The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-09-29 00:00:00

14 - THE STATESMAN. PIIOPOSITI TRPIAX. LONDON: TRIMAY, SIPTEUIER 29. Pr. /divan IL ad Qom, of Wirrusavaa.—Beliday et lAt Pithlic-Offites. Tug projected Caseation has failed. The parti. culars of the rumour on this subject are, that Mr. PIRCET ti. proposed a Cabinet of 13 11c.nbers, six of whom were to be selected from tho Old CAbinet, sod aerie Nets Members (girl GRCY and Lord Gavevroot inclusive) were to cumin —that the answers of these Noblemen, though 600 miles 'dis tant from each other, are both decidedly in the ne gative—they could neither of them see any prohubi. Mg that this heterogeneous Cabinet coo Id he pro. &care of advantage, to the service of his NIA J Lsry and the interest of tho Nation.—Such is the port, the t►uth of which we see nu reason to doubt. Tire Public eaannt but be surprized that a proposition should have been made to su.-A 'stem as Earl Gage and Lord Gavvviooe, to lend themselves to this project. The pre. sent Administration have themselves been too long at the game *of rim and sevens, to induce a hope that men of sense and understanding could be weak enough, to eternally ruin their cha racters, by so mean, and so absurd a coalition. What will our dull friend, The Courier, say to this ? Ile is for nothing but sin nsearatres, and carer not if they arc administered by even rail Glum and Lord Gitgsvitts, whom he has !sightly been abusing " any time" 'nice the pre sent Ministers have been in power. Ministers for tie time being, bo they who they esayl.-shether Lard liciLsrGa or Wit Tri.an.--- whether a.. was as the one, or as insolent as the other, won be the idols of liarkquin Courier. Measures, nut am, truly era what he looks to! But the pub lic ere ftoginning to peep into the met ivt a of this Gentirmla of tbs. par ty-culoured jacket, %hi) Lit> s hot and cold ot the same " vihn M al be King, I'll be suhject," SarS the Vicar of Drug,' •` Let who sill be Min;ster, I will be Flatterer," sayi Harlequin Crier.... • Quota flcaraaai I melt a rat. • RALPMO 1110:4 da'a prevaricate." If it were nut fur the sonsniferour punishment that would be inflicted by' such a task, we would recainmewl those who have been in the habit of stlinneing the cream of du . lines', from the stagnant and mephitic Couriet; to turn over that file of dolleets, and compere the toisting , , and twin ing:, and turnings, and tergiversations of The Courier, since It CAMO into the pos. , ession of the quondam Secretarji of the Society called the friend* of Ma Peo*:' be TiapaJa onttanow et ass wetamar The Wino ass einnseut, and we are changer them ; says the Secretary. " At that Utile the interests of " the people were my interest, but the tinter ore "c lowed. To persuade tbc people that the Mi. 'C pistils for the time being, be they who they " say, are the Neiteamatirtrausest --discreas at —best"— 4 4.ervalawas breathing—that England is happy, gg fi u s f ishing t agra,sod frae..,is ism ssy interest." For the Pea* of Ragland, their Rights, or their Interests, or for Truth of Common Sense, 2in Giddy earns is ;sack la—The Morning Put. Or the slams% eselosien of oar trade from the Battle, we expressed our eoavietion two moults ago. TM certainly of this event it now confirmed by . the paetketers that have been received of the T riss ey h i etwean linsaia and Swedes. To wars the deluded •E minate"• of tbecaleatities impending over this foundry, were but as the voice of " ems erits, to the:pi:densest." As long as bank.attats will perchase bread, and as long as thu Bank o f England cqqiinum to discooat one piece of paper by g i v i ng i n e xcionso another, it will continuo to be day Si Jebilee its the City. Kat, drink, Illu. soissetr, sad be merry, is the order of the whilst the plans of NAPOLKOK ire, at this oto 'Devi operatieg, though silent 4 and slowl4, yet earwig, aslant the commerce of this infatuated ihiestrp ev e s s , lauish Papers to the received W illy, the natives on the Spanish side of the l'y• rives are re:wit-tented to be in a stale of active warfare—and bail it net been fur the treacherous surreAor of one of the Narrows to the French, the Spaiti.h twbuntaincer4 iiii4ht have been, we are told, to possesion of ;Navarre aid A rragon. With liar experience of Spaiii,h correctness o f tasrrttive, tluse statements must certainly be viewed with a eye. From France we have a report of a rviiitoreement of f o rty thee. sand French troops having already reached the p yrf0 ,. e ,...4, n s many weeks ..31 atioie 'ere these trof ) ps rrerwit themselves before the Viscount of T.14-AVEtt4 Gerona is 'Alio have been ratted by Bases. Fans the Ellsonbe see hewn no isstelligenee.