The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-12-15 00:00:00

THE S'TA'TESMAN: do, we look for a blessing upon our arms .and our cause to Him who alone ruleth among the nations of the earth. " In pursuance of the Act passed at the last Ses. sion, authorising me to borrow, on the credit of the State, a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, a loan has been opened at the several banks, and proposals have been sent to different towns. — The success of the measure has not fully equalled my hopes; a part only of the loan has been ob tained, and a parlitular statement of its progress will be made for your Mortalities its the course of the Session. . " In csspliance with the Tteselotions on that sub ject, at the Special Session of the Legislature in September, a draft has been made from the militia and chartered companies, to make up the State's quota of five hundred men, under the requisition of the President of the United States, of the 4th of March, and they are ordered into service accordingly—and senior classes will soon be organized agreeably to the Laws paned for fiat purpose.- " In addition to the ordnance already stationed at several points, field-pieces have been provided for Little Compton, Tiverton 'Warren, East Green. wieh, and North Kingstown, with some supplies of ordnance stores; and I have the satisfaction to ac knowledge the receipt from the United States, by the order of Brigadier-General Cushing, of six carriages for heavy cannon. • 44 I have the pleasure of being able to inform you, that at souse late inspections and resiows of the mi litia which I have ',leaded, I have had the satisfac tion of finding an evident improvement in discipline, and particularly in the quality and good order of their arms. There is also a very commendable zeal and alacrity excited among - the officers, ande corre• sponding emulation among the men. We may be permitted, therefore, to believe, that in case of an' invasion, our-militia will support tha_abaracter for di • ' abd.brasitry which they pc:golfed in tbe•war of ; and that as they have now become al ads, iermdance they will not 41.11141dattiiii the hour of trial. - -44 *see the neglect *ad disregard of our waste-which slitsbeslemtperietsced from that garter to which we . . naterallyloolc for assistance, I have been induced, for the supply of some tedividual requisites for taking t the Geld, to issue *sclera to the Querter.Master and Commissary. Generals to make such preparations in their several departments as our i ecauty resources ad- •• • Mite " It is my duty particularly to mention the situation Of the men belonging to the State corps. The neglect on the part of the United States to make provision fur the payment of their wages, has reduced many of them to very distressing circumstances. Soma; hare families, and all will require a supply of clot's. iog, without which it will be impossible they can 4, their duty through the approaching cold season. " On the 4th inst. I was informed by the Stew. ; leery at War that General 'Swift would visit this Sta* ia *aspect the fortifications, and to advise as t• the . ,Tee ietion of other works. General Swift has since errived, and iu company with him I have visited the shores at the head of the .Bay, end Rhode !sinful end Tiverton near the Stone Bridge. What further •teps will be taken by the Government in cons quence of this measure, I have not been informed of. In some parts of the State the citizens have cheerful ly volunteered their services iu steering batteries and held works, to a very considerable extent; aid , owing to their very meritorious exertions, additional : security has been given to some important and posed positions. " Under our great pecuniary embarraisments the patriotic boo; of the people was particularly ac ceptebie) and deserves the approbation of the Legis. latu re. 44 r commenicate, for your more particular in•. formation, my correspondence with the Secretary of War, slid also.with Governor Strong and Governor Smith, on the subject of mutual aid of the militia, in cese of invasion. " I shu lay before you a communication from Governor 'Strong, with several resolutions of the Le gislator! 4:Massachusetts, which, from the import ance of the subject, and respectability of that State, claim and wilt, I have no doubt, receive your early and serious attention. 4g l cauoot close this communkation without ad verting Id some of the many masons *hick the people of this State ban for gratitude and , thankfulness to the Giver of all Good, who, in the midst of judg ment, has reonamberNl mercy. By his goodness we heave reaped of the fruits of the earth, oar health and I v have been preserved, and shores protected from titration, sad our laws and religious liberties conti n *ed. 4 WittlAM JONES. (94141 d) " Pro•idwee, Oct. SI." NALTFAX, Nov 111. COPY OE A LETTER FROM MAJOR-GEWERAL BROWS TO 00 mama° at. cuAIIIIC EY, b ATM Read-quarters, Buiralus, Your letter of the 10th elt..after going the rounds was delivered to me a few days since on my Ivey to this place. . _ The exception you take at my letter to the Sem tary mould be very reasonable, and proper, pro vided the fleet of Lake Ontario was your private ., property, over which the Government