The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-12-21 00:00:00

~~_~ _ ~ • ~~ / • 'T 1 I C Pr ~~ Ii • Iv J ~i ~„~ .1 q ~lt ~ „r 1 k - - hazarded about this horrible event. The general W, Ol I' oll . l e :opinion attributes it to despair, the c onsequen ce of Tb , t o 'misfortunes in which the unhappy couple were in ' 'voiced. • French Funds.—Da*. 15. Five per Cents. 6M. 75c. Batik Stock, 1500f.—Dec. 16, Five per Ceuts. 631. Bank Stock, 1500 f. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Dec. 15. •. • PRESIDIENCY Olrikt. ANGLIN. The tesperiiee Bureau: mad. their Reports respect ing the verification of the powers of the newly-elect ed Deputies. Many of the Members not having furnished the necessary proofs, their admission iuto the (;ham ber was postponed till they produced there to the • Committees appointed for the purpose of esaniining 'them. Baron Cardonneau, elected for the department of the Landes, haviog lost his papers, after his ar rive! at Paris, had to wait till he could procure fresh Ipiles. M. Manuel declined producing any proof as Deputy for the department of Firtisterre, Ira he de. tided upon taking his seat for Ls Vendee, for which purpose he furnished the reqeisite detriments. M. Camille Jourdan% admissiou was postponed, because he had not shown that he paid tales to lite amount of ),000 (rims. Be stated his ability to furnish the re spired proof. . The Chamber proceeded toe scrutiny for the Elec tion of five Orisdidates for the Presidency. There were 179 voters ; absolute Majority, 90. On the first scrutiny, M. Raves had 97 suffrages, and M. de Serve, 93. These were the only two who ob tained an absolute majority, and they were pro claimed Candidates. The Members besides who had the most votes were—Planelli de Is Valette, 80; Dangier (Rear Admiral), 80 ; Camille Jourdan, 64 ; the Prince de Broglie, 47; the Count Dupont, 48; Cardonnel, 42; Dupont (de l'Eure), 40; Royer-Collard, 39; the Count lieugnot, 38 ; Simeon, 35 ; Lafitte, 32; Coorvoisier, &c. The further scrutiny was postponed till to-morrow. • CHAMBER OF DEPFTIES, DEc.l6. According to the Order of the Day, the Chamber proceeded to elect three more Candidates for the Presidency. The number of voters was 174; the absolute majority 88. The result of the scrutiny was proclaimed by the President as follows :—for Count Augier 90 votes. He of course having obtained the ' absolute majority was declared third Candidate, after 111. Ravez and M. de Serre nominated yesterday. The ' deputies who obtained •otes nest to Count Augier were M. Planelli de Is Valette, who was supported by 84 votes ; General Dupont, who had 73 M. Ca. milli. Jourdan, 68 ; Mr. Courvoisier, 43 ; M. Da. pont (de I'Eure), 41; Royer.Coilard, 33 ; M. Bel. hart, 10 ; the Prince de Broglie, 18 ; M. Simeon, 16 ; Bougnot, 10 ; Lafitte, 7 ; Carciontiel, 3, La. fayette, 2 ; 1 ; Becquey, 1 ; Favard.de- Lalialade, 1; Nfartin de Gray, 1, and Le Voyer d'Argensou, 1. The Pat.smenr then proposed the ballot to decide between the four first of these mein, bets, remarking, that as M. Camille Jourdan had not yet been admitted a Member, it was for the Chamber to ;decide whether he could stand on the lig.jor ballet : tang. At this observation there was a profound t •ace on the right and centre of the Chamber. M. • -e la Fayette, and several Members on the left, cried ore, " His admission is not deferred." 51. Casimir Pettier said, " lie is a Deputy ; he ought not to bare been prevented from voting yesterday."— ' 'Phu President observed, that the list of the five Can. didates would . be presented to the King; but if he Visas not a Deputy, his Majesty could not nominate him as President. (Murmurs on the left side). He asked whether he should put the question to the vote, but no Member appearing to require it, the Chamber passed to the scrutiny of the ballot. General Dupont having obtained 101 woes, and M. Planelli de la Valette 90, were declared the two • additional Candidates, thus completing the last five •to be presented to his Majesty. The Chamber then • adjourned till to-morrow, when a Commission will be appointed to draw open Address io answer to his • Majesty's Speech. i1r.....1N MADRID, DEC. s.—The various corps of the State' bre eager to otter to the King their congratulations on the occasion of the pregnancy of the Queen, by the celebration of religious ceremonies for her happy delivery ; her Majesty has advanced to her ninth month; and for several days past the diplomatic • corps have received notice to be in in readiness to attend at a moment's notice. Much has been said here, during these few days past, of armed bands which are committing excesses •in the quarter of Andalosia and Estremadura. It is even asserted, that they are numerous enough to go into the villages and demand provisions. These bands are principally composed of soldiers, whom the feat of embarking for America has induced to desert I their corps. If we may rely upon the authority of 'several letters, a gang of felons who had been sen tenced to the galleys, and who were under escort from Cadiz to Ceuta, had been attacked by these • bands, which succeeded in liberating several of them. arras, DEC. I.