The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-07-31 00:00:00

'lumber of vessels taker, that be thought the importance ' of the question consitted. It was the injury done to commerce in raising the rate of insurance on commodi ties sent to those quarters of the globe. Besides these eoeiiderations. there was some inducement to speedy and vigorous action in the circumstances of barbarity' awl horror whilst' accompanied the depredations that had been committed. He hoped therefore, that these thiogs considered, the most effectual means would be taken to enforce the execution of the orders which bad been given. Mr. tams said, that orders had already bees 'sent to thetitt. Another letter had boas received from the ' h Government. expressing in strong terms, thole disapprobation of the acts in question; bet previously to that an order had been sent to the Ad miral to look to the execution of the orders. Dr. PHILLIMORB sincerely hoped that the right of search. a sight which we bad been so long contending for. and which actually formed the foundation of the rights of nations at the present day. would not be re lased in the slightest degree. He rather deprecated the language of the petitioning merchants, on the subject of a war in which Chit country was not engaged. A new War had arisen for the first time in twelve years, in which we were not ingsged,and oar right of search un der such circumstances did mot extend quite so far as is other cases. We had acknowledged these countries as ficiketo States, and therefore the Belligerents bad a right to declare blockades, and carry vessels into port lender adverse colours, to abide the decisionsof law. It appeared to him an extravagant proposition to call is other flags to protect the vessels of this nation being amoral. Them English Wends that navigated Weigel sets under the Speen!' Msg. did so at their owo risk.— Pirates were the enemies of all nations. and for any de predations committed by them they were amenable to the parent States. After a few words from Mr. Foists the Petition was brought up. Mr. MARRYATT said, that it was not the Under writers bat the Ship-owners that sent this petition. The Underwriters had a means of protection always within their power. by raising their premiums. Sir G. COCKBURN explained, and the Petition was then read, and ordered to be printed. A Message from the Lords announced their Lordships' Assent to the Alien Bill and other Bills. Mr. WETHERELL gave notice of a motion, for early sett Session, to render it competent (as we understood) to Members to move for a Committee to consider of amendments made in the Lords to Bills sent to them from lb,: Commons. PIIISONIIII3 IN !VDU. HLJME rose to move for a return of the number of persons at present imprisoned in Bombay, distinguish- . ins those conined ender the sowers of a military or civil tribunal. He desired to have this return with re ference to some unfortuoste captives is prison at this place under eircomatances of great hardship. He al luded to a body of natives takes out of a place called Ben {loo Alli,in Arabia, last rear. They were the cap ves of a military expedition under Oes. Smith, who proceeded agaisst them as a body of pirates, by the l'ervian tiulf. He landed sixty miles from the place, and, after attacking it. obliged the inhabitants to stir render at discretion. The consequence of this was that they were all taken out of the town u prisoners, and after a day's march or so from the place, the women were sent adrift to shift for themselves, the men and bays above five years of age oily being detained. A number of them were delivered up to a native loan, and herr lie thought be might fairly challenge the conduct of the otieer who gave them op. since they had surren dered themselves only to the Bntisli. The rest were car ried to Bombay, where they were all imprisoned—many had died of disease, and there was every appearance of its being the intention of their victors to keep them I. perpetual confinement. Now they might hang them up as pirates if they chose, but be did not think they were entitled, by the laws of nations, to give them such a punishment a► this. If the information he had received was correct, it was a vary hard cue. Mr. WYNN said that this was one of the cases cg out of the operations of was. The origin of the persecutions of these persons was their bar* nltle., dared the bearer of a flag of truce. la consequence of this, an