The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-05-31 00:00:00

'V 4 I'ATESM A 'I3IE S' - • of prohibition,—they had 'appeared to him to feel for 40 classes of the consmooity. On the whole he as-' mired his constituents, thnt he was fully sensible of the pressure which the labouring classes had in long endured, and of the reasonableness ofellowing them, on the return of peace, to take their turn In the en joyment of low prices, after the farmer and the lauck; owner had so greatly profited by high ones ; the whole of his wish would be to prevent any great evil from arising to the eonsuers themselves from any! extraordinary tliscouragettM , of tillage that could be Ideally shown to be soon to be apprehended. Thi enactment of nay legislative measures, be ssasinclinelL to think, had better be deferred to another Session, - though — aft might possibly be advantage tic pro.": reeding with: the Parliamentary discussions. 11l agreed, thereturc, with the Welling sentiments of die resolutions . , and with the general spirit of the pets- 1 . den, for the moderation of which he heartily tbetked 1 the gentlemen who had produced it. Mr. C. CALVF.RT,. the other Representative for Southwark, esprossed his disapprobation of any im- ' mediate interference of the Lelislature on a subject of such imnortance, and pledged himself to oppose the Bill now betore Karl tit. . Mr. Solicitor Discos', Mr:, W. D. Clarkn, Mr. 1.. Jackson, Mr. Brattd,4nd,oillnientleinen, all spoke in favour of the Petition. • ihservatien of Ilk. JACKSON; con. )f porter, ,^ Issuted the *meting that the proPts, r p g ie . i l e derable ; for with all Iso ' rand tear • they di m \. • air • oat of the . ise..pen *ball tveti-pence per pot. ..$ • ken brolue - - or common feeling, mill think of answering the question, without considering at whose instance, or rather by whose authority, her exclusion is deoreed ; the peculiar circumstances of the mo. allot when it is first to operate; and, above all, kow important her reception 'at Court was con sidered, not very long ago, to the character of the Illastrious remonage in question. It is quite idle to firlinit other Sovereigns have done the same thing, viz. banish certain Members of their family front N. .•• ,Court,• without assigning any reason. This is 0,19 the same thing. The reasons, if not Wrignnl,.: l lstiat Teliiiairstoed, or will be conjectured Ind it'eanedilt I be denied, that, from . thlsunderstanding,er those ael4 . lecturer, the opinion of the Public w ill be, and anglit I. I be, formed. In, every one of the cases cited, legit; causes of offence had been given. In each'casethe p a , • knew' what the cacao was. The people wore.sil then required ko :leeks back to the aggraiitted ate°. • cities of .11Ettaw,VIII., that their opinion of their i Sovereles's oobd u et might be softened by the com . 1 parison. No.=—The circumstances necessary to •an , . independent judgment were s in fact, in ell those ' l cases, before the vette:, they are so now; is all such cases it is impossible.that the leading end 1 inaportaut circumstances should be secret. From Cite circumstances, the opinion , of the people was, , and must be, In - *very instance f0rmed..,,..-I>'o, ? ye sect that of the Ptlnce of WA Les, father 'De resent Kiss, would . not the people demand et: . Other, whilst they debated the propriety of the nuti4 . _,. -,- I sure, questions something like the- follewhvg :---:11as ,The Red:fere of the Silifiessbee ire Tespottfu ll g• the King ' banished his son 'from personal hatred to. ' informed, that since tis, intercourse took place words..hial; or •from views of public •convenienci, be ten France and England( the French Paper* i tid ie avoid the clashing of powerful anti conflicting are regularly received at the STArEt3lAil OFliejti parties in his Court) The answer to this question i and thg important Pail of 'choir contents Pahliehad I would deperi&onth,eknown causes . of his banishment; daily, is addition l O.whaiaPP ears in the MOiaing and the pubtic judgment of the measure would de. ' 4 ' ,i'Vers, relish arrive the preteding night. 1 pend on the answer. Now, if it could reasobably Peels Germ an , Spanish; and other Foreign ; have been assigned to the "former .of these motives, .. , , . lepses, al.e also received as usual. 