The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-09-19 00:00:00

• t' 1 Borough.mougcrs, which is expressed in the House of Commons. Tare choice mart, therefore, be con fitted to teem, and controt:led by them, cot by public opinion ; and as they are too numerous, tither to agree among theroselves,or to be all gratified with power arid emolument at the same time, the Ring's choice is forayer confined to such of them as he thinks will be able to vanquish the rest ; and when the choice is ine i tle, the Borough-mongers, who are excluded, immediately commence a vetta. lions opposhlon, shewing every mark of rage, dis. appointment, and e4g,Prness to obtain office, very Antler the dignsy veil of an honourable contest about reasons of policy and good Govern. pent. If the whole realm were assembled in Par lia. picot, the Ministers would be able to direct their unclouded attention to the affairs of the nation, and their security wo u ld rest on the common opi. depending only on their own conduct. — suppose them to serve the public with zealous bouesty ; they would always be supported by public gratitude, and always possess the confidence which is necessary to the Executive Government of a free nation.. Suppose them to abuse the trust his Majesty had placed in their hands for the public good; the King would immediately be informed thereof—if they did not amend, he would be in. treated to dismiss them—and no alteration stilt taking place (K hied, however, can baldly be sup. posed possible), they would be refused the means to carry on the Government, and in compliance with the wishes of the whole nation, Isis Majesty would appoint other men freely, selected by him self from among all who appear worthy of the trust. Such is the constitutional controul upon the King's Ministers. At present they are subject to no Controol, but the vexatious opposition before mentioned, which is always harassing but never effectual. Votes of the House of Commons must be obt hued, though they arc but the result of factious compromises, or disgraceful victories. — Unless supplies be called for, they arc usually pre ceded by a battle, miscalled a debate : venality is f.e characteristic of the several combatants, and as :Ministers are able to lavish rewards and hold out better hopes, they are sure of victory on all im. portant oecaaious. The Ex.Borotigh.tnongers are, however, too strung in this vile syltem to be either Lll9lllll'lll or inactive—actuated by all t he zrel which sla.:ligs from avarice and ambition, they arc ever the alert in pursuit of party triumph, and surccrd so far as to deriri re Ministers of that estahli.hed and derided superiority, which alone caul(' exempt them from the necessity of justifying, watching over, and binding their corrupt adherents, who are waking for new plunder, and whom their oppo.l.ails are l/1%1 ays endeavouring to decoy. Bence it is, that the most Valuable time of a Mini. bier is spent in roweiuos, and explanations. and defences; And that the short periods which arc de. rote .1 to busintss, are not employed in contriving and execating projects to increase the freedom, the a defy, anA the glory of the country; but in the feeble design and management of some expedition or'artifice,vilii:b, it is hoped, may entrap straggling tnembers of the faction, and gain new partisans snare easily span could be done in a lass expensive manner. F it these ends abuses must be defeoded and perpetuated; the just complaints of the pen. pie meet be scoffed at and despised ; and as it 6 inipossible for all this to be done honestly, it is (if I may again be allowed to use the worth of Mr. PITT), under the present system, impossible for an genet man to continue Minister. The same system has given hilt!) to a new aristo. cracy of servile wealth, supported only by power, eutropt . , and intrigue. The high aristocratic spirit which, when fairly exercised, ran never be in. jarions; and which by affording protec!ion to the ei.sak and encouragenieeit to honest ambition ; and by sareading alaroall a sense of bonobr and gallan. try, may always be adviotageons, has been in veigled flow its lofty ground, and induced to lend its sitilport to intrigue and cabal. I say inveigled, as it i. only intratise lie is fl ittered by tt:e effect his. innti,aice may produce among the Commons, that a [kyr of the Realm Call be led to neglect the eXer else of It gitimate power ::atone his equals and seek • tot as unit A Cut power in another place . . His true itorrat carrespands with his ilti.y ; and if he did t interfere with the other branch of