The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-12-21 00:00:00

1 r l fl 7 , •!" A I l I pk. 40.: )0 : THU inh tY, DLCIINDEtt 21. Tuo i.Ab . ll Da Holiday at Ms Pablic-Offica. Br the arrival of three Guttcnburgh Mails Red Girman Pipers to the 10th inst. we have a variety of intviligence, though nut of an highly ingtortant nature. • Peace between Sweilen and D.:nmark is an. nounee.l: -"Prace between Sweden and France is also reported. In conseqiienc:e of which the Course of Exchange at Gottenhurgh rose to 4. 38. The Klr-AO4ll stated to have had another apoplectic fit. Baden II said to be the residence appointed for the eafortaaate GIIST4TUI IV. The arrival of • t 8 mutts of entree at Etsineur, from Helsineburgh, Ne announced with much apparent satisfaction, as an. instance of the resuscitation of commercial Warners*. Permission has been granted for Danish and Norejegian vaseli to unload and load • in-Swedish ports. From Petersburg!), we learn, that General PIATOW has defeated the •Turks, and taken pri. loner a Pacha of Three Tails. Silistria is also - toported to be taken. This report is reverberated Au* Constantinople, where they begin to think it is tine for , the Grand Vizier to skew hint. ar(f fictive—in which opinion uo fully agree. It tertniWy Is hir.:ll time; but with 411 his activity we think that Asia-W.or will he the ultimate 1 seat a the Eniparor urthis Othwans. From Vienni, it*Mssertcd, that the Russians alreadyire at Varna'en the BLick Sea, and that th,C,,ltuiC of I:Wig:Lila is expectcd to fall. The French are demolishing the fortifications of Clagenfurth, and bawl:acted with great severity in Caritioht, Where Oil distarbances have again broke out. A rescript of the Emperor ALEXANDER, on the subject of the Petica between Austria and France, congratulatis the Russians on the acqui. sition of another slice of Poland. An article from I►apraek stain the Tyrolese insurgents to be yet in a state of hostility: The Prince Pros►ate (Cardinal Felten) has been in►- •ited * sad is so his jooritey to Paris, ohm an impottaat taseussiois thesithject of the Conte donkey of the Rhine % is anticipated. The time of thoilopartore of the ROYAL FAMILY of Pnessia ftwea • Ntosigsburg fur Batik is Azad ; they are etile;tetl fit Berlin WI the 3d of .this month. • the take *ml French troops have evacuated Freiburg ! , leaking with them a great number of, thelrisrestaaers.. The Austrian troops Immediately entrrMl'tiStsCity, and on the 22d of Nov. the Epsikror Fit sports made his. entrance amidst the . acclamations of his subjects. Wnav the Address on the antra Convention mei presented, Lind WELLINGTON was preient. - --SireAderl of CHATHAM, in humble imitation, we presiiine, of that hero, was present yesterday at •the delivery of the Address ! Poor Allerman AT- Knelt steed alono.--not4 single Alderman who had Toted with him being present. A lettrr from Cadiz, dated November 29, sap : The Pr..sident at Seville sel'nus to have entrgy. (pile new . Governor here, VAlrcAs, iv adios with spirit ; every inhabitant is celled upon to en.. Lg. the list* as's volunteer. All those: %oho cann.-t give a Ruud account of themselves are sent to the army. All carr:agee are laid aside, and the mules pot in rogoi‘ition, as l% ell 4., al elrurch and pri. Tate An locome T.tx of two iwr cent. is aisn to be levied on all estates above hOt. per an. nu/n; in shoct, the Government appears to be is dow alright earnest. " The French have not darrd to push f o i. ward after the Clair of the 19th. AREIZAGA is collecting his army at La Carolina to the number of abuut 40,600 anal% As the retreat was made Jay. :a ramisklesalo* -*act -of .