The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-10 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

slaters—J. Haigh and J. Crosland, Lindley, Yorkshire, tanners
—J. and W. tireen, Sheffield, table-knife-manufacturers—W.
Dawson, J. Bartell, D. Gaskell, and .1. Burrell, jun. Walte-
r field, merchants—J. J. Cherry and E. !Jester ,
° Birmingham,
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cater—J. and W. Ricketts, tssez, farmer—B:. Parker and C.
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n, and S. fdawey, King's Lyan, Norfolk, bankers—G.
.1111o*en and G. Morant, New Bond-street. paper-longing-deco-
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R. Rinks and C. Foster, Kingston-upon-Hull —J. and Collier,
Shiflett), Shropshire, ironmongers.
I. The Average Pr ice of for the Week, ending Feb.
5, is 445. Sid. pe
Ir Cwt.
Average Prices of CORN of ENGLAND and WALES, per
quarter, from the Return, ending February 1:
I Wheat. I Rye. Barley. I Oats. I Beans I Pease. I °atm.

s. d.c. d. c. d. s. d. s. d. .r. d. +. d.
104 0 55 0 31 4 31 2 56 4 64 8 50 8

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portunity of addressing himself to the advertising
part of the Community, many of whom are little
acquainted with the nature and extent of the eir-1
cola {ion of Newspapers, and who, from long habit
or otherwise, often prefer those of small circula- I
lion, to others that are very extensive. It would
be a painful task to point out the exact number of
each Journal printed in London, but it might be
advantageous to those who hare property to dispose
of, either by PUBLIC S'ILE or PRIVATE Coln
TRICT, to make themselves acquainted with it.
Of late there has .b.een a complete change in the
system of Newspapers. During the last ten
sears the Evening Papers have obtained great
cirAdcitton, and, tn many instances have
sap-
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now generally read, both in Town and Coun-
try, especially in Reading-Rooms, Hotels, Cof-
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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
SONDAY, VEBRCART 10, 181%
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THE RING. KING.

The following Bulletin was yesterday shown at
St. James's Palace:—
" Windsor Castle, Feb. P.
g His MAsurrir appears to be nearly in the same
state la *hick he was the last week. •
Th.T.F4ORD,
" M. RAILIAE.
" W. ITE.HF.P.MN,
J.
" R. WILLIS."

An Anholt Mail arrived this morning, bringing the
important intelligence of the French troops having,
to the amount of 6,000, entered Stralsund on the
26th January. We expected little else from the
complexion of the Address lately made by the
Crown Prince, BERNADOTTE, to the King of SWEDEN,
on the latter re-assaming the reins of Government.
It will not surprise us if it turns out, that this re-
assumption of the regal power, has been the result
of some plan in the Swedish Councils, to overthrow
the power of the CROWN PRINCE ; and that he has,
in consequence, given information of this to Berck.
PARTE, which has led to the occnpation of Swedish
Pomerania by his troops', and which, we are per-
sitadrd, .N.tror con will not be induced speedily to
withdraw, until his favourite General be restored to
his former dignity, probably until he be invested
with Sovereignty.

" STOCK ROLM, JAW. St.

" On the 26th, 6,000 French troops entered
Stralsund, having given' "notice on the 25th 'that
such was their intention, and desiring quarters might
be provided for them. This•eircumstance has given
rise to various conjectures ; we are, however, sa-
tisfied BERN IDOTTE is our true friend."
VTOACT Or A LETTER mom VILNNA) DATED
SANTIANT 15.
gg *e learn that the Austrian Court will furnish
the Illyrian provinces with several million, worth of
grain, agreeably ..to a convention lately concluded
between the Courts of Vienna and Paris,
" We know nothing positir relative to the nego-
tiations at Bucharest."
" COPENHAGEN, Saw. 12,
gg A number of dead bodies lave been found on
the kea-shore, between Osbye and .Nyernandgat, in.
Jutland, probably from the English ship of the line,
wilich was wrecked there a few days ago; among
them are 21 women, two negroes, 77 men in sailors'
dresses, IL in soldiers' dresses, one officer, and a man
in an ordinary dress. Ills Majesty has ordered that
all the bodies clothed as officers, which are found on
the shore, shall be buried with military honours; and
that notice ,shall be taken of their persons, and any
particular marks they may have about them, 12y which
they •may be known."—(Correspoodent, Jan. 25.)
"RtBE, JAN. °l.
gg The corpse of Commodore ATKINS has been
taken out of the grave in Fialtring church.yard,
where it had been deposited, and from thence car-
ried to the 'church at Uusbye, where it was depo-
sited in the sacristy with due military honours. The
resident clergyman, Mr. Seiersted, of liusbye, on this
occasion held a discourse, which was heard with
west approbation."—( Dagen, Jun, 27'5.)

