The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-02-04 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS OF SATURDAY. CNA:HOF:a OF DEPUTIES-Bmm° OP JAN. 31. ``'' After sonic preliminary business rel a ti v e to the Mitt. bility of newly-elected Deputies, the Chamber proceeded to elect a President; on • scrutiny., the votes for the several candidates were declared as follows Rave:, 166; de Bonald, 184; de Causans. 118; de 81artiguae. 121; Florian de Kercorlay,..l2o; tills Boar deunapp, 66; deTsibranr, 86; de (.*lot, 46 ; Clause de Coossentltes. di 8441111 a. 47 ; Hyde de Neuville. 22 tame. 26% Ctmbrel de Cronzal. 10; Ouplassis Ormiodan, is ;dr Nub casein, 6 ; 61sircellus, o; M. Donnadieu, 19; M. Royer Collard. I f ; M.46eneral Dupont, 6; M. Foy. :2 ; Coarvoinier, 3; Ai. Crotel-Bajac. 2; At. de Villefranc, 2; and 81. Spiaasd, 6.. • The President, basin' read thrones the entire list of the candidates. obserted—" 1 proclaim, hs consequence, t.s candidates for the Presidency, M. de Donald and At. Haver, who have the majority in their (atone. Does the I. , bamber wish to continue the operation ?" (Voices on tlte tight. " Ye., yes :" en the left. " No, no.") The operation continued until past 5 o'clock. when the President declared the scrutiny null, inasmuch as there was not a sufficient number of members present.— Adjourned. SITTING or SATURDAY, FIB. 1. (From the &vile of Saturday Eveninr.) - . . After same preliminary formalities Lad been rOne through, M M. de Cerbiere, Peyronnet. and Villele 'nem introduced, and took their places on the minis terial bench. The President reed a letter from M. Mannel, in which that deputy informed the Chamber, that having been elected by two colleges of the department of fa Vendee, he bad d !ermined !Ton choosing in favour of the elec. tovel college of Sables d'Olonnev, M. bouillerie presented, in the name of the Foerth ilerreae,his report on the election of M. Aleandre, deputy tot the department of the Loire. A protest from many electors of those colleges bad been addressed to the Chanther to point out certain irregularities which. in the opinion of these electors, had found their way' Pun the proses rerlal, and at the same time to complain of hiving been struck off the list of electors by the Pre ree}: Time Fourth Bureau reported that there had been no Irregularity in the prose's verbal; but it proposed to refer to the Minister of the Interior the protest of the electors. '; M. Foy demanded to speak :—" Gentlemen," said be, " I have been instructed by a great number of Consti. fusionist /terrors (marmites on the right) of the arron. disseniebt of Roanne to present to the Chamber their protest against the nomination of M. Meandre: it is upon this ground that I shall proceed to add some ob. eel-rations to the report which has jest been made. If the Prefect of the Department, deciding in the Council of Prefecture, conformably to the law of time sth of Feb.. and giving t he motives of his decision, had struck off some names, there would be a reason for complaint and appeal on the part of those persons, and the Council of State would he called upon to decide it ; but this decision would be injurious to the appellants, because in five eraes the Prefect 'night again act as he thought proper." Here the orator entered into the details of the protest in which • Sieur Lamblion complained of haviog been e'rieed from time list of electors, because he did not pay the required amount of taxes, and because be belonged to another College. This arbitrary act, continued the (ionnorable Member, was nut unknown to the King's Covernment ; they Lnew it, both from the protest added to the. p,roceas verbal of the Electoral College, and front the poßlic hanctinnaties of the country. Well, then, eter Inglboa ago:aimed with it. it might be supposed thift the Prefeet 'would be dismissed or reprimanded. No 'Melt thing; he has been rewarded ; he has been , pro *bred was the' Prefect of a small department— they have transferred hint to amnin lunch more important ; trod t robahly the publicity now given to this arbitrary act will he a rviOtivefor elevating bim still higher. (A laugh.) M. Foy contiourd, and urged that, but for the irregn. larity which was committed, M. Mrandre would not probably have been elected. He founded this opinion epos the nquierical calculation of the number of electors enlist from the list : however, added Al. Foy, I do not oppose : myeelt to the atlntjasion of M. Wendel.. Of what "cohstipienei- to me can ass insulated cam he, when three are eo longer. in France, any elections ?