The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-17 00:00:00

PRIAVESS OF WASS. Amongst other Meetings of Creditors—bet not at Guildhall--a Meeting of the Creditors of her Royal Memos the Princess. of WILD was held on Friday last at the York lintel. . W. Avast, Esq. Chancellor of the Dutchy of Curnwall, stated to the Meeting, that the Prince's Deputy Treasurer (hlr. GRAY, who was also pre sent) had ,regularly pad to the Officer of her It o yal Highness's household, the annual-allowance of 12,0001. which he had voluntarily augmented by the additional stint of 5,0001. to which, being also added 5,0001. paid to her Royal HigriniAs out of the Exchequer for personal expenars, her aggregate income amounted to 22,0001. neat, fur although the sum of 12,0001. per annum was deducted at the Exchequer fro'm his own income, he had directed the annual allowance to be paid to the Princess, free f• ton any deduction in that respect. Mr. Anus then explained to the Meet ing the various provisions 'of the Act of the 35th of his present Majesty, by which his Royal Highness wits protected from any persona! actiun, declaring also, any bond or other obligaiJn from his Royal Highness to be illegal, but rendered the revenue granted to him liable to the demands of his creditors under certain regulations,natnely,that of delivering in their hills signed- in. three days after every Quarter.day...and in case of non-pay: pent, commencing their action within three monthi (Iv* delivery..-. Mr. ADAM then stated, that to prevent a recurrence of the present embarrassment, His Royal Highness had expressly stiptilited, as the co edition of his discharging her Royal li ighness's in. cumbrances, that the income of her Roya I 11,gh nese shoulJ hereafter, as to the payment of her credi tors, be put under the same regulations under which the income of his Royal Highness had been placed by the Act of the 35th. To this condi tion her Royal Highness had aiseuted, by the sig. nature of a paper, and it would therefore remain with her future creditors to secure themselves, by a regular adherence to such regulations. 'I he Priocess of WAl,;as had already received out of the Droils of elthnirally thirty l four thrtaeund polndc, which, added to .19,0001. the amount of debt not:, remaining unpaid, made an ag. . gregate of 83,0001. excess of expenditure above' Der Royal Highness's income, which, divided by the nuniber of years, made the annual expend!. tire much larger than the largest sum ever pro. posed or even desired for her Royal Highness. li..yal ilighnrss had undertaken the pay ment of the debts of the Princess, thus amount- He to .19,0001. in the full persuasion, and on the express con:litho) mit he should hence. forward be deemed to be exempt (ruin all re. sponsildity it, this respect. The execution of this undertaking he had commenced by the payment of en instalment of 10,0001. which would besets ceeded bye second payment in January neat ; and althourh his Royal Highness was p ft:- eluded, by the Act of the 35th, frion mak. lug himself respensible, by deed or bused, his Royal Highness pledged himself to the goal and complete liquidation of the present demand, which he took upon himself as a debt of honour ; and in event of his being prevented, by the mamas tearlable course of nature from persunally full!. ling this ongegmetnt, the creditors might be assured, that from his property and rights which might be rendered available, this engagement would never. tbeless be faithfully executed. Mr. ADAM added, that he trusted the Meeting would not be insensi ble to the honourable anxiety which his Royal Hieliness has n anifested tin the present occasion : the engagement into which he had entered was per. ' fectly spontaneous ; and although it became ne. cessary to impose upon -his own expenditure the nog economical regnlrii.ins, and was in fact a subtraction of income greater iu proportion than that ts hieh hall burn appropriated to the payment of his debt., his Royal Highness felt infinite gratifi. (-4t:nit in at once satisfying the claims of the PRIN. er.