The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-02 00:00:00

NEW MINISTERS.

Mr. CANNING said, that seeing in his place en
Hon. Gentleman, who had lately originated a mo-
tion respecting the present Administration, and see-
ing also in his place another Hon. Gentleman, who
had expressed his intention of making on Wednes.
day next, a motion of similar tendency, he thought
that it might be convenient to take that opportunity
of apprising. those Hon. Gentlemen, that he had on
that day received an intimation from a Noble Friend
of his, a Member of the other House of Parliament,
that upon the morning of that day, his Royal High-
ness had been graciously pleased to give directions to
that Noble Friend, the Marquis Wellesley, to pro-
ceed forthwith in taking such measures as appeared
to him best calculated to form an efficient administra-
tion.—((,Year, hear!]
Mr. WORTLEY thought it necessary, in oonse-
quence of the statements that had appeared in seve-
ral of the newspapers, to put two questions to a
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Ponsonhy);
there were, at present, two sorts of political writers
in the periodical press, those whose sole aim it was
to attack public men, and those who were employed
in defending them. Ile thought it but fair to give
the Right Hon. Gentleman and his friends an oppor-
tunity to meet and publicly repel the insinuations
which had been so lavishly thrown out against them
in certain publications. He had framed two ques-
tions with this view, which he should now put to the
Right Hon. Gentleman, and which, to prevent mis.
takes he had committed to writing. lie, therefore,
asked Mr. Pousonby if any proposal for forming an
Administiation► had, up to that morning, been made
to him or his friends, and rejected upon either public
or personal grounds?
Mr. YOR K E rose to order'. He contended that
the Hon. Gentleman had no right to put such ques-
tions.

Mr. Ponsonby, Mr. Wilberforee, and othersd
then rose to order, when
The SPEAKER said, that as to the mere matter
of right no Hon. Member could occupy the attention
of the House unless when speaking to a motion
before the House, or in originating, or giving no- I
tice of one.
Mr. WORTLEY bowed to the authority of the
Chair, while he confessed, at the same time, that he
thought he might have been privileged by the usage ,
of the House, in putting, at a crisis of such im-
portance, questions of this nature.
' After a short and desultory conversation, it was
at length agreed upon that Mr. Wortley should be
allowed to put his question. Having put the first—
Mr. PONSONBY answered, that no proposal for
forming an Administration had, up to that morning,
been made either to him, or any of those whom he
had the honour to' call his friends,- in this, or the
ether House of Parliament, and rejected upon either
public or personal grounds.
Mr. WORTLEY then asked Mr. Ponsonby,' if it
_
were true, that any conditions had been proposed and I
insisted upon by him or his friends, before they,
would agree to form a part of an-Administration ?
Mr. PONSONBY said, he thought his answer to I
the former question involved and implied an answer
to this, for that as no proposal was made no con-1
ditions could be demanded.
Lord CASTLEREAGH wished to know a an',
Honourable Member (Colonel Martin), whether it
was his intention to bring -,forward on Wednesday
the Motion which stood foathat day ?
Colonel MARTIN replied, that that must depend
upon what occurred between that time and Wednes-
def. lie trusted that there would be no occasion for
his Motion.
IRISH LOAN. •
% long conversation took place between Mr. W.
Pole, Sir J. Newport, Mr. W. Wynne, and Mr.
Brougham, as to, the propriety of bringing forn...ard
the Irish Loan—it was at length agreed upon that
t
the Route should go into Committee, lest- the Con-

rag STATRSM4N.

LONDON:
TUESDAY,' JUNE 42, 1812.

THE ADM tNISTRATION.

IWe have, at length, an authority which may be
relied on, for stating, that the PRINCE REGENT has
given explicit instructions to Marquis WELLESLEY,
to form a new Ministry. This fact was'made known
last night in the House of Commons by Mr. CAN-
NING, and we may likely be able, in our next, to
present our Readers with an accurate list of the pro-
posed Members. On receiving the Regent's commands,
Marquis WELLESLEY went to Earl GREY'S house in
Portman-square, from whence an express was seat to
Lord GaiNviLLE, at Dropmore; and his Lordship,
with all the principal Members of both Houses' that
concur in politics, having assembled in the evening
at Earl Gnix's, an outline of a new Administration
was drawn up, which will be submitted this day to
the PRINCE REGENT by Marquis WELLESLEY. CIP
this subject the Morning Chronicle remarks :-
4‘ That the intrigues which have been carrying on so
indefatigably for these last three weeks, to keep the
late Ministers in their offices, have at length given
way to the united voice of the public. We must not
flatter ourselves, however, that they are yet at an
I end. It remains to be seen what is the nature of the

