The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-06-29 00:00:00

it WI I. LIAM ADAM, 844. LATE M. P. Sta,—lt is one of the greatest misfortunes an nexed to the condition of Princes, that they are ge nerally the victims of flattery, almost from their cr adle to their grave. Even in this enlightened land of boasted liberty, where the press is still called free, the writer nho shall venture to describe the virtues and the vices of Royal growth, in plain and appropriate language, may indeed acquire a reputa tion for courage, but if he escapes the fats, he cer. tainly will not the suspicion, of insanity. Every thing said or song of Princes must harmonize, in mild and measured strains, with the syren cajolery of Courts. If one of these illustrious personages should perform an ant of simple justice, flattery, al„ ies in waiting, swells it to a deed of noble gene rood, Should he stumble on an act, which bears a slight resemblance to injustice, it is by pensioned parasites ascribed to that dignity of mind which can not, at all times, stoop to vulgar minuteness. Should his spirits sink under some of the trilling, hut dis agreeable, incidents of life, it is no impeachment of his fortitude—it is only a proof of the exquisite sea. ,ibilities of an excellent heart. Should he bear up, without lamentation, it is blazoned forth as an in stance of unparalleled magnanimity. Is he addicted to the free enjoyment of the bottle ? that is the chi-. eacteristic of a manly frankness, which knows no disguise. Is he the constant Loptive to the blandish. ments of woman ? gallantry 'entwines every brave and generous feeling round the human heart. Does he hoard yheis a perfect pattern-of prudence. Does be squander he is a Princely example of gene rosity. Thus, Sir, the mind of the writer, dazzled by the splendour of rank, and awed by the terrors of power, readily yields to the restraints which these feelings impose, and in trying to palliate what cannot be justified, culls with care the most smooth and emol lient words to convey censure, and the most pom pous epithets for flattering applause. In such un dertakings, however, there are often other ingenious methods resorted to, which, while they require a much larger stock of courage, display a superior spe cies of art. Some have recourse to Tale and **- logue, and at once gratify and conceal their spleen, under the various allusions and windings of intricate fable ; while others, b) pointed ironical praise, con vey stinging reproach with still greater effect. In the best of these modes, truth is at least emascu lated of its vigour—in the worst, flattery is employed to keep folly in countenance, till, at last, virtue, dis gusted with such scenes of hypocrisy, leaves vice in undisturbed possession of the stage. Thank Heaven ! however, my case requires no as.• tificial aid, either for explanation or ornament. If it did, I would venters, without fawning servility on or.e hand, or presumptuous rudeness on the other, to address something like the following expostulation to your Royal Clients. The French Revolution has read a useful, but awful lesson to the world. It his taught the governed dell countries the dreadful. evils resulting from civil feuds and desolating anarchy; and it ought, to have taught the governors, the den. ger of goading a suffering people to madness, by ty rannical rule, plunder, and oppression. The fate of the House of Bounms is, indeed, a warning to all the Royal Houses in Europe, but particularly to the House of BAUNSWICK. Scattered, as they are, over different countries, and wandering like aliens and fugitives, without resources, and without a home, with only their misfortunes to recommend them to the compassion of the world, they exhibit in their persons a melancholy example of the mutability of all human greatness. How Sae their own mis conduct contributed to hurl them from their emi- • mace, and precipitated their fall, the following quotation from a writer of the first talents, and who I had better opportunities of ascertaining the truth than almost any other Englishman, will satisfacto rily decide :—" The whole kingdom (France) con vulsed, because it was every where distressed by the bankruptcy occasioned by a prodigal Court, who looked upon public revenue as its patrimony for pri- 1 rate expenditure—vented