The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-04-29 00:00:00

manofacterars of Birmingham with levity—to rebut wh i c h, he cited various instances which hid occurred in the comp of Only- ye.lrs of his Algot! life, in whic h he bad intsrianly.listetted with the greatest at tention to the inenpraints of all desks Majes tyli xubjects--from which he inferred the impossi bility of his having treated the distresses of the manu cowers of Birmingham in a flippant or contemptu ous manner. lye declared to God, that, neat to the col ealission of some crime, there teas no charge which could be mere revolting to his feelings. Upon the s ubject of the Orders in Council, however, he was extremely anxious the country should not be misled ; and as the best course of setting the question fairly before the public, he should give no opposition tb the 'notion of the Noble Lord. Sir CHARLES MORDAUNT and Mr. DUG p;tLE said a few words. Mr. BARING was glad, that, after the ineredu.: lity of the Gentlemen opposite as to the distressed state of the country, and their disregard of predic tious on that point, they were at length brought so far as to confess that a great deal of distress did ex. I ist, and that the 'voice of the country was against tbe:n : he was happy that they had conceded so fur as to permit the matter to be enquired into. He did not believe there could have been any foun dation for the accusation against the Right Honour able Gentkman, of treatit o nr the distresses of the ma _ and his friendi thought that the Ordeii- in Countil were not to be abandoued, it WAS ender inch circum. stances rather extraordinary, that they Could vote to scud those measures, as it Were, to their trial, by voting to refcr thew to the consideration of a Porn mittee. It was; he thought, practising . a gross de. losion upon the publieto hOld out to them a shew of relief if untie whatever ices siltimately intended. Ne could not divine the motives which had at length, af ter such a Minifeito as they Kid lately issued, rw- ThrtED the 'Ministers (to use n 6 more invidious tetni), indueed"the MiniSters t 6 agree to the Coln , mitten. lie then took an opportdnity of exp ress i n g •tt wish that the Committee might be . gone iuto to morrow, and continue to sit from day to day, defer. ring all other less urgOnt business, until the present was di•posed of. Mr. ROSE esPliinel. • Mr: STEPNEN declared, that if it had nai . been for the declaration made .111 his Majesty's MiniSterS, of their acquiescence in the motion of the Noble Lord, he, for one, if he stood alone, should hive given his vote against it. The lido. and Learned Gentleman, in a speech of considerable length, then entered into a justification of the Orders in Council, and the beneficial effects resulting from 'them; and in every way in which he considered the 'motion, he could not see any beneficial e ff ects resulting from such an enquiryj and was inclined to think that the ne e te turem with levity. Indeed, the wends attri inconvenience of refusing it was not greater 'than the bitted to him were rather a very expressive indica- concession itself. tion of the light ie which Ministers viewed this Lord STANLEY, before the question was de %obi ee Bat it was Do great wonder if the depute. ; tided, wished to know whether, if it should appear tion from the inaiofeetetrees went away not very At? the House that the Orders in Council were the well pleased, when thii only consolation they tie- . cause of tee present distiesses of the Coutitri,lira veva was tobe told, that the manufacturers of France Majesty's Government was prepared to rescind them, wereav muchdistressed as themselves. He denied that or to persevereein the declaration made by the Right tie right of blockade was at all in issue between us and lion. Gentleman (Mr. Rose). America,as far as concerned the restoration of the ie ter- ; The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re. course • and he read some passages from the correspon- plied, that be could not pledge himself to.any spelt deuce between' Mr. Foster anti Mr. Monroe to prove agreement. He conceived.the Rouse meant to inguire tiers. Indeed, by the existing law, the President, into the causes of-the present distress, and being fully hatever might be his opinion as to the right of , persuaded that it would be found a mere temporary blockade, meat, by Proclamation, repeal the Non- pressure upon trade, resulting