The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-23 00:00:00

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. . 1 A considerable degree of sensation was yesterday
wise--I read the very intelligent and forcible oo- excited by a procession of the friends of Mr. Calvert
serrations which you yesterday offered to the Publie ; through the Borough to the Grove House, Camber-
on the subjest of the maritime tyranny of England, . well, where a very good dinner was afterwards served
with sincere satisfaction. I entirely agree with you, up to nearly 600 individuals, at which Mr. Solomon,
that the alternative to which we are now reduced, is ;Davies presided. A band of music was present, and
!several appropriate songs were sung by Messrs. ehaw,
a relaxation of our maritime eode—a modified sur-
Gibbons, &c. The greatest good humour and festi
render of our naval pretensions—or everlasting war, 'wily prevailed during
the whole time we were present.
--a war which can have no termination but in the , The following, among other toasts, were given,
destruction of ono or other of the belligerent powers. i The
Tbe Kinnce g.
Regent. And may he Dever forget the principles Pri
That the flags of all powers. should enjoy a perfect ; which seated his family on the throne.
f Thebtse'reasedtfue:eowf Ewleeetn, and may others enjoy the elective
and equal independence on the seas, is the clear and.:. The chairing of Lord Rancliffe and Mr. Smith
undisputed decree of nature and of justice ; and Akreiamentary Reform. took place on Monday. These Gentlemen have
nna; Coombe mid the Independent Livery of ermine. pledged themselves to support the three grent ques-
what Englishman can be brought to believe that the
Mr. ants, the'Chairman, before naming the lions of Peace, Reform, and Religious Liberty, and
safety, the power, or the existence of his country's
Gentleman whose health ho was about to propose, 1 their election has been a signal triumph over the
can be maintained and preserved only by viola. 411 I could not help congratulating the Electors of South- Ifriends of War, Corruption, and Bigotry. The
the laws of nature, and outraging the principles
of iwark on their recent victory. It was a victory which I temperate and orderly manner in which the people
equity. For the present I will not further pur- he had always anticipated since the last General iof Nottingham have' conducted themselves, notwith-
sue this part of the subject, bob will enquire, I Election. The success was in a great measure owing ; standing the exaltation of spirits which must net)-
! tto the diligence of the canvas in the different'rally have been produced by such a victory, does
whether, 'in oat east, there is any 'probability`
; and he would say it to the honour of the , them the highest honour and completely refutes
that injustice will be finally sanctified V
b, sac- Electors of Southwark, that. of the 2100 i
persons those charges of riotousness and violence, which the
any [who bad beenand who had promised enemitis of liberty are so industrious in brinqin
cuss? If it be a wretched imprudence in
people to waste its enemies apd its resources in ,their votes, there was not above six who did not against them. There were no less than thirty triou-
. come forward. They had . elected Mr. Calvert as ' sand persons assembled in the Market-place on Mon-
hopeless efforts to gain an object, which, though just,
we cbstsc„, their Representative in Parliament, an election which , day, and the display of Whig colours from every
Mon-
a to be unattaineble; bop . shoji
Or . creditable to themselves and honourable to the ; door, window, and house-top around, formed a
levies the infatuation of a nation, which pursues as o sect of their choice.. Ile had long • known Mr. , spectacle at once magnificent and affecting. A din-
unjust object, or persists in en mejult claim, lout Covert—he knew the independence or his principles net of Lord•Rancliffe's friends, the Mayor, Corp°.
after every Wiesel lope lofwttimate Andcess is toes 10;s he knew that whenever the liberties of the coteitty; iinion, &c. Wok place afterwards. ', The Rey. Dr.
