The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-12-25 00:00:00

- • - To the IgUITOk e i r DIIG SI —ln my letter to the liirectnts of the Hank, I forbore to detail the circumstances whith t at tee close of the present year, have occasioned the to. tal disappearance or gold from circulation ; the :hours! effect of the substitution_ of a cieculathig medium of paper in the place of the precious inv. Ws, must always be kept in mind. The !tibia. dies to Austria and Sicily, lad the export of gold and silver, with our different Expeditions to S'.iin and Walcheren, must have contributed to our present situation. The Mad adopted by the French Government of impeding the entry of ear produce into foreign countries, ftitangh it has net yet been corni.Ltelq successful, has certainly produced very considerable effects. But there"' another circumstance not geherally oblerved i which seems to me to have occasioned, more than any other, our present distress - ... 1 mean the perseverance in the unnecessary dispute witH .A merle*, the conscpent stiipension of one trade with that country, of the recourse which has been had to Treasury Licences, &c. arc. to supply the chasm in our commerce ariiing fro* this suspension. if our usual intercourie with America had existed, many of those articles which, in the present year, have been purchased, from the Baltic, would have been sent to us from America, and paid fur in British manufactures : and rho hatance of trade tine from Anitaiee to ihiseesitoi try, would have been applied to pay fur a very large proportion of the articles which we might have received from the 13altic. But in C0113C.. ileac° of the suspension of our intercourse with America, we have been obliged to take an mi nimal quantity of goods from the Baltic ; this has increased the price of these articles in the coml. tries which supply us: and as they could neither be paid for by our own peoduce, nor by a balance dote from America to this country, they have necessa. ril y been paid for with gold and silver. The same j reasoning is applicable to our intertutfrse with France. We have purchased wine, brandy, corn, Arc. &c. from France : the cunt might have been lead from America, anal paid for with our factures ; Odle almost every article which we liairsi had from France, has been paid fur With the precious metals: The means which have been retorted to for carrying on this cum. mere% I mean Treasury Licenses, while they were destructive of the dignified character of an toglish merchant; hate contributed to increase tae export er money. A Treasury License, IA Malaita papers, subornaiion of perjury, and partnership with smugglers, are thu means by which the British merchant is invited to carry on his commerce. There was a time when a British merchant would have spurned at such a proposal. Nay, even at this day, I am assured that many of our old established commercial houses have refused to carry on trade upon these terms, and have re. linquished business. The man of sentiment must revolt at subornation of perjury and false papers; , It a man of fortune, lie will hesitate to connect himself with smugglers : and, if he has ever been aceestomed to think of his own character with consciouS d pity, lie will spurn at the idea of being controuled in his commerce by a Treasury License. 'Who are the men who have carried ua trade under these Licenses ? For the most part, they have been speculators, adventu. refs, men without capital ; unaccustomed to the purchase of goods in those countries from whence they hate brought them, they have paid an unu. sual price : and unaccustomed to dispose of them in this country, they have, iii many cases, bad the goods left on theSc hands, ur have found them. Owes obliged to sell them at a loss. From all these circumstances, the rate of exchange has been turned against this country. I believe, at pre. Sent, the course of exchange is full 20 per cent. against us. Ili this situation, the