The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-09-28 00:00:00

I LICESCES TO 1111 , 01 IT FILO3f FRANCE. A sudden ilteration of commercial policy, with respect to France and Holland, has taken place. Yesterday the Board of Trade came to a resolu tion of granting licences to vessels to proceed to France and Ilolland, with snannfoctures and co. tinial produce, on the condition of loading buck with corn and French burr stones. When we consider the implacable, extervtinating nature of the war between France and England, it appears inexplicable that such an intercourse should be tolerated by NAVOLEoN. if he permits England to relieve the approaching =anis of her popula. tiou by a supply of corn from France, his policy inu3t, at least in one pond of view, be ad. witted to be of a very different oast from that of Mr. Pert ;Ind 163 übctiors, who so vainly elides. roared to shwas France into sohniii,iun at the cotaatenamiant of the late aa r. But the adsan. tap is the protest instates is wholly on the side of England ; for no possible event could so cer. thinly promote the vieos of Napoleon, which we continue to bdit wt., as we have never doubted, to b:... peace with England—as the high price eurn—To the embarrassment produced by that, an I the inevitably accompanying high priers of er2ry other description of human sustenance, was in a great degree attributable the Peace of Amiens. Now, whatever may be thegrumbling on the Con. tomtit, by retson of an actual scarcity of sugar and coff?e, those articles form no part of the roll sustenance of the great mass of population of the Continent, as corn must do ever!) where. The policy Which induces Napoleon to permit the ex. change, is incomprehensibly mysterious ; said, as we think, can only be accounted fur by his deem. in; it prudent, at the present important crisis on the Danube, to //O'er his grand and conclusive project of Aermeticully seatittg up the Continent of Europe against all intercourse with England. in En4l4nd we are incessantly boasting of our re. conrces for war, but w hat are they in comparison with those of France? We possess, it is true, what is cottel wealth—bait France possesses that wile:* as really such. We cannot, with all our c,onmerce, now draw grail' from Poland—or from Holland, the once grand deptit of Europe. What signifies our money, if nobody will take it ? Of what utility are the gold and silver a Spanish galleon, when the crew are reduced to assort alloxancc, I i Eoglaii,l, whilst wo are 1 ;1 . 14.1161N un•ler the accumulated weight of coin. merci il product!, and an c.reess of maitufletured goods—from an excess of manufacturing in. 11 , 1stry —the rue aiding price of the quad - tern 11,1 sf has produced this snider deterui.siatiou of the Lords .1 Trade. France, nit.' all the misery is hieh for seventeen years we have beets taught to believe she lirs endured, and is enduring—is weighed doen to the very earth—and with *hat ? 1411 y, with the weight of her harvests, which have been so abundant, that the growers are literally at a less to know what to do pith the redundant quantity of corn, wine, awl ell, with which nature has blessed tier sail. The contra.' bets eel' the situa. ti of the two countries in this respect, may serve as a concise reply to the tedious, inex li tustible eilitotorly of 1, srj C L Elt E.% oil, the an. titbetical para.luxical arguments of Mr. Castel:so, and the financial couclusions of Mr. Nutmeat.. But, referring the issue of the contest even to the obj,!rt of our idolatry, reetsith—if it be made a question of pounds, shillings, and pence, it may lie easily answered : it is simply, who can carry on the war at the least expenee ? France, whose garners overflow with articles of human suste. and where paper-stoney is unknown ;...or klegland, not growing corn equal to her own con sumption, and hi which no ether sign of property remains but paper—for which she camiut get a ediAle bushel of wheat in any part of Europe ? Mr. A LDERM 1N Swint ieforeted us, in the Com mon Council, on the 15th of September last—that the language on the Continent was, " Gi;.:e me a MI on London, and there's your money." Bui is we madly persevere in the present sy.trin, we would ask the worthy Alderman, what we shall have to give in payment for these same bills ? The moment will inevitably al last arrive (should the war continue), when the Continent of Europe will b r w!Jully inaccessible to our eummerce—there silt then be nn