The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-08-15 00:00:00

;ow.; &practice which' his I,nrifshlp c•osiders as jost iritog the French in tiOnitling the ibtitish so. rerr ers iv F;nce. hie chargei semis Eng. Gentlemen, who violated their parole, with he. j u g the cioseof The subsequent restrictions put upon the.f,nll6 prisoners. We may return to this sub ject another fray. The following List,of Killed and il'ountletl of the Allied.trmy has been issued fi, m the War Office:— Marshal 13Extsroun, !Major-Gew.tai Cor is, General born, and General ALroF, wounded ; Nlajor-Ge perat LA MARCHANT, Mlle . (); General LioN Ls and 1)14 CARRIERES, both dead. : 2PIII I .LITA Exsamom ov ry PROitelliteGENT'S' DAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ;MATH SMAN. • I Styx,--I have read a passage in your Paper of•I'1f& newley, with infinite pleasure ; it relates •to his Royal Highness the PZINCi RECUT% Birth-day, and deserves to be recorded in something more lasting. than the ephemeral fame of a Newspaper. The ' cation se happily commented upon by the writer,' was a most melancholy circumstance in itself, and could not hare been more ill-timed; that It has pro duced a powerful sensation in the public mind, I am 1. thoroughly convinced, and cannot help regretting, that those who. profess so much attachment towardel the Prtract, could have permitted the Execution of a sentence, which the most unbigeted will not hesi tate to hail, as atrial presage of our future e=pee- 1 tations. The paragraph in your Paper does not only, how ever, meet the public sentiments as to the gross lade- I licacy of the event to which it alludes, but recalls to the benevolent mind that stigma of our laws, Capital Punishments. How long, Sir, is this enlightened na tion destined to tolerate a practice so shocking to. humanity, contrary to rational legislation, and ruinous to the best interests of civilized society, I know not ; but [trust the perioJ is not very remote, when the British Legislature, stimulated by the pa ramount call of sutfering.humanity, may beltwlrreed to adopt some law calculated to restrict the frequency of 'public executions ; and as you very justly ob serve, experience has amply proved, that the eepeti- A Russian Messenger arrived yesterday at the Se re:try of State's Office, he had au audience with the p u nter (foots, at Carlton House, in the afternoon ;,1 tot nothing has transpired relative to the nature of hi, dispatches, .Ten thousand steed of arms are ordered to bd Vent immediately to Port-Mahon. This seaport town,. in fie island of Minorca, has been for some time used sca .piace for training and disciplining recrui t s for the Smtish army. 'phis new supply of arms for that destinstionis, no doubt, for their use. We understand that the SPANISH AMBASSADOR re tined accounts, by the last Gottenburgh Mail; that Nee between Russia and Spain had been signed at St. Petertburgh. se Through a respectable medium we have t h e f ol . lotting information regarding the state of affairs I ieSooth America :—S‘ A vessel has arrived at Cadfi from Vera Cruz, transmitting intelligence to the 47 t h Ap r il. By this opportunity we are informed I of the rapid progress of the insurrection in the king. r dem of Mexico. A native, who is deserving of per. I feet confidence, and who has correct information of what passrs there, assures us, that the revolution I must inevitably take effect ; that Moner.os, the 1 principal Commander in favour of it, is master of ! the whole coast to the South, and that his comrade, 5 INCE EZ, Kith 30,000 men, preserves his authority ii, the plains of Puebla, and throughout the moun t:trio:is districts of Oresava.—The same Gentleman :ici confilms the intelligence, that the city of Ore- S^ % 3 itself is in the hands cf the insurgents, and that Vera Crux is in alarm, its communication in the ',la bia basing bceu entirely cut off." Fire sail of the line, part of the Texel fleet, arri ved yFiterday in lioseley Bay, for the purpose of teing re-watered and furnished with such stores as t:te deet may want,;_shen they have received the tie ce:ors, supplies, they will resume their station. Mr. PEEL, son of Sir Roster Pete, is to set off irrediately as Chief Secretary of Ireland, in the NOM of Mr. WELLESLEY Poi.t. It is astonishing to* often the Irish Secretaries are changed. as if the situation was considered more as a thing of patron.