17te advats..! or if rather it could not have been assigned to any, laps of an Evening Paper are therefore obvious'{ other, the King would doubtless have incurfed a Or country. c irculation. i - I very great degree of popular indignation. In Eng . • land, which has been emphatically, and we think justly, called the country of the domestic virtues, it is impossible but the Whole people must hot begun to hate the King, as soon as they discovered hlinice', hate his enoffending..Sou with so inveterate awl me ligoant a hatred s as for it to influence the conduct of ids Government.; for,. in the estimation' of the do. ziestic people of England, the relation of Fatherelid • Son is, or ought to be, the most tender of any, 4itie the single exception of that between fitabind Mid Wile. We, therefore say, that -Geitee it.,WOuid have been hated, and justly hated, by all his people*, • ..... if he had banished from Court his anoffendlig fieili, • re hue Yecellro Yrench Patten . ad& itoil . up . t e. from unnatural hatred, towards him. Another vet lythe . which are uncommotily , lotbeestbee., • 29th inst • - The article upon Constitatiens is Pectiliarlyettatetint, n atural question amongst the disputers on that ocuit -: sion, no doubt, related to the degree of pun i s h oloot and will ne doubt engage the attention cifiegitic‘ f L nietaphysicians. .; In g eni ous intended by the kingly Father to be billeted on his' as the Frepohibar Ind ; tormly been acknowledged, the attempts now m ad e rOyal Offspring. It is no doubt a disgrace to the Prince to be driven from his father's Court, k would ..to retrace the grelpriticiplee of constitutions; and to d be said ; but assuredly the King cannot intend to designate those which, they have already bad, are stamp deep and indelible ignominy on his na me.— Certainly dexterous. Put much more is to be ap - This would again remain to be determined prehended than meets Ate eye in this kind of je , by cir suitical and metaphysical jargon. - They would, le -- cums t an ces that bid transpired antecedend) , to the order of banishment. Cowardice is as b a s e, &i- cording to their reasoning, suppose, that the relations honourabl and infamous in a man, as wan t' ,o f Of society are almost intuitive. in• men, and- that, e, chastity in a woman-. If the Prince of ° View, the therefore, there is no neceisitylo.:kirormation j for• Father of the present KING, had nesterbeen nob: philosophy and experience; le aid in the great work of securing, by a benbficent constitution, the fiber jected to the imputation of cowardice; if a secret ties of the people, and the happiness of nations.— commission appointed by his father, had not pro- No, forsoOth ; a nation is likened ,to a couple o seeded in a loot and dark examination of this Charge ; lovers, who are agreed, and whose friends up hearing witnesses only.on one side, and never oito.w. ing the poor Prince to speak in his own defence; if Prove the match ;and it only requires some hedge the Prin c e had not, during this investigation, on row lawyer, or Gretna Green parson, to prepare the , which-his hononr or infamy depended, beep already contract and join them in holy union. Thus the suspended from the right of :appearing at Court, and. rankest idiot of monarchs, the most contemptible if his re-appearance there had not been the only geb. driveller its the school of royalty, is fit, if he can lio mark and guarantee of Ms complete acquittal of i write, to make a Constitution. Therefore, Brother, •the foul and calumnious charge; if g e othing at all ! Louis ) , Ferdinand, Joachim,' and Emanuel, are set of this nature had taken place in his alte r as in fact i ting about this easy task, which is to procure happi. It did not, the supporters of the 'Vag's' conduct ness fig their nations, stability for their thrones, and would have it, of course, in their power,' as, Indeed, increasing glory for their posterity. '', they had, to•say, that the King meant oily to chat- Pmts, MAY 117.