The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-10-05 00:00:00

SALES. IN V EST al ENTct. MR, WHITS ELLIS PROSPECTUS of FREEHOLD, COP1(HOL1), one' LEASEHOLD ESTATES, fur Sale by Private Contralti. sway baba(' oo*P plkatlon, free ofelyetwe, nt his Emote Ageocy Other, Suuth Se, Clsonthors, Threadneedle-state, 14indon. Mr. W. her serve to observe exclusive of tevaral berteficiOl Leasehold and other Est fa I c., se has fur sale various Canal Shares, of the must :esitectahle elan : Shares in Water Works, imerovod Ground Remy, Reventionory interests, Ac. Ate. claiming ntleation as objects of advantage,rus Investments. Proopeetaw clay be had at the Office of the Law l hronicle, tear St. Clement's Church, in the Stroud, 4nd as above. By Mr. SADLER, At Ms Repository, Goswell-street, TO,MPRROW, Octpber 6, nt Twelve, THE following HORSES :—A Chesnut Gelding, to nand; high, ;ix years old, nuest:r of stone, safe on Ow road, and a good gig hone; a Chesnut Miwe, mistress of IS stow up to the fleetest hounds in this country, warranted sound, and t shews a deal of blond; a Bay Mare, 1,4 hands and a half high, a clever hackney; a Brosra Gelding. la haws lagh. Ave years old, a good conch hone; n Bay Fielding, 15 bands high, at aces warranted sound, ;flamer of 14 stone, and a capital gig bar." Also upwards of 80 Lots of Horses and Carriages of various deacriptioio. To be dewed the Morning of Stile. Public Sale Days every Tuesday and Friday, . , . . To Calilnet-inakers, and the Trade In geoera.l. Mr. QXRNRAM, 011 thy Premier. No. Ir, ( 4 est Vanilla-street. na THURS y N IiXT, at Twelve o'clock. without reserve. A 14 1 the well-manufactured on,mattufactured STOCK IN Th.% pE of Messrs. Lees and K 1 4 44 00 0, eaninet-taakers dissalving Partnership : en'nprising tae cabl ing work. in deice wood and warkinarehip, in wardrobes. se eretary and bookcases, and drawers; pate* dining- Salstas; WIN infzi, card, writing,ned ladies work-thblesi a hand mune pedeNial sjd trnrrd, One rose-wond sofas and aafd.lablesi toidiela Sandwich trays fireyscreens, dresvinr tables. awl wash4lriall steads, ist. The 'manufactured Stock eninprises fine dry arasosumt Hivainnia and 14.indurns =atm* gen., in planks. and vsneers; eery Sue rose and other akasisrte,‘ Miss be viewed oft N'ednrsday east wseinine of sale:. Cata logues kilo ,st. the pirogv, ; Mr. Oz enhant. nurtlanfet, mod appraher. 353, Olt 4d-Areet, pear the P.otheon. 011344 LIAR PAPERS. NIMBI THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE Of $E T. 12, =TRACTS OP PRIVATE LETTERS PROM OffICERS THE EXPEDITION. ALKANT, Atm. 20.---I wrote you a short letter from Mahan, to tell you of our motions. Since that, we have been to Pulsator, where we made two feints to land, sheering ourselves off Valencia, and lastly, landed here on the 10th. On the 15th, we marched to Montfort., remained there the next day, and on the 17th moved to Mtls. Suchet having retired to Al tire. Out cavalry were pushed on to Villena and Alcay ; hut upon hearing that Joseph was at El To., bolo, and that Soult was advancing from the west wail, the troops marched back on the 19th to Mont forte, and on the 23d retired into cantotimeuts In the villages ..)und this city. " Out cavalry still continues at Villena and Al coy. Gen. Dunkin, wit h a few horse, advanced beyond the 'lst-menti...tod town, and took a small convoy of mules with the French Mail. The only news their letters give, is, that there is 4 new Pope. General Ross's corps, which had joined us, has returned to Carthagena. " The fever still continues at Orihuela, and in neighbourhood, but with no great violence.— :. • do not seem the least afraid of it here ; the s. t - is well. I hope we 6411 soon join Lord IVel yfhp.t " Gun 27.—Joseph and Suchet have effected a juu.uun in the neighbourhood of Almanza an.l Yarote de la Ileguera. Joseph has about 17,000 in fantry, and SOOO horse. Ido not think they are strong enot.gh to attack 4s here, hot will most likely wait for Soolt. 'c Amin. 29.—Joseph is in Valencia. Suohet (severs the Xucar ; his head-quarters are in S. Felipe, and his cavalry in ildrance, We are about 16,000 strong." GIBRALTAR, Sem 12.