The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-01-06 00:00:00

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Wks!' se ltsedlyi that aor thing diseasiiion-wee
impossible. Them Geetlemes. 'wearer, Seek
IWO* Meat uo44lbsegit &else te Mate .o 'Os
ihtlfibi of the 1304gailfist for its disitis Was to ilk-
.o•
*al the suffer's; is sseratine, The einesat the
oiei^atneot 'ail" I deli songdii4 .Itor
caort thinks it it good deal. That Gentleman
obierved in proof of this, that thaw were thirty.
Wee thousand seamen on the Greenwich Hospital
leeks. This issertioa without some.esplanatiwisi
teesid 'delede thousands. In the bid pla—r;elti
39;000 consist of 'pastes sad marines ; secessilly,
they are supported, not by any foods of Goversallit,
bat out of those funds which have been sad are secs-
mutated by dictictions from the pay of every depart-
ment of the Navy—by allowances from the pay of
,the men themselves when iu service—and by
the large estates in Nerthomberland end else-
where left. for such specific purpose.--k shneld
also be knowe,.as has frequently been urged in
Parliament, that by a more judicious manage-
meat of the Greenwich Chest and property, a
much greeter body of men might derive benefit from
the funds devoted to Jim relief of those connected
with the Government sea service thee now ezist on it.
These funds and benefits were provided Inag before
the country was blessed with the extreme care sod
watchfulness of the present Ministers to soften suf-
fering and protect nor liberties. The Meeting adopted
Resolutions for opening a subscription for distressed
sailors, which has been commenced, and another
Meeting is to be held on Thursday at the Crown and
Anchor Tavern, to consider the most advisable steps
to be pirsued for the imatedisti relief of the destiture;'
and the ultimate Suppression of Meudicity in the Me-
tropolis.

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BRIOUTON, JAN. 4.-At two o'clock this after-
noon, the Bishop of EXETER read the prayers and
divine services of the day, before the PRINCE RE-
GENT,the Nobility, sod the Household, at the Pavel-
lion. His Eacelletscy Prince ESTERPIAZY, the Aus-
trian Minister, arrived this afternoon at the Pavilion,
and dined with the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday
morning, his Royal Highness the Duke of You
left the Pestilent for London.
Prince LEOPOLD having determined to finish his
journey from Claremont to Came in one day, rose
Before five o'clock yesterday morning, and soon
afterwards set off with his suite. He arrived at
Staines about seven, and proceeded with all conve-
%int speed through Bagshot, Overton, An-
dover, Salisbury, and Blandford, -towards Came,
where he was expected to arrive at nine o'clock.
HENRY CHARLES LITCHFIELD, Erg. has re-
signed his situation as Solicitor to the Tseasury ; and
GEORGE MAI:LE, Esq. the late Assistant, has been ap-
pointed his successor. CHARLES BOURCIIIER, Esq.
a Gentleman from the Home Circuit, has been ap.
pointed Assistant Solicitor.
FROX ST. HELENA.—The ship Seneca, Captain
CLARKE, arrived at New York on the Ist olt. from
Canton. She touched at St. Helena on the 25th of
October for supplies and water. The English cur.
vette Friendship made the Island at the seine
time. The crews of the vessels stationed at the Island
had for many months been living on nothing but
salt provisions. The Conqueror, 74, the sloop Ma-
coon, brig Leveret, and nine small transport ships,
were the only vessels there. Things were all quiet
with regard to NAPOLEON, and he was in good
health. His Secretary, it was said, had been sent off
to the Cape of Good Hope. He is accused of at-
tempting an illicit correspondence with some person
or persons in the teem.
As there is some foundation for nnport that the
French Loan has been deferred for a sbnrt time,
our Representatives will thus he afforded an oppor-
tonity of checking that unfortunate penchant ezist-
jug in a certain Cabinet for assistance of foreign ob-
jects, which, in our humble opinion, should never
for a mowed stand in competition with our dealer
I interests at home.
Sir JOSEPH BANKES transacted business with the
Admiralty Board on Saturday, supposed to relate to
the intended voyage towards the North Pole, on die-.
coveriev. The ships, it is said, are to have two
years' provisions on board, and are also to be sop-
plied with warm clothing, tte. for the use of the
Officers and men. Sanguine hopes are entertained
of a passage being discovered to the North Pacific
Ocean.
DEAL, JAN. s.—Arrived this morning and sailed
for the River, one ship and two brigs, particulars
unknown ; on. of the brigs lost an anchor and cable
in the Downs.—Five o'Csoca : Arrived three bye-
boats with passengers from Calais, drove to leeward
by the strong westerly wind.
Dowws, JAN. b.—A water-ask was picked op
here yesterday, marked " Pigeon," supposed to here
belonged to the vessel lost on the North Sand Head
on Monday night last.
Po RTSMOUTti, Jou. 5. Sailed the Grecian, on a
cruise.
SIIEERNROS, JAN. s.—The brig mentioned yester-
day, as being on shore on the Blythe Sand, is not an
American, bat the Hibernia, of Waterford, bound
to London—she was still on shore this morning.
GRAVESEND, JAN. s.—Arrived the FA, Forrest;
and Isaac 'rod, Smith, from Quebec.—Sailed the
Chance, Minter, for Antwerp; and Lindsay, Towner,
for Madeira and the Brazils.
The increase in the REVENUE most be as pleasing
to every lover of his country, as the increase of for-
tune is to every lover of himself. The first has hap-
pened—the second must happen to many in a very
few weeks ; for the One Hundred Capitals in the
present State Lottery, cannot fail to enrich adventu-
leis, who, by making their purchases now, have a
nosh greater variety of smashers to select the Three
PAM of £30,000 from, than can possibly remain
for those who defer to bay until the approach of the
*swing, which is iced for the 4th of March. In
addition to the Scheme, and exclusive of the fall
Jimmy paid by Government, the Holders of the 6rst-
drawn Blanks, on the three days of drawing, may
receive Twelve Pipes of the choicest Port Wine,
for one or tern thousand years, to be selected by
themselves, and for shares in proportiondrec of any
Custom or Excise duty 'Olsten'.