its complaints not iu sighs and idle lamentations, but in lore murmurs, which humanity would not have spurned, nor policy hate disregarded. The grievances were real, not affected; and if allegiance is a duty on the part of the people, protection is no less so on the part of Government. To put all upon Dobbin is rather too much. It was this error that lost C H ARLES 1. his life in the 17th eentary—it brought Loots XVI. to the scaffold towards the close of the 18th. When the people first complained, dragoons were dispatched to answer thew with the sabre,—bnt complaints well founded are not to be silenced by the bayonet. They speak to the senses of mankind, as well as to their passions, and are irresistible. Public virtue, unarmed, looks despotism full in the face, and bold in her innocence, braves all menace. The dagger falls from the guilty hand of the assassin, palsied by her frown, and her triumph is complete." This quotation, I trust, Sir, will furnish some ad mirable topics for useful meditation to your Royal Clients ; and I should hope also, could not fail to convince them that the payment of just claims, is he smallest return they can make to a generous people for the liberal rants, which maintain them in dignity and splendour. In my last Letter to you, Sir, I stated the repulses and mortifiaations I uniformly met with in all my endeavours to obtain, from the three Royal Brothers, my honest, indisputable right. To this, at present, I shall add nothing—the anaexed Copy of the Bond will explain the foundations of my claim. The history is a short one—the historian is Mr. Cu 4S. BICKNELL, the PKINCZ REGENT'S Solicitor; but what is of infinitely more importance to the public, the instructive subjects treated of are the high pro mises, the pledged honour, and the sacred obligations of your illustrious Clients. I have the honour to be, Sir, Yon, most obedient Servant. 144 INJURED CREDITOR OF THR PRISONS. STATESMAN. COPY OF A BOND "R' 014 4.-NOWDREB k i p RENOUNCE MX SUSTERIMGES, . AllrcK,Siso,, x;; .._ THOUSAND PCKINOB,- , . ' RESERVATIONS which shall, or espy be conttari Bill bw man a ••• •• - GRANTED BY THEIR ROYAL SIOHNESSE4 THR thereto; and lastly, we, thir oulsorm-bround GEORGE . . For theliatiewt ,• - ' PRINCE OF WALES, THE DUKEEOF YOWL AND pnace of WALLY, Faantatide Dike of Yeas, and Against it ,' - . - CLARENCE. ' WILLIAM ItexairDelte' of . (3Eilikcii , jointly end • ' . majority - —5 . ~. The Report Bs Isr . Known to all. to whom these Oreeents severally, do, by these.Presents,'Periiii and authorise . . shall come, that we, GEORGIE 'Prince of **Las, the above-named Join Ants na BEAUNE, and gits i ~ , been brought up, of the Windier Forest Bill ha v ing 'Fanittakt'' Duke -of Yoax, sad WILLIAM him Sh full power Proportions, and ta authority .th I t o grant d and hi publish A . ; loan, under rbeewSrailli : WHITBREAD , ad6rting to the questions he ifx:§riti ‘ Dike of CLARVICE, all dwelling and ture ara t s o such r Pe a rio a n n o s ; la Pers ts on 4 s S ign s -,. formerly . put respecting Windsor Park, said that residing in the City of Westminster, In the Kingdom to be interested therein, and for that purpose toll's*, ti t nsi by e the lion. Gent. (Mr. Wharton) i none o f the t.hed beet' \I d, di h d .i n h ot con h sist of Great Britain, are jointly and severally, justly grant, sign, end execute such-Shares, or Proportionsr.r._with t on -of I w ro hich ht h e the nild a l! e th ( at t r i:eei in ' and hilly, indebted to Jos t/ JAMES Da BIAU N E, to the amount of One Hundred Pounds Sterling, of WI ve i l :or was rk sh i oul b d be felled and sold by per of Union.court, Broad-street, in the City of L en . lof lawful . Money of Great Britain ; each Re c eipt• . r . eon havi n o autho ity He wished to ask, wile.: signed with Ms hand at the . foot of . the printed s n g don, Merchant, in the Sam of One Hundred Th i p.l li g ll-- commission had issued from the Great Seal . Copies of our present , Obligation , which printed ?her any . $ sand Pounds Sterling, of lawful Money of Great :to allot Richmond Park ..