The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-19 00:00:00

'HE STATESMA E LEMON OF PEERS OF SCOTLAND. •On Friday last, the election of the 16 Peers, to represent the Peerage of Scotland, took place at Holy rood House. The Clerk read over the roll of Peers common ly called the Union Holt ; and, after reading the names of the Dukes, the name of Charles Marquis of Queensberry was inserted, as Senior Marquis of Scotland, pursuant to an order of the House of Lords last Session, his Lordship having proved his right to that title. _• _ _ When the Clerk called the Earl of Abereorn, the Earl of ABERDEEN rose, and said, that his Noble Friend had given him a proxy ; but, as he resided at present in Ireland, it was nut in his power to qualify himself according to law, although, from his situa tion, as Lieutenant of two counties in that kingdom, he clearly came within the limits of the Act, which made provision for preserving their privileges to such Peers as were necessarily absent in his Majes ty's service. lifs Lordship, while he did not mean to press the reception of his .vote, still thought that ' Peers in his situation laboured under a great hard ship ; and he pledged himself, •if their Lordships thought proper to return him their Representative I to take measures for removing so obvious agrier/ •ce, and for preserving to their Lordships the privilege of voting in whatever part of the three kingdoms they might reside. The Earl of LAUDERDALE and Lord KINNBIRD entirely coincided wt Lord Aberdeen, and hoped his Lordship would hi ill; the matter under the con sideration of the House of Lords. • The usual ceromotties having been gone through, i and votes marked, the Clerks declared the following Lords to he duly elected, viz.— , 4 Charles Marq. of Queens- I George Earl of II boyne 50 berry 50 George bad of A&wrdeen 51 * George 1 of Rothes 4? George Earl of Hasgew 49 James FAA of Caithness 99 James Lord Forbes 45 • Alexander Earl of Home 49 Alexander Lord Sahooo 48 Thomas Ear; of Kerrie 50 • k'raoeis Lord Gray 45 George t••arl of Dalhousie 50 C harks Lord Sinclair 49 Thomas Earl of Selkirk 41 Francis Lord Napier 41 Alex. Fat! of Halcarrus 49 I Those marked thus * arc new Peers, in room of the Earls of I Strathmore and Haddington, and Lord Cathcart. Vo , cs were also given for the fAlowing Noblemen, viz..-- • Doke of Roxburgh Earl of Ste:Amore I aft of Northevk 1 Lord Colville I Lord Reay 17 Lord Kionaird After the return was declared by the Clerks, Lord Ktxxaittn protested against it, and expressed his intention of appealing elsewhere. . . . radial/tent, as our Readers are aware, will meet on the (2 ltit instant. The first five days will be occu- pit ii in swearing in. Members. and choosing a %pea licr. Oi: Monday. the 30th, the Ferree Rectwe will de- Thursday, ell prisoners of war were marched Ent the Seeerh from the Throne ; or, at all ese.its, into the .11)ot at Perth, escorted by a detachment of it %ll he delivered, and business will commence on the itedrewshire Militia, which makes the total t! , I. i'a ti . It is agai't coatidently rumoured, that number now in that place upwards of 3000. ilr. i a NsiTTIRT means to propoie an addition to the Colonel Kisloscoce's Regiment of North Glou in e 'fax. center !WWI has marched from Sandhurst, and is A+ le .st.. ~,.. senle.Sicilian army has been given qintrtereri at Bristol, with the exception of a detach np to bold W. Besrtecii. fhe Queue wituneld me tof 100 men, which hai been left to assist on tho f , r 'orate mane her consent—his 1 4 -osisuip wil hlteld works at the Royal Military College. tee subsidy—and an apprehension that the troops Mr. JORDAN drew a bumper and thunders of ap would mutiny for want of pay, turned the scale, and ; plause at the Portsmouth Thee. re, on her first ap- procured the acquiescent* of her MAJFS re I • pearance, on Monday night, in the Widolo.Cheerle. Primate letters from Lord Ware.' STQTON'S army Tuesday night, her Piolante was expected to excite mention Ca;.tains Ones amid lotto, of the 3Sth Re- even a greater degree of interest and enthusiasm. &trent, as having been killed in tile etiairs of which ! A warrant has beet received by the Loan ritovosT the returns have not yet been received. i „ .of Feinburgh, for embodying the Local Militia be- We learnt with much concern, by oat l a s t t "* - ; longing to that city. Tie number of men is 12-10: parches from St. Fctersburgh, that Captain Wit.