The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-09-20 00:00:00

We have received a second Leiter from AJCICL'i JIISrIZIA, =hid; is veiy ably and candidly writ:en. We have thin («fy suppressed a Letter, already promised, and written on the sub ject of this second Letter from .31i:brook-- Our Correspondent will therefore excuse our decli.ting to insert the Letter we have just ac knowledgor the receipt of. We are obliged to him, however, for the feelings he has expressed towards us ; and, as we have a high opinion of his tale'!, we shall be glad if he will sometimes favour us with his correspondence on other . topics. ArilveG. Mtdlt. Due. -- 0 - - Dublin 1 Cadiz , 0 Li slion VINCE 01: Sl'l'(' DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. (siva.) 3 perCent.Cous. 6.51 65 531 661 Oinntum 6i 5i 6}'6 dis. THE STATESMAN.. LUt DO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1810. By the List conveyance frura India the following adiiices were receited " BomnAy, A rrtit. ,11, 1810. " Intelligence. has been received from Rangoon, that a Burma!) army, of .161,000 men, had invaded and taken the Island of Junk Ceylon, and had sent all the inhabitants in slavery to Pegu. The Sia mese, it is said, were collecting a force for the pur. pose of attempting the recapture of.this possession. " The Portuguese ship Ovider Pereira, with 4000 dollars in specie on board, it was said, had been captured by a French frigate lieu tt►o mouth of the Strait. of Malacca." The Funds experienced a further depression yes terday. In the morning Consuls were dons at 611,, and Omnium at 8 discount, but towards the close of the market there was an improvement. The Consols left off at 651, and the Omniuut at 64. Various rumours continue to circulate respecting the cause of this fluctuation. The rollewing letter on a subject to which ranch importance is attached in the United States, reached sts yesterday. 44 iimir-YORK, Are. 14. " The papers you will have received will advertise you of the affair which took place tortneen the Vitro and the lilo *elle. The sensat ion this ransact ion produced was, fur the time, tiottrentely violent, particularly in this city and N%ushitigton ; but since that ',cried mutters have somewhat subsided, yet a general apnoea stitl prevails tuat the business ought W be in eestigitzed to the bottom. " The conduct of Lieutenant Tat/ , e has been highly op.! proved by all parties; and he has undergone ~n examination before the Alicistere , , at Wa!hington, which has furtive! out Much to hi. credit. It was thou,:ht the apology of the Captain of the Moselle was sufficient to induce the American Comman der to desist front revealing thi. act of jtostility, but it is not deemed au adluate co.upensation to the Government of the United States. This being the case, we've informed here that dis:•atehes have been sent to Air. PIY7 K N we, directing him to tr. ,i‘e the necessary inquiries of the British Rog/eminent, stud to demand of them such recompeoce fur this national insult as shall be batisfartory—cither t!tc distnissal of the Captain of the "Moselle, or some apology to be made through au adequate au thority." In the Report of the Savings in the Puhlic E. penditure, actually adopted . by Governinent, it is stated, that thu allowance of Newspapers to .the Public Offices is to be discontinued ; and .the say. ing to arise out of this reform instated at fourteen pounds per week. We were comklled, by want of room, to pertpit this circumstance to pass by in silence at the time it came before the Public—but it is a subject of too much .importance to be per. mitted to remain totally unnOtiCed. We do' not• affect to despise this saving, because it. is compa ratite!) , gina(l. Fourteen poutsdaper week''saved here ) and fourteen . savcd its, many •Other 'guar . tars, will .amount to . awns that may, 7 as well he in the people'i pocket as taken out of Nor are we going to sctil at the tittle schenie. of saving ad 0pte41... hyiSlinixt -.)