The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-08-15 00:00:00

;ow.; &practice which' his I,nrifshlp c•osiders as
jostiritog the French in tiOnitling the ibtitish so.
rerrers iv F;nce. hie chargei semis Eng.
Gentlemen, who violated their parole, with he.
jug the cioseof The subsequent restrictions put upon
the.f,nll6 prisoners. We may return to this sub-
ject another fray.

The following List,of Killed and il'ountletl of the
Allied.trmy has been issued fi, m the War Office:—
Marshal 13Extsroun, !Major-Gew.tai Cor is, General
born, and General ALroF, wounded ; Nlajor-Ge-
perat LA MARCHANT, Mlle.(); General LioN Ls and
1)14 CARRIERES, both dead.

:2PIIII.LITA

Exsamom ov ry PROitelliteGENT'S'
DAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ;MATH SMAN. • I
Styx,--I have read a passage in your Paper of•I'1f&
newley, with infinite pleasure ; it relates •to his
Royal Highness the PZINCi RECUT% Birth-day,
and deserves to be recorded in something more lasting.
than the ephemeral fame of a Newspaper. The '
cation se happily commented upon by the writer,'
was a most melancholy circumstance in itself, and
could not hare been more ill-timed; that It has pro-
duced a powerful sensation in the public mind, I am 1.
thoroughly convinced, and cannot help regretting,
that those who. profess so much attachment towardel
the Prtract, could have permitted the Execution of a
sentence, which the most unbigeted will not hesi-
tate to hail, as atrial presage of our future e=pee- 1
tations.
The paragraph in your Paper does not only, how-
ever, meet the public sentiments as to the gross lade- I
licacy of the event to which it alludes, but recalls to
the benevolent mind that stigma of our laws, Capital
Punishments. How long, Sir, is this enlightened na-
tion destined to tolerate a practice so shocking to.
humanity, contrary to rational legislation, and
ruinous to the best interests of civilized society, I
know not ; but [trust the perioJ is not very remote,
when the British Legislature, stimulated by the pa-
ramount call of sutfering.humanity, may beltwlrreed
to adopt some law calculated to restrict the frequency
of 'public executions ; and as you very justly ob-
serve, experience has amply proved, that the eepeti-

