The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-22 00:00:00

'II4E STATESMAN

It is wonderful that the It:Huns and., Spaniards
never thought of appealing to their tutelary
Saints, Asvuo%Y and JAMES, against this heathen
BON APAV.TL, as the Neapolitans bid to .St. Ja7l
!iv %RIOS, to stop the torrents of &truing Ivo that
were issuing from Mount Vesuvius. . Mutt ere.
dit the Mialsterial Papers most have lost in net hay.,
jog prompted the Russians to call upon the good Kt.
Soon before the vial of IsTleoutom's wrath was
pooled upon their devoted country i irthose credu-
lous vehicles of intelligence had .secommentled to

ALEXANDER an early reliance .11111- the invincible
po*er of St. SDQUES, they might • have laved him
from his present dilemma, and prevented the necessity
of his leaving the most fertile provinces of ids
vast empire to.the ravages of NAPOLEON. These sys-
tem a of defending ncountry by running away, and
depending upon the sid of saints, are too much for
some people to contemplate with steady muscles;
but we would gravels recommend to ALEXANDEO4
either to fight manfully for his country, or preserve
it from further reneges by a timely peace; for if he
depend upon his system of running away—the
prayers of Bishops—the influence of Saints—or the
military skill of his Councils for the salvation of his
country, ne think he will be miserably deceived.—
The ringing of the great bell at Moscow for the enf
trance of NAPOLEON into that city, may, perhaps,
awaken him to a true sense of his danger; and con-
vince him, that trusting to saints and lying oraties
may prove dangerous to his repose.

NEW LORD LIEIPERN ANT OF tRFLAND.
We extract the following from the Dublin Eren.
ing Post, of September 10 :—.
" It has been already announced to the Public,
through the columns of the Dublin Evening Post,
that a change—Heaven knows a happy change—
was about to take place in the Councils of Ireland!
On Thursday we stated, in a Second Edition, on
authority of great respectability, that Lord Moms
was confidently spoken of as the successor of
his Grace the Duke of RICIVIONO, in the Gee.
vernmont of this long-abused, ill-treated, ill-v-
-verned, and oppressed Ceuntry.—We have since
had this cheering rumour from authority of still
more weight; we are inclined to believe it true,
and to hail the went as an approaching peace. I
offering to the Irish People. Should our illus.
trious Countryman succeed to the Liven-was/6Y—
should we see him preside at the Council Hoard
in his with' land—should we see that distin.
guished Senator, who, on a former occasion, we faint-
ly described as 66 the Patriol and the soldiery--
respected in the senate—admired in the field—the
ornament of the court—the Friend of Liberty—the.
Advocate of bis Country"—Should we see um at
the head of the nation, then, indeed, would we have
faith in the promised conciliation...then should we
expect to see the CATHOLIC CLAIMS, meet a full,
fair, and uninfluenced Parliamentary discnssion-h-
-tl,en should we expect to see the Irish Slave shake
off his chains, and rise erect and snappalled, proud
!n the enjoyment df unconditional Emancipation 1
Then should we see faction hide its head for ever—
ploy asperities smoothed, and softened down to a
tone of harmony and peace, and a saving Shielding
spirit governing the Country, and directing her great
and noble energies to the support of the Throne and
defence of Imperial Independence. Such are a few
of the results likely to spring from the government of
Abe Earl of Mota.t."

We are happy to be able to contradict any rumour
of his MAJESTY having experienced the return of a
severe paroxysm. The Kitties health during the past
seek, has been as good as at any period since the
last Report of the Physicians.
Daring her passage home, the Gleaner spoke an
American ship, which informed her that Commodore
RODGERS, after cruising for some time in the latitude
of one of our convoys, had proceeded to the French
coast, haying in enmpaay two brigs (one apparen•ly a
prize) and an English sloop of war, said to have been
taken within two days' sail of Brest.

