The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-11-28 00:00:00

LONDON: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1814. The clispat riles of oar Mil)tary and Naval Com manderg, detailing the disabters at Plattsburgh, are given in another page; and in further illustration of the events. which have defeated the hopes, and tarnished the glory of this country, we are enabled at the same time (a melancholy task!) to lay before ear Readers the dispatch,rpf the American Commo flare (MAcnoxouun), ntiTating the circumstances of his triumph over the flag of England. The semi- bilities or every Briton are roused at the mention of sack ■n event, and well may an indignant feeling pervade the nation ao often as the galling, the dis. graceful theme is made to wound the public ear.— The causes of the failure are, however, now con. spicuous. They will be found expressed, without ambiguity, in the letters of the Naval Commanders. rrevious, however, to noticing the statements in the maritime letters, we are bound to obserre . the manner in which Sir G LORGE PROVOST mentions these un• fortunate circumstances. Until the morning of the ~:;_. THE STATESMAN. at least 180 were killed and wounded, and on board the other captured vessels at least 80 more, making in the whole, killed and wounded, 260. This is, doubtless, short of the real number, as many were thrown overboard from the Confiance during the en gagement. " The mutter-hooks must have been thrown over board, or otherwise disposed of, as they are not to be found. atn x Sir, sery respectfully, your obe dient servant. (Signed) " GEORGE BE, LE, Jun. P urser ." ThOTIMS 51.icannongh, Esq. commanding the United States squadron on Lake Champlain. List of British Officers captured on the llth of September, on Lake Champlain, and sent to Creenbush. ranrt. 1). Fr*, on parole; Lieutenants flick s , C resw i c k . nu 'i oa , en, M , (Bie, Drew, Vornbv, Child, and Fitzpatrick; Master Belden; Masters' Mates Clark and Simmonds ; burgeon Todd • Purser Gile; Captain's Clerk t iny ; Mid s hi p• m en Aire, Bouilell, Tooke, Kewstra I Da s id son , B oatswa i n ; Elvin, Gonne , ; Mickel!, thinner; Cox, Carpenter; Parker, p u rser; Martin, Surgeon; bl•Cabe, Assistaut-Surgeon. NEXT WEDNESDAY Tun STATE LOTTERY BE GINS DRAWING-THE WHOLE IS 7'o BE DRAWN ON THAT DAY. Due Ar'. Mails. 0 Frnnee , 0 1 o STOCKS TiltS gent 3 per Cert. Red. fi4;3 '3 per Cent Cm s. (Lull 4 yr Cello. 801 1 b per Cent. Nnvy.96ii OAT AT ON V. OICLOCK Ann. 16a. 1-16 ladin llonds 17 p Excheqner Hills 1 5 p Onmitim Dins()ls for Acc. 66ii THE STATESMAN. which naval warfare is Peculiarly exposed." And this has been the excuse set up for the disaster by Ministers in, •Parliament. Bet what - will these Ministers, and Mr. Coostlft, say to theH assertions in the letters of Sir JAMLS YE° and Capt. PaINO relative to the unfitness of the squadron, 1 and the shameful manner in which it appears to have been manned. The fermer of these Commanders says, " Capt. Downes ship appear; to have been hurried into action before she was'in a • fit state to ' meet the enemy." This hurrying may apply to Sir ' G. PezvosT, and it, may applylo Captain Dowynx, who certainly ought not to have ventured upon action with such a crew as he had,—but when was he to expect a better? Capt. Paine. says, the crews were " unorganized, composed of drafts of men .who bad recently craved from different ships at Quebec, many of whom only joined the day before' ' and were totally unknown either to the officers or to each other, with the want of gun-locks, as well as other necessary appointments:" in short, he gives us to anderstand that Falstaff's ragged recruits, that .bad never seen a gun • of any kind, could not have i been a mote motley crew than those appointed to uphold the sepetiority of our navy Where and when it was most essential that it should be established.