The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-12-25 00:00:00

._::. i ' .4! 100 - * - - - v fr.*•• : as usual at the commencement of the Session, Ile brie been done, besides the appointment mittres, and rattan* pot business far them. bowever,the House of Representative' 'with meth spirit, on the Orders of the veguisr business is termed, and disposed . them, after debates of some leugth, ibeeltb volving any important principles. It appears , bl., that the rule adopted at the last Session, in that Ilnuse, fret continuing the unfinished business o'er from the firstto the second Session.af each congraesi .• ••• still be found, rpraCtlee,.- a very: geld one. It is certain • that the House has never before foetid itself , • seriously engaged in boainescat so early . * period of the Seaside *sale present. • . Tim 'object of a uniform eyehole, Bankruptcy, it will . .be seen, ha; beenAlgain introduced by Mrtilop -,,,11405it5. We hap, with him, that without occupying' ~,,terel m isch of 'lnitiate a Congress, the•sebject will be .; : teirly ilisciased,•.*firlAsolded with 'Alit deliberation' due to the megailederel the sebject, and 16 the wishes . of the commercial pert ef tho'cOmmonity. . . The Attend Xlitittilell Report slot be 'even in car neat. fined fobs in • interesting do eetaent ; andititaticalarly that past of it 'which sag oats Brat the. revenue win be so muck ditninishal, by ~,the re4ieal of the internal duties arid thederliegetnent . .-ef.ifdiviirielief, es to make it at lost doubtful whe. tier Otero win not.be a deficiency in its 'amount for the 406.16 g ?ear—rbut for the Noising year only. CONGRESS. .• . IN SITS ATE, Nov. 44. ;. " • • • The 1:40111Wat ,laM tr li ztboSenate a letter from lb* See rye( the:. . orb trausmitting his an. I•• • • anal report to'Coregers ! Th . .14 r. Faotscrria animater)* Resolution, rquerning of the Ptesideotof the Uaited . States such information ar .be tatty. ppesesa t not heretofore commenicated, touchins(the W itoO! of.somuch of the first article nt •tke !eite C k Peace bet *ere his Britannic •State!, as relates to the res• eitotioe . ;if • • • tilr. Bwanouit tees cotice e ,that be eictuld, on lasi inerrow, silk leave to interstice atilt to, increase thil kalariei of certain oeuvre. , Mr. Notes eibinitted a Resoloilen t to instrUct •thit'Conamittre oo,Publki..llLonds to enquire into the 'expediency nr . cotithiuinOn force, until the 31st el . 1824 the ACt io suspend for a limited 'Bea the silo or forfeiture of lands forfallere in coital 'Plelleg the Orients thereon." Mi. hi 4i.ox nebokitteil a Resoletiolii i. inatrettlag I .lltri.fediciery Committee to enquire the expo., of by law a Circuit Court of the 'Milted . States, to be holden at Portland, in. the Pit. of Maine. • 'Mr. DresEaso!r,:leaee being given s introduced 11111,. to *provide for the removal of the library of leiriEryst to the north wing of the CiPitoi...--Read. *"'"' IIdNUMENI 4 TO WASHINGTON.' Germanoliotiall gave notice that he ahould,. orien'to:,niatioar;' ask leave to intrddice a joint Ress,. foe theliteclide of a Monument over the re. toting 'of' the leis General:George Washington, where 'they now lie. • I The seam/ aajdirried. These Pap the Report of M. Rodney, 4itkal' line of the C? ors upetointed to repair to i3oenos. Ayresi IsigNe is'isino the condition of that • Governmene, 4 llo 0,114 to determining whit rela tions should bilitaithiffikl between It and the United States. The 'ROPOrt I litiaPies eight iptilmns, and commences ski the irat telenittesf of America by the Spaniards. 4 then enters into tilkailitif history of the cdndect bf Spelt* South Ainarica.; .the , tionfequenCes of the policy pdtsued t feniperte loiter& the 'Melhibr Country; the' sigilatilts of thirllts IV. in thvoer'of Ferdinand, ent the rearm. 