The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-04-15 00:00:00

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Every day approaches' with a double weight of
anxiety and interest to this country ; and it deposals
upon the Government, or in other and more proper
words, upon► the Cabinet, whether that weight of
anxiefy shhil be'eonverted into woi•: Every thing,
; nav, the smallest chance of 'success on our
part, must depend upon a successful diploma-
" cy.--:—Does the Administration, ns composed at
this moment, exhibit collectively or individually,
that consequence from talent and energy, which
!tan inspire other Courts with a confidence of
their safety by falling in with our measures?—
Let this question be asked any 'there but at
St. James's, and we can solemnly assure our
Readers, that it would he answered in the nega-
tive. In the market places, where the unbiassed
opinions of the, people at large might be supposed
the best expression of the public mind, nine people
in ten would say, that we aro without an efficient
j Ministry. That it is scarcely known who is by
Iway of emphasis, called the illiriister. The person
who holds the highest political office, in the .United
:Kingdoß), to,_ all. intents .ai►d purposes, R. year

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men to come forward' at •the - tisk of their 11.4V4L INTELLIGENCR,
own personal ssfety and property. The independent, 10..... i
and judicious conduct also pf Mr. VirnsTunsAn 01) DEAL, MAR= l4.—Camp down from the River
the Findlay, Harris, for Demme; Nanette
picket Clay, for Gibraltar • the Vino Ann, Ross
thr Duke cifAronits business, in defiance of-threats
for Demerara;l
Effort, Taylor, for Halifax; Hero
and Royal intrigues, was alone inescieist to hand his
name down to posterity .as a champion of their Stephenson for Quebec; and the Asa, Jackson
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the from
Scheldt.e ir
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Stephenson, , and
Tempt ; and t 6 his manly proceedings several 'ln.' Rickards. Higgs, for Gibraltar—remain.
dividuals were probably indebteillor their libertypas .
and the cutter a great number of prosecutions were withdrawn, ,
ALMOUTK, MAOCK• IS.--Sailed" the Adns
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which had been commenced- against them for alleged u ure
libels upon the ROYAL DUKE: . - • ..•
i packet for the Brazils.
Yesterday the Parxciltecsisv took an Airing on
horseback,
.through the Parks, Sic. A few days slime
his Royal Highness rode on horseback to the R.
gent's Park, and inspected the works there.
Yesterday evening, between five and six o'clock,
an extra express was sent off to Dublin from the Se-
cretary of State's (Mice for the Homo Department.
It appears that it is the Chaplain of Lord W. But-
? Melt who arrived with dispatches from Sicily, and
who was tin Tuesday released from quarantine. .
Yesterday dispatches were received nt the Ad-
miralty from Admiral Svotronn, who is arrived at
Portsmouth from the Meiiiterranean.

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We ;meet the following very seasonable, just., and
handsome tribute to the virtues Oat services of the
Ilistorian of the Irish Rebellion, Francis Plowden,
Esq. :—" This name,• so familiar to Ireland, must,
now engnge a considerable share of public attention ;
the nee and-fiewrts of Irishmen must view the late
verdict at Lifford with a feeling of generous sympa-
thy. Mr. flowden, at a time when all the angry
passions were afloat, contributed by his writings to
still the agitating storm. He gave light and ac.
Hon to what was left of reason iu this coun-
try ; misrule bltisted, its amts were exposed,
the weak and the wicked had to see, and mast
sow adasire in his several Histories of Ireland the

ago confessoOfirself.jundevate to the great resigs- ' Yestenley 14 Board of General Officers was held at
the Commander in Chief's office, which was attended sibitity connected with it. • What, then, must he his
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by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of KENT and condition and situation • now ? We have, since the
above period, another war upon our hands: and
CAMBRIDGE,
for which they were.cunvened, was theDGE, Earl ILtacomer, Sir 11. Buttnatto, &c.
The business !
though lait, not least, in our concern : a war which we :Military College.
do say, and always have said, sound poticyoay, cent- . The.l'a incess CumttoTTE has been sent to Windsor
mon sense would have at least deferred. But it is entered for a fortnight.
into, and its features !femme more frightful and for- ; The Duke of Custagnoxsto leaves his mantle, in
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1 midable every hour. In short, a war so entered into, ie sh ape of a p roxy, in the hands of the Luso
(MANCE LLCM.
upon such grounds •as have been-assigned for it, !
Both Houses of Parliament will adjourn this day
I and conducted by such men as we hare chosen ; ever the Easter holidays, to meet again for rho did.'