—General Maitland is to be reinforced by 2000 men from Majorca, and General Ross's division, which is coming back from Car thagena, The lastosseationed officer having, in an official communication to the Governor of Certhagena, ex pressed a wish to he made acquainted with the real state o r the public health in that city, the hoard of Health made a report on the 23d of August, in which they stated, that the yellow fever had lately broken out within the walls, and that the most active mea sures were taken by the hoard, The preventing of all communication with the individuals afflicted with this disorder, had, however, proved unavailing ; and the physicians being of opinion, that it was impos sible to completely check the contagion, the troops Lad been encamped. The sick, in easy circum stances, were permitted to get themselves attended in their own houses, but without any communication with the rest of the inhabitants; and the poor were sent i 0 the hospital. Since the 1 tth, the day on which the !Aare! had ueen formed, 10 persons had died its it, of the yellow fever; 441 oa tie 23d, tiie+e were 10 tick. G.uKALTAIt, Sur. 22.-4 letter from Ronda of the 19th inst, states, Gr.eral liallasteros to conti cue a , I.oxa, awl Soult in Granada, where he lately Imige.l`.:,ll3 of ..is carts. The kingdom of Cordova is completely free from enemies. Letteis from the capital have been remixed in the course of ,the week. We l: we nothing to NM to last week's statement mf the positions of the different grain' its the centre and sown of the Peninsula. Or the 29th of August, Imid Wellington was still at Madrid; and the 7er trui7turt bi • Nigs ii , telligence from Alica:it, of General Maitland-being in communication with his Lordship's cavalry at A:haceste. The allies have ip4rencked themselves at Alicant. Malta Journals have been received by the packet to the !kJ , . of last ir.onth. The number of the sth mention: , the report (given in our former Chronicle, upon the faith of private letters from the same island), of a body of British troops having al lived, and even landed at the mouths of Cotter*, but nothing further As said open the subject in the (ollowing numbers to the latest date.—(From the Gibraltar Clironick of etid. r4Lniuso, JuLy 2 I.—Yssterday the three branches Of Parliament, the Ecclesiastical, Military, and Ter riterltl,lnet in the usual manner. Pursuant to the uctions received from his Royal Highness the VicerAieueral, they set about the greet work, and adopted the 4001 ciehstithgee as the 48 1 6 of the i .~ STATESMAN. new Constitution of Sicily. They neat 11144 the li mits of the legislative, executlve,and judiciary powers. The first is lodged in Parliament, the second in the King, whose person is declared to be sacred and In violable ; but his Ministers are responsible for their eondtict to farliiment, which is empowered t• try and pass sentence upon them, whenever they are found guilty in their exercise of the functions. The Judges are declared independent of any other autho ; but if a Juge commit an offence, he is be im peached by the House of Commons, and tried by the House of Lords. The Parliament will no longer bo composed of three branches, but of two houses, viz. the Hone of Commons, consisting of the Representa tiies of the Cities aud baronies ; and the House of Lords, formed by the Union of the Baronial and P.c.' clesiastical Branches. The Peers cannot be tried but by the House of Lords. No individul c an be arrest ! ed, banished, transported, or condemned, but by the Judges of the land, according to the laws. In the enaetiqg of the laws, the two Houses must agree; but they aro not to be enforced as such, until they have been sanctioned by the King, who is at liberty to give or refuse his sanction. Parliament alone Ices the right of raising taxes. The Barons of the kingdom have generously given up those feudal privileges which they bad enjoyed for eight centuries, by the unquestionable right of birth, and by the fundamental laws of the kingdom. They have generously given up those numerous feu ; dal rights which could not he abolished in any of the countries where they were established, but by force of arms ; nor be extinguished but in torrents of ' blood. The Barons of the kingdom have, of their own accord, waved those many prerogatives which gave thee' a decided pre-eminence above the other classes, and rest satisfied with those rights which they enjoy in common with all their fellow,citizehs; thus making of the whole kingdom of Sicily but ose family under one head, which is governed by those just and liberal laws which she herself has made. MESSINA, Ave. g.—The following sentences hare been published in the Order of the Day issued to the British army at Palermo : Head-quarters, %lama, July 28. 