The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-01-08 00:00:00

- W I l'f I I El . % serving the cousistenry of the present Ministry's sys tem in the Government of Ireland.—(Hear.)—lreland was too inviting for a blow not to be strnek at : like s man at a country fair, who carrying his head erect, was knocked down, and on recovering, asked " Why he was knocked down ?" was replied to •' that his head was in the way and invited the blow.—(Laugh ter.)—So, too, thought the Minister, and he struck the blow. However," said Mr.O'Connell, " Ireland is not too fallen to rise again, she is not too prostrate to be disenabled front mahiog a recuperati►e effort for her independence, and the free exercise of the peole's rights."—(Cheering.)—lt is therefore moved in the spirit of the Constitution, " That a Committee of fifteen persons be appointed to talcs into consideration the ►est method of demanding redress for the outrage committed on the Freeholders ai Kilmainbam, on Saturday last; to report to an adjourn ed meeting, to be held at D'Arcy's Tavern, at two o'clock, on Thursday." This:notion was seconded by Sir Charles Morgan, and carried unanimously. The Gentlemen appointed on the Committee were: —Lord Cloocurry, Sir Charles Morgan, Mr. o,Con• Hell, Mr. Finlay, Mr. Hamilton Rowan, Mr. Borne, Mr. William Murphy, Mr. Holland, senior. Mr. Woulfe, Mr. Curran, Mr. Humphreys, Mr. Dawson. Mr. 111• Donnell, Captain Fottrell, and Mr. Mullen. Captain Fox Tula. rose, and begged leave to ex press his *Dino upon the present occasion. H. yielded to no man in genuine loyalty. He would be, ready to aid the civil power, if occasion required. ifih, however, thought that the conduct of the Sheriff might have been accidental, that he was thrown of his centre, and acted from the impulse of the me. ment. Mr. Fts LAT was aosious to' take the earliest oppor tunity of eupressing his difference in opinion from leis gallant friend who had just sat down respecting the probable cause of the recent outrage at Rilnsain ham. It could nut be produced by the operation of accident. The matter was so enormous and unpa ralleled, it too much shocked credulity to suppose how a mate, even of still inferior intellect to the minor' capacity of Sir Richard Steele. would have stumbled upotf it by accident. lie was surrounded with Friends, Magistrates, Lawyers, Members of Parlia anent. They heard him declare that he would dis perse by force that body of Freeholders collected there, is their oleo house by his special invitation, to cypress their loyalty to the King and inviolable at tatlimont to the Constitution. Is it possible that all these gentlemen selected for their several situations of nators and magistrates, among other reasons for their intelligence, more particularly respecting the I ew of their country, could be ignorant that if the law forbids the people to meet in the open air, and the first Executive Officer of the law drives them by nine quetry from under even that roof which ought to afford them the strongest protection, the compound effect of this double action of the Legislature on one side, and the Executive on the other, is, that there i+ no place in which the people ran meet at all. No pvilic ;meeting is eug longer possible, and that it is only an abuse of language to say, that a people so circouistanced ate: treated ran be said to live under " a rostitment Guverament."—'l heir situation was, perhaps, like nothing in else whole range of experi ence or ieventios, except that of Macbeth in the Castle of nnutinatie, described Set his curious, yet correct exclainatiutt, " There Is no going hence, Nor staying here." • To suppos that all this could li:.ppen—and happen by accident, is too large a draft on public credulity. Mr. Finlay then expatiated on the variety of beneficial re sults which he waif certain would Slow, from . this out rage on our political rights and personal safety. The governors of many counties of Ireland were at this mo ment dispatching their circulars in all directions, seeking and intriguing for signatures to sanction such Requisitions as that for this county ; but this outrage must kindle a spirit which must correct all such no t, orthy artifice to obstruct the fall of an odious and falling Ministry. Mr. M'DoNNatl. recommended the propriety of ap pointing a Committee to wait on Mr. Grant, Mr. Ornnt had opposed the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, as suggested by Mr. Daly, of Galway, and by waiting upon him at present it woubi be proved whether he was attached to principles of Constitutional liberty, or whe ther he opposed the measure proposed by Mr. Daly, for the purpose of making a flourish before the people of ireland to mislead them. Mr. O'Corrsiztt. immediately rose, and declared that he never rose with more confidence in a public assem bly than on the present occasion, as lie had a test by which to try the sentiments and disposition of the pre sent administration of this country. If the Government with which Mr. Grant was connected, suspends the public officer who had committed the atrocious out rage on the people's rights, by this day week, he (Mr. (J'Conrell) TU ready to admit that neither Mr. Grant nor the Irish Government sanctioned the conduct of the High Sheriff. If, however, he was not suspended dur ing that time, lie declared that he had no ambition to swagger in the Court of the Castle to await the answer of some . .lbrui-semi-loyalist, who after waiting half a dozen hours, may still refuse to admit him to an audi ence, or refuse to reply to him.