The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-12-14 00:00:00

r ,- 4 %r1. • ~....., ~~ ...~ • ~•. . this 1;1i 1•41; iiised an, ender the eltedhitlos at Great Britain and Mi. Mackenzie cannot help observing, that. ibis circumstance renders the entire diicusslon on the additional article useless and -----~- superfluous. Asio the aecoed objection raised bt Dt. thigtoe sties, relative to Ilia Aqui* 'eVOboists lo be given np- in regard to the Ifritiorbriiti briny of Ws?. modal, he requtrea_the(in nekinting eif' that tithes. her those be might.l4,l4,etstered, the SerVieb o f Great Britain shoul d lie - liked into confidersi. sloth The British Government is disputed, in lige mintier, to accede to.thisproptisilion boot list ex. tension which M. Ditinonatier 'haffi gitett to this demand is altogether inadmissible : no computation which could be made with any degree of ex act/lees, could raise ,the amount of the lass of those Hanoverians to the British service be. yond the number of one thousand, in place of what was before offered as an etptivalent. Mr.] Mackenzie is autkorise.l to Consent that three thou. sand French prisoners,, instead of 2000' formerly istipulated, be set at liberty, in consideratinn erthe Ilanoverians comprehended in the capitUlatiOn of Count Waltnetlenosho either now are, or who Mey have hitherto been in tiiitt(clialt teeth:ol that nulia ber of 3000 being ledependelit'to - the4M Sentient of 1903 mest,„itemediately.to be liberitidfu regard to the sari* or St. Onntrio, as bath her - lamed upon In the edmmunication made by the Cummins lias. of the 'transport Office Itithrre, Arf , Ike 19thlassuary taste... . " Mr. Mackenzie hath t he unour o.; ng now to M. Dumoustier, Ike • mitutte of a Peojeet, which does ant differ from that before offesed by the British Government, bet_ in, the alterations notes: tiny to be made with regard to those tie points.; j and, at the seine time, to inform him that no other a lt e ration, or the giving up of any. thaug, cif" ' " 0! , , no tecnont be admitted. By presenting , his final prapetio to te French Govern/neat, and in o ff ering to it the b ounds i series of concessions to which the British Govern ment has been carried, from sentiments. of ,huma. nity and conciiiiition s Mr..Msekettilie is charged to impress on M. Duceoestier , the conviction of the number, the extent, and the value of these minces. sions, and to. recta to hie attention how every new step of this negociatiou bath been accompanied with a new proof of the liberality and candour on the part of the British-Government. The paints in dispute relative to the capitulation' of St. Domingo, and the exchange of the civil•sub.. jects of Great Britain for French naval' and military. prisoners of war, and to .an egilivale9t: for the' ITanoverians, to an exchange of Frentlfi prisoners in bland for thote of .other counties iu tbehaitids of France, and to the immediate liberation of French prisoners for Spanish, and Cs the chance of a surplus which,might remain without any balance, have been successively conceded by great Britain, though conformably to precedents, and also igrec. Slily to received usage, she might, In' taro, insist on seine reciprocal couditions no the part of the French Government. Mr. Mackenzie must in conclusion obietve, that, fa virtue pf the above-mentioned concessions - , the French Government, in acceding to the liberal pro. positions now offered, far the tut time, by, the British Covert:meet, 44. obtain the setting at liberty of almost fivalleWmnd men, independently of the final liberation st •forty l fire thousand other Frenchmen, who are Olt £p the power of Great Bri ate. Mr. Mackenzie has the honour of renewing to M. Dumoustier the assurauces of kis high Conside ration. (Signed) G. A. Sae* ENtilL Xerloix, September 2Z. No. XIII. Is the project of a Convention for an exehange•af prisoners presented by Mr. Mac k( nzie, and which appeared is our Paper of the 27th ultimo. No. XIV. Note of iiti...buottiestier to Mr. Mackenzie, Oct. 7. The undertirted Commissary for the exchange of prisoners of war has transmitted to his Gevernment. the Note of Mr. Mackenzie, of the 22d of Sep. tember, and the Project