exchange, no barter for this bill-- but geld. %till the worthy Able:ma:l tell us i.we that curiosity is to be found ? A di•tressiog event happene:l in America about tau months ago. At Southwick, in Savannah, were drowned four young ladies, three of them from 15 to 16, and one 17 years old, viz. Julia, daughter of Mr. John Stratton. jun. Mary, oitl) daughter of Lieut. Roswell Langdou, and Char 19tte and Orphi, daughters of Ifr. Clark C.au. nun, all of Southwick. They had assembled near a pond fur the purpose of pii:king cherries, but hridtaig them scarce, enterod into a boat with a •iew to culleet pond lilies ; by some means they uverset the boat, and before assistance could be s'iurded, they .ill perished; their bodies the next thy, in separate coffins, were laid side by side in the sane grave. I' RR SI'ATiSM . The Pay of a Lieutenant is • 6 6 110 11 6 an F.solgu 1. - 5 9 95 16 3 In addition to the shore, an allowance is made, when in London, to the Olimrs, as follows : A Fiekl Officer - . - .J 0 6 per week. A Captain Subalterns - • $ 0 A Chief Magistrate, who is otherwise liberally paid by thi. Corporation, has, in the capacity of a Field Officer, rcedeled the dbitrc weekly ; • lISCe. Master Master.-r — Mo assi is paid aG7S per annum for no spanner at service whatever. Sets sec. XV. of the Militia-Act. •This appointment was under the old Trained Bittitels. They are now . . dismissed, totally abolished, and thus is that ap. point:tient rendered useless. For the Cloathing.—The advantages arising to the Colonel in the cloathing department t6o have Already noticed. To thew how the supplies of those necessary articles have met the expellee, we need but observe that, on 411 inspectiou by Gene. ral !Ante, a few years back, there was scarcely found one regimental waistcoat through the whole tine.—S uch a discovery was not very creditable to the City of London. In support of the freedom of London, it can be proved, that several of the Officers have had no manner of claim M hatever; nut being the sons of freemen, but completely alien:, clerks In So. wersct.house, &c. With respect to the duties, and bow they are to be performed when the Regiments are from Lun. don, scarcely a man is to be _found, they being chiefly engaged in London in various occupations, such as potrolev, watchmen, and other civil em. ployments. True it is they hare been known to exhibit on a Lord Mayor's day with the man in armour, as a parade; but of their real military services, the citizens of London I , ase nut yet seen onc solitary instance: oor have they yet been, ei en in the heart of the City' deeviit•tl sufficiently trust • worthy to protect tneisteperty of the Dank, as that duty i, uniformly, diecharged by. detachments from the Guards, %visa, lid- their mare! through the City, instead of stvcp . _ the peaceable ilithibita l f 4 ,rre co the pavement, wholly regardliss of Ilna b livonveniefice to which every one is put who happens unfortunately to be in their line of match ;• and this nuisance is tolerated while the citizens of London are paying * A i. any thousands per armin to g r the support • of two Regiment: of Militia! ! ! These facts, which can be proved, being l ikt . publicly laid before the Committee, they are lic; quired to investigate and rtfut es them. The public cliiin this at their hands—they claim a full, fair, and impartial examination ; and free from the interference or controul of any one im plicated in that investigation ; and if the public moncy has been misapplied, let the parties mau l gLITITUTION. t . A 1: I STI _ _ .!m EMS?' INDId HOUSE. 1: ... gr irmi,..; • Yesterday a Quarterly Genera! Court was held at the East India-Houk!, •hick- was respectably attended. After the usual forms, the Chairman (Mr. Grant) submitted' a Resolution of the Court of Directors, re-spVoititing' lr. Thontaa Locke, one of the Cadmil on Ml' 'Madras Establishment, who had been diantissed Weconsequence of having corruptly obtained their avpointment in Vie ser vice. lie then moved, that the said Rokulution be confirmed, under the condition, that he be considered as having ellieitia the service de Novo, which motion passed unanimously. TO THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE APrOINTIRD rot INQUIRING INTO THE PRESENT STATE OF THE LONDON MILITIA, AS WELL AS TO THE IN HABITANTS OF LONDON. GENTIAXER—As a Committee is appo . inted to ezainine into the present state of the two Regi ments of Loudon Militia, the following infurina. Lion