• Copies and R ece i p t s ; so exec u te d : under his • Mr. WIIARTON said his former answers . iti . to Britain, well and truly advanced and paid to us by , Signature, • shall by s; the above-bound, be re - Mr. As to the commistion, Windsor Park were correct . way of Loan, by the said Jose James es BEAUNE ; igarded and considered of equal . anti the same force ' which said Sum of One Mounted ; Thousand Pounds;,and validity as this present Obligation ;provided ne% i n° 4 l ' ll heard of. hope.; be Hon. Mr. BENNET enquired respecting some sterling, we, the above-Ranted GEORGE Prima of i ver h t l h . e sh less, that h such .b Shams, o i r n P e r d opor - ti h ons i o a n til or tarsi sheds, /tic. erected in ItiChmond Pail( and at WALES, FREDERICK Duke of YORK, and WILLIAM ! sh all exceed exceed ' as t tr oget era he a r c' t se he " af at omentnioenitedercanital ' Hampton Court ;—from-Whente the timber had been i , HENRY Duke of CLARENCE,:4O_ hereby premiss and 1 or principal Sum of One Hundred Thousand Pounds , pro . c . urel . L . RT ON said from condemned trees in agree to reimburse and ply, to the aforesaid Yours Sterling; tot that purpose these Shares, or Propor- i Da oe r. wil rks A ! JAMES DE BEAUNE, to his Attorney, Executors, or I tions, ought to be and should be registered by Theltsyal Irish Canal, Bill went through a COM- Assigns ; or to any other Person or Persons by hi m 1 Notary Public, worthy , of confidence, who ought, 1 loin • • the Re t lied and the Bill or authorised, on the days appointed for pa t o 'er shall, attest such . Register for such Shares,. . tiered to be read a third time to-morrow. Proportions, Specifying the number and amount of 1 the genie, as in the Condition hereunder Is more par. / these Shares - , or Proportions • and for the true and f' The Irish Insolvent Debtors' Bill went' through i ticularly stipulated, and as they ought to be kept and I faithful execution of the ab ove-written Obligation, I Committee. observed, as if they were inserted herein • End foe end of all the Condition! and Clauses written there that purpose, we, the said GEORGE . ~ ': qt .t*120%. and every of them , we, the above-mentioned WALES, FREDERICK Duke of YORK, R tpee INSIMIE Prince of Wsmits, Faeoniticx Duke Of ai, . =UM YOWL and WILLIAM HENRY Duke of CLARENCE, HENRY Duke of CLARENCE, bind ourmilves, j etu ", l 'fiind Ourselves further by these Presenb jointly and and severally, and each and every of t °°- itivrai I severally ; and we bind o ar several respective Heirs, respective Revenues, Estates, Effects, and Property, i 1 Administrators,and Executors, and every of them, to wheresoever they may be situate, of what n ature I pay the penal Sum of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds sower, and of whatever denomination or title they ' Sterling, of lawful Money of Great Britain.; e and may be, which we now have, possess,. hold, and we have signed these Presents, and thereinto affixed - our several and respective Sabo lialaion, the Day enjoy, or which we may have, possess, or enjoy, we and Year above-written. bind them. In WITNESS. whereof, we, the said ; Sealed . and delivered ily GEORGE Prince of WALES, FREDERICK Duke of d i e abo Prince ef e- Waize mol a r: YORK, and WILLIAM HENRY Duke of CLARENCE, 1 mica Duke of tout ;be , have hereunto set our Hands and Seall, the Fifth of .., r ai t e i T a) b : i ;': pi"' set ` June, in the Thirtieth .Year of the Reign of our' tar, Ccumeliscauns., No. j "ItLlAlik. Sovereign Lord GEORGE ILL by the Grace of Gob, I Sealed and delivered by • of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, De- ; the snev ve Delte : Is c il fender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the Year of I wen, in presence e r • . Commas ~ our LORD, One Thousand Seven Hundred and i Guns N rev pew , Ninety. ' The Houle then divided on the question; that the' EAST INDIA BILL. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the Order of the Da * fee,gaing into a Committee on the East India Bil .... .'• .P. GRENFELL objected to the Bill, be calm he was convinced by the evidence, that it would be productive of very little commercial ad vantage, and would risk the existence of our East. ern Empire. ., Mr. W. KEENE objected to the Bill ; and ob. served, that no One establishment could be with pro priety applied to all India. As to the introduction of missionaries, it would be totally useless, as the Hindoos had remained quite unchanged, under the domination of many different nations. Mr. CALCRAFT dated the improvement of the Indian empire from the period when the Parliament of Great Britain interfered with the Government of the East. He. objected to the Bill now before the House, upon two grounds. 