The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-11-16 00:00:00

lIIIMME Y4VAL INTELLIGENCE. Pnatswourw, Wow. B.—Sailed fA 83biHe frigate, for Cork ; aad the ftweephales, Capt. Petty, with the Aben ditore and a convoy for the Cape of Good Hope. Arrived the Ant schooner frons• a cruise t and a French in=er, film Weymouth, captured on Friday last, of that phase, by the Emeralds, after a long chase. She mounts 14 sous, and is a lbw vessel. Yin orders hate been received yet to disembark the troops here, that were going to Walcheres. awn% from the Downs appean of St. Helen's this m ain based into this port. DIAL, Nov. 14.—1 t has blown very bard from the North this moraine; three or four vessels have parted from their an chor% and have sailed for Dover. Ar►ived this day big Majesty's ships Zenobla, Cheerful, Bea;le, and Furious, from the Eastward; Gen. Ackland re turned f►om Flushing m the latter, and was landed here this morning in a very bad state of health. Also arrived the Echo ►loop of war from Chatham; and the mow Young Dixon, Smith, for Gibraltar; she his dace passed through. THE COURT. Yesterday about twelve o'clock, his MAJUTY arrived at the QUEEN'S Palace from Windsor, where ho was received by the Dikes of You, SOSSEX, molt CANSILIDGL Soon after two o'clock, his Illa.resvy hell a pri vate Levee, at which the following Noblemen and Gentlemen had the •bunour of being or •rented tii his if IiaLSTIr His (Irate the Duke of Poet Mod, ow ems* to his title. The Nible Duke at tee same time delivered so his Majesty the ilinstriews Order of the Garter worn ►y his father, the ,Na Duke. The Earl of Colliey. on feshi to hi title. Lord Lowther, as iis being appointed a Lord of the Ad isiraltv, ►y Lord Ms!grave. Mr. Hastings Elwin ion his beim; appointed Advocate Ge nerd of the Leeward Islands. Captain Staiues, R. N. on his return from the Mediterra nean. Major-Gesseriii Moslem% and Lieut.-Colonel Hamilton, upon their p roma eau. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, .r.d 4 .1 r.• audience% to Mr. P.ALESTAL, tl►e rest of the Cabi net Ministers present, Sir DAYID DunDAs, and Mr. SUIT •4, who laid before his MAJESTY the proccedisita of some Courts Martial. About half-past six o'clock his MAJWITT set off on his return to Windsor. We understand Mr. S. DUNDAS is adsitted a Cabinet trlioister. It is said the Duke of Rimiest', is to base the Mae Ribbon vacant by the death of the Doke of PORTZ.%II). Yesterday, the Cabinet Ministers dined with Mr. Pracav 4 t, fur the first time since his appoint. seat to be Firbt Lord of the Treasury. M. ANDUAGA, it is expected, will embark to. day or te-morrow, on board the Lavinia frigate, which is to set 5411 for Culls. Mr. CANNING has taken apartments in tha Al. batty. fits furniture was removed thither from his house in Bruton street on Tuesday. The Duke of OLDENSUItti has become much more strict, its consequence of the discovery of some mal.practices of his comme►cial officers, se vete of whom have been removed. It is confidently asserted in the higher circles, that the Marquis of WlLLE‘ute has accepted the situation of Secretary of State. The Elizabeth cod Unity cartels are returned to Plymouth from Morlais, whither they had car. ried sick, aged, and infirm French prisoners.-- The vessels were not permitted to come near the shore, nor to land for refreshments. Dispatches from the Leeward Islands were re ceived yesterday, brought to Plymouth by the l'heasant sloop of war. The yellow fever, we are sorry to learn, has carried off a number of people at Martinique and other islands. Lord COLLINGWOOD said, some time ago, he world not come to England, although he had been at sea so long (he has not put his foot on there since the battle of Trafalgar), until he had a more intimate aequaintance with the Toulon fleet, whose intentions, he was sure, were to put to sea, to protect any supplies it might be fleece miry to throw in, wherever the French had an ob ject to accomplish. FOOT.RACIise.—A person, whose name is Da niel Gilbert, a farmer, at Harlowe, in Somerset. shire, is perforesiug a task, which will, if com pleted, give defiance to the many who have aimed at going long journies. Mr. Gilbert, with three of his friends, has made a bet of 1000 guinea, that' he will walk 1000 miles in 13 days, which is at the rate of betwixt 60 and 70 miles a day. Gil., led is a stout man, and he commenced his laboer on Saturday last, from Newbolt, Wilts. He had deem 215 mike on Monday night, without mach fatigue. Time is backed at great odds. The arrival of the Baltic feet has brought a very seasonable supply of Russian and other Northern produce to this country. Tallow has fallen con. siderably in price, and consequently candles will continue to get cheaper. There has also been an abundant supply of tirluer fur building, which has also fallen in price. &onus/yr.