The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-07-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Jut.x . 7.—Arrived the Challenge sloop of 'rum off Dunkirk : the white flag was hoisted j esterday, and a royal Watti fired from the .ry.—Came in the Urgert sloop of war, from • ; and the Thetis, Enterpri:c, and Kingston , ntmett, from Jamaica.—Came down from the the Thetis, Juno, Duke of Bronti, and Gala liosports, and will proceed to-morrow for id, under convoy of the Erebus. )ursstouxtt, JULY 7.—Arrived the Surly and from it cruise; Grampus and Castor, from 'oh. 'the Rover hav sailed again.—Prepara ire making to salute the Duchess d'Angooleme, expected every minute to embark for France. JULY 7.—Arrived the Diana packet, Mail from Holland. The head-quarters of ,ussian army, about 80,000 strong, would be ‘y (7th) Nanci, commanded by Barclay de The Emperor of Russia was, when the last Juts came arra% , with the Austrian army. :t.tor, JULY 4.—Came in his . Majesty's ships .Eurydice and Pclicr:n, with a convoy from Cook, England ; also five French vessels, prizes to his jesty's ships Cyrus and Nimble.—~ailed yesterday Majesty's ship 1/.;eon, on a cruise. our account of Mr. IVIIITIIREAD'S family, we I that one of his daughters was married to Sir .GE GREY, Comotioeonor of his Majecty's yard at Portsihnoth, which was a mistake, as weak: married a sioer, and not a daughter of WHITBREtn. a. EDITOR,•••••II4IVing seen in your Paper. an statiog, that the bearer of the diwatches of the Ills I at•le of Blenheim was the groat grandfather Honourable Lieut.-Colonel PERCY, I must beg to observe, that there must be some mistake in information, as I can inform you that the Officer ispatched by the Duke of MARLBOROUGH wits Cot. 'KZ, one of his Ahl4-de-Camp, who accepted the u's picture in lieu of the usual gratification of lundred pounds. Ilia portrait, three-quarters h, by Sir GODFREY KNELLER, is in my posses having been bequeathed to my late wife, who his great niece, by her relation who was his niece. Queen's picture is pendent from his neck by a ribbon ; the dispatches are represented in the corner on his right hand, and the battle in the hack mid. 1 must therefore rely on your candour to correct the error, by inserting in your Paper this `stement, which will oblige, Sir, your most humble ' obedient servant, mnston-street, 6th July. W. MERVIN DILLON. . S. My late wife's father, Sir AUGUSTUS Gob an, bore also the name of PAREZ from his uncle. 411110. 1 16 n 1 DEAL, J war, from • there )este battery.—t Dover ; an merchantm River the tie t ransp Ostend, u. Poarsms Rorer, frc Pl)mouth. tions are m Who is exp H %stair with a Ma • the Hussies this slay (7 Toll). T accounts Cl SCILLY, Eurydice for &glass Majesty's Isis hltsjest • In our m 'fated tits GEORGE i dock-yard Sir Gcosso Mr. WHIT Ma. En article stet glorious t s s of the Hon 'este to of your Wm. • dispatched 1 PA RILE, ot faJerit's p tee hood, length, by f sion, NMI was his grs The Quests red ribbot t corner on ground. correct th statement, and obedis Bryanston It P. S. M DAILD, bot 6 Count a sloop of v o%cer's on Sunda a 1 : - palsied by the depot a Munht d Jowl.—.' • quitted A 5. Savoy. the house Massy covering 1 this moms wounded of Prussians a . Ant werp. o. Count on Tuesd ins terviews tis and y est e ch EofeT to Este Theo Pss engaged r m. Detach root Gut d. landed as els North At ing instant th we Thee on their gra m.ORANGE have Com or Hess with bee denotes, 1 his by him is rate the Reya '46* A monun slier erected o The inl in of the H 'hey 3000 guil Kew besides Ii for their Ind, were still ches sum for I for those wh ench By lett such of ()RANI as to dell LINGTON GLEs E A day, use of his sday The f 'ion. d at 4th inst. ORANGE not ceived wi to and some I,crd. a scene o log, earn r this cheri of the chanism, cle the las i t ec cs sefi le the genes delay display es tight. the Pros from his IL he was d [went guard on er, t* h t , to Order! , H , log to all Red whose pa pa:l . THE STATESMAN. r-: To rsE EDITOR er rin STATESMAN. SIR,-1 beg you will permit me, through your truly respectable Paper, to notice what I humbly presume to be a notorious and gross injustice. To enumerate the various advantages enjoyed by Military .over Naval ()Seers, would require many pages; 1 here, however, only intend adverting to a single one. It is