The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-05-01 00:00:00

/ TO CORRESPON DEN TS. Tut PROPRIETOR of The Statesman being informed of a dark; imposition lately attempted to be practised upon the Readers of this Paper. as well as a bold attack upon his property, by the substituting of another Paper instead of it, thiuks it proper to inform the Public, that he has no connection with any other Evening Paper whatever; and if any person has been deceived by such false representation, he will feel particularly obliged by such information being sent to the Office of Tris 'STATESMAN. at No. 87, Fleet street, that the offender may be prosecuted. The Proprietor avails himself of the present opportunity to point out the advantages that would result to ADVERTISERS, particularly In the &deaf Estates and other Property, in fa ww* this Pater with their Advertisements, from the very extensive circulation of Tut: STATESHA\, and the respectability of its Readers. Arglbed. Allifis• Uir. . 1 Dublin Waterford 2 O Gottenburgb.. 2 O ....r Liillolll 1 O Cadiz oo • a 3• THE STATESMAN. LON DUN TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1810. V. H K. :~i':"~~ - ~ • GERMAN 4ND tIiUTC . PAPEIts. BAYotstrz, M.tacu 12.—Twelve or fifteen thousand men, composing the division of Ga len ,' Semis, have just arrived here ; it is said, the di. rection of their march is to the Asturias. W ar . ^like ammunition of .every kind, and particularly bombs and balls, are continually passing throu g h this city.--(Abeigle du Nord, April 17.) LEMSEAG, APRIL 4.—Prince Bagratiosi, who commanded the army ott the Danube, will replace Prince Gallitzin, to superintend,' together Ishi i the Austrian Commissioners, the arrangement o f the district of 400,000 souls, which Austria cedes to Russia. Lieutettant-General . Suwarrow, o w, son of the Marshal of the same name, tsccop a With a small corps of troops, the circle of Tam ) ! pal, the whole of which will be ceded to Russia._ are cal. (ibid.) AMSTIMAN, APRIL I?..—The &tea lielland is at length decided. That power ()Wes to Fran ce the important fortresses of Bergen-op-Zoom, B ois. le-due, Gertruydettherg, Breda, Williamsted t Gorcurn, Vilundert, Steinbergen, and bilesp es !. All the districts of which the Freud took p ot . session, are mot equally fertile; bet those which extend ld to owtihthe seae i tl the l esiT 'he iruag inhab d itant ail s:( p atch Brabant are almost all Catholics; there are but few of tho reformed religion even at liimegue n , where they have but two churches; the others have five. GExot, Aram 4.—A ship which yesterday e r „ rived here from Cyprus, has brought intelligence that she was detained at Candle, and Iter es! th a t the capital of tkat island had been totally dr. sAtrpi 20. oryied l7 an earthquake.—(CorregiOndent, Caere, MANCH 6.—Perfect tranquillity p re , vails here, and the utmost plenty of provisions. The English seem to have relinquished every 16 4 of the island.—(Sauce Paper.) -arouT, Atom W.—The grand nr , "77rW : TßlT'f'e 'ATICSNIAN. WE call the attention of our Readers, most particularly, to the FIFTH REPORT of the FI NANCE COMMITTEE, which appears in our Paper of this day. It is certainly a painful thing, when a Nation is compelled to resolve all its principles and feelings into a question of money. But when . that necessity arises, it must be disposed of, be. fore any better feelings can be indulged io to any very great degree. The simple fact is—it is the same kind of necessity which compels a man to eat before he performs the useful labours for which te lives, and which constitute the valec of his being. The public purse has at length been plundered to that amount, that whatever is desi rable in itself, and for itself, must be postponed till the Abuses in the Administration of the Public Money are done away. The disease is actually preying un the heart, and must be remedied, as the first step to a return to sound health. To COIDOCI WARDLE this country has many obligations. The facts which he brought to light made converts of millions, converts from that blind confidence in Government which supported', and would long have continued to support, all the abuses of the State. Every body knows the change that has been produced in the public mind, but many do net see the reason. It arose simply from this—all the PEOPLE of ENGLAND weir sick of paying money out of their purses to the Go. 