‘s's creditors, and of preventing those claims ;runt being cit.. c directly or indirectly burden. ;one to the public, at a period whcii the ex p •ntliture of the country was neectisorily so great. Mr. IDA!.I, ire the course of• his Address, also iiti:natcd, that any petitioixef the Creditors to Par liament would h.are been fruitless; as bu ch. petition not have been revived by the House of titteris wit;eiut tho previouS consent of his .11.3jesty, officially signified by the . Chancullor of the Excheque. - , which consent, Mr. ADAM stated, `l5 knew would have been refused. The Creditors, sis may be supposed, are satisfied at the prospect of getting their money at some time or other ; and the publie•are expected to be sa tisti% d with the parade of their being preserved frum any burden diree4l3, or indirectl y ; but in .11. s expi.ctation, Ministers gill be deceived...a more finery device was never used than this attempt to persuade Joins Hurd., that from the payment of the debts of the Princess of WALES out of the ezonomical sayings of her princely consort, the public will be ultimately preserved from any bur den directly or indirectly. We should like to know whether this staunch old Whig, Mr. WM. ADAM, preserved his usual gravity and rigidity of , nuscle, w hen he was making this statement. Mr. faux BOLL now knows su much of these matters; that the elequence, even of Mr. ADAW, will nut deceive him as to whose pocket this expenditure mast come from, directly or indirectly. But the gravity of the piece has been supported Alt only by Mr. Annie, but by the CIiAMCELLOR of the EICIIEQVSK—wIati informed the Prince that although 41,0001. was the amount originally stated, there arc bOOOl. more of which were ignorant. " This also remains for&our Royal High ness to pay—but it must all come out of your own pocket—for if the Creditors Petition the House of Commas (as Mr. ADAM up), it won't be received—for his MAJESTY'S consent pill nut be given." Wry well, says his Royal the main and principal object is to pre• i . cnt in these times of great and necessary woo. , moire any debt, Sic. becoming either directly or cireoiinuslv a burden upon the country. Ott these grounds it was given to be understood to these of his *jetty's Ministers concerned in the trunsaction,(eiterk) that his Royal Higlinesstrollid gliontaneussly take upon himself tiro payment of ac..‘ this 90001. niso.—We rejoice, to leer°, titat! the nuesereutejusg claims on his Royal Highness arc so far liquidated, that he can ,atford to enter int., a spontaneous engagement "to pay 49,0001.—The, report *high has •for some time been in circula tion, of a very carious and extraordinary princely., obligation being unsatisfied,, we must now'. be lieve it to be incorrect—at which we sincerely re loice ; for in troth so many princely OiNM have ately come before the public, that it were sound policy not unnecessarily to compel the agitation of such questioni. The Droits of Admiralty form a au 1t conve nient, and, as it should seem, inexhaustible fund— no less a sum than 34,0001. having-been drawn from thence for the use of the Princess of V. &Les. —Why not go one step farther, for there is plenty left in this same fund, and pay the remaining 49,0001. at once, instead of impaling this econo mical plan of life on the Heir Apparent of the British Monarchy. Perhaps the ingenious So -1 phistry of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who, it will be remembered, is the brother of Lord ARDEN, Register of the Court of Admi. ralty, may hereafter discover, that not only the 10,0001. already paid, but he . remainder of the 49,0001.. may tie paid out of the Droits, without burdening the public either directly or intlirectly. The suffering merchants and manufacturer, whose goods were seised at Copenhagen, are, however, sounresaopable at.to-think,.that if some part of these same Droits were applied to the remuneration of their claims, the justice of such an application of the Droits of Admiralty would be at least as little questionable as the various ap. plications that have incidentally been discovered. Ina word, it is im possible that the people of England should not at once see the scope of this plan, and a most ingenious and praise-worthy plan it is, of paying the debts of her Royal Highneis, without imposing any burthen on the public, either directly or indirectly. - TH& i'o4 l FS MAN. THE EXPEDITION. Poßmstoors. JCLY 15. Arrived the Sharpshooter, Lieutenant Guldie, from Guernsey; and the Weymouth. with Colonel Coebram's detachment on board. 