The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-10-12 00:00:00

I ' . , • \ . •• ,11 • (... . ' I" i . 1 1 BRADBURY'S LIST NIGHT. litiltßLl . THEATRE. TO.MORItO W EVENING, the 13th instant, will be presented Dibdin's New Caledonian Spectacle, Calico from the celebrated Poen, by Walter Scott, Esq. called THE LADY Or THE LAKE. Fitzjnroe., Mr. ELLISTON; Malcolm Greme, Mr. BRADBURY, his first appearance in that character. To which will be ache d, a New Comic Dance, called THE RUSTIC RIVALS. Which will couspii,e the united efforts of Mr. and the ' l / 4 16ses Giroux.—By particular desire, Pupil of Mr. D'Egville's will Dance a Spanish Paa Semi, being her Second Appearance on titi; In she course of the Evening, a SONG by Mr. II ILL. —TiP Entertainments of the Evening to conclude w nth tne New Pantoniiine, called lIARLEQUIN BASKET.MAK.ER; or WIL. Lows BEWITCHED. Clown, Mr. BRADBURY, who (for that night only) will introduce his Agoni-hing and Eccentric Peat; of Strength and Agility, viz. Walking nn Crutches Twelve Feet high! Origi nal Trick, with ladders.—Wonderful Feat of TILE ANVIL! . . Favourite Clog Hornpipe. He will draw himself up to the Top of the Howie BY HIS TEETH ! the Ors, Exploit of the kind ever exhibited in Loudon, and fur which he received so morn applauie in Duhlio.—ln t,te enurse of the P an tomime, a Come Sang, rolled " Kiss me, Love " by Mr. Bradbury. Aud, by permission of the Proprietors of the Lyceum Theatre, will bc redresenti 1 the Burlesque B *tile of Cavalry, taken frsm Jack the Giant Killer, hello. for the Benefit of Mr. BRAD BUR Y.—Tickeis to be had of Mrs. Green, Nn. :Li, Mount street. opposite the Asylum ; at the Northumberland Coffee house, Striaid ; and of fir. Jahnson, at th.• Box-Office, w here Places may he taken from Ten till Tour.—Boxes 4s.—Pit Gallery 1,.—N0 .Lacy returned. TO THE 111(ia SHERIFF OF 'nu; COUNTY OF KENT. WE, whose Names arc hereunto subscribed, feel the nei:essity rif n REF° R.lll. in PA It LI AMEN T, not only to the mainieir.nre of the spirit and principle of the Constitution, but as i ' , visite to collect and exert the energies of a great anti powerful People ' in a muse whirl' has been Cital to the nations whielisurruutid us, from the corruption, the trencher-, or the iinhecility of ieir Goyeniments. %Vith these iin l ir.s.ions on our minds, we rejoice, that in the last f-e si ii of Porliament principles have been o ffered to the House of Commons bv one of the Meo.beri for the County of Neils, •whics„ if submitted to, and matured by the deliberate coon derati „of the ii.,u-e, will, we are convinced, produce a re medy t • the evils of which we complain, and restore to its the b'es,ingi of a free Constitution, that inestimable inheritance transmitted to us b; the wisdom and intrepidity of our An cestois. We Were/ore request ye will appoint a Meetin; of the In- Inibit tills of the Comity of Kent, to take into their coasidera ti . i a P-titithe to the House of Commons, un the subject of raiti oneutary It-form. Wei. Geary, Bart. Joseph Price IVal:er James, Bart. J. E. Hufkes Ceo. Polhill Wm. llonvwood, jun. Joh., Ptmmtree Wm. Baldwin Sti m. &oil. wood Thos. Rider Thos. llo.fges Thos. Moa) penny Rohl. Foote Rev. 11. "'rend Thos. Popillon Rev. R. Price. jun. \V. E. bow bridge Beaj. Andrews john Warde Ste,ihea Walter J is. Calcraft J. Dray . . E. Lot Eaton Edw. Andrews W. Edineades, jun: W. H. Dray J. Amhurst Walter Abru. Constable - - . In compliance viith the alone Requisition (transmitted to Inc, awl %coined by Sir Win. Geary), ! do appoint a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Couaty of Kent, to be holden in the Market Plice, at Maidstone, on :110N DAY the ‘.2'2d instant, OCTOBER. at Taelve at Noun, for the Purpose of taking into Consideration the subject mentioned is the said Requisition. Magellan, 3d Oct.lsW. JAMES BURTON, Sheriff. We have received a very well writteu Article, signed " Cox- Mow Siam," respecting the Bank-Note System, and its bimetal effects upon Cuatuterce, which shall appear to. : marrow. if possible. A • ived. • Mhile. . • nue. 1 Dub - kin 1 tiii.torfi.r t i 0..._ Cadiz U Lishtni 0 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON I.: O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. ti. 5611 13 per Ceut. Com. 6t dli °mho)) ay{ THE STATESMAN. LO NMI v: FRIDAY, OCTOBER. 