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EbeINEUR, JAN. 35.
0: Towards evening, on the 23d, a brig and two
sloops arrived here, from the Northward, and en the
following day proceeded to the southwaid. Articles
of house-keeping continue to adventse in price; 42
rix dollars (81. 4s. sterling) were this day paid in
the market for a fathom of fire-wood; and from se-
ven to eight rif dollars '(2B to 342 shillings) for a
lis pound of fresh porter. Although that the wind i
is from the southwest', the frost still continues, but
we have no ice, either in the Sound or in the liar-
bonr."—(Dagen, Jan. W.)
" TRIESTE, JAN. 4.
" The high road which is making from Carlstadt
to Fiume, and which is called the Louis Road, in
honour of her MAJESTY, the Empress of FRANCE,
is now completely finished ; and notwithstanding its
being in many places carried across mountainous si-
tuations, yet will have every possible convenience
attached to it: care has also been taken for having
good inns established along this road."—(Correspon-
denten, Jan. 25.)

The Dublin papers of Thursday, which ►ve received
this morning, state, that Mr. K►RwAN was brought•
up that day for judgment in the Court of King's
Bench, and that, after a long address by Judge DA y,
he was sentenced to be lined one mark, and then
discharged.

If a true judgment may be formed from the public
Papers, and from the transactions in Parliament,
the.late naval losses in the North Sea have made a

very slight impression on the nation. Questions have
been asked in the House of Commons, and answers
given, which appear to have been deemed perfectly
satisfactory. The loss of three capital ships, with
their whole crews, amounting to more than 2000
seamen, have been placed to the common account of
sea-risk, against which no human foresight can pro-
vide •;. and, with this statement, the guardians of the
public welfare seem to be perfectly satisfied. But is
a lawyer a gardener ? Is a physician a sLoemaker ? 15
an architect an astronomer ? or a bricklayer as ana-
tomist ? Certainly, the knowledge of almost all pro-
fessions have something peculiar to each. Is the 'kill
in naval affairs then, exempted from this general role ?
This is very far from being 'certain. So long ego as
the reign of A UGUSTUS Cesare, the Romans
were of opinion that naval tactics was a s) stem pecu-
liar to itself. Yet, in these =pre enlighted days,
when sea knowledge is ten thousand times more com-
plicated, it seems to be supposed that naval skill is
intuitive. But has this intuitive knowledge suggested,
that ships of three decks, and dten those of two decks,
may be driven from one coast of the narrow parts of
the North Sea to another, by gales of wind very fre-
quent there in the months of November, December,
January, and February ? Those gales are of very
long continuance, accompanied ai' thick **ether El
the days are short ; the tides are strong ; and the
shores bordered with dangerous rocks and shoals.
This is something worth consideration. There is•
still more. Does intuitive knowledge suggest at
what rate, and, in what direction, a three-deck s!.lp
is driven, when the force of the wind obliges a
seaman to furl the topsails? Does chance point out
the difference between so large ships and those of two
decks? And again, between those of two and thoseof
one deck ? Or has intuitive skill only a confused ideal
of those material points ? But, admitting that the
transcendent talents of some men.may be beyond the
conception of a common understanding, still it re-1
mains to discover that, in the North Sea, most in.
tense frosts are frequent in winter—the ropes.become
pieces of ice—the sails are plates of frozen snow,
all unmauagable by the benumbed hands of meu.—
In such situations, who can guide ; who can direct
the motions of an immense machine, difficult even
when man possesses all Lis powers ?- Between the
dangers of the seas where it never freezes,. and, those
where cold arrests the strength of men, the difference it
beyond the conception of the most clear-sighted intui-
tion. These being facts, the consequences of trusting to
what is called transcendent abilities, may be esti..
mated. In sech situations, it is taken for granted
that nahuman foresight • could have prevented' the
loss of so.rivany valuable men's lives ; yes• every sea-
Man, acquai— nted'irdh that sea, and with the
of ships of differept rates, could have foreseen, and
many certainly did *este, the imminent danger' Us]
which three-decked ships are at all times exposed iu
the narrow parts Of, the North Sea ; and that nothing'
short of the last degree of necessity, could justify j
keeping even two-decked ships in the Baltic beyond
the end of September. If these be facts, the neces-
sity of some practical knowledge may be requisite in
the disposal of ships of war, otherwise a whole pro-
tecting fleet may be wrecked in 24 hours, and 20,000
men lost to their country by defective knowledge in
those who have the most earnest desire to serve that
country with fervent zeal, and are possessed of the
most tender feelings of humanity. •