A Russian Messenger arrived yesterday at the Se-
re:try of State's
Office, he had au audience with the
punter (foots, at Carlton House, in the afternoon ;,1
tot nothing has transpired relative to the nature of
hi, dispatches,
.Ten thousand steed of arms are ordered to bd Vent
immediately to Port-Mahon. This seaport town,. in
fie island of Minorca, has been for some time used
sca.piace for training and disciplining recruits for
the Smtish army. 'phis new supply of arms for that
destinstionis, no doubt, for their use.
We understand that the SPANISH AMBASSADOR re-
tined accounts, by the last Gottenburgh Mail; that
Nee between Russia and Spain had been signed at
St. Petertburgh. se
Through a respectable medium we have the fol.
lotting information regarding the state of affairs I
ieSooth America :—S‘ A vessel has arrived at Cadfi
from Vera Cruz, transmitting intelligence to the
47th April. By this opportunity we are informed I
of the rapid progress of the insurrection in the king. r
dem of Mexico. A native, who is deserving of per. I
feet confidence, and who has correct information of
what passrs there, assures us, that the revolution I
must inevitably take effect ; that Moner.os, the 1
principal Commander in favour of it, is master of !
the whole coast to the South, and that his comrade,
5 INCE EZ, Kith 30,000 men, preserves his authority
ii, the plains of Puebla, and throughout the moun-
t:trio:is districts of Oresava.—The same Gentleman
:ici confilms the intelligence, that the city of Ore-
S^%3 itself is in the hands cf the insurgents, and that
Vera Crux is in alarm, its communication in the ',la-
bia basing bceu entirely cut off."
Fire sail of the line, part of the Texel fleet, arri-
ved yFiterday in lioseley Bay, for the purpose of
teing re-watered and furnished with such stores as
t:te deet may want,;_shen they have received the tie-
ce:ors, supplies, they will resume their station.
Mr. PEEL, son of Sir Roster Pete, is to set off
irrediately as Chief Secretary of Ireland, in the
NOM of Mr. WELLESLEY Poi.t. It is astonishing
to* often the Irish Secretaries are changed. as if the
situation was considered more as a thing of patron.-
te,e than a necessary office of public utility. If we
arc correct, there it a pension attached to every per.
ton who fills the Officr 'of .Chief Secretary, if it is
bat for a day. Mr„Peet, is a very young man, and
rude one good speech in Parliament; but it does net
Flow that he has experience enough to fill one of.
tke most important gituations in the United. King..
11,,i5. 7Wesanaotrsewoeive thr-reason why thew. se.;
notaries are generally removed at a time 0 hen they
bin to become acquainted with their business, and
the character .end genius of the people. What a
naltitutle of Irish Seueetaries there have been for the
lest thirty years, the names of whom aro scarcely
lawn to the people of Ireland !
Mr. G cm: t.nt: itv succeeds Mr. Pere in the Colottial
Diartmept • and Mr. 111 LEY Anotsovo sr is to be the
hen Lintier.lecretary at the Home °thee.
Teeerday evening the PRINCE REGENT, the Dukes
of Creseet.ten and CAMBRTDaE, accompanied by
'Critelli Tviteert, left town for Richmond, to attend
0,. hall and supper given by the Officers of the RN ti,
id heimur of the -Pat sice's Birth.day ; e hick were
last night given at the Castle. The preparations for
thit fete were spleutlid. Supper was. ordered et two
ca;neas and a half per head, and it was expected that
!toilets 2. and 300 persons would he present. All
t:,e branches of the Royal Family were expected to
i.erescie, as well as the Princes of the Royal Fez
ii'illef France. The Pastime is to give the Officers
t ui.nier in retern, at fhe sante house, on Monday
kr, after the review at Hounslow.
Oa Nlonday se'skigh, .Lord hiaucir, eldest son
cf the liuke et Riasseoge, having attained the age
rf teeityecne •yadts,- the same was cvlebrated at
Corsiat.q. his Grate's seat, in Susiew, by a most
MIS ptcsus dinner.
F'actia, 'doe. l2.—The corn harvest has corn-
snared generally in this neigitbourliond, with the,
"nst !avowable prospect •Of an abundant crop., In 1
?lII' memory of the oldest inhabitant the corn fields I
Stvrt Appeared finer, or mere luxuriant, the ears are
ry,liko.,ly (arse, and. Ailed with west excenes i
i''';a• ,o smut, rust; nor mildew,ls discernible
1.,. where. The weath'hr daring-the- last week has
1 •
• ~.I,ually fine,and film is every reason to hope
f:r i!, continuance, which will enable the farmer to
41) h' graden fields, and dispense the blessings of
tirtor to all around.
ta,cics are expected to be very abundant, and,
lirle, very cheap this season. There never was
r when more were planted, in ail parts of the
ry, and every where they appear very promis?
So abundant they are likely to prove, that in . , ~ N . •••1---- _
Places, except for feedingo they will scarcely On Friday, one of- M. Lucien Bonaparte's t
he farmer, rants, named Luigi Vespariania, having a tritiim
,
oral farmers in the neighbourhood of Bath have dispute with the coachman, was so enraged wit; ' "
leurtd their reaping, tied, in the course of a that, with a knife; he stabbed-him In the belly.
. , the sickle will be pretty generally in use,-1 Lucien immediately discharged the• fellow from
'reps are most abundant, especially on the latter- l service ; and as all foreign servants, discharged
lands, him, are considered close priiouert of war, Luigi
e weather appearing fine, with the prospect of :been lodged in our City gaol, till the pleasure of
liiful harvest, and a large quantity of wheat ! eernment is known vespecting 6116. The man 1
brought for sale at Warminster market last ; was stabbed is recovering.--(WoreesterJournal,
day, occasioned a reduction in the price from Three men have•been taken out if a vessel I,
' 101. per quarter. off Cowes, on suspicion of being accomplice,
i Wednesday last, sr coble with six men, in re..: William, who put an end to Ms existence aftet
og to Sunderland Harbour from a ship they had murders of the Marrs and Williamson&
setting to sea, was upset, and four of the men! The following elegant specimen of orthokrapjiy
drowned. ' One of . them, mimed Blenitisop. copied Mastics hem a heard at HO Harrogate,
Prs has left It widow and six. children ;* a-...t0s 4 " Notice is hereby Given that all Vagrants 4U
r°wnisd with him. The• other two 111011 ii Prs, Stoping or Uinta:jog in this Till*
by a coble. , . • 1 procoaited as the Law ditedb." • . "i'll

tion of crimes is more effectually prevented by the
continuance of example than on event whicf creates
momentary horror, and is thought of with indif-
ference by those whose miseries and poverty more
often induce them to violate the laws of their coun-
try than a natural disposition to err.
Without occupying your time unnecessarily upon
this highly interesting subject, I hue only deeply
to lament, in common with many others, that the
natal. day of our Pair= wns not ushered in with
some more auspicious event ; and to the advocates for
capital punishment, I beg leave'to repeat the lines of

the inimitable BECANIA,—" Queste leggi non sono
the i pretesti della forza, e le meditate e crudn,li
malita della Giustizia ; non sotto cite uq litsguaggio
di convenzione, per immolarci con maggiore
rezza, come vittime destinate in sacrificio, all' idolo
insaziabile del despotismo." •
•

I am, Sir, &c.
AY OBSERVER.

