The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-08-05 00:00:00

ry . ... tee on Saturday last, but it is said the General's Advocates were labouring at a Memorial, destined to I prose that the present situation of their Client does not admit of his iupporting his suit against M M. FAB. vigit and Sennyvict.c; they, therefore, expected a new adjournment. The Paris Papers of Saturday haed us, bit as they were published in the morning; 'they, a course, communicate nothing of the proceedings is this affair. The incidents of this case have no in. terest, compared to the general affair which °cue. Ties attention..—." A prudent tardiness," however, the French Papers say, prevents our curiosity being fully gratified on this subject. By the Hamhurgh and German Papers, more of which have reached us, we find that the great distri. batons of kingdoms are preparing to assemble ; and. that, (mark the attention to the needful, and the cow. venient condescension of the 66 Great, the High Al. ' lied Powers~') Mr. ALEXANDER BARING has be* invited to the Congress at Aii-la.Chapelle. Great as they are, they cannot do without Mr. A. BARING, and his bags of hard cash. If Mr. Banton, or any one else, will supply them with plenty of this Sovereign remedy for all their difficulties, they will care very little about the complaints and the liberties el eke People, who are now looking toward the meeting of this great political Assembly. It is really amusing to us, and must be highly flattering to the gentleman, whose name is thus coupled with the greatest of sovereigns, to see the evacuation of France—nay, perhaps, the berties and happiness of that great kingdom, depend ups, ►,im. The resolution which the Sovereigns are called upon.to adopt with regard to the evacuation of the French territory, must, it seems," be influenced to a great extent by the validity and security of those financial arrangements which France will have con. clotted for the liquidation of their several claims;" the presence of Mr. ALEXANDER BARING is, therefore, deemed eminently necessary towards 66 affordiug all the p i rties concerned a degree of satisfaction not de rivable from any other quarter." This is the reason for inviting Mr. BARING to the Council of the Li. berstors ; and we must say it is most honourable to our country, hut certainly not so very much so to any of the " Holy Allies," whose justice thus do. penile so much on the responsibility of the pocket. We suppose Lord CASTLEREAGIi and Mr. Baarse will go together. At least they should, and we would seriously advise it, for it seems nothing will be done without the assistance of the latter. What a danger. ous monster this eapediency, this military expediency. is If the money cannot be steered, it will be ea. pedient to continue the armies in France. Never shall we consider a dancing dangler after despoilers of any importance after this, when pet is con. prison with the weight of a British capitalist. man like the Minister we bees in view, adhering to antiquated opinions inconsistent with the state of the times; incapable of anticipating the coo. sequences of the measures in which be engages; filled with a si►ly love of the nonsense of place, and the folly of Courts, is More likely to be right by mi. dent than by design—more likely to regard the claims of the powerful, than the cries of the op. pressed ; and to increase the ills of despotism, than to add to the blessings of libererty. Such a man, with such powers as are entrusted to him, is danger. ous; dangerous from incapacity—dangerous from his habits—dangerous from interest ; and bowing, at home, assisted in annihilating the independence of one kingdom, may, abroad, without compunction assist in sacrificing others to the new virtue of" mili tary expediency," the bantling of his Lordship's brain. But *hen nothing can be done without money, the humbler virtues of the puree-holder should come into play, not to feed the follies sod eitravagnore of the despotic and the dangerous, hut to coerce them sod restrain their disposition to evil. 0 for such virtue• i n the l►urse-holders .•f Kings and the Loan 0191..4 th. Ministers ! 0 ►hat the safe() of Sovereigns and she felicity of nations did not de. rod upon money.tags, swords, and banter's se. Cutities! THE. NFAV PARLI'MENT. We here already stated, that in the new Perils. mut there will be fooad— Fc,r Engin.' 1 and Wales 113 new Members For ,rats( 26 We find on countieg the list of Scotch Members, that there are seventeen new Members, foer or film of *ham are Members in the Opposition Interest. The Members then will stead thus—• Entland . • • 123 Inland Scotland New Members Of these there are— Mini.trrk . Oppesition. 