The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-08-16 00:00:00

~~. >~ iaterisie prie:y of granting the elective franchise to the great b•►:ly of the people; but now, since the coact. tucut of that measure, which has laid our country pro,trate at the feet of England, to talk of danger t.► the essentially Protestant Constitution of the Empire, from the Catholics of Ireland, or froM ►he whole People of Ireland, is destitute of chit s;:liblunce of plausibility, which the seriousness and gravity of parliamentary debate necessarily re. quire. The whole of this conduct reminds us irresisti. hi . ) , of some expressions of Mr. Gait AN, at the period of the Union. " If you want to know" said the Irish Patriot " how far a British Parlia ment is adapted to legislate for Ireland, look to the Prime Minister—a capital understanding—trans. rendaut eloquence—and yet, with these two migh ty advatktages, he has uttered nothing upon the ,übject of Irish affairs, that would not disgrace the lips of au ideal." We find, however, that. there are men, who, without either of these advantages, ern talk as wisely as o'er Mr. Pin did upon the liiairs of Leland. Upon the speech of Lord CAITLEREAGU we offered ~erne comments immediately at the time of its pub lication ; we ventured to pronounce it a master piece in its kind, and equal, if not superior, to the most splendid effusions of that noble orator, at duly former reriod of his political career. We, perhaps, might have gone farther, and decieved that, as the occasion demanded a peculiar obscurity d language, the power of his " cloud.compelling" rhetoric was exerted with the must unrivalled sue. cess. " Theologise etiam iu rebus, quas non ucculeret, seta nature, site adsuctudine, so:pasta temper et obtcuro verha ; I.IIIC vero nitcuti, ut senses sues penitus abdcret, in incertum of ambi. goons maxis iniplicabantur." Some errors, how. ever ) will slide into the most laboured compositions, and to show that we are.not blinded by our partia. lily to this consummate master iu the science of adomochy, we shall observe that, in a moment of forgetfulness, we are willing cuough to presume, he has absolutely degenerated into downright mean. leg, and given a handle to his enemies to come to something like a conclusion from what has escaped him. The passage we allude to, is where ha insists that nothing like a pruilise, direct or implied, was held out to the Catholics that their emancipation would be the consequence of the measure of a Le. gislative Union, and that, of course, so disappoint. meat could have been felt by them upon the rein lion of their claims. Such is his meaning, as far as we have been able to collect it from the eon. text ; but, as if kindling in his progress, and in the wantonness of paradox, he rashly adds, 46 if there bad been any real disappointment, As did sot de. SKIM 1116 noose of A STATESMAN, or AM INOSIIST NAN!" As the hero of Le Sage observes, upon a similar occasion, Path:malice Oat conoainquanie, and the political Lordly of Lord CASTIA:IIEAGU being no more to be doubted than his integrity, the conclusion against our Catholic countrymen is lrresistible. We have now, as far as it was in. our power, gone through the analysis of the arguments, sired by Ministers and their adherents, upon the discus. &ion of this momentous (potion. It is unnecessary to advert to its fate; but we cannot help making same observations on the manner in which it was allowed to linger, during its progress through the three stages of its travel in the House. The Mem. bers of the Cabinet might have learned, from their political friends from Ireland, with what anxiety the decision of this question was expected here, and how much the public mind was tortured by the suspense of uncertainty, if they had not surmised it' themselves. Yet, the Catholic question, an bun.' dred times more important than the Inquiry into the Expedition to Flushing, was taken up on the Ifith of May, laid aside again until the 25th of the IMMO month, when, in consequence of a trivial diecunion relative to the practice of the English Court of Chancery, having gained precedence of it, it was postponed until a late hour in the even ing, and being necessarily again abandoned, was not resumeJ until the sth of June, (no day being allowed for its discussion from the ordinary routine of business) on which day it received its coup dc grace from the hand of a sapient and patriotic Ad. cninistratiun. The Impatience with which the Irish Members were heard was remarkable, a'nd among others, Mr, Helium., of the Counts of K.:!rry,, was absolutely prevented from . proceeding to utter his opinion. jli fact, the interference of Irish Members was considered in the light of intrusion ;. and after Mr. HERBERT b.