The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-12 00:00:00

iloGyiihafanding the splendid
Varpthimanea, and the adywntages with which i:
'1;1%1;61 followed up..

--um.—
While we are marking the footsteps of the war,
rand followiog the destroyers of mankiA ti rough
various scenes of havoc and devara rim., let us pause
fur a moment to contemplate the consequent miser,
.that ethibits its horrid front among our starving Ma.
ttnfacturers at home. The situation of that etten.
sire and vital part of the nation is rtfutly i,drrest.
rlX...the low price of labour haralmost reduced theta
-.•
to the point of endurance, from 'wheece starvation or
death, -without redress, must inevitably succeed ! To
what arm can they Chid for protection 2—To what head
Lid heart can they appeal for their preservat ion,wh
famine and despair stare thee in the face ? Shot
they supplicate the Throne, &WI the cense of Spa;„
and Russia beve superwded their claims. Should they
ivy out. for Peace I sin War Ministers are too bu.
sal), employed in raising subsidies for ALCCANDraft
Sweden, and Denmark (sheuld she deign to accept
of the golden bait),toattead to the hungry cries of aa
unarmed mob. Thus, while the pensioned few are riot.
Ling in every luxury and indelgence arising out of the
sanguinary coolest, the starving many are devised
,to suffer every species of 'privation unheard and us.
pitted Mt • ' _

LONDON:
sarvano.r. =MINIM 126 ISIt

A Maki Mail reached town this teething, by
which w• received the following intPlligenk

MALTA, JOLT!!:
On the lids last, a most 'Meat and unnatural tempest of
lightalag mad thunder took plate at Hessian, sad the violent
rain with which It was accompanied did tonsiderahle damage to
the heaves. The ensile of Scylla who struck by the lightning,
and the powder magazine blew up t the Commandant and SO
soldiers were killed. The Ire communicated to the magazines
and the houses is the fort, sad horsed ter three days. This se.
eident oeassloood a es iallerable loss to the army.
It appears to be certain' that Peace has been concluded has
tweets ftesela mad the hurts, though the pub:leatfon of it has sat
yet been °Relay =aim Bevan kindred Remise prisms havq
been act at liberty. The lithsek Sea is entirely free, entail vas
Skew go Wand out Withaorbelig subjected to any eontribo-
non. The itooksa Mistier, the Llietralier Iritissav, arrived
at Constantioopk an site Stith ult. Mr. Lazar, Ambassador
from his BRITANNIC Marvery, had 017111011 two days before.
The Ambassador from Sweden had also arrived.--(t ernats de
Malta, July V.)
MALTA. JOLT 94.
Lemma from Smyrna state, that the plague still, continues
its ravages there, and rather increases.
Read-quarters, Gibraltar,,Aug. 11.
Whereas, I.telligeeee having been received that a enntagious
disease, marked by black vomit, has appeared at Merma',
his Excellency, the Lieotenant-General, has been pleased to di- t
wet, that all communication between this fortress as Spain
should cease till further orders and that a quarantine 14 days
shall be laid on all Spanish, ships coming from all • Spaniel; ports
to the eastward, and tan days on all those canting from the
west, as far as Ayamonte ; and all ships having cantina 'deaths
at see, with vessels coming tram the above-mentioned ports, are
to be subject In similar otsservatine. .
His Excellency enjoins all his Majesty's loyal subjects, residing
' with this garrison, to assist the Health 011icers is; the execution
of such orders as may b • (leaned necessary to issue for the pub-
lie safety. ispecidUy reporting theappearance of any sospileus
distemper. His Excellency also further directs, that all persons
sot having regular permits of residence do forthwith quit the
garrison.
All limy, plying, and hours-boats, as to be laid up, except
those required by the Prateqae. Department, and these are to
have Health Gnarls. Night fishing is to be discontinued, and
the &hawse and boats, this at Catalan included, are to be
mustered, night and morning, by the Prateqac Master, lad to
be accompanied by Health Guards. By'llik Excelleney, the
Ueutenant-Ciesieres caseload, . .
99.141,. Spa, _
(Gibraltar Orontes, 4.g.
aIIikARLESTONI ARA SC
We have been favoured briCeptain.Masaiutort4 of
the ship Cerfoak, front Ilivannah, with is kaoam-
nab •Diary, extra, of (hell& list. from which the
following translation
0 The followleg imposes ass anti have been received front
Don Plume °urea; they wee, received hi Campeatty cm the
29th June, by the Spanish 'chaser Esparatiza; RIMY silted
from Vera Cruz on the snot; mouth. iaroints
' his Excellency, the Viee4Etitir, that on the ethyl May, there FS,
fished in Cloaco.de-Amilpos, about 0300 hisargents, by fag
and famine; 700 were wounded, sod a vast number of pdamers
were made; amongst the latter are nine Priests; and that al-
though they took several magazines full of provisions, tory
found a number of dead, who must have perished of huuspr,
and other bodies that bad bees conveyed into dud skeletons.
The cruel Meatus has paid no a tentioa to his troops; misap-
plied them with the necessary articles of life. General CALL*,
JAI made prisoners, near IC Gabriel, the two lafribilS PISDRA
and BRAS°. and Col. Pmts. with ID met, who had thrown
away their arms, and were endeavoaries to make their escape.
These captures were made by the Volonteers of Taboade and

