The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-27 00:00:00

Ynluutw rs tih uu,Thompson, and Jarvis, attached to the &A companie, of the 49th regiment, cots ducted themselves with great spirit, the first was w ounded and the last taken prisoner. The Major-General particularly mentions the ser vices of Lieutenant-Colonels Butler and Clark of the militia, and Captains Ilatt, Durand, Rowe, Ap iegarth, James Crooks, Cooper, Rohlrt Hamilton, M'Ewen, and Duncan Cameron, and Lieutenant Richardson, and Thomas Butler, commanding dank c ompanies of the Lincoln aod York militia, who led thoir men into action nit!' groat spirit. The Nlnj.,r-General reports the conduct of the In.. Alias employed on this occasion as meriting the j; hest praise for their good order and spirit, and riziticularly names the Chief, Norton, who was 11 OUittitql. ,;everal G utlemen volunteered their services in the field, and shared in the honour of the day. Mr. Clinch and Mr. Wilcox were of the number, and the Major- General witnessed th , zealous conduct of many others not oamed in this Report. Major-General Sheaffe had humanely consented to., a cessation of offensive hostility, on the solicitation of Major-Gen. Van jLanseller, for the purpose of allow_; in the Arnericani to remove the bodies of the slain and wounded. G. 0. Maier-General Roger Hale Sheaffe is appointed to the command of the troops in the I4ipo.r Pro.: since, and to administer the Civil Government of the same. • EDWARD BAYNES, Adj.-Gen. It is reported that a Gentleman arrived in town yesterday from Morlaix, who brims an account of the 26th and 27th Bulletins of the' Brand Army.— We understand that the French► are continuing their retreat, in perfect order, towards Poland ; and that an attempt had been made by the }lesbians to annoy them, in ►shich the Iltter had suffored a considerable loss. It is asserted that PoNar.tr.rt accompanies the main body of his allay, and it is probable we shall soon hear of his ai rival at the place of its destination. By, the ahovo opportunity we have lesrned, that fifteen licences for the importa tion of cotton only are granted ; same further ex tension of limo as to a few former licences is also noticed. If the Lards of 'Trade persevere in their rrr , smt intentions, the licenra for the importation of cotton into France will be uscl.ss, as none cor responding from hence are now conccded. There are various reports in circulation of an un plevsant nature, respecting the Allied Al my in Spain, but we do not think them deserving of credit, as there has been no intelli i ;ence of a later date than that brought by the itlary Anne to Falmouth. By that conveyance letters were received, stating the probability of a general action taking place in a few days, 'which excited great at tention in the public mind, but it would be highly improper to sport with the feelings of individuals, 'whose relations and friends aro lighting the battles of their country. A Leeward Island Mail has arrived, by which we have advice, from Antigua, Martinique, &c. and from the latter to the cud of September. In all these island provisions are scarce-, in consequence of the Am. Aran War. At *St. John's, in Antigua, appli cations had been made to a supercargo, whose ship was laden with deur, to sell a por'ion of it in the interior of the island, and to this proposal he re plied, that it was as much as his life was worth to dispose of any part of it out of S. John's. At Martinique the inhabitants were also deficient in pro. visions, but not so much so as they were in 'the British Islands. It the neighbourhood of St. Kitt's the American privateers were very numerous and ac tiro, so much so, as nearly to annihilate the cont mercial intercourse with the' neighbourhood. TwO ships, laden with West India produce, had been captured by them in the adjacent seas. A cutter has arrived from Gottenborgh, from which a Messenger has been landed with clispateltes, which reached the Foreign Office yesterday. Orders had been given at the Saedislt port, that• if a Mes- scoger should come in there In the absence of a pocket to ractrivelim, a sbip of war should be engaged I to convey Mm to this country; Sillee ten out of the - 12 vessels employed to Heligoland and Gotteburgh, as packets, are on thitside the water, it is probable, that the cutter has perforated the voyage in obedi ence to such instructions. Nothing has:yet trans- . pired as to the contents of this. official communica tion; but from the silence observed by Ministers, we I may assume that it is not important. The PRINCE RecIEWT arrived at Carlton House last night, at halt.past eight o'clock. ' Yesterday at two o'clock a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office. We understand that the PRINCE REGENT will open tin PrPsekt Session of Parliament on Monday, in person. Gary