- tits:- troops, they ; haTe kept their muskets, hut the FreitclA4 party and Irrocikery still lurk Among as. There nuts bi a few more served as the traitors bon ;want at Seville, before we can go on comas; ilfoati; it is, however, agreed upon this tune, at least, that there was no cowardice. The infantry particularly distinguished thstaselvcs." Mr. Joseph Johnson, the bn , thstiler, paid the rent dejat of nature yesterday afternoon, about three o 'clock. Few men base pu•to4l a mote blame. le.s, or 4 ,rmare u , efut lifc than this redly worthy man. no leas alike conspicuous fur integrity, talents, information, liberality, and. lot...eminent social, powers, For many . years kik house. was the ros .rt of some of. Ow must respectable and slistiogeished characters of this nietropOlis. In kis matin..r4, be was singllaq simile and MM. atimila, and his opinions, uu'erery abject, were ins oi.ibly ass: bed by die roost unbounded Libera lity. pu t toss is rtnetity regretted by the social eiree of real fritledi, who were is the habit of enjoying at hie hosi.ibirle. boat* perhaps the most enlightened, sod heat informed society io the Nlttropotis. t k • I WANTED —as TUTOR, to three young Gs :Weiner, hi the Canary, a 'Perbon who is a good Fii,dish sad Latin :40nd:tr. mid w....) can tear's Aril issetic. T.b. • suavest recommendation as to a-bar:icier, temper. hr. will he reiniretl—Apply to hlr. 11' illeantvon, ro-wiep, i 'I haver-strew, hisitcheAt-r-stioare. A _ . • 7 A rri red. Um's. pile. , t -1 I - %14;rf0n1..... ... ..... • 1 3 1..-........aL.......=....1n6.—......rr...-...... ~ ,7 1 H 114,1 S'I'ATESAL4IV. • . f ittOPOSITI TEN IX. . .. _. • ' • -; • • LONDON: r p , L t, ...e.m. THY. STATP,SMAN. SANT 2710 VAS'S DdY. _ • CITIZF:NS, •"I hank you for our eepressiom of duty Ind attachment •' to me and toy family." The attachment of the Citizens of London to the Frowns of Branssrlek ttat ever been unshaken. " The recent-Expedition to fist Scheldt was directed to aft• " vend obj e cts grad, iiiportanre to the interests talwiey AI " Iles, a to the security of to, DomiesSons. I rerrt that " I' [.eat objeds, a pare only has been accomplished.. ' What part ?—The de:trite:ion of the fleet, ar senal, and duck-yards, at Antwerp;---the erect,. ing a powerful diversion in favour of Austria ;.-- the permanent possession of an Island by which the Scheldt is closed ;...a smuggling depot, from whence our .Merchants might force the introduc tion of British *goods upon the Continent? No ; nut one of (brae rtinlts are comprehended in the " 4 pari only" whkb Las been accomplished of the " sereral objects." What, than, is this "Tart The . fortifications of Flushing have been rased ; the harbour rendered for a tine un serviceable; and the French frigate the Fidele brought off in an unfinished state. Glorious, prolitabte, and imminently beneficial, is this sue. cesaful a part" of an Expedition surpassing in power the memorable " Armada" of Spits, as greatly as does a line-of-battle ship surpass a cutter ! The temporary posses49n of Waleheren, the destruction of the fortifications of Flnshing, and the important acquisition of the Fidek frigate, have cost us, first, the lives of an army of British soldiers—next, at the lowest computation, ten times the sum which the restoration of the liar. boor and Works of Flushing will cost the. Dutch ; and, though last nut least, so iargc an expenditure of national honour and political tharacter, that we may now be said to have become tho laughing. stock of Napoleon and his Generals. The ships of war at Antwerp, are untouched, and Flushing in twelve months still be restored to its former stale. I have nnt jruh,red it necessary to direct any military " ingeiry into the conduct of my Commanders, by sea or lan t, on this conjoint service." Citizens of London, this is St. Thomas's day— you arc at this moment proceeding to the choice of men, by whom you arc to be represented in the Court of Cons nun Council of this City—du not, for