The Statesman. — London, England, 1811-04-17 00:00:00

This bay was published. price Is. by Crosby aid Co. Sta ti'wwr.'-cnurt, Ludgate-hill, AREPORT of thy, PROCEEDINGS on an INFORMATION. filed 14 . 0 flido by his Malesli;s ATTORNEY-GENERAL, aitainst JOHN DRAK R kruprietor of the STAMFORD NEWS, fur_ publishing la that Paper an Article OD MILITARY p 1 ISIIMENT, tried at do Gnenty Hall. Lincoln, before Mr. Baron Wows and a Special Jury. on Wednesday, March 15, 1811. Of the smite Ftibli,hers miy be had. A REPORT of the TRIAL of itie. 3le4rs. HUNT, Pinprietnrs of THE EXAMINER, for copying into their Piper the above Article. Also a PA M Pll LET on REFORM, by the EDITOR. of THE STAM FORD NEWS. Air. Mails. Doe. Waterford '2 0 0 ... . Lkboa 1 tin IC I.: OF STOCKS rills Y AT ON S OTLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. 6914 id I S per Cent. Cnno. S TE SMA N. LO ti 7 DO N : WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 17, 1811. ..- 0 ..—. It Spilears that Ministers hare openly avowed (sat t e Militia is in future to be a sort of engine for th recruiting of the Army of the Line. The I\ measure r ta king drafts from the Militia for the re. guilar ar , was first adopted as a Mere temporary eaptalient n the Expedition to the Helder ; but such is the con iienee of conceding matters upon the pre. tences o f e pediency, that it has now become an avowed sad onfirmed system, which is henceforth to be as permanent as the present Ministry can make it. In fact, the politics of the party in power have in every measure displayed equal want of calculation, - and always shown the inefficacy of their combine. tints.. They have shuffled from sine plan to another —from the old mode of recruiting to fencibles, army of reserve, volunteers, local militia, regular militia, and GOD knows what, yet such has been the invariable consequence of their transcendent ignorance, that every one of those expedients has turned out to be ineffective, and inadequate to the necessary supply caused by the waste of the army.— Now they purpose to recruit the militia by bounty and ballot, by a qualified conscription, and then to recruit the line out of the militia by a second bounty. The probable consequence of the first plan will lva that those who may chums the life of a militia sol. dier, will hold back in order to get large bounties as substitutes for ballotted men—that the ballot and the bounty will be at variance, and that at last the ballot must be resorted to as an absolute measure of necessity—not because men may nut be procured, but because the original blundering in this system is fertile in obstacles to the success of its professed intentions. We are sorry to learn that the report of the stir. render of Marshal Nev, and 7 or 8000 French, corn. posing his rear-guard, is unfounded. The Brag. den, from Viana, has brought us letters, dated the 'V inst. from thence and from Ooorto, and not a syllable is mentioned in them of any such success. These letters, in alluding to the state of the armies, observe only, that M ASSEN 4 had been Arisen to the frontiers by Lord WELLINGTON, and that it was e.xpected lie would soon withdraw to the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo, and corer the adjacent plains with his encampment. The outward-bound Oporto fleet had arrived. A letter from a General Officer, dated the, 27th frum the advinced guard at Celorico, states, " that the French cavalry were so jaded and ex. hausted, that they could scarcely make a trot of it." la•tteri (ruin another General state the number of pri.oners, in addition to the loss of the French by killed and wounded, at 5000 men. We have also a letter from Coimbra, dated the 18'h March, and written under the most ardent frclings of joy at the escape from the enemy. On the lath, the French begin to appear, on the 11th they advanced in some force, on the 12th a very large detachment ranged itself on the left bank of the Mondego. the 13th, Colonel Ta