The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-03 00:00:00

TIIE STATESMAN

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GFINER.IL ELECTIOV. aof Belfast, four days after they parted from the•fleet,
Varliament being dissolred, and the it'? retarstabletthey captured an American brig from Tenerife, for
on the 2lth of November, as will be seen by the Baltimore, imith a cargo of wine. The American
Proclamation in last night's Gazette, we beg leave , brig has arrived in. the VI ith, and is coming up.
to request those candidates, rho wish to hare their
.ements inserted In the 57.411;3.114,, will
hate the goodness to forward them to the Office,
Po. 87, Fleet-stred, on the preceding evening,
or before 10 o'clock of the day on which they are to
appear.

The Honourable General C. W. STEWART, brother
of Lord CASTLEBEAGIS, is mentioned as the succes-
sor of Col. Purees, in the office of Paymaster of the
Marines.
Four hundred and fifty' sick and wounded, from
the army in Spain, have been landed et Plymouth,
and conveyed to the Royal Military Hospital, which
is comfortably fitted up for their reception.
Sunday, Lieutenant-General Huerta, late Com-
mander of the forces. in New Brunswick, arrived at
Greenock, with his family, is the Retina, Troll
Halifax. 1
The 28th regiment, 2d battalion, is daily expected
at Plymouth from Berryhead barracks, and the 88thp
from Exeter, to embark for Portugal to join Lord
WELLINGTON'S army.
Many persons will start at the post in places where
no opposition is now dreamt of; and from the very.
cirrcumstance of the indisposition of men of pro•.
perty to spend money, .a new rem will arise in the
practice of Elections most favourable to the cause of
Reform. It has been the-aim and study of the crew. 1
tures of office to run &nen the respectable class of!
country gentlemen, who having an hereditary vene. I
ration for the principles asserted at the Revolution, 1
connect, with a vigilant jealtiasy of the influence of I
the Crown, an earnest desire to smaintaia all the!
orders of the Commonwealth in their just and pre-1
per sphere—in short, it has been thein,system to n.;
vae-the Whigs of. England—and what is,the conse- :
quence ? That the favourites of the Court hi*
thereby warmed into life and stritsgile,qa swarm of.
beings whose buzzing deafens the ear, and *hew
sting is likely to be felt in the most sensible part of
the body politic.
LIVERPOOL, Se r. 29.—This town has been a
continued scene of bustle during last week, and is
likely to continue so till after the approaching elec-
tion, which is likely to be as warmly contested as
any ever known here. Thursday morning a very
numerous Meeting of the Freemen took place at the
Golden Lion, the friends of Mr. BROUGHAM and'
Mr. CREEVEY, at which Mr. ROSCOE attended, and
proposed those Gentlemen as proper persons to re.'
present the Borough, and an active canvass agreed'
to be commenced, and continued for those Gentle- I
men. Friday morning another Meeting took place
at the same place, of the Freemen, when Mr. GLAD.
STONE, a Merchant, proposed Mr. CAN•IING as a'
Canitlate, to represent the Borough in Parliament,
which was favourably received, and an active can-
vass agreed upon. General GASCOVNE has offered
himself again, and is to be supported by the Cor.
poration. Very large subscriptions have been entered
into to support Mr. CANNING.
Toe ensuing contest for the Representation of the
City will be the most severe that has been known for
many years. Sir W. CURTIS had a meeting of his
friends yesterday, at the City of London Ta-
vern, which was attended by upwards of four hun-
dred of the most respectable Gentlemen of the City ;
and certain Resolutions were passed, tending to pro-
mote his interest. His re-election is considered cer- ,
tain.—Sir JAMES SIIAM'S friends, to the number of 1
, 300, assembled at the Old London Tavern, and
'pssed similar Resolutions.—Alderman ATKINS is'