— Does 'not this speak trumpet-tongued against .the 1 managers of our naval affairs? Th e necessar y lap -1 pointments, we are told, could not be obtained in America. Why was Captain Dowsin's squadron left in such a situation ? Why happened it that : the Coqflance had scarcely a man on board, till a motley squad came running from Quebec to work her: into action ? Why is the contest always so un equal on our !nit, and not a sign of preparation is discernible till the moment of•trial and destruction is at hand ? We are persuaded of nothing so much as that it is owing entirely to the careless manner in which our ships are manned that so many disasters have occurred to our Navy. The courage of Britons is never to be doubted, but experience, and a know ledge of men's merits are indispepsably necessary to success. What other result than d ) eat can be looked t. for, when such men as appear have formed the 1 crew of the Confiunce, and we could name other vessels who have shased a similar fate from similar causes, are brought into action ? This uncon nected crew may, from being wholly unknown to each other, take the lives of those whom it is their interest and duty to defend. Capt. DowsrtE was, no noubt, urged to co-operate, and rather than it should be said he was the cause of retarding an en terprize, though he must have been aware of his in efficient state, and would have been justified in refu sing to join in the attempt in the situation he was, he bravely went, like many others so situated, " happy go lucky," into the mouth of destruc- fatal llth, . en the crisis drew near, he appears lion. to have hadeticommon and unlooked-for obstacles If any thing could add to the necessity of a so. to surmount. As he came in view of the strong ' !emu national investigation into the conduct of our defences cf Plattsburgh and the bay, he found the Naval Administration, it is the plain avowal in these enemy In the occupation of an elevated ridge of land . dispatches that our fleet was unfit for meeting the on the south branch of the Saranac, crowned with enemy, or of giving them battle in case of amok ; three redoubts, field works, block-houses, armed and most earnestly do we hope and entreat that the with heavy ordnance, with their flotilla, riding V Earl of DARNLEY, or some able friend to his coup hard by, equally prepared for action. This he had try's interests and honour, will exert himself to es_ been au are of, and had communicated to Captain pose these scandalous neglects of the- highest trust DOWNIE,• the. Commander of our fleet, his desire that can be confided to men, and effect, if possible, that he should c•-operate simultaneously with the a remedy for such evils. attempt of the army to carry the enemy's land works. There are also dispatches from Commodore CHAUNCEY in the American Papers, which we have This co-operation on the part of the navy was at- , copied. They principally relate to the attempt of tempted to be carried into effect, under what circum- ; two ships of else squadron to get toward the head of stances we shall shortly notice. Now, mark what the Lake with troops and provisions, for the relief of actually happened. The enemy's land defences were . Gen. DRUMMOND'S force. This attempt, it seems most courageously assailed at the moment agreed ( though the result is not very clearly stated), was for upon. Major-Generals ltoastesox and Poweas, with the moment frustrated. their brigades, advanced to force the ford of the Sara. t Paris Papers of the 24th arrived yesterday, and sac, and " the batteries °pried their fire the instant ! we have received to-day those of the 25th. -There the ships engaged." But scarcely had the British is no news from Vienna. The only article worthy of troops forced the pass of the river, and ascended the notice which we have to-day, is from Frankfort, of height on' which stand the enemy's works, when the I the 20th. It states, that mach has been said at the raids!) Bag on board the principal ships was lowered Austrian Capital of a conference which had taken to the American, and our gun-boats were seen seek- I place between Lord CASTLEREAGH and Count Myr in; their safety in flight. Our brave fellows, on • TERNICH, on the arrival oT a Courier from Italy, shore, being thus deprived of the en-operation of the : and of an order being given to three Austrian Gene feet the Commander-in-Chief was led to believe , 9 • rats to repair to Padua,where Count BELLso.tauawas the further prosecution