The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-06-02 00:00:00

g'tAltsmAtot GRANT FOR THE NEW POSTOFFICE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved the Order of the Day for the House re solving itself into a Committee of Supply, to consi der of the New Post-Office grant. . In the Committee, the Right Hon. Gentleman proposed, that a sum not exceeding 240,0001. be granted for defraying the expences incurred from time to time in the erection of a New Post-Office. Mr. GORDON enquired what was the particular nature of the expence, anti the manner of its appli cation? Mr. MARTIN said, that if those were the senti ments of the lion. General, he ought to have opposed _ us , the introduction of the Bill. I Paets, MAY 29.—11 is Imperial Highness Prince Mr. Serjetrit ONSLOW obierved, that there never Jerome arrited at Paris the day before yesterday. was an Amendment more hostile to the principles of The assemblies of the Electoral Colleges have met a Bill. lie perfectly agreed with the opinions of the ill the different places assigned to them. Tie, hive Chancellor of the Exchequer, and thanked Mm for all began the arrangement of the registries of votes bringing the Bill forward. if the lion. Gen. meant on the Constitution, a r.:l several have already finished to make the Bill ridiculous, he was perfectly right in their operations: others will Continue their's, to proposing his Amendment; but he hoped he would morrow and the next day, and it is expected that stand single. the Assembly of the Champ de Mai will take place Mr. PROTHEROE conceived that the Bill would next Friday. remove a galling distinction between two classes of . -- the community. I On the day of the assembly of the Champ de Mai, The CII A NCELLOR.of the EXCHEQUER said, the National Guard and the Imperial Guard will be that the Bill would relieve a great number of very under arms. meritorious persons from considerable vexations.— Daring the day, diversions and diStiltintiims of :Ile had communicated nith other Members of his provisions will take place in the Champs Elysees. Majesty's Government, who entirely concurred in In the evening, there w ill be a general illumine. the principles of the. Bill, lion, and concert at the Thuilleries at eight o'clock. 1 Mr. DAVIES GIDDY - considered it a matter of Fire-works will be displayed on the Place de la , conciliation. and that it ought to be adopted. , Concorde at nine o'clock the same day. in the General 'IIIORNTON (lid not at all desire to in- evening all the theatres of Paris will giie their repre fringe on the Toleration Act, but he thought this Bill sentations gratis. The fete will be announced in the I I extremely injurious to the Established Religion. evening of the same day by salutes of artillery. Mr. BANK ES observed, that as many chapels were . It is thought that the opening of the Legisletive built in the %Vest end of the town, on speculation, Sitting .will take place on Sunday, the 4th of June. and for the sake of profit, it was perfectly just to The Emperor yesterday received at the Thuilleries compel the payment of rates. If those parochictl a Deputation from Never:, headed by General Iran, rates were not enforced, it would be petting so much and accompanied by Count. Forbin de Janson and the more money in the pockets of the proprietors,..; the Chevalier Adet. ! 1 Ile thought the clause to be introduc?d by the Hon. I -- I Gent. (Mr. Wrottesley) should not be prospective I COURIER EXTRAORDINARY, Tuteginv Morrine. I It appears certain, that all the English residing at only, but also retrospective. Brussels and Ghent have received notice to hold ' Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW was a strong Member of '- themielves ready to depart. 'the Established Church, but he could not look on , The Chooans who pillaged a diligence near lAI this Bill in the light in which some Gentlemen had A viewed it. As to free seats, he perfectly agree d ; Fleche have been arrested. The Journal de Lille of the 29th announces, that with the clause which the Honourable Member had i proposed. I the Prince of Benevente was stopped near Carlsruhe General TUORNTON's amendment was then by order of the Allied Powers, and that there were found in his chariot papers of great importance.— put, and rejected. . The same adds that the Boufbon family seemel Mr. WROTTESLEY then brought up his clause, which was carried. . preparing to quit Ghent. General THORNTON next moved, that the The Archduke John, on the 4th of May, made his 1 words 'ror for the gratuitous instruction of the i solemn entry into Milan. poor" should be omitted. New obstacles have been placed on the commuril i After a few words from the Chancellor of the Ex- cations between Belgium and France. T chequer, Mr. Martin, and General Thornton, the here have been in the department of the Meuie motion was put and negatived. e 3,834 voters on the Additional Act: 18 only have ; I The Report was then brought op, and ordered to refused to accept it. be taken into further consideration on Monday next.. Mr. BROG DEN brought ep the Report of the , White Herring Fishery Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to- FRENCH PAPERS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re.. plied, that it w.is for defraying the expende of laying the ground which was to form the site of the build. ing, and also for the purpose of opening the avenues i I to it. Mr. GORDON thought it extraordinary that such a sum could be required for laying out the ground, when the total expence was stated, on a former oc ta'sion as not likely to exceed 300,0001.