The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-07-09 00:00:00

GENKRAL, ELECTION. • 14E1113E11S RETURNEE). • ROSPORGIHIRS--Sir A. Doa. ATILONL—mr. coreloo. t. T a atna—r- Dens!. Estl• (-LPr (CA mime --Sir (3. Hill. staly)—Y. 'Fitzgerald. Esq. mad Sir E. O'Brks. Thioaa.-11sa. J. Stewart and W. Stewart. Esq. )(rummy (County)—lieu. Cal. Butler and Hoe. Col. Paw mar. Soso ((nsnly)—C. O'Hara aail )E. S. Cooper. Emus. EMLILINAGII (eamity)--eir L. Cele and GEO. Aff.Mall• STATE OF THE POLL FOR BERKS. JIMY 8. 1136 Madam • 1075 Hallett . 529 inftocitEDA.—The Drogheda Election terminated -edgy night, after one of the severest contests , seen in this country. Mr. Ogle rued by a majority of write. A duel Mr. Wallace end the Recorder ,rich two shots were fired on each itely without injury to either party. PLEIJY, JULI 5. --Air the late Election, and what all men se oar glorious success, and the .f e complete victory, offer much the attention of Parliament and the 's may be proper to pass over the _ Lowther Committee.men, who Commissioners of the Land Tat, and on Assessor pronounced publicly so Ife—of these nothing needs be said, be !cod that this whole subject will ;lit before Parliament ; and nothing gross bribery proved to have been .cannot help again end again asking, sending the military out of an elec. 600 blodgenn-men are to be march. ly marshalled under a Police 0111- . the Captain Constable, the mess 1 as well as himself brought from other •counties—est• I camped out of the town, and manceovvred, paraded, 'marched up and down during the whole time of the Poll, in the sight of the Electors i Every one here sew this done. The clubs with which the men were armed, under pretest of batons, were bludgeons Sufficient to fell an oz. They were disposed to use them too. `For one of them violently attacked Mr. Wy beret's son, who was offering no manner of pro.' vocation, and knocked him down, giving him a wound in she head, which the surgeon pronounced would' have fractured the skull, had it fallen half an inch lower. Mr. W. applied to the only Magistrate he could find, a Rev. Clergyman, and active friend of the Lowther party. Examinations were taken, and the man's person fully identified ; he belonged to White. haven, slid was PIIPIII polekled out as he walked past 1 hel window ,where I !Atm M sgistratewas taking t Ise depo. sitioos. Yet he refused to issue his warrant, because the a n 's name could not at the mom e n t be ascertained! Was any thing ever seen like this ? It is a fact, Mal one hundred and one of those Parsons voted for the Lowthets! As to the military, this may be said,.' they are at least supposed to be impartial, being em• ployed and paid by the Government; but what im partiality can be espected from such bludgeon-men, led by one party, and paid by that part) ? the Magistrates have, by a hand-bill, denied A the County is In pay them ; and whether those ices or the Lowthers siontioslly pay them, every most see nut of whose pocket the money will Besides, the Justices who hire and swear in the men are the most devoted agents of the Lowther Family. It is to he devoutly hoped, that this whole proceeding may be thoroughly esemined, and the illy punished. If it is not, all freedom of election at an mid. ;.•• ■ es Smudgy maul, No or n for souse yea as been returned b nok place between I f Drogheda, in whl *de, but fortunately APP the bistro/ et the {sagacity eouslder gain frattrowme el admit material th hole country. It noceedings of the were also Comini4si • hich the Learned • strong a retl9llll'..--0 aose it is understi orthwith be hrnugh shall be said of the practised. Hut ones what is the used so lion town, if 5 or 6( ed into it, regularl rer calling himself a - m plo ) ed by For the Mag that the Coos • Justices or th one most get come. Besitl the men are F am ily. It proceeding n • guilty punish . * is at an end. Yesterday p►rts would • tisb troupe f letter, • .underoal pears, ter —it was so' ing chastised • troops and stead of do St. Mark's, proceeding concluded I only a VW.' • get possess i United Sri Spain n hic alliances 1.1 • distance. war arrive( casion tutu • Wiletiri• than this ore looking btrid el %hi urrds obtm of Spain is ( It apps Country, 1 * mined to I rent to 1 Flotides perfectly s tad as p►ot niatds ; ft forfora