The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-17 00:00:00

WIT 1 i . 1 L is i 1 / V "" •~ a« SURRENDER OF LIMA. The important news we communicated yesterday of the surrendekof Lima, was brought from Buenos ' Ayres, is lettMaind papers to the Sib of September. • 'Cu tigdesstatad46 tletailss`eb.join%d„itia,proper to ob.- •••• 0 „... 1 serrMiliae after Ibe arinisthe; oftweitchi iee.jiad been apprized, bad beigh.concleded for the purpose of ne- N.„, •gociatlng a treaty thivkisis f thyiVependence of Per *he Aritsetsialk_of Nostilitire 4ii been ex -6 a per' ion of 'eiglitiran aloe lot -.lanerder to obtb4p time for deputies to proceed to Spit to obtain the rallfisktion of iodependence. The blockade, how ever, appears to have continued with vigour; and the supplies being cut off by the activity of Lord Cochrane by sea, and the vigilance of San Martin by land, the ,provisions of the town became nearly exhausted, and the majority of the inhabitants came to the resolu tion of girl's' the General the prompt and uncon .ditional admittance within theii walls. This appears .to be the meaning of the General's taking the place by ; force of arms. Thus another vast empire is separated .froth Spain, and without the ceremony of waiting for its concurrence ; for it cannot be supposed that after the surrender of Lima, which lays the whole of Peru at the feet of the Patriots, the task of adjusting the in dependence of the latter will be transferred to the Inotlter country, instead of being settled on the spot. — The following are the details to which we have re ferred : Evtract of a letter from Buenos Ayres, dated Sept. 4 : —" We received the very interesting news of the fall of Lima, on the 2d instant; and I inclose the Gasette, which contains the only particulars we are acquainted with, but of the truth of it - there is not the least doubt. Many persons here are already preparing to depart tot /hat quarter. We are now all Idler, and shall remain so, ,I think, for some time. The present Government gives general satisfaction, and are makin ? • reforms daily. Bides are hardly to be met with at any rate, althongh we have expected they would decline in price." The following is an extract from the Gazette referred to in the above letter : " Although our Government have not yet received the official despatches of the entrance of San Mar tin into the capital of Peru, they can with confidence announce it from the tenor of the following letter from a respectahlr English resident in Santiago, to his cor respondent in this city : " Santiago, August 13, 1821, one p. m. " 3fy dear Friend—We have lust received the glori ous news of the fall of Lima ; the Montezuma having arrived in port with the official information that Gen. I San Martin took the place by force of arms. Give to I the bearer of this 150 dollars, should he be the first to bring you this intelligence." " BUENOS AIRES, SEPT. 2.—1 have hardly time to ac quaint you with the glorious newsofthe capture of Liana liv Gen , tral San Martin. • ."I'he official accounts are not yet arrived, in conse quence of a heavy fall of snow iu the Andes just after the express had passed. "The capture of Lima by force of arms being an nounced, may create some alarm to parties interested in that city : it ought, however, to be observed, that Linia not a fortress likely to be taken by ; but that it is much more protiable that the obstinacy of the Spa nish authorities forced General, San Martin to approach Lima, when a last attempt would be made by the troops remaioing ander the banners of the Viceroy. to repel the Chilian army : this 'leaving failed, the fatter would march into the city without resistance and with out a previous capitulation. It is, however, to be hoped, that strict discipline was observed, as the great mass of the population of Lima would receive the Chilians as friends and liberators; and as it always has been the oh jeer of the Government of Chili, and of General San - 1%11 srtin, to preserve Lima from a violent transition to in dependence, and front the commotions attendant on a temporary suspension of law and police in a town in which the lower classes are dreaded by the wealthy." " BUENOS AYRES, SEPT. 4.—On the 21 instant we received the important intelligence of the capture of Lima by the forces of General San Martin, by a letter from Santiago de Chili, dated 13th August; and although the details have not yet arrived, still no doubt is enter tained of the fact from the previous well-known distressed state they were in from want of provisions,the divisions that existed, and from San Martin having refused to pro long the armistice. The official details are hourly ex pected." " SANTIAGO De Cum, Tutor conseguenee of the arrival of the English frigate commanded b'y Capt. Srencer, at Valparaiso, we learn by an extraordinary courier, who arrived here on the 15th at seven at night, the sellowiug news, which is con fi rmed by . the papers pnblisheil at Lima, and by p • irate letters, viz.