The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-08-21 00:00:00

~•. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FaLunivrtt.' AUGUST 18.—Arrived the Speedy rekot. w;.h a Man from Coruntia, in six days; 1 .,i .oe American brig S,,annah, Smith, from Phi 1, lelp . .ia.—Sailed the Duke of Kent packet, Law two., for Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH' AUG. 20. Arrived yesterday his N o jesy snip Pelican, from a cruize; Ocean, John son, from the Downs for Botany Bay.—Sailed yes tee do y his ;Majesties ships Primrose. Swift, and Belle r ou t. fu the eastward ; and to-day, his Majesty's ship 8.-llerophun, fur the westward. PEAL. Ara. 20.—Soiled this morning the Ajax, T i ler, for Jamaica; Moreland, Hudson, and Argo, .--, for Amerlea.—Arrived the Chance hired tow. from Ostend ; his Majesty's ships Belie Ponle t?arre, fr, , m the Westward, end have sailed for the Riser, to be paid off. The Ct ion fleet had not passed Gravesend at five o'cl ck y 'Oa) evening. Interesting communication, dated the 7th instant, front Genoa :--.‘• V, e learn that the Tuscan troops, destined for the Isle of Elba, entered Porto Langone safe on the 3011 i ult. and it is reported they are mas ters of the Island, except Porto Ferrajn, whose Commander trill not yet surretidor. Ott the 3d in stant arrived his Majesty's ship Minstrel, from Ell:a, which landed a heocil ollicor, who immediately set off for Parii, in ( ortploy will' a B,iti,h officer, to 1 , see no% things were the, e, Rll4l to get instructions 'how to a-t. Ilk Majesty's ship Berz.rick arrived here yesterday from ~tr Gaeta and Vecchia, with a ditision of light Nettooli:an gun-boats, under Eng lish colours,' and a cutter that belonged to Gaeta, which WAS captored without any crew. It seems that place continues to make an obstinate and useless resistance. We are sorry to say, that we just learn that the master of a vessel, who arrived this morning ft-tr Naples, has deposed at the Health Office of this tau, e, that he had spoken off Leghorn with a Sict;ipo htig of war, which informed him, that she lii ootlyr convoy a brig with English coiours, which hid the plague on board, and was bound to Leghorn. I' seems site had touched at Messina, but her name rid (tom what part of the I,evant she proceeds, isnot known. The above master says he saw she had some bales of cotton on deck." IVe hear the Secretary of State has ordered the re. cr,:;tilig by beat of drum for regiments of ;Militia not ern i„,,r w a t o h' in consequence of the impo.itions to %tat) the public bstui o ,bj ec i q i by ( hi ! , tioi•io•ure, atd which might Pave Inie.i e s kiiy ewe ". it Fns stated at the Admiral; v, that vton%ive natal promotion so frequentl) of late ' 'ed to in the Papers, is entirely void of founda. i.h :Ile view or seeming our possession of the rll%O of my future rupture with the c. Gus er , !toeot have given orders fur the ,irrirtion von the I.akPv of additional ships and heats, peculiarly adapted to Ihoie waters. The .snooty for fliese vessels are now in courre of pre .,,,,,,i,,,, i i , i hk coß , ntry• Those po..ited to share in the Java prize -money ill he glad to hear that the pl'ize-agents hall , Mt ...0il near!) nee ',Atha' sterlirt4, and some of the 1.1 0 1. it 1 ‘• ~.urrty ) et remaiiic 01 , 811141.-Ir:ilia Papers. I.Yr rt M TIIEVTRE.—A new °per - , entitled The i ng ' s P, , ro . was brought out on Saturday evening, oil rec.iverl• thioughnet with warm 8114 &Seri NI ni t ., f IcP. ' Cie poly is found..ll on the old historical need. to of Fec a it's cemtnissiott to ATIIELMOLD to visit the fair h.t.rt,ina ; and, if he found her to an swer the eulorriems on her beauty, to demand' her Laud in n arliage. The stnr.y however is made in bend to overnice licence. -.oil is rein pletely changed from the Irene err-In-retie... 