The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-06-11 00:00:00

ti 4tPU,UVIO persons c mime d writ the corn trade, could Dot fail of producing extensive distress. Mr. LOCKHART spoke against the clause. Ar. RI C.1111.n1 denied that any wish hail beed.ex pressed on the part of the advocates fora free trade hest to open it by the most gradual mean.. He supported, the clause from a wish to favour the corn Importer, Rll fv as this could hedone without inj ury to the British agriculturist. That it *mild inter fere with the interests of the tiritialt Corn Growers it was fur them to prove, and this hail not keen doll,. He should vote for it, con sidering it :o be a measure of jostiee to one body of ' men. wide,' could not injure any other class. ale. GENE IT (Wiltshire) thought the dense tinder consideration would he t injurious if it could be acted upon, hot was of opinion the 11111, it clogged with could not pass, and he therefore hoped, if it should he carried, that it would be the means of enabling them to wet rid of the measlier" altogether. Mr. JAS. BROWNE, (Member for Mayo County) was unfeignedly surprised to hear from the member (or Portsrlington, that heconsidered the burden of proof that this was an innoximis measure, to lie upon the agri cillturists,he had been taught to believe, that when a new plan was proposed, the proposers of the new plan were hound to chew, that no mischief was to attend it. This lie most class among the new ardente that were creeping into the state to its great injury; and must op pn*e on the ground, that it was delusive, unsound, and itself a proof of its own weakness. Ile should oppose the measure from beginning to end. Mr. T WILSON did not consider the corn importer to he entitled to any particular favour, and objected to the dense. ' Mr. CANNING, in reply, declared that he would not ' have offered the clause had be not conscientiously be : breed that it might be adopted Without injure to the • .Agrienltural interest. Whether it were adopted or not, • he should vote for the Bill, considering it to be eaten ] ',fed in souse degree to ameliorate the existing distress. When,. therefore, It wits contended that the Corn Int ro t.r had no claim to favour, he mast remark that his claim had already been admitted by the provisions con t tined in the Bill which allowed warehoused corn to come into the market when the price was ten shillings under that at which other corn was to be receive).— Their case fur favour being established by the conces aiun of a boon which might operate against British in terests, they now ventured to solicit that which might her efit them, but which could not be injurious to others. It would be better to exclude importation for ever than to take the course advised by some of the advocates fur the landed interest, which would ruin the importer we encouraged to come here in time of scarcity, the moment , that plenty, by God's providence, returned. If impor tation were allowed at all, to act such a part would be unwise, inconsistent, unjust and unfair. lie concluded by repeating the declaration that he would not have of fered the clause had he considered it at all calculated to injure the English corn-grower. The Marquess of LONDONDERRY took a brief hot general view of the case, and showed that if the corn importer was entitled to some consideration, the right of grinding his corn into flour here was not among the strantages which had been held out to him. The prin cinie of the clause before them, be considered to be round and useful, bnt as it was to be temporary, to be acted upon immediately, and was only to apply to corn hoe in warehouse, he was by no means sure that it cools' in the first instance be carried into successful exe cution. He looked upon the present Bill as a m of a protective character; but still the agricultural mind was very much disturbed on the subject; and the proposed clause would, be feared, increase the unfa vourable impression. Ile confessed that be did not see the danger of the clause so strongly as others did; but for the reason he bail already given he should oppose the 'reviving of the clause, tliough he should do so with con-i•irr. hie reluctance. flie Huns* then divided, when there appeared—For the clanse, 31—Against it, 116—Majority, S. On our re-admission we found Mr. FORIIRS on his legs, making some observations on the effect of the Bill upon the West India Trade, but the noise was so great that we could not collect even the import of the lion. Mem ber's remarks. Mr. Ill' ME said, he was sorry to find the Noble Mar- , clue.% changing shout in this manner. He (Mr. H.) bad divided with him the other night, on the substance of this very clause, and was then in a large majority ; and note the Noble Marques baying changed about, lie (Mr. H.) b id found himself in an unusually small mi nority. Ile considered this as a practical proof that the House would do any thing the Minister might ask it to do. Ile was persuaded that the clause in question woalti have rendered a benefit to the Importers without at all injuring the Agriculturists. The Marquess of LONDONDERRY said, that on the occasion alluded to bythe Hon. Member it was distinctly understood, and even stated that that vote pledged DO Meenber to support theclause in question.