The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-08-19 00:00:00

- ir i _ ' li fter all professions, became t h e Mi n i s t er of s n arbitrary Prince—hence be was accused of incon. l'istency. But upon what ground did this accusation rest hs was at a loss to decide. Informing his opi nions originally, he was ir.deenced by the writingt of all stile men who had written upon the subject of public !Uteri); and however he might differ as to certain Feints with some of those writers, he could nut ima gine a reason for rejecting their arguments when they were In coucarreurr with whit .tae deemed to tight. With regard to the pimple:Of blachlailt he !Sir F.) could not suppose how lie was to follow that *sample, as 'some of his commentators seemed to think Mm disposed. For be could not fancy where an Whimsy Monarch was to be found who was likely to select him (sir Francis)as a Minister.—( Laughter und applause: )—Au arbitraty Monarch was not to be round in England, for according to the Gonad • , tution of this country, the power of the Monarchy was to be balanced by the fair Representation of the People. Some persons might indulge a partiality for Monarchy, and others for Aristocracy, according to their erste, but the thing e.sentiat for the preserve. lion of the Constitution of t his countr y was, that tielt • Penile sh , tildlie fairly represented in Parliament.- -r '• (Applause:J-41i: own opinion was, that the power ' and prorugatttes of the Crown and the Peers shouldi 1 be pseserip 4l , but that neither should, be allowed to • leterfete wish the right of the People to a fair Re - presentation io Parltament.—( Applauses.)—lt laid of Mr. Burke, who was no doubt a great asap, that he took op Whiggism low, and-that he left It lower; bet be (Sir F) could assure the Meeting which he had the honour to address, that if he were charged with taking up the principles of Reform low, be should never be convicted of leaving those prin. ciples lower than he foetal thetha-!(Loud-and long Continued applause:.)' • i Tte• neat toast• was " To the Memory ufpr. Jcbb, Sir Willisavienes, add Gran t/ilk Sirri.e.'' • ... The CHAIRMAN observed, that when the Meeting recollected the progress of Reform in Scotland, it must be disposed to bail the name of any indisidold connected • ith that nation who had assisted in pro moting that glorious cause. 4t . els known to every Gentleman who heard Mai, thit thelcotchMen re. sident iu London bad centribited their full vivre - ' lion to the advancement of !Worm. Some Scotch •` men were, be was happy to know, among the most "" active and efficient advocates of that cause. Those who were aware of this circumstance, would, he had `•Ao detil, be well disposed to receive the proposition which he was shout to submit, namely, '" " The kraltb of Grosse Kinlock, Eaq. the dit.tiogulshed 501)- 3• porter of Itefwm io Scotiat.d." 11:• bin. litsmock, in returning thanks, observed that - the cause of It.*dscat Reform had made great progress • in Scotland, bat regretted that in that country public opinion had no -opportunity of expressing itself.— . The Worthy Gentleman concluded with proposing, " the health of Mr. I). Kiouaird, the spirited advocate of --• M.. Kisumu' returned thanks in very impressive 'term., and -entered into a critici4m upon the various ettiobadvetsions which had gone forth with regard to . Radical Kr formers. S me had accused them of pro v- Wining every one who differed from them—others -' that they sought too much at once;—to the first ac. -ruse , ' , n he would give a direct denial, and as to the .41atter charge he would declare his conviction that the •retarda.net of the progress of Reform was in a great • -measure the consequence of the conduct of the itadi ..,voal •Reformers themselves, in not announcing their .„ -object in the. first instance.—(Applause:.)—Ti.eie loer. person', no•doubt, who recommended the Re. formers t.-leave, all to their discretion, but be was veonvinced,oere• that recommendation attended to— ., wese-the People themselves to abstain front exertion. 'they autl vtheir cause would he shook off just as soon as it soiled the pleasure of tese who gave this ad. vice.--(dlppleases )—lle therefore would urge the ,Teople to *trend to their own rights and interests, rind not commit their guardisoship to any party.— . -(Applauses..)—Here the Honourable Gentleman ad. vetted to the cows's.