The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-12-25 00:00:00

Mr. Lorixi ha:lately been informed, by a Gen. Altman just returned from DUBLIN, that great irregularity prevails there, respecting the deli very of English Newspapers, and in particular Ts s STATESAIAN,for which others are frequently. substituted.—He therefore requests, that such Subscribers la TIIE STATESM A N as may be appointed in the regular receipt of their Papers, will have the goodness to favour him with the . address •of their Correspondents in England • .who forward the Newspapers, that measures • asuy be taken to prevent the like disappoint. ments in future. Mr. Ler na avails himself of the present oppor. trinity to make his best acknowledgments to his Friends in IREL.cvn, for the favours conferred .upon him, and assures them, they flu oN rely upon his .exertions in future to promote the welfare of Ireland, in conjunction with that of ...England, as they must stand or fall together, • SPATO Newgaie, December 24, , 1810. Art. Mnili • Due. Q. • Dublin •• •. 0000 0 0 •• •.•• • • 0 1 • Wateranl ..... • 9 0••• •• • .•..••,..••-: Malta • ..l t 0 ...• THE STATESMA N. 1.0 NDO N : TUtSDAT, DEcEmBVIt 25, IRIO. CiralStllaS Dar—Hobe/Ey at Os Public Vans, sTATE Or HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH. " Wi'Moir Ca s tile, Dec. 2.5, " nit Manny had a severo attack of fever yesterday evening; but he got some hours sleep in the night, and the symptoms sire very much 4b4tal this-morning." 4 ' H. R. RF.YNOLDS, " H. HALFORI). " W. 111;BERDIr.N. " N. IiAILIJ I'.. WILLIS." Thlt day arrived , * Lisbon Mail. We have given a few gitr . acts from the Papers brought by this unveyance. They arc, however, of small yurtanec. An article in the Lisbo'n Gazette states, that,* large army, which lately left Nladrid;on its way to Illyoune, with a large quantity of Auld and plate, Vas intercepted and seized lily the Patriots, and 14(,) french on the occasion. Thu Spanish P.. triots boast of auccuss every where. The following is an extract from our Plymouth letter of this day 66 LUCIE'S BONAPARTE, With some of his at. fondants, accompanied by Mr. MActtimac, set-off this morning from the King's Arms Hotel, in two and is said that ilia) , will proceed direct to Ludlow. Madam Boma.pawru find family are expected to Aglow on TuallelY The Committee of the Lords having made thier Report to the Upper House, respecting the state of his MAJZSTY'S health, and the more recent Bulle tins leaving now no hope of the speedy recovery of bis MAJESTY, there can be no delay practised itt the appointing of a Regent, which is not an insult to thu nation, and a crime bordering upon tree/owl, • the persons eWecting the delay. , To bosun!, we )ati had enough' of this species of crime (which may, at least, be deemed demi-treason), from the pre. sent Ministers. No man can read the Evidence of the Physicians, and not come to this conclusion — Mt vtsuas hare often, and far long periods, exer cised Mat nrgcnarzole of the Cnor►•_x, which can only be legally exercised by COMMAND from the Saran Etam, when 4a 2114Jesrr was not in a condition to issue any commands, and at the same time smbrace their objects, or even com prehend what they were.—=—What is the :a. TVIt of this T RANSACTION?—HonourabIe men would blush to look at tl►at question, if it touched them ; and even men of courage might tremble at it, if they were amenable to it. What is the (Iced, but usurpation of the Supreme Authority, and a usurpation 4einkretl mute io. fatuous by the stealth of the deed—and more mean by the manner of the stealth, lbeing . s ivorse than stealing the Diadem front the shelf. lint see, what crimes these tutu may out .IsOro laid upon the name of HIS MAJESTYi of whiteb be was ineonsoious, and would have rursitte4`"s4 - had he kno-wn of them, and fully comprehended their na ture ! %Then the Spanish Frig** were attacked i ll ti me of peace and amity between Great Britain • • andl Spain, who knows what state His MAJESTY Arras in ? _That action was a breach of the Law of Nations ; a ululation of the contract at that moment .sitting between the two•Tutentates; a robbery and piracy committed under a Rural flag ; and, tin the event, a murder accompanied all these uther characters of the transaction ! Why ! Who dare impute these to his NiaJavrir? Who will Opt rather 'oppose and believe, that hits MA. irry's tnind was nut io that state of self.possea. ) 1100, which timid embrace all the characters of that deed f But this is aollbe only deed, of like tie. .