The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-02-10 00:00:00

~~: cutting my relictense to intrytte upon your mimeos, thatilnir stilfarings or my own complish; andif for biraake I presume to, Your Royal }mess's attetttian from . cares of year 'fished station, I feel confident n ot claiming it for a matter of inferior imp , c itlier to yourself or your people. The powers with which the Constitu t h es e realms vests your Royal Highness in gelation of the Royal Family, I know, because so a l% i.ed, are ample and unquestionable. Nal, sir, is made to your excellent sense . "iity or mind in the exercise of those powers I hope that your own parental let* ) uu to excuse the anxiety of mine for m e to represent the unhappy consequences .which t he present system must mitail . upon oar beloved. I 56 15 it possible, Sir, that any one can have at.: t e mpted to persuade your Royal Highness, that her c!,31-vz,r will not he injured by the perpetual ulna leluv offered to her strongest affections—the studied care taka to estrange her from my society, and i even to interropt all communication between us ? hat her love for me, with whom, by his Majesty's v i m , an d gracious arrangements, she. passed the , Jas hp r iiiftsucy and childhood, never can im‘l est i ng elshed. I well know, and the knowledge of" It foam the greatest blessings of my existence.—But l e t me implore) our Royal Highness to reflect how i nev itably all attempts to abate This attachment, by , forcibly separating us, if they succeed, must injure' try child's principles—if they. fail, must destroy her happiness. " The plan of excluding my Daughter from all ie. terconise with the world, appears to my humble ' ja4ment peculiarly unfortunate. She who is de- i s ed to be the Sovereign of this great country, en. .ions none of those advantagtof society which are c• erred necessary for imparting a knowledge of man. kind to persons who have infinitely less oceasiee to learn that important lesson ; and it may so happen, a chance which I trust is *very remote, that ehe sl'r•I;(1 be called upon to exercise tbe powers of the Crown, with as experience of the world more con fined tnaa that of the most Ovate individual. To the extraordinary talents with which she is blessed, and which accompany' a disposition as singularly amiable, frank, and decided, I willingly trust - much; but beyond a certain point the greatest u4oral en. dowments cannot struggle against the disadvantages of circumstances and situation.. It is my earnest prayer, for her own sake as well as her gauntry's, t your Royal. Highness- may be Indoce4 to pause Lefore this point be reached. " Those wise have advised pee, Sir t . to•delay so beg she peeled et esy . Devglites 4 s coeval...4lg bet intercourse with the world, and for that porpose to snake Windsor her residence, appear not to have re garded the interruptions to her education which this arrangement oteasions;•beth by the impossibility of obtaining the ittendenee of proper teachers, and the time unavoidably consumed in the frequent journies to town, which she must make, unless she is to be seelaticd from alt intercourse, even with your Royal Jii,o6:ss, and the vest of the Royal Family. To th, , same unfortunate Counsels I ascribe a _circum vlace in every way so distressing both to my parer]. f114:1(1 religious feelings, that my Daughter has never yet enjoyed the benefit of Confirmation, although shove a year older than the age at which all the other iganches of the Royal Family have partaken of that :o:ca.nity. May I earnestly conjure you, Sir, to near my entreaties upon this serious matter, even if you should listen to other advisers on things of less near concernment to the welfare of our Child ? " The pain with which I have at length formed the resolution of addresssing myself to yiur Royal rglmess is such as I should in vain attempt to ex press. If I could adequately describe it, you might en?.bled, Sir, to estimate the strength of the mo tives which have made me submit to it. They are most powerful