1. That the period for which the Charter was proposed to be renewed, was too long; 2. That the monopoly of the China trade ought not to be confirmed to the Company, since its unavoidable improvement would render it too lucra tive a source of tevenue. He should move with re. gard to the first, that the period should be only seven years, and with regard to the last, that the trade should be thrown open. He should also move to strike out the 13th clause, relative to the introduc tion of Christianity into India.' In other particu lars he did not disapprove of the measure. Mr.'GORDON was of opinion;that no ameliora tion of the internal state of India could be •effected, unless the whole system under which it had been of late governed were altered. He entered into an en quiry, him , far it was possible for these royal mer chants and commercial sovereigns, not surrounded • by the ensigns of royalty, but enveloped in bales of geods and chests of tea, adequately to administer the affairs of so mighty an empire; and concluded by expressing his decided hostility to the whole Bill. Mr. C. GRANT, sen. vindicated at some length, the Court of Directors from incapacity, and main tained strenuously, that no men could more bene ficially have discharged their arduous duties. He no ticed seriatim the various objections that had been brought against them, and contended, that, proper ly understood, the interests of the Company and of the whole British Empire were the same. He asserted, that all thew who hitherto had attacked the Com pany were either ignorant or misinformed, and pro. duced his Own practical experience in contradiction to many of the statements they,had•made. An Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Rickards ). had professed to state to the House the result of 20 years residence and obser. ration in India : yet all his observations related to Bengal, where he had never resided, and were chiefly extracted from the Fifth Report. He had argued that the Hindoos were a nation of beggars, because they eat rice and wear only a slight cloth garment ; but this was the result of custom and choice, not of want or necessity : for the wealthiest inhabitants of India lived in the same manner and wore the !rime dress. It was a mistake to suppose that the equal partition of the produce of the land between the proprietor and the cultivator was of Mahomedan origlp :'it was to be found in the earliest accounts of India; it subsisted in China, and in great part of Egypt. That it was more nominal than real, and the tax on the land in India bore no more' proportion to the produce of the soil than the land tax did to its original value in the time of King Wil liam. Great part ofpdia was also free land, which' paid no tax. The . ltell. centlemn had also argued, that'the Hindoos were all cultivators of land, and bad inferred their,peverty from the improved state of AUCTION BILL - their teitivation,'elid*th e ir increased population.— Mr. WHITBREAD said, that seeing that the Re-i H, thought the *inference ought to be just the re port of the Auction Bill was to betaken into further verse. The system of justice (continued Mr. Grant) consideration to-morrow, he rose to beg the Hon., had undergone the same improvement as the system Gent. opposite (Mr. Wharton) to postpone it. Some of revenue : at no time, nor under a n y Government with whom he had co rrs ntmoti- had there been so complete a pro tection for the per espectable Auctioneer on the subject, had stated, that if the Bill sons and property of the natives as at present. The passed into a law, it would put an end to their trade deceit ' system had been made an objection to this; altogether. He (Mr. Whitbread) had promised , to ,- but that system did not grow out of the remiss admi .procure them an early copy of the Bill to make their i nistration of justice in India, but out of the customs kestrels on, but as .this' could not be done by to- and laws of the country, by which the profession of morrow, he wished for a poMponement of forty-la public robber was transmitted from father to son, eigh , . and spread through whole families. He did