will b' prevented by indisposition from al . Parliament at the commencement of the !.; e • 44141. Parliament is expeCted to adjourn on the 20th of December, to th• first week in February. The Earl of Live remia, gives a Parliamentary din• tier to-morrow, at Fife !loose, to 25 Peers. Lord CASTLEREAGH gives three grand Parliamen tary dinners next week, 40 on two days, and 20 on the third. The Speech to be delivered from the Throne on Monday has been re-written since the arrival of the dispatches announcing the retreat of Lord WELLING. TON from &Nos, and its tone considerably altered. It will depend on the matter which it shall contain after the various changes it may yet undergo, whether an Amendment will be proposed. Yesterday a certain number of the Yeomen of the Guard received orders to attend the PRINCE RIAU/ to the House of Lords on Monday. ,••' THE THEATRES. DitURY-LANE.-Mr. RAE performed //amtet, for the third time, on Wednesday night, at this theatre, and his exertions were received with the applause which they deserved. Mr. RAE is an interesting actor; and without any of that imitation which approaches to servility, has sufficiently imbibed the spirit of more practised performers, to eiihibit the part with . effect : but it may be questioned whether he has not already tried it often enough for his fame. The tra gedy of Hamlet, unrivalled as it is for moral beauty and poetic phrase, is unfortunately drawn into such length, that the spirit of an audience is worn out, in its unremitting awl unending excellence. The penalty of this ttedium falls, with sure vengeance, upon the actor; and the fatigue of the five acts, and the five hours, is inevitably thrown from the play, by which no pretender to taste would yen tare to confess that he was exhausted, on the un lucky representative. Even this may be borne, while it is considered merely as a trial for a debut; but further experiments are too perilous to he wisely hazarded. From the efforts which Mr. RAE has already made, we are inclined to augur favourably of those which are to fix his rank on the stage.— Since ii r. liestsLes withdrawing, we have no first rate Tragedian ; and ttuch as the admirers of the Drama in its excellence, must regret the loss of powers m Inch left so little to be required, there is at Ileast a large opening for succession, if not for ri valry. An animated countenance, a graceful per son, an articulate, if not a peculiary striking voice, are among Mr. ItAE's obvious qualifications. With. gut those, eminence is - absolutely unattainblo ; with' those, the common diligence of an attentive, and the common comprehension of an intelligent man, can scarcely fail of secoring a strong interest with a public, who are at no time slow to interest them selves for those who come forward with honourable and legitimate pretensions to their favour. COVENT-GARDEN.—Tancred and Sigismunda was the performance of last night. Tattered, Mr. limy ; Sigismanda, Mrs. Jonssros. We have already spoken of Mr. BETTY, and, as he is " ever and anon the same," it can scarcely engage the attention of nor readers to know how often he elevated, or how often he dropped, his voice,—how often he " tore the passion all to tazters,"—or how often he left his auditors to irresistible slumber. The play, though founded on one of the most powerful stories of ro mance, and wrought by the skill of a man whose verse eras full of the finest spirit of eloquence, is still heavy. A hasty passion for the unities, was among the follies of authorship in that day ; and the drama which the author produced has now for its chief merit. that of making the greatest possible number of oppressive harangues, with the least possible change of place. Miss COOKE. M as the confidante; and it is a sufficiently humble praise to say, that she did all that was requisite for her moderate part. Her appear ance is prepossessing, and favouritism is easily won to such a fate and figure : but she has some defects so easily remedied, that we cannot avoid suggesting there,—and so lightly affecting her real merits, that we may observe upon' them without the c:fance of giving pain to one with whom our criticism would wish to deal es gently. I44is Cooney voice has a strange propensity to whining, and there cannot be one more prejudicial to its etket. A slight degree of attention might also remkod her, that co?fidiade as she is, she is expected to be decidedly a lising, and breathing, and moving being. The soft sorrows of an automaton, however they may surprise us at the ingenuity which dressed and set it out before us, find but little sympathv ; and Miss COOKE, to make us share in her antic:thous. must give us some plainer evidence of her being susceptible of human setisa . lions, before she can draw upon our's. MES../03:4 STON'S performance deserved peculiar