The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-08 00:00:00

FRENCH FuND3-77 f. 93 c.

Both Houses of Parliament meet to-morrow, pen-
nant to adjournment. The business is of the
most urgent and Appalling sort;—much WA to be
asked, and much, if Ministers will speak at all, to
be answered—and yet my Lard CASTLEREAGH de-
lir coming. Creel Lord CASTLEREAGH—

creel are the men," spoilt P. " Si bo thus such ques-
tions nx ;"
" But crueller," cry nil, " are those who talk about the Tax."

Tt seems it is determined, that there shall be a Corn
Bill immediately brought into Parliament. We have
sot heard the precise provisions of it, but a Morn-
ing Paper says, " We understand the principle is
to fix such a duty as would afford the same protec-
lion to the grower in 1815, as he derived in 1804—
er, in other words, to ascertain the difference in the
'lkea money, and in the burthens that bear on the
people or Oteat Britain, between the one period and
the other." this will be no easy question to settle.
p, the law of 1804., the average price of corn in
fig, r mire districts bite which the kingdom is divided,
Burin; the quarter•fseux the 1.5i1t November last to
titc, 15th instant • wilt fie the importing price for the
next quarter, from the fsth February to the 15th
d MI. If it should be found by the returns that
tii p average price, for the last quarter, has been
ender 63 shillings per quarter, then wheat cannot be
imported for the whole of the next quarter, from any
place except British America, under 25 shillings per
gaarter. There is an additional war duty of Bs. 4d.
Which, by the 51st of the King, is to expire six
ponths after the ratification of th. definitive Treaty
wf Peace. We know not whether that will apply to
de American war: if it should be so construed, then
te impart duty for three months to come would be
Net France, Flanders, Holland, the Elbe, and Bal.
sic, &c. 11. 13s. 4d: per quarter. If the average for
0 last three months should be found to have been
re 635. but under 665. then the import duty for
e neat three months would be 2s. (d. per quartei.
ext Monday's market will conrlude the series upou
tho
ich the average is to be formed.
The Windsor Castle packet brie 9s intelligence, that
one of our brigs of war had been chow! into Gibraltar
by two American frigates. Friday arrived his Ma-
jesty's sloop Icarus, Captain DETow, "Or left this
enchorege on Teestlay last, in consequence of infor-
mation received frosn.the brig Lion, from Bourdeaux,
of an American schooner being .0 the Start. The
Icarus had not the good fortune to fill in with the
privateer, but saw two suspicious frigates off the
I..izard yerftrday. They were first observed about
;loon, under'easy sail, standing to the south; at one
they tacked, itali stood for the Icarus, who made the
pleivateviiinai tette", enforced with guns, which was
jtot answeroldc-Shangh kept flying till dark • the
litrangers b*ollist within three !Mies of the farm?,
•ead coming:op bst, in sail was made ;As frigate,
4id nes-elsew a disposition to Anse, but closed, ap..
trntly Ao apeqc. A little after dark, the Icarus
Weis/etre largo auspicious schooner to leeward,
hid' tacked, as did the Icarus, and made all sail in
have: the schooner proved to be the Prince de
eufchat-I, prize to Sr G. Cozuza's squadron.
hourly after speaking, the schooner observed a
1 ißate bearing down, heard her hail the schooner;
owed the tight signal, which was after a long time
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tuned imuroperly, with her firing a shot over the
s.—( P4,,onatah Tekgraph.)
'be Duke of WeLLINGTON reached Carlshue on
t 27th scat. on his *ay to Vienna.
Mr. GR V ATTAM, e understand, will present the
thrdie Petition % the finale of Commons. In the
o tof I.ord Donouounowe not retracting his re-
f al, the Petition will be probably presented in the
nit by the Duke of Sussex.
Inll
Parsec* Mud.; Esq. M. P. Chairman of the
Committee appointed by the House of Commons last
%anion, to investigate the Foreign Corn Trade of
this country, is arrived in town to attend his duty
is Parliament.
to a paragraph which appeared in the STATESMAN
(lane days ago) it was stated, that a merchant in
the city had detected an illicit iotercoure between his
wife and one of his partners. We are desired to de-
clare, that it was a brother of his partner, and not a
partner, who was so detected.
Arrears of the Property Tea are, it is said, con-
stantly pouring in. There is a talk of seising feet
reillioo of the Sinking Fund.
Mr. D'Esrestes, who fell in the late duel with
Mr. O'Cox:vrt.t., was an officer on board the Beet
as the Nore during the mutiny, and distinguished
himself by his courage and loyalti upon that occa-
sion.

In the Court of Requests, on Monday sennight,
at Boston, a cause of considerable interest to the in-
Laigtants of that place was decided : A tradesman sum-
moned a person from whom be had taken, after book-
ing hours, two of Mr. WILFJRD'S pound bills on the
Saturday evening, after which the batik did not again
open ; when the Clerk of the Court and all the Cont.
mitsioners present being of opinion that they were
I -tumble, awarded accordingly. From this de-
cisint, 'it appears, that all bills of the same bank,
l ail away after five o'clock on that evening, are re-
cc.itrable from the person who so pails them.
Another most extraordinary affair has happened in
nightlife, which• is likely to engage the public atten-
tion as mach, perhaps, as the story of the unhappy
Rossasaay. A Peeress was detected on Mon-,
day last, in a situation the most unequivocal, by her
in.iiired Lord, who, in the height of passion discharged
• 1)401 at the inamorata, and shot him through the
arm, which is said to be fractured. It happened
near Staines. It made the universal subject of con-
e• rsstion last night at the Opera, and, therefore,.
coitorahnent is impossible.

Ceati-EacuAlsos, Fan. 80—gating no fresh, et.
vitals of this too/Ding, hlonclayl prices aro
fully *Named for every article. Ilse demand for
Who.* still continuer, and the probability of ear
ports being abet against the importation of foreign,
tenth to enliven the trades and cause these &drawing
price. which hale tea olecs withia the last by
, •
days.