'lupported by all the shipping harvest, and a great 1
portion of the merchants.—The friends of the Loan I
M ATOM consider his success as certain ; but Mr. !
Warraistiv is busy canvassing in person, and is de-1
termined to maintain the contest.—Aldermen Compel
end Woon are also indefatigable in their exertions
among their friends. 1
Letters from the squadron that were off Basque
11Roads, dated the 44th ult. state, that on Admiral
Lord KEITH'S arrival, his Lordship countermanded 1
Aire departure of the Hannibal, 74, and the Bulwark, 1
74 (which were to proceed to Plymouth to be re-1
fitted), but ptovisioned and watered them for two
months from*the fresh squadron from Cawsand Bay.
The whole squadron is at anchor, in a convenient
station, ready for a start after the Brest squadron,
which, it is said, are ready to come out, if they can.
Sunday night, the Derry Mail Coach was stopped,
by a large party of villains, near Drogheda, who
robbed the passengers, and carried off the mail-bags
of 21 towns.—The Guards, we hear, behaved very I
well . they shot one of the gang, and did not our-
rendr till disabled by a severe beating. Another of I
the robbers has since been taken.
Au honest Liveryman, on being asked for his vote I
in favour of several of the City Candidates, put the I
following query to the respective Canvassers—
" Where do you dines" Some did not understand I
the drift of the question; but being at length an.
swered as he wished, his vote was secured.
A magnificent monument, in honour of Lord Nei.
son, has been erected in one of the squares of Green-
wich Hospital. The statue of the lamented hero is
in a recumbent position, and surrounded by emble-
matic figures of the United Countries, mourning his
' loss, and a great number of rich corresponding or-
‘nametits and devices.
' Government have determined to employ Lieute-
nants of the Navy at the respective places where
' prisoners of war reside on parole, as Inspecting
Agents, who will require the attendance of the pri-
soners before them, at reasonable times, and thus
check the disposition that prevails to break their
parole. '
I HINTS TO CANDIDATES.—III the last Number of
the Edinburgh Review is a valuable Paper on Re.
form, in which are the following Items of the enor-
mous Expellees that have attended contested Elec.
JAMAICA FLEET, f tions within these few years:—
GREENOCK, !arr. 29. Thereat Westminster Contest cast - at 80,000
Arrived this mornin the brig .4ha, pt WIN
Ca. - Sir 1. rancis Burdett's, for Westminster
Mr. Wilberforce's, for York
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58.6%) '
tree, one of the Jamaica fleet. Sailed from Negril And the two other Coodidates, each of thrall
MOOD
about double that sum, or together
Bay, 25th July, under convoy of his Majesty's shies I The following Grand Rcfornt in the Electioneering
Polyphemus and Barbadees. The convoy, consist-1 System is submitted, by which Candidates may se-
leg of about 70 sail, kept well together, until the 27th cure seats at a small expence, and at the same time
of August, and were four or five degrees to the I not only evince their gratitude to the Electors, bat
windward of Bermuda when in a strong gale greatly promote the revenue. It is only purchasing
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of wind) the fleet were dispersed the following 1 Tickets orShare for the Electors, and these three
desirable points may be attained in a single day, as
. znernine•—Captain Wlrries saw several vessels;
with the loss of topmasts, &c. Proceeding on tier' on Tuesday, 20th this Month, October, tipwardirne
Two Thousand Prizes of 00.000; 831000, kv..
voyage, the 4lphety in company with the Ilittersia, will be.AJl.Dsaws. - .. - • • 1
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115TOIIRESPONDENTS.
• eitea Dgvu. is come to hand, respecting Messrs. BRoug*A
and M‘Kaana.u., and shall appear on Monday.

