The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-10 00:00:00

liE - 100 .Air Total 65 1713 NORTH-WEST EXPEDITION. THE ARMY. We ate authorised to contradict, as wholly unfounded, the following paragraph, which appeared in Freeman's Dublin Journal, and most of the Provincial, as well as the London Papers.—(Courier 46 Hacr-rav t is understood that a regu lation has been recently made at the War office, and will speedily be published at the Horse Guards, which will eetul, not only to purify the army of such Officers as may be found unworthy of holding his Majesty's Commis sions, but also reduce the annual amount of that branch of the public expence. The various applications which have been made to the Commander-in-Chief by persons who have been injured, and in many instances defrauded, by Half-pay Officers, have induced his Royal Highness to signify his gracious intention to direct that the half pay officers, against whom applications are made to him for pecuniary redress, shall be at once appropriated to reim burse the claimants or creditors of such officers, who, if their honour or character appeared to be involved, will be struck off the Half-pay List, so as to protect the property of the public, and to repudiate unprincipled men from his Majesty's service.—(Ministerial Paper.)" GENERAL ORDER. Horse Guards, Nov. 8.1821. The Commander-in-Chief has observed that the King's 'Regulation is generally neglected and evaded, winch enjoins Colonels and Commanding Officers of Corps to limit their regimental bands to one serjeant for a master, and one ratisirian for each troop`or company; and that number of men arc now taken from the ranks and eingoyed as musicians, to an extent that is equally in - liailcois to the efficiency of the service, as it is a bar ship upon those who are subjected to the expence attending 'this unauthorised irregularity. A ilt is always painful to the .Commander-in-Chief to ob • serve a neglect of his Majesty's regulations; and his Royal Highness feels it the more necessary to put a stop to this abuse, under the present reduced state of the re , giwental eitahlishments, which calls for the efficiency of every wan as far as it is possible to effect it. But although the establishment of troops and companies in each regi ment is reduced, yet it is not the wish or intention of his Royal Highness to place the bands upon a scale be !ow what has hitherto been thought essential for the due performance of the duty required of them ; and they may accordingly be still maintained to the regulated ex tent of a serjeant-master and ten musicians. But Colo rids and Commanding Officers of Corps are enjoined, an!l commanded, and held responsible, that this number shall not be exceeded under any circumstance, excuse, or arrangement whatever ; and such men as are now, in contradiction to the King's regulations, clothed and maintained as musicians beyond this number, most be immediately replaced in the ranks. General Officers are called upon, at their periodical in spections, to see that the letter and spirit of this order are strictly complied with. By command of his Royal Highness, the Commander in-Chief, 11. Tonaans, Adjutant-General. Monday morning, the sth inst. at eight o'clock, the first division of the 91st regiment marched from the bar racks, and embarked at the Broomielaw, in steam boats for Greenock, where they will be transshipped into transports that are to convey them to Jamaica. The • other division of the regiment will remain here till more transports arrive in the river. When near the Cross, their fine hand struck up, "Should auld acquaintance •be forzot ?" and an immense crowd answered the ap peal by hearty cheers.—(Gla,Kow Chronicle.) A private of the above regiment, in a state of in toxication, leaped out of a steam-boat, near Renfrew, stud notwithstanding every exertion was made to save I.iin was drowned. He bas left a wife and family. -4 1 . ((Meat.)) • , : . .. On Monday ia Tuesday the 86tb regiment of foist, about 500 strong, arrived in this city, in two divisions, from Chatham ' on their route to Ireland, where they are to relieve the 49th ; which latter regiment arrived safely in this city on Monday. from the sister country. —(liristol Gazette.) From the 10th ult. to the Ist inst. the following troops were billeted in Limerick : Regiments. Officer,. Serjs. R. and File. Horses. 40th • 17 24 570 42d . 25 29 593 93d . 