scarcely necessary to observe, that many cir cumstances Base in the course of public life, which induce a man to wish for retirement, and that species of domestic tranquillity Which cannot be expected while engaged in the aclive duties of his profession ; amongst these ill health, wounds , and length of ierrice, are of course the most prevalent, hese, together nit h others of a idss urgent description, continue to enable Officers to retire from the Army doily, some on pen sions, and others with whole or half-piy, wherea3 in the Nary no such privilege elide, except in a very limited degree. The loss of a kg, arm, or eye, innumerable sears, or fifty years' service, do not exempt Officers from being called upon to serve, unless previously enabled to make sufficient interest at• the Admiralty Board (an inferior department of the Administration) to obtain superannuation, the only term in use for re- Aired Naval Officers—the serious inconveniences arising from this part of the system can easily be illustrated. There are very few instances of Officers being dv sirous to enter into active service from mere too- Om; of zeal or personal ambition, after severe wounds, or unrequited and long services, owing to abuse of patronage and other cau , es. On esantitiq lion it will be found that two.thitds of those who have solicitud employment under such circumstance*, did so either with a view of obtaining advancement, or bettering their pecuniary conct , ttis; and more oyer, if the " Rules of the Service" had permitted their being provided ,for in any thittg like an ade quate manner at home, they would not have again courted the perils of a treacherous element, and, what is far worse, " the spurns which patient merit from the unworthy takes." 1 would only here ask, is it prudent to leave that, which is of the highest moment to the public inte rest to the discretion of a few individuals, without any legally defined rule to restrain or guide them ? Let any one, however superficially acquainted with the subject, reflect on this case, and he will, no doubt, readily agree in the utility which would ttri.e from doing away with so wide a dfstindioa between the two professions. It has for some years been a constant complaint at the Admiralty, that the Lists of Commanders and Lieutenants were so large as to preclude the hopes of • many who might otherwise have been promoted ; this Iwould not be the case if retirement were allowed (as it is in the Army).---When enquired into it will I be seen there are hundreds on both Lists who would gladly retire, and could, without any difficulty, esta blish their well-grounded claims to it. I am, Sir, your very bumble servant, Jul) 3,1815. it. P. N. cant Los au came to Plymouth in the Redpole of war, Captain Elvotax, and went from that tcer's house, in George-street, Plymonth-dock, Sunday afternoon last, to Ashburton, accom ied by two other French Officers. Ashburton is depot for the Officers. `oiler is noticed in the Paris Papers as fol- We learn from Marseilles that MuttaT ted Antibes to take the waters of Greauls, in ty. It is also reported that he died at Lyons, in house of the President of the Imperia! Court." lauy of our wounded officers and men are re- Ting fast, and rejoining the army. There are at moment in Brussels upwards of 20,000 sick and inded British, Belgic, Hanoverian, and a few isians. Most of the wounded French are seat to werp. )unt Muerreit unexpectedly arrived in London ,'uesday night, from Hanover, and had long in iews with the PRINCE REGENT, on Wednesday yesterday. Eamon, of Covent-garden, has taken-the Mar- Theatre for the ensuing season, and has already engaged many Performers of the first celebrity. Detachments from the Life Guards, Horse Guards, Guards, and Waggon Train, have arrived and aided at Ostend, as well as some regiments from •tb America, all of which were marched off the Ant they landed. The States-General of Holland, in testimony of gratitude for the exertions of the Prince of .ANOIL in the Nutlet of the 16th and 18th of June, • come to a revolution, to present his Royal High , with the domain of Soestdyk, with all its depen derides, in the frame of the Dutch people, to be held • him in full property ; and to fit up and furnish I WATERLOO, JUNE 20.