The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-04-15 00:00:00

r' , i ...1 . .. .. lii i t t.. . . . ‘,. r.*4. 1 - Lord found on his admission to office, that during the administration of his predecessor, tw. Ambassadors had been kept a year at trome as it were to season them in their new characters, and by a magnanimous ' ei.ort he sent them to their destinations. An Aus . than Ambassador is said to have just arrived, and I. dare say, there is a prodigious ferment in the Fo reign office, and that the Noble Lord's mind is too mot+ heated and occupied with other and grander speculations, to think that any time should he lest in considering whethec the public ought to pay 20001. per annum to Colonel M'Mahou for tying up and dot ' Ling papers. Notwithstanding, however, these pur. suits and occupationeof 'the Noble Lord, .it is not to be forgotten that this is a new case; such, per Laps, as is quite worthy of this new. we. It be. hoses the Howie to remember that which is rnaur., fest, that the Prince Regent,in the full possession of his faculties, perfectly able to read and write,and fully compoteat to the transaction of public business, calls in that species of assistance which William 111. whieb.! •Geo. ¶. and Geo. H. in their long career of glory,'; end at those periods which are universally deemed to be the prnidest in. our national annals, did not re. , • quire; which Geo. 111. did not require, until by the tevere visitation •of Providence he was afflicted with blind Leis. [llear, .hear . 1] What ! deprive the Prince of a !iecretaris,ezclaimsan Honourable Gentleman— will youligi him .no help ; will you afford him no time !o deliberate on the vast projects of those il. battles" Ministers by whom he k surrounded ?-11is Makety had managed to dealt this. Oh r but then you do not consider the prodigious increase of public busi. lie:, since. 1604, and there may be some reasonable wonder ha* the business of that year was got through. —[lleer, -hear !] Whet, so moderate too, it is asked, • as the suns of 20001.--and W it"be so moderate, objection can there' be to the Prince paying it out of tila own private purse..—[Near', hear .9 — It was not the amount of emoltinwatt that constituted tho . objection to Col. M'Mahon's former. appoint ment; but the principle which had been condemned, awl trust his . present will be, by the House of Com mous. •The House ought to inform itself of the real • duties attached to newly-erected office. Ido no) be lieve that they consist is the drudgery described, As a Privy Counsellor, Colonel M'Mahon has a right to give advice to his Royal Highness. • A Noble Lord and two Right Hon. Gentlemen, whose orpiment' were so much.alike as to render it difficult to distin guts!' between them, tell us at once that the Prince Regelit cannot act without the aid of such. an ap. pointment. Do they mean to say this, that it is to be co-urilinate with the functions of Royalty, that the monarehy is too 'unwieldy. to be managed by a sing!i• "Land, pod that therefore, that there is a necessity for calling in Colonel M'Makon %to bear his share of the burden.—[Meer, 'hears hear!] —From the cheer .of .the Right Honourable Gentleman, when, by a Right Honourable Friend of Thine - the phrase of early prediiections was used, he may have supposed that I included myself in the ; number of those to whom iemight generally be ap. plied. But I beg leave to disclaim the honour; the shot is fared over my head. Doubtless we now 'know nothing of private attachments or private action"; , llaaugh a pretty general belie: once prevailed that there once were such things as political preferences and regards. But this is at an end, the scone is closed, and we are bound to forget all-that has pass ed. We are henceforward to look only.to the ap, purrs and responsible servants of the Cross ; and. I trust, 'that after all we have heard, and all we have experienced, from the evils of a secret iiifluesice, we shall not permit this new mia to be signalized by the formal appointment of an intermediate officer tweeu the Crown and its Ministers. Mr. CAI/CRAFT explained. Mr. WHAERFORC I.: said, the impression which the whole of the debate had to-night made upon his mind was, that the appointment was of a much more learmies nature than what had