may be of service in the progress of their pursuits. This Militia is regulated by an Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of his present Majoty, the two former ones of the thirty-fourth and thirty fifth nut being strong enough to deter the obtru skin of improper characters into these Regiments, the Officers of which were declared to be com posed of bankrupts and insolvents; in consequence of which the fullinting penal clauses were an nexed : Clause " Provided always, that Ao Person who has " been a Bankrupt, or compotioded with l!is Creditors, and `• not p lid twenty Shillings hi ;he Pound, shall be eligible to " be a Commit.si:iord Officer in the ►aid Loudon Militia." — And in the said Art, Claiisr VIII. " And if any Person shall execute any of " the powers hereby directed to be executed by Colonel•, " Lieutenant-Colonels, Majors, Captains, Lieutenlats, or sa Ensigra, in the told Militia, after having been a Bankrupt, " or after haying compounded with his Credilors, and nut " paid twenty Shillings in the Pound, every such Person " shall forfeit and pay the Sum of 1:100." I ILITC merely Mentioned the Clauses to remind you of what these Regiments were, and what the Act had in contemplation to prevent, namely, the introduction of improper characters. In the progress 4.f your investigation, Gentle.. nu o, it will form not the least important part of your duty to ascertain how far the services of these Regiments of Militia repay the enormous expences of (heir establishments, to which the Ci. tisens are subject. tuderudeut of a tax they have paid for ,etteral "Ars, and WU einthise is pal, denominated Trophy %hr, to the annual amount .►f £1646 13 4 The) are now charged for Men woad' are levied o:.1 the Wards, and renewable every flee grant, at the rate of 101. per *ea, fur 12tO Men (oee Clause 10); la addition to which k%iele :39th (ion. 111. cap. by deocrtion,, &c. tliadJitinaal Men are charged on the Inha bitants, makiag together 147.5 saes, which at 101. per titan amount) to (To w..irh may be added the Expracts of the Wives and Families to the various P.stisbes the aitmestl the. eslist.) These men are recruited in the Itegi &tents at three guineas each .....f3 3 0 Tts a Web is to be 4414011 fur the Crimp who briegt him Makin a total for each 31aa 0f.... £3 13 6 on 1473 wee 5410 0 0 tea•ia a sarplas of Which is supposed to be applied to what is called the Stock Purse, a report of which should hare been made by the Field O f ficers, but which has never yet been submitted to the inspection of the Captains.—For the particulars, ride the exami 7 nation of a Field O f ficer an the laic trial (1 Sir John Eisner. To you, Gentlemen, who will, doubtless, have made yourselves acquainted with every mint:tire of the expetsce of this establiahment, a statemeut of the pay of the Officers were useless; but as those on whom the burl/ten falls have nut that facility of acquiring this inform:llion, the following may nut be uninteresting : Per Diem. Per Amt. The pay aft Colmar, 1 4 • ! el V 6 4:110 11 6 Ptutit on the ('loathing ettitttetteff at (pile iserhaps may be ovel-ratod. but it 11.14 cornmouly herii su eget- meted) 1300 0 0 Share of the Stock Purse unaccounted for. The pay of a Lieutenant-( - 15 11 V. 90 9 7 Major 14 1 '257 0 5 - cacti Captain 9 .5 171 17 1 Toe hick may he added los C'ontin- Brut Money for each Captaiu - 47 10 6 The pay of a Surgeon . 11 4 IBS 16 To ssbieh inay added, Sib one of the Gentlemen, of the Name of Box, is Surgeon to Novato, his pay on t at establ Wilmot from IkcCorpo ration of London. The p.ty of a Surgeon's AffiCant - fi 6 136 17 6 Bulk these appointments have great advantages, and are a consi.krable expence to the public. It perhaps may be not within the comprehen. sion of e:ery one s how it is possible fur a Gentle man, so situated, to discharge his ditty to 600 rank and file, committed to his care, whn may be stationed at a distance from Lonion, and at the sante time dis:bare his duty to the unfortunate many who tnay be incascerated within the walls of Nete:ate, and for which he is so liberally paid by the Corporation of London. The pad of rbe Qi.rter-Slagier Is - 6 6 116 14 6 From this Gentleman's appointment many im portant duties are riviired, which should be faithfully discharged. Billeting the regiment, contracting fur the broad, meat, &c. &c. and also seeing that the men arc properly supplied with the time. Paymaster 15 0 973 15 0 The gentleman who has this lucrative appoint. mcnt in one of the regiments (which appointment should always be filled by a vetcran in the set vice of his country), is one whu has never been in any military capacity whatever, but, a, *a medical man, is in high estimation. LuerOaD Ila nary, Esq.