The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-09-04 00:00:00

• . 0 1 9 . +4 , TO THE BDIVOR OF THE STATESMAN. Vise are not in ibe ii3l:7 inserting articles that It le previously appeared is any other Evening Paper, Et on &moot at the importance of the object of the following circular, and the respectability of the appli- I sots, we are induced to give it all the publicity in cur power.] Sig—lt has of late years been frequently deemed crpedient by the statuterseakers to fortify thenmelves with acts of Parliament for security ; enacting very severe penalties upon all such persons as should do any act tootling to bring into hatred and con tempt, " the person of his Majesty, his 'Heirs or swceessors; or the Regent, or the Government and Constitrtion, as by law established, or either House of Parliament ;" but no provisions appear to have been made for the prevention of a few persons, dressed io a little brief authority, adopting and pur- Poing such measures as are calculated, and may produce an everlasting stain and disgrace, as a civilised nation, upon the people of these Realms ; and thereby bring us into hatred and contempt amongst foreigners, and in foreign countries. Whether the conduct recently pursued towards the remains of the lateisimented and injured Queen of England, in the perknuance of the last sad Christian duties, has or has not been calealated to produce such a feeling, is left to impartial readers ; but in order to prove whether such a suggestion tnay,be ill or well•fountled, it is most earnestly wished that parochial Meetings will be immediately called, according to law, at which the sentiments of persons may be expressed and canvassed and. the general opinion ascertained, with a view, if ill sounded, thit .such impressions may be done away ; and if not, tbei.proper resolutions may be passed, ex pressing dos disgust and abhorrence in which all good Englishmen hold the authors of the presumed bar barous and disgraceful proceedings—and that such resolutions', if passed, may tbeo be left for signatures, with places of abode ; and that the same may be after wards transmitted to the Municipal Authorities of the City of Brunswick, with a request that it be kept by them among the archives of their citizens, in order to remove, as far as is us lies, the cruel stain, wantonly cast on humane, religions, and generous Britons. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN INHABITANT Or ST. ANDRIViII HOLBORN. September 3, 1821. SOUTHAMPTON. &MT. 1..--ORAND MASONIC MUT INCL—The inhabitants of this town have been highly gratified this week by the presence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who arrived here on Wednesday evening at six o'clock, for the purpose of installing Sir Wm. Champion de Crespigny, as Pro vincial Grand Master of Freemasons for Hampshire. Thursday morning the grand and interesting spec tacle of the Masonic Meeting for the Installation of Sir Wm. Champion de Crespigny, Bart. M. P. as Provincial (hand Master for Hampshire, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex (in person) the Most Wor shipful Grand Master of England, took place at the Andit- house . _ His Royal highness haciag gra- cionsly condescended to accept the offer of making him a Burgess of this town aed county, the Cor poration met in their robes. After the ceremony the Royal Dtake was attired in the splendid insignia of his Masonic Office, and proceeded to the installa tion of Sin William. The procession was attended by the Stlithampton Lodge, tad the Lodges from Portsmettill p , Isle of Wight, Winchester, Romsey, &c. As soon as the iolemn forms were ended, the Lodges were marshalled in order of procession (the Corpora tion going first), each Lodge preceded by its banner, the Grand Lodge being in the rear—his Royal High ness preceded by the Grand Sword-bearer and the royal banner. The Prince of Wales revenue cruiser, commanded by Captain Stuart, arrived on Sunday se'nnight in Roth say-bay, with a French lugger, captured on the coast of Orkney, on Sunday the 19th ult. The lugger be ing a remarkable quick sailer, was chaced for some time by Captain Stuart withont success, when a dead -calm ensuing, she was abandoned by all her crew, who succeeded in effecting their escape. When taken pos session of by the boats of the revenue cotter, she war found to be laden with gin, silks, snuff, &c. to a very considerable amount and value. theiergLa ND FISIIERY.