The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-05-12 00:00:00

S I , 1 1 ; I' ' 1 , i : ii 131P1iti IA L PA tC.I.I4MENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, ,1.. - 11. r the A ppeu! " Lord ‘Vatcrpark r. Austin, - Mr. Nolan awls heard for ttr2 AppAiant. Further proceeding on Wednes -41;‘,/. The Plate ()mutt:lrk P:11 pasfel through a Cnlntnittee,,and was re liOrtre The Rerun of ttie Itoututtee of Privilege: on the Roxburgh Peerage was mjeed so. ASAsSINAcioN OF mit. PErirEvAt. After the lianse had gone throur4it some privatii business, the Clerk came dew,' to the Bar to swear several ..,:ine::ses t.) give evidence respecting different private Bi!is and other matters, when (about a quar ter past live o'clock) a Clentlmatt came ranging into the Hons. , in great agitation, crying out, 44 Mr. I).Tc. vitl is shot," and calling for the doors to be shut to rev e the escape of the assassin. Much nOarion ... , .;itserteetice prevailed in the House; In•ist of tf!; , Lords came dawn to the Bar to enquire vv:iat !tad happened, some of their Lordships went to the 11 use of Commons, as did also spine of the Officers of the House of Lords. Wortht :IS soon► brought that Mr. Perceval was shot awl was dead. A Cwt. some p! irate conversation amongst the Lords, the 1,0111) CIIANCEI,IOII addressed the House, slating, that a most melancholy and atrocious cir cumstaace. had occurred, and desiring that the Offi cers of the House should take care that no person siloute be sutrered to depart the House, until it was sscert►iucd whether any further mischief had beets done. The outer doors were. immediately closed. • Some time elapsed, during which the Lords 'were in private consultation, and several othei Ltirds came Lac) the Muse. , _. !N , gth, in consequence of an understanding that their Lordships should have some evidence of the fact before thpm, The Duke of CIiMBERIAND stated, that he had unfortunately seen the Hight lion. Mr. Perceval wounded and dead. A question being asked by Lord ELLEN BO- If, where? liis Royal Highness stated, that he had then seen 11:r. Pereeval in the Speaker's Chamber. Lord ELLENHOROUGH thought this scarcely sufficient to ground any proceeding upon, as they had no testimony as to the manner in Which the wound was given. Lord HOLLAND said a few words in a low sone of voice s but, as we understood, suggesting that the House should not he too hasty in proceeding until they had sufficient evidence before them. A!'ler a short i.;to; val Mr. Taylor, the Door keeper of the 1t0n , , , o 1 Con:mons, came into the House and s:is rvf.'l:ineti at the ; be stated that lo•sa's the pi , tol tiro', in the lobiq of the House of Conoaw,: , awl that he saw Mr. Perceval fall. . Lvi. l ( dermod sufficient, and 11,t, F:1:1 of RADNOR moved, Oat an humble 'Id:TSS be presented to the Pi ioce Regent, stating, 'he Il•u.lse had heard with horror of the attack roo.le and the. osasitiati. - ut of ti' Right lion. l'e:e'val, one of tip Majesty's Most Ho ore.r-ble :'rive Coancil, and :iayieg that his Royal would be , raciouslv pleased to direct such steps to he taken ;1 , 210 , should deem expedient for the spprootAa,i of the offender or ()Coolers. Earl GREY said, he merely rose to state, that he entirely agreed, or if he could say so; that he more than eutirely agreed, in the proposition moved by the Noble Earl ) which had his must (Initial concur rence. The Motion was agreed to nonlife dimenliente. It was then ordered, that the Address be presented forthwith by Lords specially appointed for the pur pose, and the Earl of Radnor, Earl Grey, Lord Holla , id, Lord Mulgraye, and other Lords, •sere appointed for that roliose. The House then adjourned till to-morrow (this da)) at two o'clock. HOUSE OF COMNIONS% The S'gar Brewing 11 passed through the Committee, and the Report was ord:'eetl to be received to-morrow. Mr. W:1 A!t I'o N postponed the Committee on the Glass Act till to-morrow . _ _ The Comnfotee on the Scotch Taxes was postponed till to morrow. Mr. WliA Zt TON pretwuted an Account of the amount of Bills drawn by the Commis,ioners for Homes, &e.