The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-05-25 00:00:00

~s~ lode to any of the Right Hon. Rsronet's acts parti cularly; I only said, that a similar false colouring snay have here thrown over sintihr acts of his when in office, which were no doubt done conscientiously." Sir J. NEwroit.r—" I never advised giving ; money to my colleagues." Mr. HOWARTH observed, that the letter was considered not as originating a grant of motley, but ; as merely recommendatory, and that on a sery parti col:ll-reason, the debts of the late Lord Melville hav- • ing fallen on the present. But how did the Noble Lord who wrote that letter know of the private af. fairs of Lord Melville ? Was he left executor of the will—was he a.t rustee ender It, that he should thus stigmatise the dead, and pauperize the living ? He remarked on the depressed state of the India Com putty's grimmer, of which he don a very gloomy picture. At the time of their coming to the House for assistance, their paper was in a very depreciated state is Bengal, and they were obliged to have re , course to i very extraordinary mode of raising the loan. holding the Treasury open for PI months, to receive money from every quarter. Surely, . when the pecuniary situation of the Company was so em barressed, the President of the Board of Controal had not paid a due regard to their interests, when Ise re commended such a grant. It was true, a majority of the Proprietor's expressed themselves in favour of this grant—but it %inmost extraordinary, that none of the Wortley Aldermen (three of whom had voted for it) 'etio l ated. themselves conspicuous on that °c ession, wer+itow present to state their reasons for the course rhvy had adopted. ' fir. WALLACE sluiced into a short statement, to prove that the pecuniary affairs of the Company were not so deplorable as the last speaker had de scribed them to be. Mr. MAItRYAT observed, it was highly ho nourable to the late Lord Melville, that the subject had been taken up by the Proprietors, over whom ii was oat likely that any tufluence could be exerted, instead of the Court of Directors, which might have been open to the auspicloo of an improper inter. fevenes. He conceived the Proprietors, in coming to the vote they had done, at once spoke the high sense they entertained of the services of the late Lord Melville,, and paid a proper tribute to the virtues of his son, who had undertaken voluntarily to dis. charge his father's debts. lie should oppose the motion. Mr. PONiONBY said, as-the present question related to the conduct of a Noble Lord (Bucking hamshire), in the discharge of his public duty, he felt himself bound to express an opinion .on it. lle cot.ld not think that the course adopted by the Pre sident of the, Board of Controul, on this occasion, WPC. correct or justifiable. if the merits of the late Lord aletville were so peat, ns they had been repre sented, it was very strange, that neither the Court of Directors, nor the Court of Proprietors, had no. tired them—and, by a spontaneous and voluntary act, granted that remuneration, for past benefits, which had since originated with the Board of Con trout. It was said, that, in recommending this vote, the Board of Controul had committed no cio laden either of the letter or spirit of the Act. The leiter of the Act was lint invaded; but, he was by no means satisfied, that its spirit was not violated.— One of the provisions of that Act went to prevent the Board of Contront from orginating giants of mo ney: aentber rendered necessary for the company, when toev Md. P grant of more than 200 i. a-year, to assbadt it to The Board of Controul for their ap probation. Fr‘m this it appeared, that one of the principal duties of that Board was, to superintend, and if necessary, to corr..ct, the expenditure of mo ney by the Court of Directors. it did appear to him, that the grant now in question was not given for the services of the late Lord Melville, bu• that it was made for the cot , seas -tee of the present Lord, If the merits of the late Lord Melville were so great, by was not a grant agreed to, iu his life-time? It was rather extraordinary to wait so long for the dis covery of those circumstances, be: ire the Company felt his merits to be such as to call for this large buts. Here he begged to observe, that the circumstances of the late Lord ',Melville ought not to operate iu a case of this kind. For had he beau the richest team in the community, he might have performed those services which called for remuneration—and it would have been equally proper W have offered the reward, thus earned, although probably it would not have been accepted. It was said, that the letter of the , Nobly Lord in this • case, did not influence the Bast India COrflpgily. He knew the letter (lid not contain any thing that could strictly be