The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-29 00:00:00

PROM TIM IMILADELPIIII TittEMAN'3 JOIMN T..

44 We understand a letter has been received in
town from a gentleman of high standing in Washing.
ton, stating that something very important would
be made public on the 20th instant (Wednesday).—
It was not known whether it would be favourable
or unfavourable, but from the source from which
the letter produced, it was thought it would be the
former."

4, NEW YORK, MAT 25.

CC M ISSACHOSETTS ELECTION.—From the returns
for Members of the Hoare of Representatives, re-
ceived at Boston on Tuesday, it appears that the net
Federal gain was 110."

" BALLSTON SPA, N. Y. MAY 12.

" We are informed that General DEARBORN wait.
ed at Albany from Monday till Friday, for the arri-
♦al of troops ; but being disappointed, he then de-
parted for Niagara, in great haste--report says, the
combined Canadians and Indians, headed and led on
by Tories, threatened a descent on our frontiers in
that quarter; and we are apprehensive there may be
something in the report, by the General's departing
in such haste."

1, SAVANNAH. APRIL 28.

" By passengers in the sloop Polly, from St.
Mary's, we are informed, that Colonel ASHLEY, of
the Patriots, has resigned his command and returned
home, together with several others; the Patriot
force are encamped a short distance from Augustine,
and the Amelia forces about one mile in the rear ;
all communicatipn is cut off between Augustine and
Amelia Island. At the former place, our informer
adds, a supply of provisions has bean received from
the Ilavannah."

EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM NEVIS, DATED MAT 9.
" On the Ist of this month our whole Island was
much alarmed by various distant explosions, accom-
panied by a slight shock of an earthquake ; the re.
ports were, many of them, full as loud as heavy can-
non, and a high surf was immediately seen, although
there was no wind. The yellow fever has carried off
many in the Islands. We hear it has been fatal at
Antioin, and at 'it. Kitt's, where many of the troops
had fallen a sacrifice to its baneful influence; but we
have not suffered here."

We are sorry to find an opinion generally prevails,
that the Habeas Corpus Act is about to be suspend-
ed by Government, owing to the present disturbed
state of the country ; and some colour is given to this
apprehension, by the M?ssage of the PRINCE
RE-
GENT, which was communicated to both Houses of
Parliament on Saturday evening. That there may
exist circumstances in this country which might render
a measure of this nature necessary, we do not mean
to deny ; but we are far from thinking that this
is the period to warrant so alarming a resort.
Disturbances, no doubt, exist in the manufac-
turing districts, but not, as far as we have yet seen,
to a greater, or even to so great an extent as those

