The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-01-31 00:00:00

A ousserom Mail if Op attati — etnen who have' been actively ',gaged in dispiasing relief to the Dis tressed Seamen, took place yesterday at the Ring's Head, in the Poultry, at which a Report on the sub ject of the beneficial effects which have already at. tended the labours of the Institotion, was made. It Is apparent from this, and the account we give of the Meeting, tbet the present eapences of the Institution are at the rate of eight hundred pounds per week, a sem so well repaid by its effects, that it will he moat lamentable, if any deficiency of funds should check the efforts of the Society, before they shall have at- Mined their fell purpose. BRIGHTON, JAN.29.—This afternoon Prince Ei- TERUAZY, accompanied by Prince Hesse HODIRRRO. arrived at the Pavilion. The Right Hon. Lord STEWART took his farewell leave of the PRINCE Rs- OENT previously to his departure for Vienna. Yesterday the CHANCELLOR of the &CHEQUER bad a consultation with the Earl of LIVERPOOL, et Fife-House, for upwards of four boors, from eleven o'clock till past three. Letters from Vienna mention, that en Imperial Ordinance will shortly appetr, conferring upon the son of the Ex-Empress MARIA LOUISA ' the title of Highness, and the name of the Doke of Mormirr. It is added, he will be assigned the first rank after the Princes of the Imperial Family. The Legislati*. Body of Frankfort pronounced ea the 10th inst. by acclamation, the abolition of the servitude of the inhabitants belonging to that territory, as well as of all the services resulting from it. A letter from Dover, dated Jan. 29, says—r' His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON arrived here this day at two o'clock, from London, and , embarked in the Lord Duneati packet, Cap. liAmturos, at three P. M. for Calais." The claim of the CHIEF BARON of the Court of Xrchequer, Ireland, to appoint to the place of Clerk of the Pleat in that Court, has been rejected in the Court of Error, by a great majority. Baron SHIM was, we believe, the only Member of the Court who gave an opinion in rimer of the CHIEF BARON. • By letters received yesterday from Rio Janeiro, dated Nev. 28th, we learn the arrival there of the ship Jane, in 52 days front Valparaiso, the Captain of which gave an account that the Patriots were iu possession of the whole coast of Chili,exceptFoletsana, which was daily espected to surrender. A Spanish frigate and two sloops of war were cruising off Val paraiso, bat did not prevent any vessels from enter ing the port. The English frigate Amphion had sailed from thence for Rio Janeiro, but had not ar rived at the latter place at the time the letters left. The Cabinet has received the addition of another :Member in the person of Mr. ItuNiNsoN, the late Vice-President of the Board of Trade, new President of that Board and Treasurer of the Nary. This Committee of the Privy Council consists, therefore, jaw of thirteen persons. Its gradual increase is worth consideration, not so mach in any constitute. east point of view, as because, if this should pro ceed much further, one great purpose of the in , titu. tiou of a Cabinet will be counteracted ; the number will he too great. to /permits, at ail times, a perfect confideuce of the Members in each other ; cabals will arise ; Sub-Committees will be virtually formed ; and the ostensible Cabinet will come to be, like the greater Council, from which it is formed, a Society fur formal, rather than for real consultation. There .are, at least, tb•sre Members of the p , esent Cabinet, Whose offices do not indispensably require their pre. seece at it—Lord M ',GRATE, Mf. POLE, and Mr. Rostrion. It seems thou, as if seats there were granted, is a mask of rank, to denote the degree o general consideration enjoyed by individuals, rather than their particular utility. Now, where shell Ibis principle of selection stop, when it comes to be fully understood in the higher departmems of office? Mr. Boners, the Gentleman selected as Secretary to the Society for the Suppression of Mendicity, was last week presented with an elegant piece of plate for his exertions in a similar situation in the parish .ow.ng the inscripti on : where be-resides. The " elerkenwell Sohscription for the Relief of the Labouring and Manufacturing Poor during the winter of 1816-17. Pre sented by the Subscriber to Mr. W. H, Roams. in testimony of the high sense they entertain of the ability, perseverance, and fotegritv evinced by him as their Secretary. from a desire to re cord thine feelings which his eiindoet in that situation has ex Cited. and to perpetuate the grateful recollection in which the superior qualities of his head and heart are held by the 8.943 in_ who during a period of unexampled distress unit dif. Seul'y were so eminently benefited by his raeritorious and disin terested exertions." DRURY-LANE.