The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-29 00:00:00

004aplies his alivieety's immediate cov io r y, It is possible , however , that 4111111illesty 1N a t oy leave Hanover at the time mentioned la , - = ..ads, and may take such a circuitous round as would bog parts within the sphere of his journey home.— As •artiele of the lst inst. fram Odessa, announces, but not positively, that the Rissian Imperial Huard: Ls / r eceived orders to march to the South, and ex roses an expectation of ulterior events. Another • f ro m Hermanstadt, confirms the report of the capture o f she brave Heterist partisans, Jordaki and Formaki, w i s is bad been sent to Coustantinople, where it was sup- I ree d, the most cruel death awaited them. According to private letters of the 10th inst. from Madrid, we re grettO find tI at symp oms of the yellow-fever bad re vealed themselves both at Cadiz and at Seville. FRENCH FUNDS, S9f. SOc.—Bank Actions 1590 f. 'Private accounts state the last price to have been 90f. Great preparations are making to have the repairs a t Carlton Palace completed by the King's arrival. Report sacs that one of the most sumptuous enter - taints is in preparation, to wbich all the Nobility, rithout political distinction, will be invited immedi ately upon his Majesty's return. It is romonred that the object of the visit of a ter- pia German Prince to his Majesty, mentioned in the epeofiltS received last week from Hanover, was to . gisire an offer to his blajesty of the use of his title, as le was understood that his Majesty intended to con dole his journey ineog ; and it had been suggested , se his Serene Highness that the title of Prince of Oars and Tures was particularly appropriate to the stecasioa. But we attach no credit to this report, as • ire cannot conceive bow bis Majesty could travel in , togieito under that title. We understand the case of the half-pay officer alluded to by Mr. Hume, in his speech at the London Tavern, on the 25th inst., to have been the following : In April, 1185, or thereabouts, Gen. Charles Ross, brother of the late Lord Ankerville, and reduced Col. of the 77th regiment, published a letter in the news papers, animadverting in strong terms on the conduct of the King and his Ministers, in bestowing a Red Ribbon on Sir R. Boyd, Lieutenant-Governor of Gi braltar, in consequence of which be was brought be fore a Court Marshal, but demurred to the jurisdiction of the Court, on the ground of his being on half-pay --The question, viz.—Whet/ter General Ross, as an officer on hay' pay, was subject to the tribunal of a Court Marshal f was referred to the twelve Judges. The Judges, with Lord Mansfield, the great advo cate of prerogatire, at their head, gave an unanimous opinion that he was not, as a half -pay O f ficer, subject to military law. They stated their answer on two points, and in both declared it as their opinion. Mat spit ier hie warrant as a General Officer, nor his ads amity on half-pay rendered him obnoxious to military trial. In consequence of this the General was dis charged from the custody of the Marshal, and the Court broke up. • At a private meeting held at Mr. Denison's office, Baok•buildings, Liverpool, the Rev. W. Shepherd io the chair, it was resolved, in behalf of Sir R. Wilson, that Mr. W. Preston, Mr. E. smith, and Mr. H. Denison should act Is a committee of management, and that the hat named gentleman should be treasurer to the Liverpool fund. Mr. He sta.—The gentlemen of Herefordshire who bad resolved to present Mr. Hume with a hogshead of the best cyder the county could produce. bare sub sequently voted him a silver tankard, with appropriate ornaments and an inscription thereon, as a proof of • the esteem in which they hold the character of an honest and independent Member of Parliament, and a public testimonial of gratitude for the beneficial effects of his public services. The tankard is ex • petted to be finished in about a month, when Mr.. • Hume, having been invited by the Committee, has • mond to attend at a public dinner proposed to be . given at Hereford on its presentation. The blends of Radical Reform, in Leeds, intend to honour the birth day of Mr. Hunt, by a public dinner, • en Tuesday the 6th of November. CONMERCI AT, Root: s.—On Monday last the Annual ' Meeting of the Proprietors took place, George Fisher, • Esq. in the Chair ; after reading the Report and thel Audited Account, a balance of 3831. 