12, 1810. The following extract of a letter, from Gotten. burgh, announces some proceedings on the part of the French Government, the presumptuous charac ter of which almost exceeds any thing we could have expected from that insolent power. It is pos sible, however, they may have no other founda tion than mercantile apprehension : " GOTTEN HU RGII. OCT. 5. " The several convoys arrived here since July, still lay in our Roads, to the number of 800 sail, and are still wind bound. " Letters from Koningsborgh, dated the 26th last month, mentions, that they expect a Commis. sary from Danlaic to examine the Port. We do not understand this, and we are fearful it will be for some, other „reason. The merchants of this town are very uneasy about their fate ; and some believe, that the duty or contribution of 40 or 60 per cent. on Colonial goods will be introduced here, as well as it has been in other countries where the French have iutluence: Better informed' mdri Say, that this cannot be done without time sanction of the Diet. The French Ambassador in Copenhagen has made the demands in a note dekivered to the Count Brox. s-ron:ir, the Prime Minister, that no Colonial pro duce-whatever should be admitted ; which has been decree() by the Danish Goyertmment. This is not sO alarming as the account that the same demands have been made to the Prussian and Russian Cabinets. The embargo on American vessels in the ports of Holstein has'bcen taken elf the 25th last mouth." Letters . from 11(01110 to the Bth inst. were re c.-ivej yesterday. : A C he sale of American property before announced in our paper is confirmed, as will be sun by the following communication " PARIS, SEPTEMBER 26. " We inform you that his Majesty issued the fol. lu , :rmsg Decree on the 24th instant merchatt,:ise proceeding from the American / e;s:.is 'which were sequestrated in Holland, and hicb have not been already transported to Ant weep, shall be sent there without delay. The Mary. loud tobaccoes, bun ever, which have not been, yet removed thither, may be avid iu the ports where they are. 6 Such persons as have received any articles which made part of the aforessid cargoes, either on estimate or as securities, shall pay the amount thereof before the 15th of next October. Those to who'll they hat bead" daliveted• vtithout a pre vious valuation sha g pat th; amount at the cirrent price on 4be.Amilterdm ; Exchange. Thist price shall be settled by a nin airy before the 10th of Octr;ber;and the paynkut of theValtie then fixed must be made before the. Ist e Novepther. An Inv spector,ot the customs shall . be syrup Polland to superintend the regulations prescribed by this De cree, and to report thereon to our Director-Genc.• ral.' " A letter from Lisbon, brought by a passenger in the Marlborough packet, after stating the retreat of the allied army, continues thus :—`• The Ansa. :ours Portuguese frigate sailed a few days ago with some of the conspirators. Tier destination was nut known, but sUpposecl to be for Madeira or Terceira. The Lavinia British frigate tailed at the same time, having on board Dos JUAN SEDASTIAN CA/JAMAS°, B. DuroutE, ALMEIDA, the surgeon, and PELLE. G RINI, the artist. Report says they are bound fur England." Letters were yesterday received from Konings burgh, dated the 28th ultimo, which state,. that (es. TAVUS ADOLPHUS had hired a boat at Pillan, for the purpose of being conveyed to Sweden, but,that his intention was discovered, and he was arrested by the