The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-12 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMNIONS%

The S'gar Brewing 11 passed through the Committee, and
the Report was ord:'eetl to be received to-morrow.
Mr. W:1 A!t I'o N postponed the Committee on the Glass Act
till to-morrow . _ _

The Comnfotee on the Scotch Taxes was postponed till to-
morrow.

Mr. WliA Zt TON pretwuted an Account of the amount of Bills
drawn by the Commis,ioners for Homes, &e.—Ordered to lie
on the t ihie.

The 'I ransfer Stork Tlill, and the Members Badkrupt Bill
were read a third time and passed.
The Committee of Wa2..s and Menus and Supply • were post-
poned till sd
Lord I.:F.Olttl LIN t!,ON (MINER presented a Petition
from the Journey men Potters in Sttitlordshire against the Orders
in Council.

Mr. hROUGH AM then moved the Order' of Ihe. Day for
Committee On the ()Hers in Council. •
I.te.i:Ao,e then went into Cortonittee, Mr. Ilabitikton in the
t't 'it. -Tar first witoe:a e,tlleti W.S3 Robert Ilasiilbon, Mane.
Lt ';l:it r of earti•en-w art- in Statioris!tire.

7.1 r. ARM-GUAM had elesed his examination,
a.n! Mr. Stephen Was i the course of his cr.-exa-
ruination of the same witness, nl-.:11 cf. Stout a guar-
;:a .t five' e'cleek the rekrl'ori -Am. shot was
horird in the house and Gallery ; it did; not at first
..!rrupt the business of the iteuse--2a rush was
h:.ard I.,etwein the door and the bar, and cries of or-
''.or. A whisper ran round that somebody was shot. ,
The assassin was seized near the fire in the, lohbv. He'
made not the slightest resistance, but avowed himself]
as the perpetrator, said that his .name was John
juries &Hingham, ship-broker, of Liverpool. That
h.‘ had be;sn travelling in Russia, in' the service 'of
CoverumNit, and that Mr. Perceval stood in the
w,,y of his remuneration, and that thus he had
ay aaged himself. t,.

The villain had kept post near the door, and as
soon as Mr. Perceval approached sufficiently near, he
put the pistol to his breast and shot him.
For the proceedings of the Dottie on the occasion,
we refer our Readers to the Article under the head of
the " Assassf4tion of Mr. Perceval."

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A f.,,w days since, as a Mr. Jones was passing
through Acton, near Kensington, he was assaulted
and knocked down by a ruffian, in all appearance a
bricklayises labourer, who afterwards placed his
knees on iiis breast, and robbed , him of cash and
notes to a rpnsiderable amount.

It lots Amen correctly stated, that a Gentleman has
left this country on a mission to France. He is very
largely interested in the Corn Trade, and we under-
staiirl'ttiat his intervention is confined to the business
of Licences, and has nq connection vrtatever with,
the alledgetl pew-Winn.
v.

LONDON:
TUESDAY, MAY •12, 1811.

Yesterday we 7.clusively announced, in a Second
Edition, the capture of Amelia bland, and the re-
duction of Florida by the Americans. The follow.
ing are the particulars of this event, which we have
extracted, from the Savannah Advertiser of the Uth
March, brought to Liverppol. on Sunday last,, by
the ship Superior, from Savannah
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ST. MARY'S) DATED

ritAltclt 20113.
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The Insurgents or Patriots, formed a tamp on Rose's Blue;
opposite St. Mary's; -it the same tinsethe gun-boats weft ordef.'
ed to proceed down to the Sound, when they woe astufred+
their guns loaded, and every man to his station.—Several lived
guns were fired by the. ,Commodore 1 tbe inSorgentsitiles eel.
barked in, boats from Rose's 131uff,.ard proceeded to Amelia
Island, Where they landed, Imoowicx Assize at their j
head,- add demanded the surrender of the Island to the Patilots, '
which was refused by the Commandanto, but who requested a
party until he could send a deputation .to Coadmodore Caters
nett, who was then sailing upsand down the harbour, to Amer.
tain whether he would assist the Insurgents in case they even I
resisted—the Commodore's reply was, that he would assist the
Insurgents. - The Island was then surrendered to Col. Amitxtr,
and the Hag of the Patriots was immediately displayed on the
ramparts of the fort, which was soon succeeded by the Bag of i
the United States. The United States troops are now in poster.
Sion of the Island of Amelia—the country of East Florida in
possession of the Patriots, .and the too o of A iikustine and the
Garrison in possession of the soldiers Of FERDIN AND VII. The
Governor of that place is deu.,rinined to hold out to the last ex-
Weeny. •

