The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-07 00:00:00

-1.1.1 ed to the ignorant-rot' the proper mode of treating him, their overtures hare been neglected. *hem we recollect, 'courser, that the Envoys to Ma f.o ro t.ir the last century, have been men almost wholly un a. +tainted frith the *sateen, eirstnnic, and religiorg pr•ju ift • of the petople, and ignsrant of their language, we shall cease to be surprised that our connection with that empire h bees's° limited, and impede.' h, nothria rtillanetsrsintsditig cif each otber'ssemitivents, originating, bat too often, in de kit my and inaccuracy of interpreters. What expectation can be indulged of terminating successfully negociatiorn with a Prince, in conversing *rich whom same ignorant illiterate interpreter, generally a .lew, and a devoted 4 tihject of the Lmpernr, itiu-t he made the confidential servant of the psrty t• - .• ? Besides, every one acquainted will, the nature of ' the Cuverisment, and political principles of the Court of `•larocen, I. well aware, that, even supposing it pouible to r -ocure a Jew, capable of interpreting accurately the Eng -I.•h Oslo Arabic, and eke verso, yet there are many erre,- clans for an Envoy to use to the Emperor, which no Jew is I yr country word dare to alter in the Imperial pre race, CM pain of losing bis bead: the general garm lity of these people, moreover, is such, that they are perhaps mascot-Ihr of being entrusted with any secret where- I.t the interest of a nation is concerned. Of this Mt imps r him', if is convinced, as was also his father, wiles, for rrietitl, during his reign, expressed his regret to Mr. Lay. t en, that nu English Consul could be found, copithie of holding direct intercurtese with him. The weakness and intielility of our fealties are generally in proportion to the wenkness and inaccuracy of the iates7riter, their fusee MIMI meaning being (often frittered a xay by the misplacing of a word tbenutill his indecision or fear.—And pos3eraing probably but a slight knowledge of the style of nriting—he is obliged to have the treaty read by a Moor, and explained according to his owe mannor, in the vulgar Arabic or Mnorhh language—which alnee is sufficient, without any additional cause, to do away the force and intent of any document, postessittgihat energy of expression for which the Atabie language is so remarks bre. Suppose we were negotiating a peace with France, what would be the probable result, if there was as persist attached to oar Embassy but a French subject, who under stood the French and Pngli,h languages sulariently to convey ' the aureate only, but not she pn•eise sense of the stipula tions? We shou'll certainly have hut little expectation of suc cess under such circumstances—and should probably be worse ull* than if no treaty had Ism: concluded, so case would it b.• to pre ;I ti.nt to Any rixose. the time and p • t of which wis not a • •lesty awrtaisrd . This has begs, literally our e.t c with re-vet to If Arik"Cal. —Tr, ..ttir. hoe • been made unthine brink understood aree-n translated, until ~a,, months after the c.,nelth,ion of them.—How, then, can we expect to acquire fiettence or consii broths,' at d Court a:hot a man, who does not speak the Arabic, is considercd cc an illiterate Barbarian, and is ?reefed ateordingls?—The Emperor has frequently expressed a wish to communicate with our Sove reign: bat the publicity to which I:is sentiments must be ex pmed, in the present routine of British diplonutey, deters him from it—and restricts or diminishes the intercourse be tween the two countries. If the following anecdote had rested on the au. thority of an ettmityntont nuthua, its authenticity might have been questioned ;—but as it is given in a uute by Mr. Jackson, as being within his own knowledge, we have no htlitation in giving full credit to the fact :- 14 In a conversation with the Minister at Morocco (or Ea ropean Attain. his Eseellemv asked me. if, in the event Of his blasters writing to Ais Molest:, the latter would be able to get the letter ineerpretedl.4 answered in the adinuativei sad a very pv!;:,:e and friess4 letter was afterwards written, wittch reflected an aiumier—but it remained here in the Seems tary of State's Mike, without any attention being paid to its modents a mark of disrespect which gave treat offence to the I:soperior." " It appears to me extraordinary that a language which is spoken over a inue:l greater extent of cetustry th is any other on earth—a language combining all the powers and energy of the Greek and Latin, should be so little understood that an .Irabie letter, written by tier present Emperor of Mo ro-en to the IC ing firvat Britain. Revell, tar is the Secre tary of Sloie's Odice some mouths without being translated. Tae viresoutaorr cooling to the knowledge of the Chancellor of the rxekcquer (the Bight Honourable Spencer ls. meal), fliat Gentleman expressed a wish to a friend of mine to have trim ation; and Pie letter 'sat transmitted to me fir that parrose. Doctor Bulk, who delivered if, assured use that it . td been stiff to cue, if not both, the Ilnityrsiliee —and to the