of Convention annexed, thereto. lie is directed, •in answer to this cement. nieition, to declare that this arrangement will sank with no opposition on the part. or the Francis Go. vernment, provided the British Government con. sents to modify the first, second, and fourth para. graphs of the fourth Article of the project„as shelf be here mentioned below. In the first paragraph, -it is wished that the fol.: lowing alteration should be made: " All British prisoners, of all ranks and, degrees, detained in France or Italy, or in the dependeneies of France mid Italy, shall be get at liberty, and their exchange shall immediately commence after the ratification of this Convention, by sending them to. Deal or Ports.. mouth,• or any other Port in the Chanoel that shall he agreed on, or by assigning over to the hands of the British Commissary, who shall be nominated to' receive them, a thousand .English prisoners, snail two thousand of the allies of England, for threig 4housand Freneh prisoners, or of the ' allies of France, who 'hall be set at liberty by the Bri t i s h . ' Government,. or stated In the said paragraph. • In the second paragraph we propose, that all the French prisoners :of all ranks and degrees now de. tatted in Great Britain, or in the British posses. 'ions, shall he set at liberty ; their exchange shall take place immediately after the signature of this Convention, ahalibe Carried into effect by sac. nesively. scodint.to.Merlaix, or to any other French., port in the Channel that may be agreed oe, or lay assigning over into the hands of the French Conj. Inissariss afikointOd triteceife them, $OOO French.' mentor .1001.) English, and 2000 of the allies of Eng/antk k.. proportion as the French GoeCra*eat snail relEsethem. . In the. fourth paregropit it' k wished that - the number of eight thousand Hanoveriaos to be ex. changed for eight thousand French, be altered to that of six thousand s , as stilted in the project, 'which will occasion a total exchange of seventeen thousand Hanovettans who hare capitulated fur less than half of this number. The Undersigned, on condition that these alte rations be admitted, is authorised to sig n the British project. The al erations are founded on a princi ple from which Fiance cannot depart, that of con. •, t'. , - L -~ THE 1 lifsbriffen alb. ..groat I*as al Els glish'prisdnen in propertion to the mass of French prisoners to liberated. This principle is that *MA hes always been ad. hiitteid, and particularly in -178(1, when, to gale the abjeel, • the et cess of French prisoners was. met by OW* in money'. taglllod being Unable to refuse acceding to en iEadiavde of priiohen, including the Hanoverian., Parteguese, and Spaniards, admits the principle ; Acid in thaf stare of the . queetion, she cannot dewy the justice of an etchange, man for man, and rank. tat tank. This mode of proceeding will establish not nearly s general i(nil immediate exchange of all !be Freaeh and all the Englith prisoner,. The Speldirds that may after/arils remain in France, and the Allies, of thd Fretich`thit *ay Mk Pa England, may be in. 6'44141M the deft aid following article. Mr: Mikkelititt Will 'observe, from the simplicity Of this liTiti*E. thlt •it ban not been k subject of diseissloit Ptile;`. it is. 'conformable -lo itl that the tTritletilgnidhis hithetto said •in the discussions that have tiktld One, that if •England.only wishes a partial cieliange, the isegociation ray be coon. dated as retrograde sad broken off; but if idle t~tiltb! ' ln goad earnest, a general eachaige, It is ithrit4ihfe le conceive any reason to proteut het Adolitin* the only "leans of retnoving ail doblits. The 'llndeireigned tan only here veptat that the !trend' Government will never coquina. tdo give up the English prisoners that arc in their pnwer for a part only of French that arc in possesrion of Eng. land, and to leave the other part witholitgeareotee io the bands of the British Government. • Na, IT. Note from Mr. Maeherzie. Modals, Ott. K. 1810. SIR,- determinalion of the Frew+ Govan. meta' thus repeated, to adhere to the rejection of the first propooltiun of the British . Government, prevents the eccomplishment of the