‘tarc a to he gut over, itt the review of transactions of hoes who ban exercised MM• discietion ) iu the - •1. p '1~ application of mho ROYAL POWERS. CoPeitillelists comes,with all its deadly gnshes t to follow up the other spectre, passing before us ! flow mane of us.fieve nerves to bear that ? What ! a city, a whole city !deluged in blood, to stay you . .. •erswasil fats of in. easiun, even while you step forward and vaunt l !that.your coast is unassailable, and• your pupa. Wien atsrl - jogs armies unconquerable, if the coast could - 'be even gained ! To commit in. • an d impudently theft, stained with so much blood, and impudently and eagerly I.a . deny the cxist. l erica of the necessity of (be theft ? Y _ our cruelty is abhorred, and your 111,disiguised fears are ., the 'enjoyment of Euitors, aye, and of the Ns! ‘Voig.o also, iind no doubt of lertiA toe, if the myriads of that country could be brought up to the ' poll against you ! Out are these, deeds to be ascribed to his Maserry's mind in soundness.? lie who should say so u woulsl he but 11 . little reinOleti) in guilt, from the assassins .t h at ad. vised such measures. Ilia Mt.sestirie illness sloes stover him from reproach, ;ad reconciles the known mildness of his character with deeds that the future INglish historian, writing of England, and of the latter part of this reign, will be reluctant to name, Other deeds remain behind, which, if nut so deeply dyed bm the colour of guilt, arc nut leis the scourge of suffering humanity. The distresses that stalk over this unhappy country areas truly the eftects of the policy her Ministers pursue, u Wen enemy had stolen into your Councils, and directed them . to that end. The pressure of waist is on your workmen amid their children; disease stands by to hasten the ebbing sands ; and the .Laisourtzais Dweva.smo is ass Hos/lied wiaoutfoee—The Marna of these labourers is no better off, foe his emotions aching heart is without rest, and without hope!—The '3lraonazur can give you no butter ;ecount of him. self!—The MIDDLING CLasses pray for any calamity to supersede their own I—But how is it, that all this scene• of things is found *to exist ? Who turned this human paradise into a .desert, thronged only with ills ? Was it not your Ministers, your present Ministers, cud those . of their. school ? But will they hare. the suds. city to say, use MAJESTY advised these things? 11/ill they have the boldness, even to say, that its was always of sound mind while they were so 4, ing ? But if he were of semi mind all this time, did .Ministers 'drew hint the true Picture of thing's ? Did they trace, with loyal hands,the effects which must be produced by the policy . acted . upon ? If they did not do ao f did they Permit others to do 'the KING, that right and service ? Did they leave way open to his COUNTIES, his Cyrus, and TOWNS, to tell him of their sufferings, of their anxieties, of the state of the country ? Did they permit his Noet.Es to approach him with Out restraint, to offer the corm. sets they were especially crusted to offer? Did they not environ and hedge kint round, to keepgut facts as well as adviits.Z. Let:llhens WOW totslit, *ad' say—how much of their time of sway the KING has himself ma - Mantled *hat was tine, being in sound mind at that time ? And how much they permitted blue to know of facts whets happily as situated ?—Meanwhile, will ENGLAND sell this state of timings, satisfied ; and remain the sacrifice ~a r such men, wielding the nurse at pleasure, 'aud holding it by their own wit. ? • ~ We hive this day inserted . 4iseri ei to iou.asms, which le earnestly recommend to his notice. The Prince of %VASA', and Diktat -Of :roam, CUSIBERLA ND, and CANSIIIDGE, dined on Sunday with ier MAJESTY and the Pnt'scEssas, at the Qitven's apartments in the Castle. The QUEEN, and the Princesses ELISABETH and MANY, tunic on airing yesterday to Maidenhead, and through Taplow, tfee. • The Princeton AUGUSTA and SorotA rode yes. inday on horseback.. in Windsor Great Park, for two hours, accompanied by Lily CRANLEY• 2 Ge. 