The agreement between Russia and Sweden, re-
specting Finland, is said to be, that within six months
that province shall be restored to the latter Power.
The general opinion. (sr that the Swedish Expedition
will proceed to Stilt!smut, and it is probable thaf the
next Mail will bring an account of the preparations
being complete.
Letsers from Quebec dated the 19th ult. state, that
Gen. Rom, had been thrice repulsed, in an attempt
to take Fort Malden, and had been obliged to re-
cross the river. The same letters contain a repeti-
tion of the report of an armistice having been con-
cluded with General DEkttantor. One of these let-
sets contains the following paragraph We have
ly received a reinforcement of the 1(13d regiment,
1000 strong, from England, and the Scotch Royals
from Barbadoes, 1000 and upwards, which, with the
troops we had before in the country, and those raised
I►ere of late, with militia, &c. will be able to make a
formidable resistance, and I doubt not but we shall
astonish the Yankees."

Lord A. Brsocr.rat reconnoitred the enemy's
squadron in the Telel on the evening Of the Bth inst.
then consisting of nine sail of the line, four hie
gates, five brigs, and some mallet vessels. " They,",
says a letter frem•the blockading ships, " appear as
quiet as ever, and discover not the least intention of
putting to sea. Five or six sail get under weigh at.
most every day to exercise. They manage tiosirohlp
very badly, and when they anchor take /abet roe sell,
at a time; which tends to confirm the information
we obtained from a vessel which came out of the
Texel. that they are very badly manned ; and that al-
most all the troops have been drawn from the Tend,
hardly leaving a satiteittat number to Saud the
iLosA.

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CO VENT-GA/WEN TI I &lift&
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The admirable hilt belletteyed Tragedy of Richard
the Third was brongiLforward last night, for the
JIM time this sessoni-aall Mr. C. REMBLII was in.
diced (as We Isreitintel' Orepersonify that ruthless-
Monarch. ~e;•• •
Of all the Osys,l4lltat tee now enacted in the saw
round of the aritish*Diama, thOl‘e.ii not one that
10 popular with • the vulgar as this, and notirith.
standing its scenes are more tinctured with blood
and brutality, in fact and in detail, than any other
Tragedy that is now brought forward, yet it coati...,
lines to be eminently attractive, though we Nave much
reason to believe that the portraiture of Richard Li,
in a degree, * posthumous libel upon his person
and character, • and written by Shnkspeare to
gratify, the spleen of Queen Elizabeth, whose re.;/
gal father *as morts naturally sanguinary, though'
his features have been delineated with so mueb.
forbearance, by the very Bard who deemed it•
expedient to fashion such a caricature of Richard
Plantagenet. But all departed greatness is so
partially and unduly handled by the historian,
who often writes from a spirit ef servility rather than
truth, that a thoughtful and just man should hesitate
before he fulls in with the swelling tide of pr6udice,
as it is very probable that neither Richard nor Catatisse
were half so villainous as they have been represented,
though the aims of the !louse of Tudor, and the
traitorous ambition of some Roman Patricians, might
render it as necessary to begrime either, for purposes
rather sinister than virtuous! But all that is merely
ea parinnt.
.In the representation of this Character, .Mr. C.
KEstat.e did what he generally does, that is, he eahi.
bited many traits of merit, some discrimination, some
inaccuracies of conception, and much.energy. When
he bath murdered King Henry, in the first act, and
utters

" See hnw my sword weeps
At the 40. d King's death.
1w evidently misunderstood his duty, by directing his
discourse to tile Pit, who are certainly no parties in
the affair, and not the instrument which is the me-
dium of his sarcasm; and this is a failing that is too
common Kith our Tragedians, who should recollect,
that it is their bounden obligation, as actors, to play
before the audience, and not to them.
In the love scene with Lady Anne, he was not
eqsal to his great brother, who was not equal to Mr.
Graze; but the talent of uttering soft insinuations
to the Ladies, on the stage, does not seem to he one
of the most perfect qualifications that the Kcsint.c
family possess.
In the fourth act he appeared to us to be more
meritorious than in any other, though he, occasion-
ally, was too hUd ; hut the callow part of the audi-
ence encourage tdis propensity, so lamentably, that
,carcely nny performer can excite applause who doth
not violate his judgment on this head.
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In the fifth act, we thought Mr. C. ICtstittit was
comewhnt too dispirited; fur though Richard is dis.
comfited by the ghosts, who make him a midnight
visit, yet it should be remembered that he was ne►er
an absolute dastard.

