The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-04-13 00:00:00

)rii it 1 !el • • tht d uo ; t:entloran to bring it forviard. He F not reeoll••ct 1 1 4:arinr, of any charge a4ainst ons of o n this sohieet, to the present moment. 1 , pre s ai any to he malt, and the Honourable t hot iA:tt he coeld bring it I•omc t o him, ;hoped wfaild do so in the stroligest, clearest, o j most di•inct manner. If, however, it sitou i ld to be ten• tim more culpable than : osij be a leged to be, s e t s ill it would ho no set.oll opost th e prent charge. • The •preeent Board JOCPTICt; had se infringed on the evolves letter of Ibeir re ct;on•:, iu the c ase of the Treasure.; he ou lt u llt , be sitopused to have exercised his dis. i 1 r‘ittion £0 an agent, as to whom he had . ;.,,tructioue. si r . 1; i',OILGE ADAMS thougeit the case cited by 1 . ,.! 1109ot:rabic Gentleman (Mr. Cooper) had on the present questiott.' - Pl:itC (NAL agreed in this, but thought etter..l for his Htinourable . Friiotd to allude to alter the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. ;.) had, in such pointed terms, stated how 1 „. L t d Attelldt:ll to the of the office 10.9 ea It:•IJ it. It might - 110e iniltseed that no. th.nitettlatt to look with somewhat of a fceli!us of others, , when he saw b i, uM II iit!&CLIUIiS net so complete as he had sup- M POSSOSBY said ) whatever effect the op. v .,' o f co. , lti4lit Honourable Gentlinnan , arsight t r oe o n his lleolottrJble Friend, it coull hare • '•.t him. Clots •tif duty formerly cashd not eiteose alo: her now. The easels, how. • were 11(.1 at oil alike. The case alluded to; b ,, tloti ~r a 4 ,114 its the appomtment of the Nllas vr.Geler.,l, ati.l as to %Inch no ininuto cane trier B 'aid. IL- re, nonuser, the Board WM not he totorant of the. fact, hatrinl. them socs raticd o ti Mt. Hoot to tri log forward h s secu ritio. There ICAr also an inonettse b e tween a Treasor •r, n ho lutist Is.fve milliuu 19a.s -in4litruito tits 12.1 Ads, and an iigeitt in an int.% isle & o piate:it. If the .charge a,aint .his Honour. stile F.ietitt (Mr. Calcraft), however, alerts true is the follot .Ztefll, it toted only amount to a raw t,f rec:ittinislion ageinst hiai, not to a jos arsitoo or the, present ld,.tard. On the present CIVIC list 11 , 1414! W4' 111 W b.ititsil to Kire i:d. opinion. When any citarge should be brought forward a,. to the other e.t.a, he t•lt.otisl be ready to give a eun,ci- 0 0 JOl )u 111 r N• a ry I entinus ti poll it. She other tear II .solutions were thou poi and s A iced to. • On the 6th Resolution, deal Bring thst by the hrtacia of duty rot tuts part t:re hoard in ;leg lati.ia to regale.: securities from Mr. Rue, a loss of at 1.. - h tki liven. sustained tlin country . , fir ir.hicti the Board wore respoli sibie, and fur o inch f l egieCt Ihtleifiere highly Call. sura.ile, • Mr.. G. JouNsTox - r", brought forwari his poentiment.. VIA K t. the npluinnoithit Howe. tile Matter Geneva! aid B.tarJ of Oda ` f ie have been guilty of as emission of ilat) is peAteeting to' take security from Inieph Hunt, k.'sq. 2-amer of this Nte Tit.44l..er'of the Ov la,: stied *, bathe butruittioss oa4zr wait:) they act.” After a few words the, original Itesolotion was negatived, sad Mr. Johustune's amendment agreed to without a division. Mr. CALCRAFT - thanked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the sous he bail at length given, by which he adtaittetl that the blame did not at tach to the Secsetary, us he originally contended, bat to the Comic!. lie now thought it his duty to defy his Ilert..Ffiend opposite to bring forward the charce alluded to against him.Heshould not call him his Friend only, but his thrice honoured Friend, if he wou!d do so, and &fluid him ail opportunity of meeting it. He thought it impossible, after the Resolution last alopted by the House, that they •aht stow fail in declaring the conduct of the Ilimrd to be censorable. If they did not do sts, away at once with all ideas of votes of CCUbtaa proceeding from that House. Mr. G. JOIINSTQNE certainly • thought it his duty to vote against this Resolution. The House had already censured the conduct of the Board of Ordnance in this particular. To pre sent the possibility of the securrence of such an erd was now the preferable mode of proceeding. 