—Ordered to lie on the t ihie. The 'I ransfer Stork Tlill, and the Members Badkrupt Bill were read a third time and passed. The Committee of Wa2..s and Menus and Supply • were post poned till sd Lord I.:F.Olttl LIN t! , ON (MINER presented a Petition from the Journey men Potters in Sttitlordshire against the Orders in Council. Mr. hROUGH AM then moved the Order' of Ihe . Day for Committee On the ()Hers in Council. • I.te . i:Ao,e then went into Cortonittee, Mr. Ilabitikton in the t't 'it. -Tar first witoe:a e,tlleti W.S3 Robert Ilasiilbon, Mane. Lt ';l:it r of earti•en-w art- in Statioris!tire. 7.1 r. ARM - GUAM had elesed his examination, a.n! Mr. Stephen Was i the course of his cr.-exa ruination of the same witness, nl-.:11 cf. Stout a guar ;:a .t five' e'cleek the rekrl'ori -Am. shot was horird in the house and Gallery ; it did; not at first ..!rrupt the business of the iteuse--2a rush was h:.ard I.,etwein the door and the bar, and cries of or ''.or. A whisper ran round that somebody was shot. , The assassin was seized near the fire in the, lohbv. He' made not the slightest resistance, but avowed himself] as the perpetrator, said that his .name was John juries &Hingham, ship-broker, of Liverpool. That h.‘ had be;sn travelling in Russia, in' the service 'of CoverumNit, and that Mr. Perceval stood in the w ,, y of his remuneration, and that thus he had ay aaged himself. t,. The villain had kept post near the door, and as soon as Mr. Perceval approached sufficiently near, he put the pistol to his breast and shot him. For the proceedings of the Dottie on the occasion, we refer our Readers to the Article under the head of the " Assassf4tion of Mr. Perceval." ..,- A f., , w days since, as a Mr. Jones was passing through Acton, near Kensington, he was assaulted and knocked down by a ruffian, in all appearance a bricklayises labourer, who afterwards placed his knees on iiis breast, and robbed , him of cash and notes to a rpnsiderable amount. It lots Amen correctly stated, that a Gentleman has left this country on a mission to France. He is very largely interested in the Corn Trade, and we under staiirl'ttiat his intervention is confined to the business of Licences, and has nq connection vrtatever with, the alledgetl pew-Winn. v. LONDON: TUESDAY, MAY •12, 1811. Yesterday we 7.clusively announced, in a Second Edition, the capture of Amelia bland, and the re duction of Florida by the Americans. The follow. ing are the particulars of this event, which we have extracted, from the Savannah Advertiser of the Uth March, brought to Liverppol. on Sunday last,, by the ship Superior, from Savannah EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ST. MARY'S ) DATED ritAltclt 20113. • The Insurgents or Patriots, formed a tamp on Rose's Blue; opposite St. Mary's; - it the same tinsethe gun-boats weft ordef.' ed to proceed down to the Sound, when they woe astufred+ their guns loaded, and every man to his station.—Several lived guns were fired by the . ,Commodore 1 tbe inSorgentsitiles eel. barked in, boats from Rose's 131uff,.ard proceeded to Amelia Island, Where they landed, Imoowicx Assize at their j head,- add demanded the surrender of the Island to the Patilots, ' which was refused by the Commandanto, but who requested a party until he could send a deputation .to Coadmodore Caters nett, who was then sailing up s and down the harbour, to Amer. tain whether he would assist the Insurgents in case they even I resisted—the Commodore's reply was, that he would assist the Insurgents. - The Island was then surrendered to Col. Amitxtr, and the Hag of the Patriots was immediately displayed on the ramparts of the fort, which was soon succeeded by the Bag of i the United States. The United States troops are now in poster. Sion of the Island of Amelia—the country of East Florida in possession of the Patriots, .and the too o of A iikustine and the Garrison in possession of the soldiers Of FERDIN AND VII. The Governor of that place is deu. , rinined to hold out to the last ex- Weeny. • EXTRACT OF A LFT'KFR FROM FCRNANDINA,MARCIi 21. In my last I gave you a hint of aha was gning on here, 'I have non to inform you that a lkge party of men crossed the river St. hlary's, about YO miles above this place, and sacceedagl in revolutionizing all the country between St. Mary's and St. John's. Amelia is the only place that showed any resistaswe, but from the threats of the American gun-boats, under the coa..