The Statesman.
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THE ST

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oinu rithelot?it'Cleutw:
t. of their *sr ally any thing to. remove the load of disgrace t 0...
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moots by those who have the manageress"-,___
has fallen opon us. We most wait, if we can live TO THE EDITOR OF TN t: STATESMAN: i
affairs. The Executive of the United States freely
as long, till some of the miracles that Ministers are Sta;—You will oblige me, by permitting me
submit, uncalled for, to their countrymen and the
looking for shall lift us out of the mire Into which make a reply to a Letter in your l'aper on mtmd_t°
world the object, for which they deem it necessary
they have so deeply plunged us. . tehleastle47.Geitnisert.aspigs nijedvar"tAnlnetiOiffi„ce
Your
to stipulate—for which they have involved their - • ...
letter has so ably vindicated the Officers of the I%
that of A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign office
. . Hussars, that it would be weakening its effect to
country In a war with a powerful adversary;—t
afternoon,
Great Britain, a nation famed for its !ratadd a word more iu their justification ; but 1
• tam Is appointed to command at li.
open mindedness, which delights to show of the late Admiral Nowa.. one or two statements made by this
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espouses the cause of universal justice, are t COLLIER gave public notice on tug Quarter-Master.Generar s Department, w
and reserved on points which most concern that it is impossible to let them pass without
such gross Ignorance, and I may add
that. all the fishing on the Banks
tional interest and character, as ACHILLES'S was prohibited, and any vessel de.
ment. In the first place, Colonel QUENTIN
or having tilt on board for that pur- . was
any unfortnate mortal who has got a Init
found guilirof not supporting his foraging mot,
u
the crown. 1' Moneys money, war, war! destroyed. Small vessels with fresh ,
he was found guilty of leaving them without ordet,'
only be permitted in future to pro-their cry ; but why or wherefore we should vors of the coast. when attacked by the enemy; and I can tse tki;
so found him guilt
Quarter-Master-General, that the whole smy
to suffer this extremity of pressure, and i Chief Commissioner of the Irish ildrer•
swotted that having
blood, we are not to be told till, perhaps, xi nas sent in his resignation. , S., ike
• entente should have been only a reprimand.—or.
hear the tale. We are indeed under great obligt ••torrectly stated, that the 234 Rep- .
fivers were .distoissed from their commands on the
It to which Colone PALMER has .
riniusula for *less offences than this ; and so, pit.
those whom our very conciliatory Minis'
place there, instead of being held
made our enemies, for telling us what intended for the East Indies ; we
baps, would. Colonel Quern's have been, had L.
remonstrance has •been lately made . . .
grounds of dispute with them ; and verily. st
le. ia . .
against keeing up so large a ca- -trial taken In the next place, Colonel QUENTIN h
vantage they have in this particular is woe Presidencies; and a regiment of
not in a military sense, acquitted of the eral'aind
battles, and tends, .iu some degree, to act vs is in consequence under orders . 1
third charges. Colonel Querns*, in his clehniot
the taciturnity of our Governors. Attempts nd•
ce led upon the Court for au " honotnable acquittal,'
made in both Houses last night to get Mit au, OCT. 2.6.—From the long con- upon these cfiarges ; but the Court have conteato
sterly winds the water is so low as ,
speak out upon the subject of the Americi I themselves with 14t) ing, he is het guilty.-1641 ohs
practicable for the ordinary ipost-boat i Court found the charges frivolous, or that there
ciations ; but nothing satisfactory could be
*allows on'theOrienbaum shore, and for 4.
no ground for them, it would have been its
ii•
from them. How could they give what they hater several days the communication was stopped. There .
ourie•
not to communicate ?—.They are out in every, thing ' are no more than six and a half feet water on the as It is the practice of C
bat the Court has not said thatMertial, tn up.
but their places, and these, we hope, they will not bar, which prevents several British ships laden io i I • The " Officer of the Quarter-Maxter-Geuerei
town from getting down. The frost has been severe
.De.par.tnrrit," is pleased to say, that foraging ii
long continue to preserve, unless more wisdom be in-
for the last four or five days, but has not exceeded I
insigne& ant to talk of ; and that any military eii
fusedinto their Councils. Lord LIVERPOOL said the
' 7 degrees. The weather is very clear, and the wind
would tell you, it was childish and rdiculous. Nif,
Gbvernment of this country did not mean to imi. moderate, and no snow has fallen.