'Kral CA ItTIVN/GUT, and Colonel TAYLOR. • The health of the Priticate MART in a pro. giestive state of amendment. Her Royal High. Hess left her room on Sunday, after anent slags' close confinement. Yesterday orders were issued by Lord Jolts . Tint NNE, as Vice-Chamberlain, f u r th u Amur:lit% to change ou Sunday, the 6th of January. It is stated luau, Evening Paper, " that the nisei. ber of Physicians at present in attendance on his MA. J EST Y will shortly be decreased, and that in that event thu management of his MAJESTY'S disorder will, in a great degree, devolve uti Dr. %Vitus, who .will remain in cuustaut ittundnects ebout,the Royal Person."• The Duke of ginewssuuy had a presentiment of Q,c Lime of his death. lye laid a Gentleman a we. eve of stx.d. that lie should die at a certain flattens) Saturday s which of course he lust s and he paid his wager. A 'Cabinet Council WAS held at the Secretary • of State's Office yesterday, after the arrival of the Missenger from Windsor with the • It as. setibled.at three o'cloCk, and was attended by the f.oso Cus.scer.Lost, the Marquis Wer.t.ssLev, ESSIS,NFZITISQRUA NIP, CA 110164, /lAA ItOWUY, BA , THUSISV and LI V EUPOO r., Mt. PARC EV AL, Ma. RYDER, Mr. DusioAs, and Mr. Yonke, 'acid re. emitted in close deliberation . till 'past.si.x. Lard. ERSKINE, Lord .La entails. and several other Noble Peers, dined with the Diiike of Yong yesterday, at Oatlands. A ship has arrived from Virginia in 19 days. We are somewhat surprised to learit•by this op. portuuity, that in America serious apprehensions were entertained that a wationol bankruptcy would take place - Awe, and it/ consequence of thisetpeC tation, it is. asserted, Ojai amok of Eogland'Nolet `ad been told at puWicauctiokat 94 potr cot. Llf. • His MAJESTY'* d;surder, we are concerned to, state, has-taken a most unfavourable turn, so much so s indeed, that yesterday evening his NlasEsTe Wall supposed to hu in some dengerhia pidse was their as high As 120, A u ' express was dispatched froet Windsor, which arrived is town about one o'clock in the morning, with the melancholy ietelligeoce Without a nioment's delay, his Royal lliglineer, the PRINCE of Ws Les set out for Windsor, • Letters • were *yesterday received from to the date of Thursday last, ' They tnention ,that the firm of SC4MIDTS, 'of Amsterdam, had inn, enabled to sesame its payments, • *A. vessel, the Morin, (coin piappe, is arrivedist R.tinseate in distress: She has a messenger on board with dispatches from Mr. Russet., the American Visarge d'Affaires at Paris, to Mr. lrots.ssa - . , They are conjectured to relate to the determination 'lf the French Government on the recent Precis. 'nation of the President:of the Visited States. The Maria, it issaid, was not permitted to land the Iles. senger and dispatches et Peel, off %filch putt she Slit appeared, . ley a ship front' Rio Janeiro, whioh has arrived 'at Guernsey, a letter was yesterday received, stat ing that some unpleasant symptoms of tumult had been manifested iii the Brasile. Several arrests; luta taken place in the capital, and a body of troops un. der the Coltse as 4 0 1,ItCoT were on their march In Bahia, to secure submission in that dependency. *A Treaty is said to be updating between the Courts of Stockholm and Petersburgh, relative to ;the future proprietorship of Vinland. The Empe ror ALEXINDEII need not amuse 'himself with a segociation on this subject. lie must cede Fin. land to Sweden ; and the sooner he withdraws his stain from Turkey and Persia the better,—that is, his so doing will a little 'increase his. ehince of safety. ' Advices from Rouen to the 16th instant were re ceived yesterday, which state, that a decree would shortly be published, subjecting ieetels to the con. 11. , cetiots of one.fifth.,of their cargO, whiels.should fag to observe that part oCa previous decree in sib - telt it was preicribcd, that vemels.trading under a French liccuce shout& export articles' to the full ismutint of the imported, ' cargo , porter The Assembly at the London Inn, Plymouth, on Wednesday last, was more than usually attended by all the beauty and fashion of that tewp.and neigh'. hoerhoad. Every carriage was in requisition, and numerous parties from Duck, Stonchouse, &c. at., tended, in constAttence of SC : pew' that Lacier Box arieze and family were to be peestotqlhe did not, however, attend, and the disappeintnient.to the company was -very isiWe. Ile