—'llie constitution of peace are fist his Son by transient disgrace, and not to destroy the topics of . conversation. When shall we behold_ him by, everlasting infamy. If, on other hand, thii famous treety,ofpeace ? When will this cele- . , such proceedings as we hive stated, hadteally.takeo 1 bested constitution makeits appearance? Shall we at lace ;If the reciptionef the young Prince at Court i beet haven stable constitution and a pacific treaty of: had been the only public recognition of his innocence I peace? Are questions continually asked. The very of the crime of cowardice, for in a person of name, however; of a constitution makes some people, that rank, cowardice is deemed as great *Apia. tremble, as they see in it the germ of troubles.; • the want of chastity in a female, theliAilltlaubt. :To that assembly Which called itself Constiteent r /re , .edly the .national judgment would have•beettivdded . are indebted for the first idea of constitutions ;audit by this circumstance, in estimating toll' tea -et mast be confessed that, thouglOt talked of peace,' .his royal Father. The people would have beet use. union, concord, and tranquillity, its first attempt, able to avoid the conclusion, that the itileottoo a - was unfortunate. • ille f°lliiolVenalY.4.ties -been' ; the King had been to blastthe repetition of his - lno ' given of its labours : • • ", TheCtiestiteenti - weee.3.o', with eternal shame. And . ..if, moreover, front the constituted that they pilled .doira.evebry thing:with. ) , ' whole course of the proceedings, a strong sad net.. oat rebuilding any thing- !NT miserable 'ind.in.: l versal conviction of his bravery prevailed, the nation retested wretches, ignorant of the let of kureetieti k must have thought, that in attempting to Itillict igno- . were insttumeutal tetiwir own deitrictioni in Vaiiil miny upon his Son, he had contracted it himself; sad the did they exert ihemeeices ; Many wire killed, . end sense of the people would undoubtedly have beeesanc.. none were restored." There seems a general Con tinued and upheld by the opinion of all subsequent , tempt on the subject of - cpairtitutions : to ,constitute ages ; for nothing can be so revolting to the senti- •Is not to create; the establishments. elf:St. Louis ments and understanding of all nations and times, its :;tea not traded; ' they were, in some respects, fora man to attempt to undermine the fair fare of Melly a translation of the chapters, in others 'al his own son, nnleis indeed his . condatit beilisteAii.: - ' revision of feudal customs, and in others agnisv ipi ii testable and atrocious, who strives-to teatt*Pollite 1 translation from Roman jurisprudence. According tion of slander on the spotless • .:o f Ids tethis view constitutions marlOtetWO defects: the' chet i lli4 Own wife. We have selected thts• : 'ea of ' firit,..tkat of making the follies of. * a day into a law J, , the Prince of Wstr.ss, in the reign of **watt 11., for years. The .oevolotion, thus attempted to' as quoted by the Courier; merely for .lielisitpose of form a constitution fro the rights of .map t j showing, that whatever number of reoedeets Way ' equality, and the.: leinreiliaty of the peopio; l ... _ . .. . . . . Are. • • • Mails. Ow .1 :•• •••• • • II.• 0w.... trance I , 0 . , Malta ... .......... .. ... 1 Got retiburgli , lititi.TdaataeT .4 , 4lutistoT et. the Public Offica. *14111161mA..--11711 - 1 1 11 E STATESMAN: LONDON: iirgstsair, Sr: 1814 • Theis ire some occasioneles *Melt kis dangerous' to speak, lest the most flatting expression of the seed natural feelings should incur the punishment of guilt. .The recent treatment of the Princess :a WALES is precisely one of those. We must, it b rit. speak at all on this .delicate subject, subdue our tone till it ceases to be the index of our emotions, and till our remarks assume a character of as remote from our own feelings, as it must be re pulsive to the glowing hearts of our 'readers. Thus restrained we should have thought it our best course to remain silent. We would not willingly, by our !sa pid and feeble words, so unworthy of their theme, have contributed to damp the generous and universal feelings of a nation. We say damp the national feel. logs; for to doubt that the moral and domestic feelings of England have received a wound much too pain ful and too deep for the sense of it to be aggravated .by the puny efforts of a fettered press, would be. to utter a foul libel against the national c haracter.