The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-23 00:00:00

TnE STATESMAN.

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„i ill the wbsT, will he snificiontly understood, or
irot.t gnei.ed ate when it is known that the whet
is &ilk-vett to Mr..c tYNING, in itfmiratiOn of his
outitedioud priorip.iet 1!! ,

coeds• at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was
kbl at the Foreign Office, which sat till about five.
~:ts attended by the Loan CIIANCILLOR, the Earl
ef ittaitower, the Earl of Wastmont.ano,. Earl
itivalisi, Eat] of LIVERPOOL, Mr. VANSITTART;
.s,lr.i.vici.v., Lord Met.csAva, Viscount;
‘ri+ribUtit CAWIIARRAGII, and the Earl,
ilecatyrom temiine, being all the Cabinet Mi.
e‘eept the Marquis .C.isinex.
re-morrow the Loan STENr.tan of the Housauoaa
proceed to the Nouse of Commons, to swear in
34 rawly of the ticii Members as are then hi attend-
once. Thit cereinoll generally takes place in some
ehambors adjoining St. Stephen's Chapel. A.
will then be sent by the Lords Commis-
sioners, requiring the attendance of the Commons in
if Peers, to rec lye commands, in the

the llouse coL yers,
name of his Majesty, to proceed to the election of a
sruker. On II eatteFday he will be presented in
the House of !Ands, and his Majesty's approbation
of their choke communicated to the House. The
interval between Wednesday and Saturday will be
occupied
in swearing in the Members, and on Mon-
day the Houses will proceed to business.
The rumours of his MAJESTY'S extreme danger,
sty'• of a new paroxystn, are tota!ly without foundation.
_We suspect that a most indecent report of the kind
has been circulated to alarm the newly-elected Mem.
oin case of the demise of the Crown before

beri, --
the return of the writs, so as to constitute a New Par-
liament, the old Members must re-assemble. His Ma-
jesty has suffered no •serieus attack of the disorder
recently.
Rio Janeiro Ga:ettes to the Bth of August, have
been received, and furnish the following articles :
" Count Patntw, Envoy Extraordinary from the
Emperor of RCM A, to the Court of the Prince
REGENT of Portugal, arrived in this city on the 21th
of July.
" There having appeared in this city, nmong other
printed papers lately received from Buenos Ayres,
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aSupplenseot to the Gat ette, entitled Extraorta-
twig Ministerial de Buenos :lyres, in which the
Government of those provitices notifies to the inha-
bitants the armistice entered into between the PrincE
Regent and the said Government, establishing in
that negotiation principles derogatory to the cove-
nigiity and independence of his Royal Highness, and
to the valour and energy of his troops,—we are of 1.
cially authorised to contradict that part of this noti.
fit:idiom which says that his Royal Highness soli-
cited the armistice. He assented to that measure
only in furtherance of the beneficient views and
wishes manifested by his great ally his Britannic Ma.
jetty; from a desite on the part of his Royal High-
ness to facilitate as' much as possible the object of
the mediation of that Monarch,—namely, the con-
ciliation and tranquillity of the provinces of the
liver Plate; and also to spare that effusion of blood
which is so repugnant to the know u humanity of his
11 i) al Highness."
The Danish Journals mention that, on the 21th of
()Luber, 20,000 men were assembled in tho neigh-
bourhood of Hirscholm, six leagues from Copenhagen,
and that they were' frequently manueuvred by the
KiNG and Prince Poem:aim.

Policies have been opened on the rumour of gusto
eemen'iudeatb, The public may expect, therefore,*
hear the rumairr echoed from every port, till the gam-
Wert have gained their end.
Infoeutatitin was en Saturday received at Lloyd's,
that the Russian 84 gun-ship, supposed to have foun-
dered on her passage to this country, had put into
Christiansand, in Norway. The account was brought
by a vessel arrived at Leith.
The Lacedassonian frigate, 'bid!ding at Ports.
mouth, is expected to be launched on the .21st of
hest month. The Argo is taken out of dock, and.
Will he 'fitted immediately for Admiral Firtausse'd
flag at Jamaica. The Aboukir is taken intoldechl:
Thv Dreadnought, Excellent, Ekon; and itedepate,
car, are in dock repairing for commission.
The Iphigrcnia frigate will take the next convilto
the Mediterranean' with .Admiral Foo're's let ve
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board. •
Sir T. .OwES, Barr. Who has been returned for
Pembrokeshire, and for tbeboroegh of Pembroke;
&c. will, it is supposed, take, his seat for the for.

