The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-12-29 00:00:00

''W_ • - r airy • -e-,- - - Arrive:l. A Mlliii' .1 ~ . 4 1 A•. . Wnierfsini •• • . t s•o.s. a. 2 1 • Gottenbergh.. ...... .4 .. 2 ---- • - r7. - l'it I(' I: O 1 SToCKS Tlit r i*Y AT ONE 3 pr- IZeitot ...1 (Ili Chnilinnt ...,.... ii i 4 Lt..r i... ~..1....631 4 I n di a Beals:t :.* 4 Cllll. lio for Ace. i .1; 4 1 . lixels. Bill% 11. • - ... Lill ; ,. % i 3 l . .1.-4 i lAstery Tickels : . 4 ` . l =2. ______G_-______..._,.._.........-• THE SY'AT'PS v v . r____________________.„ 1 PkgOPOSITI TENAX. LOIIIDON : TILIDAY, DECCI6BSR 29. • Tut .commanications which have been received fr om Various points align .C.ootinant since roster day *warning,. tend ge,neral4 to confirm thClocor potation :of lifulland Oue letter only speaks of the event being tusinow . terditus . ,.bo 294.; . • '.." • •6 Tie are entirety ignore/where. et Rs s a owes. WS as terrier thine iloveAmeifi. • S'n steps hitie )iftieen raker to idler the presunpfizte of Oityp,", Rut in a Izttor front' thif same place of an earlie.r . datr, there seems to ':e no etpz.it entertained,•of the measures that will be adopted. . • ROTTERDAM, DEC. 9. " There ar- a great nrtorshi heie !naffed o r'a 11. it Gey are treatlter-hound from tfie severe gales—and foul winds frels (he ,ott:l2-wtst point." • 1 4 lie Danes have alrr.ady shewn an. eager for. wardn•lss to promote the views at France--:the let ters f..ont the Continent concur in repreenting the regulations to be executed with gr,:at %entity the R.ythtr, where British proper. ty to a large amount bag been seized in .vessels un. tler American colours. This is but the continence. nem th- System of Exclusion, which our met . - autahit.tortoonly scratched the war, may now c: art. Al rady have Ministers taken the alarm. _ %, ere yesterday, without hesitation, gran for vessels to sail, in ballast, for France, and k with Corn and Burr Stones. I* , ,n erethosearticles to be purchased ?-.by gold - , ...essifer only. The foreign vessels in our ports it is true, received licences, permitting them to, :.nrn to France and Holland, taking cargoes of lonial prdsluce and British manufactures; but cnneeire this permission of the British o- Itiletit to be an absolute nullity, unless that of rocs:Qs be:.!so obtained. To carry into con. • effect the project against the commerce of .:teat Britain, NAPOLEON Will, as we think, to-' • illy disregard the,u ants, or even the convenience of the Lontinent—to paralyze the commerce of F..;:and, is the ftinda.nental principle on tvhicii the grant Costfirrital Confederacy is formed ; and the Con:11"Itt of Europe, restrained by the paramount ascendancy of NAPOLEON, will be ea.renelled te . ..:ubmit to the privation of those co. pftultietions, which minister to the artificial Ant:;, ereatel by the discoveries of India and ttnerica. Alneinling in torn, cattle, wine, WOO!, 1 1 :1. and silk—in forests and in 'ilium's, what digicraly can there be in cutting off all ~ e rcourse with bath England and America ? le inhabitants of the Continent of Europe may mble, but they will not starve s nor will naked. The privation of sugar and , is nut so terrible as to be intolerable. .4 he total silence of the Expos,:, on the sub : of the experiments of making sugar in France, 'nay be c nteluiled that they have hitherto u:isereessful—admitted—the inhabitants of th e potioeot are then reduced—to the situation in which the} were, before the use of that beauti ful p. of the earth became general. The printeetion of Cotton in France appears also to have:been Ull3 ttt:Ill,;(1 with success.but in the neighbourhood of Naples the experiment has sac. crested —and from Turkey supplies are derived in sufficient abendauee to supply the coarser manu factures. Admitting, however, that this supply is whJl:y inefficient as we itiLell believe, there art. ample materials on the Continent of Europe witi•ia,4o-•6114ey- the population. Let but NAPOLEON seal up the Continent for fivelre months from all external intercourse ; anal we fear it will be seen that the pressure of reduta tlanry will, its England, have been more heavily felt than 'hat of pricalion on the Continent. It ha too long the fashion, even with men of understanding, to abuse, • ithuut qualification, the conduct •,1 the exv:al.rdinary man who now reigns paramount over Lila Continent of Eu. rope. As:Ail •:1 front every quarter in which En4land possessed sufficient influence to ex. cite hO ;edit If—NAPOLEON has hitherto been compelH to defer the grand attempt against our commerce. Tho successive wars with Prussia, RUSSO, Austria, and Spain, have given us a breathing time—from which it has most absurdly been inferred, that to injure the commerce of England is impracticable. That any thing like the (lasts fiction of that commerce can be effected by closing the Continent of Europe against us, we well kinsw.....hut the species of paralysis that may be produced we can very well appreciate by re. coring to the recent situation of our manufacto. 