The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-30 00:00:00

TIIE STATESNIAN.

0. .1' RICE further stated, in support of those appoint-
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etostneridiaoyuset,he whichP Prince c"e.asßieiguentitet
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l meats, that when Marines were landed on the coast
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. .
of the enemy, they were usually commanded by Na-
SlR,—After the many energetic appeals that have•
rat Officers. The assertion is correct ; and to his numerously aatteLendv7d.—at
been made to the' sihlic hi behalf of its dearest There were present, among others—
CaYrl
and the Beard of Admiralty's disgrace, it is so ! T
rights; the lethargic ladifference with whir'.l it has so ,he Hakes of Clarence and Cumberland. the Caliinct Minis-
Their Lordships are not satisfied with having exclu- ter., the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain. the Gold Stick
long viewed the accumulating power of corruption, j (Lord Cathcart), Mr. Adam, in his robe,. • Chancellor o the
l, died Officers of Marines (let their rank be what it Prince for the D • of • ' t
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and which must ultimately end in the annihilation (Tr j ucay t ornwals ; Ili- forkish, Neapootaii.
.. ma from all command on board ship, but to make "11(1 Sardinian Ainbasadort • the An a.' • ii. 'tau Charge d'Allairts,
the grandest fabric ever • neared by the wisdom, g . the Jude Advocate, ffic: '
4 thenc,in the event of the death of the Naval Officers,
an, it may be thought by many, that the afro% After the Levee, his Royal Ilighness, being seated
with the Address on the assassination of Mr.
of an humble individual in the support of a merits.
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usan in the ship (and which, for• the good of the •
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service is perfectly correct) ; but in all military ope- I ford,
his presence the Members of the University of Ox-
-1 subservient to the orders of the.meanest individual sea- on the Throne, the Lord !
rious body, that has long groused under* the most
fraudulent oppression, but whose loyalty has 'is . . , Perceval. Lord Grenville, the Chancellor of the
rations on shore. they suffer Naval Officers to cona-
therto withheld it from the public ear, ,will tee?. , , University, in his full robes, was conducted by the
who necessarily are completely ignorant' of '
only to create a transient indignatio... in the..cons. , band, I three Esquire Betiells, and accompanied by the Arch-
ifs *duties and consequently, in allowing such ap- ; bishop of the Bishops
munity, thut has reaped the harvest of .its glees- • . . 9 York, of London, Oxford,
IW. he te St. Asa h Carlisle
pt it hu !pointinents to be given, they must beactuated solely 1 we s r, p,, the Lord Chancel-
ous services; and to increase the contempt
'with the view to pluck the laurel from the brow of 1 kw, as Lord High Steward of the University, the
invariably experienced from its omiressorse—But,l • I King's Advocate, the Judge of the Admiralty, the
Rdodiaa has. been sufficient merit to adorn the undeserving. Their Lordships can
Sir, a momentary I Duke of Dorset, Lords Binning and Kenyon, the
perceive the injury that would arise to the service F.
to convince me,
.that lowever blind or indifferent it 1 i art of Yarmouth, the Speaker of the' House of
• from the command of a ship devolving to a military :co Sir J. C. m• •
may be to what irnmediately concerns itself, • the I , . . Commons, ippisley, Mr. M. A. Taylor,
!man .—but the love of their country, or their ; and about one hundred Heads of Houses,
British publicis too enlightened not to be fully ca-; ./.,, Doctors,
• imlnaculite sense of justice, drew a veil over the ; Masters, lee. They were all most graciously re-
pable of apprecietinsp the merits of.•its brave de- i., . .
• atfficulties that must be 'presented to a Naval I ceived. They came in procession from the St. Al-
fenders ; and that it pessesses too strong an inherent ~... ban's Tavern, in their Collegiate dresses : the no-
senseaharracter (destitute even of the theory of military . of
of justice to allow its rewerds to be fraudu- i • ; veity their appearance attracted a large concourse
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.. • ; kpowledge) in the command of a military force . lof
lently appropriated. i people.
••• • c No--in the frenzy of their heroism, they conceived 1 The
The mention of the Royal Marine Corps cannot ; following had the honour of being presented
• e kin those difficulties would give way, to the magic sounds .to the Prince
fail to brint to your ',collection this shirt it, . ;
.•. i: !of a speaking trumpet, or the shrill notes of a boat--1 CaptalaTonkin,and Sir Richard Harte, by the Lord in Wait-
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those actions that liave reared an eternal monumeot „ ine.
swain's whistle! I . Le Colnte Foscardi, Deputy from the lonian Isles.
of glory tit..the British name! I ,The part• it also I
is i Sir Humphrey Davy, on his marriage.