NT entered the place, and gave the afflicting orders for the evacita. tiott of the city, he himself with the Militia corn.. Invuring the march towards Cie Vouga. At eight o'clock in the morning of the same clay a French of truce arrived, requiring that t h bridge 'hyoid be re-established, with a promise that hostilities would nut be allowed if the troops of Marshal 31xssiL):4 were ad.iiitted to pass without interrup tion. The answer given was, that the General who commandei was at some distance at a post of observation, and that nu decision could be given within 24 hours. A short time only elapsed when the people were transported with the sight of the entire foi co of the - enemy moving off in the direc. Lion of Miranda del Cerro. Thus was this beauti. l ful city saved from French depredation. Immedi:l attly afterwards the utmost diligence was employed', to supply necessaries to the allied forces, and the communication was opened with the southern pro-' viuccs. Letters from Bnulo.oe, of the I I th, received yes. terday, cou'ain no news. A report was in circu. tiw., thit B , JNAP %RYE had issued orders that Asses A, and even the whole of the French troops, ..liottld abandon the Peninsula. It was conjectured, on account tel this order, that he was threatened with a war by Russia, and which report is alluded to to the following extract of a letter : * 4 ANIIOI.T. Aram 5. 66 Our )(Men from ret,riiburgig are of inept Tffl dates, being of the 244 ult. and they continue some of them in very positive terms to maintain the probability of a war with France. Fountain eogi‘ tents (say some of them) have boon lately nitrated I and fitted out, and artillery provided fur than. CAULINCOURT asked, iii the name of his Court, the reason of these preparations, and he was shortly answered, that the Exrenott intended in the sum. mcr to renew the war in Turkey. Most of theta men were,sent, however, into Russian Poland ; and we know pretty certainly, that the Turkish bitsinta is by this tim • fettled, or on the eve of it. Still," it is added, 64 do hot act too confidently on this opi. nine of mine, as I was speaking to a person about Court, and he told me not to believe it. The re. port, however, is general, and orders have been scot for a conscription in the Eastern provinces, wider the pretence of renewing the Turk ish war. 44 In Konigsberg, nine persons have been arrest. ed on suspicion, and a band of new D,eanicrs (Frenchmen) has been sent to prevent trade this summer. The King is on a journey, and the French Minister has all the authority of a Monarch." . Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY Came on the Terrace, accompanied by Drs. Basinfuls and REYNOLDS, and walked - till one, when he re turned to the Castle to dine. The afternoon turn. ing out net, his MAJESTY did not resume his walk on the Terrace. A letter from Cadiz says ;—" The letter of Ge•n. Ls PENA, giving an account of the battle of oil. rosa, in which be claims the victory, and represerits the English only as auxiliaries, was, .11" understand, dictated by BLAKE. It was generally believed here for a day, but when the troops returned, and it was found that the English had suffered so severely, aunt that the Spanish troops had sustained no loss, the inhabitants in crowds surrounded the house of G ee. GRAHAM, and testified their admiration by the loud. • cst acclamations." Lurd MAtteu, the son of the Loan LIEUTE. N&NT of IRELAND, and Aid.de.Canip of Lord WELL' !wrig, was sent with an order to the Off►. cer commanding the I4th Dragoons, to charge the , enemy ; that gallant Officer instantly gave the word, and Lord MARCH joined in the charge, by which the two regiments of the French were cut in pieces ; his Lordship hiasself made prisoner a French trooper and brought him into the British camp. Letters of the 27th March, from the head-quar ters of the Allied armies, state that Lord WEL LINGTON had, by a ft it of truce, forwarded a woe to MAssEwA, iu whi• b , after pointing out many of the horrid and barbarous *CIS of his troops, assured him, that if a check was not immediately put to such pr•;ceedings, retaliation would b.: necessary, and he should nut be able to preserve the French prisoners from the fury of Portutoeset troops under his command. A letter from a viiilem in with the British army in Portugal states, that when he entered Santarem, he saw, written in large characters upon a house, the following cut iqui sentence :—" tin bon sada' dolt (noir lc mar elm 1 on, la force du cheval, l'ap. petit d'un souris, et l'humanitO crun b61c."