keeps himself much secluded, and with the exeeptioit of _visits, in the Port-Admiral, General ENGLAND, and Lord •BoiliNenotr, has seldom ap peared in • , -Three thousand of the Freech.prisoue o .at depots at Portsinteills are to be removed to Scot. laud. There will then •be remaining' toady 16,000 at Porehester and on board. the privon-ships iu the harhotte. • . There was an ergot, we endersvolid; in the state. • metit that an inteivie* had taken place be:tweak the Cotbmittee sir Aisterican Merchants 'and Mar.: quis Wts,Lessaie v Isepecting the. repeal of the Orders in Council. N u personal cummuniastion' was had either on Friday or Saturday; but on the latter day. a Memorial was presented (ruin the Coin, nlittoo to hie I.eirdshin.' and from the'short lapse of o tune no °wk notice has yet been taken of the communicatioo: Some doubts are entertained of the correctness of the itetement of the seizure of an American ship, direct from. the United States to Bourdon's, and the imprisonment of tho crew, letters of the 11th iust. being wholly silent on the subject. The Leveret sloop of war arrived in Leith Roads on Tuesday, fronr Gottenburgh, basing beat warned off from that port with her convoy, which she parted with on the passage home. The Franchise, Capt. ALLEN, arrived on Theft. ddy .at Portsmouth, from protecting the fisheries. in Hudson's thy. The French have not *wit any of their ships to that sea since the Season when they burnt our ships. Thu Franchise stayed these amidst immense bodies of floating ice, from the 3d of May to the sth of August (although the winter .set lo in July), when she proceeded . to Newfpuoth land. There were about 5.0 ships in the trade, which 'had taken 500 Whales. The Franchise passed St. John's three weeks since, lusting there thellacard, Capt. ELLIOTT; and the Avenger, Calk. Worsts. The fia:ard is. tq whites there. rThefieCrUil ) Capt. eool4a LEV ) is to come home ,Xrith the December, convoy. Mr. the young Englishman of fortune, • some time since disappeared suddenly fraen leaving his servants and equipage at Mo. RAN'S hotel,, and after whom , his friends inquired -1 estasionxiously. in vain,. has at last been heard of iu the Isle of Wight. The • Goveniess•of a -Me. brated Countess is also there-; and the young Geo tlemanii there amie; who (01101,4 hint from Loa. Ater tti - .Dublin, has now gone to the Isle of Wight in pursuit of her lost sheep. An interesting scenti may be anticipated on the meeting of the Ladies. • Crib tin nut -- yet . returned en, httiltia to 1TO1.1:' meattea challenge, but he his given his word, that he wilt not fight - again unless for 'double the stakes be last conteutled with Mulyneaux for. On Saturday Rickman, the Black, introduced his friend Yolinemi on • the Eicliange, where a sub. script inn was made for the latter. BREAD.--Today no Court of Aldermen; the, Lotto Mattes ordered it to Milani et present prices. The loss from the sacrilegious robbery of the Communion Plate of St. Paul's Cathedral is irre., parable, as it was ell very ancient,. after the finest . ' antique models; and a considerable part , u f it ap.. ptirtained centuries igo to the. old Cathedral, HACKNEY COACltlially—A matter somewhat in.. teresting to the public . was decided Wore the Com. Inissioners last Friday. A gentleman summoned a coachman for taking 3s. 6J, for an eighteenpenny fare. The driver in his defence said, that 2s. of his charge were fur aglass broken in front oflois coach, The Complainant positivelyswure that the glass was not brtiken by him, and that he hid every' reason to believe that it was done by the driver with the hull oed of his whip, ''thee Constnissieners upon bear. log the wlsule of the caw, 4144 t h e cow:limn. lA, PORTUGUESE PAPERS. . - rAnalvers Tooi !wt.] LISBON, Occasions S. anTRACT O' AN eatraAL eotantrattlAtloX atonsilOr. Gargano& I.ono WatrancTor To ill ExcELLENcy ^mum. PettearaO rPoniAa, N AT Cartaxo, D"' nit " The corps of theenemy's troops, the advs, , guard of which engaged with the troop s to r " by General Szt.vssaa, on the 14th of the mouth df November, moved to the left, a ci d its appearance on the 19th, iq the Nuberpt i n 1 Curt; where it marched in the direction of Bolcom an d Fundis, and taking the two roads which 1. to th e zezere, Oro's& lower licira, readied C o „ gan on the 25th of the same month, • cc The Militia of Lower Reim eentkaillyleng en the rear of the enemy, and caused Li sa a e , kir derablc loss. Th e sa id detachment of th e clemos troops, consists of those which left p ert/Igo : 4 General Foie, w h o went to Paris, and of thee belonging to the three corps of the triv e t N u. 