The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-10-20 00:00:00

our, ▪ for the unpgralleled exert:lom they have made in The cause—teethes. stairtiocr are to be attributed pleasing prospect that now presents itself.--I mean the iridepessdevice of the county of Rutland, which is likely now lobe established.—hook uponme se (Mod its firmest friends—its most zealous sup goiters. Do you, independent melt, consider my fortunes connected with yours, as embarked in one great and common cause—this great privilege gained, do you appreciate its value, and resolve to maintain it.—[lest the worthy Baronet seas interrupted by inoessant cries of " In sill! We will!" which con. Mused for a considerable tfine.)--If you return me your Representative, yea shall (as you are well en titled to) have ready access to me on every occasion. The wishes of the freeholders of the county at large (legaly assembled) shall be respectfully listened to— and whilst the great interests of the nation shall never be neglected by me, the immediate interest of the county of Rutland and its neighbourhood, shall ever meet my particular attention.—[At the conclu sion, and during the progress, this speech was inter 'lined by the most getters' and enthusiastic ap. leruse, that an be well conceived.l Mr. Noss. then returned thanks in very appro priate terms, and there being no opposition, the Ball was cleared, and the two Candidates chaired from thence round the town of Oakham, every win dow of which was graced with a profusion of most bpsetiell women, who, by the waving of their :tarellve - rhieis, and the colours which they wore, ma. lestel their regard for the Honourable Baronet. This ceremony over—one followed, which,though of a rinfereut description, was most acceptable to many ....the largest room at the inn being inadequate to ac commodate one.sizth part of the Freeholders, in the interest of Sir Gilbert, the use of the large school• room was politely offered, and as readily accepted, in which upwards of 200 of the most respect able Freeholdersin the County, sat down to a sump tuous entertainment—besides which, several hundred persons were provided e ith dinners at the inns in Oakham. It is almost needless to add, that convi. viality and good humour were the prominent features of the evening. The health of the King and Prince Regent, and several other loyal and constitutional toasts were proposed, and drank with rapture; but upon the health ofSir G. being proposed, the applause that followed for several minutes may be conceived, hut cannot well be described. It was as gratifying and tattering to his feelings, as commendable in the par ty, whose Cause he had so nobly taken up ; he re turned thanks at a considerable length, and towards the conclusion he stated—" It has been said of me, that I have been viewed by some of you as a dan gerous ehsracter its this County No, no! resounded /see. eery quarter of the roo m , be assured, they but deceive you, who tell you so. I can only be dangerous to those Cho have private interests to serve—be assured, I have too great a stake in the country, to deserve the epithets our fees would load use with. Sanctioned as I have been by your 'lnas& sous expressions of approbation, I shall continue in the course I have so long pursued-4 will act with Ildelity to my Sovereign—with respect to the privi. jeged orders of the state—but I will never forget the eights and liberties of the people, and whenever a pan more hearty in your cause, and beitpeadent iii is principles, wesents himself, i f shall meet readily retire to make room for such a Member." The evening passed on till nine o'clock, when the Worthy Baronet retired, amidst shouts of applause. At the inn, as Sir Gilbert got into his carriage, the affection of the populace could net be restrained, Ind they drew him in triumph through the town, without hit horses. Oakham certainly never witness. ed such a Irene before. jrr. Mau i. Nis Dahlia _ 0 1 O O O ••• nuertiley (1 Git.rol birch O PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Yank 415 14 3 per Cent. Cons. 593 S per Vent. KM. 54 7 4 per Cents. 12 3 3 per Cent. Navy 893 Long. Ana. 14 1.)