The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-09-14 00:00:00

lIMPEIP SPAIN. Tile subjoined Orders of SOUL? (Duke of Du.- v 1 .0 4) and tho annezed retaliating orders of the it 4 ner, hare been publiAcd by command of the Litter. Di Blys de Amnia, Counsellor of State of his Ca:holic Ntajoty, Wird Commissary, Prefect of this Province, 84 ,- . ilia Excellency tip. Marshal of he Empire, Drake a( Dalmatia, has transmitted to ale t h e fulluNing orders, dated the 7th : T he state of the So uth of spain imperiously re. quires tbst rigorous ineasurashould be adopted to roevara;e respectable people, and destroy those feint's bawls who endeavour to excite in this un. I.ingibn all the horrors of civil war : it is .herelire become necessary, in consequence of this ,tale of a train, to rigidly enforce the following ot. I 3 every place *here a civic guard is not organized, and where it is cuovequentiv orressary to station Imperial troops to maintain peace and prevent disorders, the pay of the said troo ps, during the tim e the y may remain in such cantonments, is to be discharged by the iuhabitunts, are taoreover humid to supply them with the mai articles of subsistence. U. 'Whatever may he the nature of any crime committed to diitriet, the lahet,imnts snail be obli g ed to pay the value of the . l A 6 prope.ty t find in addition thereto, an extraordinary war contribution snail be imposed on them. fill diattirrs that organize a civic guard, or volanteer coat paste', for toe 'malice of protecting the public establisbmeots, tranquillity, and repressing robbery, shall be taccupt from this iturtnen apd penalty. IV. All the Inhabitants of a district are respnisible ias mass for .the safety aud preservation of the public funds, as *ell as the / oval trea:ucei .416 u:,: it, therefore, happen that the districts eager thi► propert) to be carried off by robber., they shall be litiordiatel% amerced in a ,um triple the value of the btoVe 'property. Tae same penalty shall be Inflicted on persons w h o themselves to be robbed, and they shall moreover be hie to the regulations contained in the Ist article. V. Distrito that fur n ish assistance to the bands of robbers, whe• ther in men, horses, beasts of barthrn, pruvisious or forage, or it btch suffer term to be carried off, shall be obliged to pay tato die Roynl Trets,ury shire times the value of the artieles So supplied, and shall be broiled before a tribunal to be tried th , laws against such persons as give assistance in any way to rubbers, and agalost Ilse families of those who attach them rho to such bands. VT. Na 4peeies of indemnity will be received for the pains and penali,e. contained in the foregoing articles, unless the inhabi. tants shall prove that they resisted. and that they were obliged to yield to a superiority of force, which MA ,a all cases ex teed half tar population. vu. Ihriuld It happen that a district is sorprisedby a consideraide cumber of rubbers, and that its force is obt sufficient to repel time, the magistrato are enjoined to adopt afi possible means of snaking it kaolin to the troops in the nellibbinsring ditancts, who,se soeo as they are apprized of it, as. tillliareb without delay, to th assistance of the district' thitt areitlpeitod ; but Should there be the least neglect on an' , side in 11* tore. those guilty of it &Ina be stashed. • VIII. r Te. The Msgistrates of every district are 'seminally responsible ?hr wailers travelling therein, and those residing In it. It Sr 'their ditty to arrest Ali persons travelling without a reviler poison; th.ie who shall not make known their means of 1 1, - t peso . s whose conduct becomes sospleious (rola making seditious propos .Is, exciting the inhabitants to joie the hour gents, distributing proclamations or false intelligence, contrary to the Government of his Most Cattho4c Majesty the ZOOK , .Doe Joseph Napoleoo, or maintaining an understaoding nob the rebels. The persica arrested shall be conducted. by Jae )istgistrates to the principal t,.wn in the provincial district, and brought before the respective tribunals ? by whicl! they shall le iunuediasely brought's° trial. 