'chi., he thought, could be only done by a Bill; but, lie hoped it would provide that the securities should be in a greater prole rtiuto to the sums pas'i through the Treasurer's hands than they at prt.setrt bore. M. WHITBREAD thang!it it impossible for the [louse, after the r , !solutioli they hail come to, tint to follow it up with censor The !tight 1100. Glideman (Mr. Perce.val) bad nt tint endeavour ed to throw the blame on Mr. Crewe, and had no objection to; his being censured, provided he Could shreen his head4ss Board, which he could get no person to take off his hands. The blame, however, being now declared to belong to the tin fottunate Board, he presumed to think that a cen. sure must follow. Supposing a Bill to be intro duced in the terms proposed, and that the B lard did not chase to inquire for one or two years w he. then the Treasurer had lodged his securities, but on hdiag that he had not should then dismiss him, what security was this that he might not then re tire, owiti4 a balance equal to t h st due by Mr. ~Iuol? If then this was the state of the matter, %cyst security was there if the Board was not lie to punishment ? lie could not conceits that! 43e1l in u Muse like the present (there being very few. Members in the House), they could cone to a vote that that Board was nut to p be censured. Mr. PERCEVAL could not dent that in point strictness the heads of the Board were respon sible. The greatest degree of responsibility, how '''. r. he thought, attached to the Secretary. lie rhoidd not move to negative the Resolution, but slyould mare the previous question. Mr. 11. THORNTON thought the R3oltilian ran 1 superfluous. It appeared to be doing •ciseL again what had been already done. As it was agreed that praise should not be too freely bestow. d• the same rule he thought, should extend to • . 'twine tion, neither did he altogether approve or lbw Ob. vious question, bet was anxious that. the Resolu. tion should be withdrawn. After Strangers were excluded, and before the divisiou, we understand a very interesting conscr cation arose, to the following effect : Mr. BA BING'VON said, that he could •,not as to the previous question. He was satisfied there was blame, and he thought it sufficiently ex, pressed iii the preceding Resolution, theivfore he mi.clit think the additional censure slow proposed superfluous; but the previous question was in consistent w ith the censure alrestly expressed, and he could nut vote that was inconsistent will) that. [near! hearn lie wished the Itescilition to be withdraws), but if not be must Supportit. Mr. WILBERFORCE 'differed -witty 111. Una. Fiiendeand.conceived the prorious,qeestiors . vsly meant that the House thought it. had sufficiently mewed the cunduet of dm Ordnance in"iite for.: mer It.esolntions. lie ihotight fleet toittlittt well deserving of censure; and therefore sup. ported the Resolution to that •;Ifoct. • tlatingdone so, be was spins( eing farther. . . Mr. BROUGHAM i ir tseferred the view taken' of , this question by his onorahle Fiientl on the floor (Mr. Bibingtun), 40 iltit adopted by his Honourable Friend • behind (Mr. Wilberforce), audios - this reasou,that by voting fur the previa, ous goisslieth the Home In tettiidd,,'wlicrelis the Board is censurable, therefore we will nor censure them. Let Gettileitien reflect well before they told the country that the consequence of a pub. lie Bo'ard bring alatolit unanimously found to have beets guilty of great neglect of duty, was, that no notice whatever. shoal I be taken of it. [pear, hear t] Tilis was, in, a sesr w o rds, the : mau l ing o r the vote for the pr.:sinus question. Mr. G. WI ',SON could mot agree with, his Hon. Friend (Mr. Brougliaw). He thought he relined. too much on the inattcr. All listl agreed in voting a cort.sits ini-asure ui censure, and he was nut for , . el fly 141 Or (.