-.—The Rambler, Sim, of Kirkaldy, from Oreenland, arrived the 27th ult. with 12 fish, about 150 tuns of oil, and brings the fol lowing list : Ilum..—Duncombe, 6 fish, 9th August—Eagle, 9 fish, ditto—Rachel and Ann, 4 fish, 18th July—Shan non, 3 fish. birsapoou.—Baffin 7 fish, 70 tuns. LE:TH.—Juno. Lyal, 11 fish, 6th August—William and Ann. 1 fish. 16 tans, )arrived.) PETER 111EAD..—.314111, clean, middle of June—Mary, (1300 seals) 5 fish, 110 tuns, Isth Aug. _ . DuNotc.— Fairv, clean, 20th June. blosvnost.---Elisa Swan, 5 fish, 60 tons (arrived.) Assitoxsx.—Henrietta, 9 fish, Bth August. Nanc,tsvt.s UPON TYNE. SEP. I.—On Sunday evening last, a violent outrage was committed on two Men, sheriffs officer's assistants, who were in legal possemieti at the house of Alex. Smith, at Holborn, near Ryton, Durham.' •Between 20 and 30 ruffians attacked the poor men, beat them unmercifully, and spade thastakie before them a considerable distance on the road to Newcastle.; Their clothes were literally torn off; and. bad it not been for the humanity of Mr. Lookey, of Axwell Park, who succoured the unfor tunate men, and gave them cloathing, there is reason to believe the . 00ssequeaces would have been more feed. Ooe of *einem bad several ribs broken, and the other received various severe contusions. They ',abed Newcastle, with title di/Sanity, about mid night, and in a most pitlabletoadition. .Aetire mea ntime are taking to 'Wing the Offenders to justice. • The harvest his mnionseneed, and is going on briskly at Heinforil sad lbo neighbourhood. The crops of all deseziptione are very *handset, and the grain, more especioily• the mbeat, remarkably stout, plump, and heavy. Etna.--The mosaion of W. B. Morton, Esq. at Coptball, Berliwirim destroyed by fire en Sunday night, and not a vestige of goods was saved. The family were from hotoe,-and the fire was Oecisioned by fhb careleas'setvisteetting fire 'to some curtains. From the want of watt* aid assistance the times• cent ommitated to the stabling, which,' with the edatit house; soon became a heap' of Wei: A loon named Jenkirtsuo, who slept. Over the -stables, was so much burnt that his life is despaired of. a - 40 c • avuessazoNs Or 411 611W1b1811 OPIUM- %ATER. ■SMSG AS SITSACY 1105 TUX WIC OW A , acacLA&• [Frog the London Magazine for the present„mentk] —ln so mighty a world as London, it. will- apprise my readers that I should not have found some means. of staving off the last extremities of penury: and it will strike them that two resources at least must have been open to me,—vis. either to seek ussistanee from the friends of my family, or to. turn my youthful ta lents and attainments into some channel of pectiniary emolument. As to the first .course, I may observe, generally, that what I dreated beyond all other evils was the chance of being resilaimed by my guardians; not doubting that whatever power the law gave them Would have been enforced against me to the utmost; that is, to the extremity of forcibly restoring use to the school which I bad quitted : a restoration which is it would in my eyes have been a dishonour, even if submitted to voluntarily, could not fail, when extorted from me in contempt and defiance of my known wishes' and efforts, to have been a humiliation worse to me than death, and which would indeed have terminated in death. I was, therefore, fishy enough of applying for assistance even in those quarters where I was sure of receiving it—at the risk of furnishing my guar dians with any clue for recovering me.. But, as to London in particular, though, doubtless, my father had in his life-time had many friends there, yet (as ten years had passed since his death) I remembered few of them even by name : and never having seen London before, except once for a few hours, I knew not the address of even those few. To this mode of gaining help, therefore, in part the difficulty, but much more the paramount fear which I bare men tioned, habitually indisposed me. In regard to the other mode, I now feel half inclined to join my reader in wondering that I should have overlooked it. As a corrector of Cireek proofs Of in no other way) I might doubtless have gained enough for my slender wants. Such an office as this I could have discharged with an exemplary and punctual accuracy that would soon have gained me the confidence of my employers. But it must not be forgotten that, even for