The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-09-30 00:00:00

Ti ° ! 11 .1 . ►y 1 ; ~ t .~1 ! l ift 1 ; 1,• . , . . .i il te: • ' L: j:i i 1 Y '; I Op • 11,f r ; M '1 , n14- ?. .-~, • Y.a • +' ~-5- The LONDON GAZETTE, September 29, 1812. By hie Royal Highneto the Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Name and on the behalf P of his Majesty. A ROCLAMATION, *Oll/ DISSOLVING TIIIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT, AND - - - DECLARING TIIE CALLING OF ANOTHER. GEORGE, P. it. Whereas We, acting in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, think fit, by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, to dissolve this present Fatßement, which stands prorogued to Friday, the second day of October next: We do, therefore, act... lug as aforesaid, Nblisli this Proclamation, and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament accordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs, of the House of Commons, are ' discharged from their meeting and attendance on the said Friday, the second day of October next : and We being desirous and resolved, as soon as may be, to meet his Majesty's people, and to have their ad vice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all his Majesty's loving subjects, Our will and pleasure to call a new Parliament; and do hereby further declare, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, that, with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, we base this day given order that the Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, end the Chancellor of Ireland, do respectively forth with issue out writs, in due form and according to law, for calling a new Parliament : and we do here by also, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma jesty, by this Proclamation under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, require writs forthwith to be issued accordingly by the said Chancellors respective ly, for causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons who are to serve in the said Parliament, to be duly returned to, and give their attendance in, the said Parliament ; which writs aro to be returnable on Tuesday, the 21th day of November next. Given at the Court at Carlton-Houw, the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and is the fllly.seca GOD nd ).ear SAVE of hTHEis Maj K lestyNG's reign. By his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, in the Name and on the Behalf of his Ma jesty, A PROCLAMATION, IN ORDER TO THE ELECTING AND irIISIONINO TUX SUITS= Mai OW SCOTLAND. GEORGE, P. R. Whereas We have, acting is the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, and by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, thought fit to de clare our pleasure for summoning and holding a Par liament of the Uniied Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of November next ensuing the date hereof: in order therefore to the electing and summoning the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, who are to sit in the House of Peers in the said Parliament; We do, acting as aforesaid, by the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, issue forth this Proclamation, strictly charging and commanding all the Peers of Scot land to assemble and meet at Holyrood-house, in Edinburgh, on Friday, t%e thirteenth day of November next ensuing, betwect the hours of twelva and two in the afternoon, to nominate and choose the sixteen Peers to sit and vote in the House of Peers, in the said ensuing Parlia ment, by open election and plurality of %oices of the Peers that shall be then present,anti of the Proxies of such as shall be absent (such Proxies being Peers, and producing a mandate in writing, duly signed be fore witnesses, and both the constituent and proxy being qualified according to law). And the Law Clerk Register, or sucb two of the principal Clerks of the Session as shall be appointed by him to officiate in his name, [re hereby respectively required to at. tend such meeting, and to administer the oaths re- quired by law to be taken there by the said Peers, and to take their votes ; and immediately after such election made and duly examined, to certify the na mes of the Sixteen Peers so elected, and sign and attest the same in the presence of the said Peers the electors, and return such certificate into the Iligh Court of Chancery of Great Britain : and we do, by this Pro clamation, strictly command and require the Provost of Edinburgh, and all the other Magistrates of the said City, to take especial care to preserve the peace thereof during the time of the said election, and to prevent all manner of riots, tumults, disorders, and violence Whatsoever. And we strictly charge and command, that this Proclamation be duly published at the Market-cross, at Edinburgh, and in all the county towns of Scotlaud, twenty-five days at least before the time hereby appointed for the meeting of the said reers to proceed to such election. Witness George Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, at Westminster, the twenty-ninth day of Sep tember, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, in the afty-second year of his Majesty's reign. GOD SAVE THE KING. COLONIAL DEPARTMENT. Downing-Street, Sept. 28. Dispatchesorwhich the following ore a Copy and Extract, were this day received by the Earl of Bathurst, ni.e of hi: MakAy's Principal Secretaries of State, from Licit.