The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-03-28 00:00:00

71'H STAiMSMAN.

The Garen; of Saturday contains Sir EDWARD I
PELLEW'S account of the short cruise some time since Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess CA-
ins.by part the ehemy's fleet at Toulon, and de a ofTeanise, who is daily expected here, will appear
which was mentioned in the Paris Papers. It appears in. this th country under the name of Countess Ro-
that one of their ships, the Romulus, narrowly ' maisorr.
escaped being taken by the Boyne, which
brought 1 Thursday sailed from Harwich, under convoy of
her to close action. The French, however, made
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the Aggressor gun-brig, the transports with the
the best of their way back again into the harbour, to troops which have been so long detained, to join Sir
avoid hieing more roughly handled. I THOMAS GRAHAM in Holland. They consist of about
The Duchess of OLDENBEItG will most likely take • 30(30. At the same time some transports with stores
wp her residence in the elegant house of Sir WATR IN and ammunition sailed for the Elbe. Oe Friday,
WILLIAM WI:NNE, in St. James's-square, which, the Dutch regiment which had been formed at Yar -
for splendour, accommodation, and quiet, is one of mouth, mAcheil out of the barrackss about 600
thebest.mansious in town. . strong, and embarked on board three transports for
Accounts were on Saturday received at the Admi- I Holland.
rally, that the Decoy cutter, of 10 guns, had got . •
. Parsee of a letter from Lisbon :—The printers
aground under the French batteries. She was taken' ' throughout Portugal have been prohibited by the Go-
after having had two men killed and four wounded. •
American Papers to ' the 13th nit. arrived on Sa. vernineut from adverting to the present state of af-
fairs in Spain. No less a penelty than death is threat-
turday. Mr. G. WARRINGTON CAMPBELL, a Sena- ened those who may contravene this order. Spain
tor, from the State of Tenessee, had been appointed is at this time divided into two parties, who are ex.
'Secretary of the Treasury, in the room of Mr. tremely inflamed against each other. The first; in-
Gaur.arie, who had b.seii added to the Commis-
eluding the mass of the population, are the sup.
signers for negotiating a peace at Gottenburgh ; and porters of the Cortes, and admiiers of the, new Con-
Mr. R. Rusu had been appointed Attorney-General, stitution, and of a limited Monarchy ; the second
in the room of Mr. PINKVEY. .The constellation includes most of the nobility, and the partisans of
frigate had gone down to Hampton roads; intending France, and are strenuous that FERDINAND VII.
to put to sea, but had been chased back by the La- shall be restored without being obliged to swear to
eedensonitsn and L' 4ctcon. General FLOYD had a . observe the articles of the new Cons( " Sr
• , Me with the Creek Indians, in which he had 17 individuals of the latter party have
• idled, and 137 wounded., Commodore Deckrue' and !heir trials are,egpectroUst,.,
the end. of February, moved higher up the river blemen in teiconstitutional acts,
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ti
(-New London, to secure his squadron. An article
: singular scene of intrigue.- Sir Cte
from Richmond, of the 10th silt: says, ‘l'n;l:iens4tetradxse
soy i will shortly leave Lisbon. for OportesdliApfrs*, -
,he House of Delegates passed the Bil 4.4 front thencato Englaild:'
for the snpport of Government ;' Ayes 105, Noes 53..
This Bill lays oul3 I.Bth per cent. more tax upotil A Gentleman his reached town:,
the uhule ?hors of the present subjects of taxation." ifu the 28th January, aid ilialifmt
On Saturday arrived mails from Jamaica, the Lee- ' A. fifty gun-ship-was is a very foment sfatitt .llting...
;ward Islands, and Surinam. The Jamaica Papers are stop, and it was assumed that, et low, on Lake
to the 15th of last month. Through the same chin. ' Ontario the British Navy in the approaching .seation
nel Santa Fe Gazettes to the 10th January are ob- i W4l possess a decided superiority. This peek)44l .ns
taisted,.censisrefiending several dispatches from the i in bib way from Montreal, passed the 2d battalion
{General in Chief of the Army of the South, Don ,of the Bth regiment, proceeding with snow shoes
t terossio-Naasso, to the Government of that city. !about 300 miles above St. John's. He also met
;'SOU mariners going to the Lakes. A party of In-
he first notices an action that had taken place on
:diens were employed to construct obit's for their ac-
the revolutionary party. prevailed, and was about to She 30th December, at the Heights of Palace, when
I oommodation. General WILKINSON was oil the
hanks of Salmon River, at French Mills, and Col.