had no con. troul ; but as I have been induced to believe that it was the property of the nation, subject to the orders of the Government ; and as the Government led me to believe that the fleet under your command would be upon Lake Ontario to co-operate with my divi sion of the army the first week in July, . I have deemed It fit and proper to let the nation know, that the support I had a right to expect was not afforded me. I consider my conduct towards yourself and the Nary, as not only honourable, but, Sir, as being very liberal and friendly, from the date of my re. port of the battle at Sickett's Harbour to the present hour. The mops under my command have always been disposed of • so as to meet your views to the extent of my power aad authority, and as tee se was consistent with the rights and the honour of um army. Yourinformatidn'iippeatv very incorrect as to the situatioti of f!ieirmy previous to the arrival of refs. forcemerits with Lient..Geneial Drummond. From the 6th of July to the 24th; the whole country was in our power from t. George to Burlington Heights: and could the arid' have been supplied with proyi lions from the depots provided on the shores of lake Ontatio, we should not have doubted ear ability (withoat reinforcemeuts Or additional piss) to carry tke Heights. when We • would hive returned upon Forts Georie and Niagara, or advanced upon King ston (as might have been thought most advisable), with the co.operation of the fleet. • You speak of responsibility. Ido not desire you or any other man to be responsible for me: I have endeavoured to execute the orders &yen me; success has not attended my endeavours; but I humbly trust in Heaven, that the honour of the brave men entrust ed to my command bas been and will be preserved, let what may happen. It will be very difficult to retire from Fort Erie, pressed as the remains of my gallant little army are, by a superior force of the enemy; but no other al— ternative will be left us, unless reinforcements dily arrive. , 1 The militia are coming in in very considerable numbers, but it is not yet ascertained how many of, Ahem will cross. The Secretary has given me to understand that General hard would move to St. Lawrence with i view of attacking Kingston (should you and he deem that measure advisable). Should you decide other wise, that Gen. hard would come with, or send to I tue a reinforcement of from 2 to 3000 (nen. I have not heard from Gen. Izard, and begin to apprehend that•something has occurred to retard—or prevent his movement, I will thank you for any in. formation yon can give me on this subject. I am, Sir, with great consideration and respect, Your most obedient servant, Cem. bane Chancey. JAC. BROWN. [PEON THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, NOT. A.) In addition to the measures to which the House of Representatives stand pledged, and which will doubtless receive the sanction of the Senate, to este. Nish a broad and substantial basis of annual revennel to sustain the credit of the nation, we learn it is contemplation to organise an active Sinking Fend, on an improved plan. On this subject, we believe, there is no difference of opinion among the Republicans,' who are determined to omit no exertions .to fix on, 'the most permanent and solid foundation the na tional credit. They hare ever been its most vigor. Gus supporters, and have repelled with disgust the doctrine advanced by a venerable Federal politician hi hie letters to the people, and from other quarters, which even went to the extremity el-contending that' a future Administration might absolve the avvern.: illent from the payment of debts contracted by the present. In .a spirit directly the reverse of that, the pre nentadministration of Government, after having re ileemed neatly ail the otd federal debt, are providing before hand for the reimbarsenient and liquidation of the debt which they are abaft to contract. Such is the effect of this course of measures on monied men l , that we are proud to hear that the Government has already obtained, on good terms, without public ad vertisement, the whole, or nearly the whole of the loan, which, in consequence of the approach of the enemy to the city in August last, was then only partly subscribed. The clouds of delosiow are passing away ;.the sun of public credit shines forth with lusts% the greater from its having been obscured ; a isistre which cannot be dimmed by the foul mists ex haled from the conduits of party malignity. FRENCII PAPERS. PARIS, DEC. 10.—The Vienna post did not arrive to-day. The letters of yesterday contained as usual the most contradictory statements. It would ap pear, however, that the Sovereigns are preparing to leave Vienna; but nobodpknows in what state they will leave the negocistions: some assert that every thing is arranged ; others that nothing is decided ; and a third party again believe that some general bases have been agreed upon, together with the par- , tition of the vacant cointeies; but that the dehnitive organization of Germany has been postponed, and will be referred to a Diet which will meet pt Frank fort. Amidst all this uncertainty, the Nuremberg Gazette proceeds as usual without hesitation, and without feeling embarrassed by what it bad said the day before. The following is an extract from this Journal of the 3d : rens*, Nov. 29. 