12 29 397 3d Lt. Drag. 8 7 143 Waggon Train 0 1 10 Royal Artillery 3 146 146 Hudson's Straits, July 16, 1821. The day after the transport left us, we entered these Straits, which we found choked with ice ; we entered it, nevertheless, and at first made considerable pro gress, but, as we expected, were at length beset, or, in other words, the floating ice having coalesced on all sides, we found ourselves firmly impacted in the midst of it. Ever since we have been moving to and fro with it, at the rate of five miles an hour, according to the flux or renal of the tide. Sometimes the ice, dividing, would allow us to push on a few miles, and again uniting, incarcerate us for days. By this anode - ;rof progressing, we bate contrived to advance shout 70 miles in the Straits. When I wrote by the transport, I think I expressed an opinion , that we had left England much too early. This has been verified, not only by the difficulties we have met with, but also by the circumstance of the Hudson's Bay traders having overtaken us. These vessels did not leave the Thames until the end of May. They go on to the Company's settlements, and return immediately. Although the conveyance is not very direct, I cannot help availing myself of the chance, to let you know that all is well, and that we are now en the point of making a more rapid progress. The ice, by dint of rain, attended with a tolerably warm son, has been dissolving daily, and we have this day bored through upwards of ten miles of it. We ex pect, daily, to bate some Esquimau: visitors. 1 regret that theie vessels have joined us so soon, for I should have been glad to ben had something novel to com municate. I expect this letter will find its way to you about November'; and when you see it, you will at once conclude, that the expedition has returned. However glad I might be to see you again, I cannot help wish ing .bat it may be at least, two winters before I can have that gratification.—(Lieerpool Courier.) ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION. The following extract of a letter from an Officer attached to the Arctic Land Expedition, has been politely handed to us by a Gentleman of this county of the highest respectability; and although no name is attached to the document, the reader may rest as sured that it is perfectly genuine.—(Dtunfriee Courier.) " North Miseries, lat. 64.28. N. long. 113.4. W. "The public papers have probabl/ informed you of the arrival of the Northern Laud expedition in Had son's Bahia September, 1819, after an escape from ship• ft THE STAT wreck. It proceeded from thence to CumbOrlanf heater' one of the Hudson's Bay Company's settlement :4 nearly half-way acrossthe Continent, this being considered the best route in order to reach the sea at the mouth of the Copper Mine River. Here the winter of 1819 was passed. The depth of snow and the severity of the cold during the almost interminable winter in this country, precluded the possibility of conveying heavy stores, as only One-third of the year can be employed with any ad vantage to the traveller. " The time, however, was not lost : we employed it in making drawing of animals, birds, Ike., charts, meteo rological observations, and collections of specimens, which we transmitted to England in the ensuing spring. " In June, 1820, we set forward in canoes, manned by Canadians. The extreme heat of the abort summer, the persecutions of noxious insects, and occasional want of food, are the usual concomitants in these voyages ; ob stacles insignificant in comparison with the formidable difficulties which we have yet to overcome. On the 29th July, we arrived at the north side of the Slave Lake. A party of Copper Indians were engaged to ac company us, and we commenced the work of discovery. On the first of September, we reached the banks of the Copper Mine River, in lat. O. N. long. 113. W. a mag nificent body of water, two miles wide. " We have penetrated into a country destitute of wood, and our men were exhausted with the labours of carrying canoes, cargoes, &c. amounting to three tons, from lake to lake. Their broken spirits were revi►ed by our success; but the season was too far advanced to make any farther progress. We returned to a s►rtall wood of pines, and erected our winter residence of mud apd timber, which we have named Fbrt utitr prise. " Hy the Indian report, this river rues into the Nii,rth ern Sea, in West longitude 110. and, we suppose, in lat. 72. In June, 1821, we shall embark, and the river will enable us to reach the sea in a fortnight. If the shore i 3 encumbered with ice, which is most probabic, we must then leave our canoes, and trace the coast in foot to Hudson's Bay ; or, if no North-west passage exists, to the shore which forms the boundary of Ilaffin's Bay, I think we are capable of executing this 'plan. Our chief dread was the hostile disposition of the Esquinsapx. This danger is now almost obviated by the arrivata two Esquimaux interpreters, who have been provided at Churchill, and with great diligence sent after us. " We are not so desolate perhaps, in our exile, as our friends may suppose. The rein-deer are numerous about us, and we l►ve on the most delicate venison. We find pleasure in the examination of a new and amiable race of people." LORD MAYOR'S-DAY. (Proceedings continued continued from our last.) The company having landed at Palace•yard stairs, then went in procession on foot to the Court of Exchequer, where the new Lord Mayor was presented in the usual ' form, and afterwards sworn to the faithful perform ance of the duty of his office, and the late Lord