The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-05-29 00:00:00

F • The It. el: Salt Biti. the 4 iottliersv Pension Bill, the I rishTressory Bills' Bily he Soldiers' Famillesilill, and the deceased °Ricers' Etforts Bill were report. ed, sort ordeied to be read a third time on Saturday. Th.. hish :Halt Doty and Brewers' Regulatiou Bill was read a third time and puttied,. ScOTCH COURTS. Sir J. % %POR'i' observed, that the Order of the House made on the sth instant, for a return of the Acts of *edertatti of the Court of Sessions in Scot land, had. not ,e( been complied with, and be took this occasion of of the delay which gene . rally occorr. in 'the execution of the Orders of the Boos. for the production of papers, both from Scot.. laud and Lelattil. II« also complained of the delay of a return from Scotlarid, with regard to the patents granted hy.the late and the present Keeper of the Signet in Scotlautl. Ilia intention was to move, that the papers laid.before the House on the 24th instant, upon the, subject of Scotland, should be printed ; toed that the Order made on the sth should be immediately complied with. As to the conduct of the late and present Keeper of the Signet, be was • enabled to say that the offices of Sheriff's Clerks in Sentlstid were usually and improperly sold, and that the persons who at present held these offices had ac 'malty paid to the late Keeper of the Signet no less than 30,0001.. In consequence of the delay which had taken place in producing the liturns to which he had alluded, be was disappoint4in his wish to institute say enquiry open tbis subject within the pre.. sent Session ; but should be live so loag, and hare the honour of a seat in that House in the neat Session, he pledged himself to bring the question soder its consideration. The Right Hon. Baronet's motions were - tweed ts. POOR LAWS. Mr. S. BOURNE gave notice of hillieteetiee.., ll o move on Monday, that the statement of ills Geuelel Assembly of the Church of Scotland, with regard to . the Poor of that country, should be laid before the House. This document he deemed of a very int r. • portant character, conveying, as it did, intelligence of the most useful nature ; and therefore he wished to have it laid before the House, with a view to assist its judgment upon 'the interesting question to which it referred. He was sorry that he happened not to be in the House when an Honourable and Learned Gen , tieman on the other aide gave notice of his intention to brine forward some pr opositions open the subject of the Poor Laws, because he would have taken that occasion tn enqui t r,e,afts3. that; *bleb, .as a Member of . the Commitonmpon ttie Poor Lawi, he was na torelly undoes to learn—namely, what were the HOnourable and Learned Gentleman's dews upon ibe sufiject? Those views would, no doubt, have' - bten Very useful : to that . Committee, which, 'he te- Aretted, the ilonoarable and Learned Gentleman -r - , pus le from the variety. of his avocations to . ittAnd. Mr. HROUGdAM corscnrred with the Right Poneirahle Gentlemen in his view of the value r etc the document to which he referred ; for none . R/ More codified irsjudge of the exigencies of 'Ake poor, and of the best . rande of providing for the o fflillt those exigencies, than the Members of the automat 41pleaski, of ; the Church of 'Scotland, in country, although there were .no Poor lAws, the poor were not squadded for. With regard to. his own views upon the subject of the Poor Laws, it was his intention to have submit 'teci ACM views to the House within the present Ses - el,„ ton, in the shape of Resolutions, which should fully explain his opinion ; but he was prevented from so r eining, by the variety of his avocations, and especially l 'by the pressure of his engagement upon the subject of Charitable Institutions; for this pressure was of on extraordinary character indeed, as independently orthe mass of documentary evidence communicated to the Committee, it was occupied three or four • 'hours each day in the examination of parole evidence. To this it was material to attend, as it was justly felt desirable that a Report from that Committee be fore the termination of the Session should be made; his time was therefore filled up. as he had to draw up the Report upon a subject, to which the country 'anxiously looked. For ibis reason, among others, he had been obliged to decline the proposition of any Resoltitions upon the subject of. the Poor Laws. He was indeed unwilling to bring for ward these Resolutions until he could accompany the proposition of his principles with the statement of his details; for there were many who might be scared 'by the former, unless they had an opportunity of • Considering the latter; therefore he declined to sub mit his plan to the House