they did not happen to think so with tee risked
tate that of America (we wish it could); that the Much has frequently been said upon the dignity ,
1 WELLINGTON, for on this very occasion me a ess
publication of the documents passing between the • and privileges.of Parliament, and it would be vain °an express order of Lord Comscumetteis, that ita
countries was partial ; and that the negociations had to deny that, on some occasions, tilt hounds of a 1 foragers should be covered by infantry, sad *
never intermitted and was still proceeding. If the sound discretion have been overslept in asserting
; timely applkation should be made to the Offiee ono
accounts* are garbled, why not show the real state ! these. Bat in the present day there seems a tendency : minding at the out-posts accordingly. So mu h for
towards the other extreme. A Member is allowed r Mr. Quatter-Master-General's notion of foragint„.
of the matter at once by a manly exposure? And, if , to retain his seat without any question whatever :This Officer of the Quarter-Master-General s Da•
the negociations have never been closed, what sort I. being moved, although it is notorious that be cannot ; eat tment too, is pleased to make rather a sma tat•
of justification will that conduct admit, which has I show his face in any company in England, and has . tack on Co'. Par.stce, for his exertions in Palie
been carrying fire and sword, and the most *unto: been forced by his
. ' conduot to fly the country ; the ' meat, to obtain the recompence he thought due :olio
looting destruction, into the heart of a country 'same Gentleman,' mayit' be added, holds a high
family for their services. I have not the honour to
......._ office of trust and profit under the Crown. None k
in the midst of treaties of peace with lig ROW BltiCh Of Ql4. PASIRER ; but if I may PHISIIN
- • ,of those who were so ready to move the Howe
Those *ho had not the delicacy to refrain (eo*n • t Lord r-, his fight to the remuneration he sought, by the tis•
• agents ,,ocunalse and Mr. C. JOHNSTONE jority he obiained in Isarliament upon the clue tios,
Bets of aggression and outrage under such plight- I have ventured to say a word upon the Ministerial i and.by tile naiws too which are to be found ittlot
ing circumstances, for the very offer io make , delinquent. majority„ thirre 14 not, I -believe, a man in Enz!sai,
peace is binding to keep it till a fair notice of the. A Meeting of the principal Catholics of Dublin is ' oho will join .in the reflections cast upon C owe(
intention to appeal to arms is given, ought to be convened for the 26th instant, for purposes connected PALMER. - •
With the advancement of the Catholic Petitions to I With respect to the story of a Genera' Officer sad
laughed to scorn when they make pretensions to de-,
Parliament. A circular letter from Mr. O'Co&xar.r., 1 his beingle exposed to a heavy fire from a Fetch
licacy the ground of withholding necessary informs. ,
convening this meeting, says, " it is intendfd to meet•
battery, in the retreat upon. Corunna; and Co'oral
tion from the public. Constitutional form ia aa, 'on that day merely as individilals, and for the sole PALMER'S expressing his surprise that the Ga.
equally frivolous excuse. The Constitution, if they i purpose of collecting individual opinions, so as to twill should continue so exposed, I happeaal
will have it, declares that the Parliament should be . shape all further proceedings, iu the mode most likely to be present, and can relate the circumstauce.—
! to deserve and ensure unanimity."
the Grand Council of the nation. Who so fit for It was not as your Correspondent states it—there
BREAD.—The LORD M A TOR huts ordered the price
debating about the terms of peace as they who have so of , was neither battery, nor heavy fire. There was a
Bread to remain the same as last week. •1. single gun in a road, and a single shot only fired
cheerfully and generously voted such large supplies
UUFUNDEO DEBT—The amount of the Unfunded from it. The Officer was not then a General. Ile
for prosecuting the war, and who have yet to..jsear 40bt in Exchequer Bills, outstanding on the Ist of was a Colonel,- pretty well known in this town NI
the burthens of carrying it on ? Have Ministera yillttis Nise: 1814, is 59,227,6001., of which 6,000,0001. I a suspicion that be has battened (I do not allele
I
learn the lamentable effects of the want of e. isre held by the Bank. • •
to Mt corpulency) as much on the public purse
A number oftilt- treat respectable iohabitants ..
fidence ? We repeat, that where all are ntee,. most men. This Colonelt with a lady (not his AS
. of the parish of Islingten, are entering into iseitb- '
mist), all should have* deference paid to their . . was certainly very near to where theshot fell. t4e,
. : scelption for the purpose of defraying the expence not sensible of the danger, had no alar6: the to.
judgments ; and it is an insult to the country when ..of