, for the purpose, will only more and more serve ; patch of business on Monday se'nnight.
Ito convince the. rational part of mankind, that I Yesterday, a ballot was taken at the East-India.
the same national folly in every age tends to pro-
I House, for the election of six Directors, in the room
of Sir liven bums, Bart., Sir T. METCAI"
duce the same national disasters. Whats 'it may be I
Bart. ' • G. MILLETT,' B. CLERK, S. Davis and
said, is to be done in such a state of things. Why wiGuv4, s W
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Esqrs. who go out by rointion.—At six
express our dissatisfaction to the Throne in a Con. i o'ciock, the glasses were closed, and delivered to the
stitutional way ; and if these persons, of whose , Scrutineers, who reported J. A. BANNERMAN, Esq.
inability we complain, arc still thought worthy ()frolics.,! J. Hennorterow, Esq. C. Altus, Esq. R. C. ilt.cow-
let it be in departments more quadrating•with their' DEN., Jisq. A. itoaaays, Esq. and G. A, itoamoo,
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circumscribed abilities. It is as we have said Ese. to be duly elected.,
, L , wise • '.
1 es t, Aram 12.—A boat arrived from France
diplomacy alone which can offer to our eager hopes I off Dover sesterday, bearing a flag of truce, from
the fair fruits of a glorious golden opportunity. If which a Gentleman was landed, and immediately
our Ministerial efforts in that essential respect fail, svo ! proceeded for London. The Messenger, a Gentle-
see no resource for compensating such foilure-s--: man who arrived here some *few days since from
! Cuxhave is still at e Three ngs otel,
Austria, Sweden, nay Denmark al.o, might, really
although n,
several of the LondonKi printsH have )
been
.under more -powerful auspices have been induced
pleased to say that he has had several interviews with
to look upon ns, as still holding the mooring : IMinisters, He ha% never left Deal since his arrival.
chain of floating Europe in our hands. The • NOthing.has transpired upon the subject at the Go.
I virtuous, t; .e sensible Coma BERNSTORIT might 1 veromeitt offices.
i have been operated upon to forget the indiscreet i
Yesterday 'morning accounts were received from
=usage his Court met with from a Pm. • Buti Calcotta to the 24th -of -November. —The Govern.
meat 6 per cent. paper had fallen to 7+ discount—
!we have no Fox alive to repair the injury that '
i The intelligence of the war with America had arrived
great orator (the only point in which he was great) {Out, and the Government had issued orders to cap.
did his country. We have, however, other men, by ! ture, sink, and destroy all American ships in those
far greater than those of whom we have so midi rel. ' seas. Ills Majesty's f•hip Nisus, Captain Berson.
son to complain. We 'Ave GREY and Gitexvit.t.e, ; had captured a very valeable American ship -named
who are giants among the pigmies, and though we have the Verbs/, with teas, from Whampna to 13•••stott :
had reason to be dissatisfied on more than one occasion when she left that place 14 other Americans were
i lying there ready to sail,—in cons.luence. the
with the above Noblemen, we would rather call them
..kisus and Astrea frigates And proceeded to wind-
into office than another Noble Lord, who, in the ward, between St. Helena and the Cape, to ctoize
view of invigorating one Member only of the body for them. •There were smitel ships left atAt. !Helm
politic, would be disposed to forget the heart itself. when the President, which brought the above heel-
There is no time tube lost t if Ministers must not be ligence, sailed. They. were to wait the arrival of
the Horatio, from the cape, in order to take ad.
changed, they must absolutely be strengthened.—
Lord WALPOLE'S manner of returning home, ought be
vantage of her as convoy. The Drake Wl4 also to
be in company, and thee whole wonld sail attest the
surely to convince the REGENT 'that wo do not main- 16th of March. The Fort William Indiaman was
taro or possess sufficient importance in the Nerthern expected from the Cape with the Horatio.
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tiaiglehnteteLdl
,ligiestnoerrioauns, andandt hts)speoz
heoffeltfeefolir feeling.
Ireland E n;
Ile expressed those feelings, and that was his crime.
