The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-12 00:00:00

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law as it new deed sea equal to all Its objects. He
bad himself Wen ,andCarf the Comely of I).iblin for
upwards of 30 years, was now entsged in ins's.
tigating the coveted of his inferior Officers. The
Noble Lord wilhed for delay ; and therefore moved,
that, instead germ, the Bill be read a second time
this day fortnight.
Mr. COURTENAY defended the liilt, the ablest
of which was to plate the office of Clerk of the Prai•
in Ireland on the same footing as its England. He
therefore opposed the amendment.
Mr. CROK PR defended the Rift on We same
proonds. Ile wished, for the sake of Ireland. he
eriold see a common Legislation fur England and Ire.
fend geeerally adopted ; withost which the Guise
ass a deed letter. One amendment to that MI be
bad seggested to the Right Hon. Baronet, and that
was, that the present Clerks of the Peace, where they
Mead without reproach, should be still continued In
their *lice.
Mr. C. GRANT also sepported the Bill, sod sp.
roved of the proposed amendment.
Mr. CALLAGHAN did not connider sellelesir
`rood bad been made out for depriving the Gatos
of this pert of his patronage. He acknowledged that
the nflice of Clerk of the Peace called for 'prestige.
tine, since some Clerks of the Peace bad suede their
incomes equal to those of the Chief Jestices of the
King's Beach sod Common Pleas.
Lord CARHAMIN'ON could not consent that
the present Clerks of the Peers sheeld matinee in
epee: he hero one Clerk of the Peaty, aim, byes.
wirers, had raired his income in 13001. a year, and
set all attempts le resole him et defiance.
Mr. CHOKER did not wish to condone in sic*
soy proem who hid misceaducsed himself.
Sir J. NEWPORT defended the Hill. As the
Jew new 11004 the Clerk of the Peace masa* servant
of the Coates, who bed inflects., and mottoesl over
hies, which net nnfrequeetly bad bees improperly
reeved for election pawpaws.
After a few words from Mr. V. BLAKE lied Mr.
K. MARTIN, the Bill less read a second time, sod
committed for Monday neat.
Mr. MARTIN gave notice, that on Wednesday
tentsight he afield lay en the table a charge against
B,,"11 M'Clellsnd.

Itrport of oho Scotch Jury Bill was rocoivad,
sod the Kill ordered to be read a third lief to-t•or.
tow.—Adjoortiort at o'Clock.

FRENCH PAPERS.

Pants, Mart 7—Tito Criminal Section of the
Cou►t of Cessation has rejneind the (evilest of Geo.
Sar re sin, amused of bigamblon b. triad by seas, other
Court of Assizes than that of Nis.
The Bishop of Aires has jest addressed to the
Cares of his diocese a Circular, full of that spirit of
charity, peace, sod concord, shish chentterises the
true Minister of tb. Gosp►l. In order to reset*
(these er► his espression.)uloey sort of occasion for
complaints, orlon usijuo, hot sonisiissi
liineti.d. b. (fired' the Corm of his diocese to al.
low every Catholic person of woad Wad, sod lei-
ciently instructed for the porpossa, to act as Red.
father or godmother, and set on any peolascs slot.
over to refose burial to any Catlialic parses. fid.
te►minste. by advising and conjorlog ell the Priests
of his dirge., esereising the eeeleelssrinol teserteast
nose, to assi,t sr Is i,nessos at tits making of a will,
especially if th.y ar• the confessors of the testator.—
Tim object of this sdrice is to remove them, shamed
impotarions which also result free pioes &settees
sad legacies.

0 tbe

A notice from the Post,
Grand Dinh), of Baden &oneness*, that to prowess
all distract cosceraiog the screpoloos obeertatlon of
secrecy Is the post, every citiseo he say feceite
as oposed loiter, or oho seal s 4 whlch may boot
snacks of •Iteration, shall consplalo to 110 PoiWeis,
■nd if ha do mot obtain aatidostios there, t• the
Post.mister•Gsoersl.

Some persons in (:e►many hare tboosbt it strange,
that a Rosman Minister should appear to surds* s
sort of right over the papers of U. do Kotsebor.
Considering the consegensces of this act, it is asked,
whether this antler aught lobs regarded as a Bossism
diplomatic agent ; in that caw it will leased hi ea.
feral to conclude, that his minion was to wogs war
on liberal opinious in Getaway, Winds, on the other
ham', one cannot reessailo wit► thi poems
Initial manifested ►y the Emperor Almada', to
forward ihe p►ogress of cleiliesilue is his owu de.
minions.

It is sontiottod that a Polities' will sbortly appear
for tae tatassiog of tile ousted's on the atoasory is(
On brothers Fascbar, obeisant abet at Boattlasea,
in 1815.

