The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-09 00:00:00

MR r province lib.!raiiy to cotitribute their aisistadee lb this important matter, understanding that ail pa. pen 'liven into this Junta shall be examined and printed, provided they contain nothing repugnant to our holy religion, good morals, the fundamen. tal laws of the Monarchy, or the character of in, TMs Government has appointed, on its part, as its deputies for the soperintendance of this important object, the Most Excellent Senhor Don F. M 4VA III'ACO, DON G. It trAtf. lit.x‘nuax Panto, and Dun GONZALO lIURTADO BALDOVI- Nos ; and for the examination and censure of all papers which shall be printed on this subject, the Senhors DonAr.ON•o CALDERON Y CABEZAS, Don MANUEL Dt LA ROCHA, and Dun M ANDEL or penitentiary canons and prebends of this holy church, whose approbation shall be sufficient fur the prinli•lg of any writinai, and without which nothing shall he published. "JOSE LOPES MARTINEZ, &trefoil% "B.ulajnz, July 12. HP." CORV-EX:II.INGE, AuG. 9. Wheat to-day is in tolerable supplies, more than nil pate to the demand—sales are particularly by av y ao 1 n 1 loner prices; Barley again in very short sti o ely ; MAI haAlly at list prices ; White Pease, thi , w,•ek, are full 10s. per qnarter rhea:tor ; Beans, of the two kind, are lower; the supplies of Oats are eousiderable, but not many samples of lint quality, and those are rather dearer ; Flour inclines downwards ; Fine Ame rican .18s. to 51s. per barrel. Cl/RILL/I' Pit Wheat, it ** Fir Mute Ski. 111, Le. l'E OF Gn ' rick [leant , . - - - - 445. 4:'. j 0 0., I ditto - - - - 39, rotasite ditto - - - - to 1.4- nape:4,4.J! - - - £lB X3l. Flue Flour - - - • Al'-. 1 4 &.. I Seconds 11. Or's. MAI. - 736. W. Pm. ( li , b9eri) - 9 , 5. 904• t.re% l'fl•. • - - - - 4 - s. 5t t .4. IiCAJI • aS'i. tiles. THUS D E 't STO It.ll. rot !Immo, AUG. 3.----On Thursday after. noun this city and u!sliouriii)ol was tiSited with a severe storm of 'homier. The rain fell iii tor rents, and the lighatiitig, which was extremely incasioncit &vulg.. in several places. It struck the gable of a house in Cable's Vynd, Leith, and descending by the chimney, killed boy w ho was neat the fire, and very much scorched another. Continuing its course, at scorched tw o women in a room below, where it seems to have forced out a patsig,” by the imlows, every on:, of w hich were broken, aiol the walls muc h i n . jured. It atsu mtliesl t!ie hell wires in a house in the New Town, and biuke bOIIIC windows in James's.court. Yesterday moo-1414; his M %/ESTI, the Dnk '9 of 'roux and Cuisaver.avo, Hon. Mr. Vti.t.tEss, Generals G WYNNE, CARTWAtooT and FiTSROT ; Lally G. MUMS.% T, and Colonels Tavhon and Dusan*, rode in Windsor Park, and returned at noun; an the Doke of Yon& soon anent Ards kft Windsor, and returned to Loudon. We are happy to state that Princess Awctt A is fast r covering from her late severe ill , e , is On Illonday last, her Royal Highness co:old:tett the twenty-sixth year of her age ; upou which ncca mien, as well as upon the present improved state of her health, she received :h • concratulotions of all the branches of the Hop! Family, and the surrounding Nobility a:id ('entry. Yesterday afternoon a Cabinet C inneil was held at Burlington-house, at which tv• re regent Graze the Duke of Ponn.ano, the LORD CUANCELLOR, &irk CAMDEN. ItARROWay, BAT HURST, and Wrytat on La n ; Lords CAATLEHE %GU and LETESON GOWER ; Mr. tierretary CANNING and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCIII.QtI La. Mum' (King's Messenger) left the Admiralty yesterday erasing, with dispatches fur the Expe dition. Yesterday the Duke of Po !MANES gave a grand dinner .it lloirlington.lionse, Piccadilly. Yesterday her Royal Highness the Princess of Wai.Es, Lady Ern Ncii4m, and a select party, dined with the Duchess of Bansswics, at her house, Blackheath. We are concerned to state, that Lord EA IDLE! lies dangerously ill at his seat, Belvidere, in Kent. Yesterday forenoon the Princess of W4t.cs ar rived in town, from Windsor, and in the evening his Royal Highness entertained a select party with an elegant dinner at Carlton House. llis Royal Highness the Duke of CAmsniner. art ived at his house in Berkeley-square yesterday, from Windsor. This 'lnv his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES will kate town, for Brighton. On Sahrday last Lady CLARINS departed this I.re at Richmond, where she long bore an exalted ch iracter fur humanity and benevolence. 