The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-09-28 00:00:00

LONDON: MONDAY, SLPfEMBEIt 28, 1812. We have received American Papers to the 19th tilt. from which we have made the following ex tracts : LFRO4 A PHIL tHF.LPHIA PAPER or THE 15TH AUG.] The British June packet has arrived at New York from Falmouth, ria Halifax. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM R LTIMO:tE, DATED 13T0 AUGUST. " Our riots are over; I expect the Grand Jury are now sitting." NEW-yoRK. Ato. IS. The friends of liberty, peace, and commerce, who disapprove a the present war and iti promoters; and nho desire a change of men and measures, are re quested to convene at Washington Hall, in this City, on TueAlay, the 18th, to talo into consider. Clon the state of the public affairs at the eventful :Aisis, and to concert measures for the constitutional change of our Public Councils, and the speedy re. sturation of a safe and honourable peace. Possible events are—a suspension of hostilities with Great' Britain, and a revocal of the Non intercourse Law, consequent on the repeal of the Orders in Council, to operate on all voyages and shipmeuti previous to the Declaration of War : a few days m.:st bring the decision of our Government on this sui)ject. FROM ALBANY. We have received a rumour of the capitulation of Fort Malden, on the 2d instant, which we hope,more than believe is true. -(From the same Paper, Au 'vast 11.) Arr. Math. . 111i11 t 1 3 • 1.••• • •••. 0 Waterford O o O t:nerissey :1 FRIOE OF STOCKS THIS Bank 3 per Cent. Coat. 57} 71 9 per Cent. Red. 4 per Cent.. 5 per Cent. Navy 88 711 Lesig. Am. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Bonds 5 7 dis. Exchequer Hilh 3.0. I 1 d Ditto 30. 3 '3 p Omnium 9 n pr. Consols for Acct. Rai Lottery Tickets THE STATESMAN. ORPIERS TN COUNCIL. The British Orders in Council were revoked on the Ist instant. Our law enjoins it on the Patst- DENT to declare titil fact by proclamation, when the Non-Importation Law ceases to have effect. 'nem is no room to suspect that the British retived their Orders when they heard of our war—in war the re vival would be unnecessary and absurd. [TROII TUE TRUE RICERICAN, Or THE 19Th ACOUST.] NEW YORK, AUG. 17. We learn by A GenUetaati who came passenger in the steam-boat from Albany, that an armistice has been concluded on between General DEARBORN and' Adjutant-General BAYNES; its duration is till both Governments have time to hear from each other on the subject of the repeal of the Orders io Coml. ell, and the other points of controversy. Oa the conclusion of the armistice, General DEAnsonn sent off an express to Washington, and to General Huts, at Detroit. Nr.w YORK. Ana. 18. REPEAL OF THE BRITISH ORDERS IN COUNCIL. By an arrival at an eastern port, from Ireland, a British Order in Council ig received, of the date of the 23d June, which repeals, from and after the Ist Inst. the Orders in Council of the 7th January,lBo7, and With of April, 1809, as far as may regard the United States. A Mail, bringing Quebec Papers to the 13th Las arrived, from which we extract the following:— QUEBEC. Avc. 13. His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief set out for Montreal, between four and five o'clock on Friday morning. The troops which were encamped on the plains have also proceeded for the upper districts. We see, by the American Papers, that they arc at tempting to deceive the people of that country, a se cond time, with regard ED the disposition of the Ca nadians. For the past we refer them to the Reports of the Commissioners, sent into,tbis copntry in 1775, ♦with the pious mission of converting the people from the errors of loyalty, to the light of rebellion, and to the dispatches of their Generals here,in 1776: for the present we have already referred them to their own countrymen who have left Canada since the declaration of war. If they will be deceived they may cherish their error ; the greater the delusion the greater their discomfiture. We would advise them, however, when fabricating the next address to the inhabitants, to apply to the people of Baltimore for a paragraph on " Liberty ;" to the horse tteives, swindlers, and counterfeiters, wh• have occasionally •isited us from the United States, for an article on I' Property;" the Government, we imagine, can furnish all that is necessary to be said about " We spect at Home and Abroad;'' and what more do they want to vamp up a spirit-stirring address ? Oh yes, they want a few words from Commodore RODGSRS about " Courage, generosity, and Tieracity ;" they want M. Smotertun to put the whole in French', and he can add, on the part of his Master, a sentence or two about " Justice and good faith," and " the Liberty of the Seas."