— O nv of the hirelins Print' last 'tight attanettytt to debt& its unfortunate Readers, with a report of the implore of the Armistire—a consequent bit ge.,:and t he Austrians teesaioini matters of the fight. —We are at a toga to conjecture of whet eaorliala ebes Aso am Itli'lPutaposed, who have the ktitilfil Peniget kt j.d ej glees obtioes SPANISH PAPERS. Serrra.s, SEPT. 11.—The satisfactory late'''. gence has been officially announced, that a division of Blake'; army, commanded by Don JaymeGara, has suceeealed in breaking the enemy's line ► and entered Gerona, with provisions and warlike stores for that admirable place. The generous inurenients of the inhabitants of the Pyrennees continue with unabated vigour and perseverance; and had not the important fortress of Jars, through cowardice, fallen into the enemy's hands, those gallant mountaineers, supported in their movements by that important place ► and led on by the worthy chief who commands them, would, perhaps, by this time, have carried their victorious banners to the banks of the Ebro, and Navarre and Arragon would have been a second time in. debted to them for their liberty.—(Government Gazelle, Sept. It) A LICANT I Aug. 29.—8 y a ship which arrived here on the 27th of this month from Tarragona, intelligence has been received, that on the 13th and 14th of that month 5000 hone passed through that place for Gerona ; and that positive Informa. tioa had reached Tarragona, that provisions arc very scarce in Barcelona ; that the enemy sustains great losses in his inroads into the country ; and that the French troops are in great distress. On the 23d inst. entered this port, his Majesty's sloop Carolina, Don Joaquim Molida, commander, of eight guns and eighty men, and the hrig Pesionso, Don Diego Qucvedo, Commander, of 16 guns, and 100 men, which bring from Cadiz a million of rials for this kingdom, and another million for Tarragona. On the 26th arrived here, from Car. thagena, his Majesty polacre N. S. del Coymen, Dolt Juan Navarete, Comn.ander, of 10 guns and 70 men, with gvo.powder, balls of every calibre, bombs, grapeshot, and' other warlike stores and provisions, for Gerona and Tarragona ; they have all sailed for their places of destination. Szrittu, Si.PT 6...1t appears, by reports trans. witted by the Supreme Provincial Ju tea of Arra. gun, that the battalion commanded by Dow Raman Gayan lately attacked the enemy. who occupied Paneza with a force of 300 men. Our gallant Countrymen o!►cncJ their fire upon the French, who withstood it fur half an hour, and then took to a disgracJui flight, leaving the con. querors in pJssZssion of th.; greaUst part of their baggage. The Supreme Committee of the royal and dis. tingnished Spanish Order of Charles 111. have unanimously voted 10,000 ducats of the money la:ely received from America, to be applied to the support of the wid.b.ors and orphans of that unconquerable place. On the 2lth of last month, his Excellency Mr. Frere, who, with such ardent zeal for our nati chial glory and independence, performed the func tions of his Britannic 'Majesty's 111iniscer with the Soprenie Junta of Government, had his audience of leave. The Junta of the province of Gallicia has been provisionally established ha Siracusa, to or. ganize the patriotic iusurrection and general arms. ment in that province. The people conform themselves with ebthusiasm to every measure which 'the Junta thinks proper to adopt. All the young men assemble in Sirens& and Willis, in which places a fine corps of 250 horse has already been formed. In Upper and Lower . Rioja, the same patriotic zeal prevails, although the latter is completely surrounded by the enemy. General D'Agount, French Governor of Navarra, having