The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-01-09 00:00:00

VP' " PORTO, Dec : 18. " Not a word of news from the army—all is quiet. A large quantity of musket., clothing, and Mores have been sent from c o mma, for the use of the Galliciaa Army." " MONTE VIDEO, Atm. 11. gmenexn, Geir al of the rebel army, besieging this place, "ever ay seat sih a flag of truce the Intendant of his army, p .t. A. CILLXF IVA, who was received without the city by our 6 ,verror. The object of his nii;nion appeared to be to inspire us • mittrust fit our worthy Allies the Portagnese, whom this • ~,,a ry of t he en-my represented as men coining as auxiliaries, via.) would themselves be our masters. He added great false bloc, respecting the Peninsula, assuring us,.that if it was not al ready 'obligated, it would soon be so, which so roused the Governor, that he put as cod to so useless a eadereace."—(Re _,azter Corti-40 The more we contemplate the manly conduct of . I Sir FRANCIs BURDETT in the course which he pur- 1 vied in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, ' the more are we constrained to admire his indepen dent and patriotic principles. It was indeed a ' triumph which he obtained over the satellites of a I proeigate Government, worthy of being recorded in ' the heart of every true friend of Liberty. The ob. ; 4 ject w hich Ministers have always in view, by taking I tae lead in moving Addresses in both Houses of Par. 1 liament is, that these Addresses may be entered on ' the public Journals, and be thereby handed down ' to posterity as unqualified declarations, that the ' measures they were -pursuing, met the 'wishes of the Representatives of the People, and, of , I co arse, the approbation of the people them- ' selves ; while any opposition of the Members which i 1 merely appears from the Newspapers of the day, ! I would not be regarded as of much importance.— , ' This is the true secret of Ministers always arrogat- ! ' ing to themselves the right in question ; but it is a ' ' a privilege which they have no title to assume ; and, I in the instance before us, the worthy Baronet has ' rendered an important service to his country, by ' bringing forward an Address, not an echo of the Speech, but exhibiting a faithful picture of the state , ' of the country, which it was the object of all pre- : I vious Addresses to disguise. Although the present 1 Address did net meet with the support of more than two independent Members of the House, it will ne vertheless stand on its Journals, and will, we are : I persuaded, be resorted to at no very distant period, as ! ' a proof that there was, in these awful times, some , ' individuals to be found in our National Assembly,who ' I had courage to oppose the torrent of general corrup. 1 i tion which, in the prophetic language of Sir FRAN- I I CIS, must ere long involve the country in utter ruin, if a barrier is net speedily set op against it.— ! ' The facts which the Address records, will also be appealed to as evidence of the folly and ignorance of ' Ministers, in prosecuting a contest which must be I attended with such fatal consequences. That they i view the advantage obtained by Sir Famects Bun- DM in this light, is evident from the way in which i it has been taken up by the Journals under their inn mediate influence :---iii yesterday formed the leading feature in the political disquisition of the Post— every other topic was regarded by the Editor of that Paper of minor importance, when compared with an occurrence which not only overwhelmed the WEL- I.Estrv's and the PERCEvAL'S with consternation; but called forth expressions indictive of the deepest hatred and malice against the worthy individual who 'has so successfully defeated their views. His Ad dress is denominated a " studied satire upon the whole of his MAJUTY's venerated reign ;" and the patriotic Conduct of the Honourable Baronet, is ; sagaciously compared to " that of the ass in the I fable towards the dying lion." The Courier, on the other hand, affects to be jocose on the occasion, as if jocularity were sufficient to convince the na tion that we are happy and flourishing. But who does not discover in all this the chagrin and disap. pointment which PERCEVAL and Co. feel at the worthy Baronet having, in the discharge of a para mount duty to his country, so effectually exposed the profligacy and cupidity of Government ? It is indeed a mere farce to hear these hireling writers attribute the conduct of Sir Fiume's, to an inimical disposition towuirds the person of his MAJESTY.