The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-04-21 00:00:00

penal. Ile saiif that for the fourteen teen before the suspension of cash payments, there had been but four convictions fat forgery, and that fiit the four teen years subsequent to tt, there had been 471.. He m oved.as alt Amendment that the Report be brought lip that day six months. Mr. Sill EON opposed the aniendnient: Sir JOHN NEWPORT disapproved of thi.eitiett: sku of the Bill I. Ireland. • • Mr. M'NAGHTON thotight It but fair Bud the Irish tenantry shotild hair as much proteCtion ai the English. Mr. JOHNSTONE thought that both.Scetlind and Ireland should be exempted froth the operation of the 1.1111. Air. N. VANSITTAR.T maintained that the Bill had been already attended with considerable benefit in England, and its extension to Ireland was an ob ject in the highest degree desirable. Mr. lIORNER, at considerable length, opposed the general principle of the Bill. -The invariable effect of Legislative interference was tar increase, rather than diminish the evil. The root of the evil, the excessive issue of Bank Notes, ought to be struck at. The rate of exchange was now, in con sequence of the measures taken by Government, lower than at the time the Bullion Committee sat.— He remarked upon the extraordinary coincidence, I that the rise in the price of Bullion exactly kept pace I with the augmented issue of notes from Thread needle-street. Mr. BARING shortly opposed the Bill; after which a division took place on the question that the Report be hroug up, when the numbers were Ayes 1313—Noes t 9. The Report was accordingly received, when Lord A. HAMILTON, after many judicious ob servation., proposed a clause to confine the dividend of profit to the Proprietors of the Hank of England to 101. per cent. His object was,-that the Bank might have an interest in the recommencement of payments In speck. This clause was opposed by Mr. Manning and Mr. Yaasktart, and supported by Mr. Brougham; but it *as negatived without a division. Mr. TAYLOR also proposed a elapse to toinpel the Bask to employ the surplus, above 101. per cent. to the purchase of bullies, which was also negatived offer some important discussion. GEO. JOHNSTONE proposed a Shim to limlt.the issue of Bank.uotes, which au likewise negatived. The Bill was then recommitted, and The CHANCELLOit of the EXCHEQUER proposal, what he termed, a valuable Amendment, taking away from the landlord the right of ejectment after a tender of Bank-uotes in payment of his rent by the tenant. It was warmly oppoisd by Messrs. Horner, Broug ham, and others, on the ground that it was :..most important alteration, depriving the landlord of his only remaining remedy, and making Bank-Notes ter 111 intents and purposes legal tinder. The Chancedor of the Exchequer and Mr. Simeon maintained a contrary position ; insisting that nothing new in principle was suggested, and indeed that the piteration had been* contemplation from the core _ -. The Amendment Ives passed without a dhidon ; the Report was brought up, received, agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time te.motrow (this day), The other Orders of the Day mere then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Two &Clock. PRENCH PAPERS. Eters, Aram 14.—Letten from Valladolid of the 4th of Mareh i mention, that the town of Soria, hay ing been attacked on two points by about 5,0•10 brigands of the bands of Duia t, Amor, Vesura, the Empecinado, and Montijo, who attempted to S take it by stotm, a few cannon-shot were sufficient to disperse them. The brigands lost about 30 men, and had 1W wounded. The garrison had only eight wounded. The General in Chief has testified his satisfaction to Major St. Hilaire, Commandant in that provittee. We learn from Cadiz, that General 1:dull has beaten the army of Marcia, and taken pos. session of the towns of Marcia and Orlhuela. On, the 40th of Match, qhe remains of the inourgent army survived at Wit. General Le Cern= was Sr. PEtta.sivolt, Maws 14.—Count Charles de Levenhielm Aidede•Caasp to the King of Sweden, lately arrived hers ; he wee present at the review which took place at the close of last month. Twit other Swedish oaten Use since arrived. Manny, APRit. 3.—Accounts from Vienna men. Lion, that the Russian General, Prince %infirm, has arrived en tbefrontiers of Gallicia with a corps ditffmee. Count Novesilzoff is still at Vienua : but it is believed that he will:soon depart for St. Peters. burgh. MADRID, MAUR 20.