The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-12-08 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN'. . _ on making representations to the French Govern meg, was told, Lord OXFORD had no right to-carry • seinani letters to the injury of the r eve nue, and that all those addressed to subjects 61 his Britannic Majesty should be forwarded 3 but thatthoie to the ene mies of the French Government should be detained," adds, rather Inconsistently, Abet I,it is whispered neither the Duke of WELLiiiiiTON nor the British Government resent the seittere 4 Indeed ! Is an Englishman, we say nothing this Lordship's quality or private business, to be set upon in the face of day, within two leagues of the capital where an, English Ambassador resides, and deprived by the' orders of the Government of that cotintry 'oi:confidential com munications, in a lime of peace, aed neither the Am bassador of his country, nor the British Goeernment, resent such violence? We cannot believe this. There must be more than meets the ear in this tame salmis siony and extraordinary suspicion in the French Gofernment. Some think there are letters, among those of which Lord OXFORD has been deprived, " from Englishmen to extraordinary characters in ' Italy, even to the Emperor of the Isle of ELBA, as well as to his brother LUCIEN ; -while others assert 1 many letters have thus been obtained from high French military characters to BONAPARTE, and others."— So goes the speculation to which this circumstance has given rise. Can the King of NA rim, who assisted to restore the BOURBONS, be ranked among its ens'' miss? and what has led to this suspicion? The con- 1 1 duct of the Royal Conclave at Vienna ; and the 'Opel which MURAT may have resolved upon, and any man in his situation might be expected to pursue, for the purpose of preserving his own interests. Pieter way tile " accident" is a very awkward one, and we could wish to find that the honour of no English- 1 •! The state of 'political affairs . in France becomes. man may suffer by it. more and more gloomy, and if the private coo-I As the most infamous spoliation is again become inunicatious received from thence can be relied upon, I the order of the day on the Continent, and it has . ' the causes of domestic discord continue to be mul- i become so imperiously necessary to keep a sharp tiplied in that most 'singularly tempered nation, to. l look-out for political conventions, we should be an extent frightful indeed, and threatening a return ' glad to be informed by what unfortunate accident of convulsions which cannot be contemplated but I Lord CASTLEREAGH was out of the way when the with the awfullest dread. Murders, conspiracies, ; Convention which gave Saxony to Prussia was agreed ,arrests, preparations for personal safety, foolish and l opon,signed,and ratified. The Ministerial writers,-who tyrannical acts on the part of the Princes so lately with their equally well informed employers its office, restored from the deepest indigence to stations of have lately been giving, us a variety of desperate rea command ; bursts of irritated feelings, and dials. sons,from the anatomical rooms,for thedismemberment pointment on the part of the people, and disobe- I of States, and the propriety of dethroning the King of dience in the soldiery; rashness on the part of one Saxosty, have now found out the best possible way of i Duke, who has done nothing to indicate bravery but complimenting our negociator at Vienna, and of broken bottles and made war upon decanters ; and / helping themselves out of a most disnceful scrape, want of energy in another, who has astonished Eu- ! only to get into another, and show their extreme con rope by his prowess, and is now charged with the pre- , sisteney. They say, the 'Proclamation of Prince servation of the peace, honour, and interests of the 1 Retiring, which bears date the 31st of Oct. but was greatest of Empires, are the heterogeneous and - : not published till the Bth of Nov. was known at l ominous features of the intelligence we are now in' Vienna on the 17th, and was formally disavowed on the dsile habit of receiving from France, by the I the 10th November. It is known that this disavowal chat Nels that dare to convey what is affirmed to be !did actually take place in consequence of a Note the actual state of affairs, and the real nature of the i presented by Lord Carrezaeaun." We are glad to transactions that are taking place. We, of course, hear his Lordship wanted no advice to disavow on cannot vouch for the accuracy of these statements, : the part of his country, approbation of.this sinister but there is evidently too much truth in sogie ef t transaction. But does nor the existence of such a them. We have given the copy of a letter from . i trtaty for so long a time, and the actual per- Palk, of the Ist inst., inserted in the Morning - Post ] fortune* of Its