The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-04-28 00:00:00

r I;#7 - et • I 4' .~~j~ • .~ The House then adjourned. A rr. PRICK Me STOCKS THIS .: IN.- of the Roman Catholic Clergy, and the regulations of their intercourse with the See of Rome. That such Committer have the usual powers to call file persons, papers, and records, but to be limited by instruction of the House in their Report, merely 1 to the statement of facts appearing in evidence. — It was his intention, if this Committee should be I granted, to move prctviously for various papers to be , referred to them. lie intont!erl to bring forward his itiot• bn the day of the Call, Tuesday the 11th day of May next. Mr. Aldernan ATKINS moved, that the Speaker do not issue his warrant for the Election of Repre tentative.. to serve in Parliament fin. the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombs Regis, till after, this day (Tuesday) se'nnight.—Ordered. The second reading of the Irish School Bill was postponed to this day seinitight. Sir H. MONTGOMERY postponed his motion respecting the introduction of the Christian Religion into India, to Thursday, the 14th of May neat. The Committee on the Life Annuity Bill was post poned till to-morrow (this day) fortnight. • I:AST INDIA COMPANY - . Mr. PROTHEROE rose to complain or a breach of the privileges of the House. He held in his hands a paper, said to he an Abstract of the Evidence, taken before a Committee of the House, said to be by the Editor cf the Debates on the East India Question, and published by Black and Parry, Lead enhall-street. This was not a fair abstract—it was nothing better than a garbled statement it was not merely advertised in the public papers, but a copy warsent to every Member •of Parliament. It was said on.the debate, when the Select Committee was proposed, that many Members would be tempted ne ver to read the evidence from its length. It might he said. with equal propriety, that many Members might be tempted to read the evidence in this abridged form, and then come to the decision of the question, with their minds biassed by this unfair statement. It was not, however, his intention to call Cite attention of the House at present to the sub ject ; but if this unfair proceeding were attempted to be continued, he should think it his duty to call for the severest punishment which it was in the power of the House to inflict. . 11r.'11 ERN EY did not exactly see that there was any foundation in this case for a complaint of a breach 01 privilege. If any person, should print as evidence, what was never given before the House, it mould be different; but he did not see how it was possible to inflict punishment for printing any thing that nas contained in what was already printea by order of the House ; if nothing was super-added, be could see no breach of privilege. When he said this, Iv! knew nothing of the publication alluded to by the Ron. Gentleman. Mr. PROTHEROE said, if it had been a fair publication he would not have complained, but it was in the highest degree unfair and garbled. Most inaterial parts of the evidence were left out, for the purpose of giving an unfair view of it, and giving a different turn to many parts of it. That it was done with a party view was evident, from all the squibs against the party who opposed the East India Com pany being advertised on its covers..—{Laugh.) Mr. ROBIN ON said, diet the Court of Direc tors Inid no participation in this, or the smallest wish to give garbled evidence to the public. When they heard of the paper in question, tl.ey endeavoured to remedy its imperfections by publishing the whole of the evidence taken before the House. The Committee on the Irish Distillery Bill was postponed till to-morrow (this day), and the Com mittee on tit:: Irish Butter Regulation Bill till Fri. day next. Maas. Pue O O O O O DAY AT (AK O'CLOCK. itank '2161 ludic Bonds 3 1 dis. 8 per Cent. Red. 5149 Exchequer Hills 30. 3 per Cent Cnns.s9ii Ditto 30. 1 7 p 4 per Cents. 731 1?,.1 Omnitnn b per Cent. %avy stiff,} Consols for Aect. 59/} Leong. Ann. 141 Lottery Tickets THE STATESMAN. AANDON: WLDNESDAT, APRIL WY 1R 13. Further advices from the mouth of the Elbe give the same intelligence we have already noticed, of an engagement between the united forces under WlTT GENist.tyi and BLUCHER, and those of the Vicsaoy, and which has terminated so much in favour of the former, as to 'snake it a matter of doubt whether' the army can make good a retreat even.