'eminent, except those who live on the public 'femme, and a few rich Land-owners, who, from the dearness of provisions, are actually gainers by the system of war and abuses. Out of this mul titude so oppressed and aggrieved by taxes, a vast portion bore their sufferings with patience, from st confidence that Government dealt fairly towards them, and that censeqently their hurtlsens were inevitable. Never was a more loyal, or patient people, than those of England ; and this patient submission under all evils would have remained un. impaired till now, if the veil had not been removed that concealed the hideous features of abuses. It is removed, and millions are now resolved that they will have a Relons; ow Allow !—Mit.r.toris, who before constituted the raven stiit.TiTUDE! —The present wishes of thegreat bulk of the People of Eng. land are for It ',velem, and these wishes must succeed. Viewing this sphjeit as we do, we cannot but smile at the vain attempts made by the unfortunate Alinisterialists to turn the public attention from Abuses, and the contemplation of Reform, to some other object that may create a diversion in their favour. The jealousy with which the pee. pie look epqn the Whigs, is DOW the topic on which they would gladly draw the public eye. It is really mutter of amusement, it is in fact a good joke, that The illorning / 1 00, and such Papers, Ilu not see the impotency of that kind of attempt, They will not cempreheod the sign; of the times. The people are jealous of the Whigs...the people Ilan invited the Whigs to remove the cause of that jealousy. Many have a remaining respect for the Whigs, notwithstanding the errors that party have 'falleq intq, They ere angry with them, but Angry as FataNqs. All this is true..,but what then This quarrel of the people with the Whigs occupies their minds only slightly and hidden. 'tally; and if The Post, as any Mod of Ministers, expects to make a diversion in favour of fa ittisters, .by talking of 'hit quarrel, he is woefully mistaken. ,The Nettle's' anger against the Whip mey occupy *a spare- moment with them. But public abuses 'ecarcely leave then; a moment of that description. 'And t4e Post, and all the Ministerial Writers, may make just as much alt they can of that ground. It would be cruel in us to wish to deprive them of smell an advaot3eo . • According to lrtiers from Paris of the 18 . th ult. General Wrarost, the late Commandant of Ver t . dun, committed suicide on the preceding day.. This officer had been ordered to rads to IN/Wet 'loan: charges of extortion and embezzlement of flieir property, preferred against hita is/ Sir . fIiMAS LAVIE, and other Britieh tarisQlll4o l at that . depot. It appears, that some days be; lore, he made an application, through a. chilli' pule% to Sir T. LAME, to soften the eeideirce 'against him as much as possible, promising, o n that fensideratiop, to restore the property porloitted, , , -. LO RD ERSKI N E'S LET'TIAR. The following following is the letter addressed by Lem ERSKINE to R. B. SIIERIDAN, Esq. at the time of the discussion in the House of Commons en the subject of the Resolution of the Bench of Lin, Golit;s lets against the Press. It will bo reed with a liicly interest by all ttiose who desire., like our selves, to preserve - respect - for the character of the Learned Body is whom it alludes. DEAR STIERID•Ro s From something that has been stated to have fallen from my friend, Anstrather, upon your 111.0 ion an Friday, the public (und naturally enough) are up in anus against me—l ans sure he did not intend to hurt or injure me, as we have always lived on terms of intimacy and friendship. I could have prevented that misapprehension bad I foreseen it, by authorising you to state in the House of Commons what had passed between us upon the subject of the Resolution; bet, I asked your con fi dence, to avoid even the appearance of act ing invidiously towards friends in the profession, with whom I have spent the greatest part of my life, and to whom I sun sincereljattached ; but, as things have turned out, I cannot do justice either to them or to myself, more effectually, than by stating the facts regarding this proceeding exactly us they stand : I went to Lincolses Ina on the Sd of February, two years ago, not with the view of considering any public builness, but to dine at the Bench with my old friends and compa• niom at the Bar. It happened on that day when the Bending were drinking their wine after dinner, is their own apart sent. that a report of several