94 For Englnnd .... ...89 Far Ireland 2O For &odour' 12 141 It thus appears, that the Opposition, by the pre sent Parliament, have added FOUTT•FIVr to their number, while, of the old Opposition, who were Candidates, there have been not more than four who have lost their seats. Now, taking the old Opposition at one hundred, and we think we are under the mark, it %lit appea►, that in the new Par. liament they will nuinher 145 powerful force, and one that, with the Saints, who eller, to belong to no party, will at any time shake the Cabinet. I • I In fact, we believe that there bat het been firffir 4 Rouse of Cornmeal., Milos the year 1803, when Lord SIDMOOIII was obliged to give way to Mr. PITT, so predominating a pelt o t the opposition side of the Ileum, as (bete will be in the nest Ses sion. Bet three umiak will *sable us to speak po sitively on the subject—fee the Whether Establish mint will meat certainly come soder consideration within that period. We have gives a fell report of the Fifth Anniver sary Meeting held yesterday at the City School,. established on the phis of the British School Society, of which Alderman Woo" has the merit of being the founder. It will be found very interesting to the humane and liberal mind. It was attended by the Doke and Duchess of lELNT, Prince LZOPOLD I and several other distinguished characters. Tux Qusex.—The report of the state of the Quux yesterday was—" lier MAJErre has passed a pretty good night, and is better to-day." It is now upwards of a month since her MAJESTY has quitted her chamber at all ; and, during the whole of that time, see or other of the l'h)sicians has bees in amount ettendaace ' while almost daily etensultations are held among th e medical advisers of the Royal Family, oe the state of her disorder,which there is bet too much reason to apprehend is a con- Grated kydreps pectoris. Symptoms of anasarca have made their appearance Mm time, particularly is the extremities; and the difficulty of respiration, especially when in a recumbent poster', increases contiseally. At the same time her MAJESTY rape- Ames a most distressing nervous weakness, is kb titrese lassitade, en the slightest motion, and almost Wariest torpor. Of course exercise, which is so necessary in these complaints, is totally excluded ; and the consequence is the worse, as her MAJESTY, nhus in health, has always accustomed herself to daily exercise is the open air. The Karl of LIVERPOOL and Viscount Ctort... REAR'S had audiences of the PRIMER RECENT yes• (evilly. Mr. ALI/RAEDER BARING has been ;PAW to at• tend the approaching Cotigiess at Aix-la Chapelle. This distinguished honour is doubtless owing to the intimate connection which subsists betwoen that Gentleman and flu pecuniary arrangements made by France for satisfying the demands of the Atlied Powers. Ais.la-Chapelle is now very fall, and tho cam. petty increases every day. Among the namuerous foreigners we have Princes, Dukes, Marshals. Minis. ten, Conatillon of Stets, Grand Presidents, &c. Among the diplomatic porsoeagso are, English, vise, Netherlsowl e lpenion, Austrian, Saxon, Swedish, Danish. and Polish &loop, llsc. The Peutpgrg of the United States, by Prods bathos, dated the lith eh. has done away the Act of Congress of the 3d of Meech 1317, relative to plaster d Paris. Papers Mid letters arrived yestevday front Jo mice, to the slst of Jane. They state, that the Midi ea Sasses, by May's squdroe on the 10th 41 Mey, bed failed, and that the lodependents had INS Wats& et with a coasidereble lose in killed end Accounts from the Spanish Main state, that Mr. Roantliosoiho had heat employed by the Americas Government in surveying land near the Main, had been taken up as a spy, conveyed to Campeacby, and there imprisoned. On the 19th of Jane, AURY, in the Mexican Con yeas, of 14 guns, arrived at Kingston, for the put. pose of procuring supplies, which, according to the private accounts, he had been permitted to receive. There is nothing in these Papers later than the be ginning of May respecting BOLIVAR, at which pe. tied he announced his intention of returning to the Main to attack the Royalist squadron. The personal estate of the late Alderman CONDI was sworn in Doctor's Commons to beunder the sum of 140,0001. llis son, 11. Costa, Esq. is the sole executor and residuary legatee. The property is left to the wife and children. There are no bequests out of the family.—Probate was granted on the 29th alt. Mr. STEPHEN KunDLE has been appointed by the Sub-Committee of Drury-lane Theatre, Manager for the ensuing season. The dispute between the Committee of Drury-lane Theatre and ELLISTON, respecting the Olympic Theatre, has terminated in his favour, the Lew Officers of the Crown having reported, that his performances there are no infringements of the patent. Mr. T Elt KT and the three Misses Domini are In the Covent-garden list of discharged performers. Mr. TKRRY'II engagement, which was a verbal one, he un derstands does not expire before the end of the neat season. Mrs. Erna Totes articles do not terminate omit the same period. Co RN- EXCHANGB, A ua. s.