of the service impracticable, ! !to appoint them to an ulterior destination. It adds, and ordered a retreat, "became the most complete ; • that an express was at the same time sent off to Sir success would have been unavaili lig, and the possession ! S. SMITH, requesting him to repair to Lord Catermes of the enemy's works armed no advantage to compen: ! MUGU at Vienna. • sate for the toss which must ha---0 been sustained in ac- The Rhenish Mercury has a long article, which gaining possession of them." Whether it was WISP to ! we may give to-morrow, on the subject of our con stop short in the middle of an enterprize which at the ! test with America. onset was seen to be a desperate one, we will not pretend to say. Sir JANtts Yea is of opinion, that It is reported that the Bank is to advance six mil the rquadron, had it even been succes'ful, could not lions to Government, to enable them to put off the in the least have assisted the troops, and that the bat- Loan until May or June next. Several communications tasks s h ou ld h a ve been stormed first, whilst Sir G. have recently taken place between Government and the Bank ; and a Special Court of Proprietors is ap - , Pezvosz relied on the naval arm foe co - oper ation throughout. Sir JAMES no blames the Commanders pointed for Thursday next, which is supposed to have Y a reference to this subject. of our flotilla for going into the bay, and giving the ilt is intended to adjourn the Parliament on Non enemy decided advantages. These ‘' decided advan- day nest,. till Tuesday, the 12th of February. tages" the reader ought to be told were not given to A letter from Vienna, Nov. 10, by the Brussels • the enemy by our running under the fire of their Papers, says, " The Minister of Wirteniberg, who had given the precedence to the Minister of the new ; batteries. Sir Ceoece PREVOST expr essl y states, King of IlAeoven,` has been replaced by Count that the enemy's flotilla was anchored " out of gun. A% INZIKGERODE, who, in the following Sitting took shot from the shore," and of the " disadvantages" al- . the upper hand of the Hanoverian Minister ; warm luded to the enemy had their share, and were as altercations ensued, and Count WIT4eINGERODE re- ; much i n d ang er o f suffering from the local causes as- fusing to give way, the Sittings were broken up." recent accounts from Portugal we learn, that 1; : pled for our failure, namely, the r eef of rocks the services of a a number of British Officers have been near Crab Island, the smooth water and l i g ht airs, dispensed with, i n consequence of an extensive re as we were. Sir Geonee PREVOST, with much apparent , inuction the Portuguese army. All the British 7 1 cidotir l says the defeat of his hopes, and of the Officers, however, whose commissions bear date lotilla, was o c c asioned " by a combination, as prior to the 31st of December ; 1810 1 are to be re- ` t appeared to us, of unfortunate events, to . tained. -.~: .~ -- 711.47.4 L. INTELLIGENCE. ftalusarrt, Notrisulmo 27 —lll C Commune de &minim!, ,I with a cargo of wine, brandy, cambric, silk, china, &c. also the night before lest wrecked on the Goodwin Rands, and mi part of the cargo nr ves.el s%ved : the ertrr landed safe tit Broadstnirs.—The Alice, Pieters, from Dublin to London, lost an anchor and cable.—Put in 'Upwards of 20 snit for Attelter. ° Potursatotrea; Nov. 27.—Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ships Comet and Challenger, from Newfotindland.—Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Srag.—To-day went out of harbour his Majesty's sh ` •p Tortoise. Tho West India fleet are still at St. Helen's.—Arrived the Trafalgar acd Isabella, two transports, from Newfoundland.—We understand that the brig Woodman is on shore on the Warden Ledge, near Yarmouth, isle of Wight, mad has sustained damage. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Put in here on Wednesday several of the Bret bound to Spain, Portugal, &c. ender convoy of his ! Majesty ship Meander, &c.—Arrived yesterday the Poclari,us Sloop of war, from the Bay of Biscay ; and the Briscis skint; of : war, from the enstuard.