1 ' -two able men to act as patroles, during the winter lonel, now General, sensible of his, had
our enemies hold us up to the world as unjust, ' lesson, on the path leading from the Shepherd and alarm : and I believe Col. PALMER did show some
or as madmen, not to give us an opportunity of re- Shepherdess, in the City-road, to the Britannia, at 1 anxiety to put her into a place of safety—but as to
butting their charges, and of maintaining that cha. Islingtoa.'f The plan is excellent, and will excite the : any expression of surprise that the General, as he
inhabitants of other places to adopt a similar mea-
racter which it is our boast to lay claim to. It isis called,. should expose himself, it never existed—
sere. It Will have the effect of preventing murders) nor indeed was it necessary, for the General toot
truly lamentable that a great and higlAninded nation ♦
and . .
bringing to justice inhuman ruffians of the very sufficient care of that himself.-
should thus be degraded in its own estimation and worst description. I have the honour to be, Sir,
the eyes of Zurope. The present terms proposed at By accounts from Bourdeaux, of the 25th of Octo- Your obedient and humble servant,
Ghent, it would appear from the non-admissionsatf her, three large ships from Lisbon to Bourdeaux, ONE OF THE WAGGON TRAIL.
Ministers, are not what were originally proposed, were lost near that place. Croydon, Sat. 19th Nov.
Is our tone humbled ? Have we given up dictatier The hope, Reynoldi, from Liverpool teßotter-
x t dain ; *Two Brothers, Forster, of Sunderland ; and
a President to Congress, and parcelling out the itDpv,
oe•Gebroedero, Vermey, from London to Am-
United States into Governorships for such men eitistertlara, are stranded on the coast of Holland.
may have been iutlined to sell themselves in the ws ; The Leo, Falk, from St. Martains to Stromttadt,
that Mr. CANNING and his friends have done? or Pauli Alfas lost near Calais on the 11th instant.
the unbounded successes of the enemy had the natural • Mr. PENLEY is engaged, and will shortly make his
effect of elevating the tone of our opponents ? and
appearance at Drury-lane. H e is a very young man,
and report speaks highly of his abilities.
how long are the scales in which are the rights and The new spectacle forthcoming at Drury-lane
the happiness of nations to be made to rise and fall Theatre, is founded on a story in the Tales of the
in this manner, like 'buckets in a draw-well ?—As . Genii, and is to be called the Ninth Statue ; the mu-
far as appears by the American documents, the terms' sic by HORN.
proposed by us, we ought to say, in our names, ap- I MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Six youths were yester.
"day charged at this Office with riotously assembling
pear neither wise nor moderate ; and we should be 1.
within and without the door of a Methodist Meeting,
glad to see in what respect the Americans are now , in Wild-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Two of the
offending against justice and .propriety. Our Repre- ringleaders are apprentices, and they were ordered
sentatives ought not to rest satisfied without.procur- to find bail ; hut the Complainants having no other
I
ing for themselves and the Constituent Body, what object in view but to promote quietness, the youths
it is their right to receive, at least some explicit I were discharged on their promiting not to- offend in
like manner in future.
assuragces that the country is not at war for the attlin-
The robber who was shot at Mips HEODERTues has
ment of objects which common reason must scoutat.. been traced to a public house in Little Britain, where
Every demand is unjust which is not founded its the rim lodged, but on Friday morning he left his lod g.
spirit of peace and moderation. It is true there may' lags, and has not since been heard of.
be some justice in our pointing out the necessity of
an Indian boundary—but it is in the highest degree.
1
presumptuous in us to avow a disposition to prevent
the growth of the. United States as ti Sovereign Power
in quarters where, unquestionably, it would be for t
advantage of the uncivilised part of mankind that ilk
influence should be extended ; and nothing can be so
insulting to common sense and the situation of the
people of these realms, who have so long bled at
every pore for distant and ungrateful objects, as to
tell them they ought and must continue to toil in
misery, and without even hope, the last resource of the
wretched, for the attainment of some imaginary
boundary for the Indian tribes. of North America!
If this is no longer deemed a sine qua non in the in-
structions of our Negotiators, why is it not distinctly
ivowed? The intemperance of our conduct in the
field, and the impracticability of oar demands in the
Cabinet, have united the whole of the American
people and every other nation, who take part in
their rpecerns) against us; and, we can now neither do

