The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-13 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN,

WESTMINSTER•BENEVOLEN7'iSOGIETY.

COMMOIV COUNCIL.

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We the more willingly give place to the following A.Co'nrt of Common Council was convened yes.-
communicatioil of a Correspondent, on neensint, of terday, in consequence of a Requisition, 'to take
the noiseless, still, small voice, in which this Benevo- into consideration the propriety otpresentieg an ad-
lent Society adclicesed itself to its contributors. dress of congratulation to. the Prince Regent, tots the
On Wedriesday evening, at the Broadway Chapel, signature of a Treaty of Peuce'with the. United Stetes
Westminster, the Rev. Mr. Isaac Saunders laid he- of America.
fore his Congregation a state of the funds of this So- • Mr. WA prtustAX,. 'on rising to •proposethe motion
ciely, and of the progress the Committee had been for ad Address, said, that in eallir the attention of
enabled to make since its institution, in the grand the Court to the subject before them,' he did not ex.
wotk with a view to which it had been established at poet to do it any thee; like justice; and he was the
that Chapel in the year 1810. more disposed to dispatch it cursorily, because upon
This was not n Society whose design was the relief a modal's for an Address of congratulation on the.
of every noisy and sturdy applicant, but one, through signature of a Treaty which had concluded a series
the means of which the cellar and the humblest abode of wars in which this country had been for so ninny
of human misery should be visited, and those in side'. years engaged, no objection to the substance of the
loess be supplied with some portion of the bread proposition could be urged, nor did he know that
which perished), while their dying hours were cheer. any real opposition would be made to it. Objections
ed by speaking to them of that bread which endureth he hid, indeed, heard started against the motion,
to eternal life. It was also instituted for the relief but they were objections of a description which might
of poor married women, in the time of child-birth, 'be urges' 'against any motion. It had been said that
and during their enefieement, particularly of sot- the motion would be premature. Far from being
diers' ekes, %%kit whom the City of Westminster at. premature, unless it was made at the present nun-
all times so greatly abounds, and who, in the ab. ment, it could not be effectual. What was the mo-
settee of their husbands, are often left almost n !Alit don ? Was it not to congratulate the Prince Re-
rlestitote, being all' distance from their owe {mid" gent'on the signature of Peace with America. If
The Society cninineoced its laudable operations in tlet :dent act was a proper subject for congratulation, the
year 1810. • --es- N.present was' the time for it, the only time. The
sem they relieved elt caws, at the eapence of E 33 : moden was not to congratulate the President of
164 156 !•
Isl 2 24.1 America.might refuse to ratify the Treaty.— i'
181.1 JllO 219 But let it be so. But if the terms to which our
and en the year 1814 they relieved 538 cases, at the Government had acceded were equitable, they
would, if refused by the Executive of America, pet
expellee of 3501. being 131. 10s. more then their funds
amounted to, so that there was a balance to that them in the wrong without rendering our act less
amount due to their Treasurer. They had never, how. praiseworthy.—((leer, hear!}—lf we regarded the
ever, for a single day, relaxed their exertions in the distress of this country and the probability that
cause of snltering humanity. Not only were the the distress might be remedied by Peace, the sig-
wants of the permits relieved, but their children were nature of the Treaty could not but be a subject of .
taken into the Westminster Sunday School, itt which the most heartfelt congratulation, espechdly as by
upwards of 4400 children had been instructed since that act we had concluded not only the contest with
its instittition its- 1809, and its whirls there were demerit/I, but had placed. ourselves in a State. of
now under education 700. Thus there was peace with all the nations of the world. He did
reason to •horte -that there, were some upon earth not bring forward the Address, with a view to flatter