9s. was declared, l amounting to a Dividend of 10s., which, to prevent, 710 entries, the number of shares, was, on the sup' • gestion of the Treasurer, ordered to be funded for the future benefit of the Proprietors. W. Fripp, jun. Esq.. then resigned the office of Treasurer ; when • Payne,juu Esq. wasunanimously chosen. The Meeting afterwards proceeded to ballot for new Committee-met in place of those who retired by seniority, when a ' most extraordinary scene ensued; it had been cus tomary for the Committee to affix up in the rooms. • a list of such Gentleman as they thought coati's. for the office. The list this year was thought by soma Members to contain names of individuals not 110. ciently high in their politics; another list was therefoel quietly prepared and printed, and on the morning iC election well-known scouts were seen running in all{ directions to bring in Proprietors, whose blue cosy tenances might give the desired tinge to the room : the consequence was, that a great proportion of the Pro prietors not being aware of the proceeding, a knot of - 97 - being the highest number of those who voted, out of 550 Proprietors, carried the election. The gentle -, men thus elected, who, we understand, were themselves _ignorant of the proceeding, were J. Barrow, J. Court- DeY, W. B. Elwin, J. Hill, jun., J. Masters, W. R. Montague, and J. Ricketts, Esqrs.—The circumstance, we think, is much to be regretted, as it tends to intro dace party politics into an association which was formed for the express purpose of commercial pursuits, without distinction of party. What the qualifications necessary for a Committee-man may be, we do not pro tend to suggest ; but those of a party =slot we should think the least desirable.—(Bristol Gazette.) --So far from oar contemporary. As for the regret about in • troducing party politics into the association, we would ask what else has ever been seen there? And as to the Committee, it-must be a matter of indifference to the subscribers from what party they are selected. The • last Committee introduced John Bun, after it had bees denounced by men of all parties as the =est disgust ing and obscene print of the day ; and the preceding lolmunittee excluded Toe 3 ravisatau for merely sug gesting that Government employed spies, whoa the fact was afterwards adititted and justified.--(Bristol Nercury.) ?ilk , Extgact of a private letter from lianover, Oct. 21 I bade great pleasure in informing yon that his Ma jesty's health is completely re-established. Prince Metternich arrived yesterday. and had an immediate conference with the Marquess of Londonderry; after which dispatches were sent to Paris and London. by one of the Messengers of the Foreign Department. I The Prussian Minister, Count Bernstoff, has also made Iris appearance, and I have heard that Count liarder berg is expected to join the diplomatic corps during their short but important meeting. The movements of Prussia are watched in this country with the great est jealousy, particularly, as it is thought she will make common cause with her powerful ally of the North. On Thursday there were splendid fire works in ho nour'of his Majesty, and followed by brillant pyra mids, and these were suddenly transformed into tem ples of concord, exhibiting the letters R. in promi nent display. There was also a rocket which assumed the apppearance of an eagle soaring in the air, and on Friday was TILE GRAND BOAR III:NT. As early as five o'clock in the morning all the peo ple in Hanover were in motion, and every horse and vehicle that could be procured at any price were put in requisition. The ground where the slaughter was to take place lay at the distance of twenty English miles from town, and thither did the whole of the population of the country repair with impatient cu riosity. The scenery along the way was wild and romantic. Segregated hills covered with trees of a stunted growth rose on all sides, and at length we came to a thick forest of vast extent, where poles with dark green flags affixed to them served as so many guides through a region of mud, over which none but Germans would have the temerity to venture a carriage. At occasional intervals booths and sheds were constructed as places of entertainment, and the wretched cheer they supplied was