The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-03-21 00:00:00

. - F' 1 . i ..i f• ..' ,I j ; 4 0 .... it , 1 . 0 . i :I t, , ) lit J lt 1 I ri • t i . :. • Mr. Alderman Wools seconded the motion of his vorthy friend. Mr. Alderman ATKINS objected to the mode of proceeding proposed. Ai to uniting the question of a dissolution of Parliament, he deprecated it alto gether. Mr. JACKS said a few words in support of the Pe tition to the Prince Regent, but would not go to the ipngth of the Resolution aid Petition proposed.— With regard ton dissolution of Parliament, he in stanced an occurrence in the reign of King Wil liam (1'23 years ago), when the "'triennial Bill" had p.as , ed the Ilouse of Commons, the King re fused his risieut, and the Parliament was dissolved in anger. Mr. BVMSTEAD reminded the Court that this was the Pie day that they could determine upon the plan of: petitioning against the Bill becoming a law. It would be passed in the Lords in the evening, and probably receive the Royal Assent the following day. lie warmly supported the motion. .Mr. DORMFORD followed on the same side. -11 r. Dixon opposed the motion. l%lr. WAITIIMAN consented to withdraw such words in the Resolutions and Petition as could be considered obnoxious or harsh. Mr. FAVELL highly complimented the talent and exertions of the Lord Mayor and Mr. - Waithrnan, for their combined perseverance in opposing the mea sure. Alderman GOODIEHERE argued at length on the same side. After some farther speaking, the Resolutions and Petition, as altered by Mr. Waithman, was read, when' Aldermaa krunss again rose to oppose the prin ciple of petitioning for adissolution of Parliament. It would be to establish 'a wild democracy, and to destroy the best pillar of the Constitution—the House of Commons. He therefore moved, as an Amendment, to leave out that part of the Petition which was to this effect. The Amendment was seconded by Mr. BnOWNE After a few words from Mr. Dixion, Mr. Browne, and Mr. Waithman (the latter of whom warmly cen sured the conduct of the worthy Alderman, for pro posing an Amendment after the original motion had Leen fully discussed), the Amendment was put, and, upon a show of hands, negatived. The original motion was then put, and carried unanimously, with the exception of about three hands. PRI-VCESS TAL LE YRAND. Lrwes, MARCH 20.—The Duke of Wellington packet p.rrived at Newhaven on last Thursday after noon, with seventy-two passengers on board, among whom were the Princess of BExEvEsto, the wife of that distinguished patriot, TALLEYRAND ; and Aindame MOREAU. The latter, the same evening, proceeded on to Brighton ; but the Princess, be ing very much indisposed from the effects of her passage, during which (thirty-six hours) she could take no refreshment, slept that night at New haven, and the next morning came post to this town and drove to the White Hart Inn, where she so journed until four o'cli'ck, on Saturday afternoon, when Madame with her little retinue (consisting of _ . Mademoiselle PLAUTA r, her companion, two female servants, and a Frenchman, who had toe appearance , of a messenger, with H. HAUISCJ v , Esq. Collector of this Customs at Newhaven), took her departure, in two host -chaises and four, to reach Ryegate that evening, on her journey to Richmond, where she ar rived in good time yesterday. TALLEYR AND himself could not have been more reserved than his lady was; she spoke little, and never quitted the inn untill the chaise was at the door, ready to take her up. She, however, appeared in good spirits, and seemed to en joy her meals. Mr. Holm's son was the only waiter admitted to her room. She had with here great deal of luggage, and immense property in jewels, bills, and cash; the latter it was understood at the house, in part, consisted of 1000 English guineas ! BIRCH, MAYOR. A COMMON COUNCIL. holden in she CHAMBER of the GUILDHALL of the CITY of LONDON, uu MON DAY, the 20th Day of March, 1815, Resolved, THAT this Court has viewed with feelings of asto nishment and griof, the proceedings in Parliament rela tivL. to a Bill for