The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-05-23 00:00:00

' • _ c om r, Lord EILNKINE, Messrs. WHITDRE%D i TIER. st y, and &mamas mentioned, there remains no doubt in our mibdi that an Administration will be formal which will give universal satisfaction. Mar quis WxLizscair will no doubt associate Mr. CAN. NIN G with him. Their views and interest are inse parable. On some points they do not altogether greeiWith the Opposition ; but these are of a trifling uature when compared with the difficulties that stand iD the way of a junction with the late Ministeri; and will, we are persuaded, be conceded in such a wa y as neither to affect the honour of the one party nor of the other. Having the interest of the coun try in v iew, and animated by a sincere desire to promote its welfare, no petty jealousies, no trivial difference of opinions, ought to mar the accomplish ment of this grand object. We trust we shall be able, in our next, to announce to our Readers that such an Administration has been formed as will re store the confidence of the nation, and speedily ter !Monte those miserierwith which we are at present so universally afflicted. We have received New York Letters and Papers to the 21st of April. Congress have followed up the Embargo law by another measure equally hos tile to the commercial interests of this country. The exportation of specie, goods, and merchandise, of every description is prohibited during the continu ance of the above Act. rEOM TSE DIESICANTILE ADVERTISES OF MI APRIL, 1812. EMBARGO, No. It An Act to prohibit the ex portaiiiiii of specie, goods, wares, and merchnndi;e, fur a limited time. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America, in Con gress assembled, That it shall not be lawful, during the continuance of the Act, entitled " An Act laying an Embargo on all the vessels in the Ports and Harbours of the United States, for a limited time," to export tient the United States, or the territories there of; In any manner whatever, any specie, nor any goods, wares, or merchandise, of foreign or domestic growth or manufacture ; and if any person shall, with intent to evade this law, export, or attempt to export, any specie, goods, wares, or merchandise, from the United States, or the territories thereof, either by laud or water, such specie, goods, wares, or merchandise, together with the vessel, boat,•raft, cart, waggon, sleigh, or other carriage, in which the same shall have been exported, or attempted to be exported, shall, together with the tackle, apparel, horses, mules, and oxen, be forfeit ed ; and the owner or owners of such specie, goods, wares, or merchandise, and every other person, bnowingly concerned in such prohibited exporta tion, on conviction thereof, shall each respectively forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, for every such offence. Provided, however, that nothing in this section contained shall be con strued to prevent the depaAure of vessels which, ac cording to the Act last above mentioned, are, or may be, permitted to depart in theviatiner, and under the restrictions, provided by the said Act. Sec. 2- And be it enacted, Th- t it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as ho shall have empowered for that pur pose to employ any part of the land or naval forces, or militia of the United States, or of the territories thereof, as may be judged necessary, for the pur pose, of preventing the Illegal departure of any ship or vessel, or the illegal exportation of any specie, or of any goods, wares, or merchandise, contrary to the provisions of this or of the last above-mentioned Act, and for the purpose of detaining, taking pos session of, and keeping in custody any such ship or vessel, specie, goods, wares, or merchandise. Sec. 3. ,And be it further enacted, That all pe nalties and forfeitures incurred by virtue of this Act, shall and may be prosecuted, sued for, recovered, and distributed; and may be mitigated and remitted iu the manner provided by the Act laying an Em bargo on all the Ships and Vessels in the Ports and Harbours of the United States, for a limited tim e ; and also, that the penalties and forfeitures incurred by virtue of this Act, may be recovered subsequently to the expiration thereof, in the same manner as if this „Act had continued in full force and virtue. Approted April 14, 1812. JAMES MADISON. wASIIINGTON, Aran. 13. ilOusE OF REFREsENTATIvES. Mr. SMITH presented the Memorial of WILLIAM PATTERSON sad Sous, and others, 'merchants, of Baltimore, praying a suspension of the Noa-impor tation Act, or a partial modification thereof, which was read. A Resolution from the Mouse of Representatives, appointing a Committee on their part, to join such Committee as the Senate may appoint, to consider and report what business demands the immediate at tention