M ea Must, the sew Preket of the Memo, Ms
obtained from the Idielatee of the Interior e sou s'
3700 franca los the reparation eli *edemas dose le
1815, to the chetah of the Prellehmele et SI. Alfsiqe.
This gift Ms prodeeed the boppieet effects ea the
eitinoes of the tato eoetesoleeta

The priest of a re rish, war To Assam (Averse),
has Non (*end hogging is. a forest. It beet doebt•
ed that suicide his finished the days of ibis unhappy
ecclesiastic. who bad shown many tramples,
sal alienation, in t»ee.gesssee of the lemeesemible
sesstiems sad persecution• of every kied which the
Ultra-Cathelks bad mode him endure le eapiation
of then's, he bad committed by taking oath to the
civil Coestitetism of the Clergy.
The mews from Coestautinople aricribes the diner.
ders which multiply in that capital to the earthy of
provisions, thedepreci■tion oilmen'''. the clreelatioe
of many bad pieces, end the plentifulness of sage.
beads and penalees odeeeterers.
In spite of the economy of the Grand Duke of
Bides, who has redeced to half • million of florins
IhSftpesese of ►is Coors, which cost his predecessor
• million and a half, the 13udjet of this year will be
very considerable on accooot of the debts which re.
win to liqaidetv.
Tim Hessian Gazettes bare simply given the de-
tails of the assessination of Ketzehae, without any
reflections.

Rata 0/ out Alm —Brigadier Ferguson, of
Wael.icbr started on Mouthy for • considerable
bat, to do ono silo down Shooler's.bill, iu 6•14
ewes. Re leaf It before be bad reached borne by
160 'sr& Ho was backed at ris sod sesta to
foot at stsrliag.

TO CORR PI PON DENTS.
aaa Tkelwera.—We acknowledge the receipt of the woad
Leber at this admirable Writer, whine ►re folly ca-
pable of llae subject Ile has lakes i• trod. Tlie anises or
ebk eauerley. berrecfoneond. ealumil fad to be ;alewife,' tal
Me Mole watts. To-aareas K Priday it will appear la
lbe Irsraeaaa.
IN law we allpeeloa la aalatadvert believer wranglyoe•
orasioreat. of the Ilorsoag Papal alluded to by
a. R. brew... we believe Ober caleolmod to i nl,nig the
miaeri.e this eabsppy I-le. a. far w Owl Ira. ladierace I
bat we decline earwig( spew the angle end Wier) of that
raper aad Its tersoesiess t we have elver smiler this 'La
nearer Moo to decry. if we did a,l &dike die sal feet.

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THR STATESMAN.

LONDON:
•ILDAMIDAT. MAY 12, 1819.
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It is tae weeder that Ruminate are abased by
see in dice, when we hoer from the mouth of a
Noble Lord, then be !mows of a Clerk of the Pew,
its [relied, who, by felonies, makes se income of
5,3001. a year ll The higher powers, we an afraid,
dent sot enquire lets these abases of elite, for fear
of the eseempreeee to themselves. Oh, People •f
Eoglsed, ohms will the Seaters of your intuits be
full : when will it rue ever the brim. While the
half of a perish are seedy famished, sot having la.
boor testate a meal of bred; a handful of men in the
other half are wallowleg its losery, dishonestly ob-
tained by (reeds and estortions ; and these acts, if
required into, wield be shielded or defended by se
electioneering cowing ! ! Oh, for a few CICIROSt
to °all these modern Vzincses to their account.