—In detailing the misfortunes which have been brought upon the country, the Honourable Baronet very na turally makes use of the expressions, " during his present MeJerry's reign," to fix the period of which be speaks. Ile could not do otherwise ; but in the bitterne3s of their hearts, at such an exposure being put upon the national Journals, Minis ters attempt to bring down the public odium their own conduct merits, upon the head of Sir Fawn's, by holding his up as an enemy to the So 'ereiele But they flatter themselves in vain if they expect their scheme to succeed ; for the whole na tion, who will have perused the Speech to both Rouses of Parliament, and also the Address moved by th e wor th y B arone t, cannot, tell to discover that the deplorable situation of his MAJIIITY is very slightly hinted at in the former, while it is not so much as noticed in the latter. It would be some what singular indeed, if the situation of his 3IA- , 31 -I r, who is universally known to be totally ince- pc!)l e of attending to business, should be held " the To° , t prominent topic," as stated in the Morning Poi, for the consideration of both Houses of Par liament. We will v entu re to that the sub . assert , 3”ct would not be viewed in that light, in times of the most profound peace; much less in the midst of a ruinous and destructive war, under the Governmar.t of a junto, whose chief aim is to destroy the Con stitution, and enslave the people. These are the dreadful evils which Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S Address se clearly and distinctly points at; and as they have originated in a vita" of interminable warfaret THE STATESMAN. which commenced in a very early part of the present reign, and has since been pursued with unceasing ar dour by those to whom was entrusted the guidance of the helm of the State, it would have been an affecta tion of loyalty, which we do not think even the Post itself would have countenanced, to have avoid ed a direct allusion to the Sovereign under whose sway these transactions took place. As to the Speech itself, which is falsely termed ,the PRINCE REGENT'S, we are convinced that his 'Loyal Highness has studied his own individual in terest, and that of the nation, much better, than to have given his sanction to the avowal of many of the leading tepicswhich it contains. To anali se all its points, would only be to recapitulate those facts which we have unceasingly and daily brought before the public view —facts which, notwithstanding all the chicanery of our pettifogging Premier, stand uncontroverted, and the operation of which must prove fatal to his usurped domination, and to that system of deception by which he and his minions impose upon the credulity of a patient and insulted people. In the House of Com mons last night, it will be seen, that Mr. Wine- BREAD, with 'hat unsophisticated eloquence, for which he is so remarkably characterized, laid open, in a clear and convincing manner, the folly of con tending any longer with the power of NAPOLEON, and demonstrated beyond a doubt, that nothing but peace with his overgrown Empire, would save this country from becoming dependent on his will. An attempt was, no doubt, made by Mr. Peacevee to refute the statements and arguments of his opponent ; and if flippancy of expression, contempt for the honourable and distinguished Member to whom he replied, and a presumptuous opinion of his own ability to counteract the schemes of BONA? tare, are to be reckoned a refutation of Mr. WIITBREAD'S remarks, we readily admit that the ORANCELLOR of the Exeneetnea has succeeded is his pur pose. We are persuaded, however, that no man who candidly considers; the speech of Mr. Witersateo, and compares it, not kith the con temptible effusions to which we have alluded, but . with the actual slate of the country, can hesitate for one moment In subscribing to all its parts. His state- lere learn that the Marquis of Tevirroce. is likely mint io particular regarding the situation of matters to make the motion respecting the Roma n C a th o li cs in Ireland. in the Peninsula, and the more than probable fatal eo thin an attendance of Members in the house of issue of that contest, merits the highest considera- Commons, at the opening of a Sessions, was scarcely lion ; and when this is attentively perused, ever known as on 'Dues !ay last. along with the following extract, which we have: The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have fairly copied from the Post of this morning, directed the Comntioieners of the Navy to employ a number of trusty clkrks, to ascertain the accuracy of let tee most inceedolous person as to the nation's the certificates given to seamen, to entitle them to wrongs, ask himself; whether any faith ought 10 be Greenwich Hospital, from the Navy Office, for many longer placed in the present Meestry :—" By our months past. They have already discovered many private accounts, we find, that some of the circum- spurious ones. stances hare transpired which have given such great I Mrs. SIDDONS is gone to Edinburgh, to take a and just offence to the British Minister at Cadiz.