The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-05-15 00:00:00

for the and industry of the cultivators' • • the soil, uiils the merchants and manufacturer:, no- 1 tt.ing but a coaiimution of their p event sutferinKe; ever ran do so. For it is as clear as fiefs and figures can de ..... nstrate, thlt if the prmittrtions •-f our owo st.ii I::.re depr.otiated it:teals:l-d in tame l e. month! site 413, the introduction of toreizit produce duty fr t .', th e n has it rust this nation ti.e third part it 211.1' 1 170;141. or the sum of 7t,t7i,5•11f. per amino,. tu.. the single porpose of enabling ear nseeehants , a an:to-Wren to vend ft . . M tell to bliecn milious u unit of t fi. i r commodities in torei :: ,n niarl..th,u hereby * reofit of a million Awl a half, or at most tau u:illiosis sterling, may he gained, to set against this awful; ite;ireciation of 72,272,511/. ; and bi a hi. It de preciation th e l a i murs o f every man i n t h e United:; kingtitito, seeking to gain a lit elilatiod by skill, eapis! :al, aml lalosur, have been arrested, a large portion; our agricultural and manufacturing labourers Iti.ve! tiogeo sat to the parish for subsistence, (lie saute ut! t..;tr lands have been reduced, our culti%ators are! dispirited t ied broken down, anti, fatally, every other eauncla of industry is paralyzed, because no longer -..pocte I and led by the ropiuns stream nhich gave Nation to the whole, as long as our owes productions nt~iutaiued a remunerating price in our own markets I `.ate the honour to he, Uentlemen, your must obedient a:..1 nova 6'41'1%1 servant, CEO. 11 ' k1111 HALL. E.INT LW)! ES. Alrflras Gazettes to the 19th of January. contain issiyes fruits, Crletatta to the 3.1, and Bombay to the Gtr,. On the 26th of Vecember the official accounts of the sneer.% of the esredition against the pirates in ti.e. Persists liulph, was published at Bombay, in a l;.:;erry K,tfaurginetri, of chick we subjoin a copy. 11..atnr I,Ec. 3y, 1:419.—A dispatch has been re by the lion. the lloyernor in t'ouncil, front Al.cor-tirneral Sir William limit heir, K. M. T., to the whirr.* of the Arijutant-tietieral of the Army, doted the 9th of this month, of which the following is t.upy .• ro 'llll Allll TAS:4IINEI.II. 411 1/11 ARMY. •• have the satistiction to report the town of illis-eal-Kliyusa, after a rer.istatice of six days, was ?Awn possess . ' tttt of this ttttt rtii:ig by the force under t..•: command. Previous to niabinsr you acquainted the circitinslances which led to 111;s fortunate ir sitlf, I shall do tuyaell thi. honour briefly to detail the events which occurr.nl between the period of toy last c,ilumunir.ition and the commencement of the opera tion before Ilas-itl-Khyffia. •' On the ISth ultimo, after completing tm• ar rAigetuents at Muscat, the Liverpool sailed fur the I ruJetvons at Kishnie; on the :flst tie fell in iiith the eeet off the Persian coast, and anrhor.d off the I ;ism! of larra - I: on the 2-Ith of November. •• .•1s it appeared probable th.►t a considerable period would elapse Left) e the junction of the skip which were detained at hulahay, I cue •rived it would prove h.,blr advanugi OtIA to Al'.1:1 tOySelf of that interval In iluiring its accurate a knowledge of the strength and defences of Kas•nl•Khyma as personal observation tuald 'apply. an.l I gladly etas•aced the proposal of Captain Collier, that the Liverpool should profited r;ailfer fur that pur l .ose. 'I he senior engineer was a.cordirtgly I &kris un Ward, and haring sailed from !..:rack au the moraine , of the 3,itls, we aualaurrd off 41:43-üblihyroto for YJtb. The place was closely at.d repeatedly reconnoitered: and the weather continuing f.vonrable fur uur operations, I determiueil to order down the t imps and commence the attack, without waiting fur the rear transports, as the season of the north•N'est winil,w.is rapidly approaching, and Captain Collier appea .eil apprehensive that a further delay El:glat prove detrimental to the enterprise. A vessel was therefore dispatched mitt, instructions to Captain Walpole, who wis left in charge of the thret, and on the td instant the transports a: rik ed nutter convoy of the Curlew. " No time was lost in m.king the necessary pre parations for lan•ling, which was erected the following morning without oppositi #### , at a spat which had been F avionsly selected for th.