—(hear, hear.) The observation of the Hun. Member was, however, a fair specimen of the mode in which he always attacked him (the Marquess.) Mr. 1). BROWNE repelled the imputation thrown nut by the Honourable Member, that Members of that hott.e gave an indiscriminate support to Ministers. After a few words from Mr. Rica also, the Bill was ordered to be ingrossed, and read a third time on Wed tie.day next. On the motion of Mr. COURTEN IY, the further con sideration of the Report on the present Laws Conso lidation Bill, was postponed to Friday, the 21st inst. MILITARY AND N•YAL PENSIONS RILL. This Bill was read a second time, ;and ordered to be committed on Wednesday. IRISH POLICE. Mr. BROUGHAM wished to know from the Noble Marquess opposite, what number of stipendiary Magis- trates and e(cres'was to be employed under the new Irish Police Act? The Marquess of LONDONDERRY said he could not at present state the precise number, but to-morrow laa would probably be able to inform the Hon. Member. CANADA TRADE ACTS. The House went into a Committee on these Acts, sad I , ave was given to bring in a Bill to amend them. MARRIAGES 01 DISSINTERS. OS the Order of the Day for the second reading of the 31arriage Service Amendment Dill, Mr. W. SMITII said that, in compliance with the wishes of several of his Mends, he would withdraw this Bill, in order to bring in another that would be less ob jectionable to all parties; and, after bringing in the other Dill, be should propose to put it off to the nett union. The Marquess of WXDONDERRY thought nothing could be more fair or candid than the course pursued by the lion. Gentleman; and if the Hon. Gentleman had pe►severed in the present measure, he (Lord L.) should have felt himself obliges to oppose it. Dr. PHILLIMORE said nothing could be more ob. *Gamble than this Bill; because it went to make mar riage a civil contrast only, whores. it was a religious as well as a civil cootraet ; besides, the Bill would be highly repugnant to the feelings of the Established Clergy. If Dissenters were to be put on the same foot. ing with Jews and Quakers, be should base no objection to she Bill. Dr. LUSHINOTON said that would glee them to re lief whatever. The second reeding mu then put off for six months ; and Mr. W. SMITH moved for leave to bring in another Bill.—Leart gives. -..Q... TM!. :STATE: T • tfouse went thieugh the Weights Ned Meaeure• Bill. Mr. HUME wished to know whether there would be any Report this Session from the Commissioners for in qairing into the Revenue of Ireland? The Marquess of LONDONDERRY answered, that he undersmnd that the Report was in a state of great forwardness, and might be expected shortly in this contitry. The Insolvent Debtor's Act amendment Bill west throngh a Committee, when some Amendments were received, and ►he Report ordered to be brought up to morrow. _ . _ The other Orders being disposed of, the noose at Eleven o'clock adjourned. SUSPENSION UP TRADE IVITH CHINA. [The following is given as an extract of a private letter from Canton, (bled January 16. The writer, it is understood. visited the Topaze frigate for the pur pos.• of gaining correct information. and gives the fol lowing as the result of bis iniquiry):— A party of 14 men landed to cot wood and stuff for brooms, and also to exercise theinstlves. They were warned off by the Chinese (for they had cemm;tred many excesses before.) low withont effect. They he ran then to attack the party with bamboos ; s and feet of them being separated from the rest, were most se verely handled. The main body got some of the bam boos from the Chinamen, and • general 'rattle began. The Chinese now increasing in numbers, an I armed with fresh bamboos, with iron pikes and nails, gave the party belonging to the Topaze the worst of it, everyone of them wounded, hut none very seriously; the midshipman who had charge of the party was also row: lily used. The frigate, seeing the disturbance, and the danger of their people. got a spring on her ca. bie, and opened her fire on them indiscriminately.— The consequence of this we know not, only that the Chinese found I of her shot on shore, one of which, we heard, was sent as • prrsent to his Imperial Majesty. Some say they only fired three gnus, others biz, and one that they fired far half an hour. How ever, as soon as possible, they landed a party of ma rines, who charged and fired, anti drove the natives to the stiller,. Ihe Chinese only allowed that two were killed, the others asserted six, among whom was a woman, who first lost an arm, anti throughout was the most desperate of any of their party. A Chinese war junk was between the shore and the Topaz., and was observed landing her boat full of , men with firelocks but a friendly shot soon brought them hack. They said they were going to quell the disturbance, hot we rather think that they intended to help their countrymen. Another account was, that it originated in some of the men having purchased a quantity of spirits, which, they could not, or would not, pay for. A third stated that they found a capsten bar in the possession of the Chinese, which had bean stolen from the