The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-12-07 00:00:00

_ DO, his dear little arms, burst into a kind o► tics' laugh, and said, ' 0 say pa, 0 my papa was of course very much affected; and he and kissed me until I was obliged to leave the night; he was exceeding loth to part fr , but he began to be sleepy, and soon became I have seen him again today. He is happy . cheerful. He had not the same clothes on in which be left London ; the villain purchased a suit of blue clothes, in which he had dressed the boy, and I hardly knew him, escept from his face. I have jest seen Charles ltennett: he fell prostrate at my feet, and kissed them with the most abject meanness. 1 never wimessed rich humiliation in my life. The contemptible villain implored my pardon, and be seeched me not to deliver him up to justice; but upon that point I had previously made up my mind. have enclosed an affidavit, which will enable you to obtain the Secretary of State's order; and I hope to God you will now make yourself as happy as possible. Do not let your spirits flag daring oar absence ; think of oar return to nor deer home; and upon that kind Providence, whose hand has been so manifestly stretched out in our behalf, end with re- Viet to our dear bop-0-1 am, &c. " JOSEPH HORSLEY." ta 11411111URG H STOcltuoLlt ‘ Nov. 6.—The day before yesterday, the 4th of November, the anniversary of the day on which the Union of Swedewand Norway was resolved 110 by the St oohing of the latter kingdom. his Ex celleticy the Norwegian Minister of State, Von An cher, gave a grand dinner, which was honoured w ith the presence of his Majesty the King, and his Royal Highness the Crown Prince. In the evening was p er . formed, arthe great Theatre, The Union, a piece composed four years ago, on occasion of the event which has already had so f.voorable an influence on the welfare of the Scandinavian peninsula. The King, wiroJaree not quite.recovered from a slight in disposition, had not the intention to go to the play, bat bis Majesty was pleaied to yield to the wishes of the high Officers of State, who were assembled at the entertainment of M. Von Anchor, and went to (heti Theatre, accompanied by the Crown Prince, and at. -tended *by the Ministers, the Members of the Conn- cil of State, the chief of Nobility, and the Generals. The Commissioners appointed by the King to ex.. • swine into the affair of the nine Norwegian peasants, t who were arrested in consequence of an insurrection, have been induced to set eight of them at liberty, so that only one now remains in confinement. It has . been found that these good people, led astray by their - sell, bad no ill intention, and they have been treated with gentleness. VIENNA, Noe..l4.—Baron Von Sterner, who was Commissioner from our Court at St. Helena, and has tnrjce been appointed Austrian Consul• General to the United States of North America, intends, it is said, to Solicit his Majesty the Emperor to employ him at Le'rwin, as his impaired state of health is not equal to a long voyage. The report which has been gene rally circulated here of a fatal dual between two Of ficers of Cavalry, is fortonately not confirmed. FitANKrotur, Nov. 23.—Accounts have been re. I ceived here from Stutgard, stating, that his Majesty ; the King of.Wirtemberg, has now fully approved the . plan of an Ecclesiastical Union, agreed upon by the Plenipotentiaries of the South German Courts, on the 7th of October, and has also signified his Repro. baiion of the intended common Embassy to Rome. As soon as an answer is received to the proposal mode to that Court. the mission will take place ; , meantime a confidential notification of the Union is to be made to those German Courts who are not yet acquainted with it. loirAttSAW, NOV. ID.—His Majesty the Emperor oar King has sent front Ail-la-Chapelle the follow ing letter, in the French language, to our Viceroy- General, Prince Zsjonezeck : " Prince Zaromezuce,—When I left Warsaw, some months ago, I said to the Representatives of the kingdom of Poland, that the love of the People was always the fairest reward of the Sovereigu. I am happy to be able to repeat this to you now, with new conviction. During her stay in the kingdom 'ef Po land, my mother has received the most sincere and affecting homage, the unanimous expression of an at. tachment, as lively as cordial, and, as I may say; a tribute of filial love. My gratitude bears the same character. You, General, have especial claims to it ; and with pleasure I make you both the depository, and the interpreter of it. Be then the organ of my gratitude and satisfaction ; testify both, to all classes of the Magistrates and Citizens; tell them, that the reciprocal attachment of Princes and subjects is the main strength of public institutions, and of States, and that Divine Providence, which always protects such a happy sympathy, seems to unite well its choicest blessings. Renewing my prayers for these blessings on the kingdom of Poland, I assure you, General, of my perfect esteem. (Signed) " Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct. 19, 1818." UANOVER, Nov. 2.3.