—Articles of the peace were exhi bited a short time skim against a Mr. H. fur ill -enduct towards a Mr. F. in his own dwelling house in the neighbourhood, at a short distance from the Metropolis, which originated in conse quence of a reinenstrance on the part of Mr. F. against some espieseions made use of by Mr. H. in the presence of Mrs. F. On Sunday sa'aeight Mrs. F. absented herself from her home and seven ehiklren, and she was traced to the company of Mr. 11. at a house of notoriety in St. Anne's pa rish. An action has been instituted by Mr. F. and the particulars will be detailed in Westmiaster Hall. The seducer lodged in Mr. F.'s house. bone FRIEND, bet. of the House of GOOD. wry, CURLING, Fame, and Co. Agents for Shipping at Ramsgate and Deal, has been lately appointed Spanish Vice-Consul for the port of I)oal. The Rev. JIMMY WRITS, M. A. Sacrist of Litchfield Cathedral, is presented by the Rev. Mr. BIRRIILTON, of • ttesmore, Rutland, to the Vi carage of Dilborn, near Cheadle, Staffordshire; and we are sure that this information will give un feigned pleasure to the neseroos friends of each gentleman. tiH6 To the EDtTOIL of THE ST4TESMAN. -..... Sia—l went to the Theatre last njght,and took a seat in No. 8, of the Dress Boxes. My Solicitor was with toe, fur the purpose of serving Mr. White (by whom I had been assaulted) with a copy of a Writ. There was a considerable bustle hi the Pit, and amongst the crowd I saw Smith (the man who bad forcibly taken away my hat on a former evening), extremely active in pushing the people about, and manifestly endeavouring to create a disturbance. Nut finding Mr. White in the House, we went to the Office in Bow-street, where I made myself certain of seeing him. The Magistrates had just been informed that a Gentleman was carried out of the Pit in a state of insensibility. I addressed myself to Mr. Graham, stating that Smith was then in the Pit, and requested assistance to appre hend him ; adding, that he was said to be the man who had attacked and struck the gentleman. To this Mr. Graham answered by observing, that if any accident did happen at the Theatre, 1 might not perhaps be considered as perfectly free from blame. He added, that I was the last person who could complain of ill usage, going as I did, nightly ' to the Theatre, with that badge on my breast (pointing to the 0. P. which he more). My Solicitor on this observed, that he could not see by what possibility I could be instru mental hi exciting a riot in the Pit, when I was bitting quietly in the Boxes. Mr. Graham, how ever, persevered in his opinion. I think it due to myself to state, that I have l oever wove* or instigated in any way whatever, a ny fiet •e distorberies. • I taava_apamarest at—the Tbeatre, and have expressed my disapprobation when 1 thought proper. by hissing and crying II ai Of, Off! " -m - /tit I h tve neither hooted, sprang rattles, blown horns, • ‘tribited plmeerds, er 040 soy . sett whomsoever to opposition. As to being a part./an, as •Itc notorious .Vorning Post thinks proper to call MC, I can only say, that I not wry belong to no party, bet I even do not know of any Party. The Public at largeare exasperated, and I, a, one of that Public, have expressed my disapprobutioo, and will continue to hiss, and cry 66 Off, OA" to express disapprobation, when ever I are occasion so to do. I ought, Juiced, to beg p irdun of the Public for noticing what is asserted is such a Print as The Post, uni. versaily admitted, as it is, the schitle of lies and slanderous aspersions. With respect to the conduct of the Managers to myself, it is notorious that whenever I enter the Theatre, a gang of ruffians are employed publicly to insult and abuse me with the most opprobrious epithets. But these efforts of puny malignity I despise, as greatly as I do their contrivers. I am, site. Nov. 16. .5. R. WIRNIIOI.T. To the EDITUR of TUE s rA TESMA Y. Sit—l have already observed, that serious con. sequences were likely to ensue from the suspicion which has been attached, by the corps de reserve of the new Theatre, to the " initials hateful," 0. P..--against which I can conscientiously swear Professor Brandon hes an antipathy as great as that of Falstaff against the word " security," at the sound of which the humorous and a itty Knight exclaims—" Security !