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

the general cheers of the inhabitsists. But bow great was the astonishment of all on finding, that the bomb vessel had only one man on board, a Ge 'woe sailor, who, in spite of the greatest danger, determined not to abandon her, and thus, by his i•itrepidity, saved not unly the vessel of his (nat ter, but also the whole of the convoy, which, in the mean time, bad VI opportunity of effecting their escape." BERLIN, Dec. 23.—TMs day, at one o'clock, their Majesties the King and gliven returned to this capital in perfect health, after an absence of snore than two years.. Ills Majesty entered on. horseback, and rode, along with his brothers, between the horse guards and the regiment of foot guards, which was followed by the jagers, cosi leers, &c. The Burgher guards lined the streets !rum the Palace to a considerable way in the City. &vend of the Corporations also joined in the procession, and accompanied the Ouch and tight its which the Queen was. CQPVIIIIAGE,N, DEC. 16.—The following notice has this day been circulated here,— " The French Consulate is charged to inform the Dan4:l Merchant, that all Saedish and Danish products, coining under the de•eriptioa of naval ptores, viz. iron. copper. planks, pitch, &e. may he intimated into Ilainhurgh, provi ded they ;ire accompanied vita a certificate from the Ace of the Comm). The undersigned takes Ibis occasion to remind the.n, that wit it the exceptinu of 'sugars and molasses. all the products and fabrics ref toe Danish territories continue to be adatitted into ilainbargh. (Sigurd) " Copenhagen, Dec. 16, 1809." " DESOUGIERS, S. n." SEMLIY, Nov. 22.—The Turks have lately. made several attempts to penetrate thrnugh Bosnia into Settle; but she Servians bare uniformly sue cceded in driviug them back with great loss. The cruelties committed by the Turks upon the Greeks in Bosnia have had the effect of animating the Servians with invincible courage. The Coun sellor of State Rodofi:iikin still resides at 13u1. grade, whence he directs the operations of the in surgents. MIDDLLBURGII, DEC. 25.—This afternoon a body of Dutch troops, under the command of Ge. Herat Heyligers, disembarked at Veere, and soon after a detachment of jagers entered this town. They continued their march with the greatest ex pedition for Flushing. PARIS, Dec. 27.—11 is Majesty the Emperor and King returned yesterday at nuou to Paris. PAIIIIII, J AN. 2.—Nis Majesty the Emperor and King yesterday received the congratulations of the and Princesses of his Family, of the Priu. oast of the Empire, of his Grand Officers of State, he. &c.—The Corps Diplumatique was afterwards introduced to an autlieoce of his Majesty, when a number of distinguished personages were preseut sul by the Ministers of their respective countries. Ilis Imperial Highness the Prince Primate is at. rived in this city. The King and Queen of Westphalia left Paris this day at three o'clock in the evening on their return to their dominions. VISNNA, DEC. lt3.—The Emperor and King arrived the daylsefore yesterday from Presburgh. Ilia Majesty appears td enjoy a perfect state of health. The troops belonging to the Landwer are returned home to their respective districts, aad have been received with all duo military ho. nodes. TO THE Gr.N TI.EhIEN, CLERGY, AND FREE IIOLI)EICS OF TUE COUNTY OF ESSEX. Geeet.estes, IVOT w 1 . 1 fI;TANDING the Meeting of Gen. 4. 1 1 timnea and Freeholders, lissidon this day, in the lade pendept lotercst of the Comoy, would not pledge thenseelves to supper me, because I refused to attach myself to any party. 1 feel undismayed in the arduous kit glorious coate:t is which 1 a:o comes', and sm determined to persevere in my atienot to vindicate your Rights of Election against the supptorrer:: of that compromise which has long taktithc.l the Represrotat son of this 4,:risunty. Consider the critical situation of tbe country. Behold the melancholy a.-pect of public afairs, and then ark yotikelves whether a cousiderabk pdrt of our national misfortunes may Inn be attributed to the ambition of these contending parties, of Wilg and Tory ? •In Essex and hltildon want has beets sour Itepresentation for tbe last forty years? I ii.a), per haps, clans the merit of being the iu.trument in your hands sat dividing the Coalition for the present; bat, believe me, that the divisiOn is me rely temporary. The snake is wounded, but Lot destroyed. It remains with you to trample on this venomous serpent, which has stung etc vital ports of the Constitution ; for with- Out pure Represectation, what is it but a name ? Confiding on your spirit and rood sense, I am resolved t' persevere its long as I have tit; iodependent vote ready to briiig forward. )tut observe, whilst lam Sindicatiaz your independenze, I Will Dever sacrifice my Own. The cause is general, general nom be the exertioo. I will be at no expenee ; I will not buy you, became I will bet sell you ; but 1 will do more, for I will serve yoU honestly, and prove myself, ' ekotiesnea, «our faithful and obedient Servant, hIONTAUU BURGOYNE. Chelumfori t iam 8, 1810. 