tinguished by continued,end uniform disaster 2 Have were at stake they would always find their Rem- . Holcombe, the Rev. Mr. Holcombe, Alderman
we not formed Coa.lition.after Coalition—have we . sentative at his post. Ha would, therefore, pro- ' Heygate (late Sheriff), and Mr. Thomas Moore,
pose the health of Mr. Calvert. • [Apitiauses.] I were among the number. The toasts were—
not granted Subsidy after Subsidy, till our wealth is Mr. CALVERT, on his health being drank, said, I The Kw
dissipated—till taxatioe has diffused the most ant- jhe knew not how to thank them sufficiently for the Tne PritiCe Regent, and may be call to mind the declaration
i toifithie,ibPerince IsffthWa::l, Ist the Crown is but held in trust for
vessel and the most abject misery, till our credit is j honour they had done him in returning him as their
shaken,—till national bankruptcy stares us in the Representative in Parliament. He should stand in 1 the Liberties
rilattre,eantrtivee;Ala lnfluence'that has conttibuted Us
fat and what has been the result? The result has ! need of their candid judgment when attending his ! materially to our success.
duty in the Bosse of CoMmons; for there were many 1 'ln proposing the health of Lord Holland, the Re-
ims that our Allies have become, one after another, !
itopics of a
.very
.critical nature which would come I corder of Nottingham, Mr. COLL:MANS pronounced a
the vassals of our foe. This result has been so in-
under the discussion of the new Parliament, topics very able panegyric upon the talents and public spi-
variable and constant, that every rational mind now jon which noten men assembled together would be all' sit of that enlightened Nobleman. lie felt Much'
considers detainee of any State with England, as ' of the same opision.—There was one object which all '
pleasure, he said, in informing the Meeting, that
the °mamma forerunnerof its subjugation to France! ; ought to have at heart, and that was the credit and ; his Lordship had expressed the warmest anxiety for
Such will be the fate of Russia! As men, however,; independence of the country. As Representative of . the success of his friend Lord Rancliffe • and had
! Southwark he would be the advocate of a steady ; declared, that he knew no one more cordially at-I
lace to be found in this country, who contend
I Reform in Pediment, and the opponent of corrup- ; tached to the principles of his illustrious relative
that tbe contest in the North is not yet hopeless, ' . 1 ,
, non and the increase of our national debt. On these . Mr. Fox, than this excellent young Nobleman.
I will bestow a few words on this interesting sub• ct.; points he had already pledged himself. It might-be The Rev. Dr. HOLCOMBE gave, " The Mayor and
When I reflect on the past Conduct of the Russian imprudent. perlaps, to make pledges, but there was Corporation of Nottingham,"• and declared that he
Monarch towards this country and towards France,' another point os which he could not help tellioa them shnnea always regard them with veneration, for the
I fell the most confident expectation that the moment lin what manner he would act. lie had been informed manly, temperate, and independent spirit which they
Coat if was the :ntention of the Minister to continue had displayed on this occasion.
is not new fir distant, when, by unqualified sub-
the Parliament now elected in case of the demise of When the sentiment of " Religious Liberty" was,
mission to the diet
Of NBIPOLHON, and the most ! the King—to this he should give a decided opposi- drank, Mr. THOMAS MOORE rose (as being, he said
unreserved adoption of his system, ALT-UNDER Sion will ' —[Applawse.]---Ile begge to conclude
d leavelude t
; •the only Irishman in the Meeting), to thank them,
endeavour (and the attempt will not be unsuccessful) with drinking the healths of the 551 Gentlemen who in the name of his country, for the very liberal spirit
b win his indignation, and to conciliate his favour. i had done him the honour of meeting him there that which they evinced on a subject so intimately con-
But sum day. s' this should not take place suppose it I nected with her interests, her peace, her very satva-
Mr. Quiz wished to propose the health of a wor- tion. There was no one, who knew the least of Ire- ;
should be isometry for the French army to winter in
thy friend of theirs and his, Mr. Solomon Davies, land, that did not contemplate with dismay, and
Russia, can we doubt that when the period hp. ; who now came forward as the friend of-Mr. Calvert, almost despondency,the desperate fatuity of that
preaches for renewed exertion, the Russian Monarch ;but who, if Mr. Calvert was ever to recede from the system which the
Government of this country has
and the hessian people, equally appalled by the re- principles he now maintained, would be one of his pursued, and is still pursuing, towards Ireland, and