11. There is no other Spanish arniyithan that of the King, Doo Joseph Napoleon. Therefore nil collections of persons in the prosioces, whatever be their number, or • ;whoever be their leader, shall be considered only us so many gangs of robbers. whew sole object is p!uoder and murder. Ever . , one belonging to these gangs, who is taken with arms in his hands, shall be immediately tried by the military Prevot and shot, and his body exposed oo the highway. Every individual who shall arrest a murderer or robber who is convicted of being such, shall receive a reward of 100 francs whit!' shall be increased in proportion to the consequence of the person arrested. Thee are the measures which appear to ma the most effectual for re-establishing order. They ea nowt be considered as too severe, when it is kiln% n that the weight of them is intended to tall upoo criminals, who have hitherto defied the ordinary laws. The object I have in view will be partially obtained, if the respectable classes of the community, animated by gratin confidence, will henceforth display more energy, and S. doing reader themselves more worthy of the approbation is! his Most Catholic Majesty. (Signed) The Marshal DUKE OF DALMA.TII4.. That every one may become acquainted with this, and its one pretend ignorance of it, I have ordered it to be published, la o►edience to his Majesty's orders, communicated by his Eacellesey the Dakeot Dalmatia. (Signed) BLAB DE ARANZA. Seville / May 9, IMO. • ItETALIATING ORDEItS Cr THE SPANISH fife_ GENCY. The Council of Regency of the kingdoms of Sole And the Indies, governing these States in the name of their King, Ferdinand VII. a prisoner, feeling the utmost horror and indignation on read. ing a kind of Decree, signed at Seville on the 9th Slay, of the present year, by a lunatic, calling himself the Du4ie of Dalmatia, and published by a thgeoerate Spaniard of the name of alas de Aranza t could have forthwith adopted measures against a' proceeding offensive to the brave deft:infers of their iteligien, their King, and their cetutttry, if they stolid have conceived that the articles of this sanguinary Decree were intended to be put in force: bat, as experience has nut left the least doubt on this point. the Council of Regency feels itself nutlet the necessity of departing from the boom's of that sober conduct, inapired till ikia moment by their own noble sentiments, Old UM" of th maguanistious nation that has placed them it its head, whose dignity it considers to have heen grossly insulted; and considering how improperly the epithets of robbers and murderers are applied, by which the said Duke of Dalmatia, and the French Marshals and Generals, attempt to justify the unexampled horrors which they commit in countries they have unjustly attacked, and the denaturalisation of the small number of Spanish wretches, who, by assisting such robbers, flatter themselves they shall be able to complete their perfidious plan of usurpation, by means revolting to humanity, have ordered that the following arti cles be observed and put in execution : I. They renew the declaration of the Central Junta on thet3th March in last year; to wit, that every inhabitant of Spain, capable of bearing arms, is a soldier of his country, because, in cm+equence of the measures already taken, every Spaniard is obliged to take up arms against the brigands who infest the Peninsula, and join the armies, the flying corps, the detach ments, or Guerrillas; acting together or separately, or compos ing thecerps of reserve or garrisons. If on Ole arrival of she national troops in any district they shall find there a body, calling itself the Civic Guard, ap pointed oy "the Usurper Joseph, the commanders of battalions and other superior officers of suet guard shall be immediately taken before the next justices; and in case the nntional troops have been fired on, the chief or chiefs who ordered it shall be brought before a council of war, and upon couvictioo shall bo . punisbed accordiug to t►e magnitude of their offence. 111. The Corregitiora, Alcides, Justices, dtc. , of districts, Who throng'i fear of the French •hall refuse to facilitate supplies of pros isionsor,assistaace to the national troops, shall be punished, we,l as the inhabitants, for any charges substantiated against them. _ 1 _ ----• 1 v. The Justices of districts, and the officers consmanding corps or parties, are ordered to arrest every passenger nho,shall he • found bearing the orders of the intrusive Government, or Whe "shall represent himself as authorised by such Government to I make requisitions of provisions or any other articles; he shall be conducted to the next post occupied by the &Wood troops , to be there tried and punished.. r. For every fipaniard proved to have been sturdered In obe dicr..e to the before•mentioned Decree of the Duke of Dal matia, the first three Frenchmen taken in arms shall be hanged without fail. ___ THE .STATE9AIAN • 1%.?'"fYir0.7:77- ..