praise. in the scene where she discovers the deception of the letter, she was impressive and subduing in no common de gree. The strong simple sincerity of her acting was a most striking and most unlucky contrast to the la borious vehemence of her unmanageable lover. The Tellers et the Exchequer are said to have made atender of one-thin' of the emoluments and pro fi ts enjoyed by them as Tellers of the Exchequer, during the continuance of the war. The Address icto be moved in the Muse of Lords by the Marquis of QUEENSRURT—in .the House of Commons it is to be moved by Lord Cwrz and se eouded by Mr. litur Davis, junior. We understand that 10 sail of the line, 15 fri• gates, and 20 large gun-brigs are to be fitted for the Aperican statioa directly. Le Rhin, 34, now in Plymouth Sound, is one of the frigates. The Ad miralty- have adopted the regulation of increasing the crews of the 44 gun frigates with 40 additional hands, the 32 gun frigates with 3() additional hands, and gun-brigs in proportion; to meet on equal terms the large American frigates. Part of a fleet from Newfoundland, under convoy of the Antelope, with Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH oh board, is arrived in the Channel. Sir SIDNEY SMITH is arrived on the station of the British fleet off Toulon, where the gallant Knight is to act as second in command under Sir EDWARD PELLEW. We understand from the same letters that the French fleet in Toulon, is extremely formi dable in numbers, and that the ships are in excellent ' condition. ...... Rear-Admiral BEDFORD is appointed Captain of the fleet in the North Sea under Admiral Your:a. The rumour of BONAPARTE'S death is still report ed, but without the least symptom of authority. It is with him as with every one who has the conscious ness of deserving private enemies ; he is under the incessant alarm of assassination; and takes mea sures to avoid the exposure of his person. Ile has loaded pistols and stilettos ever on his table and in his holsters, and whenever any person approaches him in his apartment, the name is pronounced aloud from officer to officer in the outer rooms, that he may be put upon his guard before he enters. Madame MARA had a house in Moscow, which, with the furniture, was consumed at the time of the conflagration. She is now in St. Petersbuigh, and enjoys perfect health. Saturday a seaman, belonging to the Impregnable man of war, lying in the Downs, while furling the sails, fell from the fore-top-sail yard-arm ; and, his head striking the sheet-anchor, occasioned his imme- I diate death. Tll r: STATESMAN. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 25..-Arrivad the Mutine, I 8 guns, Captain De Conrcey, with dispatches from North America; they are brought by an ° Aid-de- Camp of Sir G. Prevost's, who is gone to town with them. Also, the Aptelope, 50 guns, Admiral Sir J. T. Duckworth, from Newfoundland. The Dauntless, Captain Barber, is arrived with dispatche.. from Halifax, which are sent off to Lon don ; also brings an account of the Frolic, 18 guns, Captain Winyates, with convoy, from Jamaica ; hav ing fell in with an American frigate (name unknown here), when a very smart action commenced ; the frigate had her main-mast carried away by the fire of the Frolic, which so enraged the Americans on find ing they could not pursue the convey, that they run themsetves on board the brig, and tried to sink her. Captain Winyates finding his convoy were all safe, he struck to the superiority of his antagonist, with wham he found it useless longer to contend. Arrived the Jane merchantman, from Quebec, left on the 26th ult. Four days before she sailed, intel ligence was received thnt the Americans had made an attack on Fort Niagara, and were completely re pulsed, leaving a considerable number killed and wounded, and 900 pri.;ntters in the hands of the British. Our loss also is s4ated to be great, from 3 to 400 killed and wounded. General 'Brock is amongst the former. PLI MOUTH, Nov. 25.—The French ship priva teer, which captured the ship Racehorse, as men tioned in my last, was in sight of the Rota frigate, %v.:len she made the recapture, and as the privateer had carried away her fore-yard, great hopes are en tertained that she has been captured, the Rota having gone in pursuit. The Prussian brig Unilzeke, Capt. Sboaton, is just arrived from Bourdeaux, hound to London, five days passage. She was boarded yesterday by the French ship privateer that took the Racehorse, which put on board the Prussian 25 English sailors, captured in vessels by her. She had taken, besides the Race ; horse, a ship belonging to London, called the Mar, !I, from the Bay of Honduras, bound to London. The diary was in company with six other vessels, under convoy of his Majesty's brig Frolic, of 18 guns, when they fell in with a large American frigate, on which the merchant ships dispersed, and to favour their escape the Frolic brought the enemy to close action, ; which was maintained fcr three hours and upwards with the greatest vigour, during which the frigate lost her main and foretop-masts, and latterly the Frolic was totally dismasted, and her colours went I over the side with the masts, and it is feared she was taken possession of. The whole of the merchant vessels got clear from the frigate, in consequence of ,c;fe :: „.ll:ant defeace made. The before-mentioned privateer had captured four 'other vessels, and bad been chased by thice frigates, but escaped. F‘i.moUTl I, Nov. 22.