—(Tumult oylt lhtright " Order, order.") 11. Foy. -f When they are no longer in France." (J• 'ti r. 147-•• Yes. yes." The•Prrildent Vino the bell. • • On the naught.'" Order; orsier." The orison repealed. the phrase three times. Each time' the cti9apf ; ',Order!" were renewed. hl, camp Girardin.:.-" No; there are no longer any elec• Honk" :The Wrote etsakintled. AL Durfott aseended the tribune. "MO Girardisi 'lttientie Dentarcay.—" Put on your dr.ses." l • ' 314m1em0— ,4 1 heer pardon of the Chamber for not being ma cotisprti,‘ bit at may recollect that in the first sittlitge— . • ; Oilbe left--" P I O ems:fame ! put it en." 09 the righ;:—.lf! M. le President, call M. Foy to • GOO." • . , 'rho Preahleitt-'! have called AL. Foy to the question. Noy thot he °ogee in the tribune, I cannot call him to ilialer. w i „ Al. Mitiori, who still remained io the tribune, endea voured to enjee hie goitre ; but M. de Girardin, who made himself clanspicuons from his gestures, continued to exclai RI, "You have got your costmone." M. Etienne.—" You cannot speak without it." (The tam sit coati nued.) Time President rang lois bell : and silence was restored a little. Addressing himself to M. Dutton, he said, ac cording to the regulations of the Chamber, you cannot speak without being ex costume; I cannot secure you a hearing. At notion quitted the tribune, and roomed to hit place. N. Benoist.-- I demand to be heard. Asa member of the commission directed to examine the election of M. I%lesodre, I intended to support the report, If the question which his arisen attacked the validity of that election ; but it is altogether changed ; it Is a call to order which has boot urged by a part of the Chamber." (Murmurs on the left : •• That .4 pot the question." from many voices.) The Presidemo.—" I would remind Al. Benoist, tnat the call to order cannot be the present question; and that what the Clamber Ws to discuss, is the validity of the admission of M. Mrandre." The orator then entered npori the question ; and he oh d that the phrase which bad been employed by the preceding speaker was an insult to the legislature and to legislation, because it assumed that the laws under which we live are ao laws. AL Sebastiani ascended time tribune. The bon. wither repeated in some measure what N. Foy dad axial, and concluded by observing. that France would Irate that the Prefects made the elections, and, perhaps, even the gendarmes. On the sight.—" This is shocking !" On the left.--" Yes! yes !" Ou the right.—" To the vote ! To the vote !" The President pat to the vote the validity of the elec. this : it was adopted. The adjourotuent. as well as the referring the protest of the electors to the Minister of .the Interior, was also adopted. Th e y proceeded to the nomination of the Vice ?rea dmits. The number of the votes is 207, absolute major ity 11/4. The following was the result :--31..deldittigase. 139, THE ST, ,4.lleKe.rgorkiy Floats*, 124% (fa Senali —.-- ,i 4 lllll46aiec- Sans," lu. • These deputies having obtained the miliptiiiie4llllll sairfniges,were declared lire Presidentsi • '1 hr sitting rose at half past five, and adjourned till 3Jonday. — lt is s.iid that many English families, alarmed lota les., by the certainty of. the policy Whieli thiir ilioveen ment way follow in the present circumstances are pre paring to leave Paris to return to their own country or to proceed to the Netherlands.—fournol de Peri.. An extraordinary courier, who left Madrid on the 21st, stated, oo passing throegh Bayonne, that lies sieres, one of the insurgent chiefs, who advanced with his troop to Goadalaxara, within 15 leagues of Madrid, had been completely beaten by the Constitutionalists, who took 4011 prisoners. We do not yet know the num ber of the The Muniteur vt yesterday contains the following statement :-- On the 21st of January, the anniversary of the death of Luis XVI., all the vessels in the port of Marseilles struck their yards, and hoisted their flags half mast high. One only refused to do this. It was the Spanish ship called " the Constitution or Death." The people, offended at such conduct, began to assem hie on the quays, and loudly manifested an indignation, the consequences of which might have been serious bad ' not