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took when those hossours..irere sullied by a mss. ;Such, Sir, Sit James Shaw, with • an Adireafrom Kilmarnock.
. • . • 'of Acre, Nlarcou, and Auliolt—actions alone suffi- i. The Fart of Imusdale, to present an Address of Condolence on
guiled Nario, itl,o4l4oidpinently" conspicuous to the death of 'Mr. Pt-retreat, from-the Bormigh of Kendal
;Gent to immortalize the corps of Royal Marines, The Earl of Eglintonn, to present an Address from the'county
theannals of loyalty tt 'That such services should ge ; ,
' - . although Naval cupidity has bestowed on others the- 9r R'nfrew• a
Ply-
unrewarded, should aknost cease to exist in the minds ! Sir C. Pole and Sir T. Tyrwhitt, with an Address from ' glory of the performances. Mr. YORKE has as- mouth.
of a whole nation ; that men so deserving should be left Major Sir John Tylden, upon which occasion he received the
wholly at the mercy of a Board, that has bestowed stared the country, that there are a sufficient' honour of Knighthood.
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number of Field Officers of Royal Marines for the , Le c'se
, tither de Medici, Ministermf his Sicilian Majesty.
the highest situations in the Corps on Officers of a , , , . j Mr. Chute, Mr. Heathcote, Sir Thomas Miller, and Admiral
i execution of all duties that are required of them ; ! :Markham, with an Address from the inhabitants of the tots o and
distinct service—a sortice that has received every , parish of Portico, on the death of Mr. l'er eial.
; but will he not allow that some reward is due to those
reward and encouragement that could be given by a , ; idr. Chine, Mr. Heattwole, and Major-General Porter. with
I who have devoted a long life in the service of the 'an Address from the inhabitants of the town and parish of Goe
grateful and truly generous people ; that the many ,
?—lf , . . . port, on the death of Mr. Perceval.
nation not, why is that which is withheld from Viscount Minima and Mr. Wilberforce, with Addresses from
memorials of this oppressed body, in behalf of its
one service bestowed on another ?—Why does the the Corporation of Doncaster, and from the hlaster Cutlers,
just claims, should experience nothing but contempt _ . • i cleegy. Gentry, ite. of Sheffield, and t.s neighbourhood.
list of Admirals contain upwards of two hundred, 1 TA e High Sheriff, the Vice Lieutenant, 7.nd hlemberafor Sum:
and insult, can be attributed only to a corrupt and rey, wish an Address.
when only thirty are employed ? Why does the list mr. Powell Collings and MBa • • h AO r. ring, with an drcz from
overwhelming influence that has long prayed ou the
of Captains contain double the number that are fight- : the bomugh and neighb'ourhood of Tauaton,
vitals of the state ; and by diffusing itself through I Mr. Hondas, with two Adlresses from the city of Edinburgh.
battles of the The same observations I Vice. Admiral Martin on his ' ing the
the Representatives of the People, has nearly extin-1I Lisbon.
fished that noble enthusiasm which has so often are aNanswer Fraser, on promotion, licable to the army ; and the only that i Rear- Admiral r and being appointed
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. can be given is, that they are the rewards of a grateful Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge.
animated Parliament in the cause of justice.— Sir Richard Clanton, try Lord Henniker.
people for long and meritorious services; but as . Lieutenant-General Hewett, on his return from India.
The achievements of the Navy, within these few_ ,' Lord Edward 013 r •en and Sir George Bowyer, by the Lord
none of the members of the Marine Corps have a '
years, have been so truly splendid, so superior to in Matting.
vote in Parliament, and being otherwise deficient in
sail George Pigot, on his promotion to the rank of Lieute-
erery thint before recorded in the annals of nations ; -General.
