The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-27 00:00:00

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'The American frigates known to be at sea are
'destined, as there is strong reason for believing, to
the English Channel. They sailed from dilfosent
ports in America, with instructions to meet its a eer.
certain latitude, and prosecute together their ulte-
rior destination. It is supposed that they reck,snell
on doing much mischief to British commerce, before
any adequate force could be got ready to meet them.
However, our Portsmouth letters inform us, that
orders find sniddvilly arrived thin,. from Govornment,s
for completing the crew of the Chatham, of 74 guns,
Capt. I.r.oan. The Liverpool frigate was to sail at
day-light for Plymouth, there to join some o her
vessels, and proceed on a emite to the West werd to
look oat for the enemy ; and the Clultham, as soon as
she eonld be got ready, was to follow.
Some apprehensions are. entertained lest the Ame-
rican squadron now ont may fall in with the fleet for
India, which recently sailed from the Downwithout
convoy. B•st it is more probable that they are gone
to the Indian seas, that the ratification may not reach
them. it is not to be expected that the present Ad--
miraity would take any precaution aglinst such an
enterprise.
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On the 12th itist. M. Amtr.lN, a hanker at Ghent,.
observed two or three Foreign o:llcers sporting upon
his dpmosne. lie complained of this infraction to
their General, who ordered them into arrest. This
so enraged the Offieers, that they resumed their sport
with additional nam%-rs on M. :'ll.lcLim's ground—
the latter and his brother expostulated, when a scale
arose, in which the one was killed, and the other
dangerously wounded.

Colonel QUENTIN has, within these few days, em-
barked at Brighton for France. It is rumoured
through the first military circles, that this sod len
trip to the Continent has for its object a personal
rencontre with Colonel PALMER, who has resided at
Bonrdeaux since the rising of Parliament, and is olar
supposed to be at Paris, on his return to England.
On Tuesday a numerous Meeting of the inhabitants
of the Borough of Maldon was held at the Town-
hall, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against
the continuance of the Property Tax (after the Pith
of April), under any modification whatever. Several
Resolutions were moved by Mr. May, and passed
unanimously, when a Petition, founded on those
Resolutions, was proposed by Mr. Payne, which
met the general approbation of the Meeting.
Yestertlayta well-known cyprian presented for
change, at the Cash-office of the Bank of England, .a
note for one thousand pounds! Her person end cha-
racter being almost instantly recognised, a little sus.
picion was naturally excited, and she was politely
detained a few minutes, while the nature of the
transaction was investigated. One of the Marshal-
men, in attendance at the Mansion-house, was also
sent for ; but the matter was in the mean time most
satisfactorily exphined, and the lady was immediately
accommodated. What rendered the circumstance not
a little remarkable was, that of a request, made by
the lady, to have 900 one pound notes given her as
part of the change.

The further reduction of the Militia of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland is intended to take place on the
10th of February. The Roy?! Cumberland Militia,
at present in the Castle of Edinburgh, are under or-
ders to march to Carlisle, to be disnmliodied.—The
Royal Ayrshiro, Foam-shire, and Editsbargit yogi.
tnents of Militia, at present in-Ireland, are under
orders for Scotland. On their arrival, a route will
wait them for their respective counties, to he disem.
bodied. The Shropshire, 2d Somerset, and :,ant
Middlesex regiments of Militia, are ordered from
Dublin to their respective counties to bevlisembodied.
.The Cheshire, West Essex, and Ist and 2d Lineal.
ter, and the Wiltshire, are on their passage from
Ireland, for the same purpose.