called matter of in.' faience, as it respected the Directors or Proprietors. But could any man, candidly speaking, thiek that the suggestion or recommendation of the ['resident of tire Board of Controul, urging, as be did, the Court of Directors to do something for the late Lord Mel ville's family, would have no effect ? Could such a document be received, without producing some de gree of influence? It was, however, observed, that this letter had not induced the Directors to do the act recommended, since that act originated in the Coort of Proprietors. This was perfectly true—the papers proved the fact. But why did not the Pro prietors perform this act, before the letter was sent to the Chairman of the Court of Directors? It was competent for them to have proceeded before, as well as after the receipt of that letter. Indeed, had they voted this sum of money, in•the first instance, the grant would have come with a much better grace. It would then appear to have orginated with them selves, and not to have arisen from obedience to the directions of a higher power. He felt a very great personal respect for the Noble Lord at the head of the Board of Controul, but, in Otis instance, his interference war by no means correct. He was al most the last man who ought to have made such a suggestion to the Court of Directors. The Noble Lord (Castlereagh) argued, that there was no more impropriety in a mutual communication between the Board of Controul and the Court of Directors, titan there was in a communication between the two Houses of Parliament, This was a very unfortunate iilustration of the Noble Lord's proposition. The different parts of the Constitution were independent of each other--and, when a communication took place between the two Houses of Parliament, it was lween parties who wjwo, equal, whit were perfectly tperedent. But, in the present instance, the monication was between two parties, one . of lm ass appointed to check and controul the ~- other, and who emit consequently possess a MICE "F STOCKS TIIIS very considerable influence . The course w idth _ 3 8111 4 2r . 16 i: Red. 570 had been adopted, reminded Vas of a story. 14er1.A. Oms. b 8 he had somewhere reed. ---A man, traltellior 4 per Ceots.Navyl2l 4 per Cent. Sedpi q9latly along a road, suddenly heard a cry of' 44 (Acuity ! for the lobe of God !" and he sees lying before him, in the path-way, a hat. booking about him, to discover from whom this cry of " Charity" comes, be observes a musket pointed towards him, out at a de4ghbouring hedge. On DAY AT (INK O'CLOCK. I..ne. Ann. 144 7-16 litdin Beads 19' 11 p Exchequer Bills 3 6 p ()Junior° Consols for &cc. sii 9 the alliance of the other Sovereigns e:;ainPt LEON. From Petersburgh we are informed, that 44 %I it Foreign Papers say regarding the guards hiring re _ ceived orders to join the array is not true. o.tiv the Generals and his Majesty's Aid-de-Camp. a:. Ordered to repair to head-quarters, for %%Lich they have already set out." r '6•• ~.1C M ir TIIE STATESMAN. ..THE STATESMAN. LONDON: - - making this discovery, he very prudently throws hie i , • , money into the hat, although no person' had held out . Tutresueti , MAT 25, 1813. [ The whirlwind warrant is not yet gone forth f rets . any direct threat to compel him to the act, SO it I —.ow— •i the councils of Hatred and Revenge— was in the present case. The Board of Controul, , The Paris Papers of Monday last came to hand 1 TO ro. , ^ ttie slutsiteri.,g fi,ql4l. of e ar, no doubt, without any idea of influencing the East To i; t!ii- b10,41-11,arci ‘,live; ICI*, this forenoon. We can only observe, by way of in- . India Company, suggest or recommend: a certain •.sol de snti.le the Cal b.--- production, that the news in these Papers respect ing rant to be made ; and the Proprietors , being cha- '1 Ti' mar ef feet. is not yet oCtati conenteu hce the form etad—the metre Xpoll i ritably and kindly disposed (though not _so ennui- M ureter affords a curious contrast to the Bulletin la- to Faris is not begun. -- • y e t mously as might have been expected on a. charitable Aced yesterday by our Government ; and 'that, if true, occasion, there being 280 against the vote, and 455 the Spaniards have been behaving very disloyally, i.e.. Dutchman, climbs the highest dyke-trail i n B e e eein • s chides and the . cruel defy of ri te Russians, and the for it), in compliance with this suggestion or recom- disbouestly, to a branch of their beloved FERDINAND'S POIPS . , and the Calmuc •1 artare—in vain. Not.a trap. mendation, agree to part with a very large sum.