stipulations, for possession has 1 of tnis day, and the particulars of the arrest and r been taken of Saxony by Prussia, the term pro robbery, as it has been termed, of Lord Oxroen,i visional being only a cover for the intent of keeping it, to show how strongly some of our former cominuni- ; rather tend to prove that my Lned._ CASTLEREAGH has cations regarding the state of France are corro..i been out-negocisted, and that there may he much borate, by the evidence of our cotemporaries.ldanger in his having allowed these provisional men ---To these, ,herefore, we refer ; and we caneleures to be carried so far? Was it necessary that his lint. kt remark. that they afford . but too much Lordship should see how the wind blew from the' grourdYor apprehension, that there may shortly be South before he gave in his note ? The Protest of the a cessation of friendly intercourse, not only between ;Saxon Monarch is dated the 4th of November. Lord the mass of the inhabitants of this country and CASTLEREALM, though he waited not for a hint France, Dui between the Governments; and that from Mr. WHITBREAD, was ntlt very ready with the good old Lours has too many solid and unhappy his note after all, for it was not until the 19th reasons for his melancholy, and his wishes that he ' that he ventured to speak out. If the Prussian and Rus -wore again in England. Our Readers, unless they s e m plan of transfer, and the measures consequent can penetrate with a clearer vision than ourselves, the thereon, were not known at Vienna till the 17th Nov. mystery that envelopes the outrage on Lois) . Ox- (thouch REPNIN'S Proclamation, which says both . sotto, will not know what to make of that affairs:- Austria and England had given their consent to Pros. They will perceive in it, however, the fears of the t sin's possession of Saxony, bears date the 31st Oc- French Government, and that these fears are not a toner, and was published on the Bth Nov., some of little founded on the existing connection between ' t h e parties at that capital must know very little of `this country and a friend of BONAPARTE, who is 1 what is going on elsewhere. vested with considerable power. Lord OXFORD, with Lady OXFORD, are known to have resided for some time at the Court of MURAT, King of Naples, where they were in high Royal favour. From this circumstance we suspect that, by his Lordship's weans, Ille alliance which gave to the Confederated .Powers Cie co-operation of JOACIIIH was brought about; a 0 as there have lately been some symptoms -on. the part of the legitimate Sovereigns, to pay but little respect to the understood stipulations of that - alliance, in fact to regard none as possessing rights 'to a throne, but such as came under the description of their legitimates, his Lordship, who is said to hate lately had an audience of the Plumes: REGENT, and to have transacted special business in Londo'n tied Paris, may have deemed it his duty to take the step imputed to him in 'order to set matters to rights, and preserve his own and his country's honour. We cannot credit the discreditable insinuation in the Courier, that Lord OXFORD had been so indiscreet as to boast, when at Paris, that he was the bearer of ma: y important letters back to Naples, far less that he was in any way concerned in General De FOUR'S plot. Had there been any truth in this assertion, his Lordship would not have been left at liberty to• pursue his journey immediately after the seizure of his papers. The Courier, although it states that Lord OXFORD retutned to Paris, and complained to the Duke of WELLINGTON, " Who, I the kingdom, eicept as auxiliaries in case Of inva sion. t. The Norwegian Minister of State, and the two Councillors of State, have seats in the Swedish Council of State, and may deliver their opinions on , questions interesting to both kingdoms. 58. The Diet meets every five years, in the begin ning of February, in tke capital, or any other city, of the kingdom, .63. Theliing appoints the Speakers of the two Chambers. 69. A resolution adopted by three legal Diets shall have the force of law, even should the King not . assent thereto, provided it be not contrary to the let ! ter or the spirit of the Constitution. 70. The Diet does not remain assembled more than three mouths without permission of the King. 82. The King will propose to the Representatives of the two nations a law, to the effect that Norwe gians sod Swedes may reciprocally obtain the rights of citisenship in Sweden and Norway. 99. All subjects are alike liable to military service . until the age of 25 years. Arr. Malls. . Due. O ,.„ Hambargh . ..... .1.