until it was accom panied by a complete explanation. This explanation 'be had not yet had time to digest, in consequence, particularly of hi; employment in the Committee upon the subject of Charitable Institutions. it might "be asked, why should the Committee upon this sub ' ject continue to sit, after it was determined in the Bill which had passed the House, to appoint a Com "'mission of Enquiry by the Government? He would immediately abandon the Committee, if be could look with soy confidence to the Commission ; but he must say that he could not be satisfied with the prospect' . of such a Commission after what had recently trans pired. When he heard of objections elsewhere, to the purpose of this enquiry proceeding, he would not say from any fellow feeling with the abuses which it was intended to correct, or from any personal interest in those abases, but from grounds which had been nu irecouniably conjured op, with a view to palliate re sistance, he could not look to the proposed Commis sion with any very .sanguine calculation. He had .heard of a.person stating elsewhere that however well inclined to the proposition of this enquiry originally, - .he was adverse to the Bill to which that enquiry re fereed, because truly that Bill had been lately very much altered. But what would the House think of .. I. i: . F ~~ this statement when informed that all the alterations which had taken place were suggested by that person himself—l/fear, hear —that indeed every one of those alterations was written by that person, end con. dented to with a view.to do that which was almost im possible, namely, to settle his doebtso—[ Hear, hear ! and laughter.] --That such was the fact he (Mr. B.) was able to show from the manuscript of the person alluded to; which manuscript was in bis possession.— [Hear !]—The main objection indeed to the proposed enquiry was, forsooth, that it rnightgotoofar. What! go ton far in eiposiug and correcting abases ; but if the Bill should be returned to the House with those clauses which it bad rejected by decisive tosjorities, - W. 7 7 . . ei . v ,• ~: , - THE STATESMAN he trusted its spirit and principle would repel the mockery. The House was indeed rolled open to do doubt, seri* to secure de ettairent of the object in view, In spite of timid, panic-struck alarmists— in spite of sceptical, speculative legislators—in spite , of quibbling, subtle lawyers—in spite of those whom' he was unwilling to name.—(f owd cries of hear, hear !)---The Committee eprhl this subject would, he trusted, prosecute Its entruries, and avail itself of its privileges and power to cellect the fullest informs-' Lion, with a view to attain the object in view. The, spontaneous communications to that Committee ma nifested the interest univirsally felt in that object.— All parts and parties 4 all sects and classes of the People evinced their desire to promote the purposes of, the Committee; end whatever, might be the p l ower which resisted, or'the•iirtitire which thwarted that purpose, he had no rideihOhia the sense of the country would serve to ensure Its success. The .Learned Bent. concleded with giving notice of a mo tion for Tuesday next, upon the subject to which his observations referred. • On the motion of Mr. SHARP, k Return was or dered of the Amount of Bank Tokens sod Bank Post Bills issued by the Bank, from the 7th of . April last to the 20th instant, distinguishing the Post Bills un der 51. . General THORNTON moved for an Account of the total Amount of _Debentures issued by the Com. missloners for the Redemption of the National Debt to Saving Banks in England, together with en Esti mate of the annual interest upon such issues, at 41. 1 la. per cent. and a statement of the nature of the Stock purchased up to the Latest period to which the lame could be made out. • Mr. MELLISH presented a Petition from certain inhabitants of Westminster against the Westminster Gas Light Bill.—Referred to the Committee upon the said Bill. • Mr. BROGDEN brought in a Bill for the forma tion of Parochial *rick Societies.—Read a . first, and ordered to be read a second_tinte on Saturday. The same Gentleman presented an Account of the Public Funded Debt, together with the interest and Charges thereupon.—Ordered to be printed. A short conversation took place upon the Report of the Hainaelt Forest Bill, in which Messrs. BEN HUMISSON, and FAZAKERIAY took a part.— The Report was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Saturday, to which day the House Adjourned. • FRENEM PAPERS. Bent'''. MAY O.