Merchant cats. mot suffer himself to be drawn upon, he must pay his debt St ith gold or silver. If it is said, " We will prevent the export of gold by conks. cation," my answer is, that although you may now aaci then seize a parcel of gold in the act of being exported, y•u wiil never prevent its ex pectation ; the attempt itself is both dishonest and unwise. Why's the individual is in debt, does not prudence, as well as honesty, dictate to him to nay his debts as sosu as he is able ? A nation is but - a collection of individuals: the measure hich is beneficial to the individual, must be be. precis! to the nation. VEIANIVS. Tnc Duke of NORFOLK has returned to Workri sop, front his northern tuur, where he intends passing the Christmas. A new-born male child, covered only with 0 bit of rug, was, on Saturday se'nnight, found dead re a park,' little to the northward of queen -strait, Edinborgh. Mr. Halsted, of Havant, Hampshire, while !.,.. , king for a hare on Stoke common (lately in. . 6t e sest), on Monday, found the hinder legs or his Iserse to descend sudilenly—alarmed, be throne himself off thesaddle, when his horse disappeared,' haviagyallen through the covering of an old welt s 40 feet is depth, improperly secured. A persoo descended the well by a ladder, soon after, and found the poor animal with his legs broken, upon which Mr. H. ordered his throat to be cat, and the well to be filled up over him. & Gentleman has lately"pahlishad in • Medical Journal some ohgervations which demonstrate the estraordinary effects of carrots In the cure of sores and ulcers, by correcting their morbid disposition. The method of preparing the roots is es follows: The carrots, having been previously cleaned, by scraping and washing, are cut into thin traneerse slices and boiled till quite tender ; after which they are taken oat of the water, and beaten in a mortar, to the consistence of a soft pulp. This may either be applied in portions with the hand, and kept on with a cloth or roller, orit may be spread upon a cloth, and Nil on like a common poultice. k is best whets fresh prepared, and should be chang ed twice a-day. This simple application corrects the rater of ill-conditioned sores, reduces them to a perfect healthy, or godd.cnnclitioned state, and thickens and disdaishes the discharge. - THE V •It FO REIGN INTE LIGgNC E. atm A, Note. si.-i-F unn the Adel teflon *hien hie been published here of thel battled Wa. grdIII, du the sth mid Gth df July, it evidently appears that the loss of the Utile *at owing to the Archduke John not haring coat: up at the time appointed. In detailing the preparatory tiispnsitions* it says :—" As the left wing was exposed to the danger of being taken in dank, the Archduke John, who was with his corps at Presbargh, re ceived circlets to march immediately to the support of the main army, and to cu-operate, according to circumstances, with the left wing. The courier charged with these orders left head-quarters in the evening err the 4th, and reached Pre burgh at 13 in the morning of the sth; and It did mottle= probable that any impediment should occur to prevent the arrival and co-operation of this corps on the day of battle, which was fixed for the 6th in the liaorning.' , in the sequel, deltcribing the operations on the , fills, it says :—" This was the decistve moment (viz. that of Prince Rosenberg's attack) ; and the arrival of the so auxiously-expected troops ender the Archduke John at any later, period could have been of no• use. They appeared at' fire o'clock in the afternoon in the environs of Upper Siebenbrutin, took some prisoners in the rear of the uneasy., and retreated, assobeereed,• In the evening, across the March. is the whole of our position behind the Russ was now enfi laded by the enemy's artillery, and the enemy were making incessant attacks in the direction of Bochstes to tarn our left wing, the Archduke Ge neralissimo thought it necessary, about one in the day, to give orders for the retreat of the 4th corps." The folloWing are some of the concluding pas. sages :—" This is a plain narrative of a battle, which, in conj action with that of Aspern,will con.' stitute an epurh in the annals of the world. immense, •preparations, naparalleled exertions, great results, raise them to the rank of the must remarkable events of the age."