The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-02-21 00:00:00

!.. oblag to puh the euntry into a war. We believe, u s e the Whitt do not know what they want to do, or plat they ate shout. fielwatitti —lt was hardly to to espeeted that the Whip would not make some attempt at a stir in this Mier. We shall simply insert the prestion of Lord ASOSINALD Mbawkon and the answer of Ma. CAN- " Lord A. HAMILTON said, that if any segoelatioe were . 0 edit pending hetweeo the Government of this aventry and 1 . that of France, relative to the detention and imprisonment • of Mr. Bowring, he should be unwilling to all for lefor i* elation on that subject. He wished to brow from the " Right Honourable Gentles.. opposite (Mr. Canning) " whether there was soy objection in point of time,with refer 1, ewe to the relative situation of the two musirier, to his "calling for information on that subject ? " Mr. Secretary CANNING said, that if he understood the Noble Lord's question, it was whether there was any " this is the relative politisal situation of Great Britain " and Prance, which made it inexpedient for him, in point of time, to put any question relative to the detention of " Mr. Bowling In point of discretion the Noble Lord bad " of coins already decided for himself, and In point of time, " it. (Mr. Canning) had no hesitation in saying, that there " was ma objection to the Noble Lord's talkies soy course " which he mipkt think proper?" Good God! And are our old friends, the Whigs, to be sported with thus? When people are askieg questions. they should consider well what answer they may get, and who it is that is to give the answer. And, did Loan Micas really think that be was. by a question like this. about to get out of Mr. CANNING any thing relating to the" relative situation of the two countries!" It would have bent s pretty Secretary of State indeed. if be could hare the "vets trice: as sex" by means so simple es tills. The answer was one pf the neatest that ever *as gives; and was also perfectly proper. A few more sock gnawers will go nearly to put an end to question- PARLIAMENTARY nt7ollll.—Lord Joan Russian made sanction for an inquiry as to the number of voters in the towns and boroughs of England. This was met di rectly by M f.CAN N NO upon the ground ofitsinstility,and also upon the ground of its being a lbreetalliag of the pinion of Parliatnentaryßeform. Nlr.Cateante said,that those who sere opposed to Reform had sever denied any thing about the small number of voters; but, that they had stood, and still stood, upon this ground; namely, "that the House of Commons was complete/It " adequate to the pwrposes for which it wee intended, • and that they were comen•ed with it to remain as it was." This was afeir challenge. This was the chat -1 Igo which ought to have been accepted; but, this is a challenge, which will never be accepted by the Whigs. Lord 3. Russat.t. lost his 'notion, which bad 90 for it, anti lid against it. Nobody regrets this loss less than we do. ll* motion was useless. The fact, that it called for are " notorious as the sea at noon day," and a motion for in- Iniring into the question. whether England were Eng ilnd would have been just as useful.—Mr. Annantomets said. that " the motion was so simple, and the intorno _ lion it regnired so perfectly harm/en." Yes; but, then, why pot it all ?—Loau MILTON, notwithstanding what has just passed at Pgreasoaotram when the poor fellows said that they soled for " Illy Lord," was for the motion .of his noble friend, esrept that be thought it ought to have included the direct Waders peid by the tetras ;ad bereoghs. Aye, bat dm direet mating is, or say be, token oft and what standard will that be, that P Nobody meets Mr. CAN OS his ems gad; aid. yet this is the only ground on which be ewe be, met with advasuage to his opponents. If the Mouse he a good one, if the cilia of its seta prove it to be good; than let it stood as it is, and it ougheto stand as As it is; and, if his opponents, if the "ftaitelnen oppe. site" cannot. or will not, show, that the cfeet of its " acts proves the contrary, be will always beat the "gen ileanen opposite" out of the field.—The whigs will never meet him upon this ground; for they have bad a great band in all the most mischievous measures. In short, the DEBT, the blessed Debt, is the only real sad trre-hearted Reformer. That we know well. The " Debt will finally decide the qnestion. The "notorious es the see at noon day"; this thing and the Debt arose together. and together, they will fall.—This is what ue are looking to. and not to the Lord Jokes 1 We know, that, as long as the Debt remain in any great amount, there will be no reform of Parliament.