'French troops are now pouring into Spain, ::!I)tough British troops and artillery are at ~•• . osnment embarking' for natural. the ! THE STA.' • time cannot be far distant, when the force of France will compel us to abandon the Peninsula. IVherothea ' in Europe, will a point be left open 1 for ccrmiireial intercourse ? But the channels of ctimiOrcs4 4 9,44t )re suipplotely closed —with this • unteoved assertionOte continue to natter our ! . at ' assg • • u —• se_tils. ag.ing, to sonic extent, most prevail, it were absurd to deny ; but the mum. iiloyed armies of France will he so chap:wil l as to form a cordon on the Continent of Europe, that 'ball render all acceps impracticable. We - I have teen * hi what miner NAPOLEON has been olieyed—and we cannot see the smallest real. eon to doubt future obedience to his commands. Peace, and Peace alone, can preserve us from the calamities with which we aro threatened. Our debt will increase with the deficiency of our means, while the internal efforts and prosperity of France and the other nations of the continent, will hourly ihstruct them in the means of becoming indepen. ilunt of our manufactures. Peace may ruin us l •say the advt,cates 01 War ;--but by IVar, say we, thC constant advocates of Peace, England must be ruined—and the very men who are most loud Puttee II ill be the first to feel the effects of their. blind obstinacy. NA rottox must have as malty lives as a cat, or. a•.O. P. whose death was so often announced in . the late eoltest. The newspapers have again assassinated him. Thr firNt life that N srot.Lor4 lost, was by the 46 Tripo!ine Gentleman." —How' many lives •he has since lost, we do not rerllect ; hut they are very numerous. The life of which he was deprived yesterday was, as usual, by assassination. A stora of the master of a vessel from Calais was said to be con. firmed by that 'of another master from Dunkirk, in both of which plaresit was in every body's mouth, • &C. &c. &C.—and so at Lloyd's they immediatel! set to work on a policy—take G to give 100 if BONAPARTE'S de:TC in 6 months. Now as NaPo- LtoN has just told his Senate that hu wishes to lire 30 years longer, this assassination comes a little mal a propos. We should really lik to know how many lives this man has.. The PERSIAN ASICAISADOR and Suite, this day, by special invitation of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, pay a visit to Leaden. hall-street. Splendid preparations have been Made sor the reception of this personage. Prince STutumunEua has been for some days past much indisposed at Twickenham. The Hon. Order of Freemasons, according to the old Constitution, held a Grand Lodge at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on AVednesday, being St. John's Diy, for Cie electioo of °dicers fursthe ensuina year; »hen his Grace the Duke of ATHOL• was eli:1":ad Grand Master; Titost.ts lf.stulAt ) . Esq. D. G. M.; MALcot.ss GlLLrws, ;I:sq. G. S. %%.; T. M tuoy, Esq. G. J. NV.; M e s sr s. LIE and li.taPER, PM. G. and I.). ti. • The hosi news of the L else elJsed at three o'clock, when the Members (500) separated to dine at their dif ferent Lodges. • Tuesday the transport brig Isis (0. D.), with 210 men of the rifle corps, German Legion, and yesterday the brie C. U. with 105 of the 85th re giment, both from Flushing, arrived at Dover. A duel was foivght ou Weliesday morning in the Paddington Ca►al towinr_patl►, betwixt Mr. a Clergyman, and a Captain S—h. The parties married two sisters, the daughters of a General, and the dispute which led to the duel originated in some family matters. The Captain was sli4iitly wounded on the left breast its the Sc.. cowl fire. Yesterday evening, about half past five o'clock, a Naval Officer had a deal box and a leather port manteau, cut from before a post.chaise, between the New Church iu the Strand and Temple-bar, containing plate, naval uniforms, &c. &c. to a considerable amount. A day or two ago, as the Earl of PORTSMOUTH was amusing himself at the gate of a slaughter. house, near Lincoln's Inn-fields, with observing the process of killing, flaying, and cutting up, a pail-full of blood was thrown over his Lordship by some person, it was supposed, belonging to the slaughter-house. His Lordship applied for a warrant, but not being able to identify the °Wen der, the Magistrate could not grant one. _.