been by several re presented. The extended scale of British operations must have made the adoption of a private secretary necessary, and those who thougbt there had been no increase of public duty would have done well in making that as a foundation for the motion. The Regent had received his appointment at a moment when an 'impute load of public business pressed up, on his place, and he did. well in endeavouring to lighten it. No responsibility was attached to the situation; _the Crown Still possessed all its power, and the Ministers were still accountable for their ccnduet to the nation. There appeared a thousand small matters of business and correspondence, where in Colonel M`Mahoa might be of infinite seance to his Royal Highness. The pressure of public busi peas had . been felt through all the different depvt ments ; eli had required assistance, linden rec4ted it. Though that was an appointment 1p which he' would declare there could be no apprehension ; yet there was one thing h# devoutly wished, which was, that the Prince Regent had paid the salary from his owri privy purse. ['law, hear ! from ale Opposi limaßoselics.] Still, however, he felt theßropriet, of the appointment, and.sherdd nqt oppeitit by Oa vote, Mr, vritrrattuo, in explanation, said, that be was of 'eyelid trades himself, in all of which he employed clerks for public business ; he had a pri vate clerk, end he paint him from his private purse. Lord FOLKESTONE, rising in support of the motion, said, that during his travels ou the Conti.. nent he had learned a story which he now desired leave to repeetk In the Prussian Mon& liy a man, K it from perforadh offices ethe menial aho the Court, was accepted of as a pander to the • he became a rank parasite; was dreaded and carte d was then made his Private Secretary ; 'and Snally, closed his cawr by becoming subservient to the views of Finore, and humbling the Monarchy at the feet of Bottliparte. Therefore, such an appointment as that pf Col M‘Mahon being by Mm considered as 4U. genius, he would vote for the motion. Mr. MAIWYATT considered th e present not a Constitutioual but party question, and would there fore vote against the motion. Mr. CIiA,II.I 4 ES ADAMS, from the Ministerial side of the. House, sppke against the illation Mr. TIERNEY was anxious to know it) what de. partment of the state the immense accumulation of business had taken place. Ile could learn of no Additional trouble haying heeq cast upon his Royal. Highness beyond that which was formerly performed by his Ma arty, therefore, let the Hortograble 40.1: •••,..AZ •'.. .-: • . ~,'hz.,~.;~ a~.a ~, _ . . • • LONDON: , IORIM047•• 4i*kil t 18' *. We have letudaid: Bfqtricelqw and other .Frenci • Papers to. the 11th - init. ; bit they are entirely silent u to idie affairs of Spain and Portugal. Borsti , inTE Mad not set oat from Paris on the 9tb. as we find him es that day hunting in the forest of St. Germaine f , er accounts from Berlin, it appears that the Duke of itnocto entered that capital on the mprniug of the *Bth March, at the he'd of the French troops, 'f id eonsequenceo f the perfect understandipg which sub sists between PeOssia and France." On the same day, at noon, the ling of Feussta and snit arrived, I when *y were complimented by * French Mu ! rbat ; which, they r ok tegethee Pi front ;hell 1 1:5 1 y, 3004 1 clift.44. iR grwers_g4 , • THE STATESMAN. ber for Yorkshire (Mr. Wilberforce), when talking at random of extended operations, learn from official documents, that his assertions are true. It was a most awkward statement of that Honourable Gea-. tlemati to represent that the Regent would 6nd a Secretary necessary for the management of his pri vate correspondence. What, for to write his let ters amongst his private friends ! and would the Par. 