The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-03 00:00:00

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Extract of a letter from
Marines, dated St. Audero, Oct. 11:—" Lord Were morning at Guildhall,
LINOTON is still before Burgos ; he has sent twice to having inspected the Mealweieherse'
price of the Quartern Loaf .O RD M A yoR,
this place for powder and ammunition ; the last went the price read to fall Id. in the
off this day,-200 barrels. There is now between still be 1. re•l "
our troops and the enemy a deep fosse, with Weise- Thursday next. - e ei
does, which it is supposed Lord W. will. mine and j The sentimental Toast of " The Land v l' •,„
again storm ; this will be the last resolve, but must and they who don't like it leave it ;" c'
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be resorted to, if the enemy hold out. The French 'em, let 'em leave it," as JACK FULLER3 ',...- e- a
its this place are about 2000. Lord W. has about strictly characteristic ofthe l -
party. This t
420,000, or it may be-25,000. The main body of the remember, was given by Mr. BEbitY 1 s
mieiny are at elirandai neat Vittoria ; our advance, ; Harewood House, at the Jubilee 44
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which consists chiefly of cavalry, is about two leagues given by a dispassionate Alderman,
at I
from Burps. The rainy season will soon set in, : CELLES' Election Dinner at York ; it is to
which will of course stop the operations ; but it is we hear, at the True Blue Club at Lew,
, generally believed Lord Ws:eras:Gime will not go will always be a favourite with a family and
into winter-quarters, unless absolutely compelled ; ; who would, if they had the power, ,•
as they
but after taking Burgos and Pancorvo, will direct his I inclination, crush or expatriate every man, as
whole force against SOULT. It is imagined we are body of men, that dares to differ in opine
waiting for Spanish reinforcements, in order to ' them on any subject of Trade, Politics, or t
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th:ldr:Ttiiiai
, blockade, and perhaps attack Santuna : another sur- The Life Guards, although '
embarked on their e..
I mise is, that we are to winter here. We have just rival at Portsmouth, are still at etoe • ees e n
at,
. , and do
received a supply of dollars from Corunno.." I not expect to sail till next month.
We had an interview yesterday with a gentleman' There are at present 2000 men and upward;e 2
who has just arrived front Quebec, having left the , army depot, in the Isle of Wight,
under the C 0.,.
, neighbourhood of that fortress as late as the 6th ult.mand of Major-Gen. TA Y ready i
toe, to be embarked
and he supplies us with the followiug particulars : , for different destinations on fo • • reign service.
" The force under Sir G. Pnevose consists of 7,000 `, Miss Dueces.—W
e are harpy to inform our
men, of which 3,000 are regulars, about 3,840 mili- , readers that this excellent actress ^en d accomplehei
tia,
' I l and 160 Indians. About 80 more Indians of the ' young lady was led to the hymeneal I a tar on Feriae
clan of St. Regis had offered their service, on the morning, by JAMES DAVIDSON,
Esq. of Chiswict:,
condition of obtaining rank and pay, but this con- The ceremony was performed at Chiswick Church.
cession not being immediately made, they went over We hope that this addition to Miss private ll.'s pri hae.
to the Americans. The force of arm. Deetteoav piness will not deprive the public of
was composed of 18,000 men, and 3 or 4,000 more which•her superior acting ever affords.
were advancing to join him under GAM. BLOMPIEED. ' Mr. JORDAN returned to town from her theatrical
The Americans had also about 1,500 men at Olden- , excursion to the south-west of Englsed on Thursday.
burg, 160 miles above St John's Fort. Gen. Par-1 Nine prisoners made their escape, on Tuesday
YOST was encamped South of Montreal, near to St. eight, from the Evan prison-chip, at Gillingham.—
John's." - I Four of them were found dead in the marshes the
Admiral Sir JOHN BORLARE Wenneei, who sailed i next morning, two have been since taken, audthree
from Spithead on the 14th of August, arrived at are supposed to have got off.
