The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-01-21 00:00:00

Abiariosed-bo ujosirard.bas sgie. ispe Marquis ,‘; o'et -- - The emeedments, therefore, which the aisle to beeeneally voted, ihoild be rejected.-. ale sfamald tete for the Project of the Commie with the eseeptios of some itinerations in tY up of that Project. M. Di Lk BOODDottrallit spoke ID fewest of the umeedieent for voting the army *nasally. " If," said he,t"yoe give the Monarch the 010MOr of re. crulting the army without the authority of the anti. hers; if you great him an anneal levy of '40.000 . etre,' without omit-Galin( the another; if you thus lnrnish him with the meting of arbitrarily segment ing that panther, yon give him absolute power; it will then only require a strong inclination to repress opinions, to sabdoe the Chambers, and to command all taaes"-L(Great agitation in the Assembig.)-7 However, placed in the Midst of Europe in arms, forced to cover immerse frontiers, to guard nemeroos fortresses, -to maintain internal tranqitillity, France cannot do without an army. The question was, how to establish a Constitutional mode of having that army. Ile did not think thipropoiked Project would accoMplish the object, and therefore be should volt! for its rejection: Adjoerned till thEiblioling day. - • • PAars, JAN. 17.—1 t is said that M. de Manbreult, who escaped from the prison of poesy, has passed through Belgium into Germany. It is said that the' Report of the Committee. in the Chamber of Peer., tends to admit the amendment .ssailit to Article Bth, br o th. .Chintber of Deputies ; but they speak of a sub.amendearint t which will au. thorlie the seizing of a work duririg. the deposit ; without, however, petting the aethor epos his trial. There is a talk of a journey which the Duchess d'Angseleme intends . seaking neat month,lo Boer -deans and theSoatbern Provinces. 'fhe ship Bon Pere, arrived at Nantes, 111, broeght intelligesee, that the Chevalier de Lkafte,' the new Governer of the Isle of Bourbon, arrived there the 27th of. Jess last, and entered on his (voodoos Ike 29th. MAtrase, Sue. 3.—According to oar Royal Al. vaansck, our army esatlsts of- 10 Captains,General (four of them foreigners, viz. the Duke of Welling. ; ton, Lord Beresford, the Marquis de Saint Simoo,i end Don Joachimißlake); 133 - Lieutettant.Generels; 201 Mareohauvtle.Camp ; 459 Briaadiers.—lnfan. try of the Line; 50 Regiments of 3 Battalions each, of . which 46 are Spanish, 1 Italian, and 3 Swiss ; Light Infantry, 12 Regiments and 1 Battalion.— gavalry : 30 Regiments, of which 17 are of the Line; ! ' of 'kerma, ; 4 of Chasseers; and 4 of Hurlers. Artillery : 813 Officers of all classes; 150 Cadets ; 3 Eqesdrosicof Light Artillery ; 54 Artillery Compo sites of the Line; 75 Companies of Militia ; 18 ditto of. Workmen ; 6 Battalions of Train Soldiers.—En. gineers : to Officers. General, &c. Lamm, JAN. 3.—The Censorship does not per. mit the publication of any work respecting Madame dor K fettener._ The New Year's Fair here is going on wall, not saillsstanding the proximity of that of Easter. FAANKTOUT, JAM. 12.—The Count Las Cuss. has seceived orders to proceed to lioenigsgratz, and to remain there under surveillance. He will quit Frank fort in a few days. The Prissian Commissary of Police, who is with him, will accompany him to the frontiers of Bohemia. Shortly after the resumption of the Sittings of the Diet, a. demand is expected frem the Courts of Vienna sod Berlin, requiring the passing of several Laws ob ligatory upon all Germany. and which are called for by circumstances. The legit establishment of the Liberty of the Press, with measures against the abuse sof that liberty ) constitutes one of these objects. placed the mother of the' /rm... fieement. . Renjeet h represented to have revived letter from the British authorities respecting the asy lum afforded by Ms to Bhosla Singh, and to have replied, " that his sole retina for keeping the.Shigh was the fear of offending the British Government, by permitting him to cross the Sottedge." The Seik army had not quitted the vicinity of Molten, notwithstanding all the tribute had been ad. jested. Hafis