the Spanish Consul, and the Captain of the port, gone on hoard the Spanish ship and forced the captain to hoist the signal of usourning conformable to the order of the Mayor. It is added that he yielded very unwil lingly." The following is the result of the trial at Orleans : Bandrillet is unanimously found guilty of participating , in the plot for taking the Castle of Simmer. Laiantle, hy a majority, not guilty of the fact, but guilty of nut prison. Duret unanimously guilty of recruiting against the lawful authority. The Court condemned Bandeillet and Duret to be executed ; and Lalande to three years' imprisonment. The King this day received, in private audience, Count de Is Ferronnaye, Ambassador of hit Most Chris tiar Majesty to the Court of Russia. M. de Lturiston will, it is said, commanded the divi• sion of the Western Pyrenees. It is asserted that the gendarmerie has arrested and conducted to the prison at Toulouse, an individusl, who is accused of having wished to enrol various soldiers in our army under the flag ofthe Constitutional Spaniard, by showing them a letter from Mina. We may imagine how such proposals have been received by the faithful servants of the King. This person is to be tried by the Second Council of War. in the Heneral Assembly of the Bank of France. which took plate on the 14th of January. the Duke of Gaeta, liovernor, in the name of the (lateral Council, presented the annual aeconnt of the operations of that establishment for the last year. The dividend, for the first six months, augmented by the profits produced by the extraordinary advance of 60 millions, which the Dank made to the Royal Treasury, was raised to 4lf. 54k, that of the last six months, deprived of this aid. was 32f. this amounted to 73f, 30c, for the year. inde pendent of a reserve of 595,000 f. The Duke of Gaeta has also submitted to the Council a detailed account of the expenses of the Bank for the first six months of 1822. NORFOLK YEOMAN'S OAZETIE. THE Fist Number of this PAPER will. according to promise, ne PVIILISMID Near B.4ITIIDAY.—.• AtITERTIO:IIENTS and othereomeumcAvioes are requested to be sent to No. 18.4. Fleet-street, London. There loving been no time for the fixing on AGENTS in the SEI,ItRAL Towss, such Persons as may wish to become Agents are requested, for the present, to write to Mr. W. Conners, Jun. as above. MAILS. . . ARR. DUZ. •/111. . ' y. ‘. 2 Dahlia •- U 1 Holborn& s 0 U Waterford 3 U Hatabre 1 l G. & Jersey - 0 0 Frame - • I 0 Lisboa 0 II Flanders • 0 2 Gottenbarar - 0 0 Brazil • • U PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. 2381 India Stock . 941 3 per Ct. Rad ..771 vii 7 ! Ditto Bonds .. 204995.. pm. 3 per Ct. Cons Mil South Ni. Stock ... ...... Si per Ct. 4 per Cents..... oti 93i 93 ' Es.Bill.td. / i2s Re sm New Fours 6 per Ct. 1797. -- S-3001. lel 14s. pin. Lon! Ann ... ..... .... 191 ; --mall Its Re pit. Lap. 3 per Ct.... .. ...... Con.forkeet Wiii Or Irish 6 per Cents. i LotteryTickets,....2W, lwa.. Cot *tat ratan. LONDON: TUESDAY CFI:NINO, FEBRUARY 4, 1923. COLLECTIVE WISDOM. Upon almost all former ,lecapions we have prayed to' God to keep it uncollected ; but stow, we most say,that we Lure waited with impatience for its coming together. Here we shall see all the Lord John's and Lord Henries and Lord Williams again in consultation with the gal lant Generals and Gallant Admirals and the Learned andHonourable Gentlemen and with theWortby Baronets and Worshipful Aldermen ! Great God, look down upon England ! " We shall now see what we shall see "; that is to say, what we shall see this year ; but nothing at all compared to what we shall see nest year! Then it is, that the vessel will be nearly on her beam ends. A great deal of ridicule has been, at times, thrown on the Ro:nish Prayer, which is a long string of invocations to Saints and Angels to "prey for England".. p u t, really, there does sins, jar it thliflibe, to - Wsonn:. thing of this sort wanted ; for, never woothere Country in such a state. The:Speech of our king (or, rather, of his Commis- ' sinners) is of far less importance than that of Old Louis. France has actually taken her place above us. We said she would ; and we said it eight years age. Some still imagine, that Mr. Cortntern will u th ew his "shield over the Peninsula"! These persons can be little short of mad. It is madness uniting for the use of folly. Look at Henry Wellesley appointed