who, through :he means of this Society, had been the _vanity of any set of men, without a prospect
led Nem the Ways of sin and ignorance into truth; of any substantial good.. It was his wish that the
and that there were others in Ile liven bearing witness {An' urt should fairly deliver their opinion in favour
to the exertions of the Society, in turning-them from of the conclusion of peace, without attempting to
darkness to the marvellous light of the Gospel, and jade& on the extensive range of questions which
final the power of Satan unto Goo. Haring en u- Jete% involved in the Treaty. The subject of
merated some of the instances of extreme distress neutral rights, the losses and disasters which we had
which 41te Society had relieved during the last year, sustained in the war, might be hereafter discussed.—
the worthy and eielquent Preacher left the business It. would be fair, also to enquire whether the Mid-
in thin bends of his creeeregation, and their friends,
.sters might not have obtained terms equally favour-
satisfied that they would-• be, as they always had Ole with those of the Treaty which had been signed,
beets, ready to give of tlifir aSundance. It was a at an earlier period, and whether they had not there.
fact to be particularly kept in rastel, that le'such fore been guilty of protracting the war to an unne-
cessary lengcb. Against any charges connected with
parishes as those of which the City of Westminster
was composed, it was utterly impossible tie:e.relief
these topics, he could not pretend to defend the Minis-
could be procured to so. many poor, without SOCIAL leis. They were heavily responsible,and the time would
Society as the present. sip' come, when they might. defend themselves.
The motion which he had. to .propose was, that an
net triesstities t humble AMress be presented -to the Prince Regent,
tbe Seale to congratulate kis Royal fligtteess on the auspicile
:
ilielerawiatasiCe of -the cortmessires of a 'meaty witir-sieseriee. Fes *vets vongratulation they
had, Joe conceived, sufficient grieutids. Stich a peace,
Iwas highly advantageous to this country, and an
Address of Congratulation from the City of Lon-
don would have a good effect in allaying those ate-
sensitise) which the abuse poured out on both sides
had excited, and of which time -and acts •of friend-
ship could alone efface the recollection. The advan-
tages of a Treaty of Peace were obvious, when they.
considered the burtheas under which the country la-
boured, the embarrassment of commerce, the pres-
sure of taxation, and the difficulties of reisingthe
supplies for the support of the war. ft was said
by some, would the country rest content under the
disgraces which she had suffered ?—lt might be an-
swered, that it was notorious that the defeats which
we had sus'ained had not arisen from any want Of
energy its the British character, bat from the nature
of the contest; from want of knowledge, etnd of.*
proper description of force to meet the Navy•of the
United States. No imputation had been, or could
be, cast on the conduct of the officers or men em-
ployed. If, in these disgraces, the Government had
! its share, he should repeat, that the act for which he
congratulated them had no connection with any
former measures, nor was the congratulation, which
he hoped the Court would oiler, intended to exte•
ciente errors in the conduct of the war, or remiss:
stess, if it existed, in the conclusion of the peace.
However -indefensible on either of these subjects lied
been the conduct of the Ministry, they might fairly
congratulate the Sovereign gel du event by which we
should return to an intercoase with America, bene-
ficial to both countries, and fions which ere might
hope for an improvement of our commercial situa-
tion, a diminished expenditure, and a relief from
the most obnoxious !maim., especially that (the
Property Tax) against which the Court had so re-
cently thought lit to petition. ' The Address which
lie should propose, if the motion were complied
with, would be short and simple, and contain no-
thing foreign to the subject. The Worthy Gentle-
man concluded by moving, 64 That a loyal and du-
tiful Address he presented to the Pi ince Regent, to
the signature
congratulate Am-
erica." olf'is
PealtoyeewalithiltiligehUlletsiisteod of Ame-
" States

