The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-12-25 00:00:00

TOWER WARD. j r nadon, Diseember Q3d. ISJ9. T a WARDMOTE held at tinkers' he fore WILLIAM CURTIc, Bart. Alderman of toe said Ward, for the Election of Ward Miters fee the Year ensuing, Ist. lye calved Unanitentisiv-i-That the Inhabitants of this Wtt-d. animated by the strangest feelings of grained. to Di yii ^ Providence., hail, with unfeigned itivolse Fif!eth Ii err of .10 Rants of their beloved and gracious Sovereign. lA. That to pnive their sincerity anti attachmeot to his J'erspn and their wesw.ration for his virtues. then embrace tits tipportunity of expressing their sentiment, and of avow ing, that they ceesider it the bottoden duty of every true Eng* li , lini7:l tit suppert with In best exertioss is hMatests's Ooveransent, unites any wilful abuse of the powers eutrusteu to his Al inisterl• should rooster them deserving of censure. That they regret, in Common with their fellow-thisess, the eclomitess remelt of the late Expedition, nut they rely oriel confidence on the Justice and wisdom of Parliament, to• weether the fructratiao of the sanguine hopes of the wellorebt attributable to culpable neglect, or to contingen cies, against which busses sagacity could wit provide. Resolved Unsinlmoosiv—That the Thanks of this Ward mete be given to Sir William Curtis, Bart. Alderman of this Wrcd, far his upright sad. independent conduct its owe of toe B•preheetittiies fifth., City is Perlinnsent, for his uni form:let:utile to the Interest of the Citizens of London, and toe tits polite and hispartis.l conduct during this L'i-i tiun. itesolved TJaanituoesly—That the Thanks of tt.is Ward mote br riven to the t'rommon C.iiincil of thisilPard, for their mieetiitted attentito to the ielesest of the same. Itesolircd Unaeinionsly.—Thet these Revolutions be pub lished in the ..ilarbing wad Evening Papers, signed by the hard Clerk. JOHN HALL, Ward Clerk. Artisan. Mails. Due. 2 1 0 1 z..._.......—...-__ 1 -....c.—.---.--.-1--.--L--r-..-3Os-. WE S'iIATESMAN. IItOPOSITT TINA Z. LONDON: 1101IBA 7, DECEMBER 25• CUR ISTUAII-D• T. —Belida at the Public-0800. —Nab— Tut American Secretary and the Austrian Mes tenger have sailed from Dover. The public are amused with accounts of the principle on which a negotiation has been commenced—we say amused ....because we give even the present Ministers cre dit for too much discretion to hare communicated what is affected to have been derived from that source. It is conjectured, that as a preliminary to entering upon a negotiation—an avowal of the basis on whish he will treat, has been required from NAPOLEON. Admitting, fur the sake of argument, such a conjecture to be correct, we apprehend that demand to be tantamount to ask. ing whether the establishment of the new Dynasty in Spain is with NAPOLEON sine qua non.— We clnnot conjecture any possible motive for demanding a declaration of the basis upon which the adversary will treat, hilt the im portant question with respect to the fu. tore situation of the Peninsula. It sorely can not now be hoped by any one, however sanguine ar eatravarset, that a basis more favourable than that proposed from ERFURT!! eta he anticipated. The recognition of JOSEPH NAPOLEAR, as Mo. surds of Spain and of the Indies, was evidently the o:sussed basis of the overture from ERFURTII. ...The- strength of Germany has been reduced ; the spirit and resources of our Ally, Sweden, have also been reduced ; and France is now left with. out aslngle enemy except England. The resources and the alliances of France have maiiirestly creased, *bite those of her enemies have prupor. tunably dimi•;ishcd since the memorable meeting at Erfurth. In that period England has lost the alliance of Sweden ; she has lost the flower other army in the field awl ie the Hospital ; and she has not yet.had •:te wit to regain the Friendship of America. While NateuLEcoN has been subduing Germany, England has subdued a Sugar Island, seized some ports of the lonian Republic, and de etroyed the fortifitations of a harbour fur smug glyrs. France, therefore, stands higher in the seals of Power than when she held forth the " Olive Brunch" from Erfurth. Yet that NA ro. *ION now desires Peace we do believe—that he hag, from the very moment of the signature of the Peace of Amiens, desired Peace—we also do believe. We have oow, for seventeen years, perse- Vered in Mr. Plors'3 grand error, tl.e hopeless and absurd attempt of overturning, by