The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-03-27 00:00:00

a. ' •I . • • V' • • - , , ie • • - • • ••-% • : • 4 .; • 4. • •• • •lk 4. 1 • • ‘l4l, . - were 'profiled, and. mirehed strsight towards Poonalt,'"for the purpose of oecuring the person and me jog ander the immediate &di«n of the Peithwa.— They are said to have reached Poonah before we had pent Colonel Smith. with a force of about 4000 men, agaieactlseni. 'lthe first battle on the sth Npvensber, was fought at simile distance from • Poonah, end the ~my . WPM deteated bet not disheartened ' • for *mother battle es. fnoeht on the 17 th, not far from Pweisah. • A-go'sd deal of blood was shed iu the two bestirs. Capt. Preston, of the ittiashay F.eropetin Re. Omens, was hmended - sereieiy, and Lieut. Falconer, .(she Deusbay Nailer) Infeetry. Two brothers, of - she Neese of Vaeghen, who had Wets .taker( and irstrietd to Poonah *five the Arm bade, wens shot-- awe et( them mas t we esiderstand,le the civil sew. vice. After the second battle Pnenah surrendered, mid she Peishes, with 'rrimirekjee, lied with the *Mains of hie army in some fort tmthe southward— Shahuonr has berm mentiened,to oi.. Thither Col. Smith was to Mote ageing him about 010 . 80 . Nov.. The howl overthrow tad rubs of this . . 1104. of the Priam rat ta Empire martiont bacenlidflOtlY.POsirdedd. He will fall b y the heeds that trestarpd.sued, sustained him. • The Peishwa's lame. is Bajoefibiti - s‘n James's, or rather infamensi, Reinatomfith B l otr, 'the' • sionlered his nephews the Phislitsosll,thin-R O ll4, Ifl *1773. But he failed in seceringtheilign pessemi, of the' dignity of 'Pelithwe, and the. sea of Nay. yein Row was declare* Peishera.. • &id sod.' &mly iii 1795, sod the' tiro 'sans; of Ragoonaeth Were alternately tidied to the . Meowed. As length see .of 'them; &jeers*, was eatiblialied Jo 1803, at Awash, by General Wellesley, in cow itegeenci of his alliance with the British. cola. ;eluded at Beside on the 10th December, 1802.- fie bitterer since remained in undisterbed . pewee• 11athent1 till the year 1817, bad been *rely attached to nisi Gbiernient, which assisted him to settle all his differences With Ai numerous Chiefs subordinate 'to the Poonah State. It is not et:likely that the IPeishwh will now be dethroned, and his dignity vs. { !!need - to one of the desiendanti of Narrain Retr y 'the former possessor of the Peishwaship, if any be; • - yet Bet the new Prince will in ail probe . 'Witt belhorn of the 'power and possessions which . 'belonged to the Present Peishire t wad will have little 'snore than the name of Ring—" a barren Sceptre in Vs gripe." If we may form a conjecture,' Powell ! , 'lnd an the tarrifories along the - west - coast will be added to our possessions ; and if, as may be ass. petted, there is a secret understanding with Scindiah, be will probably have some portion of the Peishwa's 'territories for assisting mar plans. . PRICE OF. STOCKS THIS. 'DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. •18ank Stork., A per Cent. Navy 1051 106 3 per Cent. KW. India Roods 83 p 3 per Cent. CA 171 78 Stock 4 p er Clllllllfor Cent. Ace. 7111• Wog Ann. ... I li/chequer Bilk 13 17 p THE TESMAN. ,tii fr►n~~. . . LONDON,: WIIIIIIT, MARCH 2T, ' tins. Many lamentable stories hare lately been indult. Woolly propagated on the authority of letters from persons who have gone Out with the intention of join- Jag the Independent Armies in South Americo, of the v alisasters and disappointments that have befallen the ladventurers ; but if such narratives have had any • Itortioe of troth in them, the publishers of these 'letters hare carefully abstaieed from disclosing the real cause of each failures and distresses. We have been favoured Mich the perusal of, and with extracts from, letters written at St. Bartholomew's, in the West Indies, by English Gentlemen, some of whom are on their nay tor .the Spanish Main, which convey in formation of a very dilferent•tenour from that of rer ' taro private communic,atiow that have been laid before • the Public. These letters from St. Bartholomew's ere to the date of the 17th Feb. The intelligence re ceived at that island from' the Spanish Main, was firthsr of an onfavearable character, but little reliance r`. ~ ++ -.gas placid upon it. The taking and shooting of . Bltue bad been ostentatiously annotseced as in the , Spanish Papers, but had also•been contradicted by other-reports. The defeat of Bcit.tval nal known,' bat it is a three months old story. 