—The arrivals of Wheat and Oats from abroad this week has been very con siderable, which, in addition to the immense quan tity previously on hand, has *completely glutted the market, and having scarce any demand this morning 1 for either, the above articles were exceeding heavy, and purchases might have been made on lower terms. than on Monday.—ln Peas, Beans, and other 'rd. des, there is no alteration. Hussey, the Greenwich murderer, it Is said, per severed io declaring his innocence, notwithstanding all the pious and impressive exhortations of Mr. ltunGE, the Minister, who attended him, until after a solemn administration or the Sacrament, when be sent for that Gentleman, who renewed his endeavours to induce him to reveal the truth, and he then made a full confessi.n of his participation in the murders, disclosing all the particulars of the dreadful event, and the names of those who were concerned its it. He, however, probably from a wish to prevent all opprobrium on his memory, requested that Mr. Rums would not reveal this acknowledgment; but the Rev. Gentleman, from a proper sense of duty, and a desire to remove all doubt on the occasion, has promulged it. Last night their Royal Highnesses the Duke and ' Duchess of KENT honoured Arrunt's Theatre with their presence ; they were greeted with enthusiastic plaudits, and appeared highly pleased with the whole of the performonrec, particularly the whimsicalities 1 of tue Liandy Family and Peregrine Pickle. . . •!%1 -~~. , 7AWIf.BROICING 411 D T• • :jelllidritittrii We have received the following Wet from a Cat• respondent, and insert it with all dee impartiality,' to glee the writer an opportunity of being bead ens the subject upon which he has voluntarily ender. taken to pet us right. We must, however, prefece the restarts of oer Correspondent by observing, that in regard to the foundation of Ids charge against ourselves he proceeds epos an unfair premises, as instesd el the words he imputes to es, our paragraph • was literally as follower— .. If NAM of *petting new ebstraell for Mary, a Bill was pawed fur the repeal of the Patimbrokers' Act, we should bail it as a west fortunate event for she dimmed part of she row InarrilY. Mims, winery is tore to be 'verbosity ineeeased by this sort of hulk. We are permitted that other wades of relief, less objet tioaabk, wialst be storied to every dais of persons who Sy Iso she pownteriker f r keibtaare, trod shall take an• oilier opportunity of recurring to ibis subject." Oar Correspondent would further see by the Starasmow, of the Mb ult. that hiv letter did not reach us until that day, through the Post-olice; and believing the subject to be one of great national ima portant', we must postpone our own remarks for • few days longer, end will then submit out plan, for goat' amendment of the Pawnbtotets° Act. —W• never intended. nor even logiciamtnt any thing .to the prejudice or the poutebrekees. but, like many other establishmente, wit* think it capable of greet improvement lend 'rosette cotifisti) epee with oar Correspondent, thut . firrUettimeet ought not to lay their raparioue hand, upon the poor man's bread through this of any other medium. TO THE EDITOR OV THE STATERMAR. am • regular Render of your valuable publisarion, and it is wlth feelings of thsr strides, re. grit that I remind you of *rising own • sotrjor• which (every one who reads what you base *trio, and w h o iy acquainted with it, must be convinced Hitt] you must be totally ignorant of. I need not sell you that I allude to the paradr.ph In lour Pdper of the 1511 i inst. relating to the Pawnbrokers' Act ; any soy you should hail that as a most corruptor, event, which must under the present esistiogeircumst.nces, inevilsbl, involve your country in usisrn , wretched. nes., and want, because, if poor people could ono pledge they must sell those IHNIVGANfiIaN which they would newer be able to replace by purchasing anew You assert that their misery is sure to be increased by administering to their «ants, which you are pleased in your charitable way to call 64 sort of traffic." Now, Sir, in what way can their misery be said to he increased ? If a person is distressed for eight or nine shillings he goes to the pawnbroker's, who lends him perhaps Bs. 6d. upon the article. Ina month or five weeks he is able to redeem the same, which he does by merely paying the pawnbroker seven farthings for the use of the money; if it is a pound that is borrowed it is then no more than 4d. for the same time, and so on in proportion to the length of time sad the