mer ; in the expectation of which, Lieut.-GeneraU
PICTON and J. H. ALAN, Esq. of Crisselly, are
canvassing to succed him. S•
Detachments of the •Roril British and Foreign
Artillery, embarked on Friday and Saturday at
Portsmouth ; the former for the West Indies, the
latter for the Cape of Good hope. Detachments of
the King's German Legion Infantry, about 800 men,
are embarking for Sparn.—The first division went on
board on Saturday. Detachments of the 17th Light
Dragoons, 200 men, are to embark for the Army
Depot.
Mr W ,nderstand, took possession of

_...r. ATERS, we in
the Opera-house on Monday last, and a meeting of
the subscribers will be immediately beg", to make all
the necessary arrangements for opening with eclat.
Mrs. SIDDONS, we are told, has made an indirect
overture, through some hints, delicately dropped by
a female friend, that she might possibly he prevailed
upon to resume the buskin at Covent-Garden for a
few nights during the present season only !
KESiBLE haviOg nearly completed his theatrical
itinerary, is expected in town in the course of a few
days, when the negociation for an engagement is ex-
pected to I” resumed.
We learn that the scene of Mr. WALTER SCOTT'S
forthcoming Poem is laid in Yorkshire, Cumber-
land, and Westmorland ; and the period is during
the Civil Wars, previous to the usurpation of
CROMWEI
By a Clause in the Local Militia Aft; Church-
wardens and Overseers are authoristA to convene a
meeting of their respective parishes, and to offer a
bounty of two guineas to volunteers 'willing to serve
in the said corps, which may supersede the necessity
of the pending ballot.
An eminent firm, branching into a great variety*
establishments, failed on Saturday.
Notice has been given in the Gazette, of au inten-
tion to build a Chapel of Ease at Clapham.
A Commission of Enquiry under the Excise is now
sitting at Ipswich : one maltster has been tined up-
wards of 50001. and another7llool.
By the late Act for affording relief to Dissenters
aid Methodists, persons who disturb their licensed
places of public worship are liable to the penalty of
forty pounds.
The highway, denominated the
_King's (toad, from
one end of it to the other, is in so ruinous a state as
k high amongst th.. nuisances which are become

, .._1 ;IRELAND.
CATHOLIC sin(mt, s''-.211
This most respectabie Body sat; pnisnitst to Ad•
jourhment, on the 14th instant. The following is
the brief report of their proc•adkrip from a Corphs.,
pohdeut: r • t
About three o'cloekithe-Clinir eras taken by Lord
FINGALL.—ATtet the. Seirethry pia read the several
Notices for that day —lst, by Counsellor O'Cosix era.,
proposing a Dinner to the Friends of Civil and Reli-
gious Liberty ;-2d, by Mr. LAWLESS, that those
Members of the. Board who, on the laSt Election, de-
lnerted the TaiED Friends of the Catholic Cause. had,
TOrfeited their confidence;-3d, that the Setretaries
Ipf the several counties throughout Ireland should.
furnish Mr. HAY with The names of those 'persons ;
—and 4th, by Dr. Diromnoorx, for calling an A,g.
4regite Meeting. Those, you will perceive, were
only Notices, and in conseqaence of the question of
;wljoarnment being .finally: carried, were not at all
'vdiscussed.
- Mr. O'Couszta.'a Adagio pursuance of the

Upon _ _
Fist notice—
Mr. BYRNE said, he wished to engage the atten•
tion of the Meeting, to caution it against4he adop.
tion of any measures which could Compromise their
respectability, and expose the Body to contempt : a
discussion concerning a Dinner might well become
the Corporation of Dublin, but he trusted it would
L not occupy the grave and serious consideration of the
Representatives of the Catholic Body..
Mr. O'CONNELL hoped no -opposition would be
made, for that en the poini• of or.Arrtrro, even the
Corporation were agreed. He limited the number of
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