..tt,A1 1 9, Pa4isr,4ocs 'ot spealc of that with grAtitcole, it is , glad to see amoveipent, towards 411,4 is right, hoping that future lqinisters,will see the necessity of increasing. the rapidity, and extending the circle of the move. rufmt. We should, have suffered the Jliniqer's Reform to rest where it well may, with the ood.sonse of the public, if we had no view Of it, but as economy in the public expenditure is con. ee s ue d. Bat this measure of discontinuing the serving of the public offlies with newspapers, paid for by the Government itself; is a Reform of a •'iarefty iod compiniun. Cite wonders ) hew Mi. ilisters have stumbled op6u it , or were catnapped ;k • • i 4 tto it. It affects them seriously in t % , r9 ways—first, the persi:ns employed in the Public o;tices were kept In due ignorance, and in a proper firith, Ity the pe. ,rusal of the Ministerial Papers. If any of them were 41 little given to a disobedient feeling, they could not . find feud fur that in. rho Newspapers lying on the tieski and tables of the Public OXices. Considering, howerer, how poorly the Il‘liiiistee , 4l Pspers are written, and hose hutch better informed • the Geotlemen at the Public &Tice§ are than 'the Treasury Newspaper Editors, ihii oas not the greater part of the benefit is hid Ministers derived from distributirig of their part!. g-tns' Newspapers ainopg tho'otces of Government. The grC4er part of the atliantiza to them lay . in _.;Ar.. ~ imiiUmia assarri THE STATESMAN. - ; the means they thus had of purchasing an influence upon Newspapers, and their ProPrietors: Irwas not merely the gain of a certain number of quires of any given Newspaper, circulated in the Public Offices, which the Proprietor received, but his Paper also ac . quired soother forced circulation titrough the patron. age and' connections, out of doors, of its Readers of the Public Offices. Any one who Will consider how this must operate, will perceive how necessarily a forced circulation, to a considerable extent, must be made by the getting of 'a Paper into the Public Offices. But it is not merely -these two circum stances, of circulation iu the Government Offices . , and cireuletion with the general Public derived from the patronage and connections of public hien that 1U i. nisterial Papers exclusively enjoy; these Papers are distributed o►er the country, at the public expence. And, we• suppose, it is meant that this latter prac. tice shall cease, as well as the former. When all this is understood, it will be seen c how mirth in. tinence over Newspapers Ministers have given op by . this Reform. But how is this to be accounted for ? They are not used to do such things. Arc the Ministerial Papers to be remunerated in another way? 'Or % are Mr. PEACEVAL and my Lord WEL. LESLEY strong enough to stand without their further aid ?—We do not know, really, how alt this is, trot we are still glad of the Reform ; for, if even the hireling Prints are still to be paid for the loss of the Public Offices, and the loss of their influence, out of the people's money, in some other shape, yet it is' a benefit to the people that the poison of those Prints is to be less diffusively shed abroad than it has been tirmerly. The people not only lost money by that unfair circulation of the Ministerial Prints, at the public expellee, bitt they bought another evil by the loss. They paid their enemies to injure them, and thus were mocked • and insulted in the midst of 'other wrongs. We have, therefore, to thank Ministers, in behalf the People, for this Reform ; and really we do so. But what the hireling Prints will feel, it is easy to see, whatever they may say. Ministers, however willing, cannot easily give them a full compen sation far the loss this Reform will occasion them. The quires that wont from their press, through these shut-up channels, will no longer gladden their eyes as they pass along ! The sound of thousands will die away into hun. dred s ! And sown, very soon, it will be difficult to see one of those Papers any where but upon thp Editor's file 1-- Well ! they have had their day, and must now seek for Patience wherever they can find her! The French Decree prohibiting the landing of passengers un the French coakt, and which has been the subject of so much doubt, is confirmed by hit ters from Dunkirk of