010111netif bblb ht fallout of Bonaparte. It riiit ad verts to the distracted 'state of affairs' produced .by antharilitie, and the versatile and in 1141111111ent crmdirit'irthipted towards the *American Iftildiths, sit hose' ilitkiits were lost sight of or tehtletted, Milo° ' 4 (0 f•reeitelM,wentls to riperific policy to be puritiod by 'Unitod States: and •Goiermnetir, - bet 'goes 'on to itebtion, that Nil British Governmenthint, through p cIOi M, %stated into tonsetercist regulations lailhaettetal Atrilset enitsit ge hject 'if trade:with the eirelltru shore. • A . tdpir of else , officiet Instrument is refeSed' to we loteeldi rakish he Appendix. Ir adds' —`• England bars -Consul, - who , with her Naval Commander on that itation 9 appeared to condoct the confidential a ff airs of the British Cabinet with the 9oveunneet.of Bono. ?tyro: . • . We leer% !pill klals;inkeroßapecisf the 24th inst. that the Circuit Coin of the United States mill, to morrow. commons* tbe.trial-of tbeindictosents found to the' Gland slaty at the present Tern, fors sip. posed breach of !ha Ants of Congress, which prohibit h. fittiogoat of vesselaef war, in the United States, ee cruise rigelpir the subjects or citizens of any coon.- try at peace will! our Gesornineat. , This woad; Door tbeloneetaine have been on ff. %Or some ti poet, sad tits tenants, birds and beasts, hazes beau coespettprl to abandon their dwelliegs„ and Wrest. A few days ago, a large owl was shot in cbathent•abeet, sad a large bald twee, very hungry, pounced upon a live turkey in a yard in this city, but vas too weak la carry it off.—(Nut. Adv.) ~~ t 4~ i . - ,t P. I, ~~ II ~ry , L. • r p‘ S ~ . • 1 , 4 I • F1051% 1 (41 PAPERS. • , , PARIS, DEC. 41.—0 n the morning of the 19th last, the King transacted business with the Minister of Finance end the -Doke de Richelieu ; the latter afterwards paid his respects to Monsieur. . Yestenlity, the King found himself considerably recovered from the effects of as attack of the gout. . Yesterday, his Majesty transacted business with Count de Cases, Minister of General Police. Colonel Marbot, included in the Ordinance of the 24th of lily, arrived in Paris a few days ego. Tim printers, booksellers, and editors of the two etlitleve .81/ Give& Goorgier• wish, entitled '! Compiegne. de 1815," were on Friday lest sem mooed before M. Rimerdin, lodge d'insirection. '!'be work of. Madevirde Steel so dm Famish Re velotion has been prohibited in Aisle', ; • Poblic treequillity h Weevilly reatavial it Con stantinople, where there remain no traces Of the age title* that prevailed during the mine &ovum present it to the Climb,* the nest Sitting,•which is fixed for Totedsy brut: ' The case of Gen. Cased phut MM. Seneeville and Farrier cense on spin yesterday before the Tribunal of Correctiout-Police, and was spin ad journed fora week. - i v? - . A translation of the Treaty respecting the need sin° of the Dochy of Perms, concluded 10th Jens, 1817, hu been published in a Frankfort Journal-- fly the 3d Article, It is agreed that the Duchess - of Perms, Piacenza, Ind Coastal's, after the death of the Archduchess MatieLouist, shall descend in full sovereignty to the Infanta of Spain, Maria lapis*, the Infant Don Charles Louis, her son, and, his male descendants in the right fine, with the, esceptien of the districts surrounded by the States of the Empe ror of Austria on 'the left bank of the Po, which are to remain the property of his Imperial The fourth Artiile gives the reversion'( che parity of Lucca to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.— The fifth Article gives the Emperor of Austria a . right to garrison Fitments. The seventh Article di rects that, after the extinction of the branch of the Infant bon Charles Louis, the reversion of the Duchies of Parma, Fiseenza, and Goulette, shall descend as directed by the Treaiy of Aix-la-Chu. pelt. of 1748, end the separate Article of the Treaty between Austria and Sardinia, on the 20th of May, 1815. • French Funds, Dec. 19.—Fire per ceutd. 