The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-02-25 00:00:00

I 111.111111.".- 404 dint be never had acted • The resent question was row. - from any ether of a feed !D to TOW, - s h Id bee inejority in favour . fa l tbefe aa 4 sedgy i i. g u eee l ' ___i_t_...dwisuld arise from the coesideration fanre,rite of the Prince Regent.• , ••• r Ibis cote lid =au Terf•"'" emit feature of the coramencemeut of idel try this s t yams been biased, that the sites rtjellgsbnellari reign was, that offers of place bad ties might to have been long ego dose away with-- t•"'ode Imileas of all Parties, and these a" ' that theswidow and the fatherka had greater 100 refined wee refined with contempt ,. A Noble Lord cla i ms fert ss ,,j, that the obi 'ection of the Honourable Castle- upon their benevolent hearts, than to al • . the _.2.• ; low any part of the m e nu to be squandered i s los e& Bankes) to t h e item in vote was MEN I ilo Wieldy.= for services that were ct s e unparliamentary way. He ' conceived, that remunerating ' date d.* of war was part of the Prerogative I merel y fictitious. But no—Ministers had use 1 'hem,,, Crows, as was else the grant of a sinecure ' for the matey ; —they required it all, and ten times ~t e, but ha conceived that both were under the , more, to enable them to maintain their usurpations, Ittr oul of that Heine, from whose vete proceeded awl "'vet wiliest to the system of •deception, which .. money which carried on the one, and supported , t her. The Right Hon. Gentleman animadvert.. they arObourly practising upon a too forbearin g and is o • u pon the refuel% this grant on g rounds which i te• generous nation. Under the specious pretence s e t o long leis dernmet. He was sorry to say 1a " rewarding long and active services," they have *too many Repots were suffered to lie unnoticed : contrived, for these thirty years back, to appro o t he table, but this could be only attributed .to.! priate to their nefarious purposes upwards of t ie dexterity and donWeleg conduct of Ministers. I 20001 of a th fund, aritable for an object which a rue Right Hospitable Gentleman had very int- Pro perly taken great cre dit to himself for submitting i Committee of their own appe intment, had so. this limsure t o the dis p osal and cognisance of Parlia- , leanly declared to be 46 of no p ossible b enefit to eent bat he should like to know h ow the Ri g ht 1 the nation." We do not mean tb say that Colonel lion. Gent. could avoid it. He observed, that the l•hVMaucorr, or any other faithful servant of the pub. Minister had of late carried questions with small 1 lir I._ , should not be properly remunerated; but we majorities in that House ; who were to be his col _ I Went say, that the vote of that Majority, which last hegues, or whether ' they should have a general prin . riple among them, upon which they should act, andinight give the death-blow to this shameful applica which they could hold forth to the people, or be a ca- I Oen of the fund in question, ought to be hailed as rillieg sod disputing Cabinet, omeisied for consider- I an, occerreaca.ladicative of better seatimenta--of ttion at another tines. There could be no doubt but ' more honoura bl e feelings pervading the House of that the source fro= whence the emoluments of Col. Commons, than what have appeared for many years M cMahon's offi ascedowed w obnoxious to the people ; back; for ` the triumph of the Friends of Liberty was the objection was not urti s tl i =te wore of economy, for if the sass sum *ail among t h ose w h ose I not an accidental triumph, Obtained in a thin House, natural protectors had been destroyed in the service of .or in the absence of the uniform supporters of their country, be was convinced that the proceeding Ministers, but it was gained when there were would be received urilit universal acclamation and ap- no less than 217 Members present, and in spite of pine. Nemerous appointments were now vacant ; the most strenuous endeavours of the Peacevaas and one appoiatinent in :sear House was vacant (the fir- the li _ _. AITLERRAGAS, led on by the CHANCELLOR of joint at Arms), which bad been latel y held by a dis- Exciter/ eta, who, with