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

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The It. el: Salt Biti. the 4iottliersv 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..,llo
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-
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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 propositions open the subject
of the Poor Laws, because he would have taken that
occasion tn enquitr,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'
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bten Very useful: to that. Committee, which, 'he te-
Aretted, the ilonoarable and Learned Gentleman
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.ittAnd.
Mr. HROUGdAM corscnrred with the Right
Poneirahle Gentlemen in his view of the value
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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
offlillt 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-
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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

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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,

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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
plower 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.
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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.

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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. VANSITTAREIIAffPekIy
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;,

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pcosirsu, tueiayli sailliefeac
and distali)V parches have not
town. So mac r Jrrtas prosperity
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Lord SIDKOUTn' gmagity, Int-da 1
of our Lowe, have a "ft been signally eV
The Court of King's Bench yesterday pn

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_ 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 golo•
•Icilaiwn:heistliesdheiredepecnisltu:Tsruehteiricyoniesfeseiesnialeqs;:inuel:as eettilyce,ahi tadhrin&eiamiptorope:43jtre:twui impartially iliceyoiavaneddßh maiAtnywiltena:i I:46thYesof II:kt:
: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 Int
since engaged, are still fresh in every one's mind. •
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Paris Papers have reached os to the 26th iodate,'
Hypocrisy and the revived mummery of the Cathie
Church, with its Priestly supporters; and the very
Catholic Court of Ls?uts XVIII. have had 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 sropon,,and max..
-stsua.and the Duke hod Nilsen of Anoonana,were
figuring among the Faiihfral with lighted tapers is thrif
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 Papersjiilention 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-quitter's at eambray. The King of
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PRUSSIA heti sent lo Brelleel6 6 cast Iron prrarcid, to
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be erected on the field' 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.
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Mails from -Hambergh and Hollsee bring Mists
and Papers to the 26:h. The f.Clut of Swipes
(HERNADotr6) Was crowned with the 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 Exchanges,
.published ed Address lb
their brethren of the sari, persuasion frequenting
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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 69161 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,OUDNAN, 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.

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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