• • : 'ac .4 le ♦ • 7'..t t • , • 1 • , • 46k• VT. For every house that shall be burned without any other ob ject in view than the execution of that system of devastation proposed by those calling themselves Marshals, Generals, and Glues of the Bogs of the tyrant Napoleon, the three first per sons taken belonging to the French army shall be hanged, and it- many for every one, whatever be his age or condition, w oo will have perished in the names, or in consequence of the fire. VIL ' CObsidering that he is the true robber and murderer who kills and plower* from habit, the Council of Regency de clares, that so long as the Duke of Dalmatia does not with draw hi, sanguinary Decree, and does nut alter the conduct he lbw observed in Spain, he shall be personally concidered as un worthy of the protection of the law of nations, and be treated like a ro:hber, if he should happen to be taken by any of our troops. VIII. Although no Marshal of France ever took upon him to pub- Atsh ro atrocious a Decree as tbsit of General Sault, calling himself the Duke of Dalmatia, seeing, notwithstanding that all or the greater part of Napoleon's satellites, is there to the Usurper Joseph, as well as ;he infamous Spaniards who surround him, persist in giving no ether names to the' Spanish troops than those of insurgents and robbers, the Council of Regency declares, that until these °erosive names be changed, the French armies in Spain shall be con-idered in no other light than robbers or assassins, and shall be called by no other name whenever it is necessary to mention them. IX. 'Phis order shall be communicated to the Commander of the National troops, to the Cuptains-General of Provinces, to the Governors of fortresses, and all those at the head of corps, nseveable columns, detachments, and the leaders of Guerrillas. It shall he communicated by these to the enemy's Generals to whom they are opposed; endeavours shall be made to circu late it among the French soldiers, that they may judge with their own eyes, of the measures we are compelled to adopt by the inconsiderate rashness of a madman. X. The present Order shall be, moreover, printed in French and Spanish, and circulated every where, as well within at. without the kingdom, that every rTne may become acquainted with, and that all Europe may shudder at the horrible conduct of theseeuemies of the human race; and that all the powers, the allies, or rather the slaves of France, already too unfortu• Date in having their children, their relations, and their friend in the French armies, may see the inevitable fate prepared for them by the cruelty of a monster, who having been disappoint• ed in his plans of conquest, makes a last effort; persuading himself, without doubt, that by these means he will find no difficulty iu subjecting a nation, which never ceases to spew the superlative contempt with which it regard" wet threats, and whose greatness of soul increases so wonderfully in its reverses, that the Tyrant of France should in future be conviaced, that all his forces and those of his allies are far Vasa being sufficient to subdue a people, who have sworn to *feud their rights, and to maintain them with equal perse 'uorence and bravery. His Majesty lons ordered me to communicate this Royal Order to you, that it may be published, circulated, and after ' wards carried into execution. (Signal) RUSEBIO DE BARDAXI sad AZARA. Cadiz, Aug. 15, 1810. Two Gentlemen, of the names of Grimsby and Harvey, were yesterday prevented fighting a duel on Okloase Common, near Wormwood Scrubs, by two Officers of Justice, who took them into ens. , Cody whilst preparing to fire. They were held in substantial surety to keep the peace. An alarming fire broke out on Tuesday in the dwelling-house of David Fothergill, Esq. at Clower, Herts, which burnt the same down to the ground, together with a valuable library. The flames were occasioned by a bed being set on fire by the negli gence of a servant maid, who was putting a child to bed. Mr. Fothergill and his family were from home M the time of the fire, and fortunately no Uses were lost. • A singular event occurred in the wheat field of Mr. Avon, of Tenterden, on Monday sennight, when Thomas Collins, pt the advanced-age of 95, reaped in company with his son William, aged 72, and his daughter, Sarah, aged 66, and whose united yeera amounted to 2311. It is equally remarkable, that the father is free from the infirmities