The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-09 00:00:00

THE KING. Extract of a letter from Dusseldorf, dated October 3 :—The urgency of the post obliges me to confine this letter to a few lines. I have just crossed the Bbipe, and arrived here from . Aix-la Chapelle, where his Majesty was to have slept last night. An estafette Came into that town on the preceeding day, announc ing to the Marquess of Londonderry that his Majesty mould certainly arrive yesterday evening, at six o'clock. Accordingly Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, after h av i ng made all the necessary arrangements for his Majesty's accommodation, set oat for this town, where he-has done ;be same ; aad on arriving at the llotel Brcideakach, I find that he has prepared them to expect his Ma. jests at four o'clock this evening. 'Munster is the nest place at which his Majesty is to sleep, and he will proceed thence to Osnabruck, where, it is supposed he will remain for a day, in order to receive the Hano verian Authorities, who will come to congratulate him on his al rival in his hereditary dominions. It gives me great pleasure to inform you that his Majesty enjoys excellent health, though he must undergo considerable fatigue in travelling over roads that are almost impass able. HANOVER, Satz. 22.—[Private letter.]—" The visit of his Majesty the King► of England to his German States is certainly a highly t►ratifying event, yet it is certain that many of the Officers, both Civil and Mi litary, whose incomes in general are very limited, will be deeply injured by the expense which they will there by be coippeiled to incur. Great numbers of them will not only exhaust their present means, but will be obliged to contract debts, the repayment of which will cost them years of privation. All the officers of the regiments of Guards have been ordered to equip them selves anew. A contest of a must serious nature is likely to arise concerning the order of presentation to the King. The question is, whether the Princess Dow ager of Buckeburg, the Countess von der Decken, or the Countess Mobster, arc to take precedence of the other two ladies on that occasion. Each of them is intriguing fur the preference." Advices from Gibraltar to the 18th tilt. arrived yesterday. They state that a fresh notice from the su pri-i.,r Board of Health of the province of Malaga had been issued on the fith,confirming the former assur u.ices that the town continued free from contagion.— lu the harbour t iv° men had died on board of the Eng lish ships Auspicious and Superb, the masters of which had succeeded in concealing their illness from the ag.enis of the board by bringing - them en the deck at the time of the daily visit as if they had been healthy. The two ships had accordingly been ordered to Mahon, and precautions taken to prevent such concealment in future. The news of the appointment of General Can tailor as War Minister at Madrid, in the latter end of Autrost, b:►ving reached C,►rthagena, the mob of that city loudly expressed their disapprobation of that choice, the General's name being on the list of indivi duals whom they wanted to be turned out of Carthagena sometime before. _ _ The Co ttttt tissioners of the Navy Board left Ply mouth last week, having, after a longer stay than usual, accomplished a minute inspection !nto every department. Lunneuted with this Establishment. The p►incipal chancres and alterations, with a view to re ducing the expences of the State, will take place in the Bock-yard, where, besides a recent reduction of one day's labour in each week, a great discharge is forthwith to follow. Many minor, yet by no means uniusportaat, revising. will ensue, all having in view the s 9 use desirable object.. Six or seven of the revt.- one cruisers will he immediately paid off, whereby a very considerable saving will be accomplished—each of these craft, npon the average, requiring the anima; amount of from 3,5001. to 4,0001. to cover the whole of the expences attending their respective commis sions ; the crews of one or two of these vessels will be retained in the Preventive Service on the coast of Ireland. A report has b:•en circulated relative to the neces sary qualifications of a Protestant Bishop, the authen ticity of which is not satisfactorily ascertained—name ly, that none of the Clerical Order, except the youngest sons of Noblemen, shall henceforward be considered eligible to the Episcopal Bench 1 . --(Carlow Alorts.Post.) The subscriptions to the " National