sum borrowed. Surely, Sir, this is not such a 66 sort of traffic" as will lead to the ruin and tend to increase the misery of the borrower. If you under. stood your subject, you would say that it is not the enormous profits of the pawnbroker, but his eaten. Si,. trade that enables him to pay licences, tales, duties. commission,. aod various other espences ecru. Elected with his trade. Indeed you appear to deny the poor, honest, benevolent, and industrious pawn broker that justice which every honest man will allow is due to the meanest of his Majesty's subjects, namely, that of being paid for their labour. You view their profits as nest interest for money, with oat considering their having to make three distinct copies or memorandums of the contents and deserip. lion of every pledge that comes to their shop, even if lit is not worth sispence. The business it attended with a great deal of labour and responsibility. You do not allow any thing for the trouble of taking them in, arranging them properly, keeping them from damage, and finding them immediately they are wanted, together with the inconvenience of being obliged by Act of Parliament to keep shop open till eleven o'clock on the night before holidiys and Sun. days. Indeed, Sir, when you consider litat every person who carries on the trade in the reentry pays about WI. •.year for licence, besides all other es pencea for ostensive premiers; not to mention the, 101. per cent. which goes for duty end commission on every shilling's worth they put up by section. I am informed that their licences are double espence in the metro': olio. I say when you consider these things Sir, your must agree that they are rather an oppressed than an oppressive set of people; and I will maintain that Parliament have made such laws and regulations that it is as impracticable for a pawnbroker to defraud his customers of a single forth*, as it is for you to rob the Revenue in theduty nn your advertisements. My motive for writing to you is purely oat of friend ship,merely that you should not hold yourself up to ri. dicule to the eyes of your countrymen with your own eyes shut. For you most be aware that at the pre sent time there is a great portion of them in need of constant aid from that source which you are en deavouring to abuse ; and in this enlightened age there are none who do so but know better than you can tell them what they are doing, and consequently will laugh at you for your interference and misrepre sentation. I am not afraid there will be any Legis lative measures adopted from your inconsiderate seg. gestion, while the trade continues bringing such im mense sums annually to the Revenue. It is therefore, solely from a concern for your character for con sistency tbet I trouble you with this, leaving it with your own good sense and reflection, being convinced you are only fighting against yourself. To prove to you that the generality of pawnbrokers in the country are not such eontracted selfish men es you rashly judge them to be, I will maintain there is out a more lode. pendent set of men in Westminster. To Illustrate this proposition I shall relate a circumstance which fell under my own notice at the late Elections.— In a large manufacturing town, every pawnbroker in the place voted for the Independent, though an. successful Candidate.—This, Sir, serves to prove, that those very men whom you are pleased to no. ' lice, can have as just views of Government, end act as consistent with thole views as yourself.-.. , Upon the whole, Sir, give so Imo to ask s *odd .~~ -.--- yes like to lend out bait clowns al a halfpenny each, by the Weeder month. subject lb mach ee4 pew, trouble, end itsconseolence, as already de.' Scribed; et could you. with all your ptetensinsts tat logrituity, devise and phonate a plan that would bit est Atonal in etcoattiodating the distressed WI. Weal with what seem be may Want et a minute's' Sofia.? You say yes shall take op the subject .gain s bet I hope it will he in sech a way that will shim. you to be what every one that knows your writings thinks you to be, a discreet § ...nsible, moderate s and judicious man, and beer it in mind, that the laws by *Web paWnhrokets are govartied are quite ',vete ottoogh and subject there to sedicient iftetioveniestee, Without your endeavouring M ptejedice sod irritate the public mind against an Mtest, enheritantinasa, end esefal part of the community. By the public mind. Ido not mean those who enderstand the bowies', bet those who, like yoursef, are utterly druirgoanst. vid with it, and therefore► harbour wrong thoughts and monstrous ides. inereepon.