cell Terence, tt • from that cureioni Floridan. of preset ulMoit fq Accordit , Dcpailmt tended to two milli f 80,09( portion. tnalonS, to 110bils • bons uu lotto ant THE STATESMAN Yesterday, it was reported in the City, that trans. Is would soon he engaged (or conveying the Bri• creeps from FIROCIP to England. • ter, dated New York, June 10, says, 66 The „ken against the Seminole Willits has, it terminated favourably to the United States. was supposed that General 3 AcKso.m, after has. chastised the Indians, would have withdrawn the troops and returned within his own limits; hut, in stead of doing this, he is seen leaving garrisons at St. Mark's, Fort Gadsden, and Fort Scott, and proceeding SOWS , Pensacola ; it may, therefore, he concluded tl.et the war against the Seminoles was only a pretext to invade the Spanish territories, and get possession of the Floridas. Thus, we see the United States seizing upon the possessions of Spain w Lich are within their grasp, and forming alliances with her rebellious Colonies which are et a distance. A Buenos Ayrean Government sloop of war arrived at Baltimore a few days ago • on this oc. casion salutes were exchanged bet weeis her and Fort M.llerrrY. Cuss there bea stronger acknowledgment than this of independence? The European Powers are looking with by far too careless an eye on the ftrides whjch the North Americans are making to. rrds ohts" g possession of some of the provinces of Spain in South America." It appease by advices which have reached this )untry, that the American Government has deli mined to strengthen Its frontiers immediately adja , relit to the Spanish territory of East and West Florida, by the erection of fortifications. It is perfectly understood that the works are trot intend ed as protections against any hostility from the Spa. Moods ; for such is their state of feebleness, and such for a century has been their lassitude and indif. Pretty., that no aggression is et all to be apprehended from that quarter. The purpose is to check the in. cursions of the lodians iu the estensire regions of the Floridas. against whom the S i mniards are incapable of preserving subordination, and who seem to be elmost equally danger's' to friends and enemies.— According to information received from the Engineer Department at Washington, on this subject, it is in tended to contract before August, for from one to two millions of cubic feet of building stone, upward' of 80,000 feet of timber, and bricks and lime in pro. portion. One hundred carpenters, from 100 to 150 masons, and from 2 to 300 labourers, are to proceed to Mobile, to construct the edifices of various descrip lions on- the Riser Mississippi, and at Lakes Pomo lets& ant! Batatatia, with other places. INT'SLLIGRNCE. DEAL. itrwe his Majesty's ship Flo. ride, from a cruise.—Passed through the Adventure, White, for liereelona.—Came down from the River, the Success, Shand, for Rio Janeiro ; Unison, ---, for New York; and the Earl St. Vincent, Simpson, for New South Wiles. PORTSMOUTH, JULY B.—Remain his Majesty's ships Liverpool, Spartan, Topaz', and Confisnce. HARWICH, JULY B.—Sailed tht Prince of Orange packet, for Holland, and the Calypso packet, for Coalmen, both with Mails and passengers. IS oAii HOLKIIAM SIIREMIIHARING. Houma*. Jut.i 6 —This magnificent place is now a scene of most delightful festivity. It is not merely a feast of splendid hospitality, but also of the Most valuable intellectual enjoyment. Mr. Coke, who, by his 0011 efforts, has converted a poor and almost barren waste late a lumina, garden, has also, by his example and patronage, spread hi, improvement', ever all the neighbourhood, and instead of the necessity of importing from more favoured districts grain for the use of this part of the island, has enriched them by exporting to other places their saperahundenee. This day the intelligent and grateful Yeomen from every part of the county, and Agrieuharlots from the most remote corners of the kingdom, are assembled to receive from, and to communicate to another 1 the results of their experiments in farming, there. , by to advance and perfect the most useful of all the arts. It is gratifying to the heart to see the warm, zealous, and active spirit of im. provement which these Meetings inspire, and the emulation which they