—A very remarkable Procla mation has been issued in' the name of his Royal highness the Prince Regent, respecting the arrears 0 interest due from the Treasury, upon money lent to it, that is to say, such interest as became due du ring the time of the French Administration, viz. from the lit of January, 1807, to Ist of November, 1813. Though it may be reasonably doubted, whether the Treasury be in equity hound to pay the said arrears, because the revenue destined for the payment had become the prey of the enemy, yet his Royal High ness wishes that the creditors may be indemnified as far as the ability of the domains will allow, and with out too much distressing his faithful subjects. This his Royal Highness hopes may be done, though it is impossible to fix at present, either the quantum or the periods of payment, on account of the numerous examinations and liquidations that must first be made. his RaLtlighnesscannot allow somecreclitorstoob lain a tfbndue advantage above others, by recurring, to legal process against the Treasury. Ile therefore forbids any action for the repayment of interest due in the above mentioned period to be brought against the Treasury, whether the loan was made before, or daring the hostile occupation. No alteration is made respecting arrears of interest due before or since that period. Nn Court of Justice to receive any action against the Treasury for the recovery of such interest; and actiods already commenced shall be rispeaded; " ALEXANDER. thous iper ey, as wits4prehendedi partly because the Put)lle look with confidence to the final dispositions, mad partly bec,aese they are convinced that the withdraw _ _ • FLANDERS M.AIL. A TX-LA•CHAPELLI, Dcc. I.—M. De Hasten, the Minister of Btden, has insisted on obtaining during the Congress a definitive decision on the fate of the countries belonging to Baden, in order to put an end to the state of uncertainty which has so long sob-. silted. This affair has led to many private confer ences of the Ministers, the result of which, as we learn from good authority, is the following arrange ment:— " Art. 1. The integrity of the Grand Doke of Baden, as it is at present composed,- is guaranteed, preserving to the Counts at Hockberg the successiois to the Government. " 2. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden pays to his Majesty the King of Bavaria the sum of two millions, for the liquidation of the debts of the Palatinate of the Rhine. • 44 3. It is engaged to dispose his Royal high ness the Grand Doke of Baden to cede the Baili wick of Steinfeld to the Crown of Bavaria, in return the House of Austria engages to cede Gerodsigg with 6000 souls. " 4. Baden consents that a military road shall be established to form a communicatiowbetweer, the ancient and new possessions of the Crown of Ba varia." FRENCH PAPERS. ---•w PARIS, DLC. 2.—His Excellency the Engtbh Au. bsssassor was not present at the presentation of the Diplomatic Corps at the Thoilleries, it being the day appointed for the interment of the late Qaeen of Eng. laud. From. the same cause, all the English in Paris were attired in deep mourning. _ Reconciled with Europe, and recovering, by the acts of the Congress of Ai=-la•Chapelle, the place which she ought to occupy in the political balance, France is now about to complete the system of laws, which shall develop and guarantee the benefits of the Charter, granted by the wisdom of her Monarch. All views are directed to the Session, which will shortly commence, and ►n which every thing an nounces, that plans of the most important laws will be discussed. As the Duke of Wellington was entering Paris, at half•past six in the evening of Monday, his carriage broke down, and his Grace walked to his hotel, ac• companied by his Aid•de.Camp, Colonel Harvey. This morning the Duke de Richelieu called opuo his Grace, but he was out. _ _ _ Yesterday the Duchess of Feitre and the Duke her son, had a private audience of the Duke and Duchess de Herd. French Funds, Dec. 2.—Fi►e per Cents. 67 f. 25 C. Bank Stock, 15051. VIENNA, Nov. 22.—The reruour has been cir culated, that the Emperor Alesander would return to Petersburgh previously to visiting this capital.— This was not at all probable, and we know, that his Imperial Majesty will arrive in Vienna in the course of December. FUANKFORT, Nov. 27.