The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-02-15 00:00:00

TRU gTATE'SMAN. . , latvaalv, Mr. flagon offered the Petition of -sundry Mer. chants of Boston, praying leave to import from Cs- • nada, Neva Scotia, &c. certain articles purchased an terior to a knowledge of the President's Proclama tion of Nov. 9, 1810.—Referred to the Committee of • the whole, to whom the Bill on that subject was ro ferred. The following Resolution in substance was o ff er ed by Mr. LitTLE a Resolved—That the President of the United States be re quested to cause to be laid before thionouse ' a list of the ships and vessels of the United States, thnt have been Ca, lured and troodeamed - ander the authority of the British Governmeot, since the treaty of Amity, commerce, and Navigation. of 1794, as well as the amount of mdemmtluation for such captures." Mr. BtocLow requested the mover to amend his re solution by making it apply to captures under the au thority of all Foreign Governments. But Mr. Lit t tie and he had a distinct object in view, and did not wish his resolution thus burthened. The resolution was thus laid on the table. The House then went into a Committee of the whole, Mr. Barrett in the Chair, on the Volunteer Bill. The question before the Committee amounted in substance to this : shall the Officers of the Volun teer Army be commissioned ander the authority of the United States, or of the States where they be long? Several of the Members spoke on this Bill, but the House adjourned without taking the question. try, and accuse! tire* of haviag hi their pay s is the United States, a "set of desperate and depraved writers, to destroy the American Constitution and " to re-establish over them ou British Government." • When we recollect the forged documents which lately appeared in the American Journals;and which were copied into the Courier, ancl recommended to the world as genuine,. we. find in this a fill con , firmation of the charge brought against the present 1 Ministers by ,Governor GERILT. Tbe probability of I the surrender of Mexico to the Patriot army, is greatly increased by letters in.the New York Papers from South America, which Ode, that no doubt was entertained " that the city has been taken before now."--These letters add, that all communication was cut off between that city and Vera Crnz ; that 'it was expected Vera Cruz would Xlso - soon Ibe taken ; and that it was confidently believed . 1 " the revolutionary party will succeed through all Spanish Amerieta" The same paper remarks', " We learn, with delight, that Deputies or Ambassa. dors from Caraccas, Santa Fe, La Plata, and IVletico„ are on their way to our Government. The purpose Is easy to divine, and pleasant to contemplate." We have alreiuly expressed a confident opinion that the PRINCE REGENT is more alive to the inte rests of his family, and to the welfare of the court. try, than to think of retaining the present Ministers In power, and that an entire change of men, who will pursue measures that will tend to peace, can alone save the nation. Having said this much, we shall wait with patience till the restrictions imposed upon his Royal Highness are removed, in the firm persuasion that our hopes -wit! be fully realised.= Meanwhile, as the fteaderli of the STATESMAN may be cqous to know what Is conjectured - by the partizans of those in power, and of those who are not possessed of it, respecting the medi tated "change, we have extracted the follow ing' Irticles upon the subject" from the Chroni cle An. Nails. ' Due. ' I Dublin . s i.. •s 4 .0 ' * . ' . Waterford. , 4 . O ... Cadiz ' ' O .... ........ :... Brazils .. 1 DAY AT ONE OVIIOCE. India Bonds 16s. 17s. pr. Exchequer Bills 9d. Ditto 916. 4 6 pr. (Minium 1 die. Consols for Acct. 0211 Lottery Tickets Herald, of this morning. The party who Ipported by the former Paper are well known. •latter Journal, it is pretended, has access to w the secrets.of Carlton-house:— There can be no doubt of a comrnunica4on har been made in the course of yesterday from the INCE REGENT to Lord GREY and LordGavivitte ; 1 when we reflect on the terms of his Royal High- ness's letter to Mr. PERCEVAL last year, when I he signified to that Gentleman his determination to make no change at that time in Ms Father' s Government, we are persuaded that this com munication related to the formation of a new Ad-' ministration. Of the terms, or even of the sub; stance of such a communication, we have no means of informing the public, nor shall we offer any con lectures as to its probable resolts ; but of this we are well assured, that no consideration will Induce either of these . Statesmen to accept of office . , without a thorough understanding, that when in power they will be permitted to follow the same line-of general 1 policy which they have recommended when in oppo sition, and more especially, unless they