Testimonal" in Ireland, amounted, on the 29th of September, to no more than £9,797 9s. I Id. Talk of building a Pa -1 ce Build castles in the air. A summer-house, in the grounds of Mrs. Garrick, at Hampton, was broken open and robbed last Friday night, and the carpet and various other articles of furniture taken away. Very fortunately one article, which its origi nal owner hail highly valued, was left behind, on ac count of its cumbrous dimensions and weight. This was a large arm chair, made by the direction of David Garrick, out of • the celebrated " Mulberry Tree," planted by the Immortal Shakespeare. A memorial of the King's embarkation at Rams gate is proposed to rival that of his landing at Dun. leery.. be atone ip the pier from %%bids his Majesty's feet took their last step upon the platform and into the Royal barge, is to retain the form of their impression in silver. The Worthy Ramsgate Baronet, reading the inscription we suggested for the silver plate to be let into the honoured stone at King's Town, Dunleary, asked a boy, neat morning, whom he saw going to the lirammar-schoul, n•hat the English was of " Ex pede liererdent t" The bov construed the words literally, as well as lie could, and the Royal jovial favourite soon collected from them the glimpse of a meaning. " I understand it, quite, my boy," lie exclaimed. 'Tis very apropos, i ndeed.---' I'ee got the kWh ofhisfrot." o The subscriptions towards purchasing an annuity fur Sir Robert, which were announced under the letters D., A. and N., are now stated to be from Mr. Lambton, Sir Francis Burdett, and Earl Grey ; those of the two former being 5001. each, and that of the latter 2001. The celebrated Zodiac of Deader% or Tentyra, which, when first discovered by the French, during their expedition in Egypt, occasioned much discussion respecting the antiquity of the earth, has been lately brought to Marseilles, and is to be conveyed to Paris. The Courier Francais states, that the English Consul in Egypt opposed its removal, on the ground that it was within the district in which he had purchased the right of digging for curiosities, and wished to claim it for his Oovernrovnt. The dispute was referred to the Pasha. who determined in favour auto French ex plorers, hi, Sanlnier aid another. An among of their journey into be primed. .TO THE EDITOR OP THE STATESMAN. i; *OA 'EATON.' The subscr subscriptions for this brave, `skilful, and pia trioticsoldier,appear to be filling lira Face t yet I mitt regret there is no inducement held out Welker or cop per subscribers. When the brave Cochrane was op pressed by a fine of a lON/. as a collateral branch of a severe sentence, the people of England felt alive' on the occassion ; they came forward and paid the amount bypenny subscriptions. Is Sir Robert Wilson's case less oppressive, or has he not upon all occasions shewn himself every way as worthy of the people's notice ? In Lord Cochrane's case there was a colour of crime, supported by a gang of Bulls, Bears, and Big wigs. In Sir Robert Wilson's case, there is not even the shade of any thing that can be tortured into crime. Then, why not encourage every trade, club, or convi vial meeting in the country to come forward with their shilling, sixpenny, yea PENNY sonscittenoxs ? Then would each victim of a fallen -trade, shew that the harder the people are hit ,the higher they will jump:—Then will the little Boys who have saved a few farthings from their juvenile amusements, as the rising scions from the noble oaks raise their bead, among the sages of their country, get an unconquerable bias in the cause of liberty and .the constitution ; then will they, as they grow up to the estate of men, shew forth with the spirit of their brave ancestors, whose glori ous motto was ever "Liberty or Death." Then would the subscription of hundreds from the proprietors of the soil be but an equitable portion, and bear an equal weight in the scale of patriotism with the bum ble mechanics offering of a pound—a shilling—or a penny. Under such circumstances, Mr. Editor, I am of opi nion an ESTATE could he purchased worth TWENTY FIVE SHILLINGS A DAY, at least, and become an heir loom to the family of Sir Robert Wilson; and that such estate should he called VOX POPULI—as the purchase will be made by means of the people, the christening should proceed from their omnipotent voice. The Marquess of Granby, the Duke of Marlborough, and the Duke of Wellington hare been rewarded by the Ministers of the day, and their