The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-05-21 00:00:00

-~:`~,, We received advices yesterday from the coas• of France to the date of Monday last. They ad,' very little to the intelligence communicat ,, d in the Pails Parors, and' merely state the great preparations making its the North of Germany to collect a large army. Advices from Monte Vidm, to the date of the 4th of March, have been received. The war between the people of Buenos Ayres, and the inhabitants of Monte Video is revived, and, if possible, with in creased indignation on both sides. The latter have been encouraged to hazard this experiment by the supportof the Portuguese troops, with whom, in the first instance, the contest with Buenos Ayres arose. It is suspected that the Court of Rio Janeiro has again lighted up the flame of war on the shores of the Plata, and that the object of that Court is to en large its own dominions by the annexation of toe whole territory North of that Riser. '!'ride stay entirely at a stand in consequence of these new poli tical convulsions, the truth of which, we are sorry to find, is confirmed by letters received at Vigo, in the Spanish province of Gallicia. We were yesterday favoured with the followiag satisfactory communication relative to the reported earthquake at Caraccas * 6 floe Lots Lorzz Hones hastens to inform the I:di -ar, that the account is false,which states on the authori, y of a letter from Martinique, the dritruction of the buiideng• and tams of the city of Caraccas and the Port of laguyra, ..N a terrible earthquake. The said F.di.or is also em,,uwered to contradict the as ertion, that the Congrvss of Venezuela was assembled in Valencia, a place distant nearly 140 miles train the city of Caraccas. The narrative alluded to is evidently a fabrication, prepared in Martinique or ebewhere from toe sant motives and for the worst purposes . . The calamity is repre sented to have taken place on the 26th of Mareh. Don Leta has received intelligence from his Governmeat of the •28th *thief: infuems him of the prosperous state of that apit•tl raccas), and that the %hole territory of the eonfede:a•' of Yeuesoela was is tie tame happy situation, and :a the enjoy ment of perf •ct tranqullity and harmony. Grafton-street, k itzroyssq uare, IV eduesday, May 20." We regret to state, that letters received vesttr. day from Nottingham communicate, that on SJtur day night last a Mr. GAUNT, of Hucknel, a Gentle man who had been particularly active in discovering the Luddites, was shot in his own neigqhotirhoed. It is . not certain whether the wound he received would prove fatal or no . _ _ The following is an account of the amount of the Property Tax, for the years ending the sth of April, 1810, 1811, and 1812 : I - or the year ending April 5, 1810 For the year ending April 5, 'tilt For the year coding-April 5, 1812 . The Sheriffs have appointed Satatchty nest to put the sentence of pillory iuto execution against D. 1. EATON, for a libel. To-morrovi the Right lion. the lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, several Aldermen, the Recorder, &c. attended by the City Marshals, and other Wirers, will go from the Mansion House, in proc-ssion, the Swan Tavern, Stratford, where his Lordship will held a Court of Conservancy for the County of Essex ; after which they will proceed to B'ackwall, and from thence will go in the City State Barge, land at Greenwich, and adjonra to the Ship Tavern, and will hold another Court of Conservancy fur thu County of Kent ;. after which they will partake of an elegant entertainment, and in the evening will return to town by land. Hitermanaer.--In that admirable Comedy, The Clandestine Marriage, a Mr. Taaay, froth the Edin burgh Theatre, made his first appearance, last night, before a London audience, in the arduous character of Lord Ogleby. lie dressed and looked the anti. quated Beau most admirably, and sustained the cha racter throughout with such judgment, feeling, and spirit, as fully entitled him to the loud applause with which he was honoured from all parts of the House. The fault so c• moron to provincial actors, of speaking too loud i.t many inftatices, marred the effect of Mr. TERRV'S acting, which was otherwise well calculated to produce the most favourable im pression. This hint, we trust, will not be.lost upon him. In the repreoenfittion of the other characters, tl (Ire was nothing worthy of remark, except that of Mr. FL3wkitnEw's Lovezall, which was entitled to warm command-tion. • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • PLYMOUTH, hfAv 