The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-12-18 00:00:00

qm•r% • -L• • • E tcarri,Aiiid. .4 • sorSotta, Nov. 'appears isy accounts:' fro ,„ West Florida, that teiterli Toomat, after ; , 'k ing the ;le, fun nil 1009 muskets, too° brii e . of see Spanish swords, 50 pieces of eatkto'n, l ot a great quantity of to'erifet• and httli, with o ho article, which ought ndt s toAit v i z , I 3trung box, with 10,000 Spallish . ( I!rning Postl • A letter from ifavenneh l pet the Syr , arAied . vtiroor e, dated Oct. 31', mentions the :,404,41 thereof a British ship of war troin Mexico, ilsweinf ca board six millions of dollen'. . The news by this'' c:is, that a revolution 'had broken out in 7,i et ico, and thit iattiosi work was apprehended. lotator letter state that a conspiracy had just y„,n ditcorered at Havannalt,:iind 12 or 14 persona iit i bcris apprehended, ft consequence of the 1.141$ oith had transpired. The same letter Oros a most account of the almost entire distraction o tlanch ol 7 rf s t . Jago de Cubs, which place, it is stated, was ~troycd by the late hurricane and an earthquake. (Seza.rork Gazette, Nov. in). The f o r° wing *parapapli Is copied area The qichnond Enquirer 5.... " Lieutenant Gaaiaottb et the marines, charged rth divatehea for' Parisaud London, has arrived tt Norfolk, to go on board the Esser, Captain NiT a, who is said to have orders to proceed tO F,, n ce and Great Britain. It is supposed that i h e ,e dispatches relate, among other things, to the President's Proclamation ; and thiit tlioie addrcesed to Mr. PININEY, embrace the speci6c point's which t h e United States have a right to demand from Great We trust, if she do not revoke eviiy Knit ACT, which in violation of our mutual tight s , and pledge herself to the immediate appoint. sett of a Minister to this country, that our eon Minister will return in the Essex !!!"—(Nete York Ezening Post, Nov.llo .THEATRICAL lIIITZLLIGENCE. ifw.rOns, Noe. 19.... We are informed ilist CooEr, the celebrated Tragedian; arrived yesterday Iroe England, together with se4eral other Per. Lamers of distinguished merit. It ie said that Mr. (mu will make his first appearaßce .in Ricitori, o Friday evening Aniericlu Citizen.) Yesterday morning her Ala Port, Princesses !manta and Manx . , took en airing in a coach, ly Maidenhead, and returned to Windsor Castle at 0. o'clock. The . Dukes of Yuen , Caingß. lOttl, and CAMBRIDGE, Priticesses AUGUSTA and iatea, rode un horseback in Windsor Park for. abut two hours ; their Royal Highnesses' seesise. or4atied by Count Munsiza, ,Lady ELT, GO. toStal".;iirrwammiT, and Colonel TAirLia. The B ALA ut YoaX, . CottuaLAND, and CialsIlLOGE,, dietwattla took the divierakve of . shooting is Will. te, Forst aid Kai eclireepigled 'by Coke*, TATUM. • Private letters from Portugal; ipeak In affect. ig terms, of the misery that is felt by the Porta. pose refugees within our lines. While it is ae-.,• Ipowledged that MAUENA possesed of a - Most, utonive dlitrict of country unwaited by the wav, the helpless inbabitants of the part. _which had baa over-run, are doomed to utter famine. And let vie are told to rely on the vigorous exertions viieh the Portuguese levy en nsasse, will make in tit next campaign ' and of thu aniniatitig effect vtietl th e ir d e s,,L i ted country, aiM a protracted tit will hasten the Spaniih people., • • • gime letters were yesterdayreceived from OportO by a vessel which has arrived, mites ta.,voyege of twelve days. They bring us no inforinattop of the operations of the armies, and tiothiug dtiotpor; Ince, either civil or military. The Committee of hierchitats truth* to America luesolicited an interview with the Marquis WEL. WU!, oo the tubject of the Berlin and Milan De lfts. His Lordship shad promised to select an ady day to bear them, and to let them know by letter what time lie will be able to appoint. The Friendship cartel, Captain BEER, sailed on 'friday afternoon from Plynteeih, fur Morlaix, with a fine breeze at W. N. W. having ou board a Imenger charged with dispatches from the Min im Minister in Lc mien. How destructive has been the system upon which' Ithave acted ever since the breaking out of the ittneb Revolution. We had nothing to do but to Decrul in our benefiJ4l career of commerce, and lase France to new model her Government as she 6 *. If her first, or Legislative Assembly, ttt t.red now and then a truth on the score of liberty,. saheb might gall th e Ministers of our Cabinet, we eight not to have been Urged on to vita with an !zed nation on that account. By the irritable 'hugs, und the unwise 'resolves of the few men v.