The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-13 00:00:00

TIIE STATESMAN.

AMERIC.I.

NATLONAL INTELLIOENCER EX rttAonurcA nr.

SATURDAY, APRIL 1-3 P. M.
The injunction of secrecy in relation to a part of
the proceedings of Congress having been this day re-
moved, it appears that in the course of the Secret
Sitting the following Act was passed :--
An Act laying an Fathargo on all ;he Ships and Vr,seli in the
Perused Harbours of the United Sates. for a limited Time.
Be it enacted by the Senate and {louse Dl' Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con.
ress assembled, •1 hat an le mbaigo be and hereby is
fait', for the term of 90 days from and after the pas-
sing of this Act, on all ships and vessels in the ports
and places within the limits or jurisdiction of the
United States, cleared or not cleared, bound to any
foreign pert or place ; and that in clearance be fur-
nished to any ship or vessel bound to such foreign
port or place, except vessels in ballast, with the con-
sent of the President of the United States; and that
the President be ;nithorised to give such instructions
to the officers of the revenue, and of the navy and
revenue cutters of the United States, as shall appsar
best adapted for carryiug the same into full effect :
Provided that nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to prevent the departure of any foreign ship
or vessel, either in ballast, or with the goods, wares
ant merchandize on board of such foreign ship or
vessel, when notified of this Act.
Sec. 2. And be it ruttier enacted, That during the
continuance of this Act, no registered. or sea-letter
vessel shall be allowed to depart from any one port of
the United States to any other within the same, un-
less the master, owner, consignee, or factor of such
vessel shall first give bond, with one or more sureties,
to the coilectisr of the dish ict from which she is bound-
to depart, in a sum of double the value of the vessel
and cargo, conditioned that the goods, wares, and
mnelaneize with which she shall be laden shall be
relanded in some port of the United States.
Sec. And be it further enacted, That if any
ship or vessel shall, during the continuance of tills
Act, depart from any port of the United States with-
out a clearance or permit, or if any ship or vessel '
shall, contrary to the provisions of this Act, proceed
to a foreign port or place, or trade with or put on
board of any other ship or vessel any goods, wares,
or nerchandize, of foreign or domestic growth or
akonufacture, such ships or vessels, goods, wares,
bud merchandize, shall be wholly forfeited ; and if the
same shall not be seized, the miler or owners, agent, •
freighter, or factors, of any such ship or vessel,
shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a sum
equal to double the value of the ship• or vessel and
cargo, and shall never thereafter be allowed a credit,,
for duties on any goods, wares, or raerchandize
tm-
ported by him or them into any of the • ports of the
United States, and the master or commander of such
ship or vessel, as well as all other persons who shall
knowingly be concerned in such prohibited foreign
voyage, shall each respectively forfeit and pay a sum
not exceeding twenty thousand, nor less than one
thousand dollars, for every such offence, Whether
the vessel be ie:zed and condemned or not, and the
oath or affirmation of any master or commander,'
knowingly offending against the provisions of this
Mallon, shall ever thereafter be irtedmissible before
say collector of the Customs of the United States.
Sec. 4. And be further enacted, That all penal-
ties and forfeitures arising under, or incurred by this
Act, may be sued for, prosecuted, and recovered,
with costs of suit, by action of debt, in the name of
the Limited States of America, or by indictment or
information, in any Court having competent jurisdic-
tion to try the same; and shall bo distributed and
accounted for In the manner prescribed by the Act,
entitled " An Act to regulate tits;, Collection of Du-
ties on Imports and Tonnage," passed the 21 day a I
March, 1790; and such penalties may be examined,
mitigated, or remitted, in like manner, and under
like conditions, regulations, and-restrictions, as are
prescribed, authorized, and directed by the Act, en-
titled " An Act to provide for mitigating or remit-
ting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities accru.
. ins; certain cases thereiu mentioned," passed the 3d
day of March, one thousand seven hundred and nine-
, ty-seven, and made perpetual by an Act passed the
lath day of February, IFOO : l'revided, That all
penalties and forfeitures, which shall have been in-
curred by virtue of this Act, previous to the expira-
. tion thereof, may and shall thereafter be recovered
and distributed in like manner, as if this Act had
continued in full force aatl virtue.
Ct..% V,
Sralter of the !loose of (represent:lives.
IVII. Li. CRAWFORD,
Pre.itlent of Semtte, pro tempore.
Ai:3 1, 181!. (Approved) J A ALS MADISON.