PLYMOUTII BR EAKIV.47'ER.

'CEREMONY Ole LAYING THE FOUNDATION.
ri%lTllllll, Aur.
This being the Anniversary of the Birth-day of
his Royal Uighness the Prince Regent, was ushered
iu with ringing of bells in all the churches, and !See
.hoisting the Royal Standard and Union Flags on
board the Salvador del Mun'lo, Admiral Sir Robert
Calder, and the Government-House, the Dock-
yard, Ordnance Wharf, Royal* Ilospitat, end the
Guildhall. At noon the guns of the citadel and
all the batteries fired a Royal salute, which was re-
echoed by three excellent vollies from all the regi-
ments of artillery and infantry. 'Five thousand merit
weredrawn up in front of the Government-llouse.
A.t half-put twelve a grand procession took place,
from Ilamuaze, of the barges of Admiral Sir Robert
'Calder, Bart. and Rear-Admiral Buller, with• their
respective flags flying in the bow and stern-sheets,
from the flag-ship in Baritone, attended, according.
to seniority, by all the Captains' barges of the fleet,
their crews dressed in white, with black velvet caps,
their pendants also flying in the stern-sheets. They
proceeded through the Narrow of Devil's Point,
*the Soend, to the Panther Rock Shoal, where, in
due form, the foundation-stone of the new Break-
water was dropped by Admiral Sir Robert Calder,
Bart. amidst the loudest acclamations. This was,
the grandest nautical spectacle ever witnessed in the
port of Plymouth; and the Sound was literally co-
wed with 'pleasure yachts nod boats of all de-
scriptions. The ceremony being performed, ell the
men of war, per signal, being drestsecl, let fly, as
though by enchantment, their various colours, which,
reflected on by. the sun's beams, had a very pleasing
effect ; the ships saluting, in succession, with ti
guns, and cheering. Mount lidgcumbe, Mount Wise,
&widen Heights, the, two Hoes, Devil's Point, the
'lsland and Citadel, were literally covered with thou-
sands of spectators, assembled tel. witieas 'the com.
awenceesent of this grand 'national'. sumleataking. The
liirgeiand boats rowed back after the ceremony bi
the same order to the flag-ship, end thee dismissed.
The foundation-stone is about seven tons, and haste
inscription engraven on it as follows:-
0. P. R.
August. 1413.
• S. IL- C.
•
Grand dinners and balls were given here, at Docl
and at all the Mess-Rooms, in honour of the da'
which finished with the greatest harmony and cony
viality.

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BIGOTRY: •
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On. the first or August the folloaVino Preemie
poetical morceau appeared in the Dublin Journal !
To what horrifying lengths will not faction go, to
divide the people!—Conceive an being with a head
Ind heart above the level of a tiger, sitting down to
compose such horrible trash, and- then handing it
over, for insertion, to an Editor, who, we suppose,
is a Protestant, and in the. habit of, we presume,
going regularly to Church.—ls this the way to con-
ciliate ? Is this the way to keep the anxious Catholic
mind in tranquillity till the promised le•gi'slative in-
terference of the ensuing Session arrives ? Or,
ludo-
pendent of these partial considerations, is this the
way to sustain the great cause of mutual charity, the
living principle of Christianity, the rule of our mo-
sal foundation of our eternal hope ?
Are these (he specially appointed,
.favoured, and
penrionedsneporters of the Protestant Establishment,
1 who think it part of their bounden duly to fabricate
and to publish such a libel a4nitist the Majesty of true
religion.—What must we think of them ? and oh !
matter of infinitely still greater concern to us, at this
critical, this tremendous juncture,—what are we to
think of their ExmovEßS?

AN RISTI O.
not false Mercy aid Sedition's Cause,
A Rebel lever will submit to Laws.
N
Papist and Loyal t! !—Answer me this thing—
Have Serpent's gratltudel—An Asp no sting ?
Swa/ is his Aim, and Power withouf controul ;
Ant Persecution fires his bloody Soul :
Hk Thoughts, by trairrous actions are discioed,
Laws, and 6overnment are now opposed ;
.10 • say, " rut Loyal!" mid, within an Your,
ilotibit his Country to aa hostile power*.
DIU Him with Oaths—Oaths have no power to bind
Htsb whom a Priest is Soy'reign of his mind,
Fast bound in Bigot Zeal, his jundic'd Eyes
In every Heretic a Foe descries,
A fia'il Aversion, and deterrnin'd Hate,
Chain, Fire, or Halter, Heretics await. .
He can first swear, forswear, then be absolv'd ;
Is to be trusted only when involved ;
Faithful when seeking Protestant Damnation,
Again to raise up— I.RANSUBSTANTIATION.
(Dublin Evening [Jerald).
•
MODES OF SALUTATION IN VARIOUS
COUNTRIES.