—The King experienced some days ago a severe attack of a fever, but his health appears re-established. • Cut:l , 3l.nel t, Nov. 20.—The Norwegian Diet bag addressed to the King of Sweden two new de mands, which show how much the Norwegians con colt 01(.ir national honour'. They demand first, that lo the Acts relative to Norway, as well as on the coin destined. to circulate in this kingdom, the King shall place the tide Of King of Norway before that 'of King of Sweden. The second demand relates to 'the transportation of the archives of Norway which were transferred from Copenhagen to Steekho'im oat ' the cession of Norway to Sweden. ' The Committee, appointed to examine the policy of making Christiansaud a free port, have decided in the affirmative. VIENNA, Dac• s.—The Emperor Alexander will remain here ten days. Several regiments have re. ceived orders to proceed to Vienna, to take part itt the grand menesoeres which are to take place int.the presence of the Emperor of Russia. The Jewish banker M. Abraham UtTenheimen, who comas called the Jonas of Stock-jobbers, has been de ,solvent. This event has 'caused a strong . among all classes. Well. informed mer had foreseen it for three mouths. The opera- 1 11116 A Blared ceusaliou thents hac • • • ~-. ... ►s,'~!~d • • I 6 1 2 . ) , . , • % .. a THZ S TATESMAN, • sloes of this banker announced his fall, and he ap peared relignecno his Tate: His enemies *mint de ny Mm much intelligence and talent; but his edifice was built in the air. Without pecuniary means, and Without credit, he had amassed 800,000 'florins in the course of three years, which he was in possession of six months ago. Since that time, itriiitgling to ameliorate our course of exchange, be lost bis money faster than he gained it.. • CAnt.situnt, DEC. 10.—The body of the late Grand Duke was brought from Rastadt to this capi. tel last night, and will lie in stale for some days. His unc:e and successor, Louis William Augustus, ham issued a proclamation, by which lie declares that4te has taken possession of the reins of Government. A Paper of this morni n g has put forth another scheme of Administration, which it assures the Pub lic, " on the strongest authority, is at present in con templation." This projet is rather a strange looking one on the whole, and more radical than any of the rumoured alterations which we have lately had spe cified, but we doubt moth the accoracy of the au thority upon which positive assurance is made. For Mr. PEEL to succeed Lord Stinson= would, we con ceive, but ill accord with the arrangement lately made in Ireland, and the hopes founded on that change. The way in which Mr. CHOKER and his offi cial friends are disposed of by the Ministerial Paper in which this projet appears, is certainly not very flattering to these talented Gentlemen. The acces sion of the GRENVILLE, to office under this partial arrangement, appears still more problematical. The following is the assignment alluded to : -•••• " Lord SIDMOUTH resigns, and Mr. PEEL is to succeed his Lordship. Lord MELVILLE goes out of office, not however to go to India, for of that there is not the slightest probability. His Lordship ' will be succeeded by Mr. THOMAS GKENTILLE. " Mr. CIIOKER goes out of office, and this arrange ment, we believe, will give satisfaction to every man connected with the Admiralty. Mr. CROKER, is to be succeeded by Mr. Tuctiza, who was for merly Secretary to Lord ST. VINCENT. The Earl of LIVERPOOL will resign, as soon after the meeting of Parliament es possible. His Lordship will be succeeded, at the particular desire of the PRINCE REGENT, by Lord GRENVILLE. "The Earl of Ilanuoweir has expressed a wish to retire to the Continent, as his Lordship is very much subject to pains in his head, which the climate of England renders extremely afflicting. The Em bassy to Paris has been offered him, but he has not yet made up his mind as to his accepting any office after his retiring from the Cabinet, which, however, witi not like place for some month'. When a va cancy in the Presidency of the Council shall thus he created, it will be filled up by the Marquis WEL. LESLEY. Whatever be the office which the Noble Marquis is to occupy, it is certain that he will be come a Member of Administration." It is mentioned, but not upon the same authority as the above changes, that Mr. VANSITTART is en. gaged in winding up the concerns of his office, pre. paratory