promote. The prejudices of habit are subdued by the demonstrations presented to the judgment, and men are taught to think on the means of abridging labour and of bettering their system, instead of going doggedly on in the plodding practice of former times. It is only, however, by the sure test of esperience that they are here to be taught. Nothing is taken up on the surmises of theory. Before a suggestion towards change is re. commended, the author must have tried it. Even yet w e know so little of the processes of nature, that we must not confide in the imaginations or con jectures of chemists, as .to the probable effects of this or of that manure, or of this or that combina tion, but must subject it to the proof of an accurate and repeated trial. This is the principle of the school of Mr. Coke, and it is by pursuing this simple and rational coarse, that he has so greatly and so wonderfully succeeded in his object of reconciling his neighbourhood to exertions in agriculture. 'rho affection of the tenants of this distinguished Patriot —the cordiality that subsists between them, owing to his conciliatory frankness—the confidence which they all have in his honourable views—aud the eagerness with which they seek for instruction from him—see the rewards *Welt he enjoys, and the nohlest rewards that he can enjoy. Several hundred zealous and enlightedagriculterists this day examined the progress he has made since the last year, and the present condition of his firms and stock. They set out after breakfast, mounted on horseback, and in open carriages, and made a round of several miles, inspecting new and improved imple. mews of husbandry, viewing the sheep -sheering at Longlands Farm, where, by-the-bye, the South.clow breed, after long and accurate observation, is pro. furred—and going over the farms of Quarles, Egmens t and Breuthill. In this tour, the most expert agri. culturist was gratified, by seeing the success of the drill system, and of manuring with rope.oil rake; while the inexperienced received a lesson which be cannot forget. The flourishing state of the crops in a season of unexampled drought, where a field of fine barley is scarcely elsewhere to be seen, ed the elficocy of the care which is here bestowed.— I They saw also a proof of successful inoculation of land, the art by which one grass field may be mended by having part of another grafted on it ; and they were delighted with the view of the very su perior buildings, farm-yards, sod comforts of his tenants. The company, after this tour, sat down to a sumptuous dinner, requiring, by their numbers, all the principal rooms of this immense house. Mr. C'ke was at the head of one table, the F,rrl of Alb.- merle at another. The Duke of Norfolk, Loril Erskine, Lord Lyinlock, the Esrl of surrey, Lord Wm. Bentitick, Lord Bury, arid a number of other distinguished persons were present. Among other excellent sentiments, the constant toast, so congenl II to the heart of this excellent landlord, " Lire and let live," was drank o ith enthusiasm ; and in the evening the company viewed the North Peron in comparable breed of MINI and cows—the prize sheep and boars—to determine which prizes Judges were appointed ; and there was a sale of South-down theaves, for the improvement of the stork of his neighbours. Some dealers also exhibited a number of North Devon steers for sale. Thus the first day of this Agricultural Fete was passed. The weather was delightful, and a more animated or more grati• , vying scene was never witnessed. fee- •===a The Government of Sweden, like oar own, Ita4 ' postponed the payment of its paper-money in cash; but for a much longer period, namely, for five years In the meantime, as in this country, preparations are to be made for withdrawing the paper-currency from circulation. DRI,ADIFUL ACCIDENT.--ThlB morning,about 11 o'clock, as some men were digging a sewer near the New Bethlem, the earth fell in, when the foreman and three others were buried in the ruins. Two of the men and the foreman, after the lapse of an hour, were dug out. 'rhe foremen, whose name is Mar wood, was dead; he has left a wife and large family to de plore his 1055..--The two other men are not expected to survive. NEALE AND OLIVER, AND WEiT COUNTRY DICE AND Ilunsox.