from other causes, and Importation Mt, the moment lieliad authentic infer by no means attributable to the Orders in Council, ,nation .of the repeal of our Orders in Council. As !he could not with any propriety make such promise to the question, whether the French Decrees had as the Noble Lord alluded to. been repealed, he admitted that there were circum-1 Mr. TIERNEY said, he would venture to answer' stances which warranted a doubt whether France ; the question of his Noble Friend. If the result of , acted up to her declaration. But America had rea- the examination should be such as to impress a con. sou to betieve that they were repealed, and that in. viction that the Orders in Council should not be per. forma ion the could not have received in a more au- ; sisted in, he had no doubt the Right Hon. Gentle. tient c form than from the French Minister. The 'man would give way. lion. Gentleman then contended, that whether Ham- Mr.AVIIITBREAI), before the question was pity burgh or France admitted or not our goods, that was i begged to ask of the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) a nothing to America. Besides, we had- uo reason to question relative to certain official documents from judge that America was actuated by any hostile mind I America, published this afternoon. He alluded to tovvards us from her public declarations. America! message from Mr. President Medison, which was took it for granted that the Berlin and Milan De- I accompanied by various letters from the Earl of Lie', ciees were repealed, and we were unable to produce ' verpool, Sir J. Craig, and a Mr. Henry, the latter of one in tance in which a condemnation took place in I whom it appeared had been employed to promote- France against her under these Decrees. Mr. Mon- dissension in Massachusetts, and if possible to pro. roe, in his letter, insisted particularly on this fact'— ; duce a separation of the eastern States from the and what reason, therefore, could America have to' Union.--Ile wished to know Whether this corres complain against France ? But the great question now penitence was or was not authentic ? before the House was,. whether, supposing France Lord CASTLEREAGH expressed his satisfaction bad put a stop to out trade, the Orders in Council at having an opportunity of explaining what had been were a remedy against her measures. He thought ,very unfairly brought forward by the American Go they were no -- remedy ;mine that, on the conteigyeeHnennnetrit. lie begged must di:Madly and jewenapto..., they tended to assist those measures. If we had, oily, on behalf of. the British Ministry, trissert, indeed, any prosperity to hazard, then such au ex- that it never entered into their contemplation to en. ! periment as the Orden in Council might have been courage any disposition to produce the separation of permitted; but had we such prosperity ? The Teti. any part of the States from the Union, nor had they , lions on the table_were an answer with a vengeance ever acted upon a system of policy of that descrip te that tittestioth It was said, that the repeal of the tiou. It.was certainly consistent with the fact, teat Orders in Council would injure our West India Captain Henry bad been employed. by Sir James trade;—that was a fallacy, for in fact at this in- 1 Craig, but without the privity of Goverment, who slant the colonial produce that went to France was never beard of it until the Governor of Calm& la w stir own colonial produce, but that of the Dutch formed them of his recall, in consequence of the and French colonies, which came in here, and which, fears of menaced hostility being removed. The oh by the license system, we were permitted to get rid jest of Sir James Craig was merely to ascertain the et% On the whole, he protested against the mono- temper of the inhabitants of the eastern districts,' rinsing and narrow commercial policy adopted by with a view to the attack which he had reason to be hi, Majesty's Ministers. Here was meditated upon the province, at the head of feed citsTLEarAGll went over the grounds which he had been placed. stated by Mr. Rose, In support of the question for Mr. minim EA D read a paragraph from I let going into a Committee, contending, at the same ter from Sir J. Craig, dated 26t11 February, 1809, time, that in voting so far, he did not, in the least relating to the probability of a separation being pro degree qualify his decided opinion in favour