800 strong, to join tlte Expedition. They are made op of detachmeets of re giments from the Depot, in the Isle of Wight. This massing, six Keukens of the 9th Light Dragoons em barked on board several transports, to join the Expedition: they immediately went oat of the harbour. West out of harbour the Harpy, Corfu, Massey. • AMY 16.—This morning, at foss o'clock, the troops en camped at Snotb-Saa Cosmos, in Stokes's Bay, brukc op ; and at he o'clock they began to embark on board the men of war at Spitbead. The arrangements for their embarkation being previtmly Made, and the mesas being extemive, the wbcle of the troops, which consist of more than 12.030 men, were embarked before nom. Captains Somerville, Garth. Ward, and Bowes, of the Navy, coodamcd the embarka ion. Upwards of 900 boats assisted on the occasion. It is e %peeled that they will be ready to sail on Tuesday morning. There are 21 sa4l of the line at Spitbead; bet the whole force will eistaist of 36 sail of the liwt, Si frigatt.•, and 61 sloop. boats" and gun-brt-,s, besides upwards of 200 sail of gen-brigs, of light draught of water, which have been fitted for the occasion. Sir Eyre Coate kluge to town again, for The Ilawke has ■ade the sival for convoy to the coast of Africa. Dovra, JULY 16.—fleveral transports, having on bard the 71st Regiment, pried this morning, from Partnnuath, to the Domos. The Staf, boron, &c. of Major-enteral Sir Wm. Er skine, Ban. were embarked yesterday tro board the ship Clif ton and Mary, Chiltern. atpi Ceres brig (tiainpartb), which wills:ail lint fair wind to the Downs. The 2Utti, 53111, and 921 regiments left this place this morn ing, fur Leal, to be embprked. The 434 regiment marched in to-day, and the 524 follow to-morrow frost liborneliff, Weeding to go on to Deal, to be ewharked. The second West York Militia left Ilmboarae Lea yester day, for Chatham. THE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANOL-JULY 17. °mingle the p . reseateinhai go on the coast prevgnting fresh arrivals of gruia in general. fro sales at that bead are erect ed during the cantina:owe thereof—Wheat about 3s. per quarter dearer—ln Barley and Malt little variation—Peas and Beans of the two description' liken e—'l'itere are consi derable remaining supplies of Oats. Faintly foreign; Goa samples thereof are quoted rather higher.—k lour foil at. last quotation ; floe ikuseritan, 4Ss. to s••h. pie quarter. CURRENT PRICES: Wbeat.• 656. SOO , Tick Beam, -- - 50". The ditto - - - - • 1%. 254. Rye. - - - - 465. 30t. Poland ditto - - - 5;4. •Jus. Barley, - - to — O . Mali - - - "C 46 .430. W. Peas ( Bo'de's) 955. 101 n. Fine Flour -- - - 755. (key Peas, 44:5. Secoods Beaus - 565. bets. •MITHFIELA—Joey 17„ Ttsiksk the Mal, per stone of 81b. Beef... •51. Od. to 6s. Yd. Head of Cattle this day : %lotion Od. to 6s. Oil. I Beasts Veal ...is. Od. to 71. Od. ! sheep and Lambs. •• • 16,100 Pork bJ. to 6s. 4d. I Calves Od. to 71. Ckl. I Pigs HAY-MARKET. Hay 6l Os. 03. to 71. 7s. 01. Straw Clover The Freoch Flotilla sailed on Thursday last from Boulogne, and had reached half way between that port and Calais, when they were obliged to put back by an adverse wind. Some letters state the amount of this flotilla to be bet a een 400 and 300, and othisrs at aLout '250. It is, however, certain, that they have been obliged to put hack. It is supposed that they were destined to Flushing. The Envoy sent from Hayti by Potion, with a view to obtain from this Government a supply of military stores, or permission to buy a certain quantity of muskets, &c. returns home in a few days without accomplishing the-object of hii sion, Ministers having determined not to take any part whatever in the civil war which desolates that unfortunate country. The Tyroleans have levied a fino of 8,000 florins on the Jews at Hoenems, for buying church.plate from the suppressed Conveuts in the Tyrol. The course of exchange between Vienna end l l , Augsburg, in the middle of the last month, was, ;settordiog to thisCorksopondraten, at Mt per cur. not florin. FOREIGN INTiLiii9ENCt BAVARIA, Juitz 86.