eagerly purchased. After penetrating about a wile and a half into the forest, we came to a place enclosed by canvas and net work, within which the stags and wild boars had for some time before been collected. • At the extremity of the enclosure a sort of pavillion was placed for the ac commodation of the King, had his Majesty attended. It was in his absence occupied by the Royal sportsmen, with the Duke of Cambridge at their head. None were allowed to use fire arms but his Royal Highness, with the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, and the Duke of NlecelenburghStreli Ls. At 11 o'clock the work of destruc tian commenced, and a herd of boars came down to the extremity of the enclosure, where the sportsmen stood ready to attack them, the peasantry at the same time raising loud yells through the woods, and keeping up a kind of wild concert with the sound of the bugle as they closed in upon the prey. Thirty five victims fell in the fatal attack, and they were literally butchered. The poor animals did not attempt any resistance ; and it was shocking to see the torture in which they were kept from their assailants not being adroit enough in the use of the spear to pat them promptly out of ex istence. With the exceptite of Lord Clarmilliset. who acquitted himself like a true sportsman, there was scarcely an individual that attacked the prey in a fair manner. There were ninety boars killed In all; the number of stags that fell was not considerable:. The day was very wet, and it served to give a deeper shade of horror to a scene which no Englishman would ever again desire to witness. The Gazette of Saturday night states, that de spatches have been received by Viscount Sidmouth from the Marquess of Londonderry, dated Hanover. the 18th instant, announcing the intention of his Ma jesty to return to England : and that the King has been pleased to fix upon Thursday the 25th instant, as the day of his depa,rtare from Hanover for that purpose. In the Hasoveriaa Naelviektex, is the following account of the progress of his Majesty's convalescence : "On the 16th his Majesty passed the night without sleep.—On the 17th no Bulletin was published. His Majesty bad had several hours rest, and was much better.—On the 18th no Bulletin. His Majesty had a good night, and the pain had entirely left him.—On the 19th no Bulletin. The King had a very good night, and is quite well." (Fnon A GERMAN PAPER.)--IR a placard, which the Magistrate of the town of Njeaberg caused to be made public on the occasion of his Britannic Majes ty's passage to Hanover, the following was noticed among other arrangements The manner in which the inhabitants shall illuminate their houses is left to their own disposition; nevertheless, we should wish that every window looking over the street should be lighted with one candle at least —We should be glad that even tteo candles should be placed in each of the aforesaid windows. Such of the Inhabitants as find it a hardship to purchase candles are invited to wait upon the Burgomaster, who will defray the expense." On Saturday Lord Holland save a dinner, at Hol land House, to Sir Robert Wilson, Mr. Latebton. M.P., Mr. Duncombe, the Hen. W. Vane Powlett, M.P., and a select party. Wines and Spirits are allowed by a Treasury War rant, to be warehoused at Swansea. The Maria Theresa has arrived at Liverpool from Hew York. Sailed the 2d of October. Her papers are expected to-morrow. The Canal of Alexandria in Egypt, has received. in hononr of the Sultan, the name of Maknuardion. 'lt terminates at a few paces from Pompey's Pillar, and commences sear the Nile below Saon. Its length is 44;06 toises, its breadth 15. and its depth 3. A hundred thousand men began it in the month of Jan. 1819; and that number was increased in the following month to 260,000. The workmen received a piastre a day. la the month of May 30,000 other workmen, from Upper Egypt, were added to the former ones. At length, on the 13th of September 1820, the work was completed. Six European engineers directed the operations.—(Gazette de France.) ANOTHER Drat..