not t hours. Mr. WHARTON (we tinderstoed) agreed . to a doubt but that the forbeara nce and mildness of our nt would in time contribute more to re postponsment to Wednesday. The Auctioneers with GaTer nale !form these people than the summary methods of the 1 - whom he conferred had approved, of the Bill. 1 Mr. WHITBREAD said, that th e Gentlemen ; native Governors. The system. of amelioration , and with whom he had communicated were Messrs. Ro- pursued by the Company •did not begin in 178 t, bins Mr. t. Mr. Christie. They complained 9 Cos 7 - but had unfolded itself gradua l ly . for the last 40 of .. • that they had not been able to learn from the Hon. 50 years. LUS 1 Mr. HINGTON rose, he said, chiefly with Gent. the precise' enactments of the Bill. ' On the consideration of the Victualler's Bill, Mr. a view to correct . the erroneous notions entertained 1 - emst the floral character of the Hindoos, and he ROSE moved, after a few remarks, the second read hoped the benefolence of'the Honourable Gentleman ; ing of the Amendments. opposite (Mr. Wilbeforce) would in duce him to I fi r . CRtIKER. moved, as an Amendment, that listen with Candour fit not with a desire of convic t they be read a second time this da y three months. I don- The writingt, - observed, of Dr. Bucharpin, 1 WAIN 41-• A The Hoese•then divided-- uric 2 addressee Qt - --- - For the 41—Aphol it 1/.)I nj (LL) (LS•) Sealed and delivered by the above-named GEORGE GEORGE Priace of WALES. (L.S.) Prince of WALE, and FREDERICK Doke of FREDERICK. (L.S.) YORK ((he Paper being first dnly stamped), in I presence of Cu.. BICK. t WILLIAM. (L.S.) NELL, Notary Public, J Sealed and delivered by) the above-named Wm- LIAM HICKEY Dake of Ceramic, In presence of Blooms., Notary Public, WHEREAS, the above-bound (or obliged) GEozot Prince of 14/ . ar.Es, FREsEatcs Duke of Yoga, and WILLIAM HENRY Duke Of CLARENCE, have, by means of the above-named JOHN JAMES DE BEAUNE, negociated a Loan for the Sum of One Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling of lawful Money of Great Britain, which they, the above-bound, are to reim burse, with interest thereon, to the above-named JOHN JAMES DS BEAUNE, Now, TRERETORT., the above-bound GEORGE Prince of WALES, FREDE RICK Duke of YoRK, and WILLIAM HENRY Duke of CEAREREE, do, by these Presents, make the following Conditions irrevocable.—THE CONDITIONS of the present Obligation are such, that the above bound GEORGE Prince of WALES, FREDERICK Duke of YORK, and WILLIAM HENRY Duke Of CLA• RENCE, some or one of them, for him or them, their Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, some or one of them, do by these Presents agree and promise, well and faithfully to pay to the above-named Joss JAMES DE BEAUNE, his Executors, Attornies er Assigns, Interest for the above-mentioned Sutra of One Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling, at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum for and during the term of Twenty-five Years, to commence and be aC• , counted from the first of July next, after the day of the date of the above Obligation, and the same In terest or Interests, every year, on the first day of June, and the first day of December of every Yea4l I during the said Twenty-five Years; and also that the said honoden GEORGE Prince of W ALES, Fazasatcs Duke of YORK, and WILLIAM-HENRY Duke of ' CLARENCE, some or one of tbeni, their Heirs, Exe." cutors, or Administrators, or each of them, shall ! reimburse, and be Wand to reimburse and pay, and shall well and truly pay to the above-named JOHN JAMES DE BEAUNE, his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, the above Capital or aforesaid prindpal Sum of One Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling, is I the manner and form following, that is to say ; ono. tenth part of said Sum on the first of June in each lof the Years _ _ _ _ IMPERIAL PAELI4MENT. HOUSR OF LORDS. ions 48. The Innkeepers' Allowance Bill was read a third time and Lord AMHERST (in the absence of Lott Boringdon) gave notice of the second reading of the Vareheitioa BEI for Wed arday, for which day the Lords were lidera to be atoned. • sum- The Committee of Privileges on the Airly Peerage, wait axed for tomorrow at three o'clock. Mr. Newton presented some Papers from (be Post 011ee, which were