Ileaten's sake! omit publicly, to read in the Churches where yunr clt ctivc assemhfics are held, this cheering, this consolatory paragraph. It has not been judged necessary to inquire into the conduct of that Erpedition which has excited astonishment throughout Europe,—and fUr the complete, entire failure of which, we, in England, arc to this hour unable to account. All we yet know is, that the large , /, and the best equipped " Conjoint" naval and military force that ever was combined in any-period, or by any nation-..salted a few leagues from England fur the express purpose of capturing or de. stroying the enemy's navy and arsenal at Ant. weip—that this really terrific force stopped at Waicheren—that Sir William Curtis, and the Noble Commander feasted on turtle—that Push ing was taken—that the currency of exchange for British guineas ivas established at 18 shillings awl sixpence, when they were selling in London fur 24 shining', and in Rotterdam for 27 shillings— that many of our brave soldiers perished by dis ease—that our army lingered in Wa Icherett; and that the feeble, sickly remains of that noble army are now returned...without having been permitted even to attempt Ike " accomplixhosent of several olijects of great importance," to which " the " Expedition to the Scheldt was directed." I "It will be for my Parliament. in their wisdom. to nqk 1 " far ouch informati.ist or to take such measure§ up* this 4otilect as they shalljudie Mal emulative to the public I 66 ',mid . " Will the information fur which " Parliament may ask," or any " taeasares" which that House of Commons that negatived Colonel Wardle's vote on the fiiresilgstioa, and that white.ivastil my Lord Castlereagh, can be expected to take... give to you and the cituntry at largo that satis faction which a public inquiry into the causes of the failure of this Expedition would give, and which you have e right to ex,pect ? How many millions the destructioo of Flushing and the potacssjon of the Fide(e moy have cost we have yet to, learn. Yet - att is net lost--Idt Inger glen tellrenial Wain the bustle and caret of this Metropolis; Me been insured by • the profit', of those, who contributed •/•• their esetistaace to the equipinent of tisk farad. debit , force. Yon. are nut any called nis•l4:l4) elect those who are to represent you in the r i p. liament to which you aro so-graciously referred for satisfaction—but you are callod upon, elect those who are to represent you .iu the municipal Government of the metropolis of the Empire—from the conduct of which Govern ment—the Court of Common Council—an im. •plitse-is given to every other part of the Empire. The corruption that is knows to o l io in th e elec tion of Members to serve in Parliament, is, as certainly unknown in the election you are now about to Invite. You are free to e'etet such men. as will. not be afraid to lift up their . voices lo support of the great principles of the Cossatitution, and if you do not ehoose to exert that privilege with indcpcniienoe t fux Reaven'e lake . - cease to complain—frr you.hatetlic remedy in ' , oar bands. if you choose to.apigg,,Aletet s t owAy—th e c h oos i ng men of INDEPENDENT PitiNCIPLES to te preaeot yoo in the Court of Common Council. 00VENT.GAttDEN THEITIte. We realy listless that after all Mr. Kemble, though completely implicited in having sanctioned the tailraces committed on the persons of the People, is not the party who now refuses to ratify the terns of the Treaty entered into at the Crown and Anchor. Fur this ("Mon, we have Very Substantial reasons. The must prudent, the most manly, and the Most politic Hue of conduct fur Mr. limbic to pursue, is to be candid at once with the POW:, from whose favour he has in that case every thing to hope, and from the malice or resentment from any other quarter