After these objections, we must in candour allow,
that, on taking the whole exertion together, it stir-
passed our expectations; and while the legitimate
Riaard is incline to remain on the other side of the
Atlantic, and Mr. KEstaLE to secede from dramatic
admiration, we know of no other person who could
manage so dilbcnit a part so ably.
Mr. Assetr put on the bins of Richmond,
but they did not precisely fit him.
In the Barletta of Miles, we were happy to per.
ceive that Mr. SINCIAIR paid some attention to our
advice; but he bath even now something, in method,
to unlearn. Mr. It'er.tv understood the devices of
this sylvan Apollo more perfectly than any other per-
son that we have seen in the character..

All the Battalions in England are to send detach-
ments to the Peninsula, so as to leave themselves
skeletons to be filled up by recruiting. This is cer-
tainly the best mode of reinforcing Lord WELLING.
TbN.

Rear-Admiral COCKBVIIN will sail from Ports-
mouth, for Cadiz, the moment the wind is fair.—
The Marlborough, 74, Captain Ross, bearing his flag,
went down to St. Helens on Friday, with he con-
vey for Lisbon and the Mediterranean.
In order to try the stage sounding-board of the New
Theatre, of Drury-lane, a general rehearsal of the
intended opening Play, and an Opemtical After-piece,
is to take place early in the next week. The chosen
Address -that may he drawn the prize of honour,
from amongst one hundred and eleven poetic Blanks)
is to have a recitation at the same time !

The School
.for Scandal is said to be lied upon as
the opening piece at Ne►v Drury, in compliment to its
author, Mr. SHERIDAN. _ _

In the li‘t of performers engaged for New Drury,
the name of Mr. Diamus was accidentally omitted.
He is certainly engaged to MI his former station is
the company.
The death of Mrs. LOVEGROVt is reported in some
of the Papers of yesterday ; hut though considered in
danger, we are happy to be informed she was still
Wise at the date of the last account.

Mrs. MOUNTAIN is returned to town, perfectly re-
covered from her Ispe and dangerous indisposition.
On Thursday the King-Fisher Cartel returned to
Portsmouth, from Morlaiz, bringing over Mrs. HILL;
who has been nine years a detenue in France. She
left Verdun a mouth since. The prisoners were ,
very healthy.
A slight shock of an earthquake was felt between
eight and nine o'clock on the evening of Wednesday
sennight, at Shenton, Hoverington, and several other
villages bordering on the Kiver Trent. It W4ll ac-
companied with a noise, resembling a violent rushing
wind, and continued some seconds.
Tin FATAL CHALT.-•-•SMAA little time ago, Mr.
BONITACI4 of Ford, near Arundel, lost a grey-
heend, and made strict enquiry after him, but to
ao purpose, until last Friday fortnight, when lie
was found, dead, by some reapers amongst the'
standing corn, with a hare lying by his side, both
Ina state of putrefaction. The parsuit and escape,
contended for in this gallant chaos, by these Seet-
footed animals, it may be fairly presumed, *ma so
equally sustained, that they ran 'until Ratan was,
totally exhausted, sad until they fell, broleettyheatt.
sod, togethse. .