►t purFose, about tan tallies to the southn•.,r-t of the town. The troops were form cl ac o•s the i,thumims con•ectin the Peninsula, on mvt.ich the town situated, with the neighbouring country, and the a hole of the day was occupied in gating tents on shore to shelter the men from the landing engineers' tools, sand-bags, Le. and ',making arrau tt enments preparatory to commencing our appraa•hes a.•xt day. Oa the mourning of the 4th the light tro ips were ordered in ailv:.imee, supported by the pt.tkets, tit mlimlomlve the enemy from a hank within 900 yards of the outer fort, which was expected to afford ;pod cover for the men, and to *c.ve as a depot for s.ores previous to the erection of the batteries. The whole of the light companies of the force, under cont r. mud of Captain Deckhouse, of his Majesty's 47th re it:ament, accordingly moved forward, and drove the .►rabs with great gallantry front a date grove, and over the bank al►ovc described, close under the walls et the fort, followed by the pleketo imam: Alaimo. Aiole.wortia, who to.►:: post at the sand-bank, whilst the Eur Team tight troops were skirmishing in front. The e•rewy kept up a sharp tire of musketry and cou rt not during these movements; and l regret to add, out Major Mole,smorth, • gallant and zealous officer, bias killed by a ClUiltioll shut at the head of the pickets. :.:eutenammt Stepoey, of :he 65th, was woun led on this unasion. 1 Ist tro ►ps, however, nmaintmined their position during the day, and in the night of a Lodgment witt.iu 30d yard,' of the southernmost tower, and erected a battery for tour guns, together with a r:artar battery on the right, and a trench of communi cation for time p..otertion of the covering party. „ The weatmmer having become rather unfavourable ' the disesolmarkmoion of the stores required for the lie se, it was with considerable tii:liettlty that this pri mary o•mject Was effected but every obstacle was sur mounted by the zeal and indefatigable exertions of the u.tvy, and on the mourning of the 6th we were enabled to open three In-pounders un the fort ; a couple of kommitiers and 6-pounders were also placed in the hat very en the right, whiell played on the t:eleuces a the ta‘crs, and mm arty sip 'need the enemy's lire. The Li verpool, during these operations, warped in as dose to the shore as her dr.iught of water would permit, and opened her guns on the town, which usual hare created considerah:ealarua in time garrison, but she was union.- tuaately at too gm eat a distanc! t.• ploluve Ray d, ci .rd earyt. The enemy. who dating tSe whole of oar pro gr... exhibited a considerable degree of resolit'on its with-let:Enz. and in : J.lll'4y in count meting our at ' tacos, 'allied firth at eight o'clock this eve•ting along tli • a :sole iron! oar entreachosents, ere • t clase up to the mortar battery without Leine perreivt•al, and enter: al it over the parapet. af:er spearing the atlvanr.•d sentries. The part• which or rnpieii it a•as obliged to retire, I tit loving Will-ilia tidy rcinforeed,eharred the assailant••, who were driven .•ut of the battery wit.' Ciliosidermhie Was. •1 he attar!. ••n the left Was repelled instantanconsly by the spirited re,lst mace of the ea erring party. under 31ajair Warren, tvltu distinguished himself much on this oceaa.iaiis lay his coolness anti gallantry. The enemy repeated his at tacks towards morning, hot was viesorinisly repulsed. During the 7th every ext., lion was tamale to land anal bring amp the remaining tuna anal mortars. which w• ariroitiplkheil the ni•:bt, after inces.ant dahonrat, by the sAil.w4, assisted by working parties r o a m the troops, anal those of ilk Highness the lumina. who cheerfully vallunteereal their s..rvires. They were im mediately placed i t battery, together nit,' two 94- pounders, which were landed from the Liverpool, and in the morning the whole of our ordnance o:aetted tin the fort, anal tired with se-ircely any internaiss' till sunset, when the brea.•h on the curtain was repiortsel nearly practicable an•l the towers almost untenable. I •aliale arrangements Were In Ile for the assault, 1 and the troops ordered to move flow.' to the trenches at day-break the next morning.. The bottiliardnwtit continnesl during the night, and the batteries having see •nerd their tire before day-light, completed the breaches by eight o'clock. The accompanying orders will explain to his Excellency the dispositions of at taek, as well as the tateavur..s taken to guard against the possibility of a failure, in the event of the enemy defending himself as deapera•ely as might have been expected from his previous defence. 