the t he woold bu able to octal more po tir and dn snore good in that to which he Pruperly lfte peopla, however, are the greatest sato:rm. lows are wade for them without their consent. — They a:e taxed without their consent, and conic quetitly plundered. Then they see the hard pro duce of their labour.igaandered by vol.:opt Mirtis. tors, and even employed to purchase scats for W e rn h e r, of the House of Coinowoi, who after wards vote for a farther increase of the public bur. dens' without - scruple, remorse, ur regret ! The inhabitants of small 13oroi , glis are the most unfor. tu nate' of all : they are tempted, bribed, and ruined. Tho number of small Boroug' , s, now decayed and snows that the proprietors have acted on their private ;Merest, and made the trouble of ma. nagonent the least possible, by discouraging in creasc awl improvement. • Such are the effects of a system of virtual, repre sentation, which, gives un iaftil power to a so vereigaty of Borough-mongers, an imperium in im perio, invading and trampling upon all the powers, pm righoi, and privileges which tine true Constou'ina of air GOV.! ment confers. It is. a• la stem sa hick c mutat be defended, and must frai ehauged, or we must perish by' tyranny ) worry; ago toreign tutstreSt. C. ?'Na Starts-tuts, of to-morrows soil/ contain some Imponr.s.vr Facrs relating to the late disturbances at Covent-Garden Theatre, and some interestirig Anecdotes concerning ;he prin: ripal Pt omortns of them. • • As givetl. ___Mnllr. I/I.r. 1 0 O Cadiz O 1''(1 (Ai STOCKS TI . IIB DA 3( AT ON 1.; 0*(1,• -, c... 3 Vef Cent. Red. (shut.) S per Ccnt. Cuus. 01 41 51i Otnnitim 71 79 61 dis. THE STATESMA N 11 LONDON : ~.t r WEDNESDAY, tErrEapEa 19, 1810. The articles we have inserted from the French Papers received last night, are not a little interest. ing. The Letter of Massesia, respecting the fall of A t lineidn, deserves attention among the OM of these things. Will any Englishman read the fol. lowing passage with perfect tranquillity ?- 7 It is the division of Lois° st, of the corps of the Duke of ELCHINGEN, which has carried on the siege of Ciudad Ro drigo and Almeida. The two other divisions of that corps, the three divisions of the 2d 'corp, and the three divisions of the corps of the Duke of Abe NTEs, Wave riot yet fired a musket. The Duke of Azaarivzs is at Lesdesma; General REGAIEa, conituancling the 2cl cmrps, is at Zarza Mayor. The soldiers are in good health, the army well pnivisioned. and burning with desire to teach the English that which we have al ready taught the division of CIIALFUS,D. The EstrEaoa may rely on the bravery and dispositions of ;bp army, as well as on my zeal and respectful devotion." Wo are aware of the gasconadiv style in which the French Generals indulge and carefully make allowance for that in reasoning upon any of their dis. patches. But can any one read thii letter of Mas. SENA without perceiving the sincerity of his evil. tation, the greatness and eagerness of his hopes ? Was the fall of Altneida sufficient to inspire him • with all this triumphing passion ? If my Lord W - LINGTON was secure in his pea/ion, notwithstasid. ing the fall of Almeida, has Masser:4 retroguded into the inanity of some of our GeneralF, that he should chuckle over the fall of Almeida ? Do not ima. gins that ! Lay no such flattering unction tq your heart! Of whatever valet: the possession of that fortress was to Nlass&N4, it is the prospect of cont. ing at the English Army with advantage, that he is exulting over—he coutemplates that event with -eyes glutted with pleasure. He sees my Lord Wlif.- y tvG•rum remain in his security, shifting from one impregnable position to auother, without taking a single chance to win from offensive and well. concerted movements. These are the things that Cast an air of inexpressible • triumph over this let!vr of ALISSENA. We are, justified in reasoning thus, from every view of the suh. jcct. If Alnieida was necessary to the strength of Lord WELLlNoroves position, then the boast of the impregnability of 'his Lordship's position is over ; and, if Almeida was not necessary to the position, MAsse.NA knows better then to exult so much over its fall. The truth is, he is thinking about some. thing more important, while he is talking of Al. meida. And the truth alscs is, that Ministers, and their abettors, never thought of Almeida making part of Lord WELLI NGTON'S strength, since they have dwelt with a rapturous confidence on his Lordship's impregnable position, long after he, in fact, lost it by the retreat of General CHAU- Fenn's