The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-10 00:00:00

TOE S'I'AT

'TO TIM: IN DEPEN DENT LIVERY SO' LONDON.
SHOULD he equally unworthy of your present
_A tomtit- and future support if I :nll.l abandon tine enure
loch you have irvited or to maintain. 1 do nut cint-ider my-
self IN gmliteiry Cindirlote upon an ordinary occasion, who
is tioty 64 hiv own sneers.; hut at °Nett selected
t.r the di,p!ay of your zeal, and who haying accepted
your hien:l64n toast fly my await the result. I therefor
Mould out recede. eget, if did &split of an ultimate triumph
pid as 1 4.10 1101 yei destitute of hope, I shall chlerfnity re.
d. ern the p1..10 which I save, and skill cantinu: to le antro
elle Cie. ;ion Juriag the continuance of the PAL Hat whilst
I ti.u• perforin my du, yto you, mit-t remind yH
ott, that you
Icive import:tot and qicre-1 duties to diNclinree to youtselvet,
to v,4sr children, to your country, nod to ihe world. The
whole Empire 'lbw'', es your conduit with noviety, inter-
noksoeii will, tine. Vent example has frequently ;iodinated
t,w el!onpipt.nrivorate•ofFreedow attartace7-do rut cow doom
totem to dempriir. Multitude.., ignorant of the Incalculable dif-
Polito you Uwe to Nut mount, will impute your fdilure to caustt
nowartity ;1113 At.d hy your enemies, who
know and creale the ototarles, it will he represented anon in-
%Picadioss that she present -s OPT is. nilpfliVeri by you—that the
wolightened inhAltitante of the Nletroidilis disdain Peace, Liked y,
:and itelorow—anti that your lons Intiours and past remmi-tranees
,Rave proceeded only from n minority, ignornnt, ilisagected. or
perverse. The finsele.: fillney of stichconelusions we indeed can
:explain—bat let u pot lettye a peg to hang a doubt upon."—
'4,IN t; nail y remains. Contemn the threats which
Ijrould app 1, the ;paths, which would paralyse, and the pro.
ti,(.11 would allure tm,r. Let every unpolled Elector
hasten to maintain his independence. and to exercise his Otitis
impendine es its nod degradation by tfortspropurtitniese
.en e v.utr tortni•nitv and pronwitUde.
I bare the honour to remain, Gentlemen,
Your devoted faithful servant,
Saturday, Oct. 10, 191'2. MATTHEW WOOD.
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ME STA TESMA N.

A.ONDON:
11A.TUIT.f) IY, cc:l)oEs, 10, 1812,

There were no arrivals yesterday at any of the
the Government Offices, and it created some sur-
prise that we had not another Extraordin,try Ga-
zette, to give publicity to the Dispatches received
from Lord C.svitcAtlT the evening before. This
document, dated from St. Petersbargh, the 18th ult.
did not contain any account of the entry of tha
French into Moscow; but was merely a counterpart
of the former Dispatches. Ministers, therefore, pre-
te sled to treat the Nineteenth Uulletiu as a forgery ;
vt.t t; is veil was too tiitnsy to disguise the decep-
tion, and their oracle, the Conrier, admitted its
autheoticity. It, however, comforts its Readers
with an assurance, that the Russians still retire Mi..
broten ; that they Lave large reinforcements, in.
eluding 60,000 Turks, on the march to join
them ; and now having got the • ruthless invader
into the heart of their country, it only re-
quires a few spirited movements to annihilate them,
and to cover the country they have desolated
with their bodies. Ali this may appear very fine
pit paper, and very feasible too, to those who were
going to march to Paris with 15,030 men ; but the
poor suffering population of Russia, and her ha.
raised boort, no doubt think and feel very differ.
ently. It is, indeed, far more probable, that the
Emperor ALL.‘Azincit, after all his vain boasting, of
laying waste the country, would gladly listen to any
ten me the (menu. !night offer him, to preserve a part of
his Empire, •

r..0MP..-

In a round of fatal experience, it has been our
misfortuee to see the welfare, happiness, and inde-
resuletMeof Our country sacrificed to the will and
pleasure of en u.inriacipled and intoxicated power.
National distress, which, in all civilized states, has a
guttural claim to sympathy, has not only been treat-
ed with insensible neglect, but has been even em-
ployed es ae instrument in subduing the last vital
spark of that instinctive courage which enables a
sillion to bear up against the overwhelming and in-
cessant advances of tyranny. Surrounded as we are on
all sides by war, every Statesman must view the vari-
ous scenes of contention only as they tend to increase
or diminish the sufferings of the People.—lmpressed
with a full conviction, that the present war with
America, -iisoareed at a period when the commercial 1
Channels of Europe are closed against us, is, in its
principle impolitic, and, in its consequences, must
prove most disastrous. We cannot, therefore, con-
template with feelings of exultation any temporary
advantage that may result during a continuance of
hostility with our Trans-Atlantic brethren. But, on
the contrary, we most sincerely regret the adoption
of those measures which have unfortunately involved
elm two ceuntries in their present crjtical dilemma.
Ministers may rail against the ingratitude of the
A.reericatss ; but let them reflect oti the infamous mis-
sion of Captain llamas, and if they do not close
their eyes against will/Won, they will perceive se.
pious grounds of cinnoleint against this country.—
Ass Eilglishinffle qe tad ashamed of the barbarous
Allies we have leeind with to this unnatural con-
twit amines Laren 1 Can it be believed that an
army of Britites has connected itself with a horde of
savages ; tats 4 *geed of tfiat characteristic, manly
warfare, "ball Peretofore distinguished this country,
slow spreads destruction among its opponents by
410"1 of the ielollagrne /0/100.410