—Arrived to-day the brig Eduard Falct.ner, Master, from Tenet at., wit h w ine ; was captured by C.e Lawrence American privateer, and recaptured by his Ma jt•sty's ship Glasgow ; the Blessing, Skinner, from Newfound lam!, in 16 days; sailed with a fleet under convoy of his Majes 7 ty's ship Cornet, but parted two days nftersailing.—Caine ia his Majesty's ship Royalist, from a cruise. BRITISH AND FOREIGN b : (WOOL ••„ SOCIETY. A General Meeting was held on Saturd a y, at the Freemason's Tavern, to receive the Ilalf-yearly Rye Tiptt of the Committee, appointed t o, carr y th e bene ficent views of this Institution - ittl:o effect: The. Grand Hall was fitted up for the re.ceptites of the company, who were most respectable and numerous,, several hundreds of both sexes being present. At two o'clock his Royal flightiess the Duke of Kent took the Chair, supported on his right by. Mr. tirhitbreetd, and on his left by .Mr.. Brougham, snit ettended by many other Gentlemen. We regret that want of room precludes us frem.entering so largely ieto the proceedings of the meeting as tae should wish, anxious as we always have been to promulgate the progress of a society whose just and noble aim it is to make mankind happy, virtuous, and free, by itn perting to them the means of knowledge, and re deeming them from the most debasiste of all servi tude—the slavery of ignorance and its attendant vices. We, however, present a faithful abstract or what took glace. . . his Royer! Highness the Duke of KENT, en taking the Chair, btiefly informed the Meeting of the pur pose for which they were assembled. They would have, his Royal Highness observed, to receive from their worthy Secretary, Mr. Fox, s Report of all the other Institutions %%filch had been formed, at. home and abroad, on the British System. They would also receive an abstract of the proceedings re lating to the formation of different country sehools ; but be wished their attention to b 2 particularly di-, teeter' to that part of the Report concerning foreign. schools ; it was a subject which had occupied much . of the time and enxiety of the Committee, and there were many foreigners hit he room who felt ie. terested in it. Upon the who!e, the Committee fla:tered themselves the Report of that day • would prove the most satisfactory of any which had yet, been made. Ile would not occupy more of theit% time at present, as the length of the days at this season of the year, warned him to be short, and he . should therefore propose that the Report be read by the Secrettsty. Mr. Fox then read the Reeort, which begin by stating that the diffusion of the British Ses•eet of Edu cation continued to nieet with hicrervirie success both at home and abroad. The Committee t,.ed recieved interesting reports from Bath, Duldini !emeriti:, Bristol, Manchester, the, Ihie of Man, Norwich, Tavistock, Woburn, and various other pieces in the United Kingdom, where schools have been. esta blished. It then proceeded to de'nil such facts colt fleeted with those different stisools as were most im portant. Is, particular it dwelt upon the happy consequences of a system which knew no exclusion ; and which comprehended, in its wi , e g ond li horst plan, the children'of all sects and all diAimitilitions. This was plersinglv confirmed in the Report !rem Halifax, at which place the school consisted of 502 children, comprising no less than six diffee'ent dem)- . initiations of Christians. Of these only 75 were of the Established Church, so that the remaieitite 427 must have been shut out from the benefits of inetruc. tion as imparted by this system, if modes of worship had been allowed to operate against them. The Si'. ciety for the Education of the Poor of Ireland, esta blished in Dublin, continued to prosper, and to pro• mote its beneficial objects. The Report alluded to the exertions of the Ladies' Committee, belonging to. the parent Institution, in terms of great apprdba , ion.; , as those exertions had been successfully employ el in founding many schools for the instruction of their own sex, not only in reading and writing, bet in various sorts of work, and other domestic qualifica tions. A letter from Miss Springtnatin, the supelite. tendant of the female