The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-21 00:00:00

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THY. STATP,SMAN.

SANT 2710 VAS'S DdY. _

• CITIZF:NS,
•"I hank you for our eepressiom of duty Ind attachment
•' to me and toy family."
The attachment of the Citizens of London to
the Frowns of Branssrlek ttat ever been unshaken.
" The recent-Expedition to fist Scheldt was directed to aft•
" vend objects grad, iiiportanre to the interests talwiey AI-
" Iles, a to the security of to, DomiesSons. I rerrt that
" I' [.eat objeds, a pare only has been accomplished.. '

What part ?—The de:trite:ion of the fleet, ar-
senal, and duck-yards, at Antwerp;---the erect,.
ing a powerful diversion in favour of Austria ;.--
the permanent possession of an Island by which
the Scheldt is closed ;...a smuggling depot, from
whence our
.Merchants might force the introduc-
tion of British *goods upon the Continent? No ;
nut one of (brae rtinlts are comprehended in the
" 4 pari only" whkb Las been accomplished of
the " sereral objects." What, than, is this
"Tart The .fortifications of Flushing have
been rased ; the harbour rendered for a tine un-
serviceable; and the French frigate the Fidele
brought off in an unfinished state. Glorious,
prolitabte, and imminently beneficial, is this sue.
cesaful a part" of an Expedition surpassing in
power the memorable " Armada" of Spits, as
greatly as does a line-of-battle ship surpass a
cutter !

The temporary posses49n of Waleheren, the
destruction of the fortifications of Flnshing, and
the important acquisition of the Fidek frigate,
have cost us, first, the lives of an army of British
soldiers—next, at the lowest computation, ten
times the sum which the restoration of the liar.
boor and Works of Flushing will cost the. Dutch ;
and, though last nut least, so iargc an expenditure
of national honour and political tharacter, that
we may now be said to have become tho laughing.
stock of Napoleon and his Generals.
The ships of war at Antwerp, are untouched,
and Flushing in twelve months still be restored to
its former stale.
I have nnt jruh,red it necessary to direct any military
" ingeiry into the conduct of my Commanders, by sea or
lan t, on this conjoint service."

Citizens of London, this is St. Thomas's day—
you arc at this moment proceeding to the choice
of men, by whom you arc to be represented in
the Court of Cons nun Council of this City—du
not, for Ileaten's sake! omit publicly, to read in
the Churches where yunr clt ctivc assemhfics are
held, this cheering, this consolatory paragraph.
It has not been judged necessary to inquire
into the conduct of that Erpedition which has
excited astonishment throughout Europe,—and
fUr the complete, entire failure of which, we, in
England, arc to this hour unable to account. All
we yet know is, that the large,/, and the best
equipped " Conjoint" naval and military force
that ever was combined in any-period, or by
any nation-..salted a few leagues from England
fur the express purpose of capturing or de.
stroying the enemy's navy and arsenal at Ant.
weip—that this really terrific force stopped at
Waicheren—that Sir William Curtis, and the
Noble Commander feasted on turtle—that Push-
ing was taken—that the currency of exchange for
British guineas ivas established at 18 shillings awl
sixpence, when they were selling in London fur
24 shining', and in Rotterdam for 27 shillings—
that many of our brave soldiers perished by dis-
ease—that our army lingered in Wa Icherett; and that
the feeble, sickly remains of that noble army are
now returned...without having been permitted
even to attempt Ike " accomplixhosent of several
olijects of great importance," to which " the
" Expedition to the Scheldt was directed."

I "It will be for my Parliament. in their wisdom. to nqk
1" far ouch informati.ist or to take such measure§ up* this
4otilect as they shalljudie Mal emulative to the public
I 66 ',mid."
Will the information fur which " Parliament
may ask," or any " taeasares" which that House
of Commons that negatived Colonel Wardle's
vote on the fiiresilgstioa, and that white.ivastil
my Lord Castlereagh, can be expected to take...
give to you and the cituntry at largo that satis-
faction which a public inquiry into the causes of
the failure of this Expedition would give, and which
you have e right to ex,pect ? How many millions the
destructioo of Flushing and the potacssjon of the
Fide(e moy have cost we have yet to, learn. Yet
-att is net lost--Idt Inger glen tellrenial Wain
the bustle and caret of this Metropolis; Me been
insured by • the profit', of those, who contributed
•/••
their esetistaace to the equipinent of tisk farad.
debit, force. Yon. are nut any called nis•l4:l4)
elect those who are to represent you in the rip.
liament to which you aro so-graciously referred for
satisfaction—but you are callod upon,
elect those who are to represent you .iu
the municipal Government of the metropolis of
the Empire—from the conduct of which Govern-
ment—the Court of Common Council—an im.
•plitse-is given to every other part of the Empire.
The corruption that is knows to olio in the elec-
tion of Members to serve in Parliament, is, as
certainly unknown in the election you are now
about to Invite. You are free to e'etet such men.
as will. not be afraid to lift up their . voices lo
support of the great principles of the Cossatitution,
and if you do not ehoose to exert that privilege
with indcpcniienoetfux Reaven'e lake.-cease to
complain—frr you.hatetlic remedy in ',oar bands.
if you choose to.apigg,,Aletet stowAy—the choosing
men of INDEPENDENT PitiNCIPLES to te-
preaeot yoo in the Court of Common Council.

00VENT.GAttDEN THEITIte.

