The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-02-03 00:00:00

17111.11111.111111111.111.1.- v I ' ~. • airs political s it ea n of *nut liwpobik, has been witty raisrepresififed in the United States, through the intrigues 9f awe-enemies. We bare eertainly right to be heard.t:trr which purpose, I shall have the honour or foribrding to year Government the necessary documents, - It you ere nottlisposed to let the thing remain in gain qua, until the President's farther determination be 'mown, I am authorised , to adore you, that we respect end esteem too highly the People of the United States, to carry matters to 4;ieternities. 4 ` . l hare the honour, to remain, with the highest ceosideratioo Gentlemen', your'e, &c. I Si Vied t 66 AtirEtY." " S. L. HOLnEn, Reereutr,. ARBITRARY IMPRISONMENTS 1 i T a I'ULtI.IC llil FETING, betel on the 2d of ~. . 1111 Cebroury. at the CR(IWN AND ANCHORTAVSRN, Strand; • Sir F. BURDETT, M. P. the Chile; TY WAS RIEIIO LIMO, 'That u (icserul Subscription be opened foe the amistams of Itr.•livelis, Sea., Mr. Evans, Jun., Mr. Emilio*, and such other Mdferers under the recent Habeas Corpus Sur.peoslon Act ma right weal entitled to Public Assistance arid Support, by a Committee. That the following Gentlemen be requested to art as a Com mittee, with power to add to their numbers—that five be a tiliteruta :-..Sir Francis Burdett, Lord Cochrane, Major Cart wright. Joists Burdett, Alderman Wood, Alderman Goodhe itere Alderman Thorp, Robert Slade, Robert Waithman, Sa pure?. Favell, Robert Kirby, Wm. StureN T. .7. Wooler, (hard, Pearson, Alexander Galloway; Saone Brooks. Wm. Sortie John Pickard, .James Hitcliins. James Harmer, R aimed Wild, Thomas elearv, Clement Poole. John Ridley, Win. Adams, r Jalliel Perry, Peter Kier, Thomas Bond. WM. ilit'veno. That Mr. Samuel Brooks tie Treasurer; and Mr. Thomas 4 teary, Secretary of Ito. Committee. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sir F. Burdett and Lord Samuel Fro-Raft £1 1 Coehitute £2lO 0 Henry thegory 1 0 W. June. Burdett, Esq. sa 0 William I:llititt 010 Major Cartwright 53 An Involuntary Slave 1 0 owel Curtis, Esq. it) 10 - Peter Wolker, Ea+ 2 2 Ti. Liberty o,thePresr, A. 8.. 5 ti and n Fi A for the Op- C. D. 2 0 - pressors 5 0 John Prams 5 0 Alexander Gal.oway 5 0 Wm. Stevens 2 2 titepheo Bird 2 2 J. J. Clarke, Esq. b 0 Ch.trlet Pear-sin 1 0 From Penni Weekly ..VI the hlooey he basgot 1 0 Subscribers. Spotted C. J. Hector 3 0 1).1F, Clemeal%-lane Jbitti Cr,.s. 1 1 Sir !behold Phillips Richard Wild 1 1 Edward Langley T,hooril. Vy.e 1 I W. Patten, Ludgate•bill The Black Dwarf 2 2 N. Watson Mr. Ireland 1 0 John Elsee, Esq. Saspensi..n to the Sus- - - John Dean ponder. 1 0 J. S., Liosehouve S. 11. Buckle 2 2 An Enemy to oppression lio litdrniniiy Bill to W. D. protect Ilittitife 1 1 One who ardently wishes An Enemy to tholTrinity an immediate Im. in Virty, Cowardice, pearhonent of lyrnsmi• Tyran..y, and Ilyp1). cal persecuting Minis eriq 5 0 ters J:l3. 1 0 Mr. IVltitalter, Surrey r;reeti mid Son 1 1 Codee-hou.e, Borough 010 J. U. 2 2 Thomas Dolby 1 0 Thomas Bland 3 3 Pure, but mit a Page of 'One a lur thinks Mr. Honour 010 Cliff, she Debby vie. John Mitchell . 1 ' . .. 1‘ „ 2 2 0. 2 0 2 9 5 0 1 0 1 0 10 ~~ I , 2 2 . .. lira, a mulls Dilute m:11* :knit the best of bib appre-sstra 1 0 Jahn I'ukart.l 5 0 P. K • 1 1 Joseph Phelps I 1 itieburd lia,ward 1 1 IfsMato ll•mite 1 1 'Manus Cleary 1 I Name! Brooks . 5 0 "William Illisbrt 2 2 'William IV inbeY 0 10 )flay site Sun never rise on riTyrimi, oar set an it Min , e 5 0 as enrmy to the Doctor 5 5 Mr. 11use.autbe 1 1 W. Prater, Lag. Nuble btreet 5 0 Mr. Beilarhy.l34•ll-alley 1 10 J. A. Pitipwi i Editor of 'the Nese J. M. iliorons Allchin A 1 George Renard 1 I 11. 11. 1 h Clirmopher Pottinger 1 I J.iiiie Priritt . 0 5 C. Puller Won. Cupel An linetny .to Tyrnnny hi every 1 0 CTlA,RylantliS, Savage. garden. 