The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-19 00:00:00

'HE STATESMA

E LEMON OF PEERS OF SCOTLAND.

•On Friday last, the election of the 16 Peers, to
represent the Peerage of Scotland, took place at
Holy rood House.
The Clerk read over the roll of Peers common-
ly called the Union Holt ; and, after reading the
names of the Dukes, the name of Charles Marquis
of Queensberry was inserted, as Senior Marquis of
Scotland, pursuant to an order of the House of Lords
last Session, his Lordship having proved his right to
that title.
_• _ _

When the Clerk called the Earl of Abereorn, the
Earl of ABERDEEN rose, and said, that his Noble
Friend had given him a proxy ; but, as he resided at
present in Ireland, it was nut in his power to qualify
himself according to law, although, from his situa-
tion, as Lieutenant of two counties in that kingdom,
he clearly came within the limits of the Act, which
made provision for preserving their privileges to
such Peers as were necessarily absent in his Majes-
ty's service. lifs Lordship, while he did not mean
to press the reception of his
.vote, still thought that
' Peers in his situation laboured under a great hard-
ship ; and he pledged himself, •if their Lordships
thought proper to return him their Representative
I to take measures for removing so obvious agrier/ •ce,
and for preserving to their Lordships the privilege of
voting in whatever part of the three kingdoms they
might reside.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE and Lord KINNBIRD
entirely coincided wt Lord Aberdeen, and hoped
his Lordship would hi ill; the matter under the con-
sideration of the House of Lords. •
The usual ceromotties having been gone through,
i and votes marked, the Clerks declared the following
Lords to he duly elected, viz.—
, 4 Charles Marq. of Queens- I George Earl of II boyne 50
berry 50 George bad of A&wrdeen 51
* George 1 of Rothes 4? George Earl of Hasgew 49
James FAA of Caithness 99 James Lord Forbes 45
• Alexander Earl of Home 49 Alexander Lord Sahooo 48
Thomas Ear; of Kerrie 50 • k'raoeis Lord Gray 45
George t••arl of Dalhousie 50 C harks Lord Sinclair 49
Thomas Earl of Selkirk 41 Francis Lord Napier 41
Alex. Fat! of Halcarrus 49
I Those marked thus * arc new Peers, in room of the Earls of
I Strathmore and Haddington, and Lord Cathcart.

Vo,cs were also given for the fAlowing Noblemen,
viz..-- •

Doke of Roxburgh
Earl of Ste:Amore
I aft of Northevk

1 Lord Colville
I Lord Reay
17 Lord Kionaird

After the return was declared by the Clerks, Lord
Ktxxaittn protested against it, and expressed his
intention of appealing elsewhere.

