The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-12-26 00:00:00

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I • .7 1 i DOCUMENTS Irani ACCOMPANIED THE 'RESIDENT'S WISSIGE TO acquaint yon, that the Prince Regent feels himself under thu necessity Of declitting to accede-to the propositions therein contained as being on varies& grount absolutely inadmissible. . 3 soon es there was•reeson to apprehend that hir..Foster's funitions might have ceased in AeleriCas' and that. he might have been obliged to withdraw himself, in consequence of wur being declared, front the United States, before the above-mentioned Order Of the 23d June, and the instructions consequent thereupon, could have reathed him, measures were.' taken for authorizing the British Admirsl on the American station, to propose to the United States immediate and reciprocal revocation of all hostile girders, with the tender of giving full , ellect, in the.' event of hostilities being discontinued, to the provi sions of the said Order, upon couditionathorcin spe. cified. 64 From this statement you will perceive that the view you have taken of this part of the subject is in. correct, and that in the present state of the relation. between the two countries, the operation of the Oe. der of the 23d of June, can only be defeated by e refusal on the. .part of your Government to desist from hostilities, or to comply with the conditions ezpreised in the said Order. • . 46 Under the circumstances of ,your having - no Powers to negociate, I must decline enterittg into • 'detailed discussion of the propositions which you liefe beets directed to bring forward. • CONfORESS. -..-..E.M..- MR. RUSSELL TO LORD CASTLEREAGH. "MY Lotto, —It is only necessary, I trust, to call the attention of your Lordship to a review of the con duct of the Government of the United States to prove incontrovertibly its unceasing anxiety to maintain the relations of peace and friendship with Great Britain. Its patience in suffering the many wrongs which it has rewired, and its persevere rive in endeavouring by amicable means to obtain redress, are known to the world. Despairing at length of receiving this redress from the justice of the British Government, to which it had so often applied in vain, and feeling that a further forbearance would be a virtual surrender of the interests and rights essential to the prosperity and independence of the nation confided, to its protec. tion, it has been , compelled to discharge its high , duty by an appeal to arms. IVhile, however, it re gards this conrwas the only one which remaitied. for it to pursue with a hope of preserving any portion of that kind of character, which constitutes the vital strength of every nation, yet it is still willing to give , another proof of the spirit which has uniformly dis tinguished its proceedings, by seeking to arrest, on terms consistent with justice and honour, the calami ties of war. It has, therefore, authorized me to stipulate with his Britannic Majesty's Government an armistice, to commence at or before:the expiration of sixty days after the signature of the instrument provid ing for it, on condition that the Orders in Council be re pealed, and no illegal blockades to be substituted to them, and that orders be immediately given to dis continue the impressment of perions from American vessels, and to restore the citizens of the United States already impressed ; it being, moreover, well understood. that the British Government will assent to enter into definitive arrangements as soon as may be, on these and every other difference, by a treaty to be concluded either at London. or Washingtou r as en an impartial consideration of existing circum- I stances shall be deemed most expedient. " As an inducement to Great Britain to disconti cue the practice of impressment from American ves sels, I am authorised to give assurance that a law shall be passed (to be reciprocal) to prohibit the em. ployment of British seamen in the public or commer cial service of di: United States. 66 I cannot, however, 'efrain on one single point from expressing my surprise;, namely, that, as a coa.. dition, preliminary even to a suspension of hostig. ties, the Government of• tfte United Stites Aosta have thought fit to demand, that the British Goyim. ment should desist from its ancient and accustomed. practice of impressing British seatnen from the mer chant ships of a Foreign State, simply am the assar-. mice that a law shall hereafter be passed, to pro hibit the employment of British seamen its tae. pubtik or commercial serviced that state. 