The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-07-26 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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TO TtHE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. I . iVar-Olices July 21.
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Sta,—There is no reason whatever why the state- 1 the PrincO, Regent, as a mirk of hii high approba-
tion of the distinguished bravery and good conduct
meitt of the Marshal of the King's Bench Prison
of the Ist and '24 Life Guards at the !Little of We.
should be taken as correct, with respect to the emolu.
Tomas ariiin rerloO, on the Ilith ult. is pleased to declare himself
g from his situation , without the slightest
Colonel in Chief of both the 'Regiments of Life
examination of witnesses and documents relative Guards.

FROM rils LONDON GAZETTE, JcLr 25.

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thereto.
Lind the Committee taken the troubleof examining I War-Office, July 25.
the hlarshJl's hooks and accounts, and partloslarly I His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been
to have a:cortairted the number of Prisoners that hive pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma:
enjoyed the heriefit of the Ruiea of the Prison for jesty, to approve of all the British regiments of ca-
valry and infantry which were engaged in the battle
of Waterloo, being permitted to bear ou their colours
the last three years, and the sum paid by each of such
Prisoners for that advantage, it would hare been and appointments, in addition to any other badges
found that the Marshal's statement was very inactu- or devices that may have heretofore been granted to
rate. those regiments, the word r'Wirterlrio," in coma
memoration of their distinguished services on the
The Committee should also have taken account . 18th of June, 1815.
of the number of Prisoners admitted in the course of
the above period, and of the fees received by the
Marshal upon each commitment ; and an account of
the rent pit: by each Prisoner, as also the account
of fees received by the Marshal upon the trial of each
Nisi Prigs cause at Guildhall and Westminster-hall,
from both Plaintiff and Defendant (amounting togs
(her, it is believed, to about 21. in each cause).
These particulars could kart been easily as-rer-
tained by a reference to the various entries and ac-
caunt 0, and if the Committee had taken upon them-
; selves this trouble, it would have been found that
Ithe Marshal had made a most egregious blunder in
stating the emoluments at ising from his situation.
1 There is no doubt but the emoluments of the situ-
ation of the Marshal of the Ring's Remelt Prison,
are considerably more than the emoluments of a:I
the Puisne Judges of that Court.
This subject shall be resumed by your constant
Reader,

VERITAS.

P. S. Since concluding the above, the writer has
seen a person who informed him, that persons in the
rules pay 71. 10s. or 101. (it is belived the larger sum)
for the first 1001. and 51. per cent. for the remainder
of the debt. The scale in the Fleet is believed to be
51. per cent. for the first hundred pounds of the debt,
and 21. 10a. per cent. for the residue.

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Aiimiraity-Office, July 2,5.
,xtract of n Wlter front Capt. 111..itland, of his hfaiesiOtt ship
Bellerophon; to John Wilson baiter, EN. dated an Bowie-
the 14,5 in:t.
Fur the information of my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty, 1 have to acquaint you thnt the
Count Las Cusses and General AUemand this da
came on board his Majesty's ship under my command
with a proposal for me to receive on board Napoleon
Hmaparte, for the purpose of throwing himsel
on the generosity of his Royal Highness the Ptinc
Regent:
Conceiving myself authorivrd by their Lordship's
secret orders, I have acceded to the proposal, and
he is to embark on board the ship to-morrow
morning.
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That no misunderstanding might arise, I hare et-
id;citly and clearlk explained to the Count Las
'asses, that I
hare no authority whatever for grant-
mg terms of any sort ; but that all I can do is to
convey him and his suite to England, to be received
in such manner as his Royal Highness may deem ex
pedient.
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ijii77l—O leiter from Admiral Vkconnt Kith to John Wilson
.led mt hoard hi. :11ajelly's ship the Ville de
Paris, Jo 'immunize, the 31 a inst.
Paris, in Flarnn..ze, July 21, 1815.
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NAVAL COURTS -MARTIA L.

A Court-Martial assembled at Portsmouth on Fri-
day, to enquire into the cause of the loss of his Ma-
jesty's ship Penelope, on her passage to gfebec •
when the Court, upon the evidence adduced, decided
that her loss was occasioned principally by the state
of the weather, and the set of the current; that
Mr. W. Horner, the Master, was not sufficiently at-
tentive to the situation of the ship a short time pre-
TFOU6 to her running ashore, and did adjudge him to
be placed at the bottom of the list; that due atten-
tion was not paid by Capt. Galloway and (he First
Lieutenant of the ship, to the safety of. the ship's
company, by their neglecting to make proper arrange-
ments for getting them on shore ; and that great blame
was therefore also imputable to the said Captain G.
and the Fits' Lieutenant. The Court thereupon ad-
judged Captain Galloway, in consideration of his
having been afflicted with the rheumatism, to be only
reprimanded, and Lieutenant B. Hooper to be se.
verely reprimanded : that no blame was imputed to
the other Officers and ship's company, racept Walter
Howell, who, for drunkenness, disobedience of or-
ders, mutiny, and desertion, was sentenced to receive
500 lashes.

Six, Captain Knight, of the Falmouth, arrived
last night from the Gironde, bri•oging the satisfactory
intelligence of that river having been successfully en-
tered without loss on the 13th inst. by the Pact°lus,
ilebrus, and Falmouth.
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I inclose, for their Lordship's information, a copy
of the Hon. Cilia. Ay Imet's letter, reporting his pro.
ceeilings in the execution of this service, in sihich
both Capt. Palmer and he have shown a commend-
able have the honour to be, &c.
ioel) KlilTli, Admiral.
.I.,ha m Cooker. E-q.
P. S. I inclose a copy of a letter from Capt. I'al.
mer, of the Hebrus.

