The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-07 00:00:00

'FIIE STATESMAN.

them from the charp of the public debt, its order to
render them available for the purpose* or the dyed; a
Bill was accordingly introduced, has passed the
House of Commons, and is now in the !louse of
Lords.
wasfurther. necessary to settle TarldUa matters of
!account between the families of the late Mr. Benja.
Imin Geldsmid '(tho brother of the debtor) and Mr.
, Abraliam.Goldsmid, in order to establish the right of
the latter to a considerable fund held subject to the
Claim of the former, but which claim it was appre-
hended would fall greatly short of the fend
im-
pounded ; hut this could only be effected under the
direction of the Ciurt of Chancery, inasmuch as in-
fant members.of both families wore affected by it ; a
suit was accordingly instituted, under which a refer-
ence of the accounts to arbitrators has been obtained,
and it is expected that their award will be made withlu
a short time.
Independent of the funds to be expected frorothe
sale of the estates, and the result of the reference
before alluded to, there are many debts due to the
late Mr. Goldsmid, and to his partnership, that are
now in the course of recovery.
(scteett) H. C. LITCIIf tELD.
" Genrge Harmon, Esq. dtc."

ARMY STOPPAGES.
Considerable arrears due on account of stoppages
out of the pay of troops embarked on board of ships,
long remaining due to the public, have been lately
cancelled as irrecoverable; and it is with great re,
Bret, but without surprise, that your Committee
observe how naturally procrastination and delay in
calling for Accounts and Balances, tend to Make the
production of the former, and the recovery of the
latter, impracticable and•desperate. The whole of
this business being transferred to the War Depart.
ment, in Iso6, shews only the impropriety of having
suffered it to continue so long in au Office, which
could have no controul over the Regimental Pay.
masters, or the Army Agents.

TO THE EDITOR OF 771 E STATESMAN.

Sit,—Haring very particularly taken notiee of
the base means made use of to distress the indus-
trious poor, I am led to submit the cause, and trust
to prove how shameful the conduct of those men
who have taken such means to answer their wily
purposes. The true cause of the present high price
of provisions, is almost wholly to be ascribed to the
system of country bank paper, which has now be-
come the curse of every mau, who, unfortunately,
has a family to maintain by his own industry. This
paper answers every purpose of the basest combina-
tions ; for, without this means of manufacturing
their own currency, provisions could not have ar.
rived at the present enormous price.—lt will be said,
what can be substituted Most easily answered—
restrict the circulation of provincial notes; Bank 11
of England notes being a negotiable paper commo.
dity throughout this country, would supply' every
other fair gapping. If this suggestion was but adopt- ,
ed, in less thy) three months, every article of the
necessaries of life, of home growth, would be consi.
derably cheaper. No excuse can be made at the pre-
sent time with respect to a scarcity, in keeping up
the price of bread corn, and will fully point out the
necessity of a stoppage being put to the system of
country banking; as it is an ideal hope to suppose,
that the markets will be amply supplied, while this
power remains in the hands of the wealthy farmer,
miller, and provision dealer :—such men have the
means of causing a fictitious scarcity at any time,;
which it would be impossible to do without the aid'
of the country notes.