Halifax- on the 26th of September, with the San! At the recent election at Abingdon, a bull was
Domingo and Poicticrs, the Magnet having parted': led through the streets, decorated with various trap.
company in a gale of wind. Sir Jon,/ found at Hali- ' pings and labels, expressive of sinecures, places,
fax the Africa (Vice-Admiral SAWYER), Junon, pensions, and taxes, to the no small annoyance of
Shannon, and Herring schooner. A letter we have , some, and the diversion of others.
received, from an Officer of the San Domingo,l
, An occurrence, so tragical in its nature that we
says—" We find on our arrival, that the Americans : shudder in relating it, took place a few days ago at
appear determined to prosecute the war with all pos.' Murrisk, in the county of Mayo. Two female
bible fury, and it is likely we shall have our hands' children, the one nine and the other 11 years old,
full of it. They have already nearly 400 privateers I were, in the absence of their parents, locked up to.
at sea; some of them are very large, and are gone igether in a cabin in which were both fire and tow.
even to the chops of the British Channel. Admiral j How they communicated with each other is not
SAWYER, it is expected, will return to Englandiknown, but the melancholy consequence was, that
with the next convoy. We captured one Amerie j the two children were literally burnt to cinders. The
can, and recaptured a West Indiaman on her passage I house was not consumed, and upon opening it the
out." remains (which consisted merely of the bones) of the
We have advice, from St. Domingo of the Ist of eldest, as was supposed from their size, were found
August, which state, that in the part of the Island at the door, to which it is concluded that she re.
under the tyranny of Ceniseoente all the Whites paired in her horrible situation, with the vale hom
(by which is to be understood the French only) were of effecting her escape. The bones of the other poor
massacred. CILBISTOPIIE, on his return to the Cape, victim lay in the middle of the floor.
after his unsuccessful expedition against Port-au- N oimproper women, it seems are to be permitted
Prince, murdered all his prisoners. to enter the Theatre at Rochester. We sincerely
The American Congress was to have met yesterday. hope, for the honour of the town, that it will be able
An opinion has very naturally gone abroad, that to fill the benches with women -of an opposite dea-
ths appointment of Earl MOIRA to the high office of ratter.
C °Tomboy General and Commander in Chief in 111 •
•Wanted a large supply of flummery, ad ed
din, is a proof that the Catholic Claims are to be.
to the taste' of Mr. CANNING, and ofsticking a qua.
conceded, and that all disabilities on the score of .him .
pity topside as a paten upon the Premier.—.km
religious worship are to be removed. We believe
plication to be made at the office of any of the Minis-
that the Noble Lord accepts the office in no such
terial Prints.
persuasion; but that, on the contrary, he is con-
On Wednesday last Mr. T. Hors.. of Tavistock,
vinced that Ministers have resolved to exert the full
put an end to his existence, by swallowing a large
influence of the Government in withstanding the pe-
. dose of laudanum. He was married only on 'me S'a.
titions of right to be presented by the Catholic Body.
From the Baltimore Sun, of the 11th Sept. turday previous, to a young Lady to whom he had
" REPORTED NAVAL ACTION.—Capt. BoYmt, of long paid his addresses. The following is a copy of
the ship Francis, Informed the Captain of the Yankee found in the waistcoat pocket of use deceased,
a letter .
(front whom we have the information), that in the addressed to his wife :—.." MY DEAREST GRACE,—
afternoon of the 18th ult. off the South Tail of the I must leave
you for ever—the Great Supreme
I Being I trust, will take you to his care ! With my
Great Bank, he saw an engagement between the .
United States frigate Essex (as he supposed) and a' latest breath I have to beg the Almighty to bless,
British frigate, the convoy of a fleet of merchant. I preserve, and keep you !—Oh, my poor distracted
What shall I do ? Can I live to hear my '
men ; he counted 11 broadsides, while they were i brain •
enveloped in smoke, and shortly after one of the fri- I name stigmatised as a * * * * s."—The few re-
gates (supposed the British), made sail to escape, and 1 maining words were unintelligible, the ink being ap-
la running fight ensued, which continued until dark ! parently smeared with the finger.
I—saw nothing of them next morning." 1 Several French Officers were a few days ago re.