—On Friday last. a meeting took place at Castlelough. sear Killarney, between James Deane, Esq. and Jeremiah Caffe, Esq., both of dial town, whet, after two shots being exchanged, the for- . me gentleman received his antagesists's ball in the left side, which was most skilfully extracted by Sur geon Egan, of Tralee. The former was attended by Nicholas Mahe. Esq. and the latter by Daniel Gem &Minn, EA. We are sorry to state, that Mr. D. is in a most precarious situation. _ The accounts received - 4nm Limerick this morning 6 are not so fastourabk as those of Saturday. Not less thou 12 Mattes have been robbed of arms, eiiier by stratagem or force, during the preceding week, within a circle of three miles. Police-men and military have! also been attacked under cover of tight. Ott Wed.! needs'', 300 of the 93d Highlanders arrived at Lime rick, to join the four companies of the 42d Royal Highlanders, which arrived on Sunday. There is now at Lord Courtenay's Cagle a garrison of nearly two hundred men. There are about a thousand soldiers distributed over the disturbed die-' tricts. Mr. Hoskins stilt remains in gsrrison, and bas not, we believe, for the last eighteen months, left it. unaccompanied by a troop of dragoons, or a patrole of infantry or police. Just as we were going to press, we heard, with great regret, that a man was fired at, and desperately wounded, in the neighbourhood of Newcastle, on Tuesday last. l-!e was asked whether he knew the as sassins. He replied in the affirmative, but declined to mention their names ; for, if he recovered, he was sure. lie said, of being murdered if they were proseeu'ed. What a dreadful state of society! . --(Diildin Evening Posy.) THE SOI-DISANTE .6 PRINCESS OF COL BERLAArD." This lady, who has lately engrossed so moat of the public attention, and who claims to be the legitimate daughter of the late Duke of Cumberland, by a pri vate marriage, was on Saturday removed from Davis's lock-up house, in King-street, Soho, to tie Fleet Prison. She had been at Davis's about a fortnight, during which she made every endeavour to compromise her affairs—first, by an appeal to hie Majesty's Govern ment, pleading her rank, and claiming. the Royal pri vilege from arrest and imprisonment (but her applica tions were disregarded in that quarter); and then by attempting an arrangement with her creditors, which also failed. She afterwards wrote to Lords Liverpool, I Sidthouth, and other distinguished members of admi i nistration, claiming a sum of 15,0(11.11., whirls she al leges was left her by his late most gracious Majesty, and offered to produce documents in support of her claim, signed by George the Third, the Duke of Cum berland (" her father"), Lord Cha.ham, the Earl of Warwick, and other eminent characters (now de ceased), but to this application Government returned no answer, conceiving that there was not sufficient proof for them to proceed to any investigation upon. " her Royal Highness" arrived at the Fleet abant four o'clock, in an old carriage, made in imitation of, and with similar liveries to those of the Royal Fa mily ; but the whole paraphernalia appeared much the worse for wear. She was attended by Mr. Davis, and some of his turnkeys, will conducted her Into the I prison, to go through the necessary forms. When the clerk asked her in what name he was to enter her upon his books, she answered, " Her Royal Highness Olive, Princess of Cumberland !" which the clerk wrote down accordingly. She then surrendered to a debt of 2844 together with 4f. ds. fees, after which she drove off in her carriage to lodgings, which) had been hired for her at Mr. Longstaffs, he aim ;Vo. 48, Ludgate-hill, which is within the rules of the Fleet prison.-111 is — imedless to add that her public appeals to sympathy have been entirely fruitless, or that her high pretensions are regarded hut as visionary. Otiose TUE LtEDS MERCURY.) Since our last publication we have received the fol lowing letter, sealed with the Royal Arms, from the Princess Olive :-- TO TIM IDITOR OF THE LERDS MERCCRY. SIR-1 must be under the necessity of proceeding ri gorously against the base libeller of my character, copied from your paper by The Times—an. especially as every paper of my legitimacy has been proved accord ing to law. Yon will, Sir, attend to this notice, October 21st, 1821. 45, King-street, Soho. 5 To which the following reply was returned : Leeds, Oct. 24, 1821. MADAM—I was duly honoured with your letter of the 21st lost ant, and shall not fail to attend to the notice it contains. You must, however, pardon me when I ob serve, that the " rigorous proceeding" which you threaten to institute, may be more properly directed against the Register of the Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Warwick, than against the Leeds Mercury.