The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-11-17 00:00:00

PnItTiNOCTII. ney. t 3. etithe f).4l , phin. 11m*, Capt. Watson. from Nymantall anl Itedpalt, Capt. NM-Ur Ga m, frnat Dana), a ith a S toted the Drfea.ier. t.ien. Now), on a train , . rri.ed the Port Mahon. Caw. Law ant and the Peroitoi. a it le a canvoy furls Guenney, • 44 , ni.tihg 4)f tramput tti w nick neat tholser takt• i., trnop. for 11:ub4410011. Cattle into baritone the Liaiort. ri.T MOUTH. Nov. !S.—Arrived the Bair ratter !wive scve, of this ptort4 Captain Belli she has hug an action nith a French privateer of lb rim, which sheered oti; ah the rnehe privateer. fount tier enast of Anwrie t. ~tiled t h e 1 mail of tsar, for the 31editcrraneas; and she Quebec and Hark - quits on a cruise. irtattortn, Nov. 16.---I'he ship Breeze, T. Wriel. 111.1,ter, of and f.osn Ilan, boom, to London, vs ith a cargo of arlierel good-, lii. been drheii nu slime ai t.ahter, near this rirt, awl cant ely wrecked 1 a very few article, of the at/Au Are saved. 00•Eit, Nor. 16.—.1rrived his 11Iajeity's cutter ides, from Hastings t and the tlriti,h Hero, tramport, from mg, with rick traori. Lin Ird Is..re th-dir from Flinhing, Wyss v.trit, used nor of the King's Atessengers, is ha immediately ipet oil floe Landon. This ;wanting at day-hreak eight French privateers were %tr, ely•erred from beset, and I I.rig, it is fitid, was captured daring the night, and carried firm to the other aide —two of or bluops of war went io chase. To the EDITUIC of TIIE ST.I7'ESMAIN. On perusing The Dmes on Monday last, I was greatly surprised to Mid so wrung a statement in it of the os s tr,sge %illicit I recently experienced in one of the Biters at Covent-garden Theatre.— Both as a wan, therefore, and a wall.wishar to any country, I conceive it is in the highest degree ne. cessary that ass accurate statement of * transac. Con which is injurious to my character, as it is recurded iu that Paper, should be transmitted to the public. Attended by a few friends, T went to Covent. garden Theatre eat Friday last, and not conceiving it to be at all illegal, I expressed my disapproba. tiun of thy perfornsanee under the existing cir. cuinsiances, by hissing, and crying '' Off, off."' and a Plarar.l lacitsg throne to Inc by an taiskitown pv ec u si in the Pot, I immediately exhibited it, at the request of the Ladies by whom I was surrouusled i a th e Box. Tssis Placard was pinned by them to the front of the Buz, where it hung fur some time usimuleited. Previous to this, however, there was a general cry in the Pit of " Turn out Ben net, the mfornier." At that time I was a perfect stranger even to the existence of such a man. Shortly after this, a Mr. Osborne, wlso, as I have since learned, is a builder employed by the Managers of this Theatre, together with Bennet, alias Abrahams, made their a ppearauce in my box, mid snatched the placard (i,,:n site. This, I of cusrse resound, bat I was immediately hurried by a bet of hired ruffians to the Otrice in Briw-strert, with marks of violence ou my per. son ; and notwithstanding the iatesferrnee of se. veral respectable persons VI llu (4)ll.o*Cli me to the mike, these ruffians were permitted Is, swear to the Lifetimes charge which they made against me. I was then compelled to find bait, myself in 1001. and two sureties in 501. each ; of these securities s however, both *hies are very respectable, I re.l loice that taga able tta a.ld, that ore of than, George Palmer, inerchaut, of St. Jamk•s's.soreet, though perfectly teskisuen to me, vuluntatily came forward its my defence. ..ioch, Mr. Editor, is the accurate statement of this transactiou—a statement %stitch, I trust, will excites generous indignation in the breast of every trite Englishman, accompanied with the most alarming fears for the liberty of his country ; fur wig violations of the liberty of the people may flu) be expected, when players arc attuned to dic ta% with impunity to the public, and the audience of a Theatre arc liable to imprisonment fur oa• pressing their disapprobation of the ounthict of the Managers? May not such ass innovation of the freedom of the subject be considered as the har binger of despotism ? and can any instance be ad. ductal in the series of past ages, in which those who obtained their subsistence by giving entertain. matt to the public, had the audacity to tyrannise over those they entertain, and by whom they were supported ? ! It is surely just as absurd as if a buffoon should dictate to the Muuarch who keeps him fur hi, spurt. I am, Sir, Yonr must obedient Servant, B 1110'.. JON ES. To the EDITOR of TIIE STATESM.4N. Silt—Upon perusing a statement of Mr. Miller, which has appeared in he Times of this day, the facts therein related, ionsctliasely brought to my recollection, that I was present (quite accident ally) at the New Theatre, when the occurrence, winch