19. • Sail-1 the Union, 98 gent, Captain Linzee, for the Medifer taw WI. - - • Arrived the Mary Pascoe, Billing, from Cork, ail; o is for Portsmouth ; and Horatio, Tozer, (rota Guernsey. About 900 dragoons embarked yesterday at tie dock-yard on uoard Ave transpurts, it d are expected to ial to-morrow fur I ishoe, under rnm• , y of the Romului. frigate. ! l :e W.Aiogaon, Gitoou, from Sandestind; Ply ;north, Smudge, fres Wales ; Doe, Laurie, from Dundalk. PORTSMOUTH, MAY SO. Tate, Arrived the Cossack, Boothe Downs. Sailed hb Majesty', ships plorth Star, Dexterous, Sprightly, and Woolverine, ea a cruise § also his Majesty's ship Active, and her prise La Pomone, with a convoy for the !Mons. Went out of harbour his Ma . listy's ship Tortokc. Arrived the American ship Macedonia, Baker, tram Charles ton, for London. On the 10th ult. fLil in w,th the William and Aim, of and from Baltimore, for Cadiz, loaded with dour, add full of water ; took out the-whole of the crew, who are noo? on board the Macedonia. *ailed the whole of the Jamaicamea that were left here,for the Downs. BE LLINGIIAIIL --ums.-- ' It ls a singular fact, that after the body of Bellingham was opened, it was noticed that his heart coatmueo to perform its functions, or in other words, to be alive fur four boors atter be was laid open. The espandiug aoJ cOn•racting powers coati nued perceptible till one o'clock lu the day--a proof of the steady, undismayed character whica be pre6erved to the Lit 1 , -t. It Is sa id of some meo, that the heart diet. witilin tiamu, but here the energies reasaMM when lift was exibiet. So anteiOnit were Imlay persons to possess mate of the relics of Bellingham, that the erectititiorr has sold tue treat coat in which the unhappy man was bung for 101. The other parts of au circa have, wo maderstand, been boughtat a priemequally ern: bitaut. ci t a Amo et h e r extraordinary azuibittoos announced for me gratifi on of public curiosity at lireenst la Fair, un Monday, wastho' with which Mr. Yerceval was shot 1 Th.? print of 4duailii. to the booth where A was disµtayed was carp :MCI and, we a the _exhibitor, who stdeinaly prot.lsted be Tre'parthissaf Ws lament* Sara, reaped no inconsiderable harvestegnsaidresesiltility Of - foho But' Vial his family; ._ . .. —.......•-• • • - roan ••y •• 8 M 4115GL1AG... W• Ilbti 4•1.11114it•la MILIVMI •• ..O. ••••••• ...... I Lam. LIVERPOOL, aroma we mare iosertea mo our rlW7llllZtte 131' rictJa, 1!t , Airline Z. liar CWWllial we a--mitt.g.,. ! 7 - •.. 1 . 1 .. t ..... 0 . --. ..-,- b _ ei include a fair and full consideration of this most i ns . I - II h A s b ecuthu d. s hat,sosetden sea in toe num NOVeni. t portant point. 1 preceding column, will best explain the cause They write from Burg h , *ear Magdeborgh. that the passage ef bet re tsdir in ;An nib , „i re w Bet. awl way has oees • 1 t i After such a dispassionate consideration, my opi. I troops, and waggons laden with atinnutaithm, still continues. weeowits . # em a t a*,k tut g rcrui./.tiini — Kul it ir.a) be men- which has led to this melancholy result. From the , The po _ _ , .. . iith caritirlf, Ponagnene and b reach imam, all was as Wined that it was eatilitqdtofttoy4tOiln that lbery IV tis of 1 1' . . sion is, that a Cabinet might be formed on an inter - proceedings in the House of Commons, it will be a Wartzbargu corps of - 780 men, hare soceessively passed_ France le,s thiliatlitliitArc.laiatae iNkathiaY 0 04 0 i Mt:diary principle respecti n g th e R om an Catholic 1 . seen ) that Mr. S. WORTLET h who formerly voted , armors this Iowa; they were followed by 611,cirriagrs ef pow.' Hoerr! *hero re Chl Iva 0,1 I;qc.A.t , 4o l Y ; a°4 '.'e ""b- . I . claims, equally exempt from the dangers of. of awns( nevat Eadre to ;he tveuch, took l ee r uts i . . 4;Tholissedisation of Mr. Pe& .l l• instant, i with Mr. Pialigwis. .has given notice of a motion . der, each drida by silt horses, and two 'hiutdred waggons (tic* , unqualified concession, and from those of inconside. 1 I) ..* I. • - ; F ond •Q a .a t *vs noose Ilthiasi. aits .4 . 4144 rate, peremptory exclusion ; the entire resources of ! e !NCI ILGENT this evenlogi brio Address to th Pa • R warlike sots--( yaw s Pitper.) • :, .-, : . • ' . • 4 4 0 1Tirsi .21110 1 •11 Yllititii. Ford -29 ' 411 " e ......-.. 4 1teit? to the memorabilia ot die Ida Opt a SIM enlarged and powecad Ad m i n i a t ra .. S I e .,___i • _... •-.. ~ . ~- .' , '..., ~....