laying further Restrictions upon the Importa tion of Coro. Thai tint • itintaading she voice of the country has been can siltation:illy and most decidedly declared against that bi Petitions, woo It in point of number, and the number and mvpertattiiity oi She signalures thereto, haven it been exceeded to the hionry of these realms, the House of Coininnis has pasted the said Bill ; and its proceedings alter ti have been smirked with a precipitancy and u pertinacious , idtierence to the stsod oboiiilo4ll (eateries thereof, wsigh evinces an uticr i-teritril iif the feelings of the people, and of that public opi talon whore organ it ought to he. fit it we have observed iu the other flume of Parliament the Some precipitnete% nod the snore deterutinaion to resist further moot r or to hear evidence, mowithotat:ding a Ctimmittce of tint Right is 1,11.• Ilantw hnl stated amnion that tut investi;ntion was not complete, and that farther enquiry n 'add be : bctiire any Aft41.1%11 . 011 'Nikes{ Ware the , ws aft...flag the intere.b of the Growen trod Cutnumers of Cor,. Cant vre Moo seen the Ministers of the Crown, with the vitae dtsreatird of the general mute of ttie country, and whose espes ( .3 1 1 duly it t% INA to woe'. over the interests, not merely of the Landowners, but of *be community at large, lend the sanction of their t.u.hisrity to the support of a measure Wheel in ns ape ration cannot fail of pc.% ins most seriously iejoriou” to for too sbobrturing and commercial interesb of the Itio;Aiim, 10 a very bill' Alegre , ' °Pores'''. to the pour. and daugertius to the tran quillity stud c•frty of she Empire. • Tltat a housitsie Petition be presented to bin Royal Highces, the Peirce Regent, proylr.g hiss to (mend his Rival protection to tatertsts so (lintel connected with the Majesty. of thew Realms, by withhohtiag, ou behalf a his Majesty. his Rog al Assem to the said Riffs noel further praying his Royal High ttc,,diwoivethe commons House of Ppritansent. writs have fitesii-tied the most conclusive esidemee th t they do Dot sup port the itaterests, our represent the fe. 1.04. or opinion of the people. ftemslyed, That a Committer: be apii•sinted, assisted by the Insw•Oliicers, to withdrew tout propatosste Lone ; and, bring resistant, presented the Mort of a Petition to his Royal Highs ens the Prince Regent, which was read and agreed to. Remilved, 'l'ust the 'l'hunks of ibis Court he given to the Hat. Lord tirenville. for his eery firm, ,:e. and pe,se fbring o f in opposition to the Corn WI, :end particul•irly r she seal and ability with which he Jupported this City's Petition against the same. - nr - Fte,olyed, That the Tim* of this Court be given In the Right Him Rost Grey, fur his seniors and able conduct on the like iiernfillib 1.194114) tie feel of the Peers mho apputied the $414 ....I • ert. Ti the ?basks of this Court be riven to Ales. Rasin4, Krq. and Francis Hiner, M.sq. (or their able end inde f,pl;.:•,le exertion; la opposing the.Curn Bill in ilar Him. /Note C mown.. • Resolved, flat the Thanks of this Court be given to the Be =nches. of this City in Parliament, the rrst of the es of the lion. lloute of Continuos who opposed the said On !Pt! • WOO DTHORPE. ~,~ THE .„• The Proprietor of this Jou anat. Raving uoiforody op posed the Cows BILL since its first introduction into !Parlia ment, under a conviction of its being a most impolitic and dan germs measure, trusts he mu with coafidence claim the support of all those who entertain the same sentiments.—Be hopes therefore, that his pretensions to support will not be overlooked, and that he may at least share with other Jour nals (most of width were in favour of the Bill at the commence- went) in receiving the Advertisements, which the present mo mentous question may produce. 111 r. LOVELL trusts that his political conduct, during his aqpdvi ty, has likewise given general sadsfaetion, considering the numerous difficulties which have necessarily attended hb pro tracted separation from his establishment. Newgate, March 2i, 1815. in the Fifth Year of his imprisonment. Arr. Nails. Doe 0 1 1 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Hank per Cent. Red. 9 per Cent. Cont. 601 k per Ceate. 