On Nionday sennight, the Litecasterian school hi
Wakeackl, for the education of poor boys, was
owned and 2.34 received into it. Ily the exertions
of the Committee, and the dole conduct of the .11as-
lora ei the' Lancieterian Wienl nr that town, whom
the Gentlernen, having the manngentent of that con-
cern, with ready him/less permitted to go over on
the occasion ; an uncommon progress has neen made
in the oromini:ation of the school, and the profici-
ency of the scholars. On Sunday last, they All at-
tended the places of public worship pointed out by
their respective friends, and were distributed in the
following proportions :—To the parish church 53;
to the Methodist chapel 0 ; to the dissenting chapel
in George-street 70; to that near the bottom of
Southgate 9,5 ; and to that in Westgate 18. We un-
derstand that the room at present used for a school,'
bring found inconveniently small, it is intended im-
mediately to set about the building of a new school-
room, and when the incalculable utility of the un-
dertakitg is considered. we indulge a confident hope,
that the often experienced generous philanthropy of
the inhabitants of NVatiefield will soon supply a suf-
ficient fund for the accomplishment of so laudable an
object.

Several new settlements have been farmed In New
Mouth Wales—one is at Port Dalrymple, *here the
population amounts to 80 persons, exclusive of the
company of the 73d. About 300 acres •of wheat
%taro sown there in 1811. The pasturage was excel•
lent, and the land clear of trees.
Wednesd►y se' nnight, two Bow-street officers ap-
prehended at Sunderland John Lascalles, a seaman,
on a charge of murdering a soldiec belonging to an
Irish regiment at Banisgate.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Mot 12.

WAR. DEPAItTMENT.
Downing-street, May 12.
A dicpatch, of which the following is an extract,
was received on Sunday ()selling at the Earl of Li-
verpoel's olliCP. nddr,:ssed to his Lordship by Gene-
ral the Earl of Wellington, dated Alfayates, April
'2l, 181'2.

Alfayates, April 24.
The army continued its march towards this quer-
ter sine: 1 last addressed you, and the enemy retired '
before them.
The last of the enemy crossed the Agueda Fester-1
day morning, and they are in full retreat towards
the 'relines.
The rains which had fallen between the 13th and
19th inst. had carried away the bridge which they
had constructed on the Agueda, immediate!), above
Ciudad Rodrigo; but they have repaired it within
these last three da)s, and the leading divisions of the
army crossed by the Puente d'el Pillar and the fords
of the Upper Agueda ; the rear only by the bridge
Rear Ciudad Rodrigo.
When Marshal Marmont marched his troops upon
Sabugal, General Bacellar ord 'red that the Portu-
guese militia, under Brigadier-Generals Treat and
Wilson, should be concentrated upon Guarda.
Marshal Marmont moved upon this militia with a
considerable force of cavalry, infantry, and artillery,
on the 1 Ith inst. and Brigadier-General Trent, who
commanded, conceiving the enemy to be too strong
' for him, determined to retire across the Moridego.
t The militia had made great progress in their re-
. trent ; but a battalion, which was covering the re.
treat, having been ordered to fire upon the enemy's
cavalry, and the rain having prevented their pieces
from going oil', broke, and threw the retreating
troops into disorder; and the enemy took about 150
prisoners.
The troops were formed again, however, oo the
left of the Moittlego, and retired upon Celurico ;
General Bacellar keeping the advanced' posts under
Brigadier-General NVilson at Lagiosa. On the fol-
lowing morning, the 15th, the enemy advanced in
considerable force, and drove in Brigadier-General
Wilson's out-posts at Lagiosa.
The enemy retired from Lagiosa in the course of
the night of the 15th, and from Guarda on the 16th,
which town was occupied, on the 17th by the troops
under the command of Brigadier-General Wilson.
Your Lordship will be happy to learn, that the
officers of the militia behaved remarkably veil. It
appears to me, that Brigadier-General Trent and
Blieadier-General Wilson did every thing they ought
to have done.
The partialsuccess over the Portuguese rrilitia`on
their retreat from Guarda, and the murder aid plun-
der of the inhabitants of a few villeges is Lower
Beira, already suffering from the enemy's former de-
predations, are the only fruits of Marshal Dlarmont's
expedition within the Portuguese frontier, to divert
our attention from the siege of Badajos.
While the troops belonging to the army of Portu-
gal have been collected for this service, I learn from
General Castanos that General Abadie had ordered
the Spanish troops in the Asturias to move into
Leon, where Brigadier Moreno had had some pa r-
tial success against a French detachment at Otero de
las Duenas. Don Julian Sanchez likewise, who has
contiuued with his cavalry in Castile, has bren
very successful on the enemy's communications, and
.
against their convoys.
By accounts from the South I learn, that neither
the Conde de Penne Villemur nor General Belles-
' teros entered Seville, while Marshal Soult was in
Estremadura, in the commencement of this month.
The Conde de Penne Villemur is now on his re-
turn into Estremadura, with the troops of the sth
army.
General Drouet is at Puente Ovej tine, in Cordova,
t with the troops under his command; and Marshal
tilt at Seville, according to the last accounts of the
2 ist instant, which I have received from Lieutenant-
; General Sir Rowland 11111.