'I hese precau tions, however, were unnecessary; the party moved forward about eight o'clock, anal entered the feet through the breaches witliont firing a shot; and it soon appeared that the enemy bad evacuated the. place. The town n•as taken possession of and found almost entirely deserted, only IS or 20 men, and a few women, remaining in their houses. I.'pou the whole, it appears evident, considerinethe spirited lie haviour of the enemy at the r tttttt neneement of the siege, that their snilden resolution to et•aruate the pla:•c was o•easionesl by the overwhelming fire of the artillery, of which they could have formed no previous idea. end which the ample means placed at nay disposal enabled' use to bring against the town. .1 Our loss, I ant happy to say, is much less than coati have been expected, Croat the length of the siege and the obstinacy with which the runny disputed our approaches. I have had no means of ascertaining thei. r, but it t have been severe. •• 1 beg yon will assure his Excellency, that I feel enti►ely satisfied with the conduct of the troops; their gallantry has been exceeded only by their patience and cheerfulness under even• specie• of privation and fa tigue ; and the peculiarity of this service has called forth a full display of these qftelities. whirl► are equally creditable to the soldier as the most intrepid arts of braver•. By the orders which Ido myself the honour to inclose, I►is Excellency will be enabl►d to rwintate the services performed I►v Captain Collier, and the naval part of the expedition ; and I can only add, that the ack►►owledgenseuts the►rin exprest•ed are scarcely adequate to the assistance I have received from thew. I have the honour to be, acc. (Signed. •• W. BR ANT KEIR, Major-Uen. " Camp Ras-al-khinaa, WA Dee. 1810. " METUIIS OF CA-U %LT'S, 114 TPA roar, UNDWR TEE COM MAND OF FAMM- GG XGG AL AM M. O. KIM M.M.T. DCIIHI THt OFLIATIONS ►GAINST FROM THE 4TM TO 9TH OCCLUDED. 1819, EXCLULITIL " Camp at Ras-wl-KApaa. loth Dee. 1919. " Detachment of a rtlllery.—D ounded, 1 drummer, Trask tad Ala ; grand Wel. 3. •' his 111ajest)'s 47th regiment.—Killed. I major. I rank and tile ; grand total, V.—Wounded, Id rank sad file ; grand total. 16. "His Majesty's; 11:111ircirlineet.—KIllod. rank arid Me; rand total, I captain, 1 lieutenant, VI rank and file ; rand total. V 3. Ist hattalion2.l recline:lt Native Intentry.—Wounded, hatiltlar, 4 rank and file; grand Intel. b. •• Detail hattallon.—W °ended. I hat ildar. 'auk and OW; grand total, S. •• Sippers attached to the Engineer Department. —Wound ed. I rank and file. " Total.— Killed. I major, 4 rank and file; grand total, i. Wounded. I captain. I lieutenant • Y tins ildars, I drummer, 46 taut and file; grand total. Al. " Name of the Aker Allied—Major R. C. Moiety - Mb, his Mr.je4t)'s 47th Itegiment. • WOltlftied —Captain John Cintterivack. his Majesty's 05th Regiment, Brigade Major ; Lieutenant J. R. titerney, ditto. (Signed) •• F. G. /MANSON, •• Deputy Adjutant-tiro.•' Manilas, Jas. 18—Our private letters from Cal cutta give us deplorable accounts of the great Mor tality which prevails in that city (the deaths are said to be more numerous than at any former season). The following is an extract from one of them : " Death has been tusking great bevock among us lately, and all our quidnunc? , air positive that so such sickly season has occurred fur many years; I mug say that I think so; howetec, the al..rtn is so pre dominant, that I believe I am left solitary in my o e ininn. One thing has certainly been rather peculiar to the ailments of late uccurrenre, as those who have fallen sick have been generally filled with the appre hension of fatal consequences, and I believe mousy deaths have resulted from this pusillanimous abandon ment of hope before disease hail put on a serious ap pearance. I have indeed beru oftener than asnal at the burring-ground, following my deceased friends, and rirruwatauces have given an unusual turn to my thoughts on such occasions. One day Capt. Mamma, of the 7:rth Regiment, and myself, went in the sane buggy to witness the interment of a Highlander, one of our friends: the next time I went down Part-street, was following the remains of Ivor 111•4ueen with Captain Roebuck, marching by my side in perfect health : and the other day liiieburk w. s also pat under the sod. Some folks have been seen making their purchases at auction one day, and the undertaker's 6lack-bortiereil card has been inwribed with their 11.atle5 the U.V. One petty juryman did his duty in the box one day in good health, and u ne xt ca ll e d, it was found that he had been deposited in the narrow &p.o.e. These circumstances are striking enough, bat still I think I h tie *eels periods ut as great mortality i Calcutta." ATM! IN. SlNititi LEON G.IZLITES. Faervo VN, Fe I!