nothing to fear. Mr. Keroble's conviction on the subject of the Treaty wo cannot for a moment doubt ; and if 116 'Omits to the affectation of doubting that which he knows, out of deference to the obstinacy of any of his coadjutors, he is degrad ing himsdf in public estimation in a much more serious degree than he may perhaps be now sus. petting. Mr. Clain! feels hie character deeply con. cerned, in demanding a categorical explanation and answer—will the Proprietors or will they not ---eantrreledge the treaty, and promise the per tformance of those propositions deemed by Mr. Kumble so "fortunate s' l ' Suck an explanation will be, in the course of this day or to-morrow, formally demanded in writing—that demand and the reply of the Pro. prietors n ill he published, and the Public sill then have before them documents, on which they can, without danger of mistake or misap prehension, fortn their own decisiou. The Proprietors still continue to cling, to Private Boxes, a Private Saloon, and a Private En trance. The Public &mind the reduction of the Private Boxes front thirty-two, to eight, a Public Wool', and a Public Entrance. We shill very soon see whether the Proprietors or the Public will prevail. Fur ourselves, we think, and shall con tinue to think, that the Public have gained no thing, until th,.• Private Buses, ti,c Private Saloon, and the Private Entrance are thrtryn open. The generosity of thu People of England, in in stantly withdrawing their opposition, can only be equalled by the perfidy of the Proprietors, who have displayed, ih glaring colours, the punica jid.ss by %thick they arc actuated. Finding that they were losing the battle, they solicited an armistice. A negotiation followed. A Treaty was concluded, and they weakly hope that tba spirit which was appeased by their pro. miles, will not be again rooted by their refusal to fulfil the terns cm which their brutal conduct was forgivra. If such au expectation he entertained by these obstinate and vet, weak men, fur such must be considered all men who enter into engage. E rfeots with a determination to break them. They will, we doubt not, at no very remote period, discover themselves to be labouring under a most gross delusion. WEDNESDAY. Mr. Kemble last night repeated his perfottnnee of hamlet, amidst repeated bursts of applause, from thy multitude of Orderlies with which, be it known to our Readers, the house has been more copiously stuffed fur the last live nights, than on any preceding °cession. The trick of this is obvious. It is hoped that John Bull may be persuaded, by sudilenly passing from nue extreme to the other, to abstain from reviving Ms disap. probation, however impudently the Proprietors may choose to conduct themselves; in refusing to open the Private Boxes. The great object is to lull the public into a belief that the Proprietors wdl do what is right neat scasun, but that. will not pass, Gentlemen. Twelve Boxes oat of twenty-six, instead of -twenty-four, will never pass—OPEN El) THEY MUST BE. In the Grave Diggers' scene, when Emery a4lc‘ " Who builds Atronger than the carpetirer, the mason, or the ship% right." Mr. Ciipetimil;" exclaimed a wag, " the b ildsr of the Private floret." But there is an ..rtn tr,ingcr than /hat of even Mr. CopelAntl.--diat of " The l'eiple EiraLeND," who will prove tws many r•or the Proprietors, the Managers. and their radians, an Mr. Copelguid and slt hi, carpenters. 64 Is he a Prince" was the Farce, which - was also ap. plauded by. the Orderlies—by wh.im a call for "Rule Britannia" was hissed. The Old LATen. AMERICAN PAPERS. • Borrow, Nov. 18.