The Statesman.
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ME STATESMAN.

be some alteration in the law. It was evaded in
huniired.waye. Orie,mats with .a .doe, when taken
upby the wash officers, remonstrated, exclaiming,
" I km rio hn&zrv, it is my dog that begs ; you see
't hat ill*: bare his bat- in his bend." LA laugh.] It
ros but justice to the beitilles and parish officers in
the city to say that they discharged their duty with
commendable activity. But the only pretend effect
of apprehending beegare in the metropolis was, to
remove them to the vicinage—to:Cheshunt, to E.
slam, &c. The best course that could he adopted
with respect to them would be, to provide places in
which they could be employed ; but this would he
attended with great sixpence to the public. At
all events he trusted the House would feel, that this
wain subject which demanded their most serious at.
tention.
After a few words from Mr. W. SMITII, the Re-
port was ordered to be printed.
AI li. wiliTAßEan.
The Marquis of TAVISTOCK then rose, evi-
dently under the strongest emotion, and addressed
the SPEAKER to the following effect:—
Sir, I am persuaded that it must be quite unneces-
sary for me to soy that I am at thismoment labouring
under feelings of the most painful and afflicting nature.
—[hear, hear. hear I—l however, shortly
to state to the House the reasons which induce me
to depart from the usual practice in moving for a new
writ, in order that I may pay a humble but sincere
tribute of affection to the memory of my departed
Mend. Sir, it is not on any consideration of private
friendship—it is not on any contemplation of his
many virtues as a private individual—it is on the re-
flection of the great space which he occupied in this
House—it is on the recollection of Ink splendid
abilities—it is on the convictinin which we who
thought with him on political subjects entertain of ,
the exertion's that I found my excuse for this ad- !
dress—that levels claim the concurrence of all those
who hear me in the feelings which agitate me at the
present-moment._lliear, hertz, hear 11—I -am well
aware, Sir, that a great majority of this house thought
his opinions erroneous. But—l speak it with confi-
dence—l am sure that there is not one of his politi.
cal opponents who will not lay his hand on his heart
and say that he always found in him a manly mango-
iiist.—[Hcar,hear,hear, I—The House of Commons
will I am persuaded ever do justice to the good in-
tentions
of those who honestly dissent from the ten.
timents of the majority. Accustomed to defend his
opinions with earnestness and warmth, the energies
of his admirable and comprehensive mind would never
permit the least approach to tameness or indifference.
Bat no particle of animosity ever found a place in his
breast, arid, to use his own words on another melon-
eholy occasion, 44 lie never carried his political en.'
mity beyond the threshold of this House."—[!leer,'
hear!]—It was his uniform practice to do justice to ,
the motives of his political opponents ; and I am
happy to feel that the same justice is done to his I
motives by them. [Hear, hear, hear I] To those, Sir,
who were more immedia:ely acquainted with his ex-
alted character—who knew the directness of his
mind, his zeal for truth, his unshaken love of his
country, the ardour and boldness of his disposition
—incapable of dismay, his unaffected humanity, and
his other various and excellent qualities, his less is irre-
parable.—[hear, hear, hear!]—slut most of all' will
it be felt, by the poor in his neighbourhood. Truly
might he he called 64 the poor man's friend." Only
those who like myself have had the opportunity of
observing his conduct nearly can be aware of Ink on.
abating zeal in promoting the happiness of all around
him. [Hear, hear, hear .I—Thousands of individuals
have benefited by the generosity of his heart; and
the county, the principal town of which he repre-
sented, contains imperishable records of his active
• philanthropy, a, well as that of the good man who
went bz.fore //cur, hear 1-Ilis eloquent ap-
peals in.this House in favour of the unfortunate—np.
peals exhibiting the frankness and honesty of the
true English character—will adorn the pages of the
historian ; although at the present moment they af-
ford a subject of melancholy retrospect to those who '
have formerly dwelt with delight oil the benetolence
of a heart which always heat, and on the vigour of
an intellect which was always employed for the bene-
fit of his fellow creatures.—[hear, hear 13—Sir, I am
crinscious that I need not iutreat pinion of the
house at large tot thus indulging in the praise of my
lamented friend, but I owe an apology to those who
loved him for the feebleness with which it has been
bestowed.—[Hear, A.:sr move, Sir, that the
Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk of the
Crown, to make out a new writ for the election of a
barrios to serve in the present Parliament for the
Borough of Bedford, in the room of Samuel Whit-
, bread, Esq..dereased.
1 Mr. WIBERFORCE expressed the gratification
t• which he felt at the pathetic speech of the Noble
Marquis, which afforded an additional proof that the
'best eloquence was that of the heart.—Ltienr,hearl
—He wished to add his testimony to the excellent
qualities of the lamented individual whose death had
rendered the present motion necessary; and in doing
so, he could with truth declare that he was only one
of many thousands, rich as well as poor, by whom
his character had been most highly estimated. Well
had it been termed by the Noble Marquis " a truly
English character." Even its defects, trifling as
they were (and what character was altogether with-
out defect ?), were those which belonged to the Leg.
lish character. Never had there extsted a more com-
plete Englishman.—[Hear, hear Alt who knew
him must recollect the indefatigable earnestness and
perseverance with which, daring the course of his
life, he directed his talents and the whole of his time
to tine public intse.est ; and although he (Mr. Wit-
"rfo., We' (edly differed fr. him on mails