—(Qeebec Quetta, Aug. 13.) MONTREAL, Atm 4. The following are copies of letters received from Upper Canada, containing the capture of Fed Mi ehelimokinac, and the unsuccessful attempt of the Awericau General iluLa l at the river Canard t THE STATESMAN ' MOKINAC. Jim? 18. tic Thus am happy to have it in my power to aniounce to you, that fort Mokinec capi tulated to us on the 17th inst. at eleven o'clock, A.M. Captain ROBERTA at our head, with part of the 10th Royal Veteran Battalion ; Mr. CRAWFORD had the command of the Canadians, which consisted of about 200 men ; ,Mr. DICKSON 113 Scioux Fella. voins and Winnehegoes ; myself about 280 men, Attawas and Chippewas; part of the Attawas and of l'Orbre Croche, had not arrived. It was a fortunate circumstance, that the fort capitulated without firing a single shot, for had they done so, I firmly believe not a soul of them would have been saved. My son, Cititatcs LANGEANDE, A. Notem, and M. CADOTTE, jun. have rendered me great service in keeping the i Indians in ordet, and executing, from time to time, such orders as were delivered to me by the Com manding Officer. " I never saw so determined a set of men as the Chippewas and Attawas were. Since the capitula tion, they have not drank a single drop of liquor, nor even killed a fowl belonging to any person (a 1 , thing never known before), for they generally destroy every thing they meet. " I am, deaf Sir, " Your most obedient servant, fluent, industrious, and vital part of the nation to have recourse to, rather than desert their families, friends, and fire-sides to fight the battles of insatiable and unprincipled ambition.—Yes, we repeat it, we sin e.cerely wish every Member elected to represent the energies, resources, and grievances of the people of the* United Kingdom in the House of Commons, were all (with the exception of Lord CAITLEREAGIO, from an experimental conviction, bound at their peril faithfully and truly to represent the state of the nation. Let the People, while they have the power in their own hands, choose such . Representa tives as are honest, and bold enough to resist the lung of corruption; and• the country will hail the approaching election as the auspicious dawn of a full, free, and uncorrupted Representation in Parliament, which is the only fountain from whence their political blessings must eventually flow, the source of which being once rendered pure, the stream would cease to be polluted. GENERAL ELECTION. Mr. Canning has been invited to stand for Liver• pool, and it is believed that he will yield to the wishes of the party who have given him assurances of success.. We lament that Sir Ralph Milbanke retires on ae count of ilf health from the representation of Dur ham., His advertisement breathes the spirit of a ge nuine Whig. Mr. Vansittart stands for Harwich, in opposition to Mr. liuskisson. There will be an opposition to Mr. Sumner in Sur rey, but we suppose Mr. Thornton cannot stand, as he has sold his estate. Mr. Scarlett has declared himself a Candidate for Lewes. Mr. Bowes, who has been carrying on a canvass for mouths at Seaford, now finds, on the eve of the Election, that be has little chance of 'success. Sir William Manners has arranged for all his seats, without any compliment to head-quarters." Mr. ilonywood declines offering hinPelf for Kent again, on account of health. • • • _ _ On Saturday dispatches from Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ were received at the Admiralty. It is stated that they contain several communications which had reached him from Rear-Admiral MARTIN, at Riga, detailing the occurrences of the siege of that place. Dispatches were received on Saturday from Lord CArEcART, and letters from Sir ROBERT WILSON. The former refer to the discussions and result of the late Congress at Abo, whither his Lordship attended dhe Emperor At.Exastine. Sir R. Witsores letters aresaid to state, that the abandonment of Smolensk was, with the concurrence of, all the Russian Com manders. Sir ROBERT Witte?' originally accompanied Mr. Lem* to Constantinople, and he obtained permis sion from Ministers to join the Russian army as an accredited Military Agent of Great Britain. The Argo, Capt. WARREN, arrived from the Me- diterranean, at Portsmouth, on Saturday, having on boaid Mr. CANNING ) late Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople. The Argo was not at that place, but left Tenedos the 22d July, and touched at Malta on the stb, and Gibraltar on the 30th of August. The Argo brought a small convoy from Malta to Gibraltar. The St. Juan, Lavinia, and Frederick stein were at Gibraltar; the latter was to sail with a convoy for England on the Ist September. The day before the Argo left Gibraltar, news had arrived that . the French had evacuated Malaga, on the night of the 27th ult. spiking the guns, and blowing up the-castle and batteries. Mr. Cannseci is charged with dis patches. I The outward-bound West India fleet sailed from the Cove of Cork ou the morning of the 2`1.4 instant, , ender convoy of his Majesty's ships ifeteria and Fawn. ' On Monday morning last, about 11. o'clock the Interesting spectacle took. place of laying the first stone of the lAncasterian school, in Wakefield, in the 'presence of more than 5000 people. The children ' already educating under this institution, walked in procession from their present temporary school, pre ceded by a band of music, to the place appointed. In the unavoidable absence of John Pemberton Hey wood, Esq. President of the Institution, the per formance of this ceremony devolved upon Benjamin Heywood, Esq. who, before he proceeded to-perform It, mad* a short and appropriate speech. He observed that be had been most unexpectedly called to the ho nour of laying the foundation-stone of a building, dedicated to a purpose which every friend of the poor , mustsincerely appi eve, and to which all must wish suc cess. lie trusted that this would be the case in a degree equal to the most sanguine expectations of the friends of the institution. For his own part he sincerely hoped that•the day was approaching when the wish of our venerable Monarch would be realised, that not a poor person should be found in the king dom who was not able to read his Bible. As soon as the stone was laid, the Rev. Mr. Buckley addressed the numerous audience in a speech of considerable length, in which he depicted, in the most impressive language the benefits of education, and urged the ne cessity of still further extending that spire, of libe rality and solicitude for theinterests of the children of the poor, to which the projected edifice owed Its origin. , The following paragraph appeared in the Merida, Orval& of , this day. in 'shift Mr. Putter explains his mouses for copy ing articles from tbe itatigoilican : On Monday last we presented the public with a 46 Mr . (1 ..zOLDSMITH, of the Asligallican Monitor, striking picture of the state of w r etchedness and ens has chosen to say, that all the London papers, ex paralleled suffering into which the poor Weavers, in cept the Morning Post, have ' shrunk from their the neighbourhood of Manchester, have been preci- ' duty' in not inserting some letters of his in answer p hated durin the resent War. We then exhibited to an observation made on his conduct by a writer in g p the Times. Now we agree with him that 'it is the to the PRINCE Rustier, his War Ministers, and a 6 duty of every honest and impartial Journalist who host of idle Pensioners on our fading resources, a I lends his columns for attack, to keep them open statement of melancholy facts, the contemplatiott of ' also for vindication ;'—but surely there is no duty which must wring their very hearts with horror and imposed on every oth4 Journalist to interfere hi a contest . 0 f personality. We have copied som e of his remorse, if luxury, al arice, or ambition, has not al curious disclosures, because they serve to s pew bow ready absorbed and annihilated all sensation of sym-, much our Ministers have been duped by the merce pathy or compunction. How it is possible that such nary potentates in whose cause they have so un a multitude of men, women, end children can long availingly squandered the blood and treasure of exist, when deprived of the mesas of procuring a England; but we see no reason why we should de subsistence we cannot conceive. Th e h arvest Is over grade the columns of the Morning Chronicle by the detail of his personal quarrel, with other writers." —the e inter approaches, and naprospect of a reviving ~. . ter de he man conv i c ted of an attempt at I. n ----?... , _ as y, tel -se_ commerce—a number ofMerchants audManufacturers unnatural crime at the late Middlesex Sessions, stood are brought tolbe verge of bankruptcy, while those few In the pillory in St. Johe's-street, Smithfield, pur- ; who still - can sustain the unexampled depreision of our silent to his sentence. The people were so irritated ' CORN-EXCHANGE ? Sam 21. These 319' io-day considerable frestt itetirlde of Wheat coast-. commerce, are either securing their own preservation, when he ascended the seeffeld, that it was witii siege wits the su pplies en hand from last tryst*: sale ver dull, Much . difficulty the officers *told place him In the at a ;eduction, of about les. per qaartel.