-- Elbe and the Weser, have not al he exact truth ; but in this instance, re very much disposed to give credit to is founded upon strong proba. once have we observed, that almost ! connected with the success of the ap- Ipaign in the North depends upon the to Emperor of AUSTRIA. This Sove- Isensible of the nature of the eminent) in pronouncing on the destinies of , lulating States. He displays no uncom in his present unexampled position, we give him credit for having Ministers iperior talents to those who advise tbs our unhappy country. Let the warlike , w it may, we may fairly affirm, the t t it will turn up to his benefit. peror FRANCIS has all the. credit and in neutral Power ; and no one durst, as to Denmark, attempt to bully him Into which side he will take, and yet Is his lecting troops and stores in the most part of his whole empire, viz. in the iehood of Oirautz, with which he will be toes °C-erts°ll; to tak@ any PM" on boaten French Tl;e 'Mouths of ways spoken ti I lut.vever, we at t . t this. infortnatloi i bility. 1 II Alcre than every thing co preaching cam conduct of the 7 ^. reign is not int rank he holds ) 1 • >;p many undul ' • mon wisdom in nay therefore possessing sup 1. measures of o die be cast hot in Loch hands The linwert fluence of a ► Mr. I'm: did 1 a declaration Majesty utile / convenient pa pcighhourhood a; be tfc • • ,~~ ~. . , . .. ~. f he pleases. Here is the goo for a great diplomatic enna !! What can our tout* to allow their Minktere to ticians to 11l such import' is not the quality of the this trying, this arduous moment. But it is nee the same thing in. our home measures. If a great deal be lost abroad for want of true British spiritin diplomacy ; the rest is ruined at home by a base po licy in those with wkom every thing appertaining to the fortune of our empire now unhappily de‘ pends. Men who seem only fitted by thi:ir sts.- natures to follow the misconceived determina tions of ()NE I without the honeity and spirit to endeavour (as their duty should direct them) to set the matter right, but with the rashness to in cur the censure of ALL the iest. In this "light we ' view the conduct of the SzcsurrAnY of S : t'ktr., on whose deportment, with respect to the City's Ad dress, we animadverted upon the other day. We I are glad to see this subject taken up by the Times in a manner so becoming an organ of the - British peOpte; it is done in a way so congenial to our own feelings, that we think it due to the writer to blend his senti ments with our own. They are as follow :- 44 The public., who did not appear to hai2 sn9l- .1 ciently adverted St first' to the circumstance of Stratteurn's keeping the Address of the Livery on tite... PRINCESS'S acquittal, out of the Gazette, now turn their eyes to that most remarkable circumstance, with a zeal proportioned to their former inattention. Never was the Par,icz REGENT involved, in all; way, in the late atrocious. proceedings, till this mo. meat, when we have an official servant of his. Royal Highness's publicly declaring, that he thought it his duty to smother the testimonies in behalf of his Mas ter's consort. Of all the indiscretions that were ever committed, none, sure, was ever equal to this, Where the matter will end, we know not . ; but the country will, we suppose, now feel it their duty to addresshis Royal Highness himself on the innocence of his wife, That there may be no,ltistake in this important matter, we.slol again insert the most remarkable passage in Lord St emouzn's Letter . to the City RE• DIEMBRANCER. His Lordship says,—' In the exercise of the discretion :chick belongs to my official situation, I do not think it proper to cause the Address and Answer to be inserted in the London Gaz:ctie.' Flis Lordship, therefore, refers the act of keeping back the homage of the City of London to the innocence of the Princess of WALES, to his supposed duty as a servant of the.PRINCE her husband. The country, we should think, must unite with the PRINCE him self in repelling so odious an insinuation. It can be no duty of a servant of his Ito, al Hightksa— it can belong to no official .situntien held by a person under him, to stifle the evidence of public conviction in favour of his wife : the suggestion is horrible." Can we then again help asking how long such a system is to last? Must it *be till the enemy. h•ns a foot on our soil ? for this is the most certain and in evitable way to invite him to the hazardous attempt. Reform—Reform—Reform—why art thou so Long coming ? We have this day inserted a letter front our new Correspondent in Welbeck-street, and shall take this opportunity of complying with his request, by answering the questions he has put to us; we shall also endeavour to clear ourselves from the charges of disaffection,. arising out of our political conduct.