—E1/ear The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re minded the lion. Gentleman that one-third of the , espence was to be paid out of the Orphan Fund. Mr. HOLME SUMNER hoped that before the Right Honourable Gentleman called for a grant , like the present, which was only to defray a part of the expence, he would pause, and consider the many other equally good and' more economical plans, which were presented for the erection of a new Post-Office. At alt events, he had strong ob jections to adopting so large a grant in the first in- i stance. Mr. GRENFELL said, that what he had hitherto understood as the whole expence of this building' was—for the ground 205,0001. of which the City ' was to pay 68,0001. out of the Orphan Fund, leaving for the public 136,0001. This sum, he understood, was to be still further reduced by allowances for the old Pest-Office to 84,0001.; and that 150,0001. added to that for the building, was to produce the total charge of 240,0001. which was now proposed for the purchase of the ground alone. After some observations from Mr. BANKES, Mr. GORDON observed, that he saw no one reason why the Post-Office should not be built ad joining Somerset-house, where the public already possessed the ground without purchasing it ; and more especially as it appeared necessary to finish Somerset-house on the plan that was originally pro posed. Mr. WROTTESLEY contended, that there was by no means ground enough adjoining Somerset. house to give the proper accommodation to the Poet- Office establishment. _ _ NANTES, MAY 26.—Seventeen card, laden with barrels of cartridges, taken by our brave troops from the insurgents of La Vendee, arrived yesterday in our city, escorted by some detachments of cavalry and infantry. Mr. SUMNEFt proposed, that instead of a grant morrow. of 240,0001. at once to purchase all this ground, The Downp.trick Election Bill was read a third 100,0001. only should be granted at present for t i me , and passed. purchasing and clearing a part of this ground. %When ; FOREIGN SOLDIERS. the plan to be adopted should be left open to toms I Lord PALM EasroN moved , that the Report petition, it was very possible that a smaller space of : o f the Fre-yi,., Soldiers Enlistment Bill should be ground would be found to be sufficient than was new ,taken into further consideration.' contemplated. . Lord FOLKFCTONE observed, that the present The motion of the Chancellor of . the Exchequer , Ell wet, one of the most serious importance, conSi was then agreed to without a division. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ' dared in a constitutional point of view, as its object was to a.dinit 16,000 Foreign Soldiers, commanded then moved, that provision should be made out of by toriegn Officers, into the kingdom. The • Bill, the revenue of the Post-Office, for paving and light like:. ise difft•red from the former, in as much as the log the district, and for making compensation to the i present authorised the introduction of such a force different parishes for land tax, and other rates. After a long conversation, in which Mr. Calvert during any w ar, while the former limited it to that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Home Sumner, , during which it had been enacted. But not satin. Mr. Henry Martin, Mr. Lushington, Sir Mark tied with admitting those foreigners into the king. (lona, Wood, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Grenfell, Mr. Gordon, the Government had given them commissions in the e to enjoy rank with their immediate corps, and Mr. Goulhurn participated, strangers were or dered to withdraw, and the House divided— English army, and Lad advanced them to the rank For them motion - - 55 of Generals commanding brigades and districts.— Against it - -2! Ott what principle WAS it, that while English- Niajosite - --al men of rank and fortune were prevented by the The Militia Embodying Bill was reed a third time, rules of the service from arriving so suddenly at the i and passed. bead of the army, those foreigners should be et- The Irish Newspaper Stamp Bill, and the Irish i , empt from their operation ; and having entered the Law Stamps Bill went through a Committee. Re -1 service as Lieutenant-Colonels, be advanced to the ports to-morrow. rank of Generals ? At the commencement of the The Irish Customs Bill was read a third time, and French Revolution, private persons were permitted passed. 