of Congress, and whether a recess be com patible with the public interest, and the term of such recess, in which resolutntion they request the concurrence of the Senate, was read and passed to a second reading. Mr. Wynn; from the Military Committee, made a Report on the Petition of EDIVARDCLARZE, respect ing a new mode of harbour defence by buoy forts. — The Report states, that the Committee had examined the model, but that it was impossible to judge of the effect without an actual experiment. The Committee therefore recommended a Resolution, that the Se cretary of the Navy be authorized to make en eve. •••••• • THE STATESMAN. riment of the same. The Report was read and or dered to lie on the table. LOYAL LIVERY OF LONDON. A confidential Message from the Senate was an nounced by the Speaker, and the House was accord ingly cleared of all persons but the Members and Officers. 21, meeting of that part of th e Li very o f L on d o n, • who designate themselves 44 The Loyal," in contra distinction to those who term themselves " The In dependent," pOrtion of the corporate body, was held yesterday, at the Old London Tavern, Bishopsgate street ; Aldesman C. SMITH in the Chair. Te go into the minutiae of their proceedings would occupy too much of that room 'which the exigency and importance of the present period render it ueces sary,Ao devote to more interesting matter. We have only, to observe, that. several speeches were made by Mews. • Aldermen Curtis, Smith, and Shaw, in which abundance of sarcasm was thrown on those, amongst the Livery, who differed from them in political opi nion ; and the 44 Loyal ,Livery" were called upon to beware, on tbe one hand,. of a powerful aris tocracy, who wished to overawe the Throne itself ; and, on the other, to keep clear of a democracy, who, however they might , preach of however they might talk of a full and 'fair represen tation of the People in Parliament 7 —hoWever they might descant on the distresses of the Empire---yet were themselves, by their inflammatory speeches, ten dering the country dissatisfied. The furor of the, party appeared to be consider ably abated, in consequence of the intelligence which reached them early in the evening, that Ministers., taking warning from the vote of the former evening (Oh, how dreadful !)' had resigned !—Still they ap. peered to buoy themselves up with this feeling, that the Regent uninfluenced and unateCted by the al most unanimous voice of the empire, would, after the resignation,, re-appoint to office the very same fan gusses of the body politic—powerless to do good— effective only to do harm. For the honour, for the iprosperity of the country, may such a hope be de -1 ceived. It will be seen by the following extract from the Dublin Papers, of Tuesday last, which we received this morning, that though the late Ministers had agreed to reduce the Irish Loan from two millions to one million and a half, they were not able to effect their purpose:— " In conselnence of the refusal to bid for a loan of two millions the 7th inst. it was notified that a bidding for a loan of one million and a half would be received at the Castle yesterday ; and several Gentleman having attended there for the purpose, it was urged to Sir CH ARLES SAXTON, that sufficient notice had not been given, particularly as it was expected proposals would be received from London. Whereupon the business was defer red until this day, when Messrs traeoms and WILLI \MS attended, a n d gave in a proposal to take the Loan, upon the terms of receiving a bonus of a Treasury Bill of 101. 17s. per cent. but Sir CHARLES SAXTON having alleged that the offer fell short of the sum mentioned in the sealed paper, and that therefore it could not be received. Messrs. Gaseous and WILLIAMS made a second proposal of taking 101. per cent. ; but this being also declared inadmissible, they declined making any further offer." The lion. STUART WORTLEY, who made the Mo tion in the House of Commons for an Address to be About half-past ten, the Meeting broke up, and it is not unworthy of remark, that, while the Gen tlemon who presided at it spoke with peculiar con tempt of their opponents, not a single Nobleman, with the exception of Lord George I3eresford, not a single Member of the Commons' House of Parlia ment, save the three virtuous City Memhers, appear. ed in the room ; while, on the other hand, if we look to the Meeting of the Independent Livery, we be hold a host of patriotic Peers and Commoners. presented to the PatscE RECENT, praying his Royal Highness to take such measures as may be best calcu lated to form au efficient Administration, is second son to the late Statesman, the Earl of BUTE ; his present manly conduct leads us to quote, what his friend, the late JAMES Bo4WELL, Esq. says of him, in his Life of Dr. Jonmos, and in his Lettei to