-one nr the senior Sur. geuns in St. Bartholumcw•s IlusilGO, now hollif that appointment. ROYAL JUBILEE. Mr. LowstoisexpressedliiShope, that the East India Company, as a corporated would nut pass over the bOth year of his Alajesiy's reign wiihout.paying the due compliments to Monarch, whose public patriotism and private virtues so jii,tly rendered hint estimable to all racks of his su heets. lheCtusinssav perfectly concurred with the Honourable Proprietor in every sentiment % , l loyalty and alfectiou to the Sovereign which lie had littered ; but tic begged leave to observe, the subject bad not passed without due consideration from ale Directors, who had been of opinion that the best mode of ferwardiug the object in view, would be to concur with other Corporate Bodies in a general testimonial of respect and loyalty; any new slisiiiict measure in contempla tion might, them char, tens to counteract the grand object. Mr. ',arrest professed himself perfectly seas. bed with the ideas of the Executive Body. After a few words in explanation from Mr. Lowiles- Mr. lltitittorr, adverting to the complaints which had been made in a former General Court, wilted if any information had been received by the Court of Directors relitive to the protection of the commerce in the Indian Seay. The CIIAIRMAY expressed his •bligations to the Honourable Proprietor fur calling atteutiun to the sal►ject. After what had passed at a precisl- it% Court, it became, perhaps, the duty of the Chair to take further notice of the subject. At that time the Court were totally uninformed ; they possessed no ducumente, and only une side of the question was hvarsl.xra..matter to be re. fretted, where the character! of public and pro. f►ssional men were concerned. The subject had not been brought under the cognizance cf the Directors by either party, but the complaints •.acing originated in the General Court, it ras but fair it should bear the defence also. Duct'_ mots had becu received since the q•esliuu was -- v"9. ^ agitateth the substance of' which was as follows via..+That Sir E. Pellew, presioes to his know. lei* of the memorial &pint from the lien. 14* plerchaulb to the Lords p(. the Admiralty, had stated to chat Wawa' Geteirshweat that he had al. ways been oraapaaiou the. , bvsly effectual protec. lion of the track was The 4tablistament of regal. 13f couvuya r .— 'That helad early stated this to the Beagsl tnerehautia, and offered Id make an ar. rangement fur regular coniays . ; abut they prefer. red, for the sake of ad "earTy 'market, to run as single ships ; anal for the same reason, a hen un der convoy, bruke from their convoy. That in the uiunths of August, September, Octolrer, and November, 1807, when the Bengal merchants state that their trade as left wholly without de. fence, and runny of his Alajesty's ships laying idle in Madras 'toads, there wa.re 15 sail of ships sta tioned at dstkrent parts of the hay fur the pro ' tectiun of the trade, hcsides tither ships comma. ally intersecting he Bay ; inure, uu account of repairs and nueesiary services, could nut be af. forded. That the Bengal Goverinnent, in their letter to the Court of Directors, express their entire eon. ♦iction, that every attention has been paid b) S.r Edward Peilew to the protection of the BA) of Bengal against the enemy's cruia , •rs consistent with a due attention to the exigencies of the pub. l►c service. That the Memorial against the conduct of Sir Kilward Pellew, by the Bengal merchants, was forwarded to those of Bombay fur uatu ref, and there unanimously rejected. That tlic Bombay merchants solicited, and in. variably received a regular convoy fur their trade; and the only instance of capture which occurred was when ships had deserted convoy. That had the Bengal merchants accepted a simi. lor scheme of protection, their property would have been equally secured—a scheme which, how. es cr, they had 6eaHy adopted. Cnittimats then represented, that the Bombay consultations of that period had nut been received; but lie had seen Resolutions of the merchants of Bombay, with an Address to Sir Edward Pellew, dated the 19th of May, 1808, with about 80 signatures,- illustrating in the strongest manner the