The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-09-13 00:00:00

alEvidence taken before the Corn Committee.! The
particulars of this evidence comprehend topics oT
:tob great and general interest tor,Ers to pass the.sub-
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ject over light , r a our observations
over We'shall arum
to-mtmow.

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We hue also inserted the concluding part of the
labaetvations of the Chamber of Commerce at Nantes
upon the Slave Trade. This document, which has

for its object the vindication of this abhorred traffic,

had labours hard to k*oiroilltie if is indispetitible to
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(:prosperity of
.?t*. ..4 Imes in rather Adijr
ilizaik
with the set of a Jew if use for sandier
*Eritofe, by those i —4.-'4t-ilteir •morel tribunal,
have not hesitated to pass a very . severe sentence on
the avaricious advocates of this mode of obtaining
' money. We start at the likeness, but hope, if
there is any reality in the resemblance our fancy
traces, for the honour of nations, and of governments,
1 oho have contracted a sacred engagement with na.
• tore to :dispense justice and protection alike mil
impartially to all of whom they have taken char
that the sentiment which would justify rendering
rany miserable for the gain-of a fOw, is one which
Is disclaimed generally, as dangerous to mankind,
and cherished only by slave drivers, and such amiable
politicians as these men of Nantes, who, having their
Own interests alone in 'view, have no right to iliNel
in the name of a nation, or.dictate what issondnarit
to the general welfare. • .
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The formal espousals of the Duke °Mown°.
Lam) and the Princess of SALM took place at Soo-
Utz .ou the 26th last. The Princess was born Prin.
'oess of MECKLENBURGU STIVELITZ ; she is widow of
the Prince of SA LM, niece to her MaJesiry,!and
sister to the late Queen Of PRUSSIA. She is abetit
40 years of age, and the .Duite her husband, is 43.
It is.stated in the Scotch Papers, that a meetiag
similar to,that necently held at Liverpool, is to take
place•et Glasgow, for the purpose of °braising more
effectual prolettiba egaingth* ravages otAmerican

cruiters. • . , .
. Orders have Men. teoeriemli at litymouth to stop
the workmen from ripiffellisel the bulk heads, &c.
with which the prison ship* emitted.
Sir JAULT.EL BaswrOs -Marta is appoinhOieval
Commissioner at the Cape of Good Hope: t -.if, •
The Corporation of Cork has voted the frdedmeof
that city to the SPEAREIK of-the House of C residua.
The last division of sick, &c. arrited-1 ~week
from France and Spain ; also a detachment
and miners; which clears those countries - British
troops. • 1 , • •
A Cornwall Paperstptes, that Goveentnent Nate
determined on,gilltetep the naval establishinent .at
Falmouth ; and that orders have been retwired for
transporting the stores:to Plymouth. •
On Friday evening lest the Princess CHARLOTTE
et •WALts arrived at Saliabsiry, ott.herjeurney to
Weymouth. The Princess was accompanied by; the
tountess of tun Errs*, the Countess of ROSSLIFN,
the Misses COATTU, General GARTH, and the Rat
Dr. SHORT. Her ,Royal • Highness-remained pt-else
Antelope Inn on• Friday night, and deported. for
Weymouth nest morning at 10 o'clock.--- Deringtbe
Princess's short stay, various specitutmegiilory
manufactory were submitted Royal to her Royal eels.
The Duke of NORFOLK is selling a number-of )08
estates in Yorkshire. •'• • • • „'•
. Mr. • TELFono, engineer, has made a magnificent
plan. of. st bridge, intended-to be erected -over lbst,
Mersey, at Runcorn, which will unite LancasMitpl
and Cheshire, and facilitate the commeeleetletilheril
tweeu Liverpal trod Looslavi, •