— final theatrical leave of her friends in that city, and It aupears that General Ls PRBA, whose cendoct . ; has been recently joined by her sister, Mrs. C. r.. • the battle of Barossa every Briton must remember Kreme s in Scotland Is dimi nished and the character of which it is therefore now unne-I The estate of Mr. ADAM in value twelve hundred pounds per annum, cessary to retrace, hes not only been acquitted, but i by the extraordinary transversiou of a fine river-sal rewarded for has cxemplarg services, on that me- mon fishery, which formerly ran extensively through movable occasion, w'th the grand cross of Ceeeees !hie lands, but, by a late immense flood, excavated a 111., the highest disiitiction which the Spanish Ge- I new course for itself of more than a mile through a b vernment could confer on the most distinguished . ADA l a b ouring estate entirely leaving that of Mr. neigh . and extraordinary m. lit. Nor is this all :—it is I It was supposed, that a Government extent would equally noserisus, teat Yees, the patriotic Go- i have intercepted a considerable proportion of the as vernor of Badajoz, who surrendered that impor- sets, late the property of Messrs. BOLDERO and Co.; tent fortress to the French, is still at large at but this, we understand, is not the case. Au extent Cadiz ; and, worse than all, the arms and stores was unquestionably to have been issued, which would INDIA MOOSE.—YeFterday a Court of Directors as certainly have taken precedence of every other de- was held, when the following wing Commaeders took leave sent out to refit the army of BALLASTLROS, have been nand upon that firm ; but in consequence of the ab- of the Court previous to departing for their respec employed, and thus misapplied, hy the Regency in sense of the Barons of the Exchequer from town, • eve destinations : equipping an expedition against the refractory Colo- ; one of whom must sigu the writ of extent, an unex- Captains R. P. Tretnenheere to the ARia; J. Hay, to the nies. With what epithet such conduct should be pected delay took place in the issuing of it. In the Astell ;T. H. Ilarri•, t•• he Prince Regent ; W. L. Pascal' to the Earl of St. ; for Madras and Ben.al. Captai characterized, we hesitate at present to say; con- mean time a docket was struck against the parties, P. Mansell, to thic. Coldstr, m; T. Dumbleton, to the L akens ; tenting ourselves with merely observing, that it is any and a messen g er under the commission was in pos- c rer, se H e l ena an d B enga l, session of the premises, when at length the extent The under-mentioeed Officers were sworn in to the thing but what we imagieed we had a right to ex- was expedited. The Government never, as we are command of their reap ‘rt;ve chi-. viz. pect."—Such, Reader, is the account given hi the informed, taking a dividend, the whole of the debt Captain itaikett, to th • Cirencester . fur China direct. Cap tains Lrei,, to the ll..rriett ; Canteroi, to the Ann ; Weltd-it Journal most devoted to the views of Governme n t, due in this instance is likely to be lost, for the pre- to t h e I n d us; 'enkins, to .he City of London, for Madras and of the patriotism, and of the ardour with which as Mr. , sent at least, to the Public. Bengal. Ca. •ain Pitcher, to the new ship, building at North e• t, f PERCEYAL tells us, in the house of Commons, the ! A Court-martial was held at Bombay, last year he , Weor Bengal direct. have seen a communication from Cadiz, which Spanish People are opposing the attempts of BONA- for the trial of Lieut. Samuel Sluszre, of the 2d bat- notices a very gallant affair on the part of the a i med PARTE to subdue their country ! ! ! talion of the 56th Regiment, for conduct shameful, - • merchant vessel Regent. She was attacked on the disgraceful, unbecoming, and derogatory the charac- 2etli of November, off Ayamonte, by three French ter of an Officer and a Gentleman, and highly sub- privateers, with which she sustained a smart actioa versive of good order and military discipline. The for a considerable time ; till being at length agile to Prisoner was sentenced to be cashiered. bring the while of her guns to hear on one of the A vessel from Heligoland has brought some Ger- assailants, she gave her such a broadside as sunk her man Papers, which contain contradictory reports immediately ; whereupon her companions with diffi respecting the negotiations between the Turks and culty made their escape. The R gent carries 12 the Russians, but they contain only repetitious of guns and 36 men. former statements. Mr. CLEMENJSON, the Deputy to the late Serj ant We are sorry to have no satisfactory intelligence at Arms of the House of Commons, is appointed o to communicate respecting the fate of the St. George the situation for the time being. and the Defence. A vessel has arrived at Harwich I A Berwick newspaper contradicts a paragraph from the coast of Holland, with a confirmation of the which appeared first in a country paper, mentiotang loss of two gun-brigs, besides the Hero. The Jr- some difficulties rd distresses arising from unwillirg dent, Rear-Admiral Hon, the Did new; or and the ne or i n ani ty h he inhabitants of Berwick to pay whole of the remaining ships from Wiugo Sound the Income tax. It states, that the only opposition passed Yarmouth yesterday. From the present state made was the legal one of appeal. of the wind, some account of the St. George and Dc. A vacancy ie about to take place in the represents /once may soon be expected. for Kincardineshire; Mr. Anmu, the present Meat his with real concern we have to notice the arri- her, having publicly announced his intention of retir ee of accounts from Plymouth from Basque Reath, ing from Perleenent. stating the loss of the barges and cutters belonging to FROM ens DUBLIN GAzaTTr.