—That by virtue of the Armistice con luded by the Viceroy La verne and General San Ma , tin, prolonged for nine days more, the former proposes to the latter that all the towns which are now in the power of the army of Chili shall remain under the command of General San Mar tin ; that Lima shall continue in its present situation without any change in its Government; that both par ties shall name their respective deputies, who shall pro ceed to Spain to obtain the ratification ofindependence, for which purpose there shall be an amnesty for the spare of 18 months. reckoning from the date of its con elusion; the fortress of Callao, of which San Martin's forces have obtained possession, remaining a pledge until the return of the said deputies ; trade aad commu nication to be in the mean time free. That San Martin who did not agree to these propositions, demanded the surrender of the capital, upon which being done, he would allow a free communication, and wait for the de terasination of the deputies who were to go to Spain; that during the time of the negociations, San Martin bad permitted the necessary provisions to ester Lima; that his troops were advancing from some points which they occupied upon the capital with the design of be sieging It more closely." Wotenans !—Mr. Barth, of Strasburgh, has pub lished his discovery of a barometer, which is to an nounce every change of the weather thirty hours be fore it happens. and to give notice of thunder storms twelve hours before they occur. We should nut won der if an instrument was next annoinced which would indicate phenomena that never appear. One of the first experimental chemists of the present day asceibes the great increase of sudden deaths in this ceentry, to the noxious ingredients employed in the manufacture of many of the articles of life. The nu merene cosvictions in particular, that have taken place ea amain of the use of deleterious drugs in beer. render it highly necessary, that beads of families should tr . and against the mil eossequams attending the ue of as alawboiesense beverage. We are assured that the Air. Table Ale. and Table-beer, brewed by Mr. Chapman. et the liagaigge Wells Brewery. is from gmeiae malt aed hops. sat water may. The mar raiment he hes esperieurd eaSeleatly formes the servierity of his ankles, sad we have as desk will to hiss that eltellsint patronage he has hi deservedly eajoyed.—Ali knees mast he i 11ik....... ••••••••••••••=I.I•P IP $llllOll el, ..... , niE ST eIf7#IIDDRESSES. 1 . 1-4 0 1 ' Yesterday *e loork.ifertr, accompanied by the 11 Lord Ma or. Sir Curtis, Sir James Sbaw, Sir Flower, Aldermen Birch, Atkins, Brown, Lucas, the Reeiiierizinteriffe'Gerratt and Venable', the City Of ficers, and a great number of the Members of the Court of Common Council, proceeded from Guildhall to Carlton Palace, where they arrived about three o'clock. His Maje was partakeir engaged with several of thitile s • `d teas not able to receive the Address/! ti as ` I:o'clock. Mr. Mash, the Gentleman Usher in waiting, then conducted the Lord Mayor &c. from the Anti-room adjoinieg the Grab,' Hall, through the Octagon Hall and State Rooms to the Throne Room. where his Majesty was seated op his Throne dressed in a Field Marshal's uniform, sur rounded by his Cabinet Ministers, the Great Officers of State, and others. The Lord Mayor, Court of Al dermen, and their Officers approached the King. mak ing their obeisances, when Sir John Silvester, the Re corder, read the follwing dutiful and Loyal Address of the Court of Aldermen : TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. THE HUMBLE AND DUTIFUL ADDRESS OF THE COURT OF LORD MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY Or LONDON. MOST GRACIOUS SOVIRILIGN---We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor and Alder men of the City of Loudon, are anxious at the earliest possible opportunity to approach the Throne, and offer oar most sincere and cordial Congratulations on your Majesty's safe and happy arrival in your British Do minions. Desirous of evincing the deep interest we take in every circumstance which can tend to confirm attach. ment to your Majesty's sacred Person, as well as vene ration for the honour and dignity of your Crown, we can assure you, Sire, that yielding to none in willing and steady allegiance to our King, and in affectionate de votion to your Royal House, we feel, in grateful sym pathy wills every honest heart, the fervent effusions of loyalty which your Royal Presence has excited in every class of your Majesty's subjects during your progress. We are fully sensible of the many and great blessings which, under Divine Providence, are secured to us by your Majesty's paternal care; and, as we could not but experience considerable solicitude for the arrival of the hour which would bring back to us our beloved Sove reign in health and safety; so we most ardently join in the general joy at your return. The Shield of Pro vidence has been over you. Long may your Majesty wield the imperial sceptre of these realms, under the Divine' Protection • long may you dreserve the glory and prosperity of t he country, and enjoy the consolation of ruling over a free, loyal, and happy people. Signed by order of Court, HENItY WOODTHORPE. To which Address his Majesty was pleased