The Report of the Lords Committee upon the ef.
fairs of the Bank is now printed, and it shall he laid
before our Readers in pert to-morrow ; but although it
is in some points • little different from that of the
Commoos, yet we do not think it so essentially re-
liable as to sepothede all other water, of which nor
Journal should be composed. We can but MI the
the columns of the SrArissiAs mitts whet, to the
best of oar judgment, will most pl.a.e our Readers,
sod we do net thick they would be satisfied if we
were to give place to these voleminous, and we will
call them inane, though elaborate productions.—
Balky sot/dogs, but to bolster op a most injerioes,
and we will hoist upon it, • most iniquitously con-
ducted money concern—a concerti which has la aril
gem, poor bard worthiness in this country for the last
seressyotwo ream W. win repeat it, limo the ro-
strata. of Cash Payment, or rather the Bill of In.
issuaig h sewer sad assent the benikrirptcy 44 this
great Cerperaties, was a blow at the vitals of this
casematel soles, sad was a clipping of every piece
▪ sigaoy le the pockets of the People of the whole
teals. It swished the Beek, and pet it in a better
sheathes has if a tat had he.. laid epee Greet Bei.
tale fee the perpese of collecting a feed of forty or
fifty millions god gives to its Directors to replace
every piece of mosey which they had so uncnustins-
timally disposed of. They have bail better twice
over for their bankruptcy, because, while other capi.
lasts, or rather creditors of the nation, hare received
but 3, 31, 4, and at swat 3 per cent. per ann. upon
their capital, these savory' clansgers have shared 10
per test. per ann. or rather 5 per cent. every sit
mouths, wit► fettling bemuses beside, one of which
I. at this time inviting their u illing bands. The Direc-
tors of Ow Bask, if this system be persevered in,
have it in their power, by an inordinate Issue of paper,
to affect, is sae day's work, the value of every leaf
of
►reed in the bakers' shops, and every joint of meat
is those of the ; Pay, to raise the price of
"eery merchantable article in the kingdoms. While
this f.ct is knouts as it mast be, we cannot believe
that the Conductor of a Newspaper, unless in-
/sauced in somelancosomon degree, (for such • man
cassia be thought to be less informed than others,)
would describe this circulating medium as either •
wholesome ass or a creditable one (since it does not,
by ea istriark value, weigh down o► mean" arise
• beast farthing). The Paper we stied. to, thew,
sad It is sot the salt' one "Ow which the
irepeletlas will Ile, advocates the cages of t►is
ineektent rektiNstion for the precious metals, (which
are ►y cosiest of all civilised nations reckoned car.
Maly sighslik,) sod defends its contiusatice against
the bared of milli's. (born and sunburn) of his fel-
low-ereateres; many of whom, by its baneful in-
farct, are sew signing to death, or emigrating to
other climes. The writer we complain of, either eats
or serilid, silly if be write from his own heed, or
sordid if from the dictatlea of others, as It meet be
with the view of reward in someway, imputes/lb
limey sabstitatifor money, •• to the great iuerealif
of commercial and agriculteral transactions, and to
the secesaity of au increased circulating medium
to pet in activity • mach pester emotion of trade,
together with the floprishing state of commerce and
of credit, producing • greater rapihily of dreg's.
dee," &a. ate. We hod it dilficelt to speak in
qualified terms of this prostitution of the British
Prose, so the injury of nine•tenths of the Pen.
pa of Great Britain; and we are the More fir.
prieed at the ignorance or the indolerce of the rich,
who cannot discern, or if they do, will not bestir
themselves to atop a system, which, altitough it be-
rm by first injuring the middle and lower claws,
cannot fail to end in the total prostratiou of the
higher.

All the Goreraeretre Stacks fill resterday a s ae,
bet the Dank .sleeb tell sees thee tee per Cad. I

Ties Orleans Papers to the 24th Mareh arrived
this niornitig. I'h►y contsio scs.c.ly she lite late.
resting to the iiihe hilliest. of ibis quarter of the world.
Indeed. they are gener•lty very meagre. 'll.. tranquil
ootettetroptell provetity of that portion of the
United Stoles, tie vise and hopploess in Which its
Millions live, soil the cheering prospects w►ich the
stile of the society in lOWA they live worms far
their posterity, conspire so produce in their sleds
an Indifferenc► towards the turmoils sod feverish
erstiessnese of PAiropie. they have (vs errors worth
recording of char own. crimes uul mispriet of
men are known to the natives only by f•pOt I, to 11111
emigrant only by recollection. They are not doomed
to groan beneath • eriasplicated, corrupt, and taste-
ful system of misigoternment, the abuses of which,
rendered inveterate by long raistenee, they •re eri.
gaged in attempting to refotro. they bays no sof.
ferlag patriots to sympathiie with; sin eppress•ti to
hate, whose fall they are ho•fly pipe.ting and pray.
ins (o►.
fortornon Mahon bm a not ins
For these teetnottheit ropers present little but s
record of increasing prosperity ; • record, therefore,
to the mete quidnone uninteresting to the last de-
afen, bet to the more enlarged contemplator of lessen
affairs, who looks to the springs of action, sod wishes
todbro booth, secret.' .f fatality, • record which
shows the peculiar aptitude of frers.instioutions in
drew forth the mighty energies of man, and affords
a glimpse of th. grrainets which that rising Repablic
seems destioed to attain.

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•' A report if espied in the Nes Orleans Chronicle,
of the tI3J of March, fits'', lb. George Toon Ales-
tenger, that Resale has relinquished to the United
States all her right to the countries in the Pacific
Ocean. South of the Sflth degree of North Latitude,
and that Great Britain relinquishes all hers to the
suite eoeniries, lifter the ten years stipalsted In the
late Treaty. with resp►ct to a certain portion of t►e..
The Gaited States will sow possess a territory eel-
braciog Shoes degrees of latitude in the Pacific Owes.