—What fit game the whip would have now, if 3 hey were in earnest ! But. they are not, sod they never sere, except as to the getting at a share of Me good things. They love the system from their very souls. It 'night be demolished in six weeks; but, far indeed are they from wishing to demolish it, or any part of it. and especially Ilse profitobk part.—Their "friendship " fo r Mr. Hone shows very clearly their real character. NORFOLK PETITION. In the Hundred of LAUNDITCM, 10 Norfolk, the Hole awl-corner men bare been beaten. An amendment was ruored, and a petition carried, containing all the prioci 4iles.and prayers of the County Petition. STOCK EICNAKOt, BALD PAST TOXINS O'CLOCK.-- in consequence of the report of the delay in the departere 4.f th. Duke D'Angonleme, which is thought in the city to be a forerunner to an accommodation between France And Spain, Consols opened at 74k, at present they are 74k to k The Expresses from Paris bring the French Funds as follows ; they opened on Wednesday at 80.75. done at 81. 50., 80.45.; last price on 'Change 80. ; but of er the 'Change was over they were done at hO. 45. rents. The French papyri of Wednesday do not bring any political news of consequence. except accounts of the diAagreerrent of the Regency of Spain with the French Government; the Regency %Wang to act as a separate Ludy, to which the French Government will not consent. The grand preparations fur war do not seem to go on with that kind of energy which they had done for some Line past, except in the Duke d' Angouleme reviewing a few troops previous to their leaving Faris for the - r•nees. There are variona accounts in the French papers from Spain, bat not of material consequence. The French 'pipers of Wednesday qn2te the funds 7940, which ego uttly be Tuesday's prices. it Is supposed that the Duke of Orleans Is at the head of a tt , lre party at Paris, sad Is martin all to his power to Fr teat a war between Frame and Spas! , :Amor- . dli___-- r" d.. Litt stientsMAN 10112t4111 MARZICT. Chip, dY; 40 70—claw spesish, Si sethleldese — New Prussia. 761-01 d, 714-Itaula, 714—Denleb, 78— Neapolitan; 74e serip—Cooteblan.47—Spanleh gulp, is the foreign market there wee a good deal doing. Spa nish Ronda opened *tide to I; Mint down to Mg, up again nun. Paris papers Lave 4 been received to the 19th instant, but contain no intelligence of any public interest. Private letters state the Renter on Tuesday to have closed at 80f. sc. ____ Bayonne papers to the 14th instant, have been re ceived this morning, which rate that the Landaburian Cleb at Madrid had been shat up since the 23d instant ►y the indirect orders of °Decrement Two cruisers of tits Defenders of the Faith have lately disturbed the commerce of the Bay of Biscay. Yesterday evening, at six o'clock, his Majesty arrived in town from Brighton. Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, a Cabinet Coun cil was held at the Foreign Office. which sat about two hours. Mr. Walsh, the King's Messenger, arrived in town a few days since with dispatches from Vienna. It was yesterday very confidently reported that Sir Thomas Plower retires from the Bench, in consequence of delicate health, and that Mr. Courtenay succeeds him as Master of the Rolls. It is also said that Mr. Murray (eon of the Gentleman of that name who officiates far the Cosatitational Association) hopes to be continued in his present situation of Secretary to the Master of the Rolls, even after the elevation or Mr. Courtenay to the latter office. To these rumours we may add one of Sir John Leach being the probable successor of Lord Manners, as Chancellor of Ireland, whoa the recal of this Nobleman can be conveniently effected by Ministers. The Old Times of this summing states, upon what it asserts to be good authority, that letters have been re ceived from Paris, addreseed to a person of rank in this country, with the imporiant intelligence, that " the " Duke of Angouleme s departure for the Pyrenees was " deferred for stx weeks, or till the end of March." Various rumours mere circulated yesterday evening about the House of Commons, as to the nature of the relief contemplated in the Chancellor of the Rxcheqaer's " Budget," which will be brought forward to-night. One report was, that the Chancellor will recommend to the Haase a reduction of Fifty per Cent. upon the Windows, sod Fifty per Cent, upon the House Assessment Tax ; bet the most prevalent rumour wag, that be intended to pproroppoee reductions of the whole of the House Tax, and Half of the Window Dudes. The produce of those taxes according to the estimates for the last two years, are stated to be as follows:- 1921.—Net produce of the Assessed Taxes (Great Britain .26.139,4119 Bet Ditto ditto 0,031,9n The net produce of the House Tax and the Window Tax is not given in the Annual Accounts; the above sums are returned in conjunction with the Land-Tax. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will, tonight, slate what Ministers estimate to be the expenditure for the current year, and the supposed income; but It is not ex pected that be will propose any vote till a future even ing. Within the last two or three days, seven ovens fur baking biscuits have been employed at Deptford; and on Friday morning IN additional ropemakers were set to work at Woolwich. Doecnsesoa ELECTION.—By an Advertisement in the Dorchester Gazette, which we have received by this morning's Post, we learn that Mr. Banks* has de clined contestiog the County of Dorset. From the cyan of the nomination, belays be cannot help observing that a much greater diversity ofopinion exists among the Frees holders than be Imagined when his canvass was begat% I sad that he feels disposed rather to make a sacrifice of Ms own wishes, than, for the sake of any object of per; Arial ambition, to increase an irritation which ap. tears to be excited, or to disturb the general tranquillity and harmony of the county. LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTS' MBETINO.—.-II is expected that the meeting of thin county, to petition for a Reform la Parliament, will be held early in April.—(Stamford News.) WINCHESTER, Fits. 19.—Yesterday Sir Edward Hyde East, Bert. was elected M. P. for Winchester, inl the room of James Henry Leigh, Esq. of Stonleigs Abbey, who bad vacated his seat in Parliament. Sir R. H. East was proposed by the Marquis of Chandos, sad seconded by Charles ()risme !. Esq. of Kilmision. CHICHESTER ELECTION, LAST Dia.—Tuesday after.' noon the poll, to use the expression of the day, died a natural death, far want of persons comity; forward to poll within the hour, though there were many in the city on either side who bad not yet voted, and Mr. Poulos was declared duly elected; the numbers on the gross poll being Poyntz 292, Webster 194, exclusive of the doubtful, or St. Pancras votes. INSOLVENT DEBTORS ACT.—A public 'meeting was held yesterday in the Egyptian Hall in the Mansion house, for the purpose of " taking into consideration the operation of the present Insolvent Act, and the propriety of petitioning Parliament for such a mmlificattoo or re peal of the act, as shall be deemed adviseable." A peti tion was unanimun.ly agreed to, praying for the repeal of the said Act, or for relief from the evils occasioned thereby. Loan PORTSMOUTH'S CAM-4h. Sergeant Pell yes terday concluded his reply, which, from first to last, oc cupied six hours. He then called Mr. France, his Lord. ship's Solicitor, whose examination continued the re mainder of the day. AFFECTING OCCOERENCE.—Last night about half-past eleven o'clock, a genteel dressed young man and a yowls airman, walking together in Wellington-street, Waterlooi bridge, were overheard to differ. The female exclaimed, she would drown herself, ran down the bridge steps and plunged , into the river. The young man foil .wed, and being a good swimmer, secured her at toe first barge, and swam back with bee to the steps ; but, had it not been for the prompt assist ance of Capt. Price, of the army, and a friend of his, both must have been lost. She was taken t) Mr. Stanton'a, sur geon, in the Strand, where every attention was paid to her, and af.erwards removed to a public-house in the neighbour hood, where she now is in a fair way of recovery. The young man, we are informed, is the son of an eminentistock broker ; the young woman was a dressmaker, very re• spectably connected. Coax-EXCHANGE.—There is a good supply of all sorts of Grain this morning at market. Prime Wheat sells freely, and fully supports the terms of Monday. Superfine samples of Maltiog Barley are rather dearer. There is also a good sale of dry . Beans, but not much business doing in Peas. Oats in good condi.ion sell freely; but other kinds go off slowly at Monday's prices. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Feb. 21.—There was a very scanty supply of Oxen this moroiog at market, as well as a short supply of sheep I The prices of all descriptions of Cattle are much the same as last Monday's market. Pr I SPORTING INTELLItiENCE. BETTING AT TATTERS ALL'S —Faa . 21. CIARZT.-3 to 1 agstMoses-7 to 2 agar Postbama. agst Swap. Deasy.-8 to 1 apt Emilio-7 to 1 apt Faaallo-10 to I apt Web. DONCASTIR 11 , r. Lrala.