The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-15 00:00:00

'l'llE STATESMAN.

British Government the terms on which its pro-
grins* might .be arrested., and that the terms re-
spired were, that the Orders in Council should
'be repealed, as far as they affected' the American
States, without a revival of the' hhickades violating
acknowledged rules. That there should be an im-
mediate discharge of American seamen from British
ships, and a stop to impressment from American
.chips, with an undertaking that an exclusion of sea-
men of each nation, from the ships of the other,
should be stipulated, and that the armistice should
be improved into a definitive and comprehensive ad-
justment of depending controversies. It goes on to
state, that it would be unwise in them to release
their measures in any respect, in a presumption
that Great Britain would view, in a favourable
; light, their accommodating spirit. It then further
notices the propositions made by the British Go-
i vernment, though their authorities at Halifax and
Admiral IVARILEN, which had been rejected. After
this it states, that their affairs with France retain the
posture which they held on the last communication,
and that the only intervening occurrence meriting
attention was, the promulgation of a French De-
cree, purporting to be a definitive repeal of the
Berlin and Milan Decrees, which proceeding, al-
though made the ground of the 'repeal of the Bri-
tish Orders in Council, was rendered, by the time
and manner of it, liable to many objections.
thrviewing.the w hole of this unfortunate conten-,
tion, ive confess that we cannot join our War Mi.:
nisters and their partisans, in their exultation, on
bearing of the further aggravations of the war, and
the barbarous slaughter of our American brethren.
It is a source of gratification in which we cannot,
either from principle or policy, participate, knowing,
as we do, the consequent misery that is daily result-
! ing from such an unnatural hostility. It is Lilly la-
mentable to see how lightly the interests of milli n a
are treated, when placed in competition with the
unfeeling avarice and ambition of a corrupt few,
who, gaining by the conflict, share in the
plunder without sharing in the danger; who
tan smile in security while their country is sink-
ing into the most deplorable and distressing con-
dition; who can issue forth their destructive man-
dates, through every quarter of the Globe, while the
burdens of the Wan, TAXES', and an innumerable
train of miseries are falling with a fatal pressure on
the Heads of a suffering and devoted PEOPLE! ! !

" Polish Brethren l do out weary, stlpptitt to the
end, this, to you, so glorious contest : then you will
infallibly succeed in the wished for object, and in it
find the merited recompence of the numerous burl,
fires you shall have made.

WESTMMSIWR ELEGT'OitS.