- : Ihe Duke of CAnaarDae is gone to join the Put sct temenaT, of the Navy, who so valiantly defended ; st ca.._ ipwRIIT sad Duke of OLARENCR, in Norfolk. his frigate, the Ncrcide, under the French batteries, i , • (CIRCULAR.) in the Isle of France, has been unfortunately cap.l Ilene-naards, Nev. lie, Ullt Lured near Riga, in an advance against the enemy, as l BlR,—Certain men of the militia, set yin; as sub a volunteer commander, at the head of a party of 'Beet's, having been led erroneously to suppose that Marine Fencibles. ' they will be entitled to their discher i ;e at the expi- The Bulletin, published from Lord WELLING.. ration of ten years service, the Commander in Chief. aom's dispatches states, in a note, that three of desirous of affording every information that can tend those dispatches are duplicates, of which the origi- ' t o remove this error, has been pleased to sigeify his nals have not yet been received. !fence it is inferred / command, that you immediately explain to the that these originals have been intercepted by the ' regiment of militia, that on reference to the 41st clause enemy, in whict. event they will be published at rail of the Militia Act of the 42d of George 111. chap. 90 length in the Illoniteur.—They will be the first speci- (which contains the terms of their enrolment), it ap mens that we have had for a long time of unmutilated pears, that the oath taken by every ballotted ma n dispatches from his Lordship. is, to serve for five years, unless sooner discharged ; In letters received through Sweden, from Ham- and that the oath taken by every substitute is, to burgh, it is sided, that a revolution had been at- • serve for five years, or for such farther time (if the tempted at Fultla,in Ilesse Cassel, on the same plan, ' militia shall be drawn out within the five years) as and in unison with that at the French capital. The ' the militia shall remain embodied ; and the militia tnree Generals were to be considered as the directors . hating been so drawn out and embodied, it follows, of both ; and in both instances, the propagating a re. ! of course, that the men serving as substitutes have no port of BONAPARTE'S death was the first act of the claim as to their discharge. conspimey. The success too, has been alike in either ; His Royal Highness enterteets no doubt, that the case; the conspirators having been discovered and men from this statement, will be aware of the nature seized in Hesse, as well as in France : but respecting o f t h e i r engagements ; and I am to desire you wilt the fate of the German Revolutionists nothing is use your endeavours to afford them every satisfaction known, no tidings of their trials or executions having 9n this head, and explain to them that the Act of been made public. ! Parliament now referred to, is the only one which iesierday the nomination of Earl MoIRA to the • relates immediately to their case. high and most importa..t situation of Governor-Ge- ' I h ave t h e honour to be, Sir, aural of India came to be considered in the Court of i Your most obedient humble Servant, Directors V: !IP!, the appointment was confirmed. HARRY CALVERT, Adj.-mien. A letter from Portsmouth contains the following pit graph:--_•t The West India convoy is detained, in consequen.:e of COtirOOdOre RODGERS. being off the Wostern Islands." To the Coloarl or Officer Commanding Regiment of Militia. AcatcovrunE.—A respectable Gentleman Farmer in the Isle of Wight, of 50 years standing, states, that hi► land this year has produced twice the number of bushels of wheat that it did last year ; and that so abundant has beet, the harvest throughout, that the farmers average their crops at nine years' consump tion for the island. The military arrangement consequent on the death of Lieu t.-ten. ENG LANP has not been correctly stated, and we therefore subjoin it :—Hon. Gen. Getty to succeed to the command of the West ern District; Major-Gen. BROwNE to be Lieutenant- Governor of Plymouth f-Majer-Gen. Wymireao to h ('otonol of the sth Regiment ; lint,. Major-Gen. I.t 11.1:Y to ar.cceed to the West India Rangers. Lettain extensive premises, situated in Park-lane, Lot lia, are at this time fitting up as barracks for the recluirn of the thilltary, and are calculated to ac commodate i•Ik) infantry. Keck.—A circular letter, sent round on Tuesday to the Publican;, announced, that in consequence of the advance of Matt and Hops, the price of Porter was in future to be 501. per barrel. The retail price will now be hid. per quart. INc.vess, we arc sorry to hear, still continues in di‘poved; but hopes are entertained that he will shoal) be able to resume that station which he has so keg end so creditably filled upon the stage. It is stated in another account, received yester. day morning, that the name of the person who con fessed himself an accomplice in the murder of Mr. NARK'S family, is Bell, and that he was on board the'Rosamonci sloop of war, lying at Lerwick. THE PANTHEoN.