Rubert Cux, a seaman of his Majesty's ship Acasta.
was afterwards tried for deserting to the enemy on
the coast of America, when employed in towing out
a price, and for encouraging his shipmates on the
same service in deserting, by. chee►ing in defiance of
the presence of an officer. The charge being proved,
he was sentenced to be hanged. .

Lieut. Charles 11. Jall,ft passenger on board the
schooner Grecian, nos tried on charges preferred by
Lieut. Edward T. Dwyer, her commander, for hav-
ing appeared in a dress unbecoming en officer or a
gentleman on the quarter-deck of the said schooner,
and for hallooing through the sky-light into the ca-
bin, he would wring the nose oil' his (Lieutenant
Dwyer's) face ; thereby tending to excite mutiny
and disrespect froni the crew, anti being contrary to
the discipline and good rntiduct of the service.
He was sentenced to be di3tnissed from his Niajes-
ty's service; but, in copse fence of former good
character, and of his having conducted himself with
gallantry and propriety until the present charge,
was recommended to the favourable consideration of
the Admiralty. _

Hip Majesr,'s ship Pnetokm. in the Gironde. Joty 14.
M Y lettn,-1 arrived off this port on the 3d inst.
and, in compiiitice with the wishes of Geo. Donna-
dieu. sent in a flag of truce, with an Aid-de-Camp
of the General's, for the purpose of coinmunirating
with the General, Clausel, commanding at Bout.-
deaux ; but as two days more elapsed without any
answer or news of the Aid-de-Camp, I sent another
flag into a corvette lying in the rVer ; and I learnt
from her Commander that be bad received the most
positive• orders from Gen. Clausel not to hold any
kind of communication with (13. In addition to this
we received a Proclamation, signed by thnt Genet al,
declaring Bourdeaux and its whole vicinity in a state
of siege, and threatening with military execution
any who manifested signs of disaffection *to his Go-
vernment. The Aid-de-Camp, it appeared, was de-
tained.

Rear-Admiral PETER lI.tLKET, President.

The Duke of No RFOLK, according to annual cus-
tom, presented, on Friday, a fine fat buck to the
Corporation of Arundel, who invited the officers of.
the Sussex Militia to their entertainment.
The driver of the Wellington coach front Tea kes-
bury to Bristol, was on Thursday fined in the iniii-
- gated penalty of 51. by the Magistrates of Glouces-
ter, for driving furiously, to the imminent hazard of
the lives of his passengers.
[file Monileur of the '2lst inst. contains a lon
memorial presented to Congress by SirSinsiza, Sairru,
on the subject of destroying the Ilaibriry l'iratical
States. Pe offers to conduct an enterprise, by a hieh
he means to effect the end in view. The substanc
of his plan is, that the States who are most interested
in putting down the pirates, should contribute their
contingma to raise what the Admiral mils an amphi-
bious force, by which is to be understood, one fit
for naval and mititary service. With this he under.
takes that commerce shall be secured, and the Ara-4
ans civilized. - --.....-.09.
'otts•ExcliAvGr, JULY 26.—Our supply of
Wheat being small this morning, what appeared of
fine quality readily obtained Monday's prices.—Oats
were dull sale and rather cheaper.—in Peas, Beaus,
and other articles there is little or no variation.

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‘l, lute this nogeciation was attempting, the ifebrus
arrived with the charge of a smail expedition, with
arms and supplies for the Royalists, and when it Le.
came evident that no gond could arise out of any at-
tempt to conciliate Gen. Clause!, Capt. Palmer mad.‘
me a very strong representation upon the necessity
which he conceived there was for his attempting to
enter the Gironde and open a direct communication
with the [Loyalist party. After weighing the circum-
stances, I thought it my duty to accede to the pro.
posal, and I united the ships for the prosecution of
the service.

I'he Gen. Dannadieu being anxious to pursue his
mission on the coast, I dispatched the Larne with
him to Passages.
On the tlth the squadron weighed from an outer
anchorage we had taken, and formed for the purpose
of entering the river ; but, as we stood in, the ene-
my's corvette was 'perceived to weigh and (Italia:erre
in the no,th entrance, while rive sail pushed out
through the southern passage to sea. thither these
circumstances, it became necessary for the intercept-
ing those vessels that the squadron should separate
for the time; and in consequence the forcing the
river was obliged to he given up for that day ; during
the night, the squadron united again, after having
examined the vessels which it appeared had sailed in
so suspicious a manner, which circumstance was de-
veloped by the embargo having been that morning
discontinued in the river.

Yesterday, the wind being favourable, the scpa-
dron again aei^hed, and formed in a close line for
entering the Gironde; the Part°lirs led, the Ilehrus
followed, and the. Falmouth brought up the rear ; the
two former had transports in tow : as we proceeded,
a person came off with a message from the people of
the town of ttoyan, saying that they would not fire
at us, provided we did not assail them. We passed
ou u ith the royal colours of France at the mast-
head ; the tri-coloured flag flew along the batteries,
which were all in preparation, but no act of hostility
occurred until we reached the heavy battery at Ver-
dun, which opened its fire upon us, and continued
it until the ships reached the anchorage. No injury,
lsow ever, was sustained, and the squadron did not
return a gun, for I was unwilling to disturb the feel-
ing which appeared so generally and so happily to
prevail. Directly the ships were secured, a commu-
nication was sent up with a flag of truce to Gen.
Clause! by the Comte de Lasteur, deputed by M. la
Duchesse d'Angouleme, and we are in expectation
of his answer. In the meantime nothing can wear a
more favourable aspect than the face of things in
this river.

I I beg to assure you, that every measure shall be