The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-09-01 00:00:00

1 • \ ' ! t i• our decoct) against him. When wo hoard, that i•at: ousted his brother from Holland, cud was 'needing alibis on n attention and energy that way, should immediately have followed him with our yt s, and with our pelts. We should have set to lark to consider what were our means of defence c44inst a hundred ships of war poured out of the ii•ouths of the rivers ant) out of the ports of Hot. Lod, a country once the rival of England upon the v•us, and the nasal means of which country nothing can destroy; we should have begun seriously to cal. ciliate the•consequences, not of a landing in Eng. find with a force of fifty thousand men, at the cud of 8 hriuis Sail, but. surely, we might have begun t • calculate the consequences of known prepara tions for such nn expedition. 1t appears to vie, that Sapolcuo.it now setting about the preparatiul; of an invading armament in Holland. There, 1 thick, he ill mak° his grandest preparation. Autf, if, In - - the coursu of a guar, or a year sad a half, for has a numerous fleet ready fur sea, with an army ut boardi will the effect here be to make us laugh evecielly if the Qutilla at Boulogne be spin in a stAte of readiness, while a Beet at Brest, another at Ruchetbrt, at Ferro!, and Lisbon, Ail with t hops on board,' dare hi - id' the face At the same lime ? Shall we then laugh .P Sech a combination of means of attack may, perhaps, never be seen ; het, it is much 'less improbable than was the battle of Wagram, the conquest of Vienna, and the lilt marriage of Napeleon. It being far within the %cope of passibility, that we shall behold such a eembiaaliou, we ought, I think, to be looking f•lrwartl to the consequences. That we shall be 'Ate to defend our country, though attacked in teeny parts at once, is what I will not doubt of ; though I do think, that, when the mitsi,terial wri. tees the welts., declare, that an army is necessary to defend Ireland against French factions and eon cpi'reteieß, eve.) sow, we ought to reflect a little on Aiwa would be wanted its the case contemplated ; that it to say, is the case of there being French ;wales aloes at Rochefort, Brest, Ferrol, and Les ions. Let ate not be interrupted here and abused f counting these two last places amongst the ports of Ropaparte. I am merely supposing what is possible. lam aware, that while we Wean army of slay thousand men iu Portugal, under my Lord Talavera, to whose army the Fiench General's soldiers are deserting by hundreds at a time; I am aware,that, while this' is she ease, it would, as The orniNg Post says, be dastardly to the last degree, te entertain any apprehensions fur the final Way of Portugal. But, though we can have no such apprehensions, lbws is a possibility, of the ports of Ferrol and Lisbon falling under the domi nation of Napoleon : and, if they should, than the rese t which, for argument's sake, I have sup. posed, may happen ; anti, if it should happen, what will be the consequences, not of a hiding Ps England, but of a menace to land ? And, what will be the consequences in Ireland, either of an s actual landing, or of a menace to land ?—if 1 asp aNked, now, why I point out these dangers with out pointing out the means of prevention, I au. swcr, that I a.n not hinted to point out soy m of prevention, and for this plain teasels, that I may k.sow of none, and yet I have a right to shew, end it may be very useful to show, that the danger vaists, or may very soon exist. The means of pre vention that 1 should be disposed to paint out might ',iriug me a great deal of abuse, if nut something worse; and, therefore, I shall, foe the present, et I, a st ) keep thew to myself ; but, it does nut fol iose, that I ant not to speak of the danger, be. taupe, if this priociplo were to be adopted, no man would be allowed to complain of any evil, for which he had not a remedy. Something very much like this was, indeed, attempted to be loges, against Mr, Fos, at the time of the