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

THE STATESMAN. Yesterday, at three o'clock, the 'PRINCE REGENT DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. held a Privy Council, at Carlton House, for the Dis solution of Parliament, which was attended by the TO THE EDITOR OP THE STATESMAN. 'Slit, — Upon recently looking ove r a b oo k con- POOL,LORD CHANCELLOR, Finis WESTMORLAND, Liven cerning electio ns , I was struck w ith th e pre f ace , Bavueasv, aq,d CLANCARTY; Viscounts MEL. which containe d a Proclamation f or a P ar li amen t by TILLE, SIDNWVTII, and CASTLEREAGH ' • Messrs. VAN_ which James the First, which, th oug h somew h a t stTrattz, lion. F. ROBINSON, and C. Bernuesz. His Royal Highness was graciously pleased to ap. i uncouth in point of language, acc or di ng t o th e wor d s point the lion F. Rows/see, Treasurer of the Navy, , used in those days, is nevertheless of su b s t an ti a l im and the Earl of CLascarerv, Master of the Mint. portance ; and as it is understood th a t a G enera l Election is about to take place, the hi n t s con t a i ne d After the Council, his Royal Highness gave audiences to the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of LIVERPOOL, therein may not be imworthy of p u bli c it y th roug h and Viscount CASTLEREAGH. the medium of your Paper. The a u th or i ty gi ven f or it is Lord Bacon's works, 3 vols. 4to. 387,388, and Yesterday Parliament was dissolved, and the re. Proclamation i s stated in the following words: turn of the Writs is for the '2lth of November, as : our Readers will see by the Proclamation under the " Because the true and ancient instit u ti on o f Par head of the. Gazette. • liament, do require the Lower House, a t thi s ti me , if ever, to be compounded of the gravest, ablest, The following is an extract of a letter from a Gen- and worthiest Members that may be found: we do tleman,tlated Sept. 16, at Sea, in longitude 20. lati- hereby, out of the care of the common good, where tude 49. said to have been received yesterday : •in themselves are participant, without all prejudice " This is merely to say, that we are now boarded by to the freedom of elections, admonish all our loving a sloop of war, conveying the Quebec fleet. The subjects, that have votes in the election of Knights boarding Officer informs us, that an engagement had and Burgesses, of these few points following: taken place between Commodore Ronants and the ; " That they cast their eyes upon the worthiest Beloidera. Nothing was done, as it was a drawn ; men of all sorts, Knights and Gentlemen, that are battle." 'lights and guides in their countries, experienced Par- By a mail, which arrived from Cadiz yesterday, , liament-men, w ise and discreet Statesmen, that have letters and papers reached town f rom that city to the been practised in public affairs, whether at home or 11th inst. The chief peculiarity that strikes us, or. abroad, grave and eminent lawyers, substantial eiti reading all the comm ; ; un.cut.ons from Cadiz, is the zens and. burgesses, and generally such as are inte feeling that the people there have for csery thing that rested and have portion in the estate." relates to their trade: they really seem only to' re- " Secondly, That they make choice of such as are joice at the expulsion of the French from their vi- well affected in religion, without declining either on einity, as it has furnished them w ith th e hopes of the -the one hand to blindness and superstition, or on the, restoration of means of traffic; and all their letters other hand to schism or turbulent disposition.. are tilled with exul'ations upon this point. Thirdly, and lastly, That they may be truly The Cadiz Papers inform its, that the Isle of Leon sensible, not to disvalue or disparage the House with is to he converted into a military depot for recruits; bankrupts and necessitous persons, that may desire and that, in particular, all the dispersed Juramenta- long Parliaments only for protection; lawyers of dos are to be sent thither and disciplined. „mean account and estimation; young men that are The Ganci4o, of the MN, contains a copy