The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-04-18 00:00:00

Gent:rata iikreeith, Envoy Extraordilary from hi Prus , ian s.eiesty, has arrived in this ca;iital. secoettasOni&l istr - rtwo Aides-ele.Canip, al:I a Coen bf the Prussian department fur Foreign AP. fairs. The object of his Eseell;lievr. m i ss i o n is to compliment their Imperial Majesties, in the name of his Sovereign. Arlin 7.---His M ej , sty the King of Holland sets this day on his return to his states. His Excellency the Duke of Bassett() set off yesterday for Compeigne. His Excellency the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour has, pursuant to his Majesty's orders of the 4th instant, addressed the necessary authority to Prince Eugene Napoleon, and the Prieica of Parma, Neufchatel, Esling, and Ek snuhl, to accept and wear the decoration of the Anstrian Order of St. Stephen, as Grand Crosses ; and to the Prince of Benevento, the Dukes of Cadore, Otranto, and Friuli, and Count Mostes to accept the order of St. Leopold. APRIL R. Excellency the Duke of Cadore, Minister for Foreign Affairs, set off this morning for Compeigne, where he will remain during their Majesties' stay in that place. The Nereide frigate, which sailed from St. Malo on the 20th January, returned to Brest on the 30th ult. She had an action on the coast of St. Domingo, and, on her passage, captured seve ral vessels, Which she sunk or burnt. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have for some time past been in the habit of receiv ing numerous complaints both from Town and Country of ir regularity in the delivery of Tug STATESIAN, partly from the late delivery of the Paper at the Office, and partly f,om the substituting of another Paper instead of it. We have, however, now the satisfaction to state, that by the removal of the late EDITOR, such inconveni ence is not again likely to occur, as the paper will in fu ture go to press at an early hour, and the Newsmen may be supplied in doe time, to enable them to deliver it be fore Five o'Clotk in the most distant parts of the Town. We avail ourselves of the present opportunity to point out the advantages that would result.to ADVERTISERS, parti cuhuly in the Sale of Estates and other Property, in fa vouring this Paper with their Advertiseineuts, from the very extensive circulation of Tug STATESMAN, and the respectability of its Readers. Arriv th. Pintlb. Due. 0 • •• • . 0 . Waterford.— .......... . 0 ..... Gottenburgh.. 4 0 . . Lisbon 1 0 Cadiz , • 1 PRICE OF STOCKS rifts DAY AT ONECYCLOCK. S per Cent. Cons. 613 , 1 Lone. Ann. j per Cent. Itectneed s 6.9il lo4ia Bonds 4 per Ceut. 83i I. ten 5 per Cent. Navy 991$ . Lottery Tickeb Comoib for Ace. 70 7110 T,.47‘ESMAAT. LONDON : WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1810. WE congratulate the Ectetons of WESTMSII. ,TER, we congratulate the FRIENDS of REFORM, and the wnoet ENGLISH PEoPLE, upon the West. minster Meeting of yesterday. It has been very easy to comprehend upon what their enemies cal. culated, ever since the sensation. in the public mind, occasioned by the ♦ote of the House of Commons to imprison Sir FRANCIS BURDETT in the Tower. It was easy, above all things, to discover the combined political and military tactics of that, not newly found, but newly and freshly armed and accoutred enemy, that arch-enemy, tho WISE MAN of the EAST. Accustomed to be. tray Princes and Nations seeking the restoration of their unquestionable rights, by entnppitag them into appearances that gave excuse to the rob. berics, dethronements, and deaths that followed, while those unfortunate victims were still competi tively helpless and unable to resist the Oppressor, be viewed the English people with the same eye, / with the same