such an office as this, it was necessary that I should first of all have an introduction to some respectable publisher: and this I had no means of obtaining. To say the truth, however, it had never once occurred to me to think of literary labours as a source of profit. No mode sue ciently speedy of obtaining money had ever occurred to me, but that of borrowing it on the strength of my future claims and expectations. This mode I sought by every avenue to compass: and amongst other per sons I applied to a Jew, named D—. To this Jew, and to other advertising money-lenders (some of whom were, I believe, also Jews) I had in- Iroditced myself with an account of my expectations ; which account, on examining my father's will at Doc tor's Commons,, they had ascertained to be correct. The person there mentioned as the second son was found to have all the claims (or more than all) that I had stated : but one question still remained, which the faces of the Jews pretty significantly sug gested,—was I that person? This doubt had never occurred to me as a possible one: I bad rather feared, whenever milewish friends scrutinized me keenly, that I might be too well known to be that person—and that some scheme wield be passing in their minds for entrapping me and selling me to my guardians. It was strange to me to find my own self, ,aaterialiter considered (so I expressed it, fur I doated on logical accuracy of distiactions) accused, or at least suspected, of counterfeiting my own self, Armaliter considered. Llowever, to satisfy their scruples, I took the only course in my power. Whilst I was in Wales, I had received various letters from young friends: these I produced : for I carried them constantly in my pocket —being, indeed, by this time, almost the only relics of my personal incumbrances (excepting the clothes I wore) which 1 had not in one way or other disposed of. Most of these letters were from the Earl of —, who was at that time my chief (or rather only) confidential friend. These letters were dated from Eton. I had also some from the Marquess of —, his father, who, though absorbed in agricultural pursuits, yet having been an Etonian himself, and as good a scholar as a Nobleman needs to be—still retained an affection for classical studies, and for youthful scholars. lie had, accordingly, from the time that I was fifteen, corre sponded with we ; sometimes upon the great improve ments which be had made, or was meditating, in the counties of M— and Sl— since 4 had been there; sometimes upon the merits of a Latin poet ; at other times, suggesting subjects to me on which he wished me to write verses. • • • • NORTIIRRN CIRCUIT. --ow— CARLISLE, Auaorr SI. - qrsitirtgrwuv. YORKSHIRE ASSIZES. fated that Le erfoild be taken to prison. • Mr. Forster fossi the meldieramere dews' belliiisi - hint, snit the wit- ANS Olt sot know 30 whom the sommand.was given. , S ao ..,,Irotteter took t h - e .pialstiff ; by the collar, and ged him a little hick . towards the soldiers, by • • he was a few minutes afterwards marched a pri soner to the Castle. The conduct of the plaintiff had been peaceable, and so attempt at violence had been needs on his part. loroxamined by,Yr. Scatusaree-Tbs plaintiff is a earrater and joiner. The Opt time be saw Crosby. be was stepping up to Dr. &sham, the witness had lot koowe the plaintiff before that time. • Joseph Delliiiolol testimony was to the same effect. Williams Hall deposed. that before the soldiers came Aker, was nothing pa:dealer going forward; every thing was quiet. After the soldiers came, the people cried out they were going to massacre them as they bad done at Manchester. 'The plaintiff desired the people to keep themselves quiet, as it was not the sol diers who were to blame, but those who sootier theta. He soon afterwards saw the plaintiff talking with the doctor, when the crowd rushing on them, the plain tiff was driven against him, and the plaintiff was in. stantly afterwards put into the ranks. He was cross-examined by: Mt. Count:err, bat no. , thing material was elicited - from him. Richard Jackson is the keeper of the county gaol; he received the prisoner Ito his cnstody on the 24tk.f May, for an assault. on a warrant Tor further emaia ation, and remained with him until the 24th of July. On the 27th of May the witness received a warrant of commitment of the plaintiff for trial. Between the 24th and 27th of May the plaintiff was