stoppage of cash pay. meets at the Bank,in 1797 ; but, he replied, '‘NS' hat do you call upon me for a remedy, who have " been, fur so many years, warning you against " rise evil that has now arrived : if there be no re. 4 4 needy, so muck the greater your fault, and no 46 knit at all of mine." Still, however, tic ad. berents of Pitt insisted, that it was Mr. F4)l'3 bu siness to find a renses(§l fur the evil, to Auld his topeue, and they Sew at him, in a pack, open. mouthed, and that, too, at the very moment that the holders of bank notes were slinking back, nulls empty hands and lopping ears, from Threadneedle. atrect. Suck may be the case with respect to me at I my warnings ; but, no abuse of me will mend the matter ; no abuse of me will retard either the armaments or the armies of Napoleou, and, I MU quite sure, that it will never give me a moment's 'nava .10ijj. titti4 goo *rot hb 1111" I/A (041..•40 i•LoGi.. 3 per Ceal:Red. 6141 13 per Cern. ems. 6K* 6$ 'i'HE S T.4TESMA N. LON DU : . -....00...- 411Z3750,16 Tip SMEMIIIR 1, 1810. TIIRAUGU the medium of a must respectable resmile iLiuse in Liverpool, we ►ase received tie follo%isig important communication from Ante. rice. It is copied from the National intelligencer of the t 3.1 of July Oa Me 44th Jane, the United Stales' brlV c ra, Lieut. Titre, Cilrtlie 'oder, tarrying 1 /as, tw her way to Ne 011r4.4, under orders Reim ttsrr ensevalsata. sem i ii.a wratais and unpr•rvated rauautr tired JIM Ity • 116610 Agog of twirl 3.2-pnaud shut tarried ant* Ille moo Mew of the Vties, stic:nn a sbart d:ottnee f 1 (XL Pittlipsi • Las *• l • 44 " l "ber et Congress. aim witty leis MO; snare on board 4 asta.sislintek, wilauted fblr. Itoioolt v woof the Aolositj-eicoonllt or the United States. Milt a% iltio eoliitod ciech 11-11444.' ..ao Age Commode, of like Vlse ha horik Palbelllll4 1r floe Sent of Gusetatneas, to aeniet r w geeilieee lie etteefili 1 , 1 • risteteuse instead of repflllog the *Mob aim.* Dui .Voraingairolisie of die day Us snots re., marks im the prupwilion, that the. liabloiec si troll oust be 1)4%1 in gold Amal siive4, labia\ Ts meet ?ass by , pbe one single day. Tb4.1141••b04 ,E. passage .it %bleb ise :- “ ivessval al iloe cinirl at Bnizap. fats, actors., piemaell toads Amerivi to tarapi as before tsteat, hive ti . i4akilbcd* is asaJe tawifest, that all our ideas abate at WNW at trade beiag paid iugold aed biker arm falla:loue; for if air *weft ma the subject were correct, there would be many buadredsed of the towboats weals sow is Ibls emu dl7. Weber**, asserted almost a caimans Matinee of trade in our favour. Mr. PUT enotiougUy hauled at the resources of tile alibi by thit . triwrimt, and Mr. Moe; states the :wawa balonee of trade favour of this country at 14,11.10,0001. I but Mr. Wag* rLY, io his Treatise too the Theory of Money, has . exposed the rail lery of thew pretensions, by 'hewing that the whisk wines s t he wettel Produce 11111 1 11 10 1 y bit . 7,0(111,4M01. of bullies. And yet England, France, mad others, claim =wig than au annual balance of 40,01101041." 711 E Thu.ratult of the removal of the Court of Portu. gal to the Brazils, is here accurately pointed out, as far as. that question goes. The revenues of the Court, and of all whom the Court induced teemi. grate, are now chiefly expended go the soil whence 'those revenues proceeded ; atti it is cot improbable, that even accumulations of surplus revenue go to form capital, for the improvement Ed agriculture and corn. merce ill that country—at least, with consegn pru. dencu is the great owners of the reventtes,lbst may be the ease. This is the argument we have sire* used relative to Ireland, as onr Reeder' will see at a glance. If the treat' propsietoes.of .the !cretins!, of any country reside on the soil, the balk of the revenues will retools theta~—that ie to say, if the country have any activity In agricettare, esanufse tures, Mid such commerce as carries the surplus of pro' Oen sod alaWsll . actures to profitable markets, for If nut