— We might, indeed, in reply to such an accusation, with great truth, employ the emphatic language of the Lord Chief Justice of England on a recent occasion. The numerous persecutions which we have a lready endured, and others which may yet be inflicted, by the strong arm of power, • will never induce us to join the ranks of the enemy, nor to abandon the interests of our country. In the first place we shall enter a plea of Nor GUILTY , to the suspicions entertained of our supporting Jaco binical principles, either in England or in France; ' and the Friends of Reform need not be terrified on that account nor betake themselves to the faithless sososts of MINISTERS, but may join again the standard of reform. We, however, believe that many of these preudo.p.ATarars and REFORMERS have joined the ' Ministerial ranks from very different motives, el though we mean no insinuation of any kind to our new Correspondent. i We have not felt, and are not conscious of show. ing any partiality for BONAPARTE ) except being forced to admire his transcendent talents, which have been frequently spoken of by the first staees- F men of the age, and which every impartial judge must allow him to possess. The termination bf his late disastrous campaign in Russia may, in the'eyes of some, have created doubts of his capacity for. foresight, and broken the charm of his invincibility; ' but until we are endowed with supernatural powers, iit will not fall within our reach to draw any such conclusion. If the BURNING of Moscow should have the effect of overturning the GIGANTIC POWER of France, the sacrifice, great as it was, will not have been made in vain; but if, Fontrary to our wishes, the ensuing campaign should until.- ' tunately terminate in favour of BONAPARTE (and who can pretend to Arm it will not), what Compensation can be made to the Emperor of RUSSIA, and to his subjects, for the loss of his ancient , and noble metropolitan city. If advocating the' cause of ruocx be deemed a. crime, we must plead (Wily to the %thew land himoyef id fosse the for . ho audiebencepsnofhtuhzezaipui:wandhitCadlicoaitrialu:tttlinolla 16,414 :met . 4 ; , the That celebrated tp*ltli. IMO*? ale C' ;tied by hissing. ed di f e ro i ni nac wish that Tyrants ei l eviiry description'alsir.Asew"liolleptia' accompanied Strand,l3aossi a hi s ale ha s d ag e , xt w e u nd h from the thee' Of the w& 'lt is not in Fiasco alone be r. THE tors ) under which was that We ' may look for acts' of tyranny, they mayls owe i n the found much nearer home , and so ton( u many in. TO L Iv hi s ho use 1 13 6 't u n°, intnlfee6d.e.rd'ay thnpeddEaan:rlfrofoofmoLsravidNaceenlo,or.PwlahacedondaVrar'nived°lile f ...OLD dividuals hi England are- suffeilng .the ;Wm, yen: roue() of the law, for only ven id offences', : CASTLEREAGH REGENT,,ysterday paid . , . confine our censure to certain acts of cruelty w in e F ca rrnce t alone. On the inconsistency which our Correspondent long Interview eno ne at Carlton-honse. -- RECENT, imputed to 0, for animadverting with so much warmth I tisk S en i or on whatever appears to us to be misconduct on the I England 'ue onSu ' 'conduct one own Government, whilst 'we condemn the :morning visits to the Prune the Earl ro , u ll ic i e T o n; y ßS q T a lad te , l a d a levee at his !with the Duke of Yoar. at his of fi ce in th conouct of. others who lavish abuse on the cha- i l Royal meter - teeter of Bonaraare, who commits many crimes, 1 I perhaps still more enormous and detestable, we have . Y Y t e l s t t e e i r d d i a lY y only to tendri l that to watch over the conduct of 1 Guards. our own Government is our particular province and . office which was attended by th e Duke of C i 9 imperative, duty, as üblic Journalists; that in the I LAND, on his leaving Engler 1 HUTCHINSON, on his going to Malta; General Ilis proCeedings of the Br ish Government the people of ' , Brigadier-General this ' country have much deeper interest than LOP, on his return to England, on his parole of ho. they can possibly: hue in the proceedings of ' sour, &c. `any other ; and- that directing our labours min- or Tis s l o S c oet s hw_akr Address to her Royal Highness sively, with a view to 'general utility, we can gee...mouse:l Blac k heath , or WAL,s will bepresooted at Monta on 'Fr iday, the 30th inst. conceive many important advantagls to be the lat one o'clock. probable result of free and vigorous censure The Duke of CUMBERLAND is expected to proceed on the errors or crimes of our own Govern- lin the Nymphen frigate, Capt. ILtecoca, from Yar mouth to Cuxhaven. meat, whilst we are unable to imagine that any Th e King of DENMARK has signified 'officially to good effects can possibly arise from loading that of i the Prince of E e t cemnt., that as no military road any other country with obloquy or scurrility. I t is ' passes throughllamburgh and that part of Germany, surely