%) ruled these realms at the time we have sp oken w) lee exhibited a species of parodox, that is, we 'Petted to be at ouce a warlike and a commercial a.bon. We taught Prance to know and prove its sive st rengt h . Th e first Lord LANEDOVNE very obseried in the House of Peers—" It ei . aurinterf erenee w ith F rance will make her !aligerent nation ; and when, once you have excited a weertial spirit, you will be unable to allay it." Lectors Poxaaaant.—A letta from Plymouth, er Saturday's date, lam " This gentleman and fa. have not yet landed ; the President frigate nal Come tip with them into Barnpool, and it is ex- P'eted they will land to-morrow, as privately as l * ethie.• Mencu's Globe Inn, at Plymouth, is Vann' fur their reception ; but It is nut imagined they will continuo long in that part of the os etr ... y Four places of residence are to be %Stied fur him to make his eta:tibia l and every at. tiun,will be paid him." .tAt.—To-day there was no Cotirt of Alder " the L ours Mayon, after inspecting the re 'l°l ordered it to continue at the proicut prices. ,~ • wEltii;o; - p;o 1 E1tt::' • ,~ i •• [":1111111LD 111111 Dalf..l • YAI4IIWA . , Oct. —*His Highness the b r a;l Seignior, Mehemet, has ackniialedged his Ma. jesty 'Joachim NiiiialeOn, In his kualit'y as Eirig of bath Skillet. .111 i. intelligence is ollicialeL— (Correspondent, Nn. is).. r glroxsann't rfo'v. account of the de. cease of her Royal Highness the Kincess Amelia of England ) sister of her Msjesiy the Queen, our Court has gooeinto mourning for t*'o Mouth's.— (sairte Paper, Nut. 23). , , . . rtertiri, Nov. 14.—The Count of St. Leon, 410 Icing of Holland, his purchased a fine estate for 400,006 Grin/ in the environs of Gratz, where he iuteuds to reside for the recovery of his health. A report is again in circulation, that the cele. bratedllemedictine convent of Moelk is to be sold, had that the late Elector of Hesse Cauel has offered a large sum for Iter(Ceirrespi/nderst, Nov. 13.) VIENNA) Nov. O.—The day before yesterday intelligence was received here, by estaffette, that the sequestratiOn of cotton.wool, lately effected in Felines!, hag been raised; in consequence whereof the price of that article experienced is considerable According to the last accoanti from the Turkish frontiers, 'Verne 1$ blockaded, and Whittier , Sit reduced to a shes.—(Correspondent, Not. 23.) „ KONINGSBURog i Nov. 10.—The following rein. lotion of the Royal Prussian Committee of Trade has been published : "In thC name of his Royal Majesty of Prussia; the cargoes of 31 ships, arrived in the port of Pillau, consisting of cotton, wool, twist, colonial raw and refined Sugars, kc. imported In violation of sub: lasting laws, are hereby formally confiscated for the benefit of the Royal Esehequer, and shall bo sold by public auction on the 14th iust. ; a beginning shall be Made with the cargo of the ship called the Zink Henrietta, eh the rest will be suld the following days."—(Correspondent, Nov. 23.) HAiravanu, Nov. 21.—Lieut.-Col. Chevalier Villutte passed yesterday thenufgh this town, on his titsy from Stockholm to PirlOilth dispatches from Highness the Chills Prince of gsteden. , ,—t(eettespondentt Nan. O.), " IUirAL IN TE L.4IG ENCE. PLlrmourti, DEc.l6. The foilowing is an extract of a letter tectired front Captain Few keuer; of the schooner Eliza kils., belonging to chili port, by the Prince of IValer - puket s arrived here yesterday . " Usniftlf, N0v.44. 46 Nothing particular occurred after we left Ply. sivouth, until the iatitarOtteher,sehett ive wets 15 boarded by is French privateer, about Si leagues 44 E. S. E. from ST.AliChael's, who took out of 63 44 chests of nierchandiie,and a sitting giais l but other " w ise behaved remarkably well, and permitted us in' proceed on the ♦oyage, after first engaging to procure the liberation of an equal number of A 6 French prisoners on our arrival in England, to I , the amount of our crew, which consisted of six " fet'sorls.—We anchored the next day in St. " Mithaers 'toad, and round that, owing to the 44 wet season, the oranges were i month. behind 46 the usual time.