'I hat h. , %revel. is nothing to the ac tual interest— t In m a good fable ; and the change is cenr, tim •liiiti) to t' e rem tie character, because it makes Elfrida rot,qa t to her first affection. Thl I , nr) is managed with dramatic effect, for though it Ines not abound ill ini idents, it never halts nor tires • n .!ie progress. The affections of the audience are rind) ronced in favour of the lover., and the hu- ' our or Rditha (the substitute imposed by the affec lonate ft/frida on the King) is highly amusing.' l , ss KELLY sustaitted this character with so much it, and-spilir as In make it peculiarly engaging. tier %nit., Mi. HARLEY, also kept up his part with at& aliiiii, but his humour is somewhat too boisterous. t•tie Opera, upon the whole, was very well rec , :ived. '!'hr ma I -content s, who were but few. were corn lieetv beaten, and the illy with some ticressiry iirtailments will not fail to prove a wry agrecalle nil permanent treat to the Public. Many cf the nets were much admired, and a hunting duet, sung' ) Comte:and Pa - Nr., was pre-eminently successsul. C kiIROLL and Co. time Contmters for the present ietery, respectful!) . inform those persons who have spoke particular numbers, that they are now ready r delivery at their (Aires, Cornhill and Oxford rem t. The whole Lottery %sill be draw it on Thurs- ay next. Few people in this life can bear a sudden reverse, Hier of adversity or pi ~ s perity, with that fortitude Pith which all should be possessed. We doubt if the oniter he not more difficult to sustain with propriety han the latter. Many who read this article „ ill be ut to the test this week by the sudden acquisition of eatilt in the Lottery. NVe doubt not but ail would content to bend under the burdens with which For- Il e will then load her •otaries. i Coati F.X CH AN GE, AUG. 21.—Tlie Wheat hlat km wP.s very kpornilv .applied this morning. hating a great quat,titv over " t;.•1 week. trade heavy, at .ss. in., than Alobday. B irk), inn., Pens. n,wl Oats ate ls. cheaper. %cat (English) 4O 65 Beans btu (Eoretgn) 4O 6( Old ditto — ye Srler '2B 31 Old .... .... ew ditto ___ Onto tilt hitP Peas 32 31 ; Poland do. ‘.7.4 96 [,w ditto .... ....... Fe"l ditto e 18 98 to 'toilers • 36 Iti Fine Flour ..... Y Peas ..... II .94 90 • &rands • ... SMIITHFIELI) MARKET.—Aua. 91. T•• lih), the Offßl, per stone aril: . tt( 50 41 1. Fa 81 I Head of Cattle this day r !ttt't• 54 8' t• 5 , IP. React. • 9120 " •54 01 1. 6, 44. I Sher,. "k ••. 51. a+ v 6. 0 . Cake" .... It b ...sa, btl, .. 6i. R. I Pip . 49 SJ BONAPARTE. The following is a translation of the protest against his transportation to St. Helena, which Bonaparte presented to Lord Keith. Our Readers may rely on its authenticity : THE STATESMAN, SUPPLEAIEN7' TO TAE 1.0 VDON GAZETTE Of TUESDAY, Auo. 13. SATURDAY, • AUG.• 18. , .. iNi)II IIOARI), WIIITEII4I.I, AUG. 16. Di-ratcheit, Alni‘ed Foil William, Jan. Y:5, :615, logri"er with their inclosures, of whirl, the C 011..% Mg are evtarts, Ism“e been received nt the Ea,. India-house, ii,an the Vic..-Presi dent in Council:— We have the hondur to transmit to your Honour. able Court, copies of documents, ill rontintnttion of the subject of our address of the (27tti ult., els tive to the operations of the war with the state of Nepnut. The succeisful resistance which the enemy • has hitherto oppmed to the advance of the ditisions of Majors• Gen. Wood and :Marley, and the disas ters which have occurred in the division egirtimanded by Major-Gen. Mlitindell, will be a suhject'of deep regret to your Honourable Court ; but your Ho. nourable Court will derive great gaticfactirin froni the success which has hitherto attended the aperatiOnt of the division under the command of 414jor.Gert. Ochterlony. • E tart of a Letter &ma the Adjutant-General In the Set-I'M:44 to Government, dared Heat-quarier%, Ntor.ntitmd, Decent -14;4, relative to wr . 0;o-ration, of Ihr 21 dtvi ion at the FI , Id Army, under the temporary comiaamt of Colonel May.l)%. My last transmission of dispatches from the Offi cer commanding the troops in the lhoon, an nounced the evacuation of the fort of Kalunga on the morning of the 30th ult. The ganison is now known to have suffered most severely (tom the fire of the' British artillery, ai,rl particularly from ale shells thrown from the mortars. 