—(Loud cheering.)— He proposed what he conceived an equitable rule of estimating the feelings of the present Administration of thiscountry, and if any thing more was advantageous to the interests of the nation, be had sufficient confi dence in the Committee appointed to suggest and re commend it.--(Loud applause). Mr. CURRAN, in a very eloquent, animated, and luminous speech, supported Mr. O'Connell, and concluded by recommending some testimony of public respect to the Magistrate, who on that trying occasion had rendered services so important to the raise of freedom. Sir Cuss. Monsen was then rolled to the Chair, and thanks being voted to Mr. Rowan, the Meeting was dissolved. NtWCASTIIIIt UwM* lAMB •' Loyal Address."—The Corporation, ester to show their loyalty, gave a pint of Ate to every man signing the Address, and a penny to every boy. This, tboigh an enticiag expallest, procarad only 300 signatures. A little rope beloog ing to a Fiee-school was smartly punished for defraud lag the Corporadon—ite signed twice. _ NA P ES. - Letters and papers have been rece . o Naples to the 2gth ult. The embarkation took place on the 13th, as before related, but he was detained by adverse winds and tempestuous weather in She bay of Naples. We quote a passage from one of the private letters. " The embarkation," says the writer, " was a truly beautiful sight. His Majesty was carried from the shore in the lannch of the Eng lish Admiral, having the Admiral on his right, and the Princess de l'aterna (who accompanies hini) on his left hand. At that instant a royal salute was fired hon the French and English fleets at anchor in the by. with colours Hying, inel the yards of every vessel manh peel. The royal standard of Naples was hoisted at tha main of the Vangeur, the moment the King came Me board. The natural grandeur of the scene was inerearell by one of the finest days of the season, the sun shiniat . brilliantly, and the s!(y without a cloud. The cere mony, however, had scarcely terminated, when a very different spectacle was presented. The wind changed, the sky grew cloudy, the weather became turbulent. and by night had increased to a storm. In the dark. ness and confusion, the Vengeur and Revulutionnatre ran foul of each other, and the former received so much damage, that both vessels put into Baia, where they remained till the 16th, on which day the royal party sailed with favourable winds for Leghorn. The event of the storm operating on the minds of a people natu rally addicted to superstition, produced a thousved gloomy presages respecting the royal journey." The detention of the King at Baia by adverse winds having been notified to the Parliament, a deputation from that body waited on hi, Majesty on the 11th, to renew their testimonies of respect and attachment. The Prince Vicar-tieneral now Regent of the kingdom, issued a Proclamation to the people, dated the 15th December, on assuming his new functions, of which we transcribe the concluding pit,)sages: after some re marks on the departure and the omission of his father, be proceeds thus :- 1 remain among you Regent of the kingdom ; and bo assured I will du every thing in illy power to retort) the new mark of conflmlenee reposed to me by the nation and the King. I shall redouble toy anxiety and my lay, hours for )our welfare, always pursuing exactly the career pointed out by the Constitution to which we have sworn. I feel seenre, however, that von will always listen to my voice when in Entwurd w itli that Constitution. 'l'hia is the more necessary, sim e it is by the prudence of your conduct, at once. firm awl moderate, you will give force to the arguments which the King, my august pa rent, will offer to the Congress at Laybach in support of our national independence, and enable him to prove, by an appeal to facts, that the liberty established by the generous free will of the Sovereign, is nut a dangerous predicament, but that our true social contract has con solidated the throne by founding it on the love of the people. Let all, then, be of one accord, not less to sustain the rights of the nation, than to obey the appointed Con stitutional Authorities, and to banish from among you all spirit of discoid, whirl, ran only tend ia weaken us. Let us., finally, form a solid and respected body, which may place us in the most iinposing rank of nations. On the morning; of the 18th the Prince Regent took the outh before the whole Parliament, attended i by the grand and imposing ceremonies suited to the occasion. At the termination, the President ad dressed his Royal Ili,gleness in the following terms:— Yout Iliouness—The salmon act that you have now performed fills our hearts with tenderness and joy. The attachment of your Royal Highness to the welfare of the people was always apparent : we now see it confirmed by your solemn promise., and sanctioned by the guaran tee of the hod of Justice. 