1 H. Wilkiii-rin 1 0 A Hater of Lord Sid. asouth's Religious Pi inciples 0 10 William Parr 1 1 J. S. G. Is. Subscription 1 0 A. Jenkusvon—not of the Liverpool Bleed 1 0 Au Roemv t. Corruption on hi. Oath of [Ace, S. P. 1 0 W. Ilibberdine G. Webber, Covent gutdeo-market - John Upton William Freud, E•ti. 2 2 W. Tra.dale, St. Paul's • 2 to. Churclivyard . 1 I 'T. Hammond 1 0 John King, E.g. Fitz -1 1) my-square . 20 0 1 1 Sundry small Sums col lected at the Door 101.5..70. 5 0 islenibers of the !adepts:dent Society of the Wnrd of •Bishopse,aie, by LT. J. Winder : Payout' piaah John Dom'led lice% "Fulther it. Denman - William Gee John Williams 5 0 '2O l 0 3 0 2 2 5 0 1 1 Sph•criliriont will he received by Mr. Samuel Brooks, Trea surer, 1111, Strand ; Mr. Alexander Galloway, 69, Holborn; Ilr. J.. e. Ilitrltins, 9, Aldrrinoubury Postern; Mr. T. J . lieonler,* wee,. Busbopsgnie-street ; Mr. T. Bond, Crook- Mr. J. CnhdNc, 53, Blackman-street, Borough; Mr. Ito.gers, 166, yford-strert ;at the Bar of the ernwa nod Anchor Tavern, Strand ; and try THOMAS CLE ARV. Sec. Alfred Plate, Wdford-cco PRICE OF STOCKS TR Bank Stork S per Cent. Red. 7V41 S per Cent. Combols /9 -Cutout, for Acc. 79i 4 per Cent. 13.80 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 5 per Cent. Navy 1051 India Kornis 10t p stock i4O Long Ann. 'AO bschtlitter Bill* 18 27 p THE STATESMAN. LONDON: TUEEDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1818. By the American Papers to the 11th nit. from which we yesterday gave the particulars of the cap tire of Amelia Island by the forces of the United States, we are pot in possesion of the Report of the Committee appointed by the Assembly of the Re public of Florida, on the circumstances that led to the surrender of Amelia Island, and the Corre. spondence between General AURY and Captain EL mos, of the United States Naval force. It appears from these documents that the circumstance which snore immediately led to' the occupation of Amelia Island by the United States' force, part of which was previously in the neighbourhood of the port of Fernan dina, and which is made one of the ostensible grounds of the seizure, was the firing of the Guineeman prize armed schooner Tentative, captured by the Mexican schooner Brutus, upon the American brig Saranac's boat, which attempted to board the prize of the Mee lean. The affidavits of the Prise-auster, the persons on boardthe vessel, and others, are given in proof that the. Mexican deemed it necessary In her own defence to resist the boarders, that the Americans fired into the prize, and that the captors did not know whether their assailants were American or Spanish, as the Apauierds could have assumed American plum to THE ST. decoy and take the vessel. The Prize-Master's all davit states, that he was at; close to the beach of the Island as he could be, and, of course, was in what they generally call Spanish waters. If we couple this circumstance of the Americans assuming and exercising the right of search over the ships and property of the Spanish Republic, and denying the same right to Great Britain under more 'Creasing and embarrassing dram. - stances . , we must allow that the new Republic has jest grounds to complain of the arrogant invasion of their rights by the Republic of the United States. The Com mittee, in their Report, consider that 66 by these I doCuments it is proved beyond a doubt, that the schooner •Tentativa was attempted to be boarded,' and was by the boat sent to intercept her fired_upon in the very waters of Amelia. Whatever may have been the motives of the ComMandor of the. Saranac in ordering or approving such a violation of neutral right, they can, in the judgment of the Committee, never be sanctioned, much less could they hese been ordered, by the enlightened Government which has itself contended against the right of search on board their own vessels, even when out of their waters. How then could Captain Evroa, certainly unauthorised, take upon himself. to board our vessels in our very waters? What authority could he have had to detain those vessels, . to molest per commerce and threaten us, if we