fdartilliere, a Liesienant.Gene ral sad Pen of Ersoce, died yesterday at the age of eighty-seven. The Berm' are still examining Ilse two Projects of Law on the Flounces. It is thought they wilt name their Commissioners to-morrow, sod afterwards pass to an immolation at the JAW on the Press.— There will be no public Silting this week. lit. Picot (a Mayor of the liendred Days) is elect ed for the Department of Senile, cosjointly with M. Benjamin Constant. French Fonds, March 49.—Flee per Cents. 651. 40c. Wok Stock 1,515 f. NANIIEDI, MAUCH 21.—Orr city Was yesterday the scene of au horrible act of fanaticism. M. Au guste de Kotzebue. whose literary celebrity has es tended even to Japan, has been ignited in his chamber. A •tortoni, or, at least, a person whom name was inscribed us such in the register of foreigners at the tavern or lA'emborg, entered the apartment of M. Kotzebue, called him to account for his conduct and opinions, and after a short dispute and a chal lenge to fight, which M. Kotzebue probably refilled, gets him four wounds sub a poniard.—M. Kotzebue fell dead in the aims of his eldest daughter, who, •strewed by his cries, ran to his as sistance. The ..... sin deliberately left the hour, fell upon his knees in the sired, and raising his cis , * hands to Heaven, 'idolised rivet Trulunial Then, rising (tom the ground, be plunged the poi_ nerd into his body on the spot. The cars taken of him strands this day corns symptoms• of life, bet it is sot thought be can recover. The diploma of the University fouhd upon him was in the name of Send. His shirt nag masked with the letter S, but he was inscribed at the tavern in the name of Henreich. A billet Illicit was found epos the assassin, with another poniard, contained these words, " Sentence of death spun Aogo.tos Von Kistseboe, elecsted ?3d March, 1519." This yoonig man is said to be a native of Wousiedel, in Sevin,. Ile is described in the Paris Papers as a political enthusiast. incited to this horrid crime by the frantic declatnal , ons of those German levee's, who could not pardon the talent with which this writer defended the SOCIM instils lions of the Laroprian Monarchies. F.tcrouitl, ARCII 31.—Artived the Saadeldh pe-ket, with a Mail, from Rin Janeiro, in INS days; and John and Grace. Brown, from I'ly month, for Si. Michael's, with In•t of her main boom.-4414 the Frier Friends, R.iheriti, for London. lataaroot., Apntt. I.—ArMed the Ilemarer, Pollard, I mom Wilmington; sailed Feb. VI; we tbe 17th ult. in lot. 41. long. 45. spoke the Herald, Fog, from Wee* for Bolton; same day spoke the bag Orlando, of and for New Bedford, from Hone, awl gassed sowers! Islam!, of Ice. _ . WATERFORD, MAIER 26.-- A ri wed Lis Majesty', sloop Wolf, Covets ltumao, from Falmouth fat Cott.