are autho rized to carry into effect those measures of concili ation with regard to Ireland, which they have so often declared to be, in their opinion, essential to the peace and security of the Empire. Mr. Peace, VAL'S insinuation, on Thursday night, was no doubt intended to keep up the spirits of his men. It was like that of the juggling Witches to .Mucbelli— ' lle patter'd with them in a double sense; He kept the word of promise to their ear, ' And broke it to their hope.' " For we understand that before he left the House, he said that he had been misconcehed by Mr. WHIT, DEL A° ; for he certainly did not mean to give out that he had any foundation for confidence in the personal enjoyment of the PRINCE'S favour—but only that the prospect of his opponents might not be so bright as they seemed to indulge in their golden dreams.— This elplanatiou, however, with what transpired yesterday, soon dissipated the golden dream in which, for the moment, he had lulled his own friends. The intentions of the PRINCE REGENT were convey ed in a letter' to the Duke of YORK, which his • R4al Highness forthwith communicated to Earl GRIT and Lord Gaarrvita.s."—(Chronicle.) la Arrangements are certainly formisg, by which; Rime considerable change must necessarily take pis is the subordinate departments of Government ; bot 4 Lord ELDON, Mr. PEROEVAL, and Lord LIYERIOOL, we understand, remaiu in office, and will, of course, , entirely influence the chance of successors to those who retire from office. Lord CISTLEREAGH, if he does not succeed Marquis WILLESLEY, will probably I go to the Board of Admiralty. The Marquis of Hisavro RD will have the vacant Lord Chamberlain ship, Lord CHOLSIONDILEY the Household, and Lord Lofts MURRAY is to be one of the new Lords of the Bedchamber ; but no appointments whatever will be decltred, until the first Council after the ex pirathm of the Regency Restrictions, which will .probably sot be hehl betake Wednesday, the 2Sth iostaut."--(Horeld.) Tim SpisAbit brim Ditgrame ' which hei arrived Rtynsooth front Corium, brings a report, that _ . I Brighton; wail lost at wee is lad New. Bedford, Alen Mai. the 41ib alt. by 4 F1T44114 . . • . . • . • ~ ' . I. ' . . . . ir • , 4.1. i., • au. ..I .. :, . . 9 I i.,.,. . . 4 . .• • •'•• ~ .. ..-. -, :- • •-, .0 , .. •• - l ~ ~. , ' - •. . 4 , • .4 ,, ,. ‘ , k . ,, ,C 4 •.•4 . • . • . . . - _ IN I _ . - -- - - ------ ... ••, • • " •» 7 .- lig Irlyni•uut 'rues %,norosiona, urtngs a IR po , ...I ..wee. * fer a ll tai alOil ts. to Brighton,. om these it will be teen, That private letters had been reoelved at Ceranna, from, . . LOSSES• sent are prOceeding propos. gr. Sebastism's, in which it was stated, that in t gale, b rie r oo lle ffe ree Sris , da Cadd y, ions for war, as the exigence the Surveialaatk__ e frigate had been forced into Hat Th e es ..orf o oes, from Liverpool to at. Michael's, Is le is resources will admit , her, hay Th . po i n av a the batteries commthced firing upon T re e to_plose tiitidomo from st. simmer. to ilyerpool, Jnis returned by the frigate orhlA great spark, 1 zwr- ,s. troth . ost . . Alban . , on Monday kg.' of the 14th, contains - a very tt length she was eempe u e d. sa surrender.. - , Th e Orodeorn, frOm Rio .Isiteiro to Moraabate, it nor Guar ,at the • openft . ,•. - ,..ija form foreigners in .London, who lately CMOS :-ler i is ti a l ' :l e lt oatthe C., of New. Bedford, Anvil_ 1 " 2 of M"sarAigettor In conduct 40. Nal* MO* ,raw' three •614.de-Corops. - . rd'etatroo.busArirtiarni , • • • ' • , • •.• •- , . .- • „ _ . . ... ' . ... • - ...': . - - • . ..-.- • - . - • AMERICA, a'• •••• 1 111114. LEGISLArUkr. VP TEE SENATE, Tobotoair, iatN. Os The am authorising the purchase of ordnance an d ordnaaie stores, camp equipage, and other quarter-masters' stores, and small arms, was read the second time, and referred to the Committee, to whom so referred so much of the President's Message as concerns the relations between the United States and Fiance and Great Britain, to consider and report thereon. Ihfr.Ssuru (of Md.) from the Committee on the sUhjeCt, reported in part, a Bill to prohibit the im prtAtion of rum, Oahe, or other spirituous liquors, rr,titled from sugar cane, sugar, or molasses, during di • continuance of the Act concerning commercial in-.j tercoursa between the United States and Great Bri riin and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes ; which was read and passed to a se r3od reading. 'lhe Bill, supplementary to the Act concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States rid Great Britain and France, and their dependen cies, was made the order of the day for Monday next. . - JANO-ART 10.