• Mr. Ei denied that there was atty. 'sect'. sity fur thovu who toted . for the foreim voting for• the proem Resolution. lie heaatilrapproved of the former rote, befause it indicted a.. censure on the Board of Ordnailee, which they appeared to him to have 'tleserre.l. Ulcer, hear !) - It was. lugh!y necessary to-, express the opinion. of. the House on this point fur the sake of Abe public set.; rice and of justice. But he thought the present !notion sit perilaous. Tise Resollllloll last , passed 'etas a ceor.o re toiltte Board, a n d had . been .passed most ettaiiistiouily, at le.tSt wit trout a division, He therefor , . was al .Mist this new and allitionwl cCn sure, Wlll6l vt as totiy utltho i ; one opiniou to an. other of the s tfue sort. He was fee the previous qu..stitot ott Witt gruttnd, th.ti a eenitire had al. ready been pitsceil by Ow litmsa stn the Board. T tEItN EY was apiest prert&tis ques. ror the reasons. girlie by ids• ll•nwearable Friends (Messrs. Babington and. Brougisam) . .. it was saying to thecountiy,theie li c ase bevit theit;fore we won't refrobate these. There hail been neglect; therefore we 'won't censure Nay, we kaltb ftroiVeitywror sew, Moat-the is blameable, 'biretta.) we refuse to blame it— (Hear hear t] As, for the ccusure already Pas. awl,- ti‘e Chautellur of the Eactieqtler had denied that the Btiard was to blame, and had thrown all . on the &glittery ; end the restate said to have' passed did not touch.the Secretary at. all. Other Members threw all on the Board, and he,Jorl one Member, voted on this ground, and one on that, and the Chancellor of the Eschequar had his ow a view and his own vote. It •was necessary to be inure precise, and mull agreed (at least no alto said the contrary, and the Chancellor of she Ex. clavier did not venture to divide) that the Board was highly censurable, it was inure Manly and con sistent to . bay so in plain terms. He therefore should support the motion of his Honourable Friend. On the division which then took place, the nem. hers were, Fn.* the soitlicloonl 11.ettlutiou of Censure - Eta the previous Questaiti - - - - lil - 51 Majority f.►rthe previous Question - - 35 Sir J. NEWPORT l►ostporned his mo:i'►n rrla tire to undue Li ratit4 of Public Muticy iu Ireland, till Monday. MR. BATIIIP!ST'S INSTRUCTIONS. Mr. WilliLitEAD rose to make his Motion on this subject. The of men had of late been so sadly distracted front every litiestion of a. public nature by what has! happened aition4 our vei, that he should say but a few .‘‘ weds o n this tie was anxious that, against the meet. ing of the House after the holidays, t!sy should be in possession of the-Instructions froM Ministers to Mr. Bathurst, Mr. Stbart, &o. on the subject of Hostilities between A tintrin and France. lie accurclingly saovcl an humble Address to his Ma jesty, that be would te. graciously pleased to or. der Copies of all such lostructilms to be laid be. fore the icouse. Mr. PZIIOEVAL was.sorry he could not com ply with this motion, ,without "Mating the prin. ripics uniformly Acted on in such cases, which ; anggssted the iinpolicy of laying before the (louse, anti of course s .stibmitting to foreign nations, the private instructiOar of our Government to their own eonfidential agents. Here great inconvenience would arise from the prodaCtion. Even in fair dealing to Austria hcrpclf the Motion could nut he C0N104:4 with. A. to MG . Stuart, it was suffi cient to say, sio instrottions whatever. Mr. CANNIN6 'concurred in .stating, that compliance with the motion would produce. greet park inconycuielcc, whereas now no advantage co uld be derived from the production, which coul d only affect individual persons, to whom the papers might prove injurious. Ile could satisfy the lion. Gentleman that no material purpose could i a fact be B e rn . ed by