—Last night the Oratorios corn menced at this Theatre, with a selection from the most favourite pieces of IlAsoec's sacred Oratorio of The Messiah, w ith Beurtroves's justly•celebrated Oratorio of The Mount of Olives, and a Miscella neous Act. The arrangements for the Oratorios this season differ but little from those of the preceding one—they are directed by Sir GEORGE SDI ART (who eneduets et the origin). The leader is Mr. H. SMART, and the choruses are conducted by Mr. PRICE. The young Gentlemen of his Majesty's Chapel Royal, St. Paul's Cathedral. and Westminster Abbey, also as. Inst. :Tbe 'principal vocal performers are Mrs. SAL- Ma; KW GOODALL, and Miss Coate' (from the Opera-house, - and her first appearance in an English Theatre); Mr. ilaAnait, Mr. BELLAMY, Mr. TER. DAIL, Mr. HAWICS, :Masters HAWES and WINTLS. The Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, will open to-morrow for Divine Service, after having been shut sip for six mouths (o be repaired and beautified. Earl GREY is expected in town nest week, from • his seat, Howirk. Northumberland. DEAL, JAN. 30.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Elizabeth, Culling, from Berhice ; Lavinia, Pais ley, from ditto; Wellington, Genet's, from Leghorn; and the King George, King, with passenger', from Calais.—Came down from the River, the Messenger, Chase, for St.Thornas's.— Put back by adverse winds, the Constantine, —, for Hayti; Erin, Hussey, for New York ; Barbadoes packet, Balaton, for Barba. does; the latter with the loss' of anchors and cables; and remain in the Downs with the rest of the out ward-bound, all well. PENZANCE, JAN. 2R.—The following vessels were Spoken on the 26th inst. by one of our pilot-boats, viz, the Lively, Aid, —; and a brig, Wane unknown, (tom St. Micboersbound to London. EDITOR dr re; STATESMAN. Sta,—We all affect to deplore the evils that have be.' fallen our unlucky country; bat I think if all those who have the right and privilege of Electors,woold sit down ten minetes and deliberately consider in what degree they themselves have been the instruments of its mis fortunes, they meat generally come to one conclusion. Have they, io former times, when called on to vote, for one who has styled himself • Candidate fer their favour:, consulted conscience or self.interest ? Have they ever thought it worth while to enquire into the, characters of Candidates, further than simply as to which of them set the greatest pecuniary value on their votes ? Has not, in fact, the favourite on such occasions usually been the highest bidder I believe, for the majority of Electors throughout the kingdom, one answer will be sufficient ! What folly is it, when men have sold their votes at an Election, to suppose that they have not sold themselves—their families —their comforts—their rights—nay their future destinies, and the destiny of the nation. They make themselves by such base and ignominious conduct the slaves of the worst of masters, sod he only is the free man, who, at the expence of their dearest rights and pr'vuleges, ply, his way to Parliament. It is implis.ible, having once commit. ted so fatal an error, to separate themselves from its consequences—they are doomed to find that 64 the wages of sin is death"—death to their happiness, to their freedom and prosperity. In the common affairs of life men expect that the money with which they purchase, gives them absolute power ever what they have purchased—thus, he who buys lend tills it for i his own advantage—he who bays negro-slaves exacts from them the services of their whole lives—he who, buys horses rides at his pleasure, and if lie occasion - - , ally rides hard, it is no more than he is entitled to do. Is it then a matter of wonder that a man Kiln, in order to obtain a seat in Paelisment, boys up the votes of his venal countrymen, should, when his Elec. (ion is fairly purchased, think himself freed (roman further