'file place was found crowded with dead and wounded, the enemy was unable to carry off In his precipitate flight, Our ing the course of which his whole numbers were, with a very limited exception, either 1(.10.A, wounded, or taken prisoners, by the activity and gallantry of the different detachmelits, which had been very judiciously t placed by Col. NI I why to iiitercedt his retreat. Bulhudder Sing, .the Killedar, effected his escape with about 70 followers, with whom he took post on a bill, as some distance from the British camp, where he was joined by 300 Goo( kalts, intended as a rein forcement for the garrison of Kalunga; and who had been several (lays seen hovering in the mountains. Col. Mawby determined to dislodge them from this position, and teletted Major Ludlow fiir the conduct of this service, which was most ably and successfully accomplished by that Officer. . [llere follows the warmest encomiums on Major Ludlow, for the eminent courage, judgment, and zeal, which he had displayed throughout the whole of the service in the Dhow' ; also on Capt. Burke, .cominatiding in the absence of Major Wilson; En. signs Wilson, ltichmond, and Turner.] It will be satisfactory to the Government le ob serve, that in this rencontre (the firs! which has taken cure occupation of the Db. , On, mild the expiebinti of the enemy, which i% stated to he Complete Irons the districts lying between the tlirerS 'rouse end Jumna, hate in part accomplimlied the nti . jects of the campaign In that quartet, and led to the immet4te - retumption of the original plan of operations intended to be-pur sued to tke westward of the Jumita The battering train was to hare left lieytah on the 6th inst. and it was expected the remainder of the disi•jort Would descend the Titultt), rase on the Rth or fit',, rio• its route to MOH is, which the Conimantler-On-Chief has ordered ;hould be through the pros red Sheikh country and "ille t)e kunda Pass, Kith a view td a'.oid the diflicuirpas! of Guttaosutt, and the de" • tiles leading directly from the itietlialt -valley to.; ward;Ndhan. The return of total killed, wounded, tio4l trks;llo, under Colosel NI:1%1)y, from Now. '25 t.. 1)..c (both inclukire) is 14 European officers, 7 Native do; and 488 meu. • No:ors of 015 , er; W .6 tio!1. KiLt.E6:--5.9.1 Foot, I Irul. Ilartiottro 1-1. 13:1 , :.1th NIP; live Itootiri, Cdpi. C..:6 1 .1641 ltt Eatt.l3.lB lofautrYi C..oLitti Won. VirotCui.elf “-,t• Arta*vv., I.t..nt. 3 QT. J: B. imcf.sr4 (mime deed). aSti Mojor I,g!ettt, .10 o ly ; C , o ; Stow. sever ; Efrot. Net-telt ( i' 4l . slirbdv ; Eirut. Brodie, ,rierely; E‘oen Alt err, eir; Ise Baso.lith Nature Infonity. t apt. ISl.tk.. twveleh. Llght 8411. Coptaim Beckr, ervcrel) ; Etutto and Mjuiant mend, t•lughtly. A dispatch from Sir Gabriel Martin&ll, dalett Camp Noginund, 'Dec. 20; states that Major laud. low had taken possession d f Nahun at one o'clock on that day. I Another dispatch from Sir Gabriel, dated camp at Nalturt ' Doc. 17, states trio failure of all rmack by Major Ludlow on a stockade, about a mile west of the fort of Jumpta. Sir • Gabriel 4 14 rites, " It wag calculated thit both columns should -march so as to reach their respective points of attack considerably before day.bieak ; but it is much ew be regretted, that Major Ludlow's coluMn did not anise at (110 position- till iottg after that time : it was of course perceived •by the enemy, is ho took viery advantage of the discovery. Major Ludlow rephrts, that he had at lista the most flattering hopes of ciiimplete sue. cess, the enemy being driven from hit, 46 , 0*(1 posie -lion, and compelled to retire into his stockade; bet the•Goorkalis hele took advantage rif a brave but ilk timed dash of the column, which Major Ludlow endeftvouped in vain to rt-strain ; and; after an :ay. duous conflict, in which I fear on; lois is great (but I am at present unable to detail it),-the column w obliged 'to. retreat. The slaughter of the enemy, Major Ludlow states to be very great, and bespeaks 4n the highest terms of the gallant exertions of the officers- and men under his command.' Much as I do. plore this failure, I have consolation itctitittkintl, that it has not tarnished jhe British amps. , " N. B. The list of the casealties it not putlittfieri having, in subsequent accounts been stated' to boi in. correct." • ul.l ....ow • - place between the Seapnys and the Goorkah troops A letter from Sir David Ochterlemy, commanding the 11 division, states, that the movement of the; re since the successful resistance of the latter from the walls of their forts), our native infeery, animated