The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-09-29 00:00:00

~^' I " . 1 % Ij. I : 41( i 1 . 1 I . . 1 1 , ' ; I . iI I I V , • r . ; , 1 ilk 1 i , 1 , • . i 1 1 I I 1 -. . f I a 1 , t• , rr r T i r 0 ; . r I .. i . I f i t I . - We are this day f•►wwred with a prices Letter from AIM'S JUSTITIJI, and lament it is cot prurient iu us to make it pub hc, as the sentiments of such a Writer ought to he generally known to counteract the poison infused by the Ministerial Journals, who receive the wages of prostitution to mislead and deceive the public. We hope, therefore, oar Corre3- pondens will again employ his pen for the good of the Nation. and we shall be happy to receive his productions. Affi•en. hildlS. 1)w•. O Dubn . 2 . O endis 1 n O Gottenbursts 0 THE STATESMAN. . LUNOION : SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER '29, ISIO. MicuAELltAs DAY.—holiday al the Public Offices. We have this instant received a private letter from Oporto, from which we give an entract in a subsequent column. If there be any truth in this letter, and if my Lord WELLINGTON has removal his head-quarters to Viseu, we may expect to hear calamitous news from our army in Portugal, and that very speedily too! But we place no great reli ance on letters from Oporto. The fullowing is a letter from an Officer on bead his Majesty's ship L'lmpetueux, of a later date than any which have been receited from the Tagus. At the time at which it was written, the fall of Almeida had been ascertained eight days at Lisbon. Our Readers are in possession of our opinion respecting the issue of my Lord Wst.r.ntaTox's tactics in Portugal, and we shall dwell no longer on that sub• ject ; but wo may just say, it is pretty clear now, what our friends at Lisbon expect, uotwithstaudieg their tranquillity! "RIVER MGM. SEPT. A 1 1 1 0. " I have just returned on board, after spending three days on shore, though not very pleasantly. The unexpectedly sudden full of Al:neida has re,idered Lisbon, which was before Sii iti ciently dull, insupportably gloomy : the ouly circumstance that has cori , ributed to entire.. the gloom, is thelaudinZ of a reinforcement of troops, which arrived here the day before yesterday. and immedimely marched fur Celorico. '• l.isbnu is unmet:ill, and to appearance tolerably secure : it is, iudeed, more strongly fortified than at any forager period ; and may, should circuosstanees render it necessary, mate a to lerably long defence against any force that eau he brought against it. In addition to the old regular forts, several new oars have been constructed; and the mat vies from our flect, t ogether with detachinents of seamen, have been daily exer cLed fur several mouths past in working the guns mid com pletive tbefortlfitations, which now completely surroand the city. "Still, notwithstanding the-strength of the place, tnd the re sistance it is capable of making, the predominnitt opinion is, tam if •mr army retreat within the fortifications, porsessiun of the city Will be retained no longer thou mnv he absolutely ne ce-nary to embark our army nod sts adhereut., together with such of the we•tltay inhabitants as may choose to accept of our protection, either to be :onveyed to England or the Ilrazils. What strengthens, this ophdon is, the retaining here, at but an enormuus expente, the large sect of transports that still le mains in the Tngus. " Thera is a packet here, waiting dispatches from Lord WELLInGrov, arta I shall keep this letter open to the latest possihle hour. in the confident expectation of receiving yews of a geeeral engagement, which I twice heard reported had taken Mace prior to my coming of from Lisbon, but of which no enstersnation 1144 yet been received. " Wines have considerably advanced in price, and every ar ticle of provision is very dear, with the exception of poultry and hoses. " P. 9. We perceive nine transports now standing in; I lain gioe they contain another telaforcement for Lord WELLisci tu St." Yesterday Lieutenant-Colonel Lunt arrived in town, charged with dispatches of great import ance from the Governor. General of India. He canto passenger in the William Yell, extra ship, which left 'Madras on the Bth of May, when every thing was in a state of the greatest tranquillity.... Lord MTNTO was preparing to return to . Bengal. The detachment under Culotiel Cum had re. turned to cantonments, and the gcnecal state of Hincl.,stau was perfectly'satisfactory. We yesterday tmnonnced the melancholy event of Mr. ARILMIAM Gomr•stin's death, and did so with unfeigned regret, fur we believe he was a kiud frit nd and munificent Patron s and in all respects in privite a very worthy and amiable. man. On . this belief, we have copied from 2'he