—l Madam, your most obedient and very W humble servant, EDARD BAINEi. To Olive, soi-dleante Princess of Cumberland, 46, King-street, Soho, London. Ocivz. A BRIDLE AND BIT. When Peter, perplex'd, an want want of work idle, Was ask'dd by a hawker, " D'i'e want a good Bridle ? " 0 ! no." he exclaimed, in a fidgety fit, " Bat if times do not mend, 1 shall soon want a Bit." An entirely new and curious bridle, it is said, will shortly be introduced in the Cavalry. The most splendid ornament of the above description ever yet seen will be sported by the First Regiment of Life Guards; pito a gorges and breast plate, composed of stars, with a real gold bullion rein! !! TES 42ND HIGHLANDERS:-The total number of men that belonged to the 42nd, or Highland regiment from the year 1797 to 1816, was 13,127. In 1817, there were only three men living in the corps that fought against Bonaparte in Egypt ! AN ASTONISHING PHENONENON.—MISS CLAES FISHIR, that enchanting genius, who, at the age of six years, played King Richard (as introduced is Garriek's Lillipvt) for more than 20 nights in sumo., sloe, at Drury-lane Theatre, and who bas since amazed all theatrical connoisseurs in York, Edinburgh, Bath, Salisbury, Ezeter,Sheffield, &c., and recently in Durham, where she played Doctor °loped, in Vol man's comedy of the Poor Gentleman, with *emir rap turous applause, is announced for the parts of Little Pickle, is the SPOILED CHILD, Crack, in the Tuax nag GATT, and the Actress of all Work, at the , English Opera, on Wednesday next. Whatever public opinion may be on such an extraordinary attempt, and however our curiosity might be raised, her re hearsal has outdone even our most sanguine erpetta doss, and has created much interest in the theatrical trio*. Mr. Kean submits to her powers as the great est that ever were possessed by a caadidate for his toric promotion'. So much delighted is beat this Pim aomenosithot be INS takes s bet, to share the pleasures she most WNW MOST her stannous theatrical wi nker% . , a,,, ~,...,. w ,..~ _ ... ` -,., :s .........sm. ....rpumr m. • • Ob . 1) Mlif-517,141 . 0 Thomas Cleghorn woointlieted for stealing a ring. Talon Gc the property of Thomas Davies. Mary Devies;the Wife of the prosecutor, stated, that on day mentioned in the indictment, she went out to tusk, and put her ring on the mantle-piece, and 11. e prisoner frequently called to see her daughter. 11.! came that evening, put the ring in his pocket and gave ,her son, :lad about 11 years of age, two pence not to tell his mother that he had been there. About a week after witness met the prisoner in Cheapside. and accused him of stealing her ring, when he immediately ran away. He was however pursued and taloa' i 1.• o custody. Thomas Davies, the son, corroborated in part his mother's statemeot.—Not The, trial of ii - c•sfot, stanls charge:l with forging . the Hall mark of tile Oalduniths' Company, is e-qected to occupy the Court nearly the whale-day. • • Two bills of indictment preferred agAinet Mr. Phipps, the proprietor of The News. were last week thrown out by the Middlesex Grand Jury. The tine was preferred by Mr. Sharp, the Honorary Secretary of the "Constitutional Association," for a repuhii• cation with comments on the article for which he had previously prefrried a bill that had been rejeete I by a former Jury ; tire other was on account of the same at the instance of the Association. On Saturday last, J obn Lindsey Turner was brought up before Mr. Justice Best, on a Judge's warrant, to answer to an indictment, preferred by the Constitu tional Association, and found by the London Gran I Jury, at the late Sessions, for the publication of an alleged impious and seditious libel ; when the use4l recognizance, with two sureties for his appearance, ice. was entered into. The town of Sudbury was thrown into eonsiderable bustle on Wednesday, by some wag having impos , cl upon the common crier to announce that Alderman - Wood, M.P., had arrived in that place, for the pur- • pose of refunding to the contributors the money re ceived for the purchase of a service of plate for the late Queen, and that he would meet the subscribers at the Rose and Crown Inn, between five and seven o'clock. The Alderman was dining with a friend in the town when the notice was given : a number of per sons maim collected, but measurer were sp.edily taken to assure them it was a hoax.