Post 1: that either front a diferer.ee in the pone tuation of the eharactere, or in the language itself, so one could be fay red capabie of rendering U info English. This statement, however unaccountable it may appear to man!. was afterwards farther confirmed by passports and other pa pers in African Arabic being scut to me for translation—the vane ci ucht:.h had detaricted resceic in our ports, and maned .Merchants in London to suffer a has from market. All the Meer, employed in the Grand Ex pedition have received orders to leave town on the 10th (Monday next). The ships in this ser vice are to take with them upwards of 300 gait and armed boats. It will sail in two divisions, and the first will be ready about Wednesday. The ordnance, bombs, shells, and rockets are coo. sidered adequate for a bombardment of 40 days acid nights. They embrace au immense propor. tion of stores for engineers and artillery, besides a very heavy battering train. ‘Vithiti the last month, from thirty to forty large ships have b-en loaded at Deptford, with shot, shells, mortars, pontoons, and stores of every kind.— The provisions embarked are in the same pro tion, and more than adequate to a forc•! of 40,000 teen. ( . IrTAIN BA UCLA T.—There were strong reports In London rest night unfavourable to Capt. Bar clay. bet our information from Newmarket 6 as ret via as ten o'clock yesterday morning, when the pedestrian was going on with every prospect of hlti , eate success, although his ground was deluged by the heavy falls of rain. As the time for the conclusion of the race approaches, the Captain is the more incommoded with visitors, and he good. salmedly told them yesterday, that he should be happy to see them after next Wednesday. Mr. Webtster, who betted the stake with the Captain, Set a for Newmarket yesterday. Rouse.— Yesterday a boxing match as severely contested as any ever witnessed, took place in Tothill.fields, between /ONO, a waterman, and Lewis, a blacksmith, fur a purse of 101. The et , :nbatants amused the spectators for near an hoer, %ids plenty of knock-down blows, after which they were unable to face each other, with. out being led up by their seconds. The amateurs %hu made up the purse, then declares' it a drawn battie, and rewarded the combatants with 10s. "th, for the amusement they had afforded them. • tith LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF NINO'S BENCH, Thursday,- .1 my 6. StriINGI BEWDRIP LORD ILLIMHOROHON IN GUILDHALL. SEDUCTION. • INIESOIII v. tittsmts. The Areottotiv.Gameasa stated this to be an action brought for the seduction, by the Defeo. dant, of the Plaintiffs daughter. It was a case which would call for the grave attendees of the Jury. The Plaintiff's daughter had received a re. ligious education, and had been brought up in the paths of virtue, and she had no evil sample set to her. The short statement of the case was this • 'The Plaintiff was a respectable tradesman, who lived by the river.sitk, afthe bottom of the street that leads from Salisbury.corrt, Fleet.street, to the Thames. On the memorable occasion of the procession up the river, of the remains of the late Lord Nelson, the Plaintiff admitted a number of persons on his premises, which commanded a ♦iew of the river. Among the persons so admit. tell was the Defendant, who then was, and stow is, the first mate of an Ea.t.lndiaman. lle was introduced by a gentleman of the name of Knight. Lu the evening of that day many of . those who were present at this sight had a dance, and the Defendant chanced to dance with this young lady, who was the subject of this action, • thou about 17. An intimacy thus arose between the Defers. daut and the Plaintiff's family, which be visited very frequently, but nothing occurred to melte the suspiciou of the Plaintiff, or any part of his •family. After this the Defendant went on a voyage to India, and returned in the year •18118, when he renewed his acquaintance with this family at the Plaintiff's house, which was then at Christchurch. street, on the oilier side of illackfriars.bridge ; soon after which, this young woman duped from her prrents, and it was licit until the 21th of Mitroh that her parents discovered where she was, and that was at a lodging in which she was kept by the Defendant, a place in Taherwicle-row, in the city. Upon this discovert• of where she was, the Plaintiff wrote to the Defendant a proper letter, reproaching him with his Asconduct t and telling him that ho could make no atonement for it but that of marrying the young woman, to which he paid no regard whatever; upon which the Plain. tiff, her father, and his wife, brought the young woman home, with the hope of reclaiming her, but she eloped agaiu with the 'Defendant the fol. lowing day, and hail lived with him iii a state of fornication ever since, and does so at present. This was a serious case, and he put it to the Jury to consider what either of themselves, as probably most of them were parents, would expect in case this had happened to one of their own daughters. had further to observe, that if this young wo. man, attendiug to the dictates of her conscience, cud