proposal which the, Plum REnzirthas authorized
the Marquis' Weurstan to. salmi. Ito ;mods Garr
and GRENVILLE, and their respective Mends. Until
we know this, we must be cautious how we ttust to
appearances. We have had too much experience al-
ready of tin advisers of the late delays, and of the
dexterity of the principal one, whom we yester-
day pointed out to the public; we know too
well the endless resources of his legal meta-
physics, to believe that they are even now ex-
hausted. . It is to be hoped that he was not consult-
ed, as Keeper of the REGENT'S conscience, on the.
offer to be made to Lords GREY and Gammix.r.z."—
The influence here alluded to, which.hay hithertqlo
shamefully operated against the formation of any
Ministry in which the Members of the lite Cabinet
were not included, is certainly muck to be regretted.
But our fears that the hopes and expectations of the
I people will not be so fully met, as was at first ex-
' pected, is the meditated arrangements, arise from
another source than that of the PRINCE'S mind be-
ing influenced by any individual whatever. Is it to
! be expected that Earl Gast, and the other leading
Members of Opposition, who have uniformly de—
clared .for unqualtfied Catholic Emancipation, will
readily give up these principles to Marquis Wm.'s-.
LEY and Mr. CANNING, who are merely the aclio.'
cafes of restricted Emancipation ? Are the Whigs,
' who have hitherto steadily opposed the waste of
blood and treasure which has taken place in sup-
, porting the war in the Peninsula, to abandon these
l points, and to support the measures of Marquis
WELLESLEY, who has always maintained that
ilthe exertions of Great Britain in that quarter
ought to 'be on a more extended, scale than even
that on which the late Ministers acted ? Is Lord
GREY, and his Colleagues, moreover, to renouncathe
total repeal of the Orders in Council, for the less
efficient modifications of Marquis WELLESLEY ? In
fine, are the " Opposition," Who derived that name
from their manly and steady disavowal of the uncon-
stitutional measures of Mr. Prix.; which have brought
so much calamity on the country,. to abandon, their.
Iprinciples so far as to Set a part in a Vo
vernmeut, with men who were bred in, the same
school with Mr. PITT, and who have alloalong ad;
voted his destructive system ? These tie questions
which require serious and deliberate consideration ;
and which, if not satisfactorily resolved, will have
nothing for the nation to expectv7iut. *sp in•
crease of their miseries by any change.. Ministers
that may take place. We shall not asking on a consi-
: deration of 'these topics here, trusthit :that event`
will soon occur which may dispel the feantave at pre.
sent entertain, and repder this painful disiaasion
cessary. Meanwhile, as matters are actually in atnl
of adjustroenty we have thought it proper to *repub-
lish the subsfatiCa'allie anmseklately ietnrqed.,by
Earl,Gt}cy and Lord Gamma/40e th* firtt
I
ture of Marquis WELLRS&Iia atm. wiich he'll' to.!

seen what the country is to expect, if the adminis.
tration of affairs be entrusted to these Noblemen
Their joint letter began by declaring their readi.
:ness to sacrifice all personal feelings, in order
to give effect to the vote of the House of
Commons, upon the present alarming crisis of af-
fairs. It expresses their deep acknowledgment, to
Lord WELLESLEY, for 11;3 powerful exertions in sup.
port of the Catholic Claims, and they state th,•ii
perfect concurrence in his first principle, At hich re.
commends the early and dispassionate discus4on of
these Claims, with a view to their amicable and final
acijustment. With regard to the war in the Penis,.
sula, it declares, that no persons can feel more deep-
ly than they do, the importance of its successful ter.
mination ; that as to its management, it is difficult
for any person, riot actually in Office, to give a de.
cided opinion, without a full consideration of the
details and circumstances of the war, which can orlr
be known to the Member) of Government ; but that
they are perfectly ready to enter into a dispassionate
discussion of this important question. That they
think it fair, to declare at the same time, that they
entertain great doubts, whether, in the present dis-
tressed stale of the country, it will be found practi-
cable to increase the public burthm.

A Heligoland Mail arrived this forenoon. The
feiiowing is the ouly article which it brings :

fIELIGOLAND, MAT?'.

Since last Mail, a Flag of Truce has arrived from
Husum, and brought over the family of a merchant
on the island ; but no news whatever of a public na.
tare, of which the inhabitants on the coast appear
to be equally as ignorant as ourselves.