641.90 c. Bank Stock, 1315 f. CHAMBER OF IMPUTIES, Dec. 19. The Chamber assembled at noon. The Beres. of the Chamber is defisitively com posed es follows :-- President, M. Raves ; Vice-Presidents, MM. de Ceervoisier, Mattison de 'Rainier, Count Beugnot, end Becqeey ; Secretaries, M M. de St. Aelaire,Boin, Paillot de !Aloes, and General Angier. M. Rivet, Resident, took hit place in the Chair, and pro nounced the following speech : " Gennximew,—The wisdoin of the King, the Inge of his 'objects, and the zeal of the Chambers, have triumphed over the misfortunes of the nation. In peace with ell 'the world, Pence, tit be happi, hes nothing mine to desire than the sielittenance of her repose and the secoritrof the future. She et -peas frees our common efforts these final pledges of safety and prosperity. 46 To consolidate the legitimate Throne, by giving es its supporters - Me Institutions whibh be Charter promised; teconciliate with its obit fill the regale. tions necessary for the stability of our Public rights and the preservation of oar Bbertiet ; and to assign . , in a - firm and intrepid embgletr,. the limits which li ventionness may never seifiliss ;—sech are our du ties—l will even say, our thooghts.and our wishes. "Will you pardon me, Gentlemen, for des ea plaining my sentiments by yours ? •It is yorats4 (rages • hich inspire me with confidence : they pre. paved the humor which the 'Ling &i vied t‘eonfer open me, by appointing me to preside at your deli. buotiotter ••'" I'llW fully aware, Gentlemen, of the difficulty ittentlinre: duty so ably discharged by the honour. *bit Colleague to whom I succeed, end who, treading in the steps of his Illustrious Predecessors, has for nishetme a pattern to Wilde, in a career, in which, unable to inherit their talents, I shall at least reap advantages from the lessons of their experience. " Already I have learned from them, that to en force 'obedience to the laws which the Chamber has imposed for its own regulation, I ought to set the exaospie that these late. - require ; to maintain with impartiality that order' which elucidates our discus slims., and that beetles% of opinion which, whilst it respects persons, ensures the triumph of troth. " Faithful to' these principles, I shall seek the farther rules espy uswinct in the will of the Cham ber; and I dare hap', that its indulgence, and my efforts to merit it, willbethechief bond of the entire antes which ought to exist amongst us, for die wel ter* of the French nation." At the request of thei Chamber, the above 'pooch ordered to be printed . . was s After the transaction of some ordinary bailees., the sitting broke up at two o'clock. MM. the Deputies 'immediately withdrew to the Committees, and proteeded,among other things, to nominate the following Committee for preparing the Address to the King :—MM. Bellart, de Serie, Covet Beeper, Portal, General Dupont, Fornier de Seint Loci, Berths de la Bastille, Costal Simeon, and Coast de Bondi, Capra, Dec. .—The following is a list of the ships of war at present fitting out in this port for the American expedition ; these forces are ender the or. den of Brigadier Doe Francis Maurelle, an able officer, who, to the experience and wisdom aide meters age, smiles all the enetgy of youth : Ships •f war of 74 Guns each.—Tbe Ferdinand Vll. l , the Northern Eagle, the Lubeck, and the Alexander: These four ships were of the umber of those composing the sgeadroo purchased of Russia. Ft igates.—Three of 44 guns each, La Preen, La Mercurio, and La Liget* ;' two of 36 guns each, IA Pronto and La Viva; making in all fife frigates, the four last of which were pardoned of Russia. Sloops of war.—lA Fara, of 24 gins, and the Diamond, of 20 gone. Brigantine—lnnen*, of 16 guns. Tills fleet is on the point of being augmented -by some ships and brigs, and 24 gun-boats. The light forces will be commanded by the Major d'Escadre D. Joseph Prieto Rivers. • e With respect to the Expeditionary Army, It is still hoped that it will be composed of 18,000 men of all arms. It wilt be commanded by General Coast 'de l'Abisbal, appointed Visetiy of Buenos Ayres, and who, it is said, will preserve the Government Calk end Andalusia, at the bead of which he is it this moment, until the depertare of the exttion.