—parley and fl ak at or humanely persevering in giving their workmen em ployment, without having the least prospect of a profit; machine, which was no toaster done than he was. completely smothered wilh filth of every description. ! gitairsuleariply:andid last little sariatiod . .—Widte rem ladeti ti fe te u t t iwai‘.7f Fs ry _ selroa .____ IlCw and even continue to bear a loss, rather than endure The wretched culprit cautioned about fi fty minutes sack. . . .per Pm,. lower . — er. _ flour 4 L aw to uus on . of u s r . s la 68s 850 1W .Dori k* ' • 84 99 the painful sensation of seeing their industrious and to the pillory, when beady- released, being . nearly . wkelt litto 122 118 I Dori,* 916) . .. once happy neighbours famish for want of food.— • strangled. Rye B4 68 1 Oats • . . 53 57 60 54 t4:l Pohl:Ade. ..;... 60 6.1 We wish, after the ensuing Election is over, that 1 Thursday Peter Paine, 0 young man about thirty Her* - 90 98 Pa11at00d0.......... '62 -f5 before every new and old Member, they could years of age, terminated h is existence at Folkatone, ! wait% Pea . (boilers) 86 913 I gape Seed ... .4'W ;CGS be by shooting himself th hA. neck with a h o r d e- ' Greedo. .- 94 1* lamb .- lO6 Ile enabled to take their sects in Parliament, were 1 pistol. Ile is suppesed to bee native of Guernsey, I awls 'obliged to visit the miserable cells and damp huts of i and had arrived there two mouths ago, for the per- I SPAITHFIRLD MARKET:-Salle. 18. the wretched weavers, and the suffering poor through- i pose of recruiting his health.. . Four letters were ! To sink the 06'al; per stasse'of ms. Slump ..fr.. 2A. so 5:4 id. :,.. out the kingdom--yes,weoouldwish toseethmeraes.. found in his room ; one if tbent to by landlady., ' Beef •• - 51 . ('''• '" 6 s' Of; *• 1 1 1141 0 1 of Cattle thirds' i 2 f 4 9 'Mid bequeathing her his Phi Mitch mad all his clothes , as Wad from the silken -couch, tae : stately inanals. e Vail ....;7 6 . (Nt. to Bs.. Od. , 4. 46-1 4' '• • a emetuteraliote ter sese troubles semi monclediag. with pad ~..ei• et. to 14. Od. r .... the circle of-re pletianieed compelled for a 411111161 , 40. ,a m f a ll ow i ng sen t ence —d o s f Sid . . iil t r; :: .. ) . SM Alf -MARK= -k inhale the putrid vhixolirss aod PielLke et eiesseerho . loilgerable te. support thseevils of Ode. life, ,he" 4 . * he found himself Lamb. • '..61. 6d. to 75. 6d. Ili* i , . :May and unssholesome viands to Which starvation, bA t abAbopetibiaireeisme labiggarmoide•pardea him far i Clover ' irreeistibleimpelsei bas leaned a meloeisli 4441.0 Ail* is vas about t• commit.". 4 '' -- ' ''. -.- '' - Seam 44 " 24' Os. .°4 6.11' Is. 5 4 , . , • - Col. C.urson starts for the city of Oxford. Mr. Bankes has announced his intention of aga'n offering himself for the county of Dorset. Mr. Lethbridge having declined stan•ling• for the county of Somerset, Mr. Dickenson and Mr. Gore Langton will stand. Mr. Serjeant Best has declared himself for Brid port. Mr. Thomas Wyndham, `fit is imid, retiree from Glamorganshire. A strong canvass has been commenes.d for the Borough of Northampton, in opposition to the Nor thampton family. Mr. Round, the Banker, of Colchester t is pann ing Ipswish. E. Brydges, Esq. of Lee Priory, has addressed a letter to the Freemen of Canterbury, intimating that he cannot lose the opportunity, should a fair opening occur, to offer them his services, as a repro. sentative for their ancient City. Saturday a meeting of the Friends of Messrs. Waithman and Wood took place at the New London Tavern, for the purpose of inviting those Gentlemen to stand forward for the City of London. The invi tation was accepted. _ _ " JOHN ASKEW, jam. Deploy Store-keeper. " The flea: Col. Was. Claes, dm. &c. Fort George." . EintAcT OF A LETTER ?ROW RASED 19Tia JULY. " At Sandwich General HULL landed on the 12th inst. without opposition, with about 800 or 1000 men. He has made three unsuccessful attempts at the river Canard, where his parties have been repulsed. I trust, before long, Gen. HULL will have reason to repent his crossing the Detroit. COPT Of AN ADDRESS mom GENERAL WU. HULL, TO VIZ BRETHREN OF THE $ll NATIONS. " The powerful army under my command is now in possession of Canada. To you, who are friendly, it will afford safety and protection. All your lands, and all your rights, of every kind, will be guaranteed to you if you take no part against us. I salute you in friendship, and hope you will now act such a part as will promote your interest, your safety, and hap. piness. May the Great Spirit guide you to peace."