1812 At a Council of War held in the city of Messing, in the Island of Sicily, on the 4th of Januery 1811, and thence continued at different times to the alit of the same month, the following individuals twilit been tried, the Council sentenced them as follow 4 which ieutences have been approved by his Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince Don Pietro Versaci, to be imprisoned in the Castle, of one of the adjacent isles, during the term of his natural life. Dan Francisco Santoro, to pay a fine of 30,000 ounces, which sum is to remain at the disposition of Lard William Bentinck, to be distributed to the poor of Sicily: to he imprisoned for seven years in the Castle of Pantellgria or some other of the adja cent isles; and then to be banished from Sicily for life; or, in case the above line should not be paid, to imprisoned another seven in the said Castle. The Abate Panucio, to be degraded from his sacred functions, and imprisoned i►► one of the Castles of the adjacent islands for the space of seven years. The Abate Mittasi, to be degraded from his sacred functions, and banished for life to one of the adja cent islands. Lieut.-Colonel Infante, to be dismissed the ser vice, and banished during the war, to one of the adjacent islands. - Capt. Spadca Pandolfi, to be ignominiously ca. shiered, and imprisoned 15 years in the castle i• Sae of the adjacent islands. Gaetano Lo Faro, to be sent to the gallies for the term of 25 years. Giovanni Capasso, to be imprisoned is the castle of the adjacent islands during life. Pietro Sornci, to he banished to one of the adja cent islands, for the space of five years, or during the war. Colonel Constantino de Filippis, to be publicly cashiered, and banished to one of the adjacent islands, during the war. (Signed) P. HERON, Major-General (President), By order of his Excellency the Commander of the Forces, (Signed) CAMPBELL, Major-Gen. and Adj.-Gen. PALERMO, Aua. 17.—The extreme heat of the season having obliged the Members of Parliament to request permission of his Royal Highness to remove their sittings from the Seminario de Chieriei, where they had hitherto been held, their request was grant. ed, and on the 12th the Parliament met in theabove mentioned College, when, 'while the Members of the three branches were employed in their duty, an ez. plosion was heard near the spot, which, together with the smoke that entered the window, and the strong smell of powder which filled the room, gave suspicion of some treachery. Persons were immediately sent to enquire and examine in the street, when it was found, that the.explosion proceeded from a bottle of thick glass filled with powder, nails, and other things, and covered with flax, that it might not break in its fall, but have _a full effect in its explosion, which meets to have been intended against the chamber of the Commons, the windows of which looked into that street. It, however, did no injury, the explosion taking place too soon. The Parliament immediately humbly represented to the Throne the horrible at tempt, and continued its labours with the greatest tranquillity. His Royal Highness ordered a senti nel to be plaeed, and published att offer of a reward of 1000 pia'o to any person who should discover the author of tho intended mischief. foreign•countries, in this town, had paid the duties, and which Is mentioned as such hi the li s t f urn i s h e d de 13th July last, by the President of the Chamber of Commerce at Hamburgh, shall be exempted from ,paying the duties a second time, upon its being sent Into the interior, but not till aft* the merchants to whom the.goods belong shall have left at the Custom House of this town the receipts of the payment of the duties already paid upon their importation, a ne cessary formality, and without whioh the merchan dise cannot enjoy the exemption which is granted. (Signed) For the Director, absent on leave, PYONNIER. Principal lirpector. I Marburgb. Sept. 14, 1812. BERLIN, SEPT. 12.—Yesterday arrived here, a box containing the embalmed heart of the General of Di. vision Count Gudin, who was wounded at the battle of Valentina, and died of his wound at Smolensk°, on the 24th of August. It will be transported to Mayence, and from thence conveyed to the Countess, his widow. PUB SIC Ef 4 RCTION DINNER AT vrn. POOL. The dinner of the freemen and others took place' on Tuesday last, and we will venture to assert, that a more novel and interesting spectacle was never witnessed in any town in the kingdom.