— From the highest to the lowest•of our Readers, we *re sure, there is not au' individual, who,on this oc casion, does not feel inOnitely more than. we dare ex press. We should, in justice to the cause of the 'gloms of Watts, have preferred silence to that tame and imperfect expression of our feelings which we most not venture to outstep. As . a wife—as a soother-.as a sojourner - in a strange land—as an il lustrious, and unblemished Princess—the treatment she has experienced iu each of these characters, sight be the prolific source of a long stream of thought ; but it amid not freely be pursued, without suggesting to the mind conceptions of madness, and fitting the hands for deeds of desperation. 46 Let us. not think on it, would be our mbtte, if the consi deration of the subject was not found upon us„ not as might have been expected by lea cautious men, who feel as we feel; bet by the most barefaced and audacious attempt of the courier, that' hireling ad. troc,ate of existing power, to persuade the public, by black letter authorities, and historical retrospections, that the Princess of WALES is not ill-treated. The cases referred to, are those of GEORGE 11. and the Prince of WALes ; of the Dukes and Duchesses of GLOUCESTER and Cuasseet.aan, in'the present . reign ; and of the Princess, afterwards Queen Anne, in the reign of Wii,ctirs and Manx. In each of these instances we admit the fact, part of the Royal Fa wily was forbid the Court by the reigning Sovereign, • without any reason being alleged. And why should • they not ? If the Dukes of Susstx and KEN'S should give Parliamentary offence, and ba refused the Court ; or if the Princess CHARLOTTE should be guilty of disobedience and disrespect to the autho rity of her father, and, therefore, be forbidden to appear, whip"vould care for it? Certainly not the nation at all, probably not very much those illustri ous Personagoithemselres. What is it then which Tenders the cask of the . Princess of WALes one of peculiar hirdStip ? into mow of common sense, :•'n be adduced fer the banishment of members of the , 'Royal Fetidly from Court at the pleassive:_ec* ruling Prince,' each precedents - ealvitatik:44oeff : o•l 'pan, the judgment to be for old `irlitin.preseat ' MITES unless, which is impossililioill eivisa stances were precisely these*. In pivAingibitifi have been led to greater length , than we intended. The censure which the • Courier presumes t0..:841W against the Princess of WALES for pOlishiiig thedoeu-. ments relative to the transaction, and the insinuation,' that she has been Instigated to this step by . theleaderr .of a political party in the country, shall shortly be r 4.,, pelted. In the mean time we cannot be, surprised 'that the course She has pursued should be misander. stood by those, who manifest so little regard to chit rimer themselves; or that political management 'should be suspected, even in the most honourable conduct, by men,, themselves the blind tools of in anwcrthy faction. ~~ _ . Tb. opposition to the Corn Bill daily gathers i strengtll , us will be seen by the proceedings of a nu- M I eroue and respectible Meeting of the inhabitants of the. Beiough of Southwark, held yesterday, who 1 unanimously resolved to petition Parliament against the measure. The decision of this popolousdlstrict, Janddition to the City of London, and which will ob 1 I vioubtbe followed up by the inhabitants of Westmin- i I titer, cannot fail to - have a due influence in the House i Commons. Mr. X. THORNTON Wes, the principal }spokesman at the meeting yesterday, and, all thloga !seonsidered, acquitted himself to the satisfaction of•his Constituents. Mr. CALTEWT . itpresied himself hi . - • .