unmeasured lust of ambition, the same remorseless contemplation of their blood-shedding, and the same anticipation of triumph. Let him now learn, that iq one part of EUROPE there are men who CAR develop. and dissolve his political combinations, as easily as in another there are s 'ldlers who smile at his military Counsels. For Otis time, at least, he has been building houses with. oayds, foe children, which fall before the slightest hreeth .. Itssin. And ill this discomfi ture of *the Wres MAN has happened in the most natural and simple way, like the operation of the mechanical power, which, (Aiming its proper sature, produces the most gigantic and magnifi. *cent effects. It was no mob, with licentious %ill, and illegal designs, that this man prepared to en.. stave, and meet, in a helpless moment, in the net— It was the true Ftlends of the Constitution, with perfect knowledge of the laws, and attachment to them, growing out of their love of their admired Constitution. To betray such, by working on the file impatieace .they • might feel, was a silly scheme, and has ended as befits its blindness and self-sufficiency. On this we do congratulate the zauntry ! for, a circumstance which, if imi. Wed throughopt the Empirn by all other trot friends' of the Constitution, must, as was most justly 4beeeved at the Meeting, save this country from that despotism, that slititary despotism insi. duously, titeugh not ever cautiptudy premed Ault. A.s 'the personal Conduct of the Meeting was temperate, so were the measures offered fur their consideration legs) and proper. The PETITION and fi f esrperstleasce tq the House of Commons wee atreng-'.but it wed • constitutional._ The right of Petitioning has been &boost re. ~~~~. ~4T: hi& &aced to a nellittr Agit 1 1 1 % wrhablt -ITRATISG has been srly NU, - 41111:4: House of Commons, and all sea ‘bithout such controul upon them, do awl' swat' tend to a tyranny. Thu people of England are at last alive to this ; and the people of England loving the Conititutien, and loving the House Commons as an essential part of it, are determinet to save the House from disgrace, and the Const tution from ruin, by the legal operation of their voice and admonition, firmly but peaceably given. The conduct of Gerd COCURANt at the Meet ing, and his steady attachment to his duty in pre senting the Petition to the House, deserve and have our praise. Colonel WADDLE, who may said to have done more to open the eyes of a sleep, ing nation than any other individual, merited country's thanks again, on the Hustings yeast , day, by the able siu.veh he made; and the lot and repeated greetings he received from the assem, bly, sheaved that they felt the truth of this feel ing. The People of England do hail him as of of their most powerful and successful champion: It would be gross injustice to Mr. WIIITBILEAI. not to notice with much regard his manly speech in the House ou the motion for the Petition ly7 on the Table ; which, we harp no doubt, col winced that House of the necessity of receivr the Petition with respect. To this Member I country has been 'often indebted to an eminent I gree; and in this, in a degree no less eminent than on any former, however important, occasion The question now really is—lVhether the coi try is to be saved by peaceable means or not ?, and Mr. VVIIITiIItiAD'S best services have been given to solve that important question In the arable affirmative. The case of Serjeant Topmast will become interesting record in the matter between Sir Fn. CIS Hotspur and the SPEASEI. Mr. Toeu , was Serjeant at Arms to the House of Comm in the reign of KING CHAIM 11. lie cum a number of Warrants against persons for Breach of Privilege. Ho was prosecuted in the Court King's Bench for the same, as