—The Count de Walmoden, Lieut. Fiel4-Marshal of Aosta'', bus returned from Berlin to Vienna, after having had several confer. ences with Prince Hardenberg, and even with the King. Hilt:4lisssion bad reference to the military establishment of the Germanic Confederation. The two principal powers of Germany are desirous of having a previous understandiug on this important ob. ject, for the purpose of presenting a uniform vote to the Diet. Their union is one of the surest guaran tees of the peace of Germany and Europe. A dreadful fire lately devastated the town of Salta. burg. Ten persons peashed . in it; and two others, still missing, have most probably experienced a simi lar fate. One of them is the bookseller Zaunrieth. Sixty-seven houses and 15 coach-houses were entirely consumed. Five other houses were very much da maged; four churches have fallen, and seven houses destroyed in the gardens of Frosckham. These edi fices, with a bridge, have been a prey to the flames; the total loss has been valued at 5,000,000 of florins. The flames were so active, that all the edifices which were attacked were consumed in less than an hour. LAUSANNE, MAT 19.—A lake that has been lately formed in the valley de Bagne, in Valais, threatens with incalculable loss all the neighbouring country. This valley, about five teepees above St. Branchier, presents a •ery narrow passage, commanded on the south by the side of hlauvoisits, which oilers an ea tremely rapid declivity, and on the north by Moot. illeurear, which has a much greater elevation. The lower pad of the latter presents a line of rocks of about bOO fret its height, surmount..d by the •ast gla. tier of Chedros, which mounts by stages to the very summit of the mountain. From this glacier enormous blocks of ire frequently detach themselves, and fall into the valley, where they are accumulated against the line of rocks over which ttwy precipitate themselves in cascades. The bed of the Drance is completely concealed, and this river, formed by the waters from the more distant ea. ciers, appears below this mass of ice and snow. _ These masses of ice have singularly increased since 1815. The kind of !salt or of natural gallery, under which the Drance once found its passage, was closed up during the last winter, and the waters, finding no passage, have accumulated behind the barrier of ice, and now actually form a considerable lake. This barrier traverses the breadth of the valley, and rests upon the opposite sides of the two mountains. Its length, measured in the higher part, is about 500 feet ; its breadth, taken at the base, is at least 900 feet ; and ifs height, at the lowest part near the side of Itilauvoiain, is about 2.'20 feet, but it is much more considerable on the side of Mout-Pleareur. The lake, on the 14th instant, was 7,200 feet in length, about 360 feet in breadth, and its greatest depth 180 feet, end the waters are daily aogmenting. On the 10th ■nd 11th of May, they have increased eight inches in 24 hours. The Government of the carton of Valais have wisely orderki measures of precaution to be taken in the places most esposed to danger. These measures, which are alone practicable in the existing state of things, Fon■lit in coning a passage about 50 feet be low the snow of the lake, that time might be had to effect this work before the waters rise to this height. NEXT THU By the Act jest passed (or Wog the rates or sub sisience to be paid to innkeepers and others on quar tering soldiers, one shilling and treopence per day is to be paid by every non-commissioned officer and pri. sate soldier who shall be furnished with diet and small beer, and one shilling per day tot bay and straw for every horse quartered on them. y..0.00u PER MINUI T. FOR SIXTH- URA REE OF TKRY. itiORATION.• Ogre,. it _ . and ''THSLSTATESMAIV. -~.. ~o~~oi~`~~ rataaT, afaal 11140118. The Quevesistalth ii so villa improved; that no further Bulletin will he lashed. Whin this happy restoration has taken place, and the gayest cerebra. ,tions it Court are expected to follow, it will be as carious as Impolite, if the Loan CHANCELLOR shall continue to talk aboat the Queen's demise, and his Bill of Provision:. We noticed yesterday the opposition mustered in the House of Lords to Mr. Baotronasa's Bill for en quiry intO the conduct of Trotters of Charitable In. atitotiona. The abases in the management of the revenues of these establishments are beyond belief or calcalation. Thelotto CHANCELLOR admit; the necessity of enquiry, and many of Mr. Biloyouam's clauses have been emended or Introduced et the express desire of his Lordship. Yet it appears from The debates of last night in the noose Of CoMmons on the Pbqi Laws, and the previous proceeding in the Lairds, that the CHANCE.LLOR, with all the policy of a lawyer, is strenuously (though cautions!, and covertly)endeavouring to defeat the Bill. The Lotto exascer.t.otc is understood to be most formidable, though Lord Reennala is apparently its most open, enemy. Mr. BROUGHAM, last night, spoke wit h just