The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-12-29 00:00:00

THE STATFISMA.N.

LONDON:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1810.

STATE OF-HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

" Windsor Castle, Dec. 'l9
64 His MAJESTY has passed a guqd night, a►►d
euntinuLs as well as he was yesterday:"
" 11, R. RLYN01.1).5,.
• " II ALFORD.
" IY. III:BI;ROLN.
'• M. 11A11.1.11-:.
86 It. IVILI.IS."

We this day received American Papers, fronH
which wp make the following Extracts.—lt would
appear that the paragraph stating the arrival, at
Liverpool, of, the I ESI DI:NT'S message is not
founded :
" NEW-YORK, Dee. 4.
" A letter from our Correspondent at Washington, dated
last Tioirmlay evenio:, sass
Owing to bad roads, neither Cien. VA It St.'Sts the Speaker
of the House of Reprelentativei, nit many of the Members
have yet arrived; and lam satisfied there will be no House
nn Monday, so that you need now look for the Presideot's Mes•
sage to be delitered before Wednesday.".---Mercautik Adver-
tiser.

" NEW-YORK. Dcc. 1.

The following extract of a letter is froth a gentleman of the
first respectability at Washington, Mississippi territory, to his
friend in the city of Washington, bearing date

Oct. 34, 1810.

t The situation of Florida most certainly claims the earliest
possible attention of our Government, for unless they. are
adopted into our family of Governments, there is much room
to fear that one of the great Belligerents of Europe u ill
attempt Lying violent hands Nom these. Provinces, to the
incalculable injury of the United States--:indeed, I verily be-
lieve there is a strong party in that Country in favour of its
pupilage to Great Britain; yet I am persuaded such a measure,
could not be effected, without w noble. and manly strum: by
every real American within the Province„ aged by hpe-
dreds withoo,"—i4ere.qatik Aloertirer.)

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The following is an extract of a letter from an-
other Gent!entail. of Washington, of the Misses.
sippi Territory, of the 1141110 date :
" Ere this coolie received, you will have heard of Colonel
GOTtsozolf baring been mat on command to the Floridisf,ine
of demarcation. This measure was adopted in pursuance of a
rewlisitioa from Governor liot.sacs, who apprehended that
the throe; and convulsions of. the Floridians ►truggling fur
their long lo►t liberty; might reach our peaceful borders and
disturb the tranquillity and neutrality of our territorial citi-
zens. or that the dame of civil discord, which seemed to be
kindling among our neighbours, might blow over the Line and
disturb the peaceful occupations of our citizens: lent at' pre-
scnt the storm seems to have gone by. nod Col. COYIXWON
had removed his command from the Lioe•int" qUarters at Fort
•.ttlattis, when he was called to supersede Cul. Cusut4.7 io
lit. command of the department here."