-101 to 1 apt Sherwood-11 to 1 apt Mr. Powlett's two-18 to 1 apt Mlu Fanay-18 to I sot Tinker-19 to 1 apt Patois Royal-22 to 1 agst br to 1-15 to TO MR. CANNING. at ale. HOStMON'. MEW AT LIVIIIPOOL. " T _ Ste-1 have seen,in the Liverpbbl Advertiser:a corrected report of a part of Mr. Huskisson's speech. By the bye, this Liverpool is a famous place for the fomtalling of pe tition discussions. You have figured away there very fre quently to some tone of notoriety. Your friend seems to emu late you in this respect. He did not bring out any red lions upda the stage, to be sure; but he brought out something quite as curious as red lions, So curious, indeed, that I certainly should have thought the report to be incorrect, if it had not appeared in the form in which it does. Let us insert this curious extract, and then make a few re marks upon it : "The retirement of my esteemed and honourable friend "is no common occurrence. The critierl circumstances of " the country have demanded his powerful assistance. The " peace and happiness of Europe are endangered by an " aspect of circumstances of as threatening portent as the " French Retolotton. Upon the temper and talents of Mr. " Canning has devolved the task of guiding and repelling " the elements qf strife front the country, and, if possible, "from Estwpc. It has behoved him to oppose firmly the " principles of aggression avowed by the Powers hostile to " Spain ; and in this opposition do I cordially concur. " It will ever be a principle with me to assert, and as far as " in my potter maintain the independence of every ustion, " and to oppose hostile machinations by other Powers " against a Action's ilsternal peace and freedom. lam " not called upon to argue for the Spanish Constitution, " which I may not understand ; but lam assured, in main " twining their right, to aim at the attainment of rational " 10d regaillaed liberty ; the melons and manner are rattlers "iw which themselves only ore concerned. The Spanish " nation Is making an experiment in liberty to which I sin " cerely hope success: she transgresses no boundaries of " international law; and if the principle of interference " with her in such case be admitted. there will no longer "'be safety to any nation—to ourselves. A crusade against " principle* of internal polity were an event, the conse -44 of which, upon the pence and independence of 4. rwtrld, could not be calculated or foreseen. lam tic "mined of countenancing principles different from those, " which I have now asserted with respect to Spain, because " the Ministry, with whom I have thought and acted, moved "the war in 1799; but they are very different cases. By "the latter revolution, or circumstances growing out of it , " Parliament and the country believed the peace and se " rarity of this nation endangered. In the case of the " Spanish Revolution, Parliament and the country are " nnaniesone In discarding all such ideas. The exertions " which this country made in the late war to save herself "films the yoke of Bonaparte, have weakened and exhaust "ad ker. I have much pain in hearing here, and in other " pieces, that the debt contracted for the prosecution of this "necessary struegle, the country is absolutely unable to pay. I deny this. The country is capable of discharging, " and will discharge, honourably, her engagements. This " is not a time to hold suck language. calling in question, " as it does, and thereby in some degree weakening, politic "credit. In England, credit is power. We know not how " soon we may be obliged to have recourse to U. England "Is powerful enough, by her own internal strength, in a " patriotic and vigorous population, to secure herself from " any danger that might threaten her ow her shores ; but " without having recourse to the power which she derives " from her credit, she might not be able to maintain that " station which she has long held in the world, if, unhap " pity, the cloud that layers should burst over Europe. It " is not, therefore, the part of the wise orpatrlotie to utter " any thing at this critical moment against that great " bulwark elf our power—our credit ; by which, in times " that are past, some more remote, some recent, we have " been enabled to support the feeble, to raise the fallen, to " maintain the character of the benefactress of the nations." I did not think the swath and gentle Mr. Huskisson could take such high flights as to talk of your being leaned era; "to repel the elements of strife from the Country and from Europe." Hogever, we will not wastoeur tilos upon the nonsense. The sense of this is, that pow fin+ oppose the principles of' France in making war upon, Spain ; and that those principles, if Frmitted to be acted upon, will not leave even ourselves in :afety.