division—mid in this (the fact is remark. able enough) they have been echoed by some of our wisest patriotic Prints. It is true, that MitS sEN a has captured the Blitisli troops shut tip in Almeida by Lord WELLINGTON'S incomparable tactics. Teat is true, and that is ground fur sonic triumph in the French General---but not to the extent of his real exultation. It is true also, that Alassesta found a large clinically of provisions' in Almeida; and, no doubt, it was acceptable to him. But if he was starving, as we are industri. ously told, there could not be enough to enable him to keep the fithl, and therefore the provisions of Almeida could not have created this 'air of hilurit; which breathes ii', and animatee, his exult. ing letter. Oh l no ! neither Almeida, nor its corn, nit its wine and oil, none of these could have so ex travagantly raised 111AsseNa's lofty hopes l. --It is some latent treason for expecting he c an come at the English strong position, etunhitied wish the reason. able conclusion that my Lord IV eu.sNsx9N will remain in his hold and his security, till there is no retreat from these but amidst a thousand dangers If we turn to my Lord lireLLlsteroN's dispatches (contained in last night's Gazette), we shall find nothing btit matter corroborative of this reasoning. He has fallen bark—he has conceritrated his _ , • forees—he has gotten into the centre of his cobweb, %here he thinks he is safe, because he 'knows of no power that can break doWn its suc. cessitte lines. Ile is as mu . ch . at rest as the spider in the hall of its dwilling, not knowing that the house. maid is coming with her fatal broom ! Look at his story, look at the facts of it, and then at the air") . sectirii.y with which he writes, and You can. nit conic to any otlier conelusion• than What We Jove arrimi at. no en emy is upon kis flanks' • r • 3 THE ST4TESMAN, 7 - 715: • • and is every now and then encountering his out-pasts. NVby ! Can the enemy be nearrr the actual turning of him, until the monlent which he deems host for it ? Wo were before told of the se sera! Generals under his Lordship watching the enemy here, s and watching him there. General Cox was sot upon watch at Almeida ? but is gone to a French !Aso!). General FANE and Gclieral I ,lIILL arc still watching itEGNIEIt. But what means are there to know, that t/iq can maiotain !hcirad voced erntry-boxes ? And if these are forced, or retired from, where and what is my Lord IVEL. LI NOTOSCS • stropg position ? Meantime, read ASSEN A'a account of his untouched divisions and corps ; troops that have not yet fired a nansket.—gnglishmen ! you love the brave troops that fight your country's battles ! But, do you riot pity them lon—when you think of the wild schemes they are sot out to support, to build up the glory of the Wu-Last-I - As f---You arc men, that have not lost all your goud (panties; and you are too geocrous not to pity stich misfor tunes I We have this day received Dutch Papers to the 16th lost. from wh ich we have taken whatever was most deserving of attentiuu ; but we have no room to cocnmeot un their contents. The. rapid fall of the Stocks this week, has excited a general alarm it, the City. Consols, which hypo yesterday at 66i,, closed at 654 2 . and Pmniutn was done at 74 discount. Various causes have been as. signed fur the depression ; but the most probable one is that of tote death of Sir FRANCIS &muta t which is likely to bring two millions of Omnium and stock to market. Its addition to this, we ap. prebend that any man possessed of common under. standing may discover a variety of other causes to bring down the price uf Stocks. On Monday ercnieg arriTed at Augusta Lodge, the residence of the Princess ANELIA, Sir liurruir HAcirouq, and Doctors WILLIE and DUNDAS, where they remained the night, with Dr. POPE, who is constantly in attendance, and yesterday morning waited on their Ali t rerries, with whom they remained an hour, making their report of the Princess AmELlA's health. At eleven o'cloekt they left Windsor. Ijer Royal Highness remains much the same. The late failures in St. Pctersburgh, whiCh we noticed, have been to pu alarming amount 3 and the distress in the commercial world is greater than has 6en remeinkered 'for years past in Russia. The Etupeeor A t.i . xotoen begins to feel much anxiety et consequence of the pressure of the times, and the strides which Bonerears- is melting in the North, to curtail his power. The Northern Antorr it ironid break tali with Bo MAJIAIiTri if he tiorst; but 4: seems insensible to his own interest and honour, and