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which came under our notice several months ago.— in both Houses this day is, to refer the information
These evils were alone to be attributed to the menu- respectinoke-turbulent proceedings in the man ,11c-
facturing classes being thrown out of employment, in taring districts to a Select Committee, upon whose
report there may be founded a Bill for arming the
consequence of the suspension of all trade with Government with more extensive powers—even per-
America. Now that the repeal of the Orders in haps to the dreadful length of suspending the Habeas
Council has opened a prospect of this channel being Corpus and of proclaiming martial law.
i again opened, the consequences of the evil will na- On Saturday an official communicatnu was made
tiffany be removed by its extinction. Had Ministers, to the principal holders of raw cotton, informing
when they first saw the effect which their per-
them that the export of that commodity would be
nicious system was producing throughout the ailoJed. This correelasion will prodirett a pnwerfal
effect on a valuable branch of commerce, as to the
whole manufacturing counties, conducted them-I amount of four millions sterling of the article is in
selves as they now do towards America, matters i the markets of Liverpool and Loadon; exclusive of
I would never have reached the pitch they have two yeses untouched importations of Surat cotton in
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i done ; and if, at the moment the country feels In-
the warehouses of the ag India Company.
I dined to rejoice at the speedy restoration of trade, I We understand that the Board of Trade, on la.
1 turday, adopted a regulation, by which brandies and
rigorous and oppressive measures, which were not 1 wines mai, now be . • imported from France into
w freely
before even thought of, are adopted against them, it ' Great Britain for exportation. If for home con-
is impossible to foresee what may be the consequen- ' sumption, the importer will be expected to take in
cos. It requires an extreme case, indeed, to au return return sugar or coffees.
thorise the personal liberty of the subject being 1 It is under consideration, from motives of eco-
put in the hands of any Government. To confide
n,.iomy, to dispense with the services of the Inspecting
Field-Officers of Volunteer Corps; the duty now
it to the present, than which nothing can be performed by them is to devolve on the regular Stall-
considered more imbecile, intolerant, and cor- of the respective districts.
i rapt,: would be little short of insanity. Give . Copies of the Proclamation for rescinding the Or-
' those districts which are suffering through the ders in Council, and of the Supplementary Gatette
impolicy of Ministers, only time to reflect on the of Tuesday last, have been sent to the out-ports, to
prospect now opened to them, and we pledge our- be forwarded to the Naval Commanders on Foreign stations.
selves that all commation will very soon subside. i The German Papers mention, that the Count of
But if they art-to be visited by new afflictions, while Gorroer, who had reside 1 for some time at Herren-
they fire yet 'smarting under their former wounds, hut, wished to become a Member of the Society of
nothing, we are afraid, short of a Rebellion, enn be Moravian Brethren ; bat the Directors of the II -inn
looked for, would by no means give their consent to it, it heii g
I contrary to their institution to connect thems..lves.
The following extracts from the provincial Pape
"1 with crowned heads, or those who have bee., such.
which reached as this morning, do not represent the f
Saturday was launched from the -Dock-yard of
state afthe interior to be worse thaw it was six months Messrs. AVELts, at Blackwells a new 7-11. gun ship to
I ego. Unless, therefore, Ministers ate in possession be called the Pembroke.

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iiii 3listinr.—TestOrdsiy being the !net Sunday..
irl the month the f°llo%lllll Mallet's *ss sbewn et St.
lmes's Palace :
f. 'Bitannia CarrLS, 'Alit* tf.—Sinee the last
Report, hi, Majesty has had an %cresse of his
der,disor-
which has again subsided
(tngied $ usual.)
Orr wig TOIL TRanr..—The following Notice was
issued ou Saturday :--
Once for Trade. Jon, til.
Mr, Lees is directed to Inform blr. VLWALIF., that UMW'S
will he prepared forthwith for the protecti aaaa of American yes.
~ b,.sed from this Kingdom to the Pelted Satin, with car.
tort,, the property of British or American autumn.
The following letter was on Saturday received at
LI.UTD'i
ADMIRALTY OFFICE. Jona 27.
8111,.—The Oonnuander to Chief of his Nlajegty's. ships anis
weds at Plymouth, hayloft reported that the Scylla had fallen
with the vessels named in the margin*, and convoyed them as
es Plymouth, when they parted company and Joined the Non.
I, which vessel was Mee proceeding to Portsmouth and the
E.,
was-1 am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the
weary to acquaint you therewith, for the information of the
..tame for Managing the Affairs at-Latir o's.
I am, itc. JOHN BARROW.
To Jr. Joust BircirtsT, jail.
• Albion, Sir Sidney !faith, Horatio, and another.

Mr. Han attended at the stock Exchange this
teeming, and informed the Gentlemen that there
would be a Lottery of 20,000 Tickets, to be had in
pro drawings; that no Prize was to be more than
40,0001. and not less than 151. and that the Gentle.
von in the habit of bidding for the Lottery were to
attend on the CHANCE!..LOR of the EXCHEQUER on
Wednesday morning next, when he would be ready
to receive them. • ••

A French privateer was yesterday (Sunday) ea
Brig!' toe, among the set passing from► the Downs;
she was soon observed at the signal station, and
chased oil by one of our sloops of war.
It was rumoured on Saturday, that Viscount Sin-
metals had expressed an intention to resign, without,
ivowever, withdrawing his support of the Admini-
etration In Parliament.