to re turn the following answer:— " It is with the greatest satisfaction that I receive your Congratulations upon my safe return to my British dominions. " The sentiments of loyalty and affection with which I have been greeted during my absence from this part of my kingdom were similar to your own, and to those which I am fully persuaded are entertained by all ranks cod descriptions of my faithful subjteSe thteeshoet the empi re. " The City of London may confidently rely On my constant favour and protection, and I humbly trust that a Gracious Providence will assist and prosper my earn est endeavours to promote ther true interest and happiness of my people." The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Officers, were most graciously received, and bad the honour to kiss his Majesty's band. The Gentlemen of the Court of Common Council were then conducted into the Royal presence by the City Iteinembranceer, when the Recorder read the fol lowing Address: TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. THE. DUTIFUL AND LOYAL ADDRESS OF THE LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMONS OF THE CITY OF LONDON, IN COMMON COUNCIL ASSEMBLED. MOST (hlAcloL's SOVEREION—We your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Cord Mayor, Alder men, and Commons of the City of Lontbn, in Common Conncil assembled, approach the Throne with all those sentiments of veneration and respect which are implant ed in the minds of a faithful and free people, by the blessings which they enjoy under an invaluable Consti tution, and by the paternal regarik et n . f 4eeerstl ..entil lustrious Monarch. • * We present ourselves before your • 0 -sty on this oc casion to o ff er our sincere and hearty — eNratulations on your Majesty's return to your native country in perfect health and safety. And while we felicitate your Ma. jesty on that spirit of loyalty and affection which has manifested itself in those parts of your Majesty's do minions which you have for the first time recently visited, we feel confident that your Majesty is perfectly assured that the Citizens of London, In common with the people of Great Britain, will yield to none of your Majesty's subjects in zeal for your service, in attach ment to your sacred person, and in a determination to uphold the honour and dignity of your Majesty's Crown. That the same gracious Providence which has pro tected your Majesty throughout your arduous jennies. may still preserve you long to reign in the hearts of your loyal and affectionate people, Fs the fervent prayer of your Maesty's faithful Citizens of London. Signed by Order of the Court, H. WOODTHORPE. To which Address his Majesty was pleased to make, the following most gracious Answer u I receive with the tits satilfetefien thia-tektimony of your feelings upon my safe return to my native country. " Highly gratified, as I am, of the sentiments of loyalty and affection which have been manifested ip those parts of my dominions which .1-.4recently visited, I am perfectly convinced. dot - Ike .o.me spirit &situates the Citizens of LondonoM all classes of my faithful people throughout the British Aotninions. " You may be fully assured of my determination to maintain inviolate all your,rights and privileges, and of the ardent solicitude wield' I shall ever feel for your welfare sod prosperity." Mr. Oldham, Mr. Ex-Sheriff Williams, and the nu merous assemblage of the Court of COMIIIOU Council s had the bower to kiss his Majesty's hand. The King afterwards called the Lord Mayer to him. and very coniesceadingly and graciously apologised for demisting his Lordship, the Court al Aldermen, and the Geatlemen of the Commea Outsell, asd ob served— " I treetop) , Lord, that the Corporation of the City of London will OM NI my Maisie% them. I mock re- Pot the circealoolleo, and assert you, that het Om most important and Freesia( besieges use fees receivieg yea misty at ebe time appetuted." Ills Majesty also very graciously vegremsd that it had net been in his power Se amp with the Cope radars ea Lord Mapes day. The Sin psi sediessee to the Sari el Memos*, who de ' by the litv..smA3 - tbam oaf . Londonderry, A *lli Mniquess 4samden. and Ao litikred to hie Majesty the Oral lac Sir William Young. _ . . Many! Si .Idctai rat Yonne, rand Oros* woe Tie Court broke up eh, six o'clock. PRICE OF STOCKS THI Bank Stock per Cent. Rel 771 k I per Cent.Cor. 78k 71 8 14 per Coat. 6 per Cents. Mk b per Ct.Ntivy fill II per Cont. Long Ann 1949-16 hap. t per Cent. Irish 6 per Cent. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stook 241} Dittoßondo —G. 7111.72440 Souttpites Mast Elontitilioa 014 Aaa. Ex Biased. 10001.41 as P. Os•Ao. • all 01. 41.81. India r ditto if' Con. bilked 784,11 Lott. MOW' X221: .141. ANOTHER 230.000 AT NII4E .f PO'CI TUESDAY MORNING. ktatglintan. , - 0 ; "TN* BRIMS STATIMIAIii" Is INCOILSOIATID Ars a STATEsIisN." co LONDON:4 SATURDAY EVENING. IYOVEORR 17. Mi. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'cLOCKIN The Market is rather better this "morning. roe. solo began at 781, and continue to keeP the aisle' price. . The new arrangments of the Ministry nrehow the subject of pretty general speculation. ;In action to the quotation, in another column„ from a morning, paper, we have to notice an article tiei the same subject in a respectable provincial print, (The Norwich Afer- 1 cury.) After referring to the periods when theA 1 power of the existing Administration has been ottlie eve of extinction, the Editor asserts, " %Ve havg high authority for the belief that such a crisis isli4er past during this very week, or is now workitg. —lf our information be correct, and . we repeat, it reaches us from a high quarter, 'the resioa-, tions of several Members of the Cabinet were either actually tendered to his Majesty in Os co n of the present week, or on the point of being' offe This disposition is so recent, that the result cannot yet known. We ardently desire it may be a differenf one from that we should anticipate. We ardently de sire its determination may be a total change o men s. and • • measures. But of a consummation so devontip to be wished, we confess there seems scarcely a hope in the present posture of public affairs." The metropolis has for come time past exhibited a scene quite new in the annals of religious controversy. A family has devoted itself to the propagation of Anti. christian opinions, with a degree of zeal and per severance, of which there exists no former example.— P.rosecution ate; prosecution bas been successfully carried on against the different members of this family, who have in succession placed themselves in the post of responsibility ; and they still persist. The struggle is now plainly between the power of the law and the obstinacy of individuals, and it is now considered necessary to persevere in these prosecutions as much ' to uphold the disputed majesty of the law, as for the sake of the original object for which prosecutions were com menced. In this conflict the ultimate victory cannot be doubtful—but whilst we allow, that there is danger in suffering the law in any instance to be successfully defied, we may be permitted to add, that we seriously doubt the policy of any law to confront or restrain the promulgation of any religious or irreligious senti ments whatever : and to lament the indiscretion, which by appealing to the law in mere matters of faith, attempts to produce an unnatural and suspicious alliance between truth and force. The direct and imme diatc_itupressi:ns produced upon every mind, when e of any dais of opinions seek the aid of the gb law; - ran be no other than this : that they doubt the truth of their own creed, and fear to engage in the equal conflict of argument. This view of the sub ject may be erroneous, but that it is the most obvious and natural one, cannot be denied. On the minds of the thoughtless, the uninstructed, and the young, who cannot be expected to enter deeply into the merits of a controversy, this substitution of coercion for argument is likely to be decisive against theopinions of those who resort to it ; and yet we are told that it, is fir the special protection of those classes from error, that the prosecutions are deemed nefes,sarg p ,_ From the us restrained conflict of opinion, troth has nothing to fear. its influence is strengthened and extended by every re ne'wed attack. Every enntiteinewittocate of a true • litrieltyfaibi, will rejoice when his creed is about to undergoe test of controversy. He will feel an as surance of triumph. He will exclaim, " now is the unbeliever shout to be convinced :Ike wavering to be .confirmek ipfl the indifferent to be awakened." If authority shoilid attempt to interpose its officious man date to subdue the tone or regulate the language of his assailant, he will, at once, disclaim such dangerous 411 . • sistance. " Let the field of controversy be a fait. field," will be say, " do not injure my holy =MIN by casting into thimirkwtoriversary, sympathies and prejedices of ilse impartial world." These observations appear to us to convey a correct mend view of the impolicy of legal interference in matter* of religious dinning's. There are, however, seine topics of subordinate importance, which as they have been adverted to by the advocates of these prose cedese may deserve a moment's cousideration. Aad first, it is said.. that the parties who have faUea under these prosecutions have not reaseaed fairly; that in stead of sober nrgtuaent. they have employed insidious sarcasm. ;ad ssarrilaus invective. If this elm:masa be well limmdet mad not having read nay of the week, vs poise net *okay" whether it bee nicely or not, .~ .- . ~~► ~ ~+ . i.k F . 1 t .E ~ ) t f 1 + it would no doubt have been every satisfactory amm o in the mouth of a disputant, though it loses each of its force when it falls from that of a prosecutor. 