.Do the people of Ireland think it a crime?-.---No, his
'works will be transmitted to after ages, and those yet
unborn will say—this was an honest man. To record
'facts without tracing their causes or pursuing their con-
equences, deserves. not the name of history ; the
comprehensive mind and warm heart of Mr. Plowden
relieve him from this stricture. He was, however,
liarticularly circumstanced; he had to draw his ma.
terials from 'embers not yet extinguished ; every
townland in Ireland gave a puge to his work ; warped
by party or harried by alarm as public opinion then
was, his authorities in 'all cases could not he infalli-
ble, bat this we will say, and we dare contradiction,
that a single intentional mistetement cannot be traced
to this virtuous historian, His writings it appears
have displeased a• Mr. Hart) of Donegall—Mr. Hart
has brought hie aetion,and a verdict of jive thousand
pounds Is to (leprisc the World of his talents, and
Ireland of its kiend. No we will say so—we know
not the 'extent of Mr. l'lneden's Exchequer, but
this we knciw,,thei people will be its Chancelloi. He
will not, like my Lady's coachman, be entombed for
hit Crimes, he will not have tn. writ, pax Dungeon .
Wall, the' worts Ingratitude. No. the people of Ireland
will rally round their advocate; Mr. Plowdeis wilt
Mid* them- to do so; it is the responsive feeliog of
the heart ; it is an offering to virtue; it is more; and
what Mr. l'ioden, with the wealth of India, would
not reject—it is a record of Irbh gratitude.—For
this purpose the Proprietor of the Limerick Evening
Post places at the disposal of his c iuntry 51. sc.
(From the Limerick Evening Fog, of March 31st,
1513.)
The watches; which thewntohnotkers of Liverpool
dre about to present to Messrs. 131101dartAM and
CREME, are now finished ; they are of most exqui-
site workmanship, and superior accuracy.
The following is.an exact copy of the insstiptiont
on the CMOs : , .• •
to IlirNitle BROVritIA-111, Est
The fearless Defender •
Of the cause of Freedom.
Tilevenlighieneil and feeling Advocaat)
Of thy Distressed Mantitictures, -
This NI-trorial is presented
the Working Watchmakers
Qf• the Town of LI V ERPOOL,
To THOMAS RE EV ET, Esq.
The bold and acute invecigatat
Of Public Abases,
And the enlightened Advocate
Of Free and extended Trade,
This Memorial is presented
By tne Working Watchmakers
Of the Town of LIVERPOOL.
VACCINE INOCULATION.---it is gratifying to us to
have to recoad any striking instances of the benefi.
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Cabinets. The above Noble Lords, conjoined' with 1 A Gentleman who is arrived from Jersey informs I seal effects of Vaccination, especially when they oc.
a IIoLLANo, a LANsnowsr, and a few other cha. us, that whilst he was at that. Island, about a week car its own own country ; es suer, we are authorised
with them be congeniality a ago, an elderly Gentleman and Lady there, who bad I
meters connectedlto state, that in the populous city of Glasgow, con.
.inst come from England, and passed by the names ofltainingisboat 100,000 inhabitants, the Small Pox has
sentiment and view, might create fresh hopes at •Ifowtne, had been recognized by some of the John- , greatly declined. By the Glasgow Bills of Mortality
home, and new consequence abroad; for although hitents as Sir Jouw and Lady DOUGLAS. Whether lit appears that forty-nine persons died by the Small
we are not of that servile class, who would de. they were really so, or not, the Gentleman did not! Pox in 1811, and /in 181,2, anly rmenfy-fourpersone•
scribe them (even in office) as possessing all the ascertain; but whenever they came abroad they werelPrior to the introduction of Vaccination, several
talents of the country; we would say that we consider insulted and hustled by the mob, and At length it was 1 hundreds annually died of the Small Pox. May such
threatened to set fire . to their lodging unless they in., -
I an example excite to the universal acceptation of the
them as possessing so much experience, ability, and
stantly left the Island. In this distress they applied to life-preserving practice of Vaccination 1
patriotism, as to give their ountry a fair of
•C • chance the Governor for protection, and for petmissien to ; A Meeting was on Tuesday held at BA-noses Cos
having its fortune restored to something like its for- quit Jersey, still affirming their names were Howie!). fee-house' of the Baltic and Narway.merchants in-
rner splendour. - 1 The Governor, who had frequent interviews with terested in the timbei and deal trade, when a Com-
them, granted them their request ; and they were ' mittee of five that had been appointed to hold
safely conducted to the Island of Gu rimy, where an interview with the Minister, 'to represent to
the Gentleman saw them On Tbursday last, it a si. him ,tha, impeller of -eilse. pr"peeed- increase of
Wiliam equally .distressing. It-was stilt maintatried—Nly. ell ,wood from the North, - reported the re-
by those who pretended to know them, that they sale of the conference. Mr. VANSITTAUT objected
were imptlittortin steam; their names to be llow.