the 11th instant. Four Gentlemen,. who embarked only one day previous to the notification of the Decree, were arrested on their landing at Boulogne, and immediately con. ducted to prison. The vessel, captain, and crew, were however released. ♦n article from Bayonne confirms the statement received from Spain of an attempt made Some time since to carry oil JUSENII, and states, that in con. sequence of it a very numerous garrison was sta. tioncd at Madrid. Lord PAGET'S Seventh ',Wit Dragoons, now on Dublin duty, are again fit for service, although they suffered so much when lately employed. It is astonishing with chat alacrity this highly-esteemed regiment procures recruits. The horses aro now in the finest order peAble. The gallant 13th Light Dragoons have given the .enemy a specimen of what may he effected by a troop of a highly disciplined regiment of English Light Dragoons. Pri - rate letters mention in the ,highest terms, the bravery of the . men in the late r . eitcontrz. It has long been ,a favourite carps, and ,oning.to the great attention paid to the interior _economy of it, by General BOLTON, it is inferior to fitlac , The most material thing connected with • the fall of -.Almeida,. is the large supply of prwisions which the enemy found' in the magazines of that place. The contents of _these magazince consisted, accord. iog to the returns, Of 346,000 ratliais of hiscuitc„ 600 fit . - steps (bushels) of corn, 10) of r)r, 201) of Turkey corn, 500 ' kujOtals pt . rice, . 4O) arrebat of salt pr,,visions, lt quintals of Salt 0 - 110:ions 3.1 tuns of whit., at 700 bottles each, ?.'pipes at' brandy,- about 700 bottles 40 pipes of slargar, fanepsuf beaus, %AO Luiegas of b url ey, ;WO lianas of bran, 30+1quintatts of straw, 3000 quintals of wood, and about 100 J ctiverlets. This supply, whether it be considered as applica. ble to immediite use, or as a reserve for future cxi. • geheics, .is a most valuable acquisition to the French; and although it will not, in all probabi. lily, • be sufficient to 'relieve the French army in ge. twat from present distress, much less to afford a permanent resource for the more remote periods of the campaign, will be a great relief, when added to the'other means of the French Comtnissariat; and husbanded with the economy of which the French Chiefs are such perfect masters. The contents of these magazines alone appear sufficient, with this economy, to subsist 30,000 melt for near three weeks, besides affording a quantity of horse pro. vender.. Mr. GRATTAN has given his answer to the Ad dress of the CorporatiOn of Smiths, in Dublin. He has declared, that on the question of the nieces. sily of a resident Parliament, his opinion is nu altered and unalterable. •• A Collteit Wok One at .Plymouth, on Monday, for Mt office of 'Mayor. A. Astcua,'Eig: Oro. posed Or: De.t.t..tmv, and W.. Lostistzso, Esq. put in nomination Dr. Ltiegycii, who was duly seconded by W. CGLATHIIIti' ESQ. At tho close of the pull, there appeared for s . • • Lockyer - . . Pt Dr. Bellamy - . - Majority for Dr: Lockyer ' - who was (Iceland dulyNelected. , 4 t . i • Yesterday, about twilve o''eloch, his MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's P,tlice , from - Windsol., es corted by a party of Light Horse, where ,ke was received by their Royal 'Highnesses the Dukes of YORK, KENT, and CUMBERLANJJ.—At two o'clo'ck his NIA3ESTY held a Private Levee ) which was at ' tended by • The First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the gr, chequer the First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial I)epartinent4 ; the Commits- I der in Chief ; the Judge Advocate ; the Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance ; Lords Arden (in waiting), ifertilifeld (Ifold * cticko).—Sirs E. Nagle and C. Jones.—Admirals Sic:tryst!, Fayerrnan,Whiteshed.—Genetals %Tunis, Hay, Disney, Hodg son, Finch (Groom in waiting).—Colonels Lerdis, flogonio, Vritzler, and Robinson.—Captains Harpoole, Fable, Branton, Syke=, E. Bruce, Lysack, °tenor, and Mr. Fawkoer. The following had the honour of being presented to his MAJESTY : Colonel Lewis, of the Royal Artillery, en his promotion. Captain liarpoole, an his return from Cadiz. Lieutenant-Colonel Hugmein, on his promotion. , Captain Fahie, of his Majesty's ship Abercrombie, on his retain from the West Indies. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Nagle, on his promotion. Major-Geueral Bayley Wallis, on his promotion. Rear-Admiral Slea ford, oo his appointment to the command at the Cape of Good Hope, and at tne same time took leave of his Majesty. Rear Admiral Fayerman, on his return frnm the Mediter raucan, and on his promotion. Lieutenant-Colonel Pritzler, on his appointment to the com mand of the Cavalry Depot. Major-General Hay, on his promotion. Captain Edward Branton, on his appointment to the com mand of the Spartan frigate. Captain Sykes, of the Royal Navy, on his promotion. Captain Edward Bruce, .on his appointment to his Majesty's ship St. Alban's. Colonel ltobinsoo, en his promirtioa. Captuiu Wuodley Losack, on his appointinent to the Galatea igate. Sir Charles Thomas Jones, on his promotion. Aittniral Whiteslied, on his return from the command of the Irish station, and on his promotion. *.• Major-General Morey, oil hi. going to Cadiz. Captain Richard O'Crpnor, of the Royal Navy, on his promotion. Major-General Hodgson, on his promotion, and on his return from Bermudas. ills MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave au.. (Hermes to the Earl of LIVERPOOL, Sir TLIOrI AS Taracir, Sir D. DUNDAS, Messrs. PERCEVAL, RY DER, Yoax, and M. Surrosr. The latter laid be. fore his. MAJDTY the vroceediags of seine Courts Martial.. . • The Duchess of 13auriswica entertained her Royal Highness the Princess of Warm, and Bse lect party, yesterday, with an elegant dipper, at her house in Spring Gardens. • • The Duke and Duchess of BEPPORD'S t /titcnded. cottage, near Tavistuch, in Devonshire, It his boon: , erroneously stated, has been building for'sortinse past. It nas not till last week that the firs; Aone was laid by her Grace, under the directO of J EFFILY W YATT, Esq. the Architect. The Committee fur the management of the silk flag now making in Spitulfields, having presented her MAJESTY with a very handsotne print of the same, framed and glazed, her MAJESTY WeS n pleaSed to accept of it, and was graciously pleased to return , a very respectful acknowledgment for the Comnnt.' tee's attention to her. Being invited to condescend to see it manufacturing, she expressed a fear that she should nut be able to indulge herself with a sight of it, owing to the inconvenience of her coming to town. Mr. NNt.ty, the Actor, and two others, hate taken the Tottenham-court.rnad Theatre for the ensuing winter. Madam CATALINI visits Edinburgh before HA : Optra.house opens, where she proposes haviug Concerts in November. ~ The Earl of BERKELEY is appointed Colonel of .`• the Gloucestershire Militia. giving Lady CATO Eta N E TILNEY 40114 intends., a magnificent Ball and Supper, at her noble seat in Wiltshire, on the 2d of October next.'dk.ll the fashionable. in that and the adjoining coca ties are' •.. to be invited. .4. • tw, s l; Last night was almost unprecedeptelY, 9 IV in lti, Theatrical Annals of London.; the m Olio wts . , without a kgitimato Theatre . The a 'arketlY Al closed; the Lyceum is not Open. Etna flab uvenieg'; and Covent.garden continues shut until Stiondity::`, r' PEDESTRA A NUM.—A gentleman - of theirtimilif Canning, a Volunteer Captain, of • Hampshire, trti. dertook, on Thursday last, to travel 60 mites a.day five successive days, for 200 guineas. (Tr started on the turnpike-road, four miles from Ba. : singstoke, at four o'clock in the morning, and did his 60 miles with case in 14 hours. He finished his task two miles from Yeovil, in Soincrsetshire, at 11 o'clock on Monday night. lie had lost 26 pounds in weight on the journey. • The carpenters were busily at work in Covent. garden Theatre yesterday, in removing the parti. 