...A good soldier should have the h.'art of a lion, tie strength of a horse, thy,appetite of a mousei and humanity of a brute." Thursday, Ct cn. Bisliore, E'q. son of Sir %V. C. Bisuorr, Bart. was elected is Member for the Boo rough of Newport, Isle of Wight, vice Nord PAL. NERSTON, elected for Cambridge. Loft! HEADLEY is expected to be returned for Ludgersisall, in the ruoili of M. Evertm, who has vacated his seat. A private letter from Portsmouth mentions the rumoured capture of a Guernsey Packet, having on board, amongst other passengers, the Wey. mouth Company of Comedians, who hid closed their season at the Island, and were on their pas sage home. They may now, it states, have an op. portunity, with BON APA STE'S permission, of open ing an English Theatre in Prance. The Duke of Sussex took - an airing yesterday, fair the first time since his accident, and called on his Royal Brother the PRINCE REGENT. On Monday there were 300,000 Dollars sent from the Bank to Mr. BOLTON'S, at Soho, to be stamped, and the same quantity are to be forwarded in a few days. These are expected to be in circulation in the course of three weeks. The Royal [lent, ou'ErOer Monday, in Wiudsor Forest, afforded but little spurt to the numerous troop of Sportstuen assembled. The deer was abash. ed from the confused noise of horns and halloos, andofter running a short mile, stopped short,aud was killed by the hounds; but the lovers of the diase anticipate much pleasure nil! be afforded from the deer to be turned out on Thursday at Stoke, whets the Marquis ComswAr.rds will be present. The late rigorous orders of the French War Mi. 'taster, the Mike Dc FELTiir., fur raising conscripts iq the 12 departments of France, are accompanied with a t uriuus fulmination, no less than'' the pc. Inalty of two yeah imprisonment in irons upon any parent conccalisiz, or causing to be concealed, the' sex of their children." " The Greeks knew bet. ter," and we would recommend to French tyranny the exercise of Grecian ingeouray, wed remind (nett haze Aettir.t.gs was caught without the aid of terror, by the talent of the Recruiting Serjeant. The Earl of PORTSM9UTII gave an eutertainment yesterday, at his house in Lincoln's Itin Fields, to very large party, and, as far as we may judge frotn• 'appearances, to a very happy company. The chit !,-..dren of the Charity Schools of the parishes of St. George and St. Giles, to the number of 100 boys, and 70 gills, enjoyed the comfort of a wholesome substantial dinner of old English fare, provided fur them by his Lordship. An occasional repast of this sort must be doubly grateful, from the strung sense which it impresses, of the condescension ansl other good qualities of the entertainer; and bear an arleitional value, from that spirit of patriotism which they tend to infuse through all ranks of so. ciety. Ills LOrdship accompanied this plentiful dinner, and hirgiass of pure ale to each of his grate. ful guests, with a small present in money. We tut. detstand that lie repeats his kindness three or four tithes its the (muse of the year. ~ . ,~:~. _~ • ,~ ~;: ~. STATESAIAff. ~-,~ N4V.11, INTHLLIGENG. —...... • PLYSI - CiUTtt, Aiats 15. The Concord transport, Captain 'Ca), arrised from the Mediterranean, caught morning in Catwiter, which was not (Atli anti! the grea*r part of her slurps and deck conmiltketl..