The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-13 00:00:00

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eluding Brits fabeiet from thiliCoill4nt. we will
merelty 1 spieral) elk, '11) Bt iglecrldaf imritibesoll
were not too mu sollected to the o u bats f 1 f
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of such an espaelie to 'strict faro
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pockets of the Per le to theime dthe 8 stet
r there would be much less dingier of the manufactures
of this ceentry being eacluded from the markets el
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other kingdoms. 3
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.Yesterday the Pearce Rectent held a Levee it
' Cirlton-house, which being the fret this mum, otad
• eacremely crowded by N Wily, Foreigners of dn.;
, tinction, cud Gentry. At a garter past two, 1,4
, Serene [Nimes. the Prince of Masse-lioesuact tr. k '
rived in one of the Parties Raciewe's carriages, %it',
the coachmse and footmen in their Slate literlea._:. 't
t His Serene Highness *as dressed in his full military •
9 uniform, sod; was ettended 19 L .rd STEWART. Rho 1,.
p presented the Prince In the Pntsca Rtattat at thd
f Entre Levee. Previous to*the commencement 011ie
t Levee,. after the usual forms of the Pewit Rims*
enteridg his State ammonite, Mr. Rustt, Envoy .F
' trabrditimry and Minister Plectiontentisey from 4
a United States of America, was introduced by • laird
Viscount CASTLEIIIIAGB• nil Eacelteney hid d
e closet aadience, deliseted his- Credentials, and man
ri most graciously received. •14r. S. Assam Saltine
d Secretary1 of Legation of the United States of. Artie.:
nes, and • Mr. TATLEIR attached to the Legalima
e were also presented- NI the REGENT open their 4.
e poiotments. •'- -.. , f. • ..
There has-been a-report for some days past that .
the Admiralty have given orders for .the immsdiite '
equipment of two ships of the line and same smaller •
e vessels. Report says they are,destined to the East. A
,ii The Duke. of. DEFORRHIRE is expected is town, .•
1r for the season, from his-seat, Chaiswiittb.
e •Tfie Merqiiii and Marchioness of Lisisnowee left
Jason yeaterdoly, for the Duke of BEDFORD'S seat,
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Wohuro Abber„ for a few days.
;- 'Lord and Lade G. IL CAVENDISH and family, are • •
h expected in town, in a few dap, for the sewn,
Hi from their seat, Ilalkeit, Lancashire.,
d The Duke of Sr. Ar.e.,o4s has purchased the noble
mansion in St. James's•squere, which east dm lain •
t.
. Dike of laws upwards of 30,0001. in erecting, lad '
1 which, since the dissolution of the Union Club, hat '
/' been ontenanied. It is now undergoing a complete
m repair for his Grace's future residence. . .
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,d The remains of the. Earl of UPPER CiSSORT were
interred yesterday in . the family vault in Beilford. ..-
Se
shire ; the Duke of Bentolo, the Marquis of LAN. ''
at powsre, and Lord Hottaeo, attended thefaaimil. . ..
le Lord °MKT died without heir male, Mal Ist
is left the estate with the house at . Ampthill, to Isird, • '
~ HoLtinn.—llia Lordship's Wash'e estates is ire- ' '
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!sod are left to his two daughters. r • -
Attempts are nook ingby some of the Commissioners
,•'
e; of Taxesl to charge- with the Asse-eted Duty upon
" Servants, every male !child, about fourteen yeats.of .
id age, residing with his own parents, in a tradesman's 4
• family. So that by this• forced construction of the
,a Act,. if the father of a emerges family
.ks carefUlly
training up, his children it, the habila of intlostryg, •
Pr
until suitable eogageinento can he found, or; if lit*
'0 of them,, for want of employment, shook, lee-retsm
et ed for e few weeks upon his hands, eich child ant
d either,he retained in is state of idleness, or his patent'
to becomes liable to oppressive tases..lo proportio. to;
his inability to pay them. , ~ -.t • " ** • ..'
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• The. Army E4tiniates for the year Iftiftihave token '
o printed, by order of the House of Commons. The
s.. total number, including officers rod iloo!commissinit.
i. eti officers, is 133;539; from which are tri be dis.
ill ducted the troops in France end the regiments fir
service in India, amounting to 42.892. There sill
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then remain, esclaistse of corps, &c. intended for re.
'' duction, 90,647. To this last number is to he added
ie corps ordered honie from India. viz. 4,299, and
re charges foe corps to be reduced in 1818, viz 4,200,
se
making together 99,146,i From these again are to i •
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be deducted the corps ordered home flora India, 4,299, 1
and there remains to he provided for in 1818, a total
le of 94,847 men, including officers. The total es-
lo were of pioviding ter this army 'is estimated at
re 6,494,2901. 10s. 44. ; of which 5,313.,9321. 9s. it to .
he defrayed by Greet Britain, and 1,181,0081. 15.4 d.
l' by Ireland. The propriety of continuing to keep ea
in
foot an army approaching to 100,000 men, in time ef •
a peace, will, of course, be debate I ; more especially
3. after the declaration in the.Pitiscs Rtwesresspeech,
es that the collies of internal disaffection had ceased
1- by the improvement of
,COIATfreP, and that his
Royal Highnesstoniinned to receive the most CM.
" dial essurances of the good-will of all Foreign
. Powers. •
•Dttutte.t.cet.Leid Milli, Miss SMITHSON, the
I 1 young Lady who mute a successful debut ete, weeks
since on these board, as Letitia Hardy, appeared fat
V the first time in the charaCter of Ellen, in The Falls
" of Clyde. This part :TM originally performed by
Iv Miss KELLY: Miss SMITHSON'S attempt was serf
y favourably received. Her toe figure and countenance
a eive.a deep• interest to her distress ; and though she
is evidently not ,msch practised in 'the attitudes sad
to
retirements of tantomitate; she promises, to wet in
' that, as well as in the.higher walk of the profession,
li which she had before undertaken.** The Houk was ,
r- very full.. . • - - •
1)1; peers aNr so to ries; have es ul:etnbacnoineridgitiniligionlirasnadnsdilavelel• atifn atheP.'
' course of last year. The gold is issued at 31. 17s.
* 104 d. per es. and-it now sells in bars it 41.2,.6d.
e. per os. or near its per cent. profit.--Whit 1
t, respect to the silver coinage; it is b'lin'd
, • that several persons are .-employed in tollectil'il •
(') shillings and half-crowns: bet perhaps litikis- eel/
with a view to calling in of the Bunk Tokens on At
'e 25th of neat mont4l.,.aftec .which period the pliebili
le them will he 'inlets fol. The present price of silver will
ig not admit of theme :fug the legal currency into the •
melting-pot; but if the'Ciillectors cap create sosr!..
!V titical scarcity at tlaralatoment "when the tokinii are
taken out of circidotiou At is prtmlible that thliy. aolf
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find their oceituat in. it. It bas been hereiyfont '
'e known, that our silver coin .has been collected IA
r- sent to the Bunks of Deposit at Amsterdam, Fisto•.
1,, burg, and other parts of the Continent. *hereon
is Paying a small egio; it was kept, until silver bole • k
IS premium of two or. three per cent'.•in this countrl., 11
when it was all brought ,back.againi*- •' • ~.. •
' New COIRET.—•OO 1119.2611 of December Mt,-.Y
Posts, at Marseilles, diicovered a new comet In 04
t- t t onstellatieu of ice Swan,
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