feelings of affection, and the impressions pf duty towards your Royal my beloved Child, and the Country, Itich I devoutly hope she may be preservedlO go— vern, avid to show by, a new example the liberal ati et,ica of a free and generous people to a virtuous constitutional Monarch. " I am, Sir, with profound respect, and an attach -at which nothing can alter, • " Your Royal Highness's " Most devoted and most affectionate " Consort, Cousin, and Subject, (Signed) • " CAROLINi LOUISA.. Montague flew, 14th Jan. 1813." The point of etiquette as to precedence underwent <hlerablediscassion previous to the Fete at Carl . Fuse. The question was, whether the Princess ' ••Lorr;:, whoiis heir presumptive to the throne, "' 1 .• • Princesses (whom we must not, in gallantry, der maiden aunts) should take precedence. if Highness settled that the Aunts have pre. elice, as they are Use daughters of the reigning 'e :r, whereas the Princess Cmantorra is the ^ .l -dlugh.er. Accordingly the Princess MART led the b.lll. It nay be received by our Readers as intelligence, '•,6 not unimportant to• sci-oce„ that Sir Hum. I' '' fliv) is recovering from his accident, and with. laqing injury to the eye, which was alarm. ft ,:ly s ounded in one of the tunics (the cornea), by , !irtivr, on an explosion of a vessel in which he i%atter.pling a new combination of the gasses. It is the more remarkable and gratifying, as it was in exrerisnent, and by the' same sort of mis (Lauer., that one of the Fren ch chemists lately lost an e and part of his band. • irNisNINDAT, FEBRUARY 1ee, 1 1813. • A Corunna. Mail reached tawatiOstorning, with Papers to the 30th ult. from which we take ih; fol lowing extracts:— Coiurnci, JAN. 29.—The intelligence lately In circulation, that the French had arrived at Oviedo is unfenoded, as letters of the 24th state, that nothing• new had occurred, not only in that city, but thioagh out the whole principality. That they may have-ow lrived at Santander is probable, although we are not 'Aare of itikcautej s eu 11T711!_ert fit ntknilver 1 1 1000, within a league and - a half of if. JAN. 22.—Letters from Ville Franca del Vargo I say, that on . the 17th, 80 infantry and 30 of the entry's horse arrived at Astorga, and without do ing auy injury, left it,.taking with them the Consti tutional Alcalde, Senor. Salvadores, and other per sons, as hostages for the payment of the .contribn. , tion demanded of that city. JAN. 26.—1 u the very streets of Bilboa there has been a terrible slaughter of the Fremh, wbn, to re venge this surprise, berned the bridge. By persons arrived from Segovia we know, that "many French troops have marched from Madrid, in the direction of Valladolid and Burgos, from whence we are assured the intrtisive King was preparing to set out on the 23d instant. BUGA ) DEc. 29.—0 n the Ist instant, arrived at Saragossa, proceeding from Valencia, a convoy of 300 carriages of all descriptions, and many horses, .and with it 8000 persons, among whom were 16 Councillors of State, arid some Ex-Miuisters, the Marquises of Caballero, Espenosa, Remero, Llo rent, many Canons from Toledo, Granada, and Se ville, Officers of all ranks, four Spanish Generals, ! Treasurers, Secretaries, Pages of the King, Sm.— all arrived in the most deplorable state. Notwith ! standing the infidelity of tbese - men, their extreme I misery excited compassion. • lOn the Sth, left Saragossa for France, a large convoy, with a. parl_at the Spanish Offices*, parti sans of King Joseph, who had arrived from Valen cia. Others remained, notwithstanding the orders for marching were general. On the Sth or 9th, another convoy was expected in Saragossa, in which it was said was coming Suchees wife, and some likewise added, that he was coming, and that his troops would successively arrive ; Mit, on the 12th, the convoy had not -ar rived at Saragossa. The Spanish army in Calamocha, Calatayud, &c. we are assured, amounts to more thau 12 1 000 men. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MALTA ) DATED 17TH DEC. 1812. • 4 ‘ While the British Ministry are an ticipating so many glorious results •from the events which have recently occurred in the North of Eu rope, they have, I fear, nearly forgotten the state of our affairs i.. this and several other farts of the Mediterranean. " It is a fact no less extraordinary than true, that in the neighbourindisland of Sicily, notwithstanding endless negotiationi, and the millions spent on its defence during the last seven years, we are more un popular than ever; and that owing to the temporiz ing policy of our diplomatists there. Two-thirds of the people would meet willingly dispense with the continuance of an English force amongst theta; Or, in fact, the furtber. interference of our Government, in the comma of the island. The farce of convening a Parliament, which was not the people's choice, and its promulgating a Constitution, without the smallest intention of putting it into ef (ect, has been too . glaring for the most superficial observer, and 'roused the indignation of those who had formerly adhered to Great Britain, from principle.; while the manner of treating . , the Royal Family, has increased the Queen's party to an amazing extent; amongst her partizans may be considered the whole of the clergy, without any ex ception, who not only dislike our,vascillating poli tics, but feel the utmost resentment against those principles of intolerance, which are so fatally per sisted in towards their persuasion at • home : .sew plots and conspiracies are daily farming at Mes sina, and other places. At. the first-named city, several inhabitants of the greatest respectability hive been discovered, and 'ate now undergoing exsunina . . tion. With respect to the sufferings and misery of the lower classes of the people, it would be impossi ble to convey an adequate conception of *them : pvb. lic industry is absolutely annihilated ; add With* the smallest prospect of better times, one half of tile whole population amid a state whiChis little otter than mendicity—while the Nobles continue to este• cise most scrupulously all . Those rvinous privily* which have brought the country to its - present of weetcbednys sod deifidatioi. Stich ig 04041 . S,P. (W . _ attachment people. is, very far from being the cage,—and I am sorry to say, that the innumerable abuses -which we tolerates in its civil and political administration, have long been causes of Universal cemplaint, and excited the Sur-. prize of all those who are .really acquainted with the Island's situation. Expectation !yid arisen to the highest pitch when the Commission arrived in July list—but what was the manner of condnctins if ? People naturally thought they would have held their Meetings alone, and invite those who had suffered bx the persons in office, to state their respective , 4rievaner , Arsitak inuetAbeic. env vrize have been," on hearing that the Civitcommissiouer himself was fain dated with them—to euquite into the very abuses of his 'own administration? This singular arrangement prevented hundreds from coming forward, lest they should incur the resentment of Govermrient, so that the complaints were confined to a few of the higher orders, who were either too independent or patriotic to be silent. Amongst the representatious made, l those of Cavalier PARIS!, who was deprived of the command of his regiment by General aunts, ftir having subscribed to a Petition, transmitted to his MAJLITY some time age, .and praying for a re. storation of the nation's rights ;- and Monsignor BaisT, a man of great talents, will be found docu ments of the most interesting nature, if laid before the public. After having consulted the various Con stituted Aititorities here, the. Continission‘depai ted in less than two. months after their arrival for Eng laud, where we trust the result of their enquiries are already produced in Parliament. Independent ly of the many hardships' to which the English mercantile residents here are daily subjected by the scandalous inefficacy of the laws, a large proportion of the most respectable inhabitants