-General Sir Georg* Pre." 6 .• Gaveroor-iu•Clsief of lds Majesty's Pro- I vioces is North America, Montreal, Aug. 14, My LORD,-4 have the honour to trans :pit here with, for your Lordship's information, the Copy of a Report which has been forwarded to me by Major- General Brock, of. the surrender, by Capitulation, i of the American post of Michilimakinac to a detach ment of fiis Nrajesty's troops from St. Joseph's, under I the comelatkker Captain Roberts, of the 10th Rojr) Veteran Battalion. This Report is accompanie(, a return of prlioners taken, and of the storeVivhich wire found in the fort. • in addition to these, i have a further 'wort a the trews of two vessels, to the number of 4300 . 9 wce in the fort, having fallen into uur hamd.s, toget6 with 700 packs of furs. My dispatch, No. 0, will Lave accinalnted your Lordship of a large detaclamnt from the American army having taken posSossion of Sandwich on the 12th ultimo. ' Heights above Fort Michilimackinac, July 17, 1112, Carrrouenots agreed uponbetween Captain Charles Roberts, commanding his Britannic Majesty's ?MVPS. on the oat part, and Lieutenant Hanks, commanding the Forces of tbe United States of America, on the other. Article I.—The Fort of Michilimackinac shall imnsaptely be surrendered to the British forces. Art. 11. The garrison shall march out with the honours of war, lay down their arms, and become prisoners of war, and shill be sent to the United States of America by his Britannic Majesty, not to serve Ibis war until regularly exchanged • ' and for tie due performance of this article eOfficers pledge their wart cod honour. Art. 111. All the merchant vessels in the harbour, with their cargoes, shall be in possession of their respective owners. An. IV. Pri%ate property shall be held sacred as far able my power. V Art. V. -itizens the oath of allegiance to his Britannic Majesty, shall dtpart with their property froM the island, in one month from the date hereof. (Signed) CHARLES ROBERTS, Captain, Commanding his Britannic Majesty's troops. (Signed) Lieutenant HANKS, commanding the Forces of the United States at Fort Michilimackinac. • Return of the Garrison of Fort M ichilimackinac. •'First Lieutenants, 1 Surgean's-Mate, 3 serjeants, 4 corporals, 5 musicians, fi artificers, 3 i privates, 1 i• rivate sick.—Total Return of Ordnance taken in Fort Michilimackinac, July 18, 1812. 2 brass five-and-half-inch howitzers. 2 brass six-pounders on garrison carriages, 1. brass three-pounder on a garrison car nage, 2 iron nine-pounders on garrison carriages. I, With a considerable proportion of ammunition and ordnance 'torts. (Signed) ALEX. PILMOUIt, Military Conductor of Stores. Extract of a Dispatch from Lieutemult-rieneral Sir George Pre vost, to Earl Bathurst, dated Montreal, Aug.'l7, 1812. of the Uniied States,.whosh : lll nottake AU Cii I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that an invasion of tipper Canada took place on the 12th July last, the enemy having on that day crossed the river Detroit with a force, composed of regular troops and militia, together with forty or fifty ca valry, amounting in.the whole to about 2300 men, under the command of Brigadier-General Hull, and took post at Sandwich. The militia in the neighbourhood not being able to oppose any effectual resistance, retreated upon their approach towards fort Amherstsburg, about 12 miles distant. Part of the enemy's force having since advanced to within six miles of that fort, several skirmishes have taken place between them and the troops of the garrison, which have constantly termi nated in favour of the latter, with the loss of sever ./ men on the part of the enemy, and of only one, so l. dier of the 41st killed, and another wounded, and a similar loss on the part of the Indians; and, I am happy to say, that on these occasions % ills Majesty's 41st regiment in a particular manner distinguished themselves. Brigadier-General 'dull, f find, commenced his eVerations agaiir o l .intlicestsburg a few days after ; and the cletnclinn, n t of the 41st regiment have behaved with gro:si gallantry in repelling three attempts made by tine Americans to approach the fprt by the River eanard. !j, s These successes, with the diversion on the J . . BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. flank of Rood the enemy by, the possession of Michilimackinac on ! at ' l G :rblat' . lane, warehouseman, from (Jet. 6to Oct. 12, the 17th ultimo, may be attended with consegnences : G. F. Stoll, Rateliffe-highway,vietualler,frum Oct. 9to Nov. favourable to the security of Upp er Ccnada. E GG.. F. . BANKRUPTS. I have,thefionoutto..be, &c. .... F. W. Basins., G. Overton, and L. Oliver, }Urania Brett ; to) ; t b/eFt....!Owelni a ld ne J e o r neis, Brecon; and Mr. Big, Sdfith (Sigeed) ' DEO It GE Plt eVOST. • roellsbire, iron -masters, t o surrender Oct. 21, 22, No v . . - 15, at I the cemmerciak Rooms, Bristol. Anomie'', Mr. Bigg, Ms -- .1). t oe - ,ll e olborn, broker, Oct. 13, 97. Fort blichilineckinac Joly, 17, 1312. SIR, —Ott .the 15th inst. I receiv ed letters by ex- ! , press from Major-General Brack, ,with orders to NOV. 10, sit Guildhall. Attornies, Mims, Tumor and pike, adopt the most prudent mea sures either for offence or , "rircWi T L iverpool, salesman, Oct. 211, _it Nov. 10, at the defence, which circumstances might p o i nt out ; and . Oh& revere, Liverpool. Anoraks, Mr. Meddoacroft, Gray's rioiguornertoya. Mr. stree t, merc hant, Oct. ori 3, 17, Nov. having received intelligence from the Lest informa- Int!!!!_e a d ib l i r i . !Ivies, Liverpool. 10 4 . at " doildlu;11. - tion, that large ,reinforcements were daily expected to be thrown into this garrison, with the thorough s u rtuare i n r ie i rc )r han uc A. J. Mackenzie and li. Raper, Cross-street, Finsbury ets'iliilltier; ria're Nay. " at conviction that my situation at St. Joseph's was Guildhall. Attor totally indefensible, I determined to lose no time in i A. Geddes and 0. Evans, Upper Fast Smithfield, IBM g lsns making the meditated attack on this fort. ! merchants, Oct. 9, 17, Nov. 10, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. On the 16th, at ten o'clock in the mor nin g , I em- S, Rain. en",.M c aples, and Pease , Old Jewry. lAal ut, Snmersetshire, botcher. Oct. 9, H, Nov. barked my few men, with about 180 Canadians, and 10, at the );sew Inn, Horse-street, Bath. Attornies, Messrs. two iron six-pounders. The boats arrived without rrcd a_eP Pa ha 4 sa Ad t l i i i ngton s and Gregory, Bedfordsrow I and Mr. the smallest accident at the place of rend e z vous, at i '"l' [Dividends, Esc. te-mamas.) three o'clock the following morning; by the exer tions of the Canadians, one of the guns was brought up a height commanding the garrison, and ready to act about ten o'clock. A summons was then sent In ; a copy of .the capitulation which followed, I have !the honour to enclose. At twelve o'clock the Ame lrican colours were hauled down, and those of his Majesty were hoisted. A committee has been ap pointed to examine into the state of the public stores. Enclosed also are the returns , of the ordnance and latilitary stores found in the fort, and the strength of 'the garrison. The greatest praise is due to every in dividual employed in this expedition • to thy own officers I am indebted, in particular, ar their active assistance in carrying all my orders into effect. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CHAS. ROBERTS, Capt, Com. , The Adjutant-General, &e. Ac. &c. GENERAL ELECTION. Parliament being dissorbed, and the Writs returnable on the 24th of November, as will be seen by the Proclamation it; last night's Gazette, we beg leave to request those Candidates, who wish to have their Advertisements inserted in the STATZSALIN, will have the oodness to forward them to the Office, No. 87, Fleet-street, on the preceding evening, or before 10 o'clock of the day on which they ore to appear. Arr. Mails. Due Wasetrunl 1 • • Cadiz 1 " Gotteaburgb PRICE OF STOCK, MIS 5 per Cent. Coro. 57tit 3 per Ceut. Red. 4 per Cents. 5 per Cent. Navy 88 7 5t Long. Asa. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Hoods 8 6 die. Exchequer Hills Sid. 2 4 d Ditto 4,18. 2 p Orrinitlin Sei pr. Comets for Acct. 57U 111 Lottery Tickets THE STATESMAN. ______ LONDON: WIRMISIDAIf t 14.1111114114 a, 3Q, 1812. COMMODORE. ROUGERVS SQUADRON. [TROII TUE NOVA SCOTIA !LOYAL GAZETTE, DATED ; AUGUST 26, 18121 " The American ship Indian Chief, from Amelia I Island to London, fell in with Commodore Ron- I OURS'S squadron in long. 20. 00. end was ordered i back to the United States ; she was afterwards fell in ' with by our squadron and burnt. The brig Bare, from Naples, fell in with the American squadron on the 28th July, in lat. 34. 33. long. 27, 30. ; an Officer from the President boarded her, and inform ed them, that in the action with the Belvidere, the I President had 17 men killed and wounded, 11 of wha m were by the bursting of a gun. Two Officers (BIRD and TAYLOR) were killed, and Commodore Roo. GEM was severely wounded. The 'squadron has been &a far as long. 13. mad afterw.ards off tho Rock of Lisbon." admiralty-Office, Sept. 29. . Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Yellow has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from Captaiu Deitch, of his Majesty's sloop Nautilus, giving 'en account of his having, on the 21st of July, captA r ed, off Carbonara, the Brave, French privateer, of five guns and 112 men, and re-captured an E:oglish mer. chant vessel, the only prize she had taken. And also a letter from Captain Umnilton, of his Majesty's ship Termagant, statio n the capture of Llntrepide, a French privateer, o f three guns and 40 men, on the 224 of Julv:• off Malaga, by the boats of the Termagant ; under the directions of Lieutettaut Moorman. 14 ' 1 .1itehtdt, Sept 29. Tils Royal nkzihness the Priuce Regent has bees pleased, in tle i name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to constit ktr a and appoint the'Right Honourable Re.' bert Viav)unt Melville ; Romett, Infial f et the White Squadron of his Majesty's 'Fleet ; Sir l oseph Sidney. Yorke, Knight, Rear-Admittil of P'e White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet; the Right Honourable William Rondos ; George "ohm. stotisrUope, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the White Squa-, dron of his Majesty's Fleet; Sir George Warrender,, Bare; and Jdim Osborn, Esq. to be his Majesty's Callunissinneri for executing the ()Mee of High„Atl. Thiral of • the • United Kingdom of Great Britain and 'lreland and the doininions and territories thereunto belonging September 26. • His )loyal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma jesty, to nominate and appoint Charles Stuart, Esq. his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pigni. potentiary in Portugal, to be an Extra . Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. . N. B. In the Gazette. of Saturday last, the above, honour was staled, by mistake, to have been conferred ' on Major-General the illonourahtt Cbarlci - I Stewart, -.1••••_ In looking at the extent. and situation of Spain, it was some years back v.:id to contain 150,763 square miles, with 69 inh-,bitants on each, which gives a total PoPolati°%, of 10,763,638. In such a country' as Spain it no easy task to believe, that the French (with 5C comparatively small a force) could in so shoe a time as they did overrun, against the will of .• tile people, so many provinces, aided as they were by( such powerful Allies as Great Britain and Portugal. The truth must be, that the Spaniards themselves were tired of the sight of inquisitorial tortures and extortions; hence arises the apathy so much complained of here and in Spain, and which mast aecount for the trivial number of Spaniards that fell 'in the contest at Salamanca. In reviewing the dir.ferent motives that influent* the contending par ities in the Peninsula, it will appear to every thinking mind, that in spite of the representations of our Mi nisters, the English are notoriously fighting for the purpose of creating a diversion against the French, and with a primary view to introduce their trade, i commerce, and colonl produce on the Continent bf Europe. I Should they succeed, time will shew what great benefit all this will be to the bulk of the Spanish people. The Clergy of Spain, and the Grandees, are exercising all their influence, in order to re. gain their former authority and estates, and ulti-1 matety to restore all their antient arbitrary system is its pristine state; the pastaafferiugs of their pea iikate will answer the enquiry, what the people at large ore to. expect, should the Spanish Nobles' finally; obtain , their ends ?. Experience has often provtc4that it has long been the views and intentions of the French Government to crumble into dust the , tottering remain of the old corrupt Governments of . Europe, end their Incursions into Spain is only a part •of their adopted policy. All those motives can have, little ,oardet,, en the inclinations of , the "'Spaniards at large. Disappointed from every quarter, in . calving any permanent good ;MOM, o •4 4 ;.‘xt; much weakened by the conduct Of theffewn went tad their calamities, to make any effectual re: sistanee,, they stand like men in despair, passively looking on the 'struggles of the contending parties, secretly wishing those mot siccessful, from whom they have reason to expect to derive the greatest be nefit. The most 'artfeat Engtiali zealot in the Spanisle cause ISt* acktAK 11n nowi .0110,011aquisi tion of Spain le. a tribinaliin itselidisgraceful to ! 111111Iii s itittrit l i t it ytt we 'an well - informed ) if rf - • 0.4116 4 ••• +sr " r the splendid achievements of the Marquis of WELLINGTON and his gallant followers should be crowned with complete success, and the French finally expelled from that kingdom, the burning patriotic friends of Lord King Don Feeets.teo the Sutton', does not intend to abrogate this heinous law.—l am led to th ose re fl ect ' particularly reflections more py observing an insinuation throw n out in an answer to some person's add in address, which it is stated, " that all descriptions of his Ku ernes subjects have di.played such exult., ation, in coasequence of recent splendid events, as fully manifests the importance attached, by the people of this country, to A CAUSE WHICH EQUA L .. ES S United joegvidsom and.' Intender ' mir INVOLVES THE TNIMP L N UFNCE OF THE P ENINSULAb ANDTI L E r 8 s TL Tof the o Kf considerationof thesufferings heretics, it is to be hoped that the Councils of the BRITANNIC REGENT do not seriously intend to en. I able these most Catholic gentry to practise their Ad mischief. 