acting illegally, He pleaded the Jurisdiction of the House of Com mons in answer. This proceeded to a demo' and on several of them, vit. in the CAM of J VERnoN, HILLIARD, STAPLES BLYTIS EON ; RERRERT, READING, and MENAGE, plea was over-ruled by the Judges, and judgmen given against the Serjeant. Upon this, in the I of WILLIAM and MART, TOPHAM presented A:tition to the House, complaining that he been *4reat sufferer by those prosecutions. House ordared Sir FRAN. PEnIiEINPOIS Chief( (ice, and Sir THOMAS Jonas, one of the Judges the bar; and they were required to account for over-ruling the plea of the jurisdijetion of • House of Commons. They accordingly did , 6 cced to explain and justify their deci•ion. . 4 Their arguments against the jurisdictiou the Hai were most forcible. But the two Moe were committed for the judgment they gave, they Jay till the prorogation. It it probe , ble, however, that this was nut, long—as it bai pened on the 19th of July. Bit what is traL - curious in this case is, that Sir THOMAS Joi cue of the Judges so committed, is the ancestor Sir FRANCIS BENNETT, from whom his brother takes th,e name of Joires, and from whom they derive their estate in Wiltshire. --... We this morning received Cadiz Papers to 81st of March, by which it appears the Frei here evacuated Malaga and . gstremadura ; the Spaniards claim some °tif/ iiiantages. W of room prevents our insertipi t i.the partienla and indeed the Home NEWN is fif two much portance to permit us to fill our columns with . poi* from Spain and Pott l ugal, which froquentt prove to be untrue.—The LIONSTY of ENGLISH. MEN, which appears to us lately 4 be in danger , is thrombi', wa.skill continue SitimiroCate. ~ . Three Gottenburgh Mails have arrived this which soutain the following :-- 41 GOTVENDHatan, April 10.—Tbe ratification of the Treaty of Peace with Franco was claimed here on Sunday (the Sth) snider charges of artillery. M. Desaugurs, tbh Freni Charge d'Affaires, left Copenhagen on * the inst. for Stockholm." . . —........ . One Portsmouth Letter states, that orders been received at that port to fit up a 64 gun. and three frigates, fur the purpose of transport. iug troops, but their destination not known. —..7lollMomi . The Thistle schooner, of 8 guns, captured, the Bth of February, the Ditch ship nava l 10 guns and 52 men, with a -valuable cargo 44 board, fromlßatavia ttislow-York, and carried into. Bermuda, after an action of fear 11011 i half, in which the Mak had (sue min killed, and the Dutch Admiral Buisno, (a paelletlAcr and seven pen wounded. The TAisas bad man killetl s 41 . 0 ! f ient. Paool9lll and An wounded. . _ . k- •I % TR it STATESMAN. TIIE PROSPECT; • . • Ofti . 106 ; sant ; v • .WHAT MAY - HAPPEN, ' 3 ." • ••- • Tug witrosirion M 11 , 119111. Tuircarrias or sta strainern • ' - 77w 1 M11 Nitraffi IN7PELLIG ENG% t 16.—Aseived the m g "fanned,' R tartlo, if.a!ter t from Jam a i ca, befall to Lotiaci.e; ledge with sugar , cutler, he. Ap t ure d by 17 . Freeeli ship privateer PR the 46th It. IOW 1. o March, and-re,niptured the 3d April by lbedlie. L ed Oh! where shall I tly me ?Ah where Ja y my brad 1" of Sigh'd a hart-broken Peasant-" ky Country it !nor ," liapay.fitecrigari.eca - o; , :tBedg:onnst Ciheep2taistnbllirib,yr.ch,Ththeessal:ep te a 66 For the baud of Oppression, has wantonly spread ." For theßoseaad the Shamrock, thellistk• and floret." di- t •• Hibernia, elf ilpifast, from the West Indies. Lek li. It. " They've burnt down my cottage I-as one from the dead Sailed the .Narcissus and Amethyst frigates, eo n • 66 I've escap'd from their vengeance-but glossed is the a cruise. . et. snore 41 That rises to mark where ferocious they tread, Arrived the Orestes brig of war, from a cru i se, se- . 