are highly dissatisfied with the mode of administering the public concerns. The services of the Maltese, during a siege of two years, when 20,000 of them perished, and which terminated in our being put in pos session of the finest naval and military position in the grorld, is too ffealCia the public mind to require elucidation. Their love of rational liberty, in op position to a systeni of a very different nature, ought to render them still more dear to Englishmen . ; and they have, most assuredly, a strong clitiM on the justice and liberality of his Majesty's Government. These observations are submitted to you, ;tithe:hope that they may be 'communicated to some of your friends in power,—and I shall only add, at present, that if prompt and effectual measures are not taken to reconcile the jaring interests of Sicily and this highly interesting spot, we can never expect mu power in the . Mediterranean to become either ad= vantageous or permanent." We have this day inserted some further extracts which came by the Cadiz Mail yesterth9c. By these accounts it appears that the Spanish .Government has acceded to the request of Lord WELLINGTON; to put into his. hands such a force as will s according to his opinion, enable him to expel . the . Invader ; and though, in an extraordinary measure. like this, which makes a Foreign General iu a great degree a Dier.,t- TOIL, and consequently may be said to be unconsti tutional: yet has he been able, in oar opinion, to tranquillize both the Regency and the Cortes • with respect to Ms country's uldinate views, and the ne cessity of the case. This proceeding ,has something decisive In its nature s ono will, no doubt,, bring Chi Contest to an early issues which we shall be homy to pronounce successful. ---0 n...— • • • The Letter from her Royal Highness the, Princess. of WALES to the PRINCE Ricisr, announced to the Public on Monday last, and inserted by us this day, is a document which cannot fail to excite, in a very . high degree, the attention of the country. We can not sufficiently commend the tone of tetuperance and moderation, which is preserved throughout this Interesting Letter. It contains such an appeal , .to the heart • and understanding ' of the Parnci REGENT, as we hope, for the honour of his charac...• ter, will not have been made in vain. The English nation his been long and justly celebrated for en tertaining proper feelings with respect to• the duty and obligations of domestic life ;' and we think it im possible but that eiery British bosom must sympa thise In the distresses of this illustrious and unfOrtu 'site Princess..• However acutely we may feet, in . cpmmoo with the country at large, for the deplorable 'altuatien of the Riyalttl'arent,-there are: other con, derations of 'still greater — tn ipottande which force thenistilvesuPod - our attention at thepretent ntoment. The Primus Cuaittorria of "Wat,Ekla.placed in 'a tvatlion‘.lrengefly: nntacourable • to else, orniniinn Ana k ehtirieter.gs" we shoutd.wish ti,.ien pos. bje in'indichinat wito...ia Sleio load,' at* future " 4 0 4 t 1I 9 f weirlitiinis ,. • igined ; 14.i. . : Jr„ . .: .. : :* f r '.. / ........,*1.. 1 0 .:•,.- J., .1 ..-• . - ..: . country, enjoys none of those advantages of sioCiety whtO ate` Maned necessary for impaling a knowledge of mankind to per. sous who have iultuftely less - occasion to that important lesson; and it may so happen, by a chance whisk 1 frost i► very relnote, that she should be called upon to er•ri4e the powers of the Crown, with an experience of the world more esatittett .an that of the most private individual.