. . .
radial/tent, as our Readers are aware, will meet
on the (2 ltit instant. The first five days will be occu-
pit ii in swearing in. Members. and choosing a %pea licr.
Oi: Monday. the 30th, the Ferree Rectwe will de- Thursday, ell prisoners of war were marched
Ent the Seeerh from the Throne ; or, at all ese.its, into the .11)ot at Perth, escorted by a detachment of
it %ll he delivered, and business will commence on the itedrewshire Militia, which makes the total
t!, I. i'a ti . It is agai't coatidently rumoured, that number now in that place upwards of 3000.
ilr. i a NsiTTIRT means to propoie an addition to the Colonel Kisloscoce's Regiment of North Glou-
in e 'fax. center !WWI has marched from Sandhurst, and is
A+ le .st.. ~,.. senle.Sicilian army has been given qintrtereri at Bristol, with the exception of a detach-
np to bold W. Besrtecii. fhe Queue wituneld me tof 100 men, which hai been left to assist on tho
f,r 'orate mane her consent—his 14-osisuip wil hlteld works at the Royal Military College.
tee subsidy—and an apprehension that the troops Mr. JORDAN drew a bumper and thunders of ap-
would mutiny for want of pay, turned the scale, and ; plause at the Portsmouth Thee. re, on her first ap-
procured the acquiescent* of her MAJFS re I • pearance, on Monday night, in the Widolo.Cheerle.
Primate letters from Lord Ware.' STQTON'S army Tuesday night, her Piolante was expected to excite
mention Ca;.tains Ones amid lotto, of the 3Sth Re- even a greater degree of interest and enthusiasm.
&trent, as having been killed in tile etiairs of which ! A warrant has beet received by the Loan ritovosT
the returns have not yet been received. i
„ .of Feinburgh, for embodying the Local Militia be-
We
learnt with muchconcern, by oat last t"*-; longing to that city. Tie number of men is 12-10:
parches from St. Fctersburgh, that Captain Wit.- : Ihe Duke of CAnaarDae is gone to join the Put sct
temenaT, of the Navy, who so valiantly defended ;
stca.._
ipwRIIT sad Duke of OLARENCR, in Norfolk.
his frigate, the Ncrcide, under the French batteries, i , • (CIRCULAR.)
in the Isle of France, has been unfortunately cap.l Ilene-naards, Nev. lie, Ullt
Lured near Riga, in an advance against the enemy, as l BlR,—Certain men of the militia, set yin; as sub-
a volunteer commander, at the head of a party of 'Beet's, having been led erroneously to suppose that
Marine Fencibles. ' they will be entitled to their discheri;e at the expi-
The Bulletin, published from Lord WELLING.. ration of ten years service, the Commander in Chief.
aom's dispatches states, in a note, that three of desirous of affording every information that can tend
those dispatches are duplicates, of which the origi- ' to remove this error, has been pleased to sigeify his
nals have not yet been received. !fence it is inferred/ command, that you immediately explain to the
that these originals have been intercepted by the ' regiment of militia, that on reference to the 41st clause
enemy, in whict. event they will be published at rail of the Militia Act of the 42d of George 111. chap. 90
length in the Illoniteur.—They will be the first speci- (which contains the terms of their enrolment), it ap-
mens that we have had for a long time of unmutilated pears, that the oath taken by every ballotted man
dispatches from his Lordship. is, to serve for five years, unless sooner discharged ;
In letters received through Sweden, from Ham- and that the oath taken by every substitute is, to
burgh, it is sided, that a revolution had been at- • serve for five years, or for such farther time (if the
tempted at Fultla,in Ilesse Cassel, on the same plan, ' militia shall be drawn out within the five years) as
and in unison with that at the French capital. The ' the militia shall remain embodied ; and the militia
tnree Generals were to be considered as the directors . hating been so drawn out and embodied, it follows,
of both ; and in both instances, the propagating a re. ! of course, that the men serving as substitutes have no
port of BONAPARTE'S death was the first act of the claim as to their discharge.
conspimey. The success too, has been alike in either ; His Royal Highness enterteets no doubt, that the
case; the conspirators having been discovered and men from this statement, will be aware of the nature
seized in Hesse, as well as in France : but respecting of their engagements ; and I am to desire you wilt
the fate of the German Revolutionists nothing is use your endeavours to afford them every satisfaction
known, no tidings of their trials or executions having 9n this head, and explain to them that the Act of
been made public.
! Parliament now referred to, is the only one which
iesierday the nomination of Earl MoIRA to the • relates immediately to their case.
high and most importa..t situation of Governor-Ge- ' I have the honour to be, Sir,
aural of India came to be considered in the Court of i Your most obedient humble Servant,
Directors V: !IP!, the appointment was confirmed. HARRY CALVERT, Adj.-mien.
A letter from Portsmouth contains the following
pit graph:--_•t The West India convoy is detained,
in consequen.:e of COtirOOdOre RODGERS. being off
the Wostern Islands."

To the Coloarl
or Officer Commanding
Regiment of Militia.
AcatcovrunE.—A respectable Gentleman Farmer
in the Isle of Wight, of 50 years standing, states,
that hi► land this year has produced twice the number
of bushels of wheat that it did last year ; and that so
abundant has beet, the harvest throughout, that the
farmers average their crops at nine years' consump-
tion for the island.

The military arrangement consequent on the death
of Lieu t.-ten. ENG LANP has not been correctly
stated, and we therefore subjoin it :—Hon.
Gen. Getty to succeed to the command of the West-
ern District; Major-Gen. BROwNE to be Lieutenant-
Governor of Plymouth f-Majer-Gen. Wymireao to
h ('otonol of the sth Regiment ; lint,. Major-Gen.
I.t 11.1:Y to ar.cceed to the West India Rangers.
Lettain extensive premises, situated in Park-lane,
Lot lia, are at this time fitting up as barracks for the
recluirn of the thilltary, and are calculated to ac-
commodate i•Ik) infantry.
Keck.—A circular letter, sent round on Tuesday to
the Publican;, announced, that in consequence of the
advance of Matt and Hops, the price of Porter was
in future to be 501. per barrel. The retail price will
now be hid. per quart.
INc.vess, we arc sorry to hear, still continues in-
di‘poved; but hopes are entertained that he will
shoal) be able to resume that station which he has
so keg end so creditably filled upon the stage.
It is stated in another account, received yester.
day morning, that the name of the person who con-
fessed himself an accomplice in the murder of Mr.
NARK'S family, is Bell, and that he was on board
the'Rosamonci sloop of war, lying at Lerwick.