produced the misunderstanding between \lr. Alii:er and Mr. Crace, took place. The account of Mr. M. is so faithfully given to the plitslic, that Mr. C. will I am confident never re. ply, with a view to deny it. I only wish, Mr. Editor, as an eye-witness, to observe, that the conduct of Mr. Miller (to whom I was a stranger, until I saw hi:n at Bow-street, where I attended to ascertain the result) was neither insulting to ('race, nor offensive to any Lady nr Gentleman i n the Box in which she wag, or in those adjacent. I maims, with deference, Sir, that the public censure (in my opinion) in this arduous contest has been carried rather too far, and that I am not an admirer of the system of the 46 0. P.'s," but my thus differing from your ideas on the subject, will not I am sure induce you to reject this letter. Truth, Sir, I trust will always, tails me soar above the spirit of party ; fur however active I &Pay be, in the cause of the .Mattagers and Pro prietors (to whim I acknowledge I am under con iderable obligation), I shall never consider my ride wounded, by snaking a suitable apology for Ally language, which in a moment of irritability may have escaped we, nor think that the noblest way of slicing sstisfaction to instilled honour, is, to procure a warrant (ruin a Magistrate to restrain its dictates. I can svily blush for my friend Mr. Crxte i the companion of my toili though nut my arms. I remain, Mr. I:Jitor, 1" . AN (Milt:lt-Li N. P. 'tHK. STAltsmAw. 3.- 7 . 7 11 r 7 GERMAN PAPERS. (Profs the Privelegirte Geste der Borsea IlaIle.) lIANOtEIt, OCT. 28.—The regulation hcreun. sler was published yesterday as The Magistrates and Inhabitants aro warned of the measnres which have already been roomd necessary to be adupred to prevent de.ertion ; and are cautioned, under heavy responsibility, and in. scant punishment according to circumstances, not to afford any pecuniary assistance, or other kind of aid, to the deserters from the troops stationed in this part of the country, or to those passitig through ; and also not to purchase from them or conceal any arms belonging to the military, or to purchase horses, harness, or any other kind of 4CCOUtrement whatsoever." FROM SAXON T 1 OCT. Bohemia the re joicings, on account of the signature of peace were extraordinarily great. All warlike prepara. tions have ceased, and Bohe , Ma is again freed from the miseries and cab:fillies of war. STUTCAItO i OCT. '29.—Ye3terday the number of French officers, military stores, ece. and couriers who pass through this town from Vienna to France, increased. This morning Also, two divisions of the I Tit regiment of dragoons, who lay fur some in the villages on the other side Stut. gard, entered the city. The first battalion of the lio)al IVirtemburg Infantry, and a regiment of dragoons of the Hereditary Pr►nce, went through on their is ay to FrAIICC. Fa t scroirr, OCT. 23.—Yestertlay the Gene. ral Fouler, arrived firm He • ws4 taken prisoner by the Austrians in the battle of Essling. lie is at present attached to the divi. biun of the corps under Marshal the Duke of Abrantes. The Prince of Salm, who belongs to the same detachment, and who also fell into the hands of the Austrians, has likewise reached this city. An Adjutant of the Duke of Abrantes be. (ore came here, and ordered accommodations for the Clove Generals, and the Duke himself.— Several Adjutc.ts, and dill.. rent Officers of the Generals, composing the Staff of time Duke of Abrantes, have already passed through here to order quarters at Mayemice. The main body of the army of the Marshal con. sists alone of 13,500 men, and is expected soon ; first, the division of General St. Cyr, and then the division of General Alarehand. it is esti. mated that the whole of the forces that passed through amount to 25,00). This corps, it is be. tiered, is intended to serve iu Portugal. Faasiftroat, Oct. 21.—To.day it was an. flounced to the citizens, that they must prepare quarters fur troops. (ruin the 25th of the present mouth to the 9th of the next. The Duke of Ahrantes did not, as 'rat expect ed, grim here the night before last, but some Ge nerals of his Staff. The Marshal himself is shortly expected. STOCKMOLIT • OCT. 17..--On the 13th inst. font Deputies, one inset each order of t h e State, took their departure from hence to Gril,holm, to be present at the preparation of an inventory of the property belonging lo the late King. PLTLItABURGII, OCT. 11....