4ltn, tto-obstruct the Bill for this new duty in its pre-
lim' that they were no other than the identical Sr . gra* but signified his concurrence that thaGentle-
30swand Lady Douur*s, who had rendered Merl- melt interested should address.by Memorial the Board
V,res.ap petitrietts in the quir of the Priticitis,;"f . of Trade, stating the grounds of their objection to the
rhY,ALIN: anti:Wm insisted they should quit that rispy; by which means the subject would come regu,
attaRLSO.". Qn Thursday.lase the mob' TO srt.'sitt- iskety before Ministers, and if they concurred with the
;eistillat the parties 'were-compelled to keep •witliln , Meirtorialists, provision might be made by the Legis-
deers, which it was mooed they wooldmontinue to Were to prevent this further burthen on the trade.
' do, until means were !Oiled to escort there safely , In the fleet now on its way from the North Sea there
from the Island. : are 2QO ships laden with timber and deals that will be
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The Bishop of OATH and Waco still holds out elle/Med by this duty. .
lAgainst the terms offered for the renewal of certain The Works which compose
,the Irises In De•
episcopal leases within his diocese, which fall in THORNTON'S Botanical Lottery, are very valtuthie
upon the demise of his present M LIXSTY; the terms Paintings by the first Masters, and elegant Books,
I now offered do net exceed, 12,0001. hut should his enriched with many hundred unequalled Engravings.
Lordship's life survive that of • the KING, the imme. These Works have had the unqualified praise of. the
diate value would lexceed 80,0001. . : most distinguished Characters ' for Learning and
With regard to itie discovery of King CHARLES I. Science. The Tickets, at Aa2 ss. each, are one•third
In the vault at Viritelsor, a Correspondent wonders below their intrinsic value, as the aggregate value
'it was so long delayed. LUDLOW, in his Memoirs
'(page 121)1 after giving an account of the King's . ae67:000.
execution, states expressly, that " T was he bodyof the ?rites stated in tie, Act of Perlisateut is
Among the Gentlemen of the, Long Robe, when a
Antlered to be interre4 of Windsor ; the Duke of . case is clear on the first view, the teem 44 prime
e4.e, the Martinis of licaxecino, the Earls of fade evidence" frequently *casts! Th‘leorrt is
••, , ,Arnow and Lprosai, with some others, strictly appropriate. to the present Stele sty
elate's:strum the Pariiament, atteoded it to the Scheme since, independent of 3 Twenty Thetimnds,
prinve.“ There Is room to suspect that Hume was rl'en mOusands, and all the other Capitals, there
/ware of Roytti remains being deposited in a be. are actually more Prizes limn Blanks; this is
condicreceptecle, or oy studiously omit the sir- '4 prisms faCie evidence," that' more than half the
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cuinstanOs attending the interment of his murdered "rickets and Shares purchased ore morally pertain of
beer, which wore megaton/ ky a cotemporary histu. 1 heiifg Plias,. ; and every Ticket drawn on the First
rian,'l • Days being the 6th of lay, meet be a Prigs,

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wm.,* re•
ceived the Address, "yesterJay, from Bristol, by
Mr. Hems-, Iti-s--privaty mrawner-,- -with* 'vac
great disappoiatniitit 'to the lishabitaida of Green-
wich and the neighboorhoMi. were,
however, determined to have a frolic, at.the Expence
of Lady DOUGLAS, who has very prudently with-
drewn freM Blackheath, and, as will be seewbVeni.
other part of mir Paper, has retired with Sir fins
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to the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey-, where they
have been recognised and very roughly handled..

The Fifth Anniversary Dinner of the Livery, yes-
terday,
was attended by some of the first political
characters is the country, and must have been highly
gratifying io Mr. Wurreagan, as a mark of appro-
bation for 'IA upright and persevering conduct, in
vindicating her Royal Highness the Princess of
W A Les, and forma a atriking contrast to that which he
experienced from a certain great Assembly. Wetito-
not, however, but lament the absence of Cal. WARDLE
(the origin of this Meeting), ;rho" it is iinderst,ood,
has retired in disgust from public life= which is a
'striking instance of the fickleness of fortanttowards
a PantiCal character. Thi important services yen-
Lane& by colonel 'WARete.ter'sbe Convert alre too
fresh in ogr seeinery..to be loiOitoo".i." tiod:asniesi
characters of thet description opt held)naignviii9n
by the pobile .st Isrge; end not subjopt ilk-
price of individeali* who ate frOt4trelitikinient pf
ettorti wo taiil haft i 41114914 to to pto) sock