---I would as Here " he th)-ust raisbane in my mouth." The fears with I they talgePCl4 were,. but-Loa true. Mr, Alfred Crace, of Loog.acre, upon perceiving a gentleman of the. name of Miller with the letters 0. P. in his hat, was suddenly thrown into a con ' vulsion of rage, and during the fit, the most unbe coming language unhappily escaped him. Now, Mr. Crace being himself, as we are informed by that faithful organ of the house, the thick and thin, simple Pates, an Ornamental Painter (of car riages, I presume), perhaps imagined that Mr. Miller could have no other view in ap proaching him with the insignia of " 0. P." than to either reflect contemptuously on the humble calling of this profound critic, and strenuous sup. porter of the Managers, or to rob him of his cos. tomer', by exhibiting the initials of his occupation. Your's, Yoe. 15, 11109. GO. DELAWARE. The Marquis of LAnsuownx (lied on Tuesday night. His Lordship is succeeded in his titles and estate by Lord HENRY PETTY, now Marquis of LANSDOWNE. Sir FREDERICK MORTON IiDEN, Bart. who died on Tuesday morning in Pall-Mall, was a man of distinguished talents and knowledge, particularly in political and conseterchl subjects. This Gen .tiesnan was Chairman of the Globe Insurance Of. lice, and received a considerable pecuniary requi tal for his services, with the house in Pall-Mall. Some of the letters, of the most recent date, re. ceived from Cadiz, state, that the army of Vans- GAS, the advanced guard of which was posted op. posito Aranjuez, had been obliged to fall back ra. pidly, the enemy having discovered an intention to get between it and the Sierra Morena. Van cots, it was said, had been fortunate enough to reach these mountains without any loss. By the IVoolutich, from Gibraltar, we have let ters to the 30th from that fortress. Dispatches were conveyed toG overoment by this opportuoity,, but we understand that their contents are of no importance whatever. A Gentleman who has reached London from that neighbourhood informs us that the populate of Spain do not speak with any greet respect or ceremony of their British Al lies. Thep say, that the French are determined to seise open their territory, and the English upon their navy and the trade of their colonies, and that between them both the animal will be com pletely shorts. Yesterday the old woman, who has been a pest to all the Courts of Law, fur some time past, also to both the Houses of Parliament when sitting, attempted to gain admittance to the King. She entered the door of the lodge, at the time the Ministers were going to attend the Levee. She shut the door after her, and was proceeding tip the passage very coolly, when one of the porters called to know to whom she was going ; she made no answer, bat was pushing on, it was immediately discovered who she was, and she was turned sat. I'ATESMAN. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SIVITIKIRLAND OCT. 21.—A traveller, arrived from Toulon at Lausanne, 'wires us that he saw the French fleet sail from tharport. It consists of 17 sail of the line, of different rates, and many transports. PA its, Nov. 4.—The Duke of Abrantes ar rived at Frankfort on the 171 h, where be mei re ceived with the honours due to his rank. After a stay of an hour and a half, during which he vi. sited the Commandant Baron Xweyer, and re ceived the compliments of the Staff and Field Offi cers, he continued his journey to Mentz. M. Arrago has been elected successor to the ce lebrated !Amide, in the Section of Astronomy, of the First Class of the French Institute. M. Arrago, who had, with M. Blot, been appointed to measure a degree of the Meridian in Spain, has encountered varlets+ dangers. He was at one time a prisoner with the insurgents, soon after fell into the hands of the Algerines, and, lastly, was cap. tared by the English. From the latter he effected his escape only by a feat of singular coura4e and cohtlect on the part of the Algerine Captain, with whom he was when captured. M. Dubois Thainville, Consul General of France at Algiers, arrived here a few days since, having, during a period of line years, maintained with hoissnir the character and dignity of a French. man, not ..vithataniliog the singular policy of the Barbary stales, and the intrigues of the English. He effected the release of the French, Genoese, and Italian prisoners without ransom, and wit- missed three bloody revolutions, which placed Marto sew Devi upon the all-tattering throne of Letters from AID candria of the 28th ill. men 'ion, that the Counsellor of State, Dauchy, whoa• his M ijesty has nom stated Intendant-General of the Illyrian Provinces, had proceeded to his desti nation. M. Kooseer succeeds him as Intendant of the Departments on the other side of the Alps. M. Bourguing, the French Minister at Drtsden, is expected to precede, by some days, his Ma jesty the King of Saxony, in his journey to (his capital. His Majesty will, it is supposed, pass through Frankfort on the oth instant. 