—" On both sides, the contest involved every thing that is dear to individuals, all that is looked upon as sacred by whole natiuns, all that could most powerfully agitate the pas sions."—'" A great interest required great sacri. Ices. They were made with an alacrity seldom witnessed; and when the fortune of war finally decided in favour of our enemy, they snatched from us, it Is true, the palm of victory, but crowns of eared* laurel will ever decorate the brows of the bete."—Nlecb -has been said re. 'peeling this battle, and much has been said that . is entirely libelous; but 300,000 witnesses will transmit the stamp of truth to posterity, long at. ,ter the vile colouring of deception shall have faded away. • " Tl'e loss on both sides was in proportion Id the heroic achievements of thii destructive day, and was apparently commensurate with the emir: tions of the respective armies. " On the side of the Austrians fell, Lieut. Field-Marshals Nordmann,. D'Aspre, and Bu kauowich, and eyesore' Peter Bectry.• The Archduke Generalissimo, Lieut. Field-Marshals ltouvroy and Nostitz, and Generals the Pupate of Hesse - Homburg, Mayer, Bacquant, Mutzen, Charles Grutterheim, Ileniteberg, hlerville, and Rothkirch were wounded."—" We took 7000 pri soners, 12 eagles and standards, and 11 pieces of cannon ; on the other hand, nine dismouutid guns and one standard fell into the hands of the enemy. It is amutsgst the must reniarkatile events of the war, that in this battle the victor lust more troops than the vanquished. " Of the superior officers of the enemy, Gene ral Lissalle soil Adjutant - Commandant Davit were left on the field of battle ; and Marshal Iles sieres, Generals Guilin, Gauthier, Vatidaminc, Bignulles, ‘Vreile, Le Cocq, Z(ttwilz , Serra", Grenier,Sultue, DeFrance, Colbert, Frere,Brous- Beaupre ; Colonels, Prince Aldubrandini, St. Croix, and many more whose name' arc un knuen, were wounded." Asts•reanam, Dec. 14.-11 v the accounts re. mired by the last post from Paris, the King of Holland sontineed in the best state of health. Ile had been waited upon by all the Grand Dignitaries of the Empire, the Ministers, and Deputations from the Senate, Council of State, and the other Public Bodies.--The Monileur contains a &Wel ' Report to his Majesty the Emperor, respecting the damn and circumstances of the surrender of Fort Demi', in Martiuiquc. It speaks of the surrender in terms very unfavourable to the Cont. mander.—His Imperial Majesty has settled upon General Lechi a pension of 10,000 frailest ear. The King of Saxony was expected to leave Paris at the cud of last week. Died, at Parrs, on the With ult. Count De h Champinol (M. Crete°, late Minister of the In. terior. • Out the Ist instant, arrived at the Helder the French privateer L'Enverser, of Ostend, with her prize the twos Alas, Hugh Janson, Master, captured on her voyage front Delfziel to Bilboa, eitth a cargo of wheat and oats. The prize struck on the bar, and was sum after run ashore with six feet water in the hold. SARAGOSSA, Nov. 12.