- mand of Commodore CAMPBELL, and the formidable appears ancc of the Revolutionists, the Commandant of Amelia surren dered the Town and Garrison of Fernandina witho.A firing shot, on the fallowieg terms : —That the Commandant' and Troops should be allowed to march out w ith the honours of war, and upon delivering their arms wou:d receive their parole, not to take up arms against Cu' Itcvaletionists, daring their pre sent contest.—That all individual property, whether lands or other' ise, shall be considered sacred, and neither exas mined nor touched. bet rermin and he used in the same man ner as before the capitulation : th.. island 21 hours after the ea pitulatioa shall be ceded to the United Stales of America, wider the express conditions that the port of Fernandina' shall notbe subject to any of the restrictions in Commerce, which at preset exist in the United States, but shall he open as heretofore to British an.l other vessels and prodiee, on paying the lawful duties and tonnage, and in case of a war between the United States and Great Britain, the port of Fernandina shall be open to British merchandize and merchant vessels, and considered a free port until Ist May, 1813.—The inhabitants who had grants to cut lumber, shall have the same continued until Ist May, 1811 --All vessels of every description shall be protected, and clear ances given to any port as before, excepting to the coast of I Africa, as well as all vessels arriving before May 1. 1819.-s- All British or other Merchandize, which have been regularly entered. according to the laws and regulations of the Spanish , Government, shall be exported from here and admitted in the ports of the United States, free of duties until the Ist of May, 1813.—And all vessels owned by Spanish subjects of this Island, shall be entitled to regular American Registers. All inhabitants i of this place, who do not choose to remain under she American Government, are allowed one year to settle their business, and should a war take place, between the United States and'Spala, they will be allowed to appoint Agents, to settle their business. The above is as near the substance of the terms of' capitulation, as I can at present recollect. I have only to add that General Geoaqe alaTitews, Agent for the United States, has confirmed the same, on account of his Government. P. S. On the morning of the 18th , the gno-boats came and an chored before the town, immediately put springs on their cables, loaded their guns with canister shot, and levelled them at this defeacelcas Nam!' when they were ordered by the Commandant not to pass the garrison, they answered that they did not come in a hostile manner, but that they would aid and assist the. P atriots, and was it not from their interference we could have de feated any force the Revolutionists could bring before us. l'oa will observe, that Goods are not allowed to toter (rani here until the Presideita approves of this measure, The following extract of a. letter, dated the Atip instant, from Captain BENNus, of the Superior, to a regpectabie botise - at Itritthboorr confirm the elapse, !intelligence : The news that I have to inform you is, that I have riiceir'ed a 1 letter from the owners of the ship. that an embargo was bi take place very shortly on all shipping in dilfereut ports in Anwricak some are with half cargoes. For myself I have here 30 or 41) men, besides the ship's company, working night and day to get the ship,away. All the List floridas and Amelia Islald are I taken by the Antennas. I have the capitulation of it on board, which I shall show you whet: I see you. We have received files of American Papers• to the 19th of March. From these it appears that the in famous HENRY had not disclosed any of the names of the persons in the United States, who had given .coun tenance to the views of the British Government against that country. An answer to this effect was retigned to Congress by the American Secretary of State on the 12th of March last,. CORONIMS INQUEST ON MR. PERCEVAL, A Coroner's Inquest sat on the body of Mr. Pta cEvat this forenoon, at 11 o'clock, is the Cat and Bagpipe public-house, 'corner of Downing-street;---- The body was removed' last night, about 12 o'clock, to his own house. •The result was not know* Irhen' oar Paper went to press. An immense crowd ar peo ple are at this =Want (ode o'clock) collectlig In Powillinittltoet, • • • . 