— It would he difficult to assign this epoch: t re is no went of obstacles which retard the operations, and the Wit is slot the penalise, state of tba4futsacso. don, bet lit. among the Janissaries. The wise meeseres adopted p ot o f Co.. by the Gruid Seignior. and the cheep of the princi- .of km. Yoster. gel dousellnders Ire thug ten.* .101e0. "exorcised n p e Ira, ontored9l 4 - rEficifi iiiioefal on • tliti . f.indalquen or giblic wl Day, as thet L mfr. • - ~- i . -, . 4 . ' (9 d o f two. of r The :Cousteittere ipointed—by- tut cstilik - tit Ro o Go t in.' Peers to prepe're the Project of an Address to the 0 , ,pars probe... Kiecoaretilueed its L. yesterday. They will th . '~`~ r : I" L , NT 4. ~~~ •-• • 7 ! • e A - . ~r r - i , STATESMAV% aUltitb t Deb. B.—A Royal notice or life Cooed! .of Fiqince,,lssoed on the lOth,olt., sebmits the past: pottier whether natives or foreigners; wk meter oir, depart Spain, to a tax of 40 reale Ai, 40. :Foreigners may travel in Spa's, and leave die kingdom with passports from their Ambassadors Ai rsiminis.Goimati iwy will be lisble to pay the above las reitie visa of the Minister of State.— Bethlee- the indications which have hitherto been men , Nosed lo their passports, they must now coutaie the motives of their journey. It appears that Oersted appointed to conduct the, gang of felons sentenced to the gallies„ from Cadiz to Geste, , of which we have already spoken, was only' composed of 20 infantry zed 16 dragoons ; they were attacked by 60 men mounted, and it wes not until after a contest, is which several of the soldiers of the escort were killed, that some of the prisoners Were liberated. It is dangerous to travel without guards in the Manche end Andalusia, and in the lat. tee prnvinoe the couriers ate obliged to be mom. ponied by a detachment al 30 men. A neineroui , bend presented themselves a few days ago at the town' 'of Omni, about ten leagues from Madrid, where they levied coutributious, and committed several MUM. "VIiTINA, DEC: 10.-Our Public Funds, which had fallen considerably in consequence of the iluctuaiions i of the exchanges of Paris and Amsterdam, have re: ceatly risen. LONIO*i , `"` IRIDAY, WIC MIMIC • ' 34111. - A Leeward Island . Mail, wide* bee, arrived, hat} lbessught letterOirean' : Sf. Thom's% to the 24th et.; Trinidad latterli a to nth' November, and Orinoco "Gazettes and accounts from Angostura to the end of October. The object of Lord COCHRANE'S anobilian bas at length been thus developed. The letters from et. , Thoems's state, that it was reported there, that the Noble Lord had arrived at Margaretta, in the beginning of November, with a squadron of five ships, which ere supposed to have joined him a few days before, and that be lied taken the command of the, whole of the Venezuelian fleet, which was pre. stonily under Admiral BRION. In effecting this, he 4otted eur dlmcalty, though* is said UnION was =ugh disphafed at being thosSipilented. The men ~ :'Jr * . ..na, ?O+ grow put t 4:,Oritish4rigin, were happy to terse ender their amentryman. A subaltern CORMRII,II was offered to Durex, which he rejected, and expressed himself determined to proceed ( ' fa. I v with to Aogustura, to know by what authOciii • ' Englieh Admiral hacitaMpoisseskon Of his Mg* Lord Cetictiaaisr,•irre troppose i could show hieollgt whet authority he assumed the command. ' :: The ships brought In by Lord COCHRANE were trues three to her hundred tens. They had .on board about two hundred and fifty., men each, gad *we armed with flop tint', to delete p es , ..' It Ins not known with ,ceetainty at Metseetnta whetherit wed the intention of the new MINIM to remain there '-' II 1 ~ I was generally believei that Ise' was, going to