complying with the motion, it beg that Mr. Bathurst did not reach, Vienna till.ifon ter t he war had begun,. Indeed, his first dispatches c ta i nct laccounts of a bailie which bad already bees fought. Letitia iray, it was obvious that his in could have no possible direct in pead not acin gow' the host ili t ies which took place. Re was ,h , in antlelit ILO As atom. . Tofs l:oort, odds invited thither; or until war actually commenced, b6ng in the mean time to remain at Malta. It was, therefore, impossible that his instruction!, whatever they might be; could have any effect in occasioning the war. As to Mr. Stuart, he hail no instructions Whatever. Mr. BRONGIIAM Baid he should; on anearly day next Tuesday) move for Copies of all Correa pon.".Uice between Mr. Bathurst, Mr. Stuart, &c. and his Majesty's Government, so far as they could be produced without prejudice to the pub. lie service. To this, he presumed, no opposition could be made. Mr. 1 4 / ti lT MEAD could not conceive how the Instruct' • Ile had moved for could he prejudicial to any Foreign State. Austria was sunk, and what country was there on the Continent but France ? What harm then could there be in that House seeing the Instructions of Government to our own Ministers ? lie would be anxious to ace, that we were not in any shape accessary to the late hostilities between France and Austria. lie should withdraw his motion, howe::er, to let his Hon. Friend (Mr. Brougham) have the benefit of such Papers as he could procure 4 lie, how ever, was got satisfied. Mr. Whitbread's motion was then withdrawn, and Mr. Brougham gave notice for Tuesday. The Private Stealing Willy - the Dwelliag..llvatse Bill; the Canal itobbery.ldill, went through a Committee. The Report ordered to-morrow. The. Local Militia Bill and ?dilitlfs Completion Bill were read a third time and passed; Upon the Motion Of Sir JOHYNEWPORT,. the further consideration of the Report on the {risk Bailaextlemot Bill was postioned to Mon day next. • hroutlit up certain pa per. referring, to the Bullion Investigation, which were referred to a Committee. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and tLe. Bosse. adjourned. DUTGII P4PEILS. ROTTERDAM COUAPRILRAN EXTRAORDINARY, 9. The.following article is copied from the Royal Courant a, this date :-- "'On the 31st ult. were ,exchanged, at Paris, the ratifications of Ilse following 'Treaty, there conctudeJ WI the 16th, between the rebiaective Pleiiiimitstiiikries of the- and his illustrious brothel the Emperor of the kreacts,ilug of Italy, lsc. itc. s . TREATY. has Majesty the Emperor of, the Frencb, King of Italy, Protector of the League df the Rhine) and Mediator of She Swiss Confederacy, and his Majesty the King..uf quiland, being desirous of terminating the differences that have arisen be. tweak them, and of making 'the independence of Holland harmonize with the new eireunilitutees wherein the English Orders in Council. of !1847. have placed all the maritime powers, hive agreed to come to a mutual understanding thereon, and to ,that cud hoe poutioeted as their Plenitu4gblia ries, via. WS Majesty the Emperor of France, &c. the Silent . Jutiii Baptiste Mature* Count •de Champagey, Duke of Cadure, Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour, &c. his Majesty's Minis. ter for Foreign Affairs, &c. And his Majesty the of .Holland, Charles Henry Verheuil, Admiral of 'lnnate!, Grand Eagle of the Legion Hof lionottr, Grand Cross of the Dutch Order of Vition, his Majesty's Ambassador to the Empe. ror and King: who, after exchanging • their full povvers, have agreed iiieiri the following articles : Awr. 1. Until' the English Government Clan -bare solemnly abrogated the restrictions contained in its Orders in Council of 1807, all cuminerce whatsoever is prohibited between the ports of England and the ports of llollentl. Should there be reasons fur granting licences, those only shall be valid which. are delivered in the name of the Emperor. 