expedition against them basing failed, another was sent under the command of fi I Smith, by whom it was condneted in a manner the most skilful and ere. datable. They were ready to surrender the forvess, and give up the individuals concerned in the murder, tot they could not agree also to deliver op their arms, which in fact in tbat barbarious country would be tan. tatnount to laying down their lives. In all that °enema Smith had done, he was actuated by the most humane motives. There were a great number of them carried mamma to Bombay ; but by the last accounts steps had twee taken to release them from confinement and restore them to their possessions. The Court of Directors upon receiving the stemma exp d their disapprobation of sa hat had been done, and desired that every means should he taken to restore what had been takeo away. He feared it would not now be possible to restore their pos sessions to those people, but they might be amalgamated in some other tribe. He was indeed sorry that more effectual justice could not be done. Mr. MONEY was sorry that this time of the Session bad bees chosen to bring forward a subject of this kind, when representations might get into the public prints on the gallant. which there would he no means of answers inc. The Hon. Member had made a distorted and ex at:gerated statement in saying that the persons in clues. Eon were to he confined for life. There never was any lea of the kind respecting them. He was glad, how ever, he had not gone on to inculpate General Smith who was a most distinguished officer. The tribe be bail pet down carried on • piracy marked by every atro city that could be conceived towards tho British flag, without regard to rank, age, or sex, and the power of these inhuman monsters had been long a disgrace to the British forces in that quarter. Mr. BENNET said, that kis lion. Friend bad made no accusation against General Smith. There were anauy tirenntetances he wished to bear explained. Ur. Pill LLI MORE rose to deprecate any discussion on this subject. Mr. FORBES thought it wonld have been more ap propriate if the llononrahle Member bad merely moved for tbe papers, without making any ob ions of the stature he had indulged in. lie thought it was neither fair nor just that charges should be hung up to the world against O I Smith during a period of six months, without the means of answering them. No man was more lenient, or more incapable of a cruel ac tion, than this officer. He bad done all lie could So prevent the Hon. Member from bringing forward this subject in the present Session, and from what passed be. twist lain, and the Hot.. Member last night, he thought he had succeeded. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. HUME said, he had pat the information he had vcceiteif into the hands of the Honourable Gentleman opposite two months ago. The last accounts he had re ceived confirmed the view he had then taken; lint, as he had promised. in bringing it forward, be had not entered into discussion. Nor bailie, in any way, made hostile obseivatious against any individuals. He wished to move for a copy of the Memorial of the Chief, but if there were any objection he would refrain. Mr. WYNN certainly objected' to ez porte statements, such as this document must contain, lying on the table daring the reeess. Mr. HUME then mowed for • Return of all Persons conford in ladle by order of the Governor its Council, 1 4 , THE STA T 1 elteeeleg timer confined by sentence of Civil or fillb lowy Tvibunals, with particularsas to how lent, for what offence, and where confined. Mr. WYNN supgveted that the Hoe. Menihrr should delay bia tuntion till next Session, as he did not be lieve there were documents in this country to iuske such a return. He would in the meantime give all the idur station he conid. Mt. HUME, upon this understanding, consented to withdraw his motion. • Tlll CANITO‘II. • Mr. WILMOT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to snits the Legislatures of Lower and Upper Canada. The Bill was accordingly brought in and read a first time, and was ordered for second reading to-morrow. roma Laws. Colonel WOOD postponed his motion relative to the Poor Laws to next Session, in consideration of the late ness of the present Session, and the thinness of the house. The Report of the Committee on the Barilla Duties I Bill wsa received and agreed to, and the third reading of the 801 l appointed for to-morrow. The