The following immense quantities of tea will be
put up at the next sale of the East.Ludia Comparry-:
. i; •beit ; .11). SOU 00(1.
Cnng u and Cainpni 5450.41 X •
Pt k,ie and Saw honk I %MAT
Single and l'wankuy ).000
Upon Skiu V. 50 dal

Total

lb. 7,100:000

The transport, Quebec Packet, Williams, master,
from Halifax, put into Falmouth on the 31st ult.—
On the 14th of December, in the Western Ocean,
they perceived a boat full of people, and though
there was a tremendous sea running, they lay to, in
order that it might come alongside. This was effect-
ed, and the persons on board, consisting of eighteen
men, and a child five years old, were got into the
vessel. They proved to be the passengers and crew
of the Amphitrite, bound from Quebec to London,
with a cargo of timber. They state that when they
were nearly 2(X) leagues from Quebec, the Amphi-
trite sprung a leak, which increased upon them,
notwithstanding their utmost exertions ; that four
days before meeting the Quebec Packet, they found
the vessel would shortly become water-logged; and
on holding a cousultatiois, it was determined to take to
the boat ; as, even if the decks should not blow up,
by the pressure of the timber upwards, they had
little prospect of being able to keep on deck, and
none of preserving any provisions in the state of the
weather. As soon as this resolution was taken, the
crew ran below, burst open the lockers, and got
completely drunk. In this state, they got out the
boat, which. was injured in doing so, and with some
provisions committed themselves to the mercy of
the ocean, with the purpose of steering for the
Azores. Whilid in the bolt, two persons were con-
stantly employed in bailing, and the Captain was
forced to sutler a cask full of spirits they had got on
board to run out, to keep the men from getting
beastly drunk ; a propensity which even the near
prospect of death could not induce them to resist.—
It was providential that they fell in with the Quebec
Packet on the 14th, as the nest day a storm came
oti, which it would have been impossible for them to
survive in a crazy boat.
The Count DE LA VONT AYE says, " he has dis-
coves ell the means of dyeing unalterable colours, the
composition of which is perfect, viz. blue upon
wool and silk ; green, yellow, violett and nine other
colours ; to wit, a yellow upon wool, as strong and
more brilliant than the former; two greens, one of
which will resist the action of fire itself ; two fine
blacks, one without coperas, which can neither burn
nor harden silk, any more than wool; and another,
which resists snl.4itoric acid potash in a state of ebolli.
lion, as well as the action of the sun and air; an unalter-
able puce colour ; n crimson on silk, mach cheaper
and mored urable than ccchirleal; and Inttly,apure pink
—completely -unalterable through all the shades of flesh
colour. Add to these 12 new colours," says he, "which
may be obtained pure in ail their shades, a very
beautiful while, never liable to turn yellow, 'which
I have soeceer:ed in giving to wool as well as silk,
and• which stored; much more than their natural
hite,—if see only add to this the fastest colour of
the ancient dye, or the line red yielded by alkermcs,
to fill the palette; and the problem will lie solved.
Of these twelve unchangeable colours, eight have
been subjected to the action of the sun ender glass,
during the four latter months of last aummer (18 f 3),
without undergoing- the least 'alteration. Fire has
no effect apon the ninth colour, and the three Inst
are the Grits of my industry through the preceding
winter."

Mr. Ft YELL rose to second the Address, and con-
gratulated the COurt that there was at last a proapect
that the Temple of Janus would be shut, and that
the trantrillity of mankind would net soon again
be disturbed. The conclusion of peace ,with•the
only Power with whom we were now at warOvill a
subject of the greater joy, when we considered filet i
of the last 50 years, -BO had been spent in direct war :
with France and America, and of• the• other• 20;1
when we deducted the periods of troubles with Rue-
sia, in Holland, the East Indies, &c. feet years
'would remain unmarked by some hostilities. Not./
with.. ending such a large portion of the life of every i
matt in the country had been spent iu war, there
were still some cold-blooded politicians • wbo wished
it to be continued at any rate. Knight-err ass itq ta
their closets, they wielded their goose-quills to-excitel
others to involve the human race in calamity, to 're-
dress imaginary wretwa. A Statesman of no mean
note had said, iniquissimain paresis jitslissimu balo
aniefero ; but though he, as an Engliehman, could :
not prefer the most disadvantageous peace to the.
justest war: yet it was a sentiment more worthy of

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