general libera tion of all the prisoners of war, and• compels me, in complianoe with my instructiono ; to demand that you will have the goodness to provide for me the nececsoy passports for my immediate retina to England. I have the honour to be, &Co (Sigued) C. A. MACKENFE. No. XVI. Note of M. Domotisties. • Iktortass, Oes: 16 1 1810. hereby answer your letter of the Ath inst. in which you say that we add the unexpected obstacle of loadiug the British Government with the arrangement of the expence and difficulties at. tending the conveyance of the Spanish prisoners, Sac. This assertiim is not exactly true ; and I am directed again to repeat to you what I have al. ways hitherto had the honour of stating, that any question respecting money will never prove an obstacle to d i ns ,Freach Government, and that it will never be behind on any subject of this nature. The British' Government may determine as it pleases; to all its wishes,Frauct will give her assistance, provided tbat o in Consequence of the principle admitted in 1780, theescbange be tnade,en masse, and that all the French shall return to their own country at the same time that thd English shell-return to theirs.. T'bis condition iv, end - hoot the first day of negeciatioa mast have been; the " sine qua nun." Every other Conside ration eats Only be regarded as matter of canine. lion. It is the fourth time, Sir, that I have the bonour of repeating to you the determination of my Government. ' (Signed) bUMOUSTIEK. 1.. No. XVII: Note Or Demander. ' Mbrlaix, Oct. 26. Sra,—The letter which I had the honour of writ ing you on the 16th inst. must have fully convinced ,you of the desire with which my Government has been.uniformly animated, of removing, by all the 'sacrifices in its power; the, dilficalties started by England against the carrying into effect a general eltehaoge, which must necessarily liberate, at the same time s on both sides, the great' bulk of the pri. _ soners of war. You will, without doubt, do me the justice, Sir, that un my part I have always seenaded, as much as "was in my power, the conciliatory disposition of 'my Government. I again girt you another proof of it in consenting to divide the question with yea respecting the Hanoverians, and in only asking 6000 French instead of 8000, in exchange of 17,000 Hanoverians, comprised in the capitulation of Field-Marshal Count Waknoden. I have the honeer to be, etc. DUMOUSTIER. • • • .1 No. XVIII. Sta,-- , thave the honour of acknowledging the re. ceipt of your letter of the 26th instant, and am happy to observe there is a conciliatory disposition , oa the part of the French Governmeat; but I feel, at the same time a painful sensation ju seeing that you propose a diminution of the iinmber.(so-often declared as inadatissffile) of the French prisoners, 'demanded in exchange for the HIMOTI4IIIIIIIIuf the ..army of Count Walmoden. • I have had the honour of repeating very fre.. .queutly mforderi, which in this, stop,lg9to z po s ., sitive,Nvid I tiliviVlAtt • hi Warta yoi(for,lito thisid time, that the British Government Whites to the jest and equitable plan of conveatiou Anally MQfli fica fur the immediate exchange of all prhioners war, and that in case it should not beaccepted,.l am ordered to return immediately to Eugialsl. (Si gn ed) MACkENZIE. - - The several statements which have lately. been made iiablic respecting the fate of blimp Park, diOer so materially as to forfeit ail title to,credence. Out of these represents him to be in captivity at no considerable distance from o...Getable, while he is described ih a second, pursuing his route through , tht Ghia Desert in a north-western directipn from Tambitetoo. it is almost needless to observe, .that 'tire melenclioly deduction from these %Vying and `contradictory rumours must be, that this intrepid traveller has closed the series of his perilous whelk. tares. • A recent American Paper contains the following . police to mariners - :" There is an error in thy. gu. 'ropean Charts relative to Cape , Friu. It is liitl down u beitig hi the latitude 44 tt. 34.; .but It a, in fact, in 23. ; this ought to he rectified, fur by those Charts most of our iresivls will lie esabayed; 'it being necessary 'tar make Cape Frio before we can get up to Itio Janeiro:" - t , I I li A f 4 ' / ) , 1 l ' i il 1 li I I , • ' ' * , . i i 1 1 1 1 i i r . I. fl I . • .. 