'll4 coasts and . Caracas were known to be in the possession of the Spaniards, bet the Orinoco and the interior belong to the Independents. fleet.**as aid to be likeckaded in the Orinoco; and tbachiefdielcsity to overcome by the sailitery. geifit"Oat to the patriots, yawl. seearribie The Spaniards bad collected all their marine-force with a view of captstrieg the volooteers to Veneseela, and ; amusing themselves by cutting of their noses and ears, and then shooting them and hanging that up to the yard-arm. The only apprehensions, however, of the - gallant adrentnren were, that the `poniards would not have an opportuoity of attacking them, for the Supercargoes, noxious for the safety of the arms and ammanition lentrestedio their care, were rather dis posed to act, ea in some of the instances where disap. .poitttment and disorganisation bare been occasioned by •thesamecause, namely; not to allow the vessels to proceed any feta.r without receiving mosey, or at beast more favoereble intelligence frorn'the MOM— . Fortenately,howeser s tbey bad been iodated to chang e • ' - ; their tapholes, and a few days before the date of the IMMO we are noticing, considerable reinforcement of mew and artillery bad sailed for Vesaspe6.-1 A letter from a Gentleman on board the Sri lanais, which bed niched St. Bertholomew's be.J fen the 16th, aye, " The Emerald-saibd nine days ego, after hieing boarded a Spool& vessel, sword is band, oe the night of the iith, and we 'vat to sail • 'variety,' in eemptny with the Prince in a few days. We ere piss to Margontta, bat shall not dheso- • • THE STATESMAN 7.. . 3 • • s a il. islind, now named New , ,deed resistance it made against the been almost .dapopelated.. • WWI at. ha same , "tar adds) hare been made to 1.. •on board - ' - bit not •.• CLASS. ' IF ' 2'llB NAIVE • i• . •TO CHARLES FORBES, Eso. Y.P. • Sta,—The manly and independent spirit dl played by yes in Parliament ow the belialfof en unieelmeatit . class of Petty Officers, the Captains' Clerks, es well as of other Officers appertaining to the British Fleet % on the occasion of bringing up the. Report of the of Sopply on the Navy Estimates, ea.. titles you to their warmest gratitude; ass well as to the highest estimation of all seeks of that branch of the public service; for it is ea incontrovertible (theft% a monstroes) fact, that the Navy is subseevieut tel . the Army in every particular, and was never ewe so thils atliso present period, so far as relates' to pewitioinf 'or pay, to promotion or Court favour. I sheli„;therefore, with doe deference to you, Sits 'litht *. mitering into minutia, and disclaiming at Ilse ‘11111 , 41160 say hostility towards the Army, fellow it,. Seeritery CRUDER'S strictures on year very ap -Protiriale remarks on that occesiorris far, at presteit, ee ✓ ktilell,enly to parsers and Captains' Clerks. In reirct to tbe Purser, the Admiralty Secr,ftry •sald;in %at taunting way peculiar to himself !sod some others of his friends in office, " that they *eve not military, isn't pea and ink men, and delivered net the butter and cheese." • As to the first part of „the,eseertiots, the late French Government and him are et it!risoce upon that subject, they beteg alweys considered during the late war as combatants ; and several who had the misfortune to become prisoners by 'shipwreck, were detained under that pies, contrary to all former practice. The latter part of this sneering remark, evidently borrowed from the cockpit, is inaccurate ; for the Purser is the officer who is entrusted with the charge of all the victualling stores, as sell as all the shipctothing supplied by the Navy Board, fur which he gives a security ti the Crown to a large amount ; but it is his steward and his mates who deliver out the butter and cheese. The Admiralty Secretary, in continuation, stated, that the regulations established by an Order in Coun cil of the 43d of Jety, 1814, in respect to the Par. ser, had met with, from that body, general appro bation ; and during the old system,whilst in