eerve to cut off the supplies of the enteny e tad induced by the example and under the guidance of their Ku. him to evacuate all the stockades, except theeteoim. ropean Officers, have maintained their accustomed mediotele wider the fort. it a boittend spirited at. superiority in close. conflict with an enemy of deter- 101111 It Olt the reserve in December .e givn. the 24th, he had e mine courage, aided by the natural strength of his been capefeest, bet no pakiCatays'ai w position. Ce c e): „ . t er it Letter f ront 11111b.r-(17e ., :t1 John etillivtin Wand, . The fail of Kalanga, and the impression produced wetting a drvinoo of therind Aran, tu the Ad'uthat• by the ultimate fate of the garrison, notwithstanding ne „ e t. . • - • 4 its protracted awl ge4l-avrt- resistance, has been et. Sr e,-LI have the honour to report to you, that the teed wish the most beneficial coesequencee. The plan of operations, clienained in my lord of the tat confidence that kad been created by the events be- of Janwer et was postpleted that evening until the 3d ~tore lialenga has abated; and the Spirit of insurrec. ilea. in consequence of the information I then received, -lion against the Ghokkah tyranny, which the same contrary to all previous representations, that no water events had repressed, has now decidedly manifested could be obtained nearer thelort (the name of .which itself. A very strongly stockaded position • *lnch is now discovered to-be Mujcuie) than Maluteore ) the enemy occupied on the heights above the - town being a distance of three wile*. of Calsia was precipititely abandoned, after a feeble On the Id ins,. arraogements were' made -with the resistance, on the advance of a small detachment Commissariat for the cart-Ogees( water, .f..r the Cu. emit against it on the 28th ult. by Lieutenant-Colonel ropeatts and Aluseeloten in LeetWr bar, and for . Use Carpenter, under thiCcbmmand of Captain Fast, of llindeos in pots;- and it was resolved to mantis(' ie. the Ist battalion . oft 17th Native Infantry, nccnm- trenched pots at Mehap;we and Remehte, a esigh .panied by a party of irregulars, which had been col- ground. near the fort, dull to place a sietacentesst at lected in the country by Mr. Fraser, with his usual Paitarea, a peak about half o.ay between the two for. indefatigable zeal in the public service. mee, fur the purpose of keeping qp -the commenica. •The diapaech- from Colonel Mawby, under date tion. Thus my detachineet.-wes•unavoidably to be the 7th instant will apprise the' Governor-General of divided intoloer parts e if it suCceetleil in villein the the evacuation of the strong fort of Baraut, situated successive steep, narrow, .and.. woody peelis, which on one side of those high Mountains, which, rising form the outline of the whole ridge west of Alejcotev in continuous masses from the north-eastern boundary 111 the evening, however, this plan was a:widow-if, io of the valley of the Dhoon, extend- to the great Ihm.- conseque,uce of the receipt of fresh ititelligeuce brought mekheh range. The possession of this place is of, by two spies seta by the Rajah Button Sine, which great importance, commanding not only the district , elescribed the read along the ridge is rendered alto. of Jaunsur, lying between the demure and Tnuse ' getheeireprecticable, ,and Item ,the advice owl ie. Rivers, but one of the enemy's main communications formation of a Braroin e iti.aleceueriuddee Sewers ee, between his western army, under Ummeer Sing, and live ml the bills, but for many years past reedeet ht the countries held in subjection by its presence, amid Goruckpere, and.attached to tile Rekth. '1 malt, the dominions of Nepaul east of the Ganges.