MURDER: •
A MOST REMARKABLE CASE.
On Saturday,the 19th inst. the Lards of the Council welled.
Council Chamber, Irisiteitall, to hear a charge of murder we
mitied beyond seas. There were preseqt on the accede°
Lord Chance:lot-. the Lord President, the Lord Chief Justices(
the Court of King's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Casa
of!('ommon Pleas, the Lord Chief Beres. the Master d die
Rolls, and the Right Hon. B. Bathurst. The Attorney sad*
lieitor-Generals attended their Lordships, as did Yhicoest
wind, as Clerk.
The person charged was brought up from Tothill.fields Bride
Well ; be is a Gentleman in the Commissariat Department, ald,
walein the army under the Duke of Wellington. Ile is charr
with shooting a female with a pistol, while iii Portugal; •
prove which, three witnesses were produced, who also wind
that after the Prisoner had shot the female, be had cut his ors
throat with eraser, lint had recovered from the wound, rust
that it was only very lately he bad received so much as toll
able to talk.
The defence set up by the Prisoner was as follows:—Bs
stated that tbe deceased cohabited witb another Gentleavatla
the Commissariat Department that he and the &voiced, Oa
becoming acquainted had become most passionately aad tie
lend), attached to each other, but the deceased had se much ka
rumor that she could not leave the Gentleman she was then Salts?_...
biting with to live with him, or even to marry him; NM
could not live together. they agreed-As kaleach other.
accordingly met fur that porpoise, when he shot her %fibs
tot, and this was so effectually done, that she could out shell
him; be therefore attempted to shoot himself, hot the bullet
he bad got would not gof into the pistol, being' too larreil°
then put the bullet at the top-of his head, and put Me m00r'....,
of the pistol on it, qupposing It might answer the purposes
not succeeding old) that he cut his thront.
, The Prisoner was remanded to Tothill-fields Bridewell.