ordinary, they scarcely ever lived on board of their ships. How far this statement was correct, will appear from the following @Wiles, made from Coo Memorials presented to the Admiralty since that period, each signed by upwards of 300 Pursers, mostly of the senior class. As to their not living on board of their ships a reference to the Clerk of the Cheque's Books, at the respective yards, will refute that, for this was too valuable an aiylete, with the advantages connect ed therewith, to' be trifled with. I FIRST MEMORIAL. rr Tbat your Memorialists, whilst contemplating the regulations which your Lordships have lately been pleased to recommend for adoption to his goys! Highness the PRINCE ROGOW, in Council, in respect 'to - the Pursers of his Majesty's fleet, would be want ing in duty as well as gratitude, if they did not duly appreciate the respectability thereby attached to their office, by the rank which his Royal Highness the PIIINCC REGENT has been most graciously pleased to colder on them. But these emotions are succeeded by deep impressions of regret, when your Memo rialists observe, that on retiring from active service (after so Battering an acknowledgment of their utility apil desert). they are to he remunerated in lie. of their former wages and provisions, with so inade quate a Half-pay." &c. &c. " Nov. 1.5, 1814." SECOND . MEMORI AL. 66 Your Memorialists' most respectfully offer for your Lordships' inspection, the following Table of their former pay and allowances, when their ships were in ordinary, hr which your Lordships sill per. ceive, that the emoluments upon the old establish ment were much superior to the present Half•pey, and that therefore so far from partaking of the bounty of Government, in common with all other Oft firers, whieh they had sittgoinely hoped, they have been considerable losers by this commutation,i' •• Oct. 1e15." Coo prim- tie. at the lowest price. 7 ..2 z, A ' !L . t le: • to at ° CGI s i "ir. 4 CIL'. s. d. e. a. I,kiz. ear sloarsaams 3I 3 2 a 71 ' i lli . ;1:1.01 2 ° ..1 : % I t- 5 A * g g 1 i ktr ....—,.. 1 4 96 1Z Ce. ,, : A7,-; - ' Ali 2 2 -.--- 1 4 .3 6 I '2ll 2= •.• N. t B. By this arrangement nearly 20,0001. per atitiem has been saved to the Crown in the article of 1 provisions, at the eapence of the Pursers, being (thereby deprived of a privilege coeval with the Nary, and this ie what Mr. Secretary CROILER terms "an 1 establislimmtt upon a liberal scale, at the same time having economy in view !" In respect to the Captains' Clerks, it was certainly very condescending in the Admiralty Secretary to stale, •I That a Captain's Clerk was the mos thing to a Captain as he was to the Lord Iligla Admiral, he kept his books and papers ! "—Sic sokbam com posers magaa cum parvis; thus angling for ap probation when he is sere to meet with success • bet he it erroneous in smarting that a Captain's Clerk is inferior to a Midshipasaa r they being both Petty OS cars and Gentlemen of the quarter-deck.; loan so authority over each other, racept as the eche of e superior nicer, or the Midshipman beviag a distinct commend; they both share missile prise-money, ball the Clerk very properly is paid %eat to. a peel Mailer's Mate far tho fail performsoce of his detyi whilst the htirhhipman is paiiiike..4_,Jenior Lord of I the Admiralty for learsieg hie itsobsitieis. The Admiralty Secretary lest stilted, that, their Lordships had it is contemplation to' primate ow; ritorious Captains Clerks to the rank of Purser, bet at present there can be no prospect for that !gotta- , • ~ . . state class of young men, however'remme, the Order is Commit, of July, ISt., re , it by establishing a miry considerebbt Retired which appears had been under consideration time ego, bet was never curried into effect, 'ken by the following Circular : " Adwirahy Leeds Cossusissisoers of the Admiitaity. ' SiaNilikil a Retired List for seek Parstes as way lit of service at sea, auessad we to esquire of yes, vowilad .vottraelf solosble of wive irniee. shot 7.. will rows as inotediate *river. and add to per awe a Maiessist of your age, sod of of pen yea have served ailed. • • ' In. Sit. Your very humble Bernet. a J. W. atom. SG T. Der..