force, the power of France. Every effort has not only prored abortive, but, like Awaits, whose strength revived on touching the eartli t the power of Vrance has been extended, strengihened, and con solidated by each successive coalition. What hope f reverse can reasonably be anticipated. England hes sorely urged the experiment so far, that no hope of SUCCVSS C3'l now remain. By Peace, say the Advocates f.ir W.,r, we must be ruined ; that hy pothesis we, however, apprehend to savour fume. what more of mere assertion than if we say,, that by a pc;severence in the war we inevitably shall be driven to the last extremity of human calamity. Suppose we were to make theixperiment Orme, there certainly is from Peatea chance of salvation, with the possibility of which by a perseverance in war, we r ucl it impossible to delude oerselves. Gil Blas was certainly right, when he proposed to his master, Pr. Sangrarlo, an flteretion in their practice : " All our patients ika of bleeding and t 5 warm water,let ea try something else ; they tr can but die." We have surely tried war long ennugh ; peace cannot make us worse. There cer. • tainly is more cause fur rational pope B.;an specu lative apprehension ; and when we do make peace, Bet esmot endeavour to over-reach tae enemy, by fonsturrei4l diplomacy ; fur, unless the general in tercets of the contending powers be consulted, there can he no hope alai any pacification sill be peraiatieut. Among the many horrors and inhumanities inci dent to a slate of warfare, the Proclamation im. puted to General Kt:taxi's' Aw, which we ;.nserteil on Saturday, prescuts an instance of savage and tilelibciate cruelty that is without parallel in mo dern history. The introduciiim, as well as the the substance, of the Proclamation merits 'Adieu- lar attention : " Considering the necessity of multiplying the resources of " the army of hi. loran! At. M%JEITY, and of depriving " tie rebels and lrai(ors of the means of procuring oninials " to areompli-h their atrociers tirsigeo." Thu, in the very " prologue" to the act arc the invaded, unoffending inhabitants of Spain termed rebels and traitors on the very land of choir fathers. All tho horses in certain districts in Spain ace then declared to in rogulsiticin, fee the service of the armies of France. All otht;ts.avider a certain height, including mares pregnant f more than three rhon t hi, and horses and mares nit 30 months old, " arc to have the left eye pal out, and are to be retedererl by other /ROPER CLANS unfit for military service by the PKOPRIETONS TUFAISEL IL We are utterly a►Crsc from yielding belief to the authenticity of this atrocious Edict. The possession of the Peninsula becomes neccs. nary tc be the consummation of the policy of France; her armies enter the Peninsula, seize the capitals of Spain mid Portugal, inveigle the Monarch of Spain, ►its family, and successor into France, and there detain them in captivity—place a stranger on the Throne, and from that moment term, in every public act, the resistance of the natives Rebellion and Treason. There certainly is not recorded an act more atrocious than the invasion of the Peninsula—that it will lead to an amelioration of the condition of the posterity of the present po pulation cannot be doubted—but that the end can o this instance justify the means, it were ab,urd lo contend—and if in Spain there really does eiisi that spirit of hatred which is so loudly proclaimed, this Proclamation may be expected to draw forth every latent energy of an outraged People. What, if the farmers and yeomanry of England, after bring deprived of flick most valuable tat►le, were commanded to be the Executioners of such cruelty on the inferior animals they were permitted to re tain, what would be their feelings, and what would be their conduct ? The enforcement, of this Decree, we, however, apprehend to be im possible even in Spain, and in the presence of the Fre it h The Fren,h armies mar, from this measure, to presumed, not only to be distressed for horns, but to have been greatly annoyed by the obsti nately protracted rcsi3tance of the natives. But what is the British army about—where is the farce of England by which the efforts of the people might have been secimded—st hero are the arms and clothing about which such a bustle was made in the City of London months ago ? While the nations of the Peninsula are waging a most disproportionate warfare against their in. enders, England is affecting, and atfrcting