The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-03 00:00:00

P. fO.!. . Arr. . Mails. Due 1 . Dublin .-• o . Water f or d 1 O 0 0 . tinerns..y • 0 O PRICE OF iITOCKS Tills Rank !Ili 9 per Feat. Red. 57; 8 8 per Celli. Cons. ssj 981 9 4 per Cenig. 73; b per Cent. Navy 1101 1 1,4u4.14*1i1-10 y. ' at __- DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Bonds 1 2 ' Exchrgorr 1406544.1 2'. Ditto 30. 9 3 p Otnoitim 5!,- pr. Consuls for Acct. 51 Lottery Tickets r IW . • LONDON: TUESnAY, NOVEMBER 3, Mi. By the last letters received from Russia and Swe den, we are informed that every preparation is mak ing by the British Mrichan's for leaving St. Peters burgh, as will appear by the fello%ing extract : " Sr. Pcrrasnutton, Ocr. 2.—The people here . •• are in alarm.—From what we know, as well as from what we hear, we consider nothing in this city is safe." The Emperor Actx ornEti has, in consequence, ordered, by a Special Act, that the duty on all co lonial produce that may be re-exported during the present state of alarm shall be remitted. In fact, every fresh account from that quarter brings along with it the features of approaching danger ; and though ALEXANDER may be nursed by his Councils to carry his retreat into Archangel, yet they must he very little acquainted with the true situation of his affairs, who do not perceive that by every re move he drags along with him a lengthening chain of disaster, which must at i last, without some unfgre seen intervention, bind him more firmly to the plans of his powerful Opponent. Lisbon Papers to the 21st, and Cadiz, to the 22d ult. have arrived this morning, from which we ez tract the following : Lisuov, Ocr. 20.-011 the 11th inst. the garrison of Burgos made a sortie, and were repulsed. SOULT, it is now confidently asserted, is marching Inuards Sladrid, and a battle is expected. Linos, 16.—1 t is supposed, iu letters of C:e 3d of October, that Souvr would march by Jumilla for Almanza,, and that SucifET would pro tect him tollen. BALLASTYRO3 was still in Granada on the 6th of octobr. According to intelligence of the 11th, from Se ville, SouLT's troops were in St. Clement. C.►nuz, OCT. 18.—On the 15th August, General LLASTEROS remained in Granada. .MAn►ttn, Our. 12.—The French have collected ia St. Domingo (D Vittoria) 50 pieces of artillery, brought from Castile; they talk there of the retreat of the intrusive King, supposing he would go to Pamplona ; and that MASSENA continued in Bayonne, where he was fortifying the points of S. Juan de Luz and °retina. CAniz, OcT. 16.—From La Mancha they write differently respecting the destination of the Allied troops, and Sour. T's movements. The sanguinary SouLT haring joined Suczirr, the number of their joint armies are estimated at from SO to 60,000 men; some suspect that SOULT will march towards the Tajo, and that this operation will retard the progress of the great Lord. It would not be wonderful that should they even collect from 30 to 40,000 men, that they may attract the attention of the great Lord ; but if we consider the number of the Allied troops who are upon the Tagus, those of the second and third army in Taraucon, the army of General 134LLAvrEerri, in Jaen, &c. &c. the expe. clitionary army from Alicant, and the junction of the Guerillas, it does not appear probable the two Mar. Oats will attempt an operation which might cost them dear, if the Lord, marching by Rioja, pass the Ebro. On taking a view of the late General Election, we think that little comparative reproach ought to be made to the Representative Body, rotten and cor rupt as it is, after the decided proofs given of a far stronger degree of corruption in the Constituent ! Body; and no occurrence since the Revolution has I more decidedty proved the danger and disgrace of allowing those degenerate aristocracies, called Cor porations, to possc•ss the exclusive right, as they do in many places, of electing Members to serve in Par-1 liament. The influence of 'these execrable bodies in towns where the right of election is not confined to them, proves them to be at once burdensome and mischievous, while the returns from Bristol and Li verpool teach us how little likely the Constitution is to be renovated, or the house of Commons purified, by general elections. We will not, how. eter, at pr;‘sent, eater into the merits and reputa tioa of the respective Candidates at these places, but content ourselves with a short review of the con duct and character of Mr. CANNING, who was brought into Pai liament as a soldier of fortune, for the purpose of vending his talents to the highest bid d-r I and after finding that the popular side did not answer kis purpose, he marched over in open day 'from their camp, armed and accoutred, into the camp 'of his advertary, the late Mr. PITT, when the bribe beld out to him' was the office of Under-Se cretary of State in the Foreign Department.