The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-02 00:00:00

'I3IE STATESMAN.

Mr. M'Dotsato seconded the proposition that this
should he the Petition presented to the House of
Cenneons, and hoped, if it failed in the desired ef-
fect, that the Prince Regent would be petitioned its
: person'.,—[Applause.]
NG &RIME made the same objection to the Pe-
tition which Mr. tiemmish had made to the eighth
Resolotion, and proposed, as an Amendment, that-
the words before alluded to should be expunged.—
This Amendment, after some discussion, was se.
ceded, and the Petitiou, in the corrected form, was
agreed to.
Thanks were then voted to Charles Calvert, Req.
and Charles Barclay, Esq. for their opposition to the
Corn Laws.—[Thunders of applause.]
Mr. CALVERT said, he should not be doing what
he felt dee to his own feelings if he did not return
his grateful thanks for the vote which had just been
passed. He was happy in the opportunity which
this vote afford him, of explaining what had been
misunderstood respecting the conduct of his worthy
Colleague. The Hon. Member then entered' into
• statement of the circumstances which bed oc.
cursed respecting the Corn Laws in the House of
Commons—and while he justified himself for voting
in a small minority on that subject; by stating that
he hid been present at former discussions, bad read
the reports of the Committees oe this question, had
taken every pains to inform his mind, and had there-
by come to the conclusion that no attention was ne-
cessary in those laws—lie fully approved of the con-
duct
of Mr. Barclay, who had not the saute rode's'. i
taps, and who was, therefqn, ip every respect
j °stifled in voting for an enquiry, which would. ena.
ble him to form his opinion with equal correctness.
Applause.]---: The lion. Member next en- ,
tered into a • variety of arguments against the object. •
tionabte measures at present in contemplation, 1
after which he adverted to the circumstances which
had so recently occurred in the Borough of South- I
'ork. He had been accused, ha said, of casting
reflections apart the conduct of his Honourable Col-
leagne in the House of Commons, .and various
representations to that effect had gone abroad. 'These •
had Nand their way into a Morning Paper, tad from !
heuce it was inferred, that the die/folksl and atro-
cious scenes which had been exhibited on the day be- I
fore, and whit+, he was satisfied, could not have
arisen with the respectable inhabitants of this Bo-
roue!, but had their rise Win some -base interlopers I
from other iparters—gAittcharts.}-wertiatteiliet.
able to him. 'that he bad cast any such reflections
whatever he denied; and lit order to idoeo theautter
in its proper colours, he would stataeueedy what oc-
curred. The fact was, that the letter which he wrote,
and from which the aspersions in question had sprung,
was in answer to'one from Mr. S. Davies, who sent
his man with a letter to bim down to the House,
stating, that a meeting of the Tobacco Trade had
been convened, but that they were at a loss to under-
stand exactly 'what duties were intended to be im-
posed upon tobacco, and requested that he would
ascertained the facts as they shod. . He obtained' the
stecenary information from. the Cloanceller of the
Fercheqner, and traestnitted it. to Mr. pavies, ad.
sling at the. end of the letter, .46 that)is Colleague
haul just feted in a majority of is 7., in favour of a
Committee on the Corn (Awe, and that be supposed
he (Mr. Rircl.,v) sons right and himself wrong."--.-
Thiliwas all he had crated, and he begged to Were the
Meeting, that nothing could have been (Other from
his intentions than by this to have cad y reflections
upon his Colleague..[,Applases.4 , tkea
private ; and he had use idea thtt ifisoug have been
published. The fan. Member concluded, by de-
claring hit hearty approbatioa of the Resolutions
which had been pissed, and agreed in hopiq, if
the Petitintis which should be presented were not'
attended with thedesired success, that Petitions would
be carried to the feet of the Prince Regent.—E4p-
/damsel
Mr. aacite said, that the reception whicrioe
had te't flat day in the Hall, taught him the
stroll and ad.! lesson thet if a man's public con-
duct was far rind right, and for the advantage of
the people, he should always be enabled to appeal
to the Electors at laigc for support, although the
people out of doors, misguided, and.deceived,.wsere
inclined to treat him with untnerited severity,—
[baud cheers.]—'That the people were misguided,
there could be no doubt, as every wail exhibited
placards of the most disgraceful nature. Whe had
i,sued these libels he knew not; but had the result
been what at one time he had anticputed, he
should not have envied the feelings of him, -who,
without the slightest ground, had propagated false-
hoods and scandal' of the most mischievous descrip.
lion.—[.-Ipeteruse.]—The lion. Member then urged
a variety of arguments id support of the opposition
which he hail given to any alteration in the Corn
Laws, and concluded by expressing his thanks for
the flattering manner in which his public conduct
had been received by the Meeting.
To end the business, thanks were voted to the
Deputy Beiliff. This was followed by, a vote of
thanks to Mr. S. Davies' and the rest of the persons
who. had signed the Requisition for calling the
Meeting. •
l'be aoembly dispersed soon after four o'clock,
e •d the Petition was left for signatures in the Town

