The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-20 00:00:00

THE STATFSMAN.

effect. The 2d battalion of the 9th regiment, ender
Major Thatcher, bad the rear guard, and took en
,Opporjunity of king 'Oliver, under a &Tilden of,.
3
....., ... tit, enemy were Preparing to
eke rue ;it ope with, grope, and did great .em
Iu-
Sion • and the enemy through the' day iouldnot have •
lost fewer than one hundred and twenty men: we
had one builder and one aepoy slightly speared.
In the march this morning he was coneetteently
spry shy; but at the close of it, he showed about
5,000 hortriout of range. As the picquet advanced,
they retired slowly; the nature of the ground en.
abled me, however, to posh upon them rapidly, un-
perceived, till we reached a rising ground.' when no
found them formed, and within range; all the gal-
loners, and a light five and a half inch howitzer,
immediately opened upon them with great effect ;
and, as usual, they lied in confusion ; they lost many
men and horses, but I- have no report yet of the
amount from their own camp.
On die whole, I think I can assure your Excel-
leniy that every thing is going on prosperously. It
is to be lamented, certainly, that the enemy will not
fight, or that I have not cavalry to drive him: to a ,
distance ; bat I think every day's experiment of his
present system is alarming and dispersing his men,
and that he *ill soon give it up. We' befell.° diffi-
'cultiei whatever, bet want of graintot thitelle,weri.; '
tit the distress has not yet Veen of a natiore'to °taiga
them to lease us; and,. I hope, by protecting the
errantry, and paying liberally for all I take, thiit we j
shall confine* tar .11sei supplies enough' to prevent
elitremi went. • ' ''' •
•Thi troops have to end ere greet fatigue; we seldom
reach our frog,* before Cwo or three o'clock in the
iveu4ogjroakt he necessity of the whole line.
In tie wink' Cornpact ordiir, but I a 0 happy to assure
your' Rseellency of general .gaod health, and the
highest spirits in ail ranks.
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A T a MEETING of the UNITED PARISIIEti
1 .of CHRIST CHURCH and SAINT NRD.
Line, w ihe Cit• !if 1.40M0n, in 'Vestry assieweb;ed. Held
in Übe Vestry-Resou the tlb day of April, 1618, for ...be par-
ow- of thl4tho. subs COOl/11,1•111110, r.O Bills his pendaig in
purportiAr to i e for toe Regulati-on of Parish
Vestries. a.,il for the Ameodiaent at th. Loos. fur the Relief of
the Pool, .
M ROW: EPAY N E, Church warden,* lit the Choir t '
Res, heed, I. Trutt the Bill intiteiled Better
la,ous .1 Phrtl.ll Ve,l. e ‘," oh ell proposes to t raid to the
h i progre-ole ..andier of Votes. oei that our iiidividual
not) p W., ,i Vo ey *4l. if suffered to 1171.04 hitt, a Law,
make .a MOW alartisl:44 inn...mina in the con-time tttt 01 Patish
Vta.:e• g ondile it ell. ti a change is unneemseer. and .10 aled for.
2. That eyea iodi.idual mega:elle ,d read elitist cnntroul of
the 11),,risa Etpenditeire. awl to deprove vanity te-peciahle
porishomen •,1 the fair exercise at this right by giving in Inc
1 Bich a Outwit. 46f Votes. is 1,, r to oppression.
S. Thot t..e Bull for the Auern4m-iii of the Laws for Ow Re-
liet the lime. camas. s mans rl,aises, which in th • opeuilen of
tins Meet i,oe, :•re highly.ubjecti weenie and uoarcessory.
4. Th, t she pun Cl to he grafted to Pariplae. to esiabti.le Se.
Irrl Vritiks, wed erasion feud, ~oei dtssr „d,„„, and ism ,he
appointment of Select Vestries, LIS proposed by Ibis Bilt, is
likely In be productive of touch Rinsch.. f.
5. that Select Vrilrles. v i cosetituied, would make the Pa-
rish Officets, who lire As law eespoo.ibie for sheer conduct. en-
tirely depeadrid upon the Select Vevlrtes, mei solely n. they
Ann direct, such Select Vestries being nt the muse time bauject
to no resionesibility.
6. That 11w prorisiom in 'tech MIK w hich have for their ob-
ject to appniht the Ciliate to by ihe Chairman of Parish Ves-
tries and a Member of the Select Ve.teer, *pp, ,r to this Sleet-
ing celculated to give the Clergy an Nieneressar. interference
ial comeersa. :tad maw creole jestlotaloi between %hew aid
triTilllorishioners, sad give, hi many indances, under eldbiseave
to the Minister ulani LIULI.IIIIIIII in whirl he mu) he eirectly
interested.
74 rkkl fur tht Awegololitnilleous it it espottient kr•psosse tire
further progress of such 11414. mid to Petition both Houses of
Parliament against the saint. e'
S. That copies Of I INA! Reseslntions. o'gnerl by the Cknhman,
he transmitted in the Right linnourable .he laved Mayo., au..
to each of the Cite Members, and that they he respettlud) e-
quested to oppose such still.. '
9. That the Thanks of this Meeting be riven to the Chair-
man, far his very able mod impartial conduct in the Chair.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE (reLocx.
Dank Stock 5 per Cent. Navy 107±4
3 per Cent. Red.79if lodia Bonds 95 9i p
:1 per Cent .Collafik 80 -- Stock
Cutuol4 for Ace. Aliii Long Ann. 20i
4 per Ceut. 9i if Exchequer link IS '24 p