condemned four Spaniards to sulrer death, ou a charge of their having murdered a French Serjeant and Merchant, and given public notice of the ewe eution of his sanguinary order, Don Mariano Ito. maler, Commander in Chief of the Spanish troops in the mountains of Arragon, for his Majesty Fee. dililUid V iI. has Weed a Preefamatten, In answer to the former, which contain the following Ar. ticks :--- 1. Manuel A lanais Grayer, names Periehe, Jaw Bear bier, Francois Deseis, and Amuse, de la Ceiombiese, all agents of the rrenck, shall be eardseted by ay troops to the camp of Erigorria, and being placed in a ragtime facing Mslrid. looking to their King, Peps Bo!Saks (Jae-Bottle), they shall bear the sesame at death preeminent, and being afterwards ordered to face Pamplona, they shall be be:beaded, and their bndir, smpeaded from gibbets on the rood which kale to Madrid, with the following inseriptioa ea their barb, " Agasisof lAs Fronk knutitti poached ky Spanish jug „ Should the intruded King, Generals D'Agirdt and Le mma ( who command in lamb or any other person, abase his aialusrby, to sake away the lib of any Spaaiard, we Anil order double the masker of Frenchmen, who arc in our power, to be bebembed.—(Serille GOStiie.) A WA Liu vo MATCR.—Yesterday a shoemaker, twine] Thompson, who resides iet the Borough, and is nearly 60 cars old, undertook to walk 15 miles in three !lours, for a wager of lee guineas. 'Lie place he chose for deciding the tut, was on the road betwJen Kennington and Clapham. He started at *is o'clock in the morning, walking one mile out and one mile in, till Ise perforated his task, which he did with ease, IN minutes Otitis the time allowed him. Advice has been received he lows of Its death of I d ieatenauta Sreas aa4 livaumart at 40 Oith regiment. Thvest arson van sar* ortiliked i‘i boAkut !Outs,. THE STATESMAN. HANTS AND WILTS. The triumphant Meetings of the respectable Freeholders of Hampshire and Wiltshire, have excited the animosity of the whole tribe of what are called the "friends of Government," that ia, in plain English, the friends and abettors of the present system of taxation, profusion, inquisi. curial oppression, and corruption. The in creasing influence of Mr. Conners., had na totally long been the object of the serious apprehensions of the " Robbers;" but it was quite beyond their comprehension, that a n individual, by the mere force of arguments dictated by sound sense and manly independence, could break asunder the chains of dependence in which the County of Hants had, from time imme. morial, been held. To influence the Freeholders of a whole County—and such a County—men who had been accbstomeal to vote and hence just as they were ordered by the Treasury agents, appeared to the " Robbers"...vermin, whose only arguments are tangible bribery, and palpable corruption,...absolotely miracu lous—bat when the detested mangiest of in dependence spread itself to the adjacent and equally important County of Wilts, the astonish. meet of the '• Robbers" was surpassed only by ' their rage. No time was to be lost, and they entered on what they, easy souls, looked upon to be as easy a task as the march to Paris of Lord IIAWKESBIALT, or, that of the ViScoent of TALAVERA to Madrid—the pulling down of Mr. CORBETT. God help them !—Every sen. tence of falsehood, fully, ignorance, and ab surdity, with which the pages of The Post and Courier were daily ornamented, were bet pro clamations of the influence and independence of that character which they to childishly were hop. ing to destroy. Whilst The Past figured daily, as a duercpid slippered pantaloon in this puppet. show—The Courier gravely matted !hi' a tweeter of Harlequin...we say walked,...