NitrglL INTELLIG ' -
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PORTSMOUTIN; •

Arrived the Melpomene, lAN imps 011hootd, frets tie
Downs, bound to Spain t alai* Savage, Capt. Rowell, from
Quebec,. lastfroortie Dow
Sailed, the Iphigeoia frigate, Capt. Corti., with specie on
beard for the Army le the Peeinsula; and the Pioneer. with a
elsovoy foe Ityasoitth.
The Aldred,' Ado*. Cockburit, continues at St. ileladin Rttlti
the CadiOlod4
• DEAL, Sara% 21. . •,sti
see=lll,wo,l% the River his Majesty's ships•Dieetede and
and valipar transport, ,with troops for foreign setvlai I
ids MakstAship Cumberland; fur off Flushing , •

His Najaf/Ship Tphigenla b seder orders f Lisboa, sale
will son thsllnt Mr wiled.

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litoettvAvt.--The new road to Highgafe vances
rapidly. :The workmen have removed the earth where
the tunnel broke in, several feet below the crown
of the arch. It is said that the intention of repair-
ing the tunnel is abandoned. The intersecting road
from Hornsey-lane will he made by a bridge. They
are digging now to find a foundatign for, the piers be-
low the loose earth which sunk in the *9O. The
bridge will be handsomely built of brick,' maaefrom
the earth thrown up by the excavation. The magni-
ude of this undertaking attracts the curiosity of
thousands and the works are attended daily by the
curious from all parts of London and the vicinity.
The prices of wheat continua to decline rapidly
throughout the kingdom, and it is positively asserted
in Sussex, that wheat will this year yield more,profit
at ten pounds the load, than it did last year at forty
pounds the load - and a Gloucestershire farmer, who
rents many hundred acres, says, that he has this year
more wheat than he had in the whole of the three last
years; and that his gleaners have now more grain
than his land produced in 1811.

BREAD.—No Court of Aldermen today.—The
Lose MAYOR, after inspecting the Returns, ordered
the present prices to continue.

We have the following official authority for Ge-
neral Hocc's repulses : _ _

0, Quebec, Aug. 6, 1812.

" GENERAL ORDER.—His Excellency the Com-
mander of the Forces announces with great satisfac-
tion to the troops under his command, the capture of
Fort Michilimackinac on the 17th of July last, by a
detachment of the 18th Veteran Battalion, aided by
a party of Canadian Voyageurs, led on by some
Gentlemen of the North West Company, the whole ,
under the command of Captain Roams. This'
service has been effected in a manner highly credit-
able to Capt. lt. and the Men; and men employed,
upon the occasion, and without the loss of a maul.—
The Commander of the Forces takes great pleasure
in also announcing to the troops, that the enemy
under Brigadier-General Hum. have been revised in
three attacks made on the 18th, 10th, and 20th of
last month, upon part of the garrisou of Am.
berstburgh, on the river Cenar,l, in the neigh.
bourhood cf that place; in which his Majesty's 41st.
regiment have particularly distinguished themselves.
—ln justice to that corps, his Excellency wishes
particularly to call the attention of the troops to the
heroism and self-devotion displayed by two pri-
vates, who being left as centinels when the party to
which they belonged had retired, contrived to main.
tain their station against the whole of the Inemy's
force, until they both fell, when one of them, whose
arm had been broken, again raising himself, opposed
with his bayonet those advancing against him, until
he nas overwhelmed by numbers. An instance of
such firmness and intrepidity deserves to be thus
publicly recorded, and his Excellency thinks that
it will not fail to animate the troops under his com-
mand with an ardent desire to follow so noble an
example, whenever an opportunity shall hereafter
be offered to them."