►d bee'h refused a hearingi' an attempt was made to force the House to a pre. Mature decisioq, which would have been successful, tot for the manly spirit evinced by Mr. II sptr ; who, untwithitanding the clamour and up. ; roar with which ho was received, insisted that, as the !lo► s. would not then listen to an Irish Mem. Ver, the debate should be adjourned : and, though' speral efforts were used to evade this demand, and although it was stated Gy Ministers that no other' day could' be spared, wniild not be driven from hit flu 'pose. Mc, If oxen t NSOO, as he could notarbtairi tin earlier day, accepted nine at the end of soother 1101$ (Or its resumption, • [To he continued.) 1 1 1 L QTY 1 i 1 '1 •91 VOA 010 r sr' alt pu 44, • TAE STATESMAN. ? Ties PaaPaziraiktif roper to is Awe Sotbeedbert to wi tty that are supplied by Wicusit, the News. man, of Sherborne•lane, that he did not take up 'his regular Pipere at tails'Olke on Tuesday night, and thy, are ROW kft en hand. It is, therefore, paslieuiarly rcfuested, that those per sons who were disappointed of l'at SrArzsm4N of Tuesday, will communicate the same to this Office, that measures may be taken to prevent the recurrence of a similar disappointment. thittO N 01: SfOCivli fills DAY AT ONIiIfCLOCh. 3 per Celli. Red. 69. per Cam. Coos. 6Siii Mullions 2 le dis. THE STATESMAN. LONDON: -...... TUVRIIM, AUGUIDT 16, 1810. A veaw miasma degree of sensation has been ex cited in the City by intelligence received from France yesterday. The Afoniteur of the 7th inst. contains the following Decree of the French Em. perur :--- IMPERIAL DECREE. " NAPOLEON. &C. .111teusted to the Report of our Council for fumpukd on she generalsysters and alto to the Rep* Wier MWmer at the Imerier, we have decrrd, amble &erre lOW.* t— " The Duties as Warei sad Merebillibiaillillaileeleamed, are determined to be according to the mallilllllllllllo-ithat to say-- Corn's, Corr as, SVOAR. Brazil, Cayenne, %Maas, De mama, and Goorala • BID Another sorts, (Naples except ed, whit* remain subject Ito the old dudes) Turkey . All other sorb Ita w Cloyed Hysou . Grans Other sorts 000 .. 400 SOO 400 900 600 30 900 IWO 2000 400 1400 tow 600 200 so 120 80 TEA • 0 IxDToo, COCOA, . CJC/11N111411. 9 Pima, Wbite CIN N ANON, China Ceylon Cuero. Normios mAusoswir PEIDASSUCCO WOOD GAMPLACKY WOOD WOODS• GROUND • • • le Oa cm, U Silagralaischequalto 10114.,1 market 44 NAPOLEON. oar Climber of Comascree, this bth Audio* 11110." • • • • - • • • • • __- These imposts are to be exacted, not according , to the ievoiee price, but agreeably with the rate of merebandize at Paris ; or, in th►► technical phrase, (avatars"; in the capital of the country into which they are introduced. Letters from Paris (brought by the same conveyance), which are to the date of the 9th insta►tt, state, that this Decree, ►ruder the constr►►ctiun it has received, is retrospective in its operation ; and that on the obedience of the pro prietors to its conditiuns, the sequestration of all American ships and cargoes is to be taken oft It had been practically acted upon in the ports of St. , Sebastian and Butardeaus, "where the confiscation of American .vessels had been superseded. It is also stated, that a ship from the United States, laden with cotton, had entered the latter port, and had been permitted 19 discharge her cargo, on cot►fprming to the requisitions of the new tarif. A letter from Paris, of the 7th instant, afterspeak. ing of this Decree, goes on to say, that the opera tion of the celebrated Berlin and Milan Decrees would cease on the Ist of October. A kiln from Antwerp, on the contrary, nye, that event will not take place till the lst of November. Thereat° other letters, which make nut the smallest allusion to the rescinding of the Berlin and Milan Decrees. 'this includes the whole of what we have been able to gather respecting this ezttaurdivary event.— Some persons have demisted the sethaatiaity of this account ; but we believe the Decree to ho geonine.---It is certainly ailed , upon herr. And, although our modern mcrchsnts are too easily led into enterprise, (owi to the general stagnation of regular trade) yet, t e lessons they or, i, have fur a long time been receiving a should sup. pose would bcitet some caution. Sugar, we ander ' stand. rose yesterday 10 per cent., and other cola. Dial produce la proportion, in consequence of the toy large purchases made in thin articles, by !louses that bare been in the habit of trading to the Cuotinent.