Reautins due X-219,322 9
44 The accounts of Mr. GoldsmirlistOe examined
by the several departments by whom the Exchequer
Bills were placed in his hands; but the Lords of the
Treasury directed that this course should be altered,
horn the Ist of January, 1810, from which time it
was intended that Mr. Goldsmid should have passed
his accounts before the Commissioners of Audit.—
[Vide Treasury Minute of the 15th of May, 1810,
copy whereof is herewith transmitted.] The Minute
of the Lords of the Treasury of the sth of October,
1810, copy whereof is also transmitted, details the
proceedings taken to secure the debt due to the
Crown ; and the letter of Mr. Litchfield, the Soli-
citor to the Treasury, of the Ist May, 1812, copy
whereof is also transmitted, shows the present state
of those proceedings."
" Linentif. lan. 14 May, ISM
" Stn,—ln obedience to my Lords' commands,
Signified to me by your Letter of the 27th ult. de-
siring that I would detail to their Lordships the mea-
sures which have been adopted for the recovery of
the balance due to the Public from the late Mr. Gold.
amid, on account of Exchequer Bills issued to him
for sale ; I have the honour to acquaint you, for the
information of their Lordships, that upon the death
of Mr. Goldsm::1, a statement of his affairs was sub-
mitted to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, upon consideration of which it appeared to
the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the immediate
issue of the Crown process for the recovery of his
Majesty's debt would have been injurious to the pub-
lic, and to the creditors in general ; that the property
of Mr. Goldsmid, and his surviving partners, consist- The Lady Arabella, PORTEUS, from Lisbon, has
ing principally of Government securities, were so brought over Lieutenant-Colonel KING, of the 6th
mortgaged to other creditors, that it would be out of who lett Madrid on the 16th ult. at which time Lord
the reach of the Crown process till those creditors WELLINGTON was hourly expected there from Bur-
were respectively satisfied, and it would then only be his. The combined enemy's forces, under SOVLT,
available to the Crown to the amount which those se- amounted to 80,000 men, and were on their march
curities might produce beyond the debts for which towards Madrid.
they were pledged ; and upon taking the Stock and Col. HuTcnissoN has resigned the contest at Cork.
Omnium at the price of the day, it appeared those We suppose it is from the very little regard that the
securities would produce a sum not much exceeding Roman Catholics of Ireland shew to their own cause,
what would be sulcient to discharge the debts for by their treatment of those who were its beat friends,
which they were so pledged, and that the remainder that some of the most splendid of those friends on
of the property, as well of the partnership allot* the this side the water have thought themselves justified
individual partners, would fall greatly short of de- in looking to their own interests. 'The world evil!
fraying the Crown debt, leaving all the creditors who ' not hesitate to- says that they merit the desertion,
had no security-to a certain and totallard. Omagh it may reprobate thedeietters. '
Upon this viewer the subject, it appeared that not I Thursday evening the llama REGENT honoured
only the Crown, but also the individual creditors I Drury-lane Theatre with his presence, for the first
who had no security for their debts (and whose debts : time.
amounted to about 90,0001) were deeply interested ! The PRINCE REGENT honoured Covent-garden
in preventing, if possible, such a mismanagement of Theatre with his presence last night, to see The
tliat part of the estate which consisted of Government Lord of the Manor and The Cheats of Scapin.
securities, as by bringing them unwisely and at once I Sir Roweeen HILL is said to have resigned his
into the market would
.naturally occasion a very command, and to have been succeeded by Sir IL
great ad,litional depreciation, and remove all possible PAGET. If this report be correct, the chap has
hope of that advance in their then present value, to probably taken place in consequence of the HI state
which alone the Crown could look for the discharge of health of the former able end pliant officer.
of the whole of its debt, and the remaining creditors CASTLE or Beteeos.---Accerding to a plan of the
for any payment at all ; while such an improvident . Castle of Burgos, drawn by an Officer en the spot,
sale would have produced great depression of the pub- it appears to be uncommonly strong. There are
lie funds, and materially affect the public credit, and two hills—an one is the horn work, which we took
generally the monied interests of the kingdom. !by storm on the 19th of September : on the other,
Those considerations led the Chancellor of the Ex- the castle and a convent. The horn work is too
chequer to withhold the Crown process, upon ob- large in proportion. The kill on whickit is formed'
taming the consent to and co-operation of the parties is about the level of the other, consequently, it is'
And their creditors, in an arrangement for a discreet commanded by several guns mounted on the sum.
and safe management of their concerns, for 'the in- mit of the castle. There are sucoessive ditches and
terests of all ; and a deed, hearing date nth of No.. covered ways, with palisadoes and (rises round the
veniber, 1810, was accordingly executed by all the hill. The cavalry are in cantonments, three leagues
partners and their creditors, placing their affairs under in front of Burgos. General CASTANOS, with the
the management of four Gentlemen named by the Spaniards, is in the villages out) league in front of
Lords of the Treasury, and the Governor arid Ilse. Burgos. The sth and 7th divisions are also in front
puty Governor of the Bank. of Burgos, The environs of the hill on which the
Under this maesgement, two dividends of 461. per castle is situated are occupied by the PorNgueae
cent. each, upon the sum of 466,7001. the debt due.' Cadores of the 6th division. The 24th, 424 and
te his Majesty, have beet' paid. But in the further-I"th Regiments, forming the first division, are, we
prosecution of the 'measure adopted, it was fouss4l,,lselleye, chiefly employed in that siege.. The Guarda
necessary to apply to Parliamentl to enable the pees.„tud King'i German Legion, with'Geoeral time,
ties. , .
to make a title to the estates of Mr. Goldsmau, are,' we uhdeiStaddit aetterqbat blithe 110, Of
apd one of his. partners (Mr. Mom!), by %Living the tiara work.