The Letters by the Anholt Mail were delivered
from the Post-Office yesterday ; and if we can eye
full credit to the advicea from Liebau, under date of
thh 10th ult. the Emertten has abandoned his former
commercial policy, and has thrown open his ports to
every description of shipping to whatever country it
may appertain. We cannot, however, rely on this
intelligence, as we have information from Riga so re-
cent as the date of the Bth of month, which men-
tions nothing of the removal of any restrictions to
which the Russian ports -were before exposed. We
have also accounts intermediately from Lieubau,
through Gottenburgh, two days later than the letter
from thence, to which we have adverted, and these
also are silent with regard to any such concession.

The Speedwell, which has arrived at Guernsey,
from Gijon, brings information, that the French hid
again returned to the provinee-of the. Asturias. On
the 17th ult. they entered Oviedo, without oppo-
sition, though inconsiderable in number. The people
every where fled in consternation and alarm. Mr.
Kirlax, the British Consul at Gijon, had quitted
that port in- time to save himself and his family.
A ship has reached Margate, from Ostend, which
took her departure on the 29th ult. • she brings no
intelligence from the Peninsula, and it seems that
BoNAPARTE has not yet thought it prudent to pub-
lish in France the surrender of Badijos.
Yesterday FArl MontA and the Marquis WEL.
LESLEY had long audiences of the PRINCE REGENT at
Carlton House. _ _ _

Mr. Pomsomay had a meeting of the Opposition ,
'yesterday morning, at his house in Grosvenor-square.
—Amongst those present, were
Earl Grey., Lord Potvonby, Sir Jolla Newport, Mr. Tierney.
the Right lion. 9. EL Daly, the lino. S. Wortley, Mr. Mac•
rtnnaltl, Mr. Grattan, Mr. C. W)one, the hiott. F. l'onsonSl,
Btr.
Mr. M tmocis, a midshipman of the Noll/mber.
land, had a narrow escape in the late gallant action ;
while sitting on a powder-box, a ball passed Isle
tweet' his legs, without doing any further injury than
knocking the box into splinters) which slightly
struck him.

Jamaica Papers, which arrived yesterday/ to the
12th of April, furnish some some farther particulars
with regard to the earthquake at the Caraccas;
which seems to have extended its ravages over a large
tract of country. Besides the disastrous effects al•
ready recorded, about 60 houses were thrown dorm
at Puerto Cavello : Vittoria was entirely demolish-
ed : Leon had also suffered greatly ; large quantities
or land had been sunk, and bodies of wet e• had arisen
In their room. A letter from the Havannah to a gentle..
man in Jamaica, dated Nardi 24, has the following
paragraph :—" Our information from Vela Cruz,
is by no means of so favourable a nature as I coma
wish. The Insurgents appear to increase their force.
About four days since it was publicly stated, that
400 of the King's troops had been beaten."
The'subsequent is an extract of a letter also to a
Gentleman in Jamaiea Contained its the same Journals.
" 4 PORT AU PRINCE, APRIL 4.—Some days since,
CnalsTorne marched his army en mime against this
city,, and his fleet of seven sail at the moment ap-
peared 9ff, the port, taking advantage of the ah-
sence of PETION ; who, with his army, had pro-
ceeded to Aux Cayes. CHISTOPUE'S head-quarters
werept- Prelyand in this neighbourhood, where re-
port states he was landing heavy artillery. We have
evacuated the fort of Cabeira ; but CHRICTOPIIT'i
main army met with a check in the plains of Cul de
Sac. Some confusion prevailed from the absence of
Person, but the moment of his arrival restored
every thing to its accustomed regularity."
Baran.—To-day, the LORD MAYOR and Una*
MEN, after inspecting the returns, ordered it to con-
tinuetst present prices.—Loaf,
The Members of the Bath and West of England
Agricultural Society, are respectfully informed, that
the misunderstanding which had arisen at the la,t
General-Meeting of the Society, between Sir J. C.
Ilzertstee and Mr.- Mitts, of Bristol, in cote",
quenoe of some expressions used by the farmer Gen-
.lleman when speaking of the late Mr. att.uNcsLEY,
vihich were considered personaliy to allude to Mr.
Mt EU, has been satisfactorily removol by an expla-
.tettion made by Sir Jam Cox Ilsertsiev, in which
he has admitted that the expres4n,is used by him, ns
far as the same-related to Mr. Mtz.t.s, were unques-

Amiably misapplied. -
Loud" M.ty 31; 13-14:

JAMES 1111.1.4.