'f he Parliament, Si,, dors not cease to congratulate itself on having confided to you the Provisional liovernment of the. Kin dom.—, They know that they have confided it to one oyes the Constitution, who knows how to secure it, who can alone diminish our grief for the absence o is au gust Father. Under the auspices of your Royal High ness, we shall see the rlrration and force of our nation always extend themselves. We shall continually be come more worthy of the esteem of good men, and more terrible to those who dare to attack us. We will show to the universe, in fine. that with us Liberty is the Guardian of the Throne, and the Protectress of the People; that she remains constantly by the side of good order, and that she answers friendship with fervor, end oppression by force ; that there is nothing, in fart, of which all independent nation, with a magnanimous Prince at its head is not capable. . . The length of the Prince's reply limits us to a se- lection only of the most striking passages:— Far from us all he pale distrust and black intrigue. Let us emulate each other in pursuing the path of ho nour and of our country's happiness; you, with those capabilities which the constitution confers on the Legis lative, and 1, with that energy and rigor which it as signs to the executive power. Let these two distinct Powers assist each other by turns in giving firmness to the machine of the State. Let us so act, that while our Father and King urges his venerable plea in behalf of the country before the august Session of the Allied Monarchs, our noble, firm, and loyal conduct may furnish him wore and more with powerful reasons in our favour. Your deliberations shall he free. Examine with seri ousness the wants of the State, and place the depart ment of war on a footing that may make us respected, and secure our independence. Let the Magistrates be just and vigilant in the administration of justice, so ne cessary to the maintenance of civil order and the happi ness (Attie people. Let all things conspire effectively to the public good ; to protect It fruits hostile aggressions, and to secure its continuance. The conclusion of the P.inces's .ipeech was accom panied with the must lively applause from the Hall and all the 'tribunes. In this moment he appeared unable to restrain the impulse of the thoughts by which his mind was agitated. He waved his hand to speak once more, and uttered the following words in an accent of strong emotion :—" The expressions," said he, " which I have pronounced, are dictat ed from the bottom of my heart, which will ad here to the Constitution we have sworn, as the foun dation of , the, prosperity of the country. These are the sentiments, too, of the King, my father, which he repeated to me a thousand Asses before his departure." At these words, which called tears of joy into the eyes of the spectators, the Hall echoed with acclamations of " Live the King," and the most sin cere benedictions for the happiness of all the Royal Family. IXTRACT OF A FRIVATI LETTRIL " For the isst three mouths coma irca has sever been thought of in the provinces, every one concealing his property and making preparation against the ap proach of the Amstriaas. The stagnation, althoegb ' - V . It, reached Ate iapital, as die being unable to collect their money. This state of things, hew a close; and in consequence English and French govern pie uts at Troppeu, all thane:lds of a war with the Aus- Maas are at an end. The journey of the dines con sideeed a mere cover, to give some Hilt of pretence to the Anstriaba to withdraw, by showing them ise is not a prisoner, as they falsely stated. Mang the last ten days we shank' have been in a dreadful state of confu sion, had it not got been for the astonishing fireeness of the Parliament, in opposing the popular discontent by the impeachment of Minister.. We derive much protection,• too, from the police and the city volunteers ; the latter of whom, being all persons of property, ate extremely vigilant in preserving order. When com pleted, their number will be 12,0011. Six thousand were reviewed last Sunday, and the whisk will he re viewed by the 'Regent on the Ist of January. Naples was never more tranquil than at present." Another lettrr of the same date, and from a commer cial house of the first eminence, says— " Our funds are very steady, which is no doubt to be ascribed to tlic flattering, prospects in our political re litiotts with Austria. We shall have no war : all will he amicably settled." THE REVENUE. --1000.--- (eßnst A SIINIATMAL PAPER.) 