66 In blood-steps, the vale girt with Thistle and Thorn." and PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 17.-Arrived the &em u 111. frigate from the Mediterranean, with the b o d y a/ ' be 66 Ah where is the wife of my bosons ? where lied ep- "My children? now fatherless, friendless, forlorn, Lord COLLINGWOOD OR board, who died on the hi s 66 Whilst the friends of Oppression oblige me to shed, 17th ult. off Minorca, as Commander in Chi e f i s " Reluctant, my tears uu the Thistle and Thorn." ler.which the Mediterranean, post he had held ; t ie, . IV. Loud the most unexampled zeal and ability for smog 44 I hear in the wilds of the wood that I roems 5411 ' " Theskouts of the'soldiers-...n0 counraints nowt, years. . eel. Gs I lot to die-No, the grave is say horse, Arrived the Tyrian, from Guernsey ; a n d ( L e " But shill kbe . bid by the Thistle and Thorn ?'• one Dapper, from a cruise. is., V. Sailed the Christian VII., Sir Joseph Yorke " Ob no! thou great God, be my countrymen's guide. AD, " (For we read, that thy spirits aven,ging arose. for Basque Roads. alch " For thy children, and bade e'ea the waters divide. - Arrived several transports from Guernsey. r i ng " Andthe host of the mighty for ever inclose)" -- . :on- ' 'V.I. REGIMENTAL ORDERS. " And England, again shall be proud ia the state. • .-........- . ring - "Of greatness, and glory, as erst she were fluid, The following letter has been received fop th e the " When the day star of Liberty rose o'er her fate, Secretary of State by the Commanding 0416... r; de- " And beem'd on the shields of those Briturss who chisel 46 (CIRCULAR.)_ :ban . VII. " SIR, " Whitehall, AprO 11, Ighi. . " Raving every reason to believe that the Mettopuli s ai s " That Charter now scorn'd-nnd those Rights now denied- a great itiewe restored to its usual state of ord er sae k m . Those blessings-that patriot spirit now cope- usn. quillity, I lose no time hi acquainting you, that Mei:i sms . " Oh I give us the souls of those heroes that died ! '''' " And the lightliing of vengeance, the Thistle and Thorn stances_ which lately indac ed his Majesty to call for ami s .. awe of the Coe?' under your command, towards iii s to en ,, ; been VIII. ration of the page, no lover make it necessary not* • de- " Shall blast-whilst the Row, in its bloom shall appear, should remain assembled. • ... " An emblem of England, again to ;command • " It affords me the greatest satisfaction to collegial/ft 44 That the sons of oppression he hurl'd to the spear, to you, at the same, the high sense entertained bold lb.. " Whilst Liberty, Liberty reigns o'er the hind." jesty.of the mat sod public spirit by which the Ilassleisaf I ail A CAMBRIDGESHIRE FREEIIOLDER. your Corps have been actuated on this importaut • ' lAN. Cambridge, April 16, 1810. and the eoaddent persuasion which is felt by his liajos h, RAM •in allusion to the baneful influence o f the Scots in the that the same degree of alacrity will prevail amoocossa t none Cabinet and elsewhere its the kingdom. should circumstances make it necessary torah apislor the , + The army of foreign mercenaries now quartered in Eng- exertions. . • uted land. • 44 I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient hue. • .each -of A letter from a Correspondent at Bristol, dated Me servant, rt 66 R. RYDER" the 17th instant, has the following intelligence : ' ' THE Al ARICEI'S. Y. - 49 A considerable fermentation hes pp:sailed for , . ~ ;om- some days in this city, from the expectation of a --aie5....... . CORN EXCHANGE; Aram le. ''. disturbance, on the entry of Sir VICART Glens, Ter, The Market this day his a cousiderable sip. Nor as Recorder. Placards and hand-bills were pre- ply and niCt much of the- first quality, which is , / viously posted up, calling on the inhabitants to . 