of the duced, and enquired whether it was transmitted by Orders in Coundl as a system of just and effectual the Governor of Canada, and what steps Ministers retaliation upon the enemy. He thought too that had taken upon its receipt? the col ntry ought not to abandon such a sestem on Lord CAS I'LEREAGH repeated that Ministers arcount merely of any temporary pressures, which, were not acquainted of the mission having been un howrrer, had not been, in his judgment, at all as dertuken until it had been terminated. It was a., heavy as might, under all circumstances, have been strong proof that Sir J. Craig had only employed reasonably expected. It was to be recollected too, Mr. Henry for the purpose of ascertaining the pro that the Berlin and Milan Decrees were still in full bability of the Eastern States, assisting in an attack force, and that the principle of the blockade este- upon Canada, that when appearances of a hostile na blished by Mr. Fox, in 1806, had been acknowledged ture had vanished he was recalled. by Mr. Monroe to be founded iu justice. it was Mr. WHITBREAD expressed an inclination to nee hnwevet, a mere commercial question—it was a move that the Papers should be laid before the celestine of great national right, and as such it ought Ilatse ; but it being suggested plat a notice would to he looked at, and mot as a mere calculation oism- he convenient, he axed it for to-morrow, observing,' ports amid exportsi Even, however, in a commercial that he should withdraw it if other business of more point of view, the question was far from exhibiting a immediate importance Were in contemplation for that diQcou raging reriotl. Thew hole am u u factures afFrance day. aid not produce an income exceediug 54 ! After a few words from Mr. TIERNEY the ques uhile the gross exports of Great Britain for the last ‘, tion eves put, and it was ordered that the Committee Y P "r "wonted to 62 millions—for the year beim to on the Orders in Council should sit to-morrow, and ee, and for the one preceding that to 49 rranotts• lbe continued de die in diem. 1k could not help thiuking that the decline of the I wa nes ", from Birmingham, Sheffield, Manclier. resent year was, 110171 C mammon be traced to ter, &c. were summoned to attend on the motion of else • unilateral prosperity of the two prenettag years) r Mr. Brougham. 'when tee opening of South America gave rise to a' Mr. PONSONBY, referring to the correspond general spirit of speculation, that served eventually dense which Mr. Whitbread .had adverted to, en v) glut our markets. The exports of 1808 amounted qu li e d wh e th e r Ministers had received from Sir J. 1 . 0 49 millions, of 1809 to 16 millions, of 1810 to Craig a Copy of a Letter purporting to be signed by 2 millions, arid of 1411 to 43 millions. Still, • Mr. Itylend, and (leveeing Capt. Henry to employ a however, it appeared from the returns epee the cypher, with which lie would be provided, in his table, that notwithstanding alt the efforts of France,: correspondence. that we contrived to convey to the Continent 26 mil- I heed CAST LEREAG II answered, that upon ex liens annually of our exports ; and even its the last aminiug the liiclosures in the dispatches of Sir Ja ees sear, when the pressure was severest, we sent to Craig, he did not find the letter alluded to. the Continent 18 millions sterling of our exports.- 1 The other Orders of the Day having been disposed He should not object t o the enquiry, but he hoped ! o f , the House adjourned at 11 o'clock. that it would be gone into with temper on both sides. Mr. BROUGHAM said that nothing that had The Merchants and Dealers in Tea, intoresteA in fallen from the Noble Lord should tempt him for a p r eser v ing th e Trade to and from China in its present moment to deviate from his resolution of saying „ e _ t Channel, are informed, that a Petition to Parliament , timing upon the q u esti on till th ey h a d come out from has been p re p ared, and as I Ma& for Signatures at the enquiry, which could alone, in his mind, tender I G Attnawte l t Cottee-htnkaa April 301.1raud fellow* them competent to speak upon it. As_to the meaning day. put by the Noble Lord upon his o wn vo te, it act- I hea r e e " d as Y ierve b gra r ti gee & ar ktill4 WW wet peered rather inconsistent , that Ar that Noble leei t very thinly Attaided. a . . • , : - Tilll *fATEsmAisi. TO-IVlQRitOlir . THE Lanny WILL. BE DRAWN. Arr. ; Mails._ _ . 