Ahmed Khan bad strengthened 0 , forts of Mobarne Garrett, Hyderabad and Bahadar Gurrah ; all other posts of importance ba r ing to this Chieftain have been abandoned to Seiks, who have Increased their demands, and require five lacks of rape's, twenty horses, and a valuable Iranee sword, which belonged to the Prince of IDenayoon, and which is now possessed by Hates. Vta inha bitants of the Moltan countries bad renewed heir Pe tition to Maimed Shah, who had promised, but not afforded, any relief against the " infidels." Ameer Khan, at the time of the latest accounts of Nis proceedings, was encamped at Toong, waiting a supply of heavy artillory from the army under Rajah Bohauder. Later intelligence state he was still oc. copied with the siege of Moodberag Gorrah, in the walls of which fortress he bad made a small breach. Mobtaub Khan was encamped on the plain of Ilin doon. - --- ------- - - - - PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Hank Stock 290 b 5 per Cent. Nary Mit 3 per Cent. Red. 11111; India Howls 106 106 p 9 per Cent. Consols NOM Stork Consols for Ace. Mike Long Ann. 90 15-16 4 per cent. 99i1 Eidegner Bins 19 28 p THE STATESMAN. 7 to his banishment from Coed, from the of M. tie CINATIATIBRIANO. It is stated that N :slant has been extremely affected with die b.. which has fallen spot his First Gentlemen, and bas *Wittily refused to deprive him of his rani se ,Colonel of the National Guard e ehesal of Paris. — His Royal Highness was even so mush affected on Senday, that it was necessary, according to report, for the King to send for hiss twice to attend hies to Mass. Other &titans of as inferior order have oc curnd at Court for the same cense. TM King has issued a letter to the Vicars.Gesseral of Parip, twine, log a solemn service to be celebrated throughout the kingdom on the 21st inst.,. the Anniversary of the day when Louts XVI. was executed. We gave on Monday the account of the Conver. mtion between Sir NATNANSIA CONANT and the Messrs. ETANSCS, on which the Courier of lase:is:gilt has discharged its gall. The Courier designates the i t account a little dramatic piece. Lt is one we believe founded on fact, in :which certain Magistrates and Home Secretaries exhibit a very ridiculous appear. ance. Can the facts be denied ? They are larnemable• circumstances for tl.e poor sufferers, whose Aressese coder misfortune entitles them to more commisera tion and attention than, we fear, have been bestowed on their case. The Editor of the Courier imagines he makes a very logical remark when he says, " Those who are known to have committed specific crimes are not susptlcted of committing them." Quere—How are the Evamses known to have com mitted crimes, when no trial bas been instituted against them, and not even their accusers are known, bet by suspieion ? The Courier so doubt thinks I that sort of justice the best which' is said to have pre vailed in some parts of his country, namely, the old practice of hanging persons and then judging them. The prisoners wished to know their accusers, a right which the lowest subject is entitled to demand by the laws and Constitution of England.. This Inquiry is met with the Inqiiisition doctrine, " that the safety of the State, an extreme necessity, paramount to the technical forms of lase, rendered that disclosure neipedrifitl ttedibe Act,ontleriehich Mr. E. cent insect in confinement, gave him no right to demand il.'J —So that the poor men bad no right but *bat lbe Act gave them, which took away all the rights width the established laws of the eountrrand satiate del. (erred upon them !! The technical forms of law only were violated? Is this true? The men hate; been twelve memoirs lapis= tan snore simpleton, and' neither law nor reason to justify their incarceration, Nay, it is even yet inespedient to say on what grounds they have thus been trotted. This Is equal to the worst days of the horrid Inquisition. If this doctrine of expediency is allowed to justify such dark end cruel minded proceedings, punishments will be multiplied but justice will be unknown. The Old Bailey and the costly establisbmebt of the Judges and Judicial Courts may, under soch circumstances, be dispensed with, and one lawless and resistless tyranny swallow all. It is reported that a Bill of Indemnity will be brought in at an early period of the ensuing Session, to protect Ministers from the consequences of their conduct ender the Habeas Corpis Suspension Act.