so, the results are quite of a diferentnature. The gingiva:kw of the Court of Portugal, therefore, to the soil producing the foirettue, will have the effect described in 7'he Morella.' Chronic*. But the next, step that Paper takes is erroneous. It argues, that the notion of she ,balance ef trade being paid in gold and silver is fittlacious, beauties " we have as. serted almost g eonstant balance of trade in out favour, and'ArAtosz states the annual balance of trade in favour of this country et 14,800,0001.. whereas Mr. WRIUTLETr shewsi• that the whole mines of the World produce sonuelly but 7,000,0001. of bullion, and yet England, ;Francs, Russia, and others claim among them an annual- balance . of 40,000,0001" As to the excess of our balsna of trade, no doubt, it is stated very fallaciously, and *with vary blameable and pernicious viewg.. this only, by the bye, for we apprehend flislittr* , • • nicls coucurs is that opinion. The giaillai.b; by what Process does he Chronicle make out the Mho', of the proposition, that the balance of trade is actually paid in gold and silver? It says,-.•- , " If our reasoning Go the subject were correct, there would be mAnyhusdral mil lions oft he precious metals sour in this country I" Dee resuming% not correct; islet ibis error lies iii making out false balances, and 261M1411/11 creating unsatisfied expeetstiesa . et the okentlance of the pr ecious metals here, and tient. - bringing you to the conclusion, that the idea Is fel. 'latices, that the balance of trade is paid in gold and silver. The scarcity of bullion or coin is ho proof em itself that the proposition _is untrue. The scar. city may come from our want of trade, and we have argued It so. But we are not pursuisg that up. meat now. We keep to the question , raised bi 7'he Chronicle, and then we gut into this same, compass —" that the whole mines of the world'iwo. duce annually but 7,000,0901. of bellieo, and pet England, France, Russia, and others, claim among') theirs an annual balauce of 40,000,0001." To sim plify the subject, we will take for granted that 7,000,0001. is the full extent el the produce of the , mines of the w hole erovisk..• It is quite sulkiest for all the purposes of bullion, either for cols as a cir. culating medium, or for the elegant foruiture br decorations of splendid life. But did it not occur to The Chronicle, that, if this amount is nut cons. potent to discharge the estimated : balances of the countries it mentions, those rationales might be er roneous ? it was a more natural supposition, than to question, and knock down by a blow, the aim. pie, and almost self-evident principle—that-the he- a lance of trade must be paid in gold and silver. TA* Morning Chronicle we treat as being aware that our balances are falsely made out, and do not exist to the degree stated. But of this 40 millions which wonted to, satisfithOheiVeel, for 11111,100f9-Inen7 . honed covistries, Everts/I-alone require, *arty 15 millions, ucording 'tis ties claims. Vey well I &oppose you reduce ourpretensiens to balance, hy.l .it tape-thirds, you already bring the dimmed, and the gepply vastly nearer together. But The Chrisnids 2 pt least, will not complain of the deduction being too cal. It begins the article wears discussing, by a very . 'forcible, and very trite picture of the " mafavour. able speculations of our merchsnts to the Brazils" I ....sod, ao doubt, it well knows whet (he 'value of t ,our speculations to Heligoland, Gibraltar, wad Malta in. But these unfavourable speculatleins ; ilci not conga only of goods sold for a loss, hilt foods locked up, never to be sold at all. Here, I thee, it part of your IMPORTS ) the excess of which, placed against the imports, makes up your fended atance. It t , we can only contrive to g e t Out' hunt vessels out of port, and to get BOW fools to freight them, we can stake balances oessegh, and large euongh—hut then, they are of a kind that requires gold or silver to y . them. They see upon pap e r, by k arat ,' Abe merchant owing bis balances to the tsanefeci. sopereergo his balances to the trier. - 4aantisetsrer owes his balance, le AS hat. rid the predates. So fez th at b 1 j"d 1 . 