Topeze the preceding day, and insisted on taking it away. Let the quarrel arise how it might, 1 cannot but think they were much to blame in suffering their people to land at all ; or, at least, without a Lieutenant, or some nfli:er who could controul them ; for what excesses will seamen not commit when on shore, and where spirits are to be had ? The evil Effects of this has been experienced in many ports out of China ; and in this place, at all times, the greatest care is nee eee ae y. 1 cannot, however, reconcile to my mind that any one of these accounts can justify the saikws, or serve as a pretence for their severity. It is said (and, perhaps, with truth) that Captain Richardson, in his official capacity, did not know the typan of the British factory, nor the East India Com pany. It is to be regretted, and the servants of the Company hare bitter cause to lamennt, that the Vice roy of Canton did not give credit to it: fur whilst I Captain Richardson (we use his name for the ship) was the oririn of the whole affair, and the only aggres sor, there are upwards of 1,500 of his Britannic Ma jesty's subjects exposed to every ill-usage, every in convenience, if not dangers, many of this number, whose fortunes are at a stake, (the hard earnings of long and arduous services,) by his acts may see them selves ruined by condnet which they could not controul. NEWCASTLE, JCNE B.—On Friday Ile, on infor• ' 'nation given to the excise, the officers proceeded to examine an old pit working in a field west of the Town Moor, near Fenham. At the bottom of the old shaft they found a small opening, which with a gentle descent, led to a large cavity, in which they fonnd two stills, together with a cooler and a quantity of sour wash. The cavity it appears was part of the workings of an old colliery, and had been ingeniously taken advantage of for the purposes of the illegal dis tillation of whisky. A long chimney, built with brick, conveyed the smo!,e into some part of the old workings, the coal of which supplied the fuel neees• airy for the work ; water was also found upon the' spot. It is supposed that large quantities of whisky had been there prepared, although no correct opinion caa be formed as to the time when the place had been last used, but it Is thought only to have been. riv cently abandoned. The circumstance becoming known drew many to the place, and on Thursday morn lug last :3 three young men, about 18 years of age, to gratify their curiosity ventured in about a mile, it is supposed, from the entrance. They went in about four o'clock is the morning, provided with two can dles, which they considered sufficient for their purpose: they had, however, proceeded too far, and not having sufficiently marked their way, wets unable to retrace their steps, and their candles being nearly consumed, they were reduced to the necessity of snaking a fire of an old hammer handle and some pieces of coal, which they found in the place. As the day advanced their friends became alarmed for their safety, and about 12 o'clock some pitmen coming to the place, kindly of fered their assistance, and after some time found the three lads, who had been listening with retch anxiety to hear the approach of any deliverer. They had not followed these friendly men far, when he, who had the candle, stumbled, and they were again left without light, either °familia or fire; and such was the dif ficulty of their situation, that although with those ex perienced guides, they were obliged to continue in that situation for four hours longer, when other two men of the same class proceeded, and extricated the whole about half-past four in the afternoon, the lads having bees leader ground without any food upwards of twelve hours. The roof and door of the cavity were covered with stalactites, and the deposits formed by the droppings from them. MAILS. ARR. DI F.' ARR. DUI. I Dolblin . - 0 0 Holland . - 0 1 Waterford - I 0 timbre - - 0 O G. & Jersey - I U Francs - - I O Lisbon - - ft U Flanders - - 0 O Gottrisburg - 0 •, We have again received of late numerous compialitts from our subscribers is Me country relatire to the ir regular detirery of the tirxrxx WA N and the sabstiintion of others in the place of car paper. In every case of these kinds we shall be ninth obliged (Jibe complain ants world inform re of the names of their newsmen ; and (f that information should not lead to an imme diate remedy ; we would reqvest our friends to send their orders to our gum in the Strand. (with a refer ence for pa men! is London) andive will take care to pia them in the hands of other newsmen as whose we ean rely. We trust this arrangement will satisfy Mr. W. 0. at Roylon, as well as Air. G. R. of Lincoln. to the latter of whom, we shall write by post this evening. Sr. 11.1 ns s ts.—lfaltda.a at the Stark• Exchange. LONDON: TUESDAY ZYZXIXC, JENZ 11, 1522. ROYAL EXCHANGE, TVELI'E O'CLOCK. This day befog a Holiday both at the Bask and Btock•Exchange, a great number of Brokers are as aetnbled on 'Change, and a good deal is doing in the foreign marketiparticslatly in theChilian Stock ; there la also a demand for Old Spanish Beads; as yesterday, towards the close of the market, purchases were made is the above Stock, by some eminent houses, which it is thought was owing to the news from Madrid, that the Spanish Government would ratify the contract for eir Loan.