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Batavia extra ship and the
ereagh sailed from . _ .
•nd the Castl - - - I ated upon the frontiers of Etruria, is confirmed one
Bombay in April, and the Lowjee Family from St.
ratified, and the right of possession made hereditary
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.in his male heirs. LUCIEN lloer.teartve had per-
Helena on the 6th of May.
chased this valuable property eight years ago of the
The Company's outward-boynd ships Winchilsm, .
Apostolic Chamber, when he was exiled from France,
Astell, Europe, Castle HuntleN, Asia, and Marquis:
and sought a refuge at. Rome. Every one here has
of Huntley, were all well the 10th of play, in lat.
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36. 38. S. long. 15. 39. E. The Surat Castle and seen this illustrious personage receive this reward of
Royal Charlotte .were found to have separated from',; bps virtue at the hands of the Head of the Church,
the fleet on the morning of the 7th. i with the liveliest satisfaction. He is frequently' atl.i
Upon the 28th of May, in lat. 32. south, long. 30. I matted at private audiences with the Holy Fathers
east, the Ranger whaler fell in with his Majesty's and is occupied with preparing for the press his greed
' poem of Charlemagne, which will appear in Januar/1i
brig. Barracoota, add three India‘ien (the Lady ,
1815. It is dedicated the Holy Father."
lushington, Exeter, and kn;m:11
eitidth r bound to the
The Sublime' Porte having by teeetif treptiespra
Claw Utilise 3001,4 Moir Pa
... - werejuined ranted all vessels under the Alistair'. Ilartrlit
hy another Indiaman.., 4, ~ , . i . • ,
• being attacked by the Barbary corsairs, the Gruel
The Scaleby Casile old %TlM:bona, arrived at
Seignior found it necessary to issue on the 16th Jene4
the Cape Rothe 26th of May. •• .:., •.. '
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three firmans, addressed Itspoctrielyi to the Def
The Earl Spencer arrived. at Itum!lefdliTthtlet
Algiers and the Beys of snip and Tripoli, tn.*.
Algiers,
of May from Port Jackson.
ing them and thehi' subjects not only tb abstain frees
The Poytstnouth French market Via
1471.313.-" a
Ip i i F attacking, searchihg, or impeding Austrian vessels
supplied lett **bk. 'enws sot lI from ;II"
at sea ; but to 'give them protection and assistance in
fine sheep, from 20s. to 255.; turlies, Bs. per cheiple;
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their commerci4l enterprises, as liApsually granted
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mutton, in retail, 6d. to Bd. per lb. ; beef, sd.
by the Porte to4he subjects of ill 'post favoured
Eleven French ships of war at Antwerp, et being
nations. 'fry ... • • I
finished within
Paris, were put up the
to time
suction limiteon the 31st of Augud by the Treaty of
Chichester. Market was almost every day last
st,
week glutted with French fruit, seek as apples
is they stood on the stocks. All the timber, copper,
pd 's at. one silla ; and
iron, or lather materials lying round the ship, were
filbeears, anrts, very Ofimne,; et one and two per' g llon
shillings the gal.
iroclededin, the leme lot with the vessel. Five months
loth, which, of course commanded the market, art
Wolfed, from the Ist inst. to break them up.
Hai—t.
the purchase . money to be paid . within two days in !caused such as were the produce of this country, t*
cash, the remainder within one Math ; but marine remain a drug in the hands of the venders. Small
casks of good butter, of French manufacture, were
bone, issued for the pay of 'the !elm, *ere to be 1
also in great supply, at nine-pence per pound.
taken•ln payment for one moiety of the • sunk The
..ngle bid. About nine weeks since, a passenger on board
shipt were put up accordingly ; but not a-si
ding,wili mide by those present. i Capt. Gnurr's paCket from Guernsey, had 2001.
I. of seized from him at the Custom-house, consisting of
lIVRIANG MATcill—festerday ',grand mate.. i
hurling was played on Kennington-martian, between
i banktokens to the number of 730, and all of full
twenty one Irishmen, and twenty•orte
' (said to be); weight. After a,detention till yesterday se'onlght;
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an. ordeecanae • from the Board of Customs, in corn.
Russians. The Irish were distinguished by red caps;
the ttussians by rough
,bear-skin caps. The hook thante with memorials, &c. to restore the whole
Ipropertyto tl,)e.
.owner, without any.allowance what,
was placed at each end of the common, and the ball
weighed 18 ounces. The match, according to report; ovec. to t." Seizing Officer.
was made by the Irish Nobility and several. Russian . The Company of Drapers of Shrewsbury have pre:
Officers of distlition. A vast number ofspectators , sented Lord HILL with a piece of plate, of the value
attended, and ate play on the %hole was remnrkable of 2501. and upwards, with the Freedom of
for skill and activity. Hurling is a game little known Corporation. The ph
in England, but of ancient origin. It was long in tureen and stand. Thy
use aradngThe Celtic nations.' On this occasion the of the Draper's Comy
Russians, if they really were Russians, had the ad• an appropriate inset.'
vantage, but we understanil there is to be another , Part of the last di
trial to decide the contest. One of the players 're- the South of France
ceived a dangerous.weund on the head, by a broken ports, protected by I
bat, which his opponent threw at him. 1 Mr. Bunctiax, WI
The-dimension, we,unairstend, in the 10th 'lles.: the celebrated Mr. S*
sirs, is of a very puzzling nature as to the mode Bury, at the ensuiet
of proceeding to legal decision. Several, of the , 'On Tuesday last,
lietling Officers concerned are said to he under ar: ', the city of Oxford„
test for trial by Cotirt-Martial;, but the' difficulty at Blenheim, he perceo
of fixing the prosecutions, and the order of them, and seize another of ,
amidst the mass of charges and recriminations, drove the assaltaiikaway
is extremely embarrassing. It is generally under- one was so much injur
stood, that the representations to the PRINCE RE- Sir EDWARD took hitr
OEST, which first agitated the questions no* afloat, weight of him to be
took place at Brighton, during his Royal High- larger one, from his
neseereeens visit. It k.,saici that the PRINCE, nearly 30 pounds.
en ireeelvitig the intimations
.from the Officers, same enter, callghi
*ith 'the' cpeimatidattiVegideuation immediately pounds. .. • .. .. , . /.i 4
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for ' - proper I,' At length the 'ppm
ith ; anise it domain, as an at , gm
the the iMparvillele:l seroltlles of tile isle ibord ?instill,
had .D44of tron tel. ha ye fixed'on elh'Estate—Stendly neli
re- House and:Park, in Wiltshire; for:the purpose.-+
under Ily.the Act of .46 Geo. IV al.' 146, it is in future
nceit fis , 'to beiCiliferrenfalgar p,6-04 „in. commemoratioaft
goad the Noble Admiral's last victory., , '
the . 1111READ.•"‘TheilORD MAYOR having Winded tllt
de Mealweighere getutes, ordered the price or Brea
to be cc/attuned tbeaame awl's' week. i