to the principles of that religion in which she was educated, should ever hillock at her parents' door, ask forgive:oms, and seek protection, the dour should be opened unto her, and she should meet with what •he should so seek ; meanwhile the Jury would do the injured father's feelings justice. The witnesses being called, none appeared. Ilia' Lndship indulged the Plaintiff's attorney, with to go to look at er them at the coffee-honse, and then gently rebuked him fur not taking care that they were ready before the cause was opened. The ?tannin's eldest son was the first witness. Ile said his father was a chair and cabinet-maker, and iu the year 1803 resided in Salisbury-street, with premises c omman d ing a v i ew o f the river. He then gave an account of the Defendant, who is the first mate of an East ludiaman, being in. troduced, u tue Attorney General had opened, to his father's family, through the medium of Mr. Winter; of his dancing with• the sister of the witness, then of the age of 17 ; it was the night of the funeral of Lord Nelson ; of his visiting the family freitient.ly afterwards; and of the final elopement of the sister of the witness ; the place to which she went was not discovered fur five months afterwards by her parents, although the witness knew where she was about a fortnignt af. ter she leh'i is tme. His sister requested him nut to inform their fuller or mother where she was, fur that w.iuld be her destruction, since, in that case, Mr. Chafers would go to sea, and never see her again ; and thus he was prevailed on by his sister not to tell their parents where ahe w.is ; but his father endeavoured to discover where she was, which he found out at last, by the information of the mother, who inquired at the India !louse wise. ther the defendant was gone abroad, found he was not, met him afterwards at the Jerusalem Coffee house, where they' found out where the young woman was, and got her back again in a fort. night, but she went away again the next morning. The reason why they did not go sooner for her was, that she was daugerously ill of a fever, and vould trot with safety be removed. This witness knew, fur he vent to sec her in. her illness. • He was sure it was against the consent of the father that she went away. She was not present in Court to-day, but she *as in Court on the first day of the present sittings, when this cause was expected to be tried, and was intended to be examined as a witness; she was the person who fainted and ex cited so much emotion in Court on th4t occasion ; shu was, on that occasion, handed into a hack. ney.eoach by her father, and she went back to her present lodgings; but her father never visited her there. Thomas Christopher blossom, the next brother, was then examined ; gave an account of his sister haring eloped frum her family on the 17th March, and none of the family knew of it before that time. The witness said he accompanied his mo ther to the Jerusalem Coffee-house, where they found the Defemlatit, and where the mother put to the Defendant the question point-blank, fur the purpose of confusing him—saying, " Yon know the business I am come upon ;" and he seemed very much confounded. He said nothing distinct ly, but muttered, and seemed frightened. The mother said, " You know the business I am conic apou ; but this is net the proper place to speak about it," and asked him where fie would appoint s proper place to meet her, and proposed the Cross Keys, Groceehurch-street, at four o'clock, .ind they met there accordingly. The motbcr re ' (rested to know where the yisung woman was. The mother saw that the DAndant was guilty, and demanded to know where her child was ; the Defendant took a pen . and ink, and wrote the di , rection, No. 7, Tahernaele-row, saying, at the same time, that she was dangerously ill, assel beg ged of the mother to be good.tempered with her, and then she might be as well as ever; but it might be dangerous to cross her in that state. He tbeti accompanied the mother and witness as fares Finsbury-square, to conduct them part of the way, and then left them, and said he would be &wain the evening. Witness saw his sister af terwards; she was so ill then in bed that she could hardly speak. Cruse-examined, he said they went four or five times to see her, but never until they went to de mand her home. When she came home she slept with her sister and her eldest brother in the same bed, but when they awoke in the morning she was gone. Her sister that slept with her was 11, and the brother 18 ; they slept in the same bed with her to take care of her, but she escaped in the morning before they were up. Mr. Chivers used to come very often, until the father and mother looked cool upon him, and then he kept away, after which the young woman became very per. verse, used to provoke her mother, cm purpose to get out, pretending she was itl mused, al.hough no.. body beat her. About a fortnight after Mt. Chi. revs left off visiting, she would not live at home; her father never chastised her, he had very little to do with her ; she constantly framed excuses to go out to meet 31r. Chivers. There was nothing im proper in her conduct before she went away.