The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,

thilitaM OUT 14, Jsly. 24,

This afternoon the Guards, 400 strong, embarked an Want
the Loyalist and Any transports. 'they are ander the protection
of the Zenobia and Farieute; these two ships convoy nearly
.200 vessels.

Arrited yesterday, the Hazard and Avenge*, from Newifoinidz
land, bringing the last convoy for the season;
Sailed the Agincourt; armed en flute, Copt: kelt, (Or Llstiorl;
with detachments of regiments on board; Rnvcr and Tyriad
Joops, for the toast of Portugal, to attend the hleditcrranmut
convoys:
PLYMOUTIf, JAN. 23.
Sailed the Rhin frigate, Captain Malcolm, cin a c'M! td die
Westward.
Went Up Ilarbohr the Atcebe frigate.

The COnquilrot, of '74 gang, from the Meditetranmest, wds
released from onarantine thii morning ; and will sail for the
1)ovi as the first fair 'rind, and take the trade ender her preset-
don,

DEAL, 4,1 v. 2s.

Came dottn front the River the Earl Rd Vincent Abel Larkin/
East lodiamen ; the Ainericad sMp,looth Carolina. fur Rid'
Janeiro; and his Majesty's skip liymßten, ho® Ctiothaas, and
remake.

ISA LilfaUTll, ht. 11.
Arrived du, Traveller transport, CE, tYllief, Master, from
Lisbon in 15 days I sailed in company *kb nine other trait.=
ports, uadct tt owl of a sloop of war, aad parted from ilte.m
someday': sine. On the 19th, saw a ship with the head of !rev
mainmast gone, about 10 leaguer to the westward of
Another ibip has arrived, supposed to be one of the nine enure-
ports,
tARMOVTIFI; ilea, 24.

Artved his Majesty's ship Starling from a cruitte,
sailed the Providente far Cork.

The Vigifanclifeyens from Demerara to Litter's/oam talftt
on toe 13th inst. by the liristais privateer ; on the 19th the cap-
tured the Charlotte, Griffith, front Lisbon to 13ristol, and rare
der up. The Charlotte arrived at Penzauce on Wednesday List.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL.

We have heard much talk about the enforcing and
repealing of these Orders; but, does the Reader
really know how they operate against America ?
We will tell him.—An American ship, owned by an
American citizen, commanded and manned by Ame-
rican citizens, and laden with American rice or to•
bacco, or flour or pork, or any other produce of the
country; such n ship, so ownecl,and manned, and la.
(ten, and hound to France, Holland, Italy, or any
so .ntry under the dominion or influence of Napo.
icon, is met by one of our ships of war upon the
seas. We send a prize-master and some sailors on
board of her ; take out a greater part of her hands;
send her into one of our own ports ; condemn and
sell ship and cargo ; and send the master and any
of his people that we have left in the ship, adrift,
without giving them any part of the worth of thd
cargo, leaving them to find their way to America, if
they can, or to take their chance in the wide world.
This takes place in any of the ports of England as
it may happen; in Nova Scotia ; in the West Indies ;
and, indeed, any where, whet ewe have ports.—The sei.
zure is made upon any part of the seas; sometimes in
the Channel, or upon theccast of France; and some.
times upon the coasts of America; and, it takes
place with regard to vessels and cargoes going from
as well as to France and her dependencies. The
American sailors that are taken opt of these ships
and brought or board our ships of war which make
the capture, are obliged to remain on board of that
ship of war, till it suits her convenience to send
them on shore, which, perhaps, may not be for many
months; for, she may be going out to the East or
West Indies, or to the Mediterranean,' when she
makes the capture.—Now, if the Reader will, for
a moment, imagine himself the owner, or muter, or
one of the seamen, in any of these cases, he will
want nothing further to enable him to judge of what
must be the feeling created in America by these Or.
ders in Council ; he will want nothing further teen.
able him to judge, whether it be or be not likely,
that the American Congress are in earnest in their
war-like language.

Yesterday afternoon, as the carriage of Mrs. Mend
ton, of Portland-road, was passing at a quick rate
along Wigmore-street, the coachman, in endeav 3111
iug to avoid a butcher's cart, drove the chariot
against the hinder wheel of a dray, which overturied
it with considerable violence. The coachman, who
was the greatest sufferer by the accident, had his thigh
brokeyand was conveyed to an hospital, Two ladies
and a youth, who were in the carriage, escaped with
but little injury.
A melancholy circumstance occurred yesterday at
Covent-Garden Theatre, during the rehearsal of the
New Opera ; Mr. LAcY, one of the peiformers in
the orchestra, ,having suddenly expired while en-
gaged in the necessary preparations for the public
representation of that piece. The deceased was the
nephew of the late Mr. LACY, formerly joint Paten-
tee with Mr. GARRICK in the Drury-lane Theatre.—.
He has left* wife and three children,

The report that Mrs. BILLINOTOII was about to
resume her station iu public life, is, we are sorry to
bear, unfounded.
Mr. Ima.toow has renewed his engagement wills
the Proprietors of Covent Garden Theatre for three
years.

Mrs. MOUNTAIN, we are glad to learn, is not in
so very alarming a state as report has represeuted,
and there is some hope that she will be able to vest-
ture on the public boards again in the course of the
present season.
BAPINLIVtaa has been performing at North and
South Shields, and Durham, and was to proceed to
Edinburgh.
Biosis.—We learn that the distress occasioned in
the northern part of this country, by the failure of
the Barton Bank, is very great—and this distress io
much heightened by proceeding with the commission
in London—in coneequeftee of which, creditors,
whose debts are small, Ritl, if they prove them, in-
cur more expense than will probably be repaid by
the amount of thedividend. This is very wrong.—
There have bean reports of other banks (some in this
county) stopping; and great alarm and di:artist have
been occasioned. We believe, however, the stop-
page in the neighbourhood, was only of a• tempo•
-wry nature, till a supply could be got from Landow,
'e..ed New.]

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