—The Commercial Treaty which has been concluded between Prussia ■nd Den. mark, presents a striking proof of the desire which animates most of the Continental Powers towards the consolidation of the free navigation of neutral vessels, and the abolition of the obstacles upon which nations differ in a commercial point of view. Pistils, DEC. 3.—Yesterday, the Duke of Welling ton end Sir Charles Stuart, his Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at our Court, had the honour of being presented to the King. M. the Ambassador was charged with notifying to his Majesty the death of the Queen of England. Sir C. Stuart, as well as the Duke of Wellington, wore large mourning sashes. The officers of their suite wore crape on the arm. The Duke of Wellington had the honour of dining with the King and Royal Family. The Mayor of Dunkirk has announced, by Pro. clamation, to the inhabitants, that the Duke of An. gouleme is to arrive there on the 6th. On the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th, he successively visited Mezieres, Giver, Rocroy, and Maubeuge, and was every where received with enthusiasm. deed, 'we have strenuously direct public attention. VS rejoice that the Oakes of justice base been heard—that the f eelin g s of that part of the community who are the guardi an. of the rights and properties of the rest, have bees' awakened to the Importance and necessity of sternti• lug, by their solemn verdicts, a legal disapproba tionl •of the syStets permitted by tb, Bra, the fruitful seurde of loss, in c onvenience, and danger to the innocent,. and of repeated and multiplied *fences in the guilty. Two Juries have at length eel their faces against the quOde of procedure hitherto penned by the Bank. — .The particulars of the cases on whkh they have de. 'Aided, deserve, as we have already remarked, the most serious attention from every man who regards. the welfare of the community, and is interested is discouraging practices which are a disgrace to the country, end to the Courts that have listened to them with patience. To the Juries we look for the total purification of our Courts of Justice from the novel 'intrusion of spies. If public execration will not ex -1'11141445h them, if the sacred character of the Bench 'will not abash them, a Jury still has the power, and with that power we Lope it may ever have the de. termination, to paralyse their infamous activity.— , These harpies must he pot to flight from the land, be fore we can recover the sanctity sod contentment of ear domestic circle. But the repudiation of this , • , evioence is not the only striking circumstance which marked the proceedings ,on Saturday.— We shall briefly allude to the facts here. It appears, that a person of the name of Williams was indicted for uttering a forged Bank of England note of 11., knowing the same to have been counterfeited. The first witness who was tailed to give his evidence for the prosecetiou, was a man of the name of Under wood, who stated, that he had purchased from the named, at various times, eighteen one pound forged notes, for seven shillings each. This witness ad mitted that he was employed by the Polienfor the purpose of detecting the utterers of forged mates.— If the Prisoner had been suspected of carrying on this criminal traffic, the proof of the receipt of a single one pound forged note from him would have been sufficient to sustain the indictment. But Underwood, commissioned, as he says, by the Police to detect the utterers of forged notes, allows his prey to go on, and favours the traffic himself, until he has purchased 18 one pound notes, beginning with one, in a day or two after buying five, and subse quently adding twelve more to his stock. This mode of proceeding savours strongly of that system of espionage which lately roused the general indignation of the country ; and which tends rather to " encou rage," for the purpose of profitable detection, than to prevent for the purpose of salutary justice. The Jury saw the location of this worthy witness ; they re fused to believe him, and acquitted the Prisoner. Upon the trial of another Prisoner, named Con nor, who was charged with a similar offence, the same Jury would not rely upon the evidence for the fact of a note being counterfeit. In consequence of the doobt which they had upon this point, they ac (pitted Connor, and have thus, we hope, imposed upon the Bank an absolute sod immediate necessity of adopting efficacious measures for preventing forgery. The law has said that a Bank of Eng land Note shall be a legal tender, but will say one say that people are bound to accept as such a note of the genuineness of which they have no positive means of judging? If a Jury of men, w,hp