police officers when about to embark. It is.added, that he was immediately sent off under a strong guard to Riga. Letters have also been received from Pctersburgh to the 24th ult. but they contain nothing new. According to a demi-ofileial-statemeot of the produce of the TAXES, for the quarter ending the lUth inst. it appears that there is no falling oti in the Treasury receipts, but, on the contrary, an increase. On this, some of our Journals boast of the GROWING prosperity of our country ; and the, recent failures, and distresses in the City, and every n here else, they now hold very cheaply. Now, it is plain "enough, that this conclusion is not infal lible. The country may be getting poorer every day, and yet the Government wore rapacious, and, of course, more rigorous in the collec tion of Taxes.—Oh, but .• it is not any exceed ings of rigour that have made . this excess of the Taxes ! for there is the Lpgary Tax, that has been unusually .productive and there is the Stamp on Deeds, that has been the same. Very welt! . let ns seertrowittis prom prosperity. If ti.e Legacy Tax has exceeded its former pro. duce, that catt only prove ,that more persons of property have died than I*tal, and that dries not necessarily make the Nation richer. s truth, it naturally makes the nation poorer ; fur every time the property is shifted from .one possessor to ano ther, by legacy, the GOvernment gets.a share, and what the Government gets, we know, is:a treat pdrtion of it squandered away in expeditions, and fightings, or non : fightings, never to return to the country again. Yoar legacy,tax, therefore, may impoverish, and does_ tend to. impoverish the nation, but cannot enrich it. Oh, but there is the stamp on deeds ! Well! What of that ? It is of the same kind as the legacy-tax, that is to say, it is money paid the Government on the shifting of pro. 'may, and money which will go the same way as the legacy-tax, in foolish expeditions, and in supporting e‘pensive but uselesrarmamenis. Nothing of all this is any symptom of being enriched. The dying even of one half of the nation, is no proof of its get ting rich ; and the changing of property by salts is some proof of poverty ; for in times of distress it is that sales are most frequent, as Auctioneers and Jobbers can tell you.—But there is another source of the increase of the Revenue which the Boasters have forgotten. There arc about sixty. millions sterling of British merchandize exported; which has paid a revenue to the Government, but will uever return its first cost to the country. Will this enrich you ? Why ! if so, it is an esti) , matter to be rich ; for it is only for all your Merchants . to ten:tent to send' their *arse out of the errantry by sea; with directions to the supercargoes to throw them overboard in a certain :atitudc ! Really this is carrying- the jest of 'inane reasoning: too fur! Aud yet,• of this 'stuff is • made' more • than half of the reasoning used by the abettors of, Ministers ! Surely, there can be uo need . to ;go further in the refuting. of this ! We have given an article from . The Timesb re . , spectitilthe distresstaof Holland. ...We4oneur en tiicly with that Paper in its opinion of 13otv,a. exiiTs ; and we think the picture Holland con. tained in that article is substantially, accurate. There is no doubt, that BONAPIRTE is a tyrant; there is no doubt, that he is rilvacieus, and faith. less, and remorseless; And when the persons who wield the powers of GoverOsent .are of that description, it is not in nature that the people who, are subject to them should be happy ; it is not in nature, that they should not be miserable ! But we wish to make some application of this in telligence from Holland to our own case. We wish it to be liken as a warning to this nation, for to that point is she going, And propelled on by the saint! cause. Who has more rapacity than ourT Az. mAkcas ? And if these