the People of Scotland : " For sterling good sense, discernment, honour, loyalty, and conviviality, no man can surpass my Honourable Fri End. He distinguished himself as a good Officer of the Bedfordshire Mi litia, had taken a public-spirited resolution to serve his country in its dilliulties, by raising a regiment and taking the command of it himself." THE LEVEE. Yesterday his Royal Highness the PRINCE RE GENT held a Levee, received the City Address, and . .. . This, in the heir of the immense property of transacted a variety of public business at Carlton- Wortley, is highly honourable. To find that pa. house. A detachment of the 3d Regiment of Foot triot again, when the fire of youth has been damped Guards, commanded by Colonel COTTON, marched by time, so energetic for the welfare of his country, into the Court-yard, and the hand of the regiment is truly cheering, and does honour to himself and attended in their state uniforms, and played, almost the nation at large. without ceasing, during the whole of the day, ' At A whimsical accident took place yesterday at the 'three o'clock the Corporation of London arrived with Levee. The two great State Lords with white stay: i, their Address upon the assassination of Mr. PERCE the Marquis of HERTFORD and Earl of CHO LMON. VAL ; the Lord CHAMBERLAIN introduced them with- DELEY, being tired standing on their legs in the i.e-out lose of time into the Throne Room, where hise- R o yal see Room, sat down together on an or matt table. Highness received the Address , to whic h he i w The weight was too great for the flimsy French fa as pleased to return the following most gracious bric. It broke down, and brow ht the Lord Chum- . g an l s t w hon er k : Tou for your dutiful Ad dress . The sentiments which berlain, and Lord Steward of the Household, with you have e xpressed - of deep regret for the severe ins; which the a crash to the ground. At that instant, Lord Si,. i country has sustained fry the death of Mr: Peroe'val, of a high 110uTil run up to assist the mighty Peers, when at the I sense of his eminent talenteand virtues. and of alihurrence of the instant an inkstand broke and dashed all its contents I atrocious act which has closed so useful and exemplary a tiff, over the Lord President's hands. He held them out arc roost consonant to my own opinions and feelings. My mind as a pitious sight; but immediately said with good is relieved from the most painful sensations by the proof afforded humour, ii 'Well! this is unlucky—l thought at ! upon the trial of the assassin, that this dreadful act was not coo least I should have gone out of office with clean . steered with any sanguinary system, and I trust that our annals will not again be sullied by a crime which the . geoerous and hauds." manly character of the British people has ever held in peculiar Viscount MELVILLE'S usual Levee was to have detestation. In recommending to Plirliairent to makes suitable taken place yesterday. Several Naval Officers at- " provision fur h's widow and family, I have discharged a duty to tended at his Lordship's house, in the Admiralty,i the people, committed to my charge, and I air gratified by the when, after waiting for a long time, the direct an- assurances that this act of Justice towards deprivad merit, will swer was, that his Lordship would not see any more ! be seconded by the unanimous voice of the nation. company for the present.—A caravan of new furni- ' They were all very graciously received, and had tore was yesterday sent to his Lordship's house, in the ; the honour of kissing the band of his Royal High- Admiralty, but, by order of his Lordship, they were I ' less ' not suffered to be unloaded. 1 The Levee then commenced, which was attended by the Dukes of YORK, CL A nENCE, KENT, CAM- We learn from Cambridge, that the Bishop of - Lemur and BRUNSWICK ; Prince C tsvci.crc %LA ; Barsvot. basing prepared an Address to the REGENT, the Spanish, ' Portuntese ' and Sardinian Ambassa , condoling with him on Mr. PERCEVA L'i death,.Dr. dors ,• the Archbishops ' of' CANTERIWRY and YORK; BROWN, the Vice-Chancellor, objected to three or , the Bishops of Nlr.titi and httosnr, the Cabinet ' four words, which he thought contained an approba. Ministers, the Loan STEWARD, the Jounce ADVO. don of Mr. PERCEVAL'S public measures, and re- CATE the LORD MAYOR Of London, the Sheriffs ; . v quested that they might be expunged: to this the Bi- ' ciscount AVM 4.11 T (Gold Stick). shop refused to accede, and Dr. BROWN, in conse- ; At the Levee the PRINCE Rrocsr was pleased to quern*, threw the Address out of the Caput. This confer the honour of knighthood on P.tur. 