to his retirement, and that he wilt be sec. ceeded by Mr.liusatssos. We may expect some news from Spain to-morrow, as the post will then arrive, hutwe have as yet no cer tain information respecting the state of that country. We see no reason to disbelieve that the Government of FERDINAND is in a precarious situation, and that the Belored must weedily take to his heels, if he has not already commenced his flight to the bosom of his Holy Mother. It appears by a private lett • 'r from Madrid of the 3d inst. (the date of the latest arrivals), published in the Courier of Saturday, and from a letter from the same place sod of the same date in the Paris Papers, that bands of armed men are roaming op and down the country, and that " these bands are principally composed of soldiers z.thom the fear of embarking for America has induced to desert their corps." How far this breaking up of the 'Spanish army may be connected with the disturbances which are reported to hue taken place at Madrid, remains to be ascertained. That the Spanish army is general. ly disaffected, was already pretty well known ; and how indeed should it be otherwise, when it is neither paid, clothed, nor fed. Sr. THOMAS'S DAY.—Holiday at the Public Me% THE STATESMAN. LONDON: MONDAY S DECEMBER tl, 1 8 18. It appears that the selfish Patrons of the Corn Bill, who have been circulating a Petition among the Oc cupiers of Land, for the purpose of farther raising thq price of Bread, have not abandoned their odious project. The greatest assiduity is secretly exerted to carry that mischievous measure. To the several collude, and districts in which it has obtained a nurse- roue list of subscribers among some mercenary farmers, land occupiers, and other persons interested in its sacccess, we have to add Anglesey and Pem brokeshire. To this host we are happy in being able to oppose the sentiments and opinions of the Bath and West of England Society, as ezpressed at their late Meeting. At that Meeting, Mr. MOGGIUDGZ, in addressing the company on the subject of this attempt of the most unfeeling part of the Agricol- Irural interest, said he earnestly hoped the Petition would nut be entertained by the Society. If it were brought forward it would meet with his decided op position, as he could oot concur in a measure which, howerer it might be calculated to promote his own ' personal interests, sought for relief to ,the Agri. atilteral part of the community at the espeoce Paris Papers to the 18th, and Mails from Holland and Flanders have been received since our last.— The Chamber of Deputies are still occupied with the preliminary measures necessary to give constitutional efficiency to its proceedings. Messieurs RAVEZ, DE SERRES, D'AUGSER, DUPONT, and PL.tNELLI de IA VALETTE, have been chosen the five candidates, by the absolute majority of votes, for the office of President. The nomination of Vice-Presidents and Secretaries was to take place on Thursday, and the next business was the drawing op of an Address in answer to his MAJESTY'S Speech. The eager ness of the Government to complete its military sysi tem becomes every day more apparent. The esta blishmeot of the general staff of the army, which to be definitively announced on the Ist of January, rgteedpocicedoliciii: istNef 130 Lieutenants fkajors-Generil, of whom 80 ofthe o r. SP"NER'llii. of t t o he c l e a n t i ter rank, are to be place d n .G ee: and Iso of the other classes . of society..—M made a similar declaration ; and these senti mediate activity, and the remainder to be ta o meets, we are informed, were received with ap. for the eventual service of peace or w • state o f ha. mend of the veteran troops. It is said that h please by the Meeting. This is a conduct highly leposshi e honourable to the Bath and West of England So- ars s 3 r the con. clety, and a convincing proof of the injustiee datable modifications neat year. It will b e e or . inhumanity of the Corn Laws, for even occupiers gauization of the Natioesi Guard k to teed* cense. and owners of lend confess themselves shocked at cpoominftorotfabnieumcbireert:masntadnicie°s7 a E d i ffi ch itt l e eg d io ta b n k ue i i t s n _ 66" the idea of persevering in such starvation projects. in silt only of two, in place of tow battalions. Thp les the mean time we are happy to see, that the im in - accounts by the Flanders .g a r n a d t.o. 4 is et: t h e i , Mail s portant subject of these Laws is beginning to attract funeral attention, and that some populous towns are are of likely to t,ke . the lead in petitioning against those little interest. Great ecni legislative measures which visit the poor man's home from the Netherlands to the colonies. with all the horrors of famine. A Public Meeting is convened by the Mayor of Nottingham, in con. BnicnToN, DEC. 18 . — His