obligations to these Electors ? I despair of being a spectator of better times and, better scenes, until the public mind shall hive become more enlightened with respect to political duties°. A People, whosecharscier is both venal and depraved, can never be supposed to be capable of choosing a free and independent Parliament to represent them, and watch over the public interests. He might as well expect the Devil to he attended by the purer intelligences of the celestial world— or the savages of an American forest to leave their sickly haunts for the refinements of London and Paris. If the People themselves will not set an rumple of purity and independence, despise the briber!, that alone can chain them to the footstool of oppression, shake off thatabject and crouching turpitude of mind that holds them prostrate before the would-be•great, , ■nd assert. and demand, arid exercise in spite of every threat, and every inducement to the contrary, their rights as men, and as rational creatures, I can assure them, they will continue, and they will deserve to continue, to drink deepor and deeper of that biter cup of sorrow and Aliction, of which, if a Parlia. meat so constituted'arul chosen as the present, is chosen again, they will find they have as yet only tasted: let them be true to thenitelves! Oh, if I could but borrow the voice of the thunder or the whirlwind, I would tell my countrymen, in accents that should ring in their ears to their last moment, that domestic tyranny has . heen the cause of all our misfortunes; sod that they have been the authors and creators of that accursed t) pinny, by their own cor. rapt and depraved conduct at Elections. There are I souse whom no considerations will move, whom no danger will arouse; their's is the dream of stupidity, I the sleep of unchanging and unalterable ignorance; for such I have not a word to spare. I had rather they " should sleep on new, and take their rest." It would he a pity to deprive the jaws of destruction of the victims they have so long been extended to devour; but to such as have nothing at stake in the present system, nho are neither Fundholders, nor Pensioners, nor Parsons, who are interested alone in the welfare and fate of the country—who are nei ther corrupted by Whigiam or Toryism, or any such ism—who have preserved the purity and upright cress of their minds, and who really deserve the appellation that tyrants, for the better effecting• of their own private ends, have not scrupled to bestow on a nation of slaves. To Fr eemen I address the following es. tract, and 4 4 he that hath an ear to hear, let bias bear," be that hath an e)e to read let him read : Asto the Election of Members of l'ailiament„ it it enacted, that Candidates shell not make any pre seats of money to, or treat Electors after, the test, of the writ of the summon', or issuing out the writs for elections, or after any seat of a Member of Por liatnent becomes ♦acant i in ease they do, for this bribery they are declared incapable to serve as Nene bers."-7. W. 1 ff. c. 4. So much for the Candidates for the favours of Freemen! " And farther, an oath is to be taken by Electors, that they have not either received or had any money, gift, reward, or any office, place, employment, or even promise of money, gift, reward, &c. to them or their use, to give their votes: and in these cases if they ask, take, or contract for money or reward either by gift, or other device, to give or refuse their votes, for any one ; or if persons by gift corruptly procure any Elector to . give his vote, they shall for feit 5001. and be totally disabled to vote at any Elec tion of Members of Parliament,7as also to hold any 1 -- T office of franchise, &c. Likewise pollens to vote, sithoat their taking the afore.mon, tinned oath in case the same be demanded, incur a forfeiture of 1 ; and en oath is tu..be administered to all the Returoing 01fieersohat they - have not re ceived any money, gift; me place, &c. for the snak ing their returns ;" 2 Geo, 11. c. 24, •lso 9 Geo. c. 38. So much for Freemen who Oohfer their favours on Candidatei; who east their pearls before swine, and then complete tbsAlaey turn epon them and send them. • ' -* • Were our ancestors, think Mr. Eorrop; than us I h there nothing, think you, to be learnt by studying their conduct—their virtues—their prin ciples. May we not rather ser t lai ad ens compard ntur nihil lupus. Yours &c. , Janitor) 24, 191 Y. A. N. D. EXPENDITURE AND STATE or PUBLIC CREDIT » FRANCE. Count Lanjoinala, Peer of France, has . just pub. lished • new pamphlet, entitled Of the Expenditure and the Income of the Slate fur. the year 1818, and of Public Credit. This pamphlet is recommended by those pure intentions and useful _views which swirl from a iirofound fvelltig of the wants of France. :" We should ill (says the author) consult our own interests amid the calamities with which we are afflicted, by only searching for the origin and authoes of them,.by describing the parties concerned, praising some individuals, and painting the rest of the citizens under odious colours. Both pallet have their merits, their virtues, and their glory; rued both !sorties have committer! errors, entre wrongs, and crimes. During the most odious scenes of our late re. volutions, each side has furnished actors who ip ;toted, escited, hired, or fomented public disturbances, or who calculated upori, and consented to, that which ' others executed. Thus we have all to claim mu• tual ;Ardor' ; and forgiveness will be the more miss, as on a general calculation there have neither been among us victors or vanquished. •We have visaed amnesties in turn upon each oilier. Let 04, there fore, allow disquieting recollections to be eatin• guisided. Our safety requires from us union and oblivion. This onion and oblivion cannot 'privy; but from the fidelity of us all to that social compact civets for universal reconciliation. Thus all the lists of proscription direct or construt•rire, all uncutastitu. lions! exclusions, all niesaures dictated by re-action or by far, in a word, all anti•lacts ought to he abolished. We ought, in fine, to enjoy the benefits of the Charter,• and the precious developmerts which are calculated to place it in fall activity. To ad. yourn the reign of our fundamental laws is to accuse and to violate them, to drive the citizens to distrust, to endanger the internal tranquillity, and to stifle public and private credit. We sell our renter pas ti=es for half their value; we are exhausted by the results of our negneistion ; credit has not revived.— Our situation condems us for some years' to come to the continual and simultaneous employment of three remedial which may become fatal, namely, excessive taxation, enormous and onerous Loans, and a Sinking Lund, which is no palliative, eacept dining the siegotiltion of a Loan. .Our pretended credit has not preveuted the charges. • - of negotiation in 1817 from amounting to near 23.()00,000. Let us frankly avow that we possess credit only in the germ. That it may vegetate with force, and produce its salutary fruit., we must wait for our political emancipation by the departure of foreign armies, by the definitive and moderate settle. ment of the claims of foreigners no France, and of those of Frenchmen in a foreign country. We must wait for the substitution of national troops for the Swiss regiments ; and a law, or act article of.la dr, re. garding the passage and the employment of foreign troops on our territory ; elections less *interfered with by the Ministers; Representatives chosen by le gitimate electors; the law promised for four years on the responsibility of Ministers and their 'gents; Trial by Jury for misdemeanours, as well as crimes con nected with the abuses of the priers ; the abolition of the monopoly and slavery of the Journal.; a law on the organization and jurisdiction of the local au thorities, fixing strong harriers against the arbitrary conduct of the Prefects; the return of impartial and constitutional justice; the rectal of those who were banished by the measures of the two Chambers ; the revision of excessive and unmerited pensions; and the liquidation and payment of legitimate pensions 'refused or suspended ; the reduction of eztravagant, and the retrenchment of uttoece•stry erpeaditure; and the return to the Public Treasury of all the iSuills raised in its name, but turned into different !channels." The following is the manner in whirh M. de Chs. teauhristid expressed himself regarding the race of his friend the Duke of Fozjirne3, in the Chanlher of Peer., when thscusting the Law on the Liberty of 1b Press : •• Itie are so for from this state of things (I.i.:erty of the Press and of public speaking),_ that fri at tempt is made even to enslave opinion in the itttPrior of the two Chambers. Whoever has the