co operate with General PARA,. evilest Coma. The state of the Patriot cause is reprtweeted,Solot flourishing. •The Independents were atiledrpet: paring to open the campaign. Their land froreet l / 2 44 said to consist of nine thousand men v4 0 416'111 ,• .11.,te P , ready to take the Geld. c baanst. !..:r Lord COCHRANE was preparing a Proclamation, ha which he would assume the title of Admiral-of the Venesuelian fleet. We anticipsiensuch good fo the cause of the Patriots from the gallantry and tireots of their cierie Adinirs I. -it I:: • Militate of affairs in Venezuela on the - ; w hole wears a most brilliant aspect. The greatest -nor. diaiity and unanimity prevails, and the armies ere abundantly supplied with all the elements of war.---: The Independents in that quarter commenced their lest campaign with only the arms they had been able to wrest from their enemies on the field of battle; new they have armed all their soldiers, and hare 9000 muskets in depot. Not one department of the Government has been idle since the last campaign Nosed. The Generals have been engaged in recruit ing and organising their respective corps, and-the Civil Administration has been employed in establish. ing order and regularity, and repairing the ravages of widen.. 'l'he Missions, a rich tract of country, formerly held in feudal Sovereignty by the Catalo.' nian Friars, have been placed in a state of collies.. tion, and the same encouragements have been eztend. ed to the other parts. In the mean time that the Pa. (tints of Venezuela have been organising themstilves and gaining strength, the Spaniards have received no reinforcements. Shut up in the towns nn the coast, their garrisons have been thinned, and the natives, who by force were kept in their ranks, have had an opportunity of knowing the ►eal situation of their brethren io arms. In a Proclamation recently issued by General MoniLLo, in which he exhorted his sol diers to loyalty and coerage in the defence of Oma n* against the approaching attack of the Patriots, it was stated that that event woeW probably take place in December. We have received New York Papers to the 28gh lest. They contain the Report of Mr. Recomy, one of the Commissioners appointed to repair to llama Ayres, and mallet the condition of that ~: 4 TT end despotic Government, but facilitited and ditmlPWßiuriiismot events in &rope, and her vattablo and inconsistent conduct towards the Ame• rim Provinces, whose interests were neglected or lost sight of until too late. It recommends no ape. cific policy to be pursued by the United States a n d Government, but goes on to mention, that the Bri tish Government had, through its official agent, en tered into commercial regulations with Gummi A RTIGAS on the subject of trade with the Easters ahoie. It adds, " England has a Consul who, with her natal' Commander on that station, *plumed to conduct the confidential affairs of the British Cabinet with the Government of Buenos Ayres." The New York Papers contain the pioceedings in Congress up to the 25th, relating chiefly to the dis. patch of routine bueineut, and the appointment of Committees, to which different parts of the PRESS. DENT'S Speed) are referred; A Bill had been reported, to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. A Resolution, also, had been carried, requestiug the PRESIDENT to communicate such information as might be in his possession, touching the execution of so much of the first Article of 'the late Treaty of Peace between his BRITANNIC MAJESti Mirth United States Government, as related to iii rata. lotion of slaves. The persons employed to survey and fie the northern boundary of the United States, have finished their labeuts on the St. Lawrence and its Islands,sed have arrived at Lewistown for the purpose of lamp ing the Niagara. Riser. • • - .: .. 