'lament grant a Salary to the' Regent's Letter-wri ter He denied that the'place which Col. M'Ma hon held could be called by any other name than that of Secretary of State, else it was nothing. In fine, he could not comprehend the nature of the.ap. pointment—but it would appear to be of that de scription that had he any address to make . to the Regent, be should make it without hesitation through 1 the Colonel himself. Mr. FULLER was of opinion that it was neces. sary for the Prince to have a Private Seeretary to his private ;corirkspondenee. There must also be a !great presses* of public business upon him. It ought to be recollected, that' when his Majesty ascended the throne, he was very young and very diligent, and that he went to bed early, and rose betimes, in order to get through the public business; but the Prince now in exercise of the sovereign authority,' was not so young, nor was be so accustomed to bue siness ; nor had he such early habits; and it was most desirable, therefore, that he should have every neces sary assistance. A great deal had been said about patriotism ; it was cedar; enough to hear the family of the Grenvilles calling out so loudly about patriot ism; they who posssessed places, which, when they were first conferred upon them, were not worth more than 60001. &year," but which had now increased in value to shoos"- 30,0001. a year! 'This was. really a burthen to.ate people, and it would be some thing like patriotism if the holders of those places would decline to take more from the State than the sums which they were originally worth. The fact was, that patriotism had; nothing to do with the pre sent motion. It originated in party disappointment. bad been stated as an objection to the ap. pointment of Colonel M'Mahon, that as a Privy .1 Counallor-he was bound to tell his Sovereign what I he thought was wrong. lie wished some of the Hon. *Gentletben opposite, who were Privy Councillors, and who witnessed the rancorous hatred cherished by a certain set of persons who were disappointed in their political views, would use their privilege;and would go to the Prince and tell him who went his best friends. For his part, he believed the country would havebeen happy to see such meu as the Duke of Bedford and Lord Grey among the Adtninistra tion. But if they had weighed themselves down with a millstone which they bad tied 'canal their own necks, it was not the fault of the Prince or or the couutry, but their own fault alone.— [-4 laugh.] After a short reply from Mr. WYNNE, the Mouse divkle&t.. Fortis kirtio*.loo—Against it 167,...lkisjority ~ • -11tAit.RACKS. Mi. VU§n t ()TON appeared at the Bar with the Report of Coemsaitiee iff Supply. On the questionhat ithe brought up ; Mr. VREEMANTLE objected to the motion, until the Estimates and Plan, for which he had list night moved, should be on the table of the liotute.— Be repeated his statements which be had made yes terday,respectiug the Barracks in Marylebone Park, In Liverpool, and in Bristol, and expressed his con fidence, that the House would pause before they en tertained such extravagant propositions at a moment Like the present. ___ • Mr. WII&RTON restated the arguments which he urged in the Committee yesterday evening against the objections of the. Hon. Gentleman ; observing, that if, when the plans were produced, the House should think these barracks were on too large a scale, the remedy would be easy, by refusing the supplies for them in future years. - Mr. WHITBREAD then moved as an amend. meat, that instead of " now," the report should be brought op " to-morrow se'nnight." Some conversation took place, in which Mr. Baakes, Mr. Wilberforce, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Freemautle, Sir J. Newport, the Speaker, Mr. J. Smith, a n d M r . You sonby participated._ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex. pressed himself willing to reserve the 90,0001. ob., *fed to for future consideration, and Mr. Whit:: braid withdrew his amendment. The Report was then brought up,' and the other Resolutions, which were considered as unexceptiou. able, agreed to. The Report of the Gold Coin Bill was postponed to Thursday. The other Orders of the Day wore disposed of, and the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. Arr, Nail. Doti 1 6: . Waterford 4 , t 4 b ••• •••• • • • Ai, a% Mike • . . 1 • 1 • t sr••at it i 100 •11 ... 0 fitiVE 04? r 2115445411 Priv: AT:I*E owt.ciCK. Sank 9a Jiidi Bowls 6 7 pr. 3 per Cent. Cons. 6011 Exchequer isms par 9 pe S per Cent. Reel 59." • Ditto 4 per Geils. 7UL_ Minium tgpet. Navy 11* • Commis for Acct. 601+ . Amu. • • , Lottery Tickets ISt TIM st.ATESMAN..