of the not ripe for grave consultations; mean dependants articles of capitulation by which Astorga was surren- upon great persons, that may be thought to have their dered to th.. tialicians on the 18th of August. The voices under command; and such like obscure and French Governor was the General of Brigade RE- inferior persons: so that to conclude, we may have wove; and the only article worth noticing in the ea.! the - comfort to see before us the very face of a suffi. pio elation is, that the French garrison was to be con. !dent and well composed House, such as may be ducted, without delay, to the advanced posts of Worthy to be a representative of a third estate of our, ~LaaHorT's army, and there exchanged. *kingdom, fit to nourish a loving and comfortable' intelligence has been received at Liverpool by the I meeting between us and our people, and fit to be a American cartel, George IVashington, that the noble instrument 'fader the blessing of Almighty Prince Adolphus packet, from Surinam, was cap- Gov, and our princely care and power, and with the . tuned and sent to Philadelphia on the 19th Aagust. loving conjunction of our Prelates and Peers, for the' The Jasper, 111, Captain JENxisrsov, arrived on settling so great affairs," as the proper objects of ' Monday at Portsmouth, from the Tagus, with a Parliament. number of large transports under convoy, bringing i 1 should he glad to see the Commons House of prisoners and sick and wounded Officers and sol. i Parliament composed as much as possible of the de. dlers from the army. Major-General PICTON is scription of persons-therein recommended ; tome home with them very indisposed; and Captain i And am, with respect, Sir, &c. EveLtran, of the Jasper, who has been promoted' : to the Lion, the flag-ship of Admiral Tyler, at the Cape. The French Papers state, that the frigate lea Dura, of 44 guns, and 350 men, stationed at Trieste, blew up about midnight on the 10th Sept. --The Commandant had gone on board scarcely a quarter of an hour before. The whole roadstead was covered with the fragments of this' vessel, and there were few houses in the town which had not had the w indows shattered. CIVIS. TV THE EDITOR OF TILE STATES.VAN. Stn,—l have no quarrel with Mr. WAITHMAN, or his friends, for what may he considered a laudable ' ambition ; and though I seldom concur with him in political opinion, I would not deny his claim to cnnsistency and powerful talents. _ _ There is, however, one objection raised against his eligibility, which appears to me so insulting to the whole body of the Livery, that I cannot permit it to pass without notice, though used against an in dividual whose interest L certainly do was espouse. ' The objection to which I allude is, that Mr. WAITMIIAN is engaged in a retail concern. The Friends of this Gentleman endeavour rather to answer this objection than to exposeits absurdity. They tell us, that he is now engaged with one of his sons in an extensive wholesale concern in the city ; that his retail business is conducted by others of his sons ; that for the last ten or twel►e years he has resid►d almost entirely in the country, and no otherwise interfered in it, than by his superin tendence. General S‘IItRATIN, who has been at Harwich for a week, with an intention of going to Gottenburgh, embarked on Monday on board the ..lukland packet, for Ilc I igobt nd. BREkt).—Yesterday the Court of Aldermen or der the price of Bread to be raised to h. Bld. the Quar.crtt Loaf of IVheaten. Next week there will doubtless be a reduction in the price. The 21st, or lto‘al Scots Fusileers, under the command of Major 'COWMAN, Wiliell have been sta tioned In Aberdeen for some lime, have received their route for Fort St. George, and mat ch from thence on the Ist of October. They are to be replaced by the 781 h regiment, now in garrison at that Fort. The 62t1 battalion of the 78th regiment, high landers, are on their march from Fort George to Aberdeen. This regiment was a mere skeleton is hen it was sent to Fort George, in 1809, since which it has sent a detachment of 200 men to the Ist batta lion in India. It is now 600 strong, principally composed of tine young Highlanders. We are sorry to hear of another misfortune of the cavalry, and that with the 11th bight Dragoons *grin. An Officer and 20 men of them were corn plttely surprised by the French on the Douro, the Captain killed, and the troopers marched off pri• boners by a party of MA HMO VT'S army. DUBLIN, Sur. 28.