—Considera-. ble difficulty had occurred in finding a room capable of holding the company which were expected; but the applications for tickets became so numerous, that all idea of procuring an enclosed place was abandoned ; and a large field was selected for the occasion, situated in great George-street, near the top of st. James's-street. As this spilt was not ab.. eplutely determined upon until Friday last, when the field was a complete puddle, from the previous rain, it wits thought impossible tQ have it reedy lit time, particularly as the Sunday intervened. Os Tuesday, however, to our astonishment, the swampy ground was in a great measure planked over, seats were provided, and tables, with table-cloths, plates, knives and forks, laid out in excellent order, for nearly two thousaud persons 1 An awning of canvass covered the whole; and the effect produced by the brandishing of the knives and forks, and clatter pf plates, was whimsical beyond description. It is sup posed that the number of freemen who attended the dinner amounted to considerably more than a thou sand; and the promiscuous admixture of honest fel lows in blue jackets and trowsers, with so many of the most respectable men in the town, added greatly to the interest of the scene. The company sat down to dinner about half-past one o'clock, with an ap petite which may be best conceived by the following return of what was actually i 4 eaten and drunk o r , i ,on the occasion, in about au hour and a half -2 Whole Sheep, 91 Legs of Mott" 50 Rounds Beef, WOO 1300 Loaves of Bread, size, 4 2 Cart Loads of Pota.t 1 Baron of Beef. toes, t 29 Barrels of Ale and Porter. Mr. Green, the Chairman, was elevated several yards above the company, and thorugh many of the following toasts were given out though a speaking trumpet, they could scarcely be heard thoughout so 1 1 extensive a spew. LIST OP THE TOASTS PION THE PRINTED PATER. The King—(three times three). Song by the Company, "God save the King!" followed up with the same air by a most nu merous Band of Music. The Pidoew itawrist_i mai may us reOPeßi' Of OWU declara tion whew Prince of Wales, " that the Crown is held in trust for the goad of the People." Those illustrious Arserton of Civil and Religious Liberty, the Dukes of Sasses and Gloucester. The Army and Nov v. Song and Chorus, by the Company— " Ru'e Britannia l"—followed , p by the Band The Marquis of Wellington, and our Heroes in Spain. Band —" Britons, strike home !" The Town and Tiede of Liverpool. Electors free, and Representattrai honest. Our Friends, Brougham and Creevey, and a free Trade to At-erlas and the Fast Indies. William Roscoe, the Man of our Hearts, and the Friend of his Country and of Mankind*. The Earl of Derby. and Thanks to him for his public Decla rationothat the best Result of Victory is Peace. Our limber Burgess and steady Friend. the Earl of Seftaa. Lord Stanley, and the Independent /Becton of the t' malty. The Lancashire kVitcbes. Band—" Kite me, Lad." A speedy Peace, en-re Trade, and fewer Taxes. A In I, fair, and free Representation of the People in Paella !meet. May Liverpool never be represented by Soldiers on lits‘ipey, nor Placemen Inuit! pay. May the Breem be removed from the head of the mast, and placed at the bead of the Pull. The Restitution of the Charter to the Fremiten of Liverpool, as awarded by two Verdict+ of their Con ntry. the It Aof bold. lag Common-Halls, and ef seeink and sealing theft own A.- comets. The reaping Sea on, and may the Harvest and the Mintiest.s be well thrashed oat. May British Courage vanquish our Foreign Foes, and the People's Virtee eonfound our EssenCes at Home. The Ca we of Liberty all over the World. • Mr. Roscoe, jun. rose, and addressed the meet ing nearly as follows: Gatertamex,-1 thank you for the honour you have done my father, in drinking his health on the present occasion. This instance of your kindness, in addition to the many proofs of personal attach ment bestowed on him, will never be obliterated from his heart. I can assure you that be is at all times solicitous for your welfare, and that he is at this moment anxious for the vindication of the free dom of Election in this town. But, Gentlemen, if he was present, that anxiety would be instantly dispelled; for no one who sees this meeting can possibly entertain an anxious thought respecting