The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-21 00:00:00

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THE trIitESIIIAN.

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111EtidA Y, APRIL. Yip 1811.
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It now appears that die ring of Truce, whiNar-
rived at Dover on Sunday, brought dispatches from
the French Minister of Foreign Relations, addressed
to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
On their arrival in town, Lord CAsmaxarin had
an audience of the PRINCE REozer on the subject,
and the communication of the _French Minister Was
afterwars submitted to'a Cabinet Council. gothing
has transpired as to the nature of these dispatches,
but it is generally believed they relate to a negocia.
lion for peace with this' coaatry, which, we are sorry
to repeat, there is no prospect we shall soon enjoy,
unless a change of men awl Measures takes place.—
It is expected that the almstlX.of our Government
:o.ll4.beseet off this day, iis.fbe.conveyed from Do.:1
rev to. Calais in a Flag of tittle.

List night we received Paris Papers to the 16th
instant, but they do not contain any article of i►n-
portance. BONAPARTE had not left Paris; neither
does it appear that any preparations are making for
his departure. When he receives the answer of Mi-
nisters to hi. last communication, it is very probable
he will then declare himself more explicitly than he
has yet done, u to his present views.

It will be seen by the following extract of a lettee,'
dated on Sunday twat, and roceived in town this
morning, that there has been some recent disturb-
ances at Manchester, on account of the high price of
provisions :

" MAYCILESTER, APRIL 19.

" Yesterday there was a riot here. Soldiers, both
foot and horse, parading the streefs. There are
many sent to the New Bailey Prison, and, 'although
the Quarter Sessions only ended last Friday, there
are Sessions to be on Thursday nest to try the riot-
ers. I think they are only beginning here ; but the
Boroughreeve anti Magistrates are acting in as cool a
manner as possible, and with as much lenity ; pota-
toes were at-19s. per.load, but the Magistrates are
going to sell them at Bs. to-morrow. Yesterday the
mob turned the carts loaded with potatoes over, and
they were taken away by them; they also took a
quantity of meat from the butchers, which they
di-
vided amongst each other. The Major of the Cum-
berland Militia was busy yesterday with the Magis-
trates, selling potatoes to the mob that had been ware-
housed."

" I am firmly persuaded, that if the system low adopted were
abandoned, the consequence would be the szfffedien e the
Comm*, of Great Britaln."—Mr. Room

Is it come to this ? Is the once flourishing Com-
merce of Great Britain reduced to so Low an ebb ? Is it
dependent on the will of BONAPARTZ ? Is it to flourish
or decay at NAPOL&ON'S nod? Such, indeed, is the
conviction of theVice-President of the Board of Trade
—such his declaration, on the Hon. Mr. limiter's
Motion for the production of certain papers connect-
,ed with the Licence Trade. If such be the case, we
are ruined indeed ! Who have brought us into this
j humiliating, dependent situation, but his Majes-
ty's Ministers, who, by persisting In the Orders in
Council, have shut us out from alt trade with
America, the effects of which are felt from one end
of Great Britain to the other, end all for the sake
of distressing the enemy, by destroying his com-
merce I The Orders in Council were adopted and
persisted io for the declared purpose of annihilating
the commerce of France ; of impoverishing her
revenue, and of making her government abandon
her Berlin wed Milan Decrees. Mr. kola, how-
ever, tells us, and he ought to know, that if we
refuse to accept of a partial, restricted, disadvan-
tageous trade, which BOSAPARTI now and then'

permits, for his owe purposes, the ommerce of
Great Britain would be extinguished. Thus have we
forced BONAPARTE to terms; thus have we compell-
ed him to revokehis decrees, and sue for mercy !
But what le this Licence Trade, so all important to
the commerce of this country ?It is this per-
mission to import into France sugar end coffee, and
export al least an equal amount in French produo
tions and manufactures. This is the condition est
the side of France. On our part, the shipper is
only obliged to export to the value of 51. per ton,
measurement, and he may import to any extent he
pleases. There is no restriction 'on the mould of
imports. It is evident, at the first glance, that Bo-
nAPARTt has the advantage in the bargain, not only
in the amount of exportation, which is the great
point, but he finds a market for his own thantsfee.
tures, when we cannot find one for a single article
of ours. His burning Decree is in full force, and Sri-
tisk predactssre destroyed wherever they are found ;
and this too at a moment when we are buying his
laces, his cambrics, his brandies, and almost every
article of French manufacture, of which he has a
superabundance. Yet this pityful humiliating traf.
tic is to be set in competition with the trade we slight
enjoy to the United States of America-... trop
used regelarly to taut oft twohill

