The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-03-02 00:00:00

peers, in order That their innocence may be clear. ly manifested, and that their perique] accusers may undergo the penalties of their guilt :but should it be apparent, as yoar humble Petitioner verily believes . that the persecution of your humble Petitioner and his son has been commenced and continued without any declaration on oath having been made against either of them, your humble Petitioner - most earnestly beseeches your Right Honourable Mouse, not to sanction any measures to preclude - him from recovering compensation in the Courts t of law, he having commenced legal proceedings against fiord Viscount Sidmouth and Sir Nathaniel Coesat for sr rongous imprisonment; for should his present appeal to the, laws for justice he inter. totted by stay legislative enactment, your humble P e titioner sill he utterly destroyed in his peers .. nutty affairs. and must submit to bankruptcy and rein, and 1114 unimpeechahle reputation will be stweeptitiously undermined without redress. And ynor Pelitintter in all humility, as in duty bound, will pray. THOMAS EVANS. Dated thi. 45th day of rebrivirv. 1818. INDIA Illanaas, Stn. 30.—We hate received letters from 'w er e 's ,' a s the slob instant, by which we learn that the health of los Carpllene) . the Commander-Iw. Chi e f Ol e T. Ifi.lop) continuos to improve very iapidly. In the mean time the different columns are on their march to form their respective divisions • f the army in the field. From the banks of the Ileeenth we have some accounts of the movements of t ro ops. A vast quantity of rain had fallen in that part of the Deccan. The river had risen considerably, and a great number of cattle hod perished from the Inclemency of the weather. . Madras was visited, early on Tuesday morning last, by one of the most awful and tremendous thou. d er .st o rms we ever remember to have observed. The lightning was extremely vivid, but as far as our en. ;prides go, no material damage was occasioned by it. A tree et lb. St. Thorns Tank was struck and Oa awed. An immense quantity of rain fell during the s torm. The weather less since been serene, but ea tamely sultry. Airco, Ocr. 7.—Letters of the Bth nit. from the Most Noble the Governor•Getterals fleet. lead its to believe that bead•quarters would be established at Cawnpore on the 10th ult. The third divisimit of the Bengal army had received orders to bold itself in readiness to take the field by the 15th. An army of reserve was to form at Calpee, where the Marquis of Ilastings will la his head-quarters during the time the army is in the field. Ilia Lordship bad enjoyed the best health daring the toy age. The gallant ve teran General, Sir D. Otliforlonry, is to commend the third division. 'rite sicktress at Jessore has con siderably abated. The epidemic is said to have been occasioned principally by an immoderate use of sable fish. COPY OF A' 4UTOGIIAPII I.I..TTLIt FROM THE Emri:- ROM OF RUSSIA it) IIIK KING 01 YILLASIA. hloseow, Ott. 30. 1817. Every time that a union of important motives procures me the sstisfettion of opening my mind to your Majesty, and of developing my m bole thoughts, experience a sentiment of eaulidence the more pro found and unalterable, because it brings to my recol lection the glorious events in which Divine Provi dence made us fellow-partakers, under the auspices of a perfect identity of conviction, and of a fraternal friendship. This sentiment is my guide under ex isting circumstances, so intimately connected with the greater and legitimate i n terests, so decisive for the general good. I cannot characterise in other wards that vast and thorny question of private debts, the discharge of which is imposed upon France by the Convention of November 20, Igls _ These additional sr . eanegments to the fundamental stipulations of the last Treaty of Paris, established certain principles of liquidation, of which it was difficult to foresee she consequences at the .period of their conclusion. Now these consequences appearing equally onerous, OS the whole of the pecuniary sacrifices imposed 011 France SPI.III 011 the eve of being manifested in ell their severe estetst ; hence they may be of a nature to threaten the edifice of the Itestoration—that fruit of so many combined elitists, that memorable and. sa. leery compensation of so many years of disasters France, alarmed by a danger the most formidable of all, appeals from the literal severity of the stipulations to the tribenal of equity, moderation, and wisdom. These ate the