--euees.
The Electots of Westminster dined yesterday et
the Crown and Anchor Tavern, for 'the purpose of
Celebrating the Election of their present Representee
fives, Sir Francis Burdett and Lord Cochrane.
The Chair was filled by Mr. WISITART, 'who, after
the cloth was removed, stated the object for which
they were assembled, and observed, with how much
reason they had to congratulate themselves on hewing
returned two such Representetives as Sir Francis Bur.
dett and Lord Cochrane, men who had signalised
Yesterday, at two o'clock, his Royal Highness themselves in asserting the rights of the people, and
the PRINCR REGENT held his first Levee this season, who would use every tetertion to preserve that por-
e ;
at Carlton-House, which was attended by the Dukes Lion of our invaluable Constitution sihich yet re-
of Yoaa, CLARENCE, Kerte, CUMBERLAND, Smote, mained. All the events which had lately taken place
CAMBRIDGE, GLOUCESTER, and BRUNSWICK. The proved, in the most convincine manners that stithout •
Baud of the First Regiment of Foot Guards, who a Reform in the Commons Houseof Parliamentl how.
were attending in the Coen-yard with a detachment ever we might linger on fbr some time, .therecould
of the same regiment, played God ,vaoc the Kin„,' en be no salvation to the country !! lie then proposed
their entrance. There were also present— The Sovereignty of the Petiole,
The Archbisho of Canterbury,. the Lord President of the which was drank with three !lines three.
Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Carl Marshal, the Lord Stew The following toasts were afterwards drank:
ord of the Household, the Lord Chamberlain, the First Lord of
the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord
of the Admiralty, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Se- ! the "nee °f "...II"'
The Prince R-eetd. am! m v be reenclober the declaim ihm df
that the Crown is held lii trust fur dot
aviaries of State, the President of the Board of Cono:ool the 1 latest or Site "'We'
-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Groom of the Siole, I M'''' the People .vlret their awn Reprisenrftrives, mocild of
the Muster of the Horse, Prince Castelcicala, the Comptroller permitting ewe Can lioln it, lo ea joie t hens. .
of the Household, King at Arms, the Usher of the Black Rod, After this toast, a suitable song, Composed for
their Execileocies the Spanish, Hossiaa, Hessian, Neapolitan , the occasion, was sung by a Mr. Besborougtis which
Swedish, Turkish, and Portuguese Ambossadon, the 1"i 1 was received with great approhation. • '
Mayor, the She;ills of London and Middlesex, Mr. Admo, in
his robes, as Cl:ht,ce:lor of the Duchy of Carawall, and Mr. Je- 1 The CHAIRMAN next proposed the constitutioual .
kyll, Attorney-Geoural to the Prtuce of Wales.
lassertor of the nation's rights, .
The presentations to his Royal Higness were very i . S r Fr•awit Borden. . , ..,
numerous. Tho Court was altogether splendid and i which was received with the most rapturous epplattee,
brilliant. .1 Sir nets/els Benue-re said, it was impossible for
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' It is very strange, that the offers made by the Mar- i him to express the adequate sense he entertitintet of
''quisses of Itticxua mete and CAssneet, to give up to I the marks of approbation which they hid bestowed
the public, &deg the mar, a third part of their emo.l on him. So far e.46tisciousiiess of having perste:-
luments, as Tellers of the Exchequer, should remain , vered in endeavours to promote, or rather to re.e • -
yet undecided upon ; so that the CHANCELLOR of the, cover the lost rights of the people of this country,
KTCHEQUEIt, when recently questioned upon the sub- ! could entitle him to that approbation, he thought lie
ject in the House of Commons, could not say whether might fairly, however, in other respects deficient,
the offer would be accepted or not. Are they afraid ' consider it as deserved.—[Applause.]—At the same
of the example? time, however, he. could not but regret, that his
His Royal Highness the Duke of _CLARENCE le to . ability fell so far short of his wishes in promoting •
hoist.the union flag in the river as Admiral of the' the success of that great cause for which they were
Fleet, in compliment to the Russian Admiral, who; that day assembled together, !tamely-, the purity of
is to be formally received in state by his Royal election. Their conduct no efforts of his could ever
Highness. I possibly repay, and entitled them to the wannest
Sir EostuNn NAGLE is appointed by his Royal thanks of the country at large. In the late appeal,
Highness the PRINCE REGENT, to succeed Sir JOUN i so falsely called an appeal to the people, the ex-
T. DUCRWORTH, in the command at Newfoundland. i ample which they had formerly set, and thee re-
A. M. Fair, Esq. is appointed Secretary to Sir Fo- , prated, stood single and alone throughout the country.
:KUNO. 1 !lough this undoubtedly had a tendency to cast
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The Augusta privateer, of 14 guns and 150 men, I some damp or doubt on the cause of Reform,
sailed from St. Makes 29th ult. with fear other prin. I which they had so ably supported, it must hare
teers of the same class. : convinced every person who was at all *open to
The Aboukir, 74, Capt. PARKER, takes out Rear. ' conviction, that the fault lay not in the people them-
Admiral Form and Capt. Boutteuen to the Medi- ' selves, but In the system of corrupt election, which
terranean. I left no choice to the public at large in the returning
---- Lieut.-General Sir Jowl MURRAY, it is said, is of their Representatives.—Vpplause.]—An example