—This Psis" Connie U rsch iiekler, provide* with eatnltObst.iloY4l. en, has been dila:lWO tP lisepreek., to 4011 some proposals to the Cdsamfasissu of Defense ilk float city to submit themselves amicably, and to . l apprise theio of the real state or *fall* Should' this last attempt fail, and the lastaatilloas of the, Agents of A.ustria continue to peetrail g -pur good King will abandon.the deluded T.Froles e as to their unhappy fate, and they will then be made to feel the terrible consequences 'of their disobedience.— ( Correspondenten.) BAMBERG, .ruNE 28.—The. Aastrisa corps Which entered this city on the 18th,. consisted of about 6,000 men ; they observed the strictest dis. cipline. Their commander made a requisition of horses and leather, and also ordered a brklge.boat to be transported from hence into BoheanDi on 21i1 waggons. On the 23d, being replaced by another corps, they broke up, and formed two divisions— the one marched towards Nuremberg, and the other towards Memmingen. SWITZERLAND, JUNE 20.—The fatal sport of, the Voralbergers will soon be at an end, as they. l are in great want of ammunition. They procure their powder from a mill near Hurbrang—fur balll,l they have put all the watch-chains in requisitioa t which produced 15 arts of lead. The incur in Tp et het... waited *lraq. eavj the Austrian Commanders out to violate the Saris territory. 1V ARSAW, JUNE 20.—The Russians continue to advance into this province, and one column of theirs has already joined the Polish army. The Russian corps that comes from BialystOck, was some days back to have crossed the Vistula at Gosa, to take the Austrians in the rear. The ad-1 vanced guard, consisting of Cossacks, has already passed that river. A division of our National 1 1 Guards has joined the Polish army, and the citl.l zeros mount guard here at present. Fifteen Polish regitnelits are railing in Gallicia. The number, of tolatiteers is very great. Sixty foreigners, who behaved a: traitors at the entrance of the enemy . into this Duchy, have been sirnated. All frail. skins wbu hold places hi Poland aro uedered to be discharged in three weeks. The Prussian invalids are transported beyond the fruntien with travel. ling money. .Six Prussian Post Osce r s have been arrested and sent away: The ei.deeoet Prussian Major-General Brodowski, and the Austrian Charge d'-iftairev,V on Cache, have hivp seat fur trial to Sierok. These measures have becu retorted to on account of the general disaffection of the Prussians, and their having maintained a communi, cation with the tra;tor Schill. ..... AIAGDEBUIGH, JUNE 30.—0 n the 26th, the Bth Dutch Regiment marched from her e to Hal. berstadt, and went from thence with the Pth Dutch Regiment, the Ist and 6th of Westphalian Infantry, the Horse Artillery, and one Regiment of Cavalry, to the Hartz, to oppose the Austrian troops coming from Saxony. Same persona say here, that an engagement has taken place near Nordhausen. However that may be, it is certain that.ttle elscat.from italbersiesl4 wee brought here to-day, and the military appear in an unusual buctle.—(Neue Zeitung.) Poesssra, Jess: 26.—After a seven-fold at. tack CM Sandomir, on the 16th, t%e Austrians were strive(' from the field of action with the loss of 1000 men killed and 500 wounded, whom Gen., Sultolnicki ordered to be brought from the fold of battle to the Lazaretto. The Commander in Chief, Prince Punistowski, ordered the briJge built by the Austrians near SatiJomir to be beret, and the redoubts to be demolished. He bas taken the position on the Vistula facing Sandomir, where he was joined by General SuwarroVi and his divi siun. Gen. Dombrowski's head.quarters . ire at Stilejew in Gallicia, behind the Pellea • but his out-pasts go as far as Malagoser and ieke.