—We remained there until the Bth 64 November, when the wind at South Wait en " creased to a gale, on which the. vessel drifted, when we were obliged to cut the cables and make 44. tail, and the wind providentially ieering, ire .46 were enabled to weather the land; and stood to 66 sea. At midnight it increased to almost an bur " ricane, which blew all our jails to rags, and we 44 were obliged to scud before the wind. with a most " tremendous sea, Which continued for several 64 days, and in consequence obliged to beir away 64 for this place, where tie arrived on the 23d No. 44 vember." Sailed the Carteret packet; Captain Davey, with a mail and passengers, for Cadit. The Prince Ertiest pitket, Captain Petre, got under weigh this morning in liamoale, to proc ee d to Jameles with Mails, hist it being little wind she fell into the eddy tide, and went on shore under Mount Edgcumbe, opposite Deril's Point, where she lies high aground, but is expected to be got off when the tide flows, withoUt Much injury. Came down out Of harbour, and anchored in the Sound; the Medusa frigates. Sailed list eveniog, the Frendship cartel, Capt. Beer, for Modals, having on board a Messenger; with dispatches from the American Minister In Loudon. . His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARtNIFE is expected in town this day, from Bushy House. A general rehearsal took place yesterday, at the King's Theatre, of the new serious Opera of Zaira. Mad. HER/viol-!r RADICATI, as Prima Donna Soria, was received with great applause by the amateurs present. This singer's powers of voice are nut equal to those of some of her predecessors, but this is amply compensated for, by' its captita, dug sweetuess, the tones of which are scarcely ex. ceeded by the eaptivatieg tones of Mahon's clarinet. H e t fisi.re is plcasing, and she seems to be an Le.. Kett of considerable ability. We believe that this celebratcd Lady was the intimate friend of Mrs. BiLmsovox, when the latter was in Italy, and that they have both remained sine is habits of mu. tug, curtuqundeucc. • V ?~ ~:~ . . , A i. •.: • . TO TIIE EDITOR ,OF THE STATESMAN. 1 ' tray --insensible to tsar while 'perforosiitg a duty —unnsolted by threats when unconscious of error— and equal l y determined to exercise the inherent right of an Englishman, as to maintain a becoming' decorum, I claim' your serious attention to a sub. ject.vitally connected with the interest and happi. ness of every ' individual in hi's ilassekies dunsi. Glans.. At a P,riod when a *edam Is' distracted by do. . snide uPresilin, when s People IS burthened and 'groaning with taxes, when e deliberate conspiracy • • • exists against a tree recal l and when every man, who dare tell the truth, Is torn from his wife, his family, arid peace . (ul home, and immured for years in the intaTubrious walls of a prison; it becomes a matter of anxious auspence to discover where these acts will terminam, and what the end of all this will be : but, in spite of these dreadful reflections, and in defiance of this 'truly British sympathy, there Is a subject of that awful nature, which can make' k)ke People of England forget fur a moment the aut. tering, of Mr. Coast-yr, Mr. Lovett, and other Patriots; nay, even forget him, who, with a feeble frame and lamented debility, is confined hi a House of CORRECTION fur libelling a King's Minh ter, and turn their lunging eyes to thut great and grandest of aTfitsbjects, the continued sulpensiost of the :Ezemitivi Power Our sapient Ministers would seem to have imagined themselves like Admirals, who are author sized to act as occasion may in their minds require, and fait the ocean with 'unlimited orders ; but let them recollect there is more than one instance where the Admiral has tried experimeots, in defi ance of reason and of justice, and has been cued to a CoUrt-Martial to be tried for his life for so doing. What has been the conduct of out' 4dmi. nistration ? They have not received, bat AUUKIIIII in Unwarrantable and despotic power, and have been actually trying the most daring experiments upon that venerable Constitutiou, granted at the immortal ,Runnyiesde, and obtained with 'the blood of our ancestors I—But there is a tribunal to which they shall be brought—a tribunal which knows nu specious reasoning or legal .sophistry—where equity and justice are always found—the bat of that people who are the origin of all just powai . The , eyes of the Nation are now fiked upon the: Paz sex; not only because he has the tight of see. cession, but as they view him with confidence and esteem. It is enough ear the people. that he his declarea:hie warm attachment to the principles of the British Constitution, as maintained by his ever - - lamented friend, Mr. Fox, because he was