follow up the success by marching to Papyttn, where '
about 800. to 1000 of the Royalists were stationed. SCOTT, of the 103 d reginient, had proposed to at-
The him, ut this purpose wasd, the or-
next mentions the result of the second affair,
I mar beingb so strongly intren.che abandons
and defendedf by
which was the flight of the Royalists from l'apayanli
after having taken the precaution of blowing up the ..a train of 50 pieces of artillery, that his situation
magazines at toat place. A third dispatch relates to I was considered impregnable. Active operations were
a conflict which occurred on the bridge of Canea, I not expected to be resumed until May. The winter
whe re the Royelishewere strengthened by a strong 4 had been milder than any former one within the me-
mory of OP oldest inhabitant. Sir G SORGE l '
parapet. The ardour of the RETOST
Revolutionists, how-
ever, surmountew ' all n)istacle:, the tromps of Cut,- had gone from Quebec to Montreal to hold a con-
dinamarra triumplied,.and the adherents of the old ference with Sir .I.oixs YEo, on the subject of their
Government were under the necessity of leavikg the future enterpvizev against the enemy.
country. , , • SMITH, the Messenger, arrived on Satarday, with
. The Calcutta Papers contain a dispatch from dispatches from Lord CASTLEREAGH. Whatever may
Peutennot-Colonel WATSON, dated July 3, detail- be the ultimate issue of the discussions at Chatitlon,
lug the operations of a military and naval expedi- his Lordship, we understand, calculated upon his
tion, employed to destroy a piratical force, which making a farther stay of a fortnight or three weeks
had, under the command of PANGERANG Astost, fron. the period of his last communication. The
brother to the SULTAN, established itself at Sambas. Messenger passed through Liege on the 20th, at which
The naval part of the expedition was under the or- time the CROWN PRINCE was about to transfer his
ders of Captain SAYER, and consisted of i squadron head-quarters to Brussels. ,
of his Majesty's ships, the Lcyda„ Procris, &c.— We inserted in our Paper of Saturday the'opinion
The troops were under Lieutenant-Colonel WATSON. Of the ATTORNEY and Sottcrroa-GzeuttAt., and
The forts were taken possession of by our troops.— Mr. ADAM, to show Mat a bye-law to prevent neva-
Lieutenant Rot:rotes column missed its road and lifted Proprietors sitting upon Select or ether torn-
did not Arrive in time for the attack. Captain Company, would be perfectly
MORRIS, who, though ill, persisted in accompany- lnelielateleosr ofvalitd.e n
Thei following opinion of Mr. Roes
ing Colonel WATsoN, died.—The total British loss will also prove that Mr. JACKNON had no mean lo-
vas seven killed, including the boatswain of the thorny for his law respecting the rights of a General
Leda, and
b 5 wounded. Among the latter were • Court, to make a Jye-law to prevent pirates from
Captain WATSON, slightly ; Lieutenant JENNINGS,
taking a part in its discussion, who Would be eo-
ditto, severely; Lieutenant Tater, 3d Bengal vol. tilled to vote upon the question debated :
*att. severely and dangerously; and Lieutenant
66 If, however, the General Court shoold think
HOAIITHN,
lloonvum, of his Majesty's ship Hussar, severely.
fit to exclude those Proprietors, who, by hew, can
Colonel WATSON bestows great praise on Captains
not vote, (ruin interfering in the business of the Ge-
bATER, ELLIOTT, [Astir, WATSON, and DYSON,
neral Court, I am of opinion, that a-bye-law may be
Mind Lieutenants BAILEY and Goma.
made valid and effectual to this purpose.
In consequence of the Treaty of Peace between
" bluer-Temple, Dee. 0.1779. " GEORGE'. ROW'
enrnark and this country, a claim is made on the
part of the Danes, for all property.not confiscated Memos Ayaes, Dec. 11, 1813.-1 wrote you
.'goesto the 12th January last, although taken last on the 6th ult. per the Betsy, advising of the
every reipret consistent with the rules of war.—. defeat of BELGRANO, in Peru. lie has since been
snot be possible that a British Minister should again beaten most completely 2 tusehaving collected
iliPtstemplate the idea of restoring to an enemy what more than 600 men.—With these he, was is full re-
!sue taken during hostilities ; but should such be the treat, or rather flight, as the list amounts state him
gm, as the treaty is not yet ratified, surely Perlin- to be about 20 leagues on this side the Potosi, the
'sent will not oselook the claims of the Navy, or
grogemy clo at his heels, distant not more.then five
! fugitives will be taken
low thm to be made over to another nation, by x leasegues; so that we may colt lade cost of the
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hat Pepears to be a mistake of a word. •

THE LATE FRAUD UPON THE S7I9CK ORANGE DOYEN.
