The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-17 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

doubt that it will emphatically speak the general
sense of the landed and commercial property of
the. rotestants, and, beyond any thing which has
yet occurred, tend to harmonise the feelings of this
country, and give confidence and security to the
Empire. The first name to the above-mentioned
Petition is that of the Right Hon. DAVID Lixoncur:,
followed by the signatures of several others of that
most respectable family. We have also observed the
names of the Right HOD. HENRY GRATTAN, Lords
MEATH and LISMORE, the BOR. JAMES BUTLER, &C."
—(Correspondent.)
" It was announced in the Dublin Evening Post of
last Saturday, that a Petition to Parliament was
circulated for the purpose of being signed by Pro-
testants, in favour of the claims of their Catholic
countrymen. This statement has been denied with
an illiberality of expression peculiar to one of the
State Slanderers, whose virulence, like a gangrene,
becomes more malignant by the lapse of years and
the decay of nature ! It was stated that the Peti-
tions were signed by some of the most respectable
Protestants in Dublin, and the statement is true.
Even signatures of Gentlemen resident in the coun-
try, but possessing property in the city, have been
received at this Office. It is impossible, at the pre-
! sent late hour of the day (two o'clock), to insert
all the signatures, but the following names appear at
the head of the list :—DAvIn LA TOUCHE, P. LA
TOUCHE, PETER DIORES LA TOUCHE, Lord Lis-
MORE, HENRY GRATTAN, BUTLER, M. P. for
Kilkenny, &c. &c."—(Dublin Evening Post )

A report haring gone abroad that Mrs. VERMIL•
Low., of the Pear-tree public-house, where IVillions
resided, had confessed that she participated in the
guilt of that atrocious murderer, we have made
inquiry respecting the matter, and hare ascer-
tained that there is no truth in de story. Mrs.
VERMILLOE IS now at home at her own house,
and no appearance of guilt attached to her. Hart,
and the landlord of the Duke of Kent public-house,
are to be privately examined this afternoon at Bow-
'street.

Last night, in the House of Commons, Mr. PER.•-
ctvAL submitted his plan for the new arrangement
of his MAJESTY'S Household. It will comprise
28 Officers, including four Lords of the Bed-cham-
ber, four Grooms of the Chamber, seven Equer-
ries, with the Groom of the Stole at its head,
and in his absence, the Vice-Chamberlain.—
The KING'S private property is to be invested in
three Commissioners, one of them a Master in
Chancery. The whole additional annual expense to
the nation is estimated at 70,0001. The whole of his
MAJESTY'S Household is to be under the controul
of the QuREI. His Royal Highness the Prince of
WALzs is to be allowed 100,0001. to reimburse his
expenses as Regent, since he took upon him the du•
ties of that office.
There are accounts from France to the 6th inst.
which state that reinforcements have been lately sent
into Spain, consisting chiefly of Conscripts.
Disparities were yesterday sent off for Cadiz, with
propositions for adjusting the points in dispute be-
tween our Minister and the Spanish Government.
A vessel has arrived at Londonderry from New
York, after a short passage. We do not Lind that the
least prospect is held out of any accommodation
of the differences between Mr. FOSTER and Mr.
Mostoe. •
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