— HONAPAItTE, in his detail of the State of France, says, " biros are only accountable to GOD :" this was nut the t)ctritie in France 20 ems ago; nor can it be a doctrine any where bet in a nation of Slaves. Kings arc but men—and mea arc dust. The conduct of BoNarArra towards his Ern. press, is more Atercifel than that of liestum the Eighth of England, who divorced the heads of his consorts from their shoulders. The prospectus of a new publication says, that the authors will steer the middle line between prostitution and anarchy ; we suppose they mean to take a little of each. A new Pantomime, to be called Resi and Rom, is said to be getting up by a Society of Amateurs. The Principal Characters will he supported by an Italian Gentleman and a Caledonian Lady, who, though somewhat past her prime, is believed to be perfectly qoali#vd to excel in Pantomime. Saturday last, two tradesmen of Birmingham wore apprehended at Lichfield, on suspicion of having passed off a somber of, forged notes, pur. porting to be notes of the-Governor and Company of the Banit'of England. , 'rowdily evening, about sight o'clock, as a Gen. tleroan was !lassie); Paternoster.row, Cheapside, he was crossed by a ar', who appeared not more than 12 years of age, wito snatched his watch from his fob, with which he ritaisiay towards Navigate. market, and made his enmity although hmodi. *telt' pursued. _ `AN: NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Pearsmovver, Dcc. 18.—Arrived the Hero, Owes Glen dower, Manilla, ( t anks, and Port Mahon. from the Dower. with some of the troop that have been gieriesulg employed at Walcherea. Sailed the Ganef, Captain Stemmas alOl a maw°, far Cork; and the Sarpedon on a cruise. The West India convey was to have sailed to-day. They Sot ander weigh early this tworaing, bat as the day blamed a thick fog came en, which wevested the ships getrang oat. The Neptsee and Doreworthare anchored at St. Ilelen's ; acd the Hyperion and rernviaa at Spithead PLYNOUT/1, Dec. 27.—Arrived the sloop David. Jobe Theism, Master, from Cork, with oatmeal; the ship Brown, Henry Alexander, Master, from Quebec, with timber for London ; the schooner Royal George, Robert Deming', Mu ter, from London, with ram ; the sloop Britannia, David Campbell, master, from Gia,sgow, with rata; the Caput schooner, from London, to load fur the Brazils. Arrived his Majesty's sloop Cossack, from a cruise, parted with the Shannon frigate in the Channel, whkh vessel is hourly expected to arrive here. Al,o arrived the Arethusa frigate, and Weazel schooser, both from Portsmouth. 4 man of war is oow working into Cawsand Bay, from the Eastward. Arrived the Seine frigate. on a c.uize to the Westward. LIVERPOOL VOLUNTEERS. [Tire persevering attention with which Colonel Williams has, fur, sir years, want:y(l.lo his doily, as Commander of the diitingoished corp! of men under his direction, has been crowned by—the dis.olutioa of the corps—fur being " diffident in disciefinc"!!! A regitneat that has been re peatedly complimented on its steadinea and military cor rectness !) The following Letters on this subject, we have extracted from a Liverpool Newspaper. COLONEL ‘VILLIAMS'S LETTER TO TRE CORPS OF LIVERPOOL VOLUNTEERS. " it is perhaps not necessary to give any addi tional publicity to the fact of the discontinuance of the Corps, from the ith iastant ; yet, as 1 cannot help differing with those who have decided upon the measure, and as none of us wi'l submit quietly to lute any of the estimation in which we have been held by our neighbours, I think it right to communicate to them as well as to you the follow ing letter:— " GEO. WILLIAMS." TO THE RIGHT BOK. R. RYDER, ONE O► lIIS 3I A. JUTE'S SICRETARIES Or STATE, &C. &C. " Liverpool, 19th Dec. 1801 " St a,—The copy of a circular letter to the Lord Lieutenant of this County, transmitted to me, announces the dissolution of the Volunteer Corps of Liverpool Infantry under my command, on the ground of its being deficient in discipline.' ' 6 I trust, Sir, that I may be permitted to avert the reflections which must necessarily fall