Mayor to the correctness of his accounts. After an impres sive speech from the Bench, on the impolance of the character and duties of the Chief Magistrate Of the City of London, and a suitable answer on the- tart of • the Corporation, they made their obeisance and with- ' drew. They then visited the several Courts of Law, paid their respects to the Judges, and invited them to dinner at Guildhall. The Civic procession returned by water in the same manner in which they led gone up the river ; on their ascending the stair, at Black friars-bridge, the Lord Mayor e.. cute r - ,, ye carriages, end teriner. late 11 1 4 Mayor and the late Sheriff werehummed by the ninfttp, who frequently made attempts to take the horse 7 from their carriages. The windows of the houses in the line of the pro cession were crowded with ladies; and, considering the plain manner in which the procession was arranged ° , there being no men in armour or military, as on for mer occasions, we never witnessed such a multitude of spectators. The Civic Dinner was served up in a very elegant style. At an early hour Guildhall was filled to ex cess, the far greater number of the seats was filled by elegant women; this extensive saloon was lighted with gas, and produced a very beautiful effect. The company of distinction who honoured the oc casion, were his Royal Highness the Duke of York. his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Marquess of Londonderry, Lord Sidmoutb, the French, Spanish, Swedish, Sardinian, Prussian, and Portuguese Ambas sadors ; together with the Chief Justice Dallas,Judges Boroughs, Bayley, Holroyd, Best, and Park; Ser jeants Lens, Pell, Peak, Cross and Bosanquet; Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Marryat, Sheriff Spicer, Mr. Butter worth, Sir John Hamilton, and several others. Dinner having been concluded, and " Non nobis Domine" performed, The Loan MAYOR gave "The King," with four times four. It was followed by loud applause. The toasts of " the Dike of York"—" The Duke of Clarence and the rest of the Royal Family"—" The City of London and its trade"—" The Rose, the Shamrock. and the Thistle"—and " the Duke of Wellington" fol lowed.—The latter was received with warm applause. The Duke of WELLINGTON begged leave to return his best thanks be the honour which the company bad done him ; and in return he begged to drink all their good bealths.—(Cheers.) " The most Noble the Marquess of Londonderry," with three times three, was the next toast. Lord LONDONDERRY also begged leave to express his sense of the honour conferred on him, in proposing his good health, as well as for the kind manner in which it bad been received. He was not prepared for the compliment that had been paid him, and it therefore was more grateful to Mm.—Applause.) The health of Lord Viscount Sidwouth was honoured with three times three. Lord SIDIIOI/TH said, be was highly satisfied with the honour they bad done him ; and in return be beg geJ leave to drink all their good healths. The Duke of Yonu begged leave to givea toast, in which be was sure they would all heartily concur—the health of the Lady Mayoress.—(Loud Applause.) The LORD MAYOR returned thanks for his Lady, ob- serving, be was desired to say, that her Ladyship would be happy to see all her friends at the blansioo house. The Duke of WILLINGTON proposed a toast, which he was sore they would all give with satisfaction—" The health of the Lord Mayor."—(Loud cheers.) The LORD Maros returned his acknowledgments.-- He was grateful for the honour they had conferred on him. He was sensible of the high importance of the office to which his fellow-citizens had elevated - him ; , and he assured all around him, that he would exert himself as much as possible to fulfil its ditties !with advantage to those who bad placed him thertt.—(Ap please.) The Ladies then began to withdraw, passing found 'ESMAN. by the Lord Mayor's Chair. The LADY MAVORESI also retired to the tea and coffer-roam. The business of the evening having been resumed, The Loan MAToR gave the health of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who returned bis acknowledgments. . The Duke of YORK gave the health of the late Lord Mayor,—(Loud Cheers.) Mr. Alderman TIIORP said he felt highly compli mented by the toast which had just been given, es pecially when it came from so illustrious a quarter. — He was glad to see his worthy successor surrounded and supported by such illustrious characters ; and with such advantages he trusted their new Lord Mayor would go through his honourable office with satisfac tion to himself and advantage to his fellow-citizens. — (Loud applause.) " The Foreign Ministers with three times three." The Portuguese Ambassador, in his own name, and in the name of those who were near him, returned thanks for the honour that had been paid them. The healths of the Judges and the Sheriffs having been given, the health of the Members of the City of London in Parliament was announced, and loudly ap plauded. Sir W. CURTIS rose, and was received with much good humoured applause. He was glad, in times like the present, to see themselves surrounded with such illustrious honourable company ; what he beheld con vinced him that the good old times had come round again.