— Camas* is unquestionably a taau of talents, • • _ 1 t ' . i i ; l i ,• 1 1 1 ,. ... , , I . ; 1 , S t . i ; ; i t . ; j 1 ; 11„ Y , . _ TIIE and these talents have led to the means of gaining a property, which has placed him independent of all . parties. The times are favourable to such an appli cation of his abilities as might reuder him useful to his country,was he virtuously disposed,ind he is pos -1 Nosed . of a firmness which qualifies him for the at. tempt ; but the want of principle renders him a den. gerous instrument in the hands of power, and we mu>t condemn the impertinence of holding up to us a man for admiration, and as entitled to our confidence, who, at the very moment he was 1 in violent hostility 'to the Minister of the day, accusing him of conducting his Sovereign and his country to ruin, went over to that Minister and became an instrument in his hands for promoting that ruin which- tie had previously endeavoured to avert ! There it no occasion to reason further upon this subject to prove to the nation, should it want I proof, that no credit is due to the professions of public men, acting in the spirit of party, and to serve the views of party. We have lately been amused with the speeches of Mr. CANNING, at the Liverpool Election, a consi derable part of which are said to havelnen manufac tured at the office of the Courier, as a congenial po licy is well known to have long existed between Messrs. CANNING and STewse,T, the latter of whom having found it convenient to turn his coat, May prove a very useful associate to that time-serving po litician. The present degraded and ruinous state of the country is however such, that Mr. BROUGHAM and I Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY can have but little to regret by their exclusion from the House of Commons ; and so Icing as the Minister of the day can secure a corrupt majority in favour of the most destructive and ill judged measures that can be devised, we should not be sorry to see the leading Members in Opposition follow the example of the late . Mr. Fox, and retire from an Assembly where their presence andexertions can be of no avail. There may be a difference of opinion upon this subject, as upon most others ; but we feel persuaded, that had Mr. BROUGHAM and Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY been returned to Pailiament, they could have rendered no essential service to their country, while the present system is pursued, but which it is probable cannot be of long duration. ITo draw a true picture of the present state of this country, would not be very agreeable to those who have been the principal cause of all our misery and misfortunes ; but the day is not far distant when the I truth must come out, and the eyes of a deluded and oppressed people may be opened, when too late to see their danger, and remedy the 'rd.— !In the raw time it may not be amiss put a question to those prostituted writers who are paid for deceiving the public by propagating false hoods, merely with a view to gratify the feelings and ambition of their masters. R.ip t ,ose, for instance, that our great and good Ally, the Emperor of Russia., should be compelled to make peace with NAPOLEON, upon such terms as he may think proper to dictate, and the present aspect of his affairs renders such an event by no means improbable, what would be ' come of our gallant army in Spain, after all our ex ertions, and immense waste of men and treasure ? Will the most infatuated politician, or the most venal and impudent writer in the country pretend to say, that we should be able to retain a footing in Spain and I Portugal at the end of six months ? If such a state of affairs should take place, and who is bold enough to say it will not, it is unnecessary to point out to those possessing candour and discernment, the cri tical and dangerous state of the nation ? And unless circumstances should occur that we have no reason to expect, a day of reckoning must arrive, which may plunge this devoted country into a state of the most destructive convulsion. To avert so great a calamity Is the duty of every true friend to his country; but so long as the reins of Government are in the hands of those men who have brought us into this situation, I there is little hope of redress; and unless the nation at large carry their voice to the TunoNE, and obtain 1 an immediate change of men and measures, they may prepare to meet the FATE which awaits them. A little 1 time may determine the fate of Russia; and if ALexitw , HER should be compelled to join NAeos.zon in the great Continental system, which is now become the object of all the Allied Powers against England, what prospect have we in prosecuting the war,'unless it be to hasten the period of our destruction. An article, under the hold of " Paris," dated the 26th of October, asserts, that the French have taken Kalouga. It it is in the following terms :--j 4 The last intelligence from Moscow informs us, that it was after a brilliant combat with the cavalry, in which the Russians were overthrown, that our troops took possession of Kalonga." By accounts from the French coast we learn, that since the explosion of the plot at Paris, extraordi. nary measures of vigilance have been resorted to by the Police with respect to correspondence. The do. parture of the posts, it is said, has been suspended, and all letters have been d e tai n ed a n d exarained.