—ilis Grace the Duke of De r omsuree, and the . Earl of Besiseaouca, are to he Invited to a public dinner, to be given by the Roman Catholics of the city and county of Waterford in the' course of next week at the New Rooms, in that city. The Noble atke seas splendidly entertained at Dongarvan, a few days ago. An infectious disease, called the black vomit, we regret to find, has made its appearance at Carthagena and the neighbourhood of Gibraltar. I do not wish to deny the force of these observa tions; but I object to the propriety and necessity of making them, because they iusiouate that the Livery cannot expect to find among its legitimate Members fit and proper persons to represent them. Of what description of persons is the Livery of I London composed ? Of the tradesmen and artisans, the drapers, the ironmongers, the haberdashers, the needle-makers, &c. of the City ; and its numbers are recruited by the sons or apprentices of trades men, or by individuals who, feeling it their interest to engage in business it& the City, are compelled pre viously to purchase their freedom, and consequently become liable, if otherwise qualified, to all City olli- ces; whilst the merchant, the banker, the wholesale i trader, are not)considered subject to the jurisdiction, 1 or within the pale of the Corporation, nor even corn pellable to become free. And shall the Livery of London, who are subject to all the laborious and ex pensive offices, and form the very Wei blood of the Corporation—shall the Livery of London, Sir, en dure to be told, that they are fit only to hear the toil and expense attendant on the execution of their char.. ten; but for the honourable titoation of Member of Parliament, they must look to strangers, who come among them only to monopolise their honours, and leave them with contempt if the object of their am bition is defeated 2 I mean not, Sir, to contend, that there Is any pe. culiar qualification obtained from retail trade, or that Mr.Watrumax derives any additional pretension on that accouut ; but I do deprecate an idea so inittaing to the Livery;'who are themselves tradesmen, as that any individual, with competent talent, sod sufficiency Ree of property to warrant his independence ' It either degraded, or disquali fi ed for their l it i aj vc , , , because he is a retail tradesman. For iiiiii n tailigh, Sir, let them seek for other objection* iikaiiiNteliisu without hailing recourse to one so insuttiriOttiiVdq, grading ttsthe Livery at large. .' ' 1 A LIVIAYSIAN.. The body of the unfortunate man who leaped off Blackfriars Bridge last week, ;am .aor yet been found, thougkoeveral attempts luirti* been made for that purpose. "The Indians‘of Jamaica and Cuba (says Oviedo) go a fishing with the Remora, or Sucking fish, which they employ as Washers employ hawks. This fish, which is not above a• span long, is kept for the pur pose, and regu l ar ly f e d. The owner on a calm morning, carries it out to sea, secured to his canoe, by a small but strung line, many fathoms in length: and the moment the creature sees a fish in the water, though at a great distance, it darts away with the swiftness of an arrow, and soon fastens upon it. The Indian, in the mean time, loosens and lets go the line, w hich is provided with a buoy that keeps it on the surface of the sea, and serves to mark the course which the Remora has taken, and he porsoos it in his canoe wail he conceives his game to be nearly ca hwsted and run down—he then, taking op the buoy, rosiest, draws the line towards the shore ? taf Re mora still adhering w ith i n fl ex ible Woody to its . prey ; end it is with great difficulty that he is made to qiiit hiR hold.—By this method (adds Oviedo) I hare n 1. a 'utile caught, of a bulk and weight Ich;ch no ifiele man mkt - stipport."