— illuserinus House. Pie Duke of AeGoutEsses [ Laughterl borteßeisian, era Pole; era Cal mut Tartar islet see n • Mr. BATHURST observed, that the concluding • I goad friends the Spaniards have robbed him of every marching with deliverance and liberty, and the ea. illustration of the Right Hots. Gent. was singularly sixpence of the immense proper ty %slice his. enemies unhappy. In the case he had mentioned, the fear of the French permitted him to rake with !.im . I To e signs ef jessice and a lateen's Ogres pew i t ep e e , bps . ' sp ear- ;set they are all cotsileg e we are assured, .and personal danger operated on the travaller—but, from show its love,* however. to the Duke aid his house, - • the Declarition of War against. the Hydra that has the unloaded state of the arms made use of by the the Seenish Government has declared Asr alainst • egsien siiietee ep its France will; -we ette told, emme. : . Board of Controul, no apprehension whatever could NUOLEON, he being , in• FERDI NA ND'S OpilliJn . be entertained by the Court of Proprietors. The . . ' • diately issue, in due for vn, fetrev•the.British Cabinet, . 6.1 ' Right Hon. Gent. asked, why some step had not " °"''' 1° ` ri g ° 1 " • • . a and ill the Cabinets of Eerepo, * wise are jeterested been taken, for the remuneration of Lord Melville , ( ilN:vitv M I Y 10 . "tt appears that, tn. di ng 7, la preserv i ng ' that „ siren banal., c j ~.(,,, of .04.. gs during his life? The fact was, the Company had Napiee hiss co:reply:el defeated .the Atastelene ee *4 i so happily 4... established" by my I. rd Cserte.. granted him a pension, payable as long as their late the i nsec t 15 then killed e n d w ou n ded, 1800. areGits end the Congress of Mustaehtow at Vienna. Charter existed; end the present was a continuation.... lug three.. Generals, among others, the Cominatsderi of that grant, arising front the embarrased state in . • c . f ... . , ee: ts--In • the . meantime, howeter, there appea rs us lee v utengh!„ , which he left his•affaira. The Right lion. Gent. ; „ • i e . __ i :nettling very unaccountable in the delay of active i • rAate. s ilts`c,V,.— Yesterday. a Deputation .vress then defended the propriety of the grant, ni eh, lie I 1 operations on the part of the Allied Sovereigns and the the department et the North were presented to . t h e argued, was no sore liable to objection tiesu that !armies, the immense armies, . which we have beets which was conferred on the present Lord Corn. Emperor;. a; also one from Corsica, .centainim, aul told have already been ranged Along the Fre'ich wallis, for the services performed by his father ; and account of the re-establishment of the Imperial ani.l concluded by expressing his ! twit te r ,hostili ready to begin the triumphal march. I s th e hostility to the Motion.. • i tbir4iy, and of the universal attach tto Napoiesio I The House then divided — when there appeared s• • . w ..._. , order of procession not satisfactorily adjusted, o; 1 awn exists in that island. ' Fur the Motion . 93 • ere the cheveaux-de-frire of pointed bayonets, Ashler Against it - . 86 i billet, NAT 13. We learn that our Government ; Majority - --e-56 deelared war with France on the id. i the French Generals hare to oppose to the said ?triumphal entry into the French territory, discover. The Board of ,Longitude Bill was read a first, and Lunn, MAY 6.—The passage of Russian troops to be much stronger than was at first imagined ? or ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. continues incessantly ; about 36,000 infantry and • ed . The Tobacco Drawbacks Bill was read a second I 6000 cavalry are on the march. , are the Allies In their magnanimity, waiting patientiy. time—and ordered to be committed on :Friday. until they see an " iron harvest" worthy of their reap. I ?IRIS, MAY 2.l.—The review which was to have ' _ . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 1 - ling t 64 Delays are datigerous" in such eases; and mai • o4 4, a t a k en place to-day, has been counter-ordered. . brought in a Bill, " for granting to his • as we cannot but be interested in the safety of our sum of money, to be raised by Lottery." - An Imperial Decree of the 15th, establishes 24 • • • Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time ba ttalions of Confederates, composed of the Itsbenr.. ' countrymen; ineohatever cause they are engsgecl e e es regret see k d without any thingappoulag to to-amerce.—Adjourned. I ingelasses of Paris. General Darricau will command ' .t ° slat f ' -. ••••=11•110 them. . .Tbe Duc d'Angouleme had been permitted piagive a satisfactory contradiction to it, that, instead or 'leading the fan of victory ihrelrei heart of France, the Duke of WELLINGTON it - 'expecting an take with him a sum of 1300,000 francs in gold, and . attack, and has been under the necessity of resortitg 1,200,000 francs its property ; the Spaniards robbed ; • .