men have not annihilated, without compepsation., two-thirds of the Public D.tbt,.it is, Only because they would by that pot a stop at once tolls° rubbery of the people, annul ally .of many millions, by Loan:, which' is only another word fur fraudulent levies. Their fu bearance in not taking two-thirds of the property. of the public creditor away, proceeds from the - Same 'motive as their lenity (011ie hOuse of-Gor.o. bSIID. They feared to toUch theianctuary of their loan transactions. To get the people's money by Taxes, is not half food enough for their keen ap. petite fur plunder ; and if loan: could be annihi lated, they would pine away with despair as well as abstinence. As to the perfidy of these men, look at IRELAND! Has BONAPARTE dune any thing more faithless to HOLLAND than they have to IRELAND? We say—No! our any thing half so cruel ! I W ! what do you talk of the Hollanders' distress ? Is nobody to have any feelings but the Hollander ? Is an Irishman to lie on the same rack, and be silent? Have nut Ministers taken .the property of Irishmen, in a manner more distressing than the robbery upon the Hollanders, and preceded by, and accompanied with cruelty of a more malignant nature? They tortured Ireland before they robbed her, and they mock her now that both are dine ! Talk of bad 'qualities, such is tyranny, cruelty, perfidy, and rapacity, and match your Ministers . if you can ! But shall not the same causes have the same results hero as in Ireland, as in Holland Will the People of England for ever escape the hut result of these wicked dispositions ? Will not they, like the Irish and the Hollanders, come to the extremest wants that men can bear ? Why ! infatuated Englishmen, half of you have come to. that already—you,and your wires, and children ! The fate of Holland is mercy, and peace, and plenty, compared with yours; for if two-thirds of the Hollander!: property is taken away,'the re mainder will purchase comparative plenty, and you have not money to give your children the food that health requires ! If we had time, we might talk to you too of INDIA! Who that hates BONAPARTE'S oppression of the Dutch will not feel too for INDIA. Let INDIA and let IRELAND be blotted from the' map, and froin man's recollection,. before we go upon the Continent to weep over the Miseries of any people! It is said in the City, that. the owner of a trans port, which lately conveyed troops to Lisbon, had received a letter from the Captain of his vessel, stating, that he was ordered round to Mondego Bay, to receive troops on board-; and kis con. eluded, that Lord. WELL' Proton is about to re-cm. bark. Ministers, however, we understand to be in high spirits, expecting the issue of a i general bat. tle in Portugal. The scheme, it is reported to us,; is this :—The transports are to go to Mondego 13;1 ;. and when Lord WELLINarom knows they ire arrived there, he is to give the enemy battled „This will not street our reasoning on this, subject, not even if'my Lord WELLINGTON wins. Ho cannot keep the country by a victory.' He must annihilate the large army of MASSENA to do that.—But the wise men of Oporto have got into high spirits. • A let. ter from that plate states,- that MASSENA, with 75,000 men, is surrounded by the Allied Army, although that never was stated at more thin • 60,000, men !—We believe there will be a battle, far we do not think Lord WELLINGTON . made of .stuff to come away Without—but we find tto,consolatiotf is this now. • This being the settling day in the Stock'Exchange, great cariosity was excited respecting the transac. Lions of Messrs. Gor,osatio's House, 'who; ive un derstand, have settled their accounts of the dal, and the price of Stocks is much the same as yes. tcrday. We learn, that the report of the state of 'the Princess AssELIA, at Windsor, this inorning,up to about eleven o'clock, was, that• h r Royal ness slept three hours last' right, and