only, to espouse their cause, by the presence of an iu. active army, in which bread has not been tasted for more than three months, except by those who chose to give Alford dollar for that exiguous leer. sel, called, in this metropolis, a threepenny loaf. Our army, officers and men, have subsisted chiefly on fruit—and yet the People of England arc surprized at the hundreds who sink into the grave from disease. It will, doubtless, surprizo many to hear such a statement; but that the fact is li. tcrally so, is incontrovertible. Now, as the com. munication front Lisbon to our army is uninter. rupted, what difficulty could there be in supply ing our troops with biscuit ? There is about the military operations of the British Government a mysterious absurdity, which bellies not only human judgment, but even conjecture. The death of hundreds, of our troops is imputable to the want of bread, as a part of their . alisestt. The sea is epos to Lisbon, the road is open to the army—we toad furnish an ample supply of his cuit from England—and yet, a British army is reduced to the miserable uicessity of subsisting on fruit!!! Tlf t policy of our Ministers is incomprehensi ble: " Arms! Arms !" has now for eighteen months been the cry of the Spaniards.—With the mechanical resources of this kingdom all Europe might, in that interval, have been armed by sup plies from this country. To this moment the Spaniards cry out for arms, but it seems that Ministers will neither themselves supply the Spa niards, nor suffer any ether persons to furnish them with a►ms, as we infer from the following para graph, which appeared this morning in The Post :-- wt have inilreity to mate, in reference town advertise madit ch lately appvared in some of the daily Papers, kit NOM* proposals fur the purchase of arms to be et 7 ingleil to Spain, an accimat of Mr. enema svostst,ibarit 14 nut in the contemplation of his PA cvisr Government to furnish licences to this effect, an the applies. ' ties of any intl:ritinais a lultsver, Tilt STAITSMAX. Tug French Prisoners in the various Depots, have lately conducted themselves very outrageous ly. That " the Optiae" should endeavour to regain his liberty, can excite neither surprize nor indignation. But the treatment of Prisoners of War Ist this country ii mutely •ot such as to warrant the very insulting behaviour of the French Prisoners to those who, by duty, are com pelled to guard them, of which we have recently heard very numerous instances. A eentinel fired at a French -prisoner,* few days sgo, as he was endeavouring to scale the pa lisodoes at Yaxley Barracks ; the ball lodging in his buck occasioned his death. It appeared, from the evidence of General WILLIAMS, on the Coro. ner's Inquest, that the soldiers on guard hate in variably displayed the most patient forbearance and moderation to the incessant insults of the pri soners, whose conduct had lately been particularly outrageous and tumultuous. Several mood's ago, we took occasion to offer some remarks on the Fruelly and impolicy of pre. hihiting the sale of articles manufactured by the French prisoners. , That measure, which originat ed in the mean and contemptible jealousy of a few manufacturers of trifles made from straw, has, we are assured, greatly contributed to excite the unfortunate captives to that outrageous conduct, which is so greatly to be lamented.— The inhumanity of the prohibition is obvious... and not less so, to us, is the inspolicy—fur " idle , loess is the root of all evil"---and nothing could so certainly contribute to the quiet and orderly de meaneur of the multitude whom the fortune of war has thrown into our hands as employment. The importance of this principle is no where more clearly illustrated than in our ships of war, where it is a received axiom, that the men must be doing something—and if they are permitted to be idle they will hedging mischief. The principle is clear, and G.svcrnmcnt might have been expected, so far from prohibiting, decidedly to have encouraged the industry of these unfortunate victims of War. The importance of the general result would, in such case, have been more consistent with general 1 policy, than the private interests of the individuals , at whose instigation the prohibition was imposed. A coition, report is in circulation this morn. ing—that Mr. MAYNX, the Austrian Messenger, who has just sailed fur France, is the bearer of the following Terms of Peace :—The restoration of Hanover, and the retention of ,Malta—for which Martinique, and the other possessions taken from France are to be conceded. Spain left to her fate! Such is the estieerdisary report in the higher circles its the lest. The following lamentable cotnmunication,which we have received this morning, cannot fail of ex citing the sympathy of ail loyal and patriotic citizens : On Saturday last expired, at 'Faulty Hall, Alders:ate, in the 16th year of his administra tion, Thomas liurntcrust, Esq. more comm , ,nly known by the title of " Deputy Dough." 