'lsom:Tv, circumstance produced, as might be expected, no or i Ego. Captain BERES FORD, Major TY E,DEN, Mr. divary clamour, which was, however, in some degree ! ALEXAND ER - - HOOD, and Colonel, IVOOD, as Depu appeased by the Vice-Chancellor's producing an Ad- : ties of Generals BERESFORD, HILL, G n A HAM, time dress which he bad himself prepared, and which ap- : CER and Hoer, previous to the installation of the peered, on the whole, to be considered preferable to Ktiiihts of the Bath on the Ist of June , at West. the Bishop's : yet the former having been rejected, ! .monster Abbey. the latter, on being proposed, was likewise cost oat l•th e Most His R oya l Ili Imess held a Meeting of by the law of retaliation ; and the Bishop's Address 1 Ancient and Mos t g Noble Order of the Thistle s in is now left for individual signatures at Trinity Lodge, the R oom adjoining thr. Levee Room, called the Letters were received yesterday from Manchester, Bice Room ; the Prince wearing a green ribbon on which communicate the unpleasant intelligence, that this occasion, as representing the Sovereign. The during the last few days several violent outrages had meeting was attended by the Duke of CLARENCE, been committed by the Luddites. No fewer than I FAT' of MORTON, the Duke of ATHOL, and Viscount three pers Ins had been shot in different parts of the CATHCART ; the Duke *of Bccurunn, and the Earl country, without any discovery or even suspicion of - of EGLINTON, were introduced and invested with the the murderers. Besides the atrocities a gentleman , Order. obnoxious to the hatred of the Luddites, was attack- I Soon after four o'clock Mr. STVART WORTLEY ed in a lane, in the middle of the day, by several . and Viscount MILTON arrived as the Deputation men who were strangers to him : after receiving a . from the House of Commons, •with-the Address voted 1 violent blew on the head with a large stone, he had i on ThursdayAiight, for the formation of an efficient I the good fortune to escape by the swiftness of his' Administration. His Royal Highness received it on horse. A working man, who had been mistaken for ; the Throne., and was graciously pleased to return the 1 another person that had given information against the I following answer:— . • . I Luddites, was taken to a coal-pit with an intent of .. I asalt take into my serious and immediate comideration the i precipitating him to the bottom, when it was dis- I 'Address which I have now received from the Rouse of Com [ covered that he was not the man whom the assailants; itm." were in quest of; and in consequence he was s u ffer-1 The persons of chief note at Court were— ' ed to depart, without sustaining any injury. All pus- The nukes of Rlltlead, Athol,_ Mo . errose, Bacelesigh, and Bible means have been tried to induce the Luddites inWestmeath, f on t s 1 , 1 rt ""I Z t ap ,to t in l i : ;e7, ad o e r g t r h a es ' ari Yr c rew e l ; Rasburgh Rs prison fe divulge the whole extent of their plan, and , Yarmouth, Merton, Lgiinton, aleam.s, Chichester, Belmore, ' to impeach their ringleaders, but without effect. Some ' tioartozn, Meiho vili r e ee k .:z i eve l t e y d d e r sla y ie. Algi c i r t i ! . 4l , Cglear le. t, Ihave been promised protection, and a competency ton, L arta iindia , Waterpark, Iger,-Kirkwill, Bayning, Boston. 1 for life, but to no purpose. Other letters state --Odr• nig, &A am :Abe following alarming fact, viz. that no sooner I has a person taken the oath of traitorous union in that county, than he receives that constant pecuniary supply which enables him to support himself end : family without work. Jack Ketch is likely to make a fortune by the wardrobe of Bellingham Silly people are so-anxious to have a relic belosgiag to him, that a bait= of his coat now sells for a Sailor _ ~~_ FRENCH DECREE. • • Palace of St. Cloud. Vril2ll, 1811. NAPOLEON, Emperor of the Frouca, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Me diator of the Swiss Colifedera y. On 4 the report of our Minister for Foreign' Af fairs. Being informed of the law of the 2.41 of March, 1811, by wh;cll the Congress of the United states has decreed the exemption of the proiisions of the Act of Nog-intercourse, whicti interdicts the entry into American ports, of the ships and the merchan dise of Great Britain, her colonies and dependen, cies. • Considering that the said law is an act of resist ance to the arbitrary pietensions advanced by the British Orders in Council, hnd a formal refusal to sanction a systein, hostile to the independence of Neutral Powers; knd of their flags ; • We have decreed, and do decree as follows . 