was, this morning, exactly in du* same state as .yesterday. His SICILIAN •Masitsze• has instituted 1, Third • Class of the Order of Ferdinand .stitl Mc4t, and - has; Amused it to be intimated •twAr Jelin STU A NT : with a regnest,that he will particularize sal tbe duals Of the British 'army who taaydiitingn.ish.thens selves against the enemy. A similar comsounicatiun . was made to the Admiral commanding the 13r1tiqh naval fories upon the station.. . A le!ter from the Pot:sone frigate,,dated at Malta,. Aug. 31, states, that Luctey BONAP.A turgid. coin.. lug to England in the Poonane, together with' all his family and property, and 'kit he will have his choke of either remaining in this country or proceeding to America. The boats of his Majesty's ship Sarpedon, under the direction of Lieutenant Donellan, on the 7th inst. attaCked'a vessel under the batteries' of Devc, near Havre, and succeeded in capturing her, after an obstinate resistance of above an hour, during which time the enemy kept up a heavy discitarge of artillery and musketry. Although several shot pass ed through the. boats and:hull of the vessel, forte. nately not a min was hurt. Two companies of artillery. under the command of Captains IlAwKsa and MEADOWS, sailed on Monday last from Plymouth for Lisbon. The Duchess of GORDON arrived on Wednesday night from Ireland, at the Duchess of MA NZIIESTLA'S . house in Baker-street. Last week a sumptuous entertainment was given by Lord AMarius BICAUCLIRK, on board the Royal Oak, at Spithead, to the Duke and Duchess of.v. A Lean's, Lord SPENCER, Lord and Lady Ilom.A.No s and a numerous party of fashiucables. r ..,....,.. VEN US PASS ING. Qkle R : tat Fins TAMONL tl Forth to the world now rose the God of Day, , ',ln bawdier bpletalnur o'er the worry way ;. ; F4r o'er the waves th' ascending brightuess threw Of bold add purple bayed, a trembling ho e , I leav'fis sst f. well pleaVd, in sapphire robe array'd, Its own Mild !Ale in rite expanse survey's, Tierce Eastern witids'intd &Mc storms io sleep Loy pillow'd on the bosom of the deep; Zephyr alone of all the bionding train lu sweetly murmuring whispers curl'd the main, As passil' along the beauteous QVELS os• Love, -The tempest ceas'il to blow, th e w i n d s to move; The wantou wave pursu'd a gentler way, • And kiss'd the silver bank in aiii'rints pl.iy The couades tribes that sport old Ocean o'er, . The reels, the lands confess the genial pop . r. On ev'ry oar, on ev'ry spreading sail, The naked Loves, a guardian group prevail, Douce on the helm, and float ou evey ABERDEEN, OCT. 6. I _ , 1 Wednesday last the Octubor Meeting comunenett which was. very respectably attended, although 1 ,,,1 so numerously as on some former °cessions. There have been balls and ordinaries at Cies;lf s and smith's hotels, alternately. Yesterday - a match was run between Mr. D ram . mond's bay mare and Mr. Duthie's horse Cora nna, which was well contested, and won by the latter, owing to the former bolting from the course, .r ir h et , leading, within a short distance of the minniog post. There were also some hack races, which ht. forded tolerable spurt. Among the company present, we observed th e following distinguished families and personages : ._ The Earl of Morton, Lord Lindsay, Lord 'mean, /MI Robert .Buruet, of Lep, and bliss Burnett, Sir Vithara Forbes, uf Craigevar, and Misses Forbes, Skene, of Sim, Major-General Burnett, Provost Madden, James Term t , Esq. N. P. James Farquhar, Esq. M. P. Mrs. Gardea,Tr osp . Mr. Gordon, bullhead, Coionel G.G. Rubinson .asal tru e L Robinson, Mitoses Hay, Leith-hall, and Hop. Col. Dal. KEM : DLE, we arc concerned to state, coati. nuts very its. . his complaint is a spasmodic stk.. lion its the stomach. Mr. 11UNDEN is confined with an attack of the gout at his house in Kentish town. By the advertisement in a preceding column, we perceive that BRADBURY, the celebrated Ginza, takes