The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-12-20 00:00:00

JVAV.IL INriiLLIGSNGS, peartrigeryir, nye. 11).—fltiled front entre,. the! Vern % mili4 trot-port. R. blotter, haler convoy of the Surly cut let, fist Cieeteser. PcrweirTs, Ore. If.— •• ritT4 the Clmet, fteed, front Oporto, with wines fsw this port, sailed in eninniwiy with the convoy; and parted off VP, port this morning t on their iswrige eneountereil try:Timbals gale, of wind. stilei his Sf.je,ty's ship Orestes, nu% kinjest's ship, ("rester s of 18 gems wits obliged to put bark actin Ivt evening s in c..tseitience of the *cry Wary gate, hut we ire hippy in stati.iz, that no las damage has been done he r. TScat, Dec. 19.—Came dawn (mei the River his Ma- }-rte', ship Agincourt, and queen , . flailed the At.al.intit, ilri•sep; to rrw-•ead, to repai r da. * bier% a hich she sdstaiesed b thq lute gales. lye here great pleasure Its being able to state, o,st the iltutsrtr frigate is safe in Geern•ry. The pilot who took her out arrived at Pt ) mouth on Sololay.—She did not put into Torhiy throegh stress of wither; but being •A' there, a Boat. swain's Mate dropped down dead, and they put iu there In litter the body. A Swedish ship, with all her liernettretni pa. Isen perfectly reveler, was drtaintil by e. King's ship: and in nne of the late gales was toteekett on the Goodwin Sands. The owners are•to bring an action against the Captain of the King's ship for the amount of the lobs, %bids b esatnated at 180,0001. _Ore bear that in one of two commnnicatlatts lately recvived from Paris, Lord Wei.t.Estre Is Wormed or t' a ,• c!eath of A lITHUR O'CON MOR, Vgq. A no'h •r let:er, however, he says, comm. diet' the lept,tt. The nuptials between Lord GRANVILLE LEMI• s,. Gowrit anal l.uly lIA ItRIET CA111\101111 ) %di take T h ese next Monday, the t Sth. The Earl of Li renroof. leaves his home in (narks- , tweet, tit. J allieS'i-Kgll3 CC, h 1 Wing taken the late Lord Fif.!'s house, Whitehall. Lord auJ Lady Avsoe are expected, this day, at their hone iii Arlington-street, from their scat in Hertfordshire, fur the season. Private letters from Holland, to the . sth inst. lament the alteration which is expected to take place in that country...the loss of their King, *chi Is believed to have left his kingdom fur ever. The mert;iiiits request their correspondents not to eteript to forward colonial produce, or British manufacture, to Holland, as the landing %%mild be attended will) the grratot difficulty and dan. gar, and, if successful, would wily lead to their scieitre, the consiguees being made responSible. Extract of a letter from Cadiz, Nov. 30 aff a i r s in the North bear sit iinfavourable s an aspect they are no kis mclaneLoly in this quarter. We kave received the most distressing acconats from our army in La Mancha, und.o. the eanynand of Aresaga ; by which it appears, that on the 19th instant, he sustained a gteieral atlark in the bourhhood of °cams, aid the consequences have been very fatal to our army. Our tins has been very enniblerable both in officers and men : argil. i ammunition, provisions, Sc. all appear to have been abandoned lay our troops : such was the panic, that whole battalions threw away their arms, to avuid, by a precipitate light, the de struction which evidently was suspended on their heads. It is impossible at this moment of gettersl consternation to say cue/1y it!iat our loss may be; but of the rapid flight we Intro matt distressing proof, several parties having arrived in the vicinity of Cordova and Java. In corpse. quence of this unpleasant intelligence, the most severe measures are ahuut to take place forlhe raising of the people ea masse ; all persons from 18 to flO, capable of bearing arms, will impala diatcly be called into actiou, and this m eaty •ss 111 extend to the Cusivents, nithout distinction I in tie, our situation becomes daily more critica l ' toil we must prepare ourselves fur gri•at 'erratical. lint, alas! what will become of us, now that the Usurper has humbled the Emperor of Austria!" The followins letter from the Spanish head quarters is highly interesting " Head-tridirierr, " The battle fought between the Spaniards and Treneb at OC4III, MII the 19th inst. was obstinately eontested, and most sanguinary. The French had 30,000 veteran troops, commanded by Joseph Bonaparte in person, assisted by Marshals Mnrtter and Soult. The Spanish force amounted to 50,000, el which 5,000 were killed, and 15,000 takers pri soners. The defeat was (incisive, and the rout be came general. 