- te,e than a necessary office of public utility. If we arc correct, there it a pension attached to every per. ton who fills the Officr 'of .Chief Secretary, if it is bat for a day. Mr„Peet, is a very young man, and rude one good speech in Parliament; but it does net Flow that he has experience enough to fill one of. tke most important gituations in the United. King.. 11 ,, i5. 7 Wesanaotrsewoeive thr-reason why thew. se.; notaries are generally removed at a time 0 hen they bin to become acquainted with their business, and the character .end genius of the people. What a naltitutle of Irish Seueetaries there have been for the lest thirty years, the names of whom aro scarcely lawn to the people of Ireland ! Mr. G cm: t.nt: itv succeeds Mr. Pere in the Colottial Diartmept • and Mr. 111 LEY Anotsovo sr is to be the hen Lintier.lecretary at the Home °thee. Teeerday evening the PRINCE REGENT, the Dukes of Creseet.ten and CAMBRTDaE, accompanied by 'Critelli Tviteert, left town for Richmond, to attend 0,. hall and supper given by the Officers of the RN ti, i d heimur of the -Pat sice's Birth.day ; e hick were last night given at the Castle. The preparations for thit fete were spleutlid. Supper was. ordered et two ca;neas and a half per head, and it was expected that !toilets 2. and 300 persons would he present. All t:,e branches of the Royal Family were expected to i.erescie, as well as the Princes of the Royal Fez ii'illef France. The Pastime is to give the Officers t ui.nier in retern, at fhe sante house, on Monday kr, after the review at Hounslow. Oa Nlonday se'skigh, .Lord hiaucir, eldest son cf the liuke et Riasseoge, having attained the age rf teeityecne •yadts, - the same was cvlebrated at Corsi at .q. his Grate ' s seat, in Susiew, by a most MIS ptcsus dinner. F'actia, 'doe. l2.—The corn harvest has corn snared generally in this neigitbourliond, with the, "nst !avowable prospect •Of an abundant crop., In 1 ?l II' memo r y of the oldest inhabitant the corn fields I Stvrt Appeared finer, or mere luxuriant, the ears are ry , liko.,ly (arse, and . Ailed with west excenes i i''' ; a• ,o smut, rust; nor mildew,ls discernible 1.,. where. The weath'hr daring - the - last week has 1 • • ~ .I,ually fine,and film is every reason to hope f:r i!, continuance, which will enable the farmer to 4 1 ) h' graden fi elds, and dispense the blessings of tirtor to all around. ta , cics are expected to be very abundant, and, lirle, very cheap this season. There never was r when more were planted, in ail parts of the ry, and every where they appear very promis? So abundant they are likely to prove, that in . , ~ N . •••1---- _ Places, except for feeding o they will scarcely On Friday, one of- M. Lucien Bonaparte's t he farmer, rants, named Luigi Vespariania, having a tritiim , oral farmers in the neighbourhood of Bath have dispute with the coachman, was so enraged wit; ' " leur t d their reaping, tied, in the course of a that, with a knife; he stabbed-him In the belly. . , the si c kl e w ill b e pretty genera ll y i n use,-1 Lucien immediately discharged the• fellow from 'reps are most abundant, especially on the latter- l service ; and as all foreign servants, discharged lands, him, are considered close priiouert of war, Luigi e weather appearing fine, with the prospect of :been lodged in our City gaol, till the pleasure of liiful harvest, and a large quantity of wheat ! eernment is known vespecting 6116. The man 1 brought for sale at Warminster market last ; was stabbed is recovering.