'ions of the eight anneal boles which are to be thrown open on Monday, for the use of the pub. tic, together with that part of the splendid saloon in their rear. The six privattiboxes reserved, porseint to the coutract ) are certainly tiv least eligible in the circle. A great speculator in canals and bridges was ar. going rather warmly, a few days ago, with a gentle. man in a coffeehouse in the City, and in the Course of his speech, said, ‘ 4 Pray, Sir,. do you , know who I ant ?" to which his opponent replied, " I know what you aro not, you are nut a civil En. gineer," . • llad King JOACIIII4 (111:trat) lived in ancient times, he would make a greater figure as a General than lie does in the present, as there is no' man more expert in drawing the long bons. A Gentleman, lately from the Peninsula, on read. ing that a certain Man of War. io shut op' in Tur. tosa, exclaimed, 46 that is. most on foranate, 'as his Excellency will no longer' be able UM:) , these, enormous Paper Kites which. have IS el' noticed moving through the City, to pew:cling-1 tea. -I :. 1 12 T hc: highland Piper, who . .bitobly ifiti • jibed' 1 4't in in the battle of Vimicra, by pli' ititheL . bag-pipes, as Ile lay wounded, the favo e Sbisteb tune of 46 Up and war them a' Willie," ' igain ; embarked with his regiment (the. 71st)•f Tartu., . gal. iip sat o previously to his learipg roWil', : ifi full costume, fur his portrait, wl4li• Mr. BRoottV I Scotch artist, is executing, as kelppropiiate MO.! , ject for the nest Exhibition. • Vie noted pip so o rnes l with . several of hi e ., gang; have been on duty in Plymouth and its iteielo, bourhood fur severaldays past; and that General, sa'' renovied for partisanship and light' Merittit;tits,'' opened the campaign at Stonelionse•Fair lititaweek t i where the tifie'division is said tti have tlistitt'rtished itself:n:4o4 • • '• 1 • .- - - - 0 ". • ...Ns t . . . . .:,, v r JEFFERY. . e .. i .., 1.. 0.;(f.1 lo T i o . T T in ° . 0 ,,; 4 , g,' priteutoi,celiteonrf,t 1::;:.c,. !.,. sia._+l.lavrns, Nog_ n_r dby 9esTnecritipluiGretittle. 1. ---......... :::::5iti: linen to write, id .341;5. (4,p3, the tnctikr of the en. fOrOuneeJEFlT.,liy i i fit the purpose of as7ertaini:!;, If td bad. writti:ok t9Spr o . the folio vying is the lettet whit I ! 4,!,t,4i.14,,, 11 7,1 4 u 11 :: 11 A s4 (.. e 'l r Y I Ns a z n .i l is . 44 Man.tw v • • ; 4 ., 1. , " Plyinnuth- Dock, Selit. 11, " Several Gentlemen oithis town, who foel them!:.ls,.i . h. torested in the fate of your sou, I:. Jellery, late of the Re, rel., have 'requested me tci write, in you, for the pur taiMng, if possible, whether he be living i.r eloati, Ti le ! , , , , ,t , in gen:Tat have published state men t s , porportiiw that he co taken from the Island of S o mb rero b y a %es,et belou,ting h Marblehead, and that he n o w lives i n th e P rJv i nce of 11,,,g„, ehusetts, America. Now as it iippear3 that heves teparticu larly dutiful and affectionate son, and one who let slip no ~,,, portunities of writing to you while on board the Recruit, it,, probable that, if thing, he bas written to you ; ;Ir a t h,, , of course; would place the fact of his existence beyond ne:)iib t . " Have the g:rodness to excuse the trouble wbich I gke ytt on this subject, and rest assured, that nothing but a particip . lion in thiA lively interest in the fate of y our son, which prr vades all parts of the British Empire, could have induc,d ra s to have intruded on your time.-1 am, &c. ~ •it • ... " him Goan, Pulperro, Curnwall." ANS W EEL—EXTRACT. • • " Polperro, Sept. 11, lbsa " SlR—This evening': pus: brought me the favour of yu l if, of the 11th instant, for which be pleased to accept my hombre thanks. In reply to your obliging inquiries respecting my kg, fortunate von, I have to inform you, that I have had no who account than those published la the Papers until this eve6ng. So long time had elapsed shire the account. published, that a , doubts had overcome my hopes of his existence, and I took the liberty of troubling Mr. W hitbread, who interested him. wlf in his behalf.