A letter from Palermo, dated January 1, states
" the news of this day is, that Lord Ww. BENTINCK
it to hare the command of all the Sicilian troops,
and a seat in Parliament at Palermo ; the banished
Princes are to be recalled, and all our eroffered
terms are agreed to; which the Sicilians are heartily
glad of. The Neapolitanskare all the will to be our
enemy, but have' not the means. Mr. N►cr., the
British Minister at Sardinia, is hourly expected here
in L'Espoire."
Three French Officers were brought by► a Messen-
ger to the Secretary of Slate's office, en Thursday,
from Plymouth Dock. The cause has net trims-
-I'i red.

The Conn-MA.Yott wilt hold a Court of Common
Council to-Morrow, to consider a motion, " That
the sum of 5001. be presented to the National Society
for promoting the Education of the Poor in the prin-
ciples of tho Established Church, as the gift of this
Court," and other business.
This morning the twelve prisoners charged with
high treason, in joining the French forces in the
Isle of France, were put upon their trial before the
Special Cc-ntnission, at the Court House, in horse.
monger-iatte.
On Friday the Lords of the Council met at the
Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear and determine

Plantation appeals.
The Judges -LAWRENCE and CuAssanE continue
both so much indisposed as to' be unable to go on the

ensuing Circuit. tierjeant Runt;txcrrou is to fill the
judicial situation of the former.
We are assured 'that Mr. limn.! has been oft.,:retl
6001. sterling, to perform in New York for smuts'

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nights.
The Army .Eetimates for the present year laid h:'.
fore the House of Commons nee for 370,434 mea,
anti ticductinethe 48,161 for the Regiments in tko
territories of the East India Company, there remain
342,€273 to be provided for by Parliament. The ex,
Peusetfor this force, and other disbursements of the
Military Department, amount to 15,893,0911. 35.9(1.
The number of embodied MilitiaA.93,2l2. The ez.