T'inser. a very etc, put eulogy upon the unfortunate &carted. "Me had no personal knowledge of that Gentlemen, but all we ever heard corroborates the ammo , given of him in The Tiotei. Having, however, endeavottred most sincerely to do justice to the late Mr. GoLn_ swirl, it becomes our duty to the public,. and a d.ety we must sr.tt Ithun, to make use of this awful event once more to want the Century of its dan, ger, cad, if poscible, to awaken it from its blot*.; ber ! We have spoken of the consternation whist!) was spread over thu City by the news of Mr.gorm.. SMlD's death ; but it is not in words to, desalke that adequately. It was not, however,, in the City °Ay that the rnsation was felt. All the higher Qovern. vent Departments were panic struck with the 400 1 —Messertlers were bent off to eminent permits eon. nested Kith the Treasury, requesting their Wm. ! ditte attendance 11 town. And even a Messenger was serst off with the melancholy Wings to, the IlEt rie, at Windsor. What could excite so much anxiety, as to call the Menthols of Government together, and, disiterh evcre his MAJZSTIre retreat, on the tircarristancr Any. priv s ate individual's death ? Ilese‘er ► .erecl the r!r.ceased was, aid . • the ga 4l vs aeered.. "nick corrilknot make ill this mottos, sett create eitt riereasjiw:. Mr. ot ortya, ig, his declining s lum to se e 140 i l ips#ed fir . ieads forsake him ; and. - A uo doubt the w bolo Stock Exchange, the Bank, and the Members of Administration, PEEEEP AL ) and my Lord Wtmesr,ey, and all would looked with little alteration of countenance upon this melancholy event, if they had nothing to feel or to fear from it, but what regarded their affection for Mr. Gocosstro ! But the Stock Exchange trembles, the general Exchange of Merchants trembles also, at the cause of this unhappy death—and perhaps the convulsion has reached other and even mere important places. Why ! other plaCes cannot even hide their fears. Their Par, 'Mons that should have made a good front for them, and put a good face upon the thing, to give time for a recovery from the 'shock, which might have cartled'matters on a little further ; even these very Partisans have betrayed their fears, and have cried out with All the lustiness of horror and agony ! A Ministerial Paper of thisinorning says—" How his Majesty's:Ministers will emerge from the cm. barrassment in which this 'unexpected event bar plunged them, we are perfectly at a loss to cone ceive. Will the Bank continue to pay the Instal. ments of the loan for the holders of the omnium, now that the discount on that stock equals the amount of tbo first payment, which was their se curity ? And it the Bank does not consent to this, which indeed seems unlikely, bow is the loan to be filled, and how are the monthly expences of Govern ment to be covered ? Ministers have not .even the usual immediate resource of Exchequer Bills, for these are already at a discount, which will probably augment; and they cannot so soon replace the loss of Mr. GOLDSM ID ) who was their broker, in the ne. gociation of those bills. On the whole, we think this one of the most trying circumstances in which the Government of this country was ever placed." Is not this in contradiction to all that Ministers, and all that their abettor's have said, respecting the prosperity of the country, the increase of com. merce (Mr. JactrsoN'sftity millions, and all), the plenty of money for loans, and resources for the war, and all the other fine things that were said to support our sunken hearts whenever we uttered a cry from suffering ? Is not this a confession of the truth of the assertions and reasonings of this Riper against the Ministerial Prints, and their representations. If the abettors of Ministers were now to publish a full and free coufes.*. sion (whet they have done was extorted by, the suddenness of their alarm), an expiring and 'willing coufosion, that all that TILE STATESMAN has said 'of the actual absence of all profitable trade, of the consequent decline of our manufac. tures, the consequent pining distress of the la. bourer and his fain:iy, and sickening thoughts of his employer, and, finally, the disappearance of Bullion, and of erery thing like real money, could they more fully have given' in the dispute to us, and acknowledged themselves either the must miserable of the deceived, or the vilest of the deceivers of others? These Prints can never stand up again to deny any of oar former assertions on these topics ; and they will be wise, as well as modest, if they do not again encounter any of our future predictions. But, let us look a little more closely at the extraordinary operation of this unexpected death of a private indi vidual. has this unfortunate event annihilated any , wealth? If Mr. GoLesstro had lost by Omnium, or by any thiug else, somebody has gained ; and the Nation is, where it was. If the wealth that ap pears to float in floe paper,engraved and Written upon, were real, how could Government he embarrassed by losing Mr. GO LDSSII ? Oh ! but he was their. Broker ! Very well ! Can't they get another Broker? It is supremely ludicrous to suppose. Government could be affected by this misfortune, if there were a real abundance of Commerce; and s real pouring in of wealth. 