— Gener-1 Zajonezek is on the Vistula, facing To. lawy. The enemy changel his positions every day, and yet it seems he intends to return to Cracow. (Currospon.kmen.) 1, Dl4. lADRAS GAZETTE, Fgt. 25, 1209. The Honourable the Governor in Council has recently received a particular account of the action which took place at Quilon, on tile 13th ultimo, betwesli the British troops and the troops of Tra. vancere, in which, after a severe and long con. test, the Travancore' troops were defeated, with= heavy • loss. From the extent of the combined forces which were opposed to the British troops, this signal .victory reflects the big . hese tenour -on their discipline and valour ; the Governor in Council has great satisfaction in expressing his strongest approbation of tlicir t meritorious con. duct. The Governor. in Council comps to Lieute nant-Colonel Chalmers, who commanded the 'Bri tish detachment at Quilon, in this distinguished action, his public thanks ; and 'Lieutenant-Colo nel Chalmers is requested to convey the thanks of the Governor in Council to Lieutenant-Colonel Picton, of his • Majesty's 12th regiment, Major Muirbead, Major Hamilton, Captain Nenall s Captain Pepper, Captain Mackintosh, Lieute. tutot Lindsay, Lieutenant Arthur, of the engi neers, and the Officers of the Staff, Capt. Gran- . ston, and Capt. Achmuty, Ph the other Othcers and Troops of the detachment, who bravely sig. nalized themselves on this occasion. . The Honourable Governor in Council also takes this opportunity of expressing his warm approba tion of the conduct of a de:achment of troops, stationed at Cochin, under the command of Major Hewitt, who, with great skill and bravery, re pulsed a numerous and united force of the troops . of Travancore and Cochitt, in an attack wltielt ; ' they made on the British•artaAm-nt on Oa * 1914. 1 The Governor in Council ,has pArtiettl.t: satibf‘c. tiun in expressing to M4rr Heititt, and the 0,4, cers and troops under kis mtinmand t his itaiblin i i thanks, for their highly deserving caideit : ,, • . A dispatch, dated the .10ih iit~U o IMO!. re' eeived from the Honourable Lieutenaut T gultnag4l St. Leger, from the camp in TravancOr4 toSild.h =:-- • . ' . . . . he relates tbetomplete success which has attended the forces derliNd by him to storm the barrier.— The party.consialleskof a detachment of two corn.. 1 ,7110* - 11% set' of hies Majesty's 69th itkpliiek4 d'illeeicaptain Syms , ;our lank cow& fiesrAllittalion companies, of the 3d tlative,lufantlytiltder Captain Lucas, the whole comManiiisf aj or Welsh. Not di sten (lin g leeky.etapprusch s • the walls were sailed, 1 1,1 041 1 .41101theuly lanes, and covering rviloubta, Dort!! and 'south, carried. This service being 4. fected; - 11 company' of his Majesty's (19th regi. ment, and three of the sth battalion, 13th make infantry, under Captain Hodgson, were sent lore. inforce Major iVelsh, who then stormed **Cos. recd the main lines. At the date of this dispatch, Coloucl St. Leger was encamped two Milli whilst the gale. Colonel St. Leger speaks in the highest Wale of the conduct of Majors Welsh and Leillifill, and of all the officers employed on this gploobselli service ;and particularly laments the wound it Capt. Cunningham, of him Majesty's 69th 'mi. ment, which, we hear, has siace premed mortal. The names of the officers employed on the service are, Major IVelsh; Captains Syms, Lindsay, and Cunningham ; Lieutenants Carey, Reid, Lase, and Bayley :—Captains Lucas, Pepper, Gsrfrae ;• Lieatermate Walker , Tay, D awson, Goble, le. veranty, Jeffery, Shephcrd:Black k of,* 3d-naSive infantry -- and Colonel Bertram of the ploseers. Colonel St.. Leger was in possession • of the sr serial, which was extremely well stored, and of a number of pieces of ordnance. CeiceiV, DSc. B.—We onderatand, that, on the arrival of the Expedition at Memo, ceder Rear-Admiral Drury, it experienced a emery es. courteous reception from the Portuguese Govern. went, who, with much reluctance, permitted the forces to land, :sod to occupy the place. A day or two afterwards, however, a vessel arrived from Gos s having a sow Governor on hoard s who brought with bar special instructions for the ad aussioti of the English troops. From that time s the must perfect cordiality was re-established.