—The regiments that dis- Royal Hunting seat there at the public expence. anguished themselves as particularised by the Duke, tonument in honour of the troops is also to be are in Major-General Sir DENts PACK'S. and Colonel _red on the domain. , Sir PHILIP BeLsoN's brigade. These eight regiments Theinhabitants of Rotterdam, in imitation of those lost, on the 16th instant, in killed and wounded the Hague and Amsterdam, have cent a sum of Officers, 150; and men, 1320. On the 18th their 3000 guilders for the use of the wounded at Brussels, loss was more considerable. The victory has left besides lint, shirts, handkerchiefs, and other articles, the 79th Highland regiment in command of a their better accommodation. The subscriptions subaltern Officer—the 28th regiment of a junior Cap. still continued, and it was intended to raise a taio—and the 95th of a Brevet Major. These regi -a for the behoof of the widows and children of :wants composed Col. Sir PHILIP BELSoN's brigade. those who had fallen. Those of Major-General Sir DENIS PACK have suf- By letters from Brussels we learn, that the Prince fered as great a loss, particularly the 42d regiment. )ex,rce was so perfectly recovered of his wound Colonel CAMERON, of the 92d, who has so often ,o determine to set out to join the Duke of WEL- bled for his country, was shot in three places, and' !GTON on Thursday last. The Marquis of AN- died of his wounds. 'Three brigades composed Sir IE4 was also so well as to be actually trying the T. PICTON's (the sth) division, who was killed early of his crutches in his room. in the action. Major-General Sir J. KEMPT suc. 'he following is from a Brussels Paper of the ceeded to this division, and had five horses shot un inst. :—" His Royal Highness the Prince of der him. Major-General Sir Mors PACK had two,' ,)(GE went last tight to the Theatre. lie was re- and was wounded ; and Colonel Sir Paiute BELSON red with transports approaching even to delirium, had three horses killed under him. . some couplets naturally enough introduced into The New York Papers contain an account of some scene of the piece called the Ceetle. then perform- documents lately published at St. Domingo, by order , expressed the sentiments of the Belgians towards of CHRISTOPIIE, relative to the agents sent by the cherished Prince. By an ingenious piece of me- French Government to St. Domingo, and a proposal tism, a laurel crown descended, in order to cir- made by CHRIsTOPHE to PETION for a union of the 'he brows of the young warrior, which redoubled Haytians. PLTION, it appears, rejected the pro general joy. Never were affection and gratitude posal , stating, that Cuntstorne offered titles with ! da) ell in a more frank and ample man lier . When one hand, while he carried a dagger in the other. Prince left the Theatre, the horses were taken Count LIMONADE, one of CitatstoewE's Ministers, rtn his carriage by a great number of people, and has addressed PETION'S subjects, on that rejection.— was drawn to his hotel under an escort of the city Ile says the Deputies were received well by every trd on horseback." one'.eacept I'vrioN himself, accuses him of having )rders have been issued to re-enlist men belong- made a Treaty eith BONAPARTE and protected • a 10 ill the foreign regimens., serving in America, French spy, and declares that he believes him to ba t nose period of s.ers ice bad 'wired. sold to the French whites. To THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. MR. Enitoa,—What are we fighting for? Why to restore to the French nation the blessings of a le gitimate Illonarchy, the pririledged Castes, the Heirarchy, the sacred rights of Primogeniture, Tithes, and the Game Lazes, for many of which we are in debted to the illegitimate head of a legitimate race of Kings, Wird.' AM Duke of NORMA ND y, their country man, our conqueror. Would it not be wiser to keep these blessings to ourselves, and leave those ungrate ful scroundrels, the French, to be cursed by the want of them ? Why should this happy country be made a dark lanthoro, to enlighten its urgreatful neighbours. Your's, ANTH. PA SQUIN, A. J. * Aeti-Jacobin. • - _..