+—'tor harbour:o,4min to pre via a most gratifyi.ll a:pret : vessels arrive daily, and and others depart prer:lart wilt tin I,uits of a legiti taste co;;;;; Tee: the merit°. ions exertions of hit Nfajes ty's sketadron in the rause of justice au I humanity, have crowdel Co: hark.urs %lilt st:ve vessels ; our streets, in are it:ple..s.valy thronged with the unblushing. wretehe,, the slave traders, ;do, hiring set defiance to the fans of God, and violated the minces of their own rountrie.", attend our markets, and would abuse those very men whom they hive torn far ever, we fear, from the hoar of their childhoosl,l and the scenes of their vouth ; these vile traffickers in Mood are as hostile to lilt-rig as they are devoid of i sktme : a very short period will, however, we trust,' rill us of their hateful presence. Want of space prevents our entering into detail I upon the great advantages, we are persuaded, this colony must derive from the monthly packet, now es• tablislied be wren this and Bathurst, in the Gambia, and touching at the Isle de Los. We hope that the measure will be extended, and that soon we will enjoy a similarly regular communication with the tiold Coast : indeed, we look to the period when packets will sail from fur the coast of Africa, and others from Africa to the West Indies. We court a more steady intercourse with the mother country, and all her dependencies. Anxious that light may be thrown upon all our proceeding's, we solicit fair and honour able inquiry—wishing well to every colony or settle smut belonging to hie Majesty, in every quarter of the globe, we hailed, and will continue to hail, the great improvements we hear are being in progress on the (fold lout :---hated ourselves by all the revilers of true liberty and philanthropy, we have traduced non. ---hut, in defiance of all, we exclaimffat With sentiments of horror and shame we notice the report so widely circulated of J. O. Kearney, late a resident of Kent, having joined the traffickers in blood at the lialines—A British subject who sought an as sylutn in the land of Freetown, after the reddition of Senegal to the French, turning a traitor to the cause of humanity, offers aouther proof that some depraved mortals, the aril Sacra jetties is all. We will give in our next, the copy of an agreement found on board La Merit., which leaves no doubt on the vile transaction; but Providence has turned his wicked purposes to the advantage of the Africans, whose cause he betrayed. On Friday last, 106 individuals, of all ages, were landed as slaves from that vessel, and are now free at Waterloo. FRILETOWN, Fen. 46.—We have had no important arrivals since our last--we have heard that the two vessels taken in the Rio Yong°, by Sir fteorge Collier and the Thistle, were condemned. We cannot how ever, but regret with the generality of oar Readers, that fron► •..e circumstance of the Court not teing open to spectators, it is not in nor power to offer to the world that informati►►n upon these nefari ous transactions, that might tend to pot a stop to the traffic—the exposure of villains would at beast operate as a warning upon others not already engaged in the same trade: publicity, in all public matters, has of lute years been considered as the strongest pool of the progress of rational liberty in Europe. THE PROGRESS OP PUBLIC OPINION ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. No. XII. Ns. svaae* OBJRCTfONS TO • SHOAT IMULTION OP PAHLIAMENT. The spirit of Reform had scarcely recovered from the shock of the London riots in I 7so, when it was checked by the excesses of the French revolution, and the outrageous apprehensions of Mr. Edmund Burke. The auspicious dawn of freedom and improve ment which had arisen on the extensive and important territory of France, had been hailed with unexampled ardour by the liberal and enlightened men of Rag land of the most respectable ranks; and the sympathy I which awakened hope in the breasts of those who Imaged for the extension of liberal ideas, excited coun teracting sentiments of alarm and resentment among the enemies of innovation. At the heat of this power ful tribe Burke suddenly stepped forth as the resolute and redonbtable champion; and the talents he ills played in his celebrated Ritrutcrtoss, countenanced