The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-05-24 00:00:00

p a ve you; this separatirin will be painful to me, be- .of Representatives concurred, with the atm.* saute I love you sincerely ; but the idea of your hap- alacrity, in his recommendation for the Repeal plums mitigates the bitterness of my departure, and two Acts hostile to Great Britain, yet, no notitiao, whenever I may, I shall always cherish a recollection o f t h e virtues of the inhabitants of this isle, and the pears to be taken of this additional recommendation. wishes which 1 feel for them. The whole proceedings, as they appear on tbir• face DALESME. Geoerat of Brigade. 1 1 of these documents, lead to the gratifying prispect Porto- Ferrajo, May 4, 1814. ! of almost immediate peace between England and America. The hostility of the PRESIDENT is eitink- T ut TICE-PREFECT OF VIZ MEG/ ELBA, PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF PREFECT, TO THE INHABITANTS mitigated or disguised ; whilst that of the house OF THAT ISLE. ;of Representatives appears to be entirely estin- The most fortunate event which could illustrate guished. We trust the malevolent e ff orts made the history of the isle of Elba ii realized before your - by a wretched petty in this country to inflame eyes. the passions of the people against America Our august Sovereign the Emperor Napoleon is. come among us. i and her Government, will totally fail of success ; Give then free course to that joy which must over- and that the policy of Government may go hand in law your hearts : your wishes are accomplished, alli baud with the wishes of the people, in meeting the the felicity of the isle is secured. i pacific advances of America. We rejoice that there Listen to the fire memorable words which he has is a great probability of the effusion of blood in that condescended to address to you, through the medium country having already ceased. From the pressers of the public functionaries: I will be to you a good , father, be you to we good children. Let them be for ,of time yesterday, we were enabled to give only ever impressed on your grateful hearts. ! part of the letter which inclosed the Message and. Let us all rally around his sacred person, emulous Bill. We will here insert the whole together. The h zeal and fidelity to save him ; this will be the : latter part of the Letter, which was then unavoid sv.ePtest recompense to his grateful heart, and thus .. will be found highly iMpOrtant, as it ' shall se render ourselves worthy of that signal fa- ani y on * ted, your which Providence has conferred on us. I relates to a proposal for an armistice made by Sir G. 8 ALBI AN 1, Vice-Prefect. PltEvosT to the American Government. . Of 01610- t:race of Prefecture at Pork) Fen*, May 4, 1814. telligence also we believe we are ezehmively in pos session. • OIUIEFOE FILIPPO AlllOOll l HONORARY CANON OF • THE CATHEDRAL. OP PISA, AND OF TUE METROPOLI TAN CHURCH OF FLORENCE, AND UNDER TUE BISHOP or AJACCIO, ViCAR-GENERAL OF THE ISLE OF ELBA, AND PRINCIPALITY OF PIOSSBINO, TO THE BELOVED IN THE LORD, OUR BRETHREN COMPOSING THE CLERGY AND ALL TUE FAITHFUL IN VIE ISLE, 4 ABEALTII AND BENEDICTION ! * That high Providence which irresistibly and bene llcently disposes of every thing, and assigns to na tions their destiny, has determined that amidst the politital changes of Europe, we should in future be the subjects of Napoleon the Great. The Isle of Elba, already celebrated for its natural productions, mot-now be more illustrious in the history of mt .:. tious because it renders homage to its new Prince of immortal fame. The Isle of Elba takes its place in .the rank of nations; and the minuteness of Us terri •tory becomes ennobled by !We name of its Ruler.— Eletsted to an honour so sublime, it receives into its bosorn the anointed of the Lord, and those other dis tinguished personages .who accompany him. When his imperial and Royal M,jesty selected this Isle for his retreat, he announced. to, the world ,with what predilection he loved it. Opulence will inundate this country, and multitudes will flock from other parts to our territory to behold a hero. The first day'he set foot upon our shore, he pronounced our destiny and our felicity, 64 I WM be a good father," saki he, '' be you good children." • Beloved Catholics, what words of tenderness! what erpressions of benevolence ! what hopes may we not cherish of our future felicity? Let these • words then furtn.,the delight of your thoughts, and be impressed oh your souls with transports of conso. lation; let fathers rehearse them to their children, and let the memory of the words which secureglory - • 'Sid prosperity tethe isle of Eon, be perpetual from *aeration to generation. • Fortunate citizens of Porto.Ferrajo within your ;Cwalls the sacred person of his