-14 T AT ONE. O'CLOCKs India Medi 3 4 dist. Exchequer Hills Sid. 1 p Ditto Sid. 3 5 p Omnitiai t 4 pr. Consols for Amt. SPI Lottery Titling THE STATESMAN. LONDON: IVESLIAT, OCITMER 1812. By the Tontine cartel, which arrived at Plymouth, American Papers have been rcceived to the 24th ult. which will be found te contain a variety of interest. ng articles. The disaster which the American army has experienced at the commencement of the nar ' with England, has greatly widened the breach, and is calculated to call forth the utmost energies of our American brethren to persevere in the contest. The official dispatch of General Hum, regarding his surrender, had been recei“.ll at Washington (the mantissas of which we have inserted) ; and such ik as the distrust of the military officers of rank in the %lied States, in consequence of this disaster, that Mr. Secretary Muxitox was required to exchange the pen for the truncheon, and was to he appointed Commander iu Chief in the Northern District. lie sated, we believe, as a Captain of Militia in the re volutionary war, and obtained subiequently the rank of Colonel, but has never since been engaged in the service. Another change, not less remarkable, is also nieutioned. It is said that Air. Jsyriutsorr, the lets President, his offerer! to undertake the office of Sc. tretary of State to his late Secretary, Mr. Mtorsow, shoold the latter be re-elected President,. The following informatiow is also received:— IS The seotiampteo frigate and Smolt/1p of war were din. wasted la a hurricane ea the 19th and 241da of allsisat,and delves as shoe seas New Wants. About 100 vim& wads sappiest to have sacred damage." 4 ‘ The uader-naceittew privateers were !Wag oat at New Tab on the Wit Septillaber s ships—the Volunteer, tit gust 'llion*, 111brigs--tbe hkihw, 16 sunlit Lassoed., Sel Ur 'A THE STATESMAN taliadoe, 9 i haw Hall, 1/ i Goversii *Twa- kias, 16s Tartan, 7 I Swallow, 6. " The Harisadoes frigate has pat into Berme& Wally dis owned." The cargoes of the licensed vessels from Great Britain had been surrendered to the claimants, on bond being given, in New York and Philadelphia but the same indulgence had not been shown in Bos ton, Baltimore, or the ports of Virginia. --i PROM Tilt NEW-TORK PUBLIC ADVERTISER, SEPT. 19. We are authorised to state to the Public, that a general caucus, consisting of 70 Federal Delegates from the different States, held on Thursday last, at lExtrr's Tavern, in Broad-street, the Honourable DE Wirt CLINTON was (with bat two exceptions) una nimously nominated as the Federal Candidate for the Presidency, and JARERED INGERSOLL for the Vice- Presidency, of the United States, at the ensuing election : and we are further authorised to state, that the conditions of the bargain offered by the Fe deral, and embraced by the Cliutonian party, were in substance as follow : . Ist, That, in the event of the election of their candidate, a cessation of hostilities against the Bri tish should take place within 21 hours thereafter. 2d, That the Clintonian Federal Artie' s►oold participate equally in the Offices of State. 3d, That the seat of Government should be re moved to New York or Philadelphia. 4th, That a hereditary Senate should be esta blished. EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM A RESPECTABLE MER to pnt the matter in plain language. England is narrowing her policy--every year draws some ap proaching parallel more offensively on ber resources —the system on which we take our stand is elementa rily at war with modern France. We are going to make a proposition, and one which every man who has reasoned upon the princi ples of the war has, no doubt, put to himself. Is there no possible modification of the Naval Laws of England, that would afford security to us, and at the same time remove a species of maritime tyranny to which no nation will ever bow with sincere amity If there be n•t,tbe war must be contineed till England is subdued to such a proposition, or till NAPOLEON is willing to suspend his military glory, out of re gard for the tranquillity of the world. If we nail our maritime tariff to the naval mast of our country, pledging ourselves to go down with the streaming flag of our system unstruck', then, indeed, we may look for a war of extermination. The approaching meeting of Parliament will, therefore, be a period of interesting discussion, which may involve our safety and independence as a nation. Is it probable that we shall ever be able to treat on higher ground than that on which we now stand ? It Is the province of oar Navy to protect •ur com merce; but we are now sacrificing our commerce and ourselves to the quaint laws which our Navy has as sumed to itself. We are cementing our wooden walls with the life's-blood of the people whom they were formed to defend. Laws should emirate from the j us tice on which they are founded—it is worthy only of a banditti, to make necessity, w hich may be imaginarv, their Legislator. It is building a code of tyranny, against which the very nature of man will for ever coalesce. We therefore confess, that we have little hope of seeing a House of Commons chosen, on the present sti stem of representation, disclosing either sufficient wisdom or magnanimity to go into a Com mittee on the cause of the war, or the principles of national policy. A Telegraphic message has been received, Mating the arrival of the Revenge in the Channel, with Dis patches from Cadiz. Orders hate been received at the gun-wharf at Plymouth