* pronounced upon the Radical Rent mere in the Edinburgh Review. and the -speeches of Mr. Canning at Liverpool. The latter it would indeed he hardly worth while to notice, if it were not for peculiar CieCatnltances ; for Canning was . -sunk so low in character and public estimation, that no one could deem. his censure of any account, if it were -not for the effort made to compliment and raise him to setae consequence by a professor of po. ogler principles -at the Westnsorlaud Election. At this Election the ci•devant Reformer, Mr. Brougham, bad truly described Mr. Canning as a snag of such en lightened turd milsrged mind, that no one could re. .gard as a disgrace to be beaten by him. Well, this 1011. Canning said at Liverpool, that he never would . agree to any plan of Universal Strange which did oot include the women. This declaration was evidently made its jest. .Mr. Bentham had, however, asked why, as the women had an indirect inflame* in all popular functions, they should •not be allowed to use that Witten°e directly, by -being invested with the right of voting ? This was the serious question of a philosopher; bat Canning made the observe. tion with a view at once to depteciatethe character of Universal Suffrage, and the mind of woman. Row the women who heard the joker could endure such • mark of contempt, be (Mr. Kionsird) was at a loss to imagine. Of the capacity of woman to form a correct judgment, and to take a decided , part upon political subjects, no onecouki doubt from . various examples, but especiali; from the recent case of Mary Ann Tocker.—(Loud plaudits.)—Bat the Public -universally recognized the character of mind, soil feeling, and legitimate rights which belonged to the lamented Princess Charlotte.—(Applaure.)—liii tory recorded the conduct of the 3000 London wives, who, according to Clarendon, presented a Petition to the House of Commons, refusing to depart until they received an answer to that Petition, which an swer was delivered to them by Pym and ilippesiey. After such instances of firmness and judgment on the part of women, he Yield not think- it becoming in any man to treat with indifference the heart or head, the disposition or judgment of that interesting set. Yet Mr. Canning had ventured to do se. But the Important influence of woman in popular Elec tions was proved in the late contest for Westminster, in the course of which a female subscription was in. Mimed, which subscription still continued, for the purpose of defraying the expellee incurred by 114se who supported the pretensions of Sir Murray Mu _ ~~ Ni: 1 „ r • \ • %. r - krie '11! '` TT TR SPAT ESM AM ItaliWed, is, how the demsnis ittli 4 , sii ikie 8 u pplied, for that a/Amy, hard cash In i stigaintities,will be wanted there, is n ow dai vemell? allowed: . The Courier admits, that though this is the golden age, the Sovereigns are much In assissat gold.- *bin's, 66 though. very poor, may j still be very blest," but Kings and Pr inces cannot rattly be beppY without plen t y of money. If the meat scribes eon be believed , ambition be , bees utterly discarded from the Cabinets of the great European Powers, all projects of aggression or co n . quest have been, for ever, renounced, and the golden . age hes already recommenced. Not one of the 6 6 great Allied Powers" can have a motive for dis turbittg the peace of Eorope—want of money, we suppose excepted, to keep op the military Means by which they maintain the robberies they have effected from the smaller ones. If things are in this happy state which the Government writers represent, there surely Can be no justification for the enormous and burdensome military esisblish. merits, still kept up by the principal Allied Sove reigns. If the British Ministers sincerely entertain the sentiments thus conveyed to the Public in a demi. official form, the least we can expect is, that Lord CASTLEREAGH will, at the meeting of Aix-la-Cha pelle, snake a proposition for reducing the armies of the different Posers to the level of such establish ments as may he indispensable for aiding the Civil Authorities in maintaining internal tranquillity. The acknowledged organ of Ministerial feeling admits the probability that 66 the relative situation and privileges of different-religion" persuasions, par. ticularly the Jews, who hitherto have been so griev ously oppressed, may become a point of discussion at the approaching Congress." But no suspicion seems to be entertained that the cause of the Irish . Catholics is any wise likely to engage the attention of this liberating conclave. Is the writer in the Courier certain that the cause of the Irish Catholics has found tin powerful advocates upon the Conti nent :—Let the Editor conseltits misters for a reply. We certainly do not expect any very hied decrees in favour of either Civil or Religious Liberty from the Council whom the vile encomiasts of legitimate de spotism are perpetually lauding, and who have tram. pled on the rights Of mankind with such proud and insulting ferocity. No, no ; these Potentates are no reformers of legal abuses—no abolishers of unjust restraints—no emancipators of mankind—no cor. rectors of absurd customs—no protectors of liberty and virtue—no encouragers of genius—no guardians of tbe oppressed. The enlightening influence of knowt ledge and science have dawned upon