—.- Every lette r which has sine reached the coast front Paris was received open. Through the same cha*. nel we are informAl, that sixty-five licences, which BONAPARTE had lately signed and forwarded by Courier along with important dispatches for Paris, have fallen into the bauds of the CoSseeks, who made the bearer prisoner, at a short distance from Moscow. Sir G. Nuozer, who is at present Commander-in. *Chief in Bengal ) is ) we understand, to be Governor of Madras, ;n the room of Sir G. BARLow, of •the necessity of whose remoinklislt of the, propriety of the discontinuance and corifietiiiii of whose system, all parties are at IN* conviacal r~ : l I - .L _t I • .•_ , • , •• ....1•••• • • A • returns, will Peck -oaf. e l , an Officer of the Royal BREAM-4 Court of when n eim th en l eas Extract of a letter from Marines, dated St. Audero, Oct. 11:—" Lord Were morning at Guildhall, LINOTON is still before Burgos ; he has sent twice to having inspected the Mealweiehers e ' price of the Quartern L oaf .O RD M A yo R, this place for powder and ammunition ; the last went the price read to fall Id. in t he off this day, -200 barrels. There is now between still be 1. re • l " our troops and the enemy a deep fosse, with Weise- Thursday next. - e ei does, which it is supposed Lord W. will. mine and j The sentimental Toast of " The Land v l' •,„ again storm ; this will be the last resolve, but must and they who don't like it leave it ;" c' 1 ", be resorted to, if the enemy hold out. The French 'em, let 'em leave it," as JA CK FULLE R 3 ',...- e- a its this place are about 2000. Lord W. has about strictly characteristic of the l - party. This t 4 20,000, or it may be - 25,000. The main body of the remember, was given by Mr. BEbitY 1 s mieiny are at elirandai neat Vittoria ; our advance, ; Harewood House, at the Jubilee 44 .t. ; it s . which consists chiefly of cavalry, is about two leagues given by a dispassionate Alderman, at I from Burps. The rainy season will soon set in, : CELLES' Election Dinner at York ; it is to which will of course stop the operations ; but it is we hear, at the True Blue Club at L e w, , generally believed Lord Ws:eras:Gime will not go will always be a favourite with a family and into winter-quarters, unless absolutely compelled ; ; who would, if they had the power , ,• as they but after taking Burgos and Pancorvo, will direct his I inclination, crush or expatriate every man, as whole force against SOULT. It is imagined we are body of men, that dares to differ in opine waiting for Spanish reinforcements, in order to ' them on any subject of Trade, Politics, or t 1 t h:ld r :Tti i i ai , blockade, and perhaps attack Santuna : another sur- The Life Guards, although ' embarked on their e.. I mise is, that we are to winter here. We have just rival at Portsmouth, are still at etoe • ees e n at , . , and d o received a supply of dollars f rom Corunno.." I not expect to sail till nex t mont h . We had an interview yesterday w ith a gentleman' There are at present 2000 men and u p wa rd; e 2 who has just arrived front Quebec, having left the , a rm y d e p o t, i n t h e I sle of Wight, under the C 0.,. , neighbourhood of that fortress as late as the 6th ult.mand of Major-G en . T A Y ready i toe, to be embarked and he supplies us with the followiug particulars : , for different destinations on fo • • reign service. " The force under Sir G. Pnevose consists of 7,000 `, Miss Dueces.—W e are harpy to inform our men, of which 3,000 are regulars, about 3,840 mili- , readers that this excellent actress ^en d accomplehei tia, ' I l and 160 Indians. About 80 more Indians of the ' young lady was led to the hymeneal I a tar on Feri ae clan of St. Regis had offered their service, on the morning, by JAMES DAVIDSON , Esq. of Chiswict:, condition of obtaining rank and pay, but this con- The ceremony was performed at Chiswick Church. cession not being immediately made, they went over We hope that this addition to M iss private ll.'s pri hae. to the Americans. The force of arm. Deetteoav piness will not deprive the public of was composed of 18,000 men, and 3 or 4,000 more which•her superior acting ever affords. were advancing to join him under GAM. BLOMPIEED. ' Mr. JORDAN returned to town from her theatrical The Americans had also about 1,500 men at Olden- , excursion to the south-west of Englsed on Thursday. burg, 160 miles above St John's Fort. Gen. Par -1 Nine prisoners made their escape, on Tuesday YOST was encamped South of Montreal, near to St. eight, from the Evan prison -chip, at Gillingham.