not to be doubted, that the most ellectual l'the French troops having once abandoned the right means which can be pursued, •in order to redress anz • bank of Elbe, can have no reason for returni ng existing abuse, is to impress generally upon a the Ito it, unless to take revenge on Haraburgh for what has la t e l y happened there; that he (the King) has, public mind a conviction of its enormity ; it Is surto ! however, too much friendship for the Hauseatics ever ly not to be doubted, that in order to render to suffer them to be so treated; that he has ' there the governing powers of any country cautious ad; fore, a body of 12,000 men ready, at the first request timid in their attacks upon public liberty, no other ler the Senate of Hamborgh, to cove; the right bank method can be successfully pursued than to exciter of the Elbe, and oppose ail attempts of the French o i recross that river, a nd he shall authorise. Mr. Rrr hi s the people to a vigilant, active, jealous, and perpe , j Charge d ' Affa ires, to communicate this to that scrutiny into the whole course of their proced ' the Senate. ings. This is surely a 'sufficient defence of our Ire- i The murder of the Citizens of Bremen, so auda. quent but just animadversions on our own Govern- cloudy avowed by the French Government, must be meat ; but let us ask, can any thing of thislkind be , answered by retaliation; and to make it effectual, as well is to spare the unnecessary effusion-of blood , alleged in favour of those the who • continually+ attack ' . i • ~.highest prisoners taken n arms ought to be the Government of any other couptry l —can It for a chosen as the instruments of example ; for it is only moment be supposed, that by arousing the - indigna- . by making the Commanders of troops sensible of the tion of the people of England against the error- ! danger which they will personally incur by executing mities of the French Ruler, we shall be ena- these inhuman orders, that we can expect a stop to bled to moderate his ambition, or to restrain and !be put to the practice. I The Hamburgh letters bring a report of two engageg regulate his conduct ? The plain fact i s , that •; tents having taken place on the 13th, between the by abusing the Government of any other country> Russians and Prussians, and the French, commanded we could not possibly do any good, but we should be Beauasauors, at Niemburg and liiedentz, on be certain to produce, at least, thesis two evil effects:, the Seale. Three thousand French are said to have —lst, We should divert the attention of the public, been driven into tee Saab and drowned, and upwards of 70Q prisoners taken, including, according to some in part, from the abuses which exist in their own go- - -.---- • • - , reports , BEAUHARNOIS himself. The details, low , vernment, and which appear to Ukto be of sufficient ever,t not given in any 'authentic shape, 110t4 ' S malgnitude and importance exclusively to ,occupy we& re attached to them. i 1 their attention ; and 2d, We should engeinter, or•it ' Looms's, Annu l 27.—The Lords Commssioners l s A least prolong, that spirit of hostility towards tbei of the Admi ralty are been pleased to inform the ! foreign power, in the minds of the people of which ; Committee, that they h a v e g iven d irections to their Solicitor-to prosecute the Masters of the following we seriously apprehend that any ministry, for med ; . shi ps , for funning away from his Majesty's ship during the continuance of the present syste m, woul d : cherub, between the 9th and 15th Jan. last, via : be very likely to avail themselves, in order to perpe- Warrior, J. Youd, from Liverpool to Pfrnambu : tuate the horrors of. war, whichi however appalling !co ; Indelatigabk, G. Best, from ditto to ditto ; • npartial , l Jane, R. Moffatt, Worn Greenock to Buenos Ayres they may be to every well-constituted and ii , administration, ! Jefferson, R.! Burns, from Milford to the South mind, are rendered tolerable to an as ~e as. i . they are accompanied by an immense augmentation of 1 ' The Aurora ran from the convoy on the 9th Jan. ; the profits and the patronage of official elevation. I and was taken the following day by the American I We do not believe that the French, in general, I privateer Holkar. 