11, disputant must proceed to show that the ma ma i lia. applicable, and that the invective is false i the p r , secutor is protected from any inch inconvenient d b mends. It is said, again, that sordid gain, and not ti e p s . pagatioo, of what they believe to be the trath,i 4 been the object of the family of the CARLILEII. ti t may be true, or it may be false. It is pure as, tion. It has no bearing upon the question, as q th policy or impolicy of commencing the prosecati ft; and urged as it has been iu aggravation of punishia ssts it is unjust, because it is uncertain. The Society Tru c k busies itself by instituting prosecutions of this nos h , should be cautious; at least, if not liberal, in impati q motives to the conduct of men. They mo re t i e liberal construction of the world in respect to &i t own. We will not insinuate that they disgain p ii, ;ical motives under a pretended zeal for relies: 4; k ,power and distinction arc more the objects of their em., ,than the protection of the community from blasphemy Istr vice,—but we assert that we have as mad right is )mpute the worst as they can have, whose motives am decessarily ambiguous. Extraet of a letter from New York, dated %Min IS :—lt is reported that an English vessel, from Js naica, baring on board a company of performers, with ',heir musicians and instruments, in passing the int it Cuba, was approached by a piratical cruiser, irk* lion the band struck up a martial tune, and the bit. casseevs immediately tacked ship and (led, supposisi tbe . y.yiere getting alongside a vessel of war. rtract of a letter from Savannah, dated Oct. Hs. ,2' • Concordia is arrived here, from Havannab. The e (C iit n informs, that the trade of robbery is coatissal in neighbourhood of Cuba, in the most open ass. P. nt igt o The brig George, from Boston, was Osumi, tie . e Havannah, by row-boats, of 530 dablous 4 "boats, after committing their robberies, ratan • N. i tlii i. o *harbour, and openly dispose of their booty. The . ,following extracts, from American papm . serve to'corroborate the accounts relative to the ser render of Lima, by sheaving the state of affairs there at previous dates : Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated Ott 19 : —The Janina has arrived from Rio Janeiro, when sbe left the General Drown. which had arrived from Callao (Lima) on the 16th of August, with 73 pas. sengen. The ExXice-King was one of the., lad reports, that General San Martin was at Piece, lat% 10,000 men, under arms. The General Brown was conveyed from Callao by the Constellaibiu Mr*. Extract of a letter from Valparaiso, dated July 18 : —The war in Peru ie still going on, and all eyes ire now open, in hopes of seeing the termination of this campaign. The latest intelligence from the lead quarters of General San Martin left that General aid the temporary Viceroy treating for peace or capitols. tion, and we momentarily expect to hear the resell et their conference, which will, no doubt, be farms* to neutral commerce. GALE IN THE WEST INDIES. ----- - [PROM TUS CHRISTOPHER GAZETTIC, Or earn. 13.1 It is our painful duty to announce in this swift the particulars of a most devastating hurricane, apt• rienced here. The loft in the yard of Dr. Amory was precipitated. into the street; the stores belonging to George M. Topshire, Esq. on the flay were levelled with de ground ; several small houses in other parts of tie town have been entirely destroyed, fences, trees, ier• Every estate in the parish, as well as throughout the Island, has received more or less injury. The noes in many places are laid fiat, and crops of prorisioss destroyed. The sloop Lion, of St. Vincent, with a cargo of rum was wrecked—several other veiieb hare been either lost or it.jured. A dismasted brig was the only vessel in the harbour at the cowmen:west of the gale. The Irish papers received this morning will i? found to possess much melancholy interest. now have been no arrivals from France to dap oP 01 / 1 1 timwa s paper went to press. The Ministerial arrangements now in train of oo' deed thus in a paper of this morning:— There has been much talk at the west end of town this last day or two, of an immediate chair is the Ministry, or rather a re-arrangensiol lb. pre' sent members of it. with one or two semi changer. With respect to these latter. it is said the iforre ls Wellesley is to succeed Earl Talbot as Lot bod e ' nant of Ireland. We are informed that his Majesty will W I a Levee very shortly at the Palace of Carlos Haw, and that be will spend the intervenieg days at* cottage in Windsor Great Park. The article on Ireland in ;.he first page of oar pp“ to-day, will be found deceiving the &Hestia* of Pr . sons who are interested either in the 00ral 4/1' 11 /.. agricultural improvement of that country. 'no" dt of it has, for several years. bee. ender the coed' ration of Committees of the Haase of Coolous!", and the basis of it will constitute a motive wh ich probably be proposed for tba sanction of Parnsweatto the ensuing Session. An article from. Constantinople, rig patio. OM that the Turks had been completely defeated by Greeks. sad Ali Pacha, who bad ultimately made ilkS mon cause with them. Two Nelms, bad boos and a third. It is added. was severely We d ' enema was decided by Aster. the Commaadaat l o" Greeks of Thno•- s- All Paola& übe latter bail gat ill the rage kis two mos —Bask Action. i hoosaly, th e estuary of Ali Pock& Vii, 4 rid of the blockade. sod foorlA °P' tor despair sod reveagowhich IL destki 1 culled is bius.—Froods rupiah' 110111. 1,595 f. I of a PI