--His Majesty's birthday was yesterday celebrated with solemnity. Discharges' isf artillery announced this fete at daybreak. The Xing received in the morning the chief public fanc tionaries, and the nobility. In the evening all the city was illuminated, and there was a masked-ball at the theatre de las Ca*nos del Peral. The Municia ley of Madrid celebrated this day by acts of bene ficence. His Majesty made a 'teat number of pro. motions in the Royal Order of Spain, and appointed Den Ciptiani Palafex, Oentleman of the Chamber; the 30tatersis d'Ulnapa, Major Demo of the House. ikeod ; tad Don Antonio Roiz, Master of the Cere. mettles. In the vicinity of Aldea del Fresno, Ge- Iberia Capitaine has surprised, and &latest entirely destroyed the band of Fermin, who escaped alone. In the discussion of the Haymarket Theatre ease esi Saturday and yesterday, in the Court of Chan cery, it was stated, that the Wardrobe-keeper had suffered the wardrobe to be deteriorated, by with holding the necessary supply of pepper to kill the moths. It was also mated, that one of the under. keepers was in the habit of pawning his blankets in sanuner to redeem his sheets, and of pawning his sheets is winter to redeem his blankets ; and that he had pgvincd sone of the theatrical peeportY to release his own, in order that he might enjoy the luxury of it bed, With sieges and blankets et the, *se time, -.- _--~ - , - Arr. i tal i c Deis ' 1 '•'• , • - b3htut . • - • • • waerrad I- 1 . ~ U - X PRICE 01 STOCKS Rank 2'23 3 per Cent. Coed: 61 3 par Cent_ Red. 60 4 per Cents. 71fi 5 per Cent. Navy 91fl Lang. Ann. 15 7-16 1•••• DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK Trisha Hoods 1 t pr. -F.scheqtget Kids 1. d par Ditto Nt Cuioir tor Acct. MI& try 'tickets .6'41:19 THE trIitESIIIAN. " Ogi 111EtidA Y, APRIL. Yip 1811. —.41111.1•••.. It now appears that die ring of Truce, whiNar rived at Dover on Sunday, brought dispatches from the French Minister of Foreign Relations, addressed to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. On their arrival in town, Lord CAsmaxarin had an audience of the PRINCE REozer on the subject, and the communication of the _French Minister Was afterwars submitted to'a Cabinet Council. gothing has transpired as to the nature of these dispatches, but it is generally believed they relate to a negocia. lion for peace with this' coaatry, which, we are sorry to repeat, there is no prospect we shall soon enjoy, unless a change of men awl Measures takes place.— It is expected that the almstlX.of our Government : o.ll4.beseet off this day, iis.fbe.conveyed from Do.: 1 rev to . Calais in a Flag of tittle. List night we received Paris Papers to the 16th instant, but they do not contain any article of i►n portance. BONAPARTE had not left Paris; neither does it appear that any preparations are making for his departure. When he receives the answer of Mi nisters to hi. last communication, it is very probable he will then declare himself more explicitly than he has yet done, u to his present views. It will be seen by the following extract of a lettee , ' dated on Sunday twat, and roceived in town this morning, that there has been some recent disturb ances at Manchester, on account of the high price of provisions : " MAYCILESTER, APRIL 19. " Yesterday there was a riot here. Soldiers, both foot and horse, parading the streefs. There are many sent to the New Bailey Prison, and, 'although the Quarter Sessions only ended last Friday, there are Sessions to be on Thursday nest to try the riot ers. I think they are only beginning here ; but the Boroughreeve anti Magistrates are acting in as cool a manner as possible, and with as much lenity ; pota toes were at - 19s. per.load, but the Magistrates are going to sell them at Bs. to-morrow. Yesterday the mob turned the carts loaded with potatoes over, and they were taken away by them; they also took a quantity of meat from the butchers, which they di vided amongst each other. The Major of the Cum berland Militia was busy yesterday with the Magis trates, selling potatoes to the mob that had been ware- housed." " I am firmly persuaded, that if the system low adopted were abandoned, the consequence would be the szfffedien e the Comm*, of Great Britaln."—Mr. Room Is it come to this ? Is the once flourishing Com merce of Great Britain reduced to so Low an ebb ? Is it dependent on the will of BONAPARTZ ? Is it to flourish or decay at NAPOL&ON'S nod? Such, indeed, is the conviction of theVice-President of the Board of Trade —such his declaration, on the Hon. Mr. limiter's Motion for the production of certain papers connect ,ed with the Licence Trade. If such be the case, we are ruined indeed ! Who have brought us into this j humiliating, dependent situation, but his Majes ty's Ministers, who, by persisting In the Orders in Council, have shut us out from alt trade with America, the effects of which are felt from one end of Great Britain to the other, end all for the sake of distressing the enemy, by destroying