'lite Spanish Commander in (;I(i4 was sorrowncled by the French, and must inevitably have been taken, bet Col. Ruche having collected about 300 Spanish cavalry, arrived at the cr;lical moment, making a gallant charge, in which he a as ounded ; he had tha good fortune to rezetto the Cfcneral, and to ricurt him in safety. The other British Officers present in the action, anti %Ito behaved must gallantly, were Lord M.cnurr, Volunel Cor.soase, and Colonel The latter has been taken prisoner. The Spaniards also lost 'sleets of cannon. The French have likewise snikred mo,t f evenly in men ; but tht roost egtranrdissary circumstance attetrdhg this disaetrnns event is, that the Spaniards st•em to think nothing of it. They arc no way depressed, and affirm, that iu one month they wiN hive Is more numerous army." . a • On Thurs-lay night, a violent gale of wind, sr: rompailica by very heavy rain, Iris tisperieni+a . in Gloucester, and excited great alarm, as well fcr thr s if, :y of the shipping upon the coast, as for ' , roper!) , of every description, eal l ip,e,l t o the Fowl of the storm. A t the Bishop's Milace, a large chimney was blovro down, aii.l forced its way serys a strong roof into a sitting.rnom beneath, the floor of which, with apparent difficulty, sus. Wrier, the crash of the falling ruins. One barn, at tiot end of Barton-street, sad another at Barn. wood, Isere blown down ; and a small hot.house belonging to Rob. M orris, Esq. at the latter place, was nearly despoiled of all ifs glass. The winders of the Infirmary, and the roofs of a somber ef oilier bedding', sustained tootitlerable 1n Lot ant ger till hal obi me ( 7 8 16:1 bet t: o fati $1,4 1:1ti E.O 0:1 aud mu tor Far e!si ecr the taie at bel pla N If au! ii"" _....„66 Near piece, maliciously termed a Cemedg, was last night offered to the Public, under the title of " Sudden Arrivals ; oe no liasy by Waif." (Infotsin Alford Mr. IVitotintsrog. Major "forriughans........• ~ Mr. RA V mos 9. Transient a Mr. DosaTast. George Transient Mr. NI Afticws. Ilenry Torrintismn s. Mr. Waamcn. Lord Jelin 1taabk......4..5.... Mr. PA Luca. Patrick Itailintanco ...4.• Mr,Jodisvo's• Countess Rasalha .• I Mrs. IgDWIN. Amelia Torriegieue •.. miss Ray. Two old friends, Major l'orringlsam and Capt. Alford, meeting together at llambergh, as a mat. ter of course, dine together, and, in talking over past %cotes, very it illicitly get drunk, and, :It is not unusual in such cues, quarrelled.— Whett the wine is in, the wit is out—and the Captain, in this drunken brawl, gave the Major ; a blow. A tegetihg fellowed, and the injured party, the Major, fell. IVe consider this incl. , Cent as the very best in the piece—as exposing, in its trne colours, the jaslice to Ve obtained from duelling. ! A Air. Transit, who havieg, by a long course , lof knavery, attained maturity of fortune, ie %Vali. ping, hail transplanted himself into a more fa shionable soil, becomes the depositary of Captain „ I ariaord's remorse and atonement, by educatieg i the two infant orphans left by the Major. Tram. Isient is depleted as a rogue, who has sufficient nerve to commit the basest actions, but whose ti- I middy keeps him in trembling apprehension of the I consequences. This knave having pocketed the, funds destined by the Captain for the education of I the Mefjar's children, is ekctr?fird by the arrival of 1 the Captain in England; to prevt.ut a meeting be tween whom and the children, becomes the object a Mr. Transient. An unlucky incident, how -1 ever, frustrates his plan. The Captain, being at. tacked by rubbers (who abound in seem!s of this nature), is rescued by