7 .-.--., ----- WWI,. Dm • • Dahlia I 0 • Waterford . 41 . Cadiz . Lisbon . Malta 1 . Vtiertoiry 1 Jeriey ,. 0 1 Jammiri—.. .. . 0 .. ' 1 • RUCH OF S'I'OCKS THIS Bank 2•28 S per Cent. Ono. al/ 611} 3 per Cent. fled. fib 4 per Cents. 71i 5 per Cent. Navy 1 1 0. 1 ..1 Long. Ann. 15} 1)&11 AT ONii O'CLOCK. India Bort& J -p Ext.legit& bilb 1 d 1 pr. Ditto 93 Comittls for Acct. WO Lottery Ticket,: £'1.1:18 • THE STATESMAN. THE STATES Al AN. SECOND EDITION ON PURL((: GREDir y P " ul e :li s c It would seem as if writers were afraid to s this delicate subject, lest the Minister shouldPflackc: which the prophetic them of invoking evils, The financier of Britain woum at no great distance. that, because he can fi at} .have the people believe, new articles of taxation, there is no danger to Credit. lie is greatly mistaken, f or the m Government consumes m ore th an the indus ol try ie notf the nation can supply, taxation will lose its effect. The re is a maximum in all these things, and the Miniarr will shortly prove it. Draw from whatever part yen please, it will he the same as lading Water out of reservoir—the intiustry 0 f a li 1 i 1: t h i Oolne can nmes yi elddowbnutt t o a t weieve,. !f year, and the Miuiste r h as occas i on for tsvettly-iivi,, the draws wtasiferioams, cued,l as a i financier, efflux fro nt money by an the other. To advance then is to lose the Public ,re. (lit—to recede is to lose his own. IS was the (Sia v.ith nauce and her rulers; but our Ministers clause to hazard all, rather than lose their plates. A fur. titer prosecution of the war renders such a calamity as is spoken of more than probable. Jf every battle ended in a victory, and every ex?editio t lobtained conquest,, the evil would not be removed to a greater distance. There would be a demattil.for more money to pay the iuterest of so much as had been spent le acquiring those honours or possessions. No acquiii. tions ever did more than give influence to the Crown and to the Misiistry. The People have hitherto only laboured for that influence, but it lets not lessened their labours. &kitties make a government strong, but they - make a nation weak; and too much vigour in the body politic, as in the body natural, brings es an apoplexy. It behoves the Councils of the natio% to reflect what is its actual position, and whither it is advancing. He is a traitor of the worst kind who resists the enquiry, this being a proof that he is sen. • sible of the danger. A breach of the national faith, in one instance, would have the same effect as in many ; the direfulness of the event ought not to pre. vent us from contemplating it. Let the time arrive, says - Mr. HUME, and surely it will come, when the new funds created for the exigencies of the year are not subscribed to, and raise not the money protected. Suppose that either thu cash of the nation is exhaust. ed, or that our faith, which has hitherto been so am. ple, begins to fail us--Suppose that, in this distress, the nation is threatened with an invasion—a rebellion is suspected, or has broken out at home—a squadron cannot be equipped for want of pay, victuals, or re. /31'7s -6r - even a foreign subsidy cannot be advanced —What must a • prince or a minister do in sr.eh an - emergency ?