--(WoreesterJournal, day, occasioned a reduction in the price from Three men have•been taken out if a vessel I , ' 1 01. per qua r t er . off Cowes, on suspicion of being accomplice, i Wednesday last, sr coble with six men, in re.. : William, who put an end to Ms existence aftet og to Sunderland Harbour from a ship they had murders of the Marrs and Williamson& setting to s ea , was upse t, an d f our o f the men! The following elegant specimen of orthokrapjiy drowned. ' One of . them, mimed Blenitisop. copied Mastics hem a heard at HO Harrogate, Prs has left It widow and six. children ;* a-...t0s 4 " Notice is hereby Given that all Vagrants 4U r°wnisd with him. The• other two 111011 ii Prs, Stoping or Uinta:jog in this Till* by a coble. , . • 1 procoaited as the Law ditedb." • . "i'll tion of crimes is more effectually prevented by the continuance of example than on event whicf creates momentary horror, and is thought of with indif ference by those whose miseries and poverty more often induce them to violate the laws of their coun try than a natural disposition to err. Without occupying your time unnecessarily upon this highly interesting subject, I hue only deeply to lament, in common with many others, that the natal. day of our Pair= wns not ushered in with some more auspicious event ; and to the advocates for capital punishment, I beg leave'to repeat the lines of the inimitable BECANIA,—" Queste leggi non sono the i pretesti della forza, e le meditate e crudn,li malita della Giustizia ; non sotto cite uq litsguaggio di convenzione, per immolarci con maggiore rezza, come vittime destinate in sacrificio, all' idolo insaziabile del despotismo." • • I am, Sir, &c. AY OBSERVER. PLYMOUTII BR EAKIV.47'ER. 'CEREMONY Ole LAYING THE FOUNDATION. ri%lTllllll, Aur. This being the Anniversary of the Birth-day of his Royal Uighness the Prince Regent, was ushered iu with ringing of bells in all the churches, and !See .hoisting the Royal Standard and Union Flags on board the Salvador del Mun'lo, Admiral Sir Robert Calder, and the Government-House, the Dock yard, Ordnance Wharf, Royal* Ilospitat, end the Guildhall. At noon the guns of the citadel and all the batteries fired a Royal salute, which was re echoed by three excellent vollies from all the regi ments of artillery and infantry. 'Five thousand merit weredrawn up in front of the Government-llouse. A.t half-put twelve a grand procession took place, from Ilamuaze, of the barges of Admiral Sir Robert 'Calder, Bart. and Rear-Admiral Buller, with• their respective flags flying in the bow and stern-sheets, from the flag-ship in Baritone, attended, according. to seniority, by all the Captains' barges of the fleet, their crews dressed in white, with black velvet caps, their pendants also flying in the stern-sheets. They proceeded through the Narrow of Devil's Point, *the Soend, to the Panther Rock Shoal, where, in due form, the foundation-stone of the new Break water was dropped by Admiral Sir Robert Calder, Bart. amidst the loudest acclamations. This was, the grandest nautical spectacle ever witnessed in the port of Plymouth; and the Sound was literally co wed with 'pleasure yachts nod boats of all de scriptions. The ceremony being performed, ell the men of war, per signal, being drestsecl, let fly, as though by enchantment, their various colours, which, reflected on by. the sun's beams, had a very pleasing effect ; the ships saluting, in succession, with ti guns, and cheering. Mount lidgcumbe, Mount Wise, &widen Heights, the, two Hoes, Devil's Point, the 'lsland and Citadel, were literally covered with thou sands of spectators, assembled tel. witieas 'the com. awenceesent of this grand 'national'. sumleataking. The liirgeiand boats rowed back after the ceremony bi the same order to the flag-ship, end thee dismissed. The foundation-stone is about seven tons, and haste inscription engraven on it as follows:- 0. P. R. August. 1413. • S. IL- C. • Grand dinners and balls were given here, at Docl and at all the Mess-Rooms, in honour of the da' which finished with the greatest harmony and cony viality. E 1 ~B gkNIA N. .._ BIGOTRY: • . . . On. the first or August the folloaVino Preemie poetical morceau appeared in the Dublin Journal ! To what horrifying lengths will not faction go, to divide the people!—Conceive an being with a head Ind heart above the level of a tiger, sitting down to compose such horrible trash, and- then handing it over, for insertion, to an Editor, who, we suppose, is a Protestant, and in the. habit of, we presume, going regularly to Church.