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eaddificiares annually. There is another' 44444
codideration attending this trade to France i it wilt
d* as of our specie. Every vessel, that goal there
*id any. with it a quantity of foreign gold and
wilier, and perhaps guineas, clandestinely, arid-that
*4l be cottihaed as long as the exchaage on the
Ode?' side is at a rate at which bilk can be
advantageously purchased on England. Ai long
as any thing can be made by buying gold oa this
side; and inverting it on that, it will be sent
'bier. No uteasure could ild this operatied to ma.
terialty as the frequent intercourse in licensed vessels: 1
Formerly it was carried over only by imugglers, and'
was, of course, always attended with considerable
risk: This circumstadce alone, aright to have inda-
ced the Board of Trade to have rejected etery appli4
&don far a licence. But this trade is not. only ims
politic and injUrions to °undies ; it is highly unjust
towards America. We are every day Condemning 1
American .Ships for carrying on a trade to a country
declared by us to he in a state of blockade, at the
very time we are supplying that country with the
`merchandise we take froth Americans. We con-
demn them for carrying them, and then send the
sante goods over ourselves.. This is unjust, and will
Inot be borne by America. Td crown the whole,
di! valued trade is„ from beginning to end, a uni:
fop scene Of perjury and fraud.
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ilea Loyal Liveryman of the City of London who
approve of war, and thestarvation of thousands, in
preference to peace and plenty, are requested to sign(
a Petition, now lying at the Old London Tavern, to
he presented to the PRINCE REGENT, stating, that as
&create no grievances to complain of, a reform is to-
tally unnecessary. It is particularly requested of
those who sign this Petition to insert, at the end of
their names, the place, pension, of contract they
have from Government.

Yesterday a meeting of independent dentletnen
was held, WALTER FAWKES, Esq. in the Chair, to
'establish a new Club, under the name of The Hemp-
!den—the leading object of which is a Reform to the
Representation of the People.
Yesterday Mr. BURKE waited on the Earl of
MOIRA, with a Petition from the County of Gal-
way, which his Lordship has been unanimously chosen
Iby that county to bring forward in the Rouse of
Lords.

The Princess of WALES gave a magnificent dinner
OR Sunday last to Messrs. WHITBREAD, TIER.NEY,
BROUGHAM, and several other Gentlemen of the
House of Commons.
Mr. Moxca, a gentleman of considerable landed
property in Berkshire, has offered, in a public ad-
vertisement, to sell-. Bank-notes at a discount of 10
per cent. for the legal money of the realm.
The Erthteenth Report of the Commissioners of
Military Enquiry has been printed. It states many
snob predated in do &slivery el IPP4I/
tread, forage, and fret to the troops.Thee princi-
pal are committed in the article of forage, and in
these the Quarter-Masters and Contractors divide
the benefit.
At a time when the intemluctlgn of animal per.
formers, on our regular stages, excites such conten-
tion and diversity of opinion, the information may
not be unacceptable, that when MOZART'S celebrated
Opera, Die Zarberflote, was performed at Vienna,
Zoroastro entered in a car drawn by two rcal lions.
The conduct of the President and Governors of
Bethkm Hospital, in paying for their own dinner, at
the ceremonial of laying the foundation stone of a
more spacious structure, is a worthy example, which,
it is hoped, may operate to the abolition of all Church-
wardens' feasts, and other gormaodizings, at the ex-
pence of charitable institutions !
One is led to smile at the change which recent
events have made in the sentiments of our sage poli-
ticians respecting BEttexeorre. But a few months
back and he was a base, rapacious, cruel, and pro-
fligate. upstart, whom the Swedish Diet had been in-
duced to elect by the` joint influence of bribery and
menace. Now he is a magnanirsout Prince; an
enemy to tyranny and usurpation;—we have recog-
nised bisAltle to the throne of Sweden by sending an
ambassador to his court, and, In our eagerness to
oppose the upstart Bon avanTE, we are willing to
overlook the meanness of fIERNADOTTE'S origin, and
to forget the means by which he obtained his present
power. What wilt the defenders of Thrones and
Altais stoop to next ? We verily believe they would
coalesce with NAPOLEON himself if their interest re-
quired it. All this may be politically right, but, in
the name of common sense, let us bear no more of
reewouput front these vaunted sapporters of social
order and regular government.
Yesterday the Annual Dinner of the Female Ma.
sonic School, of which the Countess of Loupow end.
MOIRA is the Patroness, was held at Freemason's Ta.
Tern, Earl Mntaa in the Chair. After an excelkout
dinner, the objects of this benevolent Institution
were stated in a most eloquent and Impressive speech
from the Noble Earl; in which he most powerfully
awakened the feelings of the Company in favour of
the Interesting children who had walked in proces.
,ion round the tables is the room, while the gal-
lery was crowded with ladle.. In the course of
the ?foble Earl's speech, be took occasion to say
that perhaps it was the last time be should ever
address such a Meeting, et it was his intention for .
ever to toithdrem from public life. The tone in
which this declaration was made, and the quick per.
eeption of the Auditors as to the cause from which it I
sprung (so boncntrable to the feelings of the Noble
Earl himself, but so disastrous for his country), pro.
. .cit stunned,t onwhich
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taostriciltheti
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the
assembly. They admitted the dignity of a wounded
but manly spirit, rising above the disappointment of
its fair hopes, and patriotic view, of benefit to the
land; bet they lamented that a seittiment of ensub-
deed affection for en intrillte shoulcldeprive that land,
10 its moat tmminent deer, of the services of a No.
nsa *plight Ind incorruptible. Oh " -
Wit Spa ster had been present to hare.
tbeIIMPOOP in which this &aeration was ret
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