establishment, reporting her success in establishing schools and qualify ing mis tresses, at Halifax, Rotherham, Bilmieghatn, &c. The Report then adverted to the foreign objects of the Institution; and it appeared that schoOls were established in the Canadas, at Sierra Leone, Cape of Good Hope, Calcutta, New South %Vales, and, by the labours of the Missionaries, in the South Sots. Islands, where places were erected to he used as . Schools on the British System. The Misionaries stated the prosperity of the undertaking, many of the natives have attended them, and had begun to see the value of instruction. The Committee slso reported that the Directors of the Missi:mnry So ciety had resolved, that in futur e MI AI iS,IOIOII . y should quit this country without beitig.insti timed in the British System. The Report further seted, that the Royal Free School had been visited by nialee fe reieiters of distinction from France, Russie, Ger many, and Poland. The publications of the So- • ciety had been eagerly sought for in Fiance, Flan- • tiers, Holland, and other parts of the Continent, with a view:to extend the knowledge of the system in all those countries. Extracts of a letter from the , Duke of Bedford (the President of the Society), dated , from Cintra,nenr Lisbon, were read. The Noble Duke stated, " that a schocil for the children of Britieh soldiersemployed in the Peninsula (and to which 320 children, Roman Catholics as will as Notestailts, were admitted at its first formation) ens estnblished at Lisbon more titan two years ago, under the sane- ~ tion and patronage of the illustrious Wellington, who, whilst he was conducting our breve soldiers to victory in a rightful cause, wisely and benevolently . thought their children ought to be led through tho paths of - religion and morality, by the blersirgs of education, and trained to become useful memhers of society." The Report concluded with anticline t o the- state of the Society's finances, and explaining . a plan which was in progress to enable them to tiqui. . date their debts. This was, that' ene" butuired per . sons in different parts of the kingdom Wield : each undertake, anion& their friends, to raise the sum of • 1001. In furtherance of this Plan, several indivi duals (among whom were the Duke of Bedford en d .. Mr. Whitbread) had already subscribed 1061. each, and the names of others were read ' who had under taken to raise thelike sum in their respective neigh- bourhoods. . . Such Was the substance of this most gratifying 'and', ~ interesting Report, WhiCh being read, . . Mr. BROUGHAM rose to move the first R 4.401044. Be began by Stating that he' could not 2 , 0%611415t'. congeatelate himself upon having the pleasing tusk consigned to him of anticipating the sense of the 1 company present in favour'of the Report• they had ~ dust heard. If any thing could increo,,that satis- '-• 1 1'; :* . .4011114. 1 0010404 M, 414%nr. MRS. SOUTIWOIT. The Editor of the. Sunday Monitor has, hit upon a new expedient to give greater eclat to his friend Joanna, by publishing an OFFICIAL BULLETIN, and if there be any truth in the srory, it is to he feared the Prophetess will make her exit before young Shiloh makes his debut. " OFFICIAL BULLF.TIN. " A material alteration has taken place within the last three days, in Mrs. Southcotes situation. " On Thursday night, she complained of a great oppression, insomuch, that she could not lay down on her bed, nor lie in one posture, hut a very short time together during the night. a" On Friday mnrvinr,. she got some sleep., but %yak , d fre quently, with the oppreteion and pain. Towards the eveniiig, she became restless again, had a very bad night, and t•ds day (Saturday) is so touch exhausted, that,she cannot keep her head off the pillow. She complains of a giddiness in her Mmd, and extreme faintness all over her. She declares that s!ie fe• Is the animation within, much stronger during these last three days than usual ; sickness and pain continue, bet not those pains moat tend to any effectual good ; only general pains all over her. " This is t , le state she is mat present ; some change inmd soon take place, according to all human under