--, hand." The remuneration given by way of haif.p., the Porters is lies of their former wages and does, had made en strong an impression • memory, that very few, if any, reported anal for service, bet judiciously keeping open for any of or employment to which may aspire from the virtue of their situation !fore; owlets their Lordships reeounnend the Order - in Council, or grant a large retired 'the Captains' Clerk, must remain in their plaeable sitaation. I have only now, Sr, to entreat your •dolgence for trespassing so much upon „ to assure you that your exertioes in duly appreciated by those whose cause nerously advocated ; for it is not the cease. or of party, or of an individual. but the common Serest of " a useful and deserving body" lic service; and full confidence is placed in yes, withstanding the disgusting lusineation of the miraltr Secretary—" That as you was the Post Captains, you had begun with the and that you would be soon sick of them That you will again arise like ATITiUS with vigour to combat the feeble arguments of for Athlone, who can be viewed in no oil, every unprejudiced person, than that of pleader, who is always retained to make a bad plea. In fine, what the Navy require is, " propria aspire nostras," and that is, comparative! iug, its sentiment, " that it is not so art' for as it ought to be," however mischievous timent may be, whether founded in jealousy ranee. As opinions are generally formed by prece. lent or comparison, there can be no hesitation in declaring by every lover of his country, with an Honourable- Member, Mr. Moose, " That the cordial co-operation of the Army and Navy was al. ways most desirable, and a good understanding he. tween them ought to be carefully cultivated. This was a charm which had hitherto produced the happiest results, but the tendency of any unjust or invidious distindion ecuuid be to dissipate that charm.' that there does mast a very great difference bewail** Army and Navy, I shall take the liberty of giving you an instance. Mr. THOMAS VIVIAN, Parser, made (after his re. pier servitude as a Petty Officer) on the 2d March, 1768, ranks with a Captain, Paynsaster, &c. in the Army, and has only five shillings per diem half-pity, whilst those Official of the Army have seven shil. lings per diem half. pay, immediately upon obtaining that rank, which is sometimes obtained by the latter Otlicer without any previous service in the Army whatever. A FRLEND TO THAT CONSNAV YTITUTIONAL FORCE, THE . 'March 26, UHL WINDiOR, MARCH 26.—Yesterday, about ire O'clock, the Pounce REGENT arrived at the Palace from. London. At ail teclstak his Royal Highness dined with his Royal Mother, Princesses AUGUsTA and EuzAyers s the Duke and Duchess of Gt.oc cescEn, the Do ke of KENT, and the Prince of Hesst.llooteunce. About ten o'clock, the Patsct Rectuut, accompanied by the Doke of KENT, left the Castle. The Duke and Duchess of GLouccsvus left at the same time, for London. Yesterday the Dukes of CUINRERIAND aol KEN/ 'kited the PEINCE REGENT at Carlton-Howie. DEGST-LANE.—The new drama of Rob Rog vii performed at this Theatre, for the second time, lot evening. It has undergone very important and ad. vantageous chsages, chiefly by curtailment. TM consequence was, that it was, mach mere favourably ,received en this second trial. On Wednesday, at a very notneroul Meeting ol the Livery, at Fishmonger's-hall, the health of sr. Alderman Woos was given by the Prime Warden, and received by the Company with acclasatiou The Alderman returned Thanks: — He felt highly gratified at receiving the *probative Felli•w:Cidnens.adid panictearly of that part diem assemblel ai , the Members of that wsmerem, and opeleat Cerapaar,eaPecie h f they mew have well marked his rodent fa ad doe pehee titesehaws which* had occupied.. la every siteetiee, •Ite felt mem nominal% for the welfare ad happieess et all chid. d doeiety.and side his eeetioa to Parliament, belied eadenvom• ed to do his dote, as as indepeadeit Itepreseetative. I« the sitoadms. hi• experience a adhere tong. bet side the tow mesemeeat of she Snare, he had astea.lail Du every necceioN Iledeltheegli all the reed deploy might net be siolotil midi des7 vote. he was oikeieeed OM he eellia eel be 41 1 ' 0 0 kmeasiesedy. se be had died aceardiai In W- erowedprieeipbr. de would they withhold their Nippon free his, Ine an heard oppeoltiew to meseareifialtieh be could ad approve. Haw_ ira reived it to be indecision. it not neematio• meal. to a wive to smarms his Comliteedsti a til s dhooletioa et Moral was avoo ed—as promise, mio l eidieedtema emostituents.e hi. h wbse slat vete might levee thoMSZlFOl — for amittiat e r isna camels, he dee: bee lbw apology I wiseacre.' a disseietion wig" W obsidd AM& permeetiy to pay his moPeetsso she Elem.