4 per Cent. Navy 90.11 THE STATESMAN. LONDON: TUESDAY, WARM 21, 1815. We have this morning received French Papers of the 18th : they are almost perfectly silent as to the movements of NAPOLEON ! The Moniteur contains a long article in support of the authenticity of all its communications, which are stated to be always made officially. A Supplement also is given, filled with new ap pointments to the Legion of Honour. The report of an attack having been made on BONA? kftTE'S advanced-guard (it should be rear guard, if NEY was following him), is given in the Gazette de Prance, but it appears to be a mere verbal rumour. Nothing is said of it in the Moniteur. The following is the article : Isitse O'CLOCK AT NIGUT.—Some uneasiness which prevailed this morning, has been allayed by the posting of the following notice in the interior of the . castle, upon the verbal report of the Minister at War :—" Gen. Maacuarrn has entered Grenoble, where he found the greater ,part of Ms artillery. BONAPARTE'S advanced guard has been attacked, re pulsed, and routed near Chalons : 800•meo and two Officers have been taken. The troops march with ardour. Good order was restored." MACDONALD is appointed second in command, un der the Duke DE BERRI, of the Paris Army. • Marshal MARMONT still remains about the !Owes person, and is the Commandant of the Household Troops. Frerich Funds 66 f. 75 e.— Bank Bonds 920 f. Thus the public mind, at a moment the most alarming, is left entirely to the mercy of rumours, which really have no mercy upon us. Yesterday, as we noticed, a gross exaggeration of a report from Paris was put in circulation, stating, that RON A-. PA RTE had been come up with and defeated by NEV, and a loud 16 &ran was again sung o►er the " fallen LUCIFER ;"—to-day the prospect is darker than ever. It is fair to presume that the French Government had nothing of a favourable description to commu nicate, or the tidings would have instantly found their way into the official Papers. We have also reason to believe, that were our own Government in possession of intelligence which could tranquilize the public mind, and relieve the deep anxiety now felt in regard to events in France, it would not be withheld. Ministers, however, we are assured, have received advice, from Paris of the date of Saturday last. The strict silence preserved in regard to their contents, and the active and extensive preparations which are making to reinforce our army in Brabant, afford presumptive proof that they have not the means of dissipating alerm,and that they share in the general apprehensions. From these preparations and the circumstance, rather remarkable, certainly, which is announced to us to-slay in the Dutch Papers which have arrived, that the British troops in Belgium are approaching the French frontiers, we were inclined to give the Government some credit for !withy abroad as well as at home; but a Government Paper of this morning has stunned us as much as it has doubt less surprised its Readers in general, by telling us that the efforts of Government have been pdralped by—what? What could paralyze the efforts of such a vigorous Ministry—in such an awful crisis too ? Why, nothing less, says this discloser of official and Royal secrets, than a letter from NAPOLEON himself to an Illustrious Personage.—" Were we at liberty," says this Paper, " we could give the sub stance of a letter, found in the cabinet, of an illus trious Personage, in the hand-writing 01 RON4O, PARTE, and written since the period if imam in France. Nothing has tended won to paralyse the efforts of the Government than this commani. cation." And nothing we suppose will exceed the curiosity! that must be entertained, to learn something more of this paralyzing Letter—this wonderful disco. very ;---‘o found in the Cabinet," *c. Does this writer, who has penned such lessons for Princes, threaten to overran Belgium—Holland —and before' you can say JACK Roamson, or tint Corn 01.111,, Omened sound ! step over to this coenbri v in ktuf,, ferent capacity from that in which,it sop apiti.lso ; wat to visit Scotland ?