•......:11 O O *WV% OF STOCKS TKO DA? AT ONK O'CLOCK Sank 241 l'enZ• A 1111 .16 1-1 4 , 9 per Cent. Red. 64i1 ledia Hoods 17 p 9 per Cast. Cnno. Exchequer lii lla 5 p 4 per Gots, 811 i thallium sie b per Cert. Navy Consols for Acc. 660 THE STATESMAN. LONDON: THURSDAY, DECEMBER S, 1814. LOSS OF THE DEVONSHIRE EAST INDIAMAN. The Devonshire East Indiaman, bound to China, upset at her moorings in Saeger Bay during a violent squall on the 2d July ; she had nearly the whole of her cargo on board ; and e 9 lives were lost on this melancholy occasion. The above account is brought by the Wellington and Indian East Indiamen, which arrived yesterday in the Downs ; the latter ship parted from the Lord Castlereagh extra-ship, off the Cape, on the 20th July, at which time the Lord Castlereagh sprung a leak, and threw half of her cargo overboard, and went back to Bombay.—The ' Wellington sailed in company with the Hannah, bat parted three days after they left Bombay. It is now generally known that the late purchases in the Funds have been principally made by the holders of American produce. In the event of a peace they presume Stocks must rise, and If the war be continued the imports in their possession will in demnify them for the speculation. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the under-mentioned Com manders took leave of the Court previous to depart ing for their respective destinations, viz.—Captain SAMPSON, Marquis Camden ; Capt. LOCH, Charles Grant; Capt. Her, heir • and Capt. DazaTmrts, Vansittart—for Bombay a nd Chins. Saturday a detachment of the 23irot (too men) embarked at Portsmouth for the Mauritius. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAWO are ex- , Stn,---In reading .the ;bate of Thursday, pected in England in about a month. Preparations - not help noticing how warmly the conduct making for them ; and, we omderstand, his Royal Highness's house, at Kew, is repairing for their re ception. Admiralty was supported by an no The King of Petunia, has granted estates to Princes notrable , HANDENBERG and BLUCHER, to support the new her, who represented himself 89 Chairman dignity to which they have been raised. The grant LLOYD'S, and who pretended to state t o t h e to the Chancellor of State bonsists in the late mili- the number of captures made,withia different s , iO'gr ttry district of Leitzen, and the bailiwick of Suilitz. by the American cruisers; and t o That of Prince Bencrtza is composed of considerable benefit , that has been derived by. - estates belonging to the Abbey of Trebnitz, in the principality of Oels, in Silesia. 1 world, in consequence of the excellent ra i se d b y i made by the, Adnt t , Ira - Ity,. ,i ; erT i ,gra — niing 01 - - - ti A considerable detachment of soldiers, Government for the East India Company's service, ; number of strong convoy, WO, pi' ' trade,' and by preventing alt mesh f roge ' was last week embarked in the Ilfracombe transport, without convoy. i wao, Inswifer t so ( rr to. at Gravesend, for the Isle of Wight ; it has been cal culated that the embarkation of these men in they Win. Gentleman did not iive is f loc authentic explanetion how , this l'elkkiteitat neighbourhood of London, without sending them to the the army depot, would be a saving to the Company of 20,0001. per annum. arisen; o for at-present it appa4 mot i The War Duties ceasing on the 17th lust. the duty to me, as Well trite many •other*, , that his , t can at all be relied on ; for it is a well.kn o , on coals, after that period, in the port of London will be 98. 4d. per chaldron, instead of 12s. 6d. which to all nautical then, that there are, a t l east it at present is. f ..Fetters were yesterday received from Teneriffe to the quantity of captures made of our• the 24th of October. The Canary Islands were in vessels sailing under convoy, than wo u ld b e, complete subjection to the Spanish authorities, and it to sail single ships ; this, Sir, I defy tire H on , I seems to be the only situation in a western direction tleman to deny. 1 beg of him only to refer where the dependencies of that power are not either 1 fleet which sailed in January lea, un d er in a state of open rebellion or secret conspiracy. the Queen, of 74 guns, for the West It is reported that the general creditors under WIMEHEAD and Co.'s bankruptcy will be much in- Ido not labour under a very great mist a k e , t I jored in consequence of the country banks at Bristol, find that abouty thirty salt of them were Bath, and Southampton, being enabled to cover and destroyed ; let him refer to the convey the whole amount of their claims by Government round the North Cape, last year, and he extents, the proprietors of those banks being respec- twenty-six sail of them, laden with na va l stt , tively employed to receive the duties arising from the Archang el , taken and carried into Norway Customs and excise. The Cambrian bas arrived at Liverpool from him give an account of the fleet w hi c h Buenos Ayres, and has brought us advises to the about four months since, for Q ue b ec, , convoy of the Liffey ; let him, f o r a m oinalt, 10th of September. The Grace, the Anne, and the I Robertson, soiled