'have been more miserable since the Revolution than 1 The Duke of CUMBERLAND'S sixteen horses, we `they n the contrary, we think that i were before; o the great majority of the people have been benefitted in i t understand, were sold on Monday for thirteen hun dred and three guineas. Yesterday his Royal High. ness dined with the PRINCE REGENT ; which was many ways by the change—witness the abolition of ! understood to be a farewell dinner. He took leave the feudal and degrading system, which made every of the Query and the Princesses, at the celebration ; holder of land, a seignorial petty despot—the of the Princess MARY'S birth-day. I suppression of monasteries and repartition of - The Leicestershire sh one-fifth part of the whole kingdom in the hands eep are said to have suffered b d. It 's less by the late rot than any other ree f _ i a ! well know f ac t , that Baknwell, the first founder of .of idle Monks and Priests—the ruinous and partial •tt the new Leieesters, let his first tup to a Mr. Wilson, I exemptions of the Privileged Orders, &c. all which of Illston-on.the-Hill, for 16s. and a short time before 1 reforms and ameliorations in the Gov ernment, g ave his death hir ed out ogle the some stock for 400 every Frenchman a title as a sharer, or part owner,, guineas ! , .. Commissioners for roads and bridges in the of his. country, anti • oseitea hint to -tiyat num- - The • h Highlands of Scotland hate resolved on erecting a ampled display or enthusiasm which has as t o nish-` f - , 1 . I mound across the Little ferry, in the county of ed all the world!!! Under these considerationv 1 Sutherland, and the work will speedily be con). then, what Philanthropist, or even what ordinary') 1 menced. This undertaking, in addition to the irgu *mind,' conscious of the force of example, could; bridge 4t Boner, will complete the commueication by wish to see the reign of the BOURBONS restored ?i . land from John.o'Groa.ts to the Land's End of Eng. I We consider BONAPARTE'S title to the .Threne' v ef laud. - France, just as good es that of any other ciOn queror f and that title hiving been folly sanctionAl ! by the French Nation, we cannot compare the pro. ceedings to that of a robber and plunderer.; havint moreover, on oar parts, no right to interfere yitb the Government of smother independent nation.. ' --o— -p The Attires, of the City of Westminster to the Princess' of Waits, is as ' spirited as her Royal Highness's Answer is becoming in an unassuming Lady. We cannot help smiling, however, la a cer- , lain passage in the Address, under the idea that the ATTORZINT-GENZRAL, no, not the 'AvzonmeY, bet rather as the more fit person, dhe SQPICITOR-GEME RAL, may prosecute the whole City of .Westminster for libel—remeinbering, as we .do, the doctrine, of the Bench on which Lord MANSFIELD so long sat,, that the greater the truth tip greater the libel ! . 7.1110 0 .- - At twelve o'clock this morning, the Lord Mayor, attended by the Sheriffs, Aldermen, and Common Council or the city London,prnceecled from Guild -110 ilitit Site ifi l tigress ! ' voted by the Coe • rt of WINING MATCH. Friday, the 234 inst. the battle between Belcher and Pecker-0 was decided at the Curragh, Ireland, After the assemblage of . 4 CONCOUrS6 of thousands ; after a suspense ,naterAlly impressive, the combat took place. • For thirty-one minutes the fight lasted, during which time, so short, yet so spiritedly employed twenty-seven rounds were fought. Dockerty was pusionate, Belt/her, on the con trary, cool; pluck was shown on both sides. •Every blow of 13elcher's told: he did not fail, is fact, in a single blow. Belcher's• bits were mostly, if not all, well planted; and in the faoe. Net one was guarded by Dockerty, who Na severely punished. The fight closed ; Dockerty being, after a hard milling, left senseless on the field, and Belcher win.? ner of the parse. Net the slightest ininry was received by the con ;serer, estept a mere 4oratch over the nose it 414 not bleed. With tbe characteristic feeling of Irlsitmen, a pens ''of niriety pounds was made. for the detested r•silist• The first blow of Pasher drew blued, , . . .p. . . .• .. , . • 1"*. -' • - '• • • , , . ; - . - -- • . .. . S'7l l o l -"Sfd i Alf; . _ the Stiand, and Pall. Prin. °l"4"it n Y e ' b h il ea nd rt e hei t t iel hil ur ian alat* L i V o l i ll t ; ag ns nt t e: t 4 t& f wa i t z: l LU Y : e n7s o z si .t. ;:pl)ol7 o lll: lll a t irse i t l a nz eco tild wit e liimsellt at h i any ' C° ces i s ill o wa f W C :sa ll . cli Tte h a r sv itqat alcade w H as igb e sn e emi rz grtheeetlP but . as the spectators were not so numerous as on th e they'l:arriPlesedseaotphpor7itegh.tBr:a t teic.ou British ntrym e r t t o an ti t l ii u m ": ? un s o b te fiedgem r l e ir ec il y . I o lv f l o s7cc Oil ze ll s. , 11911t7eimpayrswthasli,enalear measured , d ri b l s l y bei• thl Otrr iltl44ll4 in/11.. li Cb si °rln a u i rc i i :h a - °eas y nd ird i w : h n en i Fleet-street , P a o l a o na r t l i n n o . t a o n s y intlicate acts of tyranny In DoitiaApirs, oda* Crowned .Head, ; sad, wa could, ana l the multitude began huzzaing, whi r l, „, ° . ll e mo A me mb n a t s:ad ß o u rs t iwteiswannutrioyt,; ,~ 1