CONCLUSION Or THE ADDRESS Of THE GENERAL CON- to proceed to Alicant; there to meet the new expedi- had been set by them, which it was said there was
FEDERATION TO Tilt POLISH NATION. tion from Sicily, and to take the command of it, if i hopes would be imitated throughout the couritri•.---
(For the first part see the English Newspapers of the 7th and Lord W. BI sTINCK should not have arrived from He entertained no such hopes. The whole of 0 'c-
-Bth instant.] Sicily, or if his hardship should find it necessary to !tion was, at presents a more farce, and in that elec.
44 There is the career which you have yet to fol- return to that island. i tion the body of the people had no choice whatever.
low, you who have hitherto remained tranquil in The lion. Colonel MACDONALD, of the First Foot .It was a great argument in fivour of popular eke-
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your peaceful habitations. You certainly will not Guards, is to he one of the new Brigadier Generals : ti,°nss
that in the city of Westminster, the capital eftne empire, the seat fm the Government, wheee the
in the Peninsula.
Mier, you twill nut with,seee an indifferent eye,
'-- • - Sweeiteteq, DEos 14.—This forenoon, Vic:aka- prevalence of luxury ght he supposed to bring
your defenders, your sons, your brothers, who are . , se along with it thesprevaletice of corterptionewhevesthe
mire' Sir a 110 MAX accompanied by all •
at an enormous distance from their country, who, the Captainsof I • Majesty'sWlLLlAMS,
his ships laying at this , elution was in the heads of the great body of the
after long and painful labours, are deprived of the port, went up to Salt Pau Reach to pay his respects people, the event had shown, that •thrruptioli was
means of satisfying their wants, contend against at• to the Russian Commander in Chief.—The Russian impossible.—[Applausse]—Compliments had been
paid to the efforts madethe town of Liverpook ht!
three decker got aground on
enemy and a bad season, with forces diminished by Sunday morning before
ithe cause of liberty. Though great credit ssas sin--
day light, but wa' got off without damage.
reiterated combats. . doubtedly due to the iudisiduals who had made
Poiersatouen. Dec. 14.--Arrived from the Downs,
• 66 There are in your country a sufficient number those efferts, he was not sure but
the rejection of an
the Christian VII., 74 guns, Captain BALL; Mors,'
o( brave warriors and chevaliers, but do net let 74 guns, Captain ROPER ; and Cressy, 74 guns, individual with such claims ohe puhllc gretitmlb
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*them want the succours necessary in the midst of the Captain PATER, to be refitted ; and the Mulgrarc, as Mr. Brou ',ham from his WO talents, add also
. great efforts =tee by him in the cause of the peblie,
fatigues inseparable from war. Let our Regenerator a new 71 gun ship, commanded by Captain MALIN°,
, would not rather have a tendency to open more-the
be witness to the fresh efforts we shall make to pro- on her way to the Channel Fleet.
eyes of the people at large, .than if Mr."Rroageam
Private leases from persons high in authority in
vision and support them. Let our enemy be con- Sicily, dated 30th October, inform us, that the had been actually returned to Parliament—VA
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winced, that we not only have the courage to coin- QUEEN had been ordered to St. Margarita, a retired Pljuse.l—He understood that tlieltighesecaudielte,
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mence and to undertake, but also that to execute situation on the southern side of the island, not hay-
Mr. Canning, had not more than 1500 infra; while
and finish, and by that find himself deceived its his ing any facilities of communication with the enemy there were above 30,000 householders sslsb paid
taxes in the town of Liverpool. Hid not the electien
hopes ! • in Naples, and that she was prohibited from coming • •r
been in the hands of persons who were notorooli •
to Palermo. In the summer she is to' be sent to i
Austria. The second division of the expedition tot 64 Your user:ors will one day return to their na- open to the infinense of corruption, there mold be
tal ground, wad, in the midst of you, they will show Spain was nearly ready to Sail, consistingof 5000 men, ;little doubt but that the election would have fallen oh
their boneurable wounds, and recount to you the chiefly Italians, in a very effective state of discipline. et i Mr. Brougham, and not on the other candidate, el()
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fatigues they have endured in triumphing for you. was expected that Lord WM. BENTINCK would take had ever shown himself hostile to popular •rights, and
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May you be able to state, with the same confidence, the command in person, and accompany them to the lto the interests of the public. [Applause.] The
scene of their operations in Spain.
i sovereignty of the people, which had been 'drank that
the sacrifices you have made for them. night, and which had formerly given great offence to
The Cumberland, of 74 gulls, Captain BAKER, is
-,,- 94 We cannot, and we ought not to dissimulate , a certain descriptioa of individuals, it ought to be
ordered to Cork to take a convoy to the West n.
loom you, that the ordinary revenues of the State dies; and the Ramifies, of '.. 1 Sir Tif , borne in mind, was that sovereignty on which the
s, re guns, T. Amino,'
I sovereignty of the House of Hanover was founded.
'lre not sufficient for the pressing wants of war; that takes convoy from Portsmouth to the Weat India.'