— (Quebec Gazette, Aug. 6.) •' On the nd July, Major-General BAUK is sued a Proclamation to the inhabitants of Upper Ca nada, in which ha notices General 'lutes Proclama tion ; points out the rapid increase of prosperity in that colony ; informs them, that should America e►•en succeed in conquering them, they would not enjoy part of her boasted independence, but made over to the tyrant of France; and that should Gen. Iltmr, refuse giving quarter to such of them as may be taken in arms, retaliation shall be resorted to." The Hon. Henry Lascelles has offered himself a Candidate for the honour of representing the Bo rough of Pontefract. Thelv are three other Candi ; dates for Pontefract; Lord Pollington and R. P. Milnes, Esq. the present Members, and Ellis Leek onby Hodgson, Esq. of Stapleton. A very spirited contest Is anticipated. It is rumoured that the great Orator and Patriot lof Ireland, the Right Honourable Johri Pia!pot Curran, is to retire from the Bench, for the pur pose of devoting his unequalled talents to a more ge neral service of his country in the present alarming !crisis of her affairs, than it is possible for him uow to render, consistently with a proper regard to his I judicial duties, which exclusively occupy his time and Wel attention. may therefore expect to find him, 1 during the next Sessions of Parliament, once more i advocating the cause of his country, whose enemies he had so often denounced and put to shame. The Right Itpo, James Fitzgerald, father of the present Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer, Is, we under stand, named for his successor as Master of th• Rolls. Paris Papers were received In town yesterday to the 24th instant, and have brought very important news from the French Army in the North. There is no Bulletin, but private accounts state, that the French have forced the Russian camp at Mojaisk, after a severe contest of eight hours, which has, no doubt, occasioned an immense slaughter on both sides ; but the result has been favourable to the French, who are said to be in close pursuit of the- Russians. Illojaisk is about sixty miles from Mos cow, which is, probably, now in possession of NA. POLEON ; and, notwithstanding the flattering ac. counts lately received from Sir ROBERT WILSON, we apprehend ALEXANDER will be compelled to sue for peace, and submit to such terms as NAPOLEON may think proper to grant him, and England may again be reduced to the necessity of withdrawing her ske leton army from the Peninsula, to protect her own shores, or make a pence when the laurels of ♦ictory 'have faded on her brow. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEAL, SLrr. 27. Arrived from Portsmouth his Majesty's ship Mi nerva, with about 13 sail of the Quebec convoy; they are sailed for the River, bat the Minerva re. mains. Put back the Countess of Elgia cutter and her convoy. PORTSMOUTH, Sure. !7. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ships Venpur, Princess Caroline, and Phebe,• from off Cberbourgh; the Argo frigate, from Constantinople, with dis patches; the Orestes, from acrnize; and the Zeno bia, from Plymouth. Sailed his Majesty's ships Hope, for Guernsey and Jersey ; the Missletoe, with the homeward-bound West lndlamen for the Downs ; and the Pheebe, for off Cherbourgh. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 26. Arrived his Majesty's ships Rota from Lisbon, with a Mail, in 9 days ; Implacable, from the Medi terranean ; Linnet, from the Eastward; Amaranths and Pionier, from the Downs. _ _ _ Sailed his Majesty's ships Favourite, for Fat month, to take convoy for the Downs ; Niobe, Stade, and Orestes on a cruise. .0. FALMOUTH. ears. %. s;.• Sailed Ma Pefajaitea *Of cruise. Arrived his Majesty% 'skip Marlborough, wit& about 40 sail of ships miler convoy for Spain and Portugal ; a brig of war, with a few ships uuder con voy for Cerk. • • ir..itt 1.4 r. ••- , • 'r. c' . s ;b b x . ;i ._~ e 4 .-.. .4W. _ _••5: I i il f i t t i 01' ' , j • 5 1 I I 0 1 4 ' 1 : f • r 4, iv , ,4‘ • . I . • *4- 4,