• . kern, more decidedly hostile to the Corn Bill ; Int, in reply to an observation of Mr. JACKSON, concern. - ing the price of Porter, •he seems to bete committed a trifling error, for greet as the profit on Porter may i be, it was not supposed to amount to TWO PENCE PER { POT' Surely there must be some mistake iti this Report; las one-half, or even a fourth . part of ttat * amount 1 wouldbe a very handsome profit upon an article of i such immense consumption ; and it is generally un- 1 itderstood by the people, that Porter can be afforded a a lower rate ; nor is there any doubt of its being loon reduced, if the price of Grain is left to find r ! , its own level • Or. in case of any sudden fall in vs- . , ,fiue . an import duty of ten or fifteen per cent. in adi . I &ion to the expense of freight, &t. would et.. ways suture Si preference to - l o he English farmee.w•-• Tao edieninedt. Meeting at Epsom takes piece • titie 1 day ; .its objfet Is Of 4 different nature,. which we ,i noticed yesterday; and bad Sir THOSAIL Teem been now in Parliament, it is probable he aroeld - have I been a speaker on the other side of the question I .. , In repty to en of cerniojrhe price of cc! r. CAI. RAT est of the brewer we, expences of nut*, i sot put Into tholi i halfpenny, ; more eh j i The rending to,/ •, _ , P"•° 7- If :~~ r . v► *s^i4%. • _ The second. .. of scions* rules • ideas • rious t itruggleter sense is only requiiite. , ___. dretl constitutional fabrieetetrehenifiai::are easily 'l6llle known, as they exhibit in front of their house a 4 tiful lilies, and of a proligicrel4l6t . :11t6411 a young man MI in love, and the Ntiffettion red. ak procated, and the relations approt)e he 5 11 the ` parties have only to repair to a liciuse of . the golden Mies, mid /het- irilf soosiiiiiiriFtenstitutiOn *Wats 4gookome upon a bit pf.pipir s ,_via. a martiagkc e s, 'erle‘Asau redly this bit of paper dues not create We ; li i iiill*.does it create the consonancy of reason 6r conveniftscel, all these preflously exist, and this bit of imilierAties nothing siiiiie than establish them, giving•them a:legal and authentic form, consecrating and insuring their indissolubility and 'permanence.. fly analogy; political constitutions are just the same, having to establish, not to create ; and consecrating by visible signs eud precise limits, the actually exist. ing relation. of society. In one point of view, con. stitutions are order, introduced into the spring sod motiots . of the social machinf a to that no confusioft follows. iln another point of view, they are boun. daries to the different functions, to prevent their mu. tual interference. In critical periods, revolutions are frequently compromises of opposite inte r est s , and they ave,,in that case l •- treaties of peace.... The chattitif if our . foriner Constitutions, like that of our tretaes of Peace, eras of an offensive ne.' tore. Wai nntilhe offspring of the same Treaty: anarchy resulted from the very Constitution that pretended to give order. We are about to enjoy, under a good, just and enlightened Monarch, I reel Constitution and a true Peace. detest." • iii -- NAvs. z s, t 0 :P. —lt O sterd‘y their Majestleille. Kirag..end ,00.1a„.01 . ivaidigr'save aadienct • fet;to Cotincg.of State. add the' 4Outtl - itcANO4. Alb Majeirty thncattisitiletd thttluessert.... .> .; ~ • , " Jab, Vico:President:l 4 - always am iiiassa i 4, see my Councillors if Slifir* That period:ktepked in which. their patriciiiiiii Rya itooliudiEtitriajont to be of eminent' utility to the .kingdom and 'the Kitt& ' IFlv.tatlepeodence of our country is insercd; '1 lotted:Who to insure its'- happiness by is Comfitw lion wl4ckitlietl protect the thiote and the subject. '..-.......-the baits wattle:laid by thaintsicansummate stilasnetta df the kleatigst i .- .1 lilt have a Constitu . .. 4 . , . • •, . ton which may eppett,to.tre best calculated to se, cure the : iaappineei .o , theartopie, the stability of the throat; 04 .oeg#ol,9ggor, 'bony utcousets.i. , . The King thew . .,Wsiollews to the President.. of the Coerk of; ' Wit64kt bi .. ,similer tir. oar . Chireiiy- . • s:‘ Pitiattliiiiii'plettsed that*My Court ofCee: sedan • luta , tely le ppteclated the sentiments whit* rittrventilformty tny - poticy,. and which Witt always direct my Government. I have tit!oly . ed my glory and happinestvto the similar deskint.polle Neapsil 7 tins: 'NO sacrifices, no effortifiiviTipiretl.teir'. Sure their iedependence,,whiciiri./0.