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deciding only upon experts evidence, calculated to
advance their interests, and refusing to hear testivne-
.ny from the millions of those who offer it at their bar
--4 t the bar of their conetry, andWltto Ore ie'danger
of being plunged Into wretcherlOess nod ruin, with
'the country *Atli they equally love and have guarded
with an equally patriotic flamer—by this decision, of
interested judges. •
We need not multiply arguments here to show the
.extreme impolicy of this Bill—reasoning sufficient to
-convince every unprejudiced mind of its dangerous
tendency will be found in the public Resolutions and
speeches which we lay before our Readers.—The
manufacturing districts, we are happy to perceive,
are alive to the nature
sand progress of this Legis-
lative measure, so fraught with injury to British
commerce; so evidently calculated to have the most
baneful and fatal effects on British industry and Bri-
tish capital. It is well observed in the Resoltitieus
which we give of the Public Meeting at Nottingham,
where, in sixteen hours, etc thousand signatu,res were
affixed to a Petition against the Bill, that the attempt
now making to enhance the price of corn is not only
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unjust, creel, and impolitic, as it tends to advance
the price of bread and every other necessary of life,
to a height insupportable by the labouring classes, at a
time when the return of peace gives them a right to ex-
pect a full participation of those advantages, which
usually attend a state of tranquillity ; but that it is
calculated to do infinite mischief, in various way s,.
to the trading and mercantile interests• of this. coun-
t try—one of the injurious and obvious effects which
1 it is likely to have, befoa that of provoking other
1 nations to retaliate by prohibitory decrees against our
manufactures and commerce. This we doubt not
will be a natural consequence of such exclusion on
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our part—and here again. are'sown the seeds of na-
tioual enmity and war—for most of the wars that
have embroiled the maritime • states of Europe,
and this country in-particular, have had their origin
in such exclusions—in illiberal policy.
Sheffield hat also Petitioned. -In three 6)1 04
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number of BONI . affixed amounted *to 18,447,..:-
•Numbers are worth attending to,in this case,-where
a few are dictating io ungraciously' to the many.. A
Meeting takes place at Newcastle this day. Wegive
the particulars of the Meeting in Southwirklester-
day, And are happy to add, that though the..pililic
mind is in a state of the highest, agitation,. and' the
walls of the metropolis are covered. Sl*. placards
calculated to excite public confusion)-gene of the
oittrageons scent, which disgraced .. the -iteedughloa isii
preceding evening were exhibited: • • ": • • '•,...*:`.:.;,1
On the subject of the shameful stitientlei Slaw
. • . ,
Spanish refugees by General Santa and Sir J.11t46.
Dortitlptiot implacable Government of Fenian/LA o,'
*bid* Was last night_ specifically brought Wei" lire
Commons by Mr. WIIIIMIRBAN "twolitititi an ilatisXps
sion of disapprobation of the Reatiski ii tiagi_rd"- . ten
conduct of the British Oliciiit*li-bitilallildAlftail.l
4,.. egork. . , Orepabr,
w • ilmiiiimed to kw/ Italsowast auseirientes.
Some warm expressions %tilt fookillikittial Mr.
WIIITBIttAD and Mr. Irate, Daeter"-ther Setaate,
After the motioe was disposed 44.400014 attention
,of the House to the cohdoct ei•dieiti twit. Gentlemen,
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!and appointed Mr. WlLttani WYwifispiediiiiMaants
Giant to request their immediate attendance, they
having left the House. The parties 40011 • after rep
turned, the Gallery was. cleared, and- the Rouse
adjourned. shortly after. We. nederstand that in
.the interval the business was Settled in the mosaaa-
tisfactory manner.

PRICE OF STOCKS Tills DAT AT ORK O'CLOCK
Bann '257 ' Long. inn.l6 346 '
9 per Cent. Red. 631; India Booth 4 4 p.
9 per Cent. Ceps 631/ Ancbequee Sinn Ad 1 p
4 per Cents. 00 14 Omahas 4/ 4 4
S per Gat. Navy 9914. Conic& far Lec. S9l 15
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THE STATESMAN.