Propositions was brought up to them front Gentlemen of the Bqr, assembled in the 1141 1 4 one of them (as appears by the minces of the society) being the Resolution in question—what passed in conversation on the subject I daunt remember, my Muslim bad never been called I to it, and coming as it did from the Bar, it is extremely likely,. since no decision was to be roost to upon the subject, that I might out have opposed any view that the other Bestehen" were disposed in such conversation to consider it, and tilers ther, because I bud and have the highest opinion of, and the greatest confidence in the learning and integrity of those who 1, were present, more accustomed than myself since I left the Bar, to attend to the concerns and duties of the .Society. An answer was scot to the Bar, that the Bench would take into its considerationtbe soggestions of their report, which contained several different subjects for its future deliberation. Accort ing to the usual forms of the society my name appears. as of course, Is that answer, and stands first, front the courtesy of the Bench to rank or seniority ; but it is most evident that no sanction was given to the proposition by this proceeding. We were sitting over our wine and sending an answer of re. sheet to the Bar. From the time forwerd I never beard Snore Upon the subject, having removed to distant part of the town, until I heard not Wog ago that the Resolutioo in question had been adopted and confirmed in the May fol lowing the February, when 1 hadldined in the Hall. I beard at the same time that iiwas considered by many to be ob jectioaable. . What part I should have taken, bad I attended with the Bench*" who adopted it, it is impossible for me to say— whether the objections which now most forcibly present themselves to my mind upon the object oft he Resolution, would then-have occurrirti to me, since they abt appear h . ) bare °castled is others, or how far, if they had occurred, they might have yielded in decision, from confidence' the judgment of my friends press:at, I will n o t even venture to arojechare, beams it would tie invidious towards men whom I highly respect foe their laicals and honour, and would, be sides, be arrogating to isysetf, midmost any certain foundation, that I should have been wiser span this subject than those whom I have always tonsidered, and still consider to be my equals.—Be this however us itmay, I can over he taken in my absence tohave been concurring in a deeisiondf suck importance, when I had no opportunity of exercising* deliberate judgsoeut upue a matter that was to affect the interests of others. But this I canfirnely . sayfor myself, that if I had been present when tie Resolution In restioss eras adopted, and had concurred with thou who adopted it, I should not the less ensiled account (with the opinions I entertain at present) have hesitated to pro pose that it should he rescinded. I have always considered the retractation elf errors in public men, acting sincerely, but with out du:. consideration, to be not only no humiliation, but the highest ant most grateful illustration of talents and virtue; yet its nothing is the world more perpetually suffering, than front the general blindness of mankind to this obvious truth. We see not merely individual. exposed Jo the greatest cohost ties, but even natiou undone and ruined, to cover a mistake in the mast diflicultaind-complicatod policy if a State. . I may appeal safely to you, my dear Sheridan, for the sin cerity of this remark, because you know that though I was not a party to the Reillillioo, I communicated to you in con fidence my determination to move for its repeal, and expres sed an opinion, that the Beachers wwild reconsider and re• scind it on the principle adverted to. It is one of the greatest blessings attendant upon our own 'free Goverantent,lbat we I are instructed in our duties, and corrected in our errors by public opinion; and they who refuse to be so lostnuted and corvectedvare unworthy of the mast insignificant trusts. • 1 The Ines of Court, without any incorporative or clearly !.siellned jurisdiction, have preserved fur a long season the cha meter of the English Bar, and I have no doubt that they will centime to preserve their immemorial reputation. You wiliest wonder that I am very 'anxious upon this sub ject—you know my subscription to the Freedom of the Press, and in very critical times to other branches of public liberty. You have often dime me more than justice by eloquence, which, though ant requiring the . irannth . Proceeding from partial regard and opinion, has always been so remarkable *hen I have been the subject. I mean to call upon my friend Aostrutheeto-morrow morn ing, who, I am quite sure, will h e read y to do me j ustice Yours, most faithfully. Saturday eight, % RSKilsTli. All corporal chastisements have been forbidden in the Bitcarien army, . 