known to be a man of sound distrimination and judgment', and one, whole principles if they now characterised the mousse us rennin's:or, 'mufti farucurzwar, verso satisfy tfie People. —Same persons attempt to deny the right of the PEINEE to fill the Executive Power what a Minimsl ignorance they betray of their own laws! Tho writer of this Address can tell them,. at tiro:and-twenty, that their assertion is fallacious and false, at it is wholly repugnant to the prin. civics of the Constitution. Luok to the Statute 25 Edward 111. and it is there said, " that to coin. pass or conspire the death of the Prince, is as much high 11-61100 as to conspire thedeath Of (lie King, be cause the Prince is next in successiun to the Crown." Ia souther place it is said, " the King's eldest son is made Pam* of WALES and Earl of. CUESEILEt t by especial creation and investiture, be cause he is the HEIR APPARENT to the Crown." Certain ,learned gentlemen may denomi nate this curious reasoning, but it is constitutional argument ; and, if the Coustitotion has ought to do With the subject, bold are the men whio dare violate it. Why is this curious reasoning 1 Because it tends to injure the cause of a party who act first, for Place and Profit, and make their consciences a sc. ccindary consideration. What then is the natural and obvious meaning of these Statutes ? Every ra tional man answers, that by law, equity, honour, justice, and right, the PRINCE matt have 'the un fettered and uncontroulud exercise of the Sovereign , functions. His Parliament will direct his meastireti s '' his conscience shall guide his actions, the voice of a faithful people will receive a just and candid hearing, and peace succeed our long-protracted warfare. But it is said we ought to place confidence in flit) Administrationi as some of them are eminently, pious and religious characters. Awful hypocrisy ! If these are pious men, I refer them to a Wai. cheren tragedy ; and after they 'have attempted to justify that, I feel no..hesitation in asserting, they carry their infamy into the sanctuary of the Loan, and with a trembling hand and reproving conscience, rob* the cup to their lips, and eulemuly libel the' peered name of Gov V To rattan to our loadintaabject it is naturally said, what a dreadful fact it is, that a nation like England should cleat without a Sovereign ! Why, what is it hut Republicanism ? There is no Govern ment and no Parliament, becauseit is not aemplete ; it is neither legal nor valid; and it is Father uncoil: stitnttunal, or we have no Cunstitutioo it all I . What dlothey say in France,' when every English .I . lurnal tells them the British Throne is yet vacant? What a pretty thing to record in the histoil of our coun try ! A child who is bora at this tioo l wilco seine ~~- .. _. TT: "'l.•' 7-.1 , - - 7 4 7: GALS!(. 1 • .21 FEMALE SPVINDLER. A successful scheme was practised a fortuigltt ago *Oa landlord and seeeral tradesmen, in Ow 14'40. 6011 'hoed of WeStetinster, by a woman of geuteel appearaticel be,f management of the business, proves 'her to be a person of no ordinary lats.'''s and exPerieece is her profession. She took ti e her abOdd at the King's Arms Tavern,' stating, that she was a Widow with futir daughters, .two of the grown up; and that bor husband had lately died, leaviiig a handsome competence far herself and Ws. dress, all of whom were with bee at the isine.-e. They were all attired-in mourning, which gave a plausibility to the stury ;„ and not the least doubt was entertained of her veracity. She pretended to .b e a eeranger iu Londue, And seemed anasons to make the lapdlord her friend and confidant, ..sr horn she consulted on mitres; eciaaiiiiass as to tha means of turuing her property to Ilse must profit. able account. hhe had, particularly, an annuity to the amount of tOdl e its. 3d. per annum, that she was desirous first to dispose of, to pay for Some no. canary articles of domestic concerns, and sub* matters in the mean while,the lady and her daughters k - „.'" fared sumptuously every day," and being females, and not accustomed to consume much wine, as she said, she occasionally pressed the landlurd to help thette off with the bottle, " fur the good of the hoiree." She was elan so kind and civil to the host, as to give haw an uppurtenity DtigrAlalDelidtl/6 Diay trademark to her *hum he might wish to oblige, and happened to deal in such articles ai she was in want of. It so: fell out, however, that she wanted almost every thing; a , little