46 The Decrees of terlin and Milan are defini tively (from the first of November last) considered as• no longer in force, as far as regards American vessels. (Signed) NAPOLEON, Hy the Lutprror. The Secretary of S:ate, • (A true Co (Sign py.) ed) Conte DA HU. • The Minister for Foreign Affairs, (SiPea)A tree Copy.) The Duke De BASSANO. ( (Signed) JOEL BARLOW. N4V4L E NC K. PLYMOUTH, m., 41. • Arrived the bark Dither, R. b rt Hyne, jun.' Master, from Majorca, I M from Dartmouth, with wine; the sloop Poll), Stephen Stocks, Master, frau Dublin, with sugar, boand to Guernsey ; Thomas, Alesaader, from Lynn; Robert and Vary, Pantos ; and Lambton, Telford both from Sunderland ; Hope, I'almer; and Perseverance, Heseltnn, from Newcastle; the Bulwark, 74 guns, lion) the coast of France ; the French schooner Ilirondelle, from Baltimore, bound to Bourdeans, laden with rice, c iptured by his Majesty's frigates Dryad and Armide. Sailed the Brone frigate ; and the Persian brig of war, with a large fleet under her convoy fur the Downs, amongst them arc several 1% est lndiamen, The Maidstone frigate is just come to anchor in the Sound, supposed from the Mediterranean. being under quaraiaine. Arrived the French chale marce, Le tlarie Francoise, laden with wide and brandy, captured on Thursday last near the Isle du Rhe, by the Arrow schooner, which vessel took, at the same time, two French sloops laden with wipe and brandy, not yet arrived ; and the Good Intent, Mortimer, from Cork. PORTSMOUTH, Mar t 2. Arrived his Majesty's ships Spitfire and Buzzard from a cruise.' The Carmarthen and Alexander Lig Indiamen have arrived at the Motherbank from the DowoQ. DEAL, MAY 2?. Arrived his Majesty's ship Christian VII. and the Defiance man of war, from of Flushing; and the Active frigau', and her prize, from Portsmouth. &tiled bis Majesty's ship Eleptsv , on a cruise off Flushing. TORBAY, MA. 2'. Arrived the Comet sloop of war, %jib part of the ootnard bound American convoy, having parted fr ua the rest. A new farce, entitled Hui.: to die for Love,brought out at the L I ceum Theatre on •I'lntrsdav night, for the benefit of Miss KELLY, was repeated last eight. l it is a pleasant trifle, and had a very tlatteting re ception. On Monday last, the funeral of. her Grace the Duchess of Gonuos took place at Kinrara. It• was conducted with much solemnity, and with a dogree of splendour and state suited to her Grace's exalted rank and family. We hear that a match of running, for 401. is to take place on Wednesday next, at Old Wives Lees, between Mr'. D. S. and Mr. W. H. P. of Cantei bury. Mr. W. Pots, it is said, made great alterations at Wanstead. The park, which has been open to the public, to be traversed in all directions, from time immemorial, for carriages, equestrians, &c. is new entirely closed, with the exception of one entrance; so that the visitor or traveller can nn longer pass through.it, but must return by the same gate at which he entered. Several meetings of the neighbouring Gentlemen have been held, and remonstrances made by them against this innovation, but the new posses sor has remained inexorable. The shameful nuisance of the pavement of Picca dilly must now soon be removed, the Parieli of St. George's, Hanover-square, being convicted of it, proof being adduced, to the satisfaction of a Jury in the Court of King's Bench, that the reparation thereof legally appertains to the said Parish, not withstanding the plea that, under the Westminster Paring Act, the Commissioners thereof were benua to repair. THREE METHODS or LESSENING THE NUMBER OF RATS.-10. Introduce them at table as a delicacy' they would probably be savoury food, and if nature had not made them so the cook may. Rat pie wo,. 4 be as good as rook pie; and four tails intertwisted the serpents of the Delphic tiipod, and rising in a spiral obelisk, would crest the crust more fantastically than pig eons ' feet. After it while they might be declare d game by the Legislature, which. would materially expedite their extir pation. 2d. Make use of their fur—rat skin robes for the Ladies, would be beautiful, warm, costly, and new—fashion requires only the two last qualities ;it is hoped the two former would not be ob i jectionable. The importance of such a fashion to our farmers, ought to have its weight. When our nobles and gentlemen feed their own pigs, perform for a Spalii:h tup the office of Pandarus of Troy, and provide heifers of great elegance, for bulls of acknow ledged merit; our ladies may perhaps be induced to receive an addition to their wardrobe from the rat - catcher, for a purpose of less equivocal utility.-3d. Inoculate some subjects with the small-pox, or any other infectious disease, and turn them loose. Experiments should fint made, least the disease should assume in them so new a form, as to be capable of being returned to us with interest.—lf it succeeded, man has means in his band which would thin the hyenas, wolves, jackalls, and all gregarious beasts of prey. N. B. if any of op r patriotic socivities should think proper to award 11 gold medal, silver cup, or other remuneration to either of thoste.methods, the projector has left his address with the kditor. ~... - J I t 1 11 . :!! I). ..k A;. . ..! ~~ t