his usual petu l ence an d tinguished Officer. Was not that a fit p lace for Col. the MiMaliont In this measure there was one thing contempt of others, bad vainly flattered himself, that worthy of mpasideretion, namely, that it stamped in this instance his argurnentwould be equally success the character of the reign ; the memory of it would ful, in support of public corruption, as they had hi sot passim's' ', if (men his Royal Highness should fill si , , been . report „,, „ the Throne for a longer time this his revered father erto pee If speaks true, inr. rtRCETAL "stood has not of late much at ease" in his newly did. On these grounds he supported the Amend- seat. . acquired station, and eves hesitates not to e x p r e ss Hr. SHERIDAN approved of the disposition to an anxious hope, that he could be honourably abolish all unmerited places and appointments ; but relieved from the increasing embarrassments of his bethought that too great a degree of warmth was in. official situation!—We trust the period is not troduced in the discussion of the present subject. He ac knowledged the importance of the q uestion, when very distant when the Gentleman's hopes of re looked at in the light of stamping the characterof the lease will be realized ;—but we doubt much, retire p r i n cess reign, The tone of his Hon. Friend, with wises he may, that he will carry with him either respect to Colonel 11Clitabon, bad been altered ; he fame or honour for the shameless part be has been lad formerly stated, that if the piese was to be con- acting in the political drama.—lt is - somewhat sur tinued, none was se proper as the Hon. O f f icer. It . . • • cal now said, that by this appointment the Minister prising that the new Ministerial arrangements have si.:lied to gain personal influence with the Prince not yet taken place ; for the Government Journals Regent. His own wish was, that Colonel Mthlabon deny that Lord Caereicazaou has received the Seals lel not taken the appointment. Why not, instead of Office, and even do not venture to predict when uf an Amendment, make a Motion for the abolition this is to happen. Are we to regard this as a o f tae office? No aim knew better than himself the symptom of the Patrice Amon not being al independent spirit of Celouel M‘Mahon. Should together satisfied with the men proposed. by . Mr. Parliament be adverse to the rzt i;il lie would resigu all prete nsi o n s to it. NM ietei e h o s de- IPaucavat., to fill the public siessaiens of tassel dined the appellate's**, wadi riot some other per. The concession already made- by •his Royal son in that ease We 000.0801 of it I Highness as to the Catholic Claims, appearsto have Air. WHITHILSAD etahlde in explanation, that galled the party extremely. The vote of last night, the appointment of Cal. lil`litairen would bare more while it must open the REOEN Iai eyes t o the g ame Mlles= with many in the G rote they would give • than that of any other person. He had expressed Mieiseers have been playing, cannot fail to add to the greatest respect for the Hon. Officer, and, le their irritation ; and it would not surprise us much, puticular, pointed eat as heatersable and lucrative , if this combination of circums t an ces had the happy Situation to which be =libel* appointed. ! effect of overturning the power of a =an whose Lord COCIPILARE was against the grant, and profligacy and imbecility have brought so many cals. &closed that be felt bleneell not justified in noting . with the Ministate id the Crown. unties en the country . Whatever may be Tho House beams hipatient for the Qinetion, in this, ere are extremely rejoiced to find that ind a.diiison took &awe— the measures of Ministers are likely to meet with fir 112 kOatinsintemeat - 115 greater opposition in Parliament than was at first st , - - expected. The victory of last night, while it must ter the 3 lessen the influence of the Premier, will tend to in - Upon e=missionV il o % el :Gallery, Mr. HASKES gave notice, that cis the 20th of . duce many to declare themselves in favour of the p eo- March, he should bring forward it Resolution on time i pie, wise lave hitherto remained silent under . the subject