1 The King-of WesveuAt.ta will, it is reported, shortly issue a Preelatuation, declaring the estates of those lianocerians, who have sons or near rela. lives in the British services, confiscated, they shall return by a fixed period; Suoce.itto Acciefisx.—rOn Thursday morning, about eight o'clock, the Royal Liverpool coach was overturned five miles front Liverpool, owing to one of the fore wheels alining off. There were six inside passengers, and nine outside, of whom only one inside passenger (a Gentleman) escaped without serious injury. A Mr. OMEN, a Soli citor, of Atherstone t who was an mita& pagen.' gur, was unfortunately thrown under the body of the coach, and was so much hurt, that he suiciced 'only about two hours i 4uNiihg which time le was sufficiently colletteil to make his WM. Several of the Othellsastiongera were also left oe the road, Fortunateir:a`coach, whiOlt was brought . % take the passengers forward, was eAansitiod by one'sif them-at Warrington, when it was discovered that thetorca.ileltree was cracked in the must danger. oni magnet, sled another vehicle tat consequently substitnted :. , , .. . ~ -all. - _ COMMON 1141 , L. .. 1 3 -"millw-- • . s -, , 7^. BY TUB MAYOR. Tithe Master and Walden of the - Company of --. These are to regains you to came your Beadle to give r . tice no all the Liverymen of yaw Company to appear Guildhall, an Friday, the 4th Day ddida, mat, at twelve of dte rillek et noon, in their liverygowins, 4 * To take into ma aderalioa the alarming assumption of Privilege, by the Ho nosidible the Home of Commons, of Arresting and imprison hsdalltrigg shipmme, the People of England, for acmes coc aina*, In theism" Courts of Law." Hereof fail not. WOODTHORPE. I Dnned,his Isth Day of April, 1810. 1 4 74V4L INTELLIGENCE. •• -ow, mu t., Aram 90.—Came down from the River bit Ma 's,'lship? F ' Osprzy, F --- anti Oberon. iegtes, - Use. - --i• FY III 9 Sailed, tine Ulu tOPorumuutb, tae Formidable to North Yarmouth. I FALMOUTH, APIP.IL the Walsingharta packet, fur Lisbon. Ga•v aszn a, Aran. 30.—Sailed the Thomas Grenville, Pattersua ; and the Carmarthen, Koss, fur India; Sappho, Comptoo, for Sodom ; General Miranda, Wright, fur Goa : dnhaspe ; Maude!, Tate, fur Trinidad ; Hope, Col lins, f r I St. Croix; and Joseph, Moore, fur Cadiz. • FAS 1110 NS FOR Mil: Peoeirs ADZ COSTUME IN Tag FOY rTIA STTLIC.—An Arabian tunic and petticoat of tine white cambric, sitting high round the throat, with appliqued net, in the crescent form; robin stomacher. and Egyptian border round the but tons. Artiecian bat, composed of short amber sarmet, with white Ants binding and cord. Grecian scarf of the same co iner, with rich brocade ends. Half-boots of. amber-coloured kid or silk, the same ds the bat. Gloves of Y erk tuner bur kid. PARK or GARDEN PROXIMA DE HABIT.—A round robe of jaranut muslin, a ith high French run; and appliqued bor der of earn) w lace round the fee(.., A cassoc coat or demi pelisse of verniers° blue shot - same, finished round the bot tom with a basket border, extended on white satin con fi ned ,nt the bottom of the waist with a silver or steel cl asp, and to the bottom with three regular divided silk cords and tassels. anippe of w hite satin, a ith doss Wadies', and tassels to correspwad. Arcadian bat, composed ot Shot Mop materials as the coat, and ornamented with full curled 'white feathers. Thelmir in ringlet curls,. with caul of white or , amber net; a small spring flower is occasionally added. Half boots and perusal of earache's blue as sou r. Gloves of lo nian-coloured kid. Rather a novel article has appeared for morningllredieSs , a corded muslin, the cord about the size of a film twine; no ' alteration has taken place in the formation of these dresses s they are still worn high in the neck, with collars and lung sleeves, edged with lace, of a walking length. Caps are in high estimation, ornamented with blossoms undilowers. White satin bead-dresses are a great relief to the dress * and display more taste than a cap exactly sim ilar with the Peilhof White chip hats, with rather high flat crowns, and ' brand list rim, bound with Mimed, is a mast fascinating ar- . 