—(Laughter and cheers.) —The appearance of the Hall assured him of their loyalty. To say that the City was not loyal, was a libel.—(Huth laughter and cheering.)—Men's minds would at times wander ; but eventually they would come round. So be hail found it.--(Cbeering.)--He had been returned for the City seven times. He had been to a distant put of the kingdom, and oh ! bad they been there, as he bad, and bad they seen what he had seen, they would never forget the events. Alderman BRIDGES and Mr. WILSON returned thanks, and after some further toasts the distinguished company retired. The tables were cleared away to make room for dancing, which was kept up to a late hour. The dinner passed off uncommonly well. The courses and wines provided were excellent ; the regu lations good ; and the general appearance of the Hall most satisfactory. It was balf-put six when the dinner commenced, and half-past ten when the Duke of York, the Minis ters, &e. retired. PRICE OF STOCKS TH Bank Stock S per Cent. Red 77/ 71 II per Oent.Con. 7 j 81 $1 per Cent. 4 per Cents. 9611 6 per Ct.Nasy 1101 111 per Cent. Long Ann hap i per Cant 19 7-16 Irish 6 per Cent. eO, Atateffnutn. " TM' DEMISE STATESMAN" IS INCORPOEATED WIT, " TIE STATESMAN." LONDON: 114111RDATAYSNING. NOVEMellit 10, 18211 " STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is little doing in the Market this morning. Consols opened at 78, sellers, and they have now be wine buyers. Paris papers arrived this morning to the Bth inst. --An article from The IVuremberr, Gazette, datel Trieste. October 20, states, that two vessels had ar rived at that Port from Corfu, bringing the following account relative to the operations of the Ottoman deet.—" On the morning of the 12th of September, a strong division of this fleet appeared in the Bay of Coro, and some miserable Greek vessels were destroy ed almost without resistance. The Greek troops which besieged the place strove to oppose the debarkation, which took place after a desperate contest of eight hours, and by favour of a sortie which was made suc cessfully, and after which the besieged shut themselves up in the castle. The Turks then commenced to sack and pillage all they could lay hands on, and they con ducted themselves with a cruelty which freezes one with horror. The Greek army which occupied the coast was repulsed without performing any great achievement; and the place was re-provisioned. On the 16th another debarkation was attempted near Modo, but with less success, and a general landing was to take place on the 30th of September at Patras.— The Barbary vessels probably here made their kyle don with the Turkish fleet and the squadron from Egypt. The Greek marine forces appear to have re tired immediately. It is probable they separated to defend the islands to which they respectively be longed." The last accounts from Barcelonetta are dated the 28th of October. For two days previous to that date there had been no deaths, nor any new cases. The ra , rages of the yellow-f►ver were considered as having en tirely subsided. All the French physicians were well. Some of the French papers, however, seem to doubt the correctness of the above information. Prince Gregory Ypsilanti, the youngest of Alexan der's brothers, arrived in Paris, on Monday last, to finish his course of education. The French Chamber of Peers assembled on Tues day, and after some trifling business adjourned. The Chamber of Deputies also met on the same day. Thirty-six Members appeared on Me right side, eight in the centre, and only three on the left side, when the sitting commenced. The Chamber proceeded to elect I by lot the Members of the Bureaux. After this was •', done, M. Mechin proceeded to make some oblate's- I tions, which gave rise to a slight degree of tumult, during which, one •r two of the Members in vain at tempted to be heard. The Chamber adjourned with out coming to a decision on any proposition made. PRENCII Furtros.—Five per Cents. 891. ;die.-1;y private accounts, 89f. 35c.