— The - two Messrs. ETANS 2 - however, by refusing their release.on Ike proffered teems, evidently stood upon the broad ground of justice, the nature of which no laws can alter or destroy, and expect that compensa. tlon which is ever due of right to injured innocence. 1 011. RELEASE OF THE MESSRS. EVANS. We bare just been informed, that the above Gee. denten were liberated from Horsemanger.lane Jail yesterday evening, by an unconditional order from Lord SIDUOVIU. We mention with pleasure, and the Public will, we doubt not, be glad to find, by the Advertise. ment which appears in this. Paper, that a Public Meeting is called by an intelligent and active Janis trete to take into considenttlon the - beans of adopting some mode of petting a stop to the arbitrary mono• poly of the Brewers; which enables them to gala and to fis their own prices for the most necessary beverage of themiddling and lower classesof the People, without even any intimation, or professed regard to the ability of the consumers. The Meeting will take place on Monday nett, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. We hope the proposers of it, and the object it bas in view, will be well supported. The raising of the price of Porter to its psesent extravagant pitch, whilst this beverage has decreased in quality, and the means of the labouring and lower classes to reach it, have been greatly reduced, appears as creel as it is unreasonable. We believe Beer is now sold at a higher price than was ever charged before in .a time of peace. The War Malt Duty, - which the Cuxocetwo of tit. Excnzqusa beiterookey re mitted, has now been put on again by the .Brewers. With that duty charged on it, with the axles of labour each high% and conseqeently with all the articles that contribute to its production mucb.deseer -than they ate at prose,. and with the oppressive In OPOSig,OI I. where much bad usually been drank, resoletioes were entered into against the Brewers' esactions, anti they excluded it in some instances altogether till be price should be reduced ; or agreed, under certain lees sod penalties, only to admit it in diminished quantities. The consequence of their acting up to these wise resolves, was that which they bad pro. mired themselves should be their reward. The Brewers saw their avarice had carried them too far; they found the Public too steong fee them, and the advance at that time was not persisted in. We wish not to threw sumerked obloquy On any class of men ; bat really, at this moment, we know soot how to account for the additions' charge of two. pence per gallon which has just taken place en that necessary article, new bet too frequently the poor etsc's only lottery, without imputing it to a raps. city which eau only be effectually repressed by elm .our se ' I. Ave recommended. As yet we have heard no satisfactory reasons urged in justification of tke parties of whom we complain ; and these who hold them guiltless would do well to make it known without delay, whether the rise is to be considered as prospective or retrospective. . This indiction upon the Public by the Brewers has been 'meowed to be justified by the statement that Beer ceneot the node from new Malt ; and that, its fact, it is new that he this article we must' !offer for the bad harvest of 1/116. This may, be a more plausible story than the one first circulated about the failure of the Hops; but if it be true, we hope it will be borne in mind at the end as well as at the beginning of the year. if we can help it, this shall not be forgotten, when the period arrives at which, supposing the statement to be tree, we ought, when drinking our porter, to revel in that abundance with which Providence blessed the year that has jest closed. li.ve the claims sent abroad led the Brewers to anticipate a renewal of the War Malt Doty ? is it to meet this that these Gentlemen, who ate Meted with So large a portion of- that comfortable tithe, 'prudence, have 'already raised the price of their Porter?