collection of that rain which has overtaken the all• most decided opponents. , he hailed with delight every event like the present,
dent capital of their country, and which will thee
Mr. DAVIES said he bad been so often their Chair- • which seemed to promise resistance to this-infatuated
~ man, that he was almost a standing thing among system, and gave hopes of a better and more rational
appear to them suspended over the present seat 01
them. He had never yet been backward when their' order of things. With respect to the young Noble-
their government, will be equally solicitous for liberties were in danger, and Whenever they might : man, who had attained the high distinction of re-
peace, end equally ready to make any sacrificee again be so, they would find him at his post. lie ; presenting the town of Nottingham, he had had the
in order to obtain it. But if Russia should hoped, however, that they would find out some per- honour of knowing him intimately many years, and
son more fitted and active than himself to till the ,
disappointed in him. He had been brought up in a
The Chairman still, contrary to every rational expectation, per. he felt assured that his Constituents would not be
severe in
office which he now filled, in future. ; her hostile policy towards France, the then proposed ' good school. He had been reared under the wing of
French army will seceeptisence its operations in a, The health of Mr. Mattocks and the Independent Electors I. t..at illustrious Nobleman, who, however often he
circumstances far more favourable to its pro- of Roston." - ' forgets his own interests, has never forgotten the in-
gress than these which attended the commencement Mr. MapaCss said he felt more deeply than he terests of his country. Mr. Moore concluded by
of the last campaign. Already in the heart of the could express the honour now done him. It was proposing the health.of " the Earl of Moira," which
go fortune to meet his friend among them there
Russian Empire, they will quickly reduce their one s was drank with three times three.
about a year age, when the most sanguine hopes
mies to the necessity of making an Ignominious were entertainedof his These hopes ,
success. were The evening was passed in all that temperate cheer-
fulness, which became men assembled to commetno-
peace, or of staking the success of the war on the now realized, and he was placed at the head - rate so important a triumph. The good !limner,
event of &general battle; and the occurrences of the of the poll. This he considered as• auguring fa- and the dignified feeling with which Lord Rancliiits
He
of
to the Cause Reform in general.
last campaign sufficiently prove, that in such a con- vourably replied to one of the company, Who reminded him
bad rob doubt but his Friend would perform to
lid, such barbarous and undisciplined legions are I of his professions, and warned him not to recede
the very utmost the pledges ho had given them.
little qualified to cope with the regulated valour of rile had
well stated to them, that bi the ensuing
from them, gar,? a most gratifying earnest of the
manly and high-minded conduct that may be expect-
the French troops. There is another serious consi- ItParliament many topics would come under discus- ed from him.
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deration which ought to moderate the exaltation with jeow,of a very critical nature; and, if what was ru- ,
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which some indiaiduals in this country consider Ile :*moored should take place, namely, the continuance . N .
CM .E & -
Ret:dse o—Friday night Mr. Curran
protraction of the Russian war. The finances of • haofdthe Parliament after the demise of the Crown, he
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HOhesitation in saireugthat a morefatal blow ,
England pay the exp Onces of that war; the very I For Gene! al Needham - 146
not be struck to the liberties of the colliery( Applause). Me. Curran - 144
object for which Narosasoo undertook the war, f
He had known his friend almost since he was a child And this minority twine likely to increase, Mr.Cur-
was to injure Oar finances by interrupting our com- ' .:-110 man could, in all the relations of private life, ran signified his intention of declining any further
merce: the protraction of the contest is to him,there. ! act a more worthy part than he had always done ; contest. The defeat of Mr. Cui ran is attributed to
fore, pregnant with all We advantages of victory; he 'an ems was convinced that he would fulfil every en- the opposition of four 'Catholic Gentlemen, two of
by I gnnt in public life as faithfully as in private.— them Members of the Catholic Board, who exerted
obtains the end which behadin view, as effectually
There was another subject, as well as the Regicide all their interest for General Needham.