his com merce I The Orders in Council were adopted and persisted io for the declared purpose of annihilating the commerce of France ; of impoverishing her revenue, and of making her government abandon her Berlin wed Milan Decrees. Mr. kola, how ever, tells us, and he ought to know, that if we refuse to accept of a partial, restricted, disadvan tageous trade, which BOSAPARTI now and then' permits, for his owe purposes, the ommerce of Great Britain would be extinguished. Thus have we forced BONAPARTE to terms ; thus have we compell ed him to revokehis decrees, and sue for mercy ! But what le this Licence Trade, so all important to the commerce of this country ?It is this per mission to import into France sugar end coffee, and export al least an equal amount in French produo tions and manufactures. This is the condition est the side of France. On our part, the shipper is only obliged to export to the value of 51. per ton, measurement, and he may import to any extent he pleases. There is no restriction 'on the mould of imports. It is evident, at the first glance, that Bo nAPARTt has the advantage in the bargain, not only in the amount of exportation, which is the great point, but he finds a market for his own thantsfee. tures, when we cannot find one for a single article of ours. His burning Decree is in full force, and Sri tisk predactssre destroyed wherever they are found ; and this too at a moment when we are buying his laces, his cambrics, his brandies, and almost every article of French manufacture, of which he has a superabundance. Yet this pityful humiliating traf. tic is to be set in competition with the trade we slight enjoy to the United States of America-... trop used regelarly to taut oft twohill ~..- --•- TH eaddificiares annually. There is another' 44444 codideration attending this trade to France i it wilt d* as of our specie. Every vessel , that goal there *id any. with it a quantity of foreign gold and wilier, and perhaps guineas, clandestinely, arid - that *4l be cottihaed as long as the exchaage on the Ode?' side is at a rate at which bilk can be advantageously purchased on England. Ai long as any thing can be made by buying gold oa this side; and inverting it on that, it will be sent 'bier. No uteasure could ild this operatied to ma. terialty as the frequent intercourse in licensed vessels: 1 Formerly it was carried over only by imugglers, and' was, of course, always attended with considerable risk: This circumstadce alone, aright to have inda ced the Board of Trade to have rejected etery appli 4 &don far a licence. But this trade is not. only ims politic and injUrions to °undies ; it is highly unjust towards America. We are every day Condemning 1 American .Ships for carrying on a trade to a country declared by us to he in a state of blockade, at the very time we are supplying that country with the `merchandise we take froth Americans. We con demn them for carrying them, and then send the sante goods over ourselves.. This is unjust, and will Inot be borne by America. Td crown th e w h o l e , di! valued trade is„ from beginning to end, a uni: fop scene Of perjury and fraud. . - < 'l,:' ...E. • ~ '''.4lllllllll‘..- , i ilea Loyal Liverym an o f the City of London who approve of war, and thestarvation of thousands, in preference to peace and plenty, are requested to sign( a Petition, now lying at the Old London Tavern, to he presented to the PRINCE REGENT, stating, that as &create no grievances to complain of, a reform is to tally unnecessary. It is particularly requested of those who sign this Petition to insert, at the end of their names, the place, pension, of contract they have from Government. Yesterday a meeting of independent dentletnen was held, WALTER FAWKES, Esq. in the Chair, to 'establish a new Club, under the name of The Hemp !den—the leading object of which is a Reform to the Representation of the People. Yesterday Mr. BURKE waited on the Earl of MOIRA, with a Petition from the County of Gal way, which his Lordship has been unanimously chosen Iby that county to bring forward in the Rouse of Lords. The Princess of WALES gave a magnificent dinner OR Sunday last to Messrs. WHITBREAD, TIER.NEY, BROUGHAM, and several other Gentlemen of the House of Commons. Mr. Moxca, a gentleman of considerable landed property in Berkshire, has offered, in a public ad vertisement, to sell-. Bank-notes at a discount of 10 per cent. for the legal money of the realm. The Erthteenth Report of the Commissioners of Military Enquiry has been printed. It states many snob predated in do &slivery el IPP4I/ tread, forage, and fret to the troops. T he e princi pal are committed in the article of forage, and in these the Quarter-Masters and Contractors divide the benefit. At a time when