—General Sachet has this day notified to the army under his command, in daily orders, that his Majesty the Jjireur is highly satisfied with their conduct, and has pro. tooted Ilse Oiler of Battalion, Lay perolliere, to the rank of Colonel, for his services at the siege of Saragesse, end since, in the valleys and moult ' tains of tipper Arragon. The Order of the Day ' then proceeds as At the time his Majesty acceded to the solicits. tion of the General in Chief, in favour of Colo net Layperolliere, the brave Colonel was giving proofs of the propriety of the rilinest, by defeat. ing the Catalonian insurgents at the entrance of the Talley of Benasques. The inhabitants of that town are entitled to the gratitude of the General in Chief, fur their attention to the sick, and also fur their brave and generous conduct in repelling by force some banditti of the environs, who, threatened to massacre those poor fellows in their beds. Oa the 2 Itli of October, the grenadiers of she .121st rogliment touched from Flunk to several 'ATtitiMAN. ...011111 of the adjacent villages, collecting 4 They were abrprised in Sepal, at day break, and about forty of them lied in Ariz shirts. The chief of the insurgents, Lorenzo Terrer, attempted to fight his way with his pis tols through a patty of the grenadiers. The britee Corporal, Louis Steven, of the 121st regi meet, received his lire unhurt, thotigh the muzzle of the pistol almost touched his breast, and in stantly discharging his musket, laid his assailant dead at his feet. The bands of marauders in Na. verre have been every where defeated and put to Night. Carlisco, one of their principal leaders, has fallen into our hands near Estrella, with 18 of hit followers, anti all their horses." BA YON ve, Nov.2o.—The Asturiatts having ad vanced, by way of Reynosa, and threatened San- Auden), General Bonnet, being informed of it, marched from St Andero, and took post in the vicinity of Torre-la-Vega, writing the attack of the insurgents. Finding, however, that they still hung back, he resolved upon attacking them, though they were considerably superior in num bers. lie brought them to action at Coates, six miles from St. Andero, where they were corn. !deftly defeated, and put to the rout. We impa tiently expect the particulars of this glorious bat tle, its which General Bonnet, with only 6000 men, defeated more than 'lO,OOO insurgents. Fn tort eons, Drc. 6.—On the 4th, 200 of the Prince Primeteis - troeps left Merits on their march to Spain.—'f he new conscripts marched yesterday for Bayreuth. ST. PETERSBURGIf, Nov. 11.—Russian pro duce, notwithstanding the close of the shipping season, has greatly risen in price, and more espe. cially at Riga. Hemp fetches 113 roubles the shi p-pund, colonial produce is also very dear. Our Sovereign hat, by a recent Ukase, given permission to French and Danish privateers, duly provided with letters of marque from their respec. tive Governments, to put into the ports of the Bal tic, and to dispose of any perishable articles form ing part of the cargoes of their prizes, with the exception of English commodities. Several new regiments are ordered to be raised in the territory conquered from Sweden. They will in all consist of about 24,000 men. The Persian brig„ sad six sail of transports, on Wednesday arrived at Falmouth, on their passage to Lisbon. The Mermaid frigate Mile from Quebec on the 16th tilt. with a fleet of OS sail. One of the Mer. maid's convoy, the brig Dependence, on Thursday arrived at Plymouth. She parted from the fleet on the 14th inst. in a heavy gale, which carried away her main mast, and obliged her to throw part of her cargo overboard. The Minerva, IVheeler, from Virginia to Dub. lin, was lost on the 13th inst. in Douglas Lily, with all her crew (the Captain and Steward ex cepted), together with a Kinsale pilot and two Custom-house ufficers. The Repulse and Victorious ships of the line, on Tuesday, sailed from Plymouth for the Mcdi. terranean. A letter from an Officer on board Ills Majesty's ship Sultan, dated Port Mahon, November 2?, says, 4 '. We arrived here on the 14th inst. with our whole fleet, 14 sail of the line, besides frigates and brigs, to complete water and provisions. The Renown, Titer, and Invincible, are gone to Gi. blither to refit, having sustained considerable da. mage during the late plea. The Triumph and Zealous are gone to Cadiz. The Centaur and Vurspite arrived here yesterday. Admiral Thorn. borough has shifted his flag from the Royal Sove reign to the Apollo, fur a passage to