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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1814.

The Message of his Royal Highness the Pnincit
REGENT, relative to Grants to the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON and his noble companions in arms was,
last night, taken into consideration by a Committee
of the whole. House. The amount proposed by the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was, an annuity of
10,0001. from the Consolidated Fund, or a sum of
300,0001. to be granted in lieu of it for the mane
of an estate. This, including the two former Grants
to his Grace, of 40001. per annum, and 100,0001.
granted for the purchase of land, would pro.
duce an income of 18 or 19,0001. a year. Mr..l
WHITBREAD, with his usual candour and liberality,
not only approved of the measure, but intimated
that the graiit was not sufficient to support the dig-
nity of a Dukedom—Mr. PONSONBY was of the
same opinion, and thought the Grant should be for
4 or 500,0001. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
accordhsgly moved for au additional 100,0001. and
the sum of 400,0001. was unanimously agreed to.—
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU'IR then moved
grants of annuities of 20001. each to Lords LYME*
DOCK, HILL, and BERESPORD, which were .carried.
Lords CUIIBERKERIL and NIDDRY declined accepting
any pecuniary grant. . .
The interesting subject of Isiorway, agreeable to
Mr. WYNNE'S notice, underweut a long and able
discussion last night ; and although the rwelOtt of
argument was decidedly in 'weber of the Opposition
Members, it shared the met tale as in the House of
Lords, 'and the filligikeni lad a majority of 158:
The Speeches of W. Wiennutiemilir
JAKE 11F.~Ct-
mNTosa are well worthy Of attention, foe the con-
vincing arguments they used against the unjust mea-
sure of enslaving the People of Norway. Mr. CAN*
'ING was even obliged to confess hisappro' of the
arguments used by Sir JAHIS-MAC :bat
with his usual sophistry and self-appla totra.
sharp round, end voted with the Minittera as the
stranger Party.. r
.Mr. CANIEIN* often exposed liteself to the
'ridtcale, set onl f 4 his opponents, but also of bis
friends, by his 9Centric speeches beth.in Plirliament
and out of it; but he never experienced so complete
a dressing as. the Member for Bedford gave.him last
night. • • AO
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naiton.—=—llis Majesty also received with, b.
satisfaction, the insignia of the national Order of
St: Ferdinand, whiih were delivered to him by the
P-11laded of the Ritencp----His,Majesty wore these
insignia at the solemn Te 'Las performed 4.
-sue-Sha 17th at Valencia. - We are assured ittt thlo
KlngAtTrini iliaca-ptivitr, has employed his time :ae**,
in. reading, particularly works on political eco- l
nomy and agriculture. The Infant Don Carloi,
is said to have applied successfully to the study of
the pure,mathematics. If by the protection which
Cardinal Ximenes gave to agriculture, by causing the
work of Columettate be translated, that art recover-
ed its former prosperity, what advances will it make
if our Monarch reanimates, encourages, honours, and
enriches it by his knowledge and munificence ? If
Spain sees renewed in the Infant the taste and erudi-
tion of the klphonsos ?
MADRID, APRIL 28.—8 y dispatches from Valen-
cia, the Regency learns with great satisfaction, that
his Majesty enjoys the best health ; on the 23d, in
the evening, he went with a great suite to see the va-
luable lake of Albufera ; the fishermen of which had
prepared 60 boats, handsomely adorned, to conduct
his 1 to Albufera.

A private letter from Paris, dated May 9,'lnen-
tions, that the next day/was said to be fixed for the
departure of the Emperor of RussiA for England.
—lt continued to be reported that the inhabitants
of the island of Elba bad refused to receive BON A-
PARTE.