1 tide for the promenade. There is a close bonnet called the I Malmalsen, which, with the Shepherd's hat just described, I We moot too mach recta:sawed. coloured robes are sow entirely laid aeide; ow the page maths white WO, to be seen; ,nog au • dy colour now °testi die eye; the stoat netilitsis and simplicity prevail. . For dionir Awl aftevellew dresses sanuets are much warn the waists a saaiIKSOI lemph, the trains about a carter aid half a yard; logs *enemy by no means laid wide; the la vender blossom is a very favourite coheir is this style of at tire. For eveaing, or fail dress, has appeared to rival the Imperial men, figured gauzes, sanmeta, lathe, India imadies. embroidered read the bottom, the dowers inter- with lace; all et which. are Melillo equal estimation. l itrel ed reues are made in tbe Freest !SO', jest above the rise ; of the Nem Relate. sad the bet to s o high es is ear last. Gold bands. haelleans esilearei Wow, foil wreaths, MAI caps, l ace kaadkereblefs, aatlertilleial dowers. The hair* worn la tall reds on one 14,0 the bead, the . , 'ad; brought feewhed and intermixed With the flint bale ~- Vett heni are now scarcely steam 4o variation whatever has lakes place hi jewellery ame- ' thyst crosses with pearl necklaces, we observed at the queen's bat Drawing-room, with ear-rings intermixed lo correspead. Girdle,ter the waist and bands for the hair, of every oriented grin, nsettiply amazingly. There aren't novelties Is shoes; the pale -lemon-coloured half boot, the Morocco tie, the black kid slipper trimmed mad lined to correspond with the pelisee, ace sachet we have an deed. • The prevailing colours are pea green violet, primrose, bloom pink, lavender, jonquille, pale blue, ;sod deep lilac. The following Decree has recently been pub. fished at Berlin : His Prussian Majesty, desirous that his order of the 90 el March, relative to prohibited merchandise, should be exe cuted with the greatest rigger. has- thought proper to shut, against all trade is cohnual production', the ports of Cele berg, Rugenwalde, iluspe, and also all the smaller ports as the coast of Posientaia. The introduction .of that descrip tion of merchandise can be no longer permitted, except in the ports of Swieemande, Pillar, and Memel, io order that 'the origin of seeh.artieles may the sore readily be verified by the Frankel Magistrates,. is concert with the french Cimpels r e siding in there poets. This aotificatien is made id order dad all colonial merchandise which may be . moseyed into the ports hereby declared shet,shall be himsediately sequellealled. By the spaialOnter of the King, (Si gae d) GOLTZ, ALTENST BIN: German Papers reached town last night to, the 22d ult. but they contain nothing Of importance. It is again said, that the Porte is about to bring into the field an army at 600,000 men • but the estimate is evidently grossly exaggerated. The capital of the Island of Candle is stated to burr been totally destroyed by an tortisquake• The master of an -American vessel who is ar-; rived from France, states, that TuanaAti,' the French Minister to the United States, Was recalled, and that a M. 119osuttii.,Itadhilitii appointed to succeed him. - ' The prisoners of war *t the depot at Porter , mouth, amount to about 12,000. Purchester Castle is fitting up to receive between 6 and 7000; and Fort= Prison holds about 3000. Thepri. • sun-ships in that harbour, which at present eon lain those which- aril° be removed to Purchister, will be paid off. BREAD.--At a Couit of Aldermen held this day, aster inspecting. the 'returns, ordered it to continue at present prices. Au extraordinary circumstance occurred last Friday; as One of Miss Goldworthy's servants was passing through Hyde Park, lie percelvoa a genteel woman, with a black veil over her [hee l on the bridge in Rotten.row ; she had a basket on her arm, .and appeared very much agitated ; she threw the basket into the water,. and made of; a Newfoundland dog, which was near the water's edge, went in and brought out the bas ket, which; upon examination, contained a •hu. wan arm and hand. Search was made after the woman who had ; dropped the basket, .but 'she could not be found'. Saturday morning a journeyman printer, •who lodged at a chandler's shop in Peter-street, B' t situpsiateatteet, was found hanging in his apart ments, s u spended from a silk handkerchief, .and quite dead. A fire broke outitisterday morning In thedvre4 ling-twos* of Mr . Williamson, in linuperstreets • nearly opposite the Asylum: The house wo to. tally' destroyed; • pe . , _ RAPT: . duchy of Frankfort is. we understand, to be divided into four prefectures, and the Prefects to reside i n Frankfort, Aschaffenburg, Hamm, and Fulda.