on site in this case. The inspecting Field Officer, who saw us for the first and only limo on the 10th of October last, particularly commended the condition of . arms and appg•intments, which he said were 'opt:. hr to any Volunteer Corps he had seen. And with regard to discipline—having persevered for six years and more in the public cause, anti being . in the practice of assembling weekly, I conceived we had attained habits of subordination of more a'ue than the eighteen manoeuvres (and which. time only can give), and had acquired a steadiness peculiar to ourselves, I cannot admit that we ought to have been suypressed for deficiency, or in a way that could reflect discredit upon us. " My ardent devotion to the public good has, however, derived new life and hope from the in. troduction of this salutary doctrine, for if dissnis. sal is become ajust consequence of dejicienty, then assuredly, when this principle is brought into ge neral application and full activity, we may expect to have the councils of Me state directed by wis dom, and its armies conducted by soldiers. " I have the honour to be, Sir, 64 Your most obedient " Humble Servant, " GEO. WILLIANIS. Liverpool Vol. " Comassiadasi. CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 29. The supplies of Wheat this day arc again yen considerable, and sales continue to be made at the late declension in price on Second and Ordinary, but , Fine, in request, and maintains its price ; Barley its full plenty; and, with Malt, likewiss: at the late reduction ; Peas and Beans, of each description, at little fluctuation ; there ere also large supplies of Oats, mostly from Lincolnshire, end the general sales are named rather lower ; in Flour little alteration ; Fine Atughaiilelasals, Hs. to 501." barrel. CURRENT PRICE. • • , Wisest. : - 755. ',li.. I(t2s. ' Tick Beano, (old) 474: 595. Fine ditto - - - - 104,108.. Oats, Rye, - - - - 324.345. 6d. Barley, Malt. - - - .C4u £32 W. Frac (Boilers) 744. 84.. Fiae !lour -- - -90 s. 935. Gee) Peas.- - - - 52...,7.4. Seconds Beans, (uld) - - -.585. 645. • BM ITM Ift Lu—D ie. 29. To siok the Oral, per *hose of 816. 8r0f....45. Bd. to as. Od. I Head of Cattle this day : - Mutton —44.10 d. to 6s. (Li. Seost. ' 750 Veal 6d. to Bs. Od. i Sheep Pork 4d. to 7i. 6d. I Calves Latub..'..Ors. Od. to Os. Od. I Pip RAY-MARKET. Hay 5l. Os. Od. to 61. Os. Od. . Straw Clover SPORTlNa.—Convictiont for sporting without a certificate having been lately the subject of ennsi. derable discussion' amongst a number of Sports. men, we state, for the information of the Public, that after the adjudication has taken place (which thd ACt of Parliament declares, " shall be final and conclusive to all ieteets and purposes, with out power of appealing from the same, and the proceedings of the Commissioners shall not be re. moveable by any person whatever into aoy Coact of Law or Equity"), the penalty must be leviep by am iumessment of the Tax-office, directed to the Collectors a thy teitryhip ~hero the Offense was Yousittid. • • COVENT-SARDEN THEATRE. Previous to the cummeocement of The Mer. sheet of Venice, a load and general uproar took place. A. priated bill to the followiog effect had been previously placarded in cosisespience of Mr. Carmel; severe iodispo-itioe, the Public are respectfolly acquainted that, with thew permit law, Mr. EGERTON well perform the part of Sisyforit." At half-past six o'clock the Ilona wu filled in every part, but when the curtain roes not sentence nor a word could be heard, except the cries of 01! Oil At length Mr. MURRAY, 160 pestering the Merchant, advauced to address the audience. "The indisposition of Mr. Coosa".._ here be was interrupted by pies of Drunk! Drunk ! and though ho made many efforts to proceed, this was all we could distinctly hear, and be withdrew. Loud and continued calls were made fur Keyser.; when Mr. C. Kestatx appeared. He earnestly requested to be indulged with s hearing, and si !mice afforded him an opportunity of saying thus much ;-- LADIEI ♦VD GENTLEMEN—Mr. COOKE if mai l 6:- "JOHN KEMBLE, JOHN KEHBLE, let him pity; the parr," was loudly vociferated from various parts of the house, on which Mr. C. /CISME ob. served, that 'Ais brcther, had nut acted the part or Skylock for some years back, ohm, uo doubt, he would readily have come forward on this occasion " Sent/fur him," exclaimed several 'voices, Mr. C. IiF.MBLE then said, the Prolnpter bad milted op Air. Com( c at twelve o'clock, and found him but not so