• • to measures of defenoe surd precaation which do not him of the whole. lie stales in &letter to the Count i five any con fi dent anticipations of his being able to d'Artols, that his enemies' the French treated him - ~._ • 4 , i repel tee VIM. ita Wilt at Wittiet' tit to " decide the much better than his friends the Spaniards. fate, of the War." The accounts from the Belgic A long list is given of pattiorie contr il ettions to' • . • ' froatiter,infermoku, as Os Geace has intimated to the State; many of them have given large sums. • • ._. the ~Esiglish ..ttekti..bie:teken up their residence in • COURIER EXTRAORDIN ‘ItY, Nl , lntirty. - Breads,. that•it would Abe advisable for them forth. Several persons have been arrested at Venial** , Witk tr ilidecirfj . . l .odAikP4thilttitetit Ip gait the Sc.. ' Proetimatioafe, • 7 • itkeeinak" Fretwell'Alseartutcet, 11.8 ail • - . 'telt! a Pilvy c4tisiii , , t • of the Frenduticiumiliatt. ti l ite the frontier is 'mime; that the Frepcli't elieWl4o,ooo IsitsilAnteit' • eicitiaie. of the garri •'- • - • - : .-.4..., a n d ..„, . ~ , m it a 4 A4 0 1 0 . smo n gs4 win it ii . tboo: Astit.theeDuke of W reuse . - . ..e , • :. . • ,, row will' remove bil bea•-quirters to Maestricht. certainly assemble 'Oe '`fir Iloßeitan i Ald-det•Carntrto bis. Grace, In-rived 1 in town on Mondays night, with dispatches of en ',r eadmitted t at' e QOO niena i . gent tiatare • sett Government.- The arrival of this . .... , • e , - .. is. . i Gentleman gate rise to a mistleen report of the at- The. Princess of Wagram (hertlster),4hoiusd been f , rival cP his' 4isci e himsele,.. isa London. It Is re arrested at Stockach, has retired to Baraberg y .WhMe r • ported that Lord WEL:A/WWI has ; . demanded is the Prince her husband. -..-- ! twenty thousand . British cavalry. Sir ..1.1. •Bterea VlterNa, MA el.—lt is understood here, thitthe is said to have brought the tatificarktiterf lite Veate • majority of the Swiss Cantons have been prevailed / soothe part of :the Emperor of Ausrftecclitfit'4a; on to declare for the Allies:„.. for semntlitte beenTipected ; but had Wig .teeiliba A cosautioH, MAY 16.--.-Tbe Austrian Observer case, wt think, the intelligence is of sufficient states, that the fury of the Italians 'against the Ness , importance to have induced Ministers to inform ;'•fr pelitatt army exceeds all hounds. At Livourna they I liament of it. As Courts move only to the sound of tore down the arms of the King of Naples from the ; the chink, as German gentry need it particularly, house of his Consul, and atteeked every body that i and great armies cannot be moved without it, the was imagined to be in the French interest. It is un- ! looked-for arrival of cash from England may be a derstood that no hies were lost. chief cause of the delay visible on the part of our Micasr, MAT 7..--it appears that the Neapolitan august Allies. There may even be n.n intentional army is' almost dissolved; the division of Lecchi holding back, till the pulse of the British Per!ia alone is composed of . good soldiers.. The Editor of , ment, respecting the new Subsidies, be tried ; wit! . the Journal de Paris observes, that this army must nut a perfect knowledge of which, the disinterotcd have been soon re-organised, to have beaten the Deliverers may not think it prudent or practicable Austrians at Ancona. . to march's mile. As to Austria, it hiss ever been (O .No Funds are given, the Papers being published !cult to Calculate upon her policy. Self Interest has early on Monday morning. I ever been her guiding star, as it has ever beets that cl the rest of the Continental States. She may have CO" sented to ratify the Treaty of War against France, bet if she is governed by the feeling of interest, peace eels Neseot.roN, as Isis power now stands, is obviously the interest, and may be expected to be the object of Austria. By a war with his son-in-lew, FaANcis risks the loss of Italy—by Peace with NArot.roN, Le secures what he has acquired of that fine country. - By a succersfu! War against 1!. ranee, he destroys the best, perhaps the only counterpoise to the cast weight which ALEXANDER will have at tained by the possession of Polatel—he loves le the latter Prince an open road to Constaidttt+.a' e ' and the power, at tie distant day, Of dictating' to Germany. It is nonsense to talk of a War Pgai'''' Bo NAPA lure personally ; it is still greater nonseiee to talk of not imposing, a Government upon France. when those mho talk thus are reeking war upon e:e Government. The object ;s, or, at le..st, the effed , i l successful, will be thean ntil:it/eine ,•f f Fre ere—she a , 'I be reduced to almost nothing—she maut iseataitt quit . cent, perimps for a century, mid t!.e n atural lill;"" to the barbarous and frightful power of the Neve.- errs Horde will be lost. In the, view o f the r :ete; peace with NAPOLEON Should ba n the wi , h acrd . '' object of FeAr.“. :s, as well as of the sma;'.ct-;;;-.toc. -1 OFFICIAL BULLETIN. " FOREIGN OFFICE, May 24, 1615. 