The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-04-28 00:00:00

I J oe EDITOR or Ts, S ig , —To whatever state of be attributed thnt I have received in S' en r iddress to Corresp ondent son s c. !Ilk and candi d rece p til invitation to an interview address to convey, I will accept e l s e due from m e to your Readers, . show that you have not yet done away the impute tion which you allow to have been cast upon you by m any others as well as myself. I should never have attempted to convince you of what I esteem your erroneous opinions on foreign politics, had 1 not estimated very highly the value of your publication in a constitutional light, as tending (though, per haps, sometimes to o warml y ) to keep alive that fit of of freedom by which we have so long flourished, and which it has so long been the object of our s Go. the vertunent to extinguish. Bel ieve me, Sir, it i ground you have given to many persons to suppose you attached to the Jacobittical principles of the French, and to BONAPARTE, " the child and atm- . piop of Jacobinism," that has so long terrifi ed th e honest and well-meaning friends to Reform in this country, and driven many of them like frigthened children into the bosom of Ministers. When s ay you have been accused of partiality to the des signs of BONAPARTE, must say it appears to IRO not without foundation, which may be seen by a re ference to your Paper for some years past : U will there be found that you not only forbore to speak in terms of just reprobation of his enormities, but you even magnified his victories, imputed them to a wrong cause, and seemed to consider him invincible; and that you bare at all times counselled Peace, though Peace with such a man is impossible. You now profess, as a part of your political creed, that you love BONAPARTE no more than others do; yet you say you see no good that can arise from abusing bins. I wonder a little at that declaration, when you have at all times been so profuse in abusing your own Government; though, as I think, you have not done it without reason. The same reason will ap. ply to BONAPARTE with greater force, not only as the enemy of our political freedom, but of our poli tical existence. For my own part, I like to call things by the right names, and though I should be very unwilling to speak ill of any one indiscrimi nately, abusively, or unjustly, I think it is a proof of freedom of mind, and a just use of the freedom of speech, to apply strong epithets of indignation and abhorrence to the enemies of peace, liberty, and ha-- malty. Believe me, I am very sorry when you wish to con. vince your Readers, that you have no attachment to BONAPARTE, to see you employ so gentle a term as to say, "we disapprove of his tyranny." In a phi.: losophical point of view, perhaps, it may be justill able to consider all men but as the creatures of dr: cumstances, and to excuse the vices and failings of our fellow-creatures in the plea of an inevitable no.. cessity ; but practically speaking, vice must never be the subject of reprobation, and to speak of it with moderation and gentleness, is to give up one great check we possess over it, and thereby to lessen its deformity. • nor ty the millions. What is this secret, we all 0k • one another ? Some have said there is to be a Concordat between the King and the Pope, by virtue of which the former is to name all the Catholic Bishops, and the latter, all the Protestant Bishops : but this I,do not believe to be the project. Others have maintain ed that the hateful old Veto is to be brought forward again, in proof of which assertion, the- name of a very actin: and learned Member of Parliament is mentioned, who has been heard to swear, 'when the opposition of the Irish Catholics to the Veto was stated to him, " D---- the Irish, we will pacify them, as we always have done, with fire and sword." But l do not think that many of oar Senators would vote for measures, which would require fir, and sword, or any other persecution to enforce them in Ireland, under the present circumstances of the country. Finally, I have heard of a project for appointing a Board of Lay Catholic Commissioners under the Crown, for regulating the appointment of Catholic Bishops, and their intercourse with foreign