46 The British GoiernMent now, as heretofore, is reedy to receive from the Government of the e United States, and amicably to discuss any propositios which professes to have in view either to check afieserin exercise of the practice of impressment, or to ac complish, by means less liable tok . vematioo, the ob ject for which impressment has hitherto been found necessary, but they cannotconsent to suspend the exercise of a right upon which the - naval strength of the empire mainly depends, until they are fully con vinced that means can be devised, and will be adopt ed, by which the object to be obtained by the eat cise of that right can be effectually , secured. "I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " VASTLIALAGII." "J. Russell, Esq. &e." " It is sincerely believed that such as arrangement would prove more efficacious in securing to Great Britain her seamen than the practice of impressment, so derogatory to the sovereign attributes of the United States, and so incompatible with the personal sights of their citizens. " Your Lordship will not he surprised that I have prese►►ted the revocation of the Orders in Council as a preliminary to the suspension of hostilities, when it is considered that the act of the tri'tish Government of the 23d of June last, ordaining that revocation, is predicated on conditions, the performance of which is rendered impracticable, by the change which is since known to have occurred id the rela. - MR. RUSSELL TO LORD CASTLEREAGH!. " 18, lientiork-street, Srpt 1, 1812. • ig MY Loan,--I have learnt with much regret, by your Lordship's note, dated the '2oth ult. which I did, atit receive until thismorning, that the Prince Re. gent has thought proper to decline to accede to the proposition for a suspension of hostilities, contained in my note of the '24th of August. " It has been matter of surprise to me that my" view with regard to the revocation of the Orders in Council on the e3d of Junelast, should late been considered to have been incorrect, when it appears by your Lordship's note that the British Govern meat itself had deemed it necessary to give powers to the British Admiral to stipulate for its full effect, and thereby admitted that a new act was required for that purpose. " it now only remains for me to announce to your Lordship that it is my intention to embark im mediately at Plymouth, on board the ship Lark, for the United States, and to zequest that permission may be granted, as soon as may be, for the embarka tion of my servants, baggage, and the effects of this legation, and that the necessary passports may be furnished for my own and their safe conduct to ;• that destination. 66 I avail myself of this occasion to apprize your* Lordship, that I am authorised .by the Govern- . ment of the United States to leave Reuben Gaunt Beasly, Esq. as its agent for prisoners of war In this country, and to desire that every necessary faCilitY may be offered Mm in the exercise ofthat trust by the British Government.. " I have the honour to be, my Lord,. pee Itord• • ship's mast obedient humble servant; •' • ' . , (Signed) " JONA 111111 ELL.“ " The Right lloa. Lord Vincent prreiegh. LORD CASTLEREAGQ TO MR. UMBEL. " Foreign Ofke, Se. 4,1813. 44 SIR—I have laid before la Mira Highness die I Prince Regent yaw totter of the Ist'inst. in which , you announce your iatention . toombark imasedieear at Plymouth on board the ship Lark, for the United States. ,•. " I have already the hanour of forwarding to you an Admiralty Order for the protection of that ship u a cartel on her voyage to America, and I herewith in.' close to you a passport for the free embarkation or yeerself and family, in conformity. to your request: - vThe Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury I•w all issue directions to the Comiabnioners of the' Customs to give every facility to the anaiserkition of your effects. " If, previous to your &malaria atom England, you can point - out to me any patectdar maser hi Icaulacilitate - your arraugements, beg that. you will command my services. 46 111 . 5 40#1 Iliglmess has commanded me to sig toffy to; you, for the =lnformation of your Govern. meat, that-there will be rio dificulty in allowing Mr. ft• C. Baasky t as stated hi your letter, to reside -in this country, as the United States' Agent for pries... ers of war. " I have the honour to subscribe myself ] sr great truth and consideration, Sir, yodr most obis. dierit horrible servant, . " CASTUAtritgiL e ' ".1. Itosvii. L.e." • Buns between the two countries. It.eannot now be eVected that the Government of the United States will immediately, on due [Mace of that Act, revoke its Acts, excluding frdm the %raters and harbours of, the United,States all British armed vessels,and inter dicting commercial intercourse with Great Britain.— Such a procedure would necessarily involve conse quences too unreasonable and extravagant to be for a moment presuMed. The Order in Council of the 23d of June last will, therefore, according to its own terms, be null and of no effect, and a new Act of the British Government, adapted to existing cir cumstances, is obviously required for the effectual repeal of the Orders in Council; of which the United States complain. 