Downing-street, May .12.
A lispatch, of which the following is as extract,
has been r-veived this morning at the Earl of Liver-
pool's &lice, addressed to his Lordship by General
the Earl of ‘Vellington, dated Fuente Guinaldo,
April :29, ISI2.
FtienteCuinaldo, April '29.
The enemy have continued their retreat since I ad-
tlrc:sed 3 our Lordship on the 9. ith instant.
No morm-lelit has been made to the South. Gen.
Dronet wlis still, by the last accounts, at Fuente de
Uv6 Ina, in Cordova. •
1 he Conde de Penne Villemur has returned into
Estfcmadura with the troops under his command.

• Admiruky-Office, May 12, 1812,
Inclosure to the letter from Capt. Talbot, inserted
in the Gazette of the Eith inst. _ _ _

- - -
A List of (Ricers, l'etty Officers,.Seamen, an 4 Marines, killed 1
and wounded on toned Ms Allipaisy's ibis' Victorious, Jlol'
Talbot, F. Capiaio, inaction with the commando, I
in Commodore itarre,ou the 2`.ld day of Fehruary, HOY.
XILLEJ).—James Campbell, quarter-muster; Lawrence Fee-!
rell, captain of the forecastle; Robert 'l'e Npietsu, captain of
the afterguard ; Thomas Sherry, ditto; Peter Tierney, quarter-
gunner ; Lawrence Alison, able seaman Hoek Lloyd, ditto;
Robert Stan:inks, ditto; Jacob Taylor, ditto; John Tait,
ditto ' • James Tobin, ditto ; Thomas lithroe, ditto; Anthony
Lait,ditto ; Henry Taylor, ditto; Louis' J. Sego, ditto Jere- t
miah Isiliitehouse, ditto ; Philip Crosby, ditto; Mullet Brien
(1), ordinary seaman; John Saundcrson, ditto; Simnel Chap. ;
man, ditto ; fii,orge Sbapter, ditto ; James l)aley, ditto ; Yd.
ward Jones (2), landsman.; Michael Lyons, ditto; James Fits- 1
gerkld, ditto.
ROYAL MARINFIL—Thomas H. Griffiths, Second I.ientenaut ; ,
George (ibiogonio, private; Jacob P. Mould; ditto; George
Young, ditto; IV ill iism. ditto; Thomas Green, ditto;
Thomas Keighan, ditto.
Woustoon.—Joha Talbot, F.sq. Captain, slightly ; William
11. Gibbonsonaster's-mate, slightly; Geo. Henry Ay tun, ditto;
ditto; Henry Bohan, midshipman, dittos Joseph ,Pay, ditto, l
ditto; William Clodil, quarter-master, ditto; John Marshal.
quarter-master; Edward Johnson, ditto; John Wind, ditto;
Robert 1 r.ayfoni, coxswain, slightly; Alexander Delzel, quar-
ter-master ,-mate ; David Louis (adios James Gran;er), ditto;
James Turner, captain of the forecastle ; John Bagliugton, cap-
tain of the foretop ; Edward Watson, ditto, slightly ; Alexan-
der hones Campbell, captain of the aftergurd ditto; Owen'
Maurice, copious of the mast, ditto; Thomas AloCrisou, yeoman
of the *beets, died the same day; Julia Davies (1), artnourer;
Coli Ms I atire, sailmaker's mate, slightly; Pied Johasou, qua r-
ter-„•unner s James Lindsay, ditto; John Nelson ditto; A.'
Bertie, carpenter's crew (died tome day) James ears ditto,
klightly ; Francis- Bich, ditto; Thomas 'larding, cool's-mate ;
William Evans, able stemmas. (died same day); Philip Batchelor,
ditto (died three days after); Magnes tubes n, dittos David
llerbert,ditto) Jacques Scripe, ditto; John Cpisdsorue, MUSS
Andrew J. Cuwqt, _ditto&stijamin Remiss, ditto; Robert
M arron, ditto) t__ Edward Williams, ditto; Jails's MsCurnick.
ditto; Philip Thomas ditto; livid, ditto ; James Gar.
lies, ditto; Thomas Paddle, ditto; Thomas 31‘iwea, ditto;