Militia Pay Bill was read a third time and passed. The Report of the Stamp Duties Reduction (Ireland) Bill, and the Deeds Registry (Ireland) Bill were re ceived, and the Bills ordered for 3d reading to-morrow. • SESSIONAL A DDRISSES. The House then 'sot into a Committee on the tonal Sessional Addresses, whoa the usual Resolutions were agreed to, sod the Report ordered to be received to morrow. PRINTING. Lord PALMERSTON brought up the Report of the Committee on Printing. Mr. HUMEtook that opportunity of protesting against the conduct of this Committee with regard to witnesses. Instead of confining themselves to the inquiry for which they were appointed, they actually put witnesses oho cause before them on their trial, touching matters past and gone. He particularly alluded to the case of Mr. Jennings, who was examined as to previous evidence. Lord PALMERSTON did not understand what the Hon. flember meant by saying that witnesses were put upon their trial. It was impossible for any Committee to be more fairly formed than this was, as it was impar tially selected from kotil sides of the house. Mr. RENNET said the house might judge how im partially the Committee was selected, when they knew that it was composed of eighteen of the Noble Lord's (Palmerston's) fiends and adherents, and only three from his (Mr. Bennet's) side of the house, of which three his Hon. Friend (Mr. Home) was the only one that attended, the other two, no doubt, not liking their com pany HUME said, that as a speCimen of the way in which business was conducted in the Committee, all pa. pers that came into it were locked up in a box, whereas they ought to be left within the power of any Member to .hew to any Member of the house to take his opinion. The object of the Committee was to elicit truth, and such a course militated against that object. Mr. WYNN said, that the object of a Committee was to obtain information to lay before the house, and he appealed to the Chair to know, whether an y had authority to thew any paper whatever. laid liefoie any Committee. The SPEAKER thought there could be no differende of opinion on this subject. All information, whether evidence or net. was laid before a Committee as a select body, and for its use alone. This was pointed out in every day's practice, whets motions were made for cer tain evidence and papers to be printed for the use of the Committee alone. Mr. LUSIIINOTON did dot rise to prolong the dis cussion, but merely to point out to the Hon. 111;:nber for Shrewsbury, bow much in error lie was in sating that there were only three Members (mom his side of the hoese in the Committee in question. The liononrable Gentleman then proceeded to read the names of Lord Jobe Russell, Mr. Brougham, Sir H. Parnell, Mr. Ri cardo, Mr. Monek, Mr. M. A. Taylor, Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Chetwynd, and Mr. Hume. These were nine of the Hon. Members friends, besides which, on the neutral ground, were Mr. Hookas, Mr. Smith, Mr. Lamb, awl one other. He hoped the generality of the Hon. Memr tier's statements were more correct than that be bad made on this subject, for lie defied bins to appoint a more impartial Committee —(Hear.) Mr. MONEY cited a case in illustration of what hail fallen from the Chair, in which a paper got into the daily prints, before it appeared in the printed Minutes of the Committee on Trade. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented Papers from the Excise and Tax Offires.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. PRENDERGAST complained of certain ivainna• tions which had been thaoWn out against him by the Honourable Members for Aberdeen and Coventry. He should look over the papers which hail heed presented, and move for the printing of any that affected him. He hoped the Hon. Gent. to whom he had alluded would do the same, and if they found a single paper that appeared to make against him, he trusted they would move that it should be printed.—Adjourned. 'al. li. Hope Sir Alexander, a Lieut.-General in the Army. and Colonel of the 47th Regiment of Foot. , Howard. Hon. F. ti. Upton, Colonel in the Army, and Lieut.-Colonel on half-pay of the late 9th Garrison. Ba ta lion. Johnson, William A., Lieut.-Colonel in the Army. Lowther. Hun. Ilenry Cecil. a Lieut.-Culottel is the 12th Regiment of Foal. I.vgan, lion. Henry Beauchamp. Lient.