sheuld rescue from him or protect a vessel under our own flag and at an chor in our own harbour, he would consider us as having hoisted the flag of defiance and should act ac cordingly ? What authority ? None other than *that whichbc must have unjustifiably assumed." They resolved, that these documents, with a statement of the transactions that have taken place, be officially transmitted by the earliest opportunity to. the PRESIDENT of the United States. They refer to the Article's of the Treaty of Friendship, Limits and Navigation, between the United States and the King of SPAIN. And Commodore Anal, in the letter w hich we insert in another place, has some strong and fair reason ing on the guaranteed and acquiredrights of the Gover nment of the Floridas. Ile questions the right of the United States' Government to occupy the Island, and expresses his surprise that a nation which so re cently established its own independence, should ob. strnct others in the pursuit of the same object. This subject is entitled to further remarks, hut the defence of Liberty at home more pressingly demands, at pre sent, all the space we can give. The National intelligencer has an article from Nachitoches, of the 30th November, stating, on the authority of persons from San Antonio, that Saltillo, Mouherey, Montclover, were in the possession of MINA; that in detail he had beaten and nearly de stroyed three divisions of the Royal Army; that the inhabitants were generally joining him, and that very little opposition in future was expected to be made against him in the Captaia-Generalship of Arredondo, formerly Salcedo. Paris Papers to the 31st ult. have been received. The Debate on the new Conscription was resumedl on Thursday, when an Amendment was proposed for exempting the only and the eldest sons of families; but it was got rid of by a vote for the pre rious question. The discussion of the remaining Ar ticles, was postponed to the next day. The Duke of Wr.r.t.trwtorr was expected in Paris on Friday. The Private Letters express an opinion, that his stay will be for several months. It is stated on the same au thority, that the Commissions of Liquidation are pro ceeding with the greatest activity in their labours re lative to private claims. It appears that they have formed a resolution to draw up at first a detailed table, in several columns, of the reclenatious of each nation ; and that they have adopted as a base, a round sum to be paid by France, which will then be distributed according to a pro rata. The Public Funds have continued at a marked elevation for seve ral days. T he French Loan is not contracted for, I but the Stocks were at 66f. 75c. The Algerines ale stated to have no less than nine vessels in the Mediterranean. Accounts from Con stantinople, dated the 18th December, announce the conclusion of a Peace between Tunis and Tripoli. Flanders and Hamburgh Mails have also arrived. The severity with which LAS CASAS, the faithful friend of BoNArAKTE, has been treated on the coo-, tinent, is ascribed to the inhospitable reception which he met in England. He is now going to be placed under the protection of Austria, which grants him an asylum in its dominions, after he has been broken in health, spirits, and fortune. A letter from Cadiz, of the Bth of January, states, that the celebrated Pa. triot Chief, MINA, had arrived a prisoner at Mexico. This is the absurd lie of the Spanish Gazettes. We have already given authentic accounts of MINA'S suc cessful career, to the date of a month after his re ported capture. The important business of the Green Bag 'indica tions and the measures to be founded upon them, did not come on yesterday in either House of Parlia ment. Lord Srnmotmt brought down the promised Bag of Papers to the House of Lords, bAt postponed Lis motion for a Committee upon them tilt this day, on account of the sudden death of the Earl of Ur- PER Ossoror, and the consequent absence of Lord Iiot.I.AND and the Marquis of LANSDOWN, relatives of the deceased Peer, and who wished to take part in the discussion.