to Vienne and Lord Clair - something, appointed to Bolin; and, then, if thou beest not in Bedlam, say what thou ex. pectest, in the shield way, from Mr. CANNING ! Oh, " Strict Neutrality," will be the word ; and that. in other wards, is, crouching to France. Dip u o,, the matter how they may, this is the fact, and a fact it is, too, that the world is much too sharp-sighted not to perceive. If this " strict neutrality" should show itself in forbidding our merchants to supply " the brill/re. rents" with articles contraband of war; then our neu trality will be " strict" indeed ; and, if it do not show itself in this way, we shall see how the flag of England will broak the esercise of the " right of search" and of conticatnaioo. The hliaisters will have a famous majority for "stric 'ESMA N. entity ;" for, they have only to . ni; to the landlord's " do you want more lazes!" That question will be quite enough. Not another word will be necessary. Their answer most be, that they leant more taxes, or that they approve of the " strict U • lan:illy." For, they are not yet prepared to say: blow ep the debt! As to any attempt to blame the Ministers, fur nut having threatened the French Government, that would be childish enough. The Ministers would say one of two things; and either of the two, would be a complete answer to such com plaint. FIRST, they might say, why should we threaten the French Government? Why should Ave disapprove of its crusade against Jacobinism in Spain, when you, yourselves, have so often boasted of the success of the Crusade against Jacobinism in France? What is the French Government now doing more than you were doing for five and twenty years ?—Sacoxn, the Ali 'listers might say; what would have been the use of bolding a menacing language to France? Are you fools enough to suppose, that the French Government do not know the state of your pockets as well as you do ? Are you fools enough to suppose that the French Government do not know that you are crying out for reduction of taxes; and that we cannot go to War again without blowing up the debt? Are you fools enough to believe t hat the French Government ha►e not read "Cobbetes Register," of which more than a hundred goes to Paris e very week . and, if they have read it, are they fools enough, think you, to have done any thing but laugh a any huffing language that we could put forth ? Arc you fools enough, then, to blame as for not making use of language which we must have retracted? Oh, no!— The Ministers are upon a rock of adamant, tiith regard to all those who are for paying the interest of the debt in full, and who are, at the same time fur a reduction of taxation. That is to say, they are upon a rock of ada. mant with regard to the part they have acted relative to France and Spain. Indeed, they have acted no part at all. The French and their Allies have despised them. They knew that they bad no power to prevent the con. summation of their projects. And they have paid no more attention to their wishes than they have paid at tention to the wishes of our stock jobbers. Our wretched ballocking newspapers, are still endeavouring to keep up the notion of an interference on the part of our Go vernment, to prevent the invasion of Spain. They seem wholly to forget that the War in the Peninsula cost us twenty millions a-year. But, in short, they are mad ; and their wretched dopes must continue to suffer, from believing in their mad ravings. As to the domestic affairs of the country; here our pretty gentlemen will find themselves in a little more difficulty. There seems to be great stir and uneasiness amongst them. VANSITTAIIT, who so pertly talked, and, indeed. so malignantly talked, about " such financiers " as Cabal and Carlite:" this pretty gentleman has gone Qt/: It is very curious that the disowning of the Treasury pamphlet and the dismissal of Vaxitirrauv, took place precisely at the same time! Further changes amongst the pretty geutleusen are talked of ; but here is the grand fact: The estates must piss away from the present owners; or the whole of the present system of Debts and taxes. must be changed. - The speech of this day, be it what it may in other respects, will tell us very little of i►hat is going to be done. The town is full of rumours as to distuissions and resignations of Ministers. We do not believe any of the rumours; or, snore properly speaking, we rely upon none of