1r they do, it is a plan, not at all likely to succeed, and the sooner there is an end pet •to the scheme, the better.—British blood, British treasure, and British valour, should never have been spent in such a cause—it is a waste of them all fora purpose so unwise in itself that it never can be justified. The best interest of the United Kingdom iis to husband its resources, to feed its famished mul. titudes, to deliver oat the bread which the bounty of Heaven has bestowed on the land, to satisfy the hun. ger of the craving people—to give among them the treasures which their industry has earned, in order to satisfy the wants of the distressed—to ameliorate :and soften the conditions of the people—to Re form the Parliament, to abolish sinecures, to be less liberal in distributing their money and the horrors of war among the poor inhabitants of unhappy Europa --end to endeavour, by every laudable and praise. worthy measure, to restore the blessings of peace these, Weed, really are the best interests of the United Kingdom. Those who may have heard of the conduct of one of the late Kings of Prqssia, of forcibly seizing and distributing 12,000 Polish virgins, to satisfy the lust of his soldiers, and people dominions, will not, perhaps, wonder, that Providence, in its wisdom should prevent the descendants of the House of Bran deeburgh from reigning over a country ) raised to .a kingdom by such infamous practices. There are also yet alive those was can recollect with horror the 22.4 of Decer:i'oer, 1790, when the famous SUWAIIRPW Plan.ted the Russian standard on the ramparts of Isre . ,-.0, when, according to his own account, his r,:erciless companions butchered, in cold blood, 30 . ," 0 00 men , composing as brave a garrison as ev'_r merited honour. On the 4th of the follow. 'og , November, when fortune carried him to these!)- , urbs of Warsaw, his habitual cruelty was again ex. arcked on 5000 of the unfortunate Poles, who were slaughtered by bis Inhuman army, though all resist ance on their part had ceased for more than two hours!! At night (ten hours after the batiks ended) they set fire to the town, reduced the suburbs to ashes, and again the work of butchery commenced, else thousand unarmed men, defenceless women, and harmless infants perished in the flames, or by tie sword; and In this memorable siege no less than 30,000 Polish lives were sacrificed !1! &IV/ARROW has not survived to see \Vilna and Smolensk° In flames ; but if any of the brutal soldiers, who as. sifted in perpetrating the horrid outrages at Ismael and Warsaw, have since witnessed these conflaew lions, er the desolation of their own country, they must acknowledge the unerring hand of Providence, and the justice of Divine retribution. Read this, ye admirers of the Congreve rockets; ye applauders of burning Copenhagen; ye justifiers of British cruelty in the East Indies ; ye disciples of PITT ; ye orthodox politicians of that Heaven-born Minister; and learn, Q learn, before it is too late ) the best interests of the United Kingdom ! We have this day inserted Mr. Warvanzte's Ad. dress to the Independent Electors of Bedford, in which, as a sound patriot, statesman, and politician, he feelingly describes the present state of the nation, and lays before his Constituents a faithful outline of his own political integrity since the last time he ad. dressed them. We sincerely wish that the New Par liament may be composed of men possessed of the same independent principles, and actuated by the same political virtue, as that which has uniformly cha racterised the conduct of Mr. WHITBREAD —the country might then soon hope to see the Constitution restored to its original purity, and peace, commerce, and national prosperity, again re-animate the land. The Gazelle of last night, as we predicted, pro• claimed to the People of the United Kingdom the death of the WAR MAJORITY—the PENSION, PLAcs. and SinecnnE MAJORITY the PITT, the l'Es• CEVAL, the C and _ ASTLEREAGII MAJORITY—and WY' they never, never, rise more, to oppress and subdue i by their destructive measures, a BRAVE, isnuswori, , and ISEYOTEO NATION. The letters by the Argo, from the Mediterranean were delivered yesterday and with them we Iwo oue from Constantinople of the 16th July. It states, that an alarm had been occasioned in the city by the appearance of a fever, but it was not of a pestilentia l character, and the fears of the public hail subsided. Mr. Linos and M. ITALINSKI, the I.ussian Am bassador, were on a footing of great intimacy, and wore both treated with much respect by the Court. They were at their country residences, but Woes were fitting up for them at rera. 1. • • 1~