• The right of self-preservation Is una. lienable in every individual, much more in every community, and the folly of ourstatesmen must be greater than the folly of those Who contracted the deb! ; env, what is mare, than tire - tolly of 'thole wile trtited, or who continue to trust, this security. If these.:statestnen have the meant of safety in their hands, and do not. employ them, the funds, created and _mortgaged, will by that time bring in a large yeedy.revenue, sufficient for the defence and security of the nation.. Money is, perhaps, lying to the Ex. chequer, reedy for the discharge of the quarterly in. terest. Necessity calls, fear urges, reason exhort, compassion alone exclaims. The money will imme diately- be seized for the current service, under the most solemn protestations, perhaps, of being imme. diately replaced.—But no more is requisite; the whole fabric, already tottering, falls to the ground, and buries thousands in its ruins ; and this is called the natural death of Public fredit, for to this period it tends as naturally as an anifnal body to its dissolu. tion and destruction. The ptiblic is a debtor whom no man can be obliged to pay. The only check which the creditors can have on her, is the interest of pre serving credit—au interest which may be easily over t balanced by a great debt, and by a di ffi cult and ex . Letters of the 30th nit . from our fleet off Flush. traordinary emergency, even supposing that credit it. ling, mention, that to the French fleet consists of recoverable ; not to mention that a present neces sit y fifteen sail of the line (three of them t hree-drekers), I often forces states into measures which are, strictly all strongly manned, and the British of ten _ail, all I speaking against their interest. 'Were it not deemed of them seventy-fours ; that the two fleets were only ' a few miles distant from each other; that the enemy a crime of the. highest nature to allude to the affairs seemed determined to come out, and were eipected , of France,.. immediately prior to her Revolution, to unmoor every moment; and that the British s;gir I useful lessens might be gathered from that country as _wasking . to prepare for battle!" The numerical to. Public Credit. But it is constructive treason f or superiority of the enemy is scat,. bill errtertiin no an air to insist that - there are" wiser usen than ovr apprehensions for the result of the action, should - present rulers, else might they be told, that the pm the enemy venture on the contest. HAMPDEN CLun.—Yesterday the first dinner of • duce of a country's industry ouce made incompetent the New Clubs under this- name, so dear to every Ire the demands of the government, all is over ; the true and honest friend of constitutional liberty, was libration never can be recovered under - the same regi• held at the Thatched House Tavern, WALTER E''AW/Elcq, = men. • As soon as it was known in France, that the Esq. in the Chair, who, in a most eloquent and inv= national income was not equal to its expenditure, the pressive address, explained the object for which the ! peep e, t perceiving that the system must end, resis ted Club was established—that of pursuing, by every merit of the taxes. Ministers then repented , but legal means, a Reform in' the Representation of PaY the People in Parliament. We are prevented by repentance was too late.—What a memorable lesson the horrible occurrence which necessarily engaged ought this to teach the Minister and his colleague's. our attention last night,. from . doing_more. than bear- lint, alas! they are too wise to learn any thing, ing our warm testimony to the clear , ' sound, and raft- either from experience or the dictates of reason.— *nal principles contained in the Resolutions which . Headstrong, theyperseve re in their system, though it form t helialthf of this new Institution, and which can• not fail:to associate And invite all the friends pf Par- ik bringing swift destruction on the Country , au liamentarY Reform into one effective body. The 'PniiilViug the best interests of the Crown is difficulty Assoalation of so malty men of lauded property, 'and danger. - from everi_ part of. the United Kingdom, can, - not.fail to produce . the niost salutary effect ; for , The Marquis of Ilertreonn transacted bushiest we are persuaded, that it Is: only necessary, to 31raw yesterday with Mr. PritcEvAr. in Dowiving-street. the public mind fairly: t• the