4 1 to raise regiments, in which they held the temporary The House then went into a Committee on the Irish' rank of Colonels, but were at the same time pre- Stamp Exchange Bill; and, after a few words from eluded from the possibility of promotion, in conse. Mr. Alderman Atkins and Mr. William Fitzgerald, quence of the nature of their Commissions. Among when the latter declared that no increased duty was others he noticed Lord Uxbridge, Lord Craven, and imposed, but only certain regulations adopted, the • Lord Lynedock, each of whom was compelled to report was ordered to he received to-morrow. i resign his temporary commission, entering the The Irish Stamp License Bill was read a second service , de novo, anti passing through the regular gra. tirne, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. dations, obtained the capability they hefore wanted. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH EQU ER then i —From this necessity the German Officers were ex. moved the Order of the Day for the further consider-empt, while our own were compelled to submit. ation of the East India Shipping liill. Sixteen Germans are now Generals in our service, Mr. FRED. DOUGLAS hoped that the Right ! which he conceived a hardship to British Officers. On lion. Gent. would not insist on going into so import- the late regulations for the Order of the Bsth, even ant a Bill at so late an hour, and in so thin a Haute. ten Grand Crosses were reserved for foreign Officers The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH NAIL said, in our service. The present Bill he conceived to be that the consideration of the subject bad been fre. contrary to the Act of Settlement, and would there. quently postponed, but he had no objection to'defer f ore , move, ' That the Report be taken into consi it to a more convenient day. It was then resolved deration this day three months." that the House should go into the question on Moo- Lord Lord PALMERSTON thought the House would O dayn t next. motion of the CHANCELLOR. of the hardly entertain the Noble Lord's proposition, which he went to cut off 20,000 men from our army, at the EX Cll EQUER, the House went into a Committee , tery moment when the country was again at war. As on the Chapel Exemption Bill. to t h e ot h er o b servat i ons o f t h e N o b le Lord, it - Mr. WROrTESLEY proposed a clause, that no ' would be very hard if the German Officers in our 1 i P ence blur 0 9 —Yesterday the Emperor gave Chapels which should be built hereafter, should be , ' - the Ha llof audience . in . the Throne,. at the Palac e i of service should lose that rank in peace, which they exempted from the payment of parochial duties, un- the Thuillertes, to the Deputations from the Elec. had merited by their conduct in war. less in every Chapel a certain number of free seats coral Colleges of Departments ' and also from some were provided, proportioned to the size of the Chapel. i hlr. H. MART I N thought it rather alarming for of the Arrondis sementColleges , Coll t , and o a great num. GeneraITHORNTON was extremely averse to the House to hear that at no period, even of peace, tier of Electors av id l t md Deputies to the Chamber of Re. giving patronage to Dissenters :he considered that those foreign O ffi cers would cease to belong to the presentatives. His Majesty passed through the dif the Bill would be injurious both to Church and British army. ferent halls to speak to the Electors who were there, State. He then moved to leave out the words ! Lord PALMERSTON explained, that all that near - ly all of whom engaged his personal attention. 4 . t Meeting-houses or hereditaments," and to insert was meant b y this Bill, was to continue the services Th e emotion experienced on the appearance of his :ti their stead, g 4 Chapels according to the Established of German Officers, as we were now at war. The Majesty could not be repressed, and the apartments Religion." 1 Act was limited to the return of peace. of the Palace resounded with the reiterated acclama. Mr. H. MARTIN enquired whether the Hon. ! Lord FOLKESTONE's motion was lien put, and lions of Vive t Rosperear ! General meant, that chapels not conformable to the negatived. 1 The Electors and Deputies afterwards attended Established Religion, should be subject to the payment i Several clauses were introduced into the Bill, which Mass. After the Mass, the Ernperor, fol!owe:l by of poor rates? I i was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Prince Jerome, Marshal Soult, the Dukes of Vi... General THORNTON objected to the principle . Mr. lierjeatat BEST postponed the second reading cenzi and Rorigo, Counts Bertrand and Lobau, and of the Bill, and would oppose it in every stage. lnsolvent Debt ors Bill till Tuesda next of the y . a crest number of General O ffi cers, an d a review, Ile had a great dislike to the leielliter system, and , , The other Orders of the Day were then disposed which lasted until a quarter past six. At this re thought it improper to throw additional rates on ! view, which was one of the finest • .ewer beheld, the of, and the House adjourned. parishes. The Bill was brought in by the Chancellor . enthusiosm displayed by the troops and the specta. 