William Armstrong, ditto; George Morant, ditto ; Philip Do-
novanolitto ; John Read, ditto; David Wiley, ditto; J I
ohn
Shaw, ditto; James Mavniag, ditto; Edaard Su :ft, ditto,'
slightly; John Cornish, ditto, ditto; Ju-eph Percival, ditto,
ditto; William Parker, ditto, ditto; %'I i Ilium W dies ( I), ditto;
ditto; Richard Manning, ditto, ditto; 'fliontas lia,rien, ditto,
ditto; Bartholomew Kelly, ditto, ditto ; John Is rrall, ditto,
ditto; James Wright, ditto, ditto ; John Savage, ditto, ditto ;
William Murphy, ordinary seaman (died same day ); 't pumas
Jones (1), ditto, ditto ; John Murray, ditto (died two (la: s after);
Thomas Smith, ditto; Alurphy 111• Nettle, ditto; William Fool;
ditto; Willits:it Letviu, ditto ; James Langles , ditto; Thomas
Certain, ditto; John Shirley, ditto; Richard 1ir.r.,:...! (I) ditto;
George Alston, ditto ; James CC.
larke '), dit 0 ; Jelin O'Neal
(1), ditto; Richard ilennet,ditto,sligittly ; Jolt Clarke, ditto,
ditto ; Joseph Rider, ditto, ditto; Jereini,th call:Alan, ditto,
ditto; Frederick Gordon, ditto, ditto; Minh!! :Markham, ditto,
ditto; Peter Vitzpatrick, dittoolitio ; John Vi eicii, tE tto, ditto ;
John Pruitt, ditto, ditto ; T 11011141.9 Ey ill., ditto, ditto; Alexan-
der Corner, ditto, ditto; James Dugs:olJ, iithoitti (died same
day); Richard Cherry, ditto; James Letig., ditto mighly );
'llamas Lindsay, ditta, ditto ; Samuel 'White, diatteditto ;
Richard Mosley, ditto, ditto.
LOCAL NI .IRI N F.R. —Robert S. A slibridge, SN•ond Liente.natit
(lied same day) ; William New, setit ant ; 'I hotuas %Vhitaki•r,
private (since dead) ; John liridgenian, ditto ; .licieph ilant-
-1 tnerstv. ditto; John Barrio, ditto ; Richard it:indle, ditto ; Wm.
1 Bush; ditto; John Jaws, ditto; Walter Arthur, ditto ; l'im.
cutli r, ditto ; Jan Sozaertehtolittu ; dean Nloterdselo, ii..! Li. ;
• Gcorgt rosile. ditto; Christo;:ls Jerming4, ditto stightly ; W in.
i Woodfield, ditto, ditto; Samuel Broughton, ditto. ditto.
' Total-5.2 kidrxi ;Id wounded and since dead ;19 n ,untied.
(Signed) .1011 N TAl.uo.i., ca itaio.
DA v 11) BAIRD, Suri...,:vu.