9 • • 9 T he whole in demand . , and those samples are quoted '' I L " "greet him with a warm reception." the of the constables, and some of the military, were, rather dearer. Barley likewise. Mkt 'sad White Peas maintain their prices. Greit • sail mom of loam, ordered to hold themselves in readiness, Beans quaar ; there.are tolerable ' erg ' . _,.. 1 0 4 05t5, of eteis kind also. . new Ticits,if. ens, e . and every precaution wee taken by the Magistrnte s . per 1•1211% .L to prevent a commotion. Sir VICAR? arrived and find samples in this tante sin asesethelatke " a bete, yesterday afternoon 7 much earlier than usual higher. Flour continues without intenn; tio I had (thus taking the people , by surprise) ; notwith. CURRENT PRICE, . . The standing`which he was much hooted, stones were w ,... • ja r. thrown s the windows were broken et the Council. ei,=roo". . . 768 21 9 1:12: gg !resat, P.i.N 2 L. tt...16. ..• .houts, where he first alighted, afterwards at the. Ryes - - ass . bis. Maids - -- - Sir. 21s.Tst: 3 .t o Gisildilall, and subsequently, at the Mansion- Malt - - g Ss. ili. V:. 78s. .ftipe Seed - - .: 446 433 thus Muse, where, during hir stay, he usually resides. W. iees(Boliem) 645. 70‘. Fri* --. I' ‘5O( 904. F. the Never did any publics man here excite so much Gee) Peas.- -- - 455. 501. ' . ......... Kt es, pro. general dislike us the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. A imag e , (old) - - • - bac OP- : l'heir reward of 501. has been offered for the apprehen. The .Gaeetta= bisenasmui last night announces, that sloe of the offenders, and all is at present quiet. it the Kited has been pleased to appoint Jona rouse 44 Sir HENRY LIPPINCOTT, Bart. who' d • nd. HENS 'S' NEWBOLT E s q. to be one oft the 'ridge ed a few months since, charged with committing of tile Supreme Co l lin iii . Madras ." the 'ages an d a rape on a young girl, surrendered last night ; as did Mr. nENRY Sono, an attorney of this' citY• A tree bill has ( lees found by the (; hand Jury robs. charged with having killed. Mr. --,-. woollen. for 31 ex against John Ilartleg, for bring ? off a loadeellpistol, in Covout-Garden, at Adkins, ha l )- draper, in a duet that took place fietireen . them • the Bow.street Officer, last M on da y se'nniglit. truly upwards of a twelvemonth since." . Mr. ESTALL, the cora.mipter, who was shot is aNErs Serjeant Leas, Mr. Witaausr, andlie. cut... the shoemaker's shu`p at the• corner of Mincing. or of roan, have been . , retained- as Counsel . fur . Sir lane, died yesterday toOrningabouttweire &lock, o ther FR A NCIS Iltraorrt, in his ensuing Contest with in Saint Thtintaa'a fit/spite'. theythe House of Couitnues.. A fetter from Gibraltar, dated in February, We rejoice to see that Lord ERSKINI has split mentions !hit Count TILLy, a g00m,448 • brought in his most humane Bill of protection to late Jisoth of Spain, Who had teken Isgltillie brute animals. We wish that the Members who garris‘ni was, after three weeks or a Iltnet tea It' ,o the voted fur th e continuance of Smithfield-markeetn sitileites t Jawing which time he had dine d at ,the reach the crib where it now is, would attempt to it. Governor', table, and been twice le Ce=a-1 4 an d through it on a Monday, sad see the horrWd girdle Governor of diet fortress, appr aad effects of the confinement of. the beasts.' The detained as a ,state prisoner at Gibraltar, pl. Want * scene exceeds in barbarity any thing that was ever. older from Cadiz-some of his cerise , ', 'tars ; described even by the-pen of the poet. with the French having been intercepted: It ins: It would be advisahlo to pinrogue site Partin- By the Princess Amelia we have received the li re- moot for a week, instead of, an adjournment. very pleasing Intelligence m l it cod, is et 60 - . c•-r - That would not merely open .the King's prisons in our possession. lenity to British Freemen in duress, but would allow the It is stated' by a Gentleman who has reeentir sr. 