Young Torringhant, who, quite a propos,-happeos to come to the spot. Il—Old Transient, discovered, prepares to fiy from London. In this he is prevented by the equally a propos interception of a letter by the 1 Countess de Rosalba, between whom, and Young 1 Torringham, there exists a tendre. We come now to au incident in which the Au- , thor has committed, if wo may so term it, a 'rational anachronism. Major Tor-ring-ham like FaLitaff itt the battle of Shrewsbury, was down— att.t apparently lifeless, in which state Captain Alford had left him ; but, it seems, the Major afterwards rose, and although the departure of the Captain precluded the possibility of fighting, " a level hour by the Shrewsbury clock," he had tra. versed the runts of the Captain on the Continent, with great diligence ; but as his wounds could nut be etlrbd in a day, he could nut come en with the Captain until lie reached London. The indig. pity of a blow could nit be expiated, but by the 'loath of one of the parties. This under the linden regime of France was utiquestionably the principle in " the service"...and on this prin ciple are founded many exquisite novels in the French language. There have beets instances of I an Officer in a Freach regiment, fighting fourteen duels in succession with the officers of one regi. ment, in thirteen of which be sect-ceded, sod in 1 the fuurteenthtfell. No length of time, no atone event, no satisfaction, could be received for a • blow bet.death. But iu the English service !hid principle has never been carried to any such el. eras. It is, therefore, as we conceive, a prin. ciple absurdly applied to a Liiitish officer.— The protection of the children of the Major, and this argurneets of Rusalba at the nie.tlitig, of the combatants, disarm the " helium ad internees. meta" Major. - -The character designed by the Author to have been the life of the Piece, is Young Transient? It it s never.failing resource of modern " Comedy' Writars" to have a young mats, who by his ex travaramee or absurdity, shall be a foil to hie father's penury or steatliwaa. But, althotteh we can laugh at been: fl'ildingand Old Wild ing, we certainly cannot laugh at either the execs. sive tremulousness of Old Transient, or the very probotde•whinisioality of Yuan; Transient, who •rites six or seven letters at a eelfee-house, but by a novel method of conducting business, omits to superscribe them, and thee very facetiously falls into a slumber, from which, being roused, he addresses them to the parties for whom they were' intended, with just about the same probability of reaching their intended destination, as when the I Blue.coat Boy puts his hand into the Lottery. I wheel. Had this mode of doing business been ironkally ascribed to our sapient Ministers and their subs, we should have called it Itu in.lll r, and might have laughed ; unless our feelings fur the manner in which we know the bit sitsess of the country to be done, had excited dif. rcreflt tiesl,l4tiont. But at Young Transient's ab. totalities we could not laugh ; they ate beyond the absurdities of any man who is nut a proper sub ject for a commission of lunacy. " QuedeaArtoe °steals twilit sic incredalus odi ;" which, for theinformation of some of our Headers, we hake the liberty of concisely translating— We have omitted to mention that the rescue of ' t eitptei:: Ibly.lll4:orteerngis::: ten:hi aim": eis."t he result of .• Ot young genflemilati having resorted to the high. " ay'from the piti,icinae of &cairns, the pining. 