% meg bees as curbsides' et kis pod eremleet which rsiwelmad Tre, Ile web able avail himself of OW epee , * to ex in em partial% IlifcmaNasts, as this wesit e Imam Meeting which he had weeded, Secs be Illeor d die beam. He had here infurmed. that attempt* w ere ii ee prejudiee,hine. by aimed* that bebell deasieeld tee r=e of Aldermen Combs -this isolseatisa. tralt.. l, 1 4 ly repel. Heereld prove if bet deeigt o ldt as" believed. that the Reeeledeas moved at the b e which accelerated den rrsirdes. wind he se bpse rovied mosee et a previ es Canada Hail, his owe have n l% hen be reed the letter of 11r. /Menses CasillaW Kat 117 2 11 ' 3 ' he had ho eledle that any Reseledees weetpseyeiz i •, — week, be pregemmil. He felt ea mare Weal le sass 'a:: r mea t *ma the molt diaingehbed hassle et repreasetted great City. sad a deoire no he steed le erametlii the FP I cause of eiellaad relielese liberty—bet if tie limed eve 1141. more dim imp ished he @Wald more to obtain it by dirboseees aretw.. After that explemition, he should weR *solelfi say &tare Weed's, to the *Eft et that mmt highly respirable body , the t lerades, del he di/ art deal*. bet that they, app reciatieg the motets or a woe w • bad fee several years deemed the whole of Ids time to Isisa s lie duties, would &ford to him continued and melt m surpact," ~.~: I '9' 7 .!kg . ~~ 4 . . , / . ~.. tr Xatv•ht aight.—" arrived; •00011 11 inn 41C144 linrf t sigi r i i i rk : ec h shil e t a Ye d p in gl il l with an thevatelve day afar Febroary say thing their spiv prunes i *saw, thy was Treat reel thew in 'mount I to add in is still-II single. epee the MO tett! Te.mon through the peeg triets. . the weel which, I quite in to the II A owl *lie soi to B By i Ire lon that a , • bank pow, i of incc body_ official fender ~ raised rllO,l bthb I for tk 'Were VOW . 1 1 , 1011. 1 A fooled nigh SfPllll VOWS Sett t unpri tbau Om.. end REGI A nftdi lotte l SAT, ter rei Delo' be el TI Dept to rl the brae eels i j • , :4 ! B repealed; etired I)st, ration sett. , as will be Jas. 11117. the, Isieelni not beep, raft, *heft/ , have Uwe yea wed nt the New Servant. CROKE& hair• n pa 1: ere I and p rat. It . I themselves I themmise• which they ion ; thee.. .. a repeal of retired Lid, pretest t kind sr time,eint , flintiest are pet SO n. e of faction, common in. I of the pub. ) la yeti, net. of the Ad. now sick at the Posen, hem too."— th redoablvd. he Mesh*, thee light by • of a special e the best it propria ret ire!) , speske ;. roll pravidell nos that son. tally or low 41 by peace. tesitat iota in ry, aids an 6 That, the lurk there frees the d Reyelists, duce our men to enter privateers, one instance of desertion has taken place? • The hospitality shown to the British at • Bartholoinew°o is pleasingly dilated upon by the writer of this letter,. end we shall add the following paragraph on account 'of the local information it contains : " St. Bartholomew's, though by no means egial in point of productions to most of the otkegWest India Islands, must still be en object of attends* and curiosity to one who is unacquainted with tropical scenery : it is *boot 30, toilet In circumference, and was originally a French Cifony, bit was ceded to Sweden in 1785; the French is stili spekan by the natives op the country, or at least atilt:lloft, "VA they tall French. The chief town lit RentellQ4l**o and here all the inhabitants speak F.nellsh-ktheygeh, eery fond of the English, and 'hall rectigettut IMO the greatest hospa l alitY, friendship; . 