The Swiss Diet, by a Public Act, io July, suggest- I moved from the Transport Office, on their way to
ied by the French Government, declared all bequests ; Reading, in Berkshire, together with their baggage,
in the Cantons of the Confederation, in favour of &c. among which was a large chest, filled with
the natives of Italy, null and void. A French De- i Spanish dollars and gold, belonging to one of the
cree, dated Smolensko, makes this obligation red-, chief Officers.
/meal in Italy, by abolishing the droll d'aubane of EXTRAORDINARY SHOT. —A —few days ago Jules
the Italians, in favour of the Swiss. WESTM ICK, Sir HENRY VANE TEMPEST'S keeper,
The humble echo of that part of Lord Milton's speech, being ein the gun-room at Wynyard, Durham, saw
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relating to the contracts and johhing,,given by his 4a hare from the window at some distance , at Sir
Coadjutor from the hustings at .York, reminds one ; Heeete's express wish he shot the hare, at tie sue
forcibly of an incident that occurred some years ago I prising distance of 155 yards.
IN an election at Bristol, when Mr. BURKE and ano- 1
j The Pohtmasters-General of Ireland have appoiut.
'Vier Getitleivan were returned to represent that city ed a military escort to accompany the Derry coach,
lis Parliament ; EDMUND, as his practice was, deli- independent of the guards usually employed.
,tared an Address of Thanks, full of fire and patri- ,
i ROWING MATElL—Tuesdav afternoon a match
otism, at the conclusion of which his colleague, who
took place between two Gentlemen, named Watson
like one of our County Members, was not distin- ,
and K• f guineas. The conditions were,
mg, fir twenty
guished for his eloquence, presented himself at thee
to start from the Strand Bridge, to row up to the
front of the hustings, and said—" Gentlemen, I say, being a distance of two
;Spread Eagle, at Mill-hank,
Ditto to Mr. BURKE."
' miles. It was a well contested match, both comee
The True Blue Club, in imitation of General
titers keeping pace with each other unto the winnifl
Lunn, and for purposes equally pernicious, his •
place. It being considered a dead heat, each paid
begun. to twist in its Members. This factious corn- down ten guineas, rind decided the wager over an
munity, which is neither numerous nor select, may elegant supper, consisting of the greatest delicacies of
be divided into three classes:—tat. Hotheaded To- '
the season.
visa.-2.d. Contractors and Expectants—and 3d. A newly-discove
red Island, in the latitude of shoe
Agents and Tradespeople of the Harewood family. '5l South, named
Macquarrie Island, in compliment
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—Their object is to light up the torch of discord,
the G of t British possessi of ustel
and to perpetuate its flame" in every town, in every 1
Asia, ha
veov opened anhe edditional fruitful ons
fieldA to ad.l _
village," in the county ; this Tavern-faction—these •
venturers in the Seal Fishery, and the enterprise of
Turtle patriots, have the arrogance and hypocrisy to
those individuals who prosecuted the fishing at Nat,'•
announce themselves as the guardians of good sense, 1 rded• LP'
i wards
Island, have been abundantly rewa •
public spirit, loyalty, and religion !
wards of 80,000 Seals had
been caught at that blind
Mr. FAIRBROTHER IS to have the management of
in the course of a few months. Governor Macquar-
the Theatre in Tottenham-court-road this winter. i
1 rie embarked from Sydney in November, in a co-
Ksetsee is expected in town, and though he and lonia! schooner, and sailed on a tour to the Soother*
tie partners, according to report, have not been Settlements. His P y xcellenc MSS expected to return
upon the most cordial footing for some time, yet it to Sydney early in January.
esd
th ,
is supposed that he will beinduced to give the steeng . We , me learn, that Potatoes, supposed to be damse
restored by
of his talents to the Theatre in the course of the pre.
Iby the late heavy rains, may be entirely .
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cs_
sant season. . ;drying them on kilns
used for oatmeal or malt. 1% e '
person ct
e,. There is now on hoard the Diomede a man taken r state from very good.
authority, that one pm ,
tising this merited,
ping • to a French port, in a sniall boat, baring I
to I the course of a Angle year, by Prate , .Al
fora gallon cask of guineas on bowl). saved a field of 12 sere; from being entirely sp

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