—(lparich Jelfr/J.71.) The combination of rhipwrights at Liverpool, which has long been equally a matter of notoriety and regret, we are sorry to state, has within these few days added another most daring outrage to the long catalogue of riotons and audacious misdemeanours by which (what they term) the Shipwrights Club has been fer some years past distinguished. In the course of last week Mr. Charles Grayson, of Liverpool, ship-builder, under too; the repairs of a large ship, which wrr: required to be accomplished with all possible expedition, and ap, on account of her large size anti draught of water, it was only practicable to get her into dock at a certain period of spring tides, and on the last of which springs Mr. Grayson bas preparing to get the vessel in, in the midst of his exertions for that purpose, by a precor ceded signal (the ringing of a bell) to large body of shipwrights of the said club, several hundreds in num ber, were in a few minutes collected together, and ad vanced in a mass towards the persons employed by Mr. Grayson to get the ship in, whom they hindered and impeded by the most menacing and otarageous cox duct, so that Mr. Grayson's people, actually fintiihz their lives to be in imminent danger, were obliged to desist and betake themselves to a precipitate night for safety, by which the opportunity of getting in the ship was lest, and she will, under such circumstances of de— lay and consequent loss, be obliged to remain until the next spring tides before the repairs can be begun. —(Cheater Guardian.) On Saturday night, the evening of which was one of pia; liar severity, there was a very great fall of snow, a d to some extent, on all the mountains of this dis. let, old upon several of the minor hills. However, he a et day's sun dissol .s 1 Ly, or the greater part of it, I ..vine a small portion of Knockmeledown and a con nierahle part of Gaultimore perfectly covered.— (cloonal Herald.) The amount already subscribed, in Exeter, for th relief of the unfortunate sufferers at Clai:lly is n wards Lf 2701. At the General Quarter Sessions, held at Sheffield on Wednesday last, Mrs Sarah Itox, professor of the occult sciences, was convicted of vagrancy, and sen tenced to he imprisoned six months in the House of Correction at Wakefield. MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. OCT. 23. —The a rival last week having been considerably less than far s ome time past, and the supply this morning b ping s mat chiefly of inferior quality, flue samples sold from 25.. 3s. per quarter high e r than on this da y se'nnight, but there is no improvement in prices of the ordinary de scriptions.—Fine bright malting Barley is full 3s. per quarter dearer, but the diecolo' re I and sprouted saur pies were heavy sale at last week's prices, a' d the major part of that description remained on hand at the close of the market, although offered at. from 23,1... to 25a,-- Old Beans and tine Oats are full Is. per quarter higher. but new Beans, and white and grey Pas are 21. per quarter lower.—ln other articl.s there is no alteration. ENGLISH. • S. s. S. s. Small Bose ........ SO 31 Wheat,Rent, and Essex Tick ditto. 24 17 New 4O 60 Oats, Potatoe .. 27 341 Old 63 Ditto, Poland 94 eS Suffolk. 010 w).... 4 u 60 Ditto , Feed .. ... l7 2$ Old . 62 Flour Per Sack. 00 CIS (141) Norfolk '0 , . 40 66 Rapes'eedater Lan 281. 3lii. 'Rye Barley II 30 Wheat. Ameeimmt...‘ • I Malt. White Peas - ..... SO 34 Baltic, Red. .. Boilers • ' 36 *I Hambro' Kid ..:..... tiny ditte...11...' , ... U ID i SMITHFIELD MARERT.--.Tbere WHIZ great supidighis morning at market of all deecripdone of cattle. woe beasts obtained last market day's prices, bat in tbe Bete riot qualities prices are nominal. , . : 1 „. Beef.... Ss. Od. to 4s. Od. 1 csrta.a At . mut orr Mutton.. Bs. id. to 39.10 d. 1 Beasts ~.,„.1 . , . , 9,10 Veal .... 3s. Od. to ss. 04.1 Calvet Pork .... 3s. Od. to 45.10.1. I Sheepond Lambs .. 22.461 Lamb.... as. Od. so Os. Od. Pigs HAirmAsKsT.—The price of Hay creasing as per 0:11' last quotation.—Straw and Clover, no alteration an the pnce. Jill 3? 10s. to Y. di. St raw ..0 12s. to It. 16s. Clover 4/. Os. to 31. Os. • . 4 las It n ■ V ~.