. of interest, the Lords of the Admiralty, in the height} sir John Hill. a ith an Address from the town of Shrewsbury.
in its consequences, the sole prop of the liberties Sir Edward Berry, by the Lord in NI aiting.
of their generosity, have bestowed ou the Navy the
the civilized world, has so completely dazzled the Cold Montfort, upon being appointed Major in the Ist Surrey
i greatest portion of their claims; and; front motives' amnia.
tn.! 4s!anding, so entwined itself around the affet; . Lieut-Colooel Robert Chat:dire Hill, on being immigrated
.. of the purest patriotism, they refuse to increase the '
1 Proxee for hi. brother, Sir Rowland Hill, K. B.the •' at ensiling
tions of a grateful country, as to vanish from its re- I • •
installation of the Bath.
m ' burthens of the People by giving to the Marines the
memos once that they are the acts of mortals! 'he, ..,-, caps. Christopher Cole, ft. N. on being nominated Proxy for
1 trilling remainder!! In fact, Sir, the Mat ines have • Sir Richard Goodn in Keats, K. B.
person, therefore, who asserts, that the railer. of ,' Sir Hobert Barlow, as Proxy for Sir George Barlow.
such men do, in common with others, breathe the I
ever been considered by the,Honourable Board oft • • ', • Gordon,his • •
Admiralty, as mere stepping-stones for the advance- Captain the Hon. Charles on being appointed
Proxy fur Sir J. Hope.
pestilential air of eerruption; that they are capible Charles Henry Colville, Esq. to be Knighted, as Proxy to
't IMAM of Naval ambition.. The MOO supernumeraries Sir T. Graham.
of oppressing thirty-fiwe ihotreentl• of those very men i. •E. N. Flint, Esq. Proxy fur the Right Hon. Sir Henry Wel -•
Mr. Volute has neglected for these last three years to i
that hare gained the admiration of the world'; that* lesley
appoint to Companies, for no other possible reason ! Captain Bayntuo, of his Majesty's yacht Royal Sovereign, by
have remained firm •iti - the cause of their 'coon- . Lord ti. Murray.
try, and baffled the designs of those who aimed at
but to withhold a small promotion from the Senior captain H. licathcote, on his return from Persia and Java.
Lieutenants ; and this is the man who declared, in the Dr. hleyriek, on attending with the University of Oxford Ad-
its destruction, should be not only prepared to sop- ....,. dress.
Mouse that no ope could hare the interest of the Captain Thomas John Cochrane, R. N. on being nominated
port the charge with the most conclusive evidence,. ..... 1. Proxy fur his father, the Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane, at the
ne Corps more at heart than himself ! ! Be- ensuing Installation.
but possess a power of eloquence, which shall paint :
wing that what I have already advanced is sufficient . Cot. Thos. Sidney Beckwith, on being nominated Proxy fur
vice in colours so hideous, as to banish prejudice l, .his brother Sir G. Beckwith.
110 convince the nation, that the Royal Marine Corps - Lieut.-General Alexander Campbell, on being nominated
from the mind, and prepare it for the reception of t
• tit not only the meritorious body generously acknow- ; Prue} for the Earl of Wellington, .
truths, which mast create the utmost indignation.— t.h • edh
Si Paul Bagliotts upon which occasion c received the ho-
-1 by Mr. YoRXE in public ; but that it is also de- nour of Knighthood.
I have not, believe me, Sir, the vanity to suppose,
Mr. Hornby, Mr. Lowodes, M. P. for Buckinghamshire Mr.
er dedando ressed as d scribed b litercuiv. athßuckinghamshire, '-
pp s f- y Mr. . . Jrpe, Mr. R.
.Wilbraham, and Mr. Cotes, At. I'. for SI ;
that I arnsgifted with this ability ; my sole aim is to ' ". a
sox, in Parliament ; I shall conclude my letter by ' shire, by the Lord in Waiting. •
Corn-
attract the attention of talent, and to adduce facts
siring the most clear and convincing proofs (and wall, by the Lord in Waiting.
that shall stimulate it in the support of neglected tied - Bodmin, b • Mr. D .
Rev. John Pomeroy, Mayor of .. y .D.
which I defy the worthy Mr. Yotge to deny) of the i
defrauded merit. • The Rev. Ruben Hodson, by the lion. Charles Finch,.
• I hostile disposition of the present Board of Admi- • Captain D. Roberts, it. N, on promotion.
Without Anther prefati, therefore, I shall pro-' ratty towards it. I i Captain Henniker, R. N. by Lord Henniker.
seed to state, that the corps of Royal Marines con.) By an Order of the PRINCE REGENT, dated the, Captain Flea Hatton, Ist East Kent local Militia.