of the Roped of the Commissioners of Pi- I dread of offending the Minister. The PRINCE, it since for 1783. I may be relied on, is grossly deceived by those who The other Orden el the Diy were then disposed I I surround him. His own dispositions are favourable of, and the House adjourned. ' to peade, and to the happiness of his people; and we • !are persuaded he only awaits their ca ll, throu g h their Representadves, to dismiss his Father's ad .:. T iters from his Councils for ever. —W llat en * " couraiement does this offer to the virtuous Members of both Houses of Parliament, "to it . v r. : throw off those terrors, and those manacles, with ~,gb 5 7 er- which they have hitherto been laluenced and in.- " thralied ; and wild &seam of ceogentsklatien would • , . it be to the nation to and-, that the Panes, whom . they have so long doted, and looked up to for de liverance from calamity and oppression, has. been, convinced of the necessity of adhering to the prin. -.- -'; -- eer.. --- aii-m•— , ciples of his yeath,Wed of entrusting the management I of the State to men who, it is admitted on all hands, have so repeatedly and nisequivocally given proofs of their patriotism, and of their virtue. remote- The Dublin Papers oT Saturday, which reached us this morning, costal* theTrellowing most extraor dinary proceedings : COURT OE RING'S sENCll—Vntomr, Ns. 81. THE Yl2lO, AT THE sliekitcuitoll OP EDWARD SEW. MOHR 0: - .10l1t4 NAGE; PROIiIIILTOR 01P 701 DUD. , Lill STIIMINO POST; TOLD SISPOILT CHIRP SUSSTICIS la Arr. 0 t. 1 0 a Waterford , 1 0 1 0 r _.... 4 . V • if~rt ' - • - -. . ~.. evening--4ed, from the lateness of the had! *tett . To the RDl7 l Olt4 THE 5T.474140 the Jury returoed Its verdict, and the IMpOitatieste Of u re esd o a b y lig ev ed en t i o ng p .— os m tpo e ne a : ry ar , --emee- - the Pr Stn,--The Comthissien which *es ' VifillY.•rd‘iketed Report for the trial of the deluded miscreants Plund iit irmi e o dl f them algel tillwe a Tuesday a fter deliberating for an. hour, returned a verdict of in the Isle of France, being now closed,. (as.iestell4 --Guilty of Printing and Publishing, bet tent , teitA a' wisher to my country and the service),.l fake this • MALICIOUS nrriner !n The cure , juenereefeeed opportunity, through the medium of your latokligette ...: to take the Budibi of the Jury, ID drat' form! **So Journal, of suggesting to his Maierrv i rflovere. *be toresaan. The Jary again retired, and,....j,,r ment, the expediency of printing, in small tsitalliihtt ' substance of those trials, together with the esenileat • taking a considerable time to deliberate,: retained , 1 (to the astaniithment of every person in Coed) a Geze .l observations of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL on the di% seal verdict of—GmTY!!l—their fi rst finding ~ !cation, as well as the etdightened charge Of tip Lone ing tentamout to an segelital. _ 1 CHIEF BARON: Those tracts I would wile to be 1 ci - culated throughout our fleets, Whereby they,' 1 ezems=eltzie=r!=x The leading Opposition Peers have daily meetings ' other of the houses of Lord G g Lord i who move in a similar sphere to those enhannv at one se a yi rre ) GRENTILLI., or Earl e RDA culprits, woul d pevceive the unavoidable dete6 ! tion and punishment attendant on such a base W e r egret to stat that Admiral Sir CHARLES [ Corroe, a most excellent Officer, died at Plymouth, dereliction of allegiance and duty, fly well as on Sunday last, in a fit of apoplexy. . learn to appreciate the mild and tempered admi- Lord arts bed a very long audience of the ; nistration of our laws, which seek not the blood K Patrice REOVIT at Carlton House, yesterday ; from' of the criminal; but, like an indulgent parent, mer• w hence his Lordship proceeded to the . Admiralty, ; cifttlly forgive their offences, and restore them to and transacted business with Mr. Yeas& Lord KEITH, it is understood, will be appoiutei to the : that bosom, against which they had impioesly dared command of the Channel Fleet, • to raise the poniard of defection. It is said that Admiral SAW:YER is ordered to cruise 1 Itt'o. off the Ansericon coast. Licenses are granted to, the Bettie, on condition of I NAVAL INTELLIGENCE'. -• • ' "• • • previously exporting goods to the amount of 51. per --,.......