11 disorder, which was from the first eutu,isiered dangerous, was finally rendered fatal by the too sanguine conduct of his dear friends Doctors Turncoat and Charter-house Wall. By the death of this worthy, independent,: and ;Jesus. terested Deputy, the important Office of Mas. ter of the Rolls for the District iti which he lived, is become vacant ; his loss will be severe. iy felt by his disconsolate Admirers and Supporters, and the funeral is expected to be very on. merously attended. The coffiu will be covered with black reuter-proof cloth, from the mane. factory of Mr. JACKS, his worthy fellow.la. bower in the civic vineyard. An appropriate inscription on the plate will Is• furnished by the brilliant pen of that inflesibk Patriot, Mr. MAwNAN ; and the independent Mr.. SAMUEL Dixox is reported as the Chief Mourner. Mr. Alderman CußT►s, it is feared, cannot attend, as the appointed time of a' haunch of extraordinary expectations is said to expire on that day. The Duchy of Warsaw, in consequence of the addition made to it by the, treaty between France and Austria, now contains 2478 square miles of ter. ritory, and a population of 3,724 4 262 souls. Earl CAMDEN was appointed, a few day since, Master of the Corporation of the Triwlty House, in the place of the late Duko of PODTLA ND. 1 4 nril MVII.GRA YE was also, elected one of the Brethren, in lieu of Earl CAMDEN. 'Elie Luntlnn Pastry Cooks have considered the Expedition to Walchorea peculiarly applicable to cakes, and many of the seasonable dainties, in. tended forTwelftli Night, arc now displayed, with the names of our gallant Commanders employed on that service. Mr. W. BARNES, ant, Mr. W. CA,P, jllll. GM?. tlemen, arc chosen Aldermen of the •Curporietidtt, of ‘l . inchester. Ox FOR D.—• Nlontlay, the lesitilat of Michaelinei Term, the itcr. Giloaut W4i.s.last B. 1). and Master of Pembroke Cittlige, wits admiett(l I). D.—The following (;entlenten, on the same day, were admitted to degreci : Bachelor in Divinity--Rev. George Jenkins, of Jew , . Master= of Art.—kev. William Rogiihnis Harrison., of mervio, Grand Compounder; Bev. Er..aci. Dyson, of Her ton; Rrv. Rivliani Smith, of St. Allem pall; 11r. Robert William IlaN, of Christ Church; Rev. Ilinanas Lloyd, of Jesus: Rev. Edward Coetnyne Ends, of St. Soho's; Mr. Charles Lewis Mer) ON of Hi. John's. Bachelor of Arts—Mr. William Harwell Coles, of llei-- ford. The whole number of degrees in the Term as follows :-- Dectorsitt Dirinit), two ; Doctor is Lilt, one; Bachelors in Divinity, two ; &echelon is Law, ttto; Mastery of Art., shiny-ones Bacnelon of Artt, thirt)-threy. corENT-GARDE A? THEATRE. We will not indulge s dosibi of the strict performance of the arrangement made on day ; and therefore must impute the oinissioti this day of the promised declaration in the Public Priuts, that the 'mother of tha l'firate Bower shall be reditc:Al to PEN, to ao:ne acciiental .A.:4 UK. . Such declaration we, therefore, presume will appear to-morrow morning. On the subject of Mr. Iliandon's reet , lration, his frieusis are somewhat premsture. A Gi•niln. man, of the name of _Nunez, was by Messrs. Cox and Greenwood ; and another Gen tleman nay, in like manner, dismissed by Messrs. Cadet! and !Mies, r,r having expressi•J tliiippro_ Nation at the Theatre. The restoraam of Mr. Brandon would be iteetncd A more proper subject er public consideration, after those Gentlease's should have been restored to their situations. Weshould hope that Mr. Gibbons (commonly called long), Mr. Jew Bennett, the celebrittst Mr. Carpenter, Moses Braham !Tart, and many other dramatic, Gentlenset:, who have performed coespieumes parts iii the contest, will not be per mitted nightly to infest the lobbies of the Theatre on free acisnissi,n , . The Public are as desirous of forgetting, u of forgiving, which will, hoe _ ever t be utterly impossible au long as threw ind:si.. duals shall continue to offend their sight. 