66 The Government of the United States considers indemnity for injurlea received under the Orders in Council and other E,iicts , violating the rights of the American nation, to be incident to their repeal, and it believes that satisfutory provision will be made in the definitive treaty to be hereafter uegociated for this purpose. 46 The condititions now offered to, the British Go vernment for the termination of the war by an ar- Anil:lice as above stated, are so moderate and just . in themselves, and so entirely consistent with its in terest and honour, that a confident hope is indulged that it will not hesitate to accept them. In se doing it will abandon no right—it will sacrifice mi inte resta--it will, abstain only from violating the rights of the United States, and , in return it will restore peace with the Power, from whom in a friendly com mercial intercourse so many advantages are to .be de rived. ...,.. " Your Lordship is undoubtedly aware of the 1 serious difilculties with which the prosecution et' the war, even for a short period, must necessarily em barrass all future attempts to accommodatiOn. Fits sions exasperated by injuries—alliances or conquests on terms n hich forbid , their abandonment - Mill vitably hereafter embitter and provact a -contest , which might now be so easily and happily termi. Dated. • " Deeply impressed with these truths I cannot bull persuade myself that his Royal Highness tha Regent will take into his early consideration Oie-pr0..1 positions herein made on 'tit.half of the United States, and to decide on theni4aisPitit of coucithittoik 'end justice. •,... ' • : v " I have the. honour to he 1 ,.0 1 1, hipl 'eentidere. • tion, my Lord, your Lordsialieft most obediant 'nor. want,. • _.__ (SOMJ, ..1911YA. "'To the Ili& nfroitaa ciaererigh, &r, WOO CASTLnallen TO ma. Itusssi.L. Foreic Ofher; Aug. 99, . " Sill,—..kithesgh .d. diplomatic relations be tween the two crevermments hare been terminated, 'by a declaration of war-oft the pert of the -United States, -I hare not hesitated, under the peculiar 'cir curastances of the ease, anti the authority under which you net, - tostsbrnit to the erince li.ggent the proposition contained in your letter of Ahe 24th inst. for a suspension of hostilities. !(• From the period at which y. liiipt have been issued, it is ebelious• turn was determined epee by the aostritment taitod Stairs hi igtioropert 4 . 1 the ON* il• of the 1.14 June tot, eat as lea you ere sag at liberty to depart from •; f cltii )our totter ; it ,ssy rtamial - • • . tffl E STATESNiA* maik. Dahlia . • : 4 . • • I I Wat .. ti, •••• • 0 .... Cndiz . • ..a Moon • • • t O 0 Malta - , ity.-11nliday el titt jhllic Officsit THE STATESMAN. . • 14)NDON: '1A171104114 Decencies td, 1814. • A Malt". Mail arrived this morning, from which we have taken the following extracts MALTA, Nov. 18.—The polaca Eliza,c ommand: ed by Captain Sled;li, laden with Merchandise from Malta, direct for Constantinople, was attacked off Candid by a French privateer: though the latter was of superior force, the polacca did not decline the combat; but, after engaging her for several hours, and making a most honourable resistance, was obliged to surrender. The merchants of Malta, sen sible of the brilliant, though unsuccessful, defense made by Captain• Siccoli • and his crew, made a subscription to reward the valour of both.=--In that subscription the • British Company contributed '4OOO crowns ; the Anglo-Maltese Company 500; the Company of insurance of Malta 400 ; the Company Villoviola 100 ; the Company Sengiea WO. The whole subscription amounted to 2,550 Maltese crowns, which were distributed in the following panner :—To ten mariners of the crew 90 crowns each ; to three mariners wounded, 150 crowns each ; ,to the family of Nostrocomo, who was killed in the action, 270 ; to the Second Captain, Giacomo Ta- beno, ho was wounded, 350; to Captain Ang'o, 501) crowns, and a sword of the value Orfila crowns, and accompanied by the. following loiter now nu OFFICE OF TITS SILITISII COMPANY ATI a, - 1 MALTA, NOT. 6, 18 , t 4 2. 4 .. The hrilleutt defence made by you of the pi. laces Eliza, under your command, when in the it at voyage frees hence to Constantinople, she was et.' tacked by a French privateer coisiderably superior ht Puce, though ineffectual, has not failed to acquire yew tha•esteem sad consideration of this Company,l al hike of the Companiee named the Anglo.Mallese, the Union Insurance of Malte,the Senglea, and the Villoviosa, in testimony of" this, and with a view to . encourage other Captains to follow so brave an ex. ample, the said Companies have respectively-46sta. bated proportionate sums for the reward of your officers and crew. " In obedience to the orders I have received, for the distribution of these sums. I, with-' this labor, present you with' 500 crowns, tiud U,swOrd, isitrk though not of great Indust, I trust wilt be accept: . table .to you, from the motive from whicitit is be. stowed, - • * • " . Z r Irl__e!'