• A seaman, nihted Francis Escs, Wong ship Prince, of London, now lying at bound to Quebec, attempted to get-Onshore 114 y, w ithout leaso,and fur . that VULIose [boat that was alongsidr, and mode for f am which,the Mate of the said vessel, named shank, immediately loaded a Musket, and pORTSMOUTII, APRIL 16. Nothing arrived or sailed to.day. The Monarch, Flan, William, and transports have been.released from quay • "DS/16. Apart. 16. Arrived dm Beasie olutipt4 war from Sfir,,ERMI ESL Aran. 1 . 6. ingleel his Majesty's ship'Glatkstadt, voy fur the Baltic. The nest convoy -wi sail about tlso29th inst. . TORIIAY, Avert. IF , . Sailed the Liglitning sloop of war fq zits, and the Sandwich lugger on a crui Tv WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, E. Sin, —When you petition the Throne that you be not led into temptation, you to yourself order an obligation to far a% you can, all temptation from nth' ally from those less able to-resist Whether you have hitherto supported the [link in the system that has destroy life, I know not, but feel confident you ly prevent, not only an increase, but a if thu evil—and would willingly hope acquainted with the extent to which the . small notes is carried ; and that no petty ation of inconvenience to the Bank, if to be honest ; . will weigh with you in the question, whether payments in sped cteforced ; or the small notes now arm 'Dotes even to a less amount, be permit convertibility ? , it may by:laid, that by% late Act—prt reported, by the Solicitor to the Ban, now rarely taken way tot this offence the Bank, by a merciful collusion, On ports for fourteen years. Whether thr tired, or ashamed, or afiiid of bang!ng i rej,ice at any commutation fog Otateria:ly alter the principle for which that temptation should not be held out ti Ile likely to resist it ? and do you not - the iriveased temptation, if notes small present shAll i he issued ? Already, not a fur in the, market but by the interven pound note ; what must ensue if a loaf can be purchased only by paper ? The whole originates in a departure fr in the first instance—arid nothing.ean save try from dreadful consequences, but a to first priomples without delay. Convinced of the sincerity of your relir4 fcssiortS, I ran almost think yon will excl , justilia runt calum ;" but I am .sure y not sacrifice justice and humanity to sup 110volising Company and an extravagant I am, Sir, roirs, • A COUNTRY At4Gt ThoTranspert Board have very hands& fled 251. per annum on the parents ur of Swallwell, wr, o fell while fentting-tho ship British Queen, of Soik AJ:111 TIIOMPSON, Owner), when attach, Straits of Messina by two row.vessels of men each, which he heat off. Also a 501. to W M Aron, of Sundt Shields, , Mate ; 251. to J A stes 11 , 1' I xrtts, the Second 201. to each of the two seamen wounded Jon Wtcwratitc, of South Shields, cativo 1.01. to each of the other 10 seamen; -sr ' each of the two boys ; fur so gallantly their lame Commander. Our worthy 1401113 MAlrOlt Was no lest Isc in the excellence of hii bounteous board to Monday, than he was whimsical in the of his guebts; for among the many that par the genial feast s we found the following couplets :-- Alderman Curtis:* me, W. Adair. Lord Ca:414.9 . mb, Sir Franc is Burdett, The Bii.hop of Oxford, . Mr. Wnitimaa, The Algerme Ambassador. NIG Sheridmi. Anions, colder new eamlidioree ".Terra WM, areoclais tue sit deviiirtior alter Q gut maidens,- it gaudia quauta teerunt r '~ ?. „ . . A." • boat had proceeded from this ship a short fired into her, and a musket, ball passed Bluth Esea's thighs. lie was brought on nmediale surgical assistance render e d hi m , 1t loped will do well. The Mate absconded ihe Officers of Justiee'reached the ship. Put in yesterday by contrary winds, ' y's ship Mercury,' from Portsmouth, l a Asbon, with General Leigh and squie ry . Officers. • 1. .. Sailed w on it6 Saturday evening the Foxhound war, dispatches for Cadi'r. Arrived the French schooner Lu Bonne th oars, captured by the Rhin frigate nine, Salisbury, Irbil, Lisbon ; and S fleronu, from Amelia Islincr 2,' 7" -:, P, * g a-‘ 7.;' ' ''k - • '., .' ; 4.