1 of the Exchequer, but he hoped it was not a measure toss, who filled the square of the Carousel, and all of Administration. He was notior giving such en- On Tuesday evening a bargeman, at Paddington, the averment, was indescribable. The review was not couragameht to Dissenters, by making the persons I to prove that he t:espised pain. actually allowed ever till half. past six. of the Established Church pay for thu rates of Meet- another savage to bite his ear off" - - jac..hoeses. It would be much better to throw them i the same spirit of bravado, had . on the public . ' thrust a large pin through the same At the late affair of Aizenai, where General Travdt commanded, who came here yesterday, the insurgents were completely beaten, though very superior in number to our troops, who destroyed on the spot a considerable quantity of muskets, taken, which they had not means of carrying off. All the soldiery who gave this information agree in stating that very few insurgents marched voluntarily : the greater part were forcibly enrolled by the first assemblages formed by the Chiefs of the royi it-,t party, and desert as soon as they can. Every thing leads to expect that this insurrection will be of no conspqnence, and that the misled men will soon perceive their error. I The '26th of the line, commanded by Gen. Travot, is expected at Nantes. CAMBRAT, MAY F2l.—There is circulating in this town a Proclamat:on of the Duke of Feltre, in which, in the name of the Count de Lille his master, he in. 1 i vites the French soldiers to desert. On the Rlst, the town of Cherburgh was put in a state of siege. It is remarked, that the elections of the Chamber of the Representatives have returned eight-twelfths Lawyers, one-twelfth of Generals, one-twelfth of Physicians, one-twelfth of Merchants, and one twelfth of Land Proprietors. BOVRDEALYX, MAT 25:—The following Order of the Day has been poblished : t• The Lieutenant-General, Governer of the 11th Military Division, commanding in chief the Corps of Observation of the Pyrenees, orders the Generals commanding the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 20th Divisions, also the active Divisions of the Corps of Observa tion of the Pyrenees, shall arrest and carry before the Special Military Commission evey person, of whatever rank, who, within the extent of their com mand, shall, by means of money, speeches, or by the publication and distribution of incendiary writings, endeavour to seduce Trom their-duty the soldiers and citizens called upon to repel the enemy. " All persons who shall take part in the revolt and sedition, or who shall in any n is, encourage the citizens to disobey the laws of the Empire, shall be also carried before the Special Military Commission. These Commissions shall be named by tlje Generals commanding the divisions, and held at the chief places of the Department. •• Head-marten, at Biluideaux, 24th hfay. (Signed) •. CLAusr.r..." :."431La'. _ ? a+ - ; _ knot that he has arrived, but it is certain that be hat caused a credit to be placed in his flame, on ode of the principal banking-houses of this city, for a very con siderable sum, and farther, that that credit is made piyable our I,yots. Two French emissaries were lately Arrested at So. mortidorf, in' the kingdom of %\'irtemberg. They had on them bills of exchange to a million and a half, and pearls•to the value of nearly an equal hum. The edifice destined for the federation of the Champ de Mai is finished. For some da)s past the Champ de Mai halbecome a public prometiod,.: at six o'clock efiriii'etestilAV'yde are sure of MAUI there a very numerous assemblage. Among the rest there is a profusion of tuitikers et pat.);)hlots; the title of the most of thine ephemeral produrthatts produces more 'then one reflection in those ruhirls which look back to the period of the !{evolution, and calmly - anticipate the great events of vi:ich the Chaim, de Mai will in a few dayi he the theatre. Accounts froM St. ityppolyfe (Douliv) state, that the tr.:lop:Wit) of that town has never been disturbed, and that the it !tabitants have never tensed to be ani- mated by the hest spirit. Letters from Marseilles state, eiet the measures adowed by Marshal 13t one mill restore to the friends at the Emperor all their energy. 'troops file to An litres, whew an army is assembling. On the 36th of May, Lieutenant-General Lecoort” fixed his head.quarters at Altkirch. The camp which he commands in front of Befort already contains 30,000 men ; ;mother camp is formed before Begin ! con. Int,enchments are thrown op in all the de .bouches a the Jura; all the points on the Saone are fo , tified ; Langres and Befort are put in the best pos sible state of defence. All the fortresses of the Meuse, tho the Vosges, the North, the Rhine, Fratiche-CA, tie, the Alps, &c. are now garrisoned by battalion!' of the National Guards ; the number of these already in ac tive service amounts to 500,000. Lieutenant-General Girard, Commanhr In Chief of the Army of the Moselle, has had a long confer ence with the Generals commanding 'lie 3d. 4th, and 2d military divisions, to inform himself re•pe flog the state of the redoubts and intret.chments thrown up at the passes of the Vosges, at the fetes-deport, and on the