—To the fxtraionlisiary talents with which she'is blessed, and which acconwistny.a dispatition as sibgularly amiable, frank, and decided,l wiitibgly trot much ; bet beyond a certain point the greatest natnill eulowelenti cat net ltreggle against the disadvantages or' cbicumstantes and situation. It is my earnest prayer, for her 6wasake as well as . Itermiontry's, got your Royal. Highness spay • b induced 10 pause before 114 s poiut be reached. The account from Yarmouth of two sail of the line having escard 'front the Scheldt is pot.teue. • The 4,rial at Bar, in the case of Sir .F. BCADFTT s v. the Sail of Menu, was yesterday fixed, in the, eourt Of King's Bench, for the 10th of May. His Lordship, we understand, will set out for India iii the course of next month. The line-of-battleships that can be immediately got ready, 'are ordered to proceed with all possible dis atch to the Downs, to watch the motions of the French fleet in the Scheldt. • - In the Peninsula we cannot get any horses large enough to remouirhe Life Guards and Blues.-- 'Bence the wirdoin of drafting those heavy corps upon foreign service! ' The Anti-Catholic Parchments, Peiiiions, and Pamphlets. &c. &c. &c. it is expected will make a very considerable item in the Secret Service Expen diture of the present year. Mrs. CAMPBELL, a • Lady highly esteemed hy the' pubNc, for 'hcr theatrical talents, when Miss WAL LIJ, is re-engaged at Covent-glrden Theatre. The Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, and general . Gaol Delivery, will be held at Justice Hp, in the, Old Bailey, on Wednesday next; preparatory to. .which, the'several persons committed upon various - charges of felony and fraud, and confined in the minorprisons of the metropolis, will be removed to-morroeti to his Majesty's gaol of Newgate, in order to abide their respective trials. ' - • 'Neu xtr,Ott Thursday last Benjamin DivenperN a butcher or drover, and a waggoner of the name of i Coxhead, having had some words at a public-house' in the neighbourhood of Newington, relative to a bat• about some reckoning, they agreed to adjourn to the fselds-te frett for a guinea ; they set-to in the usual.. style of hexing, and after 40 minutes hard. fighting, Davenport was knocked dexp by a severe round bloW on the side of t'he head, which gave victory to his antagonist,. and cawed thedeath of the yang ',kited, who paver recovered either his speech or 11s senses, although he survived the contest 48 hours. It was proved that the parties. had gone out to light by I mutual consent, and that many knock-down blows and heavy kits occurred during the combat.—Verdict —Manslaughter. • - Dai l JAN. 9.—;;Arriied his Majesty's ship'kupid, with a convoy froM the.westward ; also the S rrak, Conyers, from Gibraltar, in 17 days, and the Aid, Machie, from St. Michael' ; they are both gone for the River. It iths blown a gale all day, but hi ! ;.Ma. jesty's ships, • transpoits, and the outward-booind . merchantmen; are all well , e;cept a few which kit,* • - lost:anchors' and cables. Poapsiourtt, FEB. 9.- 7 Arrived. his Majestrs ship Brazen, from Jemiiea ; • and the following transportS from Gibraltar, under Ibis Majesty's Dromedary, left . the Rock the 29a1 ,ult. 3dz. Hero Of the Nile, Providence, Fame, Plantagenet, Char lotte, Briton; lusannah, Caldecot Castle, Neßtuite c and the Eliza, Francis. Yatmotere, FEB. 7.- 7 Arrived the Speedy packet, witlia Mail from Coninait • in seven days—the Prim .tese Mary. packet bad arrrived at -runna when • the Speedy sailed. • • PLYmotezit, FRB. S.-L-Arrived the London packet Hero, and the Elfin,- supper, from. Gibraltar; • left that place. the elst ult. with a fleet of abokit 40 sail, inder-ewitvoy of Ms Majesty's ship. Andromedaand Dervtent, they.pasaed up Channel yesterday. • Arrived also . two French chasse-rnareesi lately captured. by. his Majesty's ship A row. About fanr- o'clock yesterday afternoon, a very large vessel, that 'was standing in from the south.. ward for this port, was captured about five leagues *from Penile Point, by a brig and a lugger privateer. —The pilots from Cawsand Bay, who sew this cap- ; ture, and who were about to proceed to pilot her in to this port, gave the intelligence to the Gleaner ketch, then lying in Cavisand ; but she having on board di spatches, -her Commander was thereby pre vented • • horn going after them. It is much to be regreted that. we are witl•oat small cruizers, fot had there been any on this occasion, there can be. little doubt -that the vessel thus. takna. before our eyes, uiight have.been retaken. Cortri-EktuANbi, Pea. 10, rivals of any Grain this day ; supplied with liVheat,..by the last Monday. Very few sales thew; being no demand; but " posed of, was at the prites Barley is also in good supply , °Mold, hat - the price is inatninaL 'Monday. In Oats, Peas, and teratiun. . • ' WAeat ( t Ettidisit) 100 130 Rye Ditto (6 oreigu) .... 