the intemluctlgn of animal per. formers, on our regular stages, excites such conten tion and diversity of opinion, the information may not be unacceptable, that when MOZART'S celebrated Opera, Die Zarberflote, was performed at Vienna, Zoroastro entered in a car drawn by two rcal lions. The conduct of the President and Governors of Bethkm Hospital, in paying for their own dinner, at the ceremonial of laying the foundation stone of a more spacious structure, is a worthy example, which, it is hoped, may operate to the abolition of all Church wardens' feasts, and other gormaodizings, at the ex pence of charitable institutions ! One is led to smile at the change which recent events have made in the sentiments of our sage poli ticians respecting BEttexeorre. But a few months back and he was a base, rapacious, cruel, and pro fligate. upstart, whom the Swedish Diet had been in duced to elect by the` joint influence of bribery and menace. Now he is a magnanirsout Prince; an enemy to tyranny and usurpation;—we have recog nised bisAltle to the throne of Sweden by sending an ambassador to his court, and, In our eagerness to oppose the upstart Bon avanTE, we are willing to overlook the meanness of fIERNADOTTE'S origin, and to forget the means by which he obtained his present power. What wilt the defenders of Thrones and Altais stoop to next ? We verily believe they would coalesce with NAPOLEON himself if their interest re quired it. All this may be politically right, but, in the name of common sense, let us bear no more of reewouput front these vaunted sapporters of social order and regular government. Yesterday the Annual Dinner of the Female Ma. sonic School, of which the Countess of Loupow end. MOIRA is the Patroness, was held at Freemason's Ta. Tern, Earl Mntaa in the Chair. After an excelkout dinner, the objects of this benevolent Institution were stated in a most eloquent and Impressive speech from the Noble Earl; in which he most powerfully awakened the feelings of the Company in favour of the Interesting children who had walked in proces. ,ion round the tables is the room, while the gal lery was crowded with ladle.. In the course of the ?foble Earl's speech, be took occasion to say that perhaps it was the last time be should ever address such a Meeting, et it was his intention for . ever to toithdrem from public life. The tone in which this declaration was made, and the quick per. eeption of the Auditors as to the cause from which it I sprung (so boncntrable to the feelings of the Noble Earl himself, but so disastrous for his country), pro. . . c it stunned , t on wh ich gunge to t a o s t r ici ltheti a we t h iatv e e 1 not t e P ars . the assembly. They admitted the dignity of a wounded but manly spirit, rising above the disappointment of its fair hopes, and patriotic view, of benefit to the land; bet they lamented that a seittiment of ensub deed affection for en intr i llte shoulcldeprive that land, 10 its moat tmminent de er, of the services of a No. nsa *plight Ind incorruptible. Oh " - Wit Spa ster had been present to hare . tbeIIMPOOP in which this &aeration was ret . , " r , - cethiT OF KING'S . BENGHi Arad. WEIL AGM iiti ittro v eoisiii: The 11 - efendi tit, Who it the Proprietor of this Pa: per, was brought up to plead tie In indictment filed against him by the AiTOIikST.:GENERAi. for e falsei [ scandalous, and maliciou s Lib e l , i nse ited i n the Matesmens on the loth 'of Mara host, eiltelited td ve.ify auil traduce the Transport Beard; and to hold them up to hatred and indignation bath it honin and". abroad. The Libel, which was in the shape of it letter from a Correspondent, begun by entitling to 1 the situation of our unfortunate countrynien who are detained as prisoners in France, and to accient for their protracted detention, went on to give a pt: • tended description o f th e t rea t ment o f French Pri !toners Of War in this colliery, by the Commissioner% lof tilt Transport Board: These Com Missioners, the ; Libel stated, had the care of providing -Wed end !clothing for the French prironers ; and through Itheir hands also came the remitta n ces made t o th m from France. These remittances the CommisSion'erly instead of immediately appropriating to the use of j the prisoners for whom they were intended, Were in the habit of witkholdtug fir indefieite pe :Hods, and employisig,in speculate/am in the fieldsi for their own private b.eiefit.-a--414. poor mi. I sot Ors at the different depots, titerimiti frequen.