1 4 ad The Officers who are not t apes -datraviktawieteettt•it, one party or another: - Several blelliOnli bongo of nor arrival, have been *Wets hy.fliti'eaCipal awl.; .chants, and were got . vp' sioPealOr .sometimes not lees than 300 dishes of. plate et.toble., The ship. being very heilthy,,, and having -the vantage of two Assisstant Surgeons, I have bees at. Most always on shore, visiting is the evening, and .ambling about the Island daring the *day (havirrg the l ist of a horse). The Ladies here (many of whom are very passable), are only in the habit at walking oat by moon-light, and the Officere are generally oc copied in attending them from eight in the evening until nine or ten ; they have most of them plenty of money, and are very solicitous to be taken to• Eng land to spend it." In addition to the aboie welfare received by the 0 Leeward Island packet, a series of Papers 'and let ters from Trinidad and the Spanish Main. .Among them is the Bulletin of the Patriots respecting ZA. RASA'S defeat, which it is etident hash been greatly. over-rated by the official accounts of the Spaniards. .-r. Though inferior in numbers, the . Independents fosight in the bravest manner s -and. did as much injury to their enemies es they themselves received. The provinces of Venezuela were neverbefore in so goOd a state of organization as they are In at present.—! General BoLIVAR, as Supreme Chief, his been lode. fatigable, and possesses the confidence of all cl a sses. The want of ammunition caused some delay in Gene-, nil BOLIVAR'S movements after . the affair of ZA*; LIMA'S defeat ; but it appears, be leftlAnguetera, st ae end of December, with a strong force: to site battle to the Spaniards ender Mona*. ' One'. of ear Morning Cotetnporaries tells oa, chi fetters from' Trinidad by the Leeward Island Mail 1 ° giro 4ormation from the Oronnko, which states, that the 'Patriotic Army under General BOLIVAR heel been defeated by the forces under General Motsszo, be fore Calabato, in consequence of which - the Inde. pendent forces were concentrating themselves at An• gostora." But this mast he an anlidpation of the re sult of the expected battle, for no corresponding . details have been received by the Mail. In fact it. Would appear, that the most saleable of the provincet of Santa Fe have been freed from the Spaniards, so that the whole of Moatt.t.o's formidable ezpedition. may be said to bare produced no one permanent ad. vantage to Spain.—A letter from 'Trinidad of the 11th says, 66 The news from the Main is still fa vourable to the Independents, and in the sod ,they trill succeed." ... i ,- The American Papers to the 23th which have'come to hand, furnish us with most voluminpus details of the operations of the Royal Army in the capture.of a Fort from the Republicans, called Copts, in .the kingdom of New Spain ; bet the interest Of (bear reports is by no means commensurate Ishii' their length. They are altogether as uses 1,14 a moreVitastful than satisfactory description.. We learn freers them that after a desperate defence, itaaiag•damelilibee a bastion, the Royalists took. the-fort :by assault, through: the breach, on the night of the till Nd.. amber last, harks* in that aril*. Imiimpti lout only one mon, a miner, who was . pfeilotisiy ed in one of his advanced batterittp. Four ge r . tate documents exhibit the following, resolts_ot great achievement, for whickthanks are, with much seeming solemnity, returned to the Gortof Bottles." —No. 1. gives the names of all the' Patriotic Officers taken prisoners (none of them of any re markable renown in the present Revolution), the number of wheat, with the soldiers under their com mand, amount to 977.—N0. 2, details the park of artillery taken, consisting of eight pieces, from eight down to two-poonders, besides 236 ire Grass in muskets, carbines, and pistols, 3000 cartridges, and some other articles of war.—No. 3, eahibits a long description of the plate, dresses, nod ornaments, &c. belonging to the chapel of the conquered fort.—One of the dispetches states, that many persons were forced down precipices, and otherwise • destroyed; many women and children, wishing to follow their husbands and Miters, met with a similar fate. "7" --- , - Yesterday the dispatches were closed at the FAO Indie.Hnese, and delivered in the P.efeweer the (e 1• lowing ships. via. :--Fairlie t Capt. T. E. W MIN end Henry Percher,. Capt. .1. P. 'karmic, for Bengal and Bombay. . ship of h • Ow ern I or the risit •h I Gun V et ' P• 1 i 3 SIM • As iu Hti Psi ' WS' h up , 1 - as rtt i Of sa tM 1 1N !r • . . :Pi i ~, 6' 7 y~ ! .‘ ‘l :