Royal Hi g h ness tla formity with a Requisition presented to him for that PRINCE REGENT took his exercise on horselisek,so, purpose, to be held at the Guildhall of that town, companied by Sir B. BLOoMTIELD, fur nearly tiro hours this morning : his Royal Iligelieso appeared is te • on Wednesday neat, to take the subject into consi- gond health. The rapid progress fi ay nn by gt t l i t i e , deration, when we have no doubt the Resolutions Pavilion experiences no impediments or del ßl which will be proposed will be of such a nature as Royal Highness's residence therein. to do honour to the cause—the:cause of justice and His Royal highness the PRINCE' REGENT r et urn: humanity. to Carlton-house, to-slay, from Brighton, to p res id e at a Ceiuncil, at which, it is expected, the D u k e o f WELLINGTON and Lord CAITLEREAGH will be pre. sent. To-morrow, his Royal Highness intends vi. siting the PRINCESSEc, at Windsor Castle; sad, as the following day, Wednesday, he sets out front Windsor,__ on his return to the Pavilion at Bright on , KEW PALACE.—II is supposed. to be the PRINet RECENT'S intention to make Kew Palace one o f hi t principal summer residences. It is certain that very extensive alterations are about to be made there. 'lll old Palace, and its out-offices, which have long brae in a most ruinous state, are to be taken down item. diately, and a new house erected a little to the ten of their present site, directly fronting the avenue al Kew-green ; at the head of which will be the grand entrance to the whole, instead of the present circuit. ous route under the garden wall, by the river. This wall, too, is to be increased in height, and extended along the side of the river, as far as to the ferry, taking in the row of noble elms, opposite the new palace, and the %hole of the embankment made by order of the King, except a towing path. The entire space thus inclosed, as well as the private gardens between the old palace and the river, will be planted with a screen of lofty evergreens, so as to entirely exclude all prospect of the very uopicturesque build. ills of Brentford. Yesterday the Duke of YORK arrived at Yorke house, from Woburn Abbey. Lord CASTLEREAGH, his Lady, and mile, landed at Dover, on Satnrdsy evening, under a salute of twenty-one guns from the battery. His Lordship embarked at Calais on the afternoon of Thursday, and arrived within hail of the pier on the evening of that day ; but the weather was so tempestuous, that they were not able to land, and, after beatiog about for two or three hours, they were blown dews Channel, below Brighton ; and it was not till two o'clock, on eaterdsy, that she again hove in sight off Dover, totally dismested ; when a number of boatt went off, and she was towed into the harbour. .Lord CasTLEaEteits and the Duke of W *Um. TON arrived et his Lordship's seat, North Cray, Kent, yesterday morning. Shortly after, his Lord ship sent an express to town, end Mr. ARBUTHNOT and Mr. PLANTA went to North Cray, to dinner. His Lordship was expected in town this forenoon. The Duke of WELLINGTON left Lord CASTLE., itEaGus's seat, yesterday, shortly after dinner, and arrived at Ansley- House, lest night. Madrid Gazettes have arrived to the 30th of Nov. They contain a dispatch of the Bth Sept. from the Viceroy of Mexico, with an enclosure from General BALSANO Y LINA, dated the Roth Aug. The latter states, that he had beaten and put to flight a body of rebels at Pico, near Puebla, with the loss of 113 killed. By this defeat the communication had been again opened between the capital and Vera Crux. The following is an extract of a private letter from Madrid, dated the 3d instant :-- 66 MADRID, DEC. 3.—We have no news here of any importance, that I can learn, but we are in such a state of ignorance upon political matters that we hardly know what is going forward in the Provinces. We have had reports here of the concentration of hands of robbers io different parts, whose purpose is the plunder of travellers, but who pretend other motives for taking up arms. How far this is true it is impossible to say, nor do we know whether there is any ground for believing that the principal ewe of the delay of the expedition from Cadiz is the rapid and uncontroulable desertion of the troops. It is not unlikely that you may be better acquainted with these matters than we are." In the evening of Friday sennight, a stoat Scotch Highland 'r, in the hundred andfirst year of his age! took op his abode at the Saracen's Head, Swan street, Loughborough, for the ensuing night, saying he had that day walked from Derby, and was on his way to London to solicit a Christmas-box from the PRINCE REGENT! in consequence of his great age aud of the services be had rendered his country as a private soldier. The sturdy Caledonian said he