The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-26 00:00:00

Mack that we hare never been able to preyed
them from supplying themselves with theoaval slum
of the Baltic. Brest, Rochefort, and 'l'ouloa,
the ancient arsenals of France, still remain to him.
Perhaps even Venice and the Adriatic may furnish
him with another arsenal. How can we hope to
prevent him building ships ? But it may be said, be
will build them more expeditiously in time of peace:
is it worth while fur this country to continue.
the war, for the mere purpose of rendering it
more difficult to Bonaparte to form a navy ?
But in time of war he can find no sailors—will net
the Baltic, the Mediterranean, and the Ports of
Holland, as well as those of Frauee, supply him
with sailors ? But admit that the establishment of
his navy will be more difficult in time of war, than
in time of peace, are we nut exhausting ourseliss
by the war? Is Great liritain exposed to no diffi.
culties ? Our Ministers bare converted us into
an armed Nation: or to use their oen expression,
they have converted the Nation into a disposaUs
force. Have they been able usefully to employ
this force? The Expedition under Sir J. bluer.,
the Earl of Chatham, and Lord WeDington, may
have consumed some of this disposable force. But
they have acquired neither benefit nor reputation
to our country. New Ministers may possibly bo
. more successful ill di.coveriug the vulnerable parts
of lionaparte's empire ; they may be more happy
in the choice of the Commanders fur their
various Expeditious ; but let them remember
cue circumstance, armies must be accompanied
with supplies of gold and silver. Paper money
may, by agreement, be current among ourselves;
it may be the circulating medium of that
count:), which issues it; bet compared with
gold and silver, it has this disadvlittage, it
cannot be employed abroad; gold amid silver
arc the only circulating medium of which we
can avail ourselves in foreign countries. If
Austria had successfully continued the contest
with France, if the Earl of Chatham had led his
army to the %%reser, if Lord Wellington had
prospered in Spain, could we have supplied thqse
three different armies with money? and stipposieg
tau all those three enterprizrs. had been success-
ful, could we have supported them ? Can mots
be blind to the danger which threaten us from the
disappearance of gold and silver ? Cam we forget
fie: paper of America, and thearsignats of Penne:el
in such a situation must not every men sae,
that peace offers us the best chance of relief....
Never was there a moment when this cenetry
stood more eminently in need of. an able States.
man. The Marquis Wellesley is a man of *bill-
ties ; whether his system in India was beneqebil
or otherwise, his measures evinced great energy of
mind. Let • caution be united with fineness—if
he extricates us free; our difficulties, his eratelep
country will say with one voice,
Preseuti Tibi, =taros largimur Hamra.
VEtANIUII.

CON/R:l'S.
Ma. EDITOR—An evil costs of the most day.
gernits nature, and requires the attention or Guy
vornment for the safety of the public—l mean
persons, under sentence of transportatieo, Whig
permitted to servo a great part of their time 14
Newgate. aid other prison., and some.have bees
kept there the whole time; by this practice their
frientk at large improve iu their deaterity ; of
course the prisoner is let loon upon the world,
with the addition or thu itistrwviolas he has received.
Your's, A CONSTAR.? Rid DIM

By the tcrrnio•rtiuw of the Pull for Cornmeal
Council fur the City, the Orposition hays in.
creased their strength eighteen.
Tip, ancient Music Concerti will comment*
this year at the Jlanor►•r.square Concert Roams,
u,► the 31st •.,r February, and it is raid oa a mach
grander scale than heretofore. The Earl of
CHESTERVIiLIe will be the Director• of the first
Concert.

The friends of Mr. MEarnrtst, the celebrated
bass singer, will be sorry to hear that he has lately
been obliged to submit to an amputation of a leg;
a loss, we fear, illaaited to the state of his body
and the period of his life. —7Yne Mercury.
Sir Ctiaar.Es MORIIAN, Bart.uf Tredigar, whit
his accustomed liberality, has given 1001. towards
erecting public rooms in S wimps.

A boatman, under the cmploy of Messrs. Pratt.
rottn, was, on the Bth inst. brought before P.
MtisLallo, Esq. (a Magistrate) at Stockport,
charged with inhumanly and unmercifully beating,
wounding, and bruising a horse, towing one of
their boats, and was committed (under the 29tla
Geo. 11. c. 19.) for one caletidair month to hard
labour, to the House of Cm'coetitan at Middle.
wieb.

Tito following remarkable enociation of names
appcArs in the lisle. of the Ofticen and Seeman,
of tne Atnplsion frigate, who volunteered in the
late gittimt "ekplolt in the port of Cottefalso, as
mentioned in the GAzettc,
Host, Gme.
Boardman% I Slesigtrier.
Swarms, . farewe
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On Thursday seanight, William Jackson, ti
farmer's servant, in the employ of Mr. Medley,
at Ruandhay, near Leeds, andertook, fora sager
of Ere guineas on his own savant, play or pay,
and a larger sum between two other persons, to
thrash by a machine with four horses, tee qsart
tern of oats within an hour, its a clean, husbaodry
like assuage. The performance, deemed impossi.
bits by a great number of spectators, was acorn.
plashed to their astonishment for in 57 apiuuka
warty. Courts:op quarters were as the Moor; sad
this without the farmer or his horses being in the
least distressed.

About a year got a few Individuals at Kendd
established a so 4 ander the name of The Len.
dal Female Society for 'biting and relieving She
Sick Poor, and by the report of the committee,
just published, we bare the pleasant of indiag,
that the Society has distributed, in prnsisions and
cloathil to 14b persons, the table 4071 51. ON.
Iliclu;ssro of three casks of wine, which cost
61. 11. 6al. and dist tke general supply of eloath.
ing, in use, and retainable, consists of blankets,
sheets, bolster corers, shirty situ% end fan.
not bed4owl.,