—The- Senate proceeded to the con sideration of the Amendment made by the Rouse of Representatives, to the Bill to raise an additional military force, and insisted' pa by that body. Resolved—That the Senate recede from their disagreenost to the amendment insisted on by the - Moose of Representatives, viz. the of the new Sections to the Bill for raising an additional ' 1 Military force. The President communicated the Report of the Secretary of the Navy, on the subject of the Nary Pension Fund : which was read. The Bill to prohibit the importation of rum, taffia, or other spirituous liquors distilled from sugar cane, sugar, or molasses, during the coutinc..lnce of the Act concerning commercial intercourse between the "United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies, and for other purposes ; was read the second time. The Bill appropriating a sum of money to procure munitions of war, was ordered to be re-committed to the Committee who reported the same, further to consider and report thereon. HOUSE OP IMPRESENTATIyEs. FRIDAY, JVICLUIT 10. Mr. Rrsinoten rose and said, that haying been engaged in raising a large militaryforce, he, for one, if the United States wet*, to incur this expence, was disposed to give them employment, though net pro bably, the identical employment of which the House had heard so much. It was the boast of the Roman Logion and its Commanders, that the Roman sol diery was as well versed in the use of the pickaxe and the spade as the firetock—and so essential was it deemed, by that wise and military people, that the soldiery should not only be able to perform their military duty, but be useful as labourers, that their military levies were always made from the country, from men engaged in the employment .of husbandry, In preference to the dissolute and profligate loungers' of the town. Ile, for one„ bad been, for a long time, surprised that the Government should be pay ing immense sums in all parts of the United States for labour, whilst the soldiery, which annually draw millions from our treasury, are kept in a state of I perfect idleness, leading to depravity and dissolute ss of manners. He believed that regular and ; eholesome labour would not only have a good effect in preserving the health of our soldiers, but would truler the load of life, which they are at present rpmpelled to bear, less burdensome, and prevent t!tem from haviog recourse to intoxication. If they w4re employed iu digging the President's house,, or t!ie war office from under ground, it would not only give the.n an appetite for their regular meals, bat some appotite for their existence. At this moment it ie eontemplated by the Govern ment, to perform some works of great utility. We bare already decided, that if these men shall, be raised, and Nye public service does not require them to be employed, the Presideut shalt not have the power of disbanding diem ; but before the Bill can be carried into operation, a considerable time must elapse ; audit' there be no war, our large peace esta blishment will be entirely out of employ, except that they may shoulder their muskets on the south side of some range of building. Believing, therefore, that the employment of these men would not only be useful in forwarding works of public utllity,but tend to their own comfort and hip piness—if there can be such a thikg as a happy mer cenary slave--and in some measure, supply that loss of labour which is taken out of the market by their calistment, he wished some measure to be adopted for this purpose. He also believed,. that if the 0111- cers had something like employment, by everlooking their men, and seeing that they performed their work ropirly, they would be thereby materially benefit rrl for he could einceive nothing so injurious to thei 4:amfort of a mauves leading the life of a drone ) ] "ithout business. The greatest geniuses of the age, apt:tidium their time in this way, would become drones and dea d sights on society. He, therefore, moved the following Resolution— " Resolve—That the Presideat of the United States be an e-:orised to entpiny the regulacarmy of the United States, when ", Matted is act Mal .erviec, acd wilco, in 511 .indr u nicnt, the P°alic intern win riot thereby be injure!), in the construction 4 g roach, drub, Mother works of public utility. Mr. R. wisissaphisaesolution to ikon the table ; but this was Objected to, and a debate arose, in the courts el wbich, the - 'Resolution•was amended, by etre% the word " fortifications," before the words Cl' roads and canals ;" and instead of taking a ques tion on the Resolution's lying on 'the table, it was taken on its passage, and negatived 102 to 15. The negatives were Messrs. Bleecker, Brigham, Ely, Emelt, Fitch, Jackson, Law, Lewis, Nelson, rofiin, Porter Randolph Stanford Wheaton, and White. The House went Into a Committee on the Bill au- Amish% the President to accept of the service of a Volunteer corps ; but rose without taking any ques tion, and had leave to sit again. The Senate informed the House, by Message, that Ivy bad receded from their