On Wednesday morning, between two and three
o'clock, the premises of Mr. England, linen-draper
and haberdasher, Providence-buildings, New Kent-
road, were broken open, and robbed of a quantity of
Irish linens, thread, laces, &c. to the amount of 160
or 2001. The robbers had cut away two squares of
the door-shutter, and broke the glass, which enabled
them to open the bolts of the shop-door; a 12d who
slept in an adjoining room, divided only by a thin
partition, heard nothing of the affair. Mrs. England
was awakened by a noise, and looked out of the win.
dow, when she perceived a person walking backwards
and forwards, whom she sopposed to be the watchman.
The robbery was not discovered till the family rose in
the morning.
We are favoured with the following extract from
an eloquent charge delivered by the Lord Bishop of
Derry, to his Clergy, at the visitation held ia the
cathedral of St. Columb's, the 10th of Septem-
ber:—" I shall not now detail ybo long; and, in
truths I have but few observations to Make, unless
I chose to take up your time by indulging my.
self in dwelling on my high adprobation of a
Clergy, whose conduct at nine years' intimate
knowledge of this diocese, has enabled me to ap-
preciate ; many, very many of whose members,
individually, I esteem, and collectively, I am
proud .of ; a diocese, in which there are more
churches than benefices—more clergy than churches ;
more than nine-tenths of whose beneficed clergy
are resident ; more than three-fourths in glebe
houses ; and of the very few who are absent there
is not one whose non-residence cannot be accounted
for, either by a state of health Incapacitating him
from the performance of his duties, or by legal ex-
emptions, or by his being beneficed in some other
diocese, where, from local circumstances, he is
more adeantageously placed for the general welfare
of the establishmeat. I should not even'aeit-have
giatified miielt in nuttier these few Observiiiions,
bed net the ilitiridated state of the churches, and
thisloefkkAdY the Clergy in Ireland, been of late
the. t►iime loe'tstiery, who have been -permitted
to gain so mach tile.more credit, as their charges,
bowever'unfoundetl, have not hitherto been met by ,
afar end authentic tefutatioe. It is peculiarly en
thin Account that I now feel the greater pride and
pleasure in this my deliberate and public assertions
that the diocese of Derry, at least, is free from the
higgal apt SP" gas Put of Se Unita Char h."

• -dR AND dREATOKE
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Greystoke Castle has been a scene of splendid hos..
•
pitality since the arrival of the Doke of Nostrumt
there on the Bth inst. Nine fat bucks have already •
been sacrificed ; and it has greatly heightened the sat,.,
tisfaction of his Grace's numerous fi i .nd4, to oinervea
isite in possession of the highest health and spirits. Oa
Satnrday the whole party proceeded in a cavaieade of •
carriages to Ullswater, and were entertainer eitit':
,L t'
'stag-hunting, fishing, and sailing on the lake, „
a sumptuous dinner, including no less than fireth,
haunches, was in preparation at the tower. The Manes
ness of the weather and the grandeur of the surroundat n
lug scenery contributed their powerful aid to rendett
this excursion delightful. The visit was repeated on
Monday on a still more extended scale. The DuktiO
was received on the ground with military honours, '
by fourscore sharp-shooters, commanded by Captain ;
Su TT ON, nd raised al toget her from hisGrate's tenantry"'.
in that neighbourhood. The corps went through the*
various evolutions and manoeuvres of a grand field s
day, with great precision and skill : the spot was pea
culiarly favourable to their operations, and their vol..
lies were echoed and re-echoed among the surround...e
lag mountains with the finest effect. The display of
Ladies on the take was among the most prominertro
attractions. Thus situated, they viewed the busy '
scene un 'er every advantage, directing their atten.
lion to martial music and military parade, wail the
stag, close pressed by " hounds and horns," was
seen rapidly descending the mountains, and at
length vainly seeking refuge in the water, which pre.
sented a new host of assailants in the boats, vying
with each other in their exertions to seize him. One
*tame!, in particul tr, made frequent attempt: to
gain the opposite shore, and thus prolonged this
nautical warfare during the greater part of an
hour. At five, dinner was served to the Duke
and a select party, comprising most of the princi.
pal families in the vicinity, and several from West-
morland, Yorkshire, and still remoter distances.—.
The sharp-shooters had a separate table assigned
to them ; and on this a stag, roasted whole, was •
placed after mutual addresses and many ceremonies
of mirth between his Grace and the commander.
The next table, under one of the marquees, was oc.
cupied by the younger branches of the families with
his Grace • and a fourth was open to every invited
or uninvited visitor. Some idea may be formed of
the scale of this magnificent fete, when it is added,
that on the two days more than a thousand per.
sons partook of his Grace's liberality at a regular
dinner. At eight o'clock his Grace's leparture was
announced by three hearty cheers ; when the cont.
pany reluctantly retired from a spot where all we
read or have heard of old Ealish hospitality has been
so completely retired, and so nobly realised.