by Mr Pitt, and supported by the whole authority of tiovernment, gave fresh fashion for a while to every j antiquated corruption in ,the political system of Eng- I land, and the tone of contempt or odium to the must I guarded and moderate attempt at reformation. The asperity with which the iols.ence of this able partisan was exercised, and the contrast which his aristocratic spirit exhibited when compared with his former straggles for the introduction of pnb ', tic economy, and the reduction of the burtbens of the people, have produced among many, who were not apprised of his previous principles, an opinion i I that he had proved himself an apostate front the s 1 Cause of Perinossentary Reform. It is due, however, from the impartial Reviewer of the Progress of Opi nion, to state, that the character of Bathe, is in this point, free from the charge of inconsis ti tency. At a very early period he appears to have Ideprecated any change in the re?resentative my.- tem; and even in the very month when he was making his most strenuous efforts to recommend his economi- I cal arrangements in vie State, be took occasion to oppose, as has been already stated, a motion of Mr. Alderman Sawhridge, in the House of Commons, for ' shortening the duration of Parliaments. In that Number of this Review which gives an out- I line of that debate, an opportunity was afforded to notice, but in a very brief and imperfect manner, the I sentiments which Mr. Burke expressed en the occasion. +The occasion, however, appears to have been regarded ! Iby him as of very considerable importance. It will be observed, that a few days after Mr. Sawbridge made his nudism, ia the House of ConAmons, in f of Annual Parliaments, the Duke of Richmond had untended to introduce his Bill into the House of Lords, to establish Annual Parliaments and Universal Suf tinge. Both th-se measures may bare probably been I j k-pt in m.nd by Mr. Burke when he prepared himself to oppose time motion of Alderman Sawbridge, 1 That. at any rate, he considered the snbject deserving mere than ordinary attention, he has afforded ample , l AA.* • # proof, by a sketch which he had eirawn mit bef ore he spoke un the orcasiou, and which was pr, 'erred awing. his p:.rri, and pnit'ished since his o:cath 'ot the tenth scluoie of his work.. In Ws sketch, :•, ie objections he entertained against the (retook:: of Kr liansentary elections are set forth with Lis accuoln ue d energy anti skill; and while they .trimly point toot the inconveniences that 'night attend the annual recut. remit of elections ander the present : , ystein of currap thin, they evince, by implication, in the clearest atil snos• fircible nisnacr, the bsolute necessity of correct. leg that corruption, and the great probability of pro ducing that elfret, by a wide extension of the elective Gambi a .. With a:1 the display they make of O at dangers of innovation, anJ all he civil they hare of a haw; a4 the fotiiity of Antot.ti Parliaments upon the present plan, they may hr real m 411 ; 0 1v 4s t age as 4r. gunlent.s in favour of A r ad io al Moro. Mr. llurtie co:tune:lves his premeihtated address on Mr. Sawbridge's ;notion by observiiir, th a t o I t i, al. ways to be lament:A when men are driven to 'flier:, into the fouild.it; of the coontion•vealth. it is cer tainly nee e 4. to resort to the theory of your Go vernmlnt whenever you propose any alteration in the frame of it, whether that alteration means the re vival of some antiquated and forsaken I s onstitution of State, or the introduction of some nett inpri/IV cut in . the Comnionwealth. The object of our deliberation is to promote the good purposcs fo which e 'views have been instituted, and to prevent their in .onveni ences. If we thlught frequent elections a!temleil with no inconvenience, or with but 3 tritline inconve nience, the strong overruling, principle of the con,ii. tution would sweep us li •e a torrent towards then,. But your remedy is to be suited to your disease —your present disease, and to your whole disease. That man thinks much too highly, sail therefore he thi n k, weakly and delusively, of any contrivance of human wisdom, who believes that it can innke any son of ap proach to perfection. There. is not, there never was, a principle octinvernment andcr licay..n, that does Dot, in the art pursuit of the good it proposes, cia. tunny and inevitably lead into some inconvenience, which makes it absolutely necessary t i counter-work, and weaken the application of that first principle it self, and to abandon somethint7 of the extent of !!;.