never out of his custody, or examined before a .Magistrate. An application was made to the . witness to admit the plaintiff to bail. The witness had acted under three warrants, the first was dated the 24th of May, for an assault, the second was a charge en the oath of Dr. &wham. of the plaintiff having riotously and tumult ously assembled on the 24th of May. with others, to disturb the peace. and the third was received on the 24th of July. authorising the witness to liberate the plaintiff from his custody. Mr. Scmaisyr for the defendant, submitted that Dr. Redfern had been assaulted, and therefore the Magistrate was justified in committing the defendant on his own view of the transaction. The Court was of a contrary opinion, and Mr. Scarlett then address ed himself at considerable length to the merits of the case, charging the plaintiff, after the Riot Act had been read, with exciting, by Isis violence, others to a breach ofthe peace. To establish his case he called Dr. Ruben), who bad read the Riot Act, a police offi cer and a constable. Mr. BROUGHAM replied. He complained that the plaintiff was committed on the 24th of May for a com mon astault, for further examination, upon which warrant he bad never been examined, and the Magis- trate had refused to take bail for his appearance. On the 27th be is committed for riotously assembling on the 24th May, and no further notice is taken of the first warrant, but it is framed in such an ambiguous way, that it was generally supposed that the plaintiff was detained as a capital felon, and was actually pub lished in the calendar of malefactors fir trials at the last Assizes, and the Under-Sheriff had attempted to prevail on him to return, thinking he was improperly discharged. At the expiration of two months, when the Assizes was about to commence, be is discharged without being indicted for any offence. The Learned' Counsel concluded a long and able speech, by recom mending the Jury to compensate the plaintiff, and teach the defendant justice. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, 10/. 10s.—costs, 40s. CIVIL SIDE. CROSSE V. FORSTER. ESQ. Mr. BROUGHAM, in a long and eloquent speech, de scribed this to be an action for false imprisonment, brought by the plaintiff, a joiner In humble circum stances, with a large fainily. in this city, against a gentleman of opulence, and also a Magistrate of Car lisle. The cane of action arose out of the election disputes, in retarnia, a Member to serve in Parliament; when it was alleged that the defendant had indulged his personal pride and ambition on that occasion, and made his magisterial authority subservient to the party feeling be espoused. The Learned Counsel then called witnesses to prove the injury which the plaintiff complained of. Charles Hart, a cotton spinner, proved that he was in the Market-place on the day of election (the 24th May,) between nine and ten o'clock in the morning, and remained there the greater part of the day. 'The soldiers made their appearance at the place where the poll was taken, about four in the afternoon ; be was surprised to see them, as there did not appear to - be any cause fur it. ft was for the election of 'a City Member. The soldiers were marched towards the Market-place, and there formed in a hollow-square.— About twenty minutes after the soldiers came,.he saw Oroaby stip forward near to the place where witness stood, and speak to Dt. Easham; but did not bear the donversation: Crosby then turned round and was. Ong to leave him, and tnade motions with' his handA l foe the crowd to keep quiet, but was forie.d by the . , • pressure of the populace on Dr. Bashi, who iinme. ,diately turned and seized him. by the collar, and di. • LIABILITY Of COACH PROPRIETORS IN CASES OP FURIOUS DRIVING. Before Mr. Jigsliee Bayley and a Special Jury. PORTZ& V. HINDI AND ()TURAS. - . Mr. Scalmarr, for the plaintiff, said, the question they had to consider was, what compensation should be given to the plaintiff for injury he bad received from the improper driving of a coachman ? The de fendants are proprietors of the Glasgow Mail; the plaintiff a man of respectability and property, a coal proprietor, who was travelling outside by the mail from Aberford to Wetberby. The coach was driven into Wetberby between nine and ten at night, when it was quite dark. Two of the defendants were inn keepers at Wetberby, and to their houses in turn the