his Benefit at the Surrey Theatre To.morrow Evening ; and a richer bill of fare we never permed. In adilisisin to his usual wonderful Performances, BRADBUUY wilt, fur this itight.only, draw himself up to the top. of the stage by his teeth! a feat ceset attempted by any perpon but himself. Be also Per. forms his equally , wonderful exploit with the Anvil. This, together with the fine acting of &LIMY, and the singing of Mr. lIiLL, must ensures bumper to One of the Public's most deserving favourites. * The hackney:coachmen, Vt is okaid, hareatiblish. rot a GeneralltruidltliTartheiialeatertedfor inaa twice and extortion; a circumstanste l itis hoped, the hlagistrates and ConimissiOliere war/collect when they are called upon to inflict A meeting lately took 'place ip Orkeey,between Major W—T- and Lieutenant E--x. The latter received•the Major's fire without effect . ; and hiving fired his pistol'in the air; the seconds tutor. fered, and the affair was happily made up. ENTERTAINMENT TO Me. SIIEiIDAN, area—The ComMittee appointed bii the 'llart 'of the City of London, to superiat'enil ,the erection of the•Monn• ment in Guildhall to the memory of the immortal NELSON, 'entertained the Right Hon R. B. Sues'. DAN, and a party of friengs accompanying him, with a *pleaded dinner on Tuesday last, st the Loodongavern, Alderman Sir Jamas Shaw in the Chair. The Meeting, Which was most respect. akly attended, had previowsly received in [hit Committee-room, at . Quildhatl, . the inscription for the Monument, written by Mr. SHERIDAN, which "raceiied 'their highest approbation. They then ad. kt..rited to the London Tavern, Where it is needless to ay a iociatand loyal conviviality pervaded the 'festivity of the evening. The Chairman, oagiving the health of Mr. SHERIDAN, made a handsome, but just penegyric ~on his -character as ',Statesman and a Patriot, which was replied to by Mr. SHERI DAN in a manner that Oined the sincere aid K. pealed plaudits of the company. . PEDESTRIANISM . .—MG GIaDONS, who andertook to go from Hammersmith to Bath .and back, at the rate of four miles an hour for the whole•distance, for 200 guineas, and who started on Tuesday meriting •at six o'clock, was yeiterday, at ten o'clock in the morning, at a place relied Meld, about two miles from •Marlhorough, still travelling, but in $ 'aveakatate, and with feet blistered and legs sonic sw.giteu. T. Oldest rise had to perform ? miles in 16 hours, which is at she rate of Smite land a lialfau hpur, but he had the night to perform in, lilp i .time being up. at sit o'clock this morning. .Betting is against him, bat• the 'Pedestrian is con& dent*sif *winning. • • • • `Ontifethie;alay last:the NOrthomberla,nd meat of M ilitiCanarched•into Colchester barracks. ifiutssec of the Northomberland whp was hitcly tried by a General Given Martial, at Norman' erdirßartmeks, upon. charges preferred against him, : by •Lieutinafit:Pelbn:i Coutoirr, be longing to the said regainient of Militia, has been , sentenced by the Cosset 'to be dismissed the service, which sentence his 31ijesty has been pleased to ap prove and*confirm. • • • • • Yesterday; at ten o'clock, a. Meeting was held it the New London Tavern, of the principal Mer chants trading to Martiniquivand Guatialoapct to take into consideration the best means of • ! their produce. About tweoty•;:slll.l6olen weir.• • smite who entered into a resolution. to present Petition tO•the Board of Trade to peril.if sugars fron t tho islands above-named to••be imporixd for hoo • cunsurnptlon• — • . mo l n ' t h h e e N t i r t n ti o ng f h d a ti m t ; • •arrarst, to do•duty over the French prisoners, vice IL regiment, returned to Mill Bay barracks; rteogilTaarttmiosorirPurcisl'oi4. ! or . : I ' 7° , Royal Cheshire regititent is embarked ti.r rt• the prison ships, vies . the 2d Royal banal pc.roo o ' guano, disembarked and returned to IA D barracks. onarlb,:oatif:d: ra ,14