~.. is enewilsoo wi , h this ae- hitv hho w.f. e, •qH the empire usight be applied to the great objects of the ' An 4 ' ' e r i 4ed MRS oetla same ammo oraerTlai" tua. en taelllb si *Jai, 1r i ei, itiat g reat Staiewn.ta, Lord us- 1 • war 1% ith geueral consent, upon a full understanding Ition. It is therefore, still in the power of those the imum asts . P , . , • siege, was seized with at cuirralsive Mt, and died. . . . or the real exigency of the present crisis ; and con- i Members composing this Honourable House, who resie....orruipealiase, j t a : j tefli t) f e lls sneer ihs doodads. of the theta, la tie oild.t o:' a i;r,; ti.,ut archon Au.ericaa l o d uie ud. 1 , . , • . • • II '• I , • - i , --.. _—_. , . ...... - .. . ... . , i • • ..... - ,__ . '. ---amot:tiaii..';.l.,:.?.;- ; - • • J, ,_ • - b r . .... . .., . . ... • . •• -..-•- . • • - • .•• - - • tire , of deference and submissive attachmeut bad not imposed upon me the obligation of receiving it with respectful consideration. The proposition necessarily rests npen a supposi tion, that I entertain no such difference of public see, timent with the present Administration as 'should preclude me from acting with them, under an arrange. eient, compatible with our mutual and respective ho. now and duty. But it appears from Lord Liverpool's aindld and explicit statement, that, upon the important question, which regards the laws affecting the Roman Catbo. lics, Lord Liverpool's opinions remaieedanchaaged; nor is he aware that the sentiments of his colleagues, on that subject, have undergone any change. I must therefore conclude, that the policy which has been pursued respecting the Roman Catholics, during the peelent Session of Parliament, is to ho continued without abatement; the general constituent puts of the present Cabinet are to remain unchanged; the highest and most efficient offices is the State, therefore, are to be filled by persons, who still con ceive themselves to be bound by duty, honour, and conscience, not only to resist any mitigation of the present condition of the Roman Catholics, but even to prevent the consideration of the liws which affect that large portion of tho population of the empire. cannot concur in the principle, on which the present Administration has conducted this important branch of public affairs ; on this point, I have re. , cently expressed the strongest difference of opinion with the present Administration. The declaration of Lord Liverpool precludes the hope of any such change in the policy of the present Aduaiiiistration towards the Roman Catholics as could satisfy my judgment. This difference is of the utmost importance : without any other obstacle, therefore, this alone compels me to decline the pro position which Lord Liverpool has conveyed to me. I entertain a confident expectation, that when the Prince Regent shall have considered the nature of this difficulty, luewill extend his indulgence to my humble representation, and will relieve me from the pressure of commands, which I could not obey, without sacrificing a public principle of the highest obligation. These observations compose a sufficient reply to the communication received through Lord Liverpool. I But I deem it to be a duty towards the Prince Regent to declare, that the considerations which induced me, on the 19th of February, to resign the station which I had the honour to hold in his Royal Highness's ser vice, have acquired additional force since that time, end would Constitute an insuperable obstacle to my acceptance of any station in the present Admini. stration. I originally expressed my desire to withdraw from Mr. Pereeval's Administration, becalms my general opinions, for a long time past, on various important questions, bad not sufficient weight in that Cabinet, to justify me towards the public, or towards my own character, in continuing in office. My objections to remaining in that Cabinet arose, in a great degree, from the imperfect scale on which the efforts in the Peninsula were conducted. It was always stated to me, that it was impracticable to en. large that system. I thought that it was perfectly practicable to extend the plan in the Peninssia, and that it was neither safe nor hottest towaid , , this cor..i. try or the Allies to continue the present ittaL:equate scheme. From Lord Liverpool's statement upon this point, it is evident, that since my resignation, it has been found practicable to make some extension of the syn. , tern in the Peninsula ; but it is still intimated, that :ny views are more extensive than the resources of the country can enable