—We hope this question will not mei& ssAfeed their delicacy, as some among them most be aware that within the last three years, it was stated by one of their seen number 'in the House of Vivito - eons, that *asp of the price of Porter sot 'Soviet beesredeci4Etthe period to which we refer, was simply this-4W/ tind waited to see. what course Pe CHANCELLOR of' . the EXCIIIIQUER would take with respect to duties which affected them that is, _they - bad, as they themselves confessed k lazed the Public for some months unnecessarily, from an ap prehension that after a time, to add to their bards°a would be unavoidable ! It will be twee by the Articles in another coleren, that the Grand Jury, at the dose of their labours at the Old Bailey yesterday, made a Presentment of tbs Prison of Newgate, on account of ,its envolabte want of cleanliness, of classification, the nekedness of se‘ seal of the prisoners, and other evils. This is a complaint which has freqeently been made. We hope, however, that the effect will be a removal of the evils complained of: On the same colemn with the Grand Jury Presentment, we place also an in teresting 'strict from a pamphlet just peblished by Mr. Bentrwrr on the necessity of en immediate re form of the abuses existing in Newgate. The answer to the enquirers respecting the state of the Duke of YORK, yesterday was, " His Royal highness has had a good night, and is much better. " Yesterday the Duke of Wer.usovoe and Lord S T EWART transected business at the Secretary of State's Office for the Foreign and Colonial Depart ments. At five o'clock the Duke of ,Wer.orravos bed a long interview with Lord CASTLIIRRAGII, at his house in St. James's-square. His Grace after. wards dined with Lord CASTLEREAGU, at men, is company with several foreigners and personages of distinedon. We eke. authorised to state, that there is not the 10014 ,oidotion for the repprt- of the death of the Eair4 ( trim*. k letter received lateen yesterday, franked by hiaLordsbip, states, that he is much better. and, greet hopes are. entertained of his speedy re coverts: Gazettes from Rio de Janeiro to the .13th of No. 'ember, have been received. They describe in glow ing terms the arrival of the Austrian Archduchess Lzornottre, now Princess Royal of Portugal awl Brazil, in her adopted coeutry. The debsrkatioe took place in the forenoon of the 6th, when the King and Queen, with the Prince Royal, west ill grand procession to the shore, where having received the Princess Royal on her landing with every mart of splendid. ceremony, proceeded in the same state through the principal streets, crowded with applaud ing spectators, to the Royal Chapel, *bete the nuptial benediction was pronounced. The Kora Personages then retired to the Palace, while the people were amused with siilitery spectacles, theatri cal exhibition& and brilliant illuminations. In the Royal Almanack for Spain, the Duke. of WELLINGTOX and Lord Bterstoan are mentioned with the rank of Captains-General. The Sonia Army consists of 50 regiments of infantry, of three - battalions each. 30 regiments of caralry,• figs squadrons of g a rlic-eviller'', and* 64 comptaniva of Ir. ' Hilary of the line. Vf: _Ammumwr-irnr.-- -"Pwrgrr..'"'7ll'—wsiffmrrjcv- P e Sim opt psi biek f idt rsteuri FAIXOUT boroegh end ' Lisbon ; Ms ' for Gibrehs %with MIN 41110011, ship Jaws, fi from DOOM 6 MAZGATI - us * belied • on Fairness sapected &sue. IlEixtesT ppm riot" , Figaro. S the Geodes were OuMCI Coyater , of bliss Stt Derby Coal Lees Berl been haat,' with a any husk thee I and indeed the satistmc DRURY. actress from once last Letitia 11 Lady ports 'her profess one of eon riety of to sitostioo it .before saki moment of -sod critic' placed. " ye a h e • l u t • it l e a lld g f t I ff r to o from blc ,she w and delis where she se, that advents*, its POI " • ofreaseer •The major honoured certain fe when she Tuesday a whim ; Hl did Dirt de Joust TI Play for 11 Sava S that a Co Panic. R Sod emob COOKS of time year CANIPSZLL fik JAMES water toy' bare salad blishmeut more than two Repo they state, noting ma] of Session able! Tt towards ti espected The Comp option of and which (Scotsman Pr been well folk, as Post, a Pa avowsl bf betty, in and pride. kingdom Is their Repr folk. tin notblag oY anneseell take any (ion of €6 blinistetio potato CAN tioriesily Botts. Ye Owed hi liaised tat Jhe begat fiesta (eel He oath' di the {are of a conji eections friend., ti lion : upright at an tiai emcee, i r ill sot Min II kid to eq Sufis du t _ • '..