1:13 fe taken sPnw the Petition now, It ttonid be notch
Letter to drf,l. presenting it ti.l the commencement of the next
I AAA ST • NtIOPE toner:reed in she propriety of this sows-
*, , and act'oi.lingly withdrew the Prtition.--Adjourned.

rion, indereek, in which the condition of human beings the United States, and that the request hat
was concerned—and the lower their state the stronger denied.
their recommendation to his favour—no one was . Lord Came:tenon arrived at Paris on the
Nn smuictive steps have yet been taken again:
more anxious to apply his great powers to increase ss,
the happiness of mankind.—Ukar, hear
de late Government ; on the
of the Members of ti
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
stated, that it was far from his nisi) to detain the teary, some of them are still to he retainer! it
House after the Address, replete with feeling and offices. Foucua (Duke of Otranto), Preside
the late Provisional Government, is Apoirtted propriety, which they had heard from the Noble
old station of Minister-General of Police. T'
Marquis—Vicar, hear!]—and after the excellent
observations of his Hon. Friend—[!leor, hear !]—
All that he desired to say was, that it must be some not easily accounted for. There must be some
consolation to the Noble Marquis, and to the whole,cleat contracts, or reasons of Stale, of which
House, to feel, that whatever difference of opinion not yet aware, or Lours would not, thus stoop
might exist on political questions, there was tro one homage for his Crown to those whom be• cal
who did net do justice to the virtues and talenti of brother's murderers.
the object of their regret, or who for a moment sup-
The French army appears still formidable:
posed Out he was actuated in his public conduct by
•
ails, other motive than a conviction of public duty.—
sated to amount to 73,000 men.
[Hear, hear !] Pants, JULY B.—The King made his entry
CAPTAIN BAKER. the
.Capital at three o'clock to-day. Ili, Mt
• Sir J. YORK E seeing an Hon. Member in his left St. Denis at two o'clock. Numerous del
place (Mr. Forbes), who had lately complained of i
manta of the National Guards preceded him.
the conduct of Captain Baker, of the Cumberland, I
ceremOilial was ordered. The public enthut
in the management of a convoy which he had in
charge, read a letter from Captain Baker, explaining and the general signs of joy which prevailed, for
the nature of the transaction, and defending himself a most striking picture. The carriage of the
from the accusation. lues surrounded by many Marshals of France
Mr. FORBES derlired, that no man would be' General Officers. The carriage went at foot-1
more rejoiced than himself if Captain Baker cleared
surrounded by a multitude intoxicated with
himself from the charge alleged against him, and •
!sure: The whole city went out to meet his Majesty,
pledged himself to take the earliest opportunity to
put the Admiralty in possession of the means of pro- ! making the air resound with cries of " Vim I
secuting the enquiry. Roi !"
After a few observations from Mr. Lushin n The Count Chabrol, Prefect of the Seine, accot
gta
Ip:tided by the whole Municipal Body of Pal
the Speaker, and Mr. Forbes, the conversation
dropped.
awaited at the barrier of St. Denis the arrival of
A variety of accounts were presented from differ-
ent public offices. Majesty. At four o'clock the acclamation, of
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the crowd announced his approach. The Prefect
EXCHEQUER an abstract was ordered to be laid t addressed his Majesty in the following speech :
before the House of the net produce of the revenue it SIIRE!—A hundred . days have elapsed r
on the sth July, 181-1, and the sth of July, • 1815; your Majesty, forced to tear Tourself from
and also the produce of the Consolidated Fund at the
same periods. I most tender affections, quitted your Capital in
Mr. LUSIIINGTON immediately brought up the i midst of tears and general consternation. The 1
above-mentioned accounts, which were ordered to be nicipal Body of your good city* of Paris in vain
printed.. deavoured to withhold the unanimous 'lament',
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR gave notice, that early in of your faithful subjects. It announced to
the next Session he would revive the subject of the
, threats
does
Abolition of the punishment of the Pillory, unless