the result of the approaching contest. An assembly like this, so powerful in numbers, so remarkable for propriety of conduct and respectability of cha racter, and comprising such an union of hearts, must confer a signal triumph on the cause it has espoused. Truly happy, Indeed, am I to see, that the event of the ensuirtri Election is in your own hands, and I trust that you will decide it with honour to your. selves, and advantage t 6 your country. In-a few slays you wilt be called on to exercise one of the highest privileges of Englishmen. In making your choice for two Representatives for this great and populous town, I know not where you would find men of higher worth than our friends, Mr. Broughams and Mr. Creevey. Mr. Brougham is a man of transcendent talents,' 'indefatigable exertion, and unrivalled commercial knowledge, who, by an almost individual effort of eloquence, compelled his Majesty's Ministers to an :abandonment of their Orders in Council, the fur ther inforcement of which must soon have annihilated all the legitimate commerce of the country. Of Mr. Creevey, I may, with justice, speak as a man was has at an times stood forward at the data. GOTTENBUR6II MAIL. GoTTEttsunam, SEPT. 23.—We have not yet re ceived the Rossian accounts of the battle of Smo lenPko, nor any further accounts relative to the hos tile armies. _ Ixsraccc, Sm. 2.—A great number of carriages coming from Italy, and ladeu with military effects, have passed through our Cantons last week, on their way to the Grand Army. Nu Kum .;, $ arr. 7.—Two W dm berg betta. lions arrived here yesterday, where they remained, and to-day again set out to join the Grand Army. HAssitnnott, Serr. 15.—The Director of the Cus toms ha tors to inform commercial men, that by a decision of his Excellency the Minister of Manu factures, dated the 31st August last, transmitted by lets 'r from the Director-General of the Customs on, the bth inst. seerchandOe irbids, on 4ta arrival front -- I pion of constitutional freedom,_ who has passe - through his Parliamentry duties with undeviating re( titude,--negiebtful of his own emolument, but . strenuous and constant detector and prosecutor of a;' public delinquents. From his etoi tions to obtain , free trade to the East Indies, and his extensive know ledge of the intricate and involved atiairs of the Ras- India Company, he is well entitled to your support Ills attachment to the interests of his native town 116 has evinced on every opportunity, by his resistanc• to the unjust claims of the corporation,—by his sac . cesaful opposition to th e b u ildi ng of barracks iu flu neighbourhood of T and a true s t a t ement t . Parliament, during the last winter, of the distress*. conditiou of this once flourisi ing, town. These are me that will serve you with fidelity, for they are devote to their country. Both meil of unblemished publi and private reputation;—iu then- past consistency . you have a pledge for their f uture conduct. Gentlemen, 1 will dare to say, that if you retur Mr. Brougham and Mr. Creevey, as your Repres , ..l tatives in Parliament, your choice will have the aN probation of every wise and good man in the nation and you will have the satisfaction of reflecting, the you have done all that lay in your power for the re storation of the trade of thin town s and the prosperit of the country at large. Mr. CAM' was calledby the Meeting, w h e himself he immediately presented upon the cops! for would make ev er effort r e e tn, not is nil e d be was confide n t i man long to sostai th ec h e it ea r :t hard, e t r t h h a g o t r u g a h i t n e y the exertion it required. Ile continuedspeaking sintll he *eye so hoarse as to be scarcely au • dible. He told the Meeting that freedom of elec Lion Ras first to be asserted ; but that was not al They were the Friends of Peace, o. f unrestrictet, commerce, and, above all, they were to contend fo: a complete restitution of their Constitutional Litter ties. in the great contest in which we were so lon e. engaged, the defenders of their Country had don.. their duty, particularly in a recent brilliant affair.