TRE FREEMEN of the CITY of OXFORD,
in the Interest of Mr. LOC Kli A ItT, are re,pecifully de.
sired to give every Worm aims tendinrio secure his Election,
u his Committee, at the Old 311, Holborn, where arrange.
wents will be made for their coneesaner'.
The Election commence, on Wednesid:,v twit, Oct. 7, 1812,

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THE STATESMAN..

LONDON:
FATUILDAY, OCTOUR 3, IRII.

TUE EIUNTEENTII BULLETIN of the French Army
hi Russia arrived in twwn last night, and gives a
Earrativc. or one of the most destructive scenes of
carnage that ever drenched the earth with tides of
huina, gore ; and will be found, in its ultimate con-

sequences, of greater importance than any one that
my) reached our shores. Thiti memorable event iu
the Annals of War took place on the 7th ult. at an
obscure ♦illege, celled Moskwa, on the margin of a
river of that name, which rises near Ruza, and
passes by Nlegcaw, the incarnadine stream of which
faay prohab!) be the herald of the sanguinary contest

to the numerous inhabitants of that ancient city.
Prior to this dreadful conflict, in which the wild
ferocity of Russian courage was placed in contact
with the military discipline, bravery, and scientific
AU of the French, the Emperor NAPOLZON, sur-
rounded by his Marshals, at half-past five in the
inor.ing, addressed his army as follows :
" SOLDIERS ! Behold the field of battle you have
It so much desired l henceforth victory •depends on
it you;
it is necessary to as; it will give us plerey,
/rood palters for the winter, and a speedy return
• i,ur country. Behave yourselves as you did at
A ,Isterlitz, at Friedland, at Vitepsk, at Smolensk° ;
" and teat the latest posterity may speak of your con-
" duct this day with pride—that it may say of you,
" Ile was at that treat battle under the walls of
66 Al oscovr.'
" T,te Army answered with reiterated acclama-
tions. The ground on which the Army stood was
spread with the dead bodies of the Russians killed
the prered'ng clay."
The contending armies consisted of about 130,000
men each; and at the issue of the battle, the Bul-
letin states the loss of the Russians at upwards of
44`.,0;t0 men, and that of the French at io,(xx)!—
how long A Li:KA NIKR will be able to persuade his
subjects to bear up, and resist the progress of NA.,
rot.xue, vie cannot say ; but in all human probabi-
toy, this affair %ill lead to an Armistice, as the prth.'
logue to the last catastrophe in the tragedy of Roe.
sian dkvsters.—A private letter from Paris, dated

the tlith ult. states, that telegraphic dispatches had
reached that capital, announcing the arrival of
the French at Moscow, and that the Russians
• had lost 80,000 men in the battles which preceded
;the occupation of that city ; and adds, " we shall
. tom have peace with the Russians," which we apt;
lip-ahead will be the natural result of this battle. It
'would, therefore, be absurd to hold out to the pea-
') e of England, who have been so long deceived by
the Ministerial Journals, any prospect of a success•
ful resistance being made by ALE/ANDER to his
mighty Opponent.

Yesterday Government received dispatches, which
give an account of the farther progress or the Mar-
quis of WELLINGTON in the pursuit of the enemy.
These dispatches are dated the 24th ult. at which
time intelligence bad just reached Coronae, that the
Marquis of WELLINGTON was, on the 15th, within
nine leaoes of Burgos, and the troops under SalsTo-
glum were about three leagues in the rear of oor
Army. The detachment of the Guards, consisting
of 1,500 men, which recently embarked at Ports-
mouth, had arrived at Corunna, and were immedi-
ttely marched forward to join the Allied Army.