--These battles will take place to morrow, in Bvkitighamshire. . The battle betwe en Neal. and Olgar escites more than ordinary inte rest and corresponding betting. It is expected that a third fight will take place ) between Crawley an-1 $: A.S.TOWAT CATfiOL/G..ESTABLISII MB NIS: • Yesterday evening upwards of two hundred friends and supporters of theke Charities dined et the rree masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn. fields ; . His Rile! Highness Ihe Duke of Soma, in the Chair, supported by Lord Gutman and a. BUT LER. EN. There were also &number of Noblemen and Foreign ers of distinction, besides several of the Catholic Clergy. The gallery wss crowded with lidies, Pa tronesses of the Establishments. A military band was stationed in the music gallery, and played during dinner. After the cloth was removed, Noss whir amigo was sung by Messrs. Dignum, 'J. Taylor, and others, in excellent, sty le, and the usual patriotic toasts wen drank. About eight o'clock, the boys (amounting to SO), and the girls (amounting to about 103), all neatly dressed and healthy-looking, were introduced by the Stewards, and conducted by their Masters and Mis tresses round the room in the usual form, when his (loyal Highness invested the most deserving of each class with honorary medals, and gsre each as he in vested them a suitable advice respecting their future behaviour in life. Previous to the children tossing the room, Mr. lismaa rose and nvde an eloquent speech on the benefits arising from 40 excellent an Insfitation, and the rewards 'hay should hereafter merit, by for. warding the interests II( it—by so doing, they were posting the blessings of education on the objects of their support, and rescuing them from sin and misery. He concluded by urging the necessity of its suppport. The children were now conducted out of the room in the same form, several of whom were made pre sents by some of the Gentlemen --after which Lord Cureuan rose, and after passing many eu logiums on the Royal Chairman, proposed his health in a neat speech, and expressed a hope that every filming might shower on him. His ROYAL HIGHNESS rose, he said, to express his acknowledgments for the Battering manner in which the —oast was received, and given by his Noble Friend ; be was a friend to all charities, but more especially to that of education, which was the cause of every virtue, and enabled those objects to become good Christians and useful members of society ; and at any time when his exertion' might prove necessary, he newer would fail administering to the relief of his fgllow.creatures. We are happy to say that the subscriptions %ere very handsome, and the Institution is in a promising state. The philanthropic company enjoyed their festival till a late hour. MOCKPL 0 - T S 7 . . • . [FROM TIIII 144710116W1ER cogicavea.] We recommend, our Readers to compare the fo' lowing copy of a hand-bill, pablished by the Ma• gistrates of this town, in 1798, with the Official Notice of March 29, 1817. Fertility of invention appears to have ever been unacquainted with this ,notable Clan of discoverers of Plots. " Manchester. April 1?. 1795. " JACOBIN CONSPIRACY DISCOVERED. " Yesterday was discovered in this town a diabo. Ural plot, but, happy to.say, the greatest part of the ring.leaders were apprehended before their villainous disigns were put in force, or it esight'probably have been productive of much slaughter and bloodshed. — They had published a libellous and seditious pam phlet, with a view of corrupting the minds of the People of Manchester, to cause an insurrection, for which purpose they had concealed a large quantity ofl military stores. Their chief aim (as it is supposed), was to have set fire to part of the town, to draw off the attention of our forces, as they Intended to put an end to the existence of those who would not coin cide with their pernicious doctrines. After under• going a short examination (short enough no doubt), they were sent off to London, guarded by a party of Bow-street Officers, who were prosiimsly sent for,* and a troop of our Yeomanry Cavalry, there to re ceive the reward they justly merit. List of the persons, who were sent on, guarded by a party of Birw•street of cure. for 1.011.1011 ; Wm. Cheetham, Win. Cowdroy, Moses Fry, Thomas 'Powell, John Dodd, Andrew Donnelly, James