~,. ,•• 1 11 • THEATRICALS. K iNG'S THEATRE. , r The entertainments here on Thursday night, foi. tie benefit of the Widows and Orphans of those brave men who so gallantly Ml, supporting , their country's Interest and . glory on the plains of Water— loo, IP are happy ,n state were brilliantly attended. The buttes were filled with beauty and fashion, and the pit and gallery were crowded., The whole of the evening's performance went off with great eclat. At the conclusion of the flatlet, Mr. ELUSION, with his usual ability, spoke a patriotic Address, written, we understand, on the spur of the otrision. many of the points of which %ere favourably received. At the close of the Address, Mr. ELLisTort advanced to the audience and said— • " Ladies and (:roll ; not de,ire4 by the Manager to in form MI. gilt/ I feel vers. proud io tieing the he:•ter of t.ucli glorious tidings, 'Mutt his Genre ihr Duke ot N GTO N if pow iu Pori,. A Messenger has naked unit the ioteiligeace at Colton-house." At this gratifying information, loud hnzzls si multaneously burst from all parts of the house, and reiterated cries of God save the Mac, but this form ing a part in Beciuoveses Brand Battle Zinfonia, it immediately commenced, and produced the same rapturous applause which has always followed its per formance elsewhere. At its close, " God save the King" *as admirably sung by Madame Svzst, assist ed by GitIGLIaTTI, AMU!, ELLiSTON, &c. aril loud ly -cborubed by the whole house. Want of space prevents oer particularising the other parts of the evening's amusement s all of . which reflected great credit, as on the taste and liberality of the Mana ger, as the skill and s tilenta of the Performers. -7-- Hubner-La Kai 4 appeared last night, for the last time this season,. at Drury-lane. The performance nes attended with more than the usual interest ; and, notoithstaiiiling the numbers that have left rose's for the summer, a!I pails, of the house were crowded at an early hour. The Chit- faders in which Mr. KE.s appeared, were those of 1 Oday . ian, in the play of the itlonnlcinrers, and Abel; Dragger. in the comedy, non in two acts, under the tole of the Tobacconist. Octavian is one of those charade's that are said to be, nut of nature; it is not easy to see how . that character can b e lost of nature, which is not only in unison with our feelino, but which almost pl.sces our sympathies upon the rack. To give an adequate portrait of Oc tavian requires the very perfection of the tragic a rt—e calm, steady, and discriminating conception of she nail:rat transition of those tumultuous feelings that rack the soul—from that terrible awl pitiable, and therefore most tragic of all the passions, despair, through the various fluctuations of doubt, hope, fear, revenge, and lose, produciug, in'their conflict, those frenzied ravings . of a wounded spirit, which in the last stage of amiction retains its might, even in the midst of. its own ruin. To give adequate expression to situations and sentiments like these, re. quires that tension of every nerve of the body, and every faculty and feeling of the soul, which can alone be exerciser) by the very highest order of tragic genius. It %soukd he alnico!' to form a finer boa gination of this trying character then that of Mr. fir x—his conception stud eseaution of the passion of despair was one of those flashes of celestial fire by which an audience is at once electrified and enlightend. He appeared congealed into a state of settled horror "as if," to borrow an expression from a recent 'Tragedy, " Death had left him in life's attitude." His first interview with Floranthe, and the whole of that trying scene of tenderness and ' terror were wrought up to the highest pitch, and ap plauded to enthusiasm. Even those passages which appear in reading unreasonable, and eten frigid flights to the most vivid imagination, electrified the audience through the magical medium of Mr. Kw's acting. There were some minor passages which we, have seen given with greater effect, but, upon the whole, a finer representation of Octavian hes been rarely seen. His voice, considering its great exer tion, was unusually powerful and pleasing—never producing that painful sensation upon the ear. which is so much lamented in a few passages of Richard and of Luke. In the afterpiece of The Tobacconist (a horrible mutilation of llem Jowsox's Akhymist), Mr. KEAN sustained, for the second time, the part of Abet Drugger. lie here displayed very great talents as a lute ("median. From this specimen, we are inclined to believe that his Scrub would be excellent. THE ARMY. The preamble of the