England. A new Governor has arrived." • The Officers commanding regiments of Local Militia have been informed, by a circular from the Secretary at War, that the corporals are nut to receive any pay from and after this day : that fruit the same period, pay will be altoned for such number of serjeants only of each regimenti Arc. as, including the serjeant-major, will n o t e l. eccd one per company ; and fur such number of drummers only, as, including the drum-major, will not exceed one for every two companies. A draper of Paradise-street, Liverpooli was on Monday defrauded of a parcel just delivered by a carrier's boy, by e man who entered the shop the moment after the boy hail quitted it, and in a pretended fit of anger against the boy for a mts. take, he said, in the delivery parcel, carried it of before the daughter of the tratleitnan recovered from the consternation into which he had thrown her, premising, as he departed, to acid the proper parcel immediately. A subscription is forming in Wales for the pur pose of erecting a Column' en Moelvansma, the highest of the Clwydean ridge, to commemorate the late Jubilee. A canal is about to be made from Hammett', on the Welch toast, to run by D Bala, C a r wen, Ptc. to join the Ellesmere Canal, and thus open a conveyauce for the treasures of the new mines of Merionethshire, to Liverpool and the Metropolis. A young girl at Indira, white amusing herself some dap since on the banks of the Tay, odor- Innately fell in, and was drowned. 11cr Royal Highness the Princess CHARLOTTE r ccs, accompanied by I,34l4.Cirilreatt Ind The iiisahis of g A LI4BURT, on latuistay visited the extensive Museum just onaged in the G mat Room, 22, Piccadilly, in which they spent a cousiderable time, and expressed themselves highly uelighted with this elegant and rational place of amusemeat. Sir JOSEPH BA NIES has, we understand, presented the Proprietor with sumac valuable articles, among which is a magnificent Turki,h musket, the stock of which is of ivory, superbly inlaid with geld and precious stones. The general opinion of the Ladies is, that the most useful, and prettiest present which this sea son of the year atiolds, and most worthy their ac. celitance, is a packet of the new Patent Needles, lately introduced by G. Palmas, cutler to his Majesty, St. Jaincs's.street. The late material improvement in this trifling article appears to be highly deserving the attention and support of the Public, being the only impreveut,:nt lu this article Walla.% the last century 4 44 4• Pig q 8 2I CONTESTED ELECTIONS. Met) DAY. Final close of the PAI for Commuo Councils men fur the Ott. of London. Those Marked 4 -, are Members who voted for Mr. ATites's Address; and those marked • are new Candidates. ALIIIERSOATE. Mr. George King - 903 Mr. Thomas - 17,1• Aldridge - - 193 - - Itii• Meier - - 181 Rom Litt - - 149; forum. - - IN/ Loveland - -5 04 t Hens - - - No* ThisiVsrd reterits eight ‘' ALUM'" Mr.Timide - Deputy Weddel • - 161 Thorp - - 15t4 BlCkerliAlT - This Ward retNi 811.1.1% ei,;!it Members. DATE. Mt. - - 1200 Muir - it.; Robinson - - los silt Members. (.i(; AT E. Mr. Maley • - 95 bunk)* - - VI S.& i.psiin - - 85• Pi;.er - -6. J• 1 Pickard - - AO* Lowell - . - ih• King - . . 4gii us ten M 0 31 belt - '9GATE. Mr. Clarke • - 213 Fricker - • 1741 Po) flier . . ft: ; X night - - gyst Jodkius - - 25,* Gould - - - yajt Blandell - - 811* Tlircird - - 211* tient h - • gal; ns 11 Members. WARD. Mr. Cleugh . - 94 .loyimr - - St; (iarrait - - 84 It•well - - gy Dd:tou - - 81: A Ildio - - 7U• Locke - - 44* S.uidlpieen - - 113* rns 15 Members. STREET. I MnJoirph Hears 4 7 7 1 George Sharpe - 14 Nalhatiinl Aichemen 1 Ruben t.haposoin - Tit R iehArd l'aeston • • 8.1; W Minos CiAteril - it tit 10 Aleinburs. .EWICK. I Mr. Platt - - Hanby - klander - Fin:sic . < Crooinbridge inn; S Alembcrs. ;AYNARD. Mr. P0wa...11 Slade - - Farcanee Borllck ( P • irons Welch - - rns 10 51embers. _ 'iA P. Nlr. Wigan - • 'l2l Mr. Hale Lo;ley - - PS Farr Cummins - - 118 Swift Hirt_ %riot .