almost every body but Kings. They seem to vegetate still in the dark ages, and to love the cloudy ignorance that surrounds them. " Tho' monarchies may differ a good deal," said Lord CIIESTERFI EL D, " Kings differ but little ; those who are absolute, desire to continue so, and those who are not, endeavour to become so." The Con gress, wbiclrso outraged the feelings of human na• lure, and trampled on the liberties and just privileges of the nations—which tore states and empires asun der, for presents to gratify bloated Pride and mad Ambition-r-levelled the severest blow against the stability of Thrones, at the termination of a war, commenced under the pretences of maintaining justice, morality, and religion—the Congress, setting at de fiance, mocking morality, s nd disregarding the precepts of religion, employed itself in the pious exercise of plundering one nation to round another, and in crushing the weak to please the powerful. To those who wrap themselves in antique prejudices, and place their actions under the guidance of half worn out opinions, the dispersion of the clouds of error, and the inclinations of the subject to investigate the con duct of the Governors of nations, must appear as en evil of unusual size. But the wise behold with joy the reign of despotism beginning to yield to the reign of the laws ; and that barbarous policy, which for centuries has made Europe a field of blood, fading before the light of reason. PRICE OF STOCKS THU Hank Stuck 973 i 973 3 per Cent. Kett. 76iii 3 per Cent.Conotols 76,11 s per Cent. 86} Consal4 fur Aer. NM 4 per Cent. 964 THE STATESMAN. ' tr.Z. LONDON: 1141,1111SOAT. AUGUST 19, 11118. The cairn of the late depression in the state o' the Funds is yet variously stated. The Courier says, a great part of the recent isles were for the Gentle men who are expected to take the French Loan, that is, the Bulls and Bears who are going to figure in the train of Lord CASTLEREAGH at the Congress of This is a curious enough state ment, if it be true; but •e know that the sellers of the Stock in question were, in several instances, houses deeply concerned in the American end West India trade. The prevalent opinion in the City yes terday was, that Stocks will still be lower by the Account day, which is on the 261%. The short. lived rise, we are told, was occasioned by a Broker, connected with the Chancery Court, having made purchases to the amount of 196,0001. in money.— A curious circumstance is mentioned, which is likely to affect the money Market still farther, and strikingly indicates the effect of the ab. surd end impolitic connection which has grown up bete pegs the Government and the lasols.— I t is now said the confidence of the monied interest its the arrangements of the Government, has been somewhat shaken, by a proposition made by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to the Bank, to accept the first instalment of the .nine millions due to that establishment from the Public in Exchequer . Bills, to which proposal the Directors, it is under stood, have replied, that being committed by what passed in the House of Commons previous to the close of last Session, to ptepare for the resumption of Cash Payments, they must require the performance of the promise of Government to pay in money, to enable them to do so. In conse quence of this refusal, about a million and a half has been repaid and withdrawn from circulation, and this has created what is called a scarcity of Bank notes, sod the rate of interest and discount which has been for nearly two years at or under four per cent. has lately advanced to five. There has also, we are informed, been an increased demand for dis. count at the Bank at this rate. if this continues, and the repayment of so small a portion of the nine millions has already produced se much effect, the interest on Exchequer Bills must be raised, and it is obvious that while the different Merchants and Bankers can procure employment for their money at Gee per cent. they will not invest it in Three per Cents. at 75, and the Funds must still fall. It is also rottrored, that the CHANCELLOR of the Ez• CHEQUER, feeling the dilemma in which the Govern. ment and their friends, the Contractors of the late Loan, are placed by this circumstance, had a meet ing with the Directors at the Bank on Monday, and if what we hear of the discussion which took place there is correct, we shall nut augur from It any like. lihood of an advance its the price of the Funds. Such are the statements in circulation. In matters so mysterious we may leave our Readers to judge for themselves. Such jai -Tine and difference of object among the holders of the needful, and thou who cannot govern affairs without their assistance, are certainly sufficient to account for the late depression of the Fonds ; but we suspect it is no more the inten. lion of theßauk volonterilyto return toCashPayments, or of the CIIAICCELLOR of the Excticouxa to restore the metallic currency of the kingdom, and give up his system of Eschequer Bills, and Loans and paper securities, than it is the design of the Emperor of RUSSIA to restore Poland to its independence, or the King of PaursiA teem his Sums Wittily the half of his kingdom beck again. Tin peat puzzle ) they, . • . k t 4 .6 \ 1 " 1 117 k• .. 