44 fiblet.onis otAna, 4.... litifiiiie,. ,A„.,,, sa, # '5 - Ileihe is Pall.Maill we ' i '- riellsiltsidees the Author la greatly indebt. '44-6—ootbiag hot thotryttrtions cualtl it ere in datted the ;plc tx:lora, to the eonclusien, the pet-GA.1%146.0 .ia ,in which there is nothing new, and ailvti e' gallon only say, that it is a dish ecruiturd,p • igerope and ores, and in our 444 opinion, COQ Alp **tory lilt lo taste. tol Mr. Rickard Hawking, gunner of his Majesty's ship Chunl6ilig, was tried het week at Portsmouth, for absenting himself without leave, and for dcser (lon. He was dismissed his office, ■nd evidenced never to serve as an Officer again. There was a great fall of snow mi the susitintains near Dublin, feet week, though there was None in be tit, or willsbs.twe num nnster Jules sese atiornat Phonates. Itenir.se indite, quasi, Oita mom ofero arratinnem verins vino prologuna. Ibie vas monebo prininta : quam butane* mew. - . . t Sceaans exhibemus, ista ad similitudinem nt esset ejus, gate esstabat pritis Nihil novarstes, sedald curaviants. Jam tote paratis forte siquis toesciat Italusee fuerinl scenlci primordia l)ccosin qumi ipso me, ut faciain monet„ Id me sinatis, two ; ut edoceam semel Moo musk horum ne memoria intertidal. Stainers nostri, yeteris iglus (lamas Spatii, cunt cloaderentur tact ?Sulks paratu. pauci, spectatitrUnas, 'remittal am lumen agebnot fabulous. See:apemen:are ett satis vireo Quiesinine plotting hitstili depeodem traba : &roils deorsum cursitans, preearias 'estes alicuntir manilas histrio, Perm:tam quoquo paste adorimbat SURT Tuts enema nut arca sedem et mai et :sheet Prothcbot auditori s toe inctionm.i lam. Hec sors Theatri, .poululitto iuttrilims licit Accesserlt decoris tetnporarii, Permawit u;que, donee his t..tuktn in onus Ement alumni collneati sedibus. Hine et supellex comparata Et auditori commada et aetori maAis ; Subtelliorum grins vidsitis ordlttes Et scans nitidasaltim si nen Attica. Uuum Illstd attain deetat, at salamis Wks Terentianus lotus ornatus furet. Postrem6 id ipinns cora perfecit clumps Amati istius Poeta verendi Prorsulis,' Quem nos rdisfic lugerous, et lugehimus. ilujus rugatu, quas special•itis mode, Invenit has Athena.; + ilk, cui full Atheoiensi nnusen idcirco ladituus, Quoit illostrAvit is vetuAatein Attic:un. • Invenit ilk: Poster imentain edidit it.t ut sulebat, do sumplu sun: Nos demum modem d.stu6 instauravitous. Quato cur spectandi facere ctsso copious / Tolluttor hsec 'ulna. Comemplantini • Semmes eel vobis dignant vet Tcrenti a. At istatn You omnes quid vellt sthi istinearem scire, porrO dicerem : Med nolo, gore parents prids optime, NOW depravare rent renarrando male. Jam ne sermone longo sop, ultra mores,. Hoc reslat onus's, quad moneri so, velius: Novo paratu quamvis acturi, lumen Stertede (idea gas pries, actin sums; I Alibis tat applaudatis, et Tereotiu. • The late Archbishop of York. + Athenian Stewart. , A ~ . , The Court of Directors of the East India Com. pang was occupied till eight .o'clock on Friday evening, in examining the Captains of the Com. palsy's ships, with a view to ascertain the probabi lity or improbability of the safety of the missing ships of the last and (lie preceding homeward. boom! fleet. We understand the Captains were unanimously of opinion that the three ships first missing, viz. the Experiment, Glory, and Lord Nel‘on, were lust beyond all possibility of hope. With respect to the four missing ships of the last lest, viz. the Lady Jane Diming, Jane Duckett of Gordon, Calcutta, and Bengal, the Captains mum generally of opiuitos that baps,' of as may be still entertained, notwithstanding that the last advice. from Bombay, Madras, Bengal, Prince of Wales's Island, St. Helena, and the Cape, make no mention of them. The Captains, we en. derstaiiml, errs: further qaestianed as to the causes of the less of so many of the Company's ships in recent years, which they ascribed principally to ithe insuliiciency of the number of hands no board to their effectual navigation, in consequence of the impressment of the men for his * Majesty's service. A represemitation will, we understand, be made to • Ci•mvernmetit consequence of this opinion, In order to obtain a complete exemption from impress fur the CO1111)411) 's seamen. All claims of a pecuniary nature npon the late Duke of PORTLiND have, within the last three lye, been discharged, by his successor. 