Catho lics, under'pretence of securing their loyalty; and, r l as I think it not unlikely that this may be the grand expedient, I take the only means which occurs to me of suggesting a few useful hints concerning it to our honourable friends, before they, or any of them commit themselves upon it. First, as to the alleged ' ground for his unprecedented and disorganising in novation : the Catholic Bishops and Clergy say, and .they will henceforward say it more loudly than they have been accustomed, " We- yield to none of his Majesty's subjects, whether Catholic Laity, or Pro testant Statesmen and Ministers, in pure, ardent, and disinterested loyalty : ours does not consist in holiday professions, but has been proved in the hour of danger, both from foreign invasion and domestic insurrection." Again they say, ". We have offered you a new form of oath, exactly meeting every ob jection that has 'or can be started against us or our discipline: either then prove that your expedient is a better security than our oath, or tell us at once ; nay, you, must tell us, that you do not believe us upon our oath. Lastly, we presume to hope that, professing so great a regard for us W ye, do h you will not put any greater weight of shackles uppu us than you do upon the Dissented. — The other day Lord SIDWOUTU brought a Bill into Parliament to prevent " a , pat from coming down a chimney and getting . up into a pulpit;" but the Dissenters very properly answered his Lordship, " that a man who was black with soot, instead of crape, and yet could command an audience, must be either a very good man, or a very able man, and that there was no just pretext for infringing religious liberty." But to argue the cue lose closely with our great friends :—You propose vesting his Majesty with the power of appointing certain lay Catholic Commis sioners to superintend the appointment of Catholic their - correspondence— The last sentiment contained in your address de- serves no small portion of my notice, and though I neither pretend arrogantly to urge my opinions, as I a acute mecum to others," nor to support them any farther than as they are confirmed by events, I must I own I have no small satisfaction in attempting to convince others of what seems to me erroneous in their mode of thinking.—You say, " the French people have not as yet bad any great reason to pre. fer a master from the dynasty of the BOURBONS ) to ene from that of BoxasAars."—Let me first ask you one question er amis not the French been more miserable, have they not suffered greater privations 'inder the sway of the latter, than they ever did] ander that of the former? and if so, whether that ale.le is not a sufficient reason for preferring the one to the other, even though they may not have enjoyed so much happiness under the BOURBONS, as some , chimerical leaders of their Revolution had taught them to expect ?—A candid answer to this question will save a great deal of paper and of words. That BONAPARTE has acquired a legitimate title .to the throne of France, or to the countries he has annex ed to the French empire, I never can allow; because be has not, in the first, the consent of the French peo ple; and because the others weregeined by mere force, and are the fruit of unprovoked aggression. Tau), that he has earned them. by. his valour and his ha zards, would be to justify and defend highway rob bery upon the same principle ; and it is as much the interest of nations, to punish such conquerors, and deprive them of their ill-gotten possessions, as it is of individuals a:.d society to bring thieves and rob bers to justice, and despoil them of their plunder. I remain, &c. Wdheck-street, April Bishops, and to inspect . . is this but , planing the tortoise ender the elephant ?