— the furc.e. disembarked •amounted to about 300 Europeans. The latest letters [cm Bussurah are dated the 30th of `September. The utmost cordiality thee subailited .netween the Constituted Aethorities at Bagdad iird,Busporah, and the Gentlemen of the • English Residencies. As tbu letters irhich we have teen make no mention of the lirahaileee, we conclude, that they hare postponed, fur the present, their projected rifit to Bassurah, and hate turned their &vast*. Lions towards some other quarter. According to concurrent and authentic accounts from the West of India j the once formidable and enterprising Joewunt Rao Holkar has fOr some time past. been afflicted with insanity. At times, he cannot recognise even the members of his own family ; and, on other occasions, he M said to et. hibit signs of the must dangerous and oucontroal. -Able insanity. Bpi scipilartare ahead" beginning • to effect their independence. This hrmich of the Mahratta. Empire must speedily sink into üb. scurity. By the arrival of the Lord Maio from Penang, letters have been received from t at island of go late a &Anal the 18th ult. T:iey are in general . filled with coniplaiuts of the d e pressed state of commercial affairs. At Fort Marlborough, and that vicinity, there ,is a French cruiser ; she is a frigate of 44 guns. She had cut out of Padery Roads the Jane DI Calcutta, a valuable Ship ;.and the llope store. 'ship out Polo hay. To these captures may Ise added his Mnjesty'silhip Sea Flower, of 11 guns, (ta-pouneer earrtinades). Several merchantmau have falka a prey to Frenchmen, whose names are unknown., The ship Lord Mink) bad been missing fifteen months, and *as considered to he lately loot. The insurance done upon her has been paid. Captain Greg, of the Lord dlirdo, informs us, ' , that he found the SUltan of Tidure (the nateral Sovereign of the greater part of tile Alolu-cas) . in a state of great distress and degr upon the ',laud of Getty, the easternipoq of ilichipe. lago. He had been lately deprived of all his p e e. sess:ons and authority, both in Tidore and Gilulo , . by the Dumb troops Qom Ternate, and w wander. 'log about with a few resolute but defenceless rents, attaious for an oppughlitsity of revenge, but entirely destitute of atom, ammunition, and every 'other necessary means.ni Captain Griig supplied is itk two guns, and a (Luautity of powder, i t his ship. The Dutch in the island of Java have lately been engaged in extensive hostilities with the Chiefs of ill , interior. In the beginning of Oc tober,. previous to the departure of Camel's Greig (corn Pobtianna, pn the coast of Borneo, advice. were received there, stating that a strong detachment of Dutch troops, from Semarang, which had been sent against the dominions of the Kiug of Sonia° (one of the Prince+ of the 'gaud), had been cut off to a man. Since the arrival of General Dundels at Liata%lJ, cond. derable exertions had been made to recioit the military force of the colony, by levies ut native troops. . We have much satisfaction in announcing the safe arrival of the Holt. Mr. Eiphist4tone and his Suite, within the doimisolons of Stdian ul Sltselia, . King of (;abul. Letters were received in t.iwn on " Saturday front his cadip, dated un Ilit• 30 , 11 tilt. from twar Bhawcliiure, on the left bank of the fiver Garrah... Thin had crossed the Desart of Boykatteer, I. Onarch of eleven days, during which tiine tip Wu rt had end, rgone considerable fatigue and plivatiwt.. Thuy had s.t tterctl more espactitlly front, „ ibracascitp and bachtet of the .731:1.whiqt ar,e,4ai i d. tr 4 i l save proved fatal to a c • kr,eirt: 'Pumper of tha pain p .fol!,,wers. They : 'lasi Ift 3 rictic'lll A i!ipst i l)isaiVabl:: and hospitable }pc din . trlsPbrmitAlis4tat lihawripure, a tri. lif i ri I :it Wutaowfta‘nt7. 2, 4. 41 . e r .. ;. Vll l ,Kf f ikg ii said to have untleetakcn lie pal** a ' baneer, a county) ivhieh, kit .y,idp4i Wa ; i ( At least ntquitial4y) farm a g ot iot desilain:. U, I' Ur • •