— afteeinsistieg e on threatening nature of the def . ,. This event appears to have been arceetrated culties presented lay the IVlaltapore ilile• %%Licit were by the defection of the heed : landholders nee ia bu ndietlyobrionr, recommended that the detachment inhabitants of the country. The posts,of Leckerg. should cross the l'eulayeeoceopy ilupitetepere, about haut on the Ganges, where It forms the eastern limit 10 miles from Sin.l ir, and there 'eating the settelies of the valley of the Dhoon, and by which the enemy's and baggage, push on to Petite, where grain, &cc. direct and principal communication with Camper would lie found more than sufficient for the whole de ' Sing's army was maintained before the British troops tachment, and from whence Nyacioe mielt be attack ; entered the valley, is in possession of one of our tie- eil on its north side, where the well that ettpplied the tachments, which completes the occupation of the errisnit wee situated.; but in the first place he re- Dennn, and of the principal passes leading into it. commended that the redoubt at Ju.gergle cross the ------The occupation , of this valley formel the I font of the hill of 11,1jeofeetnd one mile zest of Boot. earliest object of the Commander in . Chief's at- wul, should he reconnoitred anti earned. anti rho Nuttier), iu the plan which his I:;eeelleney had I t ented town of ilontwul laid in ashes. ile placed the resolved to adopt for the campaign to the west- success of this affair beyond doubt ; and said that the ward.; because it necessarily cut off the lower, most terror inspired by the first impre e shet . ef our aims direct, and most frequented line of communication would have a most nenefiiial effete on our sidle-queue between the capital and the eastern &minions of operations. The whale plan teepeared so reasonable, N.•pettl e and its army-and conquered provinces west and he•ansierine for its suceess, reel offering t o of the Jumisa and Tnuse rivers; and the British au- assist in the execution with such confidence and en. therity wilco established in the valley, posts could tho , ia , m ; thi t it I resolved to begin by recoul t oirrin have been extended front theme along these rivers to ind attecideg Jetgurgls next morning. Majo r . • a distance sufficient to deprive Ummeer Sing of his Comp', 'st itls' the greater part of the . detachment middle line of communication, and to forctehim, on formerly placed meter his command, yeas directed to the event of his being compelled, or finding it cape- advance between Jutgleeli amid 11..otwul; so as to thew to abandon • his western cotters's, to seek a turn the left of the •pesitiene while tyre main body retreat bt the only line for which it would then be should attack it on feud and on the 'right' flank; his left him, along the foot of the snow mountains. torce consisted of smell compredes, that With me of as and for a time completely The unfortunate events before Kalungn retarded, twentyentie ; and awe marched froin \ ea o n u s r p h , iiit from freatrated the views of the as the dispersion m the foe *ild Admit of Commander-its-Chief. and deprived the third division am grieved to say, that instead ef lb of the army, under Colonel Oehterlony, of the sup. the wood upon an open plain, in front of the work, port and co-operation it was to derive from the 241 as we had been led to expect., I arrived with my sd i f s r c o o m v e t r h ed e redoubt, ; a division after the occupation of the Dimon, in a statrand the f o remost of . the advanced guard within o o d p g a a e l e i s i t oll; Ere be tti fo e r h ei openedt wtt cronhined attack on the Goorkah power, and pus- heavy : vtry ItPinaoi U n Sirmoor. The fall of ntie ) the es. •••• • A;~arii~ PROTEST. " I protest solemnly, before God and man, against the violation of my most sacred rights by the forcible dlsposalof my person, and of my liberty. I came freely on board the Bellerophon: I am not the prisoner, I am the guest of England. " Once seated on board the Bellerophon I was immediately entitled to the hnspitality fus sur lc fDyer) of .the British people. If the Government, by giving orders to the Captain of the Bellerophon to receive me and my suite intended merely to lay a snare for me, it has forfeited its honour and sullied ' 1 its flag. " If this act be consummated, it w ill be in vain that the English will talk to Europe of their loyalty, of their laws, of their liberty. The faith will have Leen lost in the hospitality of the litalerGphon. " 1 appeal therefore to history : it will say that an enemy who made war for t omit). years on the people of England, came freely in his misfortune to seek an asylum utit:er its laws. %Vhat more striking proof could he give of his esteem and of his confidence? Bit how Oid they answer it in England ? They pre (mulctl