EXTRACT OF A LFT'KFR FROM FCRNANDINA,MARCIi 21.
In my last I gave you a hint of aha was gning on here, 'I
have non to inform you that a lkge party of men crossed the
river St. hlary's, about YO miles above this place, and sacceedagl
in revolutionizing all the country between St. Mary's and St.
John's. Amelia is the only place that showed any resistaswe,
but from the threats of the American gun-boats, under the coa..-
mand of Commodore CAMPBELL, and the formidable appears
ancc of the Revolutionists, the Commandant of Amelia surren-
dered the Town and Garrison of Fernandina witho.A firing
shot, on the fallowieg terms : —That the Commandant' and Troops
should be allowed to march out w ith the honours of war, and
upon delivering their arms wou:d receive their parole, not
to take up arms against Cu' Itcvaletionists, daring their pre-
sent contest.—That all individual property, whether lands
or other' ise, shall be considered sacred, and neither exas
mined nor touched. bet rermin and he used in the same man-
ner as before the capitulation : th.. island 21 hours after the ea-
pitulatioa shall be ceded to the United Stales of America, wider
the express conditions that the port of Fernandina' shall notbe
subject to any of the restrictions in Commerce, which at preset
exist in the United States, but shall he open as heretofore to
British an.l other vessels and prodiee, on paying the lawful
duties and tonnage, and in case of a war between the United
States and Great Britain, the port of Fernandina shall be open
to British merchandize and merchant vessels, and considered a
free port until Ist May, 1813.—The inhabitants who had grants
to cut lumber, shall have the same continued until Ist May, 1811
--All vessels of every description shall be protected, and clear-
ances given to any port as before, excepting to the coast of I
Africa, as well as all vessels arriving before May 1. 1819.-s-
All British or other Merchandize, which have been regularly-
entered. according to the laws and regulations of the Spanish ,
Government, shall be exported from here and admitted in the
ports of the United States, free of duties until the Ist of May,
1813.—And all vessels owned by Spanish subjects of this Island,
shall be entitled to regular American Registers. All inhabitants i
of this place, who do not choose to remain under she American
Government, are allowed one year to settle their business, and
should a war take place, between the United States and'Spala,
they will be allowed to appoint Agents, to settle their business.
The above is as near the substance of the terms of' capitulation,
as I can at present recollect. I have only to add that General
Geoaqe alaTitews, Agent for the United States, has confirmed
the same, on account of his Government.
P. S. On the morning of the 18th, the gno-boats came and an-
chored before the town, immediately put springs on their cables,
loaded their guns with canister shot, and levelled them at this
defeacelcas Nam!' when they were ordered by the Commandant
not to pass the garrison, they answered that they did not come
in a hostile manner, but that they would aid and assist the. P-
atriots, and was it not from their interference we could have de-
feated any force the Revolutionists could bring before us.
l'oa will observe, that Goods are not allowed to toter (rani
here until the Presideita approves of this measure,

The following extract of a. letter, dated the Atip
instant, from Captain BENNus, of the Superior, to a
regpectabie botise-at Itritthboorr confirm the elapse,
!intelligence :
The news that I have to inform you is, that I have riiceir'ed a
1 letter from the owners of the ship. that an embargo was bi take
place very shortly on all shipping in dilfereut ports in Anwricak
some are with half cargoes. For myself I have here 30 or 41)
men, besides the ship's company, working night and day to get
the ship,away. All the List floridas and Amelia Islald are
I taken by the Antennas. I have the capitulation of it on
board, which I shall show you whet: I see you.

We have received files of American Papers• to the
19th of March. From these it appears that the in-
famous HENRY had not disclosed any of the names of
the persons in the United States, who had given .coun-
tenance to the views of the British Government against
that country. An answer to this effect was retigned
to Congress by the American Secretary of State on
the 12th of March last,.

CORONIMS INQUEST ON MR. PERCEVAL,
A Coroner's Inquest sat on the body of Mr. Pta-
cEvat this forenoon, at 11 o'clock, is the Cat and
Bagpipe public-house, 'corner of Downing-street;----
The body was removed' last night, about 12 o'clock,
to his own house. •The result was not know* Irhen'
oar Paper went to press. An immense crowd ar peo-
ple are at this =Want (ode o'clock) collectlig In
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