'l'hr whole of the demands amounted to a consider ' able sum. By desire of the deceased, all those Idoines,ties who had been in the family f o r th e space of ten years (and there are fe t oh, have I slot been inmates for a longer period)", are to be allowed their wages for life ; the steward and the cummtimleatial servant are each to have annuities of '2OOl. and ether considerable emoluments.... Bulstrude, and all its late acquisitions, are to be brought to the hammer. The [resent Duke means greatly to retrench the establishment, from the laudable motives oft amply providing for his relatives. In March, 1811, his Grace will receive a considerable addition to his fortune, Ly the expiration of certain leases on the Mary le-bone estate, viz.—That part which forms time North side of Oxford -street, from PfinCei•Otrett to HaCielltreet ; the west side of Princes-street, the east side of Bolles-arrest, and the sauth side of Cavendish.square. The whole of That district now produces a ground-rent of only 371. per an num. No tess a sum than 17,0001. per annum has been tendered furs :J9 years lease. The Port. lead estate extenila, east to .west, from Wets. street, Oafold-street, to Mory-te-bune lane; north to south, oil a parallel with Primrose-hill. last week a man was detected at the New Docks with some stolen copper upon him, who, to wield beiii4 taken before a Magistrate, jumped NI() the Dock and sawn off; two men immediately planed; of imi a haat after him, and having rn*ed a' short distance overtook him, when a we s t& tank place which upset the boat, and all three were unfortu. flak I v dro Coals ern uaw selling at Plymouth at 4s. 6d. per bushel ! This black trade certainly requires exaemistation; but our Ministrys have nu time to consider of the public grievances, while (Loving connections with the Monarchs of Asia! In a northern manufacturing town, some days ago, a master and seven apprentices, in a frolic, mulisted for soldiers ; on °sal redection they re. v ented, and paid- Alr.,Serjeant Kite eight puutids for mart none.-. TRP STATESMAN: _ .41 , " ,YCEUM THEATRE. WEJTVUNSTER PLAY. nsallciously termed a Cantedg, was PROLOGIA An PIifiRAIIONENL—ISOY. 1- 4411 EDINDURGII, Dix. 4. Hugh tune*, tql. of Lochalsh, has been elected Member of Parliament fur ii.o.s.shire, after a warm contest, in which the candidates were neatly on a par. Extract of a Letter from 'Tin, 20th Noe's,. Her :=" The election of a Member for this county came on here yesterday, and concluded at *elide hour. The Candidat4-•ere Sir C. Itos.s, of lialnagown, IlArt. proposed by Sir Hugh blttnr P, rf Fowlis, and seconded by. Sir Itodertck *A. zie, of Sea! ivtll, B ire, aid Hugh lanes, of Lochabh, K. , g. proposed by Mr. of Graiiirs, set:tooled by Colin Al•Ketizie, uf Pun. more, and suppot fed by the Seufurth interest.— Of the Freeholders un the roll, 23 voted fur Mr. limes, sit of *hum had their quali,ficatians sti perinritfet ; two or those !were strongly übjeeted to, one of them fur rrfttsing to take lite oath of trust and possession, but *bgm the Proses, %wt., ith. • standing, did nut expunge from the roll. Out the other hand, 19 voted for SirCharles.liuse, all on quellfieottons *of real property; in addition. to these, Sir John I:es!ie, of Findramic, Cart. L.,1. Mistletoe of Puyistfield, and ,Jr..cuckbfilna Koss, of Shandwick, who were claimants, .sk•elaring their votes fur Sir Chiricii i Insisting 4at they were linpreperly excluded from the run; su that i:to number tiE volt* fur Sir Charles was n. ne re. geisha protests were taken by him, and the merits of the election may be discussed in a Coniniitti.et of Noose of Ceinisons." .The grand dahlia birkt o the CaLdouiassta. OA at Muirtowo tte completed, and present one of the most stuperilulis piles to! ty to he met ni:h in any part of klit‘dutn. l'hu work is, iu every respect, °seated iu a inittner cor responding to the magnitude of the undertaking, and does infinite cretin to the skill atil alrluy of Messrs. Cargill and Simpson, She comsat tuts. The wharf, at (he cud of the basin, is fir ad !voiced, and wilt, slint i ld rh o seCatlier continue open but for a short time, as ll flow is, be cote. pleted in the course of ti,c SI•14i1. AYR, NOV. Taesilay last, at the weakly market for fat and Ism' cat le, which lakes place between Nlartintuss and New Year's Day, yearly, at the Nalt Fluid Urn., there was .4 to. terabit: show of cattle. Thus. tit for elau.;hter gave very high prices ; loon, fur minter feud, inld iuditturently. The number and appearance of the cattle was not equal to the Tuesday before. CORN EICIIANGE, Dac. 90. To.day there are few fresh arrivals of Wheat, but tolerable remaining quantities of Foreign on hand, again waiting the expected supplies, few sales are effected, and thole at little Barley and Malt in short supplV, and full as dear. White Peas rather lower..