4. nt,ra• I).se. 1 0 • Water4.wtl.... • ;••• ••• • S 0 I 1 6.• Lisbon Or 1 • PRICE' OF STOCKS *DI Id DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 9 per Cent. Coo.. dtik ex. div. Lonik. A0a...161 --.. 3 per fLottoced tuft' M /a,.oment 4 per Ce0t....84i tolia Solidi ....2:ss -5 per Coeut.fdavy 991 103 Esch. Bill., 91t. 11.. Couvols for Aye. idle Lottery Ticlet.. tli. 15s. THE STATESMAN. fROPOSITI MAI. LONDON: TUESDAY, JANUARY SI. Tat adlieremis of Ministers are making " the most" of toe fall of the Isle of Bourbon ;--hot this little fillip to their 4 4 infant fortunes" will be insufficient to divert the mind of the public from tke dispatches brought by the same arrivals that eisnonnced the fell of the Island. The contents of these dispatches are, we fear, so gloomy, that 44 bad tidings" will be found greatly to Fulmi nate. The Lord Keith, Monarch, and Earl Spencer, Dm India ships, do not come directly from the seal of the dispute in India; hut it has already transpired, that at St. Helena the dl‘pate.hes from, Ouiteral !Jarman), at Ceylon, were believed to contain intelligence of a very gloomy nature. Twu Triitueßif dad been Scot from the Gape of Good - , i • , 1 , , :, ' ll 1, , . 41' AlVv STATESMAN. Hope, "1e quell the military disturbances" in India. Lord Mt wrohad left Bengal, for Madras, to try what could be effected by his prisence ! Ministers, however, affect to be at ease; and it is industriously circulated, that no extraordinary force ii to be sent to India—only the usual re. cruits, and an , additional regiment or two to relieve others that are coming home. It is perfectly ri.. 'cliCelooll to entertain a hope of hoodwinking the public; it were more prudent, and mord politic, to itate the facts, and firmly look the danger in the face, Concealment will but magnify the dun. ger in public opinion. A TEA NSPORT, from Lisbon, is arrived at Portsmouth, by which we learn, that the inha. bitants arc under an alarm of a speedy visit from the French. The retreat of Lord WELLINGTON, we consider, to be in consequence of the nume rous reinforcements that arc now, with certainty, known to have entered Spain. No less than 150,000 men, it is said, are tinder orders, and matching for the Peninsula. The timely retreat of Lord WELLINGTON, we therefore view as a measure of prudence. To the distracted Junta, the assemblage of the Cortes is.about to furnish us with another speci men of the ♦igour of Spanish councils ; but from the present situation of Spain, after two years of resistance and preparation, we think that those who can longer cherish a hope of success, aro really deserving of pity. It will be seen that Seville is no longer consi dered as a place of safety. Thu next meeting is to be held in the immediate vicinity of Cadiz. 111EsstscEtts continuo to pass and repass be. tween London and Paris. Rulour, on the sub ject of the terms of Peace, is already very pro. lific. Tho restoration of the Royal Family of Portugal, and the indepcndeaco of Spanish Amc. rice, are asserted to be points on which NAPO LEON will concede. But what is to be done with Spain, to whose cause we hare firmly bound our. selves by Treaty? That a Negociation exists, there can be no desist—that it will terminate in Peace, we hue ' se hope. CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. —The Catholics of the county of Clare held a Meeting on Thursday last, when they appointed a permanent Committee to petition annually, should not their final emancipa. lion be obtained next Session. The Earl CONTI:O -MAN is to present their Petition to the Lords, and Sir • EDWARD O'BRIEN to the House of ominous. The charge of having their Petitions forwarded, has been entrusted :to Counsellor O'Goestax, who is also appointed the Se. cretary -to communicate with the General Committee of the Catholics of Ireland— thus maintaining that spirit of union that now seems to pervade the Catholic Body, and may be justly reckoned as 'their certain prospect of success. In Waterfurd, Sir JOHN NEWPORT is so unitersally looked up to by the Catholics, that he will dis. chargo his duty to his contituents with all that petriotism for which he has ever been distin. gitiehed. Mr. PARNELL is equally revered in the Queen's County, se that he will to a moral certiitity be the object of the choice of the Catholics of the Qween's Couuty. The real friends of Ireland must always rejoice in hay big the great majority of the people resort to that constitutional mode of Petition for re dress of grievances, that. even by Mr. PITT have been deemed intolerable.