We call the attenSon of our Readers' to the Letter
this day inserted, slimed PeLlTints, addressed to the
Right Hon. N. VAKSITTART, respecting the prope,„
sition of a Tax apoa Capital-, and recommending a
modification of the Income Tax in lieu of it, the
operation of which has lately become insupportably
oppressive to the middling class of society. Oar
Correspondent, from the best of motives, we have no
doubt, recommends to Ministers a more equitable
system of jieecing the ehorn lamb to the skin, which,
*hile taxation continues Ito tepid progress towards a
climacteric, is humane, as it will tend to lessen the
evil, by a peoportionate adjustment of the burden.

There was a report in town yesterday that JOS£Pii
BONAPARTE had been taken prisoner, but wo could
not trace it to any authority.
The tone of the most furious of the war-partizans
in America has been lowered, by the disappointment
of their first expectations. They had prepared the
public mind for a greet blow against our Jamaica,
etuebec, and Leeward Island lee's, and the harbours
of America were to be full of the fruits of Comae,.
JOH. Roocras's cruise. But the balance of captures
Lima .peen enasiderably against him, and of Comma.
core' froDerns and his squadron no certain intelli.
••gerde had been received. But, from the exultation
expressed at the safe return of oue -of -the Ameriren
frigniere. the .Conslilatlion, we may infer that they
'vitiolti be glad to -see the same pod luck attend the
'lisiiiitftder. Itteguite as likeie+however, that Roe.
oils will be carried-. into Rallis', as that he -will
effiSerhis retreat to.*ew.Yost. -41 e - war very near
our dipiadron ; and, huleed, finetiecoantstales, that
they were in eight of eseh other about the loth of
August.
Se.deeply in unisott with the feelings and wishes
of the people were the Government of America in
declaring war against this country, that a • week
scarcely had elapsed after the declaration before Go.
veniment were besieged by remoustrances, couched
in the, meet bitter terms of censure end reproaches+
Alrqpily, have they prodsiced the eject of lowering
thaSopyof the American official Paper, and it noir
&Stares the people of America, that 66 Goveremeet
Are disposed to accommodate all differences on the
most seasonable terms." Upon the heels of thistle
tertion, nay, the very day after it was made, the diet
patch announcing the repeal of the Orders in Comte
cil would be received, and would put the sincerity
of rite American Ucireennient to.the proof. if they
still persevere in the war, their etipopalarity will be
aggravated, std each succeeding day (welling the
amount of captures made from them, will force theta
to feel that they -might have remained at peace with.
out dishonour, whilst in prosecuting the wit they
most have ail its miseries without any of Its glory.
The Extraordinary Parliament of Sidly was open.
ed at Palermo on the 22d of June, when the Hum
REDITART PRINCR made a speech, recommending s
Reforin of abases, and proposing to the MemnerS
the British Constitution, as a pattern which they
should follow.
Accounts from St. Domingo, dated about the end
I of Juue, mention, that Prrsow had obtained the
A Paris Piper was received in-Town last night, of ' complete superiority over his rival Cnairrorec, whit
. . the 7th inst. but it contains no official intelligence bad: fled to the mountains. Pertom was about ti
From 80 is •M. per aneets, II per wet, from the Arley in the North. There are, however' establish the seat of his s'overnment in Cape Tows.
130 to XIX,. . 3-
• some farther details reepecting. the baffle 14 Srao-, .- Illis Majesty's,shipithe Poulenc. .
fßi...,!_rdisiant elf ke
to w.-..„- ~ esseakeint-of•tbe :Bank of lee* oun an , m the
.
' • Lott - 514°,00D:: '''''" - . - ---
Leask° .;• a" Prim" kat." stil'e 'the-'l":°' !" bop* of falling in with an American frigate which
French,
on the 19th, to have beenfinmense, tsawhteh
- JP .had (Line some mischief among our shipping off the
5,000 to 10,0001.
we are inclined to give some credit from their Bank. -
10.000 is. 40, 001...: 10
20,000 and all above B5 own statement in the.. Bulletin, but still they . The ship Lonjce Family, SRATON, which sailed