Imperial and' Royal ' Majesty is to dwell. Mild in character at all times, constant in affection to your Prince, Napoleon the Great resides wi!liou; never belie the favourable idea which heformetl 4 :of you. Beloved• faithful in Jesus Christ, act in correspon dente to your fate—Non sint 'schismata inter vos : idea supite, pawns kabele, et Deus pacis el dilectionit trig aobiseusa. Let fidelity, gratitude, submission, reign in your bearts. Let all of you unite in I res pectful sentiment of internal affection for your Prince, Father ratter than Sovereign ; and exult with sacred joy in the goodness of the Lord, who, from the ages of eternity, had destined for you this happy event. With this view we order that neat Sunday, in all the churches, a solemn Te Deus,: be sung, in thanks. giving to the Almighty forthe precious gift which, in the abundance of his mercy, he has conferred upon • vs. Given from the Ecclesiastical Court of Elba, this . Bth of May, 1814. (Siighed)(llUKEPNlti FILIPPO FRANCESCO ANG1.01,1171. S.•cretary. " Ranhlegion, April'', in the Evnink. " I snit an wren to New York with thisletti4- thatit say be in season to go by the Chasm* • it• Th. House of Represented'ss have this day, by a very great majority, passed a Bill repealing the Embargo and Non-Importation Laws, which Bill will phs the Senate in a dly or two, by a unanimous vote, or nearly so. The free importation ST British manufactured goods will, after this week, be allowed into all the ports of the United States, in neutral ships, on account of persons residing iu neutral countries. 66 ID the course of a few weeks I expect that w. shall have an armistice, as this Government received a dispatch the day before yesterday from Sir Geo. PREVOST, dated in Canada, the 22d of March, pro posing DV armistice, and offering to appoint a Com missioner to meet nne from this place to negoclate the terms ; this Government believing, from the tenour of the dispatch, that the proposition was made with an hottest desire to effect the object proposed, with a view to peace, determined yesterday, in a Cabinet Council, to open a negotiation with SirGsoactE, pro. ' vided he was authorised to conclude an armistice by sea as well as by land. They this day dispatched a Messenger enquiring on this point, and as Sir GIOROII propo(ed it without saying a word about sea or land, it is to be presumed that he has full authority, in , which case we shall have an armistice In a veryshott time, and which, I hope and believe, will for ever put an end to war between Great Britain and the 1 U awl Sta les ." -lei In this wish, what man poer&sinlikattilt i feelings of humanity or patriotism, can Wale to johr? [ What shall be thought of those who strive to urge our . 1 Government to the madness of openly interfering with the state of political parties in America ? " MADISON, and his adherents, have been the friends of France, and the enemies of England.; let es, therefore, make no peace with America till that faction is pot dawn; let us serve it as we have served the Government of no.staeanit7persevere till it is destroyed." This is the language of a party which pays unceasing oblations to the furies that preside over human slaughter. Their thirst of blood would be monstrous and unnatural if it were merely 1 . tne taste for carnage,—it becomes more loathsome and contemptible when we view it in alliance with, and springing, indeed, out of the sordid love of money. The party whose interest is war, and if not the most numerous, the most active and efficient 1 members of it are many speculators in the political press, is deeply injured by the pacification of the European Continent, and apprehends its total rule from the approach of universal peace. 64 Half a loaf," say they % " is better than no bread." — And by parity of reasoning, a war,—even a petty war with the United States is better than none.— It is false, however, to say, that in any peculiar way JAMES MADISON has been the enemy of England, and the friend of France. He was at the head of a party in a free Government, and his party prevailed, the whole American people is, *therefore, identified with him. He could ewer have pursued his .policy to action, he could not have retained his authority unless his policy had been adopted by the nation, and his authority agreeable to It. :What anatogy,, therefore, can be discovered between the caul, at France and America ? France was under a aft.. ' Mary despotism, America enjoys a free Gortra.l meat. The interests, the policy, . the couiduci, the punishment or reward, of the Gortirentent r , and people might in one case be separated trim' each other, in the other they never ean." if OM -has been incurred, it has been the guilt of . dial 'American People. If justice demands the greekit ,severity of retribution, it is against them that she ,demands it. To invest JAMES MADISON, or his, party, with any personal or separate responsibility for the conduct of America towards England, is as ab surd as the motives from which this is attempted detestable. Shall we then exterminate dr *Mg. American people'—Shall we re-colosite Metric% and make her inhabitants our elaves,?