disagreement to the Amendment which this House bad insisted upoti, to 'qv MI for raising a military force. So - that this Bill ttult* now only die signature of President to be• 'lnes a law. •-- LONDON: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1812. Aloniteurs and minor French Papers have been re ceived to the 7th inst. inclusive ; they are perfectly silent respecting the affairs of the Peninsula : " AMSTERDAM, FEL 2. " We have received fresh accounts relative to the running ashore of the English frigate whlth was lately lost on these coasts; she was called the Ma nilla; the whole of her crew are priseners, and will to-morrow commence arriving by detachments in Am sterdam. As it was not possible to get the ship afloat, she was set on fire. 411 the world knows, that in the moment of danger, English sailors have no other resource than that of flying to liquor which may be on board ; but the instant the vessel was sel on fire, the French detachment sent to execute tkis operation, found in the hold five sailors dead drank. The Officers of this frigate declare; that she was lost in consequence of the orders she received—to closely and unremittingly watch the Texel fleet, the sailing of whichit appears is expected in England. Twelve men perished on board the frigate, in cense lquence of an explosion."--(Moniteur, Feb. 7.) " The same Paper contains three Letters from Ad -1 miral DE WINTER to the Minister of the Marine land Colonies, by which it appears the Manilla as commanded by G. F. SEYMOUR, Esq. who, with the I crew, consisting of from 170 to 180 men, has been saved." VIENNA, mar 95. " It is said, that in consequence of a late Cos. vention between the General in Chief, Count IC.UTU sow, and the GRAND Vizita, the latter will remain under certain conditions master of Rudschuck. As soon as the grand question of peace or war shall be decided, he will be abandoned, with his army, to his fate. They write from Semlin, under date of the 12th January, that more than 40,000 men have already been collected at Schuntla ; they are princi pally composed of young persons between 17 and 20 years of age."—(G=clte de France, Feb. G.) VIENNA, .Left. 9.3. " Tatters from Turkey positively announce, that the corps under Generals . Ltnozaos and MAtasorr, which was posted on the right bank of the Danube, in the neighbourhood of Rudschuck, have retired to the left bank of that river."—{Journal de !'Empire, Feb. 7.) - 4, Ski STEPHAN°, JAN. 20. " The Lieutenant de Vslowan Macaotr, who, in his Majesty the Emperor's brig "Mettle took, on the 26th of last May, the English brig Alacrity, which h e now comman d s , loving learned that a Sicilian pri vateer was in the island of Jaunt; (a small uninha bited Island, situated near this port), mannenvred so as to arrive this morning, at break of day, off that island without being perceived. He dispatched one of his boats, which surprised and took possession of the privateer, and two French merchantmen she bad previously captured. The Sicilian crew fled to tie island, -but were soon made prisoners. The privateer was armed with one cannon and muskets, and the two retaken vessels, one of 29, and the other of ire tons, have just entered this port, under the centoitad of a Volunteer. The prisoners, to the nenshar 36, are on board the brig."--(Same Ptper.) Wo have inserted in' our preceding campus,. gl i n proceedings of the Legislative bodies of Anise* the 12th January. From these the American government are sively in such preparations for calls for, and the - public ri• 'Mercantile Advertiser, long speech of Governor of the-Legislative Session he-itiveighe wing the c( THE PRINCE RFIGENTiS QOl/R '. Yesterday his Hord Highness held sPrity Cond- CH, which was attended by— The Lord President of the Cnuncil, tEe Lord Chlocellor, Lord Privy Seal, the First lord of the Treasury and Chancelloi of the Exclicguer. the Alaster-General of the Ordnance, the three Secretaries of State, the President of the Board of Con trot!, the Larl of Harrdathy, and the l)uke of Montrose. Some trifling alterations in the late Hat of Sheriffs took place. 'The RECORDER of LONDON made his report of some of the convicts under sentence of death in Newgate, viz.:—John Clayton, Jenkins, John Catherwood, and John Rutter, for burglary ; and Robert, Leach, for house-breaking. When John Clayton and William Jenkins were or dered fOr execution on Wednesday next. .