—What is this bat the Veto in disguise —Will Lay Catholics, holding a Commission un der the Crown, and looking up to it, like other men in office, for a kale more, and a little more of the good things which it hes to bestow, be less obsequious to Ministers than Protestant Com missioners Would be? Again; let me ask you— Who is a Catholic* 'No one is born so: no one I continues so longer than he professes the faith, and is obedient to the essential discipline of the Catholic Church. There are many, too many personl of Ca tholic families, and of the Catholic party, who are not members of the Catholic Religion,—by whit criterion, then, do you mean to ascertain Catho licity ? Possibly you have not yet thought of this. Our Church, for example, denounce, escommuni cation against all those who do not receive the Sacra ment at Easter; and we have no annual Act to al. low further time for qualifyine. To whom now are W. B. Notwithstanding the opinions of some fastidious people, it is well known that much benefit is derived by all classes from the perusal of works of fiction, of real merit ; we have, therefore, much pleasure, in announcing the following, which have just ap peared, and are particularly worthy of attention, viz. Mr. Ilourrettes " Woman of the World ;" Miss FLUMPTReS 44 History of Myself and My Friend;" Mrs. D ---'s "Sons of the Viscount and Daughters of the Earl ;" and the Now Romance of " Ferran ditto," by the celebrated Author of 46 Rinaldo M. your Royal Catholic Comtnissioners'to present their Easter billets, by way of proving themselves to be in the Cher*? to Ministry, or to their own Clergy ? —Once more : the Bishops have, by divine riglit, the power of a Veto ever the Catholicity of the • -.. . other , :y . Laymen iced, evils to both parties. , ' ' I atterly froprocticahle, !Mean )011. can . contrive to The moment is now approachiegfox dipeloeigg the' vest his Alasarry with the• Slower tit .mcikkg the Ca-. grand expedient, by means of which the Enta " el ' Odic, as well as with that of- making the .COmmbi pation.is to be effected to the satisfactioi of both Owlets. For theseand Other regions,. **Catholic Protestants and Catholics. All that I kno* for efr- Bishops of Ireland have already protested againit , %in of It • yet is, that those " . Bishops:4 tilli CAI I th e project. I am, dtc:' tholic Church to whose order, charge, and spiritual Wolverhampton, April 2S, 1813. . • 1. MILNER.' authority it belongs, to pro Pose, ontertain, and • - . . . . i-- judge of its faith and discipline"—( 4 ldef f a s of Oath , WPraillYSTEß 4.1.)4i5S and - ANSWER. bieh. Feb. 26, 1810) —have not beet t consulted opoit , l''',.;;: . . ... ow ._ . i it. 'But it wu not to be expected they wetild be con. To RNA ;ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF - . . Suited, while those friends took mount W A LES of a certain useholders ot the City and Liberties ~ „Marplot, who has caused most of .the c"fuPionsd of WestatiaMar, legally assearbkod, beg leave to approach . your Which has happened in the body to which he be- ; !lord 'PO". voids an affectionate Address, • 'longs, for more than twenty years past. Still,' it is I do :e h r imerieste rndrie w_ D itioar tellow.sobjects . ( o the y Cilia_ ..!!_i.f...1.0,13 'to be considered, that these Bishops' have tie sta ff ; n ,40 1 4 4 4 . 11 ,4 1 1 „=" t ibe li= o r pini T y lr b r h i :::;; in their own hands -A-that they ail neftlatir.to boteowogparens, has binst,lung catryk g on against your *Royal bought nor intimidated—and thatthili4lollOpiltrled. I !Pg.l"ttat'i.he,"'el:ni:i withwe w v lrTire . th r teo P a t ee : bitea r hness hs; so ' . SHEFFIELD,.Apart 25. A Meeting was held on Friday, in Paradise-square, . in this town, at which, after the Chair had been of fered to, and accepted by, T. RAWSON, Esq. of l Wards-end, several Resolutions, together with an Address to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, expressive of the Meeting's approbation of her bon- ; duct, were proposed and assented to. The CHAIRKAN opened the business of the Meeting by complimenting the inhabitants of Sheffield on their peaceable and praiseworthy demeanour, from which subject he diverged to the more universal one of Reform. Having finished his opening addites, he was suc ceeded by Jous PAYNE, Esq. of Newhill, reading a Manuscript Defence of the Princess's conduct, inter spersed with observations on .the incompetency if the tribunal appointed to investigate ber conduct, and ex °iterating her from all the charges, minor as well as principal, which her enemies had alleged against her. Another Manuscript followed this Gentleman's,l which was read by the Chairman, who stated it to have been written 'by 'a Repiisitionist, and which contained'similar sentiments and opinions. The Resolutions Were then read oyer, and after wards severally adopted. .