—ls this the way to con ciliate ? Is this the way to keep the anxious Catholic mind in tranquillity till the promised le•gi'slative in terference of the ensuing Session arrives ? Or, ludo pendent of these partial considerations, is this the way to sustain the great cause of mutual charity, the living principle of Christianity, the rule of our mo sal foundation of our eternal hope ? Are these (he specially appointed, .favoured, and penrionedsneporters of the Protestant Establishment, 1 who think it part of their bounden duly to fabricate and to publish such a libel a4nitist the Majesty of true religion.—What must we think of them ? and oh ! matter of infinitely still greater concern to us, at this critical, this tremendous juncture,—what are we to think of their ExmovEßS? AN RISTI O. not false Mercy aid Sedition's Cause, A Rebel lever will submit to Laws. N Papist and Loyal t! !—Answer me this thing — Have Serpent's gratltudel—An Asp no sting ? Swa/ is his Aim, and Power withouf controul ; Ant Persecution fires his bloody Soul : Hk Thoughts, by trairrous actions are discioed, Laws, and 6overnment are now opposed ; .10 • say, " rut Loyal!" mid, within an Your, ilotibit his Country to aa hostile power*. DIU Him with Oaths—Oaths have no power to bind Htsb whom a Priest is Soy'reign of his mind, Fast bound in Bigot Zeal, his jundic'd Eyes In every Heretic a Foe descries, A fia'il Aversion, and deterrnin'd Hate, Chain, Fire, or Halter, Heretics await. . He can first swear, forswear, then be absolv'd ; Is to be trusted only when involved ; Faithful when seeking Protestant Damnation, Again to raise up— I . RANSUBSTANTIATION. (Dublin Evening [Jerald). • MODES OF SALUTATION IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. Greenlanders have none, and laugh at 'the idea of one person being inferior to another. Islanders near the Phillippines take a parson's hand or foot, and rub it over their face. Laplanders apply their noses strongly against the persou t hey salute. In New Guinea, they place leaves upon the head of those they salute. In the Straits of the Sound they raise the left foot of the person they salute, passing it gently over the right leg, and thence over the face. ,„. The inhabitants of the Phillippines bend very tow, placing their hands on their cheeks, and raise one foot in the air, nith the knee bent. An Ethiopian takes the robe of another and ties it about him, so as to leave his friend almost naked. Two female Otalleitans placed themselves naked before Sir Joseph Banks. The Japanese take off a slipper, and the people of Arracan their sandals in the street, and their stock. Wes in the house, when they salute. r . Tts.inNPro Kings on the Coast 'crt Africa, salute by snei.oping tile middle finger three times. The inhabitants of Carmene, when they would phew a particular attachment, breathe a vein, and present the blood to their friend as a beverage. If the Chinese treat, after a long separation, they 'tenon their knees, bend their face to the earth two or three times, and use many other affected modes. The Chinese have also a kind of Ritual or Acade my of complim e nts, by which they regulate the num ber of bows, genuflections, and words to be spoken upon any occasion. Ambassadors practice forty days these ceremo nies, before they appear at Court.—( D' Israeli's Cu, rio. Lit.) • In Otaheite, they rub their noises together in luting.—(Bligh's Narralire.) The Dutch, who are considered as great eaten, have a morning salutation, which is common amongst all ranks, " Smaakelyk eetear —" Mao you eat a hearty dinner."—Another universal salts .tation amongst this people is, " floe valid arce" , — " Nom de you sail Y" adopte:l, no doubt, in the early periods of the Rvubiie, when they were all navigators and fishermen. The usual salutation at Cairo is, " flow do you sweat It" a dry hot skin being a sore indication of a destructive ephemeral -fever.--4 think some author has observed in contrasting the haughty Spaniard with , the frivolous Frenchman, that the proud steadrgait and inflexible solemnity of the former, were ex presed in Me mode of salutation, " Come esta ?"- 44 How do you stand " the Comment rous ponies rous, l "—"Horo do you early youreelf Q"-- was equally eapvesslve of the gay moth), and incessant action of the latter. The-commou salutation in the southern provinces of China, amongst the lower orders is, 44 la Fang" —.!