sillfcrs himself to be guided by Ministers, % h e w conduct skew that they ere under the com. plate influence of France. • The question of the Union seems, and most de. servedly, as one of the highest importance, teenage a great part of the national attention in Ireland, and he agitation in Parliament will probably be attempted. It is a fart, not generally known, that several years after the Union of Scotland with 6onth • Britain, a proposition touching its repeal, was made in the House of Lords ; and it is worthy of re mark, that all the ,S . r.ott Pcers voted in favour of the propositiott. The new method of fitting up the old men of war for the conveyance of troops, must give universal satisfaction to the army, and be of iufinite benefit to the service, as the soldiers are now better fit for duty immediately on relandine, after a voyage of V.:months, than under the aid system after one of as many days. An abstract of the Decree for prohibiting pas. sengers from entering France is id town, and is to the following purport:—that no vessel dare bring passengers out of or into France, without a licence, signed by the Emperor: if any passenger shoal(' land a ithoet a licence, he is to be arrested by the Prefect and sent to Paris. On the 3,1 instant, Mout two o'clock in the morning, .t fire was discovered in one of the vessels laden with coals, lying at the Quay de l'Ecole, in' Paris, supposed to 'have been occasioned by the negligence of those who had the vessel in charge. By the speedy arrival of the corps of Guards sta. tinned its the neighbourhood, and several of the Police, it was extieguisbed by seven in the morning. - Yicvou limits was lately tried at Paris for the' surrender of Cayenne- to the Anglo-Portuguese; forces; it was alleged that he had capitulated in order to s.ve his oen plantations and property.— Ile was declared to be Not Guilty, and was forth w.th set at liberty anti restored to his functions. If Sir JgHN :;ttsci.elit shall succeed in proving his Assertion to the satisfaction of the people. of this coun'try, that the exchange has nothing to do with the depreciation of money—and that the pike of commodities is not affected by the number of Bank note,. in circulation--he will richly merit the titte'of Right Honourable Privy Councillor, to which lie has lately been advanced. A shoal of about 500 whales were lately driven on the island of Itonsay, in Orkney, by the boats beloneitie to the place many of these whales mea. sured t. from 25 to 30 feet. Curter-EXCBANUE, SEpt. O.—This day the quantities of Wheat on hand are considerable, principally Foreign, which has the effect, this week, of sales being at rather lower prices. Info. rior almost unsaleable. Barley varies but little. Malt extreme heavy sale. Peens and Beans, of the two kind, nearly at last prices. There are middling supplies of Oats, and sales thereof named at little variatioa. Rape Seed at legs. Flour at late prices. Wheat, -70 s. Bti. . 1006. Tiek Beano;*- - 469. 52,.. cat. Fine ditto - - 1044. 110~ Oats, Rye, - - - - 455. 5;14. Irsolktorts -- - - 9th. 04i. Od. Barley, - - - Malt, - Kb.. Rape Seed - -•- Jete £53 W. P. (nOilerl) 50s. 54.. I Fine Flour' - - 145.. 9.1-. Grey l'ens, - - 48*. Mo. Smock •• • • ON. /pa% . • EXCII. Excll4A7°"6. P L llf , SEPT. 17.—Arrived yesterday t Alive, cartel, from Vlurlaitt , with dis , tatches from l, urtl Forbes was pertained to s ,atl Forbes slid six childreo c e a e tnr. h e i l‘ s oil l a a e' d .rk y ieu a liz i k i li d tc.;; children sale on boarditilleeai.rk6,:tlbl the ca rt els and then returned to Pari e s aw . noiyfil l is, ' fo h ruio i s • t y tuti Fare be en tained•there since the commencement of the ear. 11'gcnrt 6 1 r s .i l e i t ' P his hs stiltry e e g s vessel dues ctr aai nn i icotahvredithu}re:itlxatr,hbc.inarhsNitta',el(mr:ei:t.bi:eeerchtirdfg charged de i s tw a t b i o t a bat is ith t y P. it h iiteir. u lt., i i s ho h r e l 5 . a l II also s ) 0;41 takes Active, dies, who were brought into this port in the A ro rican ship Francis, detained on tty,, ge f rail America to France, by the Mars privateer. D Papists. .] {auniv D bi a nea x g: THIS LE4WARDEN, SEPT. 9.—On Tlitiriday lait, six o'clock in the evcniog , the Natio nd : La i o k h t e el o o a :ft his Alajesty the Empe t r h o o i f s r t a fi o n d w d el n i :K Y lb w eeln i f t o h il e rie : d tt° e h r eo , performing toe il f n u st t . l e) cli g o e n .i s i ce ol i f fer i no ' l3 :l l l :l master, accompanied by the Secretary i urg: treaders of Turkey, of the date of the Ie • ItANx[ORT, Sear . t, lit August, 9.