- - ; fly in the use of putting on whste: , vies teemed half portion., thereby producing a tit' ,g, at eien depot, of about three hundred ponntlie day, wi.ich they themselves, and their employine- Pocketed. n this manner they defrauded the poor prisoners out of large sums, to the amount of.selerid hnitdred thousand pounds yearly. Whether ihe 'higher ci.ei parttnents of Government, or the Admiralty, joined. in, or were aware, of these practi ce s, the *titer of -the Letter did not pretend to knovi, bet it oreak4 likely they did, from the anxiety which Wei ithewet to increase the number of French piiseners in this, country, by bringing them from Spain, instead of exchanging them for Spanish prisoners hi the posses. aloe of the French: While such predict's, hoieier, pfretaited, it was in fain fUr these who hist relative% detained in Ftance, to expect that they should' bq permitted tot retutn td !hit country: Mr. Liviell being Called epon 110 p ie ci guilty en; Not Guilty to theinforinitiod, .. . . . Mr. READER, craved hiparliike till the brii day Of next Term, an indulgence to which, by . the OW tice of the Court, the Akfenclaut Was entitle& Hid Client would, in the Mean ante, do all,in i,is erderen, to set himself right with the public and with the At torney-General. The Derteidant was unfortinitely, as the Court knew, a prisoner id Ncwgate, hy which means he was unable to exercise that superintending care which be otherwise might ever hid own afteirt.— lie bad never seen or heard pf the libel in question till it appeared in print, and, he felt unfeigned sor-• row, that it bad gained publicil through his Means. Invariance was granted till the first day of next Term, and the Defendant was remanded iutu the cut. tody whence he had been broughL - Al76lllrEirriWG Lin-Grains t!---lestead °fang. menting such sticks: lumber, one regiment might be reduced, which would lighten the eapences on the country—the men might he changed into i regirdent of grenadiers to assist their pilau( countrymen abroad, where the Officers would see some service, stead of strutting about St. James's and the Park in hoots, like churns, to the great terror of the Cock. 'ley:, when they visit the west cud of the town. The horses might tnrned over to nth 'r dragoon regi ments ; and such as were found too large or unfit might be fold to draw ploughs, carts, and drays, where they would bejust as useful as where they are. Baesn.—NP Court of Aldermen. The Loan MAYOR, after inspecting the Returns, ordered pre , sent prices to continue. An affray took place at Ilamsgate on Thursday night, between several privates of the Leitrim Regi ment of Militia, quartered in the barracks., and some sailors belonging to vessels in the harbour' The sol diers and sailors had been drinking pretty freely to. gether at the Castle Inn Tap, near the Pier, and o quarrel and scuffle having ensued, one of the t ers ' received a desperate wound in the side, of wh h h 3 died on Saturday morning. A young man of the name of Austin, belonging fo a brig in tli Pier, charged e i h striking the soldier n Wow with an axe/ has been committed to Sandwich Gaol to take his trial. A caricature, from a well known 'sad, his lately made its appearance in the priot-shops, representing a great Lady, in the act of producittg young States ' num ; the likeness of the new President of the Coua cil, Is strongly preserved. N.IVAL INTEL LIGHNCE. -....11N.M..- . PORTSMOUTH, Arms. Ilk I Arrived the PoWien, Velment)le, Piasmegemet, and Catlike% Lad, of the line, from craishm to the Westir ad, af.er the • L'Oriest aqsadron ; they are to fit for the Baltic. Sailed from St. Helen's the Victory, Mims, Admiral Sit James Saamares, Captain Dumareaq, for the Bele; also thq Helicon, Capt. Hopkins; and Thracian, Captain Waller, on a Braise. Went ant of Whew the Leopspl, Sophie, Gannet, and Dapper, The Leyden takes coy to North America. DEAL, Aran 10. Arrived Ms Majesty's ship artfia, with& etsavoy of da lll . lsl h. from Portsmouth. Sailed the Kingston and Leader transports, under convoy 4 • the Provitlence ar.ned brig, for Harwich. Caine down from the River bis Majesty's ship Montague, and sailed for Portsmouth. rAtmorni, Aram l& Salied his Majesty's,paeket the IPriatess ArneHi, with mails for the Med'Serrano's, Malta, ike. A.c. I and the Princes Elk t♦abetb packet, with a moil tor Lisboa sad Collis, YARMOUTH, Aran ID. Arrived bit Majesty's ships Vixen, from the Maher ; and the Leveret sad Princess of Wales, from a erotic off the Dogger. The Consmmee, tram London to Malta and Mesina ; the maks, Are palms; the Gibraltar, frees Gibraltar to Majorca; and N.*. do LTitsstes, from Villa Neva to Cadiz, wese Mee Isetweell the Itihmid ilith alt. It3silie Bablele Fres& privateer; 3 the former comistrials reales. . The Ceemeerce arrivedott Teu ton the Nth kii : iht is Wks wilt agree mid military chid"- Jiro eimutemgglas psvoy inverted by Ogres &Isaias, • root • ...0.••••••k-•••_—,...l _ . " 4 ......•_,..... , , I__, • i 'iJ A .~ ~~;, PM"' ~> ~~ ''l I