**. - ' . ;.: . . ' ' '' ' '. -ifer r r .. ' . .: • ; 1 . ^ "• , 1 , --.- ... 'E. . - ROGER O'CONI4IO4Iy Ego. .-...... • Mr. Roars O'Comxua has published a more ac. )(or, lately curate account than what originally appeared of the las ase this Dtafogue which took place between himself and the v 1 E6 1 40 1 4411 Judge on his late trial for an emelt. We extract . 4 lFaks- ware the following account of the conclusion from The •bublin Evening Pori :.-- Ingiog to the tc Mr, 0 0 Coonor said, that about two years ago, it Catwater,. 4 he haf'sought protection from the law in that shore infer.' Court, in a case of property, which was proved its to got into a so satisfactory a Manner, that even Lard Norbury, before whom it was tried, could not avoid Cil:iig. r the sh-l ?re ; ing the Jury to find a verdict for him in these very anted Crook- words" Gentlemen of the Jury, the law makes it Liul when the obligatory Ott you to and fur M r.O'Connor." Yet the on distance, 'Jury returned a verdict egoista( him to (helms of alior.,• nod throug h one thousand pounds. With the recollecti o n o f a- transaction on his mind, he bad ever . rince consider an shore, and his property ,unprotected by the existing laws of 11, him, and it is country. NOw an insolent fellow, with a pre r n e.i ,nded before fated design) invades his place, besieges bin do or, from which s he refuses with oaths and r i o t t o d epart his Mare assaults him in the very act of di rect i ng hi s removal, wider the warrant of the most common 1, bound to maxim of the law in such cases-"Mollitor mama e other mili- 'imponere," all which has been fully proved tliis day, yet has a verdict of guilty been returued. Was it then xhound brig not apparent, that his house was not to him a castle d safety, ; that his hone was nut to him a sanctuary ; onne jenette, that his personal liberty was vi o lat e d, an d a b so l ute . ly insecure-was nut the verdict (if s o i n comp li ance e ; tho Nep- with custom he must call it) a full proof of the Spanish brig testimonies charging the prosecutor with having dt. Glared, that Lord Norhury w as hi s sworn f r i en d- - the sworn e ne m y o f O'C onnor, an d t h a t h e and a I Jury of Trim would make right wrong, and wrong i right.---Does not the verdict of this day proclaim id Colmorth aloud that he was not to expect justice here, and that ' online. the laws were made use of as the means of harrassing and insulting - him. Having made these remai Its, Stu a &Il i a. Lord Norbury expressed his approbation of the verdict, and proceeded to pass his seutence of im. ' - prisonnient on Peter Hayes, in the gaol o f T r i m , with a cu."n. for one fortnight; and on O'Connor, in conside. will probably ration that an action was to be brought to recover damages, for one month, and to give bail of the .. peace. After O'Connor had been conducted to the for the Bra. gaol, be was again seat fur to c o m e t o th e C ourt _ house, when he arrived Lord Norbury observed, size. that as to the imprisonment that would be dis. pensed with, on application to the Court, on which Eso. M. P. O'Connor replied, that he was well acquainted with imprisonment-that he had dragged out seven 111114 ine of Mercy years in loathsome and solitary dungeons, the spi. u, of course, rit of persecution;. the martyr of despotism, th a t if to remove u his life hung upon the lips o f L o rd N or b ur y, h e __,- would scorn to ask it, but that he sh ou ld h e g l a d secs ; es . Ms° that the two poormen Anderson end Hayes, who - had committed no other offence, than that of being dor opposed his servants, would be permitted to go home to sec( so.much their wives and children, and that the t erms o f dal(' .1 would glad. restgaint should be added to the time o f his impri- . s •summit, with which his Lordship would not coin. continuance ply. As to Hayes, whom the Counsel for the you are un- prosecution almost over.l u oked, it was m ere ly sa id e forgery of of him by Ogle and B.uork, that he hit Ogle in the .ity vo „ s id er . l back, though all the others present. swore he did if cum elled no more titan endeavour, very gently, t o p reva il p upon him to leave the place." determining ... !cis shall be , CORN EXCHANGE, .41fPitil 17. 