—(Rthsards's West hullo.) '• ' OR the 20th of August, the Director, Seth►, at' Munich, observed the new Comet with an instrument of a Ramsden's and a Di'land four foot telescope, which magnified 275 times. He found it had a tail a degree and a half long, and could distinctly dig cern the nucleus surrounded by a nebulous atmosphere similar, like that of the last Comet, to the zodiical light, but somewhat more luminous and dense, which seems to confirm the conjecture, that are the demote of Plaaete. GENERAL ELECTION. Ministers having set up an opponent to Mr. Hus kisson, at Harwich, that Gentleman's friends have commenced a canvass for him in Dover. It is matter of regret that Mr. Butterworth should have declined the invitation of his numerous friends for Coventry. In consequence of his refusal, Col. Harris. the son of Gen. Harris, the conqueror of Seringapatam, starts with Mr. I'. Moore, its present worthy Representative. Mr. John Edmund Dawdeswell starts for Tewkes bury, Mr. Cogington having declined to offer him self again for that borough. Mr. Edward Protheroe, of Silverton, Devon, ap pears confident of his election for Bristol. It is not true that the Right Hon. John M'Mahon stands for Launceston. He is disqualified by his place from sitting in Parliament. Charles Marsh, Esq. is a Candidate for East Het ford. Mr. IVilberforee comes in for Bramber. Mr. William Smith is on his way to Norwich from the Western Isles of Scotland, where he has been on the business of the British fisheries; and is expected to arrive among his Constituents to-day. The SIIERIFFS' chariots are this year unusually i splendid, being both entirely new for the occasion ; that of Mr. BLADE;, built by HArcuszz, has the body "painted a beautiful mazarine blue, covered with a Mich mosaic net work, and roads in transparent blue, 1 the effect of-enamel ; the city arms elegantly painted with all their appropriate devices; an elegant border i of palm and laurel entwined, encircle the upper part el the body round the windows ; the carriage part, and i wheels being wholly gilt, the ground work in pale gold, and the carving and ornaments in deep gold, has quite a novel appearance, and looks extremely chaste, contrasted with the mazarine blue body. The i lining consists of the finest light blue Genoa velvet, I elegantly tufted, with gold coloured silk tufts, and yellow morocco reclining cushions; the laces, fringes, &c. are of gold coloured silk, to correspond.— , The hammer cloth is superfine blue cloth, and very 1 i tastefully decorated with yellow fringes, &c. the city arms being handsomely embroidered on the ends.— The carving of the carriage is very judiciously thrown iii ; the perch, which has a wreath of laurel running !along, terminates in a beautiful palm branch; indeed i the whole, for a state - chariot, carries with it a degre of neatness, jightness, and elegance, which we have I not seen in a carriage of the kind for some time. The harness is elegant. mounted with gold coloured metal, and arms, crest, and ornament, richly embossed on various parts : all the leather work sewed yellow, 1 and rich head toppings, reins, and tassels. Extract of a letter from Capt. James Thompson, to his brother in Liverpool, dated Verdun, August 13:—" I have the happiness to say, that in this de pot we have every indulgence possible as prisoners, and every man of good conduct, without distinction, is granted any favour he asks, within the limits of this district, nor does any prisoner now suffer for the misconduct of another." A new acatlemy of compliments should be pub. lished for the Candidates for seats in Parliament, as those so long used on such occasions are worn out. — The season of canvassing is delightful for the Ladies, as they are all addressed by the canvassers as the most beautiful of women—their infants are angels, and themselves the paragons of excellence, if they can procure the Candidate their husband's vote ! An extract of a letter from Col. Robertson, of Hall Craig, Lanarkshire, to Dr. Richardson, says, — 44 It gives me great pleasure to be able to mention the luxuriance and flattering appearance of the florin crop which you superintended and directed the plant ing of, at Sir James Stewart's bog ; indeed, I never saw any thing look so promising and well, and am fully persuaded it will, by the end of the year, af ford him a most ample and great return for the la bour and expellee bestowed upon it. 1 lately saw Mr. Baird's crop of florin at Shott's irbn-w.