" Descourriva Fiat neon Yon[.—On Monday
afternoon list, about two o'clock, the Parish Poor-
hoes., belonging to the township of Mws, Si.
totted about four miles from this city, one ac.
cifientally set on 1,., by vodka felling dins the
roofs from env of the chimneys. An alum was
inewiedistelv given, and most of the inhabitants
of the village, which is about a glower of • mile
distant, hastened to render assistance. Lire
quantities of earth and water were alternately
thrown upon the devouriug element, bet with
little elfocl. 'rho wind blew violently, the Ire
spread in every direction, and is the abort space of
half an hoer, via of the tenements out of nine, were
completely destrosed. The .is alluded to were
the t chef,. and the pfeservaiims of the ►emaiuiag three,
is attributed so their roofs being tiled. It moy be
',today imagined that the greatest eon•terostion pre-
vailed motive the unhappy Inhabitants, most of
whom bed families; but we ire glad to say that no
lives were lost, although two or three individeala
wen slight', bond, whilst endeavouring to rutin.
guish the danoett, cud little could be rescued from the
wreck."

The regulating the Settlement of the Poor Bill .as
thruwn eat of the Commons on Mondsy night by a
Msjority of 3U, es will have been seen by the .S rdrss-
NIS. Beams desirable it may be to simplify Om
measures timed at In the above Bill, yet the objectless
to some parts of It mere great god bosormeessivble We
believe Mr. S. BOUSPIC, the most humane
menu and lendable seal, was not insensible of this.
Bat the besiegers Is so cesspit's, and the rails to be
removed so deeply rooted, that se defy the skill of
the ablest legislator for seamanly' in any sari et.
tempt, till a !Lidice' Reform in the system of Govern-
ment tal-nplsce.

Ati eminent mercantile hoes, to the City, iu the
German collection, has stopped payment ; bet its
trona/fleas are spokes fif as bating Immo he-

nestable.

Frew Cadiz we kern, that after • great bustle to
expedite the embarlistina of a pert of the troupe
I destined for the !tooth America, service, an order was
received from Madrid for their diw•barkation : and
this me is soppored to have bee• adopted from
the news brought in the dispatches by the Sabina.
An American Paper informs es that the Sewers*
Court of the United Rtates has decided► that " The
Steles hove seo rigla whafeoecer to pees Insolrest
I.eses fur discharaing the Debtor frets the obligation
of his contracts I" If American commerce hai been
hell so much injered by • National Bask as that of
Great Britaits, the Supreme Court woold sot bats so
derided.

General J*ca•o,,, or five Mew of Orleont, ell many
of the American Journals call him, is still the theme
of private discourse and public dimming'. The re.
defoliate speak of him with the greatest hoodoo and
animsdeeesion. If we may judge of his own mind
by his actions and words, it would appear, that in
what he did ha thought he was advancing the interests
of his country. That convideration, however, should
not prevent the Country from pronouncing freely so
the merit or demerit of his conduct.

There ore reports that some detachments of British
Troops, ststiosed wit►in land at the Cspo of Good
Hope, have cot off by a body of,Csilres, insti-
gated by some deserters, or disbanded privates of the
late Cap* Regiment. It is hoped, however, that that
Intelligence is sot correct, Of that the particulars are
eassooratod.

CORN EXCHAI/014 MAY I2.—A large propeller.%
of Mooday's supply of Wheat from the lons. coun-
ties of Eases, Kent, and Suffolk remained otter for
this morning's ms►ket, bat there being but foo Iso)Pfll
sales mere serf hrusey, nor could the Mies, sallyiell
be disposed of mithont •ebmitting to a reduction of
fell Is. per quarter ; as for the interior drerriptions
they mere sinsatrahle.—Barley is boa Is. I. 2s. per
gustier loner ; lb. malting season bele' nearly over,
a larg► quantity of Fuleign is reposed for sale, fur
'shirk tbe►e ere no !sayers. eacopt et ve►y lon pares-
-Oats were also very heavy, and only fine fresh
Corn torrid begot of.—ln et►er articles nu alters tier.
Srsettitio.—Crais ley had a benefit at the Minor
Theatre in Catharine-street, yeeterday. Lemnos end
Meson opened the play with a neat set•to, followed
by some ',Seeing beet', which tracked meek eserd-
meet. The bent wss between Black Goers*. Intro.
dared by Stratgles es she Bell of it. Geerge'eAlelds,
and Pug. They west to work lo 'worst, with .
'desolate.