—The outward-bound West India Ileet still remain. DE.A Nov. M.—Remain the outward-bound. Sailed his Majesty's ship road for °tithe Scheldt ; Redpolc, Rational, Grigun, and Rosario, for off the French coast. Arrived his Majesty'* ships Rapid and Viper, with a convoy from the westward, which are sailed for the GLAscow, Nov. V.—Arrived the Alexander, Watt , from Honduras ; sailed the 11th September, lin company with fourteen sail, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Frolic. The Nile parted two days, and the James seven days, after sailing, to westward of Cape Antonie. • On the 15th October experienced a tremendous storm, and on the 16th the Alexander parted from the convoy in lat. 36. 5. long. 69. 30. On the 17th was boarded by his bt4jesty'v ship Poictiers—the ships llits.sar, Hauker, Moun taineer:, Star, Perceral, Adventure, West Indian, .• and another ship, name unknown—they then ap peared to have sustained no damage. On coming • into the North Channel saw a fleet, supposed from • North America, under convoy of a large ship of war, five sail of which joined the illczander, and are supposed to have gone ipto Lamlash. .- - • FF.LONS EXTRAORDINA V.—There are at present confined in Durham gaol, a prisoner for felony, at the age of 90 years : another nearly 39; and a fe.., male, possessed of 150,0001. (or stealing an article not worth more than 18d.!!! • Persons who are desirous of procuring particular Numbers in the present Lottery., must make inme diate application, as there is only one Ticket of each Number, and not duplicates, as in the late Lotterie4; the Classes being entirely done away by the drawing every Number separately from the . Wheel. CO N-FX(' il A NCE. Nor. 47. We have a short supply of Crain this morning, e xcept Barley, which article is exceedingly dull sale at Ss. per quarter lower.— Wheat fully maintains la.t. Monday's prices; and Oats are Is. per quarter dearer. In Peas. Bean , and other articks there is no variation, but Beans go of freely at Monday's prices. Wheat (English) ....103 136 New ditto OO 00 Ditto (Foreign) .... 1(10 160 Beans Rye Barley . 57 69 Old. .. New ditto 0) 181 OBIS Malt 96 108 ; Fine ditto White Peas , FO 10)1 Poland do 4l 51 Ditto (boilevsy IIU 160 ' Feed ditto s'9 47 New ditto .... ..... CO 110 Fine Flour Grey Pam 76 80 Seconds .• .. . 100 105 . 4114/TIIKIELD MARK WT.—Nov. 27. _ • To Sulk the (5601, per stone to 1011. Beef ..: 51. ft to 6 `1.1.1 Dena of Clink this dad : Mutton ..5.. V. to 6s. It. Beasts Veal ....66. 64. to 7s. 8,1. i Sheep Pork ....6t. 01. to Is. 41. Ca;wou .... Lamb ... Ot. On). to 0.. ' 0.!. , Pigs t DAV-MARKET. IlaT 41. Ot. (al. to 51. 104. Od. Clover Straw 4l. Cs. Sd. to ft. sa. od. river. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT or CHANcEtty, Nor. 26. RAY - MARKET THFATR MORRIS V. COLMAN. This cause stood for judgment upon an exceptioit taken to the Master's Report, which Aloud that Mr. Colman had not consented to the sale of Mr.Tahour. din's share of the theatre to the Plaintiff. Ili; Lordship gave his decided opinion against the Master's Report, and in support of the exception filed thereto on the part of the Plaintiff on a former day, and now stated that his minutes were made for the Registrar, the words of them being taken from the very words' of Mr. Colman's own statement of facts delivered in before the, Maste r . • • 13 INIiIWPT Prrinoss. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, it might be im. portant to the profebsion to be informed that, int. mediately after the next Seal ; he bh o uld hear alt those Bankrupt Petitions which had for their object the staying-of Certificates, and superseding Commis sions. DRAINER v. plume. • Sir Sssturt llositia.l- stated, this was the Yeti tion of the Plaintiff, who had applied for a Patent for an improvement he had made in coact-wheels and coach-springs; the Defendant had put in a ca veat, claiming that he was in possession of the same secret. The question was referred to the Attorney- General, who decided that the PNiat'ffs's plan was quite different from the afendaet's, as it related to the wheels • after this decision the Plaintiff and De lleadant had a conversation relative to their