NAVAL INTEL LIQ ENCE.

ORAL, NOV. 21:1-Arrived the Oakes, Pasmore, from St.,
reemburgh. for Bristol.—Came down from the River several
sail of West ladiamen; also his Majesty', ships Conway and
Telmer, nod tailed with the whole of the otita ant-bound fur
Portsmouth; and his Majesty's ship Dunnemark fur the same
place.
Po aysnouvu, Nov. 21.—Sailed his Majesty's ships Mean.
der, Amaranthe, and Badger, from St. Helen's Roods, with a
convoy, for Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean ; his Mai
jestl's ship Tyne, with dispatches fur the Bust The
West India fleet remains.

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MURDER.-011 Saturday evening an Inquest gal
held orb Stepheti Qldfield, who died, on Friday, it
lit G.eards!.linspilai.
_Deceased cohabited witb Ana
Cumbeildge,' in Pye-street. Thursday morn**
about one o'clock, the watchman found deceased 00
the stairs,
.intoxicated; the woman near him. 0'
was carried to the Hospital next morning, where he
.died in the afternoon. The surgeon found a fractal.
at the back part of the head, and much extrarasatee
blood in the brain, but thought the fracture was n't
the result of a blow.—Further examination poso
paned tp'Wednesday.
•BOW.IITREET.a-A persea, of the name of VIA
Ins orAered to find bait for an assault on a waiter el
`the Adam and Eve, in Tottenham.court-toad,
of
which house he attempted to get possession from 114
present landlord, Mr. Greets*, in order that the
porter and gin may be had of a brewer and
named by the assignees of Greattes, who was latall
a bankrupt.

FALuovou, Nov. 19.—Areiln!Elbe Adonis, Millie, from',
Buenos Ayres. in thirteen weeks.—Suiled a few easpittn and
others.

since writing the above, the Duke of liontrese packet has
arrived with Mails; from Halifax, in 16 dais'; and the Date
of Kent packet, i lib &Mail, (rota Surinam, last from Ganda-
loape. in 49 days

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H ap.wico, Nov. 'lL—Arrived the Thetis and Earl of Lel--
eeitatitteketas both with Mail' and Pateengert, from Holland.

tot
LuNDON • Printed sad Published by D. Isovetui.
internam Orrice. 87, nett4treet.

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IP that it . sniral Itow.as
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as "11" Sir GEORGIE COL
s the mt. itist of September,
's ghost, Of Newfoundland v
mock on miring Cash, c
" is still would be des
continue oh only would oul
into the harboi
spill onr Mr. BA
maARODENt
re cannot •Board of Excise, ha
;Idiom to It has been inco
ters have Intent of Dragoons
are our ,been removed, is i
believe a strong re
the nd- by the Company ai
.th a fear talry force in the
:ount for ragoons at Ittadru
npts were o return to Engles
misters to ST. PETERSBURG
an Nego- tiaaance of the eas
to render it imptai
be wr.ugto pass the shallow