in 7 dignation of this inconsistent and faithless Legislation, and called upon the House of Commons to vindicate thedignity of its cha racter,and thehonour of its proceed ings as a LegislativeArvembly that had given itsstuction 'to the measure,—a measure which the country now universally-expects and demands to be carried into execution. The Bill, he said, it now appeared, was to be cot down and emasculated, and its whole virtue withdrawn, and was then to be called a Bill for Pro- , sooting Ejfedual Enquiry! If such a Bill was to be sent bkek to them, filled with modifications which had been triumphantly rejected when brought forward in that House, he trusted the House would know how to con sult its own dignity, and he, instead of taking any steps respecting it, should direct his attention to the preparation of some other measure. He trusted that a Committee of that Arouse would fearlessly pursue its object in spite of all the difficul ties with which the timid sceptical Legislator, the 'weak and panic struck alarmist, the mere—but he would refrain from giving full expression to his thoughts might attempt to impede its course. lie was cook' lident that the house would vindicate its own in. comestible rights and privileges, that its Com mittees would not shrink from the performance of their duties, however laborious, and even Costly, as compared with the proceedings of a Com. mission, and would ultimately submit a proposition suitable to the exigencies of the case, and satis factory to the universal and loudly expressed sense of men of all ranks in the community.— We hope that Mr. BRoUGHAM will persevere in this noble resolution, in spite of all the chicanery' exerted to protect abuses of the .most flagrant• and injurious character. We have heard that letters have been pouring in from all quarters, detail. ing abuses and recommending enquiry, to the num ber of above fourteen hundred t day. The Ministerial Papers, and the " trae• Pittite•," who fare sumptuously an the Public Purse, build Churches with the Public Money to cover their sins, and who vote themselves pure sad honourable, and the saviours of the nation, dwell much on the increasing prosperity of the country, which they tell us even keeps pace with the increase of blasphemy, profeneisessond other immoralities. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, it seems, after all his borrowing and schemes to supply the necessities of the Stale, finds out that the Revenue is going on improying at the ratiq of 100,0001. per week, and this is such a delicious Or. : cumstince that nothing now bet theWsost clieering' peospects can be contemplated—we mail ell be 'la in A very short lime, if Mr. VANSITTARE I IAffPekIy crease continues. We pray that it may-;—we pray to the genius that watches over our prosperity that Mr. VANSITTA HT'S figures be right. E►en at this ratio of improvement, however, it will take a considerible time to meet with corresponding sums, the items on the debtor side of the State books. A deficiency of Fourteen Millions within the year, the Interest of the Debt and Current espences Siaty.two Millions, or monthly Five Millions One Hundred Sizty.siz Thousand and Siey.six Pounds, is a pretty permanent prospect. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S increase 'may not be quite so lasting. But will the agricultural part of the com munity tell us that their a6airs are in a progressive stale of prosperity, even with the prospects of fine weather and a good harvest before them ? They that sow not cannot expect to reap. The harvest of indus try in this respect has, unfortunately in many in. stances, been already anticipated by remorseless hands. 'ftis a fact which we challenge these senators about prosperity to disprove, that many landlords have been obliged to give up half their rent to theietenants;, VC I' ,- pcosirsu, tueiayli sailliefeac and distali)V parches have not town. So mac r Jrrtas prosperity • Lord SIDKOUTn' gmagity, Int-da 1 of our Lowe, have a "ft been signally eV The Court of King's Bench yesterday pn _• . • _ upon ARTHUR TRISTLEWOOD, for len% a challenge to Lord Stnreotyrn. The adorns's/I,' man was sentenced to one year's imprisonmeitt jr . Horsham Jail, in the county of Susses,• and et expiration of that period, to find security for his go l o • •Icilai w n: h eistli e sdhei r ed e pecn i s l tu:T s rueh t e i ri c yoni e sfese i e s nial eq s;:in u el: a s eett i l y ce, a hi ta d hrin&e i a m iptoro pe :43jt r e: t wu i im par tia lly i l ice y oiav a ne d dßh m aiAtnyw i lte n a: i I :46 t hY e so f II:k t: : the high and the low." And this sentence is sin,/ of it. The circumstances of this case, and the Ses, proceedings in which THISTLEWOOD was not In t since engaged, are still fresh in every one's mind. • • Paris