—l yet think, if my son were living, ~„d had given his deposition, as stated officially, that he certaiolv would have written to me, and I also think that if be really was the person, they would have pressed him to write to ms to convince me and the Public of his existence. I havealso re. quested to have a letter seta to him, but have yet had no aa. ewer or opportunity of so &lag. I shall subjoin an extract from a letter to Mr. Whitbread, from the Secretary of the At. miralty; in answer to his letter, which he h.is itirlwed to me, and sent here. I shall feel it my duty to give you any in(or• nation iii my - power at any future time, and am much obliost for the trouble yoand your friends have takeu, and am, Sir, Yhurobedient seriaat, . • isai HONOR COAD (late JEFF) RY...) INOLOSUFLE. " Admiralty., Selo. 44 , of . Jeffrey's mother, its she seems to na y thist nothing bat a later .'ram him trill satisfy her. 1 have ati sod letter to tend you; nod MAT only to :more yon, fat sse hats recttived'nffielal'lnftwmafion of his having been living and sell a feW ntonthrago,. in America; and I have also•some reasoo to expect thqt he will, at no great distance of time, come to England.—l am dear Sir, faithfully your's. " ,S..Whithread, Esq." ." J. W. CROKER," • ~';• BRIGHTON, S.PT. 17. The town has been very busy to.day, In MP. queuce of the incursions . of the Local Mains , who ussembled from all quarteri of the cUtiOty, obc. thence to 3 •requisitiou •pseparatory to a gotta( muster. . . I ;CA.EDQN. and Mature's are edgaged to iierform to;.morrow evanin4 at : 1 1e Theatre. The busts were all taken on Saturday; they will saw - magma Thursday. Ss;r:l7. ns tt a initic l e i p l t assemblage - of beauty and fashioa graded a very eiegant ball, given by Lady ling PairsiittEpat -11 1 11 tit• WITILERDEN's, on Siutl 11111, oa Fridaysilylet. In the style of the ornaments, 'bty and.tixbrive knew no limits but those which taste 'and fancy imposed. Tlte dancing commenced with r ita'rtidiffilled'off by Mr. W tog and Miss MUNRO. 'flitsmusidcommenced at nine o'clock, and ceased al.)out the htamr of one. Among the company were— The Countea of Conyugltain, Colonel Effort!, Sir Jamet Fltigetaid, Mr. Nugent, Mr, and Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. pump. son; Coitain Cotton, Earl of Romney, Lady liarrietMarshaui, Captain gipriani, Sir William Frazer, Mr. Loyd, Mr. Black burn., Mrs. and Miss Dickens, Mr. Smith, Mr. llartopp, Mr. Fitzgesald. The Ladies were all uncommonly well attired,. principally in white muslins, and plain head-dresses, the costume a.lu-greo. Lord RENDLEVIAM will give a grand ball and supper at Saxmuudhatn its the course of 10 days. — His Lordship and Mr. VANN ECK are, we believe ; the Stewards of the Races. Colonel RussaLL, of the Stirling Militia, give' his promised fete to the Ladies at Margate early id the week next ensuing. Font Hill, in Wiltshire, the seat of Mr. Bat. FOUD, will be opened to the fashionable world, for the first time, ,as soon as the present improvements are completed. The accomplished Marchioness of Dount.w.s will superintend. Sir WATKIN • NViCLIAsis WyNNE, B a rt.. com• mences a series of entertaintneuts at Wyntistay, near Wrexham, in North Wales, this day. Din• ners, concerts, balls, and card parties, will be given. A duel lately took 'place near Guildford, be tween Captain G— and Cornet C--,---, of th e King's Own Dragoons, in which the latter was wounded iu the leg. A young lady, under 22 years of age, dolle d from, her inother, at Ilbury, Berks, on Sunda/ last, with a Serjeant of the 7th Drag-eons, on fur- Itsugh. has personal property at her dis. , I PO§.Of . tO thi l iniount'uf 10,0001. A reward of 201. brfilatidThiihs , was offered fur the recovery of the lady, , ltlu t'ilimitmst‘oatra,aewrnan..strcet, yesterday. andslax was discovered with her man o f war, r 4Attimirx.74.ast. week died John Rends, an in. Oust, laltoprer, of Norton, near Worcester, Who. Idris Widow and eight children to lament AV l ;ippeirs this poor man was L itth"syntittanis of typhus, or Defaults fe", r9 and-mem:aiding to the custom of the place, 10 went to a woman in the neighbouihoil, I ,oe-habit of indulging Wu freely in the u se of its )110 Lancet, and who, mistaking the di sease fur •_ pay, ,or inflammation in the side, bled h im copiously ti l ; shortly after the operation the PI: tUred arm festered, an extensive inll4innpition mortification rapidly entitled, and death KU tile speedy consequence. affected - r I i~