0 41 ,41 7•14,90 : , . s•:. , •Wrer, and the sot Pttetatal ftemsotogit IVIII ad*, whilst tht; tha swat trassitiefillieltaws re ; and Imo ems *04 , 0 4 , isnot ty,_ mud 4 4... w Ist this Illtputtil is wee rstessliat hs sny shape. rtri csitegs•A•are set to Marne for 11th ; for the ships sto steer set * 404 that to chef% Is (*port. &t ales the Cagey. howls has its delusions too t Is thrisise al satins out felse.balasoos. Bear what The side saYs oit this very point, in the tee: attic& sow soder discusilon. Its words ars : " Mr. MAXI Arai, that the Castem.bnaie Mena do ea Whale maw the Imports, ea she other si.le 4 the meow/1.- 111 e East India Company's goods. Their sale tor the year roamed above 000.0001." Here then, in one concern, we get relieved of 140110,0001. from this sum of 40,000,0001.—that to say, our share of balances is, in ono single point, Need eight millionsins than our claim. But there is still "umber deduction to be made from our claim of balances ; and this too, we find in The Chronicle r which says :. " But the great consideration is the foreign eapeaditore of Goverment for the niaiatestanee of our armies, uud of oar ea pedaloes, and of our settlemeots abroad. Mr. BL•ts *hews, that It Is not easy tu ascertain precisely what thatespeaditere amounts to, bet he attempts an approsionalloo to it epos very fair and irobable &pieties. In 1796, the (Muth Scar of the re. volutitmary war, var foreign expeadfluite was 10,649,0001. when the agefie lite sports was 7,T31,4941. or In die ratio wady of ten to seven. So Do* an excess of 13,036,070/. would give I forage expesdituse of ?LAX/AWL and *hen we eintsider the enlarged seals of ear military operations. together With the eetablishootele is *ldly and Malts, Relttrohnitt and elwerhere, It will not prrhips be Aright too such Wont the troth. " What &diens l this spoo the Feiss. Wattling'end of the Empire t" • We agree with rhe Chronicl e In that list, and,, lir, just exclamation. But did nut 7%e Chronicle that thi‘' and indeed every passage is the arti. ▪ lint the one which assorts the fallacy af the proposition we are defending, that one aad all .leaded tootle point oaly, and that was to she., on ;drapes of 11s* asks:, that it Is moithighly probe. Ale that the error. about which Vis Chresti. ek ream% ha that of the faits claims of Si. i:OW. l Ski • lot 'of the fallacy of our prupo. 15 id 0n ......0.4.W e hue pointed out part only of our deceptions on this subject. If we cottlte :dissect to iplik of the 40,000,0001. clatotteff at lbeleocee, ao doubt we should reduce this affair so 'fie perfectly consistent with, and payable by the 1, :106 1 001. the auuual produce of the mines. BIN Otolleed not pursue this further, for we have girds 1611 Reader a clue that will carry him to a just coo: *fission, which couclusion is not, that it is as error .4, say—that the balance of trade most be pefalla gold or silver...—But rho Chrooick his eta. ',gamest's our teaser. It is in this paisiges••• • aeoshoounit4 t havo the Stasis proved le the spelpih, dame! sr Illesehauts. m so extremely to the mail* hee l italeldhillit Win qattetkies eg fit iiriit • era be eadiaidet4 "I P 0101,100 et airy/ mat pregplik4lll‘. The Illit ate* oar ramedsilliM. votive fir Wit 4111Initilli we ant irbiliwiSe 001811 smmt SNOW Mo Pinfilifilfilimis ia • . Let itiiiiliblenaol that there words here in /to. Me* wiilifeitqa. I%s Chretiiefe. 'the stress was therefore idiot upon them. But what Is this, bit starting Or; the last.qaoteil passage is the' very del .of Oa article is ;question) with asserting a psi' The Chronicle itself besot to deny a . 114(01101*.pp o and wartlien about to combat. Why are Merchants *bilged to send gold for . aniton ? Altus* the Brazil merchant won't ex. itlattp, it for our goods—that lac in other words, Itaantioe,tha balsams if trade la •againit ee.,.