-The Commons did not make &Boom Though the papers in these importitet and useful 1 , I . j" . :; - 1 1 4 :rEsmA N. ~~~~ ~: z N bags are declared to relate to the internal state. of the country, and are to be- the justificatory ' basis of the Indemnity Act to Lord SIDMOUTH and his Col leagues and Instruments, for all their extraordinary and unparalleled proceedings against the Constitu tional and Personal Rights of the People, the' coun try is not to be much honoured or gratified by the exposures of Ministers. They are only to be laid before a Committee of Secrecy! Though the smallest ground for alarm or coercion h no longer to be found, even in imagination, the mockery of portentous secrecy and Secret Committees is still to be kept up, that the authors of the Suspension Act and the horrid arbitrary imprisonments may veil their guilt and cowardly apprehensions in darkness, and s get up a Report to screen them from the conse quences that ought to attend such offences against humanity and the nation., The ample aryl correct Report which we give of the business at the Meeting :mid yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, regarding the arbitrary, the wanton, and unnecessary inflictions of suffering upon the individuals who have lately been released from the State Prisons, supersedes the necessity for for th* remark on our part, at _present, on this interest• ing subject. We implore the Public to give due at. teetion to the 'Mails in these proceedings, and the considerations they naturally suggest. No man in the country, who has Rights to preserve, and who has riot ? should be ignorant of the conduct pursued by Administration towards the men who have become its victims, for their attachment to Con. stitutional Rights and the Reform in Parliament so utrivesslly demanded, and towards the whole of the country, by the detestable operations of the Suspen• sion Act, which was chiefly aimed at, and, for a time, suspended the Meetings of the People for esta blishing their rights. The efforts and base delusions of Oliver are plainly stated,, as coming within the observation and intimate knowledge of all the victims of oppression ; and if a case, sufficient to destroy all claims to indemnity, and fit subject for national re probation, is not made out by this cloud of lament able evidence, we really know not • hat can con vince the human mind of the abuses of power, and the necessity of resisting its oppressions. The Subscrip tion, we were glad to see, began well. The Public are apt to take too little interest in individual wrong—they interpose in popular and momentous questions, but too often leave unheeded the private sufferer to perish. The sympathetic feeling is, how. ever, now more-strongly awakened. This is the circle that emb►aces and suggests all other good feel ings as well as public rights. Every particular in the subjects of yesterday's Meeting is a public con cern. The question of Rights which they involve belongs not only to the Public, but to posterity. Let the nation calmly consider and decide upon it. It will be observed by the Subscriptions tllit Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and Lord COCURANI; subscribed one bun. dred guineas each. WINDSOR, FED `2. —'The Pittsce REGENT left ibis morning at 20 utilities past 10 o'clock, for Brighton. Sir H. MILL MAN arrived this morning to visit the Clung. Her MAJESTY is troubled with a slight cold, but not sufficient to confine her to the Palace; she rode out to.day in her carriage. BRIGHTON, FEB. I.—At eight o'clock this morn ing, the PRINCE REGENT, accompanied by Count MUNSTER, left the l'aviliqn for Windsor Casile. His Royal Highness dines this day with her MAJESTY, and on Monday the PRINCE REGENT is especial at Carlton-home, previously to the return of Isis Royal Highness to the Pavilion. 