Greenlanders have none, and laugh at 'the idea of
one person being inferior to another.
Islanders near the Phillippines take a parson's
hand or foot, and rub it over their face.
Laplanders apply their noses strongly against the
persou t hey salute.
In New Guinea, they place leaves upon the head
of those they salute.
In the Straits of the Sound they raise the left foot
of the person they salute, passing it gently over the
right leg, and thence over the face.
,„. The inhabitants of the Phillippines bend very tow,
placing their hands on their cheeks, and raise one
foot in the air, nith the knee bent.
An Ethiopian takes the robe of another and ties
it about him, so as to leave his friend almost naked.
Two female Otalleitans placed themselves naked
before Sir Joseph Banks.
The Japanese take off a slipper, and the people of
Arracan their sandals in the street, and their stock.
Wes in the house, when they salute.
r. Tts.inNPro Kings on the Coast 'crt Africa, salute
by snei.oping tile middle finger three times.
The inhabitants of Carmene, when they would
phew a particular attachment, breathe a vein, and
present the blood to their friend as a beverage.
If the Chinese treat, after a long separation, they
'tenon their knees, bend their face to the earth two or
three times, and use many other affected modes.
The Chinese have also a kind of Ritual or Acade-
my of compliments, by which they regulate the num-
ber of bows, genuflections, and words to be spoken
upon any occasion.
Ambassadors practice forty days these ceremo-
nies, before they appear at Court.—( D' Israeli's Cu,
rio. Lit.) •
In Otaheite, they rub their noises together in
luting.—(Bligh's Narralire.)
The Dutch, who are considered as great eaten,
have a morning salutation, which is common
amongst all ranks, " Smaakelyk eetear —" Mao
you eat a hearty dinner."—Another universal salts-
.tation amongst this people is, " floe valid arce",—
" Nom de you sail Y" adopte:l, no doubt, in the
early periods of the Rvubiie, when they were all
navigators and fishermen.
The usual salutation at Cairo is, " flow do you
sweat It" a dry hot skin being a sore indication of a
destructive ephemeral -fever.--4 think some author
has observed in contrasting the haughty Spaniard with ,
the frivolous Frenchman, that the proud steadrgait
and inflexible solemnity of the former, were ex-
presed in Me mode of salutation, " Come esta ?"-
44 How do you stand " the Comment rous
ponies rous,l"—"Horo do you early youreelf Q"--was
equally eapvesslve of the gay moth), and incessant
action of the latter.
The-commou salutation in the southern provinces
of China, amongst the lower orders is, 44 la Fang"
—.!‘ !lave you eaten your 'rice Y"—(Barrotes7S-tircis
in China.
tended bride) brought a
I hheelitig down before
hatirri;• when he had
Of joy sparkling '
,gts being considered as,
give hint of her" fidelity
navel: its Africa.)

:3sSiir

asJ~~r

Minister of Rodney
the Ediuburgb Court
employed by Abe Col.
ty Taxes, for levytai
)(the aikcient realm of
Alcamo pleaded exam
&tablisbed Church 4,
Acts of the Scottish'
leaded, exempted the
of all taxes, past, pre-
part of the Crown, it
such exemption was ever
nion ; and should they ,
in any such favourable',
inconditionally surren-
irt was occupied two
question, when an
yen, that the Clergy had
;emption claimed.

i k h!Jala

77EZMIW;;Xsaw...is
.

A yOseg woman (!iis intend(
little water in a calabash, and k
him, desired-him to wash his •ht
at Dock, done-this, the girl, with a tear
the day, her eyes, drank the water • this
d esseri-
the greatitit proof she could girt
• ' • and attacirment.—(Parke's na;
te's ser: IMPORiANT DecistoN.--=The l
t trifling; brought als action of trespass in
with him, ; ilif Exehequer, against a person e
fly. M.l lector of Assessed and Propertj
from his) the same,tontrary- to the laws o(
srged byl Scotland.' The Reverend' Gentli
Luigi has i lion as a Cle..gyrnan of
.the Es
e of Go.: Scotland, to virtue
,of certain
man who I Parliament, which, •ha conten
lama/..) Igpptti s 1 t . Ctrf y from payment of
net lying I seal, and o come. On the pa
ice, with i was Rewired, that no such I
after the !given by the Acts in qaestioi
have even happened to contain
kniPhy is clause, thet whole had been uno
.otate.:--1 dered at the priion. The Co
m
Ls or beg. smtlre da upon, this serious
Wit bis t opinion * unanimously given,
>4o right whatever to the exempt