The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-10-20 00:00:00

THr gIIATESMAN.

are securities to the nation that no such abuses exist
in his department ; and the acknowledged urbanity
and humility of Mr. HAY, removes all susoicion•of
insolence of office from that quartet You will,
therefore, inform your able Correspondent, Juterme,
that the evil of which he complains, and which is an
evil of great magnitude, affecting the fame, fortunes,
and happiness of a most numerous and deserting
class of public servants, in a service to which the
Royal Family owe the preservation of the Crown,
can only be runodied by a Reform in Parliament;
and that nothing short of that Reform can preserve
to us out liberties. •

am, Sir, your humbleservant,
SAMUEL STARBOARD.

Portsmouth, 00.12.

REFRACTORY SEAMEN.

PROCLA MA TION.
Ono. 19. 1815.
Whereas it has been humbly represented to his
• Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that a consider-
' able number of persons at Shields, New castle-upon-
Tyne, Sunderland, and in the neighbourhood of
those places, have unlawfully assembled themselves
in a disorderly and tumultuous manner, for the pur-
pose of compelling the Ship-owners and others con-
cerned in the trade of the above-mentioned ports, to
comply with certain regulations prescribed by them
with respect to the navigating ships and vessels pro-
ceeding to and from those ports ; and have actually
detained and prevented di►ers ships and vessels
from sailing from the said ports, and have pro.
ceeded to 'other acts of violence : and whereas
it has been further represented to his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent, that these misguided
persons have formed themselves into Committees,atid
, have administered illegal oaths, with a slew to the
purposes before-mentioned; and have also upon va-
rious occasions used force or intimidation to compel
persons to join such unlawful assemblies, and to pre.
• vent their engaging with the said Ship-owners ; his
Royal Highness being duly sensible of the mischies.
ous consequences which must inevitably arise from
, such illegal and dangerous proceedings, if not
speedily suppressed, and deeming it indispensably
necessary to have recourse to the most of mea-
sures, with a view of bringing to justice the persons
concerned therein, has already caused an adequate
military and naval force to be assembled and station-
ed in those parts where the disturbances have pre.
railed, for the purpose of assisting the Civil Power
(if necessary) in suppressing the same, and is hereby
pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Ma-
jesty, to promise his most gracious pardon to any per-
son or persons who have been concerned in the ille-
gal proceedings before.mentioned (except the Pre-
Elderly, or person ac'ting as President, in any such
Committee, or any persat► hating actually admi-
. uistered any surh unlawful oath, or having used any
actual force or intimidation for any of the above.
mentioned purposes), who shall come forward and
give Information against any of the persons who have
administered the said oaths, or assisted in the admi-
nistering the same, or who have acted in a Commit-
tee of any such unlawful assembly as aforesaid, or
who shall have used force or intimidation to compel
persons to join those unlawful Assemblies, or who
shall have prevented any persons from engaging
themselves in the service of any of the Ship-owners
before-mentioned : and, as a further encouragement,
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent is hereby
pleased to promise to any person or persons (except
as aforesaid) who shall discover and apprehend, or
Cause to be discovered and apprehended, the authors,
abettors, or perpetrators of any of the illegal pro-
ceedings before mentioned, so that they or any of
them may be duly convicted thereof, the sum of one
hundred pounds for each and every person so con.
victed ; the said sum to he paid by the Lords Commis-
sioners of his Majesty's Treasury.

DUBLIN, Ocr. 17.

tEROBI THE DUBLIN EVENING POST.]

The letter of the Duke of Wellington to Lord
Castlereagh, which appears in the London Prints of
Friday, is taken from a translation of a translation.
—We hare procured a correct copy of the original,
which shall appear on Thursday ; we have not room
for it this evening.
; On this subject we hare the following f•nen a high-
ly esteemed Correspondent : his letter is dated Lon:
don, Friday evecliag :
" By the way, [ have a piece of intelligence upon
which you may certainly rely. 1 here is a decided
and strong difference between the Me of Welling_
! ton and Lord Castlereagh. It is thought in London
that the dispute must terminate in the resignation of
one of then)."