44 The Congress has finished its principal business to-day. The Austrian army will forthwith be placed on the peace establishment. On the 10th, a Mani festo will appear upon all the transactions of the Congress. Saxony will cede the two Lusatias, Upper ILusatia will be given to Austria, and Lower to Prussia, together with all the left bank of the Vis tula. Austria will have the environs of Cracow." What.seems a little more certain than the news of the Nuremberg Gazette is, that the King of 'Bs vane is expected at Munich in a few days, where 'many persons of his emits have already arrived. 'Ar rangements are observed throughout all Bavaria, which appear to indicate that tl:e army will soon be placed on a peace footing. Its maintenance on a war establishment has cost lemmas* sums. Letters of naturalization have been granted to Marshal Masten', Counts Ferino and Belderback, sad Admiral Verhuell. Mr. Charles Wilkins English Orientalist, is' o gained a Foreign Associate of the Class of History and Ancient Literature in the Institute. The King has appointed two Profettorships in the College diri France; one of the Chinese, the other of the Sanscrit; to be Mind by M. de H,emusat and M. Ide Chezi. VIENNA, Nov. 30.—The Court Getty of the 29th and 30th, and the Austrian Observer of the same dates, say nothing of the great news which cir culated' here in the evening of the 27th; they must therefore be looked upon as false. The Kings of Bavaria'and Woctemberg, who but from unexpected causes would have already departed for their states, will certainly leave this capital in the earl part of nest mouth. On the 10th of December *se on of Aosta" and Russia will leaviVienna fir h. The Emperor of Austria aconmpaules : so tar the Emperor* Atezender, ,whe . alio proposes to go to Stotgard and Cartinhe. The stay of the ,two Emperors at Munich will be but short; neither will the &peror Amer stop Wog with the King f Wurtemberg or the Grand Duke of Baden, be cause he has Laid his solemn entrees:* into Warsaw for the Ist of unitary (0. S.) This would seem to confirm the report that the Congress has at bat adopted the status quo of 1802, for the limits of Russia and' Prolific " The departure of the Sovereigns will make no change in the conferences, which will be continued by the Ministers : ()Very thing leads .to presume that they are by no means near a close, as some of the Plenipotentiaries hire re-taken the lodgings for five or six months. Every day the probability of the re-establishment of Saxony assumes new consistency ; and it is the general remark, that if the King remount his throne, he will be indebted for it to the powerful mediation of Austria and France. _ All Saints Fair has just closed here. It has not answered the expectations of the merchants; the want of specie checks every kind of commerce. There arrives here a good deal of specie by the' routes of Frankfort and Naremberg. It is said to be arrears from the Low Countries ; but our Mum- , del situation does not seem improved by it. ' MADRID, Nov. 28.—For some days past, Go vernment, desirous- of dissipating even the remem brance of the Cortes, has collected all the papers which notice the operations of that Assembly, and particularly the " liberal". Journals, l' ' , Mesa, el Redactor, el Concito, el Universal, Sze. They were' taken in two carriages to the place of La Cebada, where they were burnt with all the formalities for merly employed at an Ado da fi. It is astonishing that the new Minister, Gavottes, did not oppose this strange ceremony. On the day of the arrival of the last mail from France, there were new arrests, on account of correspondence with Spanish Emigrants in France. The Inquisition has also ordered some arrests." .1 Nov. 30.—The transaction relative to the Ex -r Minister, Mamma, is ended. His Majesty has just. boned the following decree " The moment when Divine Providence delivered. ', me from the captivity to which intrigue and black envy had led me, to the great prejudice of my !evil,: subjects, and in a way so distressing to myself, 12 was desirous of placing next my heart, and under Imy special protection, all those who, following my ' I fortunes, had shared my slavery. In these painful. Icircumstances, some have not ceased to be faithful to me : others, on the contrary, demoralised or .Ilueneed by wicked men, have betrayed their duty to the throne which I fill, have committed flagrant ex cesses under shelter of the confidence which I reposed in them, and abusing that confidence, hay* &ski* themselves on baseless rocks. Don P edro ?decease was one of those on whom my early esteem *as, fixed. I thought him worthy of it, and therefore ' appointed him my Secretary of State, , of Merc#'; and Justice,' supposing his conduct would be ir reproachable in all respects. Soon, however, were complaints against him made to me : these I at. ] tributed to envy and digalfectiott. At length, find'. 