.?lll7 sentiment of ester% :1414 Ininnhlst 'erring, , '• e••• : • s , ,:latusErrs - • }l ooArt• - • 4weesi- the ~~Jo tluly► imairl. ;be not only young and new Mar. w o cl u u p dlo r i ti ze 'e di spla y a 1 : Ben Fernando Itelbedo had arrived at Legume prove a iareantingeyfeeastohefrthineitripieor r t a he e eclat to their fiarn Porto-co to take ate of the Province which they . will be glad and Americus, I . . 4 e m lm es et b: i f i o i the view of other nations, which en i at , b e l I of Carecces abut ; General Mentrde had refused to deliver it urb and said that nothing bet aii'isedee . tivbco side bi Ds, but u . :11 ! observant spectators of this impolitic, sod, we from did Spain should compel him to do so, and i z I _ l 4 l o aY it l ia, in whatever light we view it ; ai.d so much i.:. that the . tountry was et present he too unsettled a state to enter info any association upon the saibjeit. .it so, u t n h n t a te t w ure e l:rewaclivi:cree:aoyfutnl nieatiumrpaul:ibrilit::4: a Do nti n d fr l za c a h ad ed o h N i l s e a l o h i a l d i o n a th y e e n trle p i r f o o r s d oa etto ta ( c ;o o r to o : il , it ever having been entered upon, if the warbili. whispers " of the genius of Great Britain had nut h.,' montcate the business to the Regency: —• ' - • - ' • General Monterey had atop issued a notice, pro hibiting the exportatiou of any more mules until fur ther orders. ' -.. We-are assured, from •an authentic source, that ! stifled by the louder voice of 311 inter d r '' este ciec la , the accounts of battles fought between the Cartha- 1 which is kept upend fed by the venalit y A ail. prtnti ta ., getdaas and Santa Marthians, wherein the .former Icy o f t h e h oroe ..s.. gm ro ongering system--a system V ' are represented to be victorious, are without foundit- t i is working the ruin of these devoted •' . w I(.1 ' r kinstionts as la.( I lion. The fact is, that the cause of the Indopen- as it is mak; ug the fortunes of the venial and ob. •. ' dents, since the overthrow of Miranda, has become . .equiou: depressed and languishing in most parts of South . America. In order, therefore, to - cheer his crew who support it: If the capture of afi ;gate 1i1.,: pert ;„ ! this, which has given rise to the above re sections, hail I sans, and gain fresh adherents, the press at Certha. been reported to have tak en p l ace b y any other eue. gene is resorted to, and erroneous statements props. ' my than American, we sh ou ld an d would imve doubt. I gated; hoping by this means to gain an ascendancy, : ed the truth of the report • ,first, because we know erect the revolutionary standard, and establish a mot- • . and confide in the skill cud bravery of our C 'ley species of Government, the great object of I On. menders and seamen, and because they which seems to be obtaining lucre. are equally • Several of Miranda's' adherents arrived at Cartha. ' convinced as ourselves of what fatal importanc e su; ,,, gees on the 15th ult. from Leguire ; among them .., victories, though single and insulated, would be t o •was Lieutenant-Colonel Pon _Manuel Cortez,, late our more cruel and inveterate foe nearer h ome, who Commander pf the Artillery in the Indispendeet ; d • bl his affabil* , m ightdot able ity towards the Cabinet Artny. • . )%e , were going to say, but that we have reason to feet 1 , SAVA NNA L A NI tß.—The storm begao.on Monuay ; the 12th instant, with the wind at north: on Tues. i nausea at the word, towards the Congress of Arne. Iday the wind wits with the same violence at south, , rica, through whose au:Hilary office and ef f orts he ' sod every eine is.swept down, with almost every de- ; misht, in time, hope to see the topmasts of Britain's teription of property on the ground, in the parish of i ships of war lowered to his envious and hated wishes. Westmorland. iiiiNorro* Gm. 17.—boe of the severest storms !• Our patriotic politicians, however, will not entertain which has been experienced in this part of the island ; t he humiliating idea of the Macedonicus ship of war for many years, cosansesaid . .on Monday last. It, ; yielding the prim to the United States, whatever may however, did not attain it;: Delight till seven o'clock I be the pseponslerating weight of metal oa the adverse the following, morning, at.whicti time thi wind •had aside, oilienenser she may key* be out-numbered in veered round to the southward of .eaht, and blest i t h e hoods which wor k e d those gusts; and this desid with great violence, accompanied with heavy rain.