was born nn the Bth of November, 1718, was more than six feet high, and his hair, which was very long, ap peared white as snow. He also void he had under. taken to walk from his house all the way to London, for the purpese above.named, and from the freshness of his appearance, he seemed very likely•to accom plish his Ilerculean task. An affray, which Will likely to have been attended with serious consequences, occurred about stele o'clock on Wednesday evening between the 1 lth Light Dragoons and itth Lancers, stationed in Can terbory. It arose out of some reflections cast by the 12th on the character of the 11th while on ser vice in France, and each reaiment armed themselves, and were marched in divisions under the orders of their non-commissioned officers to the scene of ac tion ; and had become regular combatants, ',bele by the intervention of the infantry depot, who %vete I called out, the quarrel was suppressed, with some I loss of blood on both sides. A number of the I forming part of 250 to be disbanded from that regi ment, had received their discharge on that day. 1 A learned Rabbi, named LEvt Jetta GLocae. died at Utrecht the 4'h instant, in the 103 d year of iris age. DUIVII 41V D II43IBURGB MAILS. MessEt.s, DEC. 12.—They write from the French frontiers, that the Duke of Anenuleme, in his late visit to the Departthents of the North, every where expressed himself iu a very liberal manner. and fre- quently repeated, in the name of the King that there should be only one party, namely, that which was inclined to the King, the Charter, and constitu• tional freedom. Oo the spa coasts he more than once declared, that. the Government would neglect nothing to restore de marine and , commerce ; and he assured the manufacturers, that the importation of prohibited goods wonlds guarded against with the greatest vigilance. HAntre, Dec. 13.—The small•poz still commits new ravager. In the course of the last month 80 persons have died of it here. It has also speared at ()tidewater, and some other places. It is thought that it was camournicated to those places by a soldier who had the infection. While emigratioe are every where taking place to foreign Countries, many persons, and even whole fabillies, from various parts of the Netherlands, go to try their fortune in our colonies in the East and West Indies, and to be there also useful to their na tire country. Many such will embark with the ex pedition which is shortly to sail. However useful this may be to the Mother Country and to the Colo nies, people may improve their condition, even in their own country, by colonization, and find a bet ter fortune. We allude to the already existing colony of Frederickoord, where a short time ago only bar. ren fields were to be seen : thOse who go thither are not exposed to tedious, dangerous, expensive, and fatiguing voyages, and dangerous disea'es in foreign climates, to which they are unaccustomed. Accord. ing to all appearance, this example will shortly be succeeded by other similar attempts. STUTGAItn, DEC. I.—The Embassy to Rome, to treat of the relations of the Catholic Church, of the Protestant Princes, will depart in a few weeks. The President, Von Schuiz-Grollenburg, is appointed to that post. The new organization of the provincial bailiwicks is to be published by the Ist January, and be then immediately carried into effect. We expect then, that a new Assembly of the Stoles will be called together., His Royal Highness the Duke of Glou cester returns by way of Frankfort and Paris to ; London. , tiAnovEn, DEC. 8. ii i'atr,trit her Majesty the late Queen has beqtleathePtiwels to a great amount to the House of Brunswick. It is also stilted, that these, and the jewels bequeathed by her 'Ma- , jesty to the Crown of Hanover, are those which, ar we learn, her Majesty received upon her usietiage from the above two reigning Houses. • The Assembly of the Stator is deliberating on the abolition of the torture. JUTLAND, DEC. 7.—A Spanish transport, with about WO Russians on board, belonging to the three last frigates given by Russia to Spain, is stranded near Skagen. The people are saved, with the exception of two officers and six men. • WARSAW, Dec. 3.—Prince Con:l4lons arrived here this morning. r The lost fair here, which ended a feiv days since, has turned out well, a great deal of business being done. We expect shortly the Russian troops from France; necessary measures ere taking to collect provisions for them in the kingdom. COPENHAGEN, DEc B.—The weather is still so mild that many flowers growing in the open air are in blossom. Wall flowers, pinks, auriculus, and mignonette are in blossom again. Oats that were sown in August are in ear now in December. Exchange ua Loodun—Der. 8-31 ;St 6. —9.; SY. 1. :y ~-- .. Y .. ~ ‘ { I; z '~f $1 ~,{ M 6 • 1.