* , Mr: E. RHODES read the Address, which went to congratulate the Princess of Wales on saving escaped with her life and character from the decision of a' tribunal unknown in this country, and from afou l l conspiracy of suborned traducers to injure her repu tation, which, having passed through a fiery ordeal,. was not to be equalled In purity by any females i n tbie country. Tile Address hart been read, E. stirring 1 , • Si. . Brea' declared his opinion, that the ex pression which stated that the splendid Virtue of the Princess pf Wales was not equalled by any female's in this k i adorn, was a 116e1 upon every married wbmin, in it. ' lie suggisted the•propriety of altering the sen tence. a• With the alteration of twe or thliee wintrithe Ad dreg; was passed unaniebously. • •• ' • ' • - -- 'Thanks were respectively votedle.CoChresse S4P-• stone; Esq. Satinet Whitbread • 'Esq. and Sir 'Priiindi . Burdett. • - . • -- , a b itcdth tTh ' aver it • Mr. JOHN PAYNE r m. o _ It_ __e 'Rawson, Esq. (tke Chairman) Jellies Riiningtfo'ri,'Esq. and Henry Wheat Esq. be appointed op behalf of the Meeting to present the Address' fp,beiltoyal Eliglr; ness the Princeis of Wales. 7 7..;: . 1:i • This proposition was ittitanOy'sdliVO: ' • CORN:EXARANGS, APRIL '2B:--.:thep• were no fresh arrivals of any kind of grain. this moaning, *ad. the few sales that took place, were on the sage terms as those of Monday. I Wheat (English) .... 105 135 New ditto 1- 94 Ditto (Foreign) .... 100 150 genus 61 CH i Tick do.. .. et 66 Rye Rarity Flag ditto • Mit • 90 98 White Peas Ditto (boilers) New ditto ..`.. Grey Poo ,. 69 72 48 66 . . sPiings throwing Open `hen to depict the.. _ , hal:attempt.. Od heft), iriid has in a great measure tucceedert. has ciileJ.his characters from earipus stations of • lifb; and-tatter's-counts:lei. He bu thus added to. the In Wiest . of his 'piece, that 'Created by the •contrest of, . manners: • As his characters iirstaken from life,. and faithfully dra wo,•they Might tie deemed' wanting in floret); ; he' bai theretote iitteniptedlO give to. the sittnitioni-in which be hai placed them, that original , . itrofirMcit they Jere not-sOsceptible.' This, how ever, 661theils nor could be doge throughbit. As we have a rich Bettlter (4 -fifty; Mr. Templefists (Mr. FAwcarr) married to a young second wife (Mrs. C. Kisini.E), so he is, as usual; en the stage, ruined by her extravagance, and the wild speculations of lii son (Mr. C. KEMBLE), and ultimately erred by the later. position of a friend, Mr. Danvers (Mr. BARRI., singe), who bad termer'' , - been his partner, and at the momnut of expected bankruptcy, throws %Again his fortune andlils name into the firm, and restores its credit. As the wife, though welLialentioried, her extravagance and procrastination to ber Mee, , ~- -- will* your ' . , i owes . _ _ , ._, . Minhilted, Ariz a this; to *Wed and reproach as Komi- : cation, to the same cause we find Mr TeStitiefOßdsd.. Vadat le nildelneeed• eyes to the very vergeOf acquiescence in indebted for half vices that spoil a naturally good lAdalanlee the Met feel, scandalous, and false. Your Royal , disposition ; but after inducing :him to. run away WON" WO colZeded• at leugth to vindicate your owdho.• And we essivotalate your Royerlkighnete 09 the leak posia , involviiir of your Royal Daughter, our future.Sove- r , % with a young Governess from. school, Resins ( , Mise pormexj, the daughter of a French' migiant, - Cetteg tai u l tity and wisdom Mid& prompted you to demand, in the 1 Pillar: (Mr. Youxo},-without being able to conquer liege of the edibility puss. this two Houses of ParliaMent, ilostioa to whkh-themostiousbk is initialed, " either to be proved 1 -- • virtue,.aprey tha t ! her leave him 11 8 f, t e r misled aslamicest." • an old .Baronet .fond of hunting (Mr. MAmairt), P ew a 4:tit video that thole who ativi - ed the aePlea-' 1 with a daughter (Mils ikons), and a nephew (Mr: . pa donate daughter from such a mother, T had rthitsi is Slow rather din die good of the illustrious 4 you itoym Hip ' s weenies anthem affections, or of cosset over white she is destined to role. ) who tease him; the one with all tfiesclenea, aaISTOD I