The communication along the coast by means of
sags and balls nt the several signal stations, it is said,
is to be abolished, and a more simple mode adopted,
somewhat resembling the French method, consisting
IA a high pole, with six branches, which occasion-
ally project, and form the various signals. The per-
sons employed in making and repeating signals are
to reside in the building on which the machine
erected.

Mtenzt.t.l, the clerk in the French War Office,
lately shot at Paris for betraying the movements of
the French forces to the Russian Embassy, was appre•
handed in consequence of information obtained by the
French Ambassador at St. Petersburg's from SpaßAx•
Mt, one of the State Secretaries. It was for this,
ind not, u previously reported, for a plot against tho
Emperor Asizaelosa's life, that SAILANSILOI
ailed to Siberia.

The Old Bailey Sessions, which comment.* on
Wednesday next, are likely to be very heavy, as
wpm& of 136 wreoas are already committed for

Friday sennlght a elftschuseret of about 100 col.
there, from eeveral M4itia regiment*, who had not
volunteered td go to Ireland with their respective re.
giments, were ordered to proceed to Sheernoss, in
order to take a part of the garrison duty. On al.!
rising at the ferry, seem of them refused to croft!
the Swale, alleging that they were exempted, by Act
of Parliament, from doing duty in any one of the
British Islands; and, u Sheerness was an island,
there was no authority for their being 'est there.—.
The whole of the party soon became of the same
opinion, and the Nicer% used every means in their
power to bring the men to a sense of their duty, but
in vain. They persisted in their determination not
Is go into the island, and they were marched back
to Chatham.—When they arrived iu the barracks,
ten of the most forward and violent of the men were
put in confinement, where they now remain, and
are to be tried by a Ceurt-Martial ; the rest after•
gonads expressed their sorrow for their improper con-
duct, and went voluntarily to the place of destina-
tion.

&stmt.—Mr. BuLi.oca, Proprietor of the Lon.;
ion Museum, accompanied by his son, is at present
en a tour through the unfrequented Isles of Orkney,
for the purpose of collecting the natural productions
of that country. In the awful and tremendous pre-
eipices of Hoy, some of which are 1,400 feet per-
pendicular from the sea, they have discovered and
taken the nests of four different species of Eagles,
which have their aerie in the pinnacles and projecting
cliffs that surround the west side of the Island. So
numerous and destructive are these bold and raped- I
ens birds, they are the terror of the inhabitants, who
frequently witness their carrying off their pigs, lambs,
and poultry, with impunity, and instances are not
wanting where children hive been seized in sight ofi
their distracted parents. Near one of the nests was
dissovered the remains of several sheep, sad the
48 fowls, that had been recently killed. f.
Potatoes have this year been planted to an unusual
extent throughout the country.
Mrtatranoor Accinttrr.—A most unfortunate

accident happened yesterday forenoon :—A party of
cle%en persons going on a water excursion, went on
board a fishing-boat belonging to a Mr. Ayres, a
caulker, at Rotherbitbe, who, with two young men,
took the management. When in Gravesend Reach,
the boat grounded, but it was got off ou the return
et the tide without any accident. On reaching
Perfeet, however, in returning, a sudden gust
of wind upset the boat, when the whole were
precipitated into the river, and, shocking to relate,
six of the eleven persons were drowned. Their
senses are Mr. Land, Engineer at tho London
Docks; Mr. Whitehead, a Clerk in the Office of
Works; Mr. Goulding, of the Ship Public-
house, Leadenliall-market • Mr. Cook, clock and
watchmaker, Star-alley; Mr. Ayres, and a young
man belonging to Rotherhithe, whose name we
have not heard. Most of these unfortunate indivi-
duals have left large families. Those who escaped a
watery grave are, Mr. Thomas, butcher, Leadenhall-
market ; Mr. Bye, poulterer there; Mr. Hughsden,
anchorsmith, Rotherhithe; and two young men be-
longing to Mr. Ayres.
Miss SO/ITU is playing with great eclat at the New-
castle Theatre. Tuesday was the second night of her
engagement, when she performed Eugenia, in The
Foundling of Ms Forest. On Wednesday she was
to perform Herndon*, in The Winter's Tak.