. MR FIRE AT LIVERPOOL. •
The frlforlog is from o Liverpool Paper rit.
• tad ibis morning, respeeting the
.11r,--It does.
:Itot'apppir to be so extensive ma vita et firseltPl4
ended :.
" Oa Thursday afternoon, about two o'clock, o
M broke out in the large bonded warehouses,
known by the name of Psanr's Factory, in Suffolk-
strut. It is supposed to have originated from a
lighted candle which had been' vied by an Fats.
Officer during the day. The fire raged with great
Airy until the whole stack of buildings was in flames,
together with large quentities.of colonial produce,
the ashes of whichliew: curer many streets, although
the wind was • not so strong as to uause the firing
of the neighbouring houses. About two-thirds of,
the range of warehouses were destroyed."
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Mr. v insITTARTiri expected to bring down to the
House of Co mmeos, this. evening his flourishing state.
rent of the financial rfriedients he is now practising.
The Right Honourable Gentleman is expected to
prove thit the accUtnolatiortuf debt is a proof Or pro.
'peril, and that there' is aelbsolate 'necessity for
borrowing • 14 milli.oes snore of money to add to the
national happiness. He will, of course, have the
felicity of informing the House that.the subscription
to his new financial plan ii now foll, and the resell
is this :--2.7,000,0001. Exchequer Bills are funded-
-3,0')0,0001. tire raised by the conversion of 3 into 3}
,perCent.Stock. Total 30,000,0001. Of this stnefo-ur-
leen millions oily will be wanted for the service of
the present year. The rest, if Royal Marriage por-
tions and other casualtirs will permit,. is intended to
'perste; in reduction of the' amount of the &resent
Untended. Debt. His projects have been so vai
Aside, though all tending to the same early like
a sick man tossing.about In vain for an easier posh.
tura, that-it has not been an.eary matter lo,penetrate
the obscurity of his peohlesas. The fait is eztraordi-
nary, but yerytrarl,tlyit his avowed object for two
years past has. been -to .raise the prior of the fonds, Wil
augmentin& tAe.untuaded debt tp so,irasense and
4langerour'amount, rather thari isdtho then funded
debt. lie any. ventures oti a..trew and oppo site Int-
culation. He ptopoqes to dim:inlet theunfU.nded debt.
27,27.0001. by adding that amount in monry to Ito
funded debt; he..however.intends to take afresh lite
of credit for I I 1000,090„0/ ' Etch/4nel' Al le.. It
would thus 'appear, thitt be .Itin ettancloned slf his
former notions as. impractinia. to finds there Is
Hide chn nee of elevating ilte price of the funds, so as
to enable him to pay oil the 5 per cents. and there-
fore et length returns to the old prosperous mode et
adding enormously to the already unwieldy funded
debt of the country. Such are the inexplicable
schemes for raising money which now employ the
little wits of Mr. VANctrrAnee Cabinet. The sob-
ject of financial resource., not.ll!i_thiatuhog 4.11 do
boasted improvements of the Reeentle,una theseande-
lees propositivo. for sgeandeting away Morse
sums to pamper princely extrsveganCe,tomestherefore
again before us with impious claims to addition. It is
not to Mr. VANSITTAIIT'LI wits alone that the goes-
lion is one of puxaling intricacy and difficulty. The
Pa blic are ton much involved in his projects, and the
conduct of the persons who squander the resources
of his togeoulty and the People's labours, to be in.
different to the desperate situation into which the
flounces of the citatory have been plunged by mad 1
unfeeling Legislators. and the gambling expedients 1
ineffectusily adopted to retrieve the national affairs.
This subject of finance never presents itself in its
modern dress of paper, rags,and debt, but it comes to
bewilder and enslave. It is without self-support, but

not loko the '6 baseless fabric of a vision," harm.

less and soothing. The time is, however come,
when we must Wildly approach the terrific .figure
from which so many here fled intimidated; what-
ever may be the diversity of shape endea-
voured to be given to it, we must throw our
fears aside, and, like the larks in .E.l.ep's fable, de-
stroy the hempen Starve-I, of which it .is intended
that lOUs and nets shall be wade to bereave us of
our remaining liberties.
It appear, from United Slates Papers •to cite
ult. which have reached us, that by decisinnof
the Commissioners under the 4th article of the Treaty
of Ghent, which has been - communicated to the
House of 'Representatives, it is fin.ally settled that
hloo.e, Dedley, and Frederick islands belong to, the
United %Om, and that all the nther.islsorls Ili the
:NI eL resmounionddy, locluding that of. Grand
'Wien, Moog to his Britannic Majesty. • The Es•
ostrialion Sill, introduced for the purpose of Jegills•
ing tie eintreece of natives of the United'States into•
the service of the Spanish Independents, was rejected
on the 4th, after a division on the question for es.
grossing it, whit* was carried in the nertive by
75 to 64. ;' • CIO
F#4 -•: 1. #llll .
• WO gay. on ilsterday, and in forme. Pilptoth, he
sublime of the intelligence which the dispitcber'in
the gatipletitent to the Gazelle published on Satordiy,
comsnanicates at length. These dispatches, it will
be sees, contain no farther news than we %semis
possession of through the other channels. -Report
states that there have been some opetaAions of wottite
recent -date, 'attended by very infsvonruble
it is said that five regiments of Swop' have *offered
severely, and that General litiLop, who was ad-
vancing into the interior, has been obliged to tortiver,
from want of provisions. This mune me Super
will prise, if not unfounded, to be an exaggeration