We realy listless that after all Mr. Kemble,
though completely implicited in having sanctioned
the tailraces committed on the persons of the
People, is not the party who now refuses to ratify
the terns of the Treaty entered into at the
Crown and Anchor. Fur this ("Mon, we have
Very Substantial reasons. The must prudent, the
most manly, and the Most politic Hue of conduct
fur Mr. limbic to pursue, is to be candid at once
with the POW:, from whose favour he has in
that case every thing to hope, and from the malice
or resentment from any other quarter nothing
to fear. Mr. Keroble's conviction on the subject
of the Treaty wo cannot for a moment doubt ;
and if 116 'Omits to the affectation of doubting
that which he knows, out of deference to the
obstinacy of any of his coadjutors, he is degrad-
ing himsdf in public estimation in a much more
serious degree than he may perhaps be now sus.
petting.
Mr. Clain! feels hie character deeply con.
cerned, in demanding a categorical explanation
and answer—will the Proprietors or will they not
---eantrreledge the treaty, and promise the per-
tformance of those propositions deemed by Mr.
Kumble so "fortunate s'l'
Suck an explanation will be, in the course of
this day or to-morrow, formally demanded in
writing—that demand and the reply of the Pro.
prietors n ill he published, and the Public sill
then have before them documents, on which
they can, without danger of mistake or misap-
prehension, fortn their own decisiou.
The Proprietors still continue to cling, to Private
Boxes, a Private Saloon, and a Private En-
trance. The Public &mind the reduction of the
Private Boxes front thirty-two, to eight, a Public
Wool', and a Public Entrance. We shill very
soon see whether the Proprietors or the Public will
prevail. Fur ourselves, we think, and shall con-
tinue to think, that the Public have gained no-
thing, until th,.• Private Buses, ti,c Private Saloon,
and the Private Entrance are thrtryn open.
The generosity of thu People of England, in in-
stantly withdrawing their opposition, can only be
equalled by the perfidy of the Proprietors, who
have displayed, ih glaring colours, the punica
jid.ss by %thick they arc actuated.
Finding that they were losing the battle, they
solicited an armistice. A negotiation followed.
A Treaty was concluded, and they weakly hope
that tba spirit which was appeased by their pro.
miles, will not be again rooted by their refusal to
fulfil the terns cm which their brutal conduct was
forgivra. If such au expectation he entertained
by these obstinate and vet, weak men, fur such
must be considered all men who enter into engage.
Erfeots with a determination to break them. They
will, we doubt not, at no very remote period,
discover themselves to be labouring under a most
gross delusion.
WEDNESDAY.

Mr. Kemble last night repeated his perfottnnee
of hamlet, amidst repeated bursts of applause,
from thy multitude of Orderlies with which, be it
known to our Readers, the house has been more
copiously stuffed fur the last live nights, than on
any preceding °cession. The trick of this is
obvious. It is hoped that John Bull may be
persuaded, by sudilenly passing from nue extreme
to the other, to abstain from reviving Ms disap.
probation, however impudently the Proprietors
may choose to conduct themselves; in refusing to
open the Private Boxes. The great object is to
lull the public into a belief that the Proprietors
wdl do what is right neat scasun, but that. will
not pass, Gentlemen. Twelve Boxes oat of
twenty-six, instead of -twenty-four, will never
pass—OPEN El) THEY MUST BE.
In the Grave Diggers' scene, when Emery a4lc‘
" Who builds Atronger than the carpetirer, the
mason, or the ship% right." Mr. Ciipetimil;"
exclaimed a wag, " the b ildsr of the Private
floret." But there is an ..rtn tr,ingcr than /hat
of even Mr. CopelAntl.--diat of " The l'eiple
EiraLeND," who will prove tws many r•or the
Proprietors, the Managers. and their radians, an
Mr. Copelguid and slt hi, carpenters. 64 Is he
a Prince" was the Farce, which - was also ap.
plauded by. the Orderlies—by wh.im a call for
"Rule Britannia" was hissed. The Old LATen.

AMERICAN PAPERS. •

Borrow, Nov. 18.--Yesterday arrived in this
port the ship Laconia, Walker, 33 Jays from Li-
verpool. Passengers, Capt. N,ekels, of the ship
Ilererillta, of Boston, and Capt. Bunker, of the
ship •Reroledien, of New York. Capt. W. *as
captured un the 1211. October, eight days from.
Liverpool, by Le Decide French privateer, Capt.
Briollet, 10 days out from Bourdeaux.
tapt. W. was released from the privateer. nn
giving a ransom of nine thousand (Wars in bills
of exchange upon his owners hi the United States.
ll* took from the Laconia the mate and two sea.
men, hi their on consent, to ke. ltutikos as has.
liFs-Tuir the payment ortie
The llentietta, Of Boston, Captain crs,l
was beitbd trotn'l:iverPool to Nee 'forks and
w captured i 1111 n•MO t of the Laconia.
a.l Witt rollewistig is a translation of the receipt
•
jj,t
Ono by tha Captain of the grit:deer to Captain
H " I, the emdersigned, CaPhlnstif the privateer
Le Decide, tilted out by M. BOLost7st, jnii. cer-
tify, that I have captured this dty t ship Um-
rietta, of Bn:ton, Captain J. .11c44( c'; in virtue
of the laws of my Goverdteiont, litolint the said
s!iip in contravention ohlieltelpefiStsDeCrce of
Tr
the 17th December, 11100.' •
" Done at sea, on bo'artt the priftlefr to De-
cide, 12th of October, 1/309: .1
• • L'.-'t. BRIQUaTTT."

Letters were yesterday. reeuived from Cadiz
tb the 3d, and from Oihriltatr tvo the 4th instant.
. Great alarm, it is said, prevailed at Cadiz, in
conseqttenee of tho recent success of the French.
The tetrehants had hegun to consider fortlker spe-
.colations to trade hizardois, and were taking tho
neoesaary owns to mini. their property to !big
ovtintrr,