inven ' tion •el coach-springs, when the Plaintiff said, that by his invention there was no meta!lic substance • used, but something that he (the Defendant) could not exist *without, on which the Defendant replied, he knew what it was, for it was the saute as his in vention, namely, coact-arca dr, on which the Plain. tiff said he was willing to have their different plans laid before an arbitrator, and if he thought they were both alike, the D4enclaut should be a joint pa. tentee. The arbitrator decided that they were not. alike, as the Defendant's plan merely consisted of condensed air, confined in leather bags and bladders, quite different from the invention of the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff then applied for a patent, and the De fendant entered his caeca', to get rid of which tine present application was brought. It had been al ready decided by his Lordship iu a case of a patent for sugar refining. One of the party said he was put iu possession of the secret bpan American, and the other asserted he was put in possession of it by a Frenchman ; but the Cart determined that the party who applied first for the patent was entitled to it. The question at present w 4 a similar one, and his Lordship had only to decide the same point over again. Mr. JouvsoN opposed t!c. motion. The Luau CHANCELLOR Or served, that he was, and had always been of opinion, thfat when two per sons in trade were in possession of tire same secret, the party first app!‘ ing fnr a Pate's: was entitled to it : under which consideration he would grant taw prayer of the Petition. COURT oi , k PiG*s BENCH, WESTMINSTER V0v.96. 1H fIUttItOWDAVE .I RD ()Turns. Sir ‘V. G tome; showed c tuse against a itule that had been obtained herein, to set aside an award made by arbitrators - , to wham the pollee in dispute had been referred. The Rule hid hive obtained upon these grounds :—.that' the areitraters had found a.balence of •6251.- ss. Id. to be in f hehands of Borrowdale and Co. whereas the actual balance - was 19,1081. 9s. 2d.; that they had awarded certain portions of an agreement, which had been executed between the inning; tribe null and void, when the contrary was the fact; and that certain discounts ow expenditures had • been allowed to the Defendants, whea, in truth, they Were not entitled to them.— Without entering into a minute, mad possibly an unnecessary deedl of the whole case, he would simply state, that the question in dispute had arisen upon accounts, connected with proceedings respecting an I:ast India ship named the Surrey. Defendants were the ' 6 husbands" of this ship, pay. ing all the tradesmen's bills, in fact, discharging all, the disbursements couttected with the vesvel. To enable them to defray these expences, the persons interested in the vessel had been accustomed to make advances ; and upon the ultimate attempt at an adjustment of these necounts, it was, that the differences which led to the award had arisen. As to the question of balances, they Leing so materially different from these set forth by Captain Cumber lidge, the truth was, that when Borrowdale and Co. had rendered their account, they•held in their ha.eit a very large amount to pay debts, for which they were answerable as husbards, as before-mentioned, to those tradesmen who niioe have supplied the Sur rey with necessaries for out-lit, Ste. Hedged as they had been, they felt themselves justified ie retaining that large amount for such pie peses ; and subse. quently they had actually paid the bills for e hick they retained the money, therefore the awed had trultstated, that the balance Was 6251. As to the second point, certain parts of the agreement had been awarded null and, void, in consequence of Plaintiff himself having departed from specific terns. Oh the last point; the Learned Center man stated, that theelisenunts had been received by Defendants for prompt payment to sundry tradesmen, who would have otherwise given them what they were en+ itled to, a lon credit. To discounts on sireear accoetes, on former occasions, Plaintiff had previoualy often as sented as a correct and fair proceeding. Mr. Nei was about to reply in support of the motion, but having observed, that all that was re quired by his Client was an equitable adjustment of these various accounts, he being ready to refer thern to any Gentleman bf the Bar. 1 Sir W. GARROW stated, that his Clients wanted no more. The arguments, of course, did not proceed fur ther, it belie; mutually determined ou, te refer all the points in dispute for setts ment to some Gentle- Mali of the Bar. TUE I:ING V. AND HARVEY. Mr. SCARLrTT, Mr. BROUGHAM, and Mr. Wn3 y s skewed cause against a nee nisi, which had been ob tained by the Solkitor-General on a former day, call ing upon the Defendants to chew cause why a crimi- ..> 1 4! ,t 4 t !~ I I