plate for the sideboard, dashery, linen-drapery, hosiery, shoes, die. With all these things she wait furnished; but as she did not like, above all things, to remain long in deilt, for it.was the way of her husband to make "short reckonings," hi order to keep ". lung friends,* she was quite uneasy till the lendlord sent to the City for a "Stock-broker," to advise about the disposal. Of. the anuuity, that she 'night get out of debt. The Citizen attended, and 46 for the good of the house" he joined in a glass or two of wine, while the business ef the annuity was talking over. Every thing being arranged, the morning wag appointed fur the lady to atteed the Bank, in Order . to sip the transfer. Oa her departure she Ordered a substantial dinner, es the City air, she 'said, 66 might be sharp, and would create an app.. tite;”' and as the ride might do Betsey and Mary, the two youngest children, good, they should stc. company her Su a coach. Off they set, but instead of proceeding to the City, no doubt they repaired to the place of rendezvous fixed on with the two eldest daughters left behind, who shortly quitted the tavern after their mother, under pretence of taking a walk in the Park. Since which time, none of this hopeful family has been heard of by the suffering party. B.277teIOIWIN4RY ROBBERY. • A circumstance that engrosses as well the eon. versation as the astonishment of the !fashionable World, h a rubbery committed on Tuesday last, at . Lady ficathcote's, in Grosvenur-sqaare. During the afternoon her Ladyship had taken her usual ride, but had prolonged. it till six o'clock, when returning to her dressing.room, she discovered th a t her casket of jewels had been robbed of a superb pearl and diamond necklace, of thb value of one thatusaittl guineasi, and as no one but Ihe servants had been in the house during her absence, shit is most certain on 9 of them has committed ' , this theft. Via however singular, that from this casket which contained other jewels to the amount of it least 10,000 guineas, this necklace should alone be selected. Mr. Conan t, the Magistrate, has beers most assiduous in the examtuati,ru of the servants, and a reward of. b 0 guineas has been offered, but hitherto without the desired effect. Her LntlyahW's solicittide to discover the guilty person, is only to tfa equalled by her anxiety to relieve the minds of those whom by long and faithful servitude she is persuaded are itinurent. This mysterious affair, cannot long remain undeveloped, as the most arc. tual means are etout to be adopted to discover the perpetrator of the theft. A valuable gold watch was stolen from her Ladyship in a similar matinee about three months since. easse.-....mismetwer The Duke of Notteout, will give a grand diunet this day ) at aia house iu st. Jaums's.hvare. . ,___.... Wiik itslege, watld naturally answer, " /mai born in the year Owe was no. ingr." T only difference is, we should reply, "no Executive Poser." I . respect 'Mr.. - Wutitiniii nut! Sir trilAN . Cti BURDLTT, but I wilts to ask them• why they sanction an unconstitutional assemblage by .their *presence ? Ministers have taken all into the* , . 'own hands. Tho Scripture has an apt illustration • of the present times, where it says —" In those days there was no King in Israel, and every Tan did that which was ri4lit in his win eyes."' Now, if for Israel we read England, and fur man, We sob. stitute Ministers, the passage is strict,sii But, I must forbear pleasantry !—I call upon the . House of Commons to go back to their Cud. stitnents, and ask them ' whe n the gency should be vested ? 1 demand my birta.right as an Englishman! I demand the Cunstitu. tion, all and every part of the Constitution, I Want no more ! .1 venerate, I esteem, and I love it ! I am too much of au Englishman to forget it 1 if I were asked what I valued neat to my Bible? 1 au. ewer—the British Constitution. .1 warnhimisters of. their danger. 1 tell them, *den not, if they mill act consistentlye. and try to save a sinking na. titan, the people ;rill support thou, they..wi II up. bold and protect them ; but if they teal tarn the - warning voice, if they will not du thehrilaty,' hal • them the People are yet the People at Enairsidi. apathy shall become actistty , 'AM irerrwigidibt • lions shalt see we yet retain one Gi.ciitioitt . SeAsit 'l' . . • , t • - ~. MI S'' r r cf. Auk 4 NI( y 4t . 41 mem, win jua g il kicre mill. tilt. b. udes ion, So.l ody lugs rer l :all. EMI pito zte. ROO the IMO eio. ects