11cr re thains will be interred to-morrow, without pump, iu the cemetry a Petersham Church. The Duke of Dui:minas entertained a party with an elegant dinner yesterday at Devonshire- The 'Earl and Countess of Cowes*, and a large flirty, dined yecterday with Lord and Lady Also. sat ht !i t at their house at Whitehall. The Fad of if AIIROWBY gives a grand Cabinet dinner this day at his house in Grovesnor.square. In the event of Lord GAMBIER'S retiring, Ail. YouNG, it is said, will succeed him. Capt. MAITI AND, of the Enu'rald, who would li-tve I),Tii a material vritnebs on the trial of Lord GAM- E ut, was not called on that occasion, being ab sent upon duty at sea. We have great pleasure in announcing, that the health of the Earl of DERBY is perfectly regtored. The public days at Knowsley, in consequence, cummenced on Thursday last, the 2.1 ult. itirdi itristmasm FALUN:TR, Aso. 6.—ArrITO the Prisms Elisabeth packet, Pietrohale, with Malt from Lisboa, eleven days postage; left there his Majesty's ships Hargeor, 98; Norge, 74; Mastitis, 18; aa& Phipps, It. His Majesty's ship Lively, Upside 91 1 Eisiey, sailed from thence a the 40th ult. with Convoy for England. At Lisbon. they were in hoerly erpectm lee el a batik. Victor's army was strongly intresiehed near MatlFN : the combined armies of English, Spaniards, aid Portegvesi, were rapidly advancing towards the sway, and were Within TO miles of him; they were espeeted to get in sight of the enemy shoat the 90th alt. Arrived the Duke of Kent (2d), Lowrance; with Malls from Cadiz, 12 days passage; left there Ms Majesty's ships Atlas, 74; Conqueror, 71; and Leviathan. 74. 9be brims an acrou that the French had failed is an attempt to stuns Germs (in Catalonia) ; they had besieged the place for some time, and erected a breach in the walk, through which 16 men could march abreast, but are stated to have hers beat back with great slaughter; the mamas of Licroua are said to have behaved most nobly. The Spaniards at 4. adis were in high spirits, and ridiculed all idea of beiug subjugated by the French. S. fled his Majesty's sbip Aretbusa, 38 guns, Capt. Meads, fur Ferrol PLYstoern, A ccesv 7.—Salled the Princess Charlotte frigate, for Cork ; also the Faitrepronante cutter, with a Messenger and dispatehes for Constantumple. Sailed the Pa triot schooner, Trash, for Falmouth, to load for Lisboa. Ar rived the Hazard, Market!, from Lisboa, bound to Lanka, laden with wool and f vie ; also the French sloop Dolphin, captured no her voyage from Boordeanz to Senegal, Wen with sundries, by the Aretbasa frigate, and the cargo sold at Comma; sow sent bonne m a tender to Fetch men sent hi prizev. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 9.—This aftensooe arrived the Defender, Limitestart Nor, from a cruise. Sailed the Christian, of 74 gam, Sir Jot. Yorke; War like, of 71 gam, Captain Bowie% ; Gmhawk, Captain Inne. ; and the Growler, Lieutenant Crossmaa, oo a cruise uf the opposite coast of Fraure. The Gannet is apps ink convoy for the Downs. Dais., Ana. R.