THE PANTHEoN.—The fire which broke out at
this Theatre, about three o'clock on Tuesday morn-
ing last, commenced iu that part of the building
nearest Oxford - street, ou the first Boor.
The front is of stone; the Theatre is at the back
part of the building. Between four and five the flames
were happily go: under, the only parts burnt being
those between the stone front and the Theatre, vit.
the passages and the lobbies. No lives were lost: i
The Pantheon has, from its commencement, been an
unlucky building. Even now the fire happeus in
the wrong place, for it has burnt down the only part
of the house that had a chance to stand. A young
servant and room-keeper at the Pantheon, was yes-
terday morning examined on suspicion of having been
accessary to setting this Theatre on fire.. The evi-
dence against the Prisoner was, that he was found
concealed in one of the box-rooms yesterday morn.
ing, but there was no evidence to impeach him rela-i
tive to the Ere, and he was dismissed.

Tb THE EDIWR.

SlR,—Allow me, through the medium of your Pa-
per, to-put the following question to every thinking
man iu the nation :
What would the situation of England be—
If peace was to be made with France upon the
principle of withdrawing our troops from the Pe-
ninsula ;
If peace was to be restored with America upon
the principle of liberal concessions as to_ the grievances
complained of by that Gbvernment ;
if the Catholic disabilities were removed ;
If all sinecure offices and pensions (except such
as were granted as a reward for real services),
were to be abolished at the death of their present pos-
sessors ;
If the trade to the East Indies was thrown open to
the whole nation ;

If the Bank was to resume its payments in specie;
and

If general economy was introduced into every
branch of the public expenditure?
While I put the above to the consitieration of
every well-wisher of the country, I challenge all
cold blooded Cabinet Warriors, all Intolerant
Bigots, all Pensioners and. Placemen, all India Di-
rectors, Book Directors, and all other Public De-
predators, to answer me if they dare.
I am, Sir,
Your humble Servant,
S.

Great Truths cannot have too great Authorities to
support them. Lord MeicomaT, therefore, is very
ploperiy cited b) Mr. FAWICE4, in his most masterly
communication to Lord MILTON, upon the necessity
of Radical Reform.

What follows—is another citation in point !
Lord MF.r.costar. says thus—April lb ;
" I went to the Duke of NEWCASTLE. Received
with much seeming atfectiori. Thanks for %Vat--
mourn, where had succeeded. Sorrow for BRIDGE.I
WATER, where I had failed.
" I told him I would give him a detail of the whole
transaction if he thought it Wotan MENTIONING to
THE KING ! !
" Accordingly, I began by telling himl had done I
all that was in the rowEn OF MONEY and labour. I
And spewed him TWO BILLS for money remitted there
before I went down—one for 10001. one for 5001.! .
Besides ALL THE Ma VEY then in my Steward's hands!
So that the Election cost me above 25001.
" In the next place, if this Election stood, the
Borough was for ever lost—that all this was occa-
sinned by w.vvr Or PROPER SOPPOIEr from VIE
Corer ! and from the behaviour of the SERVANTS of I
the Cnows !!"
Since that record was written, what a vicissitude of;
isscrectse in tip market, and in the market prices of
this marketable ware. A, in Smithfield. they might I
say, both as to the Careas2, and the Ftrrce!
HE Fret; Anrs.—Tne lovers of Grecian sculp-
ture, must be pleased to hear, that this country
will receive a great anti important accession to its
stores, iu a Prize of alto relieve, 100 feet long,
fbund bj_ Messrs. 4CGIj3 COCILERSLL, FOSTE:t,
Baron HALLO', ant) Monsieur Lu. ET, at the
Temple of Apollo F.picuries, Phigalia, evidently '
one of Abe works of PHIDIAIIe From the ancon-
F netted state in which the different parts• were found,
' the Gentlemen who hate examined it have not ye.
been able to unite it sufficiently well to form an idea
of the subject ; but from every opinion formed at
present, it appears to contain the two subjects of the'
quarrel which arose at the marriage of PIRITIIOUS
With lIIPPODAMI A, and the battle between the Ama-
zons and Athenians.