7 . i _..........., ‘ _______ , , jkot 4 MlLckaa ilfrOF,o o 4 l ,srd# l l pi' tee „ oi. mending the ve measure to the Court of Directors' a t h o me. The result has nut yet trekked. Whe t , et r eal merit is Band, there unqueoll itily might t o be tin difficulty in -confokin(itstollo ruble rewa r d. but the practice la bestowing brevet' rank is ON tainly much abuse& for the sake of unworthy obje ct ,. — 4 .— The Paris Papers to the 15th have reached e l , The legitimate Heirs to the French Throne are is. 'ironing. The Duchess of ORLEANS has r oamed her husband with another Prince, biting her third eon. He is to have the tithe of Prince of Jul .ri11,., led to have plenty of names, viz. FnAwcrs FEtiuts too h i . LIPPE Louts hi AWE. The King has bean pleol ug himself with the prospect of legitimate filmier, sap rated by the erection of the enormous stat ue ti t II Mt Y IV. weighing 30,000 l bs. in the Pon t N. on • hich occagion there was ,of course, a grand prom, sion. It is again rumoured from Spin, that r,, ti ,, NAND VII. Wends to send one of his Mini.ters to lib, la•Chapelle, to solicit the medi ation of the A tl ims „ vereigns, in adjusting his dif f erenc e s w ith the tralti States. It eras confidently asserted at troy, that the Spanish Minister at Washington had . been feesllpd..... IlisSpauish Majesty,w hose troops commit no horrible Ids, appears in a peat passion at the " hOrrilllecondott of the United States." Had the. King of SrAts o,,,w aa little more tenderness to his friends, and gratitude to his foreign and domestic supporters, be would e a u now with a better grace to seek again the interferstes and support of the great European States. E ug i ll i particularly, to whose interests he has shown himself so adverse, cannot be eapected to sympathise io Lis wrongs. We stated some horrible conduct tio the part of the Spaniards yesterday, towards a 'w i l l Captain at St. Domingo, which does not by any means increase the claims of Spain to oar assistance against the AmeriCans. According to advices from Turkey, of the Holt. the discussions between Russia and that Power env not then brought to a close. The Russian Minister had presented a fresh Note of considerable upon the proposition to regulate collectively all the differences, but the determination of the Gain SXIGNIOR on the subject was not known. The account of the QUEEN yesterday was—" lIN MAJESTY remains mach the same, having passed s good night." " The operation undergone by her Manses," observes a Morning Paper, " is not that which is common in cases of dropsy. Incisions, we under. , stand, have been made in her MAJESTY'/ arms, *hick are treated in a way well-known ; and by these six has been relieved." At the Dinner Party given by the. QUEEN, in cele bration of the Duke of YORK'S Birth-day, Olett vett present, of the Royal Family, the PRINCE REGIS; Duke of Yong, the Duke and Duchess of KIM, the Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE, the Ducts of GLOUCESTER, and the Princess AUGUSTA. TM Queue did not dine with them, but joined thereat the desert. On Monday her MAJESTY gave another dinner, h celebration of the birth-day of the Duchess of Kern, which was attended by the PRINCE Recasts; the Duke and Duchess of YORK, the Duke and Duck* Of KENT, the Duchess of Gusuceereft, and the Princess AUGUSTA. DEPARTURE OF THE DUKII AND DI:CHESS OF CAN• Bainaz.—Yesterday morning the Duke and amino of CAMBRIDGE left town to proceed en their way to Hanover, for the Royal Duke to resume the We. Lions of Government. At half-past eight o'clock, the Prince WILLIAM and Prince FREDERICK of flee; accompailled by Colonel Nora. and Major Jew, left Mr. GREENWOOD'S house, in South Audley square, in a carriage and four. The carriage els followed by another, in which were Miss listrosa- MAW, the Lady of Honour to the Duchess, Colonel Kea; exc. The Duke end Duchess set out, at %las in their travelling post-chaise. They w le foliated by Madame Kam and Miss RusT, the Duke's all Duchess's Pages, in three other carriages. They were to proceed to Dover, to embark on board the yacht the Royal Sovereign, on tier return (rotate,. saying Prince LEOPOLD to Calais. Cul. KM ell expected to return to town. His Excellency Mr. GALLATIN, Ambassador of I the United States to his Most Christian Majesty, S P' A Report of the Meeting of the F riends of radios, ! pointed to negoriate a Commercial Treaty between the Reform at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, is given in I United States and Great Britain, arrived at the LOP our other columns. The Meeting was highly respect- i don Hotel, Albemarle-street, on Sunday last. able and numerous. Sir F. BURDLTT was present, The Gazette of last night again announce s the op and the lion. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD was in the Chair • pointment of Mr. Scnow. to be Dan i s h Consul st ' Plymouth, and omits the addition which was e ' but the venerable Advocate of Reform , to whose ronecously affixed to the title of the King of DIP exertions the Cause of Liberty owes so much, Major MARE. lie is now styled King of DENMARK, Weld CARTWRIGHT, was enable to attend through indis• o f Ki ng o f DENMARK and NORWAY. position. This was a matter of much and just re- BRITI•II CLAlll4.—The three' ',Minns rereireti i gret, and the Meeting evinced their feelings of at- from Fralyce to indemnify the British claiman ts ide , tachatent and respect for the virtues and well. their losses through the ordinances o f the Fres ! . exerted talents of the patriotic Major, in a manner Government s will, it is said, remain un touched 1111 Gentleman. be next.Sessioo, when an Act of appropri ation isle 1 highly honourable to the character of that Ge be passed. The Commissioners appoin ted Late hill The calumnies attempted to be heaped upon Reform . th e rto dens little, except receiving one '2 OOOl . a s ent ers in general, and the base and cowardly atta ck s another 15001. and so on. which is paid b y a P e r ' , perpetually made upon Major CARTWRIGHT, were claims have not been considered as th e y deserve, " 9 "R e on the "In recovered. The "mei° well repelled by the able Chairman, and the speech s lid NDEry, on this as well as all other unless, its the passing of the Act allud ed to, sane of Sir FRANCIS BU ; intelligent commercial man be added to she Commie occasions, will, we doubt not, be perused with much ' sion, it seems very likely that the British merchant', pleasure and interest by all our Readers. tsr whose benefit the Convention was p r sifeeiedif --esese--- made, will receive no indemnity whatever fur then The, Tieses contradicts the report of the Marquis to VIPs. WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE.--GRECNOCK, Art°' of HASTINGS being about to be superseded in the 14.—We understand that the Lords C ommissiossed Governor-Generalship of India by bend MELVILLE. Petition of his Majesty's Treasury, in an swer to a The change, however, appears to we vary probable. from the trade here, complaining of los s and kW' It is said, that a plan has been lately in a g itation for , 'matinee sustained through a misunderstanding b ", introducing the system of brevet rank into our In - i tween the (Mims of Customs and Exc ise as to t,e11.1 diets army. Lord HASTINGS appears to have found paging the Commissioner of wine ands trite at importation , hal! 'l; sired s of Costoms and Eccles! t, so much difficulty in rewarding officers of Writer- direct their %Seers in future, to ad o p t the 11101 merit, as they distinguished themselves on I practised i n E ng l an d, various occasions, that his Excellency consulted Sir I favourable tthe trade • than that hitherto in use heft' O which we are informed is enni .......L. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, 5 per Cent. Navy 105 ii India Rands ta7 p Lone. Ann. $1 5-14 Exc.lumpier 19 p Omniuu► 4i die. \ I i I well. There were innumerable reasons for, treating : i tho kedierwith rdspet, and" iltere was Abe of its. nudism* which mist be Igno.wn to all around him. In the active elfieient benevolence and' judgment of that excellent woman MrCFry.—(4pplauses.) — Th e Hon. Gentleman criticised the remarks upon the Radical Reformers in the last Rdinburgh Review, which we understood him to ascribe to Mr. Brougham, ridiculing someand reprobating other parsers in that publication;, and concluded with *shorting the Peo ple actively and earnestly to pursue that system of radical Reform, the attainment of which could alone serve to redress their grievances. Upon the " Liberty of the Press" being drank, Mr. WOot.sa addressed the Meeting, assuring them that the sentiment of the country was uniter• sally in correspondence with their views, which he was enabled to say from having been lately a sort of missionary for,Reform.--(Applause.) About ten o'clock the Chairman and Sir F. Bur dett withdrew. The Rev. Mr. Draper was then called to the Chair, rod the Meeting did not break op until twelve. Mr. Spray, the celebrated singer, favoored the company with several songs, which he sung in the hest style. - • ------- **• AT Nl' I O'CLOCK NEXT TUESD A Y MORN { TWO PRIZES OF X 30,000, TWO PRIZES .OF EIGOO, 1,000 SOVEREIGNS, &c. ITH GOLD. CLARET, PORT, M A DIUR A.— ALL MUST HE DRAWN. NEXT TUESDAY. —LO rTERY Fl - N ISII ES.