'I he Austrian, Spanish, and Portuguese Antbassadots, and the Prussian Mi. niter, likewise took their departure from the Pavi lion for London. •• The PRINCE REGENT'S visit to Windsor on Sunday was very sudden : a messenger wet dispatched on Sa turday night from the Patilipn to Windsor with let ters announcing that it was the intention of the RE GENT to be at Windsor en Sunday. Yesterday the dispatches were closed at the East ludia.llouse, and delivered to the Pursers of the fol. lowing ships, viz: —London, Captain W. Cssie- DELL, and Princess Amelia, Captain E. RALSTON, for Madras and Pins. Passengers per London—For Madras, Mrs. CASSAMAJOR and child; Messrs. CHARLETON, BEAVER, TURNER, BONHAM, GORDON, Cadets.—Per Princess Amelia—For Madras, Gen. 'faxestm, Lieut.-Col. Cosae and Lady, Captain WALLACE and Lady, Lieut. D. ALLLN, Mr. A. Mileas, Writer, Mr. J. MILNER. The PRINCE REGENT, in Council, lately sent on order to the loyal Court of Guernsey, to prohibit the importation of French silks, lace, &c. into that island.—After the order had been read in open Court by the King's Treasurer, the Court refused ,to register it, alleging, that it militated against the long este.. Wished customs, rights, and privileges of the island ; that the islanders had suffered great privations by the abolition of smuggling; and that should the impor tation of silks and lace be put a stop to, it would reduce many to poverty and distress. The Court further ordered, that a humble representation should be made to the Privy Council of all those circum stances, and praying that the order might not be put in force in Guernsey. The art and ingenuity of the Lottery Contractors seem inexhaustible; not satisfied with having voiced the Scheme upon a basis of One Hundred Capitals, ornamented with Three Magnificent Pr izes of 30,0001. Sterling, they have superadded Twelve Pipes of the best old Port Wine, thus sertking to gratify, at the same time, the taste of honest Johu Bull, as well for gond living as his pocket. It is confidently stated in the fashionable circles, that the Prioress Ei.ixAccrri vitt be shortly united to a German Prince at present in this country. Sir GILBERT IleaTiicolo, Bart. M. P. is arrived a t his house. in Langham-place, from his scat, Nor =Moil Park s Lim:ol'l4in, • 1 • : , rciran INTELLIGENCE. • DEAL, Frs. 2o—Arrived the Luce Hes, Willis, from the Havannah and sailed with the lom ewir ,f. hoand for the Kier.—Came down front the Itiaerc the Emulous, Sewell, for Antigua.—Put hack evening, with loss of two anchors sod cables, Eases, Clark, from London to Bourdeana : abe has been supplied with others. Tunes o'cLocK.—Tb. wind has got round to the S. S. E. and most of the outward.bqund areaway. Pooposou'ett, FEB. 2.—Sailed the Julitpa s vie, for Batavia, and several others of the'ontwaid. bound. • Fauttotrru, JAN. 31.—Saileol the Prince Et n p sti packet, with Mails for Lisbon; and the Sande tce packet,' with Mails for the Leeward Islands. To rus EDITOR or THE STATES M,lll'. Sin,—Permit a constant reader of your respects. ble Paper, to request the favour of you to correct • paragraph which lately appeared in the Mks New.. paper, which stated, •t that the Borough of Lan. caster was likely to be warmly contested at th.• ensuing Election, but that Mr.o IWTHORN E NOUN ) 1141 doubt, be returned." Now, Sir, the fact is, we Lancaster Fromm, have not so much as heard of an intendrld contest ; and in case of such an event, we think that Mt. CAW, THORYB't election would be very doubtful ;'• we imagine he would retire. Your's icc. Lancaster, 31st January, 1818. A FREEMAN. 7ilFit, ' —l9 owe' N Itii~T"' ek last (4, t h• l LAW INTELLIGENCB. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 2. MAXWELL V. DANIEL. This was an action for money had and received by Capt. Murray Matsu.ll, who commanded the Alresie, and carried out the Embasvy to China, to recover tha sum of 5131. 