them. Hot this we are very sure of, that the Ministry are much about in the state of a parcel of fruit-dies, that are got down into a bottle of sugared beer. They never were in such a mess before. They have rolled and rolled along, and round about amongst the lime twigs and the rubbish of the brake: there they fie, fairly trundled up, without ability to extricate themselves, and without daring to call in the assistance of others. STANGE,DELUSION. The Morning Chroiskk of to.day still barite upon Dope; of peace. What! After war has begun ? Yee; peace mayibe made; but, how is it now to be preserved,' This is madness. It is really the insanity of the game- ster, so beautifully described by Regaard.—Will the holders of Spanish Bonds listen to us now ? We advise them to sell those ',loads for what they can get for them. Let them go to America ; they will there see people, who kept bags of paper money, till a bag full was not worth a copper farthing.—We are of opinion that Spain is to be p d from the claws of the vul tures, only by such means as would preelvde the possi bility of these Bonds being paid. Had we any thing to do in defendiug Spain, this would certainly be the case. GREAT DISTRESS. ANSA Dames Paper Office is, we lean:, all In a it:r ! The poor news-boys, who were heard this morning cracking their jokes about Anna and the Reverend Doctor, Anna's Covertvre, have, we bare been told, kicked and cuffed about at a sad rate. However, we have no time, at present, to spare upon Anna; except just to say. the Lord Stffield must make a pretty figure. when lie finds; that lie has been frightened by this mise rably disgraceful trading concern, which, we are happy to hear, 's sinking at a famons rate.—The New Times of yesterday has hit upon the very nail that we hit on, when writing the evening before ; the imputing (by the Old Times) to Mr. lifocata having been ruined "by following his own judgment." Oh, no! says the New Times, "it was by following your advice." Nothing was ever truer than this! This vile old trading paper has done more mischief to the holders of Spanish Bonds than ever individual did to any portion of mankind.— The trading Thing MUST FALL; its doom is sealed by public opinion. OPENING OF PARVIA3IENT. It is understood that the Lords Commissioners ap pointed to open the Parliament, sill meet this after. noon, at three o'clock.—The Speech shall be given to our Readers in.a Second Edition. An amendment to the Address sill, it is expected be moved both in the House of Lords and Commons: that in the Upper by Lord L3ordowne, and that in the Lower tby Mr. Brougbaat STOCK EXCHANGE, HALF PAAT H.—Consols opened this morning at 76U, at which price they remain. All parties are anxiously waiting for His Majesty's Speech ; and scarcely any fluctuation will take place until the substance of it is known. Little business is doing in the market. Up to this hour we do not hear of any express fruits Paris, owing to the Stock Exchange having been abit on Sunday. Most of the Foreign Funds hare riven except Colombian, which ere going down rapidly. Chill. 88—New Spanish, 371—01 d, 41—New Prowls, —Old, 79—Rusaia, 74—Danish, 80—Neapolitan, Nothin4 done—Golomblau. Peruvian, Nothing done—Spanish Scrip ; 2S. Orra o'CLoca.—Two Expresses, we have just now learnt, have arrived from Paris, hilt their Contents hare not transpired. Consols were done In the early part of the morning at 761, bat soon felt to Mt We have received this morning Dutch and Hamburg Papers, of which the following are extracts:— FROM THE FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, JAN: 4. The fugitive Bojars have just received orders from the Austrian Government to depart from the Austrian domi. nions within eight days. Their consternation at this order is not to be described. Most of them are men in years, and in ill health, hardly able to travel in this sea. son of the year. It is supposed that a similar order will be issued in Russia, and that they will no longer find an asylum there. They cannot go back to Mat. drain, Wallachia, and Moldavia; for it seems hardly doubtful that if they were to venture, the Serashier of Sitistria, who commands in the principalities, will dr. manal their heads, and send them to Constantinople. This order has, doubtless, been given, becanse they will not submit to the new order of things, and cone.' der the Ilospodar as no more than a prisoner to the Sr. riskier. COPgNIIAMIN, JAN. 21.