causes which, under the aegis of a su. perior and tutelary force, brought back peace to so cial and political life : it is to them, therefore, that it belongs to maintain and consolidate their work. 1 latter myself that your Majesty, when reflecting on the means of suiting at this object, will not he sitate to share my conviction on the importance of guaranteeing the inviolability of unties considered collectively. But adherence to the conservative ciple is, in fact, contracting an obligation to make constantly an equitable application of it. The occa sion is propitious, and the problem which the elecu• tion of the Couveistion of November, 1815, offers for our solution, is scarcely one in the eye of good faith. Its solution can and must influence the destinies of Europe. In fact, in order to avoid all infraction of the engagements entered into by France, and even to remove every pretest which might by its conse quences compromise their inviolability, as beitig the main matter in consideration, it appears indispensably necessary to open a uegoriation as to the mode of I.:email one single clause—that of the immense debt which the French Government does not disavow, but which it wants the means of discharging. Reasons of right concur with motives of political espendieuce to demonstrate how urgent, nay kow just it IS, to pro d uce on this point a unanimous cleterminatiou. Having no distinct interest to put in the balance with those of the Sovereigns, my Allies, it does not belong to me to pronounce on my pert a decision on the over lay's made by the French Government; I have therefore confined myself to directing my Minister to draw up an explanatory sketch of the considera tions whirls cannot be lost sight of, without invalidat ing the faith of Treaties and the general security. 'his ducuaseAt shall be laid before your Majesty. i ,• . 1 , THE STATESMAN• You still, find in it kite eFpressip n . of my complete conviction, awl the mos t ostensive development of the rellactions which I have here communicated to ,you with all the unreserre.(l'aboadon) of friend ship. I take pleasure in hoping that this overt ore, and the observations which accompany it, will be apitrociated by the elevated soul of your Majesty in the true point of view. The conformity of our principles gives me assurance of it, and affords a presage of that system of conciliation, which it seems so necessary to cause to prevail in that conflict of , interests, PO the cessation of which depends, perhaps, in a great measure, the progressive consolidation of the useful labours of the European alliance. Accept, sire, the profoundly felt assurance of my attachment, and of the very distinguished considera tion with which I am, Sir, my brother, your Ma jesty's good brother, friend, and faithful ally, (Sits ed) ALLILA %DER. NEg'r Wcos EWA Y MORNING LOTTERY DRAWS —THREE PRIZE% OF £IO.OOO.—ON E HUNDRED PI rAt..4.—rwELVE PIPES OF PORT. PRICE 01 STOCKS TIII4 DAY AT ONE OCLOCK Hank Sinek 5 per Cent. Navy 10611 $ per Cent. Ited , 790 India MIMI 95 97 p $ per Cent. Caw.o(• ;Sin . . Stark ( (unk for %re. 78i Long ►nn. 10i 11-161 4 per Cent. 991 Eacnequer Bilis 17 YU p Tfl Tv S'3 r f LO DO N : MONDAY. MARCII 1, itl 18. New York Papers to the 5 and Boston to the 6th of February reached us forenoon T'.ey furnish an important and elato.r., • k.; .0 . 1 to Con• gress from the Serve's.) , of the 1 I ea• •. on the mea. sures necessary for the more effectual as luau of the laws for the collection u f ,be &fie % , 111. r.ed goods, w..res, and merchantlize, pre, matt n. .. .lence to a Resolution of the House of R• I.re , snts; of the 2fith of February, 11417. It embrace% aimonst every object of ma toime commerce; 341 1 11 ie , women& a new and thorough Reform its the N:istgatitsti and CAtectiou Laws. We regret we cannot insert it on account of its length. ..Id story from the Mexican Estranrilinary Gazette, %%bids has been held %n derisive of the fate of General MINA, is repeated in the New York Papers of the 3,1, from the National Intelligencer, with the following additinn from Vera Out of the 7th of November :—" B-aisles the capture of MINA, MA the destruction of all his hand, I have to corn muoirste to yon another important event ; namely, that the ring-leader I3s.KGAKA hes jost delivered him. self up, with all ilk men, to the Royal Troops at P u , n ie d e l Key, by availing himself of the Indulto (Anterrsty) published on the occasion of the Queen having been happily delivered of a Princess." A letter of Oct. 2'2, from CoquiMbn, Chili, men tions she capture