10.1. alleged to be due to him from the Defendant, the Prize Agent fur the booty taken by the expedition fitted out, against Surinam in the sear 1804, in which the Plaiutili had a command ouder Sir S. Hood. The Plaintiff's demand was resisted, on the ground that the D4endeett had accounted for the sum in question with a Mr. James Maxwell, another Prize Agent of the Plaintiff, at the Islsnd of Barbadues, the Defendant hawing receved a a guarantee from the Agent in the West Indies. _ . It wag purely a question of account, and in the re sult the Plaiwilf was nonsuited. PO LW E. BOW-STREET --Yesterday Juieph Cutler, en old , uspected character as a sheep-stealer, and committing other depredations, underwent an examination, has. ing been apprehended a few nights since on the lim• singtori-road, by one of the patrols of that into, under suspicious circumstances, and found upon him a decoy for dogs, snares to catch does and olio-, aii tt tale, a long pike stick, also a white hen, some seed racks marked K. C., a seed cloth, three small ta.; of check curtails, ull supposed to base been stuleii from premises on that road.— Lie was com wilted for further examination on Thursday. Mary Mart - valid Catharine Murray were charged with teloniously stealing a shawl from the person of !;arah !User, iu St. James's Park, near the Queen's Palace. The Prisoners forcibly took the shawl Irons the Prosecutrix, and ran off with it; they were pin. sued and taken, with the shawl on Mary Murray.— The Prisoners were committed fur trial. FORGED HANK-NOTES. lIATToN•GAItDEN.—Yesterday John Sterens, Sa. mud Farley, and William Weller, were brought up in the custody of Thomas Thompson, a constable, charged as common otterers of forged Bank•nutes. The Prisoners were remanded for further examination. FELON Y. AVOILIIIIP•STREET.- - keste rcitiy, J. Bull and Win. !Judson were ftilly . commifted for stealing a coat and waistcoat, the property of Walter Yates. Buds 111 lodged in the same house with the Prosecutor st Clapton, anti broke his bloc opa', stole his clothes, and gave them to Ball to pledge, and they both span the motley. Lhstots.llALL.—Willium Downes, a young matt, was yesterday committed by R. J. Cumancus, Esti. for uttering a forged 21. note, knowing the sanie to be a forgery upon the Batik of England.—Committed for another examination. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday an Inquisition was held at the Black Horse, High-street, Polito - , before J. W. UNWIN, El. on Ate body of Mr. Smith, of Charles-street, Globe-fields, Mile-End, who had formerly been a Commodore in the Hoist Navy, but wets found drowned in the New Cut, near the Eel Pie-house, Poplar. It appeared that on Thursday evening the deceased had been at Mr. Horn's, the Eel Pie-house, where be called for pen and hilt, and 'wrote a letter. The body was found drue nest in the New Cot next day and dirtied to the Eel Pie-house, where it was owned by the wife of the deceased.—Verdict—Founddresned. On Sunday, Mr. John Peerkes, one of the priori. pal Officers of Bo .street Office, died at his house in Castle-street, Long-Acre, atter SC%PI al months The Parks, on Sunday, had a sprinkling of rai , k and fashion, notwithstanding the early pint of the morning threatened a fall of snow. Several cirrragf s, of the Ilaut-ton appeared about three o'Clock in the Dries of Hyde Park, and Equestrians in the Thirc. The Pave was graced by many elegantly dressed te males, who appeared fur the first time in colours, since the mourning. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-04 Saturday morning, MI. Thomas Junes, baker, in Cock-lane, leading into Slinieditch, after taking breakfast with his tuliei:), dressed himself with an intent of going.into the c ity on business, and loft the tiotrie, as he said, tor t h at purpose. In a few minutes afterwards the seivrlit maid went into the wash-house, and was hurter struck et finding him there, suspended by a cord Guns a beam across the room. Her screams brought faith the rest of the inmates, am; he was cut down, patently lifeless. A surgeon, however, was called who used the means for restoring reanimation, sod succeeded, after a considerable time. 1. N DON : Printoa and P.stilishA by D. Lov eLL. rr oe Orrice, Me. 4, 11.61,1itlery-tJart.