-for that very lively, amusing, and constant, never.chunging Print...we really think could by no possible ethic get out of the pace of a waggon horse. To those who doubt the consistency of this constant, never-changing Courier, we need ouly refer its readers to the ale of this month, when &II Gatir and Lord GatNTILLE were mentioned as a part of the intended Ministry. The oracular Courier informed the Public, that the " retir•easent of those Noblemen weak/ not be disturbed." Within a very few days Harlequin informed his retitle's, that Earl GREY and Lord GRENVILLE had ere. tainly been sent for. And on Wednesday, ex pecting that these Noblemen would as certainly come into office,..." True as the Needle to the Pule,"---Ifuriequin says— " We said oollooday, and we repeat It to-day, tea! measures, nod aot gam, ere as objects see shall congtisr— Give as bat Wog etsesares. and we we est by wheat they Amps bees atlebed ar adopted. Not bet that are shall regret the absence of such see from the Cabinet, as Mr. CAN "gam the Marquis WELLast.ar. and Lord Altsirtt.t.t —eget but that we shall always look back with sathLactioa apes the conductor the presage hiltdotry." This truly Ingenions Ilarlsoria, always secures a retreat..." Giro us but wise measurer, and we " care not AN .mAem they have been advised or 66 adopted !" But whore shall we look for the wise measures which Harlequin has been so strenuously supporting—the Expeditiun to Co penhagrn—tuPor. togal--to Spaits--to Sicily...and the appointment of Sir Hew DALRYMPLII ?...these, we presume,are 66 amongst the wise measures"....by whom advised or adopted, Harlequin cares n0t...50 that he can but curry favour. harlequin seems to be perpetu. ally humming the well.kaown tuneof 66 The Vicar of Hs ay." It is •difileult to conceive a por tion of vanity and folly so great as that of these hirelings, in even hoping that their abusive trash could operate in any single instance to the de. triment of Mr. Consm.---The result of their united labours has been, precisely what was anticipated, by the discerning part of the nation— ea increased circulation of Mr. COIIIIVIT'S Re. ester, whose merit they have thus unwitting. 1 ly been proclaiming, and a declining rirctslation of their own venal trash. All the efforts of the " Banditti" to traduce and defame the cha. racter of Mr, Consist (which that Gentle- Man mnst ui,ely treated with merited contempt), have fallen harmless. The rancour and animosity of" these friends of Government" in the counties of Hants and Wilts--that is thefriendr of any Mi. sister from whom place, pension,. or jub, can be obtained, have not been confined to Mr. Con. airs alone—the admirable speech of Mr. lirmav HUNT, at the Salisbury Meeting, was as unpar. dutiable and as ineapiable as that of Mr. Conarrr at-Winchester, which convinced the understand ings of the respectable Freeholders of Hampshire. Every petty artifice of persecution has. been re. sorted to for the purpose of annoying Mr. RUNT. The attachment of this gentleman to thi sports of the held is known to be great ; gnd on this point th ese 66 friends of Goventipent" were childish enough to belieTe him to be particitlarly vater's. b1e...4541.11U Owls cbililith M oak* 4 1 % ki ecoginot lb,nage all lits Ipsooessoot. 40. 41 1 s 4,6 ball **turned m4lO Mr, NMI Muer fur sporting on property, where, before the inexpiable speech at Salisbury, he ranged without interruption. Nay, the "feudal" friends of Government, not satisfied with discharging this Gentleman from 6(.4 own manors, have descendvd to the meanness of soliciting, and, in some instances offering bribe: to others, to inter dict Mr. liusr from sporting on the lands of his immediate neighbours. There arc, however, men---and independent men...in Wiltshire, who re4ent this vile attempt ; the consequence has been, a general invitation to Mr.lluxv, in his own neighbonrhooll, to sport over at least 7000 acres of as fine a Sporting Country as any in England. The famous Beckhampfon Club hare been not a little mortified on this occasion. The Club mos. tcrcd In great strength this year, and were somewhat surprized at finding that the produce of their linked efforts, as sportsmen, on the first four days, was not quite equal to half the quan. tity of game killed by Mr. IlusT. It is really lamentable, that the difference of political opinions should produce effects such as we have stated. Mr. Cosner; these " friends; of Government" dare not openly attack, in his own neighbourhood; they hare turned him over to the :kippered Pantaloon of 71 e Post, and the heavy Harlersin of The Courier—and much they have gained by that. Mr. HUNT they thought might be openly, as well as secretly, darkly, and insi lionsly assailed ; and with Aim they have had no better success. We confidently trust and es. pect, that the glorious example set by the cuwitita of !Lints and Wilts, will be followed in due seasun....anil come that season muat..