—'fbere is, unquestionably, some thing ia this new policy of the French Emmen, that at Inc sight strikes the NNW with extreme surprite. At the very moment wise* he had our Commerce paper at his feet. to relieve it in any degree from the pressure of his former policy, is indeed astonishing. When we look nearer, however, we may End some of tho mu. tires, at least, which have inftuenced him in the present measure. This Decree involves fin. MOOe advantages to NAPQLI,II ; and, woeful as WI passions are to others, he knows bow to subdue them to his own interests. lie hos done enough for the final destroetion .ad Winglisb commerce, to permit him. to take bid grant it breath for a ' 3 " 1 r little longer Ilate. Ile knows that my Lord WEE. LOLA/ and Mr. PeeceVAL, and Mr. Fiona, can du enough fur him, through their iguoranc , eand mem ranee in wrong, without his immediately elt euding,fis a while, to his direct schemes for our ruin. Ile has come to a kind of pause in his own altaies, which. calls for ens of those master-strokes of his policy which beats down all before it. Holland is to be conciliated. He has no aujmosity against Holland as be has againit Spain, and Holland is of more importance io him In his wider views than all his ether acquisitions. If be can consolidate that country pith France, In any thing like con. corrence of feeling and objects, be hes dune more for himself, and more against England, than if be had annexed all Germany to his Empire. lk knows the way to the Hollander's heart, and as he wishes to do so, he mil/ win was not wil. ling, moreover, that England should tiud a ready market its America, and this very Decree may shut us front those :hum. To deprive as of America, is, to him, nest to his winning Holland. In those two objects, therefore, there is motive enough for his Decree. But, there aro others, working with them. The moment he saw he could conciliate the French Nation, without absolutely letting go of his held open England, he would not fail to do au; and he will bo as proud to raise up the Commerce of France, as he has been iu bumbling ours. But it is not France only, but the whole Continent he now gratifies, with ap. parent'grasiousticss. Lo a word, be gains almost every thing, and loses scarcely any thing, by this sompected, this sudden masters of himself.— .England might still be saved, if some here would adopt that greatest of all dominations, the subjec. 'too end leadery of self ! Thai Sowing considerably , intereating letter has beau redritc4 hem Gibraltar • " GIBRALTAR. 3176 Y 26. " The Deputies to tbetiattesfloat ode of the Enstern pro. Awe (we believe Cataloalli) hove Muck:dst this place fin. Cadiz. We andersiand that Citisilisl Nu. intends to be pretest at the meeting, alt hough *Min ellY °facial capacity.. He will arrive, Wile 'unseat ail, is a felimihtytt. Deputies front ether provinces have reached the Isle 41014 the Corte is to be assembled. (ti Wet " King docent hes reached tbg 41 Valets ? chi, with an army bearly 30,000Magillb-AlNia of Tarts pas ts to be begitie instnedintelx, mat with great vigoer. The place will make a *god msodg raditioce. " Letters from Madrid, dated tha t Wising of tilt sr mention that only a ancient number of median es pan* , the peace remained there. Titiet keen a. essitemeratgai Altala de Ulneres, where wool'il4peitithea IN .*/ Dow of the particulars, bet let Unit the Pei* *MR exasperated at their entities. ' • " The eamay before -Cedes is a visntk, thistle siege aogtht madly be raised with the tanistriace of the rusts is the me, tide, 1.6C111f. This is a lee oppottanity fee a struggle. while aIitSIINA keeps inactive 100,000 eras bat the Sittiolordo do not knot+ how to isolative such fait !camber. Them is not a maw In Andalusia that Is out as fetweielmae a ceasibal If health a Frenchman. It Is a pity that . lheao,7,oo9 at the enemy,* the utmost, should overawe a impala* of awe millions la that province.' • es BY a letter from an . ofieer In the late hine feet we learn, th* the piracies'committed by th Lad rents es the coast of •China, which . 