- :mi. Apartments, in one of the Royal palaces, Are allotted the Duke of REGGIO, with a Prussian guard of honour; and his troops were billeted on the inhabitants, by an order from the Government. Grand dinners were afterwards given by FREDERICK and his Nobles to the Duke, and several French Ge nerals of Division. An article, dated Vienna, 29th March, states, that the Turkish Government had re jected the proposals for peace offered by Russia, and had declared that they were determined to carry on the war with the greatest vigour. PARIS, APRIL 8. Yesterday his Majesty bunted in the forest of St. Germaies.—Cifonitenr, April 9.) BritLlN, MAace SI. Oa the 28th, his Excellency Marshal Duke of REGGIO made his entry into this town, at the head of his troops. In the morning the Marshal had 'placed them is a line between Charlottenburg and Spandau. llis MAJEstr, accompanied by the PRINCE ROYAL, Princes WII.LIAIIS and FREGERICK I Mar, shal Kaucaeurn, and a numerous seit of superior Officers, arrived at neon. The Duke, after having received ana complimented the King, accompanied his Mmary, who rode before the whole limo. All the regiments afterwards defiled in prvence of the King, who spoke to the Marshal in very flattering terms upoa the fine appearance of bia troops. The Duke of REGGIO inhabits the palace of the Prince Sulttar :• there it a guard of honour of thirty Prussian soldiers, commanded by an Officer. On the 28th an 4 29th, Marshal Count Kxr.xaeurn, and the -Chancellor of State M. de HARDENRERG, gave grand dinners, at which all the Generals here attended, together with the Diplomatic `Corps, and principal Civil' and Military Functions. Yesterday the King gale a grand dinner at Potsdam; Ithe Duke of Reeena, and several French Generale pof Division, bad the honour of• dining with his' MAJESTY. VIENNA, MARca 29. His Exzellency the French Amba‘sador received, on the 21st, a courier from Constantinople, with dispatches, dated the 16th inst. which state that the Porte has rejected all the propositions of Russia, and that she is resolved to re-commence and pros€cutelhe war with the utmost vigeur. NAPLES, MAncm 20. Accounts from Sicily state that Lord BENTINCK continues to govern Sicily, and that the Regency has only an appearance of power. The partisans of the QuEEN have been, by degrees, removed from all pub lic business, and .some have been sent to England : among the former is instanced the Duke of Ascot', who has been deprived of ail the places he held at court ; and among the latter the Chevalier Louts MEDIC!, Minister of State.—(..fsarned de l'Empirc, April We refer our read's* to . the dispatch from The Ga zette Extraordinary, sisitini the gallant achievement of the besieging army at Badajos. Accounts were yesterday received at the Admi ralty, of a gallant action having been fought in the Adriatic between a British frigate and a gun-brig, and an enemy's flotilla, consisting of a 71• gun-ship and seven praams. The whole of the praams were captured or destroyed, and the 74 was beat off in a shattered condition. p i A report has been circulated that a Messenger had arrived with d'epatches from Rtssia, but we cats state positively that there is no foundation for it. It was also confidently asserted that a Messenger had arrived from Austria with dispatches, and . with presents for the PRINCE REGENT, but this report is entitled to no more credit than the former. Letters were yesterday received from Holland, stating, that an Embargo had been laid on all the ports along the coast of France. i It was yesterday reported iii the City, that Mr. DUFF, who is the bearer of dispatches from Ministers to Mr. FOSTER, at Washington, carries out proposals of a very conciliatory nature, which, it is expected, will remove many of the differences at present sub sisting between our Governmeni and that off' the United States. It is said, an arrangement has been suggested, for opening to the Americans, under.cer tain regulations, a trade to the West India Islands. It will be seen by the following truer, that the disturbances in The neighbourhood of Leeds have not subsided : 4-, " 11Ecomownwtaz, Aran It—On rising this morning found ' the rioters had attacked Mr. Cartwright's mill at the Ram - folds, j just beyond Little Town, who is, it scented, a very spirited man, i and 'was well . prepared for them, having himself, with eight soldiers, slept on the mill for some time, aud had well barricaded it. It was secured on the back by the dam, breast work of large nag-stones were put before the windows, }caving apertures for those inside to put their firelocits through. 