'gal, which were left at Salamanca, Ciudad 4, 4 gu, and Almuida, to garrison the said plat es; d uo or four battalions sletached from the Bth corps, b y order of the Emisernr, antler the command of Gc. neral Serra:, for the purpose of mausser r i er the frontiers i and.of the convalescents of Ilieon ly of Portugal, composing, 'is the whole, a force , About 2,130 attn. It is difficult to ascertain the exact number of the said reinforeementa l. bGt in my estimation it do n mot exceed 8000 men, '44 The troops who compose the 9th tor?' f the garrisions of those places in Costile, wheacedo troops were withdrawn, who latyly . eute re d p ot Legal. " • "The enemy continues tu Maintain himself` in s ip tarcns t the strength of which position has W ile siderably increased ; he bas also fortified a pot Punhete, on the left bank of the river Z 0 3 4 .7 84 another in the environs of rertter Alm ; on .ttse righl• Of..'the position of Sentamioad .watches, w i t h •the baba easeful atieotip a , moveniants In that. diccctian, The ' we:44pr has been constantty very bus, since . themiddle of •Novernher; ate cress roads at together•ietpatsahlefOr artillery, and ref; cult fur Me - passage at infantry, while, at the time, the waters ace outrattil.thelui groundt ottt 'flowed. • • " MI theaccouute ultich j receive rtom Cu ;unanimously_ assure me, That the Spanish Ay i parties continue to apt with the utmost activity, that their operations against the enemy !woof prated very successful' ) • ' • 6 4 I bare the honour to remain, 4 4 With conaideration and respect, Ix, (Sigeedl " 0 414•MirOIV I (LtSbOn (44; giee l Oat. a.) Irviton, Dte. h nothing new frost the army, It hill agitation to fortify a line from Setubst l Pelmets, to Molts,. which is generally believed a be rendered an strong as is necessary to defend I opposite coot. EXTRACT OF A LETTER T*oll tits latalgU4ll; DIA&SUAL • GEMEttAL WOL:LINGT4I* TO EXCELLENCY Dote • "piton ,ftaatltA . 69 11 0 DATED THE BTII Or 41110E11108 1 ISLQ. 66 No alteration of iMportanne bas taken in the - position of thrasamy's troupe ARCO fit , instant, the date of iist istecedeot dispatch, whit I transmitted to your Est:Meech tektite to Ila operations of the campaign. 1 kavc •au arum from Cadiz since the liith of last ontelk u —( lon Goterte, Dec. 10.) Cadiz Gazettes to the Iltit of November keig arrived : An insurrection against the Ereech has beikra out in the Sierra of ifcicz•Malaga. Mum 11* 30 villages have raised the steettent of war, and appointed Don ;use Segoria toeir chief and slut Cualmanders. Alorc than 1000 Men are in anal. hey hare reeeired.l ,000 cartridges from Mar. balls, and have thready routed 2C4 French, be. longing to those in Malaga. • The sat of, the flying parties increases thrustk. out Sp ain?; some of them hare entered Sepia, and other Considerable places, and dustruytil i4 O French garrisons. • °Nieto, Dix. o.—Yesterdsy morning uflitl4 acciretiots *wens 'recciied here, ;hut a. French fir' of 2000 horsi and 3000. infantry entered Cumiei on the night of the $(11 of this mott o. Anud column was adraneibg towards Witte Mac. 2 " third to the Pisielide Muralla. It is supposed r' Coimbra is there object ; bus as the Momlegn swollen considerably, they 'will not he able lu; - - EXPEDITION J S PEN 41471 PORTUGA TO TIDE EDITOR Ofe THI STATESMAN. .Sll47—;As the solution .of the following qu addressed to Mr. John Bull- will greatly interests. 11 Is Submitted to; the judgment Of friends— If it should turn out that i%hrshal Masons Itio only 12,000 men at Salailanca, when be was diretl 4 to forni.the magazines of the army &Joined tole, vadePortugat, whilst Lord Welliugteu was eitkit three days Juareh of Salamanca with a disl olll4 force of 40,000 men; If it should turn out that Marshal Ilasseoll 11 ' mainNl a month at Salamanca so exposed, and dot to present au attack s moved forward with • 14,000 wen to the Aguola It it should turn out that without any addition to Olt turd; i 'avow' piudid Rod"t"i b°lll. 1111111 sr bar Pp trr the Cat at the the the s 1 of Ica 111 tli,