on the 3d, but have not reached consider how many ships, richly laden, were • I England. The politicil news is very scanty by this out of that fleet, and he will find among the !opportunity, but as far as it goes it is satisfactory. some whose cargoes consisted of the very Very agreeable accounts have been received from Chili, and the bonds of friendship between the stores which were wanted for the prot ec ti on of eastern and western Colonies were becoming more nada, and which have lately been disposed of close and secure. The independent partizans were tic auction in the United States; and as the,' wholly masters of the shores of the river Plate, and boasts of being an underwriter, I beg that he t ee notwithstanding the menaces from Spain, no force refer to his port letters of yesterday , and h ' y, e will find had appeared to subdue the spirit, or interfere with that the L, 17 ,,, has again returned, all safe, in e the authority of the natives. days, from Quebec, from which pl ace she sailed lt is said, in letters from Rome, that Dr. MiLNER ..l a large fleet under her convoy, th e w h ole of has totally failed in his representations to his Holi- 991 ti ness the POPE against the letter of QUARANTOTTI. which she lost sight of a few days afterwards, eel The POPE has signified his determination to acqui. many of them, no doubt, have already found their esce in such measure, with respect to the Veto, as way into an American port. Thi s , is the it 1 Sir , so d shall be judged necessary by the English Govern. of protection to which the Honourable Cent. tat meat in the nomination of Catholic Bishops; so that f been pleased to state the eommercial world has no we trust that this important subject will be put at rect. We learn that the Holy College begin to feel that complain reason fo of. I , however , hope that he vii they have gone too far. The Priests who preached reconsider his statement on Thursday last in the in the churches were, in the outset so vehement in Hem of Commons ; and the nest time the sobjtet their intolerance as to excite animosities and ven- is brought forward, tell the world a different tale.— geance among the lower orders of the people. In The only reason that I can assign for his errimpost so much that the Holy Inquisition itself has been statement is, that being an underwriter, he 'we. forced to set bounds to its apostolic zeal. ceived his premiums, but settled no loses yet, it It is now said, that the accouchentenL of JOANNA, fling too much the custom at Lloyd's not io setts Souvricorr is postponed for nine months longer, at tie T erm time. the end of which time the Prophetess promises to 4 Batson's Ctrr e• horse, Dec. S. gratify her believers with twins. T• THE EDITOR OF THE STArEsi c .--........ Q R. I Fooreaniw4tonday evening as Mr. Corney, who WIC ROqCOE, Esq. of Liverpool, has lately tem I resides at Stansteacca villagebetween Ho&leaden and. on a visit at Sir J. F.. SMITH'S, in Norwirli, 02 hWere, was returning- from Iluddesdon on foot, and Mitirsday last this tiiitinguished poet and usoritt when he had got about half a mile from the town' st proceeded to Holkatn, for the examination of scat the bottom of the hill, he was attacked by two foot. Italian manuscripts in Mr. Coos's valuable library, pads armed with bludgeons, who, it is supposed, had The Ewcretta, one of the traders which Wird got to the knowledge of his being at Hoddeadon for from-Quebec on the lUth ult. under convoy of Ilts the purpose of receiving a sum of money, and way- Liffey frigate, arrived on Tuesday off Folkestone...l laid him ; they tripped him up, one of them held The Rweretia is Weil with furs, and her cargo is him down, while the other rifled his pockets of bank valued at 350,0001. The fleet was dispersed in i notes to the amount of upwards of 1001. and other I violent gale on the 15th, off the banks of Newland• properly, also his watch, chain, .and seals. They! land, and it is to be apprehended that some of. this left him on the ground, anti made off up a lane.--- 7 - . will be picked up by the enemy's privateers. ' After Mr. Coruey had recovered himself, he ma d e c 1 msrour.Aft Fox CHASE.—A few days ago, is Mr.; i the best of his way back to Hoddesdon, and pro. , John Graham, a young men, shoemaker, residia in curing assistance, went with torches in pursuit of the 1 robbers. They searched the fields, and for some dis. Walton, Cumberland was at work, he espied a fall Cumberland, grown fox deliberately walking up the rod dig lance near the lane, but were obliged to give up 'leads through the above village. Graham imMei the pursuit. dlately ran down stairs after Reynnrd, who instantly ConomEn's INuuts.r.