-Colonel in the lit Regiment of Life Guards and Colonel in the Army. Mafeerley. William Leader, Captain in the 100th, Regiment of Foot. Markham, John, Admiral of the Blue. • t Mahon, Stephen, Lieut.-Colonel in the 7th Dragoon Guards. Mamie, Hon. Wm. Captain in the Army. Montgomorie, James, Liant-General in the Army, and Colonel of the 7th Regiment of Foot. Morgan, George Gould. Captain in the Army. Mundy, George, Captain in the Royal Navy. Manners, Lord Robert, Colonel in the Army. Neale., Sir 11. B. Bart. Vice-Admiral of the White. Nightingall, Sir Miles, Colonel of the 49th Regiment of Foot. O'Grady, Standish, Captain in the 18th Hessen. Paget, Hon. Sir Charles, Captain the Royal Navy. Pekenham, Hon. Hercules Robert, a Lient.-Culonel in the Army. Percy, lion. Wm. Henry, Post-Captain in the Royal Navy. Pellew, Hon. Pcivnall, Bastard, Post-Captain in the Royal Navy. Pringle, Sir Wm. Henry, Major-General in the Army and Colonel of the 64th Regiment of Foot. Proby, Hon. Granville Levison, Captain in the Royal Navy. Rowley, Sir Josias, Rear-Admiral of the Red on Half pa. Russell, Lord George Wm. Lieut.-Colonel in the Army. Seymour, Horace, Captain in the Army. Somerset, Lord Robert. Edward Henry, Inspector- General of Cavalry, and Major G lin the Army. Sutberau, Frank, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, on Half- Townsbenel, Lord James, Captain in the Royal Navy. Trench, Frederick William, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Uxbridge, Earl of, Captain in the Ist Regiment of Life-Guards. Upton, Hon. Arthur Percy. Major-General in the Army. Wemyss, James. Post-Captain in the Royal Navy. Yorke, Sir J. Sydney, Vice Admiral of the White. MEMBERS' RETURNS. [Concluding Appendix, being No. VIII.] A RRTURN of OFFICERS no the Fut.t. end HAIN PAT Of , the Altus' and Navy, (the Militia and Yeomanry not included.) A'Court, Edward Henry, Poet Captain in the Royal Navy. Anson, Hon. George, Lieutenant in the Third Regi ment of Guards. Barnard, Lord Viscount, Captain in the Guards. Bastard, John, Captain in the Royal Navy. Belfast, Earl of, Cornet in the 7th Hussars. Beresford, Sir John Poet., Bart. Admiral of the Red I- on the Leith Station. Bruer Robert, Captain in the Guards. Cavendish, Hon. Henry, F. C. Major in the First Re. giment of Life Guard., and Lieut.-Colonel in the Army. Coffin, Sir Isaac, Admiral of the Blue. Cole, Sir Christopher, Captain in the Royal Navy. Clinton, Sir Win. Henry, Lieut.-General in the Army, and Colonel of the 55th Regiment of Foot. Dalrymple, Adolphus Lilo, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Davis, Thomas Henry Hastings, Lietenint-Colonel in the Army. Dawkins, Henry, Liantenant-Colonel in the Army, and a Captain in the Guards. Drake, Win. Tyrrwhitt, a Major in the Army, and a Captain of the Royal Horse Guards. Dunlop, James, a Lient.-tieneral in the Army. Fergu3son, Sir Ronald Crawford, a Lisut•-Uoneral in the Army. Fitzroy, Lord Charles, Captain in the Grenadier Guards. • liascoyne, Isaac, a General in the Army, and Colonel ofthe 54th Regiment of Foot. Gossett, William, a Lieut.-Colonel in the Royal En gineers. Greville, Hon. Sir Charles John, a llnjorticneral in the Army, and Lieut.-Colontl of the 36th Regiment of I Foot. _ - orosermor, Thomas, a Lieut.-General in the Army, and Colonel of . the s tisth Regiment of Foot HaTdinge, Sir Henry, Colonel in the Army, and a Captain in the (irenedier Harvey. Sir filial; Admiral of the Blue. Hill, Lord Arthur, Lieut.• Colonel in the Army, sod Captain Sr. the Scots Or►ys. Madam, Lord, Major to the Army. ..Llit.. ~.~.~ gut *tetteotnan. " TIE BUITISII STATESMAN" IS INCOUPYILATLO WITI " TYE ufATISMAN." LONDON: WEDNLIDAT SCI•INO, its.v 31, 1822. PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT. THE BISHOP AND THE SOLDIER.—We mean ihat no measure has been adopter: with regard to this natter in either House of Parliament ; and yet the House of Commons is to adjourn to-day until Mon day nest, and will then be very speedily prorogued: New, we recollect thoasande of things brought before the House, without one thousandth part the reason for doing it that there was here. Questions have been asked of the Ministers, about the most trifling things in the world ; about a letter the other day found upon a Quay at Habil° ! about all sorts of things, in short; and yet, in this case, where there had been a legal examination before a Justice of the Peace ; where the examination must have been in writing, and recorded ; where bail bad been entered into in so extraordinary a case ; where the Bishop was at large and the Soldier committed for trial , where all this was so notorious, there is not only no motion for laying the examination or the bail bond before either House; but there is so question asked of the Ministers what they mean to do with regard to the Bishopric ! And the " Quern's Friends" do riot ask whether the people are too:infinite to pray for the Bishop in that Liturgy in wnicb her Majesty's name was out suffered to be inserted. These F.itarid of " the Queen" have either.cery short memories or are soot brought to be cool. We should have thought that this was a fine occasion fur paying off old scores a little. But, the " Queen's Freemen," appear to he • a very y,, rg t r i ng race—We noticed yosterday the fort 1, of titilli•OffiCilli paper in the New Times, which I tells us that the law tinkers are to prosecute I the Bishop and his partner the Soldier. Tery well. We shall have a trial, then, of seam sal or another? And, we will endeaeone t o t a k e a n . mai means for melting every creature in the king. d.on as well acquainted with the 'thole matter se if the " Queen's friends" had started the subject in t h e House of Commous. It is lint for ns to say slt: would Late been the cue. if we had eteddieti with this nrotier. We leave that tie the public to say ; but this we know very well, that, bad it act I l been for us, this affair would n't have been read of es it now wiil be throughout the United States of America by the last day of next :booth. The TH/NG is walk. ing amongst burning . plough-shares; and this is the very hottest of the whole. 1w THE Loans there was last night nothing worthy of particular attentioo. Ix roe Coasseutta, an observation was made by C). lODel TRENCH that there were 360,000 persons, in the county of Mayo alone, who were receiving relief. Ifs said the distress was much abated, and would be still more abated by the crop of potatoes, which uould fall in ii a few weeks ! Bur, bow does the Colonel knot that the famine will not come again whet' that sheet ing rubbish is all eaven op. Sir WILLIAM DE CHM nutty was not over friendly to the system of poor. rates, but if nothing more effectual could be done, he hoped the poor-rates would be introduced. The set. the Baronet carrnat be over friendly to the poor -rates; and we assure him that either peer-rates or Otter eon. fusion must be introduced into Ireland. It is /I strange thing to hear Colonel nausea .(who is an Irishman) sighing for the crop of potatoes, when the Irish bew papers are sow confessing that this washy inietnelst earth and water is one of the great causes of the distress' It is curious to hear Colonel TRENCH sighin,r for the Potatoes when it is so notorious, that Ireland abounds in corn and meat, which she is sending in prodigies; quantities to enemy parts of the world, and partitulatly to this country. and when we have recently rowel to the satisfaction of every body, except. perhaps, Irish landlords, that the " Potatoe Traps " of that couotry are perfectly capable of receiving and grind iog the best of bread, beef, and baton. What would you think of a man, who had bacon upon his rack and bread in his pantry, sad who, with meagre looks sari fainting voice were to tell yen that he trusted he should be relieved by a parcel of roots growing is his garden, the very water from the boiling of which roots is sufficiently strong and " netritiees" to kill r the lime!, that make what is called the cotton oligle upon apple Trees ; or to core • dog of the mugs when the animal is in the last stage of that imolai. ing disease? What would you think of sorb a man? Would you not say to kite. " why, blood-and-eons, " Pat ; pull out your knife, and lay on upon the In " con and beef:" lo short, there is something at once so ridiculous and so shocking in the present rate of Ireland that one can hardly speak of it with acy 1 degree of sobriety.—The Poor-Rocca form the only remedy ; bat, to hope that that reuiellywill be adopt ' ed would not be to show that we have profited mush from experience. SOUTH AMIRICAN PIRATRII:-.