ordered to be referred to the Committee on Mr. *Palmer's Claims, On the motion of the Earl of LAUDERDALE some further Papers were ordered relative to Mr. Palmer's Claims ; and also some Accounts relative to the produce of the War Taxa and other branches of the Revenue. The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Poor Deb ton' Relief Bill. Some conversation took place between Lord Ellenborough, Lord Redesdale, the Earl of Lauderdale, Earl Stanhope, and the ' Lord Chancellor, relative to the mode proposed, in the Bill of levying the sums in the different counties for the relief of Poor Prisoners in the King's Bench, Fleet, aad Manbehea; after which the Bill passed throegh the Committee with Amen dments. I R/Ntomorrow. etßorthwick Peerage wan postponed for this Session. VOIE OF CREDIT. The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented the usual Message from the Prince Regent for a Vote of Credit preparatory to the termination of the Session. The Earl of LAUDERDALE asked the amount intended to be proposed ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL said 5,000,0001. On the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the Prince Regent's Most Gracious Message was ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow, and the Lords to be summoned. Adjourned till to-morro* (this day). One Thetwand Eight. Hundred and Six, One nomad FAO Hundred and Seven, One Tbesennd SW Hundred and Light, One Tbonendt Hundred and Nine, One nomad E ht Hundred and Ten, One Thawed Eight Hundred and Eleven, One Timwend Eight Hundred and Twelve One Tin"mod Eight Hundred and Thirteen , One Tbasonad Eight Hundred and Fourteen, One Tbassand Eight Hundred and Fifteens . Moreover, the above-bound Gamuts Prince of WALES, FREDERICK Duke of •Yong, and WILLIAM HENRY Duke of CLARENCE, some or one of them, shall and are to pay, at theexpiration of the said term of twenty.Ove years to the said JOHN JAMES DE BEAUNE, I his Executors ) Administrators; Attornies, or Assigns, the interest on the Capital then remaining, in the pro- , portion and manner aforesaid, on the said first of June, and first of December of every year, until the' whole Capital or aforesaid principal Sum of One Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling shall have been fully paid, reimbursed and, acquitted by them, the above-bound Gcoacse Prince of WALLS, FREDERICK Duke of Yons, and WILLIAM HENRY Duke of CLARENCE, to the said JOHN JAMES DE BEAUNE, in lawful Money of Great Britain, without any deduc tion wisatssever, and for that impose the above. bound Gating' Prince of WALES, Filenames Duke of • Yoat, and WILLIAM HENRY Duke sof CLA&ZNCE, etch mid every of them, de here. S•l , ' 0 } .1. ,f 1,.,, • , i I 1 s 't 1) . • ' .....-- _ , tion. The writings, he observed, of Dr. Buchavpsn, and the addresses of the Mitionarite to the ilindoo;s, .i I otifilk 4 . , • , , , . 4. sq I ~ 2:1 I GEOIOILMfte of WALES(i3.) 'FREDIraiCK. HOUSE OF COMMONS. - - - A heritage fora Vote of Credit was delivered to the Tenni from the Prince Regent. The substance was, as usual , that his Royal Highness, considering the propriety of being provided against all emergencies, tasted that Parliament would enable him to frustrate any attempts of his enemies. - The Report of the Committee to enquire Into the circuits- Manes attending the imprisonment of Thomas Crogan ' was Mogen up by Mr. S. Wortley apd read :--it stated, thatfrom **crowded state of Ike gaol of Newgate, it was not possible for the gaoler to allot any particular part to any description of prisoners; and that the treatment of Thomas Grogan, while I confined by order of the House, had not bees anunal or severe. —Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. CROKER presented a Petitiocagalest the Pewter-pots BM, from the Publicans of London and Westminster. The Petition baying been read, Mr. ROSE complained that it was founded on an entire mis =tioa of the Bill, and was an attempt to Impale or the Whoever looked at the Petition would see that many of the names wereiti the same writing i in 20 or 30 following the name " William" beteg spelt with as A. Mr. CROKER said, the same objection was urged to all nu merously signed Petitions, and if this were absurd, it was only combating absurdity by absurdity.—Ortieni Wile ea the table. . I