--Pressupp. t n ous and feeble ignorance, that ihas drags .. possibilities into dismission ! The tide of national prejudice, we - firmly belie*. -la Antrim, Arr. Itfaflt ,Due 1 0 • Malta • Got tenhurgie PRICK OE 4TOCKS Tlllti Bank 964#i S per Cast. Red. 66114 9 per C eut C64n , fiat 6 per Cm'. 82111 A per Cat. linvs 97ii Lestg. Ann. 16 3 14 IIA V AT ONE O'CLOCK. latlia Stock India Bomb 9 8 p fiteltequer Willa 1 3 p Omnium 21 Pay (Etta Consols for Ace. 6711 THE STA TESMA N. LONDON: TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1814. At the moment when our Paper was going to press yesterday, we received a letter Which had been sent express from Washington to New-York, in order to be in time for the sailing of the Chauncey American vessel, bearing a flag of truce. This letter inclosed the recent Message of the PRESIDENT to Congress, .recommending the repeal of the Embargo and. Non .lmportation Acts, together with the Abstract of the Act for those purposes, which passed the House of 'Representatives by a large majority, and which it was .cenfidently expected the Senate would receive with out opposition. These important Documents we pub lished Exclusively. The PRESIDENT recommended also the continuance for two years, instead of one, after a peace with this country, of certain addi tional duties on importation, and that the pro- Lihition to export specie should be prolo n g ed for the mine period. And it will be remark ed with satisfaction) that although the Roue ~,, opposed to Eng. . NAVAL INTE L L su, ..... _ lof such a • Preja- - - ...,.......-6 bola, MAY Os -keidaio in tee Dawn. bit Majesty +, dice y _ contemporary events furnish the I Impregaable, bb Royal Higheesstbe Duke df Clarence moat natural causes of ifs production. It is not the 1 14 Cbaddan,-Jason, Nymphe t - COIN% Callasts, Rinoldoe eaplolts of NavoLzon that have dazzled—nor the i t ri"li - sod Calliope; nod a leer of ' transports. bound for H011an01...- intrigues of MADtsof which have misled the people I Arrived thelimose frigate, from the Westward, and Palled - of America ;-'it is thefecollection-of former slavery the Thames.-Caste down from the River the Henry, tlardeert and of acquired' independents--the jest distribution 1 fur America; end the Elizabeth rad. Aim, Dobson, fee of national gratitude between those who held their ! las : V•ey have salted for Portsmouth. chains and those who assisted to knock them off— i • PORTSOOUTit, MA, VS.-Sailed his afajmy's ships that sufficiently accountliaeg„the prejudice of the ' castle and Erebus,. for Quebec.-''Meat out of Hailosto ' American people against . ' featitted. But shall we, l ie"?' olio LeYdeo.-P. 8. Rolled the illodoeuto bii .. . . ' therefore, go on •to ' stresigthee prejudice and .1 for the River. Fu.iforre, else Z.-Arrived his Majcbt)'s shi to inflame animosity ?--Shall we dictate to i Captain Delleurd, free a -crekestiailrd the Lady . the Americans to which of their political D • °T. 1. pee ket, wow a Mail, for Sultrdeette, ties they shall accord the ascendency ?-----For i,aa. :,., .. tan, MAY 23.-Areived t Menry kreelimg a short season, perhaps, we may be enabled w i t h ait six t p Age rwere, frees •finttetsburgh.-Sails. to do this. We may force them to smother . Alliance packet, with a Mail ami-resssager, for Holland. their dislike to us ; but by force we never shall ex- , - --4 -.,„ nd tinguish it. A let us not forget, that in the changes ! The 41orand'or ' Lord Kiith ' and Rom Ea Idi men ' fro m Portsmout h; arrived it Madeira , and chances of this mortal life l .the period may again 26th of Aril ; the, left the Iteet t bound to arrive when France will be formidable to us, and the day before, preeeeding on .their voyage when the popular temper of America may be a mat. convoy, ter of importance. Our conduct on the present oc- : -•;"Th mien wind probably determine the national partiality ! of America for a hundred years to come. If we) .trial her with severity, she must for the moment Istood, but she will, in all probability, find eclat. I I iloss to let us know, than her sincere and perm; misient friendship would have been better tort : ish,thon her constrained and transient humiliation.