—or, 44 is it POMO" and hoes hi . Rake prefoui999 9f justice ad ***tiON aq4 re=, DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ' Long. Ann. India Bonds I 2 p Exchequer Bills 6 3 p Omnium 84 8 Consols for Acc. 'ATESMAN: spect for human rights, like other Princes.? On all these points the deponent is silent, and we, of course, cannot speak. But it will be perceived from Lord CASITAREAGH'S vindicatory speech (how much it is so such of the public as know any thing of the partitions and equivo cations of the Congress will judge), in the House of Commons last night, that " on the issue of the new con test in France, and its favourable result to the Bouttaom 'Dynasty, mach of those blessings and advantages, which we hoped to enjoy, depend." What a doubtful dependence ! On what a precarious basis are the blessings and advantages which we should now have been possessing rested! Is England to be eternally engaged in war—are the peate and pro sperity of Great Britain, and all that is dear in hope and reality to the people of this country, to beefake4 on the frightful precipice of hazard and rep ' , te effect the stability of the BOURBON Dynasty ? Sad indeed is the prospect for Britain, France, and the world if this is the case. The statements in circulation, on the authority of Gentlemen arrived from Paris, and said to be com municated in private letters from that capital, are numerous, and of the most gloomy aspect. They state, that BONAPARTB was pushing on with great rapidity from Lyons, and had already reached Auxerre, half-way between that place and Paris; or aboet l'ill miles from the letter . ; Awl that his army con sisted of 15,000 !veterans,: well equipped for action. Some go the length of asserting, that his I force amounts to 50 or 60,000 men. It is evident 'that the population of the country through which he ( has passed are greatly in his favour, as well as the 1 military. One of the letters from Paris says,— " The troops of the Prince de MOSKWA (Ney), in whom, by his former Proclamations, one was led to place reliance, have, it is said, refused to act, with the exception of the artillery, who are yet to he ' treated. • MORTIER has returned from Lisle, where irthe disposition of the forces is said to be equally uu :favourable. The Moniteur is dismal ; and it is i.likely that we shall know nothing of BONAPARTE till he comes upon us in his usual style." 'A Gentleman, who has been employed in a diplo ',silk capacity, arrived yesterday from Paris, who 1 . says:—The Capjtal remained tranquil, when he left it.; but the presence of BONAPARTE was daily es pected, not as a prisoner but as a conqueror. Th. IFrench Ministers are completely bewildered; they are surrounded by the spies of NApot.zott, and , I know not whom to trust. The Minister at War dare not attempt to bold a confidential correspondence; the agents of BONAPARTZ discoverevery thing. After all that has been said upon the subject of the telegraphs, and the precautionary measures taken, they are still worked by unintelligible cyphers. In short, he says, the BOURBONS, and their friends, are all completely in the dark as to the plans tow in operation ; they appear to him to be systematically arranged, and will be developed in a very few days. His own l opinion is, that BONAPARTE will have entered Paris in a - fe'w days. SALARY and Foucur, Ministers of Police, have gone over to BONAPARTE, with many other charac ters•of influence and celebrity, and• well acquainted with the secrets of State. Poems • was arrested, but made his escape: Many females are mentioned as implicated in the conspiracy, particularly the wives of SAVARy, of MALLET, and of Louts 130. NAPARTE. The Swiss, it Is said, are all is arms for BgrrA. PARTE. Mr. WHITBRE%D, in his excellent observations in the House of Commons last night, desired to know whether the Proclamation, stated to be issued by BONAPARTE at Bourgoigne, on the Sth (given in our Paper of yesterday), was genuine ? but we do not perceive that