110100 rear ago were very incousiderai(le, have new become, seriously alarming to the Chinese Government. Some years ago they were trifling in their eumberend power, but there are now near 2000 vessels firiM : the Ladrone Islands, solely employed in acts of p)r i key on these coasts, and up the rivers, ea which racy commit every species of depredation, plundering andireival ins vithiges. The force of these vessels is fro* twenty to thirty guns, and some of them with beey tween two and 300 men. They sail in fleets of all hundred, and sometimes of several hundred salt, and there is nothing in the feeble Government of China to resist their attacks. They have era threatened to pay a visit to Canton. It is this whisk calls for the attention cf the British Governitent ; for an attack on a place in which there is deposited so much English property, and for which, slur's*, the absence of our Indiums, there would be 14 i adequate defence. The menaces of this most (4. midablo and dreaded enemy may alio bring thi Chi.. nose Government to a sense of the otoligations they may owe to Great Britain. .. - • Be a vessel, , Captain •of which arrived in town last night, letters have been received from the carraccae of solits . date' at the 4th July. At that Limo the Creoles had ihit complete possession of the Government of that Province, which they had declared intlependent. - . The other four Pro. 'laces of Spanish America haid declared agalust the Province of Carraccu. Great preparations were then making by both partici, and there was every appearance of the most serious Oita commotion and sanguinary contention very slltt4tly taking place. ; 04 'ttC - • WE observe the splendid style in which my L4rd WELtEsErr goes to Court. We havoli 4 o4so Oral with that. Preaitled his eastern magikceswe not the fore-isoseer of his sitairests macir&M we regard it witlio,t,feilfipg,pfbar lbs sormagasuisaueus gais 1 We are `lad to find that there Is no fouruhrOn fur the statement in one of the papers, that addresses base been prepared or proposed, by officer' high 'Pt the army, praying that his MAJEnif would be sq. cioesly pleased to replace the Disko of TOM hi the Witco of Commander in Chief a kis - MaJzstv's army. • ~--. 1,. . 7 . rip rY" • s I 440110 came to limo. yesterday, is usual, emit twilit) o'clock, escorted by a party of Light ' fora . Windsor. Ile w as received to th e Qulen!? paitipe,ky,Lbo, Dukes of Yowl. and Kali l' • , c s ,A4 tip) o'clitek bi l it'MA:strs bold a prime Le, which was •attendeilAy— ,ilisa Arthbishapot tesitel-littry. the First Lord of th e T reo. lugant ChruteeiWe of- rleriPtsellegtter, the Film Lord o f the spirally, th e Mager Ceperdot.of the Ordnance, the three s e ,. ittifitties at %Arc. the Presltiryt of the B oar d of Cornrow. t h e 43 434 „,„„ m de r is vaiet"..the :hate Advocate, the Ponuguese A. t h e bereerasy• vet' lregatiott from Portugal ; k or a II • tifty swd titAlirtiy.t V i,.re.unt Chetwy n d ; Lord,' QIN. ; Arden tot trial' n,, 1, llctthfield (fold stick) ; si r s . cos. 0064 w. Fenner. Curzon, Ott , Midi ans.llir F. Laren., ; tieueral. t:upp . afce, Sir D. Baird, ski'. and (groom in loaning); c o l oo d Roe*, utf Cuptaiu Martin- Tlie following had the honour of being pr eschted • to the &two:— Rehr-Admiral Morsom,on his en:motion. Colonel Koss of the-euth Regiment of toot, on b e i n , appointed Aid•de-Cansp to the King, and on his prinnimon. (laplota . Mania, on his appointment to the R o)n l Savereits yacht. The Earl of Calloway, on his promotion. R. C. Gverreiro. Secretary to the Legation of Portugal, b, the Portaguese A inhassminr, and conducted by Sir Stephen Cot. rell. the Moister of the Ceremonies: i'llojur-General Cnppage, on Isis promotion. Rear-Admiral Lord (.arduer, on his appointment N the chief command tit YarmAutli._ Rear-Admiral Fenner. no his promotion. of ß ibe ear i t e dm . Ira' Curzon, 00 being appointed a Rear-Admiral Vice-Admiral nn his promotion. Rear-Admiral sir f'rotteis Laiorey, no his promoti on am appointment to command at Barbadoes wed the Leeward IslaNds. Rear-Admiral Otway, on hioappeintincot as Comloander is Chief at Leith. Lieuteneuit-Grarral Sir David Baird. Dart. on his marriem Lieutenant-General Sir Thornict Blum-held, Dart., prutootima. His MAJESTY, who has been considered to have a strung retention of past events, gave a singular proof of it on Sunday evening on Windsor terrace. A Nobleman introduced hie son, a boy about uine years of age ; one of the Princesses begged ber father to lay his hand upon the boy's head, and feel how much be had grown since he had last the honour of being presented. His MAJEsTY, in doing so, u. claimed, " Ayr, I remember I was," mentiuniug the month end day, " at his