tanding, as she sill continues without taking nouri-hment, except the vs can, w hick does not remain lan!. nit her stomach, The sleep she has during the day, seems t ne'her only support. " Saturday Evening, Nov. 126. A. Dublin Paper mentions, that a Mrs. Masos . , the wife of a calico printer (a Scotchrnan), residing near Drtimcondra, who is 5S years old, was last week delivered of a son ; but the most extraordinary circumstance is, that nature denied the mother the accu.torned support for her offspring. In this dilemma her (laughter, who had been brought to bed a month, and whose child had died, ()tiered her assistance, and is now nursing her young brother. It will also ex.- ci!e much surprise, and afford a subject of curiosity among the medical men, that Mrs. MASON, after her deliver y , recovered her hearing, of which she had been deprived for a long time. The Pursers of the Royal Navy lately presented a Petition. Opted by about 300 of them) to the Lords of the Admiralty, setting forth the insuffici ency of their half-pay, and the inadequacy of it to their former pay with the allowances of provisions, Fire. of which they had been deprived by the recent reel:L;(6ons. Their Lordships have replied—that the se4ulations were maturely considered before they 'sere promulgated; that they had been re-considered, with a regard to the prayer of their Petition ; but that they did not see any necessity for altering them ; for that the system, ultimately, would prove more beneficial to them than that by which Otis Majesty's Officers of that class was before regulated. MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT PARIS.—(PARIS, No- VEMBER QO.) —I have just time to inform you of a most horrid and mysterious murder, which must have been committed here last night, or early this morn ing. The body of a man was found here this morning in the following mutilated state :—The bead was found on the Quai de Thuilleries, the body and arms on the Place de Louis Qttinze, the legs and thighs in the Alle des Veuves. The putroles who found there ditrerent members took them to La Morne, the place v, here per sons who meet with an untimely death are exposed, in order that they may be owned. Thousands have flocked there, and are still flocking to the place, but the countenance, though not at all disfigured, is not as yet recognized by any one. It is generally sup posed that he Was a foreigner. It is remarkable that the members were wrapt up in very fine linen, uhich was marked with the initials A. C. A genteel dressed man endeavoured to pass Judd, one of the cheque-takers at the pit of Drury-lane Theatre, at 10 o'clock on Saturday night, but not haying been in before, the man did his duty, and stopped him. The stranger unttuttoned his coat, drew a loaded pistol from his pocket, and was in the act of presenting it, when Baker, a Constable, be longing to the Inspector's Office, snatched it from his hand, and the offender was safely secured in St. Martin's watch-house. ..—..— .. A CERTAIN PREVENTIVE AGAINST WEALTH: — Carefully avoid CARTER'S, No. 8, 'Charing-cross ; for if you come there before Wednesday, -you will be in the greatest danger of encumbering yourself with a capital Prize—and riches,alas! bring trouble. ' CORN-EXCHANGE. Nov. 21.—The market was a ell sup pliod with W heat tail inorni:.g, and sales were heavy nt a ►eduction of is. per quarter upon fine, and more upon inferior arts. Barley, hrisks sale, at !N. advitare. Gond QOM is higher. White Pens ra ther deare-. Other articles remain the same. Wheat ( English) 4O 82 Beans Ditto (Foreign) 45 76 Old ditto — - Rve 26 40 Tick do. Wale): New ditto 32 43 Oats - 9O S 5 Malt 66 76 Fine ditto -- White Peas 46 50 ' Poland do. 24 Si.) New ditto . . — Feed ditto l9 25 Ditto Boilers ... ..... 51 CO Fine Flour ..... Grey Peas 44 47 Seconds . • ... ...-. 6.) 63 SMITHFIELD MARK - FT.—Nov. 28. To siuk the Offal, per stoue of Hin. Beef ....ss. Od. to Gs. 0.1. I Head of Cattle th is Env : Muttou ..ss. IM. to 64. Od. i Beasts 29:'0 Vent ....16. 04. to Ile. 0.1. Sheep I Pork ... 64. 0.1. to 76 41 Calves . • • Lamb ....os. 0.1. to 0.. Od. Pir. 4 - 2.0 HAY-MARKET. Hay Glover Straw - • • . _ ___-_~ if~C