The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-05-16 00:00:00

-0./.0541 4 • • Ap•pr TO THE PUEiLIiC. Euglibh People to c.0. , The Proprietor of thi* Puler having already replied to the I vain !wading of the late Editor, and dibproveri 1-:- lions of Ileing the 64 hole Coosi , .-- awl lits TO TilE PUBLIC. The Proprietor of this Paper having already replied to the vain hoa-ting of the late Editor, and disproved his asser tions of !wing the " ifge CMAUCter of TUC STATESMAN," and lit, pretended "Fidelity of Reports;' feels it incum bent upon him to notice some further assertions equally tearer, which it seems have beta circulated with a view to excite the compassion of • certain individuals, and to induce them to assist him in the formation of a plot, both uniust and illegsl, carried on clandestinely prior to his dismissal. The aamrtion no* alluded to, is to tut fullowiag egret, viz. "That he, the late Editor, had s.:crificed his time in the service of Tit L Sr ATESSIA 14 , wit/L -oa any remuneration." Now the fact is, that be hits received upwards of Si% Hundred Pounds, fur little more than a yeas.'s service. the latter part of which was remarkable only fur the abuse of confidence reposed in him, nesieet # dutg :1 the ordinary business of the Paper, and also admitting' several Libellous Articles, for which two Prosecutions are already actually commenced, others threatened, and one; of the too,t fiagraut nature, against the Chief Justice of England, oarr.iwly escaped insertion. • It any person eatertains a doubt of the ahovesstatements being correct, he ratty be satisfied of the truth, by calling at the Olfice. No. 87, Fleet-street. . , Arrived. binds. ~ . thre. 0 .,,s Dublin .... . ,2 1 0 . Wnterf0rd......•"....i.5.:... 3 0 .... Gottentsurgh.. ..?.1,.......1.1. I'II.ICF. OF STOCKS ruts DAY AT ONKO'CLOCK. 4 per Cent. Coos. 7014 In dia Stock 3 per C e nt. Reduced, egik k India Bonds 16s. 15s. pe. . • 4 per Ceat. 854 Exch. 11111 s. 45.•51. pr. •S• 5 per Cent. Navy 1014 Ditto. 2.5. 6s. Is. pr. cnusols for ACC 7014 • Onwilun 2 1 pr. Long. Ano. 189-16 4 Lotter, Tickets 211. 6'. 4 THE STATESMAN. LONDON : • WEDNESDAYS MAY les MO. Devitt, MAT lb.—Passed by, for London, the ship Lord Nelms, Captain David Philips, frost Perunasbuca, (Brazil) oat 56 days; left *ere his Majesty % ship Bedford, ell azi . Abe the ship Oriels. Capt. Groves, fro= nod (one of ' the Aaoreb); left there his Majesty% ship Penelope. Several pas are fir* , to the westward, supposed Is be for • Pilots for the East or West-lndia Fleeu, both of which are hourly espeeted.. • la the Road" lifsdestr i s ship Quebec, and . Cherokee sloop of war. A vessel arrived two days ago from Ram de Gnu?. Isti brought DO news ; the Captain taw Bonaparte and his Bride there a few days litre laaaned ; they were seen also at Boulogne about 010 di* age by a person arrived from Euglish People to come to this at last ? To have , that splendid picture of individual wealth and prosperity, which has been their boast, and which has ever surprised all the world, to have that blurred and defaced, eat by the GOIFILINXENTI ‘ which would in itself bring consolation with it, for there is always dignity in *Government, but by a horde worse than a horde of savages, and a herd to whom Mr. ?hazes appellation would do too much honour, and who are lower even than a szfinish multitude!. Why have we written with an. against the desire of getting other people's money—but because it is the meanest of passions ? And shall we confine our anger to Government, or the persons forming the present Administration, or any other public robbers ? Wby so ? Who is to c. 411 upon us to do that? And why is U to be done ? .4—Whatever' name we find connected with such proceedings, hewn . er great, even U it Ibe the greatest on earth, he shall not escape our rod, fur be cannot lull our indignation. ofThis MAR' tts CouraNir I—They1—They are to • gimp all the business of insuring ! That is what is meant by them. The individuals at Lloyd': may sink from afiluentee, or comfort, into famine ., and a prison—What then ? Thu Marine Gentle..l men will sail with s fair breeze, and before the, wind,and they willsmile on the deck, whoever goes to ruin ! Really, this is too much ! Are we to be. come a Nation of Plunderers, as well as htving . a Government known to the . world chiefly by that name and tkscriptiou of thing ? For God's t l a 9 ke let us stop somewhere ! And let an end IN. • tit to this abomination I—As to the Gentle. men at Lcoites, we plead their cause, in this lastance, because they are the injured par. ty.--We know of what they aro composed also ; a motley set, and we fight their battle merely because of the wrong intended them. But, when we find them doing wrong, which they sometimes do, we shall not spare even them.—We have argued this matter hitherto, upon the reason and justice of the case only, but far.', tunately the LAW also is with us, and we hope shortly to see it once more enforced, as it has al. ready been, upon this very question, of mono polizing companies. A company of poor men, who associate to; buy a mill, to grind their cora cheaper than the miller and baker will let thesis have it, is the most unexceptionable thing that can be imagined of this kind. The distresses of the poor will plead much, and powerfully. But the Law, as well as humanity, saye4." Relieve them id some tither mode ; but you must not . strangle industry, you must not &tads, by an overwhelming combination, the occupation in which a man has expended his property; and em ployed his whole life."—ln a case, lately tried at Birmingham, a CORN.IIILL Company wasdecided •to be contrary to law, to be an illegal combine. tion. But if a company, whose objeethsio have a COlll4-aIILL I is each, what then aro ira to say of these Marine GliitTltY, ) who have no necessity to excuse them, no biting poverty and want to urge them, and who have nothing to tempt, and nothing to palliate their offence, but their in. satiable desire of getting other people's money, and that too at the' expenco of the ruin of individuals ? Indeed, Gentlemen of the Green Seat, wo advise, you to retreat in time, and preserve your honour and character, while they are yet whole ! Your going to . Parliament to legalize this Act, contrary to law (for such a thing may be), will not save your character, al though it may save you from. the effect of break. ing dig law. TUE following Letter has been'iodustrioady cir. eulated, and we beg leave to accompany it with a li4raL INTELLIGENCE. few remarks :- 4 , PROPOSED MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, 4, SIR-I beg leave to inform you, that the Report of the Select Committee upon the subject of Marine Insurance is to be taken into consideration by the House of Commons upon Thursda‘, the rah day of May, when, as a Share-holder in tee proposed Marine Insurance luslitutioo, you will no doubt use your influence with yottr.friends to attend —I am, Sir, your roost obedient, humble Servant, " ALEX. MUNDELL." One of the best and most enviable uses of a Newspaper is, to step in, wherever injury is doing, and the.oppresscd have no competent means of repelling the wrong, to step in and aid the in:. jured party. A Newspaper can do much; and fur this simple reason—it speaks to • thousands at once, and can often influence the public opinion, which does sometimes turn aside the evil-duer from his purposed iniquity. When a Paper has the character of honesty, when nothing can seduce it from its just object, nor any thing can terrify it s the power we arc speaking of is incalculable. lAll honest men are with it; and after all that is said of the depravity of the times, they are the majority, and must in all questions carry the day.