A SHIPWRIGHT,
Faikrsham, Nov. 6. With Six Children to Maiutain.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE ET:ITESIOAN. gman.mia•..., •
Art eats tit, price 3. t,,. '....."6."
--coo.— • I A CORRECT REPORT of the MUCCI. 1) ' N
Sin,—lf we look at the list of captures returnedat Char ejt Tal Al'
4 VialhVIVP 1.1":1 1 "I l'''N. N.1(2
Lloyd's, already made by the American etruizen• I .1..-°4 KaiLacasw,btlille:fle Lt"llb 9116.41.111: h/11:::::
- . ---.9uer. at an Thursday. A .11-e/ /' - 'u'l ut IC.
*hat disasters may we not expect- ia the course of I Takeo is Short-kisat bb G. PARallVtl");'4 4
twelve months ?—ln the course of that period they With
11°
lutt°4"tari Narianwe'p J.l.E.ikht. ole 4r 0.
will be able to equip hundreds of fast-sailing vessels .44 What arbitrary power ib grow; up to it% fII ken .h
for privateers, and they will be found to be swarm. ; h) Nen violence. *tribe wiforatations :tad cooked -so prow:
1 vigour, whoever Om opposec its vtr sr
li '1 6. - -!.. -r Z
lug in the West Indies, in the Atlantic Ocean, andli"'',„
even the chops of our Channel, menacing our shores,.Lcserdhanwidbrillaer.loojil4:27,s6:4, brteerliaad:Eiotori:74Nietiwafgatoine.e4.reesmstT7lj
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and pursuing our commerce to the very entrance of 1 _
our harbours. They did so In the revolutionary
war, when they were poor, without seamen, and
when they were net three millions of people.—
What may they not do now, when they are eight
millions, with nearly one hundred thousand prime
seamen, and rich in specie 4-011 1 infatuated Conn-
ell', that urged a rupture. Had not the ill-fated
measures of Administration blasted the fair hopes
of Mr. Ensitbra'a arrangements, we might now be
reaping the fruits of a great commercial harvest—and
had our brethren of America united with us in a
common cause; but the tergiversation of the Rulers
of that day left them nothing to hope. The writer
of this letter was at that time in America—he heard
the sentiments of the heads of the Government, and
the general expressions of the people upon that ar.
rangement. It was, on all sides, in the fullness of
their hearts, as if one common interest drew us to-
gether. The writer endeavoured to impress upon
Mr. PLRCEVAL, long before his death, in letters
under his real signature, the importance it was
or to preserve peace, and not drive matters to
the last extremity ;—for, when the sword was
once unsheathed, it might not be so easy to settle
the points in dispute. He reminded him also of
what had happened during the revolutionary war—
one half of what they rejected from the Commis- 1
sioners sent out from this country to make peace,
would have sufficed, before they had recourse to
arms, or the battle of Bunker's Hill ; but fresh
objects grew out of delay, and the state of things,
which carried them beyond what they first intended,
secured their independence. It is so now—and the
most extravagant demand on Mr. Easzinz's arrange- I
ment (the right of search), never expected to be I
oaded to them, they will contend for now. In the
letters above alluded to, the writer adverted to the
danger of driving a daring and enterprising seafaring
people, rising from the same stock with ourselves,
into the arms of Frauce, our most dangerous enemy,
who want nothing but seamen to overrun this coun.
try.—He also adverted to the situation of Spanish
America, and how impolitic a rupture with the
United States would be, whose situation is such as to"
enable her to either mar or further Our commercial
visors with ail those revolutionized colonies. I for-
bear, Sir, any observations on the great lack of
knowledge oar Administration had, or indeed seem
to have, as to the strength of the United States. If
peace and friendship are desirable with them (which
I think no one will deny), no time ought to be lost
in procuring it; and some person shonid he sent out
to negociate with them, upon fair and liberal terms,
and whose negociatien, when once entered on, is not
to be biassed or protracted; as heretofore, by fine;
tooting councils, determinable by either our good or
bad success in Spain. They must be governed by de-
termined and fixed principles of what is right, and
upon a liberal basis due from one maritime nation to
another.--I repeat again, Sir, no time ought to be
lost in making the negociatlon, as well to preserve
our seamen, as to increase our commerce.

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THE STATESMAI.

LONDON:
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We have received Lisbon Papers this morning to
, the 28th ult. from which we have taken the follow.
ing important extracts. By these accounts it appear.,
that the mine prepared by our army At the siege of
' Burgos, and a counter-one by the French, exploded
both together on the I.Bth, bringing down the con.
vent, containing stork, &c. The Castle was imree.,
diately stormed by our brave troops, with their usual
gallantry, but they were unfortunately repatied with
the loss of nearly 100 men killed or wounded._
These accounts do not come up to so late a date as
others which have been received from Burgos, and
consequently they neither confirm nor contradict the
report of the siege having been raised. Our own
opinion, from every information we have received,
is, that Lord WELLINGTON has, frommotives, laidable
no doubt, thought. proper to change the siege cf
Burgos Leto a simple investment.
Lissom, Oct. 27.--Acconnts from our army state,
that our mine being ready, the French having coun.
ter,mioed, at seven P. M. on the 18th testant, both
mines exploded at the same moment, bringing doss
the Convent, containing stores, 4c. when p.r bra:,
fellows stortred the castle with their use at galtanttsj
but were repulsed with the loss of Sr, y 100 men
killed or wounded.
. On the 13th inst. Colonel PDXSOWST. tt: the Ladl
of' ;party of cavalry, repulsed a party the FT. eb
cavalry, killing and wounding 50 ri leis
consists in four killed, and 14 wounded.
The Guards, arc. from Coronet were on their
march, but had not joined op the 1011.
Gen. Mu, remelned at Aranjues ; thp 3d division
was between that place and Madrid; the light dill.
start In Madrid ; n 4 the 4th at the Emilia.