• ...` ...,. : , , *-- • -' • • .-, ....... ~ , . • • - .0. . ~, . .. - :11111 • .. , . ... _ . . •st ifAzzi,..........._:................_ .. ,;-- L '• -' • .. jc:L t ! • )„ . 1" -- ',. ct VI I At , 1 - . ' • • . - . THE STATESMAN . ~ . .. . . • -. _ ____ __ _ • - iirelitiga feeling. We are told of precedents, drawn from LAST INDIES. Pans in#r gore c onsi4s in ininniiiing like .. . _ ke i lt 1 , er r an itetrts. wi t% . • d ...... ;41 . 1 4 thee* ephemeral Constitutions. from those acts of • —.......-.. : tiag • er the ,Eichis threigithWid ol4 eif . .. hall! Won't is aspens 'rt. 'Ai tie well remember whew do' Ds "' I. A the Senate, which servilely consigned whole genera- ~7rhe.leb.. intoiggsape fres golkepts Clllll4l sleeper denowillidblk Gibelemeet'Oeluors. Per. Wm lions to tyranny . But times and things were no tutus that Min Steeps eider Gelfoor usu. coatineed if is ere fres , Rif,' a r i cones t i the pries was fast • a seced,Pthc. efface ; h it . p ro . Aap t • for Shoo Linger the same. In their Monarchical and consti- sill rii a • s w oo n m eta ; ;i ad were pfee d e ib ig t h e last 'hi& wirhope say b e : i'dered dirt, trilinnel Gaerwenet, rights end privileges weie counter is the neighbeetheod of Pattaub Giwirrab. di•ollair‘ s if .... We hieinird-bo strictly balanced ; there was n 0 fur (bat dory wee l 4 The camp of Ronjeet Singh was at Adreab Nagar, Ooke ,Ptiliiiniet 'Lpottanntio, and diced was precise! Is a theme of sinosiog attisfeetios to the Pa- esPec ei led now. Theile I. the higher woks o f lif e • outward-boo . era, b e invaded or destroyed by the Royal Astho/. where he had reviewed his Toting* yeghnentA rt. 'Mite - It is geoeillfrillikrals . dot the &ad they ceased to drink it altogether, ;jar restricted flick spin:, nit • The sineedmen ts, therefore, which requirea port had reached Aft hat Prince Ramon bed ear s -'„ a t. this N ert i a ilit, his glees occasion their coevemPtles to half whet it begin ;wh il e r •• 4111 Marquis .....-......i.• Hu Toted. should be rojected.-.-- pieced the mother of thiThier Fotteh Khan in con- to his banishment from. Coed, Is _trove pen alle.elphit leis& orders, is s ho p s bud 'aseatfecteeige 4 4 1 _ "i "g Undssys, er _-the. .. ___ other& me eels had usually been drank. resoistiois ...... mat &INA AMERICAN !WEBS. CONGRESS. • ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , Du. 17. The SPEAKER laid before the House a communice. lion from the Treasury Department, containing an estima . e of the appropriations for the year 1818, 10100111111 g to 10 1 9'25 1 191,82 dollars, viz.:— far the Civil List 1,070,70802 Miscellanea .11 E: es latereaerse with Foreign Nalialis' The Military Inc siding Arrearages and Ikparisaem - ll'oe Naval Establishment, including she Marine Cor ps Milan 10,90.191,6 Y • The fends est of which the appropriations for the year 1818 may be discharged are the following : lst. The sum 44.9,000,000 dollars, annually re served by the Act of the 4th of August, 1790, out of ittaleties and Cosmos towards the eapeaces of Go vernment. gd. The proceeds of the Stamp Duties and the Doty on Sugar refined within the United States. 3d. The serplus which may remain of the Customs end (sternal Duties, after satisfying the pledge foe which they are pledged and appropriated. 