grandfather's christen. ing, in the year 1751." The Marquis WELLEILEY went to Court jester. day in a very splendid style. His Garter of the Order was brilliantly ornamented with diamonds; his carriage hail a new hammer-cloth of sup e rfin e 'scarlet and. Jack brown, the sides of SCAtiel, em. bre', erect tell* gold in a semi-cif:le, representing the Gin . ae, ef,,theilitaights of the ' Garter - the curenet is ftil g elve r ,andastettly embroidery, ; the liveries Lid ,isg4sver anpetrb Kfl superfine dark.brown c l ot h 4tr.the coats, gold 'fief !shout an inch and a half ~these upow each sisaappil the sleeves tress e d w ith the same fint tiate4;.' ',cuffs sad pock e ts h a d co ld *sew abovitirfliltkiityide •' the right shoulders h a d la tigreatanifi:effillWered epaulets with the Mar. qtrfefsitilih s 'tiktit i m‘gawli tags ; the waistcoats super. iiisimiehtSeletli r n ornamented with gold lace; the breech., superfipe scarlet cloth, with gold lace kneebaselsodkittoekings and elegant gilt buckles; the ham Ateiffehlataitnietewith gold lace, each cot . ner had pig Mash. The follesing andlignove paragraph In Saterday's Gazette Ismesteihngly recited the hopes and fears of the rospeetiet Metiers and friendt of the Officers alludaito In ter— . Wevelsee...4sthA COMMA Jesseta Cisco'', and Sasuasuilirtt . irefel), boom dead, eite. Tinuliiiitetit ett/vct i lon was, that both these of. rent. seers led di t i et'ls r lope tuts ; bat tome conceived MID Ciifillk . !Fl4.l.oll,,,Sersiesl, and that Captain Mitielitteti i woeod almneeinul proved fatal ; the ex. presslons severely, simples's!, following moronism. diatettiftv hie ornate,' !Vie tact is, hoaever, though it . if i te l Erentruetione witch would have occurred seaicehi r ta,auy OM irat Captain MlTCtlrt.t. did not tt1e,.114 Captain CucAou unfortunately did. birreaAtatta appearance at tho English Opera, this steetsing, is hit first Mime the fall of Poor Drury. Mr. Wean, of the Cuvent.Garden Theatre, had this Benefit on Tuesday at Margate, that beiog the last night of his engagement there. The play was John Bull, Mr. Wean performing Denis Brul gruddery with great success and applause. In the farce of The Divorce, Mr. 'Wave, in the character of Denis O'Dogherig, was encored in most of his songs. The house was the fullest that has becu known in Margate for many peers. Mr. BANNISTER performs the parts of Echo, ii Mr. KENNET'S Comedy of The World, and Leni live, in the Farce of The Prize, at the Brighton Theatre, on So,turdarnext, for the benefit of Mr. SWINDALL. Twelve Gentlemen of the University of Cam. bridge have already altered themselves as candidates for the ,Rectory of Ovington, now vacant, and which Is in • the gift of the Senate at large. The election, it is expected, will nut take place till Oct. next. , The Dcy of Algiers having declared war ageing Fiance, will be the Magnanimous Deg mitt our Ministerial Jouraelists—till it suits his purposes to declare *gaited us and then he 0111 be the most abam(oned of Pirates. . Admiral PAKEugAss, os landing once at Ports. mouth, boasted to a friend, that he had left his whole crew the happiest fellows in the we'll Being piked, gg Why ?" he answered, " I have flogged 17, and they are happy it is over, and all the rest are happy that tbt'y have escaped." - "A singular eircntestince ooeurred the beginuh't of the present week. It will be recollected that ;tome Unwise a man was tried and convicted of st teleklilfeltit.Bryan is et aged gentleman, in his par. leer, and ru b bing v al i d that .sentence of death was passeetiVitte ts &R. Ots Monday last ape . i onion was Prolmet'fsw 01% / pii t r tose of praying his Melesty a llietphia •tenteatt . to be commuted to ‘,„„,,,.....,,,,,. TIN" partici orclingly callrd at Mr. lityliiiNk hosseeto.entresiihise to sign the pe• dlltio f 'bistethey• ivirehifeltoetlVel be could urither 'lreadhomairiAll, , eil'ilff. itryen yes then expiring, PI Arsestleeee AO. ther;i6eflps he had received , kihieh tetninated *in •Is moelitication, of which he died'iilmost before the party left the house. Had Mr. Bryan sury,/eed,, ho.was a man of that kind nature and bene'vOleitt dipposition, have been the first In feetvard the prayer of the petition, that he Would usual , Light Itt the KANT. te L. Lofte Tres h e free s e . Ad, th e Ne Am. Ga n t . S. Cut. Sir T. us,, ake . setited bein g mere* 'PI, by len Cot • to the Admiral ion aid zewarl finder la rOliw OS ks lb have ngular !trace. et uine father how our of 0. tI. A. , i , ca. Due. 1 1 0 Conlin . 1