—Bank Actions, 1590 f. AA,y l 4 taxTrAFTO:r A a Faosi Wes:rplihNoci Tice i'vreck of a cop er-bottomed schodoci, gopp o „ d to be a French vessel, of about 120 tons, caaie askor., four miles to the south of Cape Hatteras, deck s epa . rated from the hull, spurs alongside. Fifty ald ho N , heads of rum (said to be Jamaice) fall, and 12 , tee in, have floated from leer ; a trunk, containing F riuli books, and many printed price currents aid e' re purporting to be from a commercial house.at,Paris, ea tablisbing a commercial house at St. Thothaes. Ni t of the papers which webs saved by the Custom-110w officers give any names by which information a t t s vessel can be obtained. [FROM A NEW" TORII PAPER OP THE P2TH I:LT.) CLAIMS UNDER THE SPANISH TREATT.A Pal graph has appeared in the N. Y. Evening Post, 04,1 we copied into our paper, stating that no de►iraeicc claims would be allowed by the Commissioners, 0 4 that therefore all the claims of insurance offices k w insurers would be excluded. From the best infe ct , tion that we can obtain, we should conclude, 0 )&164 report must have arisen from misapprebensiqs. have never yet understood, that the Coturnissionen under the treaty, were vested with any right or po wer to inquire into the mode in which the property is gay claim was acquired. Their business we bare lalliCS understood to be, to examine into the justice of the claims, and having decided this question, whether they be in the hands of the original sufferers or have passed through several purchasers, can be of little portance. Besides which we consider the claims of the iostmr not only as just, but as equitable as those of- any other claimant—and the losses as directly felt by thesafferer. We may have been misinformed, but our present be. lief is that the claims of the insurer will be as readily allowed as those of the merchant. We have bower", been induced to thus express our opinion by the hope, that it might be the means of inducing those who hem the means of obtaining correct information, to impot as much of it as may be proper, for the benefit of the community. It gave us pleasure to see the Lord Mayor's proses. lion deprived of its useless pageantry, which like the pageantry at the Theatres, is only for the amusement of little boys and girls, not for rational beings who ri ll not resign the other senses to , the empty gratificatisa of the eyes. The Lord Mayor and Sheridi sot kit; very popular, chewed their prudence in the omission, particularly as any thing in the shape of soldiers is oL• noxious, and the more especially if they do tot con duct themselves with the same propriety as the Oxford Blues bare done ; and any symptom of dissatisfaction at their appearance would have fallen deservedly upon those Ministers, whose Ignorance. nod imlistatthave not only insulted the city upon many occasiosa kt more particularly during the last year. It maybe spiked, why did the King refuse the petitions of if City of Lodon ? Why did be dine with the Lod Mayor of Dublin, whose conduct but a abort timer. viously had been so severely scanned in a certain hoes near Palace-yard? W by did Ministers make hie every thing in Dublin and Hanover, and not half it much in the place of his Ma;esty's nativity? Thisir in every mouth. It is the first interrogatory in co • men conversation. That be was an lashings in Dublin ; a German in Hanover ; and in Load*, the seat of the Government, a recluse, hidden from tie eyes of his loyal subjects, and kept, like a bird is a cage, and, for what purpose ? Surely, not for feu that his MAJESTY might hear the conduct of his NI nisters rung in his ears, lest the whole of their arc rule might be vociferated in place of these kilnl shouts which would have accompanied thelityo, as they have his MAJESTY'S forefathers. Ilia MAJESTY is well aware of all this, and why does he not remedy it? He may make a better choice ; he cannot make a worst, There can be nothing to dread on that score. fin klazaary is fond of slow and parade, he knows the loyalty of the citizens of London besides all this. The LORD MAYOR and SHERIFFS are devoted to the powers that be, and so strongly impressed was an oppositios Common Councilman with the glory of entertaisist Royalty, that the disappointment drove away his 2 1'• petite, and made him rat to the sapient alcoves of Ike Home Department, in order to recover it, who another great man took a hop, step and a jaw, 6 • 111 Smithfield to Clerkenwell, to ahew himself as wise a' he has done at the LUMBER TROOP. Along wlth those grievances the ladies are disappointe d in not receiving the affectionate nod of the first goat*" ' 3 Europe, and the silk mercers sympathi se with the milliners and dress-makers on the great, the l amentable loss that must follow his MAJESTY'S abs ence. An other injury the city has sustained, Sir WiLLIANhas been studying a Royal Speech for the last thr ee months, which he can't accommodate to any other v ocation.— Even with the help of the professors at Brebhaw College, these are not titles in the scale of 114" Politics, though they spew the people that )11. misters have been as great enemies to Baechot , Moms and Venus, as they have been to Nagm Charta, the Bill of Rights, and Act of Settlewent. These high crimes and misdemeanor' cry aloud f ur redress, particularly so, as there is little prospect C I their removal. By secluding his Majesty from that I intercourse with his subjects which should exist rn every free Government, they render him unpitpulat making him a party in th e ir own misconduct, and therefore attaching to him a portion of that otlio which is entirely attributable to thetuselves• tf w- Mi sisters would try to heal the wounds, to soothe tlt. 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