'culated, and -......- itted without This day the remaining quantities of Wheat are somewhat considerable ; not mods of prime quality which nearly supports last prices ;• inferior Seas very. -oposed, ibisfew buyers. Barley in sh o rt supply, an d th e d c . Ink,--life is mend for Portugal tends .to maintain the late ad. e ; and that ranee. Malt in plenty, and rather lower. Peas On l y trans . and Beans of each sort continue at little fluctuation. , the Bank be The supplies of Oats on hand are likewise some. i• „, what considerable; nut many fine ; and sales quoted Is You 'l"' nearly at our last currency. Flour without varia. at does this lion. . It I contend, Wheat, -- - 624. 763. 86 3 . Tick Beans (old) de 41L Os. ' Fine ditto , 935. 933. Oats, to those lit. ky e ( new ) - - . - $5„. 40.. Poland..- .. - 26, 274. Od• t shudder at Barley, -- - - O. 4O t. Ofl. l'otatoe ditto - - 19, Jos. ed. malt, - - - £4l X:itt Iler thaw the W. Yeas (Boilers) 4Y.. 48.. 1 Fine Flour .- - - ";:is. SO, „ Resets Pelt% -- - - Sti.i. 41'... Seconds • pig is p4it ßesets ( old), - - - 484. 2.15. I ention of a --...-..--........_._--4 of of bread Lewes, April 15.-The heaviness noted in our market lost week, continues this day, and prices from justice nearly the saute, except in the sale of B ar l e y, which is brisker and rather dearer. Prices as fel- re the coon- low :-Wheat, white, 945. to 96c. ; du. red, BGs. i recurrence to 90s. Barley 28s. to 335. Oats 235. to 295. Peas, grey,. 38s. to 425. and Beans 365. to 465. per quer- digious pro- ter. Hay 61. 10s. to 71. 10s. per t on . S traw , Is. Bd. to 2s. per truss; and fine Fl our , Ms. to 775. :laim " fiat per sack of 2801b3 you would The St. Vincent, of 120 guns, is building at Ply. pport a me- mouth, oil theexact model of the Caledonia of the Mlitistei, like force; add the Union, of 110, on_ the model . of the Victory and Royal Sovereign. ISTRATE. A Yorkshireman and a Leicestershireman con. ' feuding for the superior fertility of their respective gamey set- counties / 1 m the 3eicestershiresn declared, that he of captain could turn a horse into a field new-mown, and the nobly de- next morn ing e the grass would b e g r o n abuse his iilb Shields hoofs. " Plus! that's nothing (cried the York. 'eked in the shireman), you may turn a horse int o a fi e ld i s if 30 or 40 Yorkshire , and not be able to find him next morn. lug." present of T he monopolizers of broad cloth, front the late the M Chief and considerable fall in the price of the articles, have ate; ti , wt. to lately, much to the satisfacti o n o f th e Public, 16 carpenter ; broughtthitir wool to a bad market. and 51. to A Welch Curare hearing an opul e nt West Coon, y assisting try Vicar complain of t he fatigue of preaching every Sunday, exclaimed, I pray every day, proath twice on Sunday, and make nothi ng o f it." at l 'P a P iia- The rumour of an intended tax on Porcelain and ird on Eat. p u ll ers, has occasioned a considerable conimeti..n among the fair sex resident in this m e tropolis. It h partooke se 1 te i i u o n f i . s said that a requisition is in circulation, desiriug l'ii sing ular the attendance of all the Tubbier in Westmituster, " on an appointed day, in Palace.yard, for the put. co pose of training a petition t o b e pr e s e nted to o mr. , tain (tight non. Gentleman. To this personage we recommend a seriomi consideration. of this subject t Per, Let him he careful of i ncurr in g the melancholy fate tI" . of.Tr-iss. • • .. . • I .:u:, ; ,-:. t• . - 4** - •."' . - . . .. - , . • . • • • . . . . . . -