1 • • . • I •• . 11 • • ORIGHTON v Iists. I • ' The ball at the Cutle t ts• Monday last, was one of the most elegantly and numeronely attended of due diet season. Lord A. lbw., Lord • end ! Lady ; C...-Sessastsat t -Lord YAisovru, Lady AMCOTTI, Lord CoLtaassa, Sit it. Bbaszet,- we hear, and almost every personal( high fashionable distinction, svhs .at present do , us ,the keener of sojourning among us, [mint there. The asiensbiage wai not store nanserous than, sociably select, and seldom has the merry deuce. beet distinguished by more skilful and animated votaries than on this occasion. The. wholesome direnina, with increasing spirit old vivacity, was continued for many successive haus, and reluctance in no shape was of the party, until the time of retiring arrived, when its 'tau. onto was obvious during the descent to the respec. tive carriages. Yesterday the weather turned out tolerably fine ; but it was " an eager and a nipping air," the rides and walks, . notwithstanding, were gaily attended, and numberless were the visitants at the libtaritel. The collier, brig, which had received so much damage on,Thursday, the Isabella, was yesterday s complete' wreck. About 50 chaldron of her cargo have been lost. • To make the most of the timber, tenet, &e. the breaking up of the vessel was commenced yesterday, which has been greatly annoyed by the turbulence of this day ; the wind having blown almost a hurricane from the south, accompanied with heavy and soaking rains. 'I he springs, as we predicted they would, have now broke ground on the level, and seriously unpleasant are the apprehensions of the householders there. It is almost superfluous to observe, that scarcely a fashionable has adventured beyond the grateful influence of the domestic fire-side, during the gloomy progress of this day. The South Gloucester Millie* had a field-day this morning, and wet jackets was the ceder of •the ' day. Perhaps it should be the characteristics of the military, nut to have their previoissly deter mined points of action and duty superseded by the casual inclemencies of the elements. It appeared, however, that the worthy Commandant of the South Gloucester, was of that opinion this moruing. The " concord of sweet sounds," continues oc casionally to relieve the silence of desertion, which, for some time past, has given a sombre aspect to the Pavilion. The Aurora bark, of London, on her passage from Quebec, with a cargo of timber, boiled to Sheerness and Chatham, encountered a very heavy gale of wind on the 22i10f November, in lat. 51. 15. N. long. 32. 30. W. in which all her boats were stove, nearly all "her provisions, and every article em deck, washed overboard, and her bowsprit ,sprung, when the hardships of her unfortunate crew comreenced, the only article of provision left being a little bread, sufficient only to supply their wants for the short space of twenty-four hours, then at Ole distance of 1,000 miles from the Land's End : /set, on the 2.6th.following, after enduring all•the .hardships imaginable for four days, during three of which they had been without food, and reduced to a roost deplorable state, being almost deprived of taintent, and their limbs froet.bit. ten, a 'wee terrible pie of wind than that ex. pertenced on the . 22J came. on, in which the vessel fell over on her broadside, which acci; dent released 'from the horrors of an expected but untimely end the first and second mates, two seamen, and two boys, who were washed overboard, and perished ; the remainder of the crew, consisting of the Captain and three seamen, were obliged, for the preservation of life, to cling to the side of the wreck,,in which situation' they remained eight hours. During this period, the main and mizen-masts, foretop-mast, and back-stay went by the board;. soon after which she again righted, but was full of ' water ; however, this afforded another retreat foe the unfortunates, being then enabled to get into the foretop, where, after some hours, theysecn red them. selves from the violence of the sea. The decks of the vessel then _blew up, and strange to tell, these men endured all the horrors of starvation 'for the further space of seven clays, whep, on the second instant, in lat. 47 50. N. long. 23. 