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NAVAL INTICLLIGENCE. To rag EDITOR or rya STATICSAbik
no garrison at Frankfort during the fair at Michael;
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mall which begins on the 10th of September.
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sod It iiistnpftlkllimill ..
oOthis mo
&rentrTfrrarelianews: t:le...ei SIR, The admirable strictures in your P . aps,, sf
the/ lime `.the 9th instant, on the Report of the Select Cs
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the gooe Itst a.
6 . ''. •Ni the strong,N. inders dat.wl944. matte on the subject of the Corn I.aws, His ponioott ~.'• • t''• 'iSt.,it so . , Awl, the ei,i
of • • - -.' • ~
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• "-- ' 'at tbetraiiiports, :. ... • , flarw ich, andirons thence to diressit,'" lett
of which appears to me to be to keep op the pri.
'in- . - .
p:eass,...-
except the Nautilus, there not being sufficient water for her to
sent high rents, so ruinous to the Farmer, aod is
titt - 411aflisiAildialgodat2Liart.al d.ars.," line re' Igo rata tbalaianalowalomikidasopsingdidass assimbe Swift East,.-•
9 oppressive to the people, deserve to be printed a.
the 1 ceivathe French Papers: they are to the icitt• itladia packet, for the River.—Came down from the River the large characters, and posted in thtniailietlita;
ilkarlll4k••Eagligh
any . The domestic affairs of France have but few featutes".l tilaataraer, Laird,' for Gibraltar.—Flvx o'Ccocx.—The wind
en of interest, thoegh thedettilsare many. The command-' has got mend again to the N. E. and most of the tramportshave est oat thildult ltahlk. inn ja•
dhe
hi
ing name of WELLINGTON stands conspicuous among pat back.
i Scotland, iiid Wales. it Is a most indecent
cruel fallacy to spells of the growing opoleit
the Parisian occurrences. His Grace assisted at the cere- i PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. H.—Arrived his Majesty's stilp Surly., '
from a cruise; and the Bore,
ible 1 monyof consecrating the colours oftheNstionalGuards
Ws 111‘jesty's drip Fame, for Chatham. i kingdom so flatly sad:fully contradict the essevoo;',
ice,l on the 7th, which is represented as exceedingly grand;
HARMER, Szrr. 12.—Arrived the Betsey, Roper, in ballast,. ' it is an unfeeling mockery of the general distress of
re- , the Royal Family and a. brilliant assembly of fo-
having lost an anchor and cable.—Baited the Leicester packet, the country ; and this mockery it aggravated bv the
de- reigners being present. The articles of foreign newt
.k
Ple- with a Mail for Cuxhaven; and the Active packet, !with a Mail very questionable evidence 'ea exentleman, nallic
I.
in these Pipers make us acquainted with some impor- for Gottenburgh.
i statement is published as infallible authority, whs,k •
ub- taut circumstances. Letters from Madrid announce ~
a'ALNOUTR, SEPT. 10.—Arrived two matters —Sailed his i
eof that CHARLES IV. has abdicated the throne a seconds very well known, has accumulated a princely' f«,
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majesty's ship Weymouth, fur Plymouth; and the John and
to time in favour of his son FERDINAND, and retired to Sally, Sweetinetam, fordo, do. tone as a corn-factor, and was said to be we
the teed a secluded life in the royal castle of Arena. . 1400,0001. fourteen years ago. It is not !mat le • ' yen colliers, says a Falmouth Letter, from , insinuate that this-immense fortune was not honestly
the The Infant Don FRANCISCO has been elevated to the se
Wales to Waterford and Cork, have been taken and acquired ;, no reflection is meant to be thrown ono'. *--\ dignity of Cardinal, and the Patrice of PEACE has
Ate sunk within the last fortnight bv American privateers. ' character of the Gentleman alluded b '
t wig •
• his taken up his residence at Rome. The Treaty of Peace Ti.eiluyk, Taylor, from Petersburgh to Nto ; at eew.