—The fire which broke out at this Theatre, about three o'clock on Tuesday morn ing last, commenced iu that part of the building nearest Oxford - street, ou the first Boor. The front is of stone; the Theatre is at the back part of the building. Between four and five the flames were happily go: under, the only parts burnt being those between the stone front and the Theatre, vit. the passages and the lobbies. No lives were lost: i The Pantheon has, from its commencement, been an unlucky building. Even now the fire happeus in the wrong place, for it has burnt down the only part of the house that had a chance to stand. A young servant and room-keeper at the Pantheon, was yes terday morning examined on suspicion of having been accessary to setting this Theatre on fire.. The evi dence against the Prisoner was, that he was found concealed in one of the box-rooms yesterday morn. ing, but there was no evidence to impeach him rela- i tive to the Ere, and he was dismissed. Tb THE EDIWR. SlR,—Allow me, through the medium of your Pa per, to-put the following question to every thinking man iu the nation : What would the situation of England be— If peace was to be made with France upon the principle of withdrawing our troops from the Pe ninsula ; If peace was to be restored with America upon the principle of liberal concessions as to_ the grievances complained of by that Gbvernment ; if the Catholic disabilities were removed ; If all sinecure offices and pensions (except such as were granted as a reward for real services), were to be abolished at the death of their present pos sessors ; If the trade to the East Indies was thrown open to the whole nation ; If the Bank was to resume its payments in specie; and If general economy was introduced into every branch of the public expenditure? While I put the above to the consitieration of every well-wisher of the country, I challenge all cold blooded Cabinet Warriors, all Intolerant Bigots, all Pensioners and. Placemen, all India Di rectors, Book Directors, and all other Public De predators, to answer me if they dare. I am, Sir, Your humble Servant, S. Great Truths cannot have too great Authorities to support them. Lord MeicomaT, therefore, is very ploperiy cited b) Mr. FAWICE4, in his most masterly communication to Lord MILTON, upon the necessity of Radical Reform. What follows—is another citation in point ! Lord MF.r.costar. says thus—April lb ; " I went to the Duke of NEWCASTLE. Received with much seeming atfectiori. Thanks for %Vat - - mourn, where had succeeded. Sorrow for BRIDGE.I WATER, where I had failed. " I told him I would give him a detail of the whole transaction if he thought it Wotan MENTIONING to THE KING ! ! " Accordingly, I began by telling himl had done I all that was in the rowEn OF MONEY and labour. I And spewed him TWO BILLS for money remitted there before I went down—one for 10001. one for 5001.! . Besides ALL THE Ma VEY then in my Steward's hands! So that the Election cost me above 25001. " In the next place, if this Election stood, the Borough was for ever lost—that all this was occa sinned by w.vvr Or PROPER SOPPOIEr from VIE Corer ! and from the behaviour of the SERVANTS of I the Cnows !!" Since that record was written, what a vicissitude of; isscrectse in tip market, and in the market prices of this marketable ware. A , in Smithfield. they might I say, both as to the Careas2, and the Ftrrce! HE Fret; Anrs.—Tne lovers of Grecian sculp ture, must be pleased to hear, that this country will receive a great anti important accession to its stores, iu a Prize of alto relieve, 100 feet long, fbund bj_ Messrs. 4CGIj 3 COCILERSLL, FOSTE:t, Baron HALLO', ant) Monsieur Lu. ET, at the Temple of Apollo F.picuries, Phigalia, evidently ' one of Abe works of PHIDIAIIe From the ancon- F netted state in which the different parts• were found, ' the Gentlemen who hate examined it have not ye. been able to unite it sufficiently well to form an idea of the subject ; but from every opinion formed at present, it appears to contain the two subjects of the' quarrel which arose at the marriage of PIRITIIOUS With lIIPPODAMI A, and the battle between the Ama zons and Athenians. Two of those French mortars which were so long 1 exte, , % . 4..i; nearly tor n to pieces! Ilia left ar:n was the annoyance •of the Inhabitants nt Cadiz, were ' taken off by the shoulder, aid ins whole T w ay landed last week at the Gunwharf, Portsmouth, one b r uised and mangled in so shocking a mummer that . of them, called " the Duke of Treviso," is nearly no rational hopes can be entertained of his neovery. eight feet long, and presents a singular specimen What adds to the melancholy catustrcphe is,'that of French invention. In shape it bears some resem- the Wesel:mate young man was married only a few blance to a howiteer. The calibre of both, ace about days hefoae the melancholy accident t:appened. This the size of our 13-itch mortars, though in their in- should operate as a warning to all persons, to be ternsl construction they differ materially. They particularly cautious bow they medd:e aid' any Thing are of brass, as are also the beds. The largest took connected with the machinery of mills. Omm Wed. 401bs. of powder for itS charge, and will throw a nesday the 11th inst. the unfortunate sufferer was shell to the immense distance+ of three miles. The still alive. other, except in belle - ewd to the bed, is not unlike Sencee-Roturits.