• [Applause.] The corollary which was to be daluced
The paternal Government to whom you are subjected Ships of the line are now appointed to take charge of ; -
! from this was, that as all power necessarily flowed
paust take extraordinary means to meet them.— these coevoys, its consequence of the war with Ame-
. i I from the people, it could not be honestly exerted
rice, last* of smaller ships, as formerly.
Masten to satisfy its demands with the seel of chi. i but for the benefit of that people. [Applause.] In
Lord Middleton was last week elected Steward of ,
,Sens devoted to their country I •
. Rival each other in , ntstown of Sutton Coldfield, iu the room ofl
the Roy expressing sentiments like these he was aware that
consenting tb all the sacrifices which it demands, and . the lute Earl of Alyesford. the was laying himself open to the malicions interpre.
which it Omit yet demand of you! The, booing match between Lancaster and Cooper, I lotions which had so often been put on his
conduct ; but he was firm in the conviction
• 44 It is. for this object that the General Coafede..l a navigator, was to take place this day, nine miles !
1 that he was expressinff nothing but the Consti.
ration now addresses to you this appeal, to deter. from London.
Carter, tutional doctrine of this country.—[Applause.]—
ithe pugilist, Is matched for a censiderable '
mine you to support Poland in the general cause.—
sum, to run the celebrated Al,.Wood two miles. i They were aware that he had always pretested him-
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-16 is a most agreeable duty to fulfil, and. one In "The former is to receive 100 yards at starting, and .self a supporter of het Constitution of this country,
and maintained,. th e interests of the people Lad
4hich It is most certain of success. the match is to take place within a fortnight.
the Crown were inseparably united. There were three
64 There surely is among you no person, who, Sixteen prisoners of war, confined in Edinburgh
foundation, on which a Government could be said to
with sang Amid, will expose himself to measures gaol for some time, on a charge of forging Bank- rest—on an aristocracy—on an army—and on the wilt
of rigour, and lose, by waiting till' constrained by lin the Roads. notes, were oa Thursday put on board the.Adamonts of the people. When an aristocracy prevailed, the
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force all the merit of the sacrifices he must make' ' Government was controuled by a set of individuals,
ries' the country. It is true that these sacrifices, as i
9 A charitable, society, for thegratultous diStribution I whose interests were in opposition to those of the
of blanket*, has been instituted at Norwich, which : country at large. When an army was relied oe, it
well as your efforts, must be great and numerous, , has met with the most benevolent patronage. Up- ! seldom or never happened hut that some time or
hand that your resources appear drained. But the . wards of 2000 blankets hare alreadyelbeen distributed . ' other, a Government felt the edge of the instrument'
last sources of your means are not yet' dried up a it' to the necessitous. 1 whiSh it employed. The only secure Government
alone depends upon you to employ them at this im- , Between nine and ten on Sunday night se'nnight a! was that which was founded on the atiscticeis of the
portent moment, to deprive yourselves of many en- : meteor appeared in the air in a northern direction : people, without which it could neither he stable, nor
from this city, which created considerable alarm to ' glorious, nor happy.' With respect to the present
jovinents, and of every thing that is. not iudispete: . t
i numerous spectators, and was perceptible for-nearly state of this country, it was indeed most meteeseholy. .
silly necessary.. ' two minutes ; to the eye it was apparently as large I —He would not enter Open any discussion 'V the
" Direct your atteetion to those •vast countries, as a full moon, and very brilliant, resembling a-ball ' foreign relations 'of ihe-cusatry, a subject on whicli
covered with formidable armies; to the fields of battle of clear fire, and diffused a light that illuminated the I he might* possibly be mistakette- and on %chic', his 10.
and the brilliant victories which have been gained on earth to a great distance, and emitted a sulphureoue i s
formation nsestit be imporfeet ; but respecting the
them; this sight
.will not. only console and gran- heat ; at Newton St. Cyre, the inhabitants feared it internal! state of the. totory he could net possibly.
quilise you, but thi will be a new encouragement would burst on them, as it seemed to incline down- -be mimistaken. It used foreverlyto'be denied thit(elie
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wards, but it afterwards. took its course opwards, and House of Commons: was in that corrupt ltate -so
for you, to make the necessary sacrifices, and you retired into a cloud.--(Exeter Paper.) • • ginerally believed,--tut that -which wal:_faimerly
will feel that poverty in a freecouitry, is much ; Tlie report of a utueder near Sadler's Wells is um, denied wait siow-unbleshingly avowed and-defended.
more sweet than abuttdmice with slivery. i founded.- .. - •• • • - ' I was new 110tOriClidy lennwe to be *irrupt:in its
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" Done at Warsaw in the sitting of-the Council of
the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Po.
land, Nov. 9, 1812.

to.

•' JEAN GOLASZEUSKI, Bhhop of Wigiers."

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