of the Spanish ship Pella, from Ca diz, bound to Lima, by the Patriot Government brig Aguas, on the 9th of that month, and being carricd into Coquimbo, with a cargo worth 350,000 dollars. The Bs itish frigate Amphion, from Buenos Ayres, ar rived at Coquimbo 15th October, and was to pro ceed for Lima. Letters from Buenos Apes, concur in stating that there were seven privateers fitting out of the port. A prize to the brig --, formerly the Regent, of New York, arrived on the 30th of Nov. with 40,000 dollars in specie, and a cargo of copper invoiced at 200,000 dollars. Two Portuguese India. men, valued at fire millions of dollars, had been brought in, but %PIP given up, and sailed with the Portuguese fleet for Rio Janeiro on the 30th of No vember. Captain Jewett, of the True Blooded Yailee,was at Buenos Ayres, and it was said had got the cash for all his prizes. There had been some skir mishing on the frontiers, in which the Patriots claim rd the victory. The Government of Spain and the Colonial Pub-1 lic Bodies have fallen upon a new plan to preserve their trade to the !Wien Continent, and pro cure tie means of tilting out the Russian squadron and the other projected armaments against South America. Letters from Madrid of the 18th, and tram Cadix of the 6111 ult. briog the .unexpected telligence that the Court of Spain had come to the resolution of estaldiehing four free ports in the Pe ninsula, six. Cadiz, St. Andero, Commie, and Ali. cant, where all kinds of foreign goods will be admit ted free of duties, arid allowed to be re•e4rorted to all parts of South America, on paying only 3 per cent. at the time of being so re-exported. This resolution has been adopted in consequence of a strong representation from the Cadiz merchants, who, by time and fatal experience, have been induced to acknowledge their error in insisting on the observance of their antiquated laws of the Indies, or Colonial regulations; at the same time that they find themselves compelled to suggest and support some plan, in order to counteract the shipments made by foreigners and " other smugglers" (as they call thee) to the Trans-Atlantic Provinces, as well as the importations effected by virtue of privileged li liceoces grunted to individuals, the whole of which is alleged to be detrimental to the interests of the Mer chants. residing in the Peninsula. Under the existing state of things in the Mexican provinces, where goods are escorted from the lending port to the ca;•ital with 1000 men, Spanish trade is very email ; the remainder of the Continent is sop- plied. tbroegh other channels. The eaecetioss of the Project has been confided to the pirector of General 'fazes, a sebnrdinate department under the Finance Minister, whose dispatch, communicating the Royal Order to the Cadiz Cons:glade, is in town.—The intelligence of tl)s arrangement has * Created some sensation in this City. To facilitate the transit of goods to the Spanish Colonies, is certainly an object of great importance to the British Merchants ; but, if the Government of Spain can thus act ''towards her revolted Provinces, how is it that the Government of this country is so slow in affording facilities to the same Commerce ? In the same letters it is positively asserted, that a Treaty or Convention has been concluded between Spain and the United States, whereby the two no ' rids; are to be ceded to the latter, either in exchange of Louisiana ,which, in such case, would revert to the dominion of Spain, or for a certain sum of money to be agreed upon between the two parties, but, it is added, under the condition that such cession or es change of territory shall meet the approbation of the British Government. 1 We have received Paris Papers to the 27th instant, comprehending the Journals of five days, which the weather had occasioned to be in arrear. No disco s, ~ has yet been made of the person who fired at the D .ke of WELLINGTON. The same mystery still hangs over toe affair as formerly, though the private account , slate the truest of several persons under sus picion. Some ineisiduals hove been taken into cus tody at a distance from Paris, suspected of being conceitied in the at trmipt, and conducted to tt.e capital. It is nreiced that the reports front the Nrtherlands, reepecting Lord KI NN IRD'S having written from B. doe's to Sir GIORGI: MuirwAY, at Paris, stating his Lasing learnt that there was a project in centeru. plation for assassinating the Duke of Wura.twaroe, ar.