the Government to reduce to i practice. I, however, still entertain the same views and opinions, without diminution or alteration ; and I am convinced, that a considerable extension of the scale of our operations in the 'Peninsula, and also an effectual correction of many branches of our system in that quarter, are objects of iudispeusible necessity, and of easy attainment. With such a decided difference of opinion, in rela tion to the conduct and management of the war, my return into a Cabinet composed as the present is, would offer to me no better prospect than the re newal of discussions, which have hitherto proved un arailiug. I learn from Lore Liverpool, that he has received no authority, in forming the intended Administra tion, to make any proposal to any of those persons, now designated by the name of " The Opposition." My enquiry on this point originated in a sincere conviction (founded upon an attentive observation of the general state of publieppinlon, and of the con dition of the empire), then* Administratiou, which shall not comprise some of those persons, can prove advantageous to the Prince Regent, coniillatory to- , wards Ireland, and equal to the conduct of the war on a scale of selcient extent. It has been stated erroneously, that the first set of the Prince Age* upon his approach to ea restricted authority, los to establish Mr. Perce. val's Administration I bilt the fact is, that his Royal Highness's first act et dot crisis was to dissolve Mr. Perceval's Administration ; and to endea vour to form a Cabinet upon a more extended and liberal basis. This endeavour was frustrated at that moment ; and the formation of such a Cabi net was represented to his Royal Highness to be im practicable. It has, however, since appeared evident to me, from the discussions and declarations which I have witnessed in Parliament, that his Royal High- •Iss's benevolent intentions on that subject are *ow perrec,tly practicable; and that their accomplishment would tend to promote internal peace and tranquil -I:ty, and to invigorate the whole system of our ester• nal operations. Impressed with this sentiment, I should be untrue to his Royal Highness's interests and honour, as well as to the prosperity of the empire, if I concurred in any arrangement of an Administration which did not include a fair and full consideration of this most im portant point. After such a dispassionate consideration, my opi °ion is, that a Cabinet might be formed on an inter mediary principle respecting the Roman Catholic claims. - of instant, unr LONDONI Ig Ulna AT, XAY 21 ) ISM Lord Ltvenrooz is appointed First Lord of the Treasury, and is to take the lead in managing the House of Lords Lord CirmtnEAGn continues in his present situation, and is to endeavour to do his best with the House of Commons!! The Chancellor of the Exchequership is conferred on Mr. VANSII'.. TART ! ! Other branches of this hopqful party are talked of, to assist in hastening the ruin of the coun try ; for that it will be ruined by these men it is im possible to doubt. The correspondence which passed between Marquis IVXLLESLEY, Mr. CANNING, and Lord ,Livr.nroor., which we have inserted in our z,,.~1i 11 1 r.• I • 4 t: ! , Tilt .grATERMAN. cord and union at home might secure ultimata gad permauent success abroad. • (Slarted) WELLEILIit By r , cambia's maser a Lard Liverpool Mr DRAB LI VE. POO 4, Oloaremer Lndigr, May 18,>1819. I have communicated to such of my friends as I had an immediate opportunity of consulting, the minute, taken in your presence, of the proposition which you conveyed to me yesterday. In a case in which I felt that my decision either way might be liable to misapprehension, I was de sirous rather to collect the opinions of persons whose judgment I esteem, than to act on the impulse of my own first feelings. The result of their opinions is, that, by entering into the Administration upon the terms proposed to me, I should incur such a loss of personal and public character as would disappoint the object which his Royal Highness the Prince Regent has at heart ; and must render my accession to his Government a ' new source of weakness, rather than an addition of strength. To become a part of your Administration with the previous knowledge of your unaltered opinions as to the policy of resisting all consideration of the state of the laws affecting his Majesty's Roman Catholic sub jects, would, it is felt, be to lend myself to the de feating of my own declared opinions on that most im portant question : opinions