Papers have reached os to the 26th iodate,' Hypocrisy and the revived mummery of the Cathi e Church, with its Priestly supporters; and the very Catholic Court of Ls?uts XVIII. h ave h a d a Grand Procession. The ceremonies of the Fete Diei, %ford Longer details than we have,pitienceto enter • into. Processions u Ith the Host; ne are told, too, piste is all the Parishes of the French AC srop o n,, an d m ax.. - stsua.and the Duke hod Nilsen of Anoonana,were figuring among the Faiihf r al with lighted tapers is thri f hands. The Doke stud Duchess of Bust too mingteill, the mob f •dteotees, and in this manner flatlet and the pious mob visited end paid their respects .b every public place and The fronts of the public of. &es, not forgetting the quondam depositories of Deism and Atheism,, where they doubtless made a prolonged halt. Care was taken, however, theta sufficient number of National Guards, and troop of the Line, shobld be joined to the Prot* sions, lest the ferroei of devotion should carry • the minds •of tite:detotees. too far. This hand of votaries visited . the Chapel of the Tbuillerles, where Louts XVIII. received •the benediction of the Holy Sacrament. At half-put eleven, the King, ac. compassied by the Spanish and Neapolitan, Ambn. eiders, attended Mau, and afterwards held agreed Levee. The Prince flop! oifhovantA arrived on the 15th at Munich, on his return from Italy. An WU smuggling vessel sank on the 14th inst. in gob/ea of Boulogne harbour, end two of the crew perished. The Flanders Papers j iilention the arrival of the Doke of Wera.tteovon at Brussels on the fld, from his tour of inspection ; and his departure on the 24th for. his' head-q u itte r ' s a t eambray. The King of ,• . PRUSSIA heti sent lo Brelleel6 6 cast Iron prrarcid, to - • be erected on the fi e l d' of Waterloo, in commernora. don of , the &fusions :rho Jell there. Another ca rious instance of his PresSiin Majesty's atten.ion to ihe wislieS of his subjects is mentioned in these Papers. He has addressed a letter to Counsellor Zan., et Coblentz, thanking him for his diligence is preventing persons from signing .the Petition which was circulated in the Duchy of the Rhine, requesting a Representetive Coostintion. How much these Legitimates diilike the sound of Petitions and Representative Constitutions! They will promise, thank their minions, imprison, lacerate, and shoot their subjects—do any thing but rot hefty and independence (*communities. • , Mails from -Hambergh and Hollsee bring Mists and Papers to the 26:h. The f . Clut of Swipes (HERNADotr6) Was crowned with t he neat pomp on the 11th inst. bribe title of CHAIM, XIV. The Jews of Leipsic have, in consegeence..of a resole. tion passed by the booksellers of that city by a 01. jority of 101 voices to 10, eicludiutteetas from all traffic on the Exchange s , .published ed Address lb their brethren of the sari, persuasion frequenting • • a the 'Leipsic great fairs,:' -Is de ten up in . the Ger man ind Hebrew- tang,, complains in strong but just terms of the- in:fttatek•olhey have pipe. rienced, and recomasendia Petition to :the King* , PRU 691 61 eutseating Me Majesty's permissien to 'establish a fair et Nsomberg. The proscription thus enforced by the 'Christian bookselleia of I..l4P sic, .most be considered as disgraceful to the character of those from whom it..hao prideeded.— The Jews affirm in their Address; shit it has been chiefly owing to the persevering industry of mer chants of their religion, that Leipsic has been raised to the distinguished rank it holds among the com mercial cities of the Continent ; and,shoold this at tempt to transfer their influence to another place, to which they are now driven by an ungrateful into lerance, he attended with success, there can be U. injury resulting from it which the people of Leipsic will not, in the judgment of all unprejudiced mar have justly deserved. . . The copy of a letter, said to have been address ed by the Emperor ALEXANDER to the Dui., of WELLINGTON, on the late attack upon his life, i 4 communicated in private c , rrespondence from part,:. The letter is mere'y fillid with compliments . to the Doke, and (no wood 'r his Grace should be pr .00 tolls him bow much !leaven and his Russian Majesty are interested in his safety. Yesterday mornirg Mr. PII,OU D NA N , the ktvo's Messenger, arrived in town with dispstches from Berlin. Thls day being the Anniversary of King CHARLES 11.'s Restoration, the two Houses of Parliament ad• learned last evening until Saturday. - so trap a respietto IF spilies of the welCits from iTiaki 0 ibbr ibe'objeCt. l to tie character ,f I ct*n ilonsisteney thif:tiotiodi be , had 41Itated, he felt. the urging the Committee to continue its in F' ~T: ,' 4 4 1 14 ,\ E L t k/ , . s. - - . P ; .1 .i I