- a subject of c onversation iu the circles of the French capital, and it is added that Lord KSNNAIUD had arrived at Paris. On Tuesday last the King of FnAece held a Grand Levee, at which the Duke of ‘VELLINGTON MINI the Foreign Ministers were introduced to him, with as much pomp and ceremony as if he had never seen them before. The Spanish Ambassador the same day presented a letter to his Majesty from the Da. chess of Iticce, apprizing him that she had taken possession of that Stale; and the Prussian Minister delivered a letter from his Sovereign, announcing the death of the Margravine Dowager of Ba.ts:ousinuna.- BAYREUTII. The Chamber of Peers met on Toes. (lay. Marshal MACDONALD made a Report from the Committee on the Recruiting Bill. It was ordered to be printed, and taken into consideration on Fri day, to which (lay the Chamber adjourned. The Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, was occupied in discussing certain propositions by M. de CAesAtc wor.r.rs upon the severe punishments enacted by the Law of the 9th of Nov. 1815, relative to seditious speeches or writings. The proposed amendments were rejected by a very large majority. Nest day, a Petition from the Municipal Council of Boulogne, for completing the superb column in the vicinity of that place, and for dedicating it " to Louts X.Vi EL the Restorer of the Monarchy, and the Protector of the Public Liberty," was referred to the Finance Mi nister. Several Petitions, complaining of burdens incurred by the presence of the Allied troops, and praying for relief, were referred to the Committee' on the Budget. A Petition was presented from Ba ron Micas's', a banker, claiming, for certain mili. tary men and others who had been employed in the interior services of the Palace, in the reign of NA. PO LEON, a sum of 2,000,000 f. which had been gua ranteed to them by the Provisional Government of 1814, and by the Allied Powers. The Chamber dis posed of this Petition by passing to the Order of the Day. The proposition of :M. LeisN EDEVILLELEV EDGE for restoring the rennet d'etut which had belonged to the emigrants, was rejected, after a long discussion. The Legislative Body of Frankfort is said to have re jected the proposition lately made by a Member, for proclaiming that city henceforth an asylum for all persons persecuted or banished on account of politi cal opinions. An article of the 10th inst. from Ma.. drid, gives a letter of the 224 olt. from the Governor of Gibraltai to the Spanish Commandant at St. Koch, stating, that the Myrmidon had called off Algiers on the 13th, when Capt. G►MBIER was informed by the British Consul that the plague still raged will► great ♦iolence in the environs of that city, and had ex tended to the westward near to Oran ; that at Con stantine the deaths amounted to 90 a day, and at Boos to 10 or 12; and that in Algiers there had, in the whole, died of the plague about 10,000 persons. Not a syllable is mentioned of the rumoured atro cities of the Dey. The Vienna accounts mention, that there had been a report in that capital of an insurrection at Naples, in consequence of which the Royal Family had been compelled to embark for Palermo. It is added, how ever, that the rumour appeared to be unfounded. From Berlin it is stated, that the conditions of the Prussian loan, which have been published, have not been acceded to by the Prussian Government, who hope, it seems, to • obtain better terms. The Austrian Government, it also appears, by the in telligence from Vienna, have determined on borrow. ing 60,000,000 florins, and have set on foot negocia tiens for that purpose with . Messrs. ROTIPCMILD, Nam ) and Co. The meeting of ii. Allied sov reigns will, it is now said, not take place till August. The Count de PALMELA, the late Portuguese Mi. roister at the Court of London►, was at Psitis; and it was understood, that before setting out for Rio Js 'neiro, he would terminate the negotiations between his Court and that of Madrid, respecting the occupa. lion of Monte Video by the Portuguese troops. The Report of the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the Budget, is not expected to be ready until the middle of the month. The flee per Cads. left off on Wednesday at 67f. .sc. —taw— The French Papers invert the Proclamation nt king CHARLES JOHN of Swenca, on his acmsima to the Throne. The advancement of atm o f B ow %. PARTE'S Marshals to this dlioity, and the acbt,oty. tedgment of Lis being a legitimate Monarch by the other Powers, cannot be an agreeable event to the Howe of Bat:stun:l. The new Queen of Swtsti ~~ 1 ,~~.~. .