Adiniraky-011icel Mali 12, 1812.
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward I'ellew has transmitted
to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from Captai3
Buck, of his Majesty's ship Franchise, giving an ac-
count of his having, on the 21th of February, driven
on shore and burnt, in the bay of Cagliari, I:Aren-
tinier French privateer, pierced for 11 guns, but
only three mounted, and manned with 60 men ; out
20 days from Marseilles without making any cap.
tore.

Admirdlly-o.ilice, Mug 11, 1812.

Rear-Admiral Foley has transmitted to John Wil-
son Croker, Esq. a letter from Lieutenant Morris,
commanding the Pioneer schooner, reporting the
capture, on the 9th inst. by that vessel and the De-
coy cutter, of the Indefatigable French lugger pri-
vateer, of 29 men, six hours out of Boulogne with-
out making any capture. Ber Commander was kit.
led, and nine men severely wounded, before she
struck.

Crown-Vice, May 12, 1812.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRE-
SENT PARLIAMENT,
Borough of Launceston.
Jonathan Raine, of Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middle-
/4'X, Esq. in the room of Iliduird Henry Alexander BELIDA,
who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

BANKRUPTS.
S. Carter. Wood-str,-rt, hole ale-glover, to suersutler May
16, 211, June 3.at Guildhall. A: toruey, Mr. Fiske, Palsgrave- I
place, Temple-bar.
T. Andrews, Brewhnrs lodge, offiern ise Brookham Lodge,
Somersetshire, farmer, May 25.21, June tea, Attornies, Messrs.
Holmes and Lowden, Clement' Inn.
D. Horton, Birmingham, gilt toy-maker, May 25, 26, June
21, at the Ito al Hotel, Birmingham. Attoritey , Mr. Egerton,
Gray's Inn-squat:.
W. Marsh, Denmark-street. Soho, Mav 16, June
2, 23, nt Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. -Itenhow, Stoni"-buildings,
Lincoln's Inn.
(1. H. Ilynon, Plymouth-deck, grocer, June 1,16, 23, at the
London Inn, Plymouth-dock, Attornies, Messrs. ..ollett, Who-
burn, and Collet' Chancery-lane.
Imeham, dath, baker, Mac 15. 23, June '..3, at the New
Inn, Bath. Attornies, Mossis. Shepherd, Adlingtun and Gre-
gory, Bedlard-row.
I. Spencer, Matrnesbury, built/tiler' May 92., 23, June 23, at
the Lion Inn, Malinesbury, Attorney, Mr. Salkeld,
Middle New-street. 0100 i-square.
W. Moore. Pattl-street, bittsbury-sqlmre, tbuber-merehani,
Mayl6. 23, June 2'.3, at Guildhall. Attorney Mr. Willoughby,
Clifford's Inn,
B. Chaffiy, Norton-under Hamlnlen, Scon:Tset•lire. sail-
cloth-traker, May 29, 30, June 23, at the Mermaid Inn, Yeovil.
Attornies. Messrs. King and Lukin, Bedford-row.
W. Scales and J. Seal tw, jun. Burton Smithi4„ 1 orkshire, cot-
ton-spinners, May '23, 21, .1 one 23, at the King's Head Inn,
Barnsley. Attorney, Mr. Watson, t litford's Inn.
C. C. Bartlett and J. Burt, Norton-under-Hamhden. Sorrier-
setsffire, tiumen, May 29, 20. 'June 21, at the Mermaid Inn,
`Yeovil. Attornies, Messrs. King and Lukin, Bedford-row.
H. Ewans. W otton Underedge, maltcter, May l'2, 23. at the
I Swan Inn, Wotton Underedge, June 23, at the Old Bell Inn,
Dursley. Attorney, Mr. C. James, Gray's Inn.
J. Nelson and F. A. Sturges, Bow-hum, Cheupside, warehouse-
men, May 19, 26, June 23, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs.
Lowless and Crone, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry.
F. Ziebards and W. Bond, Upper Thames-street, hat-mann-