—The Crest Belt is covered with ice, so that the intercourse by means of yachts Las ceased, and is carried on by means of ice hosts. The number of ships that passed the Sound last year was 8403, of which 310-1 were English, 703 Danish, 1929 Swedish, 153 Russian, 391 Dutch, 307 Hanoverian', 1093 Prussian. 298 Mecklenburgh, 21 Hamburg'', &c. STOCKHOLM, JAN U.—The State Gazate of yester day contains the official Proclamation of the Diet with the usual solemnity. For nearly a month past we have had a very agree. able winter; the cold has been between 3 and 12 deg. of Reaurnur. The Minister of State, Count Von Engerstrom, in a circular to all the Governors of provinces, has enjoined for urgent reasons, and by his Majesty's express corn mend, strictly to observe the Royal Ordinance of Feb. 19, 1811, respecting foreign travellers, with the moditi• cations since prescribed, and to take the greatest care that no foreigner (with the exception of the Russian, English, Hanoverian, French, American, and Prussian couriers and subjects) shall come into the kingdom without having asked his Majesty's gracious permission, for which he is to apply to the Minister. and to wait on the frontier for the answer. Travellers, o• the other hand, from thosenations, may travel from one pan of the kingdom_to another, provided they only exhibit a passport from ore of the Ministerial departments, Le gations, Diplomatic Agents, or Consuls. GRONINGEN, JAN. 27.—Herr, as well as in Franco..., Italy, &c, the winter is very severe. Fareniseit'a thee. ammeter was, on the 24th, at 7 e. m. 91 below 0; oud yesterday at noon 121 below 0; to slay,oiZa.n.euky, It below 0. • : Bacsset.s, JAN. 27.—1 n Assembly of, dteollo Chamber to day a message from his //Neely Watcapsl t . accompanying some proposed alterations is the orteting4 laws respecting mortgages, the rights of inberitaoke t stamp duties, &c. St. Petersburg, Jen. S. t: The accounts published by the Synod. (which, however.. comprehend only the Russian Greek Church) show thst the number of births in the year 1620 in the whole empire, way Males EVAMV Females . 742,870 Total 1,670.399' being 49,963 more than in 1919. The number of drains wax Males 407,683. . . Females 449.997 917,660 being 1,420 fewer than in IRI9. Excess of Births 1 652.71 P. Marriages . 317,600 Being 22,407 fewer than in 1819. ' In St. Petersburg there were born in'1821,8504 dreu, including the Catholic, Lutheran,' asa other communities: the deaths were 9;06. Kum of dentbs in St. Petersburg, 1202. Paris papers to the 2d inst. have attired, of ;TWA fed have given, at knob, in another column, the contests we deemed of greater interest. From the extracts we have inserted respecting the Chamber 0 Deputies, the opening promises some warm debates as the Session proceeds. All parties in France cannot fail, at present, to be strongly excited ; and the Government appears ex tremely active in preparations for war. More than a dozen paragraphs we hare omitted to insert which , relate to the movement s of diff eren t p ar t s o f t b e. —The Ultras here as well as there represent, the so ldi er y as boisterously gay and full of spirite"s if rospo w ig to so easy victory. An article in the . f tittrnerl des Debora, states the amount of all the Spanish troops to guard the Pyre nees and the whole Peninsula, including the army of Mina, to be no more than twenty three tboesand i fantry, and live or six regiments of cavalry. This state ment, it is alleged, accounts for the facility with which the Royalist guerillas advance towards the capital. The same journal In another article, tibias It is unnecessary to notice further, attempts to justify the impending in vasion of Spain, by a narrative it gives of the political occurrences which have led to the present (condition of that country. The rest of the Paris Dews is quite in the Parisian style. The Quotidienne not only admits that the Doke of San Lorenzo was present last week at the fete given by Sir Charles Stuart, but states that the French Minister for Foreign Affairs (Vicomte Chateau briand) who was els') invited, treated him with as much attention as our Ambassador. Thns far the matter may he considered one of politeness rather than of politics; I Cap tnorni '•ice tint wh that bl San La this is Noble depriv eonsid possibi Fvx open Forth tight' cS, 50. 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