4j t that these complaints daily increased, I wish ed to know the truth myself. My first enquiries coo. vinced me that he had not only followed a syitem of but little delicacy in his conduct, and been culpable to a degree that deserved serious punishmint,• but, that he had betrayed his fidelity to me at the perio d, when I most required the support of my well-beloved ., *objects. I have a right; no doubt, in virtue of my supreme authority, to make him and all his accom• pikes undergo the punishment of the laws, but de- siring to join mercy with justice, and•being perfectly informed of the circumstances, having myself .seen in the house of Macanaz . the evidence of his weak ness, and also of the excesses which he had commit ted, I felt it my duty, for the good and comfort of my people, to strike at the evil in its root, and to !soften in some degree the misfortunes of that num ber of persons injured: by those weaknesses and ex. CONIC " In consequence, I ordain that Don Pedro Macanaz be deprived of his office, his emoluments, and his honours ; and that he be imprisoned during. pleasure in the Castle of San Antonio de Corogne ; that Don Dvonision Urbatto be also deprived 9f his office and emoluments, banished 20 leagues from the Court and Royal residences, and that he fix on the place where he is to remain confined for eight years, and besides this, pay a fine 'of 30,000 francs ; that Louise Petit, a native of France, instantly set forth from my States for his own country, and give up the sums found on his person in my presence to lite I use ,of the General Infirmary; that Don Joseph i Moragas, Merchant of Mahon, pay a fine of fifteenl thousand francs; that Doti Jaime Doz, Merchant of ` Madrid, and his son Julian Doz, pay a fine of 06301 francs; ; that Don lAzare de Rode, Francois Estan i ga, Manuel De Cordova, Jean Baptiste Maignien,l Louise Bobble, and Dominique Grifon, pay each a sum of 550 francs • that all the above be wertseissaesti that I am displeased with their conduct, that they ' must be cautions of giving ground for future sus- 1 picions; that Don Salvador Colomer be informed that he mast hold a conduct suitable to his office, and that the slightest omission on this point shill be At gorously punished : that the sums of 5000 francs,_ which had been lodged in the hands of Don Jaime Doz - , and that of 3000 remitted to Don Joseph ! Estanga, ati• well as all the fines above specified, be; added together, and applied to the subsistence of the garrison of Madrid. I ordain that this Sovereign I Decree be published, executed in all its parts, and this my express order that the process thus terminated be deposited among the archives. " At , lie Palace, Nov. 2.5. •` To Don Juan llirrido. " I, THE KING. Such has been the end of the political existence of the Minister "[scenes, and of this process, 'memo rable from the character of the Judge, who, in con formity to the Royal instruction, dictated the sen tence. It appears that the Ex-Minister Macanaz, unwor thy the confidence of Ms august master, and the office entrusted to him, was buts man of equivocal morals, and whose Ignorance and iindiocrity of talent were brought to light by Mi IoW avarice. - Why wis it necessary that"the Dectps of the 4th of May, and the Circular of the 30th of the same mouth, by which 24000 families lost their security and civil existence, shstiti he tired by the saris which had receivedi &emu of 100Quowes Sr to ecclesiastical belie- Lice ? We shall speak no'iporo either of Kt; Macy. ass, or of this simpler rules. PARIS, Dec. 9. LeITRACT OF A LETTER. Notwithstanding the recent appointment Beognot to the Ministry of Marine, it is posed that he will hold that °like for any , ried. The circles of Paris are load bi the *ion of their wishes that the Duke de Itienei, so honourably signalised himself in the „Ru ss i a , vice against the Turks, may he entet,oted Mejesty with the re-establishment of the . navy ; and it seems more than probable that course of a month•or two he may be tatted w e 'ion for which he is publicly designated by hi s ty, activity, and talent. It cannot be contested that France look,. eager eye at eacht aceetsitt of our naval disasters Ameeica. Her palltielana already begin to cakin g , 'on the : materials ter erecting a new maritime to restore ".the liberty of the teas" to Eui They say that on this voila even Bonapa ri actuated by good pfincipi' , s, though he pure, roneous measures; and that all the world ' land is interested in demanding that " free shall make free goods." They consider the America•into a uaval power, as necessary the place of Spain, .on whose ability to het they no longer reckon, though perfectly her dispositiot They farther seem to talk, the ace'eseion of force witch we have procurt. Holland, we,are only tying a rod to whip outset's,. since it in 64 moral certainty," that the new king: dem of Belgians wilt form an efficient member of grand maritime confederacy, leagued against tie nation to which she owes her origin. These be sure; if realised, will make but a sorry upon the expeoce we are put to for maintaining army in the Netherlands. It is, howeve r , • than a Frenchman ' s hope.; an affectiOn of which may be called a disease in this count expectations which are entertained of terest hostile to England in the Battie,Atre, cutustances which have come to my knewlege, afraid more founded on fact • so much for the nceuvres of M:Talleyrand, the preachments opposition, and-the docility of the Prince " which have embroiled Great Britat the Monarchs of the. North, by a series of i r .. though we ar e told fruitless, efforts against their pa:, proteits and. remonstrances, assuming fie their bases the cause of liberty and the rights et '- tons, but practically favourable to the desig• - 'people alone, and that people the natural ane l 4 et. England. In troth,: It iehosstad by , some of TAy. rind's friends, that he has not only madoLortiC.l4 instrument, but humbugged tbe British Parliss.