coach was driven ; but out of the direct road in order to pass the Post-office. In taking 91is course there was a sharp tars, in making which the coachman drove at the rite of eight or nine miles an hour. There was a channel in the middle of the street, at the cor ner, and the wheels got into it and became canted: The night being dark, and the coachman driving fast ; he paid no attention to this critical state of the 'coach. It proceeded in this condition a short dis tance, when it cane to a declivity, and went over, and .the plaintiff suffered those bruises and contu. sions which laid the foundation of the present inquiry. ' His leg was broken in more places than one; his knee pan greatly injured ; and his head much bruised and 1 , hurt. He was carried to an ion, where he was at tended by a surgeon, and laid for a month or six weeks. They stolid see he was a man of weight, 16 or 17 stone, and he would not fall the lighter in con sequence. Fault was found with the plaintiff's bill at this inn. He (Mr. Scarlet') observed Mr. Alderson (an inn-keeper) was among the defendants. If any of them were confined in his house at : Ferryheidge some weeks, under those circumstaoces, he would, no doubt make out a pretty good bill. The plaintiff had been in a situation that requiied attention, and his family had, of course, come to pee him. But the question was not the amount of the bill. or the injuries sustained by the plaintiff, but the liability of the defendants. The controversy would turn upon this. The great public utility arising from the specalations of the - defendant. he tem pest ready to admit; bat it wskindlepensible dist persons in their situation should be responsible for the skill and attention of their coachmen. Driving at the rate of right os nine miles an hour through a town, on a dark nlght,rasiarely improkee driving.— Wfien ntspectotra'weeilit the way to notiee,it, coach men wonld ',,tat:t tplerele rate. but when entering the town, au4 angoachitr. the ( pospoirtae,enmelt went the whip, and Hie speed ; stintrapid. thas.people r . might notice their cciiiii,,, panctearyg- , . 1 0 . Jewas not to de emitred. Thetenr i lribl i cil&kOhl. olo lNivfit on the part of post - boys`, hough ' no InJuSitudlif cou ld' o perimade than to quicken Jiley wera uptii• would judge what tho jury. ' Let theta soppily th sides of their heads lotiiiiid; salute what they would injuries, be-would thank Sailed 'Thomas Wilke, of Aberfottl, his examination was proceeded in. Rot nu hoped be should be ability is,* the ti ne of his Lordship and the Jury. He wished; liOyroo t . r .• to reimark, that the positive (orders of the post-elice 'made it necessary to drive the mail by the course it tiso' pursuing at the time of the accident. Mr. JVIITICII BATLEY had no doubt that wadi' be corrected if a proper representation were made. Mr. SCAILLITT said his chest did use seek fat vindictive damages. He bad no lutes so mak e *profit of a severe injury, and was t o t a k e -OW Verdict for the plaintiff—Dam POLICE. Mawsrox-House.—A number of Greeks were brought before the LORD 111xvoa yesterday, under the following peculiar circumstances :—A Gentleman stated, that the men whom he had brought before his Lordship to obtain his adviceor assistance, were Gretb, and had come to this country in a Turkish frigate, L a Della Diana, which beronged to the Paeha of Egypt. It had brought a cargo from Alexandria, and was at the time it sailed manned by fifty Greeks and thirty lurks. On his arrival in this country, the Commander of the frigate had heard of the war which had b ro k en out betneen the Turks and the Greeks, tied did net choose to entrust his vessel at sea again with such a majority of the latter nation, who might rise aponitis Turks, and take possession of the ship. He, therefore, paid them the amount of their wages up to the time of their arrival at London, and discharged them. The Greeks .had been put on shore in the neighbourhood of the Docks, and had been strolling about without any chance of getting away. There was no ship in the river which would take them, and their scanty mesas were now almost entirely expended. Nothing eenle be more destitute than the prospect before them, unless they were rescued from misery by powerful interference in their behalf. The Loan MATOR suggested that the Turkish Am bassador or Consul were the proper persons toagtly to on behalf of the strangers. _ _ The Gentleman replied, that the Turkish Adams dor being a Greek, hie powers bad been witheitivha by the Turkish Government, and there was now me ow with credentials from the Porte in this countrylo alum they could apply; nor could it be expected, tender ex isting circumstances, that any thing could have beta done for them by aai one connected with thrThrkish. Government. The vessel had been consigned by die Pa-;,a to Messrs. Briggs and Co., bat they; bad der dined taking any steps whatever in their beh nett was no imputation whatever on the men, buiethit tie Turk who commuted the frigate, did not tifetkie— self safe with so large a majority of thorn. nailer pre sent circumstances. The Gentleman added that hav ing seen the men wandering about, be had accidentally became acquainted with their situations; that they bad no one to speak for them ; be bad therefore thought it his duty to bring their case before his Lordship. The LORD MAYOR regretted extremely that he had himself no power to assist the applicants, and re commended that application should he made to the Se cretary of State, who alone, could afford such relief as the peculiar circumstances of the case required. 1 be men, who were dressed in their national costume. and whose Ins appearance excited much interest, then left the Office. They are not natives of airy of the lonian Isles. Bow-rrazyr.—Yesterday a young man was brought to this ()floe, i■ custody of Salmon, the principal of. ficer, aid charged before Richard Birnie, Esq., the Sitting Magistrate, with embezzling the sum of W. 14s. the property of George F. titling, lace manufacturer, his muter. He was remanded. It is so much the practice of those who have made any discoveries, from which they hope advantage by laying them before the public, to speak in the most extrava gant terms of their merits, that the discerning hesitate to patronise them, lest they should become the victiuis of quackery. A similar prejudice operates against the honest deafer, who, conscious of the superiority of the commodity which he supplies, and satisfied with a mo derate profit, looks for remuneration in an extension of his business. Mr. CHAPMAN, however, seems to enjoy an ample share of public confidence ; but to meet the objections of the most fastidious who may wish to par chase his ALa and 13aaa, yet doubts its genuineness, be has made an affidavit, of which the following is a copy: Sworn at the MansioMpuse, before the Lord Mayer:— " K. CHAPMAN, of B.l";ggge Wells Brewery, in the paitell of St. Pancras, in dgEounty of Middlesex ' Ale, Table Ale, and Table-Beao' Brewer, maketh oath, and said), that his Ale, Takki-Ale, and Table-Beer, are brewed from hops and malt only, and that he never has nor ever will permit or suffer any drugs or other injurious ingre dients to be used in his brewery. Anti this deponest further saith, that he superintends the whole of hit brewing concern himself, and is, thereby, with delfr fully capable of deposing to the above facts. R. Case IIAX.--Sworn at the Mansion-house, in the City of Leo don, Jan. 1, 18!l, before me, Joux tHONAS THORPI4 3layor."—All letters mas be post paid. MARRIED. At Minnick's, Fortanhire, N. B. on theft?* ult. the Earl of Kiatore, to Louisa. youngest daughter of Frame's Haw. kiss, Esq. senior Judge of Circuit. and - Appeal, at Hardily. is the Hon. the East India Company's service. On Thursday last, st Astley's in the county of Wor Robert Bolton, Waldron, Esq. of Feckenhas, to Dal , youngest dangbtor of Thous. Shrawley Vernon, Esq. of ths former place. DIED. On Sunday last, at Ms house, on the Terrace HO street, Mary-li-bone, it the Mt year of his age, Chore - Pyres, Esq. Oa the 24th alt., Mr. Hamphrey,Baralooat, of Palmed*. aged 83 years. He bad never experienced, Wag his loci lit., a hallihour's sickness, and retained di his Amities to **lad ses't'et. He had 'seeded• pablie wort* on the eregiyi Loilr o l t ; Edited, Printed, and Published at the. 00,0 ErT&TallY " aid " Tat CONSII7IOIIIIIIIr (191112 Paler) lON Mt, Steed, opposite Bt..Clearairs'Cl_ L bra. lIILHOHL.L.- Jun., 1.1. As • 0' wbild i d l4ew et aladioss, Orders, ec. are requested to be sidramild. - - tee their Otero**, reed. Th to zyrreeilliis evil. 'rh e e y wee eipiet tvr saeh se ia• k their legs ~ hreiii. e ,•sed bo t h Niiiid; if thei eseld cm: Id theMselves retake for Mirk ik thee M girt some* le die berfetd, wai lint befiti • 1 1 I ! I I t •.