We arc proud that this Paper was the 6rs't, to hail
the dawn of hope which has lately and suddenly
broken in upon this country.' As deeply as we haie
felt the successive ills that have afflicted the country,
as sedulously as eve have watched their progress,
and proclaimed its extent to an injured People, still
we never forgot that the principle ,of safety, and of
retnn► to builder days, remaiudd with the country.
While we endeavoured to rouse it to, feeling, we'
r►.tueutly held out the hope of a revival of ENG.
1 LAND'S former worth, and with it a revival of her
true grandeur. We call upon• our Readers to wit-
ness this•fur us ; and we call upon them to say—if
already the triumph is nut in part ours ? The pro-
ceedings in the. Lords of Thu rsday,,are evidence to
this point,. and glorious evidence too! Ministers,
with a Majority of twebty.six, which, when it
comes to be dissented, is no Majority in fact,
can scarcely bring one Estate of the Realm to ac.
cord with what they. may be enabled to carry
througlt the other; and then what are the Estates
to do, unless, mutually forsaking a crude and med.
ly set of men, they return to reason, and place
forthwith the sceptre of this Empire, eiscontrouled,
in the only hands legally qtialilied to. wield it ? It is
not very nalikely, that Ministers may bo deserted in
their next move in the Upper Muse. It is to be re.
membered, that my Lord GKEN viLLs and his friends
♦oted with Ministers on the question. of BILL or
ADDUE:S. But if they had not, how very small
would have been the Majority of Thursday ? And
it is well known that Lord Gags:m.l:e did not
vote with Ministers, because he is their advocate,
or is willing to he their Coadjutor, but because he
was either convinced of the propriety of the pre.
liminari measure of a Bill, or was,.
unwilling
to submit to the disrepute attending the charac.
to or inconsistency.. The Majority of Thursday,
therefore, can scarcely ,be deemed a majority. But,
•if my Lord GatENviLLE, seeing the da►igers to the
Constitution he professes to love, will nut support
the RE;TItte;ICINS, then it will scarcely be surpriz-
ing if Ministers are left in an actual Minogity, in
their next step. But thair difficulties and fears do
not'arise from' this quarter only. Among those
who support tholn, that is, Ware supported them
while power was rcith them, are some, and not a
few) of that temper and complexion which lea, •
the fallen house, whenever the rafters begin to g ive
way. The •knowledge of this fatal fact dismays
Ministers more than all other things, because it is
of a nature and character with which they are most
intimately acquainted. They know wl►at is in their
own hearts) anti thence learn to anticipate the move.
mots of men founding their actions on like princi.
pies. They do anticipate their fall ; and now only
try for one more triumph, en'd one poor triumph, the
placing of theExecutiveA nthorityin general shackles,
since Mey can no longer dirczt its operatious.— Well!
all this is matter of exultation to the country ; and
we, once more hail its friends upon the event !—With
respect to the question of Restrictions, the argn.
meets so ably urged in both Houses against the
monstrous idea cannot be aided, and need no
support. Those of his It yal Highness the
Duke of Sussex were, if they stood singly, com-
plete and unanswerable. They • combined the
whole bearings of the. question ; they illestriited
the subject, and they came to the only proper con-
clusion ; while they exhibited in the speaker a re-
gard for his King•and father, worthy of a son and
subject, and a love for the Corunitution and corn:
prehension of it, that would Flo honor to the best in.
formed and' moat upright -Eitglishaten. There-were
other Noble Peers who deserve our especial praise,
but we have not opportunity for it, and shall again fled
them at their honourable posts.—Meaniiine, what
arc we to say to my Lord GKF.NVILLE, and !o the
absent Lord 'GREY ? As to the latter, we do fear
that the taint of ambition has deadened his virtue.
We cannot otherwise account for his condeet...
whets other men were opening their eyes, he was
shutting his. But he was never deemed short-
sighted,though never very enlarged nor elevated in his.
tone and temper.. How is all this', then ? To desert
the country its an argument which he ostentatiously
held to chew his desertion ! Atvl to absent himself,
►wen every honest man's pride should have taught
him to be present ? Wu must leave all this to his
• Lordship himself-3e may yet develope the whole
wore to bii advantage, thsn, at least, it stands at
present.—As to my Lord Gnettvil.t.E,• he is on the
verge of hislate ; and a despised ono it will be, if
be do not skrifik hack, and retrace his steps in
time ! Bois g►►ing too far in search of oansistenc►j,
mina lie should ,persevere in the path of amend.
meat, into which he had gotten, and in which !what!

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proceeded aqittle way ! We recommend to his
Lordship to pause now' he has qualities to make
STATESMAN ; tied Why mill he marr them, and make
al clo at
pi tiers; ot
uoiro
ug
himself aCoun TI ra and a Ley ta of PLAccs anti Esse.
LUMENTS? Shortly, to all who.nuw seek place,wo ft.
comniend the coming with clean bands. The English.
man whn has wantonly shed the blood of England_
sliallnever wail' his foul stains away ; but he whoh
is simply diKlaiming
gone no further in guilt than to tinge himself sith
removingoto Isis
bsitiacin)plunder....to the Mks
the dye of lucre, while in the plunder of the
public purse, "soy yet ho acceptable to the
country, if he will come with clean hands ; and the
m
hts find u'
nbargained fur.

German Papers,
Extracts
it be s
ace
have
thiseeti seen—that —dtahyg aoi
frayt: n
in NAPOI.EOI49S warfare, against colonial produce
have recently taken place at Hamburgli and Witt
German cities, throughout the kingdom of Ham
rial and in Switzer.land.—rAn article respectingAint.,
ries, also inserted this day;is worthy of some notice.
NA rota:0141 it is probable, will conciliate the United
Sates. Some of our politicians, however, think other.
wise. Whatever he may du, every sound Statesman
knows what ought to have been (he policy of England
in this respect; and all the world knows what would
best have belonged td its true dignity and honour.
Had there been a guardian spirit hovering over our
Councils, it would hive whispered
CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA ! Willi twat, your
PROSPERITY will gradually return ; without that,
ruin will lay waste the few manufacturing town,
that have, till lately, slag held up their heath
with courage, most poorly requited by you!
Such would hare been the voice of any good
I spirit, presiding over the Councils of this on.
happy Country. But, there was none such; and
here the Conutiy is, with ruin overspreading sue.
cessively• the few towns that have not till now
felt all the shock of the storm ! letter s,
received this morning hum Nottingliatn hat 1./14
fo;:lowing passage, which We give with the Dora
regret, as we know that towis to deserve a to.
ter fate, from the eminent industry and ingeasity
of its inhabitants, accompanied by a gcneralivoila
of character equally distinguished :