—ln Russian Stock there has been a Ile doing, but not of importance to cause it to vise.— Columbian Stock is also on the rise. Prussia, Danish aad Neapolitan Stocks maintain their prices. Ouing Se the non-arrival of a French mail up to this !lOW, ire are without any news or reports. Consols on "Change are 804. Spanish, Old • • - 61;4 ---Kew - 7S - Si} - - Sal - 72 - 101 ChM - - Russia - - Prussian Danish Neapolitan Ceumbia - New In The New Times of yesterday is an article, enti tled an Extract from a letter, dated Paris, the sth of June. *. I told you in my last." says the writer, that the Deputies, on their arrival from the provinces, would take a decided toes with the Ministers, and in sist on more energetic measures than the latter have hitherto ventured to adopt. Yount( as we are in the principles and practiceof a Representative Government, it is not to be supposed that there can yet be any such homogeneity of iaterests. if 1 may so speak, betreen ministry and. majority of the Chambers here, as there is in Beg/end." We areglad the New Times has fur nished us aids this extract from a letter of his nitro correspondent is Paris. It chews, how well thefrlloer feeling between a British Ministry and a majority of the British Bosses of Parliament, is understood by the (Wyse of France, and how assiduous those Ultra. are to introduce the same harmony into theit system of Ooverement. But they will find that the homogeneity of interests" of which the writer spe:ll.t., ill not maintain the cause of the ministry in Frai,e, if the measures of that ministry are in opposition to tl.e interests, and in opposition to the rein , of this real majority of t; , ot. It is not a majority of Me Cha.alsers that ran reconcile the French nation to the old despoti.m, and i:lo,r; gs , an d actions, which preceded the i'rench Resolution. French, we are willing to believe, hare sire the suer and great errors they committed in the proem s of that Revolution. But they have um, therrfet, become esamoured of a system of tyranny which thee deuaraced, aml renounced, it is to b. Loped, for ever They are not so dull or wean an anin al as that coo: duct would imply. They have deceived the whole er Europe grossly; and if it • were our business now, to sit down and write a panegyric on them. we sliool,` perform the task with great reluctance, if net loath ing. Rut we are out to be persuaded the, after pet• ceiving their complete power to shake off an ultimo despotism, and having actually shaken it off, they can voluntarily submit their necks oger:n to l,cst yoke. —The flameouts may sigh for rare 4 a Cline; and the Ultras may imagine it is within their reach.— But if they pe-sist in the attempt to attain it. we believe the former will, once more, find themselves without a throne, and the latter without a home in their native land. This bas been as age of wonders; but, that the homoireacitg of interests, of the Yew Times' correspondent should produce such au (vest as the Ultras contemplate, would be a minee greater than any which bas been related by tenth or invented by fiction. It is well, however, to watch the movements of these Ultras in France, and of their brother Ultras in England, and is Spaio, and Italy, and Germaoy, and all over the world, for they are every where. It if the HOLT ALLIANCE, with all its ramifications, and all its vile adherents, that we bare to watch, and track, and pursue, through all their hidden ways which they dig out with incredible in dustry. In the Morning Chronicle of this day, is an extract from a prints Letter from Paris, which says, " the march of Government is sot yet publicly avowed. We are probably on the ere of a charge is the Ministry. Part of it is not white enosgh,— We shall see what these desperate attempts of the French Ultras to make all white, will produce--a scene, dark enough for them, we apprehend, and cf unutterable and float darkness for their weak, 11 . - advised muters. The Times of this day, contains an abstract of a document which, in relation to this subject, is of great importance. It is an abstract of a dispatch lately transmitted by an Austrian General, (Von L—) from Frankfort to his Court of Ileum. It seems that the General bad bees set to watch therm ceedings of the Germanic DIET, the majority of which g d by a spirit of coat radirtioo to the greater powers ; and in this dispatch, he denounces (by name) several of the Members of the Diet, who oppose the views of the greeter powers. The Ai/stria* austral advises the purlying of the Diet ; and urges the ne cessity of Austria and Pravda taking wassires to procure the ;small of the obnoxious Envoys. It ap• pears, that his recommendation has been attended to, and that intrigues are carrying on for the recall of the most active Fate:fps of the love rem:Er:es of the SMALLER GELMAN STATES. This spirit of enmity to the Liberties of the :abject, and to the independettre of analkr Slates, is to be found every where, aid is en gendered by the HOLY ALLIANCE, and their hired ad. herents. In Spain, it bas been most