--Yesterday arrived in this port the ship Laconia, Walker, 33 Jays from Li verpool. Passengers, Capt. N,ekels, of the ship Ilererillta, of Boston, and Capt. Bunker, of the ship •Reroledien, of New York. Capt. W. *as captured un the 1211. October, eight days from. Liverpool, by Le Decide French privateer, Capt. Briollet, 10 days out from Bourdeaux. tapt. W. was released from the privateer. nn giving a ransom of nine thousand (Wars in bills of exchange upon his owners hi the United States. ll* took from the Laconia the mate and two sea. men, hi their o n consent, to ke. ltutikos as has. liFs - Tuir the p a yment ortie The llentietta, Of Boston, Captain crs, l was beitbd trotn'l:iverPool to Nee 'forks and w captured i 1111 n•MO t of t he Laconia. a.l Witt rollewistig is a translation of the receipt • jj,t On o by tha Captain of the grit:deer to Captain H " I, the emdersigned, CaPhlnstif the privateer Le Decide, tilted out by M. BOLost7st, jnii. cer tify, that I have captured this dty t ship Um rietta, of Bn:ton, Captain J. .11c 4 4( c'; in virtue of the laws of my Goverdteiont, litolint the said s!iip in contravention ohlieltelpefiStsDeCrce of Tr the 17th December, 11100.' • " Done at sea, on bo'artt the priftlefr to De cide, 12th of October, 1/309: .1 • • L' .- 't. BRIQUaTTT." Letters were yesterday. reeuived from Cadiz tb the 3d, and from Oihriltatr tvo the 4th instant. . Great alarm, it is said, prevailed at Cadiz, in conseqttenee of tho recent success of the French. The tetrehants had hegun to consider fortlker spe .colations to trade hizardois, and were taking tho neoesaary owns to mini. their property to !big ovtintrr, ctrr4DDRESS. Yesterday the Lotto Mato*, Aldermen, end Common Councilmen assembled at Girdeihall, and from thence proceeded to Buckingham hone y where they presented the following Address : • TO THE KIND'S MOJT EXCELLENT MAJESTY. The bumble, loyal, and detifel Addres sad Petitiosofthe Lord Mayor. ♦ldermen, and Co/moose of the City of Luaus, in Common Collodi nininebled. MUST OR ACIOUS SOY ER SIGN, We, your Majesty's most faithful, loyal, aad dutiful tab jet's. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen. and Commons; of tie City of Loudon, in Common Cobocil assembled, most humbly ap. .preach your Majesty's sacred person, is the perf ec t assunusco 1 that your Majesty will graciously eondeaseod to receive the sagge‘tions of your faithful and loyal Citioona, on subjects which seriously and deeply alike their interests in common Ishii the reA of your Majesty's people. We hare witnessed, with deep regret, the disastrotri failure of the late Expedition, as the 'magnitude of its equipment had raised the just hopes and expectations of the cumuli.) to some penman.-nt beu-fit. And we cannot avoid expressing bv yew' Majesty the sor row and indignation with which we arealfected by the ea happy diaensioas that have prevailed sunoopt year Majesty's Masters, and our fears that mei dissemloas may prove emi nently prejuJiriai to the best Interests of the mhos. Your ,Majesty's fait:lfni Citingm, actuated by loyal attach went to your eirred person and Meadows Woe, mid *Mich ow fur the hoinjr of your Majesty's arms, and tie dlgseey /tad solidity in' your M:ijeKty's Cannel's. aret eeply Impressed with the nere--itv of an early and strict equiry Cote the e taws of the fkilere of the late F. 7perl itian t therefore pug your ht.:testy will direct inquiry t' be roethvritli iasitutni in order to uscvrtain the eneses 1011(4 hale ocraquised st. Signed by order of Court, HENRY WOJI/TblOP-PE, Town Opri. To which the lirmo was ploascd to return tiro following answer : , I thank you for veer erpresslons• of duty and attaebsent to lac and to my gaily. "I'ke rereat Expedition to the Scheldt was dir-eted to stye. ral objei•il of ;,rest importance to the interests ot my Allies, and to the se. urity of my dominions. I rrgret that of dame objects a part orb has begs /CCM plished. I hate not judged it to be warmer, lb 4iyect may inquiry ions tlw conduct of soy Clutinnuier by urn 4 , r 1.