— In this Mr.Huskissort cordially concurs; awl, of course, he mostb• for war; for, how are the French princip'es Ito be prevented upon being acted upon, except by our go ing to war? It is a pity that Mr. Huskisson told us that there was any body to accuse him of inconsistency, in eating now upon principles different from those on which be acted with the ministry in 1793. It is a pity he told us this; became the defence he sets np for himself is founded in falsehood. He says that Parliament and the country believed the pesceand security of the nation en dangered by the French revolution in the year 1793. The Parliament and the country believe no such a thing. The government went to war to crush freedom in France; to throw disgrace upon all changes in government, and to prevent Parliamentary Reform in England. That was the true cause of the war. Our government received the most solemn assurances from the French King first, and from the National Assembly afterwards, that tuey wished for nothing so much as peace with England; anti that they never had countenanced and never would counte nance, any thing hostile ;to the King of Englund and his government. It is good enough to hear Mr. link kisson acknowledge, that England is weakened and ex hausted in consequence of the late war ; but he sta'ee that which is notoriously not true, when he says that that war carried on to save her from the yoke of Bona parte. The war was carried on seven years and snore before Bonaparte had any thing like political power Before,in short, there was a consulship at all. How, then, dares Mr.Htukirson insult the country with this st item -nt? Hekuows full well that see broke the peace ofilmiens. He know. fall well the shocking pretences tinier which that peace was broken. He knows, in short, that we began before the last war, and that, too, in spite of all sorts of concessions on the part of Bunnaparte. And yet he tells the sots of Liverpool, that the war um to preserve from Buonaparte's yoke ! However, all the rest is trifling, compared to what this your worthy friend and successor lat Liverpool says about the Debt, and about our ability to go to war. He has, with pain, heard it said that the country is unable to pay this Debt. What is his answer to this? Why, a mere swagger, and nothing in the way of argument or proof. "This is not a time," says he, "to hold such language." Who made a judge of that ? Who made him our political censor? It is for us to judge for ourselves. He tells us that such language tends to weaken " public credit." If by public credit he means loan-making and paper-money, how does he know that we do not think it good to weaken it, and where is his argument to show that it is an evil to do this? Credit Is power," says he. Lean-lobbing is power; and too well we know it. We have felt the effects of that power for egreat many years, and it is the hope of every good man that we shall not feel its effects mach longer. —Now, to our fancy, this is the time of all times for de livering one opinions freely upon the wasteful expendi ture, the equaoderei millions and hundreds of millions of the late war. We.want to prevent such squanderiugs be , lag repeated, and when we see the French ah..ut lb take possession of Spain; when lib bear him describe dila ad an aggression against our frl da ; fled whin we dbe that th►re are no prepa►ations making fur defending: Spain; id not this the time of all t'nies for shoeing that the inability to make these pteparitiOns arises from that Debt which was contracted to brush freedoot in Praise, and to prevent Parliamentary Reform in England? We now cdtrie to his observation that we may be o'bligettli hate recourse to credit again. And now it Mmes out; then, that by public credit; he naiad Making loans iuM . . bilh and national debts. He thidks Me may be oblird to lmve recourse to these again. And these he calls IN: " bulwark of our power." A very pretty bulwark it It. even now, and a very pretty one it *ill be if we should happen to go to war. Poe, so dare uwe are in seism's. Peel's Bill must be repealed, and an emission of setior;. nets must take place. 4 Menial delusidn" is too mild est appellation to W applied to Mr. Ilaskissoo's slats, if bn imagine that gay thing bit asdignats can follow the teJ peal of Mr. Peel's Bill. Recourse to Waning sad.! What could we boirdw but debased paper-money? What could we bare but a paper-money openly declared never to be payable in cold? Does lie think that any kesso being will believe, that, if Perri Bill be repealed, tiers will ever be another Peel's Bill? If he thinks this, be it as weak as any of the poor creiy things that are sent about with keepers. In short, he itsorts better. Ht knows also that he cannot go to war tvith Fold pay; manta, and this is all a parcel of empty blustering talk, fit only to &mode the soil of Liverpool, and to wheedle slang to their ruin some hundreds more of the land lords. But, perhaps, the fairest thought of all is ti at it is unwise and not patriotic to speak of our inability to go to war, lest the enemy should thereby be emboldened to disregard our remonstrances. Alas! the enemy knows the length of out purse as well's we do ; and, if it be all the same to Mr. Huskissona would advise him, if be should ever happen to be elected again, to keep such idle twattle as this out of the newspapers. 