Extract of a letter from Cadiz, dated the 27th tilt.:
—" I have the happiness to inform you, that the
French have entirely raised the siege of Cadiz. Oa
the 25th they began to blow up their works (which
have cost them years of hard labour to erect), and
burst their mortars and guns, by overcharging and
placing their muzzles one against another, and ex-
ploding them withport-fires and trains. 'They had just
completed a martello teem', and got very long
brass 24. pounder on it, bet they blew this up also; •
oat of GOO pieces of ordnance (all brass)from Chic-
lana to Rota, almost the whole have either burst
or been rendered unserviceable. The contrast be-
tween the night previous to their departure, and
the nest morning, was singularly pleasing. In the
night the French employed themselves in throwing
shells into the city, and the inhabitants were filled
with dismay. The next morning was wihered in with
the spectacle of the enemy in full retreat, and their
strong holds involved in flames. The current of joy
ran through the populace like an electric spark, and
soon the people were seen bringing their beds and
goods from the bomb-proofs, and replacing them in'
their houses, while boats, crowded with persons of
all descriptions, proceeded to the opposite seoiv, for
the purposes of curiosity, or to see old friend:, from;
whom they had been so long separated. Al' he gun-
-1 boats, weexpect, will be removed to'Gibraltar. They .
have gone up the river to Seville." •
I A barbarous murder was committed near Den-
; high on 44utulay the Gth inetant, the folln.ving are .
the particulars as related to us :—Ahnut 9 o'elnek
lin the evening a number of reapers who had been
drinking iu the town, and were returning home,:
quarelled ; a man of the name of E. Edward's, in.,
the employ of Mr. Price, grocer, -*as. passing by,
on horseback, and endeavoured to ;miry them,l
when one of the pirtY, a native of Capel Garcon,
. near Llanwrst, struck his horse upon the, nose,
which so much exasperated him that he gave the
man a blo* across the face with a ,lick, upon
this the other' plunged a knife into his belly. As
immediately dismounted and beat the Man for some
I time, one of the bystanders cried oat, " You will,
Ikill ate man i" he replied, " he has killed me'
, alre-idy r At length, through loss or blood, he
became faint, fell, and was taken into a neighbour.
tog house ; soon after he was placed on a bier and
removed to Denbigh, where he expired in a few hours.
Upoiexamining the body it was discovered, that hie
bowels had protruded through the wound.—A.Coro.,
lutes Inquest sat on the body, and returned a verdict, ,
of Wilful Alarckr.—The offender was taken bap.
custody and committed to Ruthin Gaol.
We record with pleasure the following instance et'
juvenile, generosity end intrepidity, which occurred
at. Crossford, on the. eveping of the 9th met. As'
a very young gentleman and a woman were crossing.
the Clyde after clerk', the unusual swell from the late
rains rendered t'he boat quite unmanageable, and
carried it beyond the usual landing-place into
deep and dangerous.part of the river. The woman,
overcome by her fears, made an effort which over-
turned the boat. The boy, Wittismayed by the
darkness of the night end his o*h imminent danger,
seized the sinking• female, and at las!, with great
courage and:Wren, %ream mien the railing whirl.
pobt, and carried heir tak ail a very difficult shore.
Last week was committed to York Nene, Jame*
Starkey, carpel-wear r; chimed with •having con-
spired, with several others, to .blow op end destroy
the cotton-mill of ?di) !Um Canniest,. st Raw..
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