4 1 11theugh the accounts for the quarter which closed nu liriday are not yet completely made up. we have the letisfaction of knowing that the produce cf the revenge for the •ear 1820 has exceeded that of the year 1819, by a sum of about 2,300,000/. This ex cess appears to hare taken place wholly in the revenue of guise, including, however, the produce of the new dray, and the transfer of duties from the Customs, and affords a satisfactory proof, that the consumption of those articles which form the comforts of the great body of the community, has increased during the year which has just clo.ed. The Revenues of the Customs have been about 300,0001. less than in the preceding year, arising principally from the reduction occasioned by the transfer of some considerable articles to the F.xcise; and the accounts which we bare received of the improvement of trade during the latter pert of the year, afford reasonable grounds of evrectation that an augmentation will take place in this branch of the Revenue. We have, indeed, been informed, that the ex port of British produce and manufactures on the half year ended 10th of October, 1820 (which is the latest period to which any account can be ob tained), exceeded by two millions the exports •f the corresponding part of the preceding year. The Stamps have nearly produced the same stun as in the year 1819, the difference being only about 30,0001. upon a revenue of 6,001),( 1 00/. The Post.office has fallen short of its produce of the preceding year by about 80,0001. and upon the Land Tax about 40,0001. less has been paid. The miscellaneous articles, including Excebequer repayments, and other casual receipts, have also diminished by nearly 100,0001. ; on the other hand, the Assessed Taxes have produced an aug mentation of above 130,0001. The great increase bas, as might have been expected, taken place upon ' those articles upon which new duties were imposed in 18 fp: the ineieuse of the Malt 'Utity alone having ex -600,0001., and that upon Tobacco being very considerable. TO BE, OR NOT TO BE. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. SlR—Flatterinr as may be the successes which have hitherto smiled on the efforts of lawless power ; confident as we may feel in our calculations on the exertion of the cultivated zeal of " a world in arms," should such a crisis he forced upon that world ; it is impossible not to he alarmed and indignant, when we behold the principles that are nor promulgated by the despots of the Continent. They forget bow they once fawned. They forget how they sought the people's aid—having (very smart ottntably) dis covered that the people—the brute people, had RIGHTS! They forget the manner in which, particu larly in Ihl3, they besought the good and liberty loving, and liberty-el/serving people, to support their paternal Sovereigns in the resistance of a tyrant and an oppressor! They may forget these things in the insolence of their power ; and in the fancied security of their bayonets. Princes, like lovers, may laugh at oaths and promises ; but the people can no more forget, than they can unlearn. History affords no proofs of like forgetfulness, such as Kings, with heads on their shoulders, mould wish to quote ; for if Monarchs have gained a people's confidence by promises, with out realizing expectations, they have either lost their kingdoms, or hal slaves to govern. Neither case affords such a precedent as Sovereigns would like to quote. And yet, with all the experience of history—the precedents of America, both North and South—of Spain, Portugal, awl Nrples—with the knowledge of t the vast strength that was gained by the Allies, when they eppraled to Me people in their contests against Napoleon Buonaparte ; with the lessons taught by adversity, which are proverbially said to be the most valuable, the holy leaguers are pursuing a course that reflects peculiar dishonour on themselves as Sove reigns and men ; and that must evettonally lead to their discomfiture. When they unsheathed the sword against Buonaparte, they did so to protect the people and the independence of nations ; to resist oppres sion; to guard their constitutions, which in peaceful time, shomld be ameliorated ; above all, to check that enemy, who, not content with tyrannizing in his own dotniuions, unjustly interfered with, and eontrouled the internal arrangements of other kingdoms ! Such were the promises and pretensions on which the resistance of Buonaparte was foanded—and yet what do we not behold ? Powers assumed that are full as dangerous and oppressive ; claims urged that are quite u repugnant to the present state of man kind ; pretensions set forth that ass more repulsive.. I Inasmuch as they come from " legitimate " Sore reigas—not from adventurers and usurper.? In ma nifestoes that are worthy of the darkest days of popish soperetitions--that ate unworthy of and quite unfitted for the present age. In these documents the divine right of Kings, the madisturbable claims 'of posses sion, are as unblushingly as they are weakly pro claimed by parties to the blessed Holy ARLIN,' , • a . • 7 , 7 . PRICE OF BTOCKB TIE Rank Stook *2l S per Cent. Red. 701 i 3 per Cent. Con. Mil per Cent. Spar Casts. OM Opr Ct. !Amy 104 ii b per CAM. Serapt Ling Ans. 181-161 Imp. l per Cent. These are the fruits of that league. These are fn. things produced by that glor . compact fnrn►ed hr Lord Castlereagh; and for which the flouourshle Ifou‘ e cheered the Noble Lord when he returned :--tl►at coin. pact; touching which his Lordship said on the same evening—" I MI satisfied with it ; it Oeasegnoc h and I think this Rouse will agree with as. whoa the docu. menus are produced."