14.eentincl was Lacedl a on the outside, whom the rioters sur nixed and disarmed, :atillall.were asleep, bat one, . affigffierhortektrel t t• ! Ivlth true courage said, • I .ll6W)ll4:llidithey Sire come, be steady." , :His party being placed behind the figyat?oes, he went to the : ille window and fired (as Se saw wawa) from side to side. •slioldisirslay they never sawasnaa load and fire so fast. The • •tbstets finding they could pot get the door down with their and hassuriers, nearly shot it 'Oro. It was expected y would soon enter, when Mr. C. ordertd the soldiersto fix valets. declaring he would'shoot the - first that flinched, but the invaders soon drew off nod disappeared. Some are 6 " PPmed to he throirn into the dam, and two wounded were lying near the buildivomewitha kg broken (byashot)wisich was Won afteram--• rtited, sau tuid he survived but a very tittle tittle. It is said, be is a .., '5 son , about 19, apprentice to a Tinge'', at Und id. The other was from Halifax, abd had a bullet, whic.h took off part of the flesh of .his arm, enteeed his chest, and went ! through. Mr. saw him about twtive o'clock, when he reetned dying, and it is said he is since (kik ; but made no con. : testion. We hope this will deter from further pruceedinri. ' They are known to each other by numbers, • not by name. other willif in the neighbourhood are guarded in a similar 'manner, and. the proprietors, encouraged by this examgle, are determined to make almost vigorous resistanne,/* . PRISONERS OF 17:12. • . . << ' 7 • .• CORN Excitant's, APRIL lb.—To-day we have several fresh arrivals of Wheat, partly from ticutki . tud, and saleirt hereof nearly at Monday ' s quotation ; the same may be noticed in Barley.— Rye Somewhat higher • fine Malt likewise. White and Grey Pease asid BOW of ;aclitiort nearly at last prices. Although 3: 1 11991/ra Sre rather cnusiderablit, yet, from a continuance of demand, this article is spin minted smkewitat dearer; aPd Flail. at late quoted prima. . . . Wheat . .:. ..... up. Ms 166 s ; Tick do. (new) .. SR - 64 , t iise4tq9 .. •..• • • 138 li • -14. (Pole WO .. 65 66 '3'a . 74 I Oats .. . 4j. 47 49 seley . 64 7 Poland to. 96 104 *c Polittilitt''- , .51 11 r e ,' (Wilk* MQ Sal • T •C 6 03 .666' , -------F73:3-a"r•.- --- - - r ad ! ., 60 nos • .., 105 s. 141 . 1,914110111: ;' rioted end l'oblithrd •t• .... " B s,l' kb serf •opo*:: ; 114 --• 1 , - Or wrcriptx. On le% V; .-. . . . .. •' • • • •• . . • . , - THE TRANSPORT COAI:o NOT GUII.Ty op Ti LION (li. m FOUL CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINSt' IT Hy E:VT [The following Letter was received he the E DITOR is due eionnie. but by slime aceiaeni it nas mislaid. or would hire been inserted at the proper cow.] TO TII1?. EDITOR. OF THE STATESMAN. Stn,--I am fully permuted that y ou never knew. ingly admit a fnl se h oo & to h o c i rcu!ated through your Journal, and are at a ll ti mes ready to coUttidiet i t when it has taken place. Now, An your ,Sr, rzs. MAN, dated Marsh it, floNrsrus, blindly led on h i his zeal for an Exchange of PriSoners of War, a ,. eusea the Transport Board of being the ruse of it s not taking place, and in round terms as.erts, a n . they are influenced by gain, arising from rt.: Wit par ticulars, which he names, but which I know to L false, and as a lover of truth cannot suit t o ...er ren;;;io uncontradicted; although I assur e . y ou, I hold tu, plaue,and receive no pension, f rom thi s or any other branch of Ms Majesty's Governnp n t, an d h ave not the most distant prospect of obt a i n i ng e ith er in future, or the smallest intention of applyi ng , b y any means, For either. lioncarns begins with prisonera on parole, and, taking it fer granted that their remittances from France passed through the handiof the gentlemen conatitating the Transport Board, :he positively as. *efts, that they keep the amount, five or six months, sidea4lor it in itoat-jobbing. Sow, sir, 1 can positively assert, from evidence that cannot deceive me, that the chief part of these remittances do not pass through the hands of the Commissioners