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====IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.COLOIVIIL filrg Thin,
'0 THE El:100g OF THE llTAT,Esmetti:
,--You will oblige me, by permitting me s
reply to a Letter in your raper on llion°
Ith inst. signed " An Officer in the (Nat?'
r-General': Dvartnlent." Your note to giotw.
has so ably vindicated the Officers of
without
at:et tosk
re, that it would be weakening itseffeet to
word more iu their justification ; but there
r two statements made by this Officer
er-Master.General's Department, which "Pr
o I
gross Ignorance, and I may add fal
is impossible to let them
In the first place, Colonel QUENTIN was no; •
guiltrof not supporting his foraging partite , I
i found guilty of leaving them without ordete
attacked by the enemy; and I can tee tai;
I,uarter.iMastltr-General, that the whole Ism
lofted that having so found him guilt.
is .se
to should bare been only a reprimatid....or.
were .dismissed from their commands on the
lola for 'less offences than this ; and se. pat„
would Colonel QUENTIN have been, had Mt
taken place there, instead of belly' hew at
In the next place, Colonel Qur.srut h
u a military sense, acquitted of the ferol'atald
charges. Colonel Qucitrtm, in his define;
.upon the Court for au 1.6 hottotriable acquittal',
these charges; but the Court hue conteoso
elves with 14t)itig,• he is not guilty.-1424 lha
found the chargta frivolous, or that there'll
pond for them, it would have beet its d 049
a the praotice of CourbtAllartial, to lay
it Court has not said that.
a " Officer of the Quarter-Master-Generei
rtment," is pleased to say, that foraging is tea
ificant to talk of ; and that any military ay
I tell you, it was childish and rdiculous. Nov
lid not happen to think so with tee D 414
ANGTON, for on this very occasion the a WU
press order of Lord Costecusseneis, that sio
era should be covered by infantry, and ,
r appl&ation should be made to the Offic:r om.
hg at the out-posts accordingly. So mu h far
loot ter-Master- General's notion of foragie,.....
Officer of the Quarter-Master-General s
tent too, is pleased to make rather a sma tat-
on Co'. PALstEti, for his exertions in
to obtain the recompence he thought doe:olds
y for their services. I have not the honour%
numbed' col. PAssten ; bat if I may estimate
ght to the remuneration he sought, by the Ma.
be (Assigned in Varliament upon the clue Opt,
ly the naint.s too which are to be found ict that
rity„ thirre not, I-believe, a man in Enz!mul,
will join .in the reflections cast upon Clonal
lER. • •
ith respect to the story of a Genera' Officer eel
ire being exposed to a
,heavy fire from a F.mal
ry, in the retreat upon'Corunna; and Co'ocal
UR'S expressing his surprise that the Ge.
should continue so exposed, I happeael
5 present, and can relate the circumstauce.-
3 not as your Correspondent states it—theta
wither battery, nor heavy fire. There was a
e- gun in a road, and a single shot only fired '
it. The Officer was not then a General. Bk.
Colonel,- pretty well known in this town fesi.
spicion that be has battened (I do not allele
it corpulency) as much on the public purse or
men. This Colonel, with a lady (not his affe)
certainly very near to vehere.theshot fell. she,
ensihle of *the danger, had no alarm: the Co.
now General, sensible or his, had some
1: and I believe Col. PALsaft did show sou ,
,ty to put her into a place-of safety—but ss to
expression of surprise that the General, as hi
tied,• should expose himself, it never existed—
ndeed was it necessary, for the General toot
ieut care of that himself..
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient and humble servant,
ONE OF THE WAGGON TRAM
/don, Sat. 19th Nov.
MURDER.
A MOST REMARKABLE CASE.
Saturday,the 19th inst. the Lords of the Council met is tit
ell Chamber, IVltitetrall, to hear a charge of Hoarder oar
I beyond seas. There were preseqt on the occasion t—lbr
Chance:tor. the Lard President, the Lord Chief Justlred
tort of King's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Col
Inman Pleas, the Lord Chief Berea. the Master of at
, and the Right. Hon. B. Bathurst. The Attorney and Is•
r-Generals attended their Lordships, as did Vlscoost
, as Clerk.
person charged was brought up from Tothill.fields Erik
be is a Gentleman in the Commissariat Department.
ri the army ender the Duke of Wellington. Ile is clear
shooting a female with a pistol, while hi Portugal; le
which, three witnesses were produced, who alsostateio
(ter the Prisoner had shot the female, be had cut he arts
t with a razor, but had recovered from the wound, ale
t was only very lately he bad recovered so seek as row
o talk.
defence let up by the Prisoner was as follows:—Ib
that the deceased cohabited witb another Gentleaskis
ommtssariatpeeanments that he rind the deceased, off
sing acquainted,. had become most passionately aid s
attachedto each other, but the deceased had so much,.
that she could not leave the Gentleman she was then robs'
with to live with him, or even to marry him: r.ml astlwl
not live tiigetter, they egreetist• kilt .each other. 'nig
dingly met for that purpose, when he shot her aOha sw
and this was so effectually done, that she meld out shoe
be therefore attempted to shoot himself, hat the bullet Ali
i got would not gal into the pistol, being' too larger M
put the bullet at the top-of his head, and put Me stoke,
s pistol on it, supposing It might answer the purpose,
scceeding w ith that he cut his throat.
Prisoner was remanded to Totbill-fields Bridewell.
.URDER.—On Saturday evening an Inquest Of
on Stephe4 Oldfield, who died, on Friday, at
adarde. Hospital.
_Deceased cohabited wits AO
ibeildge.,' in Pye-street. Thursday morn*,
it one o'clock, the watchman found deceased 08
tairs, intoxicated; the woman near him. 01
carried to the Hospital next morning, where he
in the afternoon. The surgeon found a fractal.
ie back part of the head, and much extravaPte4
td in the brain, but thought the fracture was trot
result of a h10w..---Further examination peso
ed to. Wednesday.
0117.11TREET.-9—A peinell, of the name of Bellot
ordered to find bait for an assault on a waiters!
Adam and Eve, in Tottmoham-court!rosill
of
41 house he attemnted to got nossession from 114