—lf, Sir e you will motto for snore of the pawnbrokers' restrictions to be withdrawn, ants would be setting the public rause. ea well as oblige yes, bumf& ',milt, Jay Mg. A CONStANT RE4I3F.R. N. D. Yoe shall hese gbh the fire time I go to Town. or have an opportunity of sending it to 111 Post.thice. L " • .4 0177 141.11NMS. • „ - y e it o rthy, the }[il/ itione,oste she Gaul MijOr 8/ held a Coen of A '&v.4144661 C tl shall tot lb. poll.• pole of swearing lii Mr.Val , hma . 4 ftfe new Alder. min fist the Wattle FllffillgdOtt WI limit, in the room of die Charles Prier. Duct, defeat! if • The Coot *sa set) otosiersiusi ) attended. - 'Among tie Aldermen I;temot, 'bete 'u a. Cart Otto, Bart. fit J Aft Itittifit, 'lit halve Alma, girt $ dli W. Lolstst. n, K... J Ano n ', E N . "J unit ra.tl 0 40041, I q Sit WI Ham IMArvili.. 134. t. Sloshes Wood, P...t§ NI P. Marti..* Mosso,' K i t 4,ft iso lctoodboi...lll. Christni~tPt Milos ) , KA. Ws %1 Na Motto,/ Albon may, 1 0 ,1 J 1 Thorne, P. ti. M P. Oil the Court bra K t .tmed, Mi. Depots attoo,ded 11) (:•ntlnotess of it,. euttithout Council, introdered Mr Mitt man hi the (Ono tog 'Address t--" Lurd M syor, and Gentleman of the Court or Atdern•en, allots me, m) to pre. 'seat to 11. i, Worshipful and 11 Hour hi, Co ur t. to. 'bent W a iih nian , W Ciposolrovies unsioirhou•ly olerliad at a numerous and most lespectahle Ws , d. Mote (held for that purpose in St. &Arlo Church), Alderman of the Ward of Farricgdost Without. its the room of the late much lamented Alderman Sir Charles Price, Bt. at which Wardmote your Lordship did as the honour to preside. 6 6 In thee introducing Mr. Wsi•hman to the notice of this Honourable Court, your Lordship and the 'Court will perceive that I do not present to you a Gentleman unknown, bet one who for mail)! years 'held a seat in the Common Council of Ibis great city, wherein the talents and abilities of that Gentlematt have been most conspicuously displayed, and init. venally acknowledged. " Under these circumstances, my Lord Mayor, as a Deputy of the Ward of Farrinedon Without, present to this Court Mr. Waittisha , i, Aldermen Fleet for that great and eltolltiro Ward, i ' , a aworts rin a member of this Honourable and WorAipful Court, and on entering into the Magistracy of this great and opulent City, we are folly assured he will faithfully discharge the variouA ditties of that high office with strict jostle* and knportiality, and with, equal honour to himself and satisfaction to Isis fellow. citizens." After this address Mr. Deputy Herring, and the Gentlemen attending with him, withdrew. The usual oaths were then administered, and Mr. Waithrran, tithed in the Aidermanic Gown, took his seat in the Court. When the Coed broke ep, Mr. Walthmie oh compsoied the Lord Meyer, in the State carriage, to the Monslon.house, where an elegant dinner was given to the Court of Aldermen, by his Lordship, as is equal on such occasions. Upwards of 1,000 minces of gold, and 80,000 ounces of silver, in bare, were produced and sworn off for importation. Monists. Drinkeld. Fossett, and Hay, were sworn Rulers of the Wotormen's Coin. puny. The Court directed that the Boundary stones. marking the City Jurisdiction in the Borou4h of Southwark, be replotted, under the direction of the 'Lord Mayor. NAVAL. IN LIG RNCE. DIAL, Auo. 4 ...Arrived and sailed for the Hirer the Matilda, Cummings, from Messina, &c.—Cate down from the Rive.. last evening, a-d sailed. the Antos, Bonen, for Valparaiso; also, the, morning, the William, Smith, for Nebo' Ayres; Grow ham, Wood, for Dominic; Admit's! Berklpy, Rouse, for the Sooth Sets ; Betsey, Read, fur St. Thomas's; Jana, Brown, for Wodoras. Pommel:mu, Atm. 4 —Arrived the Proton, Feb.ar. ter, from Batavia, for orders ; salted 14th F ; left St. Helena 25th May. The Stipple, —, wad waiting at Bolivia for a freight. The Almorsn„ —, was to sail for Bengal. Spoke on the 14th June the Boyne, Fergoloo, from London for Her.. gen ; on the 17th his Majesty's ship Curlew. from England for the LIMOS. BILIDLINGIION, AVG. • fie—Sailed yesterday the Adriatic, Davison, after receiving a temporary re• pair, bound to London—makes but little weer.. Sig ships passed here y esterday, supposed from Green land for Hull. IluLt., Atha. 2.—Arrived the Jane, gadler, from Greenland. witty 7 fish ' • and on the 3.1, the Walker, Harrison, from Greenla nd, 9 fish ; Cyrus, Besdling, from Greenland, with lib tons of oil. The Jane, and the Walker bring the following account of the success of the under.nsentioned 'Hell ships, viz Ajas, 10 fish; Cato, 11, fish; Aurora, 7 flab ; Cherub, 33 Bah; Daneombe, tt fish; Esnlootts, 9 fish; Ellison, 6 fish ; Gilder, 6 igh ; Jai*, 13 fish; New Manchester, 9 fish ; 01.1 Mianchegreht Wit; Noels, fish ; Rachel Ann, 4is Richar 3 d, *Mg Shannon, lt fish; Trafalgar, 6 fish; Mary and Klistbeth, 9 fish ; Peraeverance, 4 fish ; Preserst, fish ; Unity, 7 fish; Mary s Gbh; igrattl Welliegtomi 9 fish. . _ • :: ~ !‘l ,