—The Police Officers who go in make and size to our English 13-inch mortars.— out at night, for the purpose of looking after these The muzz , es are much battered and distigured;occa- I depredators, should visit some of the less-frequented sioned by the French having fired them into each rroets, as most of the robberies have been done in other ou abamidommi mg the siege. They s ere brought I such situations. by his Majesty's snip Rev During the night of Monday, a gentleman, of the enge, and ore said to be ' intended as a present to the Putsch Kt .LNT. name of Reeks, was upset in a single-horse chaise, By letters lamely received from the Cap ; of Good . about two miles from Watford, by another chaise Hope, we learn that toe small pox made its appear- running against him, and was so much hurt, that he ' ante in that colony in March last ; and, but for the died yesterday from a contusion on the head. praise-worthy exertions of Dr. Ilus-st, and the rest Purser arrived in London the day after the tight, of the Medical Gentlemen, in getting as many of the ; but Carter is not yet removed. • natives vaccinated as possible, its ravages might have I We lately mentioned that. John M'Cririe e tenant been dreadful. Mr. Cu* ALES WAITE, surgeon of the • in Halfcrne, near Castle Douglas, was found min.- Ist bait. 934 regiment, now at the Cape, was, by tiered in a field adjoining to his house. Ilis skull order of his Excellency Sir JOH,/ Ceannuot, sent on : was fractured* if by the blows of a stone, and se. a vaccinating tour into the interior, which he extend.' viral paces from the place where the body lay, a ed to the distance of near 400 miles , and in the short " . quantity of blood was discovered. The particul ars 1 space of ten weeks, vaecinattuf upwards of eight thou- : of this horrid transaction are not known ; but the sand people. • ' ! perpetrator appears to have been a man of the name Saturday se'nnight, about half-past six o'clock, as ;of *Lads, whose farm is Contiguous to that of three countrymen were returning h ome , about e e ls . Halferne. It is said that the parties had beets a mile from Carlisle, on the Wive:l-road, they were mutually irritated by the trespassing of each other's attacked by siv or seven ruffians. One of the cont. • cattle on their resretive possessions ; and it is ' pany•galloped forward and escaped ; another' w h ose • known, shat when M'Cririe , w ho had been sum. horse had been struck to the ground , though some-; Blotted to attend for the trespass at C astle Dou g las, , what injured, contrived to retreat on foot into Cal.. went out after breakfast to sea if his cattle were in I dewgate. On his way bark, he met Mr. Harrison, ' their proper pasture, hl' 'ellen was laboueing with of Nalhouse, whom he informed of the circumstance, i his spade on the confines of his farm, in the intme and advised him to return. Mr. Harrison, who is a : diate neighbourhood of the field where the body was strong and resolute man, was not to he deterred, found. Thiv man, upon his going home, told his and after in vain endeavouring to induce the fugitive fpmily that he had quarrelled with M'Cririo, amid he to return to the scene of combat, he rushed alone to : believed that . he had hurt him severely ; and to about the assistance of the remainder of the party, Mr. R. a minute after, he said e in sesmiagly great agitation, • Waugh, of Newby Cress, who was very spiritedly be feared he was killed', and desired them to go and defending his property. After a severe struggle, inform his family where he was. WVe they were Mr. Vaugh was robbed of 751. and his gallant doing this, he absconded, and was are- wading auxiliary of about el. besides his watch and hat.— ' through the river Dse, about one o'clock r n the day The villains then made their escape. le avi ng the two of the murder. Thou h the most active means are ge unfortunate men almost lifeless, they h avin g been employed for his apps ehension, he has not since been beaten with bludgeons about the head and face in a heart of. • most shocking manner. Three persons, Spires : At the Little nacre, the Mercurius, Cop'a'n Ben hooded on suspicion, have undergone repeated elamie ; wick ; nations, which have not yet been Enished. gar, C Devastation, Captain Alexander; and Espie . Captain Taylor. 00 ,„t s hale been sent to Spain 44 tardily, and 01 d r iblets" we have, from a general view of t he burden of this part of the war, regarded tpplics :of every kind sent from hence, as proceed' from a wish of the men iii power, to prove that tyey were brought to consider the chief j e t end seeress of the war turned upon the ample i dd they should afford Lord Writ..tywroN. We do n et ;:3 quite so far as some, for whose opinions !Ave never the less great respect; we do not say,or ;A I that the fate of England will he decided in No !