•••Mr. MARRTATI brought in a Petition from the shipowners and mer chants of the city of London ; and out of it arose a long story about the acts of violence committed apoa oar ships by the people of South America. Mr. BRIGHT on the part of his constituents of Mime'. praised the American Government for sending ship: it war to put down the Duce eeeee s, as lee called then, Lord CALTLIRRAGH gave • sitie-wisded stroke at Idol Cocuaaws, and said, that he did not understand the law of onions as this country understood them. lie took occasion to say, that this nation was the grtotc.t sew/ power, and we take the liberty to tell him that hewnl not have to say that long, unless the National Debt be diminished, and that cannot be without a Re form of tho Parliament.—The South Americans and Lord COCHRAN/ laugh at shipowners and merchants who hate the folly to rail for warlike measures, with a peace establishment of sixty millions a year, or the greater folly to expert that their greedy ideas about trade are to be forced upon the world by any thiti short of powder and ball. STOCK EXCHANUE. TWELVE O'CLOCK Considerable business has been dune this mornin; in the market. Several respectable Brokers have par chased to a large amount, and up to this hoar the market has a good appearance. The Commissioners have thismoment porcliAsed .Conaols are 84 fur Money. and 801 fur the Account. This being Settling Day for all foreign seeeritiet most of the Brokers are busy io settling their Ar. counts. Spanish Bonds impe.,ved somewhat this morning, and were done at 63, bet soon after bemuse sellers at the above price. In other foreign securities there is not osach . doing. ONs o'Ccomr.—.The market remains steady with little doing, Consols SOO for the Account, and SOll fur Money. The French Fends are said to have come better. The Foreign Account lilt, gone ofrup to this host, without any defanLer, but it appears most art great Bears of Spanish Bonds. A Fortnum Loan of 50:1,0001., is exported in a few days. New Spsnish, ',—Oid, ow —New Prussian. fAI-0 1 0. PO—Russian. S3--thinish, hit—Neapolitan, 7ti—Citi9 , Eol—Cohlinbiaa, SZt:. Chaderon Ropers have arrived this menial; to its •and instant. They contain bur little news of intst.o. there has been, w;ist is canc.!. an insurrection of tin Macke there, and six of thee had bees tried sad for donned to death. The Paris papas of Sunday (with do ex7epti..l those tie mentioned yesterday, which attempt to uta.e it believed t..at Madrid is tinder the power of Om Itor &lists). contain little other intelli ; .:ence than tile teedit.g. of the Citainh.a of De/swim In the cork ~f the discussion %%Adds took place on Saul-Jay lad- M. itenjamiu Constant, after tworin,r a reduction t,on millions in the rhar,te fur the P o Nee, whirl! 4:twunted to 2.990,090 franc*, laid before the Chas 'are a Bract anti a dagger belonging to the oteshen of a Secret Society instituted is the commentates' If the present year. under the title of Comserrateurs le .f.e Leg Wasik, with this motto : Moriamier pro rem Ilse existence of this Society bad bees revealed P the Police, but instead of *tests being taken for to Inppressiun, the individual by wham the mob. PARLIANIENTARY PAPER. An 01ficial Return of the gross and net amount of all the assessed taxes, payable and paid in Ireland, except the window awl hearth tax, for the last seven years, distinguishing each year, has been piloted pur suant to an order of the House of Commons. It pre rAnts a melancholy reduction in all the articles con nected with the superior cl a of society, thus evincing • dimintioo in their numbers, their means, or both. The amount of duty paid for cariages .C. e. d. within the year 1816 was . . 117,570 7 71 Ditto, in the year 1822 . . • 5063 10 11! For servants in 1816 . . . 54,471 0 6 Ditto, in 1822 . . . . 36,607 17 51 For horses in 1816 . . 104,577 1 24,, Ditto, in 1822 . . . . 56.686 951 For dogs in 1816 . . . . 15,659 19 8 Ditto, ea 1822 . . . • 9,515 18 01 Coachinalcer. in 1916 . . . 734 1 21 Ditto, in 1822 . ; . . 284 18 4 Total in 1816 . . . . 293,273 II 91 1 Ditto, in 1822 . . . 160,858 II A The failing off iu the last six years thus appears to be nearly one-half. The decline in the iatetveaing years was uniformly graditol lo almost every branch.' ARR. 111 , 15. ARR. OWL 1 Dublin - 0 0 Holland • 0 2 Waterford 0 0 Illumine O O. & lerssy - 0 0 Franco O Lisbon 0 0 Flanders - O ottsolung - 0 0 America - - 0 PAICE OF STOCKS. AT ONR °vibe& Tifis DAY. ,o 2 Stock —233 I j Imlia 91eek.' .... •• . . • • pr Ct. Red 9111. Ditty Bead es . 00s. 02; per Ct. C 0.... lloli4 %oath des 5t0et......01 90j Si per Cent. NU Seale See Old A.. . I ego Cents 99ite Ez.llllllld e . 7s • pm. New Fou-s SperCisat. 1797. LearAws ..20 !3-16 IS-10 --Smell bs. 7e. 01 um. Imp. 3pr Ct. ;rise I per Cent ........