Hughes, and -- Dickens. Since the above, • serjeant, a corporal, and two private soldiers, have berm apprehended, and sent after them to the same place, and several others are taken and now in custody. Treason is that damned vice, hated of God and may, wherewith persons being bewitched, fear no t to betray IheillilelTPF, so they may :tither betray others or their country, it is the breach efleitliol loyaltv, with God, their governors, and their coon. try. Treachery heth always a more glowing show than the truth ; and Battery displays a braver. flsg than faith. NVIto will not with Anti/puss make!inuch of a traitor, going about to pleasure him ? But haw= ing his purpose, who will not hale him to the death ? Such as are traitors to their Prince and perjured to God, deserve no credit with men. Treachery ought opt to be concealed, and friends have no privilege to he traitors, leave no practice undone, not because hey will nut, but because they dare not." • This passage speaks volume.. It w* only gesterdo shut tlwv knew of the esoiestre of a Plug, yet they had priusuly rein tur Buw-street Officers: Clerkenwell.green is about to be inclosed with a handsome iron sailing, and the inclesure to be plant. ed and laid out in gravel walks. Tue‘day night, while Mr. Waddingham, of the I Constitution public-house, Bedford-street, Covent garden, was busily eng a g ed waitin g upon a party. some thief entered his chamber, and plisndered it 1,1 money, jewellery, and wearing apparel, to the amount of 501. Among the property stolen was about 151. worth of curious coins belonging to Mrs. Wad. dingham. Yesterday morning, about half-past six o'clock, several young men and boys were bathing in the Ser• Dentine Biter, in Hyde Park, near the bridge by the (Wracks, when oue if them, a genteel youth, of /s hoot 19 or 20 years of age, went oil of hit depth, and not beietableto swim, was drowned. ANECDOTES or LORD CHIEF JUSTICE JEPFERIES. M -eV s Ms ant appearance In the wiitlif Seiboet the time of the Restoration, and though the current of (hi nation ran strong towards the King's " side. yet thirl was not wanting a number of weal-etriftents, Who Inc& every opportunity to enlarge their interesrottiditsrp" port thelt cause. Ile attached hiesseiti wirelalT' them, and carried his Sea to such a pitch, Mit, Ih his hours of jollity, be would he continually prns meting all the treasonable herlths that war is thert fashroneble ; and he himself esed always to set 114' 'temple by drinking them on his kneel. Ile visibly: saw, that, notwithstanding every effort • of his friends,. the Court Party daily gained ground. Ile therefore wisely considered, that, though his party did ail they could for him, he now cosh! do more for him. self ; be therefore, changed sides without any cere., many, end looked upon himself as a politician that was totally to be guided by Court maxims. lie now became, as it were, the bull dog of the party, to Veit and worry all such as were obnoxious to them, and' in this he acquitted himself so well, that his patrons, in requital of such acknowledged abilities, made him Lord Chief Justice of England. Clad with this ale• thority, he eserted it indiscriminately for the use of the Crown, whenever en opportunity offered. Its the State Trial of Sir Sinsuel Bernardiston. for a libel, when the Counsel for the Defendant urged, that that part of the information which charged Moats letters to be a false r ocandslous, and seditious libel, was a matter for the Jury's consideration, that able Chief Justice interrupted him, and said, " Let us have none of that doctrine, the lam supplies the proof, the thing itself speaks malice soil sedition. Al it is in murder, we say always in the indictment. he did it by the instigation of the devil; can the Jury find that he did it not by such instigation ? Sr in in formations for offences of this nature, he did it falsely and maliciously; which words necessarily import ma. lice, reproach, and scandal to the Government ; there fore there needs no proof but of the fad; the law supplies the rest." In such times as these it it not to be wondered at, that such a man as Jefferlea should please hit patrons, though he pleased nobody else, anti it was not long before they gave him signal marks of their high approbation of him; for, es to ken of