misfortune of finding himself placed in the minority, is obliged, in ascending the tribune, to ask himself if he ha; still any thing to lose, or if he has beforehand made all hi; sacrifices. Lt is not without profound sorrow that I see political intolerance consolidating from day w day. I did not complain of it while I alone was its victim : I freely acknowledge that my ser vices are nothing, and that no attention is due to me; but when I see the most worthy and most estimable servants of the King undergoing hard•ittps for no other reason thou basing impressed their opinion; with frankness, I cannot but ho adlicted. Under what Government do we then live, if a Peer of France, if a Deputy cannot say what he thinks ad• vantageous to the State without being persecuted as au enemy i" Lard HAMILTON, the only son of the Tate Marquis . of Asettcons, died some years ago, leaving an intent son, who is new alive, and wire of course succeed• to the estates and honours of his Grandfather. Besides the Scots estates in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh; the ARNRCORN property in Ireland is very esten.ive. Lady HAMILTON is now married to the Eirl of AsERDEEN, and is his second wife. Her •Lsrlyship hat also had the good fortune to prodace a sets and heir to that Nuble Family. z A. eery numerous and highly respectable tompany assembled at the Freemasons' Tavern, to celebrate the Aneiversary of this Institution. 13y six o'clock the tables were all filled + and at half past six the Duke of York entered, followed by several Lords and Gentlemen, among whom were Lords Holland, Petersham, end Essex, Mr. G renfell i M. P., Sir John s)lvester,Messii. Harris and Colman. The usual toasts and songs were giten. Lord .11om.asno now rose and said, be was sere the Gentlemen present would excuse bim for inter= fering, for a few. .minutes, with their conviviality, when they learned ,the reaseo which indueed him to rise. His object yes, to propose to the respectable body then assembled, in the shape of a toast, a health. whith • would enable them to express those feelings, which, it was easy to be perceived, beat high in the_heart of every Gentleman present. The toast he was about to propose could not be put from the Chair. It it could, he should have beets Went on this occasion. His object in rising was, to propose she health of the Illustrious Individual who filled. the chair—and, he was sure, that this was the most tompendinus way of expressiog his own pleasure at geeing theßuyal Duke in the Chair, at the samMe-ihat it..4gas the easiest mode of giv ing to otberi,an oppostanity of expressing their taw tisfaction ms so auspicious - an event. Many motives must induce the Geistlemen present to rejoice, W 144041 they self the • Chair tuns filled—hut he would sot dwell upon them e because the individual to whom they related wis present. The 'salted rank—the character—the well.known virtues of their Royal Chairman—were topics highly worthy of at- (Pinion ; but he was sure, that he would offend the delicacy of that Illustrious Personage, if he touch ed upon them—and, actuated by that feeling, he should abstain. It was, however, a satisfaction to frit!, that his Royal Highness was so f i r recovered front hislate accident as to be able to attend on the pre ser.t day.—(Apeayse.)—To those who were ac quainted with his Royal Highness tiF, he had the honour to he, it could not be a matterof surprise, that on accident, which deprived his Royal Highness of his tivual amu.ements . —of his customary recreations-- was no r buflicie n t, although severe, to prevent him from startling forward us the nrlv o cate of twice. blessed Charity !-L(.41/tta:r . sc.)—fie should now be 4 leave to say a few, and a very few words, on the Institution, which-the present Assetnbly were called en to ',ippon—and on that body of men, at whose requeit, on this occasion, so briportant to them, his Royal Highness had been pleased to take the Chair. With respect to this Institution, es far as its origin was conterned; his Lordship could say very little— but, with its general object and scope he was well acquainted-arid all those who heard hint, were, he believed, equl!ly well acquainted with them. and approved of them - ae much as lie did. Ills Lord ship's knoWledge of the Persons professional:) , con nected •ssith the star, arose from accident. Two intlividuali; Int* departetl, - 4fid the memory of both of whore he cherieed, and•vever should cherish, nest his heut l _orys,ssioned his acquaintance with thus, body, foi the heipless • membv.),.tjf.