conspicuous; and, in fact, had well nigh overturned the Constitution there, and replaced tine old and odious delpotistn. Bet the Cortes hare awakened to all the dangers which threaten the cause of Liberty in Spain. The pending m aaaaa e of the CitaNceLLon of the Efcitcovea for equalizing the Salt Tax, and that of Cie Vice-President of the Board of Trade. for altering the Navigation Law, and allowing the Warehousing of Foreign Manufactures, have raised the greatest alarms among those of oar people, who are engaged in different branches of mancfactures and commerce. Upon some point, of the Bill of Mr. WALLACE. the danger may he exaggerated ; hot of the fatal tendency of sir. VANSITTAR elf Dill on the Irish Provision trade and upon the Fisheries both in Ireland and other parts of the kingdom not a doubt can be en. Waisted. in smother part of our rapes we bare given a brief account of the proceedings of a meeting' held in Cornwall, to consider of the effect of tl rluilieation of the Salt Tex upon tb Pilchard Fish ery, and from the statements there made it will be seen how the proposed duty would operate against the fisheries, even if a drawback should be allowed on exportation. For the purpose of curing fish for exportation foreign salt alone will do ; and the Jr. mend fur this is so uncertain, depending as it onset be on the p ions success of the fisheriis. that to require the payment of two shillings a bushel on its importation. would amount to a prohibition. — A Merchant of the first re-spec:ability in Cotaws l . stated at the Meeting, that it wield be more for his advantage to throw the lar i ,e stock of salt now in his stores into the sea, tltan to advance two shillings a bashel on IL—Whatever, therefore, may be done with respect to British sale, Foreio salt used for cat tog Pilchards 'must be allowed to remain ender the existing regulations, ut the Pilchard Fishery, it .11 deCiart.l, will be annihilated at a blow.-- A similar f.te, it.is predicted, will attend the Fisheries P.ovlsion Trade of Ireland, if this Bill &bosh! be allowed to pass. The obstacles that bare prevented lie Fisheets of the •United Kiecloss tival:ieg SPANISH LOAN. SITTINO Of THE CORTES OF TIM 31tr OF MAT. Th. report of a iJajority of the Finance 1 oumissioo tot the Loan contracted on the 22d of December last, by the ex-Minister of Finance, Doo Angel Vallejo. was read, and contained the following articles:— let. That the tortes neither can nor should recognise as the result of their authority conferred upon the Go vernment by the Decree of the 27th of Jane. 1121, and the resolution of the 25th of the same month, the con tract for the Loan formed on the 22d of November with the houses of Arilouin and Hubbard by the ex-Minister of Finance, Don Angel Vallejo, on account of big having exceeded the limits of the said authorisation. 2dly. That the Government, suspending the execution of the contract, should arrange with the house of Ar douin and Hubbard the means of avoiding the prejudice to third parties, and repairing the immense losses al ready occasioned to the nation, affording thus a new proof of the desire of the Congress to leave untouched good faith and national honour. If the Government cannot reverse this trans action, it will communicate to the Cortes for their final I disposition, as likewise for their approbation, the con tract which it may be enabled to form. -Stilly. To leave the Government an absolute indepew deuce for this operation, and to enable it to wait for peremptory conditions, it will be authorised to negotiate with national or foreign !looses, the cons which will be requisite to complete the 200,000,060 of reels. In both cases the Government will submit to the Cortes, for their approbation of the plan or project of the loan. • &lily. The Government will proceed in the whole matter with the greatest expedition, because the public expense of the present economical year must be settled, and the Cortes must aeon close their sittings. 7thly. That the present measure he submitted to the commission for cases of responsibility, that it may pro pose what is proper to lie required of public fincuon aries who have, directly or indirectiv,taken part in those infractions of the constitution anal of the laws which may hare been committed in the articles of the contract eztered into by Don Angel Vallejo. Several deputies spoke both for and against the re port. and the time of ending debate drawiog near while several members wished to speak ; the sitting was therefore adjourned. Sirrisu or June I --Previons to the resumption of the discussion on the loan, Senor Adan apprised the Cortes that the commission did not present the first article for deliberation, and that its opinion was that it should be referred to the Government to act in the best possible manner for the public in in this bu siness, as the contract could not be annulled. The debate afterwards was continued with much warmth, but was not concluded. M. Ferrer and the Minister of Finance, the former against the contract, and the latter in support of it, spoke at great length, and the debate was adjourned to the following clay. vie atattoottatt. „THE MUT= STATI33III:4 " IS I. wars " Taft lITATUSA/1." • , [ '