- BS W illi ams - Chet-semi& - 111 Illaom;to - - Volidaa Fournier - •. Wt Mr. Bmw. - - Ord - - - 114 • 1311: - 131 Dort:ford - - 12.5 ileursey log Dickies • - 4. s 9 Hanson 984 This Ward returi BISHOP Sir W. Rawpas - 401 Mr. Cl,ll 316 Duttie - - 3;4 Deputy Oreettawny - 3.53: Nr. \Alt - - - SIS Wirbilus - 333: 13 line - 34`1 . Russ - - - 313: Munk - - 884 Dasls - - - 11111• This Ward Mar BMOCS Mr. Child - • - 106 Cartwright - - 101 Green - - - 103 Drown - - lt/i 3.tund.rrs - - 101 Roberts - 101 Dumont - IUO Lacy - - - 6 Attwood - - 9 tit• This Ward retu r BROAD=! Mr. Thomas Marriott - 103- Thomas Crorkatt - 96 Henry filaciand - 91: Tolima' Clarke - 119• Job • Pattersou - 81 James Artitur - Sit This Ward retur CANDL Kr. *alter • - 1111 I Kirby - - 93 Iluinpleby - - Deputy *etch - 74; Gale t This Ward retu CASTLE-B. Mr. Griffiths - - 161 liurcuiube - - 132 Howell - - - - 1.10 Feutim, Dep. - 144 Mix - - - 143 Tr.:,:cher - - 143 This Ward recut CII k • 70 4. - lot - tik.4 - - tiJ• - - 133 - - 1W: • - IOU• - -4;• - - 951! - 91• - - tit - - - tio• ''''' — TM! Wiriastiki : uS 12 Mernben. CRIPPLEGA IT. % IT/i IN. Mr. Hanate - - 161* ; Mr. W. ValLince . Keel - - .11; • Waterhouse - Hardy - - IS9 i //trim - I Deputy White - 1:),I Nightjar** Burt - - P2:l Dock, r y - Ilabhertiai -1%. Palmer - This Vard returns eight Members. CRIPPLED/ITI WITROW. Mr. mien - - S 9 I Mr. Miker - Crouch - - 258 I Deputy Miley Pullen - - - SW I This Ward returns four Members. CORDWAINERA. Mr. Smith - - 117: Mr. Trisibey . hi ack - - 113' Willson • Deputy Kenible lin; Derider • Mr. Dammam - UM+ lilit:.e • R•iir - - 96± J. J. Jones Abbe* , - - P 2 Garitowr - Vi . Jones - - 8i• W. Smith Thill Ward returns eight Members. -116 t lb• - lot -.91• - tY• - 74• -19 st - 144 81 70t - 66° 41° as• lip - 11111111111L116111111111r" -..— , Where the insurgents were COMMON COUNCIL. anrp!ised in Sepal' At day- rf ihpm Moil in thrit CONTESTED ELECTIONS. y ~, F kILRINGDON WITHOUT. Mr. iiraithnsan - -.713 Punt i x - - 658 • Deputy Wren - - 629 Quits - - - 6/6 5 Croak - 616 Birdie - - 6UI W. Reeves - 631 Miller - - 614 Yuung - 534 This ward retun LANGBOUI Mr. !Lawson - - 53/ I% kinds - - rll.l Griffith - - J. Keeve - - 309 %right - - Morrell - - Brewer - • SW Harper - - 448: 16 Members. t!ti WARD. Mr. 311 skew - Witherby - Mut S:ulthinx Pinelob &It Anderson - _ , Mr: Phillips - Realise. - A yree - Rodley - Wilshire - Di son Te) lor - 193 - 190 -175 t - 168 - 160• - 1591 - 141• - 1 1 5: - 191 - - 115 - - 106* . , 116 t - is. ;Ms Ward returns 10 Members. PORTii)K.LN. Mr. Culehatels - - tin Mr. Rea 170 t Atkinson - - - - lid!• Hoppe - - 2. - ;51 !festoon . 96S Outer - This Ward returns five Members. To%s IR WNW. The only new Member returned is Mr. Smith. Messrs. Loveland, 11. King, , Causton, Higden, D dley, %Valium, Har per, Metcalfe,"Bricknood, Hancock, Pinallack, Henson, Alsager, and %V. E. Smith, whir whet; for Mr. Atkins's Address have h-••• -meow in their rwr...st;:e -wards: ' - Three hundred men belonging to the 11th Foot, are exnected to march into Portsmouth this week, to embark for Portugal, as is the 79th Regioient, WOO strong, fur the same destination. As some servants belonging to Mr. M‘K,enzie of Kincraig were on Wednesday night eogaged In dry ing a quantity of oats on the kiln, the mid shim. nier gave way, when three of them were precip tated into the tire, and one of them, an old ruin between 70 and 80, was unfortunat.sly burnt to death. The other two escaped unhurt ; but a fourth, who was very active in endeavouring to save the old men, was severely burnt. The kiln arKl corn were totally thotroy ed. A soldier, employed in digginr , sand at Bexhill, was few days since killed by th e falling iii of the ground above him. Men engaged in labour of this kind should, at the present moon, be more than ordinary cautious, as the rains louten tie earth, as st increase the (Joiner of its giving way. 4r*'