CHRISTOPHER HUGHES, Esq. Secretary to the Ame.
-Than Legation at Gottenburgh, arrived in town yes-
terday. It is supposed that the negociation for Peace
will commence shortly, but rumour suggests the pro-
bability of a change in the place-.-perhaps from Got-,
tenburgh to the Hague.
The PRINCE REGENT has devised a new uniform for
British General Officers. It is to be highly decorated
with embroidery, and to be graduated 'in breadth of,
ornament according to the rank. We have heard)
that the colour of the coat is to be changed from scar-
let to blue, but that, we should imagine, is a false re-
port.
The Tarif we inserted yesterday, established at
Boordeaux under the authority of the Duke of
A ROOULEUE, we learn by subsequent letters from
that city to the 7th inst. is to be considered as only
a fernporary arrangerentv to supply the immediate
wants of commerce in that part of the French Em-,
pine, which will probably terminate in about four or
five weeks.

An extrordinary discovery is said to have come
out respecting the l'oes's Concordat, under ganc-
don of which supposed holy instrument, the French
Clergy assutiod their sai-erdotal offices under Bo-
NAP/arra, viz. that this Gopecordat -was not signed
by his Holiness, but forged, to answer the political
frauds of the moment.

The Right lion. Cliaerrs ABBOTT and Sir W.
Stntu are to be created English-Barons before the
close Of the Sessinn. The title which the tomer
means to assume is that of Lord Bectary.
Yesterday orders went down from the Admiralty
to the Naval Officer commanding in the Downs, di-
recting the Captains of the Royal Sotreign and
Queen Charlotte yachts to hold themselves in readi-
ness to sail on Monday morning for Calais, to re-
ceive the Emperor of Russia and King of PRUSSIA,
and their respective suites. A magnificent service of.
plate has jug been pet on beard the former vessel;
by Messrs. Rwatotr.s.sad Betnot, for theappropriate
accommodation of these illustrious visitors.
It is not M. CARNOT, the Ex-Director, who is ap-
pointed to the superintendence of the artillery, as in-
serted in the English Papers, but his Brother : and
this-mistake has arisen from translating the mere name
from the Paris Papers, without having an opportunity
to enquire into the identity of the individual.
A most numerous company dined yesterday at
Freemasons' Hall, for the support of the Institution
of the Female Children of Freemasons. His Royal
Highness the Duke of SUSSEX was in the Chair.
There was a splendid company of Ladies in the gal-
lery, and the band of vocal music was admirable.
Nothing could surpass the eloquent address with
which his Royal Highness recommended this interest
Jug Charity to the feelings of the Assembly ; and his
efforts were crowned with unprecedented success,
About 0001. were subserilual, including the collection
at the Church of St. Martin's (amounting to 18114,
after an excellent sermon by Dr. Cooncae. The
Stewards on this occasion hid also exerted themselve:
with uncommon zeal, and set a noble example of li-
berality in their own subscriptions.
By a vessel from the West 'lndies, we have re-
ceived the following account of a destructive fire at
St. Jigs de Cuba :—" On the 15th of February th,
marine part of this city, through accident, cauglh
fire at two P. M. The conflagration was awful and
the effects dreadful. The injury sustained by thr
poor class of industrious inhabitants of that part 01
the city, has been immense ; in fact, their
all have been destroyed and plundered. Seve-i
rat of the most respectable merchants have had their
warehouses nith their contents, burnt down to the
ground. There have been about 1000 barrels of
flour destroyed. The fire continued to rage with.
violence till five P. M. The scene was novel in .
Cuba, the place being without any machinery to
prevent the ravages of the fire. The loss in the
whole may be estimated at 30,000 dollars."
Tuesday evening the Duke of CLARPNCE Honoured
tie British Gallery, in Pall-mall, with his presence,
to view the numerous and choice collection of paint-
ings, by Hoosttau, AINSBOROUGH, WILSON, and
ZOFFANI. Upon this occasion the three spacious
rooms were most brilliant ty' illuminated with twelve
additional patent lamps to the first evening exhibi-
tion, whicititdded codsiderably to the brilliancy of
the sane, as well is a.display of the works of those
celebrated artists to advantage.
• The Committee of the House of Commons upon
Capt. Manby's inventions, have directed him to ex-
hibit before thesis, in Hyde Park, to-morrow, at 11
o'clock, his-method for enabling a person on a coast
thinly inhabited, to communicate, by portable means,
with a met stranded on a lee-shore.