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W.4171111..4N AND PAR LUIS I &TAY
REFORM.
TO THE LIVERY OF LONDON.
13M0111311 LIVERYMEN,
Nom or never is the time to rescue ourselves from
the degradation which we have so shamefully, and I
must say, basely, submitted to. This is net a mo-
ment for flattery ; the truth compels me to say, that
we have betrayed our own, and the interests of pos-
terity ! The calamities of the country accumulate
with such rapidity, that it absolutely seems to re-
quire almost the interposition of a miracle, in our
favour, to much longer even the storm which is ready
to burst over our heads. This is not a picture from
a heated imagination, for, however indignant the
feelings of an Englishman, in contemplating our
situation, they must yield to the more profound im- '
pression of g4f, bordering on despair.
Our enemies have given us an opportunity intend-
ed to serve theiefurpose; which, if we have, I will
not say virtue au honesty, but common sense enough
to apply to the first principle of oar nature, self-
s preservation; we shall not fail to convert to a very
different use!
At what point, if not at the present, are we to
make a stand against the wrongs and oppression
heaped upon this devoted country ? We are nut only
taxed beyond the productive power of our labour
and industry, but have been absolutely robbed of
nearly one-third of our property, by the forced clr.
dilation of a paper-currency, which our oppressor,'
have the effrontery to inform us, is intrinsically bf
the same value as the lawful coin of the realm, at a
time when it is.of notoriety, thet Two Guineas will
exchange fir nearly Three One Pound Bank of Eng-
land Notes. Are we a nattert just emerged from
barbarism, or the " mod thinking people" in Europe,
as we profess to be, when such gross and impudent
imposture can be praetised upon vs with impunity.
But then, "the most thinking nation" is told,
that Bank Notes are not at all depreciated, but that.'
bullion is dearer than it was. Are we to remain tinder
this besotted delusion till a Bank Three Shilling
Token be issued the site of, and procure no more
bread ferns than, a sixpence? If such be the standard
of our intellect, would to heaven we left off thinking '
for ourselves, and trusted to such men as John Locke
and Adam Smith, who, long since, not only thought
for us, on this subject, but left demonstration for our
guide !
The strength of our country consists, I must nn- !
fortunately rather say did consist, in the general pro-
sperity ofithe people : such must be the case in every ;
well regulated society. The abuses, however, which
have crept in among us, and that have been gaining
ground for the last fifty years, have become su for.
midable, as not merely to undermine, butthreaten to
annihilate the well being of the middle order of so-
ciety. We are hastening fast to be divided into two
orders : the luxurious Rich and abject starving Poor.
This capital now exhibits,, as Park did before the
Revolution, the extremes of splendid dissipation and
wretchedness. This has always been the condition of
the nations, which have sunk under the iron hand of
despotism : the middle order is destroyed!
From a sensual court ; from the race of pensioners,
placemen, and contractors ; from capitalists, who ei-
ther asßauk, East India, or Dock Directors, Revenue
Boards, and Tax-gatherers, and all the horde of Mo..
nopotists, who riot on the spoils and distresses of the
people ; we turn our eyes to the frightful and hide-
coos cadent : what as abyss of misery do our jalli
and poor bosses, crowded almost to suffocation,
with unfortunate debtors and paupers, present to our
eyes! Can it be denied that the utmost efforts of
industry and frugality are no longer adequate, gene-'
rally speaking, to the decent support and maintenance
of an honest man's family
And, therefore, Brother Liverymen, do we suffer
all this? For no other reason on earth, believe me,
than that we have lost the character of our ancestors ;
and like beasts of burthen, tamely submit to- such
loads, as our masters chose to lay upon our base
backs !!

Where is your remedy, do you ask ?—I tremble at
the question ; for certainly we are so far, so ter"
far advanced n the road of ruin, that it will require,
I fear, more than human wisdom is capa&le of, to
safely retrace oar steps. Our only chance of salva-
tion is, however, most certainly, a speedy and ade-
quate Reform in Parliament! and be assured That
you cannot adopt, at this moment, a more rational or
important step towards the attainment of this great
desideratum, than the return of !Lunn W:tiTIIMAN
as one of your Representatives in the ensuing Par-
liament I

Yoe have long known the ability, indefatigable
seal, intrepidity, and disinterestedness, that tore
marked the public conduct of Mr. WArritstax, and
at your cell he now comes forward, without any mo-
tive of either vanity or self-interest, to dovote to you
his faithful services at this period of unparalleled
difficulty and danger.
If you follow the immortal example of Westminster,
and send Mr. WAITIIIMAN, as the object or your
choice, free of all expence, triumphantly to Parlli-
ment ; if, I say, yen send this honest, enlightened,
and inflexible patriot, chosen from your own tasitii
to 'seed your rights in fhe House otCommuns, 'you
will give such a blow to the hydra of corruption,
that you will not Only stun and astound, but if re•
solutely followed up, lay the vtionsthr that has si,
long preyed on the vitals of the country, prostreitoy
at our feet! •

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Once more I call- upon you, as yiin 'love iwitr
cherish the name of Country! as you regard the
future welfare of your children who are Itrsucceimi
you I as you value your character as Englishmen
to act, on the present occasion, u becomes yob-•%
chose ILtr• WA IT 111 Aif for your Repmenitatith
defiance of all the powers orindnoldutioi, or tie(
more dangerous attacks of subtlety anelleseinssire
seduction, that our suisnies4eiceis4 Se voliuch-d•-
casiont. ' >• t. I

If this opportunity of this General Election be
lost, let us for ever, sit down as:willing slaves ; aii4
never again, utter oar frowardly inurosuri and'ebm-,
plaints! Let us behbld our Conotry, drained of the
Sower of itsyouth, to war interminable war, with:
oat any defined object!! Lim us Tema% euvroundell
and kept in awe by foreign armed mercenaries !I ior4
us again and erthe prove that the. splendid talents
and powers pf t Wellington, aupported by the UlteiJ
squalled bravery of oat Conotryastop Itint us 1141
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