Captain Staheby, R. N. on hls promotion.
assts of thirty-two thousand five hundred men, voted . 19th of March, 1811, an allowance was directed to ' Eas
Captain W: promotion, on pruotiou, and return from the
by Parliament, and three thousand supernumera- Ibe given in aid of the expenses of the messes of : (4,
, 'rpsainesiihriel, R. N. on promotion.
Fieki ; every regiment, battalion, or Cones, when stationed' j Captain Sprange, R. N. on his appointment to the Barham.
ries ; that the appointments of General 'and
in Great Britain. For every regiment or battalion r Captain Campbell, It. N. on promotion,
I licere are—one General, one Lieutenant-General, The Bishop of Ely, on his translation to that See.
.of ten troops; or companies, and upwards, et; Major-General Keminis, on his return from Spain and Porto-
n Major-General, and four Colonels, from the ' h f ° 01
it e rete o .5 . per annum, and that the al. Atal•
'.: ivy; five Colonel-Commandants, eight' Second ! lowance should commence from the '2sth of be. i
1 M P. for Maidstone
Mr. G. Longman, .M. . . 7
1 Lieut.-General Phipps, with an Address from Scarborough.
. • ionel-Cornotandiota,taisteen Lieutenant-Colonels, , camber, 1809. The Royal Marines waited, I be,' Major.Oeneral Stopford, on his return from Portugal.
~.1 Sixteen Majors, from the Marines. I General Neldham .on the 86th Re anent being made Royal
!neve, until the October following, without re- ,' .. 8
County Dowqltegunent.
the ceiv g
in any order from the Admiralty for the pay- ;
The first seven appointments constitute charge MAjor Muar i.th Regiment, Madras Cavalry, on hi, return
meat of it ; when, fearing that it might have escaped llom India, bl. Sir C. Dallas.
i have preferred against the Board of Admiralty, • Lordships i Murrayk .
9 ' their recollection, they wrote and solicit- th ke,ortilmJeanm,
,elDeputs-Qu ' -Master-Gr- I
and in which I am satisfied that
I shell he supported' ed that they should, its common with other Corps, re- ! neria? East. Undies, his' 4.turn from India. - • 1
L lim
y the suffrage of every feeling and honourable serve the bounty of the
PRINCE REGENT. The iter ' Major Cottoning, Inverness Militia, by Lord James Murray.
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nintl,When it is considered, that those appointments given was a direct refusal. Lord PAr.mrastos Was t.iarji(;rlicesvti'aer, sitival itarmar ~ Artillery, by the Lord War-1
are to its boWers completely sinecures ; and that then applied to, who immediately inclosed to them eeeot,',"elli
1 tantly7rib Viscount Lake, on hi, arrival trot*; India.
a printed copy of the order issued by the direction his ~I
those who ace entitled to them, as the rewards of Coionel liriewatby,yof the first Foot Guards, on promotion.
• of the PRINCE REGENT, and which was, by a Mess iColonel Fitzroy, on big promotion.
services, do not receive the slightest remuneration ' Committee) transmitted to the Board of Ad- Lieut.-Colonel G. Napier, of the 52d Regiment, on his return
for such appropriations. Will any man, who is at all miralty. Their Lordships then directed, that from Potugal.
Lieut.-Col. Carey, 84th Regiment, on his return from India. I
under the influence of justice, say, that those who the allowance should be paid, but only from the Lient.-Colonel Keppk Money, on his oou rattiou in dtine. [tie
have served 58,years in the honourable discharge of date of their letter. Another application was made ItunsLiefurolm-C
troteul
.Ctin.glilan, erase Regiment, on promotion antra.
duties which have contributed, as mock as any other, to them for the arrears, but which they positively ! Lieut.-Colonel Lloyd. .
refused to comply wit([. 'Mr. Yonxt, in answer to I . Mr. Brooke Taylor, on his return from Sicily.
branch of the public service, to raise England Vibe Sir. George Forbes, on going abroad, by Lord J.
another Mum-
.- application made
..to him, regretted that it Mr. Owen, R. A. on his appointment of principal permit.
envkble and truly glorious eminence it holds hi the :
was not in his power to alter the decision of the I painter to the Prince Regent. . ••-
6: 1 of nations ; that they are not entitled 'to . fig ...Board. General Biaci,st, the resident Command- I I.ieut..Colimel Gaitskill, with Surrey Address.