-Further particulars of the uperatitustal the war eauil•cted 4i-the MM.' (lariat] army, in our Court Gazette, state, that se verrl skirmishes had taken place hetueeu the RISS. sialis and Turks, on this side the Dritube. It also announces the capture of the fortified for n of Ki. ostiingi, after susianing a siege. This fortress is 56 niiles South of laurel. PLTEStilltllloll, OCT. 14....Thc dsy before yes. terday the ratification of peace between this coun try and Swedes: was published. The CnuITIAN TIACT SOCIETY, lately insti tuted for the purpose of distributing amongst Ore Poor small and cheap Tracts, inculcating mural conduct upon Christian principles, held their first *nitwit meeting on Wednesday last, at the London Tavern. Above 60 Gentlemen dined together. JAM'S ESDAILZ, Esq. the Treasurer of the So ciety, was in the Chair. The following were among the toasts given on the occasion " May the riches of moral and rell A rinst4 instruction abound Vs the cot age, and be the must valued treasure of the pa lace." " The venerable Mr. Irtaikes, of Gloucester, the projector of Sunday Schools.", " May Christians learn to ••ilue each other, more fur their virtues &in for their opinion.." " Joseph Lancaster, and usty hii imprlvernents In educa tion be digitised throughout Cie world, until every pour Man shall be able to estimate the value of a book." The friends of religion will be happy to learn that an institution, named EuAl Lothian liable Society, has lately been establi,hcd at ton, consisting of persons of , r,,ttiotts dettomina. lions, without regard to difference of religions sentiu ent. the object of which is, to promote the circulation of the Holy Scriptures at hums and abroad. On Tuesday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as a cart was going into the yard of Mr. Pickwoutl, the White Bear Inn, Basinghall street, sonic thieves stole thereout a truss, con. taining eight pieces of woollen cloth, value about' SOI. They opened the truss, and dropped two pieces near Addle street, which were recovered, but made their escape with the other six piees. On the evening of the sth lust. a most inhuman murder was committed on the hotly of the wife of John IVilliams, a farmer, of Broad-Oak, near Whitchurch, at Nurbury, iu Cheshire, supposed to have been perpetrated by her husband. Ois the morning of that day, they had paid a visit and spent the day with Williams'. father, and in the evening, about six o'clock, they both set off on their return horne. The next morning a neighbour ing farmer discovered the body in a pit, situated in a field near the road, where they must have passed on their return hom e . O n e xa m ining th e body, marks of strangolation were discovured ; and there is every reason to suppose, that the inhuman husband, after having strangled her, had thrown her into the pit. Ile has not since b..en heard of, but the must diligerst search is making after him. Tho unfortunate worouo had one child, about nine months old, which she had left at hone. 'flue Coroner's inquest, after a mi nute ex mination which lasted two days, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder agetast the said John Williams. ~. LAW INTELLIGENG'S. COURT OF OF CHANCERY. 77torsdog, November lg. RICHARDS AMIN AND CO. V. /MC, palititAs AND CO. The only question of any interest in this case Mll5, whether a Creditor ha►ing Likes a Debtor in eactutton, and released him upon beeurity ob tained, enuld support the debt upon that security —he basing subsequently meddled with mid appa rently assented to a composition, by which the rest of the Creditors bad reason to belie►e that.tbe whole of the debts were included in the' coasOres. misc. , The Load CIIIANCtitoR decided, .that a motor in the circumstances stated, hid, whether he de. served it dr ndt, an equity arising (roils the equity of the other Creditors who had been misled, to refuse pays tent u 1 the debt for which he had given the security—and therefore continued an in junction to restrain any proceeding at law upon such security. TY TH ES. •YLEY V. rotruen AND OTHERS. SirS. itomitAir applied to the Court fur kayo to consolidate serer.►l Bills tiled by the Plaintiff, a Clergyman, against 32 of his parishioners, for nun payment wf Ty the.. Ile moved this upon the ground that the Bills all related to the same matter. Mr. II %lIT opposed the consolidation, upon the ground, that as the Defendants might have direr. mit pleas, and if aft were consolidated, his Client would be fur a long time prevented from having a decree by perpetual abatements. Sir S. KOMI LLY stateJ, that it was the practice of the Exchequer to consolidate, even before an. swers were given in. The CHANCELLOR thought that a strong mea sare—but he would consult with the Barons, and then give his opinion. COURT OF OF KING'S BENCH. Thursday, November 16. THE UING V. HARVEY AVE) ANIL/VIER: The ATTORNEY.CENERAL prayed the judgMetit of the Court on Thomas Harvey, and John liar. vev, father and son, for an assault an Peter O'ilisughnessy, Esq. The Defendaitts keep the Crown public-house, isl . llliiichinhamptoti, in G lot. cestershire. The Prinaseutor is Captain of the 18th regiment of foot, an Irish regiment, on its march from Gloucester towards the Lie of Wight, whence it was to embark fur the West Indies. ,They halted