Frenchmen the imminent danger which
some measure of that kind should originate in an-
them; but there are moments when He
other quarter; and also, that early in the next Ses- permit the voice of Magistrates to be heard.
sion, unless a considerable alteration should take " The interruption of public repose, the cessal
place in the mean while, he would renew the Bill for of all commerce and industry, the taking of so many
better Paving the Metropolis.—Adjourned. necessary arms from agriculture and the arts,
' squandering of the public treasure, civil war at
foreign invasion, have all at once fallen upon y
people. Heaven, Sire, is charged with vengeat
It gives you back again to pardon us, and to int,
pose between Europe and your people, to reconcil
them again to all nations.
" Your Majesty will soon re-collect the scant
elements of the body politic. Yes, Sire ! passim
are calm in generous hearts. Serenity (le sang frt
wiil succeed to exasperation. A period of 20 yes
marked by so many vicissitudes, and, like all otl
historical epochs, marked by so much glory and
many reverses, cannot obliterate from our recoil
''on Vie memory of eight ages, during which
Kin's hare wielded the. sceptre with moderation
glory, and' happiness. • -
Frenchmen of all parts of the Kingdom !—lf
example of the capital can guide you, let us prof
with an unanimous voice, forgetting all disccor
that the children of the great family will unite in
proaching our Monarch, and in having bat
rallying cry—' nee le Roi! nee Louis le Desiree
Vive Louis XVIIL!'"
Transports of joy succeeded this speech. •
To which his Majesty answered in the foliose
manner, and in the most touching accents :
" I left Paris with the most lively grief. The testi.
monies of the fidelity of my good city of Paris have
always reached me. I return with tenderness. • '
saw the evils which threatened it. I am anxious
prevent and to repair them."
The procession then resumed its march, and
King alighted at the Thuilleries in the midst of
most enthusiastic acclamation. At night the wh.
city was illuminated in the most brilliant manna
Numerous groups traversed the streets, calling
Five le Rui! Dances were formed in all the Fau:
bourgs, and the whole night was passed in the
most intoxication of joy.
The foreigners who were witnesses of this beam
ful spectacle see here the French character in its It
colours. They see an immense people overwheh
ing with benedictions that Monarch who has twi
reconciled France to Europe by the influence of I
name and his virtues. The most perfect trenctirilii
prevails. Every thing announces a re-union of
parties in the general sentiment of devotion to ►
King, and that an immediate peace will be the col
sequence of this great event.
AION !TEL' R.—This Paper egain announces that
is the only Official Journal.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Deputy Usher sr the Mart Rod having summoned the
Ilonse to the House of Peers„ Ole Sneaker and a mind ..r of
Tletoto•rs accordingly attended. Ots their return, the Speaker
informed the flame that the Royal Assent had been gin n by
Cnellellil.il.ll to a number of RIR% for which see our Report of
the Prot...Hinz in the Howie of Lords.
New writ were ordered bar the borough of Nesecagtle ender.
Mae, itriate room of Lord bbstt er. who bad accepted the Chil-
tern liondr•ds for the borough of Le tolorderrv. he the room
of !sir W. l'..amoltr, drcea..l: for the room, of Clackmatmatt,
in Ise room of the lion. G. A h-rcromhy, olio had accepted the
1 1:1111 or-hip of Mostmer g nod fur the borough of Wells, in the
room of Clement Tad o ny,
tbe 'notion of the Cli C E 1.1.011 of tar EXCH IiQU ER,
It riot. was t. r laud before tar Ilonw of the ,;atemeat
izio:e by tar Co appo.rord by the Act or lac !tads
of the I: kg, ete. on this. crona ration of sutal. Using, from the
Land Tat .
ROSE hroet;bt u the Report of the rmninitteeon Gang-
lug its the Port of London.--Ordered to he printed.
MA D-114*UsEn. .
Mr. ROSE brought up the iteport of the Select
Committee on Mad-houses. •
On moving that it Ive printed,
Mr. ROSE teak the oppoitunity of observing,
that all wits fetid the Rel.ort must feel satisfied of
tste iedispensible necessity of Legislative interference.
'it rll9 'country were there any set of people so un-
proteiest as the miltcppy person., to whom the Re.
port t'efe• red. • The way in. whjcli they were usually