—(Mer• Aeon, of roam.) These are the rewards of the erleedhi negotiations of 1814 and 1815. Their value is new *Own ; but can any thing be more afflicting to honest reflections tlidn to behold Kings and Ministers, with such ap r j►are h t earnestness, resist the proceedings! that bare taken place in Spain and Naples, on the grounds that are avowed through the medium of their own Gazettes ? The exposure is worth something ; and after all, I shall be much snsprised if we do not find those ;is ternal Sovereigns AFILAID Tic STRISIO Let them fume ! The questi►►n is whether the people are "t 1 he, or set to Dv."—Yours, &c. TURASYMILL7B. HIIMII WA? left AT LONDON BRIDng TO- NOP Row: Mairaiar, al ado. after • —Matting. Mello. after b. . ; DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Irish b per Coot. India Steak SW Ditto Roads Sea. $04.--t. Bootb-Sea New Ana. Ss. bi. pm. Ouishle for !Wooer Book for Account Con. for Ace 7111 Lott. Tickets VII. 3c. Cbc *tattiSmatt. "TUB SIITIYY STATUMMl"llllxconpoitanio wry " Tit STATIIIIIIAN." LONDON: MONDAY ILVUSIMa i JANWART S, 1821. 87'OCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. The Funds live experienced a trifling fall this morning, in consequence of the unsatisfactory account of the Quarter's Revenue, ending MO. Consols which were late in the day, on Saturday, done at ki buyers, for the Account, are now 711 sellers. In another column will be found some further iota licence respecting the state of affairs in Naples. It ap pears that measures of a specific nature are not unlike ly to result from the recent step of the Kiss of the Two Sicilies. If this prospect be realised, to the mah-na nimity and confidence of the Neapolitan Parliament may be ascribed the safety of the kingdom and its preservation from the horrors of civil dissensions and foreign war. The independent Members of that Par liament, whatever may oe the consequence of the KING having obeyed the somnivins of the Holy Alliance, have effectually dispelled the delusion into which these supporters of legit:unary had fallen. hey have evinced their own attachment to their limo and their 'Country, they have shewn that FIRDINAND was not fettered by his subjects, and at the sane dare have proved how far they rely upon the sincerity of his declarations, and a conscientious adherence to those principles which may insure the peace and welfare of Naples. But it ought also to be known, that the Fate of Naples was not so much at the mercy of the dread Sovereigns, as at first might have been imagined. However much Russia, Austria, and Prussia may agree, in adopting hostili ties against that country, it is certain that France and England can never cordially second them. Indeed a direct opposition on the part of those powers, has un doubtedly produced all the temporizing, ascertain, and half measures with which Europe has been amused since the meeting of Congress. The faith of Ru-- sia is well known. when a kingdom is the spoil ; the integrity of Austria is not very pre-eminent, when any addition of territory is to be sacrificed to it ; and Prussia, owing her aggrandisement to a participation in the unjust and wicked spoliation of a country is not likely to be directed in her policy by the spirit of disinterestedness. Ihe iniquitous parti tion and re-partition of Poland, by which the name of that unhappy country was expunged from the list of nations,- are still fresh in our recollection. Armies were levied ; Poland was attacked to maintain the li berty, the spit odour and the glory of Poland ; but alas, Poland was subdued, to increase the spoils of her con querors, to see herself the slave to those who beet under the yoke of despotism. It is true, indeed, that the Sovereigns who figured in these scenes and directed and profited by their iniquitous schemes, have bees removed from their earthly career, hat the same spirit pervades the policy and animates the councils of the Courts of their successors. These league together to. extinguish the genus of liberty, or cot down her timer.- ing branches. Teat France would hare fornishetb another example of the faith of Kings, let the illustrious Duke of WELLINGTON and the para gon of diplomatists, Lord C*srt.aax•au, deny but for the interposition of England. The coati• Dental despots armed against a tyrant yet would live imitated his tyranny, and, like the wolf in plirep's clothing, while affecting to approach as a hired, n ould iasidiously have subjugated or destroyed those whom they pretended to protect. Affecting to preserve peter, to Hears tranquillity, to maintain the just prerogative of a KING over his people, and stem the progress of disorpaixation and sedition, the mighty powers of &trope would march their armies against desutrd Napless For power, for aggrantlierment, for triumphs and foe conquest*, they would sweep from the face ut the earth a people struggling for freedom and laraepesiles“. This Efigland knows, this Francs 'knows, and as it suits the views of neither of these • iIL STAT AN..__ _ not to 00 great oo extent oadlility and land-owners, fired direct from mitts, were without mone) etion of the Kin . ewer, is now drawing to • of the Interference of the - 7 ... " 4"1."1 7 1"1"11 411