—The , Public well know that Tea STasssiaanlnever elirinks from what it apprcheods to be its duty ; and it now is ready, at the call of justice, to aid in repeloug a must gross and vile attempt at robbery. This is the first point of view in which we regard the 2MOPOSEO (ever to be proposed, we hope) MARINZ INSURANCL COMPANY.' At pre. sent, we are not talking of the Well-known maxim, that all monopolies arc injurious to the public in. terest. We mean, now, to protect individuals a•eilust all dishonest Men. We would do fur the Individuals, what we do forthe Peoplo—we would keep the dishonest out of the reach of their pock ets. There is too much of robbery going forward in private, as welt as public concerns. And %a moan broadly to say, that every combination (or corn. puny, if the persons we allude to like the word better) by great bodies, to carry on a business to the prejudice of individuals, especially individuals who have already occupied themielm in a like concern, at great expenco in money, wig with great cost of labour and anxiety of mind, every such combinatbn is a conspiracy to rob, and every one belonging to it is as unworthy a being as he who lives by plun,lcr of ally kind, and de serves no other appellation than the bard names we give to public plunderers. The principle is . any tote, whatever his opulence, or . I;mvrever .fou . nded his busities..„ may be ruined by such eionliiwsittins. Where• is the property, or personal inauence, or name, or connexion, that eat Amid up agaillit ittla combinations? They • are in comparison, the kind of power which O w people are relative to the Government —they move, and they overwhelm all before .them. if there h., some rare exceptions, that is to ,say, if here and there a person can continue to exist and finlrieli in despise of such combination, those arc cases of unusual felicity, and persons who are it• in the exception have no thanks to give to the 'loosens. This is a silliject of vast importance. the prosperity of England is cm ins to the Se curity, of individuals in their 'respective employ- Anent .uf their labour and talents. But if this scene of combinations is to he continued, there h pges seed for the Fatscu Estes:atm to come here, Or any Cos wino* to come here to &serfs), us. We du 1 deed ourselves. Wo commit self-murder, and need nut wait for the slaugh tering hand of the enemy. Wherever * the bu. . siitess of monopolies is, there is poverty, and death, and squalid misery, except with. .12 the circle of the monopolists. And are tile 14016111111, tbeace. t , The 71st Regime., *der the 111111.100 the gallant Colonel Pack, marched late Ibis place dellikaidej and Sun day from Brabant@ Lees, and set forward yeseseday for • The iirth Militia are expected to . merit eta Milne neat week for Scsataad, they are to :be replaced bribe 98th Regiumut of Foot. A large camp it b lald will be formed bete &Win sonsaser, in order to facilitate the extemion of the lines and a orks at the heights and. Castle, Ity eutibling the mechada of the different regiments to work on these ;waveforms. The following are regiments, already here, vie. 9d Royal Lancashire, Miners, and Backs, or Kieg's Own, at the Heights; Royal Perth, Muntgotaeh, and Ist Rama litsa.hth Regbaeut at the Castle. FALitoteff, MAY 19.—Arrived his Ideihesty's ship Ame lia, 98 guns, Captain lthy, With two Spanish Deputies from the Galliciab Junta, to solicit a supply of arms from oar go vertinfut ; four days passage fr om Coruna& The accounts by this conveyance mate, that the enemy have taken the city' of Astorga, sod were expected at Corneas stud Ferrol very shortly. There was a report at Comm at the time the Amelia sailed train - theuce, that the enemy were advancing against Portugal with a large force, and that Lord %Yellin ton was about to set of with the British sad Portuguese. force wader his command to meet them. Also arrived his Majesty's ship Thais, 18 gum, fraisi a cruise; American ship Herald, Captain Rama Oaten Cour. Isadore in the American service), from Norfolk, with to bacco, for orders. Yesterday arrival the TOWAN Candy; Taunton, Owen; John, Marshal; and Naomi, Richards, Irma London. Sailed the Marlborough packet, Bull, with Malls for Lisboa. The Chichester packet will sail to-morrow, with Mails for the Brazils. PLY NOVTIT, MAY 14.