confined was that ef criminals; and their treatment
watt in eeiteral worse than the ordinary treatment in
gaols. The number of-persons appointed to take care
•f' Nem was in most cases utterly inepfficient; in.
eronsequetrce of which the greatest severity was too
Iteetteritly resorted to. He trusted that the subject
serried be fully considered by Honourable Members
during the recess and that all would be dieposed in
the nett Session en give their assistance towards the
form ition of a measure calculated to diminish the
existing evil. That in many cases those who were
afflicted might,' if properly treated, recover their
sauity, wee very evident. One strong instance was
-mentioned in the Report of a poor insane woman,
who hating for some time been chained down to the
floor in a parish work-house, disturbed all the other
imentes of the dwelling by her cries; mid who, on
being removed in consequence to a more proper place
of confinement, was, by proper treatment, perfectly
cured in the space of five months.
' The Report was then ordered to be printed.
MEN ore, flr IN THE METROPOLIS.
Mr. ROSE brought up the Report' of the Select
Committee on the state of Mendicity in the Me-
-tropolis.
On moving that it be printed,
Mr. ROSE begged to call the attention of the :
House for a few moments to the subject. When in
the early part of the Session he had moved for the
appointment of the Committee, he stated that his
object was twofold---to better the situation of those
who were really distressed, and to repress scanda.
Aloes and abominable imposture. The evidence ob-
tained by the Committee confirmed more strongly his
-previous opinions on this subject. They had found
that there were a great many objects of real compas.'
sion, but that theta were ninny more of the worst •
description of itnpeetors. The number of memli-
cams io the metropolis was estimated at :10,000, hut
probably it was much greater. Most of these per-
sons !gained more than many industrious individuals
of the lower classes of the community. One man
actually nek tio %dodged that his profits were about
thirty sltillingc a day. This might be a singular
case, but it is as prmed by the strongest evidence
that the avers 4e tec,ipt, of mendicants in London
were frail floe(' to AX shillings a day-each. This
Emile) was spent in the most exceptionable manlier
in titan. shops, at P-es!s, and ecru in the purchase
of luxuries of all sorts, eatable as well as drinka-
ble. •:•t;:, Ceetmittee had ascet:abed a fact which
w's'•n:,nren to him before. Many parishes farmed
tlet,ir I Ahout.loo perishes, he be:ieved its the
hits .li.l se. Six or seven shillings a week each
. mete allotsed to those by whom they were taken,
mid who then sent them ,flout to beg :luring the
day for the purpose of saving their proviAim ! It
was desirable that the conduct of parishes in this re.
spect should be more carefully watched, even when
they maitttaitted their own poor. It appeared by
the minutes of evidence annexed to the Report, that
its cue case 22 paupers were compelled to sleep in a
single room of small dimensions, thus creating a
great risk of pestileutisl disease. Many of the pau-
pers of the metropolis were Irish, who coming to.
this country with the laudable Intention of obtaining
employment, failed in that object. In a court
which led out of one of the fashionable streets of.
Man-le.houne. 700 of these pour persons were
ernerid into 21 small houses ! It would appear by
the Report that the number of private charities in
, themetropolis was almost inconceivable. But unfor-
tunately most of those by whom they were support-
ed contented themselves with giving their money,
and never examined into its application. The House
would hardly believe that there was one benevolent
institution supported by Peers, Members of that
House, mud other opulent individuals, the object of
which was to purchase beef, and sell it to the poor
at a moderate price. Nothing could be more c0m..1
mendable than this institution, were it properly d.
ministered. The revenue of it was 6001. a yealt--.!
But it appeared that the whole of it was managed by
a single individual (whose name we understood the
Right Hon. Gentleman to say was Parker), and it
had been recently discovered that this man put the
whole of the money, with a trifling exception, in
his own pocket ! It appeared in evidence, that in
ad purchased -etly 271. -th of beef