" 'Crude is very bad at Nottingham. Never was so bad 41
at present. Several linwe have uu their goods, t!w
were :wit:line, 'tat in Americo, in ctinsequenceof the Sala'
iven by Miti'qui. NrELLESLEY 10 the American Merchants
tA. twat 6L11141 » ill be the consequeace with to at Nmtiogltaa."

We have given a L'st of the Minority in the
Lords on Thursday. It will be seen, that all the
Kowa L DUKES are in that distinguishes] List.

Thursday morning the QuEEN tool Princess ELI.
ZAIIETH took an airiog to Frugmure, and Princesses
AUGUSTA and SewMa, with their usual atteudants•
rode on horseback in Windsor Park.
Lord BURollattsH arrived on Wednesday last
from Lisbon, and, according to report, was en.
trusted by Lord WELLINGTON with confidential
communications-as to the distressing situation in.
which his army was placed ; not merely by the lung
coutinuance of westerly winds, which had deprived.
them of all succours from England, but by the pis..
Sidon; of the enemy, which made it a certainty
that no military eperations would occur fur a ruin.
ous length of b10c... We have reason to believe,.
that Lord WELLINGTON is convinced of the uttet
impracticability of the object of his expedition.
Captain MANNEnS SUTTON is arrived from Lis.
bon, which place he left on the 13th best. At the
i.time of Isis departure nothing of importance had
occurred., On the 9th instant, Lord Wst.ttaovu4
was privitely at Lisbon.
A private letter from Spain, states Tarragona to
have capitulated. The date of this surrender is not
mentioned,. but the latest accounts from that place
in the Cadiz Papers arc dated the 3d ultimo.
From Buenos Ayris soincletters were-yesterday
delivered,. dated the 2Gth September. They con.
taut the important information that Chili; Liao,
and their ,dependencies, had formed Juntas oa the
plait of the itevoltationists, and had disciahucti sol
connection with the Regency of Old Spain. Let-
ters were also received from Caraceasolated the
beginning of last month, representing that settle.
meat to be in a state of total disorgasisstien end
anarchy. Erma, late Governor of Monte Video,
is opposisted.to. the Viceroyalty of Bum& Ayrei
as successor to the deposed Cismetos. This nutni-
nation of an 011icer notoriously hostile to the new
order of things, is by no means calculated to ap.
pease the general di,content, and will probably out/
accelerate the piogress of the-revolution.
The occottats given of the poverty of tho
Members of the Curies has given the Candhlates fur
sinecures, and other good things, a shucking Idol
of the trade of a Legislator in Spain.
. When that very wise Lord, the Earl of Ursa.
roux., said, that an Act or Commission having-the
•Great Seal annexed to it could nut •be questioned
in the Courts below, he forgot, perhaps, or per.
haps rte might not know, the important Statutes
of EDWARD 111. C. 8 and 11. RICHARD U. C. 10.
in which it is enacted, that no commands or letters
shall be sent under the Great Seal, or the Little •
Seal, the Signet or Privy Seal, in disturbance of the.
law, or to disturb or delay common tight ; and
though sit eh commandments sisoulti come, the MO
shall not cease to do right, which is also made
part of their oath by Statute. —114,18 Jilackslont)
vol. 1. p. 142. • es:
As the Duke of Nostiorx
was ileieentling the se-
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cond flight', of steps from the IfiWase of Peers on
Thursday night, his Grace slipped, and fell-with
ranch violence, but fortunately received nu material
injury,. although.hc was unable to rise without as.
sistauca
Mr. RYpeti, slid Mr. ROBERT DuNDAN 1"4:
visitors
.at Windsoc.Castle on Thursday morniiig,
fur salon (lisle) and afturwards returned to Landon.