- advantage you proposed by it, in order to prevent also the inconveniences which have arisen front the instru ment of all the good you had is tier. " To govern according to the sense, and agreeably to the interests of the people, is a great and glorious object of government. his object tbe 'obtained but through the medium of a popular election; and popular election is a mighty evil. It I. such, and IKP great an evil, that though there are few nations, whose monarchs were not originally elective, very few are now elected. They are the distempers of elections, that have destroyed all free States. To are them dis!empers is difficult, if not impossible ; the only thing, therefore, left to save the commonwealth, is to prevent their return too frequently. The objects is view are, to have parliaments as frequent us they can he without distracting them in the prosecution of pub- He hoisittesn ; on one hand, t•o secure their dependmice upon the people, on the other, to give them that quiet in their minds, and that ease -in their fortunes, as to enable them to perform the most ertitions and will painful duty in the world with spirit, With eflictency, with independency, and experience, as real public counsellors, not as the canvassers at a perpetual elec tion. It is wise to compass as molly good ends as possibly you can, and toeing there are incoannieeces on both sides, with benefits on both, to give up a part of the benefit to soften the inconvenience. The per fect cure is imprazticahle, hecaese the disorder is dear to those, front whom alone the cure can possibly he derived. The utmost to be done is to palliate, to mitigate, to respite, to put off the evil day of the con stitution to its latest possible hour,--and may it be a very late one. This Bill," [in favour of Anflual Parlimientso " I fear, would precipitate one of two consequences, I know not which most likely, or which most dangerous; either that the Crown, by its constant, stated power, influence and revenue, would wear out all opposing° , in elections, or that a violent and furious popular spirit would arise. I must sr:. to satisfy me, the re medies ; I moist see, from their operation in the care of the old evil, and in the cure of those new evils, which art inseparable fr an all remedies, how they balance each other, and. what is the total result. The excellence of mathematics owl metaphysics is to km but one thing before you ; but he forms the best lodg ment in all moral diesptisitions, who has the greatest number awl variety of considerations in one view be fore him, and can take them in with the best possible consideration of the middle results of air. " All are agreed that Parliaments should not be perpetual: the only question is, what is the most con venient time for their duration: On which there- are three opinions. We are agreed too that the term ought not to be chosen most likely in its operation to spread corruption, anti to augment the already overgrown influence •f the Crown. On these principles I mem to debate the question. " That the frequency of elettiOns pro by Ilk - Pc 4 . 41 Kill has a tendency to increase the power and um sideration of the electors, not lessen corrnptibilty, o do most readily allow. So tar it is desirab le. This is what is has; I will tell you what it has not: ht. It has no sort of tendency to inc their integrity and public spirit, unless an increase of power hat an operation upon voters in election', that it ban ia co other situation in the world, and upon no Ober pert of mankind. 2d. 'I his Hill has uo teadeney to "it the quantity of indocilee in the Crown, to reader its I operation more ditheult, or to counteract that gem titan, which it cannot prevent, in any war whatsoever. I It has its full weight, its full range, and its woe trolled operation on the electors, exactly Nit bad be fore. 3d. Nor, thirdly, does it :bate the interest sr inelination of Ministers to apply that influence $ ate electors: on the contrary, it solders it weds MM necessary to theta, if they seek to have a istajorilY ja Parliament, to increase the mess' of that Warm% and redouble their dtligenc and to sharpen dexterity is in the application. Tile scluoie effect of the Sid therefore, the moot ing the et;splication of M AO! 1111 1 . of the influence from the elected to Coe Pigeons. Eta further to strengthen and extend a Court interes'--c -already great and powerfol, in b.srouglis; here 0 : their magr.a:nes and Oases of arms, and dam to • Ft' 4