500.% Sonnet, wed Jou% are gone 4o Y&

9,
44111;udeo
aorta, Oter
cow. 24.mandett--Tbe het;dere.quanerartelrsEL/fo,thweer2ed,
on the 4th, at Taranaln. General HILL'S army if
calculated at upwards 30,4300 men, which has now
be. joined by Conde de Pomo and Moatt.r.a.
In consequence of the arrival of an extraordinary
Gorier from Alicant, a report has been circulated
.that the expeditionary troops at Alicant had drirau
the Peach from the town of Monforte.—(This ac.
'count-appears to be confirmed by others from Gra.
Veda, which add, that the French suffered a great
loss, and that the French had taken the Castle of
no longer appears doubtful to be the inteutien
of Souza to retire to Valencia or Navarre.
Lane, Ocr. 12.--Peueral .84LiArsEttos has
addressee a Proclamation to the Sentient, request.
ing thsen to contribute tnteards clothin4 his army.
• Ayithelipgrs received from ,the South of Spain
Cesina ilarkitelligente of Soetifs Baying marched
for Valencia by. Nattier,. It appears that SOULT
had a conference with-King JoSirif, since which the
latter marched for Morviedro, teethe purpose of pre-
paring.to accompany him. There have been disputes
between Sucurr and SouLT's troops,. on account of
-provisions. The French, who had advanced as far
as Penhat-de Si. -Pedro, immediately returned. It
is supposed. that General BALLAsTraos is now la Ca.
rabaca. .General Faririts is in Villarrobledo. On
the 7th Oct. the van-guard of the sth Spanish Army
was in Oreajo, and was to proceed to Santa Cruz de
Ia Zarza ; upon the left of this was General Eno
and the 3d Army.
General HILL had his head-quarters in Araajaez-
SUOIRET still remained in Almanza.
On .the 12th and 13th October, a division of
5000 Portuguese anal English entered Truxillo, and
Weis illth and 15th inst. set out for Talavera la
ina. Upon all these accounts we with much plea-
sure give the lie to the reports which for some 01
have been circulated, that SOULT was approximatig
to Madrid.

I remain, &c.

Nov. 5.

aEVARG.

FOUNDLING HOSPITAL AT MOSCOW.;;:.

This celebrated hospital, the Steward of illicit,'
as Lord Cathcart states in his recent dispatch, was.
4 4 the most eminent Public Functionary found id the
city," by the Gallic incendiaries, was the noblest
and most complete institution of the kind in Europe:
it was founded by the renowned Empress Catharine,
in 1764; an immense pile of buildings of a citiadran-
/Jr shape, and calculated to contain and accomrao-
-8,000 foundlings. The utmost privecy and
freedom prevailed in this institution ; candles were
placed during the night in niches in different parts of
the building, in these the infants were secretly depo-
sited and the bells rung, the bringers immediately
retired, and the children were speedily taken into
the house. It was also at the option of mothers to
come and be delivered privately in the house: no
questions were ever asked, and every proper care
and attention was paid to her ; the infant was left,
and considered as the child of the State. Those were
taken the greatest care of, and at the age of 14 they
had the liberty of chusing any particular branch of
trade, and for this impose, different species of ma•
nufactures were established in the hospital. When
they had gone through a certain apprenticeship, or
about the age of twenty, they were allowed the li.
berty of setting up for themselves, a sum of money
was bestowed upon each foundling for that purpose,
and they were permitted to carry on trade in any
part of the Russian Empire. A very considerable
privilege in a country where die peasants are slaves,
aad cannot leave their villages without the permis-
sion of their masters. This admirable and incalcu-t
lably useful institution was in a great degree sup-
ported by voluntary contributions, legacies, &c. to
encourage which the Empress granted to all benefac-
tors some vuOuable privileges in proportion to the ex-
tent of tier liberality, and a private merchant,
named Dimitiorft expended on this institution sums ,
amounting to nearly 900,0001.
The number of cont7:77rt reland is considerably
greater lo the present General Election thau on the
occasion of the last ; while in Great Britain -0.71
were film In nearly the same proportion.

LETTER FROM ENE MARQUIS Of "WELLINGTON TO
EOL D. .1. PAL UREA.
" I have the satisfaction of sending to your Fad-
lency a swordashich I have just received, by order of
his •Royal Highness the PRINCE therm! of Engla"(l
/rebind. His Royal Highness presents it to Yor