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IIIeIRIP*T, MARCH .'.7*S '

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REPORTED OAPTIIIti OF THE immixAs SLOOP
. • OF' *AA WASP.
[7llOll TUX PLYsiouiiisaatiswitcLat n NIS .3
el The Gaaymetle frigate *Oka a ieiselt the ,Cp=
tain of which informed, that the Castilktt, of 13il
gun., had been seen, having the American stoop of
war Warp in tow, which she hadvapttred, bound.to
Plymouth. The Castilian is stated to, be taken
her men out of a prize she had in compady previous
to the commencement of the action.—The Gany-

mcde frigate arrived at Bermuda on the 274,11. U. from
a cruize."

The foreign news which has_ reached us to-day is
•no Ways interesting. We hare Pariatepers to the
, 37th, bringing letters frol Vienna lbth, but
thity contain nothing more wittily of Unties than that
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Laid -‘‘AllitAlltaCitt took bli departure .fpr England
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-ou.the morning of thatdity., His Lor;dship• is hourly
expected in town.
It appears decided that the Emperle of Austria
will be declared hereditary Chief. of the German
Empire. Frankfort on the Main will be the seat of
a supreme tribunal, where all pastusted nutters be-
tween, the bipedal Princes will fikaiecided. The
Germanic Co tistitation includes 13/101141440f Mach
the greater part are now definitivelyrattia• •
In case the nig of gisitony wilt uokeiceode to the
decision of the CongrWas;itid some titirkb will not,
the Dyke of Saxe-Weymer will biyirtil
tion of the country. under a *tail iisitisisiglity, or
perhaps rather under Prussia. •