` His Royal Highness gave audiences to Earl C A s- DEM, Mr. PERCEVAL, the Marquis WELLESLEY ) and the Earl of LIVERPOOL. Yesterday we received some intelligence from the North of , Spain, by a vessel from Cortnina. The accounts from that port are to the 2d instant, but they do not bring any information of importance le apectiog the Allied Army. It is said that JOEL BARLOW, the American Mi nister at Paris, is attempting to negotiate a loan in Holland, for the use of Iris Government, and it is ex pected Le will succeed. From Papers laid before Parliament, it appears that the United States, before the passing of their Embargo and Non-IntercoUrse Acts, used to take from this country annually manuhctured goods to the value of nearly thirteen millions sterling. About •six millions of these goods the Americana continued to dispose of on the Continent of Europe, end foe which Bills or Exchange were received by the British -Merchants. While the trade lasted, the price of bullion was in some measure kept down, notwith standing the issues of Batik paper, and gold was still to be seen in circulation. Is it not singular that no colours or eagles should be taken at Ciudad Rodrigo ? Did Martssoser with. draw them from the apprehension of the loss of the place, when he moved to sustain a superior object ? —Does it not seem as if the French had left Ciudad Rodrigo, as a trap, or, what in the French military phrase is called a " Trots de rot ?" Ciudad .todrigo is distant 320 miles, and Badajos is only 120 Irvin Lisbon, The route to the former is very bad aid mountainous—to the latter very fine and level. Can Ciudad Rodrigo be maintained , without an army in the neighbourhood,,and if an army continues there, is it not. probable that the enemy will profit by i's distance from the Tagus, and operate from Badajos ? MAaMONT and Doast.iNz are at lea.,t equal to the Allied Army. Soua then is at liberty to act with out the fear of impediment from any detachment that Lord WEr.r.lNGvos could make. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following ships were thus timed, viz.—Earl Howe, for Bengal, to be afloat the 12th March, sent to Gravesend 26th, stay there 20 days, and be in the Downs 22d April—tho ships Diana and Juliana, for Batavia ; Alexander, I for Madeira, Bengal, and Bencoolett ; and Carmar then, for Madeira and Bengal, to be afloat the 12th I March, and,sail from Gravesend the 12th April.—. , The _Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wednesday next. I In the Gazette of Saturday, February 1, a re ward of 100 guineas is offered for the apprehension of the men who robbed.ami beat J. Garrett, with a free pardon to an accomplice, &c.—A like reward of 100 guineas for the discovery of the villains who set fire to the shops, &c. of Messrs. Oats, with par , doe to an accomplice, &c.—And for the apprehen ision of the murderers of Margaret liuxtable, only I pardon to an accomplice, &c.—the Secretary consi dering that, as this is an inferior crime to the other two, and the neighbourhood where the murder took place having offered 50 guineas reward (which is announced by way of postcript), there was surely no occasion for Government to give any thing!!! Madame na GENIUS ', in the introduction to her " Histoire des Femmes Lelebrzs,' has ably vindicat ed the dignity of her sex, and, by pirellels between male and female Authors, has firmly established , the I equality of the female mind. Were further proof wanting, the Work of Madame na STAEL " On Li terature, &c." affords a most striking one, being equally eminent for the profundity and y of ins views, and for the beauty and eloqueuce of thelau. • guage. * NAVAL INTELLIG-ENCPft PLYMOUTH, Fro. 18. Arrived the American ship Flora, off and from New York. Captain Davis, bound to Cowes for orders, laden with rice, cot ton, and naval stores, detained and sent into this port by the Hermes sloop of war, of 0 guns, Captain Brown ; the Elea.. moray from lAmmick , with provisions; the Intt, Dennis; and Wildman, Dent, both from London, bound to the West Indies, ~pat In through contrary winds; the Venus, Buchman, from Sanderbtad ; the Spanish brig El Diligence, Captain Cerega, froM Coronas, bound to London; the Jackson, Audrews, fron) Jolley. "PORTSMOUTH, Faa. 14. Arrived.his Majesty's ships Goshawk, Porcupine, and Pan. tridge from a cruise. FALMOUTH, Fats. 12. Arrived the Hope transport, L. Z. James, Master, front Lls, bpn a sallied 18 days since in company with four other transports, boned fee Piguersa, with flour, and in consequence of the late gales, has been obliged to bear up for this port. She can give ' ise.seenwet of her consorts. DEAL, Fos. 14. We have experienced to-day a heavy gale of wind how the W.S. W. 4 ship' from St. John's, for New Broom ick, last front [ Portsmouth, bas parted one anc*,..and let go another, by which she appeals to ride very well. Thre ships have cut and gone for Ramsgate. Several vessels have arrived bore the westward. His *sdesty's ships are ail well, incept the Rinaldo, and site has sprung her favalmilt. LYMINGTON, Fos. 14. aNselransperts, with reinforcements on board foc Lord Wel litcon, remahr wrodbound. . • PRICE OF STOCKS Tali Bank 3 per Cent. Cons. 621 S per Cent. Red. 64 4 per Cents. 780 5 per Ceot. Navy 994 Long. Ann. 164 THE STATESMAN. are The kilo i~~ 171 9 • i I T 1 II ri: l .i t J