draining us of the wealtla which we possess, as he could '
wealth j Act, ou which he was pledged to his constituents, and . . Tax-Msnoc EstaAmasizar.—" We rejoice," says
de by destroying the of that which that was, to oppose the proposed tax on capital.— the Chester Courant, "to learn, that this important
we might have acquired. Our finances will, how- Except this tax was brought forward on the very undertaking is proceeding with renovated activity ;
ever, I doubt not, toffee a two-fold injury by this strongest grounds, it should meet with his de- upwards of 14001: have been subscribed by Noble-
contest. As it is protracted, It will exhaust them ; tided opposition. Ile felt proud that his name should , men and Gentlemen, of North Wales, effectually to;
as it will be unsoceessfel, it will cut off one of the have been connected with the Electors of Boston.— repair the injury it has sustained." ' 1
, , This was once accounted a rotten borough ; but it ,
as it
from which they might have bees replenisneo Died on Monday last, Mr. Nicholas, mercer, of
. had returned him four times to Parliament, and lately West Drayton, Middlesex. Zealous in the prose- :
and restored. I shall conclude this letter by remark- another Gentlentan along with him, on independent I cation of his concerns, he was inspecting his pre-
iag, that the split's of warfare against which we' prineiples.—[.lppleuse.] - I miss., when, a sudden gust of wind forcing open a
have to struggle, nod the distressing effects of which The CMAIRMAN then proposed— ; doer, he fell against a railing, which giving way,
' •• Mr.Quin and the Friends City , precipitated of Freedom in the of Low. I
We so severely yeti, seems an appropriate and well ' don.,,
chosen retributive teethe arbitrary injustice of these : Mr. Quin said, the cause of Liberty had triumphed j three hours, acid then expired. On Wednesday ~
pretensions, on my post, to which the continuance of • in the person whose health had that night been drank, • morning a Jury sat upon the body, and returned a .
the war is to be ascribed. We claim a tyrannical he meant Mr. Combo; and perhaps the triumph • verdict—Accidental
,Dc.ath. I
,would have been greater were Dot the City of Lori- _ . . Carv. ateava.—'f Officer is the son of Admi-
sad exclusive authority upon the to promote
s , don subject to a variety of oppressions which it was *MI Dacau, who coniumeded a lung time on the j
our commercial prosperity, and augment our na- • unnecessary for him to define; oppressions which West India station. On the 14th of February,
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Bonet wealth; and our demand is resisted by. system weighed as a sort of incubus or night-mare, not I 1804, the son passed his examination for Lieutenant,
which annihilates ear commerce, cud reduces us to a on independent misids like those whom he addressed, i and was almost immediately afterwards promoted to
state of merited poverty and distress. Ibut those who valued nothing but their own indl-Ithat rank, and subsequently made a Commander.l
Oct. 21, dill. EQUITAS. I vidual profit. Mr. Calved had told them that there ,On the 14th of January, 1806, he was promoted to
were many points on which no ten yea would be all j the rank of Post. Captain, and appointed to the coin-
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I of the same opinion; but he would venture to sa, I man& of the Medirtfor,
A call in an American paper, for 1500 Virgins, that there were subetantial grounds of independence returned, in a36-gun frigate. In her hel
1807, to Plymouth, where she was
to unite with the army of the West, in the holy on which it was imposiible to differ.--01rplause.) paid off. At this time, it is said, lie had not corn-
cause of their country, lately excited • great interest . Let the Liverymen of London and the Electors of pleted his S=lo-first year of age. Tie was wounded
among all the females of America ; bat it proved to ' Southwark ever unite is the following sentiments— , in the hot telgagetneet u ith the Citutitation, and
be a mistake of the printer, and was only an iiivo- ' opposition to civil and relipioils persecution—to his entrap is .onqpestioned ' • but it Is take 'fear*
cation to 1500 Virginians to enrol thenieekta under- continental subsidies--and to . very species of cor- that in age and experience he *as *like muerte
**banners of their tessity. rupts • •
on. A great number of the Liverynnt, of Lou- to his antagonists GO pe.„.aiaitAAG Hors. .i , ~*. • 1

would-conclude with wishing that tls; Livery of
London, and the Electors or gouihwark, might be
ever united in the cause of civil and religious liberty,
and that their etforts might be always crowned with
success.