which are as far as those of any man from being favourable to precipitate and unqualified concession ; but which rest on the con viction that it Is the duty of the advisers of the Crown, with a view to the peace, tranquillity, and strength of the empire, to take that whole question iuto their early and serious consideration ; and earnestly to endeavour to bring it to a final and satisfactory set tlement. With this result of the opinions of those whom I have consulted my own entirely concurs: and such being the grould of my decision, it is wholly untie. cessary to advert to any topics of inferior import. once. After the evressions, however, with which you were charged m the part of all your colleagues, I should not bewarranted in omitting to declare, that no objection of a personal sort should have prevented me from uniting with any, or all of them, in the public service, if I could have done so with honour ; and if, in my judgment, a Cabinet, so constituted in all its parts, could have atfooded to the country, un der its present great and various difficulties, an ade quately efficient Administration. I canna{ deny myself the satisfaction of adding, that the tanner of your communication with me has entirely corresponded with the habits and sentiments of a friendship of so many years; a friendship which our general concurrence on many great political prin. doles his strengthened, and which our occasional differenies have in no degree impaired. On dm public grounds which I have stated, I mast entreatt you to lay at the feet of the Prince Regent, togethir with the warmest expressions of my dutiful attachment to his Royal Highness, and of my ac knowiedgment for the favourable opinion which his Royal Highness has been graciously pleased to en tertain of me, my humble but earnest prayer to be e‘' , .sed from accepting office on terms w►►ich, by a sacrifice of public character, must render me ineffi cient for the service of his Royal Highness's Govern ment. I presume, at the same time, humbly to solicit an audience of the Prince Regent, for the purpose of explaining in person to his Royal Highness the grounds of my conduct, on an occasion on which I should be grieved to think, that his Royal Highness could, for a moment, consider me as wanting either in duty to his Royal Highness, or in zeal for the pub lic service; and of assuring his Royal Highness that my inability to assist in forwarding his Royal High ness's purpose of procuring strength to his Admi nistration, en the plan which has been suggested by his Royal Highness's confidential servants, does not arise from any disposition, on my part, to shrink from the encounter of those difficulties which press, at this time s upon the country and upon the Crown. I am, &c. (Signed; GEORGE CANNING. An Explanatory Letter from Lord Liverpool t Lord Wellesley, with Lord Wellesley's answer, will appear in our next Paper. Arr. Mails. .- . O . ~ Dublin 0 O 11 . Lisbon .. ... St 1 1 J PRICE OF STOCK.* TilliAT ON$ O'CLOCK. Rank India Boad4 1 p 3 pet Ceitt. Cons. GOR Exchequer Bills p 1 9 per 41:•ist. Red. 54 Ditto 4 per Cents. 744 i Onsuium b per Gat. Navy 91iii Cousnlis fnr Acct. 6011 Loom As:n. IS 5-14 Lottery Tickets .CYL : IR THE STATESMAN. really Wish to appear independent, to give a ssemo• tabloproot of this, by supporting a measure so essen: Nally necessary for the preservation of all that is dear to as as Britons. --..Eseb..— An Anholt Mail arrived this forenoon, bringing accounts from Gottenbargh to the 17th instant. The ! rumours which reach us through this conveyance are in general so contradictory, that we always receive' ! them with • considerable elution. The tale of a i Treaty of Alliance having been concluded with this country and Sweden has been so often, and so cond. dently told, and as often and as confidently contra dicted, that it destroys all credit in the reports com ing from this quarter. We are now assured that Bri tish cruizers are to have free ingress and egress to and from the ports of Sweden, and that every as sistance they may require is to be given them. We would caution, however, the Captains of these ves sels against venturing into these ports, lest they find, when it is too late, that the assistance now proffered is only a bait held out by the enemy to ensnare them. It is stated, that when the account of the fall of Badajos reached the Swedish Court, BERN A• DOTTE immediately dispatched a special Messenger with the intellirnce to St. Petersburgh. no doubt, be inferred from this, that the CaowN Palerce is