—L*tt night the outward-hound ships which sailed to the Westward, in the morning, returned back to the Downs, and remain; and in the evening Vice-Admiral Campbell hoisted his flag on bird his Ilaie.ty's s.lip Uni corn. which ship. iv ith the Nereos and Dexterous, remain in the Downs. The Dexterous takes convoy to the Westward, and a brig is appointed ricivoy fur the Eastward. PL! MOUI 11, Auu. 6. You may be apprized of the loss of men the' Dreadnought sustained, in the attack inside by her boats : two of them, each commanded by a Lieutenant, attacked a corvette, at anchor, in Basque toads; when on the first getting alongside, a boarding-netting, which had bees previously prepared with weights affixed to it, was drawn out to the yard-arms, and let fall upon them, thus entangling the whole ere*, ' thirteen in number, with a Lieutenant, who were all refused quarter, and cut to pieces.— The tither boat, in assisting, nail all her crew and the Lieutenant wounded, the latter dangerously. These were enabled to return to the Dreadnought. Retort says, that this apparently rash enterprise was undertaken in consequence of a dispute be. tween the two Lieutenants, when on board their own ship, and having no opportunity of settling it, one challenged the other to attack the corvette, whilst rowing guard, otherwise he should deem him a r:►ward. Certain it is, that the attack st as made without orders from the Captain ; and the junior Li-utenant was the first that made it : so far car. cuu►stahc corroborate• this report. We have received Chsrleston Tapers to the Ist, and New York to the Id ult. A day of thanks giving was appointed on the oth for the distin guished and tinreinitted blessing of peace with which Providence had visited the United States. When shsll the dilspidated countries of Europe uffer the tribute of pious gratitude for the same deliverance from the ralsmities of war ? Jowl Q. ADAMS h 45 been nominated by the PREsi DENT 43 Ambassador to the Court of Peters. burgh, and his appointment has - been confirmed by the Senate. Letters from the Ifavannah, in the American papers, expose the falsehoods and absurdities by which thu Spanish Government there, through the medium of the press, practice upon the good sense and patience of the multitude. It ►s said that BONAPA RTE was assassinated at Strasburgh ; that Tat.LaywAsto was called, pin tempere, to the head of affairs; that Louis XVIII. was re. quested to ascend the Throne; acid FeItDINAWD VII. was invited to the coronation at Paris. The Legislature of Massachusetts, previous to the adjournment, passed a resolution instructing their Representatives to use their endeavours to cause the folluwing amendment to be made in the Constitution of the United States :—" That no law for laying an embargo, or general pruhibi. Lion, or restraint of commerce, shall have force longer than until the expiration of 30 days after the commencement of the Ses,inis of Congress nest succeeding that Session in which the said law shall luso been enacted." In our new conquest, the island of Welchem, affairs are expected to proceed slot only so peace ably, but so amicably, that the nhulc will be ready for the reception of visitants in a month, and the Waleheren packets wia probably deprive the Margate boys of many a cargo of London burls and nymphs! Seven troops of the Ist, or Royal Dragoon Guards, have arrived at Ptershill Barracks, near Edinburgh. 'fwo troops have marched for Perth, two for Hamilton, and five troops remain in Eng land. The horse which Gen. JUNOT presented to Lord PAGET, as 011 C of the heat bred hones in Fiance, and for which his Lordship gave a very fine English horse in return, is now at &audit. sort, near Litchfield, and is an ill.shaped scrubby animal, not worth 101. Mr. F:LLERICiR has refused 3000 guineas fur his horse Cardinal York. Lord WIIIITWOHTH and the Duchess of Masai hare gone to reside, • for (h.