discussion of the great The journeymen hoot and shoemakers in and abo ut _ s source of the.pational calamities . , to make the pen- London struck for an increase of wages three m onth pie unanimoaeiq ;heir •pursult of a Reform. Mr. ago. They are now at work. Whets theN. struck FOrlerSlaml a number ef . eolmated constitutional they could earn 40s, a-week. The number of these toasts frees the Cr.lai ge was ably secvuded by workmen who were willingly idle 13 for the fast TuttoemirebTOrt, •ihe Deputy-Chairmau i lust -weeks amounts, it is said, to 18,600, and then' thaneatineeting *asked fOr the Stb or June. U4--4R us at sipregat Prices. Itoldrt d A./drifts-eight thourod poem . . STATESMAN OFFICE, THREE O'CI.OOA. ' eAR - WITH AMERICA: We have received accounts from Washington to the. 15th of March, is hich state, that Congress were on fb nat day debating the important question, WHETHER THEY SHOULD ISSUE A DEOLARAFION Of WAR AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN ?-It was generatly believed that a majority would decide In the affirmative; and such was' the expectation of an immediate rupture, that several Government Contractors had began to make large purchases of salt provisions for the use of the American Navy. As the Euphrates arrived on Mon. day, at Liverpool, after a short passage from the United States, we may expect to hear by to-moirow, the result of the Debate in the Rouse of Representa tives. For our part, we cannot consider the interfer ence of the American Government as to Amelia Island and Florida,. in any (Abel light than as a De claration of War against this Countiy. L night Government circulated the following abstract of the last dispatches m hich we mentioned yesterday to have been received from Earl WELLING. TON " WAR DEPARTMENT. " Dowating-streei, Nifty 11, ISII " A dispatch has been received from the Earl of WELLINGTON, dated Alfayates, the '24th of April. His Lordship's army having continued its march in I the direction of the above place, the enemy retired before him, and their rear-guard crossed the Ague& on the t3d, retreating upon Tormes." A body of Por tuguese Militia having been collected at Guarda pre viously to Lord W.'s movement to the Northward, Maastortt had marched against them on the 14th April, with a considerable force, which obliged the Militia to retreat; and their'rear-guard having fallen into • confusion, about 150 of them were made prisoners. —Upon the 15th, the enemy moved towards Briga dier-General WlLsores corps at Lagrusa, and drove in his out-posts, but on that night began their re treat, and General WILSON reoccupied Guar& upon the 17th of April. While MARMONT collected hii forces for . this temporary incursion into Portugal, General ABADIA had moved a Spanish corps into Leon, and had obtained some partial successes.— von JULIAN SANCIIEZ had likewise been very suc cessful in Castile against the enemy's convoys anti communications. It appears that General 11.tr.Les- TEROS did not enter Seville during SouLT'S absence from that city. General Daourr is at Puente titri guna, in Cordova; and Marshal : 4 0ULT at Se‘illet" This forenoon a mail arrived from Lisbon, by which we have received further accounts from the Peninsula to the 4th instant. The Lisbon Papers contain a dispatch from Earl WetalNG•rox to the Portuguese Government of the same date, anti nar rating the same occurrences which are noticed in the above Bul4etin. The following is the only additional article worth noticing : . LISBON, Mt.y 3 . , • Lord WELLINGTON advanced towards Ciudad Ro drigo, the French flying before him. His lead quarters are now at Fuente Guinaleo. Rodrigo is . completely supplied, and all things in those parts are quite secure from future attacks. People here are generally of opinion his Lordship wilt shortly return south, drive Soul:: out of Estremadura, and under certain citcunistances, follow up the blow, and raise the siege of Cadiz. Four thousand Spaniards of MraELLA's corp, and two companies of very fine Spanish artillery are at Badajos. Count ua PENA is at present intended as the Governor. Arr. ►' A ~~ 1 i l .1 . ~ .t, i t