The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-20 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN

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" The Harisadoes frigate has pat into Berme& Wally dis-
owned."

The cargoes of the licensed vessels from Great
Britain had been surrendered to the claimants, on
bond being given, in New York and Philadelphia
but the same indulgence had not been shown in Bos-
ton, Baltimore, or the ports of Virginia.

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PROM Tilt NEW-TORK PUBLIC ADVERTISER, SEPT. 19.
We are authorised to state to the Public, that a
general caucus, consisting of 70 Federal Delegates
from the different States, held on Thursday last, at
lExtrr's Tavern, in Broad-street, the Honourable DE
Wirt CLINTON was (with bat two exceptions) una-
nimously nominated as the Federal Candidate for the
Presidency, and JARERED INGERSOLL for the Vice-
Presidency, of the United States, at the ensuing
election : and we are further authorised to state,
that the conditions of the bargain offered by the Fe-
deral, and embraced by the Cliutonian party, were in
substance as follow :

. Ist, That, in the event of the election of their
candidate, a cessation of hostilities against the Bri-
tish should take place within 21 hours thereafter.

2d, That the Clintonian Federal Artie' s►oold
participate equally in the Offices of State.
3d, That the seat of Government should be re-
moved to New York or Philadelphia.
4th, That a hereditary Senate should be esta-
blished.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM A RESPECTABLE MER-

to pnt the matter in plain language. England is
narrowing her policy--every year draws some ap-
proaching parallel more offensively on ber resources
—the system on which we take our stand is elementa-
rily at war with modern France.

We are going to make a proposition, and one
which every man who has reasoned upon the princi-
ples of the war has, no doubt, put to himself. Is
there no possible modification of the Naval Laws of
England, that would afford security to us, and at
the same time remove a species of maritime tyranny
to which no nation will ever bow with sincere amity
If there be n•t,tbe war must be contineed till England
is subdued to such a proposition, or till NAPOLEON
is willing to suspend his military glory, out of re-
gard for the tranquillity of the world. If we nail
our maritime tariff to the naval mast of our country,
pledging ourselves to go down with the streaming
flag of our system unstruck', then, indeed, we may
look for a war of extermination. The approaching
meeting of Parliament will, therefore, be a period of
interesting discussion, which may involve our safety
and independence as a nation.
Is it probable that we shall ever be able to treat
on higher ground than that on which we now stand ?
It Is the province of oar Navy to protect •ur com-
merce; but we are now sacrificing our commerce and
ourselves to the quaint laws which our Navy has as-
sumed to itself. We are cementing our wooden walls
with the life's-blood of the people whom they were
formed to defend. Laws should emirate from the j us-
tice on which they are founded—it is worthy only of a
banditti, to make necessity, which may be imaginarv,
their Legislator. It is building a code of tyranny,
against which the very nature of man will for ever
coalesce. We therefore confess, that we have little
hope of seeing a House of Commons chosen, on the
present sti stem of representation, disclosing either
sufficient wisdom or magnanimity to go into a Com-
mittee on the cause of the war, or the principles of
national policy.

A Telegraphic message has been received, Mating
the arrival of the Revenge in the Channel, with Dis-
patches from Cadiz.

Orders hate been received at the gun-wharf at
Plymouth to prepare immediately for shipment twenty
thousand stand of arms, supposed to be destined for
Spain.
Commodore RODOERS had his leg broken in his
action with the Belvidera.

The Nemesis frigate is ordered to be fitted at Ply-
mouth for Channel service.

The Boxer is wailing et Spithead for orders ; she
is to sail with dispatches on a secret service.
A correspondence of a very injurious tendency
has been discovered to have been carried on between
several regiments of militia, relative to the period
of service, and concerning which, they hare consUlt-
ni those who ere ►eputed to he learned in the law.
It was naturally to he expected, as soon as Ame-
rica, by her declaration of war had suspended her
own commerce, that those of her subjects who had
been employed in it would of necessity turn their at-
tention to the means of annoying and preying upon
the trade of their new enemies. This contingency
should have been provided against by our Govern-
ment : whether it has or not, will he seen by the re-
snit :—Letters from New York state, that no sooner
was the war commenced, than the American mer-
chant-seamen were almost to a matt converted into
privateersmett; and the whole of our West India
trade either has sustained or %%ill, in consequence sus.
tain, proportionate loss. On inspection of Lloyd's
books yesterday, we are sorry to find that no less
than 40 captures or upwards appear on them, made
by American privateers. A schooner is also said to
have been captured off Hampton Roads by a French
privateer, with dispatches from !Ur. BAnEtt to the
British Government. The American Government
have come to no final determination upon the pro-
perty shipped from England in American bottoms on
the Orders in Council being rescinded. The Govern-
ment continue to take bond for the same.

NAVAL INTELLNEN.:E.

DEM., urn.

The whole of last night ai.d this day we have e my. riesseed
heavy gale from the touth-aoA,It-ue,t, during w t.,: : i
some of the ships must have vedeted. !l;i•• I
Ferrier, fur Gibraltar, parted. A large ship, pan• • I Ir.. uNt
known, has lost her foremast and bowsprit ; two et thrce oth. no
parted ; particulars ue rannot ascertain at present.
Fist o'CLoCt.—lt still continues to blow hard, aml a very
heavy sea mooing. The ships appear at present to ride tuirt.ibif