2 0 . . . " Cadiz ' e • I ' e o • 1 . • m. 1 . 13 .be. 0 " , # . 6 - ' ' • tiscilisey • . 1 . tittict: (fit' swims I'm DAY :AT ONE (rCLOCK Bank . • - ludic Monde 12 p 3 per. Cent. Cons. 64 1 EXehequer Ms 1 d psi 3 per Cent. Red. 60 . I).itto .. 4 per Gem!. 74A Olunitini • " 5 per ('eut. Niiv) 911 i Cousoh for Acct. tile 1 4mg . All 14 ...„... ... m. .... „ I•nttery Tick"), ..s,M . 4,19........, large unimpeached, bat hi! actually beeit promoted in our service? Does not this condutt shell, on the part of Bfir Government. that they highly approve of etery step which that General took to overturn the 'Constitution ofthiAmerican States? It it impossible I to doubt it ; and, ftterefore,whataver *edema protesta tions Minititers May now make to the itittery, they roust be held as implieated in this abominable affair —as those individuals only who are responsible to the nation Which they have so grossly insulted, and On whole beads ought to fall that just retribution for the crime which they have eoinmittett: But if such r . are the conclutions we are.entitled to draw from this relatire state of the parties, what are the Inhabitants • • of Great Britain to think; ttay, What is the Cunt;: nenti the whole Universe, to say, if we shall 'be- Able to prove, by ihe most Undeniable evidence, that . Ministers not only knew of the employment of Captain HENRY &fore he was engaged in the ins; tultous mission, but that Lord Li veneoos. ternards actually And unreservedly approved of it? • 'That we are able to do this, we feel little difficulty, even with the fen' documents which are now herons the public. It appears that Captain Iferrsii was em plo)ed by Sir JAmEs CaAto, in 1,03, to atoevtaits the state of parties and their politicartiews, in the United States. The correilpendeuce which passed at this time between Jalets and the Captain; was transmitted by the former to the British Ministry. This is proved by the following ettrnct of a letter, related 28th June last, *rides 'iiy Mr. PEcx, Lord Litcnroot's Seeratateri. - toilwirsir bilasetforhe -was Bleu in London :—" His Lordship has directed rae to acquaint you, that he has referred to the corre: spondence in this office of the year 1803, And finds two letters from Sir JAMES Castro, dated' 10:6 • April and sth May, transmitting the.correspondence• that has passed during your residence in the Nor thern States of America, and expressing his confidence in your ability and judgment." Here then is direct ' • proof, that the attempts; made in 1808, by Captain iikNRY, at the instigation of the Governor-General Of Canada, to excite commotions in the United States, were well known to Ministers at that periol . Circumstances having 'rendered it probable, in the year 1809, that something ferthermight lle done to promote this'pery honourable cause, Sir J. CRAIG ap pears to have had some further conimunication with the present Ministers on the subject, and again to have recommended Captain HENRY as a fit person to care - their views into elect. The result of this wasp that Sir Imes directed his Secretary to write Captain HENRY, on the 26th January, 1809, as follows. " The information, and political obser vations heretofore received from von, were trate!. mitted by his Excellency to the Secretary of State, who has c.cpressed his particular approbation if them, and there is no doubt that your able execution of such a mission, as I have above suggested, would. give you a claim not.only on the Governor-General, but on his Majesty's Ministers, which might ev61:14. ally contribute to your advantage." Who can doubt, after reading this, that all his Majesty's Ministers, and particularly Lord LivErteoot, then Secretary of State,_ were fully acquainted with the wmitision ocCaptswin--Rinnav, *out that they actually instructed Sir JAMES CRAIG to hold out to him a re ward for his services? that the matter does not rest here. After Captain lit:say arrived in Laudon, assd submitted his claims for remuneration to Lord l'is Lordship, in the above letter which he directed his Secretary, Mr. PEEL, to write, ex pressly recognises the services of the Captain.— He speaks of the " ability and success" with which lid execeted the mission, and stales, that he is cony inced the public service will be benefited" by your active employment in a public situation.