• its fate will depend upon the required aox i on , esercised at home; for on the evidence o f that a i•dem a force will rise up in this kingdom, r , ; paSl. , of defending it against any power with which it suii,ht be threatened. sr.iruards OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. Di.patehes reached Government this morning, an nouncilig toc important fact of General lirtr. having form..a a junction with the Marquis of WELLINGTON. Govcrnm3ut have this morning received some im portgut information from Lord CITMCART, by which is i s said, that the Bavarian force, in the French ser vice, has suffered a most complete defeat, with the loss of all its artillery and baggage. A Bulletin is oxpected to be issued in the course of the afternoon, which we shall give in aSecond Edition, if p u blished in time. COIIRT 01P Kricra BENCH WESTMINSTER, Nov. 19. Mr. LOvith the . Proprietor of this Paper, was this morning brought up to the Court r.f King's Bench, Westminster, to receive the judgment of the Court, for having published a Libel n;ainst the Transport Board, in the STATESMAN, on the 19th of March last, when he was sentenced to a farther Imprisonment, in hie Majesty's Gaol of Newpte,!of FJGHTEV,N MONTHS, to pay a Fine of FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS, sod to give Security for THREE YEARS, himself In ONE THOUSAND po UMW, and Two Sureties iii FIVE HUNDRED POUNIN each. Ths particulars will appear to. am, row. SECOND EDITION A dispatch has been received from 1,/rd C %TR. CART g dated Petershurgh, Nor. 1. 110 inclose% .ha Bulletin of the action, 18th October, which are un der translation. Also reports from Gen. STEINIIEII. and Count WITTGENSTEIN. The former in his pursuit of the enemy had taken 40 waggons, (22 standards of the Bavarian regiments, 800 ducats of the military chests, 7 officers, and made 100 prisoners, on the 25th Oct. ; and on the 'itGth he took from the enemy 7 pieces of artillery, and made 7 officers and 150 prt. soners, besides those taken in various reconties of rear-guard, wherein the enemy Lad much suffered. Count WITTGEtiiTEIN reports, that by the opere tion of General ;;TEINIIEIL, the Bavarian corps was separated (tom that of General ST. self in the pursuit had taken 800 priioners and ten tumbrils. ' He found 3GO horses killed ou the road, and some timbers, the cantina belonging to which he supposes were buried in the marsbe4. The enemy had retired to lie adds, that ST. CTR's corps is so we:O.:en:A, th;., it is imposisiblt• for him to attack again till he is consitkiaLlt reinforced. —General Z;TEINGEIL dates from Koublicite on the 516th October. and Count IVirria:Nsrens, tte same day, from Outchatchi. Lord C vrnt tn r state', that nothing of moment had been r, ported f,om ti.e Grand Army. The French were in the utmost want of provisi o ns and forage, and the Ituvoians were great:y superior in the number and vigour of their cavalry. The French left several thousands sick in Moscow, n the most miserable state. We are requested to state, that in the accounts of the proceedings before the Coroner's Inquest upon Elizabeth Chaplin, who was killed by her husband on Wednesday se'imight, the evidence of Mr. Richard Taylor, of Shoe-lane, has been entirely misrepresent ed ; since in these reports he is stated to have said, that he never considered the husband, John Chap lin, to be deranged, and that no medical man ever thought him so—whereas, on the contrary, he'Steted, that he had for a considerable time beets •of opinidti that Chaplin was disordered in Mind, and eetleavour ed, in conjunction with some of the neighboitri to procure his cemfinement ; that at their instance he had been for 'some time kept in a private mad-house, whence he was released at his wife's desire; since which they had, in consequence of her renewed re presentations, twice mulled him to be apprehended ; but that he had been dismissed, the Magistrates re fusing to have him co7tined as a lunatic, owing to the opinions given by the Apothecaries employed by the Parish Officers, and at the: Compter, that he was not inmitio ; anti his unfortremte 4ife, who ..aerns to have fallen a victim to her affection for him, having refused to appear against him. Mil. tNCHOLY A cciozer...-A moat melancholy accitieet hippened on the 3d instant, at the m1:1 1,1 I Dunover, Hear Groyabby. A young man who hap pened to call at the mill, itscantiously laid his hatid on a chain then in the : - ..:t of taking Le a sack from the ground, a:7'; getting entangled, was in danger of losing his life, wheii his h,ather (the person who worked the milt) instantly flew to his relief, which 1 he happily effectcil ; Put, nlnz, by his generous ex ertion; got entangled h;mscif, and, shocking to re ... . _ STATESMAN OFFICE., FOUR O'CLOCK. I +~I , ..i 1! 1 i~7 If / t v * 4 •i 4 . .