'Marshal Ney, and his Excellency the Minister of Finance, left town yesterday for Fontainbleau. According to an article from Buda, of the 12th ult. her Imperial Highness Maria Anna, lab Ab bess of the Royal Nunnery at Prague, sister to the Emperor Francis, has paid the debt of nature. She was born on the 21st of April, 1770. After passing,several years at Rump, she lately returned to Hungary, where she departed this life at Neu dorf, near Temiswar. The brigade of General Menerd, consisting et' 3000 men, was expected at Frankfurt on the 30th, or the day following. Letters of the 25th ult. from Lintz, state, that the corps of Marshal Macdonald was then in Sti ria, but wits soon to begin its march fur Clageu. furth. This corps will, it is thought, penetrate into the Tyrol by the Pusterthal, should the in. habitants of that p•ovince, which is very improba. ble, continue to resist the Bavarian troops. NUttRKSERG, Oc•r. 22.---According to advice. from Munich, two French and two Bavarian Generals have proceeded with the Prince of Lich terstein to the frontiers of the TyrA, to inform the Tyroltse Committee, who have been invited to meet them there, that their country will never mem eawassaradoe the 4/mission of Assists but will remain subject to the Crown of Bavaria, and to ex. bort them to be submissive and obedient to their lawful Sovereign. A person at Saltzburgh has laid a bet of 100 Napoleons d'or, that the Ty. rolese will be completely subdued before the end of the month. FIANC&PORT, OCT. 31.--The Marshal Duke of Dintztc arrived here ow the :Wilt. Generrl [Lolled, who comma; ds a division of the Bth corps, is still here. The Prussian Colonel Krusemarck passed through this place, on the seth , with dispatches for Piris. COYINHAOIN, Oct. 24.---Various letters have been addre.sed to the Norwegian Government, containing further particulars respecting the preda tory operations of some English men of war on the Finmark coasts, in the months of Jima sad July Ist. The Snake cutter brig, of 18 guns, appeared off ihaveg, on the 4th of July, and under a heavy eanuonade, lauded two boats filled with armed men, who immediately entered the place, hoisted the English flag, burst open the church doors, broke the puor.box in pieces, carried off the me. ncy in it, and committed various other enormities. They remained on shore until the 19th, when they returned on board the brig, which had in the mean time put to sea, but returned on the 17th with the brig Fang, of 14 guns, Captain Stigler. Both brigs, having provided themselves With a supply of wood and water, sailed again oit the 21st July. On the 22d, they stood in to. wards the village of Hativrnerfert, and landed a detachment ; who, after an action of an hour and a half with the garrison, consisting of 28 suldiek and 50 inhabitants of the coast, destroyed this batteries, which were mounted with four 6-pours. dens, and re-embarked on the 30th July. On the 4th, they captured three Norway boats offl naives. The Naval Lieut. Holstein has carried into Keil a prise, which he cut off from the enemy's convoy. Manua, OCT. 15.—Posterity, on perusing the history of our present troubles, will hardly cre dit the atrocities which the Spanish nation, in other respects so brave and generous, have been led to perpetrate. A character of cruelty has been im pressed on the present internal war, of which we find no enasple in the history of civilized nations, and but few instances in that of barbarous coun tries. It 'sakes one shudder to hear of the atro cities, which armed parties commit upon those unfortunate French soldiers, or travellers whom they fall in with, in a 'tate completely clefenoeipoi, and whom they put to death, without amidst every description of torture. Such ff:l4 of warfare is reprobated by religion, humanity p , and the law of nations. But it is not enough to tulerate such *normal' s; they are even stamped with the names of heroism and patriotism. Thus, in the Seville Gaulle-of the 17th ult. one Xavier de Mesta is praised for having, with a band of self-called patriots, infest. ed the roads between Pampeluna and Saragossa, and basely ill treated and butchered suck scrag. Ming Frenchmen as fell in his way. In the paper just mentioned, this man is denominated brave, though he has ttever had spirit enough to serve in the Spanish army, or to meet in the field a French corps, consider& ly inferior in numbers to his fol. lowers. In order to merit that title, the wretch bouts that he has, with his own hand, assassinated a number of Frenchmku; and, among others, that he shot a General of Disision in his carnage. A Decree has been published here, in which his Majesty says, that he has learnt with regret, that in consequence of existing abuses with regard to the collection of tythes, the parochial clergy •f his kingdom are actually destitute