-- lu letter, in thc hand-writing of Lord Id vEn row., Lidies..:;ml to Sir GEORGE now Governor-CA' neural of Canada, on the 16th of Sep tember last, says—" I now fulfil the assurance which I have . &Vert of stating to you my opinion of the ability and judgment which Mr. Hever has manifested ou 1164 occasions mentioned in his Memo rial, and of the benefit the public service might de rive from his active employment in any public !doe tion'isi a Itich you should think proper to place him." Here Lord Lis ERPOOL'S entire ansrobtstion of all that , Capt. HENRY bad douse, is fixed beyond the possil bility of a doubt. Nay more, so highly did cis Lordship estimate his services, that he recommended him to any public situation Sir GEORGE Penton should think proper to place him in !—Yet does this same Noble Loud now come forward and solemnly protest, that his own hands, and those of his col leagues, as to this affair, are entirely free from po lution ! !—This may go down with those admirers of his Lordship's Administration who reap the fruits of the perfidious measures they are pursuing ; but ce.rtain arc we of this, that no honest man will.. giv(N him credit either for hi.: assertions or his sr. team protestations, when evidetliv of so glaring a description is staring him in the fade. tHE LONDON: . . 2% 181!. tOULCIN FLEET AT SEA. tetteti from Gibraltar to the 11th instant, brought b' the Maideolic frigate, state, that Sir EO*ARD Par,rw had dispatched that vessel home with the intelligence of the sailing of the Totilon fleet, with troops oh board. We •have not heard that any each accounts have reached the Admirilty. By the Maidstone we have received Gibrdltar Chro, - - '4 - • . • . . ', . • -,. 7 - . • 'tides to the sth instant; but their contents are unin; (treating. The packet which left England on the 25th of March, for Gibraltar, had arrived there on the 11th. The Tortoise store-ship was appointed td sail for England on the 12th. . • Paris Papers tb the 25th Instant arrived last They do not third* out the least hint as to BoNAPARTE's intention of leaving Paris. The report, therefore, of his having already done so, which we stated on the authority of a Gentleman who came over in the Hornet ; must be regarded as unfouuded. The vies tory clanged by General BALL fiSTEROS, the particu lars of which appeared in Saturday night'sfiatefte, ' is represented by the enemy to have been a defeat. The attack was made by the Spanish General in per.' I fen at the head of 4000 troops. ManA m sts e i t st i; the 'French General, had at first only 900 but Rev's corps having arrived in time to assist, 11. s t is said to have been put to the rout. Gen. M AKANSIK was slightly wounded, and the Spaniards are stated to have lost in several attacks, 600 killed, 130 prisoners, - among which were 50 Officers, a Colonel sad his private Secretary. Five thousand of the 44 brigands," as they are called, are likewise repre. sented to have been repulsed, in an attempt to take Soria by assault, with the loss of 30 killed and 100 wounded. M A RMONT appears to be extremely active In his endeavours to provide subsistence for his armyi, ind has introduced psfrtable mills for grinding corn. - " say the French Papers, " like the Romans, it will be sufficient to distribute corn to the corps of this army, long habituated to Make their own bread and biscuit." There is no allusion whatever in the French Journals to the recent proceedings against Badajos. Preparations are making on the banks of the Danube,. for the renewal of hostilities, between AtaxANDER and the GRAND TURK. The Plenipo. teutiatries have separated; the Russians have retired :do the is .basks -of the Danube to act ow the de -1 imisive,• aid corps of reserve are forming in Russia, evidently to reinforce that army. An article, dated Naples the'sth inst. states 46 that the Parliament of Sicily is going to be convoked, for the purpose, as j is reported, of having a new Constitution for that kingdom proposed to it." By the arrival of an Anholt Mail, we have re ceived intelligence from Gotteuburgh to the !.oth inst. The Diet was to assemble on the 21st, and a proposition was expected to be made, that all persons, between the ages of eighteen and sixty, should be called out for the defence of the country. Admiral Menses was of Gottenburgh with the Vigo, Zen. loos, and Dictator, and two or three frigates. • A report generally prevails, that the French have obtained possession of Almeida. This place, we 011nderstmid, was left at first with 200 British troops, I sad '2500 Portuguese Militia;. but the former were I Subsequently withdrawn, tonisi in the opl.rations id the South, and the defence of the tow n left to the, Militia, under the command of the British Colonel ILa Mestratrat. The enemy, we hear, reconnoitred f the town on the sth ; on the 7th (hey %holly sur rounded it; and are thought so have obtained posses sion on the Bth, two days after the fall of Badajos.