—re„ Tick Beans 404. to 481. per quarter..—Old, quote.' AS under. The Oat trade fluctuates but HIM., and are also in re. mining supply....Flonr at late p►ices....Fu►a American, wholesale 584. to Gds. per bai tel. CURRUNT PRICE. wheat, - - 7tis. es-. loos. Tick Ream, ( Jd) sh. 0158. Hilt' ditto • •• - 106 4 . II.;-. Owl. It‘e - - - - X-. 40 s . Barley, - ---s. to -11 a• Malt. - - - 41;; £5l W. Pea. ( Boilers) ;Us. lid,. }cue Flit.tr -- - - !'...k, lt.A. tire) Peas : - - - - S:A. i.). Seconds bawls, old) - - - ToN- by.. - The return of the French All:Meal ,Star at Flushing for the last twelve years, states, on an arerage, that two.thirds of the itat i tiki/k4Jied an. nually. Toe climate of Ilevelantlli Stltr mo , is uo. heal:lly than that of Walthered, lehlbfili.liti, res.. son aby Fort Lill° and others there it li t ku Sid ;go , garrison fur many yeah past. 'lt is tery stramoi that the projectors of Ibl:expedition to the Sdieldi . dill 114 t make themselves thoroughly acquaint.] with the oultealthiticsa of the clinvati., far .11f! • 111 .: had done so, we cannot stlppritth thatite Mit . , ever hie attend f it to be carrleciiiito exc tgiali ta 11 0 Sloes dv 'rug TistEs.—At the sale ef,C ktiff - alf. • Mothersall Ileath, on Friday las., onelut IktC,lseal the high price of 'O3 guineas and a half per atatuto acre, and some other lots exceeded 70 tonseats..--. The whole that was put up, about 115 arrA in 3i lots, was di• posed of, and pp:diked upwards • of 40001. or rather more than 40!. per acre erns the *swage, . beiitles the aurti in tint", and the ex. pence of fencing retiti4 with the purchUtiA,. r . Another Estate in Btit Linghainsiiieu m , to, 4/10ilwal parcels, is said to have sold for 10414 40;secc I Can we wonder at the price of :Read and !so On Monday night a young gentle:44k tuning from Islington was attacked by three iilloapathq , ' bat his 'Ties having brought the watchmtq p la his assistance, the rit:fiatis made a rlreCipatlbttrite,. treat across the fields,. and escaped. SHOCKING ACCI DINT.— Yestenlay *Newhall - 4 ' ' some workmen were finishing a heuse iss - glocams street, the scaffolding. , as as well as the side Of tb house, suddenly gave way, by kvidch Wain sit unfortunate persons were preeipitate* to' the ' ground. They were soon 'l'tlr deg eltltlifillis ruins in such a bruised and lacerated stogie that tin hopes are entertained of their:recovery: The -... were conveyed to St. George's Hospital. • Suct too frequently are the fatal consequestastef Midi. *, )5/ walls too slightly . 111 E 4 The botlks of most of the unfortnitata 32 iieh. pools who were drowned %when the litrrictiiiii iiid ,00dvoy were wroc.L.ed, hive been o idol al Gore sear Seaford, and buried. • Ne i w .as s t hctve Set he ur n d i s , y lipo semi.! } , n4itig as the thaptai T ti o c kidri vr it om o ,s f ~ con:palsy, were rettanlng Thom, exer E etse, they were interned that am% pellet's of suspiciJos ail_ • pearauce had lately resort( itirtiugh the Wet:, apparently sleisiotts of ;.moiling '' being r#iced d y.„ l .On receiving- this i`nfortriiitin' roar , tat Mr. v. i ll ad I I.l4toteers, named PA IN lt, . I.fASII NAN, 'C % TF:i, l'lti WAIL-OMAN, ,irecy spirto47 rcitinc4 'hew ,mss their arms,„ mod oyertsio , k thuni at Egypa4 , also: eialleaging them, the luntecrs wet wall' some- - I resistance, hut the ttiijoi*tts persons w e re it lota;th forced to Stull •,, i mil•ti it atinuared th..y t* were seven French' n . ..* ivjus ciiiht II • .: 41 )1 *gill lc. broke their parole ge tt e attg, and ha I ttutti that .. a 11, M •1 ~' \ 7 I