favourable to an alliance with Russia against France. But the statement is either false, or it is not the feu, that tie Emperor ALILEANDER has left uis Capital ; for if be had, the circumstance must have been known by BERNADOTTE, who would, ! of tonne, have sent his Messengerto the place where he was most likely to meet the Russian Emperor, in. stead of ordering him to St. Petenburgli, whence he had previously departed. With regard to the report which is egain revived, of Russia having announced, as het ultimatum, that she will enter not Into any ne- ' I godation w ith the French, till they have completely evacuated Prussia, we do not consider it deserving of any credit; because these troops were admitted !by the consent of the King of Pnussta to occupy his territories; they continue there without any com plaint on his part; and no power has a right to as sume that he Is dissatisfied with them, unless he de clares so; far less Is Russia entitled to stipulate as a condition of entering on a negotiation with France, that she must withdraw her troops from a country over which the Autocrat has no controul.— Were the King of PRUSSIA to resign his Crown into the hands of NAPOLEON, and his subjects sanctioned the deed, as they did in the case of Sweden, even this could not aford a pretext for the interference of ALEXANDER. But it is idle to talk of Russia going to war with France.— If the EMPEROR has really left his capital, which we think very probable frvre the departure of BQN.I - from Paris, the purpose of their meeting must be something else than an appeal to arms ; and we do not think we hazard much when we anticipate that it will be found, that the deliberations of these two Sovereigns entirely related to the exclusion of our commerce from the Baltic. If the councils of Kusssia have been so impolitic as to determine on hostilities with France, we venture to predict that ALEXANDER will not return again to his capi tal, possessed of one half of his present Empire, or perhaps in no other character than that of a fugitive. The following are extracts from the German Papers: GOTT 1•.!‘ BU RGII, MAT lb. The Vigo, Admiral Molts's, with a strong squadron, sailed yeste;clay for the Baltic. ano immediately afterwards the Orion, and some smaller ships of war, proceeded with the convoy from England. The Briseis sailed a few days - since, and the Zealo aqd Rose this morning, for the Sound. It is expected that 1.t.,1- lish ernizers will soon hare the liberty of entering tbeSwedlsh ports, aqd that orders will be given to render them whatevie as sistance they may require. The Russians are said to havt- given, as their ultimatum, that they will not enter into any negJelation with the French, till the latter have completely evacuated Prus sia. When the news of the fall of Badajas reached Orebro, the Caowx PRINCE immediately dispatched a special nwqenger to Ptiersburgh with t • • intelligence. IV..tr 16. An embargo hos been laid at Llehatt on an veer's, ay order of tie French ; even on those which had cleared nut. ALTONA, • lAT 6. We arsertcd, in one of our late Journals, that Baron'mats, immediately after Mc late disembarkation at Border- or, had dispatched a courier to the Ambassadors et France art Austria, at Copenhagen ; we bare ruqd reason foe believing this Weill. genre was unfounded.—(Absiik du Nord,.May 9.) RATISIION, Apau. Count Gorroar yesterday passed through this city on flimsy to Vienna.—(Same Paper.) EXTRACT OP A LETTPR PROM VIENNA, DATED APRIL 29. • The head-quarters of oor army In Galicia will be at Statildol. vow. It II reported that the Archduke CIIUM= wilt command this army.—(Saine Paper.) AUGSBURGII, APIUL 22. Letters from Trieste of a recent date state, that an ~ors feet has appeared in the tiolph of Trieste; ft endeavours to seize upon all merchant vessels. The English have she made some attempts to pillage the villages on the coma of Istria, aid cut out laden vessels from many of the small unfortified port! I bnt all their attempt, pare been frustrated, the troops of tbeline and national guards baring, in every iostaace, drdve them back and forced them to re-embark with loss.—(Some Paper.) NAPLES, Arlin 9. The English guard the oast of Sicily, opposite Calabria, from Messina to Agosta:.nd Syracuse,vvith sosevere a vigilance,that a fishing boat cannot proeeed from the coast without running the" risk of being obliged to retorts by caw* M musket shot from gat-boats placed along the coast firs. "tat pittpose.—(Same Pe. Per.) FRONTIERS OP PRUSSIA, Aran. 22. I "4" i • ;r