— : By tae fallowing letter, which reached us this fore ! noon from Oporto, it will be seen that Gen. TRANI had left that place at the head of his militia, on the sth instant, to proceed to Almeida, in consequence of his having learned that Alaamoser intended to make an attempt on Ciudad Rodrigo. This circum stance gives en appearance of probability at least, to the report of the enemy having endeavoured to effect something in this quarter : PORTO, APRIL 5. General TRANI', with his division of militia, marched on the ! slut ult. front Larnego for reida. Colonel I.e - McaufttEn • (late of the 14th Portuguese !sett), is Governor of Almeida, The late American Memengers, charged with dispatches from the garrison of which consists of three regiments of militia.— the American Charge d'Affaires in Lomloo, are said out to Mayo hisanoNT •.ecuis inclimsl La make an attempt upon Ciudad Re., been penaitted to proceed to Pari, - , but have sent lip their dis drigo, but he hoe not sufficient artillery. The cum oy from Eng- 1 patches to the American Minister there, through the medium of land Came io yesterday ; some of the Convoy put him Vigo much tho Peet-office. damaged. An eagor hope was entertained in the City yesterday, That the ' door to a negociation was still open ;mud that t h e deplura:,l It will be seen by the allusion made, last night, in state m teot he the p rufartaring districts had inciined_minigers te pastrami that hail hero made. no fee d s felt a both Muses of Parliament, to the Message of Mr. small rise upon the strength aril: Lord S-rivi.r.v•s motion -ihr a Committer to enquire into ills MADISON, and the documents accompenying it, laid effeet of the o r der, to Council, ss - as eecested Su, as =WY c'slest before the Congress of the United States, that the , su pp orters of the Administration had kitties* their cleteratina . tiese . to vote for enquiry, anti Mr. Pelicr.v.ti. iliirst not AA affiviston, base attempt to subvert the Government of that coun- The Committee meets this evening. acd is to sit from day tit dty i till their important Notions is concluded. Witnesses aft saw try, by exciting a rebellion amongst the American ,n osed to attend. people, was neither attempted to be denied nor ex. the hirca bi es ta r n e u r ; stil L lo ri ci . v — er E y v great th sta in fe atfar.. ars qtier b erilly t cased by Ministers. Mit, said Lord LiVERPOOL, respectable man is aworn in as Ccti,tattle,to protect the property individuals , as welt as the aishufactories in and about 66 I solemnly disclaim, for myself and for hi s Majes ty's Government, any intention whatever of foment- conts..E,s ( ; flA sise,..Arets. Illirket has some I n urtia n a tt r a r! l v y al a s t o t f he W bra c t, part thereof eaLfrain Sleot s faul t , s•;te: ing disturbances in these States. As to the employ last - meat of any individual, it was entirely unauthorised lux •#. !, Syley is short, this article in demand, with Malt aWhite Peas fully at the late inerewe is price. leery fen by 1110, and erks without my knowledge. Go- Grey, and much hi r. Begissof the tWoeorteable ratite disace. seramemt did not even know that Captain HENRY We bare mime fres* arrivals(us. betago thaa..r. ppt . qaoted lower; and r iots of )!''tour without aisaratioa. was employed until titer his return to Quebec "— W i ttat .. lOtH 126 s 'lick do. (ov.rl • . 64 New, suppoollog every. word which Lord Lira,- Persecute l4O 't 13 Doi (Fitio Old) .. 71. 71 e • 16' SS l Oats. . . N sta 51 Wrlei .... I 6B 76 i Poland do. fffi tit root uttered be true, we would rsk, why Sir " Itti 19.° 92 it is*lat ape " sest Jamas Cmasopr au whose shoulders M twist now 12,4 ,, __ 65 410 475 wilds 10.41111,1141111 blase of this perfidious transac. ( 7; y i ........... .7 2 78 Fine Flour . Wm. AIM; WS Mitu hi!, permitted hitherto to gp at Baum • • • - I _ . , - `llll +.4 111 ..!. ~1 1 ,:• 1 . , - 4 7 .. 1 1 . I . , 1- . .. i 1 1l 1 , I i l • (. .. 4 ' i : 1 .1 1.1 .1 1 ll i d ,77 M,^ • . i ! 'i .. • 4 '.' 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