W , which he knows nothing, and the other with . we're mo w to nom our grief and astaahhment. at i cookery, in WhiCh -he is greatly proficient, and finish the'entelty, Injustice, sad insolence with winds your Royal (by eloping together. We have also a modern crit i c„ - , H 's Apt) .ml was withheld from the House of Lords, or 1 Mr. .Aspick (Mr. JoNss), who courts (email for vd and reluctant reception it met with from a corrupt ! yof the Housed Commons ; and we ware your Royal pu r p ose •• . the of living at their expence; 'and after -1 nee, that upon this , as upon most other occasions , the sea . Wards defaming them, and who, by leaving his ine. F lats of that corrupt Majority are no wrlys in conformity innme d e m.hook opened; gets himself' termed eat of matudiwe of_the People; and we dotter oarselves w i l l sot , from so i na d equate a crit erion, youre iiim Royalthe i t -Mr: Tempkton's house, and car !! Ms J 44 ef het mess yoor ROyalilighness has received, Opp of a loyal aodigenerous nation. We ardently hope the folly. But the best -drawn charactera:,:ler, those at on the mind of every thinking man, this rest, this iodis- • truth—that without an honest House of Commons Jae- emigrant,. • Count -Piliirs.--Jo. the' . , { erne,' . 01 will d ee P l y • ' ln " 1 of air English•fariiier . - (Mr. ESITRY); andlfikrre.dflk cao DO more be ensured to the highest than to the lowest Ice_- ! * tbe nationei iirejudicer of being John Buil - , whim. f law Withal fu the land. meeting with a Frenchman, and the excellence of - Ili . We assure yotir lto_yal Highness, that regard for our Country, 1, .meet i ng , with ••• Kim ht ,_,: IS well as for that defrivisce we bear your Royal Highness,: will i heart at nutting rum ro misery, are *arty deliCtibild. make us ready at all times to give your Royal Hi g lt _opus proof Of i i In the, lattetcpodeSty, feeling', and digOp i eteinost oar attachment and devotion, and of our aaxious .solicitude fur • - !i ted I Tb ' Farmer , * yl ey ovh a mi. C l a m p. your welfare, happiness, and honour . -' -happily bit° . e (Signed) ARTHUR MORRIS, High Bailiff. , XAN), who teacheatis parents. - the real advantages of ANSWER OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS. ' a Christilyn education, !cite* to the stage, "Ina ren• I return yes my sincere thanks for the regard towards see so 1 derqd very, interesting. , /kin description ?f the chit. • kindly expressed in this Address. Upon this as on other import- I iacters.hrought on the scene in Educhtioe, gives the ant occasions, the sentiments of Westminster are to unison with those of the whole country. • i generaloutling of the plot. We have only to add, ' Permit rue to add, that there can be no doubt that the refusal ; :that the father ef 'Count Allures wiffi, an &tali*. of Parliament to entertain the question, only originated in a con= i man , viction that my innocence stood above all suspicion, and an ap - 1- e - who had disinherited his daughter en account , prehension that parliamentar y . interference . maglis delay the re. l Os h er marr ia ge, .,, • . storation to my daughter's society, 'so universally desired. Templeton; revokes his' will In favour o f : .ra 11 '4 , ' an unstamped paper,. in consequence of itifiting assisted by her, at the time he had been *owe by •, his horse; and mortally wounded, and perodeed who she was by a diamond cross which she then itore.-L= „. And that Mr. Templeton being called - to nail the. ' will, at the very moment he had been arrested, 'and being released in consequence' of the fortune supposed to be left him, although - at first tempted teeoppress the illegal paper . which lititt all his hopes, at last tears the will, and give fit , Osine all her wealth, and himself up to the Bailifill...!l'he 4 laarriage of his son with the young heiress concludes she, piece. Both the intention andthe. execution of this co medy are equally good. The dialogue is animated, and abounds, not in merepuns r but in true sallies of wit, and, what issfill more important, in sound sense. The language is excellent. Never low, it is always elegant, often flowery without weakness, and strong without affectation. The Author, we understand to be Mr. MORTON, to whose genius the Public have been indebted for many