~ is still et Paris in the most humble incognito. It Hill be curious to see how she will henctfurtterd be treated by the Court of the Thoilleries. • The Pattie Correspondence front the Frew% cspithi is too stoiumnioos to admit of our gismo the rti cles as they have reached us. We shit emir* their most interesting points. That " vast anti thorny question," the prissteclaims upon France, is ouief the chief topics, and upo►► this subject, among utiles. matters, .the copy of a letter fron► the Russian Fm pesor to the King of l'itussta is furnished, dated Moscow, the 30th October. it appears from this and other particulars, that innumerable ditrtoultik occur, and that l'rus.ia is always the most fettucini of the Powers. This autograph letter is gieesa in another column. The Port:, it is said, protects soloist several At titles of the 1 1 r4 , 1 de I.oi on the French Cortordst, and insists on tt.e absolute and unmodified esecutial of eat ry part of the 'neat) , which M. DE Br.acts had negociated. This, although a►► unpalatable sub ject in Flange, will, it is supposed, he discussed by the two Chambers at as early a perittl of the Smite as the other public business may render practicable. Some of the letters from Paris mention, data. French Loan is to be contracted for immediately.— The plan and amount are settled, but we are noose acquainted with the particulars. —ow— The Petition of the elder Mr. EVANS, which has been presented to the House of Look by Ear, Guoseceott, is given in another part of this Pd. per. Either the means by which public symp►tby is best expressed are exhausted, or the cases of lie men who have been ruined and suffered so much cruel indignity in a public cause from the arbkrary spirit of the Government, have not been tievrek with the favour they merit from the nation at Inge. The Legislative avenues to redress have now been as arbitrarily shut against the claims of the unfortunate Petitioners, as the ears of the Government were closed to the just representations of the People, far the suppression of which the despotism of Ministerial authority trampled alike on individual right end the lees of the country. To the Public, therefore, who still desire to be free, and need not be told how liberty is supported, the victims of this tyranny in the Government meet look for aid agaiust the evils of increasing want and the effects of long protracted persecution. Sorry are we to retrenk that the subscription in (avows' of the Messrs. Evaes, and the too many distressed and injured individuals who were included in the arbitrary imprisonments, increases but slowly, and is yet far from being adequate to the benevolent par pose for which it was commenced. In fact, the amount at which it has yet arrived, were it divided •men the numerous unfortunate objects whose claims to national sympathy are thus united, would not go be yond a few weeks maintenance to each. Thiscanuat be all the testimony of British feeling which is to be made on the review of these extraordinary cases. — Honour and generosity will yet suggest a mere liberal and active demonstration of supporting interest, for the outrages committed upon terse men are national wrongs, and will remain as so many stains on the character of the nation till their consequences are effaced by the general baud of repairing justice. The conduct of the Caere mew, which has thus by • saccession of tiniest acts courted unpopularity, and that of the Parliaments that hare given their sanction to such proceedings, suggest a variety of important reflections, in which every individual is more or less interested, and maul will not fail to make, with perhaps warmer feedings than we can venture to express them. lu the eye of reason, the personal security and comfort of the humblest mechanic is as much entitled to considera tion as that of the First Lord of the Treasury. Ne tt/re has given them the same organs, the same sense of pleasure and pain ; and though the customs of so ciety allow of a distinction between them in cases where pecuniary situations have place, neither law nor justice acknowledge any in what regards per sonal feeling or happiness. The law presumes every man to he itoo.cent tilt he is proved to be guilty; ant upon this principle, it is an admitted rule, that say severity beyond what is absolutely necessary for se curing the person is illegal. lit the cases of these men it is possible that some of the s ererrt►es of which they complain may be denied ; but enough remain► incot►tr:tibte to couvict those.. in whose helots they•wpre, of wanton cruelty. And, notwith standing the asertious Ge Mittitters, when •he Soli.' 1 i