‘ !lave you eaten your 'rice Y"—(Barrotes7S - tircis in China. tended bride) brought a I hheelitig down before hatirri;• when he had Of joy sparkling ' ,gts being considered as, give hint of her" fidelity navel: its Africa.) :3sSiir asJ~~r Minister of Rodney the Ediuburgb Court employed by Abe Col. ty Taxes, for levytai )(the aikcient realm of Alcamo pleaded exam &tablisbed Church 4, Acts of the Scottish ' leaded, exempted the of all taxes, past, pre part of the Crown, it such exemption was ever nion ; and should they , in any such favourable' , inconditionally surren irt was occupied two question, when an yen, that the Clergy had ;emption claimed. i k h!Jala 7 7EZMIW;;Xsaw...is . A yOseg woman (!iis intend( little water in a calabash, and k him, desired - him to wash his •ht at Dock, done - this, the girl, with a tear the day, her eyes, drank the water • this d esseri- the greatitit proof she could girt • ' • and attacirment.—(Parke's na; te's ser: IMPORiANT DecistoN.--=The l t trifling; brought als action of trespass in with him, ; ilif Exehequer, against a person e fly. M.l lector of Assessed and Propertj from his) the same,tontrary - to the laws o( srged byl Scotland.' The Reverend' Gentli Luigi has i lion as a Cle..gyrnan of . the Es e of Go.: Scotland, to virtue ,of certain man who I Parliament, which, •ha conten lama/..) Igpptti s 1 t . Ctrf y from payment of net lying I seal, and o come. On the pa ice, with i was Rewired, that no such I after the !given by the Acts in qaestioi have even happened to contain kniPhy is clause, thet whole had been uno .otate.:-- 1 dered at the priion. The Co m Ls or beg. smtlre da upon , this serious Wi t bis t opinion * unanimously given, >4o right whatever to the exempt . ~_~.r.~_ NAVAL' 11 IGENGIL. .PORTSWOUTII, Atsoir-14, • , Sash l i/te Ran nominee, t /Anus, Admiral Sir Jetbn Warrehl 71, Captain Be.rebford ; Magnet. Sopbia, and,Mac karct bloopr, for (b resit of America; but the Hind Amin& slant, they are all lying to at Si. Helen's. Arrised the Niemen, Sti, Captain ?Jos, from off Rochefort ; aid the Crane, films the of France, The T::.tenrodnus, 74, -oapt..iss Castybeit, Nr the M. diterra Dean, b:aring Sir Sydney Btr2l is Sag, is etnantored, and Witt • proceed fir the bleditertanear insoyediately. Sailed the Downs convoy, *ith the POUIO.III of no. "Du. ffLYW,QtITiI. A 00,13. • Arrirei the Sines* brig MarjA ,, Fonattael Ugarte. Masters from Curunaa bound to London 11.4 en with wool and iedlge left.Coranna on the lst instant; before her departure there Isere great public rejoleinpet that-Otte, sods as illuminations, ring ingot' bells, 4te. is consequence of the victory obtniued by Lord Welling:ou over Marmot* —and Ito doubts were entertain ed of the fact. • .;:. Arrlted the Orestes brig of wnr, from a gruize ; the Isabella, Larelgon, Telford; Providence, Andrews;' Isabela, White, from Underland ; Eliza, NI ilding ; and Lark, Muhl, from L:rodos. YARMOUTH, AUGU*T 14. The hoineward-bound Baltic fleet passed by these Roads yes terday. Lord Walpole embarked yesterday os board his blajexty's ship Calypso, for St. Petershurgh. Arrived his Majesty'. ships Horatio and Tweed from a cruise. DEAL ; Aunt= 14. 1 k Majestesskip Castilian has detained, and sent into di*, Downs the Asatirican ship Mary Ana, from Dunkirk, with 101 passengers oa board. •• - . There is an article in one of the flottenburgh _, pers, received by the Mail oflesterday, which states, that Mr. THORNTON had set out from Sweden fee Copenhagen • but, we understand, that Government received no such account. Mr. "E.IIOANTON had indeed proceeded from Orebro, upon a visit to Sir James SALTMARES; but, on Lord CATHCART'S Kr rival, he returned with his Lordship to Orebro. ft • was on the 7th inst. that Lord CATHCAIT arrived at - Gotteuhurgh. • RANELAGH MASQUERADE.