rivers Meuse and Moselle, and even on the Marne, and at the dehouches of the Argonne. Its these conferences the distribution of the free corps, and of the levies en masse, and the part which the different corps will have to act on the commencement of war, were concerted. All the towns will be bar. ricadoed—all the passages defended. The Generals commanding the divisions will not remaiu in the towns, and will maintain the country. Every thing is provided for the defence of the different points, and for the movement of the troops. Madame, the Emperor's mother, and Cardinal Fesch, arrived last night at Paris. The number of votes given for the department of the Allier to the Act additional to the Constitution is 6,694, and only forty against it. Of 43,516 voters in the department of the Meurthe, there were only 24 negatives. The Dessert-ant of St. Cyr, Cote d'Or, who for several years has disturbed die peace of families, and who had lately opals , revolted, has been arrested and delivered over to t:te Tribunals. DRURY-LANR 771 h. ATRE. LAST APPEARANCE OF MR. BANNISTER. This much-admired and truly popular performer, last night took his leave of tile public—hy whom, for a long series of years, his talents had heel; .;nst ly held in the highest estimation. Tile performances, on this occasion, were, Mr. Kattetes excellent Comedy, The World, the afterpiece of The Children in the Wood, and the musical entertainment of The Rival Soldiers. Mr. ItAttNisTut sustainee the part of Echo, in the Comedy, and that of Walter, in the afterpiece—i.in each of which he displayed that beautiful bit rare union of strong comic power with great natural feeling—which is not less cal culated to create lively, than to call forth ten der feelings, and which deservedly placed hint amongst the first actors of the present day.— His entre excited a general shout of applause, which lasted for several minutes. Every part of the House seemed emuteus to cheer and encourage him in this trying moment—a moment, as he himself expressed it, more awful than that in which he first presented himself to the public. In the commencement of the Comedy much disapprobation was manifested, in consequence of the part of Index being filled by Mr. C Arne, instead of Mr. DOWTON, who had been ad. vertised to perform it. In consequence of the inter ruption, Mr. DE CAMP was obliged to address the audience. He stated that Mr. DOWTOM was most se riously indisposed—and would not probably be able to resume his professional duties during the present season. Under these circumstances, he entreated their indulgence for Mr. GATTIE. The apology was received with applause--and the Comedy went of with spirit. At the close of The Children in the IVood, Mr. BANsisvEtt came forward, amidst thun ders of applause, and spoke to the following effect : • LADIES AND GIiNTLDNISN,—Seven-md-thirty year; have elapsed since I appeared before you, my kind benericturs; and I feel that this instant of separation is much more awful to me nom the y.owl,ful anumeat wheat I first threw myself upon your indulgente. " During my strermous'esertinns to obtain your favour, haw mach have those earn' been stimuLaed and rew..ded by the public; and sue vanity amp heart, which it will ever be I npossible for me In suppress, must be the constant recollection of Joys in which you fostered me in my hovintud, eitcooraiged me progressively on the staee. and, after a long and continued series of service, thus cheer one at the conclusion of iffy profes sional labours. Ciesideratione of health warn me to retire; your patronage has given me the ..seam of retiring With go al . fort. What thanks can I s.iffireetaly return fir that tiiinrOrt which v..ti have 111Jihle , me 111 ht:l in ? ▪ T h is mom, ot of (inging, you neatly overcomes me :at a time when respect ant gratitude cal!• upon one In '.press my (retinas 'A i'h more elovpience thou I could ever Iptst.t, I , ry depere me of half the humble powers L ma ) F O,. re% npna 4ry .rensiorts. • rftre%.el, to, my dear ben, factors.'' This Address was not delivered without a species of efort which rendered it more touching—the Theatre rung with applause—tile %thole company of Drury-lane came forward oil the stage, to encircle and embrace their comrade who was su soon to leave them. Ile throw himself greatly affected into their arms, and was borne away amidst tributes the more flatterio. - ! ' 4 ( t 1 . ... • •:, 1 • 1 - c , • , . 4 \ , i 1 • r. L. • • '; : 'N' i'. ' ! , . $ 1 IL \ -Y 1, ~.. ~:i ~., V , ' ' r .„. e • it, ''.,‘ , ...,. ~.. 1 • I ' i ll 1 1 • • arms, anu was aurae away annum crinuces cue more 1, actually allowed over till half.past six. r! The fellow, in flattering and more precious, because so much of _l l himself previously It has been for these some days reported, that the teem was paid to his worth as an konoarabte member se ear. Prince of Lichtenstein is in Paris. We do not yet of society, cid an upright and Tirteous Man. • alliNr angism alliallia - t " - . --- , • - 7.4.- 3 7-...., - , " - . ..'•••• .- 7- -!. ''':• ‘., -+=7" 4 :, -....t_. - '!...-- -: :- .s. - --- - ----' 4ll{v^ l t i - t b r‘