—Monday an Inquest sat ors A Bottle, Uxbridge, before G. Il 'betaking himself to flight, was followed by this mi. the body of Thomas Hammond, at the Es Swan They an an d i dent Achilles, and although encumbered with a pair onasox, q . of clogs , his apron, and other appendages, after a i deceased was engaged in navigating a boat that pro. I , k : desperate for i h ed ges and rare, severe minuses , over !reeded to and from Leicester to London, on `" e ditches , during which he turned tot animal many Grand Junction Canal. On the Thursday precedin g ,i on arriving near Uxbridge, the deceased left the boat I , by the neck, held him up to his astonished comps. times, he succeeded in catching him, and seizing Mal to get thelocks fi lled with water through which they 1 Woos. In passing through the village the fox leapt were to pass ; but as he did rot return to the boat ! the wall of the church-yard, a height of six WI when expected, a search for him was commenced, and after dragging for some time, they found him' without touching it, and was instantly followed by in a hole near the guard-rail quite dead. No doubt Ms swift-footed pursuer. Hey nar d wss afterwards : existing that he had fallen from the lock gate by . takeo to Walton House, wh ere h e now r emains. • - _... . •• • accident, the Jury returned a ve r dict o f A cc identally i Cowes ROBBERY . On Friday •the Node? Drowned. Drowned. • coach, on its way to London, was robbed of Owe The case of the Countess of ROSESERRY, we art. parcels, directed to hankers .on- in l ,t - on, containing derstand, will come on in a few days before a legal notes and bills. There was no violence used to tin tribonal. lock t and three parcels resembling those, and di. _ , . I- - • . h Cast week, late one evening, the family of Mr. ' rected in the same way, were found the inn m t .. e . being usual place, which were taken to the hankers' as di Hardbottle, of Oxford-road, Manchester , alarmed by - a noise in the yard, Mr. Hardbttle go t 0 reefed, and thus the robbery was discovered, as this up, and observed a man standing at th e i ns id e d oor parcels only contained rabbis [. The rolbery of the yard • after calling out he would shoot him if' tn supposed to have been committed by four , men, psi he moved, Mr. Hartibottle instantly went d own w ith sengers by the coach, three of whom remit ell la tie a gun, and the man, with appa re nt f ear an d trem- coach during breakfast. bling, saki he had come over the wall after one of Coax-EXciimicc, OcT. 7.—Our rivulet cony the servant' women, which being th e case , h e was tinues abund an tly su p p li e d w i t h Wheat, for whisk sent about his business, and the like fate awaited the :here is so little • demand, that the sales are very woman the next morning. ; limited; and our prices ,nearly-•.Uorninal ; no aedo Thd Inquest held last Saturday on the body of siderable.quantjty could begot offitivenat a redtictiral Mr. HINCILLEir, who had, it Is supposed, lain dead of from 2s. to 4s. pSiquarter...--Barley is 6ti Is. pie at his chambers in Gray's Inn.square, for nearly, if quarter cheaper than on Monday.—ln Pelt, Bean') not quite three months past, was convened a t the , and other prain, there is no variation.—At the (Into Pension-chamber of the Society of Gray' s I nn , an d of Mond'ay's mat ket, and after our statement of that not at the chambers of any private individual. it : day's prices arts gone to the press, 'the fiedr.facters • may occur to a reader, th a t I nns o f C ourt are e x tra ' r e d uced I tte price of Flour ss. per sack. i'd is parochial, consequently not subject to any parochial i wil ' ai g t *,.„,, li n sh ) 4O 76 j Beane . is 46 74 1 Old ditto jurisdiction or levies. In this case the Coroner hid ' itiit ' ---'-' 36 40 Tiek do. ~.....,...., JO le summoned a Jury from an adjoining parish, but the' na", ey, . ' 26 30 Old .. Society being governed by it s own office's, the Jury ' —el "' " 32 40 Oat. ' ~ spy! referred to did not sit. Th e proper Officer of •the ' l 'Vti t te Penis 66 76 Fine ditto ...,. ....-- Inn summoned a Jury, consisting of Barrister, and 46 50 I l'olond dn. ...........0 S New mug) .... — —; Feed slitte .. j ... • ,19 .. Dittri Rolers 5 4• 581 Fine Mu* ~„-...... .i LI; others, being Members of the Society. Grey Peas 44 47 I wends . ..s ' ';' ."" w .64:11 4 Ar uriday, I 4,14 • conduct of th e 3notrable Chairman r ef , to to the loot liffereat pram the the a rt „ nt - :'t ing t st m eitnl lrotection 0( 1 6 ilia from ra w, 4 77 to fimf ut , Wife full so tekfink • lm mkt at his tolera nt , well-km.4o fiC at least, dam ; our merehto old bp, s , erpol ll;oe Hon, g et , to refer loth elder cool o) 4 f It Indies, *adz mistake, kt'l k a t s were coptore4 011797 that mes s Rd he will find lava' stores N o .o Norway; l e t I which mild Quebec, trade r rot a mama; en, were tike s ong the nnabee, e very ielentir4 otection of G. cased of by pd. s the lion. Gest, eg that he will and he will find all safe, in to lace she sailed the whole of afterwards, sad ody found their Sir, is the sort rable Cent. hal I world has No ope that he will