- the future viso ... ranteed by the peace of Enrepa s and by my allinOceit with its Monarchs. It is now my duty to give the nation a-eonstitation Worthy of her and myself; a , , deer itd paternal adnAntsfration, and a . promPt ad,*: wilarietratton ofjustice. I . Alit d o . my duty, and ex« , pect every aaststsocs. fronrthe zeal, the Petriotiali, and experienctethetourt of Cessaficiu." . • . : At 3 o'clock le.the afternoon their MajestiiiiloS ‘ theltoyal 'Fluidly; went to the Cathedral in order to: I .do homegh to the relics of our gloritius St. Jainarim. • On the 'erne day arrived at Naples his Eccelle4 tarot .Mier, 'Ambassador .Eztraortlinary and M. odstes Plenipotentiary from the Emperovol ;Austria kto this Court;, and M. do Baltischeff j failibtle-Camp • • general of the Emperoi of Russia. ' ‘ - "-. Rowe l Alai 11,--Yesterdalairlieti it. tur city *..l4,iverole, the A.postolic.Deligete;• The .Nespo-4 limn Provisional Coo nal: nt arstafo: Al t a distroired, and thepapiketibtrity tecaisalAde:. : - --- • . - Onti)4l, MAT iii:4 • A• King of Sardinia, after: visiting theltrintipal estabashose.ots ..of ;this city, at out for his capital. ;:. : - . ---: , - • . . - ... • ~ • ' Ivies, Mat 10. - -The fonowine•Prociamttio: utbra *4 :--, • ~. ~ • : ..- 44, lirietoCtiltdielik.hy.o6:riscitof God, ti. %Mi . isie t .Cyprus a id .Jermtgesn,:ke. ofse t .:.. ti •.. _'''- • -. 0 Called by the . abdicialltio Of . otic . ooH-big,i 4 l. brother Charles Emsneelotrwl by ti4l'Asilt'sif sig.; .. . • cession to . the thiorio*lrt our • j e s t' atii— -4intriterli we l are very anaiuus, • after shtteeft yasei of : the ~msd :bitter sneering, and the most cruel vicissitudes, tebt once more moonset you, beloved subject*, ata.llo 'lei fatliff hi the midst of his children. The bap,ti separation kit lengtii termtnated. ,Egitrie lirov' rbas Unittid. its heart and mind, inal,directed to One core, !Amon object the Allied Powers; itftes blessed their Pettit. 'a itai nd oes 4en a ei rm o s us ; u u nde ha r s tahg ; cro in wrie i a d t th h e s nl gu: v de iti cl r i te he pef ir: t v ol ali TiC(oriis i Europe is free, and the natioulkava ra! conquered their legitimate Sovereigns, and therintil whinb they formerly held. Their happißes is. slil.:., z i 'blished upess solid and immoveable bares_'ou* ' ehall , lie the Sehroblect of onrselicitude. -. , ..... r - ' " Our Ant tare shall be toilet-pot. of the 'MtrilL: .bitant taxes vrhich , weigh lieaSY upin :you ; to re- - .. rive - . agriculture and commerce ; and 'what -, i s still nearer to our hearts, to testore religiert 4.,itt.ancien t lustre: Forget - -the oppression under • -Thicklo' havegroaned, end forgive your- oppresiori. W e hsre a right to require this from you, and we parselvev will set the exitmple. 'Let us, faithful 'subjects, fork bitt 040 family ; let us all oontrthittlliip - faigit* I • ...--• wog • 2 'a ,r - • 1 A.‘,.% 1"4 :on& defestAlir tostimatin Ike v i se . , tules t • ideas. purely ingenious." , osittroggleist trit:VlN seewthet) Fora tri g„ onl y r eq u iiite. We recbgnize in Purist-he. WRICR rJ•11:71r !HIV /1111.11 V &trope s and by my &Wagtail^ - is now my duty to give tits o f !hy, b'" her' myself " itstrittuti, gud a yrotniSt - wl: ICI4O 4'4411 1 and tisi Inv the seal, the petrittlsisi. ,urt of Cessallou' ." fternoon their Majesties end to the Cathedral in order to. • f our gloricius st...o46aries. red at Naples )4 1 .1tFeelleity . • or .Estestorditary and om the Emperor-of Austria " La Baltvecheff f laidigleXamp Russia . • • !sterdaY eiriited in. bar . Delegati; The, Neape'' I of .Statenita'diassiugi, jai ot, Sa4inia, after e‘liebtiventi :of : this city, set • • fb fOtleve' Proclantatior , • 7 the Grace of GOd, Kings( rerusaleat, &c. &c. lication of our well-beloved and by the right of sec• if our august' ancestors, vit el , ;lateen years !Vibe most most cr,uo vicistitodes, to be .beloved -sub„jecta l ace ten . . of his chitdnen.T , he jistar trmlaited: titittie Provict- 044,i141,864cteclist one rio*. o wers; Rites blesved their noble Ling ; it boa guided their va. :rowned . them -with- repeated' -ee, mid the hatioos have re- mte Soiereigns, and the rank held. 'Their hapows immoveable bares—yo t. of our solicitude. - •• . , II be to ease you of tite . 14 61 L, rgh heavy upon :you ; te re: commerce and 'what; is still, slestore religion tv.its.ttneisrnt r .' sppression under Witlilk.yel ire your oppressort: - . rs have from you, and we pni-seiv "Let us, faithful 'subjects, fate all oontr,tbikto to ins MO/ • •- "