their grateful acknowledgments of his great services, they made him a Lord, while yet a Judge; alt honour that has not been given to any of his pre decessors, escept in one or two instances, upon very uncommon occasions. Ile might justly be said tai have been a very unfair combatant, for lie would never be brought to enter the list with equal weapons, though he was highly delighted with panegyrics from the press, yet he was a mortal enemy to the liberty of it; and whenever he had received an injury from that quarter, be would never be prevailed on to for give it. • When the Archb;shop of Cant erbur y , and sic miter ilishops were called into the Council Chamber, by James IL and only pressed into a recognizance, t hey said, " they were informed, that no man was obliged to enter into a recognisance, unless there was a spe cial matter against him, and that there was oath made of it against the person." , Jelferies being applied to for his opinion. said, " the demand was reasonable, and there were precedents for it." The death of this very abominable charactr, is almost at extraordinary as his life, for. after having a thousand times deserved the last mention of the laws, for his continual wrong interpretation of them. he, at last, fell a victim for the defence of them ; for, having in the plenitude of power, detected a solicitor of mal-prectices, he not only exposed him in open Court. but fined him very severely. At the , time of King James's abdication, Jefferies, conscious , of the just resentment of the Public, endeavoured to make his escape, but was detected by this very solici tor, who accidentally met him in a public-house, near Wapping, end knew him, though disguised in the habit of a sailor; from thence he was con tlected before a Magistrate, from thence to the 'rower; where lie soon died through the fear of farther consequencel. N. B. Lord Chief Justice Jefferiel left behind him nor son, named John, who married Charlotte, daugh 'plot the sister of the Duchess of Portsmouth, Ws trills to Charles the Second.—( London Museum, 17470.) . s' ' .A new method of shoeing horses has recently been inprodoced. It consists of two pieces joined by a • binge, which is defended by a strong steel-headed lite', and, by adapting itself to the expansion of the 'foot, is intended to prevent contraction. Yesterday morning two fellows, passing the house of Mr. Goodlilf, IL, Southampton-street, Camber , well, observed a mahogany writing-desk standing just inside the window of front room, the sash of which was throirti up. A. female servant was in the garden in front of house, and, in order to draw her at. tention away while their felonious project was car ried into execution, one of them went into the fore court of the next house, and entered into conversa tion with her over the separating wall, while his complice drew the desk from its place and decamped. Resides other valuable articles, it contained 151. in Ralik-notes. MURDER AND SUICIDE PREVENTED.—About nine o ' clock on Tuesday night, as Mr. Nangle, School master to the Catholic school in Dean street, Soho, accompanied by a gentleman of the name of Coady, were returning to tow II from Hampstead, in passing by the Regent's Canal, they observed a poor woman, with an infant about six months old in her arms, on the point of precipitating herself and child into the water ; they hastened to the spot, and happily pre vented her executing her dreadful purpose. Mr. Nat `le citified the child in his arms, whilst Mr. Coady supported and consoled the unfortunate woman as far as Mr. Do en's, the Union Tavern, John-street, Orford-street, where there was a General Mewing of the Gentlemen of the Catholic Club assembled for charitable purposes, and to which club Mr. Naugle is Secretary, when Mrs. Down took her into a private room, and after giving her some proper nom isholent and consolation, her case was investigated with the greatest delicacy by two of the Members deputed by the Society fur that purpose, afterwloich she was sop- plied with money to aasairev,ker immediate wants, an t her name sud address taken down. in o rdt.r to me . k , farther encleiry into it .t ru th of be , stat.roent, *AI the intention to a ff ord er Imre permanent onent blipitfis• .:= , . I 4 .. ~d ~. ~. 7 - .. " •~ 1 .1 4., ‘ i , A I 1 1 I