to prepare immediately for shipment twenty thousand stand of arms, supposed to be destined for Spain. Commodore RODOERS had his leg broken in his action with the Belvidera. The Nemesis frigate is ordered to be fitted at Ply mouth for Channel service. The Boxer is wailing et Spithead for orders ; she is to sail with dispatches on a secret service. A correspondence of a very injurious tendency has been discovered to have been carried on between several regiments of militia, relative to the period of service, and concerning which, they hare consUlt ni those who ere ►eputed to he learned in the law. It was naturally to he expected, as soon as Ame rica, by her declaration of war had suspended her own commerce, that those of her subjects who had been employed in it would of necessity turn their at tention to the means of annoying and preying upon the trade of their new enemies. This contingency should have been provided against by our Govern ment : whether it has or not, will he seen by the re snit :—Letters from New York state, that no sooner was the war commenced, than the American mer chant-seamen were almost to a matt converted into privateersmett; and the whole of our West India trade either has sustained or %%ill, in consequence sus. tain, proportionate loss. On inspection of Lloyd's books yesterday, we are sorry to find that no less than 40 captures or upwards appear on them, made by American privateers. A schooner is also said to have been captured off Hampton Roads by a French privateer, with dispatches from !Ur. BAnEtt to the British Government. The American Government have come to no final determination upon the pro perty shipped from England in American bottoms on the Orders in Council being rescinded. The Govern ment continue to take bond for the same. NAVAL INTELLNEN.:E. DEM., urn. The whole of last night ai.d this day we have e my. riesseed heavy gale from the touth-aoA,It-ue,t, during w t. , : : i some of the ships must have vedeted. !l;i•• I Ferrier, fur Gibraltar, parted. A large ship, pan• • I Ir.. uNt known, has lost her foremast and bowsprit ; two et thrce oth. no parted ; particulars ue rannot ascertain at present. Fist o'CLoCt.—lt still continues to blow hard, aml a very heavy sea mooing. The ships appear at present to ride tuirt.ibif CIIANT IN LAEUIIIA, DATED JULY 29. " Political affairs in this country had come to so alarming a crisis, that the supremacy of the parties was on the point of being decided by force of arms, when a reconciliation happily took place, and a Treaty of Peace concluded. Things will return to their former state, just as they were previous to the 19th of April.—A very strict embargo has been laid on in this port on the 2d July--it is in force yet. Henceforward vessels coming to this quarter, must be furnished with certificates from the Consuls of his Catholic Majesty. Business will soon resume its usual course. " Public confidence being restored, produce will be plentiful." As it is probable that imperious necessity may ' urge the discussion of peace at an early period in the New Parliament, it may not be improper in us to offer a few observations on that important subject.— NArozzoN is avowedly at war to enforce a protec tion of the inviolability of the flag, as the principle of maritime independence. This was the great interest that predominated at the PEACE or 'fusty, find every thing else was the immediate result of it. At that peace ALEXANDER offered his mediation to the Eng lish Government, which NAPOLEON accepted, but which the English Nlinisters refused; by making an attack upon Denmark, surprising her capital, burning her arsenals, and taking possession of her feet, which was dismantled and Ding secure in her ports. In conformity then to the principles of the TREATY OF TILSIT, ALEXANDER declared WAR against England, on the principle of acknowlesigimg that the Flags of all Powers should enjoy an equal and perfect independence upon the SEAS; and engaged to make common cause with France, and to summon, in concert, the three Courts, Copenhagen, Stock holm, and Lisbon, to close their ports against the English—to declare war against England—and to insist upon the adoption of the same measures by the various Powers. While England, then depending upon her mari time strength, and her influence with her Allies, per severes in her vresent system of disavowing the pro posed independence of the flag, it appears to as not likely that NAPOLEON will sit down and make a se cure and perniatient peace with this country. This is, we believe, the opinion of every man who has devoted his mind to a fair enquiry into the rise and progress of the present war. Nay, we can not even adjust a preliminary that will not directly, or indirectly, turn upon this point.