EXCHANGE. so.—
We have just seen alt letter from an intelligent
~1 ' Officer, high in command in the late Army of
The following information with regard to the find- General Sir Thomas Graham.--The following is an
ing of the uniform and insignia supposed to have
extract:—
been worn by the pretended Colonel Du Bourgh, •
" Your are, and we have been deceived in re-
was on Saturday posted at the Stock Exchange :—. spect to the feelings of Holland. Depend upon it,
" Committee. rfoom, March 24, 1814. • they are not in the Ktiglish interest, bot •the • re-
- " The Sub-Committee inform the Members of the
~;verse. FOT ' one Dutchman who si:outs Orange
Stock Exchange, that kwetertnan has just brought Doyen, nine-hiutter Mire it Sive:var. This may seem
to them a bundle, which he dragged up from the strange—it did so to me—but I can assure you,
bottom of the River Thames on the 23d iustaet, ecru- ion observation, that it is very true. They have
taining a scarlet regimental coat, cut up into very given us no active or useful assistate.e ; they speak
small
.pieces, together with an embroidered silver with undisguised regret and respect of. the mild Ad-
; star, and *silver badge of some Order. The coat ministration of Louis, their late • King i they' felt
has plain gilt buttons, and appears to have been considerable displeasure at' the essumption 4 the
I trimmed with blue and with gold embroidery.— new title of Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands ;.
The star has a red cross in the middle, surmounted they say, they do not like the idea of entirely sink-
by two angels supporting a crown, and surrounded . ing the name of Holland. The Patriots, or the
by the following motto, worked in silver twist on a A it el. 111
1"Ilts-wr/lwall Party, avow that they not •so much
red ground : ASIAN. JO. PIET. FIDES'. The badge i want a glow Despotism, as an old Constitutioir.—
appears to belong to some Order of Masonry, and ► ,Irbei sof,. that if the French Government va-
consists of a silver radiated cross, having an engle on l nisbed,therir old Free Constitution should have re-
one side, and a pelican feeding her young (affixed to I appeared;
,but, instead of that, they must yield to a
Ia compass) on the other. The whole of the above,' new and tinprecedested form of Government, under
together with several pieces of old lead and brass, ! the' title of Sovereign Prince ;of the Netherlands.
were tied up in the cover of a re,hite chair-cbshion, They fey, that theyareiof, nor will be, Netherland.
• evidently for the purpose of being sunk. As the pre- / ers—and that it is a hard thing that this extraordinary
• tended Colonel Du Bourgh is said to have *urn a change should have appeared, in the first instance,
dress similar to the above on the 2lst ult. and as there 'fifth; London Gazette, before the People of Holland
. has been an evident attempt, in this transaction, at' were cotttulteti upon it. They say, that. England is
concealment, the Sub-Committee will be obliged to i linalotre fellapropriste their fleet, sod is jealous of
any Member of this House who may be able to pro. fib-. piiisibillty -of the resurrection of Holland as a
i cure any information relatiie to the subject. naval Po'wer, The Duke of Clarence was treated
(By Order of the Committee) with sufficient coldness to induce him to- leave the
1 " it. W. WADE, Sec." i country."—(Dablin Evening Post).

NORFOLK ASSIZES.

GERMAN SUFFERERS,
Save' just seen as letter from an intelligent On Solway a Meeting took place rt the Frei-
high
elocethe saufffetrliwiigtrAilaigobite
Thomas Graham.--The following is an s .
high in command in the late Army
of'
Inbiatatts Osi
of war. His Royal Highness di* Duke of York
and we have been deceived, in re-
was in the Chair. The Duke of S'u'ssex, the Alch.
rigs of Holland. Depend upon it,
bishops of York and Canterbury, and severe) of the
•
'he Etiglish interest, bet, •the • re- Bishops and Nobility, with a great number of disa
Qutchmau who stouts Oran ze -anguished persons of both sexes, were present:
";ve l' Rivereur. This mayseem The Duke of You opened the business of the
me—but I can assure you, Meeting by saying, that the respectable company.