'she true cause of this terror, which has frightened the Ministerial' Prints from their wits, until they have confessed all that they have so :foully denied heretofore, is— that this unfortunate death has unfolded, never again, to be inclosed in mystery, the patched system of Ere. P t : the remnant -soil rage of.yOsse westali r tisealistarsei the putridity, and decsy of your commerce ! It is this sudden and sad display, that thus palsies the. highest authorities, panic.strikes the public defend. tiers of corruption, and nearly annihilates the Com. tuercial World, with all its. vain . pomp of paper, and large houses for mock' Ilan/cers to at in ! As to the storms that are to clear the Commercial air, no doubt they have arrived, and the air will be i cleared ! Independent of the 'private loss and mister. I 'time, incurred by this recent event, 'good may and will come out of, all this seeming horror. - These ,storms, when they have blown over, will clear the sir, a,nd the only adetake on that subject was, to suppose !bat the first of them was merely local and temporary, .sod. that the air was already restored to its old purity. No! these Moms must continue, and must spread to reach the wide-spreading con tagion that itt to be removed by them. To predict where they will go, we dare not! But need any one doubt that they will go farther than the stoutest dare look at ? Yet, they. must be faced, whether you, weather thew or not !, PEOPLE of ENGLAND, will yoit stage open youreyes have you no mercy u pon yourself, !Urns hate no compassion for others ? Look *multi yea I . ' these are the smuts' which yoor idolixed Minister, which, Mr. korn brought you, into ! and these the storms your nee. - • sent inibecile Ministers wet; cats weather!. - • Y -"."%! THE STATESMAN. f PO RTUGiI L. zrrsacr Of A LETTER 110111 OPORTO) lItlT. tlitocetsed this Dem..' 64 Massena has been obliged to sej►d some of his forces to Navarre, Biscay, mad Artagon, in which provinces the people are in open arms. Romano has four regiments of Portuguese cavalry with him, which arc commanded by Brigadier. General Mad. den. 6 c We are informed here, that the accident at Almeida happened in the following manner :—A train of powder communicated from one of the small magazines to the large one, upon which some sparks fell from a match or candle ; the small one blew up a few moments before the larger, and pre. vented the explosion of the latter being heard. The cannonade was tremendoes on both sides. About 900 persons were killed and 400 wounded, by the accident. Out of 400 artillerymen, 250n1y escaped. " The British troops have been actually em ployed in destroying the cum-mills on the Coa. It is generally thought that ere long a battle must inevitably take place. " A division of 6000 Maids, wader General Miller, is at Chaves. SO veiii is on the upper banks of the Douro, and GAINICraI Truotin is in the neighbourhOod of St. J..de Pesqueira. " The French now have the whole of their force in the vicinity of Penitil ; including Itcgnier and Juorkt's dirisious,il is estimated at above 93,000 men; the latter is with Massena, who can bring 60,000 troops into the field. Should he advance against Lord Wellington, his Lordship will, no doubt, retire to the Punta do Marcella ; we every hour expect to hear of this having taken place. It is said that 8000 troops from France have catered Navarre. 46 During the last four months, Junot's division has experienced a loss of upwards of 10,000 men, by debt rtiou, sickness, and the sword. " About 3500 ►mops have been sent from Sala. manca to the Asturias. ti We have jwst learned, that on the 6th our ad. vaneed posts were at Trancosa, and Lord Welling. ton near Viscu." The KING, accompanied by Princesses AUGUSTA and SuPUIA, attended by Lady ELY, General FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLost, rode nu horse. back in Windsor Park oa Thursday morning. Dr. POPE went on Thursday to Windsor to at. tend the Princess Astsw., who, we arc sorry to say, has had so much of a relapse, as to require the Doctor's constant attendance. It is said, with what truth we know not, that the Archbishop of CA NTEREURy, is preparing a form of prayer for the observance of another Jubilee day, on the 25th of next mouth, to commemorate his MAJESTY having completed the 50th year of his reign. Mr: DA wit's% was presented to the Ki va on Wednesday, on his being appointed a Conitni,siulier of Wood and Forests and Land Revenue. M. Roast Toiaies present illness is a relapse of his former severe indisposition, but be is so fremcly feeble, that it is apprehended it will prc,ve fatal. He had hi: grave made some time ag.,. in his garden, inclosed by a plain for some time past he visitud daily, whenev,c he was able to be moved. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR went !n state from the Mansion-house to Guilhall, when a Common hall was held for the purpose of ~sear,ti.2 the new Sheriffs, Alderman Sir WILLIAM PLGMER, and Mr. Alderman Goonnenuie, into otlico. The new SHERIFFS were accompanied by the Master, War. dons, and Court of Assistants of their respective Companies, and a baud of music. They arterwards entertained the I.•ORD SIAYOR I Aldermen, City Of. 6cers, and a nuttier-ow; party, with a sumptuous din. ner at the Landon Tavern. The SIIRRIFFS' carri. ages and liveries made• a dashing appearance. Mr. Sheriff Gooninocex's servants were clad in dark green with broad lace. ilis coach yellow, with rich painti n g and ornaments, executed in a twat style. Mr. Sheriff Pr..ostWs livery is maroon, with s►lver Nee, and the body of his carriage of the same colour, adorned with beautiful devises, painted in dark tints. The tout easeusble was brilliant. This day the LORD l►lAiroa will hold a Common Hall for the purpose of nominating two Aldermen, ' to be presented to the Court of Aldermen, to chose erne to servo the - afiteo of turd - Mayor fur Ate year ensuing. _ _ _ On Monday the LORD Masan will gn in state by water to Westminster, in order to present the new Sheriffs to the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, to go through the customary ceremony of counting the hub.naiis and chopping the sticks previous to their : being sworn into ',dice before the Cursitor Baron. In our last page, our Readers will find, under the head of Law Intelligence, a Cause tried in Ireland, respecting Freedom of Elections in that country. We notice this merely to observe, that it was an action similar to this that originated all the quarrels between the two Houses in Queen ANNOS reign, on the celebrated case of Asznar and WurrE. r.t.00x.--The following Journal was kept by the Aral Travellers in Mr. SA DLEit'S Balloon : At-retitled 40 min. after one o'clock. Two o'clni_k-.4licranapieter 47. _ _ Quarter after two, crossed from Woodspring to Cardiff; therin. 55. Drank Bristol volunteers, with three cheers. Descended—threw out ballast—two-thirds over Channel. half after two, descended ajaiu. 25 min. descended rapidly. 40 mkt. over Flat Helms. 50 ntio. off briny. 55 anti. re-crossed Channel--threw out all ; losing his hat off Barry Island.' Three o'clock, ascending rapidly. 40 min after three, neartne Devonshire. 43 min. Health to absent Friends—baroin.37. 55 IWO. iid Lyinouth, between Porlock and IlEracomb, vonslit re. 15 min. after four. descended—every thing throtro out—foitr• milei from • shore—calm sea—tar kaeedeep-11fe preservers, pet on. 'F t witea op ►y a boat from Lyiaoatb at, Iva 0-dock. ..T. „ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DOTER, SEPT. 28.—Poised by for London th e homeward-bound fleet from Quebec, cousisCng of 24 soil. Another fleet, supposed to be the Jamai74 homosrard.bound, is just in sight: Arrived the ship General Eaton, Captain Plae r , in 45 "days, from Norfolk, Virginia, bound t o London. Mit.roan, SiRT. St —This morning the Olio! Harper, ot . —Grpodtp . Lamm, Master, bow from Liverpool to Limerick, laden with sugar, t e . bacco, oke. run on shore in Stackpole Hay, ton _ this port. She sprung a leak when about 10 leaguer from Ynughall, in a gale of wind from Di. N. w , The water gained on the pumps, and she bereave ; for Milford, but before they reached this coast de became water-logged, and would not steer. At di e time she ran on shore she was nearly going dow n , having seven feet nine inches water in tbehold : boa, ship and cargo it is apprehended will be lost. PORTSMOUTH ) SEPT. 28.