facturers, May 19, 26, June 23, .at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr.
Sheffield, Great Preseot-street.
J. Hill, Rotherhithe-wall, Bermondsey 1 victualler, May 16,
95, June 49, at Guildhall. Attoroics, Messrs. Vandercom and
Comyn, Bush-Lane Cannon-street.
J. Kelly, Bank 'Top, where. ise Mount Vernon, Yorkshire,
Inubolder, May 26, 27, June 23, at the Tontine Inn, Sheffield.
Attornies, Messrs. Magrave and Walter, Syntund's Inn.
T. Dykes, Great Ea.stchpap, chocolate-maker, May 21, 26,
June V, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. W ilkinson and
Greenwood, Queen-street, Cheapside.
11. Dogrrell, Milton, Dorsetslore, checw-dealer, May 25, 25,
June 23, set the Ship Inn, Mere. Attorney, Mr. Seymour,
Mere.
T. Fell, Harlon, Durham, insurance-broker, May 13, 46.
June 'l3, at the Gulden Lion Inn, South Shirks. Attornies,
Messrs. Bell and Bmdrick, Bow-lane, Cheapside.
[Dividends, ikje.
From Sattfrday's Gazette.
C FICATES-hLtv 30.
D. L. Pertera, Artillery-place, Finsbury, underwriter-D.
Lewis,Milford,Pembrokeslitre, shopkeeper-J. Child,Crtitched-
ftiars, victualler-T. Etherington, Lawrence Pountney-lane,
dry-salter-J. Hewitt, St. James's-street, engraver-T. t•ottltl,
Uttery St. Mary, Devonshire, dealer-J. Whittle, Liverpool,
talus' and draper-F. Milner, Slteflield, Yorkshire, tititnan- .1.
Purdy, Ludgate-hill, bookseller-J. Green, Debiling, Kent,
Iringoz-4‘,AVeke_v,.kigliury, Devonshire, tanner-4i. Gray,
ratings die, martner-Z..lloffils, Saar-Fates 'rawer -11111111164
P street, shipand inn -broker-J. 'Gamin, Wateringibery, '
Kent, iniskt•per Bristol, butcher--J. FT,
berly, Ship Ina-yard, Southwark, corn-dealer-B. Adams, Ila-
singstoke, Hampshire, shopkeeper.
PARTS ER SH DISSOLVED:
C. Fletcher u'id J. Rome, Strand, liaberdashers-J. Carter
and J. C. Lloyd, Greece:lurch-street, hosiers- R. Cruinidehetne,
R. Cromp'on, P. Laurznec, G. Ilainter, and J. Pollitt, Sal-
ford, Lancashire, thrmid-manufteturem-R. Cromblehohne, It.
Crompton, and P. Law reason, Manchester and London-W.
Stannur and N. Bliss, Plymouth, linen and Is notion drapers-It.
Scott and 6. Scott, Fenehurch-street Chambers, ship and insur-
ance brokers-J. Williams and I'. Walker, Dartford, Kent, at-
tomlies-L. Lewis, Fact Farleigh, Kent, L. Cooper, and D.
Cooper, Norwich, lineti-drapersts-.1. etigwoodt J.
Wedgwood, S. Holltto, P. Warburton, W. to lowes, J • Daniel,
A. Keeling, E. Keding, T. Minton, and W. Poetry:3, St. Den-
nis, Cornwall, and the Statfordire Potteii.ss -.1. ltitson and J.
Maguire, Itickergate, near ( hatters-J. S. Wells, .1.
Wells, J. Itedley, C. Sayer, and W. Hinton, Puilpot-lan•,
wholesale grocers-. 3. Ca. rue, sen. and J. Caves-, jun. Yens il,
Somersetstnre, do se his and ti..l( -makers-IL V. Sansum, 41. NC-
din, and I'. S. Nodisi, tietsat Tower-street, ship and insurance-
brokers-W. Dodswur.ii and S. Marshall, Leeds, Yorkshire,
surgeons.

On Thursday evening seven foreigners belonging
to the Opera House in the Haymarket, and one be-
longing to the Pantheon Theatre, were brought be-
fore the hlagistratos at Bow.street, charged with
being at large within this kingdom without having
obtained a licence according to the Alien Act. They
all admitted the fact; but it appearing that their no.
glect was not as ilful, the Magistrates only adjudged
them to,aeven daysimprisoataeut each la Tothill4elds
•