'sense for the Local Militia is r20,075i.
. In the list of the division on the Cetholic Question,
we aright to have included I,,ita FORBES, who pair.
Led,off with Mr. FORRESTER.
In the list of the Majority teethe Reversion Lees
M. Roamors, Esq. and J: Rolm:sox, F.s4. did not
vote. Lord CLlvn Lord BacemE, and Gen. Gas•
comer ai4 vote.
The Reversion Bill is again thrown out,lw a me-
t jority- of font: The history df this. Bill is siege:al.
i It has been moulded into every possible shape, till it
would appearaey thing, or nothing. Sometimes it
affected two much, and sometimes too little. It was
either intruding on the Prerogative of the Crown,
or doing nothing for the People. In the one case it
Iwas dangerous, and the other of no setvice. It has
been read in almost every stage of legal progression;
its-pi ogress has been connived at till the last hour,
; and then ,Mr. PERCEVAL, or some other, suddenly
discovers that it will no! be ;Wended with any effect,
and it is laid in another six month? grave. It Ins
been cut, and pared, and swollen-out, and reduced,
just as though the mover were taking wave of
! every man's vote ; till It has become insipid to one
party, and indifferent to another. This is the pre.
I gress that the House mike* in Reform. • It is round
the House, and round Me house,' sad round the
I House, but never enter the House.
By letters from Gibraltar we have received the dis-
agreeable intelligence that his Mreresee's ship Con-
queror, of 7.1 guns, Captain FELLOWES, had unfor-
tunately been becalmed ender the guns of a French
battery near Toulon, and could not be towed out
from that perilous situation until one hundied and
seventy of her men were killed, and a proportionate
number wounded. Also; that La Franchise frigate,
.Captain F. J. ALLEN, bad been struck with light.
wing, .by which fatal accident she had lost several of
' her crew. The Conqueror is hourly expected to at.
rive in England.
The CLEROY.—Our Readers will. rejoice to hear,
that the neglect and wretched situatiou of the lower
orders of the Clergy, so long known and lamented
by every sincere friend of the Established Church, is
likely, at last, to tix the attention of the public.—
The Curates of Cornwall, Diocese of Exeter, have
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prepared and signed a Petition to the Commons of
" Great Britain, detailing their necessities and submit-
ting them to the consideration of the Howes; and se
doubt not, that their example will be followed by
the Curates and Incumbents of small Livings in every
Diocese of the kingdom. We would not insinuate
that the, great watchmen of the Church have been
meglectftil of their labouring brethren ; but we can.
not believe that there must be something radically de-
fective in a system which has reduced a body of mon,
from the enviable satiation of administering to the
temporal,, as well as spiritual wants of. their neigh.
hours, to the miseries of poverty and dependence:
leaving them with stipends " less than many of the
servants of the Members of your Honourable Muse
demand and receive ai their yearly wo.ges."—(Stai•
fordshire Advertiser.) •
The French Assistant Clerks in all the DepSts oe
shore and in Prison Ships, have been discharged
ifrom employ, by order of the Transport Board.
COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS :AND TEAMS SHILLIVI
PlEcEs.—The public ought to be on their guard in
taking these pieces, as couoterfelts of them are in a.
tensive circulation. A eimpla and effectual check is,
to weigh them against pod ones, when they will be
found uniformly lighter: • .
Francois Goyette, tbe French prisoner, lately
liersl6fedess a. servant evriesard the Pagese Hospital
Ship, has been released and sent to Frauce by the
Transport Board, as a • reward for his exertions is
jumping overboard to the rescue of the Cook and
Boy of the Hydra frigate, when upset in he! boat
in l'orchester Lake. . . . .‘,
Potatoes were first impelled into Europe, in 6"
year 1565, by Hawkins, from Santa Fe in Spiel'
America ; they were planted for the first time ••'
Ireland, by the great Sir Walter Raleigh, elm A
an estate in that kingdom.. The natural history":if
the potatoe was :.scs little understood, that a tote! :g•
norance of what part of the plant was the
food had nearly ruined any further attention to
its cultivation—for perceiviug green apples A .:'tar
upon the stems, these were first supposed to be the
fruit, but upon being boiled and finding them uni'"ll7
table, or rather natise,ous, Raleigh was disgusted eio
his acquisition, northought any more of cultivating Ps'
tatoes..Accident,however,discovered the real fruit,o
ing to the ground being turned over, through necessity,
that very season, and to his surprise a plentiful crop,
en
was found under-ground, which being boiled prov
nourishing to the stomach and grateful to the taste.
The utility of this plant being soou known, rendered
its cultivation pretty universal through Ireland,
whence it found its way to this kingdom, by mere sic'
dent, where it was first planted upon the western coast,
owing, as it hereported, to a vessel being shipwret
ed, which cipstained some potatoes, at a village BRI
Oil
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Firmsby, in Lanoashlea ; a plate still famed faf
excaent vegetable.