• reni.iiiider of the MI. son s at their Seat near PUrtslllolalil. COVAT 011P•C1tANCffiitt; Tuesday.,lo4pet 7. . •. • • ta.e.titta,•lattre. The winces in the Arm of May and CO.;ht Greenock, had become bankiiipts. The house of Maciaughlan, Gault, and Cu. ,J[AnOtin, were creditors tots very considerable amount. A meet ing of the Creditors was held, at which Mr. Gault attended. • Upon an examination of the, books of the Bankrupt, whose debts amounted to near 70,0001., Mr. Gault and others were of opt. nion that the property was almost sufficient to an. swer every demised. It was proposed, therefore, that the Creditors should take bills for their debts, to be paid by instalments. As an additional secs. rity, Gault agreed to give the other Creditors bills on his house, provided they allowed him to take 70001. of the bankrupts' property immediately, as an anticipatiuo of his demand. The Creditors then present assented to this, provided all the Creditors should consent. Among those *hi) agreed to this arrangement was the Petitioner, whose claim amounted to about 1,7001. The house in Loudon took the advantage of this agreement ; bat in some months after it was discovered that the affairs of the Bankrupts were nut in so favourable a situation as was at first imagined ; sad at another meeting of the Credi. tors, Gault desired to be relieved from the femur'. ties, bleb had been given under a general mistake. This was assented to un the part of the Creditors, pr..vided the house of Gault and Maclaughlan would restore the money which they had received upon the faith of the agreement to the general fund. This was refused—and it was consequently determined, that the securities should be retained. The house of Gault and Maelaughlan afterwards failed, and a commission was taken out against thew. The question was, whether the Petitioner, as holder of one of the securities, could prove his debt under this commission. Against the allow ance of the proof, it was urged, that the whole of the Creditors had not given a formal assent to the agreement, though that was one of the conch. time.; and that the agreement was at any rate founded on a mistake. The Lotto Ca t Ncrt.r.on said, that the condi tion as to tlie whole of the Creditors, was inserted merely for the security of those who actually as. sented, and could clot be relied upon by Gault, especially as his house had taken the benefit of the agreement. The plea of its being founded on mistake might n,►t have been asailikide, if the money, as required by the Creditors, had been paid back into the general fund. But that n•'t having beeo done, he held that the securities were in Circe, and that the Petitioner had a right to trove—and it was gsrde • tly. ilaverfordwest H. u•r+ el ts•il on Wednesday. and atiordeJ excellent sport tt - i the numerous spec. talon. The town was crowded with all the gen. toel families in the coun►y of Pembroke, and many genteel families from the adjoining counties of Cardigan and Carmarthen. AtQueest-sguarc yesterday morning, a youdg man named Greenfield, lately iu the nary, at. tempted to put a period to his existence by cutting his throat with a large knife, w'bilst under exami. nation before the Magistrates, for stealing a erowo-piecc, the property of Mrs. Will, in Tot. hill street, but was prevented by Gillmore, the Officer. Con N-MARKET.—On Thursday last a cause of very great importance to the commanity was tried at the Norwich Assist-3. The defendants; who are opulent sornAserchants, were indicted, at the suit of the King, fur a conspiracy to enhance the price of corn by entering into resolutions not to poi.- chase for ready money in future but at a month's credit, and daring wily two hours in the day, in stead of abiding by the former custom of par. chasing for ready money, and during the whole day, by which new regulation they would be ena. bled to monopolise the market, and charge their new prices to the consumers. After Mr Serjeant BAST had proceeded some length in his opening speech, the Judge advised the defendants publicly to rescind their resolutions, stating, at the same time, that if they should be con►icted, • most se. were sentence should follow. The defendants agreed to comply with bis Lordship's suggestion. At the Assizes fur one of the Midland counties, a woman was tried for the murder of her bastard child: and after the Judge had taken great pains in explaining the provisions of Lord &cameo. novon's