—lntelligenc e m e c r n w h i cho i, h the I d 1 11 i re: bed ; ari to his army Ware Schumla, the corps 'of Garai Langeron ; marched on the 9th of August n to tbs camp before Rudst...tick, to reinforce * the Irs t ,p carrying on the siege of that place. 6.6 There is, however, po epiettranse their tending ti make another weal. It is said to be provisioned for several months. The Ilaissians oa their past are working to place in the hat pupilila state of defence the town pf Jelestria, wldell the/ lately Theyconquered. e d r a e i d n . age ' d r i lae a y u;g, a l4 r ,c ; oie :a r s e bt p aTt a uld i c r ot l i n no c egd i n h Ke e we e vu oinetikawhich nl have caused all people who callow Coot/lint* to , i 4 tt i d . e h f e en i :e us t i o ati q u o h it av tl e , : • and Bazartachek, and on retiring set fir; I tbt magazines of the latter place. (Same • 0 IPA . uSEL, SEPT. 2..•-A. Decree published hers contains, awtong other things, the following :-- A. The public d ebts of the ancient . lianoveripi rocked Will be administrated separately froM the Other trepanning; the kingdoin; till if is other Whe prdered. • 4. The imcrest will be paid at the rte of two per col, fat the current year. • • • 3. A calitioisiiun will be formed, charged with the NOG. tichf.of the Ilmirkeriaa debt, whicb will tiger op its lutanist the lbth of 3ipiesober, Oldie pre.ent year. A. The wirrki . of the' Culiwnikien grill form the bags eats Grub Book, which, eeneeforth, wiflbe ibe oily mid faiiir mental tide for - all the creditors of the state. * b. •Tiii b to terisiuste its labours before the lilt of next month.•—(ifirme raper.) Duaset.noaq, SEPT. 6.—We yesterday had the pleasure of wing the remain* of tlw 20th regiment . of infantry of our Grand Duchy, consisting uf about 200 men, who bave returned from Spain, sf. ter an absence of nearly two years. The garrison and all the inhabitlnts went out to meet thew brave men, who have crowned themselves with glory in Catalonia. general Dumas received them, and expressed the most lively acknowledgments both to officers and soldiers, in the some of their countrymen. Afterwards four non.rommissioned racers' were promoted to the rank of officers. A splendid banquet was prepared for . thein at the bar. racks, where the greatest gaiety seasoned the re- past. The concourse of spectators aas 'immense.— (Sarle Paimr.), PET LitSntlausi, Auo. 21.--Our Gazette contains . . the following :••••• 66 Last . Wednesday the French Imperial Ambas- sador gave a sumptuous dinner, in c..'.:bra!ion of tho bitili.daY of his Majesty the Emperor of the French. When the Chancellor of the Empire and other guests arose to drink the health ••f the Empe- ror Napoleon, the French Ambassador truce at the same time to drink the health of Alexinderr the Emperor 'of all the 11,ussias, and to a firm al- fiance bet Ween the two EMplres. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT is on a ri•il to Mr. HASS TowNsEND, with a shooting party. • The gazelle of las . t night contains notice den intended application to Parliament for leave to bring iti 'a Bill to build anotherliridgc across the Thames, from the Three Cranes Wharf to the opposite side s ou the Sorrel. shore. A new Water.wOrk Company is also in contem- plation. At the sale of the lands of Kiershealh for the rredemptionc % i v f ed t n h t i . : sda L y aiiil last l;a i z i: i e u n pst ie: r zet icecnwi l RoonsS o n es 3 Three, Thousand Pounds, sand they sold for 1.0U . R. T HL E E N l; l f sl o ib ur us h A u N n e. :lr r e il d ß a t e r :r li s u p N a D r k e t h D as P e,To r'dbuirlil there 'were lize hundred and Iffy o t if tle p er i s s t a l .:: pity-street, 9n 'rtiorsday night, the 13t for 'the last THIRTY-THREE years had tiro- of The Dublin Evening Post.—Tiiti duties Mr. CHARLES Ca h n elf hu statinn be discharged with satisfaction to the Pu fl u i _"_l lint( iirlibaken hdelity to the Proprietors. 1"l e sacra, he was distinguished as a gentleman — ti c... 7 an agreeable companion, and a 'steady fa , LOVED IRELA Nn—and, as he lived respected , ise died siUcerefy regretted, by his family and ft/ ''' t;• iin.b:e'l.ll.l:whreilit. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. • PHE Poblic are respectfully inform' a, that thif AL THEATRE WILL BF, opENEQ TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, Sept. 2a, 1810, when his Mjesty's Servants will iterforns the Coawdv of . THY, HYPOCRITE. To which will be added the Farce of THE MAYOR Ob' GARRATT. On Saturday, the Comedy of The Soldiet's Daughter, wits, the Fare* of Honest 'thieves.