100 lt6t 78 • 74 Figo ditto Mt 10 Malt • lOO.lllO , While Peas , B6 9I) Otto (toilets) 101 105 New ditto ..... CO 00' .' • I 2lllll • aIP rat% efilL 0 , t , . . ... • . . .. ... . • • . • . . . • • . . . . '. . . . . . • , . • . .4 ...... pi.. e . • 4 TO I4J •wi . bi.....")4.4.N. • . . . , . 11.1061 a- • • v._ • ,ur Royal Arr- ~ 1 11 . lir 4 ORMIKe bi./1"0414C41Ve oL.COneequeneeiTavour. follimin impressive . •toussaAe-in hoc goail ilighatesa's • ' i ' • + ' ' • • • . could ao. t 1 ..."141.1 46 I 61: : "W. e tiliej4.'. , . 1 . t :: ..... 4 . :...":;;‘.. t • , ibib to eke. ba g & bresreere;•, , andif sAtiebters . con. Letiw,"r ii Pirticularly heierring of attention : r call alli ' . 4 : 141' 14 * * - ef ..1":4 ,: .‘.. ''' ...... , Gais ..*':''.". •'`;'' •'''' •:!.• •.. . :•, ~ ikon to tOntjortse•beticessi tbeleepie and their lasi- "Is it possible t Sir, that any ankcan have attempteti to pets made your itoyail .Highne.w, that ter Aniacter wiffoot be lle.. the Other o ........ ...,....,Unucabereil ‘ . . - ' ' S ~.... tlinate Sovereign, withimt rendering either any -real r . Guernsey .. • • Cal o' , L _ '• jured bith! perpetual violence otered to her s'rOtipst dery dent I. am •.•i • • • Jersey .•. b • :., '*. j 7, , 0 • benefit, •4141111 .If 4) ,Other Powers www will be most . , ,logs-w.he studied can taken to estragge In* from my wreicty. mportaace- - . v • • CAM. " '• • ''"• • • ••• .; • • • love for me, with whom, by Me Majesty's wise. and grociaus : . plticei-or - fribekl. THis Dell - .AT oltit O'CLOCK• so much • labour and expenci : not to 'mention - the , arrangements, she paned the years of her infaady god etritatrixid, lt u ti on of , Milk Ini• ', *'' • kt indkillotels tit dh - • - - - • 1 . 1 ' never can be extinguished, I well toow, - arid the know- in mgr. Orin. tre4. 5444 .. • . Hob * 4. 4 p , well- sanded eppreimnsions entertained from the in the te, 3 #er,Geut. Cons. 5141" l i rett e rr_ s „ 4bp" . • . common enemy. - • . .. ledge of it forms the greatest blessings of my existence. But to • I par Cents. 15 1 5 ''- /* . liimmy ,me implore your Royal Highness to rtllect haw inevitabry il - (*ale lam ! 5 per gem. tria.3. gat .:. ' A. loth .. * 46 Tarninrte the state of this Island, the possession attteinpts to abate this attachment, by forcibly separntieg us, it m yan . ',fog. Ann. 14146 ~ Idatlet2-, keel • • • , of which has yielded us such incalculable advantages;, I , , L . 6; sateeed, mad Injure my . child's prioriples—if fatifal, -4- PORMWORIMMINP 1r0me.....- r and Jibe. • -_..... . 1 ~.... one wefuld think that, after a coittineanceof twelve ; esto destroy her happiness. ' . • -, 1 • wets ; and , . THE - STA.7"ESM : I4 N.. yeare,,ie should have established ttinss on a basis 11 "T he Klan 6f excludipg my Daughter frbm all Intereeursi. 1, with ; rs lb my h ju. clings will 1 ;ie— .- = — -----L 7 . ----4--- ---- the war fortuuate. Sh ld appea e who is deitined to be umble edgment tb Sovereig pecta n of tbis lurly gre an at ! impelling I . . • , LONDQ.N:. ‘ . I the attachment of the people. This is, however, very I country, enjoys none of those ad yuntares of -society which are Io.—We. * pci fresh or- y ; but ustllitritet is welt he imarttity le4 Over. from • ales mtie efeitad'this a ay; at the little tlipt was • - • •ites of laq market day. apply from 44 temained 1 otninally thii : \ tut as 03 and other no al- . • ltAa oe titans Tick 40.. .70 76 Old Oats • BB 50 liar ditto . 84 49 00 00 • .Isolabitleo. Fealaioa • -• va 40 • - Flarlrimir lob 110 - *le* a 1... 6-• iOO 101 • • • • ' 1' 111 1 11 t , ) I . 4 1 . f A L lIIi 1 i 4 . 1 i ~' i - . 1 if •