— In the old balanced state of Europe, Politicians had deemed the war which NAPOLEON is waging to be i,,yradicabk ; and indeed, under the old regime, it was so ; nor did NAPOLEON hitaself digest his eaten. sire system till be took possession of the United Pro. vinces, and stretched his-system of exclusion to the depot of Dant:ie. The temporising relaxations of ALEXANDER annoyed the plan, and rendered several detached exertions alike unavailing. To give a final character to the operations of the North, it was nez.essary not merely to awe Russia, but to carry the hauliers of France into the very core of her state, to stretch tot invincible arm of power athwart the ... heart of the Russian Empire: in short, to I convince Russia that di very garden of her do minion, her palaces, and the capital of her power, were, by a single 'campaign, at the mercy of the Dictator of Europe. The charm of Russian power being broken, her coast will ever present a I line of'ateel to us, as purely French as the foggy provinces of Holland. We shall not here stay to discuss the probable result of the war in the North ;',J but it must be admitted, that its success has been,j awl still continues to be, evidently in favo u r of the purposes of NA11941.11. Put as mud limits precludes prolixity, we proceed to ask, is the character of •the war t its progress, and bearing,' in fa v our of or against us ?—We pat this question to the writer in the ?Times, who seems to understand the nature of °111.—P.10479.1x though * 4 / 1 11 sot isotope me* .iPf'L r PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 19. Arrived hi Majesty's ship Savage from Quebec, last turn the westward. Came in the Diana transport, having slipt het cable came into harbour the brig Mary, from Cardiff, WA Loskitsit, with the loss of anchors and cables. TORBAY, Orr. 115. Sailed hiq Majesty's ship Ferrut, and the toateport No. 215, fur Curk. FALMOUTH, Oct. 17. Arrived the Queen Charlotte packet, from Lisbon, list fr•inu Plymouth, where they. landed the Mail; the Doke of Kea; packet, from Malta, laq from Torbay, where WI , . Lt.i ie I h Mail ; and the American ship Maybrille, from li nude'. licence. 'file Marlborough and Chestelield packets still re .:a„, bound. Put back the brig Rosehill, Barber, for I.i.non. days since under convoy of his Illaies.y ship Sea Fluster, . she lost. Three frfgates were, at Bourd e aux, a few d4ys sin • pletely maimed and read, for sea. RETURN OF COUNTRY' .11 . ~lliiish ST. MAWWS—S. B. Moreland and W. Shepley. Wr.oat.r—Lord St. Asaph and llon. W. L. Ikon.; r: • Ihrstiorottomorta—sir .1. ti. Cuiterell and Col i 1.: ST. IVES. CORNWALL—Sir W. St rlin4., B..rt. and W. L. Wed. lestry, CARDIPP—Lord W. •;tuart. • MOIIAIOOTrfINtRE Lord '~. Su et and Sir C. VilPigall, Bart. Baanstaats—T. F. Lewis, Esq. ORtUßD—Right lion. C Arbuthnot and E. A..'. NENaughtuo, Esq. Akozsoarsa—Lord Didierin and A. Esq. PENstvw -- H. Swann aad P. Esqrs CARNARVONSHIRF. —Sir 11 t Vii. Kirkw.til. Pats ow—l{. I loi nby and S. Iforroek , . Es ri. Lklizrrsisatitk—Lurd R. MRORCISUO.i , Keck, rel. i l ia,. out opposition. Cu narel.AND —Lord Morpetb rind Lon Cher. Esq. Norrainnans - ito.c—Lord Newark and Lord W. Gentinek. Darr:l,3'mm —.!. P. Bastar I, Esq. and Sir i. O. Acaiaust, BarL lerrinvonsatar —Sir W. W. %%one, liar Mon es:rn —W. Ord, Esq. and the Ilon. W. Unman!. CARRICANiIIIRE—CoIand Thoinas.;;;hor. orttcatar—Lord Nlelion and the I lon. il. Lasolles. 11AVERPOROWS4T-11.orA Kr nsingtoa. Bat aeons. —M r. Serjea.it /lest Lieui..i Annel.b. Paul. LI VER pool.—Right lion. • i. Canning and tt.o.tiaseoyar. Biurrok—R. H. Oasis and Protherite, I sqrs. Mr. Ltwr.rss, Superint , .ndaut of Mail% last is Yk received the reward due to hi , • vibilauce vg the illegal couveya.vce of gold from this hitogdons The cum seized was 7000 guineas, of which Mr. 1.. receive , ' one-third. ' The Ce.heireses of the late T. B. Marwond, te , t. of Avesiiays, in Somersetshire, have, with a liberal highly creditable to the family, directed the sum . 500 1 . to be paid to the Goveimots of the 'Taunton a•.tl Somerset Hospital, being a logacy which was eV •n by a will of Iht , decoased executed 14f years a for the purposes of the hospital thee building in I•a.nt ton, but which was not completed. BREAD.—Thrre we's no Court of Aldermen to-clay. The Lofto-M.teon, af'er inspecting the returns, - dered the present prices to continue. Tee %ME, DRURY-I. N E.