previous pieces of merit, and he will not be dishonoured for producing this. i The Prologue, spoken by Mr. Aanorr, and the Epilogue, by Miss . Boom, though rather of an Inte -1 rior quality, were much applauded. The reception' of the piece throughout was most enthusiastic, and '.it was announced for a second representation amidst ipeals of applause. All the performers displayed i their .abilities to the greatest advantage, and with equal success. NAVAL" INTELLIGENCE. PORTSIIOUVI. APRIL 470,-.Arrived his Majesty's ships Favourite tend Wolverine, from i cruise. fir- Admiral Moore hoisted his flag on board the Bonne Citoyenne, and' will sail for the Downs the first op . neity. i ts,. .',o,sitil Madagascar • is appointed con-'' • voy for Vic. ; and the Rinaldo ) for the Downs • Fsrasg4rip, l 204—Arrived this day the .Antericaii schooner ‘Nebis (late his Majesty's schooner Laura), 'Sic. a prize to his Ma• jesty's shipepikm*--32 guns; and Stag, 36 goes; the Bebe has bees' thirty.five days on her passage from ; it was reported at New Londoii n , that ~ Fvench frigate had. been cap lored_py ,the. *it* ,siejidron off the Chesapeake: the Mk doeiligt Ong any other news. Also, the Yr melee eliipJosiiskut, frisk Ilourcleaux, with brandy arldefeli; ffir.OstdOn;: eleven days passage. • It was' reported at Beettreinx, that* great battle had been fought )etween lie %miens and.' French, in which the gusslanS itislireen tetilit defeated with immense -1 " 21 " :. Frilth OEMS ;-Itere continually passing thresgh"Ple,#easeettestiltseh s • . • TIPIP mw 61411 a... atdieelOad froak•Bourdeaux same deg as the Jesniktra. e .:,; . • • Soiled mfujigi a tit a,* speaker. or, Spas, with dispatches for •. :The under con, • l'iree, •••••—• _ , ~ oetwarthbe bliiViraints Old .. . . ••••t• • ••• 00 'OO , riy of his litsjestyii, shi '' * *':• 4 74 . guns , _ _ _, oats. • 42 . 52 , Fi ne di m , ..... ..... 03 'are 36 i Detkirei, to • passdd dews Cheese' ) et 6 Poland do. Feed ditto Fine Floor ....0 . 3 XI • _ - S econ d, t- ~~ _..•. . .. • ..: , •• . ;• . 4W., . • •.• '''.' • - • • • c. "'• ' ' i'.ll ' ~' . • . ' 15TATEINIANt:_, ~,,' c • ,:,. ,-..- .. -.... , ' ' . : - . ~. . . ,' . _ .. '`... , :-. - -. _ . ~..,., . • -----. ------- .- .. rms ST,ITESM4N. 'TP VIE .111AriVit.01 1 ' . , Stir& MAN. laity: —they may pronouaai • iin k t itaals a roan ) . . - 1 • . VOrENT-GAAttf„.2 4 H 4111. g. . . r by his doctrine - or his crardetrag, AA4: ;is.;so ludgei at 4 •• . • .• • ---4.- . 1 . s i i r _p n the isiti ' o f 't oas ty; Imo; I comm,o , catholicf ,or..thor as rarnti o ;. iitimil i osette . . . A new Contedi'iris performed at this Theatre sof circamstaaces it i s t o Mr. Coasarei irtgliter,. certain . ,__. lut night, 'IGO the Ina time, callecl,Edsaftion. In • him.—Now, as tietldirg . , is inVire 111611 V .. f -I- 77 - 0.. 1 ".." direct.oppoition.to'modern pin s„ this comedy con- pcei ved the notice contaltisd . id ni r k it il s til) to ? s l o h ! a e ligh. great friends of. tbe Vatli . II . • • ~. _ ° cs , "A' that the. Loyal Lardosbmisisioness.asta sho.Bidaps on - dents, I thank you for corning evils that threatened thew , l wiri b 1 4d h . tains-a greateresporißion of character thin intricacy c-, 7- 4 - 1 1 *ay differ hod procetil 40'''Miti.iiattliait , :oft eg e„o alio.' of Piot. Life is not always a scene of eimplicated • rption of my letters. The n attended to, the . cvils w o uld , . . dos,pa sleep; in glahigsha. •a. power of rc , 9 '. . •• .. h . . . d set Ass . itappesed ; do • i " • Mints • bet the • springs by **MA 'they are pt.°. Upton. . w which I conceived your b een tweed ate always in action , en springs are the as they actually did in the coarse at a f or tnight—l ' ir 'deprive 9 accept ; but I think it ist o expose their pay y throwing open now wish to give some hints, through your paper , t o rd. °ter the app oi nt ment 44 aliji° s ' te f , .. • 9 the SishoPt ft their power W Veto eve" the Cetho- ir Readers, to attempt to certain other friends of theirs, to proem still greeter kill of Laymen I In wit. word, year scheme is , t h e riiff eetc , t r helatinirtheart,. is still More difficult than . to depict - - e Anna SIKIV the inlaid*. The author of Education his attempt- )ut - 100 nil. ) a' t 11 ' A .g .t, I %PO, .7 fill