Two of those French mortars which were so long 1 exte, ,
%.4..i; nearly torn to pieces! Ilia left ar:n was
the annoyance •of the Inhabitants nt Cadiz, were ' taken off by the shoulder, aid ins whole Tway
landed last week at the Gunwharf, Portsmouth, one bruised and mangled in so shocking a mummer that
.of them, called " the Duke of Treviso," is nearly no rational hopes can be entertained of his neovery.
eight feet long, and presents a singular specimen What adds to the melancholy catustrcphe is,'that
of French invention. In shape it bears some resem- the Wesel:mate young man was married only a few
blance to a howiteer. The calibre of both, ace about days hefoae the melancholy accident t:appened. This
the size of our 13-itch mortars, though in their in- should operate as a warning to all persons, to be
ternsl construction they differ materially. They particularly cautious bow they medd:e aid' any Thing
are of brass, as are also the beds. The largest took connected with the machinery of mills. Omm Wed.
401bs. of powder for itS charge, and will throw a nesday the 11th inst. the unfortunate sufferer was
shell to the immense distance+ of three miles. The still alive.
other, except in belle- ewd to the bed, is not unlike Sencee-Roturits.—The Police Officers who go
in make and size to our English 13-inch mortars.— out at night, for the purpose of looking after these
The muzz,es are much battered and distigured;occa-
Idepredators, should visit some of the less-frequented
sioned by the French having fired them into each rroets, as most of the robberies have been done in
other ou abamidommi mg the siege. They s ere brought I such situations.
by his Majesty's snip Rev During the night of Monday, a gentleman, of theenge, and ore said to be '
intended as a present to the Putsch Kt .LNT. name of Reeks, was upset in a single-horse chaise,
By letters lamely received from the Cap ; of Good . about two miles from Watford, by another chaise
Hope, we learn that toe small pox made its appear- running against him, and was so much hurt, that he
' ante in that colony in March last ; and, but for the died yesterday from a contusion on the head.
praise-worthy exertions of Dr. Ilus-st, and the rest Purser arrived in London the day after the tight,
of the Medical Gentlemen, in getting as many of the ; but Carter is not yet removed. •
natives vaccinated as possible, its ravages might have I We lately mentioned that. John M'Cririeetenant
been dreadful. Mr. Cu* ALES WAITE, surgeon of the • in Halfcrne, near Castle Douglas, was found min.-
Ist bait. 934 regiment, now at the Cape, was, by tiered in a field adjoining to his house. Ilis skull
order of his Excellency Sir JOH,/ Ceannuot, sent on : was fractured* if by the blows of a stone, and se.
a vaccinating tour into the interior, which he extend.' viral paces from the place where the body lay, a
ed to the distance of near 400 miles, and in the short ".quantity of blood was discovered. The particulars
1 space of ten weeks, vaecinattuf upwards of eight thou- : of this horrid transaction are not known ; but the
sand people. • ' ! perpetrator appears to have been a man of the name
Saturday se'nnight, about half-past six o'clock, as ;of *Lads, whose farm is Contiguous to that of
three countrymen were returning home, about eels . Halferne. It is said that the parties had beets
a mile from Carlisle, on the Wive:l-road, they were mutually irritated by the trespassing of each other's
attacked by siv or seven ruffians. One of the cont. • cattle on their resretive possessions ; and it is
'
pany•galloped forward and escaped ; another' whose • known, shat when M'Cririe, who had been sum.
horse had been struck to the ground, though some-; Blotted to attend for the trespass at Castle Douglas,,
what injured, contrived to retreat on foot into Cal.. went out after breakfast to sea if his cattle were in
I dewgate. On his way bark, he met Mr. Harrison, ' their proper pasture, hl' 'ellen was laboueing with
of Nalhouse, whom he informed of the circumstance, i his spade on the confines of his farm, in the intme-
and advised him to return. Mr. Harrison, who is a : diate neighbourhood of the field where the body was
strong and resolute man, was not to he deterred, found. Thiv man, upon his going home, told his
and after in vain endeavouring to induce the fugitive fpmily that he had quarrelled with M'Cririo, amid he
to return to the scene of combat, he rushed alone to : believed that. he had hurt him severely ; and to about
the assistance of the remainder of the party, Mr. R. a minute after, he saide in sesmiagly great agitation,
• Waugh, of Newby Cress, who was very spiritedly be feared he was killed', and desired them to go and
defending his property. After a severe struggle, inform his family where he was. WVe they were
Mr. Vaugh was robbed of 751. and his gallant doing this, he absconded, and was are- wading
auxiliary of about el. besides his watch and hat.— ' through the river Dse, about one o'clock r n the day
The villains then made their escape. leaving the two of the murder. Thou h
the most active means are
ge
unfortunate men almost lifeless, they having been employed for his apps ehension, he has not since been
beaten with bludgeons about the head and face in a heart of.
• most shocking manner. Three persons, Spires : At the Little nacre, the Mercurius, Cop'a'n Ben-
hooded on suspicion, have undergone repeated elamie ; wick ;
nations, which have not yet been Enished. gar, C Devastation, Captain Alexander; and Espie.
Captain Taylor.