—Arrived the Sibella, Henry Love, Ma s ter, front M ar tioique, hound to Ltridon, with collie and sup's . . The Master states, that the entrance into the Chtiouti is covered with hooseward-bound vessels, beating op. • The following vessels, in addition to'nty met, came with the Veous frigate frail Liiboo:—the trnasperls Sally, .Hata melt; Dinar", Harris; Achilles, Davison; Agistoria, W. therhead; and Brilliant, Wilson. Went up hat hour to relit, the Medusa frigate. The Niemen frigate is still in the Sound, walling the arri val of the Gcueral Odgers from town, to wry them to Per- 'gal. • balled the Mariner gun-brig, with a victualler for Scilly; the Helena sloop, for Ireland ; the Harpy brig; to the West ward. Arrival the Courageste, of 74 guns, from the Eastward; the Jams, Mess, and Mary, Roberts, fratapporto. Mr. Pireil Birth-day, the 28th inst. is to be cele brated this year with unusual splendattr; and it is, wentiderstand,intended to ornament all the saloons where entertainments are given on this occasion with a stupendous device formed of paper,-"papier vetiche t so curiously gilt, as to comet to -doe. mind of a superficial observer an idea of gold.. On the pedestal is to be emblazoned the amounta; the national debt at the commencement, and at the termination of the Administration of thia.great Statesman ; and from the summit is to float a blood.colou red flag, bearing this inscription, " The immortal Stateiman that reduced the power of France, in the same proportion as he extended the . liberties of his native land ;" and exhibiting on the reverse this memorable sentiment of the great man now no more- 4 ' Without $ Reform in the " Commons House of Parliameot, no honest man ". can retain the situation of Minister of this 41 country." It should appear that all the enemies to Palls. mentary Reform and the correction of *abuses, are skulkers. In London, in. Middlesex, and at Westminster, these poltroons did not dare to sheer themselves at the public ineeting,s legally convened, and to oppose, with the manly character of Eug. lislimen, the resolutions and. petitions brought, forward, but they sneak into holes and corners" and then come out with their equitter-declarations., This is pusillanimity, and pusillaiiiatityof the lo west and basest kind. As to the signatures of their famous declared" what do thole sigestureti hibit but'the names of a heat of coutractors,loan. jobbers, money-lenders, and mouey-luven, with a retinue of their needy dependents, such as are sitiitys to be found in shuals• near the seat of Government, and particularly near the seat of a Government, whose annual eitpeitiliture is7o mil. lions a-year. 'A dec./wait* so obtained is. Worth as little as Mr. CANNING'S friendxhip, as Lord CHATIIAM'S military skill, as the Marquis .of pills:lA.ol.We plot, or is the reseuchei of the finanteConitnittees nominated by. the Right Hen. tiSTENCER P L RCEVAL.-•-(Leeds Mercury.) The Devil amont the Tailors.— The . Duke of KENT. Sir DAVID BAIRD, and'several other of our first Generals, who are Colonels of regiments, have lately transferred the contract for clothing their regiments, to which they were induced by an offer of supply at a much lower rate—a motive reasonable enough one would think. Yet lig are given to understand, that-the old-established army tailors, are up in arms, and possessed with the in. tention of using their utmost efforts to frustrate this most justattempt at a competition, which, it general, 'would produce benefit scarcely calculable to the army. - Hut, hating as we do all monopn.' lies and monopolizers, we hope not only, that this small innovation of a poctice inveterately bad, will be able to maintain itself, but that it will operate widely as an example, and not in this peculiar branch of necessaries merely, but higher sad lower, till no one parson or company of per. ism shall hold in their hands the unwieldy task and profits of supplying exclusively the exigencies or the Army. Tits Loan was contraA:ted fur this morning by the firms *of BARING and Co. and GOLDSMID and Co. whose bidding was the samr, au the following terms : • 12 millions for England. 