• i. 4 this coujoisst ser.ire. It will be for ny Parliasurnt, r to ask for acts information, or to tote seen e! , 110 , 1:• - • upon the subject, as I bey shall judge m tasudsche ks public good. THE. PERSIAN ISMLLOST. Testenlv being the time appointed fur prik: sowing the FIRST AN Alma.iSAsusatnhis Si ,iIRST-V t several persons began to assemble in the 31.11 i sow; after eleven o'clock, to see the procession. Crowds not only assensbled in the Perk, hut also in the streets le.sding to his Excellency's bow i e, in Mansfield.street, before twelve o'clodk. About one o'clock, oise of his M Ajtiv e t . ciir . riagas,.drawn by six borers,. with the scrums ill their Stet*: Liveries, proceeded from tint Iteral Mews to the residence of the Ambassador hI lil.street. Two new carriages of his cellency '1; togeher with the c.ttriage of Se POEN COTTEREL, the Master of the cemensualips i also attended. The carriages drew up with the kerns* feeds towards Caietitlish-street. La tksi‘ort,thke 'FUN, his Exce!Lacy came out of tho home ) cnssitiog his credentials iii a gold casket, 111)Q11 a falter ) cotter. ed with crimson velvet. Ills &mellow, allowed highly pleased with the receptioo bo met with Crete the erond asscmhl It about the (Igor, who tisek elf their hats, awl gave him throe ARM. Mr. CHUTE*, the Dep•ty-kiasier or the Cert. Wink*, Sir STEPHEN COTTEREL, beinj lodopeated, followed his Eicelkrtcy into the cokch, and took his seat un the left. • Sir Gout Oviuvr, who is qppointed interpreter to the Aalbassqlor s took tits seat %%WI hi% back to the horses. His EscAleitel's carriage followed, „with Mr. Moutut, svtio.ssetit from England with fir 114 n. Ftfilln J. 0,11.4 ti vin his mission to Persia, as an in. tcrpreter, and returned with his Exceflencgtu this cwintry in the same capacity, and otherattoidaipt.. In the third carriage were two ragea s and his FA. cellenry's Privit. The 'procession was ted by. the carriage of sir STFPIIEN CuTTEREL. The streets %cr.: crowded to excess wliieli they pas ed through; and the Park was so touch thronged, that it was with great. diflicolty the dec. doges could pass. Asa mark of respect and divtinetino; hi, 11r. cellcncy was allowed to eater the Que'en's L' aue by the great doers in (runt, where no other person is allowed to cuter but those of the Royal i tinily; all others go In by the lodge. His Escollencv eit•cred about a qnarter two o'clock. He was accompanied to the State apartments by Mr. CIII.IITCR, Sir Gent OL'Mf.tY, and Mr. MURIER other itiCllll7llllls n'tll4l.l%ti in the Great Hall. Soon after, his MAJICerY,-be lag informed of.the arrival of Mt litcullOodyoi nified his Royal pleasure to 'receite• his, .whey he wtsf,cgndact.4 by Mr. Cuittee 4 . met. totiwinomi: by the htarguis WELLESLICY, as Serra*/ ofitivte fur Foreign Affairs. Ins Eleerterret, 'finer 'else usual ceremonies, delivered his credetiliSt to Ins MAJEsTr l arol was most grarieesly4et44•id. After hit letiosfuditrin, he remained iirewitieiiteliue wtth the 4gicini; i'VELLEILey, whe, together with Mr. Cli SUGuitt OUsr.ET, and' Mr. Mater, Clgta /wok . 4 1 teiglency to his MAinsiV's a'tptarter before three o'clock, and his rAcelte•tey 'retierned to his house, where the.t.ro•d was eirretnely great. The popalitegase hi 4 E. etilteliertfiree cheers again, uponitif leasing the carriage. The.runsonra of a Ter) curiaideraWe change of Administration still prevail, which it is SAN w►II be accompanied by a dissolution of Parliament. The Directors arc said to be not pleobrd with Sir li. Ousatanr's appointment. They seem to ettiuk that Oleic opinion ought have lbovu COMBO I ted on it. A rumour from liniland states. ilykt BONA PA NT has ordered 10%000 of his troops in Germany att.! Italy to march fur Turkey. 110RAPARTi, it is sail ) intends Co ssoFfli men into Holstein. ' . . T1;1.... --,