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The Cora Bill, founded-on the Reiolationsegreed
to by the Haase of Commons, was last night brought wee.
in by Mr. RostesoN, read a first, and ordered to alien,
be read a;secend time to-morrow I I Mr. Slugs oiltrege,
proposed, that the saooad reading should be 000114 preceding
until Friday se'nnigists to afford
.time 'for consider*. On the e,
tree—but without erect.. Tilt tuAtteetLon Of the Spanish refuges,
Exeuxeuze and his " reidamifiwity of unt douse," `Duran to the imp,
i,...,
1 were. el opiniowtiset "tilt. Sill ought to
through all. iteategee viii the utmost *01)104111.
°° Puled which was last nigh.
Commons by Mr. Ws,
..,.- . .. .
uilelir"-"91e: !ski Puiteuelt(be liil4 "kledi sign of disapprobation o.
could delfr lee" bet to lilee'l°e
... , Pc conduct of the British Offh..
.digeeed.inopialea as ter:lllelkestice suld,, .
~." a e/iferjellmeeer 414--11011,1*
.the . , , ired to her
Alioatoll I-Weripatcli i-dispatch tw-An , fisedlehilillive *ism' yarns enprodno,
laity bring ten thousand more petitions, preying be• IrbiITSIMAD and IF
yond the power of sophistry to repels the itejoriset after the moans
i tendency of the proposed measure, equelialldedihi of the House to
•
I the indecent haste and disregard of public lentil.* and appoint,/
manifested in pushing it through the House. Mrs
Giiiv co
Alderman Armes, with a just consideration of prow Awls I.
pricty and popular feeling, askod If it might not be trine;
1 wise in the present state of the mashy and the public ad;
! mind, to make some alterations in the price proposed r•
I to be made the importation rate, in order to conial.
late the people, adding, he was of opluirKthet it
would be well to take the middle coetilots well
from jus:ice,as propriety; but, no! thiltublic an. The officers belonging to the Adjetant-General'a
1
Depaktnient were ordered on Tuesday evening to re-
• not be conceived to know any thing of this Subject,— tarn to the office. Arrangements were made to ae-
i giving satisfactionto the country and preserving pub. semble a large body of troops at the shortest notice
I lie trangoillity is all mere fudge—the public, sheered j 'fie of St. Clement's Dane, Christtlinia Pin the metropolis.
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-;themselves 'to be in a state of the deepest political .
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f•ignnrance, by petitioning for the removal of the thatta Surrey, St. James, and St. .lOhn,
,Clerkenwell, St. Luke, Middlesex, and Spitalfields, have urranisoeili
which fell chiefly on the landlords and the properii4 1 agree tto petition again:Pony alterntbis in the Curl
men,who are now showing theirgratithde by pagirse Lass.. • •-:.* , r , • ' :
Ithe Legislature to pan this Bill—and es to 'Mille Si. DAVIo's DA ir.--Thoj visual iprbassioo of Bpi-
, tranquillity, a standing army, though certainly rabic Society of Ancient Britons took plea yecterday;:
divine service was, heard at St. Georgi's Church • and , expensive, *ill always secure that.—Mr. Rout ;IP; the Society dined the F 'T . '
l as usual at reeniesea a Tavern.'
said no practical alterations could be =dein* wears, sorry we have no room for partianiars._,Tha
'sent stage of the Bill. This allusion to presadArill collection ambunted to above 133014 .: • ,
we could hove hailed as one of those awkward**. A paragraph having appeared in sevirel Papers.re-
preaches to gracious condescension whichever' pisattie?tpecting the illness of Mr. Alderman Cables; we are
and greatness sometimes find it necessary to.maketio Authorised to state that there is no trials. the' report.
popular sentiment ; but a subsequent deeliratiop of ' tle• peewee has bete advised, by his physicians. to
for a short time from attendance to public
" nothing bad.o
the same Gentleman, the introducer of the Billejkit,l"4ll
business, and his absenee must have given rise to the
ceerred to convince him that 80s4ime report. We had the pleasure of seeing him on hono-
ur improper price, and therefore he had no alteratitto back yesterday. .
to propose," has left us without the hope °Noir+ • On Wednesday,. the TM of February, the Mud:
The 44 Adventsr ov of a Guinea" has been long
birth of WAIIIIMOToIt a ausermat.
held as one of the most detectable of Romances; but teration taking place in any stage of the theism,* oenerl of .the IA • I
neither the ancient doctrine of the metempsyosis, Ministers seem to haie so identified themselves 001111:111"64 of " Q*o" of tie Liailei Stilt° tda"
heated the of their -patriot hire at Poeisw.,
110 r all the !metamorphoses of Ovid, could effect such the landholders, and adopted *it views of expedi-t iv. -1. libm"ry__, _.• by Messrs:is t. •
a no ullliller Mai attended LIAYAlitt, ...LAY,
a wonderful conversion as that of the present Lot- mucus ,that unless pe c voice shall succeed',
eney so the MI ' and Rums, three of the Plenipotentiaries who con.
tore Scheme, by which the Souls et "mks are
hire-ill graining their underttendingsp' n this simplesbet ' eluded the Piece of . Ghent, and also by the Marquis
transmuted into Bags of real Gold Coin, of One
Thousand Guineas each, which may be received with. much perverted queslloo—Ot widths the public shall hi ;
arms. Mr.. Faawroste was prevented from atteuding de la FATtritt WASH' tesTore's worthy compenion In
the Three Prizes of Thirty Thailand Pounds, on a constitutional expression of their wishes, savel4eql
by Indisposition.
thi. 50 of next Month. (the Ministry end the Governmentl) frOm the cedetheld i • c
Monday evening,, as Mr. Spence, meteor an East influence of the powerful oligarchy by which tbry are lit Lord AsTLEaEACes house is St. James's-square,
. .d.
can .be
retraction.
. ban Rot s among other preparations, a set of new green
country trader lying off anehonse, was returnine surrounded, there will an .no teetloll. bhetis We hope this is not °buboes ors wish. for
from Mile-end between the boors of 11 and 12, he• i
was accosted by two fellows in Stepney-fields armed Let then the national voice-by' a'renewal of ilitietiw Concealment on political subjects.
with bludgeons, who demanded his money. Mr. Lions and protests against this denounced taiiiii+ On Friday wonting last, a post-ebaise•lad, who
Spence resolutely resisted their. dement, and being ment on the general interest., empower the Oeiltiew ins in the employ of Mr. Ballaid, or the Rote lan,
prepared with a tuck stick, kept them .s, V; a ..conc. went to withstand the weight end energy witeszbigh Sittinghoerne, was found between that place and
minutes, when one of there attemptcd-,4... '
71 hit it isattete,rted'to be carried into effect. Let theeronw I!"dg"e' dead.iaa,..ning over the splinter-1).1r. ..of the chaise,
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head ; this he warded off, and at *, 9 ::e if"-;,d4-.-1.,., 2 quite lns pockets were turners mane out and stitureseal charter of the land be exhibited, and let a 141 hotli here evident smirks of 'Wien* from which'
picked the fellow in the art, spire..tteediatAy ,
gc,g543;. end Nios.A., fro' >' Ireton be beard against its.vieslation... The there is 'wry Naos to fear thet-robbery and murder
dropped the bludgeon on the
kilts made a precipitate re'.. et t :A.::ktuoteiregbactbs Petitioners ought to claim to be heard in their turn, wenklasebbed ;batgbaCarobael loopiest ha, net)*
robbery. . . • ... i sod spiait landowners becoming judges of the land, ! been 9/001114

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