'fbe Erile atid TORS Thumb were pederast& with applause on Saturday night. TO TILE EDIT IR OP 7714 STATESM.4.V. SlR—Permit so to cougratulate you on the complete success which has croirnetl your exer tions in the cause of the PtibLe ; to yun and to you only are we indebted fur our etuancipatiun. from theatrical bondage. How are we to account, Sir, tot the contlua. of aa your Brother.Juurnalists, in abastioniog at r. moment when " the evidence of facts" proved, that we stood most in need of their easist ante, and on the only point too, of any iroport_ once, st the commencement of the contest ? For, as to the prices of admission, they alone %would have produced a war of shoe bt.t for 'lke award of arbietaters, in whos • nomination the Peblic had 'no voice. 'When, hones-or, two of his Majesty's Counsel, lei ned io law, and three of his liege Citizens, learned in arithmetic, pledged their words, that the owners of a Ilit.•tit had ;Ascii upon it a remmteration or s:c and a quarter per cent. only, Mi. Bull was instantly , astotindod, and as instantly exclaimed, " credat Jssclerus itpclla, non ego." Front which of these briefs think you, Sir, did these learned Gentlemen discover a solitary instence of a patentee vending his commodity at a profit of 81 per cent.? Did it occur to them that Messrs. Moulton and Watt were contending for 64 per tent. when one of their Counsel, the late Mr. Serieant Adair, received, with his brief, a fee of one thousand guineas, to defend their patent? Mr. Bull's Vredillity is cer tainly great ; but the age of miracles is past. With a sufficient assurance fur the publicity of the twenty.two Boxes, their late Keeper will, j hope, be re-invested with the Keys of Office; fur the Public having forgiven the Master, who is one-hundred-fold more culpable than his Ser vant, it would really be not only ungenerous, lint unjust, not to pardon the latter. That Brain lr,n ha• acted with " a Zeal without Knowledge," his Employers have abundant cause to regret ; for had the knowledge of this IVarrior beets equal to his seal, he would have declined bring_ ing certain captiver within his camp, and the coil. test might not have had so early t;Trnination. Inner Temple, LW. ?S. PHILO•ROSCIUi. NAVA& INTAGEtWENCE. PORTivo" - n, Dec. 91.--AI-rived from the tv the Sheerwate i) i ) ;, from the East ward ; and the Weazlc weevil( froin Falmouth. PLY movrg, Occ. —Arrived the Cream %rig of wlr. from Falmouth ; the Aeti - •, Hasse, fruit Smaesea; wt 4 the Golden Grove, Michell, fame Newport. Sailed the Thai. sleep, for the Wen ladies; the Brick. aa a cruise to the Wr,tward, Hls hdlYesty's sloop •f war, Seat!await, postal e, Cluorwi an Thursday Right last, haviqg left Itsisou with deo .te, convoy, cianistiag of 26 sail, frao whose she parted on 1. , : 12th itutant, la a heavy gair of wins', YARNIOVTIFI, Dec. Ill.—The Stately, of 74 ;use, from :he Dal;ic, b.ive in sight yesterday; limns iissied front her, and has icier for Leyden. Do Yea, LS cc. 2.4.4 be Secretary to the American Mini' • ter (Mr. Powell) arrived Isere thin afteraorn, rind tt ith Mr. Mare, tbeAestelap Ilswenger, embarke d o o b0:1r,1 t 1.1. zahetk cotter, mad Mired irneiediritely fur Prince. The Aurora, Walker t aad the licorietks, eatterson, µ,th several ether vessels frlisilastbec, pawed by besotn.ilay, fur London. • •J 4 0: a k very large fleet of mantel* sad toasting Teasels are p singby from the Dipsyin.• the Road., the Ober's°, Rolla, Rinaldo, %Ai BMIel, %loops of war. • A. fee nights since, a pielpei Illopefaallt 4 the Royal Naty, -Who: said his *amp: orna,,W4ight, walked •into the George inn, at Sittiegbourne, ' and ordered dinner ; when be had dined, he in.. quired if flirt° %%as any cotipany in the. house ;, and being inturmed there was a single gentleman (Captain Sanderson), be desired the waiter would go sod request.the favour of his company to take a glass of wine with him. The ii , vitation was ac cepted, and in a short time Captain S. became in obriated, anti want to bud, under the immediate care of Isis new acquaintance, Mr. Wright, who contrived to pick his pocket of a ten pound and three one pound bank of England notes. Capt. S. did not miss his mousy until the morning, * hen, to his surprise, he found his companion had de camped with his booty, leaving his bill unpaid at the Init. The teu-pouuti note was exchanged at hlessrs. indth and Soil's, before he left the place. Ott ry possible search h4l been made to discost; hun t but hi(hert9 without chic*