---office If Arms, the Conquestador and the Colossus, of 74 guns, con- N ov . 23, 1811.—Ills Royal Highness the :rapier mantled by Captain Lord W. STUART and TeAeret- REGENT bath been graciously pleased, in tlee m e' ANDER, wit'. about 100 men of the crews of both and on the behalf of his MAJESTY to give anti &sent ships. They were employed in a spirited attempt to unto JOSEPH HENRY JACESON I of Bail. more, iA the cut off or destroy a convoy on the French Meet We COlllay of Cork, Esq. his Meeesee's Royal Licence understand that the greatest part of the boats' crews and, Authority, that he and his issue, fr s om respect to were made prisoners. the memory, and in complience win. an ineteleflon Teime.three of the aimed prawns or gets-brigs which have contained in the last Will and Testament of his ,aa ternal Graudfather , Josses Bestrew, F.sq. late Fee- Ohio tee sat hew:sateen days sailed in three divisions, at differ ent periods, from Boulogne, have 'unobserved aid unioterrupt city to take the mime a nd eine sheltered theniseivea in Ostend. The remains eg vesseb o f corder o t heoCork , this deals, it is welt known, are also to repair tu the North- bear the arms of Bees-err only, pi °Tided 'his his ward, wlere the whole are ordered to rendezvous. r .yel concession and declaration be record el in the . One the two Penni. wh• early ' B •l 7 6 ' n W. c. "" iltt " l GET of Ulster King of Arms of all I re l an d , which two dreadful murders, on the pursed Mr. career eel his danglit_erat Cradield, has been apprehended, and Ms comp.:sliest haS been done accordingly. I is is daily expected Sok lodged la safe custody. WILLIAM BETHAN, Deputy IThter. L * DECLARATION OF THE MEMBERS OF lIER MA JEsrrs COUNCIL, RESPECTING rus SlAil. OF HIS MAJESTY 8 HEALTH:- • Two Anholt Mails arrived just as our Paper was go'ng to press, from which we have extracted the following : " ANROLT, Du. 90. " Only two of the St. George's original convoy have been ascertained to have foundered ; several will be obliged to winter in Sweden for want of anchors and cables, and there are about 12 still missing The greater part of those which put back into Carbbans, Matwick, and other ports, passed the Sound on the 27th, under convoy of the Pyre/Hsu; they all arrived safe hula Russian and Prussian, who were cut Wand carried into Copen hagen by the Danish gun-boats, and proceeded to England on the 28th, under convoy of the Ardent and ether ships of war, left here by Sir J. SAVVAREZ. All the English ships which were hens have now sailed." " The last accounts fray Stockholm mention Peace having beeo concluded between tie Turks and Russians, but no parti culars are known, and it wants confirmation; " " Die. SI. " The Stockholm and German posts arrived, say nothing of the above." Lord GRENTILLZ was yesterday among the visi tors at Carlton House. " We, the under-written Menibers of the Council appointed to assist ber MAJESTY in the execution of the trusts eummiii2d to her blare/yr., by virtue of the statute passed in the 61st year of his Maarsrv's Reign, intituled, An Act to provide for the Ad.- ministration of the Royal Authority, and for the Care of his ▪ MAJESTY'S Royal Person during the continuance of bis MA ' nrry's illness, and for 6: resump•ion of the exercise of the • Royal Authority by his MAJZITY,' having duly met toget , .-I. on this 4th day of January, 1812, at the Q men's Ledge, near to Windsor Castle, and having called before us, and examined upon oath, the Physicians, and other persons attendant upon his MAJISTY, and having ascertained the s ate of his M sassrv's health by all inch ways and means as appears to us to be necessary for that purpose, do hereby declare and certify, that the state of his MssEsTr's health at the time of this our meeting, is not such as to enable his MAJEST'Y to re sume the personal exercise of his Royal Authority.