—Does not such conduct prove them worthy of the freedom they seek? why not, therefore, enable those that already maintain the glory of the Empire in the army mud navy ) to receive the reward due to the best supporters of the Constitution 2—Dublin Evening Poet. • The slumber of troop,' to be sent to India will not exceed 3000. Of these more than two-thirds are ordinary recruits, who have been collecting in the Isle of Wight. The remainder of this force will consist of one regiment of the line, %; hich is to he taken on from the Cape. Great numbers of French troops are gliding al most imperceptibly into the country of Holland. Instead of pouring . into it by divisions or brigades, which might excite universal alarm, they.ece.atual. 40, is by trattifton, or regiments at most. So considerable, however, is the number which has gained admittance in this way, that it is calculated there will be before the middle of this month a French army of .fifty thousand men assembled in I flo'l ind. It is said in a private letter from Vienna, that a celebrated French Marshal gave in company 1 the following opinion on the late campaign " The Austrian army fought better in it than any other; but it could not fail of being beaten, bccause its Chiefs left good positions, and defended bad ones with obstinacy." At a great hunt, which took place lately at Schorodorf, in Swabia, 94 stags, 210 roebucks, 148 wild boars, 2G foxes, and 14 hares were killed. In a country Paper, the marriage of a gentle. man of 7Q to a lady of 19, is mentioned with the addition, that she is endowed with every qualifi cation to make the married state happy. Captain Benzsroap is appointed to the Poic. Piers ; Captain T. GRAVES, to the Mulct, vice J.tavita s deceased ; Captain A. Goanos, to the Ratter Captains KITTOE, RAITT, & JANES, Bata., and S.uptier, are promoted to Post Captains. The Master and Wardens of the Bakers' Com pany Ms slay waited on the Lord Mayor to settle the assize elf Bread, when his Lordship, after in specting theMealwtibhers' returns, ordered it to Continue at present priCest -- The feeble and ineffectual malice with which the friends of Corruption pursue Colonel Wardle, is About to burst forth in the shape of an " Ap peal" from that fair and unsullied mirror of can dour, impartiality, and truth, Mary Ann e C lar ke, as we learn from the following extraordinary an nunciation, which appears in The M.rnisg He rald of this day : FOR THE HORNING HERALD. [Yesterday the following article was transmitted to as for insertion, and we communicate it to the Public, having, however, first ascertained the original manuscript to be. in the hand-writting of Mrs. Clarke. At the same time, we think it right to state, that we are totally ignorant of the circum►taoce to whirl' the writer alludes.] 66 A candid and impartitl appeal will be 44 submitted, in a abort time, to the Public, 46 containing a plain statement of facts, accom. panied with letters, written by Messrs. Dodd, 44 Wardle, Hague, Glennie, M'Callam, filing. 44 worth, &c. some of which should have been read 64 on the Investigation, and others in the defence " on the Trial, the 11 th December, but which 44 were suppressed (it is said) out of delicacy to " 6 the Wings of certain Personages ; a consider " ation which, in my opinion, ought not to have 44 had any influence, when the personal safety of 44 three individuals was in such imminent Peril, 46 and the characters,. reputation, and future 66 welfare of their families were so deeply in. g i volved. Under these circumstances, nothing 46 ought to have been clothed in mystery. Of Mr. 66 Wardle's politics and patriotism a true and faith. 66 ful picture will be given by " MARY ANNE CLARKE. " King's-road, Jan. 1, 1810." COVENT GARDEN TUEATRE. The Theatre was last night extremely crowded; in consequence of the curiosity excited by the. re appearance. of Mr. COOKE. Before the Play be gan, this luckless votary of Bacchus made his appearance, and delivered a respectful apology— one passage of which, asserting his " incapability" of performing, excited a loud laugh. His apology was received with a degree of good-humoared for giveness, which, white it marks the hjgh regard of the Public fur Mr. Cootie, will, we trust, make so indelible an impression on that Gentle inan'a memory, as to prevent a recurrence of that incapability which he so piteously elepluscd. EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE. -~- The extra ships Monarch, Lord Keith, and Earl Spencer, arrived off Portsmouth, on the 7th instant, under convey of his Majesty's ship Princess Charlotte. They sailed from Prince of Wales Island the - 20fli August, and from St. He. lena the s lOth Nov. last. The