Bill to explain and amend the laws relating to the Militias of Great Britain and Ireland sets forth, that dnut►ts had arisen whether officers, privates, &c. of Militia regiments could be tried or punished after the regiment or corps was disembodied, for offences committed during the time that the regiment was anembl. d for training. In order, therefore, to remove these doubts, the Bill enacts, that for all offences against the articles of war, committed during the time of training, the officers, privates, &c. of the Militia regiments may be-tried by a General or Regimental Court• Martial, although the corps or regiment may, be disembodied, in the same way ■s if the regiment was still em bodied. But it is provided, that the charges for of fences committed during the time of training must be preferred within a certain period after the regiment shall have been dismissed or disembodied. The Bill also contains the regulations for forming General Courts.. Martial in such case, and enacts, that all the proceedings with respect to swearing, &c. shall be conducted in the same way as if the regiment were embodied. Sir RALPH LANGLEY, Knight, built Oldham Church in the year 1470 (is appears by a deed found in the Tower of London) ; and the charge of building that part of the church bet.iiit the pulpit and the cteeple was 281. 13s. 4d.—Day labourer's wages and the price of food, &c. about the above-mentioned time, were as follow, say, from the year 1418 to the year 1624 : A ...... 4 0 Calf. Oc . 1 15 0 c..ek. .. 0 15 0 Hen .. Colt 0 7 6 Wheat Sheep 0 b 0 Ale per Bug 0 3 0 Day 1." re ; „,., , built Oldham Church ' . 'Ju i,„ r. iv minim.; rose, not to oppose it, but to a deed found in the mike a reply to that part of Mr. Jack's speech that !large of building that alluded to him, or to nee of his friends. 'file worthy pulpit and the steeple Member had, he said, travelled out of his way, other - trees wages and the wise he had no intention of taking up the time of the hove-mentioned ti Court by any speech of his. He-could not tit, when year 1418 to the yea me * r the principles whirl' he maintained were attacked, without attemiiting to defend them. He denied test . the principles on which the French had acted in theft k l e cl o 0 4 3 1 Revolution were different from those on which we I .... .. ....... o 11 2 had acted in ours, although' in our case reform was rat per twiner—. 011 3 attended with fewer acts of violence. The French per iftiluit . 0 0 2 l a b„ ref e ea r l 0. 0 3 were oppressed. Every nation had a tight to dodo -- i • ,---- ..,,,, c . . ~. .• ~„.„.......,-.1 . .: -• , . - --- . - , ~ ~,,,,, , ,,,, , 4 4-7‘- . . • f"..: ""..:, , ,••.T.* • Owe cOaiito* • • . A Court of, Common,6oungil was, yesterday, held for the dispatch of various public and private bu siness. .Tbe gLCORDER read the Answer of. his Royal Ifightiess the Prince Regent to the,Address. of the Corporetion,, and on the motion of Mr. lAcis, it 'Was ordered to be entered on the /partials. THAN KS TO 17,8 DUKE OF WEIf f !NCTON.,... . Mr. JACKS observed, that in introducing the R;- solutions he should have . the .honour to, propose, was tnochet a loss to know how to begiu,.the Court had so often noticed the illustrious actions of thta buke of Wellington, that the language of patiegyriq was almost exhausted; there were,. however, some peculiar traits in the conduct of that here recorded is the debates of Parliament, which threst new /esti!, if possible, around his character (he read several pare ticulars from the .speeches of Lords Liverpool, Cass tlereagh, &c.)=-Since the_ last vote of this Court to his Grace, we bad witnessed his conduct as e rtegoe ciator at Park and Vienna, which tended to show the 0,4% ersality of 11;s talents, which seemed not to he confined merely to his profession. His piesenCe. of mind was admirable. We find in the battle of IVateiloo, that after nine hotirs'constent.fighting, and when it would be fair to suppose his mind had somewhat soffered from the fatigues which. attended his pessonal.bravery, yet his eagle eye observiid the confusion attending the . . Fiend!' army in their last attack upon him; whereupon he patared . h is • valiant troops with immediate . and irresistible ardour upon fhe enemy which greed manoeuvre, completed his destruction. But to the numerous excellencies be• longing to