—Arrived and tad again the Hero, of 71 gnus ) Captain Newma; and the Mars, of 7.4 guns, Captain Carden (acting), These ships came last from the Downs, and arenow gone for a few days off Cherbourg. Also er r i ve l the Neptune, of 98 guns, from the West from whence, a few days since., she brought a large convoy, mud has seen them safe into the Down,. Sailed, with a convoy of about GO sail, for tho Rivcr, the lii , ,yniouth stoec.ship, Ganyncde ft'. gate, and Eykron sloop of war. PLYIKOUTII, SE T. 27. —Arrived the Portugame ship Tiger, Capt. De Costa, from the ilruil s , laden with cotton, bound to London; the Martha, of and from Waterford, Thomas Bro‘vii, Mawr, fur London ; the American ship II .card, of hoc. ton, Diuiel Fulger, Master, tram Alezandrisi, with tobacco, fur orders ; also the Elizabeth, of 74 guns, from the Brazils. The following ci‘cus.,r t..ttor has been transmitted by Sir JAIN SINCLAIII to the Members of both Hou , ,s I=4.li.iintiii, with a copy of his pain. phlet : Mr Lc as ,--I have taken the liberty of directing that a Dopy of :lone Observa.ie..; nit tine Report of toe Bathos Clunintee should be teansuatted to your Lordship. It is a paper whi usages to a variety of particulan of tacit infisote consequences to the Countr‘ , that I sh o uld btt h ip , py to be favoured with any remarks upon it, or with a cnsuansoication of any facts, ten..ilig to refine ' or tea er firm the doctrines therein assintaiued. It seems to we caw fiat foe the pat he inter-s% that toe :advantages and the disad vantages of pap .r ion should be clearly established. lan particularly on s ions,t..erefore,t but the consequences which have resulted from it, in various ports of the Kingdom, should le distinctly ascertained. Permit me to reliant the favors. Ow assistance in carrying on so important an ineesfigatian I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's faithful and obedient servant. Terrace. Palace-yard, London, 18th Sept. 1810. The Mayor, Aldermen, and BUrgessis of Chip. ping Wycomb, on Sunday last pet on deep mourn. lug fin their late Representative s Sir Famicit B*. RING, !art.. Cordova, South Amelice, where the Corsica :,IN Mai, is at the head of 800 Gallo. Sr.-I:Ails, and about to resist the independent re. rolotionists, is the chief town in the province of Tacuaum, in the region of Paraguy. It lies about 800 miles N. W. from Buenos Ayres, near the Ifrontiers of Chilli, and is in the direct road teem the former to Peru ; from whose inhabitants the re volutionary party 'expected the most important cu. operation. S:e FRANCIS BURDETT has returned to Wimble. don from Mr. BARE TOWNSEND'S, where be has been on a shooting party. A Gentleman who quitted Rolland on Monday, describes the situation of the Merchants there as most calamitous. A Decree had been bublished by BONAPA RTC ) assigning one.fifth of any commercial property concealed, to the Informer, who should. discover it, and one.tenth to the Dooaniers con. cerned in the seizure of It: The consequence was, that servants in the closest connection with the Proprietors had turned informers, and a large quantity of effects that bad been Weed was brought to light. The Ida: (1) hired armed cutter, which arrived at Deal on Thursday, from the fleet off Flushing, brought in with her a Prussian Captain and a French Gentleman, whom she picked up at sea tor Tuesday night, in an open boat, in which they had made their escape from the opposite coast. They report that the fleet in Flushing is now completely equip ped•and ready fur sea, excepting a deficiency of sail. ors. None of the men of war have more than a hundred seamen. The deficiency of the crews is supplied by soldiers. The Court. Martial held on Major GORDON, of the Aberdeenshire Militia, has been brought to conclusion, and the Major honourably acquitted. An immense cavalry barrack is building on Lord Canta's estate, near the t-wri of Cahir. The bar. rack square will occupy 14 acres, and 28 acres base been given by his Lordship for exercise ground.- - (Cork Southern Reporter.) The notorious Williams Ilitchen, convicted at the last Old BaileyiSessions, and ordered for seven years transportation, was one of the most systema tic depredators of the present day.• A detail of his tricks and fraudulent practices for these last Op years would fill an octavo volume. Yesterday a woman was picked up near Shakes peare Cliff (Dover); quite dead. She is supposed to have fallen into thu harbour, and floated to tha `Westward. tier name was Surley, vend brickdust. IJ An infant' child, , not osore than six weeks 0 • tax found dead in theiiiag's Mews on Wednesday night, wrapped in a rug. ' A Coroner's Jury sat on the body, and delivered a verdict—Found Dead. -1 Among the last iirrWilx at Cheltenham, arc•-•. Lord N firth wick. Lady Harewnod, Dowager Lady J,r! e fi l l ' 'General and Mrs. Hose, Churl Linden, Colonel .Leber'l,l Colonel and Mrs. Haitlie, Colinter6rant, Colonel Jobe% % tor Blackhall, Major Ar.nArong, Major Plunkett, ,t; Stanford. a. X. Capt. 11, islunt, C.lpt. bock, (ap t uno. lee. Capt. Brown, Capt. .4eyrick C o mmodoree Cain•or, Richaritano, rapt. Champion, Barlor4 and :he used 10 Christie, Rev. Mr. Hicks, &o. &c. &c. I