4th. Any other unappropriated money which may come into the Treasury daring the year 1818. On the motion of Mr. Hasatsos, it was resolved, That the Secretary of Wes be instructed to report to the House the *outset of the Pensions which have been granted to the Widows and Orphans of de ceased Officers and Soldiers of the late War, specify. ing the souther of each grade of Officers to whose Widows or Children the Pensions have been granted. The Haase then resolved into a Committee of the whole; Mr. Bassett in the Chair. On the Bill to provide for commuting the Bounty Laws of the soldiers of the Into army, the motion to strikeout the first Section being still under considera tion, the debate was resumed, and continued to a late bear. The Amendments of the Senate to the Bill to abolish the Internal tuxes were take. op aid severally agreed to, se that she Bill now wants ord,y the eppro. bstion of the Preatient to become Aar!, A VAN lotion for distributing the public docasseititsvei re ceieed from the Senate, read three times, and passed. 1' . - WZDNICIDAT, JANUARY 21, IRIB. LONDuiv: Paris Papers to the 18th hive arrived. There is not aseeh of novelty in them. Tie Project of the Law for Recruiting the Army has not yet passed the Chamber of Deputies. Several amendments, respect ing the duration, aliment, locality, and governinent of the.Departmestal Legions, have been proposed and debated.---,One, as we have before noticed, for voting the army annually, and another for substituting the words "in virtue of a Special Ordinance of the King," in lien of " by virtue of a Special Law," thereby 'depriving the Departmental Legions, or Mid litia of the country of their locality, and enabling the Government to march them to any point oUthe kingdom it might think proper. This maser% a repugnant to personsktiberty and the tuincipluAt voluntary service, has obviously originated in ati: solute necessity, from the unpopularity of the Boualsotis ; but whether it will avail them as al sufficient protection when the Allied forces are I withdrawn, remains to be seen. Many have ergot as au objection to the law, and certainly on constittl. tional principles, that it resembles the old system et Conscription ; while others maintain that it is not a violation of the Charter, being only enforced Mons voluntary enrolments have proved insufficient. If, however, the priticiple,be radically bad, it cannot but rendered good by any change of circumstances. The Courier, we observe, bas undertaken to justify tide Conscription for the service of the BOURBONS, and I excuses are now made for this compulsory measure which could never be found in BONAPARTE'S time. The Courier now thinks it unreasonable to condom the only means by which the principk of France, er tether, we suppose, the Bonesona, having an army, eau be practically adopted. France was never at 4 Wes for en army till now ; and now we bate thst amusing novelty of the Courier arguing for a large French military force. His arguments to this effect are really ala Courier. The wheel is right counter to the first order, and in the true tactics of the school. ".Voluntary service," he says, 66 Ma always be pre mien sod limited. Mee who have any regular oc cupation, are not likely to abandon it, for a military life, especially in time of peace." Is this true ? We think, and probably so do many, that the safe and " piping time of peace" is the most likely to ex eke a desire for this sort of " idle ardour." As, however, martial ardour has no such powerful excitement as it used to have, Conscription is a most justifiable measure to be resorted to, in order to make men abandon their peaceable professions and become soldiers to the Boy anon Government. The argument smells of Bon 'mow necessity, but what of that ? It is the only means by which the principle can be justified. If, however, we may be allowed to add, proceedings so repugnant to personal liberty are pronounced excusable on the ground of expedi ency, then all the abuse and vituperations uttered against BONAPARTE were unjust and inexcusable, for this was the only plea on which the Conscription and other unpopular measures were attempted to be justified. The Committee of the Peers, in their Report On the Law, which rather whimsically professes to be for the Liberty of the Press, have proposed to admit the amendment of the Deputies upon the Bth Article, Testified, however, in such a way as to autbetise the seising of a work during the deposit, but without sub. jectiog the authors to any process. The Liberty of the r ' .