peculiar to old age; and in order to commemorate the event, be has lately been presented with a scythe, with an sTpro priate inscription thereon. - ;•.; ;ELAND. • REPEAL OF TII4 UNION. [From Tss Dusz.zx grisiza : PiSt of the 1111. instaxt.] Sir JAMES RIDDA.LL 111111, WWII expected, pre r served his character spotless and unsullied. He hat' gppoented the 18th instant for an AGGREGATI L &lemma of the Freemen and Freeholders of the , City of Dublin, " FOR THE PURpOSE OF TARING INTO CONSIDERATION TILE PROPRIETY OF •PETS. TIoNING OUR GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN AND THE IN. PERIAL PARLIAMENT ) FOR ♦ REPEAL OF THE ACT or UNION." Ministers are defeated, and the Peo. ple.triumph. We Insert the respective Answers of our High Sheriffs to the Requisition presented to them. Sir JAHR, RIDDALL has fulfilled what he very properly considered his " bounden duty." He has covered himself with honour, and secured the hest reward—the praise of his fellow.citizeos and the approbstion of his conscience. He is justly impressed 46 with the. RIGHT which the Freemen and Freehohlers possess," and he gives them an opportunity of exercising that moor, in the public , consideration of a question, "in which the interest of their coantry is deeply eoncerned,"—not SUN' rounded with SWARM; ; DO, Sir JAMES rests securely on the temper and moderation of the City, and the Beadles of the respectite Corporations only are to be assembled. . ; • There is an even and constitutional propriety throughout the, whole of Sir JAMES RID DA LL'S con. duct, that must endear him to the country, and that must, on the day appointed fur this truly Ist. PORTANT MEETING, insure the order and decorum which he is naturally anxious to preserve. We are convinced that he will not be disappointed. The people will not leave any open to the Poem, the FOSTERS, and their. agents, to slander the City,' or to malign the great cause of Ireland. They will also recollect the Castle trick played off at a former Aggregate Meeting—the cry of " The Guards 1 The Guards !" which broke up thee Assembly in confusion and terror. No. doubt the hirelings will be set to work; they will be employed to devise some means of bringing disgrace on the Meeting ; for this the people must be prepared. By temper . and moderation they will defeat their enemies. We should prefer the Rotunda to - the Exchange as the place of meeting : in point of convenience and hear. ing, the Rotunda has the advantage. A Committee of the Requisitionists should be immediately bps pointed, in order to prepare the Petitions, and think a number of Stewards should be also ap. pointed to assist the Beadles in preserving order. A considerable display of talent is expected on 'this interesting occasion. The Right Hon. Jowir Parrireir CUIADJIW e Master of the Ranh ever fen. aistent in his political career, is expected to deliver ... his sentiments. Mr. GEORGE PONIONDY is DOW in town, and we cannot possibly suppose that he will decline coming forth to advocate the cause of 111 suffering country. The roe of our revered PARTIOT, the Father of that Constitution which we now hope to.see festored, intends, we believe, at the approaching meeting to make his debut in public life. It will be a proud day when Ireland is assured that she has another HENRY GRATTAN. Think not, Sir EDWARD STANLEY, that you have escaped our observation ; so fir lucked you have been neglected, but be assured you cannot be for gotten. The impertinent and ill-written lecture which this Gentleman has delivered in answer to the Requisition, will live when he is no more. It will be banded down as the history of the wan, and his children will blush to read the disgraceful record. It was a trying occasion, Sig,gowasso, and we cannot be surprised that, even in the few insultiug lines wbichl 'you address to-the Freemen and Freeholders of Dub lin, you should blunder. You give us an opinion,and Olen you speak of it as a determination. Are we to attribute this to Iota: education, or to your tre.: ;tips, Arlo both ? • Was the-sad deklaration of a Secretary still . ringing in. your eara. : when you , • wiote this site coinpositionr .." h xpy. GALL THE 11L21140, SIGS :EDWARD, 'Wet/ 111/LIE NO7ISINiO TO. atrecie 1 I I",-Ah, Sir EDWARD,' Sir 'EDWARD, tbii was tallied a melancholy sentence ! No wonder you were confused in your . &payer. Same days ago We'said that the step froin.hotko,uv 49 jufamy, wee short. Can yon make the application x Sir En.waltla ANSWERS OF THE HIGH SHERIFFS TO TVS • REQUISITION. GllNTLEnent, 7 Fidly impressed as I am, withillMht which. the 'Freemen and Freeholders possess, of °spree • ' R their PTOtiMenti upon any public Melt4irein a constitutional mo d erate form ; and feeling a decided . conviction of my lega competency to assemble them, I hereby, in compliance *Ala, the above Requisition, appoint the 18th of September inst. at 14 o'clock, to meet at toe Royal Exchange, foe the; purpoda of taking ion., sonsirlerationi the propriety of Petitioning oar' G rac io us BoSereign and the Imperial Parliament, fur a Re. peal of the Act of Union. In fultilling this toy bounden duty, I feel it necessary to re commend the decorumand order which should characterise an Assembl of the Citizens of. Dublin, called together fora great ncerne c ei public 9 . • 1, in which the i nterest of their country is so deeply . co , and that 'hey will conduct the discuudon with That temper and moderation becoming their cause, and worthy their character of free and loyal Get izem. With this perzoa;ine no my mind, 1 shall feel it tomecessary to assemble any Quad whatever, but the Beadles pf the respective Corporations . . I have the honour to he, Geottlerneu, Tours:llo4i obedient liokev-1 , - ,:''.:int, liinutujoy-square, 10111-eept. - JP.;-,Ls RIDDALL ---.... ; Steptv - I:grcen, Sriit. 10, 1810 . Germemew,—Alilinailo r • .. ;A. drat oat to forward the' wishes of any portlou of m' • ... t iti4Clls, yet it appears to me, upon mature consider..'. use proposed objects of the Meeting, which you haver ~, me t :i convene, ,are so un likely to be obtained, and so •t) b :ti.ktly cAlculated,' unnecessa rily, to agitate the public mind, ao '..ip, etc h ang er the peace. of the city, for which I am rmponolbat I would consider i ts violation of my duty to comply with Z:t4 t . Requisition. I am fortified iu this determination, by the actin of the most emi nent Rankers, Merchants, and hlagisfeuteskpilsion I have con sulted, awl whoye opining* were totally uaetvnyed by any part ) or political nidive.-11 have the bower tabe,,f;enilensen, your most obedient humble servant, ED WART) IXrci;.N . LEY., To the Freemen and Fredonia of the County of Ms City of Dubtat, who - • . ~ . have signed a Requisition for es ..elg• ,+. A s 1 ••-•'‘, f :4 1 0: i . 1 grogats Noting reign's to Pa Fie a NtvioA . 'A* I* ~\OO :• - ` ~L. From C'OBBET'T'a POLITICAL, itku Ls' lEIL 66 How shall I speak thee, or tby power addrem o " Thou God of oar Idolatry, the Farm? " By thee Religion, Liberty, and Laws, 66 Exert their influence, and advance their cause; 66 By thee worse plagues than Pharaoh's land befel, Diffue'd make Earth the 'celibate of Hell; 66 Thou fountain, at which drink the Good and Nice; 16 Thou ever-bu'ibling spring of ettdl is Lies; " Like Eden's dread probationary tree, " Knowledge of Good and Evil is frum thee." Co wits. • PAPER AGAINST GOLDS MIN AN INAININATION OF THI REFORM OF TUN 1U&. sios comatirreis: IN A STAIRS OF LETTgRS TO Till TAADISMRS CU/ SARISRILS IN /MAR SALISBURY. LETTER 111. • . Danger of exciting popular discontents against' country Fawn names snekers—De3eription of t/tc atienal Dell—Progress of the Dell—The different denominations of it of no cons*• quence—Cost of the .stnli-jacobin war—Progress of the Njp. tional Expences—Progress of the Revenue or razes - via effect of lazation—Tries cause poverty and misery in • country —Not like rents—lnman of &Venue no proof of national presperitr-What are the signs of national prosperity—Ai crease of the Poor Align in Jingland--Cost of the Les gatherers suilicient to support 92,50UU GENTLEMEN,—A London print, which is what is called a ministerial newspaper, and which I, in the discharge of my duty as a public writer, .am compelled to read, but which, for the sake of y o ur morals, I hope none of you ever see, has most harshly spoken of that part of our paper money, which is issued by the Bankers, whose shops are in the country. The writer of this print has described that paper, namely, the country bank-notes, as " destructive assignats;" and, in another of his publications, he calls them " vile rags; and then again, " dirty rags." These hard words, besides that they are unbecoming in sober discussion, can do no good, and may du a great deal of irarm, if they have any effect at all upon the minds of the people; and, therefore, we will make a remark or tee upon their tendency, before we proceed with the topic mentioned at the close of the last letter. .Asvignats was the name given to the French re. volittionary paper-money, the distresses occasioned by which are fresh in the recollection of must pees. ply; and, to give the saute name to our country bank notes was, therefore, to proclaim, as far as this e riter was able to proclaim, that these notes,, being more than one-half of all our circulating medium, were as bad, if not worse, than the pa per-mouey of France, which produced so much in. divides! mite ry to so many millions of people.