—These p!easatit and commodious little Gardens, brilliantly decorated and illuminated with variegated lamps, closely hung in folds on the branches of the trees, were on Thurs. -.". day evening thrown open for a Masquerade, which was attended by upwards of 1500 persons of both sexes. Although e e noticed but few fashion ables among the gay throng, the company was truly . respectable. Happiness seemed to have fixed her empire over the merry spot, and gaiety, wit, spirit,: and smart repartee, were alike in possession of all. We never remember to have seen a greater variety of characters, and generally they were tolerably sap ported ; there were, however, nooe sufficiently strik ing to merit a particular description—servant-maids I wanting places of no work—flower-girls without flowers in their baskets--gipseys and dominos among the women : and harlequins and clowns with out skill or agility—watchmen who did nothing but . spring their rattles—shoemakers, chimney-sweepers, end hair-dressers, among the men, were the most pree valent : a Mr. USHER afforded great entertainment % by au excellent imitation of the notes of diffel-ent lairds, &c. The beauty of the night, which was en. commonly fine and serene, and the clear aspect of the atmosphere had a wonderfigly cheering effect on the votaries of pleasure : all vi 3 mirth and good he.. mour. At one , the supper tables were thrown open, and as the viands and 'the wine were of the choicest description, in this line, at least, was some eaqiile site taste and execution displayed among the neters ; some among the underlings of the ,gins du Theatre, -, here filled prominent situations with great ability.— 1 ! After supper dancing was resumed,. and not 'till long • .." after day-break; few of this happy groupe thought of separating. . • ~•., A strange fatality seems to have attended 7he s. fa: mily of Mr. Tauerr, now performing at the Hay- mark-A Theatre. Ile was deprived of a fetherYbre-. titer, and three uncles, by the most herribli had violent deaths, in the four q_uirters of the GlobK— ' His uncle, Major JOHN Tatio'r, was smothered. in the black hole at Calcutta ; his uncle, Cap. ~.., fain JANICS TALBOT, was wounded, and supposed,. in that helpless state, to have been burned alive, .. in a house set on fire by the fate of wer in Charlestown, during the American trouhle,,;_ his - other uncle was shot in a duel in England, aid died the miserable victim to a false notion of honour; his brother Gsoect was killed in an engagement at sea l, while serving on board his father's ship as midship- man ; and the fathei. of Mr. 'rawer met with a fate , perhaps still more tragical than all 'the others, hav ing been wrecked on the coast of Caffraria (he being a passenger, with his servants, on beard the Gros- ~ senor East Indianian, so unfortunately lost in the year 1782.) _ 11.vonvED Casem—The persons employed its the excavations which it has been necessary to make - hr the improvement of. the gardens of the Luzern. i burgh, base discovered the foundation of a turret ; belonging to the famous Castle De Vauvert, built lin the tenth century, by Raptor, King of France. • .It was abandoned by, his successors, and became very celebrated in the dark age's, in consequence'of • its being supposed that a number of spirits had take*. up their residence there. They were accustomed, it i was said, to bowl most terribly., and to wander about clanking their chains.. There was one green monster among them in particular, who had a bushy beard (no barber having been found bold enough to offer hie service, at . the Castle), and who seemed ale •;,., 1 w;ys ready to seize . the passengers ; but .it wctete'zt Ithought by some unremitably incredulous person tv: j., thet the phantoms were hi reit in li t t he y sebe sas l e lie k us fr t in rea :o l.' . . who. sheltered , thews le es .power of their Sove ce igna, Saint toniai wishing levied , ' put an end to the terror which-bait• apisen from,thet.. l 'it , Itales told .with respeat to this t sPotpdiesonnienej spade , , a present of to the Certhusieste * :who % havieng duly- • 2 i exorcised the :titbits, , and , demaelisked Illet..,edifice, built a monastery on the scito ekf,Ati,in ellp, l esine or . . which they Ouced several of the iktorsif tbo.Gtotle, • . • with inscriptions, import. - f etaulltlits.., _ .as %tiny ~, , were carefully preserved / . lealtil . dhsptia. .; gress to the monastery... , . ace,k owletscirvisvi 1 .. sited by the idle aad,carious,,eset ee , pitiowas h. .... . 1 inspects the remains of the,eld-teeihlteleUffSells lie,i 4 : vourite . tradition with iespeet to ibtifottpor•siiiritioL :94 iultabitants. ril. • I • .:r•~ .4 !Is 4 I k , r ~. t ? 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