'LIM. most important question tbot Ever came beforetbe rived from Lima by the way of Cadiz, that **- Luger, public to he' fairly discussed. They' woold then tit of insurrection had been shewo .by the -people, learn what the nation really think oar the subject. *rising from a difference of opiniou as to *assail Th e B rac h er , n u.t r i neo t n . a ', w h am recent l y of thell future government. It s iega'atlwea,. - "" dc. d a refused an application of Mr. Best, the Gentle. lerag ge ll : to abide by . I k. 0.00/V4 - klint, - end t . bal r . y 'who shot I d•C it In b 861° 4 al - thei n w the4 k- 041- itY.M" Id Pa P, v4 r . man called. to the Bar. The growl of !!lisle objection . ed by fife ;unto, and that beds, lags ' to moor •7 4 cation is, that he had been taftlys , ptisoiter in the Court Its laws f rom ally pert Of Spite, as i/nntio;s4 pro . of King's Bench. • ~ . those laws be fasitlifulty asalataluesi hy the . . ,„ f Yesterday the Lord Mayor ordered the price df la c ni and P 434314 of r " a • ° pat / IG' ' IA r „„,bai. r din. 'reach bread to be ettininued at ii. 31d.'tho quarters* loaf ultimately compelled to yields', ream, • I of wheaten, end household at Is. Id. ,:ice her Government would be annlaillitsdi m ic ": Se td On Monday, the Hith April, the followitit remain with the people of Phnto . estahltehlui , . .1. • ,k, - Ittlielk ' i Gentlemen, Gr.duates of the University of Eslin. dependent Goternment. 4be Gar . , ..% burgh, were elected Mentbera of the Royal Col. expresied a stiortg 'disposition to tree 1 . . lege of Physicians .of Leaden :...Dooton T. carry on trade with Engtaudi essd die i have rb ROWN, G. DIRT, Wof Lima,•in ' git . lait dispatches to the Ds, MASON ; B. F. OUTRAN' e- ship and W. BROURT.' • ''' ' Junta, is underdlood to 'here se,llate# 9 40 f ,5, sport. The whele of the troops stationed. in . London porch o f Bail* fur the entry into theirpo ~ , . . ships, which it` is will bur . . • ~ and its environs, including cavalry, artillery; and • ~i. infantry, am ou nted *to 19,800 . men ;, ; *sides with • 15,000 more, withih a day's march of the metr o. . Field, • the, pedestrian In the tae b• sterid . P,t eel, on • ' tele m • 1 polls, making the noel of 34,600, ar m e d; vaan s t, .., Y morning 'r'im Hyde Park " ' v. !? " "fis vie, "of The Illanking.house of 'Codd i n ti;a tes k o journey to the t 2 mile stone , at ' Silt WI. D u 1 g•.! -"'i g o o n stepped, payment last week for so conneetabie e, **t: red to *in with else, as ha tiraenien . att e is " - ini ' Stuns; at two o ' clock . fill walla LS $F r b a d h er sum us to isavoinvolvtal that town, and owsivir r ....,,.., r _ „, , in and . )r . y E f a o r r iy many miles timed,. In trardistress. „ 0 . '''" i n 74 "au", for I°°.guilluip. 011 Saturday. morning ihe awort,:gi i _„ Wed by the Me, A &„ l: ., olltiaLs ar Jam Wiliksiss, is the ' hilted, kles, and straps, fell (ruin the eviiittleit statue 41 of °lwrlurvuriv. Mint, wali comm itted tr - r iat it t h e l ost letter) 7f in Coasts I. in' charing t cak resters ttrtigt,it Bir min gham to take his lit ad .ape picked up by it porter of s the '"nOtts If I?' ai l .. " Wibil l • e r Ses e ., ones fu r , 7 1 1!", 11 . 1 bug's" the Gw e t u e r o ss i ar k,. a o poink,t IA , b i.o ars 4 ilier7 hiothaa with spirit , of vitrio l. . • , i mine, Mt. re .truni.matar. who hes a lima kipi • .uf il“ogiotertsr . IT - - • • , LONDON ,: Primell mid *4 tie r ' rnaa ' lig lii lirseassis I grescsi I, tlerwete gt • - ' • • sl . . . . . . ' , .