1 Ireland, li India Company's Exchequer Bills. For every 1001. the Contrattors are to have €l5O in the Reduced—and 101. 7s. 6d. In the Como lQ. The payments to be made as under :« May, 19 10 per cent. June 2 10 . ~ July 19 15 Aug. 17 Sept. 14 /* •,. Oct. 19 15 .. Nov. 1,6 ..'l2O • ',, Dec.l4 10 •• . Jan. 17, 1811 10 .. We yesterday received a German Paper, which states, under date from Sentlin the 18th ult. that the campaign between the furks'Und Russians had been opened. by some skirrniihing, and that the army of each Power was estimated at 150,000 men. The King of WESTPHALIA was expected at Hanover at the commencement of the present month. We yesterday received a series of Madrid Ga. uttcs, to the Ist ultimo. Subsequent to the ac. I tiuns in Catalonia which have already been nar. rated, we now learn that the Frenciroccapied the town of Rues during four days and nights. In the whole of, this infelTat a emending was maintained between the Patriots and the Enemy, the result of which was the loss of 2000 a( the former, and 1260 of the latter, after which diminution of their numbers the French thonght at to abandon sodas. prone a situation, lest they should be utterly de. Moped, • ODE. . !`,. - 4 1 Champion of the Rights of Mao; Dearest Soo of Liatavir ; Still hegtmered glimmering fay Prather faille; tree. As the ha ruck, projecting, braves The fury of the burly waves ; Aud as, aloft, tbaeagle • Aid all the chitsorous, eiteaper brood defies. So be thou first, so keep thy glorious coarse, Spite of Detractlool%hafts. or Envy's utmost force. Loi where yon gold-skirted cloud. Gradual rolling, parts and clears, •ersting from the Seecy shroud, LiZERTY appears. 'Tis she 'tis she the E . :sodden bright; Hee ardent eye, her stately height, Moe open brow, het smiling face, Her easy dignity, her tok:ehless grace : Virtue and Truth, her either side sustain; And lave, said Peace, and Plenty, revel in her traits. Bark I she speaks I the Goddess, hear Unmet, to her voice attend 44 O a , my BeRDETT, persevere, ‘‘ Grist the glorious end. G , What, the the Leeches of the Land, " The Its and Outs, a selfish baud, " Alike thy Patriot deeds oppose, Corroption's friend, nod Public Virtue's foes; " With atty 4 o N'S, IDS 16 V't, 1 win place thy cam. " Conspicuous on the roll of never-dying lame." Cow s 4 St. * R. C. F. I 1 ii 4 '( P ai I I • • • # , . , e • • • ; • • .0 . , LIST Of TIM MINORITY vraii,Mit'. TIERNEY'S MOTION EOM AN ADDRESS TO Sib MAJESTY VOA ATPNOPILIATING A SUN /MOM IHIN DRoITS OV A UNIS t LTV, roR VIZ TURPOIC Or YUlt. CHASING AN ANNUITY TOR TUX DUKE or lißosswicc • Aliercrouthy, Ho. J Freenumtle, W. H. Odell, Wu'. Adam, Wm. Gower, Virl O'Hara, Charles Adams. Chas. Grenfell, Pascoe (Nsalstoo. Lord Altborpe, f6r. Howard, Hon. Wm.Paliner, Charles Anstramer, Rt. Han.linase, W. H. Pole, Sir Chas. Sir John Hoskiiston W. Ponsonby , R 4 H on . Bithingtou, Thos. History, Thos. George Heinle, P. Johnstone, George Portman, E. B. Haring, Alex. Keck, G. A. L. Price, Richard Baring, This. Kemp, Thus. lysr, Pasch Benyon, Rich. Lambe, Hoo. Was Hsi. Wpd. Bewicke, Caltrerly Langton, W. G. • ,H. liradshaw, Roo. A.Leferre C. S. , Wm. C. Lesnon,'Sir Wm. Rrond, Hon. Thus. Lemon, Chas. tarty Thos. Bristow An. Lloyd, Sir E. T. wav - igok s g lo m s , areogiaLo, Henry Lloyd, J. M. guild Byng, Chore Lytteitoci, Hon. W.Taylor„.W. Cal craft, John Teapietown, Cavendish, Lord G. Manning, Wm. n r itt .. hes. Cavendish, Marryou, J. Cochrane, Hoe. o.klartin, Heary Woo, A. F. Matthew, Hon. M. Teary, Ch. Hash. Golbome, N. W. R.Milhooke, Sir IL HLTremayoe, J. H. Combe, H. C. Miller, thir Time. Vermin, G. tl V. Crecrey. Themes' Unmet, Sir Ws. Ward, pm J.. W. Dent, J:laa Milton, Vie. Wroseadtr :verett, J t jlll. Morris. B. J Wharton, obe 'Rowel; laa. N. Meer, Si?. Whiten* band • SU. Hon.Newponj, at. Roc.WIDISSoIig Wis. • Sir Jona 00% Innis • Ailey, North, Medley • Sir F: BURDETT AND THE SPEAKER. 