—.. Not that this was betrayitig any secret to th, world; for, it is beyond all corn prehento foolisii to sup pose, that all the world, particularly our sle%rp. sighted enemy, arc not fully acquaissted with our situation in this respect, no,re especially now that the Bullion Report is.. abroad ; but, what I 'find fault of, is, that this description of country notes, as contradistinguished from the' tondo's bank-notes; has a tendency to excite popular Its.. trod, and in cases that may happen, popular via. lence, against that' part of our paper.niutiey na. kers, called country-bankers ; than which nothing can be much more unjust in itself, or be. more likely to lead to universal jets/talon, the expert. once of the world having proved, that commotion, when once on foot, is seldom limited to the arcom. plishment of its original object; and, we may von. tore to affirm, that nothing was ever better calcu. lated to render popular commotion violent, and to .push it beyond its natural, bounds, than the hatred and revenge, which, it would seem to be the ob.. ject of the print above-mentiesed to excite in the minds of the people. The country paper-money makers aro not, as we shall soon see, any more to blame than are the paper. money makers in town. Paper-onotoey making is • trade, or calling, perfectly innocent in itself, and the tradesmen way be very moral, and even very Itberal men. Amongst them, as amongst men of other trades, there are, doubtless, sharpers, and even rogues; and, the trade itself may be one that ex:. poses men to the temptation of becoming roguish ; but, it does not follow, that all the paper.money makers, •or, that the paper-money makers in gene ral, are men of dishonest views. It is, therefore, not only illiberal, but unjust in the extreme, to con. demn the whole of the trade iti a Islay, •to call their wares " destructive assignats, vile rags, dirty tar," end the like, w hence it is, of course, intended that it should be undcrctood, that all' the issuers of them ought to be regarded as jests of so. ciety. and treated accordingly ; when the . truth as s as we shall presently see, the fault is not in indivi duals, but in the system, out of which the swarm of paper.thoney make rs have grown as naturally mitt es innocently as certain weli-known little anima% .are engendered by, and live upon, an impoverished and sickly carcass. • Having thus endeavoured to put you upon your guard against the tendency of this very unjust re. presentation of our country banker and their too. neyiretreirndeavour, which, it appeared to me, riughtsnot to be delayed, we will - now proceed with our subject, and, its was proposed, at the close of the last Abetter, inquire into the progress of *the Funds and Stocks ; or, in more proper terms, into the INCREASE OF THE NATIONAL DEI3T. have befure,seen what is the nature of this debt ": we have. also seen how it began : we by-and. by have to show the effects of it : but, what we have to do, at.prestot, is to inquire into, and as. cAntein, how it has gone on increasing, and what is new Its amount. We shall next inquire into the schemes for lessening the Debt ; ai.d, then we s Ali distinguish what is called redeemed froth unretict no. pd . , debt ; but, first of all, let us leave all u m r views of it aside, and confine our attention rnt rely to the sums borrowed. We have before. seen, th.tt - the money has been borrowed in. various ways, cr under various denominations. In some cases the money borrowed was to yield the lender 3 iwr con. Emu, that is to say 3 pounds interest, yea: ty, foe every hundred pounds of principal. In sumo wes the lender was to receive 4 per aentein ; in teems cases 5 per centum ; and in some cases more.gence comes the denomination of 3 per cents. ard 4 per cents, and so forth. But, to the people, wl • have to pay the interest, these distinctions are of is. consequence at all, any more than .it would be to ei!her of us, whether our bakers' bitis were made . out upon brown paper or spoil white. We shad/ - 7 I le i , 0,4 ter c 4 of •u -,he li- P s a JO p 0 - rcs 01