-vshich the iriesein Fuud was intended. One. of t h ose deals, die; latreptt. Sheridin —who was an ores.. merit of•thh Disima—who was its ornament if tbs Senate— whn was an 'ornament of civil society—. w hose 'Mind' was at enlightened as Ills feelings were kind and liberal—whose talents were great, but • hose charity was infinite !—(hear, hear!)—he it ' was, who first brought him acquainted with actors. lit a later period, in consequence-of his situation, as One of the Committee of Drury.lane Thestre be hectime more intimately acquainted with the character and conduct of the principal actors in this great metropolis ; and, in the situ'. tion which he held, he hail a fair Opportunity of marking their manners. What was the result of his oh!ervation? Ile found them honourable in their dealings—kind, affectionate, and friendly to one another—and liberal in their sentiments towards all mankind.—[Hear, hear n—He felt greatly de lighted at seeing his Royal Highness present on this occasion—not only because he was the root and sup port of this proMising tree—but because he was at the head of that profession, of which honour was the very essence!—Ulear, hear!)—The Noble * Lord, concluded by proposing the ht..iltti of his Royal. Highness the Dike of Fork, with three limes three. Tho Duke of YoRK returned thanks to Lord Rol. land and to the company, and left it to Mr. Fawcett Ito state the great object or the Institution. , Mr. FsWcETT (his health having been drank) made' an amusing speech on the intention and utility of the Institution. Lord llor.titen again rose to say, that the. sob• teription.book would be sent round, while the ins ' preasien" of Mr. Fawcett'd speech was fresh its their minds. • •.n tr• Tie honks were sent round, and Mr. Fawcett soon ano , .unced that ,upwarda of 1,0001. were collected. , Tiia eve'ning., was spent with the greatest convi viat.ty. The Doke of York retired it 12 o'clock. Amelia the company wasl‘ir.Kean, Mr. C. Kemble, Mr. Yotteg, Ate.' Mr. C. Taylor conducted the mu. sir.al depailment with great ability and taste. lit the comae of thk tiening bora. Holland gave Mrs. Sid ' cious's health, efthes departed heroine of the, stage; !hod his Royal 'Highness afterwards gave, in allusion to the foregoing . toast, the health of Mr. Kean, !who 1 presentberoof the stage: both toasts were received with •entlitishi'im. Mr. Keap having left the room preiiously, Mr. Dent, as ptoprietor of Drury-lane retorried thanks, and said, teat the prosperity of both Theatres depended op their unanimity. A few nights since; the hoose of Mr. Hughes, oil. mil., in King-street; Seven-dials, was broken open Iby robbers, who were prevented from - carrying off I the property they hid parked op its rittaditiels for that purpose. A son and daughter ileep in. the at. I tics, whose rooms are only separated by a thin.par• 1 Iltion ; they w ere awoke by a noise, buttl4 not know the cause ; the son, however, was VotOplettli owob,e, by one of the robbers lifting an article othisitessolk, . the hook in his bed-room, and a stick with a reword in it .hanging on the same hook fell off: the youth, who is only 17 years of ige, then jumped op, ettiiiked the robber, and stabbed him with it : it catered soma s part of his body Zii inches, by the stain of Mood: The robber escaped oat of the window. . . , _. _.,-• • - • .. Officers that admit I ' 741EATRIGAL FUND DINNER. ino tha afesra.mon . 1 •It was bat the other day that 1 spoke to a fellow-0 ask his pardos, 1 should say a• English freersau)—u ho ha , of late twee earning bis braid by the sweat of his brow, on the high. road, at the rate of a shilling per day. on the subject of the ap proaching Reedier', aid found—shall 1 say to my surprise?— that he bad already made up hi. mind as to the Candidate whom he intended his rote. " Why friend," said I, " how can you have made up your mind within orbject.before even a Can didate bas offered bimself to your Notice?" " Oh." replied be, " that's mashing to met she man that bas got the most Bask rates to give await, will have my vote; and 1 care not who be m ay her Here's a hopeful Patriot, thought 1. Whilst Old Loglaad has such sons and daughters, what Dead has she to tr..inte.e I mi! • ~ ~. Y Tr, r k • r I e 1 A I• CO et br •: . ~,