— They had no opportunity of doing any thing im. proper at her father's; they were never left by themselves. After she was gone, she frequently wrote letters to her parents us if they came from Brentford, and that tor about foil- months ; but she contrived always to have them Tut into the letter-box of a house in which there was a clerk who was imp:tinted with her family, and they al ways came without a past-mark, so that they could never trace her until they found out the Dc. fendant at the Jerusalem t'uffee-house. It then appeared in evidence that this young woman was perfectly modest in her manlier be. fore her elopement, and perfectly constant to the Defendant after it, and went by the name of Mrs. Chivers ever since; that she is now very ill, and had said to some of the witnesses she hoped the Court would dispense with her attendance as a witness this da►. Here Lord Kra.rstionoucit smggested to the parties the poiicy of• their coning To an accommo. dation without proceeding further; upon whith Mt. Gamily went out of Court, and consulted his client, but returned without accomplishing his object; and then addrc;sed the Jury at length for the Defendant. Lord ELLENIOROUGH delivered to the Jury a cry able charge.—Verdirt for the Plaintiff 701. CURIOUS HottgE CAUSE. WATERS AGAINST FULLER. The Defendant in this. J uckeo/mg case is well known upon the town as a ci-derant runner for The Morning Post, but d!silaining the service of that luminous Print, he has recently sought to add to his profits in the sale of quack medicines, in the neighbourhood of Covent-garden, by an oc casional traffick in horse-flesh, and particularly amongst his friends and associateslt Lloyd's Cof. fee-houte, where his connections are pretty ex. tensive.—The Plaintiff, Mr. Waters, who resides in Russell-square, was unfortunately induced, by the persuasive eloquence of Mr. tuller, to pus. chase from him an animal, which, to external appearance, was sound, but, as in the sequel will be seen, was in fact as little entitled to that epithet as even the illustrious Post, in whose ser vice the Defendant had so frequently displayed his powers of actkity and invention. Fur this horse, which the Defendant had puffed off as the very paragon of all horses, he had the modesty to exact from Mr. Waters, who gave implicit to his protestations of the perfect sound ness of the animal—the sum of twenty-five guineas, together with a very useful and sound horse, with which Mr. Waters, tiluckil:, , could not be contented, of the value of 50 guineas_♦ making in the whole 75 guineas. In a very few days the lameness of this sound horse was disco vered, and on application to the Defendant to re turn that which was delivered to him in exchange, together with the 25 Iguinms...hc denied. the un soundness of the horse, but consentel to take him back, on condition of only returning 15 out of the %5 guineas, so paid by the Plaintiff---alledg ing that the Plaintiff had spoiled him. The ques tion was, whether the horse was sound or unsound. Mr. Coleman, of the Ve:erinary College, was of opinion that them horse was unsound. In the off fore foot he had a thrush, and also a corn in the heel, in addition to which there was a contraction of that part, arising from his having been shod by an ignorant farrier. In answer to a question from Lord ELLENIIO. ROUGH, as to the disorder called a thrush being•a proof of unsoundness, Mr. Coleman thought a thrush in itself, unaccompanied by other circum stances, was nut an absolute proof of unsoundness. Mr. Coleman's evidence of the unsovodnr•ss of the horse was corroborated by that of two other wit. nesses. Mr. GARROW, with his accustomed ability, made a very ingenious defence. Several witnesses, on the part •f the Defendant, were then pitted against those of the Plaintiff, and all, unit Ewe, firmly maintained the soundness of the horse. Numbers were on the point of defeating the Plain tiff, when an unexpected mante , ivre, performed by the concurrence of Lord Ellenborough, whose well-known patience, in the itivAtiga tion of truth, it were presumptuous t ap plaud, instantly turned the fortitne of the day. The subject of the contest, the h.)ese himself, was announced to be in the neighbourhood of the Court, from whence, with the permission of Lord Ellenborongh, At. Coleman, accvapani'd by a skilful fifrrier, and nee I.f the IPfendant's wititeSsel, immeJiktely adjourn,ll and io i very few miantes retutned with, horrible to Mate, o piece of a hArtl substance, cat from the int t ernel, surface of the lioritos hoof--iis vulgar I;lngeeiri ' called a corn. Mr. Colema n coufirined his for mer teifimuny, !ad Mi. Page, the witness for the Defendant, who had before said, that he had never seen the corn, now admitted ,the fact, at also, that to be sure tile horse ',e . t . a a little loose —lie went failiegls...and thus fus7ed the dcfeuce of Mr. Fuller, who, on this occasion, was on. luckily on the wrott side of the Pelt. Mr. Wa ters recovered 75 guineas. PARKINTOIi V. ONIONY. The Plaintiff was the (kaiser of a bill of elf. change, of which the Defendant was acceptor.