-'rks, which, 1 think, look as well, if not better, than Sir James's ; and the Earl of Ilytelford has also some which he planted last year, doing extremely well." CAMBRIDGE, Stn. 26.—The whole of this week has been devoted to the annual amusements 0: Stur hitch Fair, which, from the fineness of the weather, have proved more than usually attractive. The Theatre, which used to be ou a Fair Booth, until the dreadful accident that betel it by fire, about 20 years since, when so many lives were lost, was this year in the adjoining village of Barnwell, and attended by crowded audiences every night. Various other exhibitions were on the ground, and amongst the rest, that of the Hottentot Venus, whose peculiar charms much astonished the natives, who flocked out of the fens to behold them. The Horse Fair was as usual a very large one, having a fine show of cart ' colts, which went off freely at high prices; many three years olds fetched 60 guineas a-piece. On Saturday last a duellist rencoutre between two Gentlemen of Lambeth, happened at a tavern near Westminster-bridge, in which both parties displayed the coolest courage. We are happy to add that, by the interposition of the seconds, their mutual friendsi the consequences were prevented from beteg fatal.; hut one of the combatants had so narrow an escape,' ' that a ball absolutely grazed his peruke. This Gen tleman, it seems, prides- himself upon his orthogra. phical knowledge, 04mhthcdispute is said to have orl gittated in his errobemsly .tuwierstanding that thi DOW PenaiontkpiiMbil (impressed wdonbt of his being• obis to spoils at•higno , :di ant*. ) • The Inds ialivothhtg . insfir fowl in China is very singalarerm , LlerOwsourda, is blocks of wood", were jesting onnintlwatter in order to familiarise the water-fowl to inch objects, which gave the Chinese an opportunity, by sticking their heads into gourds or earthen pots, and keeping their bodies under wa ter, to approach the birds in a gentle manner, suffi ciently near to take them by the legs and draw then) quietly under tho water."—(Burrow's Travels in China.) The price of bread fell last week at Portsmouth three peace per gallon. It is now two shillings and ninepence, and a farther declension Is expected this •week• THEATRES. - Covear-Gartnew.—Monday night the Tragedy of Othello was performed at this Theatre. A young Lady made her first appearance before a London au e'ietece., in the character of Desdemona, and acquit. ted herself much to the satisfaction of the audience. She seemed perfectly conversant in the business of the stage, and showed much feeling and sensibility, and her reception was flattering in the extreme. A Mr. ELetiNGTox, from the Dublin Theatre, apocar etl in the character of !ago, and pourttayeA (lie chi. Teeter of the suhtle and designing villain in rainy scenes with success. The experiment, after the deep and lasting impression made by COOKE ' in the same character, was rather hazardous; but Mr. 1 1 :1.111No- TON, nevertheless, proved himself to be posses.ed of many requisites to render him an acquisition to the London Stage. , LYCEUM.--A new musical Farce was last night presented, entitled A West Wind; or, Off . f"r London. It would be superfluous to examine ss tll critical minuteness the composktions which come before the public in this shape, and especially such as are presented at so late an hour as that at which the present piece was presented. It derives its title from the whimsical attachment of an old gentleman to the fashionable amusement of hoaxiag, who brings, by letter, his nephew from town ileto the country; the nephew, irritated at being the dupe of the old' gentleman, resolves on retaliation, which he immediately puts in practice, oot only on the whole of his uncle's family, but on the Plijsi den, Undertaker, and Barber of the village, whom he brings to London, on different pursuits, and causes them to meet at the Brown Bear, Smith. field, where a whimsical equirove takes place be tween the parties, and the piece concludes by the avowal of the nephew as the author of the haa.c.