-- ton, that is, a ship of 100 tons, must export 5001 . .. DOVER, Flog, et. before she can have a licence to imp or t . - It We* a Most tremendous hurricane law night 1 and it is mi. The Catholic Petition from Ireland will not he prehended the shipping has sustained considerable damage rya. • • presented until Mae middle of April, to allow time slow hours in this town were suferers, in the los of &limiest ' for the Representatives of that country to return &c. * ; from their respective Assizes. WS are informed that I Pawed b y with the w ind at, N. N. W. the flair, ; *NV' . 014 is couched in very respectful and decorous terms . 1 I ; :orth e P ratt vh f i ro eglee m it aad li the A andl i al t U r le g d at tdr ' f Dack rom et ingli e eld, ai l ? , We have strong reasons to think, that the Coalition the Star, Captain Gabbles, and lieatellant Rope, of the 24th talked of in the Dublin Papers between two Noble Regiment. We learn, that on the rid of December, a (oast- Families of the county Down, is void of foundation. derabia conunotiod and riot broke oat at the latter bland, which THE DRUNKEN PLOT.—John Megan, the drunken ! was, however, happily quelled on the 25th, by the execution of Irish Schoolmaster, and the three other persons . eight of the ringleader* and peace was restored, but not with. lately arrested* with him on his very ridiculous story, out mood having been shed. appeared at the Bar of the King's Bench, Dublin, on PORTSMOUTH, Fri 24. Wedaesday last, when Mr. GREENE proceeded to Sailed the Partridge ! 18, Captain Adye, sod Porcupine, 52 1 intimate that his Majesty's Attorney-General autho-. rimed him to say that no prosecution was intended CaPt. E e l iat ii. ::H o ar n Harbour ise the Linnet, Identecrant rigors. Arrived the Diligent storeahip, from the Mediterranean, and against the Prisoners, and that it was, therefore, 4 placed under quarantine. his wish that they should be.discharged by proclama- DEAL, Fsm. 44. tion. The Officer of the Court proceeded accord. The wind appears Inclinable to get to the northward, cfonae• iugly with the usual formalities to have them die- fluently the coasters and colliers are proorediag to tie westward.. charged. The Dart, Cresset, for Buenos Ayres, and levered other ships Last night, at the conclusion of the performance have sailed ; but the East Initialises wait for convoy. , at Covent Garden Theatre, a Gentleman, supposevi I Arrived the Earl of Leicester, Cricking, from St, Michael's, to to be a Maritime Officer, in a fit of coughing, burst 11 "y e ' Ilie Lapdog Packet, —, for Rio Janeiro; and the a blood-vessel,und instantly expired. Ilia body r e - . Stranger, , for Jamaica, and several other ships have lost mains at the Theatre. as anchor and cable each. We are authorised to state, that a provincial Paper ' KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Jan. 11. , has misrepresented the charges preferred against Th e F e l ucca F i n i te ., which some that l age lauded oureout Captain HALLEY, late of the Seine, and that the pa- for the iorpose a centerg the Spanish traders, was appoint. ragraph is entirely. an erroneous statement. ed to sail on the inst. from St. Jago de Cuba, to resume her Therecan be no greater pro o f of the extraordinary former cruisin g ground. - state of depression under which this great commer cial,town now labours, than the circumstance that no less than two coffee or news-rooms, which have been hitherto maintained by numerous subscriptions, have lately been discontinued far want of support. The price of shares in the other institutions of a si milar nature, have also experienced a great and In creasing d e p r ession. —(Liverpool Paper.) A Correspendent seeetameads cc strict enquiry into the character of schoolmasters, and those who are entrusted with the charge of charity-schools, I that they be men whose own conduct may be an ex- I ample to the children for virtue, rectitude, and good conduct. Example is more than precept--It is more I consequence that a child be brought upinthe paths of virtue and piety than to be taught