are all conversant with paper money, are not able to satisfy themselves whether a note be genuine, or counterfeit, who are to conceive themselves ca pa. ble of making the distinction ? The whole commu nity, when this is the case, must begin to be agitated with similar doubts. The ipre dizit of Bank Inspectors, a melancholy and expensive re source, will no longer satisfy the Public. The result of these verdicts may probably lead to some change in the general system ; and a rational hope may be entertained, that if cash payments can not be resumed, some plan will at least be adopted far issuing to the Public a species of Notes more difficult of imitation than the present issues of our Natiotral Bank. The Directors of the Bank of Eng land will now feel that they must do something of this kind—they will see that their own credit, now placed in jeopardy by the verdicts of Juries, render ' it necessary for them to adopt some of the numerous suggestions that have been made to them by ingenious and benevolent men, and the adoption of which we have so repeatedly and so urgently recommended to them. In the mean time, it is some consolation to the Public to be afforded an opportunity of ascer taining, in some degree, the difference between real and forged Bank-notes, though they are not pos sessed of the complete means of detecting the for geries. In the course of one of the trials to which we allude, Mr. GLOVER, one of the In spectors of the Bank, thus far explains the difference between the real and the forged Bank notes:—" In the first piece, the paper is not of the same kind—next, the water-mark in the forged notes is indented by a sudden pressure made after the paper ii manufactured , wh ereas th e water - mar k o f llthe Bank of England Notes is Interwoven, as it were, Rambo - rei t with Dote't and Gelman Papers to the same date, bane arrived since oar last. There i s al . ways something very wonderfully important to the Public happening to great MR. IS is stated, that the Duke of WELLINGTON's carriage broke down at Montmartre, on the evening of his arrival in Pea l , and that his Grace condescended to walk is his hotel.--A Guard of Honour had been post. id there by order of the French Goversilleat• hut the modest fit being upon his Grace, he de. dined; the contitteenee of that mark of distinction. Not '4lii indifferent, however, to his honours is the ' 'the great man whose progress we a r e i n f orme d of. the Duke of ANCOuLTME entered Colmar under a triumphal arch, and partook of a fete prepared for him. What the exploits of his Royal Highness are which entitle him to this triumphal honour from the people of Cohost we are at a loss to conceive. The French FITS per Cents. continue to decline, uotwith. standing the great exertions made to seataio them, They left off on Wednesday at 67f. 9.5 c. The Mini ster of Finance hes issued a notice to the Holdets of Shares in the Loan of 1818. for 14,600,000 francs, that the payment of the last instalment of that Logo falls to be made on the 7th, Bth, and 9th inst 4 ' The illoniteur, in publishing the Protocol of the Coe &fences at Aix-la-Chapelle, respecting the men e t of the contributions, takes occasion to remark, that the modifications which keve been agreed to by the Allied Powers are all to ,the advantage of France; that their ohject is wholly of a precautionary nature, in order to maintain the credit of the Public Fonds, and that the facilities which have been grauted will Foot occasion any increase of charge upon the Royal Treasury, since the additional interest to be paid for the extension of the periods of payment fells to I , e borne by the banking-houses who had previously un dertaken the liquidation. Prussia, it is said, Is de sirous of having a part of the territory of Hesse. Cassel, and of the duchy of Nassau, ceded to her, In order to afford a direct communication between her old possessions on the Elbe, end her new acqui sitions on the Rhine. Bat this project, it is sup posed, will be opposed by England, as it would sub ject our merchandize to the Prussian Tariff of Cos. toms, in passing from ilamborgh, by Way of Han. over and Cassel, into Southern Germany. In the new Commercial Treaty between Prussia anti Denmark, it is stipulated that in case of a war be t w een either of the Powers and another State, the flag of the party remaining neutral shall protect the merchandize on board, with the exception of articles contraband of war. It is also agreed, that the tree sels of the neutral party may freely Ise& from port to port on the enemy's coast. On the 26th ult. there was a general illumination at Carlsruhe, on account of the arrival of the Emperor AlexAmon. The Austrian Emperor, it is rumoured, iotends