at Min( hia!iampton, several of the men were billetted at the ll:fendant's house, and the Captain wanted a dinner there ; but it not being market-day, there sa is nothing with which to provide it, and he and the Lieutenant went to another house, where they st:tid until ten at night, when, returning, he found the doors of his quay. tors fastened up, and all the people of the house gone to bed. Ile made a noise at the dour, the Defendants gut up, and a violent quarrel took plaCe between them, in which the Captain as doll:TOM) , viounJel Ae_wjsitively swore Quit he dirt nut desire his men to come with their siallelahr to burst open the doors, but prevented his men from killing the Del% ndants, or setting fire to the house, ii hick they threatened to do, in revenge fur the indignity offered to their Captain. On the part of Defendants, several witnesses swore that the Captain did use the above and many other desperate throats. 'fhe Jury, six of whom were special, Need the Defendants guilty ; but the a ffi davits being mistille,l, they were orderd to be amended. The Defendants were committed, land ordered to be brought up fur judgment this day se'nuight. TUE KING V. ELIZIULTIT STOWE7III.II. The itaironswir GENk.ItAL moved the kodgmeat of the Court on the Defendant, who had been tried on an indictment for enticing a tallier in his Majesty's service to desert. Anothenoent was fur cnikavouting to entice to desert, of which alone she was CUIBTICICti. It appeared (rein the affidavits, that on the 4th of February last, the Defendant invited this soldier into her house, a public house used fur lodgings to sailors, at Liver pool, She asked if he would go to sea, offered him a bounty of 51 but he refined to go, saying he ennui not go, for that he was a soldier; lie consented, however, to hide himself from his ser jeant its cock.loft with some sailors, who con cealed themselves from a press-gang, and where he was 'afterwards found. It appeared that the Defendant wanted this soldier to go to sea, as a substltute tir htr own sun; that she had four sons, tilt of them at sea in the Kir'''. service ; that the fifth' And been lately impressed, and she wanted his help to carry on her business at this public house hi Liverpool ; that she is extremely indigent, living partly by the half pay of two of her suns, who had assigned it to her ; but she had lost a part of that, on account of the ship in which one of her sons was, having been wrecked on the coast of France, where he it now a ptisoner. Mr. Kele made an able speech for the Defend. ant, in mitigation of punishment. lie spoke of her sea—her age, 66—of her extreme intligetice-- of her affection for the only remaining of her five atm., torn from her bosom iu her old use, and recommend her to that mercy which the Court could skew her, consistently with the rules of jus. Tile A TTORIIEY-G FNERAL, fur the prosoc►►tiun, observed, tl►at nu advocatecould du morosthan his Learned Friend had don• fur his client in this cace ; but it was one in which his public duty called upon him nut •to relax into a dangerous compass►on, fur this was a practice which Was very injurious to the service ; there were no less than fourteen deserters from one regiment, who had gone to sea by this method, by which they got two bou►►ties for one service, and it was lin. possible to find them. The Contt observed, that no disc►eii-►n was left to the Judges iu this case, it depended on the pro. .vision of an Act of Parliament, founded upon another statute, both of which needed much amendment. They must either fine the Defen. dant 401. or imprison her fur soy period not 'nor° than siy.aud sot less than three Months. 'fu line this defendant in that sum, would, hi btrect, be to lampriton her (r a long petted indeed, be cause she world bete to'Teniiiin until the fine I C paid, Mid therelTire 'the 'sentence of the Court epee her was, that she .ire imprisoned in the conanfin jail at • Livertitiol for three calcniar mouths, and that she du stand in and upon thy pillory for one haw, between the hours of twelve at noon and two• id the afternoun, according to the fume! the statute in that case Made and pro vided ; that this be in the market-place of Liver. pool, where the offence was committed. Tilt XING V. HOLLittoOK. The Arroamar-GENsaat prayed the judgment of the Court on John liollbrook, for assaulting a Revenue Officer at Deal, in the execution of his duty, - and rescuing smuggled goods out of a iesSel after seiture. The ershrt asked if there was any jail a t D ea l ? Mr. C allow said there was nut, it was a thin; much wanted in that neighbourhood. There was a well-regulated one at Maidstone. The Defer,. dant was sentenced to be confined in the House of Correction at Maidstone, fur twelre calendar mouths. THE KING V. JOHN LEWR. The ATTOKNEINGENERAL said there Wert eir. cumstances in the case of this Defendant which in. duckxl him to consent to let him go at large upon his own recognizance, to appear when ealkil upon; he understanding that he would be putkihrd se. vcrely if he should misbehave Itereaftet.