30. W. the ship Maas hove in sight, and bore down on the vessel, not perceiving at first that any of the crew remained on board ; but on nearing her, some men were discovered in the fore top, and in consequence a boat was hoisted out to. bring them off, who had for 11 days been kept alive by sucking the ropes, which afforded them the water gathered there during the heavy rains. One of them appeared in a dead state, and the others were senseless, and in a most-horrible condition ; no irstelligence as to their hardships could be ob tained from them until within three or four days previous to the illaida c 's arrival at Plymouth, when they gave an account almost incredible to believe, but which wai actually the case. Two English merchant-brigs hove in eight at the time the crew Aare- kis, th e midst of their' sufferings, to one of which Captain FLECK held out a red handkerchief, which remained flying some hours; but this only tended to increase their misery, as no notice was taken. of their signal of wretchedness, and both vessels proceeded on their course. During the gale, in.which part of the crew were washed overboard, one of the litte boys, pf respectable connections, clung to the Captain.; the latter could have saved him, had be been enabled, to gain a rope, but that WAS impossible, Eul they, were both separated by a. most awful sea, The Captain and his seamen arc extremely ill, and no hopes are entertained, for the recovery of one of the latter ; it is expected that each of them will be obliged to have a limb ampu. tated, in consequence of their suffer:lugs by a most . severe frost, that came on during the time they re , mained ou the wreck. ATTEMPT AT Soscapc.—*Early Wednesday morn. istg . a very respecteble family in the neighbourhood .of Park.lane was alarmed by the sudden intlisposi. lion of a young lady, twenty. three years of egei the daughter of a merchant. Surgical aid was proctored, .and the young lady eras. suspected of having taken poisoue:., A vessel was discovered in which sume I ntslienic had been mired, powerful met*i were administered. A pert of thepoisonous draught wart' extracted. The lady, however, is not expected to‘ recover. The rumor the rash act is not known. !, • THE #ACILET'S. The removal of the packet station f rom F ee l , M eit onth to Plymouth is already s evere l y rb Inhabitants of the first of these places; th ' e Mip s . ril9f ltl 7ll lPel ich ttg t(i tile "l centre d epe o ndfedth in a gr eat tourist Isep Gtte packet intercom,: :rbe difitoce which occasioned th e removal of t— packets, was the result of momentary irritation and had scarcely been committed when ai unem4 ; ass made. It appears, that on the 24th of 0. 40 Mar a just at two of the packets were about to s a i they were boarded by the acting tide-survey or, e his boat's crew ; who, proceeding.to search th e►. eels, broke open the seamen's chests, aid tae therefrom the little adventures which they tained, The privilege; either recognized or c on aired at, of carrying out these adventures, f ree u duty, was a strung inducement to the setae* t engage in this service, who, in consequent e u, tg abatement of perquisite, refused to take the 1 , 44 4 1 to sea. Within four days after, honorer, 0 1 re turned to their duty, and the inconvenienc e or fur warding the mails did not continue longer thi s few hourP, two packets having been expecliteds the '2sth, and one on the 27th. This is the me rit the offence which has brought down this A r si vi sitation upon the town of Falmouth.; fur the tv , mours c,f rho towns.pcople having made c ost% cause with the packets.men, and of their ha ll aided and abetted by thousands of Cornish al ign are proved to have been wholly untended. s c , being the case, it is to be hoped the, will not persevere in rendering tl,u pm ket es*obibb meat permanent at Plymouth, but remove it hun t diately to its former channel. But it is not &i s , upon the ground of the punishment exceeding