Lord CASTLEREAGH replied to this en quiry. His Lordship, it will be observed, endea vours to get out of the scrape of Genoa at the ex pence of Lord Was. BErrrtnx. The Corn Bill was passed in the House of Lords last night by a majority of lc/Alto 21. The Court of Common Council yesterslarvotted a Petition to the Pauses itifatTiT, praying that his , Royal Highness '" would be graciously pleased, on, the part of his Majesty, to withhold his Royal Assent, from the Corn Bill, and to dissolve the present Par-i liament, for having refused to listen to the voice wail Petitions of the people." The Resolutions are giirdi in an Advertisement in knother page. They are spirited) and worthy of British feelings. We earnest?) , tiVit the manly and constitutional example AIN givetrot perseverance in the maintenance of a just cause, and -I of advising the Throne, now that all other resources have failed, to attend to the interests and wishes of the people, will he followed by every city, town, aad village its the kingdom.' List night Brussels Papers to the 18th, and Frank- . fort Papers to the 14th, were rece i ve d b y express'. Movements of the British troops have taken place from Ostend to Fumes; &c. to mnke room for the' regiments expected to arrive from England. From Vienna the news is that the departure o f the Potentates was all WI, but that the news' brought there on the sth, would probably retard them.—There is a long article respecting the destinyl Of MARIA Louisa, &c. Which I s now of no tonse quenge, as new arrangements are lila . •:to Ito niade. • Dlipkteltes were received yester ' Ww . in Minix, I !dated' 29th February. , Tie' WO i pacltet froth litgland had not then 'wised: le ' account `Oil l doe Prelitninarles of Puce . haviiiki ' signed .14 teac.fted , lfalifax throuo"the gtates c t ty the hioi d i 04'11'10, the metinolol/. Ocke. t et; Tplipilimiq ilia **de kee,iyg; . ..., .It , ;*/if 41% v: • :41 .J. 177 1 1 NAV,IL INTELLIGENT DEAL, MARCIE 20.—Arrived the Gkadotrer , the Mediterranean for Hull, and Dromedar• ship, from Portsmooth.—The East Indi Po rani° craw, MAIICII 20.—A re and Neptune colliers, from the Norti harbour the Abundance, Mektber, Hyena. FALMOUTH, MARCH IS.-!—ArriTed Clements, from Oporto ;..sailed with convoy of his Majesty's ship Hyperion instant, and parted from them this mr Manacles. PLYHOUTII, MA.RCN 19:—Arrived Lewis, and the Generous Friend:, Oporto ; the latter with loss of twi cables. The remainder of the Oporto ing of about 35 sail, under his Majr perion, passed up Channel last evenii ters of the above vessels report, tha, ship in the Beet were obliged to cut I Oporto Bay. The William is for wine ; the Geperous Friends is bound The Woodbuns, Marsh, bound tl pat into Falmouth on Friday, very ,dhcharge. The number of petitioners against may be estimated as follows ;—, 300,000 Berwick 3000—Nortitumberlai Carlisle 6000—County of Durham morland 7000— Lancashire 200,000 150,000—Leicestershire 40,000—N , .ighemshire 50,000---Warwickshire 120,000--st4rtordsh.loo,ooo - Western counties 300,000—and the Southern tone. ties including London, &c. 600,000, making is the total at least 1,848,500. The petitioners in favour of. the Corn Bill are in itemiser estimated at 10,000, so that there is a majority in the kingdom against the measure of one million viz bendred , sod4hirty-eight thousand persons! That Cori 8i11,4 however, lathe teeth of this fact, hes parsed the tioese-er Commune by an immense majority. • ' * On Saturday an Aid-cbs-Camp of Wert% ham. acted some busineis at%theliiisory, but we believe solely of a private nature 2 relief*, to some inapt i. meat, on the part of 1114- flelgNee,e Owen, toishe shipment of certain Robin ef this :intended 16, the Queen of NAPLZi. BRRAb., /Ile LORD 1.„ t „ Merl. efeigherli Rita Milli' 'add' •orde red t Inlet f . sre.d tri be eoetinsiek,l the as last week; fieCizez.—Monday, at ene &Slack, `the Doty appointed to enquire liitc the testi of Jane Watson, who was shot in Ebeelleigtqn.street, resumed the ezaminatifu of witneeaelk..