46 Letters were received last night from Lord Burghersh, dated the 3d inst. which state, that the Austrian General Bianchi was that morning engaged with three Neapolitan divisions in an action, which terminatetl in their total discomfiture, and the ,ad.. ranee of the Austrians from Tolentino to within a short distance of Macerate. " • " By the rapidity with which General Bianchi had conduced his march from Bologna through Flmi retire and Feligno, he was enabled to occup y red road from Ancona to Naples, and thereby to turn the positions of the Neapolitan army, Murat was consequently obliged . to fight a battle, in the hopes of securing his retreat to the frontiers of the Neapolitan Stites. 46 General Bianchi, on the (2(1 of May, took op a position on the heights in front of Tolentino, tending between the rivers Chienti on his right, end Potenza on his left. Murat advanced against him from Macerate with the divisions of Generals ',Won, ' Pignatelli, and Ambrosio ; and occupied the heights about Monte Mitotic.. " Early on the 3d the Neapolitans attacked the centre and right of the Austrians, commanded by Generals Mohr and Stahremberg ; but this attack having failed with loss the whole efforts of Murat's am, were directed against the Austlians' left. This attar k, made in three heavy columns of 'infantry, in mass, supported by cavalry and artillery, was re• ceived by an Austrian brigade, directed by Generid Bianchi, who succeeded, with the assistance of two squadrons of cavalry, in taking one of the masses and &sprain the others. 66 Soon after this failure Murat began his retreat ; he was pursued with activity till dark ; near 1000 prisoners were taken during that day ; Gen. Collier and an Aid.de•Canip of General Medecis were among these. Generals Ambrosio and Campine were wounded. " Gen. Niepperg, with his corps, was it memo: - nication with Gen. Bianchi by Nepja, " The Neapolitan army retreatersby Fermis*and PIP CCP ra. " Subsequent letters from Lord Burghersh, dated Rome, May 7, state, that General Nieppeig arrived at Monte Cassino° on the 3d at night, and was or. dered to meet General Bianchi on the 4th at Mace: rata. A detachment of the corps of Geo. Nugent, which was blowing by Rietti upon Aquila, encoun. tered, on the Ist May, a body of 500 Neapolitans, and defeated it with great loss. 46 The enemy was commanded by Gen. Mon , lgni, and occupied a strong post upon the road between Civita Ducale and Introdoro, from which, however, they were immediately driven back by a gallant at.' tack, conducted by Major Flette; two Officers and several prisoners were taken, and a considerable number threw down their arms' and dispersed. The peasants of the neighbourhood took an active part in pursuit of the Neapolitan fugitives. " Major Flette, after this success, marched upon Aquila, where he arrived on the 2d. The garrison, consisting of 300 men, retired into a castle• on his arproach. On the 4th they capitulated, giving up 10 pieces of artillery, with a cousiderahle quantity of ammunition, and being allowed to return to Na. pies, under the condition of not serving against the Allies for the space of one mouth." A Dutch Mail arrived a short time before this Paper we9t to Press. The accounts from Brussels are or the 17th inst., and announce an important move ment on the part of the French army on the frontier, the strength of which is pretty evident from the arti cle which contains the information. It is as fol lows: BRVSSELS, MAY 17.—The main body of the French force that was about Valenciennes has marched, ac cording to a telegraphic dispatch, in three column!. of 16,000 men each, towards the Ma.•le, taking the direction of Givet. This movement, the ()Wet of which it is hard to conceive, has been executed with remarkable precipitation. The Prussian Army on the Meuse has again been reinforced by a great many troops, particularly cavalry. Charleroi and the Sombre are covered by a powerful force. The English and Ilanoverians continue to concentrate their army on the frontiers. The French have broken down all t She bridges on the whole line from Donny to Grave. . .;lines. • • • JOSEPH LANCASTER, in his tour. in froles;d, lately I It is stated froth Drisden, of the lath, with very lectured at Maynoolh College, on which occasion little appttaiali he was invited by the Duke of LEINSTEce of truth, that tho King 0 f SAXONY R t• Carton, has signed the act of cession ofpart. of hislOngdem his Greceie magnificent Nat: n: ..r that place, a few miles frog , DAN% ;•to Ptassia l and at the same time formally acceded to far 'trial ni !a tti t Sisi Prod Tiilt Eiiiipet6i , relay he Isitt** frOis m ann milita , -. , : AI the AI : k ' • f.: ),; The p aki.mo will the 28th.) r , -4,:',..:, ... :-.. 1461, 1 Our regular t )9 are'esti exclusive of National Guards t f i 1 "I I GI ell Gg thf PI (6 ,