-- The characters were excellently represented by the performers, PENLEY, J. SMITH, OXBEKRY (who claimed indulgence for not being perfect in his part), SMITH, PENSON, KNIGHT, Mrs. HARLOWE,IIIId Mrs. BLAND. But the strong sirocco wind which pressed upon us in every quarter of the house, filled and crowded as it was, prevented us from the indulgence of our full wish to render justice to a performance which was received with plaudits that overpowered the feeble attempts made to cry down the piece. It was given out for a repetition this evening with gene ral applause. DetunY-Lane.--This splendid 'Theatre is finished. It is settled that the first piece shlll he Bawl. t Hamlet, Mr. ELLlsroN—Ophelia, Mrs. Moo sr AIN —the Ghost, Mr. Pore.—The bell fer tolling, aad which is necessary in Hamlet to toil the funeral knoll of Ophelia, was one of the last articles to complete the house on Saturday; it weighs seven hundred, two qnarters, and six pounds. It is. at the bark of the middle door under the stage. An alteration has been made in the private box of the PRINCE Ransil.. !The box originally intended for his Royal Highness was next to the stage on the second tier on the.Wo ; burn-street-side, but Lord HOLL kND has given up to his Royal Highness his Lordship's box, which is next the stage under the King's box, on the Russell street side, opposite to that of Mr. COUTTS; mud a private entrance is made to it for his ltoyal !Ugliness, through the King's room, from Russell-street. NAVAL INTEL LIGENC E. DEAL, Serr.29. The Countess of Elgin cutter sailed early tl i morning, in consequence of the wind ►uddenly shift ing, which caused several of her convoy to cut from their anchors and cables, during which one of them rau athwart the Lady Cathcart transport. PORTSMOUTH, S&PT. 29. Arrived his Majesty's ship Dancfnal.k, from the Downs. Sailed the Niobe, Niemen, Rod Partridge, for off Cherburgh ; and the Sharpshooter, fur Guernsey. PLYMOD rFf, SHPT. 28. Came in the Diomede and Succese fri. itt i. with two transports with troops from Portsmouth, bound to Lisbon. Arrive 3 the George, Taylor, from Q4ebee. Sailed the Tigress gun-brig, on a cruise. FALMOUTH, SF.PT. 27. Arrived Ms Majesty's ship Fazntrite froth the eastward. The Darlington packet, Kith a for the Windward Islamic, is gone into the Roads. LYMINGTON, SET. 29. Sailed his Majesty's frigalc Narcissa, wi►h the West India convoy; and the Maros, witl► the New foundland convoy. • The Henrietta, Mason, from•Mirarnichi to Liver pool, has been taken, retaken, and was seen going into Halifax. The Trafalgar, Harrison, from Shields to Lon don, was driven on shore ye►terday mcvning near Soathwold---crew saved. SPORTING INTE L LIG ENC E . • • NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER AIEETINS. • -.TUESDAY, Harr. 29. Mr. Shakespear'sflydaspes. lauti Mr. Andreva"4-Throphonius, 71b. each. Ab s I woo. h: fa. 7t04 su Ilyda-pcs. ' (Second Year.) ()Third of s anbseriptionpf 2.44, each. for 4-yrs old colts, SA. 1311 s. aad Allies, 714. I). I. Bumf dile the pr•Wity of Subscribers. (12 Flohicrlbtra.) Sir C. ffinsinsfy's a e. Rival. 4-yrs old 1 Major vritiK#AA,,,p,„ Vetter, 4-yes - 3 to 1 on Rival. 0.1 CastirtE r feialisnr., Sarr. 30.—The Ifirket te-day has some farther arrivals of Wheat. and lame supplies on hand, sales heavy, at a further reduction from Monday's prices. Rye rather lower. Barley and Malt nearly at the Imo violation. Peas, and the diferent sorts of Beats, at little variation. We have se vend fresh arrivals of Oats. and Ibis trade named about B. per quarter lower. Flour at last prices. Wheat fr . Fine ditto llO 120 r Do. (New) FOe Barley Malt 9O 981 Potable do. 60 63 White Peas (boilers) 80 96 R ape Seed .. £6O £66 tirev do. ! Baum ........ 94 100 Seconds • . ..... 105 11 • • .. - • -. .M.IiMM - ~ ..~ r ✓- od tt. IN 1 ii i lii I ~~ R