in futureto pass the 3 winter months every year in hisltaliasStates. It is again asserted, that Lord CASTLEREAGH, atone of the conferences at Aix.la-Chapelle, spoke of the freedom of the Press es an evil, tolerated of neces sky in England, on account of its long existence, but that every precaution should be taken against the establishment of such an institution on the Continent. A Proclamation has been issued in Hanover, in the name of the PRINCE REGENT, which has produced some sensation in that Kingdom. It relates to ar rears of interest due from the Treasury upon money lent to it during the French occupation; and, in re. cognizing the principle of indemnifying the creditors, as far as the ability of the State will allow, forbids the institution of any action against the Treasury for the repayment of the said interest. Till KING'S HEALTll.—Saturday last, the Coen. dl met, in the Upper Lodge, Windsor, to receive the Monthly Report of the five Doctors in attend ance on his MAJESTY. When the Physicians heft been sworn, the Council neat proceeded to visit the KING, and left the Bishop of LONDON to superin. tend his MAJESTY for the ensuing week. After this, the following Bulletin was issued : %Vioritor Civole. Der. 5. " His Majesty's tranqaillity has been undisturbed through tut the last month, anti his Majesty's health has beeti‘norl ; but his disorder coniiiities in the same slate. " J . W 11.1.15, mid " It. WILLIS." •• 14. ',ALFORD, • BAIL L 1 • W. HLHEHDEN, Saturday, about hall past eleven o'clock, the Duke et' !Yong left town for Windsor, and from Chace hit Royal Highness proceeded to Ostlands. The Duchess of GLOUCEcTER and the Princess ALYGUITA have removed to Windsor Castle. Saturday the establishment at Kew Palace was bro ken up, leaving only the housekeeper and other spr• vents who were there previous to the late QUEEN'S going to Kew. Viscount St omottstt had an audience of the PRINCE REGENT on Saturday. BRIGHTON, DEC. s.—From the imprncticability of completing the preparations at the Pavilion, for the reception of the REGENT, before this evening or Mon. day, his Royal Highness may tint be be expected to arrive before Tuesday or Wednesday nest. The ar tists and mechanics work estra hours; 'nor did the funeral-day of ber late MAJESTY afford a moment's cessation to their labours, so great is the anxiety 10 render this magnifice.it building, or rather a part of It, habitable. Lord and Lidy HOLLAND gave a grand entertain ment, yesterday, to the Earl and Countess of Cow• PER, Hon. Mr. LAMB, and a select party, e t Hol land House. 1 . 'rn STATESMAY; , .. • • . , with the snimiOltoofiht pet o f i c i - if by inance to remain in force till his [loyal .. - ..r .) hope ......swA •mmurity which the conduct ' are made. Then/as to the numbers or n Na '.' nese shall ordain how far and in wharmanner a ,11 . lag to Jillp: Public id reprd to al . i ._ . 1 . • -11 0 the huggediPayinent of said irreirs - sliail take place; Vlach for es- different notes,- tries: l ong i ng to the stereotyped, while the the re ' d neglect, Aid r%he caret , „ . f t ar e y him for his Hord Highness assures shall be as spdedil a' ' * rom me; possible. . when too al ways struck upon the c per tb Tsiikbatent. To the evils of this steel a" MT . 9 pacified. The above Proclarnatitn has not had the least ei. . lloilltinlifY ppy and favourable influence in the value a the paper c0rm... 10 5k. spirit which vainly sou ght, to repair them _ by glettiug French Papers to the 511 iost a d lyf ' .9 .1 3 ails fr om in which . ev. as wesTilurehendeds nerdy became the MI6 Moo d, we have strenuously endeavoured still more ...„ vengeance %id) ' itstrrihn . rah_ 'lath hntch and 12.,....:. b..-___ . Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 7811 3 per Cent. Con-oh 36 per Cent. 881 Lun.oht for Acc. 80Ije 4 per Cent. 96; b per Cent. Navy India floods 84 83 p Long Aon. 23 3-Iti lizenequer Bill. 19 41 p Omoium THE STATESMAN. LONDON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1818. The accounts which we give in our Paper of this day of the trials for forging Bank-notes, which took place at the Old Bailey on Saturday, will be found of the highest interest. The nation has been shocked and disgusted with prosecutions on the part of the Bank—with the system of spies and espionage par. sued to supply the more honourable and necessary means of detection—and with the sacrifices of human life for a crime which it has been the duty of the Bank Directors to endeavour to check by other means, and which it is the universal opinion they might have rendered much more difficult of perpetra tion and less injurious to society, long ago. The good sense and humanity of Juries were the anti V . 4 c Ii .