Lord Keith (having separated from the Monarch and Ea ' Spencer, in the course of the voyage) off Cape Lainllas, fell in with a prize brig from the Island of Bourbon, and boarded her, and received an account of thesurren. der of that settlement to a British force upon the 21st of September, under the command of Com. modore Rowley. Information was also received of the rc.capture of the Streatham and Eu. rope, which were found riding there, together with the French frigate Caroline. The two former had been given up to their respective Commanders. The Europe was dispatched to Bombay, and the Streatham had arrived at the C tpe or Good Ilope along with the Caroline, with the collected sa►ings of both the ships' cargoes. The ships Princess Amelia, Count, Marquis of Ely, Glottal:, Thames ) Albion, add Royal Charlotte, sailed from Pfittcc of Wales Island, for China, the 17th of August list, under convoy of his Majesty's ship St. Alban's. The Perseverance and Nottingham arrived at Prince of Wales Island the 18th of August, on their voyage for China. The United Kingdom, otstward.bount4 was all well °tithe Cape of Good Hope, the 26th of September. Passengers per Monarch—Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. Ensign 'Hodges, blesitre. Perkeus, Templeton, and Hutchinson. 'Passengers per Earl Spence•—Major• Nanquarne, Lieut. Langslow, Lord C. Dudingtor, Mrs. E. Smith, C. Smith, Rowland Stephenson, S. W. Itawle.—Cn 'Lunge—Misses 'Sandford, Macgregor, Burstein, Benson—Maters Sandford, M•Gregor, Burelero, Qom and Fell—Danish Clacers, pri est:Uwe of war, H. S. Moller, It. Beasley, and W. H. V t.ord Keith—Ensign W. stand', Mr. E. uteat. Buret, and Mr. Devisue, Royal Navy—Cniz.- DRS of —Master Sampson, Mina Ferguson, J. Adants,and A. Adams. INTELLIGENCE RESPECTING VIE CAPTURE OF TEE ISLE OF BOURBON, RECEIVED FROM ST. MELEE A. Oa the 31st of September, St. Paul, in the Island of Bourbon, was taken by the cruizing squadron from off the Isle of France, under Com. k eiodore Rowley, in the Raisonable, 64, Buadi. ~ ea, Sirius, and Nereide frigates, and Otter loop of war, assisted by a party of the 56th Re. giment, and some Bombay Selwyn, under Lieute nant Keating. In the •Roads were taken the Caroline frigate, of 48 guns, the Streatham and Europe Indiamen,. her prizes, a privateer, for surly the Grappler gun-brig, and several other 'small vessels. Thu whole (with the exception of the Europe, sent to Bombay) were sent to the Cape, wider convoy of the Otter sloop of war.— A great ,part of the two cargoes of the Intliamen having been taken op shore, were re-shipped nearly to load the Streatham. The Ncreide ed for the Cape with the Captain of the Caroline, and about 200 French prisoners, and arrived there on the 18th of October, after a passage of 16 or 17 days. No English Officers were killed in the capture of St. Paul's. Commodore Rowley and the squadron were all well, and about to resume cruising, off (ho Me of France. Mr. Poevorr, the Austrian Secretary of Em. isssy, arrived at Dover on Saturday, and imme. tate!) , nailed iu ttio Elizabeth cartel fur Calais. TH F. . R ;s•~:~r COLONEL IVJEDLE. . 1•7777 - --a4 SP4..VISII PitPERS. ............- The Marquis de la Romana has addressed% y en lung representation to the Supreme Central A ft ' dated Seville, the 14th of October, relative t o t i t ' form of Government which it is necessary t o; the nation immediately to adopt. lie rays... 1 ' As it is indubitable the Government is IN narchical, it cannot be represented by any o e itt without a total change of the constitution; Ls that a Junta, composed of more than thirty o ft bees, with the character of Sovereigns, in kir respective provinces, instead of represcutiug oar beloved Sovereign Ferdinand VII. can only " , e. present a sovereign people ; which democratic , e. presentation is notonlytho most anti-constitutional, but the most opposite to the .heroic loyalty of e l , Spanish people, who have never pretended to tot mand as Sovereign, netwithstentling the absenes eo4 oppressive detention of their Sovereign. The pe oe established particular Juntas in their respective pr o . winces, to maintain order and direr* their exertion! —these were afterwards resolved into the Centre Junta, which, when it was installed, was o b. jected to in various publications as illegitimatoil its formation ; but those worthy Spaniards 0 i,,, only wished the happiness of their country, e n d to drive their perfidious enemies from its territory, refuted these writings, knowing the critical cir. cumstances in which the nation was placed, re . quired the concentration of power in our manner or other, to gain the principal m i d glorious object. These disputes agitated th minds of many, but they were calmed by the Ma. - nifusto of the 26th OCtober, 18Ovi, published by the Supreme Junta on the ICltli November. Th, nation conceived the most fl ittering hopes of a ;o. vernmeut which proposed to maintain, tinder ain,i, 500,000 infantry, and 50,000 cavalry, to give au exact account of the feuds and revenue which it had at its disposal; to make those salutary'r e . fornis which every branch of government itny., riously required, and to dedicate its labours t o form such a constitution us shutiid produce tj happiness of the monarchy, conformably to the express will of our good, but unfortunate lino Doe Ferdinand Vll.