—Eu. lurid quo& dingty. THE KIND V. BRACK. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL prayed the jadgmen: of the Court on the defendant, who was %liter of a vessel at North Shields; he had, by wilful and corrupt perjury, obtained the freedom of hi); bro. Cher from on board a King's ship, whereto he was impressed, by swearing that lie was under 18 years of age, lie being 23 ; and that he had never been to sea, he having been four years at sea ; . end that he was on apprentice, which apprenticeship was colourable t+r a false protection. Mr. Justice La &Axe, in pronouncing - the judgment of the Court, observed, that %heti men wade choke of the seafaring life, knowing to what duties they might be subject, and the neces sity of their country required that they should step forward in its service on that element which they hail before chosen fur their livelihood, they ought nut to complain when called upon to defend their country ; such persons, and :inch peruses billy, were liable to the impress service ; for, when per. song of any ogler description were impressed, a writ of Liabeirst'erpue.was readily i , siied for the purpose of obtatitng. their discharge; it was en high pretegetive wilt which had, in this case, been abitecd t and that by Mild and corriipt perjury. The euntence of the Court,epuii the Defendaut war =That he do payto the 'King a fine bf 501. ; that lielinprisoned nrtbetoelneon jail of Durham for Iwo Sean, and that he I! , e further imprisoned untillitch finch() paidel:. THE KIND V. W. Seir i ektift AND MARY WAY, Cunvietet at Dorchester, before MT. Justine 'myrtle% Tar' obottlucting James Gold 1 the ereestilen - bring"of4e, he doming to search the house of Way, for smuggled goods, heti:lg au. thority to do b U by warrant' of a Magistrate.— They resisted the Offidervbecaese he had not a Constabie with him I hat Mr. Justice La BLANC told them in the course pf..delivering judgment, thetasere fo be satisfied that if the Officer had a waOkt, he was entitled to*liter, and to search the kousr, and they must not resift him. It ap. 'seared file this case that Mary Way was much more aciivefliiii Schooler, • difrerence should therefore be shown in their punishment. Mary Way was (Amid to belmprisoned twelVe calendar mouths in Doreirester gaol ; and William Sc'hinsfer ail moisillis in the same person. . UM KIND V. JOUR A RCUER AND lON. Convicted of having rescued a quantity f cy. der, whiclt a revenue ocer had seised fur net being duly mitered ; thee parties were aching in some measur`e under an apprehension that the (Ai. cer had irregularly seized the goods, because they were nut fur sale, but private use ; but the officer was acting legally. But in consideration of thu great age (76) of the father ; of this prosecu tion having been nearly his ruin ; his travelling all the way from Devonshire, to receive sentence, &c. the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on the suggestion of the Court, consented that they be enlarged on their own recognizance, to appear when called fur; and particularly that the young man be of good behaviour, for he knew his disposition. There. fors the Court exacted of him a recognizance for his good behaviour, in 5001. the father only 1001. Mr. Tovetmit.moved for a writ of Habeas Cur. pus to be directed to Captain Sheldon, now at the barracks at Alauebester, commanding him to bring up the body of Elizabeth Moorhnuse.— This he did on am affidavit, stating, that this is a young woman of the age of 18, who was settled with a dressmaker, to tvhom her father gave 501. to hate her instructed in the business. Captain Sheldon had prevailed on this young woman to run away with him ; they went first to Liverpool, but now they were at Man.:hester, arid she had been seen with the Captain in a familiar situation in barracks, and he was heard declaring, ig that be fore they' should take her away, they mast kill hint.'' This Application was at the instance -of hes father....Writtgrarited. Yesterday the two Beaconsfield coaches, in ra.. cing together, got entangled, by which one of them was overturned near Southall, and most of the soma iip l imry, one of * hoop !+ received Mr. Patter) had hitt/ icrithaitered, that he muse undergo amputation. , On Wedivesday evening, about desk, two el.: derly women called at thu shop of Mrs. 'Faust; in Wartlour.street, and bargained for some ttiCsf articles.. whAst of the same time a little girl; k)" f eu years old, was decoyed away from the deo/ by anotbet-Woutan, end sh..: was Int head 'IC sent:l 12 o'clock it night, wheal taken dinar by a wale/what*, clod in a filgiy rag, her appare, which was not %% , iithi wort than a fe havit.g . •_: • • i