----1 -11 ere 4e--dho obelal t 4roposition—lhe &slams at - i trolie - is 14411 .. yogi and you mist and gold to pay it. *eV The Chronicle reptiscsossoe only said the balaiice is against us as to cotton : sic de not say it its a general betanceepinat us at' the :-Illiselia—then we say, the Islam:, is with you ge. -.. • y ;fief dust be granted, the emit is, the eur. 0 epode sold with reit (which create,. this - ) *meld collect gold is the ' Brazils, to 5(. lay cotton with gold, without our buying up wt gold here ; to *eke the purchases. This is the very 0f..• ...... _. nature the 11144. luu cutout be put to the ar. tensity of furchasing with rota, while you bate goods which will be taken of you in exchange for what )ou want ; and whim you no longer have such goods, yen must pietas's*, with gold—and this is ties same props/Men as saying, the balance of trade Alla be ssitio. _IN . Iteeciall.l inittigi*-: - Que result of this remising is, that the disappearance of the previous owed: Jo proof of the disappear. lance of real and •prolitable-trade ;_aad is proof also, that altlioseficApeacessive issoes of paper have routed Olt istaWthaprisieet commercial evils, and have brissipt * . gobole Oil with Yiedpitoncy, Jet sash issoea blip . giet 114 ,sole, nor even principal , cause, as is airy*, by ; toq many. And it is now time, to sal a tew.,(vordi in answer to a complaint of The Chronicle against us. We made no misrepresents.. Lions in the affair of the new project fur a Dept* lisok. We said The Chronicle gave it ikelsoip y and therefore supposed it was gravely ineeeled.d . i. and then wanton to show' the absurdity and tab. shier of the scheme. If The Chronicle did not stye it gravely, if it then bad the opinion* ell 'the subject it mimeo to have when writing the eaphatethlith a (thy not shrew one wood of disapprobation Of twos theneitetae ? This would have been the 0 :3 . roe, if The Chrealele had at *rat doehled. 'swore called upon to minus .all Ail belief that INON . Chronic*, gravely mocked the arßeli. With roe. poet (*personalities, of 040 ItiCisrosiett alto yaws os, we Hers used asiiitilh'intide of emus. Inc any of the 'quails(' 0..011 . 114 Paper. kydit oar toy to she w the erns re 4 c iov a i d d i i s:-.J they oirb ilitelY le inlet, • *airy. li a lsii St . .... assd yrs: Its too , : e u r b r il o tie rs ,d o is fwsetkcilict tls, eh must iir w di, wows tenderer. We know the rep utat i on of thtt in 'fac error h ou s . S$ ilia Meld ant succeed i n she ,. to siac.at ;ter the suundu ess of its reasoning'. The error Was t• be 'hewn i ll , strong flight, et the error would ha ve tr i umphed, atani4't ruin that source. We du not thi n k i ts,. cessary, for the preueut, to pursue the culuptin t of 'l7lc Chronfole any bother. Wt: call the attention of oar Readers to the Ex: Wet use hate given keys jtlr. Cuaetres Politics! Xcirister of lakt week. It•iipart tif ' artiel • 0 ig which he has considered the recent clia•g e i n n o. laud in three points of view, arately...." Ist, at s limiter between I'Vrozsoir and Air b ro i ler Loots; x udly , as a thing affecting the peopl e of Holland ; and 3rdly, as to event ejih t i nz lath/."--The argument on the third topic ought u, be read, and weighed too, by every man wire b it any lure for his es/unity. Ws thank our Norwich Correspondent fork must valuable article be bassist us; and we hu t no doubt our 'Readers *lll 'thank him lee. N A Roars*s epee& is one of 1 most hide ws es t read, and his conduct was of Ike *oat tirlooasani I patriotic nature. ' usoiemoorommi The following extract of a lector contai n s 66 et , amide account of the mate of the OIN.Cun of tin 43d regiment, mended in the stair sit the Cai ;-, , • 4 . Col sawa v Atto. 4.—State of the Qtk e ra e t the 434 untwist, wounded f-, / • in captain Minos. siighity, stook ilteli. IP whit die 4114 •1 Ceelolos Low! atoll N ar416•4011111•110. 