1 cannot conclude without noticing that the London Comae seems to differ very widely from Mr. Hakim's. And this is a very curious thing. That pap rof the 19th iost. contains an article, manifestly intended to combat the opinions of Mr. Hos kisson. In answer to what he says, about "Parliament and the country being unanimous in discarding all idea of danger to oar peace and security front the Spanish revolution;"—in answer to this, the Couture says," but " surely, France may now say of Spain what we said " of France in 1793; that by the Spasish Revolution, or " circumstances growing out of it, she (France) be " Neves her peace and security to be endangered. She " does in fact say this, sod, our eon conscientious eon " viction is, that, in so saying, she speaks the truth." — To be sure it is the tailor and barber who father this article; but it is not less certain that neither of them be gat it. I could almost take my oath that it was sent to them very fairly written out, upon very One and strong foolscap paper. Who wrote it, we =snot positively sap to be sure; but l have not the smallest doabt that tber • is:a decided division in the cabinet, upon this subject se well as upon the subject of the Oraogetoen. It is lin possible to-blame the King of Fromm, Golsen meelisawswe and reprobate the principle upon which we made wee on the French in 1793. Look at the Kieg of Franoe's let ter to the King of England in 1792. Look at the notes of COAUVIILIN and those of Ls Baum to Lord Grooving in the same year. Look at the declarations in Parlia- ment. Look at the ten thousand times repeated amerdsors that se bad a right to go to war to prevent the conta gion of French principles. Look at the whole history of the year 1793. book at the repeated assurances of the Preach government, that they would do any thing that we asked for against any body that should attempt to disturb our peace. Look at their condescension in writing to Lord Hrenville after the innumerable insults that they received from him. Look at their Ambassador, absolutely driven out of the country like a malefactor, when he in the most friendly and even humble tone asked for an adieece. Look at all this, Mr. Canning, and stand up if you can, and blame the King of France. Stand up if you can and call his an aggression against Spain ; do this if you car, without execrating the memory of Pitt!—Yeu would be in sweet difficulties as to this subject, if you bad say man to tackle you. l thought, some time ago, that you would have one to tackle to you ; but, alas! three days of bellowing newspaper praise was too strong a tempts lion. He barered his vantage ground for that; and DON is impotent as a mouse. I am, Sir, Your most obedient, Most bumble Servant, ConusT?. That is the name of the tackler. He gives you so rest. Kept you everlastingly upon the move; or else catches you khapping. I was in hopes you would have Ita•I a tackler in-doors. I said, as plain as I could speak, " yor " take care of him there, and I will take care of him out "of doors." Hut, the three data ; the three whole days of bullocking, empty-scullod newspaper praise, way a temptation too strong for my cock to resist; and there be is with his spurs chopped off and of no more use to we than an old ben or a young chick. I have heard lawyers say that my intended cock is a speech-mikes and no law yer; and 1 can now say for him that be is a speech maker and no politician. us DORSET ELECTION. Dorcheter, Feb. 19. Yesterday being the time appointed by the High She. riff of the County of Dorset, to proceed to the nomina• tion of gentlemen deemed fit to represent that County in Parliament, a trv.ist numerous and respectable meeting of the Freeholders took place in this town on the occasion. After the preliminary form had been gone through. Col. Frampton Proposed Mr. Batiks, and was seconded by Gen. Mitchell. Mr. Farquharson proposed Mr. Portman, and was se conded by Mr. J. Calcratt, M.P. Those gentlemen addressed the Freeholders at canal* derable length, when the show of hands being desired by IV. C. Stunt, Esq. the High Sheriff, he declared the majority to be considerably in favour of Mr. Portman. Mr Calcraft then moved a rote of thanks to the High Sheriff. f tr his impartial conduct, which was carried with loud • a nations. M . !Unites demanded a Poll, arid the elec►ion is fixed for Wednesday next. Nothing tan exceed the popular and enthusiastic feel ing which is nia , lfested tlir.rogh the'CouJiy, by the Freeholders, to support the interest cif that most amiable and worthy character, Mr. F.nor.n. I I I 4.0 .4t 1- • I t ~3 . , T4' I • ': JI , ' f . .,,4 i -.! , 1 r/ II { ~, ~ S p'N 1 .::::. 1 r _.7%