2. A corps of 18,00(1 men, of which 3000 shall be cavalry, and consisting of 6000 French, and 12,000 Dutch, shall he placed at all the mouths of the rivers, together with Officers of the French Customs, to, see that the contents of the foregoing Article arc carried into complete egret. 3. These troops shall be paid, fed, and clothed by the Dutch Ctaertintent. • 4. All vessels violatitm the first article, that may be taken on the Detell coasts by trench men of war; or privateerv, shall be declared good praes ; and in case of any doubt arising, .such difficulty can alone be decided yun by his M.ijesty the Emperor. The.restrictions contained in the above arti cles shall be reveltet4 is soon at England shall have solemnly revoked ber Orders in Council of 1807 ; andfrnin that instant the French troops shall eva. cuate Holland; and restore to her the full enjoy. meat of her independence. • 6.'lliasniiich as it has teen adopted as a Consti. tio.tial principle in Franoc, that _the thalweg of the Rhine forms the boundary of the French empire ; and as the dock-yards of Antwerp are,.by the pre. :mit state 'of the b o undariesbetween the two coun tries, unprotected and eiposed, his Majesty the Sang of Holland cedes to' his Majesty the Etriperer 4 the French, King of Italy, &c. Dutch Brabani, l the whole of Zealand, including therein the Isle of Schou welt, that part of Guelderland which is situ. -ate un the left bank of the Waal; so that hence.' 'faith the boundary between France and Holland shall be the thalweg of the Vaal, (rem the fort of Schenkens, leaving on the left bank Nymeguen, ' Hommel, and Wundrichein, then the principal' stream of the Merwe which runs into the Biesboch, ' through which, and also through the Hollandsch Diep, and the Wulkerak, the ling of detearcation shall be continued ) until it reach the sea at Bien. iagen or Grateliugen, leaving on the left the Isle of Schouwen. 7. Each of the ceded provinces shall be released from all debts not incurred for its own interests, sanctioned by its particular Government, and funded sport its territory.' ;,41 • • 8. ills Majesty the King of Ifelland, in order . 4ono.olierate with the force of the Freuch•Eur lire, s hall have afloat a squadeo i n,of nine sail of - armed and terullidett with • +4`..' . Mx atotithi atenei; ilia teadj► to put to sea by the Ist day of June next ensuing and also a flotilli of 100 guu.beati, or other armed Vessels. Thii force shall, during the whole period of the war; be maintained and kept in constant readinesi. 9. The reienues of the ceded Provinces shall beloog to Holland until the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. Until these= day the Ring of Holland shall defray all the charges of their administration. 10. All the merchandise imported by America, vessels that have arrived in the ports. of Befitted since the Ist Feb. 1809, shall bo pot ender se: , questration and made over to France; in order to _ her disposing thereof according to the circum. stances, and the state of her political relations with the United States. 11. All merchandise of Ettgiish manufacturi are prohibited in Holland:- • 12. Measures of police shall be adopted, for the purpose of strictly watching, and taking into custody all insurers of prohibited traffic, ail smug. glers, their abettors, &c. In a word, the Dutch Gueernment pledges itself to eitirpate the contra:. hand trade. 13. No depot of goods prohibited in France, and that may give a colour to contraband traffic, can be established within a distance of four leagues teem She -Hee of the French • coltoris.houses ; and in case of trespass, all such depots shall be subject to seizure, though upon the Dutch territory. 14. With the reserve of. these restrictions, and so long as they shall be in operation, his Majesty the Emperor shall suspend the prohibitory decree which shuts the frontier barriers between Holland and France. . , 15. Fully confiding in the manner in which the engagements resulting from the present 'kreaty shall be executed, his Majesty the► Emperor and King guarantees the integrity .of the Dutch pos. sessions, such as they shrli be pursuant to this r rcaty. IG. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Paris, within tba riod of fifteesi days, or sooner if possible. Dune at Paris, this 16th of March, 1810. (Signed) CHAMPAGNY, Duke of CADORE: The Admiral YERHEUIL. Lowe NAPOLEON, 'by the (lrace of God and the Conflic tion of the Kingdom, King of Holland, and Cdostable of France s " Taking into cou.sideration that the deplrttneets of Zea land and Brabant, the territory between the Meuse and Waal, including - Nimeguen, together with the Bommeler waard, and the territory . of Altnnat have been ceded by WI to France, by a treaty signed on the 16th, and whereof the ratifications haye this day been exchanged, we have decreed aud'hereby decree:— • Art.l, The inhabitants of Zealand, Brabant, the territory between the Meuse and Waal, including Ntasegoes, together with t►e Beminelerwaard and the territory of Altana, whe ther Public Olken( or others are hereby declared to be, from the date hereof, released from their oath of allegiance taken to as. '2. Otir Minister for Tartlet, Alain is charged with the execution of tbe . present . Decree, whkb shall also be pub lished and iusertedin the Bulletin of Laws. Given at Paris, the mit ay of Ilaidlor the year 1810, Ind of our reign die sth. (Signed) LOUIS. RUSSIA. • SUBSTANCE 07 TILE UKASE, ISSUED FEBRUARY.% iSio, AY HIS IMPERIAL • NATIVITY, ON THE SUBJECT OF FINANCES, AFTER DATING RE CEIVED TUE ADVICE Of HIS GOFNCIL OF STATE. " All the Bank Assignats (the paper money of the country) now in* circulation, are once • more declared to form pert'of the National Debt, an►i guaranteed by all the wealth of the Empire. From the toresw►t moment, the Bank- Assignats shall receive no increase. lit order to pay the Na tional-Debt., a Loan shall be opened in the interior of data co . untry, at fixed prices. In order to pro• vide brill otpenees, and to reduce the taxes to their former state, it is ordered, provisionally, for the present year, and until . the publibatiun of -general regulations for the finances and taxes, that the fallowing additional imposts - shall take place " An increase of 2 rubles a head ob the. Crows peasantry. . . " A n'impost of 3, 21, and 2 rubles, according .• .. . to the vartous governments, on the peasantry uc. - - - - cupied iu cultivating the lands of the State. Citizens employed in the arts and other branches of public industry, shall pay 5 rubles. 64 Countrymen trailing in both capitals shall pay for every shop 100, 50, and 25 rubies, according toloealities, and besides, those of the guilde, 1.1 per cent. of the capital they have declared them selves possessed of, and those of the 3d guilde, 2b rubles. " Foreign tradesmen of both capitals shall pay 100 rubles, their partners 40, and their workmen 20 rublo. • , 0 46 in bit-capitsis a duty of half a „ruble shall b e ra i se d, owbasises, in, virtue of the existing im.. poet. " The s tai on'traders shall reeeleellin increase Of halt copeck on the produce of industry an d t h e capital. *,, The price of salt, formerly fiaeA at 40 co. pecks per hood s shall be raised to one rouble. The impost on copper •Ihall be &oriented three roubles per pond. s‘ The Custont-houso duties on importer( goods, shell b e ra ised from 21G to 400 rubles, and in pro. portion. " Stamps hate also experienced an advance in Alice.. . 4 The Nobility shall assist in sabering tho wen . ts of the State,.by p tying a duty of 50 copecks for etery peasant in their possession." --a , On Thtirsday week, about nine o'clock at night, Mr: BYRNE, of Petur.street Theatre, and Mr. CONLArt, son of an opulent butcher, having dined at Mr. Ranges, corner of the South-wall, Dublin, were unfortunately drowned, on their return home, from having, as it. is supposed, missed their way, and Walked into the river. On the 'rime evening a you Ng man, named HOWARD, 'Was also drowned about the same place. I • 1 • ;/