4 .4 :Citti‘siti has bees ertelletably (kicked le to the moue to lib punaed by the parties to this ay. lion, - for the purpose at die abject twee* a matter of public diecoadeit la the Coact *en wham the process Weil. The falietriag stay gratify shit Otiritiaity The Define hat has put is aired, se it weerawary, by Mr. Ashev, his Coop% who le ,'touted with Sr Graaf to the defence. Thasks eesolas, int, of the gene ral i se, not polity so to desdempam, aim" sad epee prisoiMatet t did thee specially as to hlti beteg flpsels et of the Commons of the „imperial reetiosset of the Cini. tad Kieriima of Great Britain astrliebred, nal that by vir tue of that maim!, toad by 'Wee el the privileges width are vested of right in the Gossip's', sad hicsabest spa Ms to eterdie, he loosed the warrant complaised of its the Madre Declaration, sod Ite demaads of the Court judgment therespoo; To this plea the Plaimilf will either pat hi a replication, or he will demur (and he has Gm days to do that) ; if he pets is a replication, the Deibidest will demur to the mpliestios o so that in eithercastrk come before the Court hi the shape ofon at .unest spots do' leaner; for which purpose it will be set down in the poise, sad be takers itt Its doe tarn, unless (which in matters of emir thinible magnitude often takes place) the Counsel as bah tides, with tease of the Court agree to a particular day is 'arm far the dimwit*. It comes, therefore, as a matter of law, before the Judges of the Coati of King's Beach, to be ateUeil, sad with them it will entirety rest to proclaims wiles %Mr or not the case shall go to a Jury. rim A Requisition •is about to be presented to On Sheriff of Middlesex, " To call an early Meeting of the Freeholders of the County, to consider of, told adopt such Measures as may be proper, in COe. sequence of the rejection of their late Petition to the Honourable the House of Commons." LOCAL MILfTIA.—By the amended Local Act, . the qualifications of a Captain, Lieutitoot, and Ensign, are to be of the same ; yearly valise of real estate, and of the same amount in value of pet. mind estate, as the qaalificetioes of a Captain, Lieutenint, and Ensign, are in Ike Regular tin s viz. to a Captain, as estate of the yearly va lve of 150 . 1. or penonal property to the &Wont of 25001.—ta a Lieutenant - an estate of the yesrlY Talmo of - SOL or personal property to the Antolini of 7 . sol.—rand • for an Ensign, an eitate of the yearly value of SOL or personal preperlY to th e ' amount of 4001. `We understend an Betio. at law is eoeseseoc ed br• gentiemas of respectability, agelast au Ode cer in the Life Guards, foe an arrest, storing * I/ time the troops Vero stationed in Pieeadilly. . %Ye have letters from Saloon", et t b 25th d April, and from Restideaus a few days late . Nothing is mentioned in diem communications a l to the passage of reistoriemeets to the Freoch at. inks in Spain. • et ivivbra u lie n t s hereprag Ese gabi u mer ai da rt iet se ; : triferfrewl;Liar—Thereisopice,see aniskellithasePOranz_ dearer; ptiope Dan* abate Mk: per lisalle f s. — cglor. Wlthotelt at eltt 1 4 1 1 4 0 P aierg e ly at tea lase as There are like *ltat l applies of Gig% and ibis trade Axe o 'ber hintsec ; Inver this week Si as Agorae fiviohr. Oltik per seek. CURRENT PRICE. Wheat, - 90;. Ws. 'bet Hess, 0•11 14. ri s iy • Fine ditto - • lit sa ly-O. Oa. ''' Od . Rye - - • AI. 11, " • 6 d• Bur i ey, As. Potatne ditto • „„ t MAIL tir. Pees . ( Boilers) We. 70. Fine Floor - - 9 51 - I°°/ * Grey Peng, . u h Reca ..... 95c Dearth (old) - - • 041. 6ds. 1.• (We