— John's." - I Four of them were found dead in the marshes the Admiral Sir JOHN BORLARE Wenneei, who sailed i next morning, two have been since taken, audthree from Spithead on the 14th of August, arrived at are supposed to have got off. Halifax- on the 26th of September, with the San! At the recent election at Abingdon, a bull was Domingo and Poicticrs, the Magnet having parted': led through the streets, decorated with various trap. company in a gale of wind. Sir Jon,/ found at Hali- ' pings and labels, expressive of sinecures, places, fax the Africa (Vice-Admiral SAWYER), Junon, pensions, and taxes, to the no small annoyance of Shannon, and Herring schooner. A letter we have , some, and the diversion of others. received, from an Officer of the San Domingo, l , An occurrence, so tragical in its nature that we says—" We find on our arrival, that the Americans : shudder in relating it, took place a few days ago at appear determined to prosecute the war with all pos.' Murrisk, in the county of Mayo. Two female bible fury, and it is likely we shall have our hands' children, the one nine and the other 11 year s o ld, full of it. They have already nearly 400 privateers I were, in the absence of their parents, locked up to. at sea; some of them are very large, and are gone igether in a cabin in which were both fire and tow. even to the chops of the British Channel. Admiral j How they communicated with each other is not SAWYER, it is expected, will return to Englandiknown, but the melancholy consequence was, that with the next convoy. We captured one Amerie j the two children were literally burnt to cinders. The can, and recaptured a West Indiaman on her passage I house was not consumed, and upon opening it the out." remains (which consisted merely of the bones) of the We have advice, from St. Domingo of the Ist of eldest, as was supposed from their size, were found August, which state, that in the part of the Island at the door, to which it is concluded that she re. under the tyranny of Ceniseoente all the Whites paired in her horrible situation, with the vale hom (by which is to be understood the French only) were of effecting her escape. The bones of the other poor massacred. CILBISTOPIIE, on his return to the Cape, victim lay in the middle of the floor. after his unsuccessful expedition against Port-au- N o improper women, it seems are to be permitted Prince, murdered all his prisoners. to enter the Theatre at Rochester. We sincerely The American Congress was to have met yesterday. hope, for the honour of the town, that it will be able An opinion has very naturally gone abroad, that to fill the benches with women -of an opposite dea ths appointment of Earl MOIRA to the high office of rat ter. C °Tomboy General and Commander in Chief in 111 • •Wanted a large supply of flummery, ad ed din, is a proof that the Catholic Claims are to be. to the t as t e ' of Mr. CANNING, and of sticking a qua. conceded, and that all disabilities on the score of . him . pity topside as a paten upon the Premier.—.km religious worship are to be removed. We believe plication to be made at the office of any of the Minis that the Noble Lord accepts the office in no such terial Prints. persuasion; but that, on the contrary, he is con- On Wednesday last Mr. T. Hors.. of Tavistock, vinced that Ministers have resolved to exert the full put an end to his existence, by swallowing a large influence of the Government in withstanding the pe- . dose of laudanum. He was married only on 'me S'a. titions of right to be presented by the Catholic Body. From the Baltimore Sun, of the 11th Sept. turday previous, to a young Lady to whom he had " REPORTED NAVAL ACTION.—Capt. BoYmt, of long paid his addresses. The following is a copy of the ship Francis, Informed the Captain of the Yankee found in the waistcoat pocket of use deceased, a letter . (front whom we have the information), that in the addressed to his wife :—.." MY DEAREST GRACE, — afternoon of the 18th ult. off the South Tail of the I must leave you for ever—the Great Supreme I Being I trust, will take you to his care ! With my Great Bank, he saw an engagement between the . United States frigate Essex (as he supposed) and a' latest breath I have to beg the Almighty to bless, British frigate, the convoy of a fleet of merchant. I pres erve , and keep y ou !