--The Comedy of .Is you like It, was performed last night to 3 very :•t!1 house. Two new performers made their debe/ ; Mr. (1 LA WAN ES in Orlando, and Mr. Pest LLIPS 1111 rt► , , Duke. Mr. GLADSTA NES possesses taleuts that mty entitled him to a respectable situation in the Theatre, when he has learned to modulate his voice to tae just pitch, and to deliver himself with clearness. That he is able to do this, were collected (rein parts of his performance last night. In his first scenes his articulation was affected by his speaking too much in the throat ; but in the third act he acquired more clearness of tone by delivering himself with more simplicity ; and though he did not in the fine, though short, scene with Alain, de. lineate the anxious interest of gratitude and affection with the feeling that begets sympathy. a yid which de monstrates the power of the actor (wince so much is left by the Poet fur the Actor to supply), yet in the present state of the Drurplane Company he will be Extract of a letter from a British Officer s dated a useful performer.—Mr. PinLLIPs had Md.: to do, Camp beyond Burgos, Oct. 5.---" The heavy ca- but that little he did sensibly. Miss Ix , :cax, the retry have at present next to nothing to do, the kind' most accomplished female comedian now left on of warfare in which we are now occupied allowing i either stage, is ever graceful in her dress and deport them some rest from their fatigues. I went yester- meld. Her perfoimance of Rosalind was playful, day to see the explosion of our second mine, and the . chaste, and easy. Mr. BANkISTER's Touchstone was storming of the town wall.. On account of the for. also admirable Every word was clearly heard, mer failure, the Marquis of Wraramn.rost deter's& through the just adaptation of his tone to the area of ned that this should be done in broad day-light, and i the Theatre, and which Is only to be attained by ex. that he himself would see how all behaved. The perience. A speaker's own ear will tell him whether thing was so eenerally known in the morning, that he has hit the true key, but it is rarely that *a young like at a horse.race, or any public spectacle, nil the artist attends to this monitor. neighbourinz heights that commanded any view were We were delighted to observe in the scenery of crowded with spectators, Spanish as•well as English, this play a complete answer, as we think, to the for three hours before the time given out at which it very flippant observation that has been made on the was to have been done ; and though the French (tic- gawdy appearance of the front of the house, by charged shot and shells from the castle and tlu , con- which It has been said, the decoration of the stage vent, all kept their ground, so great was the anxiety itself is cast into shade.—On th.. coot rary, the scenery of every one to see theentertainment of the evening." in this play was, in every change, so splendid, that The battle of the jolly Ministerialists, who cover the general tone of colour in the front was kept the retreat of the Russians in such a handsome style, down, and the eye was fixed with delight on the is now beginningto slacken a little. Hasingdespaired glowing beauty of the palace, and the fresh per. pec of opposing BoNAPARTI in his van, they now bang five of the landscape. But surely there is no on his rear; his communications are to be cut 0..; true mate in the observation, that the audience and Moscow was set for him as a trap! It is really part of 'the house should be dull and so m tr e , disgusting to follow men of such never-ending com- merely because in some theatres it has heel, the cus piacessey, through their tig-zag dance of pleasure ; torn to keep the spectators in "darkness visible" mew who caper for joy if the gigantic enemy stand till the Cu rtafn rises. • The audience tart for a n ay . still ; who are equally delighted if ho move forward; house is called by the French the Sidon—the stage who see ruin encircling him at every event that cart only -is called the Th'eatre. Now if the circle of possibly happen; and who tinge with the complexion boxes is to be the Saloon or Drawing-roam (and of victory the most horrible and disastrous defeats. embellished atilt IS by British beauty, it deserves Who hut men, viewing every thing through the dis- the name) strretjethedreoratibb of the exterior should tortion of madness, cooldibejnice at seeing the capi- bear some proportion to the oplentlour within. We 'tal of their ally in one ocean of flame? could rejoice do not think that la any : pirt.iif his superb work has because it defeated the hopes of one man at thee:- Mr. WYATT more, oceeeded‘a ti in the rich and yea 'pence of sabers and wretchedness to millions?— not obtrusive tone cf ornament in the fro n t o r th e ;'here is something in 'lnch enmity as this that is house. There are thingi that In our mind require aioper-human. HON4PARTE must be beaten as a man: amendment, some . convenieneies that may' added, 'To inveigh seeing him as a demon is, instead of and somethings that, before another season, ought nesseitta his advance to power, rather bestowing on to be changed ; but certainly the decoration of Ns Vats charm which Wake and subdues more than boxes and the distribution of tight are net aaa.no, Wawa. j the number. . • 1 <• I O e f !ET • N