Art, the Jury acquitted her of the mur der, and found her guilty of concealing the birth of the child. Tho Prisunor next tried ads charged with stealing a goose, and the same Jury, think. ing that the law applied equally to both cases, ac. quitted the Prisoner of the felony, but found him guilty of concealing the goose! A youth of 13 years of age, the only son of Sir &wants PRTCR, Bart. of Brook-house, in the county of Somerset, and of Westmorland- house, London, has been ever since the 17th ult. missing from the residence of his disconsolate pa. rents. The young gentleman will, on his attain ing the age of 21 years, become possessed of a fur. tune of 20,0001. per annum. The estraoldinary presentation of the Hon. and Rev. Mr. AGAR to the valuable Prebendal Stall of St. Michael, in Dublin, by his father, the Arch bishop, a few hours before his death, so contrary to the expectation of the Candidates of the Chap ter of Christ Church, Dr. MAGRI, and Dr. Gnus's:, is the general subject of animadversion and astonishment throughout Ireland. There is a great scarcity of partridges this year, and those that are appear rather weak, in comic questa% of the severe spring and cold SIIIRMIT. The torn harvest has commenced in Sussex and the adjoining corn counties, sad practises to be very abundant. it,' A letter from Paughkerpsie mentions, that the neighbourhood of that town had been infested by swarms of locusts, which covered the woods and destroyed vegetation. Some ingenious natnrolims were employed in investigating UN phenomena nd this ravenous bout ) $s revolt its faders depra . , Ki nation, Alia 17.. L Wit-difiletistinell that the intended attack on St. Mango by the Rambo and marines of the .slivadrbn, du positively to take place on the sdi. Evert tiling Was redly for Melt landing, landing, and Captain Burl, the Sportily brig, was appointed to tommatid them: Tho ma do: tsehment of artillery on shore, under Lleetemini Faddy, had Wes Of the greater Service to the Spaniards In annoyibg the enemy, whd hid *Wil • two sallies *lth a view tb surpfte tie Spaniorda t but lets reprised with considerablil loss. In olds instance, the bellying patty consisted of two lido. dyed men; but in about ted ininatol, they were consposled to tetreet with this lots of 40 Irtilek and 57 wounded. The troops and isiballithalb in the city were id the greatest distress for west of provisions; yet they refused td surrender , on being summoned by Captain Cdasbyi df Lie Po* phonate. A strong battery had been erected eis• der the direction of Lieutenant Faddy, beetroot Fort Jerome and the city, *hid "mild soda cods. pel the fort to surrender, as there wet" only ill men in it. Several Italians have lately thatertedi and joined Lieut. Fads. 's patty. On the night of the CI instant, tire Ishii be. longing to the Polyphemus, being eland to Shore at Santo D oningo, were discerned by the enemy, wboopened a lire on them from the batteries, "bed one of the boats was unfortunately took, awl several OHM kills* and 'evaded; the tither boat succeeded in reaching a small fort in possessive of the Spaniards. Besides the killed ie the boat, in are sorry to Nate that a needier of sea are title. sing. The harmony was chased for Potent hears qt the city of Si. Domingo, by a large schools., when the Tswedsluup of war fortunately hole itt sight, and immediately pursued her. The Timed spoke the !known', and informed iser_ . , that the . schooner was the French privateer L'ilframisilo of sit guns and 75 men, deeply laden silth pro: visions, taken out of diferent vessels captired by ber, and with which she made buyers! attempts td get into Santo Domingo, but was unable to elude our cruisers. The crews of the vessels which had the misfortune to be taken by this privateer, were treated with great cruelty. _ _ On the Bth inst. off Cape Nicholas Mole, Capt. Hunt fell in with the fleets of the Haytiaa Chiefs, Petion and Christophe, in close aedon. That of the former consisted of scree sail of all dowel!). tions ; that of the latter of live only; bit they were, however, so well matched; that it wan im. possible to say which would be victorious. Ktstorrom, Jose 24.