—Several witnesses were eitaillied,' bid take*. others Mr. Robinson, whel` ielilated,, 'by' letter, to et. tend before the Jury. ?hie Gentleman's evidence, however, threw no nee.' light aeon the sobjact.— At half-past elevlti o'clock the etidence concleded, Red the Coroner was preceedinglo read the whole of the depositions, where the Jury thinking it unneces. sary, deliberated for belf an hour, efld returned a verdict of —" Wilful Murder against Janes Rip. kV ! 41444 it t gahribeelhabori, Berreere s assd &A. and Bukois - ,by &lag ball or abut fee* let of fire-arms from the windows of Mr. Robils*:• in Old 13urlington-street.7—The pro:o4g. at twelve o'clock last night. Mr. Blackburn, the attorney, of Lim* 111111410. tally convicted on Saturday Aeraeon, at the York Assizes, of the forgery of stamps. lie was again placed at the bar with Mr. Wainwright, another attorney, of the same town, charged with a felony, in having taken old stamps from deeds, with the its. tention of fisting them to new ones.--+The trial was not over at a very late boor. In consequence of the heavy rains, the river nenr Turvey overflowed its banks. Mr. Whitworth, of Newton Blossomville, sear Olney, Hicks, farmer, having some sheep in a meadow nenr the river, sent four men with a waggon and horses , to fetch them out; bet the water being deepeptletestteey expected, the waggon was overturned, 41.44,0 of the mea were unfortunately drowned. " MURDER.—" We have juet heard that a murder has been committed at the Bridge of Bunratty+s poor man passing, who had not the toll, oftered the keeper a pledge for the paymetitsof it, which he re• fused, and some werdi having passed between them, he went into his Mouse, and hating brought, outs bayonet, ron the onfoitunate man through the back, which instantly deprived him of life. These are Or circumstances as we have hoard 'them. but we en . • not vouch for their authenticity—we Lope they ale exaggerated."—(Clare Journal). _ unra iN ra tc"T osae ll ' o of ri t 4 hT il l'r X inc lr e ' s — o l f h t e he Co ß u l n o t ed d , P in Cif fil l ; raigs o 1 Loom XV. was remarkable for the ferociiv of Pus manners, having sacrificed the lives of severoi merdele, upon trivial occasions, and as frequently obtained a pardon from Louts, upon his represents. tion that it was the effect of accident. At length Louts, justly shocked at the frequency of his sp. plications, on granting him a pardon, accompanied it with those words—" Here it is ;—but be assured, I have also a pardon ready for any person who shall Lill you." The Prince felt th e f u ll f orce o f this speech, and the remembrance of it provediuef. c al.& curb on his violent disposition. As the Earl of GUILFORD, when Lord NOftTlf. of good-natured memory, was one evening handing his Lady, after the play at Covent-garden Theatre, 9 their carriage, her Ladyship's dress came in wattle' with the spur of a booted lounger in the lobby, 111 which it was much torn ; the Lady, hurt at the event, exclaimed, " Fellows coming thus equipped should be horsewhipped." 46 Fie, my dear," replied NI Lordship, " we ought to feel much obliged to OM 'Gesstleman;". 66 What, for •destroying , my peti " mat," interrogated the lady. 66 No," replied }Lordship, " but for not having introduced his hoc as his boots and spars." LONDON i•Prissbed soil Published by D. Leven., el i.O StiTZI P A N OritCFs Fices-sowit. massummimr Nasal !VENCE. the Glendower, from Id Dromedary store. ast Indiamen remain. —Arrived the Raz! North.--Came rather, Dolphin, at.d trrived the Friend:, with a fleet under yperion, on the lltii his morning off tt, e rrived the Willi am, ends, Johnson, from of two anchors and )porto fleet, consist. Majesty's ship Hy. Tt evening. The Mas. t, that almost every 4 cut their cables iu s for this p or t, w i th 464 bound to London. Ind to St. Michael's, eery leaky and mast gainst the Cora Bill, IS a—From Scotland isumberlaad9.s,sso-.4 rbam 16,000—West. 1 200,000 Yorkshire 00......Nottipichamshire ?Dal on 1 CeLl s , iPal the, MM On t 41 . 1 abd X WO thei Six! kin tc:tr ouiri Ala ,F p►Li ioi ti4s, kite the r n e ) fron Itvw Will per N Per UM twir itmi a di Wow N Stu