—Oh , my poor distracted What shall I do ? Can I live to hear my ' men ; he counted 11 broadsides, while they were i brain • enveloped in smoke, and shortly after one of the fri- I name stigmatised as a * * * * s ."—The few re gates (supposed the British), made sail to escape, and 1 maining words were unintelligible, the ink being ap la running fight ensued, which continued until dark ! parently smeared with the finger. I—saw nothing of them next morning." 1 Several French Officers were a few days ago re. The Swiss Diet, by a Public Act, io July, suggest- I moved from the Transport Office, on their way to i ed by the French Government, declared all bequests ; Reading, in Berkshire, together with their baggage, in the Cantons of the Confederation, in favour of &c. among which was a large chest, filled with the natives of Italy, null and void. A French De- i Spanish dollars and gold, belonging to one of t he cree, dated Smolensko, makes this obligation red-, chief Officers. /meal in Italy, by abolishing the droll d'aubane of EXTRAORDINARY SHOT. —A —few days ago Jules the Italians, in favour of the Swiss. WESTM ICK, Sir HENRY VANE TEMPEST'S keeper, The humble echo of that part of Lord Milton's speech, being e in the gun-room at Wynyard, Durham, saw I • relating to the contracts and johhing, , given by his 4a hare from the window at some distance , at Sir Coadjutor from the hustings at .York, reminds one ; Heee t e's express wish he shot the hare, at tie sue forcibly of an incident that occurred some years ago I prising distance of 155 yards. IN an election at Bristol, when Mr. BURKE and ano- 1 j The Pohtmasters-General of Ireland have appoiut. 'Vier Getitleivan were returned to represent that city ed a military escort to accompany the Derry coach, l is Parliament ; EDMUND, as his practice was, deli- independent of the guards usually employed. ,tared an Address of Thanks, full of fire and patri- , i ROWING MATElL—Tuesdav afternoon a match otism, at the conclusion of which his colleague, who took place between two Gentlemen, named Watson like one of our County Members, was not distin- , and K• f guineas. The conditions were, mg, fir twenty guished for his eloquence, presented himself at thee to start from the Strand Bridge, to row up to the front of the hustings, and said—" Gentlemen, I say, being a distance of two ;Spread Eagle, at Mill-hank, Ditto to Mr. BURKE." ' miles. It was a well contested match, both comee The True Blue Club, in imitation of General titers keeping pace with each other unto the winnifl Lunn, and for purposes equally pernicious, his • place. It being considered a dead heat , each paid begun. to twist in its Members. This factious corn- down ten guineas, rind decided the wager over an munity, which is neither numerous nor select, may elegant supper, cons i st i ng o f t h e gr eatest delicacies of be divided into three classes:—tat. Hotheaded To- ' the season. visa.-2.d. Contractors and Expectants—and 3d. A newly-discove red Island, in the latitude of s hoe Agents and Tradespeople of the Harewood family. '5l South, named Macquarrie Island, in complim ent ' —Their object is to light up the torch of discord, the G of t British possessi of ustel and to perpetuate its flame" in every town, in every 1 A sia, ha ve ov opened an he edditional fruitful ons field A to ad. l _ village," in the county ; this Tavern-faction—these • venturers in the Seal Fishery, and the enterprise of Turtle patriots, have the arrogance and hypocrisy to those individuals who prosecuted the fishing at Nat , '• announce themselves as the guardians of good sense, 1 rded • LP' i wards Island, have been abundantly rewa • public spirit, loyalty, and religion ! wards of 80,000 Seals had been caught at that blind Mr. FAIRBROTHER IS to have the management of in the course of a few months. Governor Macquar the Theatre in Tottenham-court-road this winter. i 1 rie embarked from Sydney in November, in a co- Ksetsee is expected in town, and though he and lonia! schooner, and sailed on a tour to the Soother* tie partners, according to report, have not been Settlements. His P y xcellenc MSS expected to return upon the most cordial footing for some time, yet it to Sydney early in January. esd th , is supposed that he will beinduced to give the steeng . We , me learn, that Potatoes, supposed to be damse r estored by of his talents to the Theatre in the course of the pre. Iby the late heavy rains, may be entirely . __ r cs _ sant season. . ;drying them on kilns used for oatmeal or malt. 1% e ' person ct e,. There is now on hoard the Diomede a man taken r state from very good . authority, that one pm , tising this merited, ping • to a French port, in a sniall boat, baring I to I the course of a Angle year , by Prate , . A l fora gallon cask of guineas on bowl). saved a fi eld of 12 sere; from being entirely sp --' .~, • , II • : .11 ..~ i -1