-- - • t a belief, that Francais disinterested and qtiii ! mental is the "line feelings she has prof Saxony . and Poland . . When we asklitem what of their feelings when they stipulated siterev I African - Slave Trade, they affect to insiustate . the English Negacietor could lay aside 'hie morality is the Treaty of Paris, just as well as he can take Op at the Congress of Vienna, provided M..Talleynind . .directs hinr;, and thit if one-tenth part as much • anXiety had been shoWn for the personal ftelof the unprotected negro, 'es there hes.bein titOo : the .ktftgdom or. Poland from, devadring to a de t.scentlartt of Peter the Grent, instead of `remaining-I partitioned and , degraded country, France,weald hale acquiesced at once in the abolition of the Steve Trade, and joyfully accepted her islands in the state in which England had 'pumped them. But it does not sa pear that M. Talreytind bed occasion to insist art • any thing. • ANOTWEIL LETTE*, OP TUE SAME DATE. " The day that the King was to go to the Oleos, the, alarm of Government was greater than is 'ele gised. The prrison of Paris was reinforced with three *regiments, which were ordered into the city from the environs. Three Marshals, and especially Marshal Marmont, strongly urged the King notes attend the spectacle.* All the agents of the Police were abroad to watch over the public safety. Bet. the King braved every report, and every alarm. He went totha spectacle, and nothing occurred. " There were Gel same alarms last Sunday. Thy produced no MOnt results than the preceding oast. We are lost M - conjecture %epos all these circus. istances. - . 44 A, regiment of light Infantry, which weed St. Venya l . having received orders to set off for another dastine.tion, began to exclaim, o Vive Bonaparte;' lasswitilstinch difficulty that they were redeod td' °they. "tin; conscripts which are ordered back to their colours, display the greatest discontent. They of, that 'the tonacriptioa being abolished they caa so longer be can tßelisd to serve; the, are treated Ira the foroardritfAsOlmitad nuttaagesneeri, in order sot to augment the unailief orMalecottetithrilthich is already too large. 2 • " Every body says, that the*political Note whidi appeared within these few (tars in the illonitcur, was written by the King himself. " The istralr of Lord Ox'ae-cl has not been the only one of that description. A Frenchman, the physiena of Murat, has been errestel at Fontaiubleau. Hi was going to Naples, and was the brarer of many letters for his master. it 'appears that nothing very important was discovered in those letters, as he ear Set at liberty some days after. • " If we may believe persons who arrive frost Milan, the two great personages whom the GaaeNes described lately' as having been upon the point of fighting at Vienna, were Prince Constantine and? Eugene Beauhrirnois. They were diniog.together, according to the acconnt, at the table of a great Lord, where they were discoursing of the eteats oi. the lust campaign. Prince Constantine spoke "till great . warmth against Bonaparte, whose milieu?, talents even he greatly dep r eciated. Beenharneis war indignant at this, and - addressing himsdf to -tau. Prince, said, that he shonld not, in kis presence, speak with contempt of his adented father, and the lad *so, beeause he (Prince Constantine) rovid4 never l°. able to eoliceive even a single pion of solimidy ,u tary operations as Napoleen had esecuted. Beao' . harnela concluded, with saying, that he was alTail ready to answer with his sword whatever he said ,o6 , Prinee . Constintine atenptedthe challenge, and nat day. they-met at an appninte.i .rendczoous to fight. -4 Bat the duel: did no; take placo consequence of ihi .7 • • 1:1;;;Qo stio , • L. tment , it is not asp, Nny long p e , in the 'tim es . Richelieu, wh o lie RAssiats stet. tPllted by of the Front able that in the OM sitisi• td by his loyal. looks, with si vat digest' is gill to admits% laritime leap s , " to Europe.-- Bonaparte was he passed e t a world but Eggs " free bottom s icier the rho 4 ssary to iopptp" ( to help the eetly secure of . o talk, as W, Is procured 1 , whip ourseipp s . t the stew king: member 4s led against tiss These riots% to' sorry COUR* intaining yak wever, no mons On of the era. ; country. "t crestingenii. is, are, frond* knowlege, I ad. uch for the sme . chments of yeti/ Prince Regent's eat Britain with ries of irritating ) •• tgainst their poi s, assuming fa he rights of to designs of on latu rat enemy of tome of Tek, nittle.LortiC.his Parliament bite and qUite Ls professed-lip em what hem* ; i r t it e tilis m iille p c il a a rga . e n n m .T vi . "i t e :a ssi aa k t ie l e li : a m t , Y i r tf t ucia tt e n 4abl :: sonal fmetirgiat