NEXT W EDNESDA Y TILE GRAND LOTTERY BE•
GINS, ALL THE TICKETS DRAWN THAT DAY
musT HE PRIZES, AND MAY INCLUDE THE
7111tEE CAPITALS of AG 10,000, ,C30,11,M, nod £20,001

A,r. Mail. 1).1,.!
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PRICE op* STOVKS.TaiI
5 per Cent. Red.
iirr cent. c.. m. 5L411..3
4 pet Cent. 72
h per Cent. 'Navy 85 1

JAY AT 4INK 0 CLUCK.
4,nng. Arm. 14 5-16
India Hunch 3 d par
F.:cnetpior H It, Q d 1 p
°tumuli 8 74 8I
Console tut Ace. 58 571 Af

THE STATESMAN:..

LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 121 181 i.

The Park Papers of Sunday last (the 9th) arrived
this forenoon. We have not lived so long as the
Patriarch SIMEON, nor can we exclaim with a writer
in the Journal de Paris, now before us, who repeats
in extacy the Patriarch's words—" Nunc dimitlis
servum taunt, gala viderunt oculi suer—rejoicing
that in the restoration of Louis XVIII., he has seen
the salvation of his country—" Oat, jai vu le saint
de la France." We say we cannot yet exclaim this
so warmly as M. MARTAINYILLE, for France has
lately had so many Savior'rs, and perhaps has still,
that we scarcely know whom to salute by that high
title,—but we have lived to see the French character
exhibited in all its perfection ; and well may the
Editor of the lloniteur, bid strangers behold in the
festivities which have taken place in Paris on the
return of the who was so lately a fugitive
from his country, the true character of his country•
men exemplified.
Louis entered Paris on Saturday amidst general.
acclamation; and the same Mayor, who a hundred
days before, gave the warmest welcome, and corn-
plimentei so highly the Emperor of Eixt on his ar-
rival in the French capital to resume the Crown,
walked oat at the head of the Municipal Body to re.
ceive Louis; and in a long speech, of which we give
a specimen, bestowed ten thousand of his finest com-
pliments on the Representatiie of the !Souse of
Bov nao7r, iid hailed the banished LOUIS STANISLAUS
XAviZlt as the Sovereign and Saviour of France. •
The,details of the entry, and what is passing in
Paris, will be found in our extracts. The Papers are
almost filled with them. There is nothing from the
army, and scarcely a word is said of the late G,o•

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The preceding intelligence is repeated in the mini
Papers, with•the additic al • of thr

• one year he had purchase. only ~ worth .f, i berforce)undoubt( ,ty ,e'er. :nom iy I , .... __ - _ _ ,ate r- apers, with the additional accounts of ti
• and that the largest quantity he had ever bought ! occasions, yet he Always did full justice to hicpublic , aemnent and its Members, except some ridicsig and : prevailed on the restoration of the King.
within the tweirtmontit was to the value of 721. lie , spirit and love of his country.—[Hear, hear 117-110 abase of them In the minor-Papers. '-. -, . . . •I A Proclamation, signed by the Baron Mullein..
appropriating the remainder to his own use. On a !.was capable (as had been seen at various times) of, ft is not yet knewn what has beams of BONA.: who styles himself Governor of Paris, and is said
flaw-street racer Ining employed to apprehend this' controulting the strongest feelings of personal at.
It is stated that he likd'actually arrived at: by order of Marshal Blucher and 1!
, Duke of Wellington, declares as follows:
be issued .
person it was found, tint he was the subject of other tachment, when he thought that lis ditty to t -
ild.
were pre-
he peb PAILT6. •
ch
charges of as serious a nature. There were various tic compelled him to do so.—Eliertr, near!}—It Rochefort, and that theiwe'frigiliks‘v
.0,„ loved him pared for him bing strictly watched, a corvette and " The Mired troops will occupy the military poic
practices described in the Report, by which the most was a melancholy satisfaction to those
cautions as melt as the most careless had been im. to see that ;those who differed from him on !flatly Po- a packet were gob readt'to deceive the English .tvf the elty,i bet will not interfere with the intern:
• posed upon. It had : ever been in his contemplation Mien! questions, nevertheless consideredhim 44 cone cruiser', and it is en board one or other of the lat. duty, which will he done by the National Guar
that a complete remedy could be distalvered for these of those public treasures, the lots of which mac' by ter vessels he was to•entbark, end has escaped, if he and Gen d'Armerie. All those who by a spirit
evils; and he was persuldell, that tl:e clo.e,t alien- all parties be deeply lamented.—[Near, hear !)--
has escaped at all. If Will be•teelt by a letter seen party, whatever it may be, shalt disturb the pubi
. time was necessary to the formation of any measure For himself, he (Mr. Wilbetforce) could never for.
calculated
woo ktly to diminish them. The exist- get the important assistance which he derived from in another.coltsmo,.,froto the Duke of WlLLlttairow tranquillity, shall be arrested by the National Gaut
' . ink laws were eri‘lOiltlY -too. severe ; In consetteenca 1 his weal and ability in the great cause, which he bad to Collat. Luso** tbet:paasparta kadj}ele,solicifed All those -who shall insult ' the Allied troops, sI:A
of which they were T29?f acted von. There mast ma. from his Grace for the Fe:EterEttoit to proceed to be arrested and tried by aMilitary. Tribunal -
so long at, orated in (,:ut. 1,1 )Is9. on every

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