we Deticee yesterdey the eiffit.el of HalMk:'
WI? Wittf Ogg, r+9 * IS* 4 1410 IPecs4 904

of these, addressed to a Gentleman in an official situ,
ation, states as follows :—" We have the most dis-
tressiog accounts from Upper Canada. The In-
dians, in the pay of our country, and whose
sole object Is plunder and revenge, make frequent
irruptibus, it SW parties, into the American
territories, where they commit the most horrible
excesses, indiscriminately butchering and scalping
defenceless men, women, and children. Neither
age nor sex form any barrier to the cruelty of these
merciless savages, who, when they cannot glut
their revenge on the persons, plunder and set lire
to the dwellings of these who are fortunate enough
to escape their cruelty. How these sad doings
will end, Heaven only knows !—We blush aR the
unnatural alliance we have formed."

Dispatches have just arrived from Capt. hoar, of
his Majesty's ship Bacchante, dated off Malta, the
28th of August. Their contents are not of any im-
portance. lie had arrived out with his convoy, all
well, and had taken a large French privateer, which
was on her way to the East Indies.

Several interviews have recently taken place be?
tween Ministers and a Deputation from a certain
Wholesale Paper 21fand'adory in the City, to take
into consideration the alarming scarcity of specie.—
At those meetings various plans hove bee* proposed,
but none of them resolved on. It is, however', sup-
posed, that a measure, founded on this very serious
Subject, will be one of the first topics submitted to the
consideration of the new Parliament. It is, indeed, as.
serted, on pretty good authority, that an increased no.
minal value will be given to all the silver coin now in
circulation, either by a public notice to that effect (as
was the CaS:" some time since with respect to the
Bank dollars), or by calling it iu and re.stamping it.
—The dollar, which now passes current at ss. 6d.
will, it is said,U enhanced at least one shilling.—
Various regulations are also mentioned as to the in-
creased value of the gold coin ; but as that has been
sometime wholly withdrawn from circulation, it ii
useless to speculate on any regulation affeeolte it.—
In many populous districts of the kingdom, it is now
impossiMp to procure change for a 11. note, and it is
not likely that enhancing the nominal value of the
coin will remove the difficulty. It is pretty broadly
hinted, in a certain quarter, that in order to remedy
the evil, we are to be favoured with a large issue of
Bank Paper for the divisional parts of a pound.— :
We live in an age of wonders, and we must not,
therefore, he surprised at this, nor any other ruinous
measure that may be brought foward to drain as of
our last shilling ! 1

A Gentleman who left Santander in a British ship
of war, on Wednesday se'linight, states, that the Mar.
quis of WELLINGTON was in Burgos, and it was ex-
pected that the Castle, which is commanded by the
hill of St. Michael, would sarrentler in a f
It was provided with a garrison of from I 500 te
men. The main body of the French army, late un-
der MAIINIONT, had retreated in the direction of Mi-
randa del Ebro.

A new Expedition had been undertaken to Gua-
tierra, situated ou the coast, a few leagues to the west
of St. Sebastian. It consisted of about 4000 Spa-
niards, under General MENDIzAtm., and four er five
hundred Marines from the squadron commanded by
Sir Nous: POPIIAIT. The result of this enterprize
was not known at the time the ship of war left San-
tander.

Sautona was still occupied by the French, their
garrison, consisting of 1500 men, amply supplied
for a long singe. This military stati iiii , highly fa-
voured by nature, and strongly fortified by art, it
was not the intention at present to make any attempt
to reduce.

The Spaniards were in possession of Mhos, and
no effort bad lately been made to dislodge them ; buts
the French were at Durango, within four leagues of
the town, where they had an inconsiderable force,
but which might be strengthened at pleasure from the
neighbouring fortresses in their hands.

The best defence that we have heard of the dis-
patch of Lord C.►TecanT is, that he is too rigid a
Disciplinarian to do any thing without precedent ; and
that he only followed the example of Sir Astywe
PAGET, in his famous account of the battle of Aus.
terlitz. As legitimate Governments act also by rule,
we have no doubt but that the Emperor ALERAN•
DER will take the precedent of the Emperor FRAN-
cis, and sign a peace with NAPOLEON. .
,A report was yesterday received from Morlaix, of
the commencement of a Negociation between France
iLud Russia. It was said that the Emperor Maxim.
DER had solicited an armistice from BONAPARTE,
which was granted upon the following terms, being
conceded as Preliminaries to a Treaty, viz. Moscow
to remain i:t possession of the French during the
winter—Rnssia to become a Member of the Confe-
deration—to
pay seventy millions of francs—to shut
her ports against England—and finally, that Prince
CONSTANTINE shall be sent to the French Head-
quarters
as a hostage for the performance of these
conditions.

Letters have reached town from Boston of the ilth
ult. By these we learn, that iu consequence of Mr.
MADISON'S determination to persevere in the war
against this country, he had become exceedingly un-
popular; and Mr. De WITT CLINTON, on the solici-
tation of a numerous and powerful body of Citizens,
had consented to oppose him at the next election for
a President. This Gentleman, whe had hitherto pro-
fessed similar principles to Mr. MADISON, has of
late expressed himself in strong terms on the impo-
licy,of the war with Great Britain, which he very
justly characterises as " frivolous and vexatious."—
His influence With the democratic party is, consider-
able, especially with The in re moderate ammsgst
them ; and the Federalists, to a man, have promised
him their g9Pcort• „ h" been
made of Use respectivfOgypos of Precendidesis
and it is thought that Se election wiU depend on the.
Fort ta.c9 b,-t4O JOB "• JioPinilyingait