to hold out an hospitable hand to . this enemy, a:A when he surrendered himself to them in good faith, they sacrificed hint. " On board flie Bc/Lrophon, et sea. •• Au A ust 4. '• NAPOLEON." INEQUITABLE IMPOLINC.SYSTEM, OF' N.11'.4 I, I'UOMOTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Sta,—As your iovaluahle Paper is one of the very few which, in these degenerate times, dares to speak the truth, I venture to trouble you w ith the following statement of facts, feeling strongly impressed that they ought, in common justice, to be laid fairly be fore the British public. A partial " Promotion of Admirals," as it is termed, is probably at no great distance. Now, a Post-Captain is not only liable to be passed over on such promotion, fur a very trivial offence, but he is actually obliged to submit to the same degree of de gradation, if he has not the, good fortune to have possessed sufficient borough interest to have been employed afloat during the war or armament ; and that, although he stand in rotation for a Flag, arid bear the most unblemished reputation, and although nothing appears against him at the Admiralty, but having been unsuccessful in his repeated and anxinos applications for a ship. Can it be right to punish a man for what he has no power to avoid ? It is grievous to observe that upon every flag promotion, many such itistanCes . of neglected merit do lamentably oc cur; and 11614 Is it possible for a veteran Naval Offi cer tyros set :side hem promotion at the heck of a Minister, without tik being conscious of having corn mated any crime for which he has become amenable to his country's laws. How ill does this accord with our envied country's boasted Code, which declares that no British subject, however, or by whomsoever accused, shall Le deemed guilty until pronounced so by his Peers after an impartial Trial ! I am fully aware of its being alleged in extenuation of this relic of barbarism, that it is according to (what has principally cost us so much disgrace in a late melancholy contest) 66 the established usage of ' the service," and that the Flag Promotions are al ways submitted to the Pt ivy Council for their appro bation. But, all that is meant to be insisted on here is, that rich a custom does actually exist ! It matters not where the fault originatei, or by whom it is sanctioned; but every rational man, not strangely and obstinately biassed, must surely allow it to be replete with itijustice ; and it behoves all those who have the welfare of the brave defenders of • their country at heart, to endeavour, with all their united energies, to subvert such an ungrateful and impolitic sy stem. In the Army a Colonel is never superseded in his promotion to the rank of Major-General without am ple cause, wherefore should the Naval Officer be so harshly and so singularly treated ? But, the Army is one service, and the Navy is an. other. Had the illustriousl.VewmGrom, with the British Army, been so infatuated or bigoted as blindly to have followed the beaten path in vogue in the days of MARLBOROUGR, they could never have accomplished the high deeds they have so nobly achieved ; how then, in the name of common sense, can the antiquated and comparatiiely barbaVous Nit. vat practice of the day a of Li Hogue he applied With success (or with common safety, in a very few wears more) in the pi esent improved sod important mari time xra of the world ? But, to distinguish the na ture and degrees of change which successive erents imperative!) dill for belongs alone to groins 1 am, •;ir, y our very humble servant, Roe!ies .r, Aug,. 15.1 A 5. CASSAN URA. • All affsi , s of ch.i nee a re,it seems, derided by dreams and (Mkt ent .. 4 1.0stio, confirmed by experience, land establidied by science This being admitted by the great mesa of mankind, w hich also includes the ladies, it has been a•tcertaitied by judicial astrology, that PritltY, at Holborn Bars, will have the honour to distribute to the Public, not only the t 30,(M0 in I ilk smut( !Pliers', but also the 3000 guineas in gold. To obtain these benefits, it is evident, there is no time to spare in making the purchases which are to insure them, as this very interesting • Lottery begins and ends nest Thursday. • _~ c :• j. aOwYh -.: ~ u