tb offence, and of the disadvantages which Falmo ut h likely to incur, that the revocation of the ere ot removal is recommended t Plymouth dots o u t l e ford the sante convenience, as a packet station 4 Falmouth present,. An instance, in proof, oati es to the packets which sailed from the furter p u last month, and put into Fain/ono ; from ohm they sailed on the '27th tilt. The Jamaica pick left Plymouth on the 13th i so that 14 days' lone were left behind, which would have gone by 0 1 packet had they been sent as heretofore to r. month ; and the packets fur Lisbon, Unlit, it Surinam, would also, from Falmouth, hate trig a week's letters more.. There is reason to belie that the Postmasters-General themseltes are* ble that Falmouth is the most convenient slither the packets; but having yielded to the sentatiow Which induced them to order themes they feel, perhaps, a delicacy in revoking IV; der, unless the grievance to the commercialist is mado apparent to them. If the merchants London feel those inconveniences from the nee rangcment, which we have reason to suppose ti do, they will not lose much time in furnishing Postmasters-General with grounds for re.eatahl iug the packet station where it confined so m years. CORONER'S INQUEST. An Inquest was held on Wednesday evening the Horse anti Dolphin, bliaerlosbeld.streot t s before A. Gera., Esq. Coroner for Newsiest on the body of Mr. Simeon, •who lost-his life the late dreadful fire tit the Mexican totel,in street, on Saturday last, anti where a part of body was discovered lying in a heap of rebbish eight o'clock on Wednesday morning„ the side iug entirely burnt off. A Piofessiunal Gentl in the neighbourhood was immediately sent for, attended, who, after examining the render time s gave it as his opinion, that it was tk b of a male person. When, after a long east lion, the Jury brought iu their verdict—Acci Death on the body of a male, together with ashes of a second person. The servants of the deceased were examined fore the Jury as to thesieescape, and the aim the fire. • It is not true that the waiter, *holm ape to have been burnt, has mitered is the firma The body of Mrs. Simeon. hme not yet been • vered ; a great number of workmen were erniti ed yesterday to dig in the reins, but no (fact her could be found. *O. V A signal.station has lately been eslabliskal Holyhead, which promises to be of greet benefit' the mercantile interests of the country. 46 Beware the Ides of 'Marsh'!" was the Na ing given to Imperial Cksar asks passed trawl pitol.—This presage was neglected, and the Wur Master fell by the hands of Conspirators. EW rience has thus shewn that these timely warnince hints of our better Genii should be attended to It is a fart authenticated beyond question, tin dream has enriched several inhabitants of Onto try, by the impression of a particular Nwilib° the Lottery this, we• understand, is'onti had by au early application at the Offices, 0 very great demand for Tickets and 'Sham is tit to make them very scarce, and considerably in price. • BIRTH. On Thumlax, the 13th isbtant, the lady of Crawford Ant, Esq. of Finshory-square, of a daughter. MARRIED. Yesterday, at St. Mary-le-N.nne Church, Haul Ar il , Frank land, Esq. late Captain in the 2Sd Light Drltret only sou of Vice-Admiral Frankland, to Mary, only do'r of Heil. Streater Gill, Eq. of Eashiug llouoe, to the cutall Surrey. Yesterday morning, at St. Georo's, Blootnsburt , *el James Cazalet, eldest sun of Cazalet, Esq. of S ec " +vivre, to Islios Arnold, eldest d.sughter of Mrs. Arnold, of gale-street. DIEI). Lately, nt Benraton-hall, Lincolnshire, in child-bed, tst of the Rev. Peregrine Canals. On Saturday iiiglit, siiitinly, in the King's Mews, MrO i l man, wife of Mr Bowman, many years and at 'limos' !it her Majesty's coachmen ; she was appnrenily in goat 9 0 '•• an hour previous to her death. On Wedueiday Jane, the youngest daughter a Thomas, Esq. Leirester- - - Al1t:8 'or stOCKS YESTEKDA Y. Bank Stuck 24.1 i Comity.' 511 41 '. • ' 9 pt 4 Cent. Heti. 66. huhu Roues 19 20 pr. 3 per Cent. Com. . Ex. Bills 4 . per Can. 82U ' Ltittery Ticket,' ill. • 5 per Cent. 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