anxious attention of Sir Ed. ward to the security of the trade, and the cum. plete success of the measures adopted by him also. That Sir Edward PeHew first sitgzested the ass. tcm of regular convoys, the immediate effect of which was a decrease of 50 per cent. on the pre. relents of insurance. Thb Chairman concluded with pr iduci ig a le!. tet%ddressed to him from Mr. lidward Parry, (Glatt, Chairman, statism that he, as well as okiter Proprietors, wh.n the subject was intro.. d l sictl is the, 4teirrat,Spurt, was forcibly Ito. Alt Kith Oa, oiiinielPfhat blame must be im. otta lotiickbere, l 'Und bad expressed hims e lf to i that et ; but Rlilisformation of various official d ictimesta basing been received since be left the Clcsir, !had cha.aged his opinion, and made him re. Bret that only one side of the question had been heard in the General Court ; he, therefore, re. quests. that the Chairman will take a convenient opportunity of reporting his seutiments to the Propflatirts, and at the same time correct a report of his' tpteels 4n the newspapers, at the Gassers! Court befure.nu‘nilioned, wherein he is stated to bare •Imserted, io 1 addition to some observations ohtl9eneral smtpt, A* the Naval Commander intWli. has Seca led; il' l lip Ilbt`d any words that assist 4tirrant or eiVusitenance such a statement its tlieritOort, it was matter lit additional regret to him, feeling as he sloes how much it is due to public men that their character should be subject to no unfounded imputation ; but assuredly he could mean no more than that Sir Edward Pd. lew was in the usual rotation of coniniatid on the way home, for no information had been received that he was recalled ; and he had since learnt that the fact "as directly otherwise ; that be licl him. ,celf, sonic time before, applied for leave to re.. turn on account of his health, and that after some delay, this permission was given him, ou the ground of his own request. lILRILIOTT returned. his acknowledgments for ao eti , Lstiatioo which afforded him very great sati.f.uctoos. The Court adjourned like die. Pl?ll'ITE CORRESPONDENCIL Mtnot.enoncst, Srrr.l7.--Generaii Sir Ever Coore, Dr ore. and 3109rn rsoa,ilefene every credit for their es erti,ais to alleviate the situation of tile troops here, but the thine irilloroi do, unless llliisiNters can send 13,1100 fresh troop., 1111.1 a here-are they now to t.e found its Eoglood ? Siert Me departure of oar late Commander, every exertion has beets used, but it k now too late to remedy the original folly of the peas. All the harm I wish those who planned this Es. !sedition, is to have visited the sick fur the last three dastshod for that purpose to base climbed op ladders like the shrouds of a Ails, and tu base de,ceoded into damp cellars as I have do ie. Ih4 the heark.of ilialstry been made of penetrable wolf, flies %Add hare been melted by the sight of tae victims of their Improvidence. Ti numbers of tlie sink I forbear to mentiou. 11 is to be hoped, that Ministers will, in future, weigh well how they scud but espoditium, asd to wham they are entwined. That line corps 'lie oth , have only one Ma jor, vial's Subalterns, and :i0 , 3 ;auk and ale, It for slaty! Tile 33th are in a similar state ! The 6411 camsot mount a ammw rat's guard, NO being Nick ! ! The VA are heat de assist. the Colonel has net eves. a servaut 111 The Royals, aft er all their fatigue, are the stetftest corps in the !.land. 1 trust orders wail atm arrive for the ev.vailtion of this Islas/ A heavy responsibility . rests somewhere, with relied to this Lspedition, :14 panishotont of the most severe &lad ought to EJI on the heads of the culprits. The Richmond lung curets was overturned on Tuesday , night, in passing through WaHum Grecs,. It was full of company, many of whom are se. rionsly hurt. One I.stly bad her thigh dreadfully bruised, and part of the flesh torn off. Her •dauglater's arm was much hurt, and it is feared is broken ; another Lady was bruised in the hip, and a Genlesnan had his heal cut ; another was cut in the hand. The house into which.all the in. jured persons were carried had the appe4rnsice an hospital. N 4 blame cats be insputedio the del. tree. The accithinC•as occasioned. by di state of the r o ad. The •lirkiti'esi had but . •ti'digging a drain across it, and when they left Of %lurk in Ilse evening, they filled it soh louse and *oli stuff le. 'el with the road. The wheels sunk into it, aad the coach was Ulu overturned. . 1