log between France and Spain, was made public on trio castle,' run on shore near Elsineur, on the 28th ult. certainly injudicious in the Select Committee torn
lay, 30th ult. The limits of the two kingdoms are fixed by but hap. been got off after discharging part of her pose so confidently on the testimony of a person IN .
was this Treaty to remain the same as thetwere ia1792 ; Ferie. ; is so materially conceited in an article, which, of g
ef at • • . dine , The Neptune, Johnson, from London, to Stock- ! others, ooght to be least exposed to commercials*, ital. and it appears to have been in consequence of
Wheat, man's beat support, ought gem
stipulations that the bridge over the Bidasioa, form-
li to . near Roads on the Ist inst. andproceeded to Copen. l 1 to be at the mercy of adventurers its trade; and if
Pof, ug the boundary of the kingdoms, was destroyed. , hagen to repair.
lea- The accounts from Poland are represented as con. I A vessel was totally lost upon Burnham ta exs. !
holm, cut her cables, and broke her windlass in Elul-
. earring to induce a belief, that that kingdom will ' the Bth inst.; and' a sloop, laden with coals,
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: culstions.
"iii ' li be the wish of the landed intstestiditeaki Pe*
wee : lar counnotions, which are at all ARM ,danget*
om- : • • I wrecked on Blacknay Bar, the same day. The crew they will reduce their rents, so that t**-farmer •
, speedily have conferred on it the advantages of an in. 4 i
an lof the latter saved a boat painted 46 7wo Friends, be enabled to sell his wheat at tlia..,itia quad/
dependent State, of which the Emperor of RUSSIA is Gibson,l,
wed , I Wilson," drove on shore near Mundsley on and the Legislature should allow of fraiiiMportithdk
of ; to remain Sovereign, and the Archduke CONSTAN- i the 9th inst.
'' ' ' • of foreign grain, the instant it exceeds tkit i A
This ' TINE IS to be Viceroy. It is also to have the usual The Peacock AmericanssloOptsterar was semi on -
ike, ! characteristics of a self-constituted Government, the Ist. inst. in lat. 48. 8. . , ~.. .., . lam your humble servant, • • • 1 ,
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the Grand Dignitaries, and Officers, Ministers of State, ' A NOttfoLitsyAtudvil
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1- !. a treasury, an army, &c. " Noeikieta /is t.lO, 1914.
A letter from a passenger in the Harmony, in sn • . u
sin: -- II ' : -
. The.news from Italy indicate that great exertions! Edinburgh Paper, states positively, that the Captain - r
nor ' lof the Piince of Neufchatel, named OuDINGT his ' ow
LAUCIEN tiOSFAIPARTE. The foll in, heellettad
the are necessary, on account of numerous desertions, to i
s
andmost of his crew, are Frenchmen !
of
a Paper published at Rome under the antbaril
and : keep together the Italian Armies of the Emperor of i .
1 The S Lieutenant,
of the PaparGoiernment, dated Ratie, Aug. 14
amorang country ship, from Bombay, passed lBl4 :_....„ The if Father wishing .
t fie Austria ; and that Count SAURAU is traversing and 1 Portsmouth ally
on her way to the Downs on the 10th .
i iconduct of LuCits BONAPARTE, and desirous d .
organizing the Illyrian provinces with the view of at- inst. • She "ailed from Bombay the Bth of May, and !. . .
; giving him a new proof of his good, will, has rais4
taching them to Auitria. - ,' ` ' ' from St. Hitlena in company with the Isabella, the I ' • him to the rank of a Ron en Prince.' MS Holillell
• ' ' tatter end of June : left at St. Helena the extra ships ' e —.......„.- has issued an order to thai' Pike highs hones,- •' "
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We continue to lay before the public the Minutes Is atiZ .... - .. . . .
and Lord Forbes, ',Mich sailed from Born- I ~, . - ,
I able by which the possession of the taan no, site.
luta of Amu, waiting for convoy. 'The , ,'
of Evidence taken before the Corn Committee. The l inir. . . .. ~. ~ ~ . .. . , latea anon the frontiers of Etruria. it confirmed shit