1 Paris Papers to the Mb have reached ns. Oa Saturday the new Presi,retit, M. RAVEN, opened the Sitting with an Address, such as might have been es petted on such an occasion. The Chamber then ap pointed a Committee to drew up an Address to this . King, in reply to his Speech. The Committee ail• pointed by the Chamber of Peers for a similar par. pose was to make their Report an Tuesday last. The King of FRANCE had recently recotered from his late attack of the gout, end was able to transact bu siness with the Ministers of the different Departments. The intelligence•from Madrid in these Papers to the gth inst. confirms our .observations with respect to the absurd rumours of a Revolution in spain. •.... ` . C IS . .--, is,however,, 'admitted,: that the public ice• has suffered Mich from tiMetlopretlAioos of the . k 'detesters sod banditti wh0.11.11 Waged .tejoinin the ' meditated expedition to . the Atlerithif teTritiles. In La Mancha and Andalesie there was no treveWegiss stfety without it military guard; eisd in the Irate ..,al-... privince the Couriers, wen rvaurivAlkili actorapaaled with an escort of .30.mea; - ' gt f ' ll , ;,,, •••••yr, • ~... . ,,, .• t . _•,,,t e. Yesteitiarinie et one o'clocity tad PRlNtEctloatli left Carltonshoose for Brigitte: ;';'be CSANCELLOR of the EXCHEeUER left to.4l..Yestordey for Macke kieth, to spend Christmas with his mother; • ' 1 Yesterday the 4rl ot EiVFaroin. left. towejei Combe.wond. - • , .., .' , , . ~,,,, Lord CASTLEREACII iffio "Clettelltogaited Id W nest daring yesterday, at the Foreign-office.. the Foreign Ambassadors end Ministers hem called apbkl . his Lordship to pay t heir *Peas.. ' , / Prince LERPOLO of SAIN-00317R0 Is eXpeCtO4 home from the Continent,: ihihrit. week in January. Mailborongh.bouse is fitting's:4) for his reception. • . This moreing. his (1,1,0 'Highness the'.Du s ke of 'YORK will les‘e.Y9tk.house, , Stehledyterd,St. Jaires's l for Windsor Castle. to visit his Royal Sister*; *foe which...We Royal Highness will „repsigiritritelsolls, to enjoy the holidays in the company Giber Rept Highness the Duchess of Yoak. The Doke and Duchess of .13cnvoiro will intertsio s large party of fa%bionabiesieleririg the holiday', at their watt Woburn, kbtoty: . Lord and. Lady ROLLAIIIi entertained a select party, yesterday, at If ellaod-borrie. Estract of a letter, - dated St. Thomas's, Nov. %I. —" A recent occurrence' has eicited a great sense: lion here: for some days past, quantities of coffee, elephants' teeth, algar, &c. have been brought to' • land in 'email vessels, and these commodities, it is strongly suspected, are part of the cargo of a Portu guese vessel, bound from the Emits to Lisbon, which has beet seized by the . crew after Murdering, the Officers and passengers. It is generally believed, that tit* property is in reality - English, and' that the whole has been purchased by one of oar merchants, lira who has the character of not being over scru ;•• but it is also whispered that other merchants w r a higher reputation are concerned in the transeetioe. 'Phis affair wilt do no credit to our little island, for we shall all, more or less, suffer in the general opi• Ilion. It is very much to be wished that the Dogfish Government should take some measures 'on the oc casion. to the end that such horrible trensactioto es these may stand revealed in their full enormity, end that all who have a share in them may be brought to punishment." Barbadoes Papers to the 10th ult. have beesr . re ceived. llis Exiellency Lord Co?dBERINERE epenell ' the House of Assembly on the 3.1 of Noreroher, sot! in his speech forcibly urged the necessity of consoli dating and revising the Sleie La ws of the island. In the reply of the House to his Excellency% speech, they observe, that they are desirous to " raise up still st ronges bar, Pr: against cruelty cud oppression; for it is the bosiness of the leers in trstst nothing to the good di•positions of men." The isla nil sus perfectly , healthq at ti:e date of these Pap , t s. i ail • ' ' DAY.—BA4 ' at . Pebse Olinh TIER STATESMAN.