any particular form of worship. No gamester, nor no man that is given to cursing and swearing, nor a liar, should be allow ed to take the charge of Charity Schools. I call on those who set up Dr. Dux and Mr. LANCASTER to make enquiry into their characters. The former was for some years a clergyman itt Dersefshire, and his brother clergy at Dorset are the only - )ns that it to his Itation. The lat- Letters from Gibraltar to the Bth instant state, that General Bauss-rzaos - lad been cut off from Los Hades by a French division ; and that he had sent a message to Governor CAMTBILL, soliciting a supply of ptovisions for his army, which was at the time en tirely destitute. A letter from Cadiz of the 3d instant, states,. that an expedition had sailed a few days before to Car**. gent, under the command of Colonel Lassatat, of the Guards, composed of the 67th and Watteville's regiments, besides Spaniards. Another letter says; that the day after General O'Donset. had been elected one of the Regency, he issued orderi " for all Officers in Cadiz to join their regimentsi or to ac count for their not doing so, by the 29th ult. and that by this judicious proceeding the Spattislt Army was supplied with 635 Officers, besides their ser vants, who were not fewer than 2000. The Acteon sloop of war is arrived off Dungeness from Bengal, whence she sailed on the sth of Octo ber, and from St. Helena on the Ist ult. She brings advises, that on the 23d of December a part of the troops at the latter place had mutinied, in conse . restricted persons ._ can spew _ _ reputation. - - ter, it is well known, is s Qoalter, whose princi ples and practice may be ascertained almost any where. If they are good men, they will not suffer any thing by the enquiry." Dispatches have been received from Lord win.. xtnc , roN by a ship of war, but their coneents have not transpired. Mr. Don GLAS arrived yesterday in Downing-street, with dispatches from Lord WILLIAM Beretrsca, dated the 11th, 25th, and 29th of January, contain ing the intelligence of a Royal' Act having been is sued by the King of Sictiv, eat the 16th of Jan. appointing the IlaarnttaaT Nunez Vicar-General of the Kingdom, with the whole of the Royal Au thority ; and that en the 19th of the same month, the Reas.orrAnY Nines had appointed Lord W. Bum- TEKCIt Captain-General of the Sicilian forces, and "Major-General M'Ewitt.ans second in commands — In consequence of his Royal Highness's assent, part of the British Army had been ordetod to Pa. bribe, and were expected to arrrive in a few days.-. 4" The Sicilian Barons, who were banished in the motif of July last, had been recalled by the trAs Peirce, and the oue per recalled l which had bees Imposed by the Royal Authority had been repealed. An entire' change bad taken place in the Minister, Prince CASSANO haring for the present the chief & motion of stairs. By the arrival at Corunna of a ship from the Ha. 1 , vannah, hiealc.o Gazettes were received to the 16th of November. They are full of accounts of engage lints betweee the insurgents and the troops of the Spanish Government, particularly in the kingdom a New Gallicia. 'These engagements seem only to amount to shirmithes and any detail of them would be oxtemely uninteresting in this country, as , they de net rine ..to lead to , any. thing decisive on either LeNe subscriptions have b een entered into at qnence of the Governor having i the allow ance of spirits. They seized the person of the Lien tenant-Governor in the first instance ; but the prompt activity and -vigour of the Governor com pletely frustrated the object of the mutineers, who were soon entirely subdued, and six of their ring. leaders condemned and executed. The . remainder were in confinement, some of whom were to be sent from the Island ; and at the departure of the Acteon 'all was perfectly tranquil in the settlement, and no apprehension of my further disturbance was enter. Weed. The . shipping• intelligence received by this conveyance is as follows : - The Marchioness of Exeter, Union, and Carnatic, were to leave Bawd a December. The Mosuirekaad Euphrates sailed froastr a LZ hunk Addington , and of France oa the !id Novem