This is something like a laid scale; tad even the the 2002 of February from Batavia, for Bombay, was
at sea on the 25th,
succeeded in their object; and it is again assert...
met.
highest upon this scale, when they devote ode-fourth - ed, that the Russians are le fall retreat towards Mos
ROBINSON, acrived-at Philadelphia from Canton, 10
by the ship Lance/kr,
of their income to protect the remainder, do not ea. c0w....-.The same Paper states, that m --ASSENA is : Whom she gale the following information ;—" ill
crifice one-tenth part so much of the comfort' of life, to take the command of hteitiecimes army, and his Brieish troops have semero eo leas from disease at
as the inferior classes who pay only 5 per cent. - passed through Bayonne with 10,000 men, and Batavia. An expedition, under the command of Cap.
11 I helm, 811, yob. Or you( successor will take the we tame Owes, of the Cornelia- frigate, had sailed a
40,900 more are immedistely.eo fellow him. . . . , .
from ilstaee,
above hints into yqur serious consideration ; feat is may,:tberefore, Ben expect to hear of the French few day.s.hetore the . Family,
• to take possession of Pekmbang, and the island .-f
rmy in Spells Weight a wiry formidable state, and
now become absolutely necessary, in order to region-- a
Banker. The British intend destroying all the fort
cite-the great body of the people to a contiunation of they will probably over batilit‘;Slareuis IVesalsak i tificetions on the island of Java, considering encamp,
the war, that the Landed Interest, Nobility, ancllfes.• ••""g* • . . f .- 1 swots more healthy than harvacka' Their forces
ialtad.Dietb, &mid etnneforward in a -fair turd howler-
I - • • To speculate open the result of a general ingage.s.,. wertetben. tt 8000, chiefly Benplemt.a"
• :t.: limit, d--the French should he:able to concentratie•
Ike may, to -mintribute their fall propodien •ttsees , in a haist'eff` tha SChehlt, who otitis that he was a
g_ •
, ~ .
~. A. Deserter from the French ceasel:wie picket' up
Laptain ha. the Natio-real ORRI4, kicking ordered to
sailloses of w,/,,..,. 71iitht,.. ais these calamitoee tiosellits:,-. c01itr.....f.t.r. eel, would be hatardnus, as we do knot yeti
:410eiTliala, . now what accession. of strength the -Allied Army',.-archtiecippett lioesiodetwi, potaboreedge fil Eng.
nv
.• • • has received ; but the Well.earni4 tuna of Martinis :land. lee_ ' this( thlt tfeeendolm order was
• -s- -
;.alettat Ormrcline.44/.4.4. -Wietzesitertse, and tie bravery of 'bk troops, is eleeeaaillif biome NAO..
30:111$111t... leComiteLetwe aWW.41041141. Si" lallieleut to justify the most tenpins - impede.. rigrote..: 1t t. eel,' PalalmeSlS# this' Pwasimilin !".%;
=.rt,S!.#l,**SPlls at Dateriffe IMO 190 'nom; ft' -thaya . i ' have kaMtite.coue Pa.ewAhl lodeedte benner which
M aux „mon Mai an equeity in , - , tip sods rowans-
float It Ilfielezecotieg with
• ' *Oft ofitistports from the Trot tejc—'.._ weistiveov !.14 • 06"413'. raised for
VisibtrWilte wn 64t4eisci ' . ~ , ,
.. leli„op,„ bewevere..W Mar a' 4. :p. flo aliereeejl We ex 1 eiot. trod Irish Roman
• Ai. steertioos le eiseephisig a, . ~.. :W, -- Irortaappage lakitil *dm setiew put ,ai tit Mice; ole i ire j*siti 6 fieifei of Pereira for French
-pew Virestiam4 kitletstits to;ois sot spow la thiatvotise diem -ally:. 40 , , - 1 01.0 f , catitqjjet,.irrlpsidoul nor oilli tha-treleharouitd•the4
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" Amongst the papers taken at Clone°, from Mutruis. was
found an official one from the Junta of Citactiaro, :Welting the
people to ackoowledge FERDINAND ell. as their only object
was to occasion a division between the American, and Euro-
pean. The Gairtte Extraordinary of Me: km, of the 11th of
May, contains another dispatch from General CALLMAII to the
Vice Xing, dated at °tombs, is which he informs him, that
Monona had made his escape, that all the towns had come for-
wud "ad declared their repentance of what had bappcoed, and
Implored forgiveness.
" These accounts were odleinlly communicated to the inhabi-
tants of Vera Coop from Osuea."

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