(s very true. They hate present were too well acquainted with the state in
`ll assistance ; they speak I which Europe had existed for the lest ten years, to
respect of. the mild Ad- I need many words in explanation of ate pu,rpose f. s'
late . King i they . felt I ehich they were met. Germany, after many years
essumption •of the lof oppression-under a foreign yoke, had liberated
the Netherlands ;.ITteelf;• hit this bad been effected aft.r a severe
of entirely sink- I straggle, which had been attended with all, the eite
`atriiits., or the I families el:nista:ima on war. During -obis arduous
let es math I colas*, by the. event4of which we had been so ht.
Min:Mom-7- I nefitid, we had escaped from all the calamities which
meat se. I Germatly had laboured under ; nothing', therefore,
Nave :re-
_twos more natural and just, than that we who isisa
'd to a suffered nothing should endeavour to assist those whe
rider ! had suffered so much. He should iaY'do more, RIO
is. 'he thought no more need be said to Alerite thergli-
•. ; nerosity of a British audience. HOieuelinied by-
desiring the Secretary to read the ifkliort
.Of tfai
Committee. ' ,• i ,
Mr. Ma azea; one of the :Secretaries, read Hie .
Report of the Committee, %Odell contained a statenwot
of the sufferings
.which had been caused in Gerniatly
by the war, ailtlain apple!, Lo the Wriash public i.tr
173 relief. It also contained an extract of` -
Pragnevin which the misery of •that city. mid ,ate
neighbourhood was pathetically describedi , and in
which it was stated that the endeavours of the belie-
volent in Germany Were, directed to the :supply 9f
the sufferers with straw and food, and tool for sew.
BREACIff OF PROMISE OF MAP.RIAGE. ing the ground. The Committee had sent, some es-
TITORIII E. WESTON. sistatice to these sufferers. The Repojt•.also gave
This WO us .action at the suit of Elizabeth Pil- ian account of the exertions of the Ladies of Berlin,
grim, against Mr. Godfrey Weston, for a breach of , who, when the French left that city in March, 180,
promise of marriage. The Plaintiff is daughter of made the utmost efforts for the relief of the sick awl .
Mr. Maurice Pilgrim, of Morley St. Peter, in Nor- wounded in the hospitals—some employing them.
folk ; and some time ago, she went to live with ;her' selves in fine works, the produce of which was cm.
relations, Mr. and Mrs. Pilgrim, of Wymondham, ! ployed to purchase necessaries for the sufferers—
in the capacity of a servant, where she became ac- I some in preparing lint .and bandages, ancEwasbing
coeliac] with the Defendant, who was a sort of ma- (the wounds. 'lice Princess William of Prussia joined
naging farm servant to her relation Mr. P. and pos- !• this benevolent association. By the exertions of ilia
sessed some real estate of his own, which he has since I Ladies of Berlin, thousands who won't) othoiretir
sold. - The Defendant availed himself of this apportu-; havesperi"hed had 'been preserved 'to the state, acid
nity to take advantage of the Plaintiff's youth *adult: '-iibie lighting the battles. of their tolutry with th,e
wary innocence, under the most utiqu. 31ified promises 'gallant Blucher. The Committee bed tramsmitted
of manage. After remaining forty weeks at IVy. 1 10001.• to be' put at the disposal of the Ladies• at
mondham, the Plaintiff's appearance indicated "the . Berlin. ' • • ,
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uniaisfully intimacy she had engaged in, and in con- i The Repoli having been 'read, . dto Secretary pro..
sequence of a quarrel with her relation and mastor,'
Mr. Pilgrim, she -returned to her father's house at posed the Reselutions of-euppora to. the 'efferent- - •
and far fer a subscription, 'which were unanimously. ,
.Morley, nod after 24 weeks residence there she was
'agreed to.
put to bed. After her return to Morley, the Defend-
i The Committee was then nominated, and art
ant continued his attentions by frequentrisits, and was
names, especially those of Messes. Wilberforce and
treated by Elizabeth's father and mother as one of the ,
Thornton, and of his Royal Highness the Duke of
family, upon the faith of the approaching connection, '
xork were received with great applause.
which he so unequivocally promised. The bans had
The Secretary then read a letter from Lord Sid-
been -.tattle `dished at Morley, bat no positive _ .
.(;hair informing him of the.Prinoe
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stion of subscribing
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