- - -' i a • — 1 they feel disposed to, and grati fi ed in from what they The fiat at the mouth of the river was carried away. consider would "be our disgrace, ia 4 confirmation of FALKOuta, Ocr. 17.• -At twelve at noon, Mon. day, the 12tb October,thepresumed facts. In this • wof th the wind became. ~_set i the detailst' ue e hurricane, and every boat in the harbser;lttfok case, we differ widely fr om the above honest class o f pr drivers ashore, excepting one. .1 :..' ' ' our fellow-eitizensr—NO! we may say with S4AID• The Royal Gazette also states that the ittorro had -- reAlleS Oteeneke••:+ ol We ate 'unfortunate, bet not done considerable damage at Montego Bay. arkasnad of being sec, tl' (It is hardly steeessary to say we lay Miniutess aside la this quotation and contemplation.) Why• must we feel disgraced I What enemy who ' boa not some British blood in his veins sin cope with to on the NU, even should be possess those unequal advantages which we find on the side of our transatlantic one ?—Let our Roden remember, and take heart in the recollection of what, happened at the battle of IA Rogue, wiles King James, by the wicked conduct of Ministershed been compelled to side with the French. On seeing ' the English sailors climbing up the sides of the huge 'French mep of war to take possession of them, like bedies endued with an ,ioaniortal power, is contempt of dangers and odds, be amid not help et:chino lug, although by the side of Louts the XlVth, In 'a phreney !made up of despair and admits. ton, " see what they are doing; none but ny English sailors coedit perform- tech taste... , No, no ; the Amesicens ate nee so meek imp* rated yet, as to be beaten like the French and Sin. shards,. They may haves good deal of the Girths • 'an in them, but thee bays Dot lived le Ceram gem They cannot easily be jeer** et beaten Into nibs mission- they most be rensomfd lute geed humour and frie ndship: by able, Ily other men theuthose who guide this abused State. They must be drown to us and bound to es by the most powerful and grateful of alioties and by those which are allowed through. out all mankind to be toest intuential ail lasting in etibct—oby the Besot SILMXTElterte The trial of BENJAPLUD V. WISEILT I la tls ,Cisset of King's Bench, on Tendsy last the t report 101ich appeared in the STATSIIIIIII, having tenni. vsateil in a meatier hijkly gratifying to all indepes, 6.14 minds, we think it necessary to MOW the sub. jest.' It was an action for damages, brought by Captain BENSATIELD, I MAGISTRATE at BURY Sc, F ,EDISIIII4IOII, and formerly Editor of the Mornin i r rPodil spirit Mr. W 411161.1, Proprietor of rho County Chronicle, for an alleged Libel, published in that Paper, relating to aasneuity of 3501. &leer from the. Prince of WAIN, granted to the said Gpt BaIIiAVIELD. There are some circumstances its this cue deserving of attention; and the verdict of the Jury, indirect oreoarriow to the 011/T2l of the JupGr, is one certainly not the lea st in importance. It bas of late years become the practice for a Judge, after summing up the evidence, to direct a July to find a verdict for. or against the Plaintiff, agreeably to his onus opinion, instead of submitting the case to their decision, as it was formerly the custom. It might not be very prudent Or vs to eaostion the pro' priety, or the legality, of the Calor JUSTICE Wily this lujestetion upon a Jury ; but, with ail due sub mission, to his riordship, we apprehend it would give more geninst satisfaction, if they were left to exer cise their owe . discretioa. It appears that his Rbytd Highness the . Parsee of Wittli had been induced to grant on annuity of three hundred and fifty pound' per annum to this. eelebraied-raptaiss OCIJAPinDi 'sown Mogistrate at Littry.St. Edmund's, to suppreo the publication of certain p ara g ra p hs in the Morn. lag ,Post, supposed to relate to the character of 3 Lady, who had the honou r of being intimate with his Segal Ilighness, We do not pretend tt, form an opinion, of the motives which inilneed the l'arsct to submit to such an intortion (and report says it is not the only one of the kind), bet the outrageout conduct of Capt. BIWIAjIELDI is bringing so ii2D• :},.= ;mice ryggent J. g ow n. L. , „ 4 .9* 7.• • • , rof .the 2ithinst., . • • captele #ngele • ,7.111.1/C.4 PAPEfft. • '•• ' yew ,iestrnetiaes' „4,411 ¢E •Oil' THE WACKIXiv,!rAIAr naGAT ill tbis ever. KII(GSTOI v OCT. 25.—14 y the sideaener.itlilingr; Ilbeeieeit of the sanguinary neuebal., beteree ; 07 o r ip o t o t o f die sre learn that General, Minima n' 41 47 5 'fbeiiiinket l ei 64414 and filti,,V#llo Orr* is Council asp 61011 tapirs 'for-Old Vain IW'Oe ."SetKfitut.r r hernia• see that , Persipulo Sertino i for am{ aiir • rh o c et# °Wostarn 1"4 hit i that em the eeneittee et Ail:port.. Sigeer Abg gve r ip • Ps ted ctrl Che flaiP, for NS to hotipnist o accompanied • cal contAril. 411/iittoutttry, sieve It will not . . - -• . „ *if