— That his MAJESTY'S bodily health appears to us to be as good as at any periods of our former Reports. That his M XJEATIT'S men tal health appears to us not to be worse than at the period of our last Report. That all the Physicians attending his Masts re agree in stating, that they think his MarcaTvs complete and final recovery improbable, differing, however, as to the degree emit improbability ; some of theta expressing themselves as not despairing, ()themes not entirely despairing, and one of them representing that he cannot help despairing of such recovery. __ (Signed) C. CANTUAR, AYLESFORD, E. EBOR, ELDON, MON TROSE, ELLENJIOROLGH, WIN CIIELSEA, W. GRANT.'' " Shortly after the above Report had been read in the pre game ut nil the Physicians. and one of the Members of the Council bad left Windsor, the Physician alluded to in the last elanse of the Report, stated, in wri• lag, to the other Members of the Council, then remaining at Windsor, That he bad un guardedly made use of an expression which he was apprehen sive migttt carry a meaning far beyond what he intended to ex press, and requested to he allowed to correct it ; and assured the Council that whilst he thought the final recovery of his MA-. JEary very improbable, he by no means desimired of it.—The Members of the Council to whom the above statement was made, hiving sworo the Physician alluded tc, to the truth thereof, afterwards cornmnniatted the same tothe whole of the Council assembled this sth day of January, who have deemed it right to subjoin this fact to the above declaration. (Signed C. C ANTUAR, AYLESFORD, E. EBOR, ELDON, MONTROSE, ELEN BOROUGH, WINCIIPL%E W. GRANT." St. James's-square, Jan. 5, 181'2. (A true Copy) James tluu.ra. The Princess ClianLopre of War.ss entered into the 17th year of her age nn Tuesday last, and not the 16th, as stated in most of the papers. EMERY, whose engagement expires with the pre tent season at Covent-garden Theatre, it is said joins the New Drury-lane Company. The Speaker's eye having been first directed to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, instead of Lord JOCELYN, the intended mover of the Address, has been pretty freely canvassed by the old Members, as one of the most extraordinary Parliamentary events that has' been known aims the Revolution. 1,w.. j - . . , r , _ L ._, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Porrysmotyrit, JAN. g. Arrived the iYurge, Valiant, an(l Pun - fiery (of Oe line); and Fawn sloop, from the E,s!(.in staloo, to relit. Sailed the Royal On 7:, lapetettx, and llalspar, to blockade Cherburgh. Came up to Spit% _ad the renernbl.• ; and to the Motherhank the Topaze ; the latter was put under quarantine. Went out of harbour the Inconstant and Lightning. PLYMOUTH, JAx. 7. Arrived the Rhin frigate of 36 gun, Captain Ma:- c olm, from a cruise. Admiral Sir Charles Cotton has hoisted his flag on board the Tonnant, of 8U guus, which ship went out of liamoase into Cavi sand Bay, this morning. YARMOUTH, JAN. R. A sloop named Waliam and Thomas, laden with stones has been brought into this port by some boat men, hariog been picked up at sea without any per son or papers an board. The Ranger sloop of war has sent in a Danish privateer of 2 guns and 46 men. DEAL, JAN. 8. Sailed the Oceatt l Smith, foi t:.e South Seas ; and the S'peculutor lugger with a convoy for Portsmouth. EALMOUTII, Jan. i. Sailed the Townsend packet with a Mail for Ja maica. HARWICH, Jex.lo. A number of transports, lately arrived here from Wit:go Sound, with ordnance von's on board, are ordered round to Portsmouth; and the ardent, 64, Dictator, 64, Ranger sloop otwar, and Maria hail sport from Wingo Sound. COVE, JAN. 9,1812. Yesterday arrived the Dauntless sloop of war, Captain Barber, from a ernixe to the westward. The West India fleet, much increased in num ber, is expected to sail in about nine or ten days. His Majesty's ship Terrier, Captain Burgoyne, arrived this morning from Portsmouth. GREENOCK, Jan. 3. Arrired here yesterday morning, the brig Duke of York, Reynolds, from Lisbon, after a pagsage of days—having performed the voyage out and gime in 52 days ; spoke On the 21th ult. wife') leagues to the westward of Cape Clear; the chip Stranger, London, of this port, from Malta to Dublin, out 54 days—all well. The Z:alous, of 74 guns, arrived in Leith Roads on Saturday from Sheerness, with the4r. , nch pri soners I hat the Regulus had on board when she ran ae.round In Yarmouth Roads. The &gill" put back to Sheerness, where she will have to be docked. Two seamen belonging to the dirmidc frigate, fell over the New Quay, at Plymouth, on the night of the 6th instant, when ono of them was soon picket/ up, without receiving Much injury ; but the other, called William Polgrate, a native of. Ludon, and said to be the son oft Gentleman tiver,ie, was unfor tunately drbwned. In the fall he stuck in the mud, and was a considerable time under water before taken up, when the usual means were rescrted to, but without effect. The Egcria and her- prize came into the roads on Saturday. Shc is the same privateer that the smacks.had the ac iqu with ; Las 14 guns and 38 men, and sailed from North Bergen about a month ago, and taken nofhi.lg. The Ez , ria fell in with her about 70 miles to the' eastward of St. Abh's Head, on Tuesday la3t. The prisoners are . to be landed to-day. 1 91 '~° 1:, ,~,.. . ,~ A I ~~- ) .1 • !? 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