of the necessa. rics of life ; and being anxious to put an end to such a state of things, by a permanent provision fur the subsistence of a class of subjects not less useful and respectable than that of the higher clergy, he has fixed the minimum of the stipends of the parochial priests at 400 ducats a-year. OXFORD, Nor. 10. This morning the Rev. Charles Henry Hall, D. D. was installed Dean of the Cathedral Churck of Christ, iu this University. This ceremony took place at 10 o'clock, and was remarkable, from the number of distinguished persons who attended it, in compliment to the new Dean, who is uoi. venially beloved, anal highlp.reipected as a pro. found scholar and accomplished Gentleman. Bail it not been for the circumstance of Lord Grenville being now a candidate for tn: Chancel. lurship, that Nobleman, who is the distinguisited ornament of this College, intended to have beets present at this installatiuo. The service was performed by the Rev. S. Stake ton, Precentor of the Cathedral, an office which he has -filled with great respectability for many years. The oaths of fealty and allegiance were admi nistered to the Dean by the Rev. Dr. Batten, the senior Canon, in a most dignified manner ; after which Mr. Robert Morrell, the n irthy Registrar, real aloud, in an audible voice, the King's Let. tens Patent, recommending Dr. Hall's election. The Marquis of Worcester, Lord Sidney Op. borne, Lord Apsley, the Hon. Messrs. Camps.. Lister, Douglas, Bathurst, &c. ; Canons li ...14y, • Jackson, Dowdeswell, and Smith ; the Revere 1.1 Messrs. Coyne, Atterbury, Conybeare, and 'rai ~ ley, senior Masters; and lifty.oue under.graiturte Students were present. Mr. James Cross, in the absence of Dr. Crotch, presided at the organ, with his usual execution and taste. After the ceremony., the Noblemen, and other Members of the College, were entertained at the Deanery with a sumptuous collation. Nov. 11.—Thursday last the futlowing Gentle. men were admitted to degrees:— Masters of Arts :-..lice, R. Simpson, o f M eg . dalen-hall ; Rev. E. Jones, of Jesus; Rev. R. R. Wright, and Rev. F. H. Papendick, of Tri. nity-college. Bachelor of Music :...Mr. Jay, of Magdalen. hall. The• King has beet► phased to greet to the Revs Wm. Henley, D. D. the office of Regius Professor of Divinity in this University, together with the dignity of a Canon of the Cathedral Church of Christ in the said University. The Rev. John Leinpriere, D. D. formerly of Penibrukc.cellege, in this University, is licensed by the Lord Bishop of Exeter, to the Free Gram. mar School of that City. CAMBRIDGE, h'or. 13. The Rev. John Ellis, M. A. one of the senior Fellows of King's College, is presented by the Provost and F ellows of that Society, to the Vicer rage of Waves Wotton, in Warwickshire, aacant by the death of the Rev. M. T. Becher. Os Friday last ease on in the Senate House, the election of a Public Orator (the Rev. R. Tatham, M. A. Junior Proctor and Fellow of St. John's. college, and the Rev. R. Walpole, M. A. of Tri. nity-cullage, having been the preceding day nomi nated by the Breads of Colleges) whets the numbers were, fur Mr. Tatham 153, and fur Mr. Walpole 134. The Senior Proctor of course declared the former duly elected. On Saturday also came oe in the Senate House, the election of a University Printer, the seine b%- ing vacant by the resignation of Mr. Richard Watts, when the numbers were, fur Mr. John Smith 122, and for Mr. Henry Bryer lb (they having been nominated the preceding day by the Heads of Colleges); of course the former was de. dared duly elected. At a Congregation held this day, the office of Usiversity Registrar was declared vacant by the d ea th o f the Res. George Borlase, B. O. etre the Vice-Chancellor appointed Tuesday, the 11,1 inst. fur the nomination of tee Gentlemen from among the several candidates, and fixed the following day (Wednesday) for the election. The Rev. R. J. Geld trt, B. A. of Catherine_ hall, Is elected a Skirnc Feilow of that Society. Mr. Mitchell, A. B. of Pembroke-hall, is elected a Fellow of Sidney College. The Seatonian Prize is this leer adjudged to George Prynse, Eaq. M. A. bellow of Trinity College, for his poem---The Conquest of Canaan. L e tt er s from klansburgh complain, that the Bri. tish ship of war, appointed to the elation at the ' mouth of the Elbe, is not always in the way; e s soon as it disappears, the Denials gunboats take advantage of its absence, and capture many of th e vessels laden with British property, in the short ran between Cuxhaven awl Heligoland. The Arroursey.Ganzuxt. of Ireland ie, it is said, speedily to be elevated to the chief seat in the Court of King's Bench, in the room of the present LORD CUM JVIITICL ) who is expected i s i resign. ~~ 9 .