—But now," eenri noes t h e Marquis, " a great part of the nation complainsof the inferior furce of our armies, attributing it to the want of energy in the disposition of the present Government, which has neglected to provide the means of subsistence, am; other necessary supplies for the truly deserving de. fenders of their country ; and alleging, at the same time, that instead of having effected salutary reforms, they have loaded the treasury with debt.; that they have not properly applied the sums th ey received from America, the arrival of which has beau facilitated by our generous Allies, nor the rents of the es•oen, nor the donations rewired limn heroic Spanish patriotism ; that some of this respectoble hotly, , instead of atianding solely to the publicgood, act for their own interest, and others for the gratification of their passions, and confer honourable and profitable publics employ. ments, not on men of real ability and merit, but on their relatives and- connections ; and pat. daily lavish their aids and favours on this provinces they represent, as if they were mem bore of another body than the Spanish Mo. welly; that they have confirmed the appoint. meats of military rank and command, which many had obtained from the Provincial Junto, without examining either their abilities or limier their country, to the disgust of the whole ariay; that this Supreme Junta, divided into sections, has decided on subjects .which are foreign to the pre. fession and knowledge of the members who corn, pose it; and, in fine, that it has left important branches of the administration of justice amigo. vernment in the hands of many persons, suspected fur the-conduct they - have held since the beginning of our misfortunes. " That the present Government needs a re. ' form is acknowledged ; the difficulty consists only in determining the change. which should be made. We all know the necessity of unity in power, and the evils which the division of it produces is States. Recent events render it necessary to relate the ci. vil wars which nations have suffered, and the ruin or tyranny to which they base been led by a Go. vernment like the present one of Spain, Composed of many Kings. We fortunately aro free from the convulsions and miseries which France suffered by her Democratic Government: We have expe. rienced only the heroic via cue of submission in the faithful anti religious Spanish Nation; unit now that at length we can no longer doubt that the present Govern:nent is neither legitimate nor con. venient, and that its permanency must lead us to the . most dreadful slavery, or the absolute ruin of the country, let ote-preserms ourselves by an et. ample of generosity, whish the world may ad mire, and which may render us worthy of the gra. titude of Spain. " The country requires a Government full of energy, prompt in its profound deliberations, active in its execution, sovereign in its ideas, -majestic in its proceedings, just in its provisions, exeinptary in its conduct, severe in it* chastisement, and fru. gal without indecency and with decorunr; under& Government of this kind the nation will possess invincible armies—the armies, Generals ; the troops, officers ; and the soldiers, subordination and discipline. The, people wit! enjoy the fora. luable advantage of seeing the legitimate autho. rity of the Tribunals and Magistrates restored; ar. bitrary authority' abolished ; justice secured by the indissoluble bonds of th e law, and innocence protected. The Royal revenue, so precious for the political life of the nation, which has been the patrimony of fraud, and the reward of the vicious, shall not ouly be rescued from malversa. tion, but be administered with that exactness and economy which is necessary fa the good of t h e State." The Marquis then proposes, that till the meet ing of the Cortes, which cannot be convened with that promptitude which the safety of the country requires, the Government shall b.c vested in a lia:• gent of the Kingdom, or, if judged inure (Here,. a Council of Regency, consisting of three or Live persons; He recommends that the Central Jurlut as the Cortes cannot immediately meet, should uo- . minate the Regent, or council of ac*encb' wit!: -.1111