-by every county in the United Kosigdrirn. COVINT Gaza pu'llie ars illiberally anxious to !mow what will be the probable re salt of the rqfereass by time Preprietuft of Co. veat-garden We bare heard a report that the foilowin4 is their plan :--- T reduce the Piiiwood dos Pk sob, to the forgoer prier --sod To throw .*ea she lade affill-ebtembers of the Private Rom, be rete.oehrg the i.el problem. Those retreats will then be epee t• the e;e,e of the Promenaders of the Print,: hubby. W. arc glad to hear this report of something like a conviction of impropri. ty hiving been pr.,_ &seed, by UM almost solit47 übserviiionv ua this subject—but this compromise will n.,t fy the public, who an• highly t aisp e r a t r d, sa d justly so, at the principle cif Pri: , use Buses. Is i► not an husk to !silt of private Bores in s pialsiinTbeascr ? The patent was granted for the ailvaningu of the public. The attempt is salmis& t ofu , and must fail. This being Michaelmas Day, a Common Ilan was held at Guildhall, for the election of a Lori( Mayor, when TanatAs Sxrru, Esq. Alderman of Farringdon Ward Within, and JOSHUA Josa. Tn.ts Smi :if, Esq. Alderman of Castle Harvard Ward, were returned by the Li►e►y to the Court of Aldermen, who made their election of the for. met; who was thereupon invested with the insignia of that important office. The new L•••tb NI A Tea was afterwards entertained by tho old NIA 'TOR at the Mansion-I:louse. At the Common Hall, the Aldermen Cra - 111. Nice, %taw, and Bracts, were received with !vases and groans, u the tools of the Corrupt System. Mr. Alderman COMM and Mr. Alder. man Domvtaar were much applauded. The Thanks of the Will were unanimously toted to Al. dermen J. J. SkIITII and litmus, the iste She. riffs, for their upright and impartial conduct in Once, upon the motion of Mr; GalfilTUl; 21;a1 - the new LORD- 111Aroa made a very halidsunie speech, in which be promised to con a Cpornow h alt, z:heacrer called upon for that purpow ; cud to endeavour to merit the approbatiou of bis Fol. low-citizens...which was loudly applauded. Mr. Sawn!, Attorney, of Salisburprquare, and Mr. Fok nm, A t torney,of Ely-Place, are appoin‘est Under-Sheriffs for the City of London and County of Middlesex for the ensiling year. The former is deputy to Mr. Sheriff Wuon, and the latter to Mr. Sheriff ATKINS. As Mr. Alderman Slll2ll expressed himself se decidedly of opinion that this country is in a de. lightfally - Jleariehing situation—we shonld be happy to be informed by the Worthy Alderman if he knows (be name of the Citizen who has re. eently been in the frequent habit of excbenging a Bank of England Note of 1001. nominal value— ler 851. sterling in cash, for the purpose of pur. chasing mixes at certain ports, where no other pussycat than gold or silver nill nu 3 be accepted ? The Cornwallis transport, Captain R. STOM A has brought hunts the fuluwieg Officers from Lord Wataamorott's army :—Lieuti•naut Gtoarsc FITZ.CLA EPICZ, of the 10th ; Colonel SA Ulla urns, of tkr 6 Ist ; Lieuteuant•Cuionel 116,11:111M, Nun. Captain lane, Colonel T.t YLOII, and bout. POWELL. W!'en Brirracee, the Manager of Richmond Theatre, was declaring the recetpts of his Theatre to be under his expeuces, on the first ni_ht of Mrs. Singsong's performance, an [liberties!' Actor, who was pre.tott, exclaimed, " If your scatting be tree, Manager, by the Holy Father, yam have gained a lost." The Board of Trade has extended the term mited for the expiration of licences for ships sail. ing to the blockaded ports of Holland and France, (ruin the 29th init. to the 2gl October, with the sole view of enatiling such ships to proeeed on their voyages, which could nut otherwise bare bees Itt readiness. Thc exterior of ant ay the Seventh's Chapel is now repairing. The ancient Gothic ornaments a re gristly defaced by the rate easterly winds, and thy dilapidatioas of this veneteble pile require cusiltt Att,nttua Ng! di. 0 . o ritobso employed to keep it la rerit!! -