this great man.; his want of vanity watt very remarkable : enost.great conquerors, both of at dent and modern times, with all their high qualities, appeared to possess a portion of this fo,inle. Cesar had written to Rome, after -a ; great victory, only three words, Veni, Vicii, rVici, I came, I saw, conquered ; but Wellington neveratsed the pronoun in his dispatches, but when absolutely ; necessary to record his proceedings; and althou g h he cond u ct e d himself with this modesty, his.soul appeared in be highly alive to , the social affections, as Kiks evinced, by his affecting letter to Lord Aberdeen, condoling with him on the death of his brother., .Bet, the.con. . . sequences of . this battle promised to be moot impor• tent he.was not aware of any ,victory.. of modem date similar to it. The battle of Marathon a: also only case that appeared to him to he Ate b is at at it history. If Miltiades with . his 10,000 Minimum and Platmans had not successfully resisted thwmislitty hosts .of Persia, the liberties of Qteece.would hoe been lost ;. we should not in that case WOW{ the beautiful. monuments, of sculpture new in alltisteect, nor would the sublime lesisons of, wisdoms heie : bees, eihibited whii:h were the ((modelle* orient knew. ledge when young, and of our contemplatisi.ln ma. toter age. Greece would have , been immersed In barbarism as at present • and, Europe, would. bare been under the iron desplotism . of Boesarlarte•—• But this great event .had moremeer tended tot place not only the British name in a higher r al e of elevation than before, on account of its mailer, excellence, but he trusted—y=ld he. a 1131114 pow., servative of future peace; hereafter neither France, nor any other nation, nor all Europe united, could entertain ally hopes of success by attacking that people who stood at the highest pinnacle of glory which had ever been attained ; they were the first in commerce and in tithes, the first in arts and civilization, the first in the practice of true religion and morality, end the first not only in naval power, but in military excellence ; he trusted also one more benefit would urise from this victory, which wet of much importance, namely, that them would now be an end to the practice of those revolutionary theories, which for the last twenty-five years had spread so much desolation over Europe. Since the last debate, when some observations had been made iu that Court upon the import of the meaning of Whig principles, he had read over the debates of the Convention Par liament in 1688; but he never did understand, nor could he perceive, that Lord Somers, and the leading Whigs of that day, hail ever broached the doctrines of King killing, and King cashiering, as practised by modern France. He then moved the first and second Resolution. (See the Advertisement.) Upon the third Resolution, he observed, that. such was the extraordinary discipline now practised. in the British army, that the moat of the British troops in this memorable battle were not the veterans of the Peninsula, who had been sent to America, but second battalious and new troops, who, owing to their being instructed in one system of tactics, were capable of acting together under one command.— Also, that the Officers new knew their duty, which, until the illustrious person now at the head of the army its this country had come into Office had not altogether been the case, as it was possible by mouser and interest for a. man to rise in a very short time to the highest rink in a regiment. After moving all the Resolutions, Mr. J. proposed that a Committee should he appointed to consider, " if any, and what further means can be taken to 'since the high sense this Court entertains of the heroes who engaged in the battle of the 18th of I June." lle observed, that if this was granted, he should again refer to the battle of Marathon, and ; consider whether the names of the brave men who fell in the battle of Waterloo could not be recorded, and also whether a triumphal arch ought not to be erected, composed of part of the 306 cannon taken on that day, so as to perpetuate the glorious event, and which he thought ought to be placed at the en. trance of Blackfriars Bridge, or at some grand ' entrance into the City of London ; the ideas on which, he was free to admit, he had seen in the public Papers. . I