A•i, -, . - .I ieut -Colonel Foley, with an lad-
ir ill.. G.Locatteurill and . . ~
thr. highest situatious in thi service in which; y , ant. n, Loudon, then waited .on .-Mr. YORKE, and , drSes, lay of Hereford. .7. ,
have so served? -Jr they are not 'entitled
,to. themt; pointed out the hardship of our not being allowed to I Major-General Stevan, on his 'return from India,. and proMo-
micelle the arrears in common with other corps, a
no other men cast possibly have a.cleien ;.altdlthe pre- : and I tioi..lieut.-Colonel Pepper, Royal Meath Militia, op carting from
Mr: Yonia was softens a into a compliance.—Thus, l Ireland.
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sent appointments must neeessasily be either. a de. - -
you perceive, the Board'of Admiralty did not hesi-' Lieut.-colonel Lowe, on his arrival from the lonian Isles.
fraud on the Senior Officitsiof the Marinei •or onLieut.-Colonel Montgomery, Fermanagh Milhia.. •
. r i iii direct apposition• o an order
ate to act t from the ,
e Lord De Dunstauville, the Mayor, Km:border, arid Mr. Slann .
tbe Nation ! ! ... ~_,..•
i PRINCE REGENT,, to do an injury to a body of nteu : Member for Pearyn. with all Address frotojhat Borotigh. . .
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1 Sir Leonard Wordey Holmes, with Addresses from the So-
lt was lately stated by Mr. Yoisc, in Perlis. 1 placed under their PROTECTION.
rouges of Newport and Yarmouth.
ment (in answer to Mr. IlirromvsoN), in justifin. 1 Such, Sir, is '
the gloomy, but faithful picture of 1 „
lhe following were also presented wlth• 'Ad-
the Bo.yal Marine Corp ~ Corps • should your love of jus-
lion of such• appointments, that the•rnajority of _the dresses : i
tice induce yon to giveit a place in your invaluable
Marine Corps were always servin *rdsilt
g on bored
„.11/4 pablicalibti • and it affords but one gleam of hope to Mr. 2. Berens Recorder, from Maidstone; Mr. Lyttleton,
: from Kiddermins;er a Mr. Yocock and Mr. Astell, from Ilridg-
raid consequently commanded by Naval Otheediri cheer the despondent souls of the Captains, that have I water; Mr. Houston, from Glasikow ; Mr. Otafra, from the
But in what manner are they ded • • • faltlkf 11served their country thirty-five years,d '
so mimeo --..is it is i u y
i Macdonald, from Newcaltle-under-Lyme ; Mr. fil:Sigtoo, from
a naval or military capacity ? The Navy tritest:surely; . the Subalterns fourteen, without a prospect of fur- .sarborought Mr. H. Cavendish, from the Mayor arid corro-
I 'extras of Derby ; Mr. L. !rondos, from the Corporation of the
is ith an equal plea of justiee, have claimed the highest i ther promotion ;. the artist will be amply rewarded
Taylor, from Wells ; Mr. SAvilieffrons
for his labeur, and you will confer n lasting obli- •
fislatia:frol•otrikoi Ititl?;saaton ; Lord 0: L. .1..50 ' w,er, from Moll-••
.appointments in the regular Army,. when, in foimer ‘lir fir W"
gr.tion on. . . • verhamptou j_ Cal. Lyster, Sheriff, from Shropshire! • . •
wars, it did duty on beard ship 313 IhrinCs ! :—/k7r. . .. C. /du ow suBALTSB/41. Ridley aml 'az Draedliag, from Newcastle-uponayae.
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ROYAL MARINES.

' THE PRINCE REGENTS LEVEE.
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There were present it ihqTee=
Draxs—Bueeleugh, Mantras-, Roxburgh.
Mannurs ea —Winchester, Head fort, lien ford, :Tow miliend.
orate*, teintoun, Sandwich, Cork, Yarmonti,
ljudsk ,v Shaftesbury, -dale, Camden, Courtow n, Roden,
floss, Moira, Uxbridge, Punk, ketnare, Chohnomleies.
• VtscousTs—Perceval, Cmtbeart, Hood, Folkestone, Lake,
Milton, Castleross.
honos—Risen, 'Gower, J. Thynne, J. Murray, MOntford,
C. Somerset, Henniker, Teignniumb, Bolton, De Dunstan% ale,
G. h. Dower, IL O'Bryen, Wbitworth, Boston.
Count Munster. •
Lammas—Hereford, Chester, W inelsester, Losidon,Cl?yae, &c.