—The American sehooeee Eleanor, from Baltimore to St. Bartholomew., with provisions, detained on the flth instant by the Sappho brig, of 13 guns, was brought lulu Port Royal on Saturday. OliSansana, on Widow's? se'nnight, the Eleanor was boarded by tie PWI brig, of 16 guns, and informed that the ilvadribd had landed five hundred seamen and marlin* at St. Domingo, for the purpose of ets.opnradadvrta the Patriots. We regret to state, that in the dor& feed Flushing, Col. PAM has been badly moisoded ie the elbow, and is likely to lose an arm. Very fear 01Sem have suffered any injury. - Doggett's Coat and Badge was yesterday rowed fur ti second time this year, in consequence of the first contest on, the tegalar day having heal de. dared feel. It was a most excellent wager.— They did not start until about screw o'clock. Barrow and Godfrey took the lead; but they were intent on picking each other up ' • and at Westminster.bridge oung Godfrey, of Strands lane, gave in, in consequence of having wrenched his shoulder, which had been sprained is Brod. ginal contest, when he was the leader. Jury of Hermitage, who was the third, started forward: Milbank, and gained four ur five boat's leer in about five minutes. He continued the leader; and was first in at the Old swan ,at Chelsea, at half after eight o'clock. The improvemeu:s so re time carrying ea la the town or Camelford, ate nearly completed. They include common sewers, a neatness and uniformity of paving, &c. which will add greatly to the eat. ness of the place and the comfort of the 'nimbi. tents. A spacious chapel is also building at Camel. ford, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodists of the neighbourhood. CANADA.—Extract of a letter from Quebeci dated 18th May :—" A Mr. Harm, who is a freeholder, and was duly elected to the radii. ment, happens unfortunately to be a Jew, 'mid as such the most Christian Members were wewilling to sit with him. An attempt to put him out is one of the acts which the Governor in Mapes* calls unconstitutional. Another of those swims. stitutiunal acts was, an attempt to prevent a lodge, named De Bonne, who is an active Members from sitting. While these gm:silo/as were under de. bate, with closed doors the Governor went to the Council Chamber, and dissolved the Assembly. In the course of his speech the Governor took occasion to compliment Jody De Bonne, Messrs. Blackwood, 1)e Seleherry, Deuichau, and sonic others, who generally IWO with them, as having used their utmost efforts to avert that conduct of which he had meek reason to complain. Though the Governor's speech was just, its severity was, perhaps i there. fore more stringly felt; and it Is to be feared that great asperity of feeling will, in coneeqessce, be found in the new Parliament, to which it is asp. posed, the same Members will, with very few ex ceptions; be re-elected. Sir James Craig is, however, looked upon by the most judicious pen. ple of the province as a very able Governer, sin. sorely disposed to promote the welfare and happi. nos of the people, and one whose less world be severely felt. It is much to be wished that gnash schools ttiould he Introduced here. N thing would tend so much to infuse right notions and peigieiplehin the minds of the people, who are now studiously kepi in a state of daritnets and pelt,. dice by their Priests. Sir James Craig was to leave Quebec on the 19th of June for Moatteali whan...l he would return in August. Galore! &town• nel commands in Montreal. He is math liked there, as also Mrs. Drummond." I 1 bill'. INTllifiliiiiiileit ~--4-. -.--..- • 44.1141C4-0.01401. & beat COURT orcitt.vcititt; , KiNiirivir, AIN 17.. L itiaktilitiall that the days TagegdaiS'iligald 7. .. intanialwei stimAr ...a Ca r5-z.l - --._ ..- ei.--.1.- ....A e i Ilibm.