111 0 1061 regiment. " tupt. Woks., suerely, list is stair stiesVa 04 ueeteuatits He it veoraini Jens son.stigiely, asses l 'asst with the regitnesit. vI Lieuleaaalb 65411. NAMING. and s't sew s mum, deli writ. and at Gunshot. is Liewle4Wal iretanatea, his leg untoistatesti tit Win Lew 'ad hospital." hr the Dutch should prove refractory, 8 4144 , ' C A STE , it i s said, has threatened IQ debits/ 114 1 Sinic4t, sad inundate thq country. [ In proof of the commercial distresses of 64e pm; seat wank if say were meta is addition In alt . awaits of toptss Wil k swell every Gao l . '. the .itifte which have gem littektlia Ciii otibit k and COO? vet of the Shafts of I s ewjeg sag .. Midihreeist e kos:beeti, width' the last • .- . . than esnellieve Waal during the lottg , - "-• ' .sod fee aka greater than an, . moos* WU* yeas pest. - . .. , i - • . " 114... .- . • wiiiriy lest land it eras 4 pr net - tty jtesaettt 44144114 1 . 11 5 . o m it that cts ! . ~ Dais ware bet eavps Po i Illi ft w fd" Waroofill to It :. • • , 11.4 1 .11 Mold . ItiodokliaoaemeTe, la the alt or Wendell,: . .' orrfrAtmittlitt to l ow his atenentr., tat Awe is bobs Ist r~ canine's, and one - genitals, ctilefilotely tehi to bit Directions to SaftialllSSlfirt sari* you tell she, am sure that it la b doseptal ttre.'' Moaae,lms.tathea the advien..-he w*s awe 41111, .. a foobara. • . . . , . ~ *edam Cittat.finea easetteMeist. et the Optic genie Ist to play 35 *Mt .pi i season for 3,4 galas's, ' sod also to have two eieekta lg.& mama. .• alp* SI private Wes. - fie? engagement Is fe t e -6111.4,1118. • "Wellyitetions makindit Covent Garden 11te4.. 'it .t state of cossidotable &martinets. Pit , .illiiiik4billissi in the/mile of the house. have lial gtoinailkood the lobby Ihmette open, seven priests ,apt e aZ y ch Side sweet the stage still . remain. ',4.. the earwigs coassatineed at - .. %lA. number, tweeter, remised t before, taken no doubt is the eels or he Pettglint • " in deflates of dos grave laws. Ladies, with feathers in theft bonnets, should ke oestions how they walk the roads or the foils this . dsy, is the 'o:inky of the metropolis, Wit some of the keels city sportsmen should mistake them rot mikljowl. . An old professor of the whip, who isolimeed kr all real amateurs to he* the most cbaragimMitie foil graceful manner•ef• ioiskting the tumid redandalla ' eke of his fa *s. woe garner of bi owe, actually employed in givittg . instivistitios tiikoate the more aspiring /dumbest .of the Foier.M.tialid, • at am goons pr lesson I The notorious herr" Woodford and fir. ottani i of the same corps beet, jest returned from altuAg. lag .saimatry .eifikatills. ('or site #25011-Pear s ... eabibiting their onanesuaree et the emelt% . S. fieokatontete and Bofitier' - ---- 'Little Quicit, eh° retired fume yellif ego wolf count of ill health from Uovr.sit.gartlue i nfamy ie lIQW in town, and may safely reclaim, / 4 ,%. l'ittke Luotpkiss is himself again !" . - . .... . . The following is an extract of 4 resume . . Edinbeigh, August 'ls, 1810 : — 44 00 , I NZI Magistrates bad a dinner at a tame i leat W • , where, among other good things, therhageo o4 . The neat day they unassumed they landlord before them, and made him pay a Mae of 11. I. lad 3M'. .ezpences. A. citizen 4aring of this his Prosectle4 • them before the Sheriff, fer eating the grouse. I f , will not wonder at this, whim .1 tell you tkat the Lord Provost was not many years ago ajouraep man estimator; sad dote be has come iato,ofter, has put himself under the tuition of • writiag.mas ter, under whom he has already.leerned to write his name in legible characters, und rays perhaps, hpfore he retiller from Oat*, Le atilt' 'to WIII. a Alert memorandums, or card of invitation to a city 540 ` 1 *edgy mernini,.a little before three o'clock, * . tiemendints peal ,of tittieder beret over (Le tttrai r t4 end the moncussiowitfeetitscstl in the ' . . . tinned fur an ‘4411100443a. Otte. f* 111411. *- * risemb i mi. as " , rat homittag.jilititof ortilleopeitaalum s ""!"' fliac- woe 4plexpul4lll,olo4loortuituault quip• it aids, Ir.hkill 401 -W4 41. 1 4 , 4 . 1.411 . 1 4 11 *."' . • . . . . , ... . .... I