—i We cannot have America for our subject ; it would •be a fatal acquisition, if it were possible for us.ta' leak* it. She may, however, be our friend. From, *popular nature of bei Government, which may be expected to have a long • existence; temper, pre -Place, erection, influence her foreign relations, quite as duck as policy. ' Whether those popular feelings shall be in our favour, or whether they shall conti nue to operate against us with augmented force, our conduct at the present interesting period will deter mine. #l/40 RITY UPON TOE 4VEsTION Oat TOE CORN ZEPORTAikOt , i * &tab a. moan Testis ..., . - , • • Mr* l Noes 27. 8k MON tilinsv walO Protheroe ir Poem' t2ttli., Northey , Lnrd Handled Stevens .- While • Dais 14 i v ltierrsree • t Z i g e d Dabbington *matt. Majoribtaks Alderson:4lW P. Moore AIdeNIMI 1. UAW lbw larevte 0. laragtos 0. Rose Harvey *wader $. Scott Allan Feller C. Ware - -afloat of a.lettitr f elated CalCutta, be* I Yesterday Capt. BARCLAY, of the ship attired hue with dispatches from Canton, . lift the 28th of .October. AU the Compaa had safely arrived in Chins. The non.a , Americans there (in consequence of the war) casioned a temporary scarcity of cash. Sir MOIRA'S arrival here, the ceremonies at vernment-house have been entirely revivet. WILLIAM RUMBOLD has been appointed Char lain of the Establishment : the Countess hac three pages, and the Earl no less than eight de-Camp. These demonstrations of royal 1 duce the good folks of Cal.:utta to beliert soon as the charter shall be settled, his !Atli; open a commission, constituting his authori to that of a Viceroy." It is said that Skr W. P. Cat.t., Dart. noonced ids intentiqn to reduce his rent tenants in Cornwall,i in proportion to the d the prices of farm produce ; and on the sat ciple the wages of his numerous workmen w Auced to the fair and'equitable ratio of 01 provisions. . The second reading of the all in the h Lords for establishing the Pantheon as Theatre,_ was postponed , on ,the suggestion Lotto CHANCELLOR, to wound a Memorial Patna REGENT for a Patent; which has been bit : - Mi. Conn! through Lord, &bus orig. - ,34 continuance of the Sisterly wind so this time,' and so unusual - if this advanced, has Tiled lho hathen - ref -Harwich with .lei jr sets of every description. The Queen of Deno passed that port on Friday, iu die frigate, Captain Pecuet.r.„ for the Nore,. haps Greenwich. , • Great quantities of bacon and West pha k have been sold in Harwich, at reduced prices, the last week. The former at 9d. per lb, latter at 10d. and lid. Bread is ordered to continue the same week. Meetings have been held, or in progress, principal towns of. Great Britain, on the the proposed alteration in the Corn Laws, , tions are pouring in from every part of the whist it. A Meeting on the subject -wa. .!Liverpool on Saturday. Several Members expressed the necessity of full time and enquir , a subject of such great importance, a final Ilion will not-probably take place in the present 1 asoll. L The Duchess of OLDEBBUROM returned Sunday night from Brighton. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, it is reported, is to be ° waited to the sister of the late Queen of PRUSSIA. A Gentleman observed to a Lady, that since a re cent illness, a mutual friend of theirs spoke very I.much like a puppy. " Likely enough," replied tha Lady ; " for I hear that, by order of the Doctor, he has lately taken to bark." RecoaDita's REPota.—Yesterday the Recorder made his Report of the following 'capital convicts under sentence of death in Newgate, viz.: ' Joseph Mirfleld and William Featherstone, for highway' rob. bery ; William Robert Clements, John Becket Clements, Eliza beth EMI, James Wtitentan, Thomas Godwin, Michael Ward, and Margaret Bryan, for Stealing is dwelling-howl; - Mary Williams and Elise Williams. for uttering counterfeit' money; Robert Johnson, foe horse-ste4ing ; William Henry Botterill,' for forgery ; James Smith, fo r like offence; Eliza belt Gibbs. for housebreaking; Williams Smith. Joseph Ban nister, William Huggins, Bod.llames Stack, for burglary; and .Robert Howard, for returning from traasportation. When Wilihni Henry Betterill was ordered for execution ett Mew l , day next. The otters two respited during pleasure. , . Maausoaotroninrirr.— -- Sturges was charged with in4itg * Scotland in fear, and taking from his perse : k ntity of silver. It ap. inktisa peared,hy the state •the Prosecutor, that he was walking along Lisile,storet,' a few evenings since, when he was surroanded,*. - the Prisoner, another , man, and two wow+, and Thet,Asee charged hie Al i t t with violence towards one of'. ' , omen whom he . had never seen before. The P stated himself 7 to be an officer of jutice, and *issuing him id terror, obtained of Rim half-a-crnits, , The other man swore that was note compensation - Pi:4'4e. Pro. eecutor i s misconduct, and Mt. Scotland gaah - , ~ elt the silver he had; fdr protection. The P ' . fully committed for 01111 7 The Ticket No. 6532, a Prize' of 215,000, in top last. Lottery, was sold - at Sw;rr and