- The troops made it honourable, but it was the peopi alone (he expected nothing from the Ouvernnacni , who.could make it useful to England. When were w to loot for peace: In defeat or in victory—when w would, or whets we must 21 It would be nonsense t deny that difficulties stood in the way of the accom plishment of all great objects, but these difficulties wer,: not of an insuperable natures—they would all quicker disappear, before the fixes determination, and th• earnest e demurs of an upright Administration. Th i state of the country it was urmecessary to describ, to tiiem--tiley had witnessed it. The sufferings t 1 the people last spring and winter ne language could describe—but they had felt them. Such a desciip. Lion would be idle, even if it was possible. Theic own sagacity, sharpened by their suffering, must pour upon the mind a flood of light that dimmed all other explanations. There were no sufferings beyond what had been endtired and much longer he thought the could not be endured. Nature gave them scant!, and the Constitution gave them power. That power was exerted upon the Orders in Council, and ha constrained n re' slant and !;t.ratious Mutistet one act of : ;ti --perhaps of imperfect justice if so, on 4 , ~ 1 head of the guilty Minister, to wher W r re open the course and tendencies of site negoris ,A 0* ,..._ 0 a his t 1. 0 . 4 1 ....•••6 reill th, •••••.411040 evetpllets,•:i•MC , of this new scene (mere frightful, snore armature' more wanton, than all others) of carnage, of horror s and consuming misery. Its effects upon the gem.- condition of the country were not to he described If this American war were to go on, the evils and miseries that awaited them must b., imagined--r the mind must paint to itself; for, in his conception, the most fantastic language would fall very far short of the terrible appalling reality ! But he did not despair of their spirit—it was impossible to despair of the spirit, which, at that moment, he witnessed, or of the effects it must produce when properly and stoutly exerted. Who could do justice to the inces sant, the laborious diligence, or toe splendid talents, by - `rich the signal victory over the Orders in Court', cif was ollained ? The fruits of it were not lost. — I they were all, i..t that moment, within the grasp of the electors of England. The repeal of the Oaks • in Council would still assist them in the great work of a general pacification. That, alo contended, was I the paramount as well as final object ; am!, indeed, 1 the great importance of what had already been done, could only be fairly estimated by considering the `dreadful, the almost hopeless situation, in which this country would now be placed, if Mr. Broughatn Ihad not inflicted a death-blow upon those mcnstrous proclamations—the Orders in Council. The French I Ruler had .subdued, and destroyed other nations by the mere force or agency of a proclamation ; but it was reserved for the sagacity and patriotism of a British Minister, for the " p'c d.d talents," and ' the " sound Constitutional principles" of Mr. Can. ! ning, not only to invade the rights of other nations, but to• oeneesse she resources, and to disgrace the character of his own country, by resorting to procla mations, to paper schemes, destructive and despotic, repugnant to common sense, and to every sense of justice, as well as to the free, the mild, and protect ing spirit of the law of England. They had removed the Orders in Council; but only half the work was done, until they effected the complete political ex tinction of the parents of those monsters. Mr. Can ning was the chief mover of them. They had killed the snake, but the had only scotched the Minister. Ac a body, the Orders hi Council were no more ; but, it would be downwright nonsense to talk of the safety of the country, until they had driven away the evil and malignant spirit. That done, they gave a joint and kindred interest to America and England, in interest which would assist them to obtain, what it must be the common advantage of all nations, and whet, in his soul, he believed it was the vehement, the breathless desire of millions upon both the Con tinents and in Eiigland to possess—the blessings of universal peace. He put it to their understanding, he would pot it to the understanding of a child— ' could any one say that the power or force, which urged us into our present situation, was communi• cated by our own interests, or could be communi cated by any thing but the grossest ignorance of those interests, " gross as ignorance made drunk," or by the most contemptuous disregard of the rights as well as a callous, a shameless insensthil,ty to the sufferings, and even to the su bsistence of the Britis h people 1 But they had buten down the hot-brained i 1