-- it appeared that the Plaintiff had bees sued upon this bill, on account of its bring dishonourcd by the acceptor; the bill was for 91. The suit had been brought in the Court of Requests ) for 51. where the holder had recovered of the drawbr, and that curd was intfUrsed upon the bill is having been recovere.!, and this action- was brought fur the remainder, against the acceptor. Lord Ear.t:suonorGs—" This is absolutely in. sufferable. Her,: is an action commenced upon this bill in the Court of Reqnmts, and 31. which is the extent of the juri,diction of that Court, reco vered on it, as appen. milorsed upon this bill, and then a suit is brought in this Court for the re mainder ; so that instead of relief by the suinmar v proceedings of the Court of Repots, the party :s treated stith two suits instead of one—that is. in- . stead of economy and relief, he mcc's extrayaganre and opprerion. This is most vexatious o.nd ab solutely intolerable; and if 'there be any more of it, in end must be put to the practice." Verdict for Plaintiff—Damages 91. 811 - IGIIMN 4 :Jrni 4. The following distressing accident occurred last night, about a mile from hence,. on the London Raid. Mr. M'CLutv, of llond.street, who had left his residence for this place in the morn ing, accompanied by another Gentleman, his friend,'in a tandem, had reached Preston Hedges, when the wheel-horse unexpectedly fell. The shock was so fo-rible and sudden, that Mr. M'Cr.t RY was dashed Kith great Violence from his seat to the eat :h, anti, dreadful to relate, had both his legs broken. His friend, who escaped with but little injury, and none worth mentioning, with other assistance, at length raised Mr. C. into the vehicle, and soon conveyed him to the New Inn and Hotel in North -street, when the best chirargical assistance was presently procured. Messrs. HALL and BOND, and Mr. BALI., now attend him, and I am grieved to !tate* that they are apprehensive amputation of one pf the fractured limbs must ulti. m'tely take place, . An express has been sent off for Mr. HEAVISIDE, who is therefore momentarily ext;ected.--.For vegetation, this has been a de lightful day ; fqr exercises on the rides and walks, very unfavopeible. Soon after owe o'clock in the nrorniag, Ise bad a storm of thunder and light ning, which predominated for about an hour, but did he damage, since which time the rains have been incessant, and our ekgantes of necessity coo. fined Co thefro4ie mansions. The PRINCE'S Mu. skim's pursatd their harmonious practice, as usual, at the Pavillon this morning.---The 81st Infantry, on their route for Portsmouth, there to embark, baited here this mortg, POLICE. Usrlori-H trt.—Yesterday, two men, father and son, were charged on suspicion with stealing d poney,'the property of Mr. Saunders, of Dept runt ; :hey were committed for re-examination. if Arrupt.G ARD EN.—Yesterdav, Ann Blake, a young woman who threw herself into a pond at Hampstead, but was saved from drowning by Head, the Officer, was charged, u pon her own confession, with murdering two of her children, assisted by her husband ; every possible inquiry has liven made as to the reality of the murder, which scents to be dltogethet false. Her intellects seem derange I. She was pasied with proper guard tJ her legal plate of settlement, in Leices tershire. DUEL.—Yesterday a duel was fought on Ealing Common, between Mr. C —n, a mite in the East India Company's serrire, and Mr. K—, a mer. chant residing in the City : the meeting todk place in consequence of it dispute which arose it Lyceum the evening before ; both gentlemen lirvd, and Mr. K— wai slightly wounded its the arm ; the seconds then interfered, and the par.. ties returned to town amicably together in the same chaise. Tuesday afternoon, as the Chelmsford coach was coming to London, the littrli pin broke, and the coach was ovorturned; three women who hail left the 11th regiment, previous to its embarkation, and were on their return to Ireland, were severely hurt. They were carried in a Cart to the London 11050 sI ; the c iachman, who was also much bruised, nai taken back in a chaise to Chelmsford. Another accidert his lately happened on Dud. don Sands, near Ulverstoti —a gentleman haring lost his life, in attemptin4 to cross the Sands when the 11C4 VMS out. The body was found on the Sands on Saturday sennight. Fruni a paper found in his watch-case, be is rntovueed to b e Captain Fisher, lately from Dublin, where his watch had been repaired. We observe with pleasure, that a it medy for the Epilepsy, or Falling Sickness, Convulsiota Fits, ise. has been d.v!overeil by a Medical Gen, Oman of the present d.sv, which i stated to us to be an absolnte specific for tit' ee dreadful dim.. dem Its.ough the inventor, who is now praetis. ing with great success, wishes to extend so happy a discovery throughout thu kingdom, yot it is not his inclination to thrnst it frequently on the not 03 a the Publics ie the way that common Mediein;s arc advertised—therefore the Public will do well to pay due attention to his advertisement ia the ast imp pf this Paper. I I I t ,j ,~ ~~