Co.'s Fortunate OiSoee •No. 11, Poultry . ; 'l2,',Charing;cross • sad 31, A l dgate High-street, wbererlickets and ibis , ' of the New Lottery, to be drawn on the " Birth.day, are now en sale in great variety. Tisk third rending of the Corn Bill, for a free ex portition, passed the House last night by a great majority ; and notwithstanding the numerous Peti-I tions which have been presented from the large cup.' mercial tonne against the new system, it,is vpro bailie it will be carried into a law. The advocates of the measure appear to be extremely anxious to hurry the business through the House of Commons, lest their object should be impeded or ..frustrated altogether. The arguments employed by the partizans of the measure, are certainly ingenious, and many of them have some weight, but they do natcarry conviction ; and h would be more.ceadli ta:edmit the fact, that the conflicting intereili . S the landed and commer cial 'tidies &rest staite,,aoci that the latter must be sacrificed, if the formeei*, supported—this is the plain steals( the case s st,d.the country, those ma. lilltaeteible iri d ium .isuesits state I,o9llApiatifflif: l silli Mon .be. conviecia of. it. :4milewriters, who' ire in fare4ir of the' Coen' Mi l • have drawn eat Ia Ivry plausible case for the benefit of their clients, by indeatoisring to *show the the landlord who re. ceives double or treble r ent ~: has no interest in the 9 l*seslter, as the whole of it is consumed in the necessary 1 outgoing, of his family. Now it frequently hap pens with a person of great landed property, as well as one who, has money hi the ,Funds, that •be has not a family to maintain, and con. F sequently the enc:rease of his .income is either : saved or expended in II superfluous manner ; hut, . admitting that he has I large faa!ily, and an este btisisment in proportion, he is not likely to con t . ! flume the whole of his ilicomeadmitting, howevei, for the sake of argument, that he did so, is there any reason to be assigeed.why a gentleman of landed pro perty should not submit to some privations, in common with the rest of his fellow.creitures, who are o bliged to put up with the greatest privations, and instead of luxuries, are not only in want of the comforts, but tile common necessaries of life. The Seventb Anniversary Dinner, to celebrate the return of Sir FRANC! i Bunnerr for the City of Weetminster, and the Purity of Election, took place yesterdpy, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, when the worthy Baronet took the Chair. The company was both numerous and respectable, as will be seen by reference to the account given in another part of our Paper. Extract of a lettot 114 a Field-Ogees , at Ant- Werp; dated May 19•:=--" , Lord Luz Daces lead quarters are now at Brusiels, and instead of cetera ;Ng to England we are taught to expect dore'Britigh 1 4soops. The fleet takes its departure for France'on the pit of June, when this place will be entirely evecestied. Disturbances occur 'daily between our 'men and the French, and the new arrangements can ' not be carried toe iSromptly into execatien." Yesterday the revirez aware held a Court at Carlton-house, which was attended by the Austrian Ambassador, and most of the tabinet Ministers ; 'the Dukes of Goanow, ATnot, and Bucci.evon, the Earls of Morrow and PottLwri, Visc. Bain tort, age. The Paine afterwards held a Chapter of the Order of the Thistle, at which the Earl of Aura.. OAVSNWr was introduced,/ and" invested with the • • ~.... . . grA ; lir yes 1 taosi trongty in favour of France, as of the land. We believe in the existence ice ep. dice, bemuse contemporary eve • • 1111.1100 . • ity 4 s Ships , • *; Mien- Rimld% • Palled for • flartleeri - for fish- lips ?tetra r his Ma& Ante-ship. hip Semite Mabel* me Pickett I I I Sailed the I East Ina ra on the Ching g mkt' v $11 1 4 11 0! • • f. • li t ISt& p• Ladiaus , . -Which he riy 4 s ships ',rind of ) had oti. ince Lad ..It. the Go. iced. 4111 Chainler t kg MO 1)! ght Aids. state hi- ve that so (lship • rity equal has an- Its to his decline in • • • ame prin- Kill he re• ; ie price of = 4„, Douse a reisuiar on• of the to.the beet; &ohs 4 ! steel* at edsiasba, iding•tea-, • P it Wing** e Unicorn , and per. Italia hams :es ) within b. and the : me Its last :it all the subject of , and Peti. ° he country was held it lens having . enquiry oft determine.. • resent Se.- to town on is to be I RUISIA• t since a re- 1 Kiaj'a , , ...... ,di Al ... :... o'clock, on San die celebradon d are •Orda• tadeella a Minister had a long audience of the dikai . • • Shit of Ms seabed an audience of the Panics ii*One oft Sonday-asoraing. The Pima' left towit abobt three o'clock, on Son- doesi day, hr. Windsor, to mat at the celebration seta a< thoFNied - Stag , y. • ';1 0: -W..: : • AI . • • f