at t Transport Office, but are sent to some banker, o r merchant, in London, who, for the most part, bid before sent a Bill, drawn by the person to whom the sum is remitted, on their friend in. France ; ohicti bill they . had . first received from some banker, er merchant, residing in the town where the drawer is on parole; and, according to regular and general or. der, the return is remitted by,tbe farmer to the lat. ter, indePesdent of any middle agent; a *cum. stance known to the Commissioners, and never, I believe, disallowed by them, With respect to the I small part which does pass through the hands of the Transport Board, Ican also dechate, that the dates oftbe letters from France (which I have seen) ad. riaiug of these remittances, compared ,with thetille they have been received by the prisoners, have son ' plet9it . .proTed the falsity of their having been em, played live or six months in Stockojobbing. neat, accused the Commissionewof being base. Brett what their, agents think proper to tend . tnem of the property 9f those whadie, or runaway, With "respecitothr runaways, or •-parole-breakers, they . are sufficiently wise,' to sell tp-thek comrades that part Of Jheir property which they cannot tel:e with them ; and as to those who din s what they Imes behind them Te employed on their Amoral, and pay ing their debts (if they have a:iy), and.the remainder (if 'any thing remains) is carefully preserved for thnTi kends. The prisoners in close confinement, he [goes on to say, are still more productive in profit to the Commissioners ; and then he tells us, that the ' 1 suits of clothes allowed them by Government, every eighteen months, is never received, and the moony that should have bought them is pocketed by those Gentlemen. .This also is a gross falsehood, as erru one must see, who visits the prisons, as the Go vernment livery, is the chief dress which presents itself to their view and as to the nakedness of some, it.is occasioned by their loosing their clothes by gaming, or selling them to buy tebaceo, or spirit : ous liquors ; and I have been told by some of the prisoners themselves, that if these men were clothed ever so often, they would soon, by these means, re duce themselves to the same wretched and shameful state. With respect to the quantity of bread and meat, I have been informed that the Government ' allowance of the latter is not sufficient for men of to. 1 110 lerable appetites, and that the quality of both is metimes very bad ; but neither the one nor the other ' ; of those circumstances, .if true, can possibly affP ol 4 any proAt to the Transport Board. • l' The cause of 'in Exchange of Prisoners net tal,in ' place, when a negociation was so far advanced f" that purpose, that the British Government agreed to receive Spaniards and Portuguese for Frenchmen, , Froleng)tediip. , was jestiessey on- hotly Ales. For in . stanoe f the French Government supposed (or affected . to stipposel that if they admitted the proposal of the English Govecument, for first sending home all the English Prisoners in France, and in return receiving an equal number of French Prisoners from England, that then the balance of 'French Prisosers re maining in England would never be exchanged for all equal numberof Spanish and Portuguese Priscnteriia France. On the, other band, the English Government supposed, that if they agreed to the French pro' posal, -of beginning and centinuing the exchange: l!'y receiving only one-third of English of Spanish and Port4tiese, for au m i l d num ber o; Frenchmen, that ern; when all the Pretichml• prisoners in England,. were thus exchanged, thc English still remaining in France would be retaiori, iii spite of any agreement to the contrary iii . For awn part, I think the English Government went too far, in agreeing to receive Spani --- ' for French, en any terms ; - as no doubt, be as much French su), re tu day, as.the latter ; and then conducted, would have placed alt! two-third: French Goiernment a large addi which might-base boon employ( A F' Osidnumplon. Devon. blarcb vs, HI aiards and Portuvec, the two former subjects, at no Tory 10- hen the Exclynnte to in the hand , of tddition to their artn,, •ed against Engl.nui. FRU:ND TO gßt.ill. dby P. Lort!.,t. 1.1 ' ? i, }leo 4treet. ` • • X 4l t