ber. The Cumber &sex, arrived at Prince of Wales's Mali ind red August. Mr. HAM waited open the Gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, with proposals fora new Lottery of 20,000 . Tickets, to be drawn on the 4th of Jane; the bid dime to be on Saturday next. The improvements around Westminster Abbey, and both Houses of Parliament, h ave been effected byan enormous expenditure of the Pablic money, which could ill be spared, considering the bar then. some exigencies of the present times! What with the purchase of houses; now demolished, the ground i rents thereof, ,and other Inordinate expenses, the whole is said to amount already to no less a sum than 500,0001 A—the furnishing of the Speaker'. Haase which cost 9 0001. is probably included in this calcu. : lation. A c o nsiderable part of Great George-street • is already razed f i tn the ground, and the remaining re. spectable inhabitants are threatened with a similar • . Parliamentary yjectment. • Hi s m a j es ty' s s chooner Grouper, Lieut. Armies, ' • - was, In November, upset la a s q ual, off Guadelou p e t -, .. -, only three of the crew-were droWned. Et ssiko ,_—'l l hhi day there Was no Court of Alder. - men. The LOUD Mi=ca, 4Ster iospictiog the Ito. turns, omdered the liesmut prices to continne. A. Jitneiell Plalli has arrived off Fehneetb, that a voyeantaf shirty.itwo days ,• the 'papers sad letters by ben' Will flotßered is the course of the. day.— ,The Idea Man, -which reached Loadon, yestetdah hoe limed nothing of poetic importance., . . . . . , , - • ~ . . . - . , , $ , l , • * - , . . / . • • .. , . . . - . . . • s • 1 , . . . . . . . . . .., . s . . . .. ~.....,*•22, Y __-•- t rif....E.-•-, -. .m. 11.1 E. . ---- —.....#6,6,1r.r„--1.,..„ __ .., _ ikimmasai, • • I , . 1. .4 - - • - • A' ' more domicil& the Owing, Payeastets. unman .!ibar . itable tat diesivat) la is- loot apart for the support of Oft waivs of °tows ssimilar natal* ; I the May. Ni- lax conektwation, waik ha' favour of Colonel ' been espected, phi have been salliciaat to MU c r il i sl e ellui g ege °n o t.7l - ;n the hustsite and , Apes M w Ministry with width Ibis e 4m.• Swam at 1.1. was 14 been blessed. that the slid ,_ AT ONF. O'CLOCK. Bonds 14s. 15g. pr. •ver Kitts 5 7 'pr. PRICL OF sits_ Batik lik. 1 per Cent. Ow. Ma Exch. :) her tent. Red. Rid INtto 4 per Ceuts. illi thanks twr Cent. Nave Sti . " • Cunsali tor amt. In. r. Ann. 16 6-16 Lelinsy Tick.* TH " . THE STA 7 I'ESMA WNDON: tutsunT, lellfiturtrtt 25, 181 St. —omot— The Majority 'obtained last atight in the House of ( 'ommons Against Ministers, on the question respect -14 the paymaster of Widows' Pessions, affords a proof et what may be accomplished by -per urerance, earl well, we hope, sorre as a stimulus to the exertions of the isilepeadeat Members of both Houle, *me, we trest o will arm cease rabies their 'altaa'seila against Sinecures, and all other State CorrBBoollBb *dl they. be entirely abolished. As Ur ha* as yor 1783, the Office alluded. to was lettered, by a Cesevallese of special Coarrairdwiten , to he totatis tossweessary, sad qf »o pewit* ainifit 1 the public. ?be trios:4o had as dodo tepee :.^frn, and what remained for t h e now, - wag trifling. level besides an *lke of a 0091 1,11 7 ...:r•tdous nature, Inasmuch as the salary ailirsi lb , • Pc ing . *s'• ) .' , A sx .;" 4 *. ." • 04 . . is * , Sa•M .• .P. - .........- •., - - . DOWIna • • -, gide. Lugo subscriptions have Dean eutervu H., .. ' This was soiled/oil ineornsatiOn, obtained by the Mexico, ter the beaeit or the Spanish patriots, and Police Magistrates against the Defendant, for print. pasties** 'be celebrated iiiitta.._ . • 1 ins and publishing an article in the pubtft A mis h% A • 7•1 l 0.101/=yesteiday frosaCosennai by which I Post, of the Ititis of January, itill, entitled, I' Isi. w. rs end Papers to the ilith instant. A5t0rdia...........„,....•the-Freitch were : ISTlPsciaticT of Isla Powcs." stilt St, Gen t yot isad arrived with Ms did- I This trial ocinpled the tine et the Coed f ro m go t ry : • an d fi so " bid talon pessiatogoof6 , smarter pa* elms a. oh till alit*-Vbisek palmier • • . ',r, '~.~ - E g r , $ I a. ~; f . ••• i ~i .