rds, with the Freedom of their
plate consists of t large silver
The arms of Lord Hut, and those
cnpany ornament the tureen, and
iption is engravers on the stand.
livision of the British army from
e is arrived at Cork, in trttans.
the Lightning and Ooldfincls.
who made an aerial voyage with
Santatt, intend% ascending from
g Fair.
SS Sir. EDWARD HITCIII,I-03, of
was fishiug in a boat, on the lake
.ceived an enctrufoas pike puma' .4.;
f considerable size; the boatman
►way with his pole, but the smaller
tjured by thclAte that' he
iitn from the waters and found
ypwards of, five pounds. Pee 4.6
s appearance, .must have weighed "
In July lost, SieEDWARD, 114 •
pike weighing. upwarls Dr to
Semmiosioners appointed •talii*
in act of national gratitudelio

seat :impasse to town for the head of the prop*
leitittiltdepartment, whit went' 'down forthwith
14 , Pu. • ,hraritpg the , case, first required th
Aieetiee •t• sign; the allegations which they ha
Ir.miposOgely: preferred in tYs`fillng, , and hating ir
eased• thesersignatures pissed. the parties .undt
arrr.et ; then resorted the matter and circumstaLticea t
C,omminder-in-Chief; who Gs .since .been a goo
deal employed. in &wising the mode of bringing th
busiress to trial, although Itltlfetb"Orithout being 441
to C. to definitive reititufieri or .atranpluest.
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