— (Same Paper.) DARMSTADT, APRIL 14.—Priece Christian of Hesse, brother of our Grand Duke, set out this . morning fur Paris, to congratulate their Majestics on - their marriage, on the part of our Court._ (Correspondent, April 21.) VENICI, Miacu 30...-The arrangements is our city for the construction of a number of Alps of the line and frigates, aro now completed, and il ar ge quantities of ship timber have already arrived here from Daimatia...(Correspandent i April 18.) Lord MULGRAYR Is to leave the Admiralty is the course of a week, or ten dart. Severeluf the Commissionera go out with his Lordship, among whom are, Sir R. BICILItaTON, Admiral Boum and Captain Menton. — The latter is appointed as Admiral. The prismiers at Verdun, and the other depots, ware in greet spirits sin consequence of hearing that Coniesiseerim libd arrived from. &glad to negoclabren exchange of prisonereof war. it was reported yesterday that the Di... E de, arrived at Portsmouth from of HIM de ace, had •spokeee the John dams American frigate, which sailed from Havre on the Cid or With instaat. General Aaatereomo was not on board. the John Adams, but it is said that a vend was preparing foe his reception at Haw, Os board of which it was expected he would imam& ateirenbark for the United States. It was lately mentioned that a French Ay had made his escape from Chesterfield, bet had boon taken intb custody In ',Andras. The persons 'who insisted him in escaping, we:ea/eery Bandi t ~ of Chesterfield, and Samuel Bondi, sweet to 'Mr. Board; who keeps the Brows Boar public. house, in Bow.street. Mr. liagard 'being made acquainted with the circumstance, informed Ads kins, the officer, who went to the lodgings is Long.acre, where them woo said pretended that he was a Captain tts4 iel, and would convey him out of the country; by that means he learnt the particulars of kb scheme, and afterwards took him Into caned!. Samuel and George Sateen were also taken; ato custody ; and, upon an investigati on taking ps, it is supposed that George Bated!, who residedst Chesterfield, has assisted several officers in making their escape. He received twelve gables for this besieges. Samuel ilatsell received from the Jot six guineas upon their leaving Chesterfield, sad his repartees to be paid. They traveUed sometimes .on foot, also by a postchaise and coach, to avoid being pursued. Upon the officer getting of, be *as to have soicleed sit guineas more. They ens but% committed for trial in the enseitig mites for the county of Derby. The o ffi cer is in Tothill. field Bridewell. Samuel Batsell has since beta admitted to bail, himself in 1001. gad two 'actin in 501. each. • SPARRINa Masers.—A grand display el' the fashionable Art of Self-Defence, as it is WWI took place yesterday, at the Fives Conti, la St. Martin'e.street. The exhibition was for the We'd of Cribb. In the course of the mora ing's stoop ment there were no leas than seven set.to's; st o o p of them of long continuance and severe hittlat. -- Two of the performers, Powell sad *mei b * laboured each other in a high style. Igatailn standing the well.stuffed Mulles they b a re see. ral marks of the sharpness of the ir Wows. Arc! received a sharp cut under the right eyes wb"_, bled profusely. Golly and Cribb were oP at PI"" to each other ; but their performance was a MO titled to superior commeudation; it was and shy._ The best exhibition by far was that , t tween Tem Belcher and a genteel yolottifffitS the name of Mad. Both of thee bit isail with uncommon neickness and- dress. . not easy to determine on whiebeide the ority lay. Young Cribb, who 11,1 0001 Dogkerts, gave great promise.of future in this line. Between the mt.te's, Itsamin k made between Dutch Son and etas m the 14th of this month. Jeshita cart stakesler Sam. The Court aid Shllatics Ailed erit e kpeciators. • • .sk.. . - • . • ••t • .• • -'^~~ I pr em.. litOg Of FIC c onsi estab !Irani J3rita been attloP ditur Emu Scrvi td :Mari alAtu parli uhel sulvc Jheri ft uu the bC II t; his I and him urn" Brat cut): war lyi cut Ina api IleC ad St . tot 3111 eZi eitl Ct Ci tit of i I I