NOTTINGII.I.W ELECTION.

don .wece impressed with the necessity of emulating NAVAL INTELLIGEN;;E.
the Independence of the Borough of Southwark; i ---ww,..... • ,
and-Nell-founded hopes were entertained, that, at a I FALMOUTH, Ocr. 10.
tim !tot far distant, tits influence of the India lar following packets have arrived -this day, vit.—Duke of
Hoo, Custom House, and *Misr sources, would tiloatrose, !Hewett, with Mails from the Brazils, nine weeks
no I)ngerlo prodoce the same effects as at present. He 6°l" lei° Jancir"l a" 'ye" weeks from Bahia t his 1413.1" q 's
- - - ship Fr-- •of Ad wiral De Couicy, sailed from

.gyp Foedroyant, tuir,ons, cy, sane..
Rio two days before the packet, having been relieved by his
Majesty's ship Montague, of 7t guns, Rear-Admiral Dixon ;
tin abe 90th ult. its-lat, y 4.47. lung. 38 9. spoke the ship George
Calming, Capt. from Buenos Ayres for London, out
• 4J days, all well. r•it packet, Tilly, with Malls from Cadiz, 19
days passage; no news from thence; of the Reek of Lisbon
spoke the ships Barton. Caledonia. and Max *cli,• from Liver.
pool for the West Indies, out 13 days, all well; on the 16th in,L
lat. spoke brig Clemens, Capt. Dillon, [rein Lisbon for Bris-
tol, out 19 days, bad parted from the convoy iu u gale of wind;
on the l'ith inst. in lat. 46. 25. long. 9.11: spoke his Majesty's
brig Maros, of 16 gnus, frith fire sail of her convoy In com-
pany, with which she sailed (rote Portsmouth bound to Niw-
foundland, a month since; the convoy hat been dispersed. /Me-
et,: Llizabetla packet, Kidd, with Mails from Lisbon, Moe
days passage, no news Burgos had not surrendered when the
left Lisbon. Also arrived his Majesty's ships Rota, of 38 guns,
and Fortune, of 36 guns, from a cruise; his Majesty's ship
Scylla, of 16 guns, with several transports, part of ner convoy
ss Inch she sailed from hence with on the 14th inst. the remainder
supposed gone for Plymouth, having been dispersed is the se-
vere gales of yesterday and Sunday.
PLYMOUTH, Ocr. 21.

Came in this morning his Majesty's skip Foudroyant, of 80
guns, Vice-Adm. de Courcy, from the Brazils. The Admiral
is expected to land litre, and the ship will proceed immediately
fur Portsmouth.
Arrived the Arrow schooner froth off Brest.
The Lard Keitn, victuller, Capt. Hall, came In this morning;
she left Falmouth oa the 14th last. with a fleet, convivting of
transports hay* as board troops; also some tore ships booed
to Lisbon, under convoy of the Staflower brig of war. The
fleet experienced a most tremendoos gale of w ind on Sunday
last io 106 g. F. west, whkkeornpletely dispersed them, a, d in
which the Lord Keith was struck by a heavy sea, whim carried
the boats off the deck, beat in her bulwarks, and is le..k .
The brig Neptune, Capt. Jasson, in removing this titoraing
from t atwiter to the anchorage under Drake's lsktod, got on
the rocks, but has been got of witheft Injury.
Arrived the Diomede, of .511 gob from Corouna, having
taken over a detachment of the Guar*. •
Sailed the Bittern sloop of war.
DEA 1., OCT. ni

Put back. by contrary winds, his Mtjesty's ship Speculator,
and the whsle of the outward-bound that sailed yesterday.
Arrived a stop from Cadiz, name unknown. She reports the
transport Alcaander, No. 9.53, Capt. flos, WM taken early
yewerrlay morning by a French privateer between &achy-head
and Dungeness.

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