much so as to preclude the probab!tity of his performing at night. He again attended Mr. Cooac at four o'clock ; and WAS encouraged to . expect him at the Theatre, until an boor too late to devise any other mode of performing th , •ir duty to the Public the Managers then resorted to the expediuit set forth in the printedadrcrtisoment Whited at the doors. Here many persons called out " Whet tuber. ti seme gt ?" upqn which Mr. C. liessaLE observed, that bills announcing the change had been duly distributed at the doors (load crier of No! 41'u! Ye; ! Yes !). Mr. C.lirstuci: at length withdrew, and in a short time returned with two printed papers, a large and a small one, in his hand, de clarits4 that copies of them Lad been delivered at every d..ir. About this time a gentleman in the pit, addressing himself to Mr. C. KILMOLL t accused the. Managers of unpardonable inatten. lion to their duty, :..1111 of indinerence to the (ran_ rinillity of the nod!. nee i c their haring placed any retiwice on a man %%Iv) had so Ofte4 poiuteA and insuitel tho viblic as Mr. Comte had clooe, and wore especi•tily with the Instaoep so fr .shly baury theat as that of last Tuesday night. Ales the clamour becalie so great, that nothing .:).)re tro.:l Mr. KLSIBLE could ho Matti, 411(1 he with !nits. After &nut hi r voasitlerable pause, Mr. T4ircoil. CAM forward and said a few words, Of width tip could hear do more than that Mr. ,I.Ktigact not in the house, and was supposed to be out pc town ; but that, with permission of the sodience t Mr. C. KIMBLE would rem, the part of, fkgfareh.. l: (loud cries of, tiff ! .J' Joux X11111: 4 7 4 ,4 1 Mr. TA If LOA Wired, and let si reign again duriag another interval,' wham re entered, and proposed the service of Mr. C..gtx. act, to act the part of Shylock. Some dissent was shewn to this, but approbation seemed prim leas and order was restored. Mr. C. KEMBLE was warmly cheered on entea ing as Shyluck, which, considering the difficulty of that character, lie stmained in a manner that considerably exceeded hoth lutpe and eirpect?tion. At the conclu4ott of the piece, the plaudits of thsi 'louse were Irad and gt ncral. Of the performance of the new Pantomime, all that can b ~ a id is, that it suited the laughter er the elaildr,-c, and dial not excite tan dr that diNapprolratiur, which we apprehend to bo prett, generally frit by the other parts of Oa au.henee. it is, in truth, perfectly insipid. Letters from Holland, state, that thc dissolution of marriage of NArot.Eng and JOSEPHINE, Afig determined un at a meeting beta Sea NAPIOLgON and ALEXANDLa, at Erfurth, and that the new Depress of Fa A NCE if to be a sister of the Auto. crat of all the Russias. Tuesday Lord ihnav's stag.hounds met at Ad. alingtou, Surrey. A remarkably fine deer was turned out, known by the name of the Kent Deer, from having stveral times run to Gravesend, Ri verhead, & t . in that county. Be %las uneartrti about ten o'clock, and the hounds kid on about twenty minutes past; his took acrobs Heys Cont. inim, Brumley Common, Farnborough, .and was taken, after one hour and fifty minutia, at Moro, bank, iu lent, without the fast injury. ilis Lordship was in high health and spirits. • There was a good field, and very few thrown out, not withstanding the run was a very severe one, and the country dreadfully heavy. His Lonhhip turns out on Friday at Purley. A must dreadful fire happened at Noreroft Farm, near Middlewich, Cheshire, on gaterday se'nnght ; 27 cows and a horse, besides a quantity of wheat and oats in the straw, flax and hay, ware burnt in the building, which appears to have been set on fire .wilfully, by some .known person, about five o'clock in the evening. The loss is supposed to be 7001. to the lenallt t Mr. hbWA*D HA NDCOCI. Neither the stock UM' the building was insured. The Sincerity, a fine vessel, bound from Lou. don to Dartmouth, was captured a few days since. by a French privateer, b e t ween th e S ou th F ore land and Beachey had. Before the captors couldaam. cure their prize, one of our criiiiers hove is sight s end recaptured the vessel. She was then carried into Dover. A detachment of Royal Artillery Driven is now marching from Exeter fur Plymouth Dock ) where they will be joiued by 100 more of llti same corps, and will embark before the explratiom of the week (or as soon as transports eau be got ready) fur Portugal. Several pieces of homy ordnance, and !Ask 'military stOrse l 'are ski ads pia",:n. f..- _ . •• • WY F' - 1