relations quartered on the people, for whom they never since those grants, did any thing to merit the thanks of that people. Thal fami lies and some of themselves continue to feed upon the peoples' industry, whereas Sir Robert Wilson pur chased those commissions fron, which he received his pay, soil gave his eminent services in all parts of Europe int:, the bargain. He was also the faithful and high-spirited Representative of his Constituents and the country at large, and this appears the head and front of his offending. To be sure, he did con sider the Queen of England should not be run down like a hunted hare, to humour the caprice or the hatred of any man or set of men, and that justice and fair play was the right of the Queen as well as any other woman ; and that if she was neglected and abused by her relations, he had no right to join in the outcry, after he saw perjury in the most detested forms brought forth to oppress her; and when she was harrassed, bunted, and persecuted even to death, be thought humanity should prompt him to prevent the shedding of human Wood, on bar road to the se pulchre of her ancestors. These were the real causes of Sir Robert Wilson's dismissal, which are therefore sufficient to give a tone to the people, whose affection bears a ratio to the wickedness of his enemies, and who will come forward with their mite, and let Europe see that the infamies of those in power are diametrically opposed to the wishes and inclinations of the British people. Oct.S, 1321. A POOR MIN IN THE BOROUGH. FIRE AND SWORD-SIGNS OF THE TIMES! An IMPROMPTU. on reading of NIT. BLADES Fund for de bauching the Life Guards; and of the establishment of a hireling paper, called THE BEACON, said to be under the auspices of the Lord Advocate of Scotland. Whilst British spirit still pervades, Though traitor slaves conspire, Harmless shall fall such pointless BLADES— Such BEACONS soon expire. ROYAL ESCAPC—tleolge the First, on his return from Hanover, in a violent storm which arose, had nearly been lost. The vessel he was on board was af terwards sold, and became a Newcastle collier ; on this mutation of naval service, the following lines were written " Mark the sad change in sublunary things. " COALS she exportl, that once IMPORTED Kings." Last week a melaucl►uly accident occurred to a party shooting, near Spilsby, in Lincolnshire, as Lord Buck. ingl►amshire, General Ellen, and Mr. Eden were phea sant shooting, General Eden's gun burst, and so shattered his hand, that immediate amputation was considered necessary. We are happy to bear ht is doing well. M. Talma, the celebrated tragedian, is nominated examiner of votes in the Electoral College of Arpejon, in which lie possesses some property. This political appointment has excited some surprise in a country in which actors are denied Christiaa burial. Mr. Cobbett bad, on Saturday last, an operation performed on his head, by Mr. Cline, similar to that which was, a few mouths ago, performed on the head of the King. It was the removal of a tumor, which had been, d-tring about thirteen years, increasing in bulk till it bad attained the size of a small hen's-egg. The operation was, of course, painful to endure ; but, we understand, that the consequences are not attended with even the slightest inconvenience. We have lately observed.paragraphs in the newspa pers stating the revival of trade in Glasgow. A gen- tleman of this neighbourhood, who has just returned from a visit to that city informs us that every thing is still very dull there.—(Tyme Oferenry.) HAMIIINGH, SEP r.l2s.—{Private letter.]--" The accounts relative to the Coro-market of London on the 17th inst., which arrived here this day, were highly distressing to our speculators in that branch of com merce, as they wholly frustrated the hopes that had been entertained of a speedy opening of the British ports. So much conadenc4 bad they felt on that sub ject, that very extensive transactions bad taken place in the corn trade, and expresses had been despatched in every direction to the ports on the Baltic, to enable their correspondents there to take advantage of the rise in the English market. Last post day a fall In the exchange of 10d. was noted, but to day it has risen ad." Tuesday last a young was ran, near eleitesster, 16 miles is an bear sad ki minutes. 1 ATESITA IMAYABROKERS.—tsvras lu TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Your condescension in allowing use a corner of your patriotic Paper, not only obliges me, but the nefirtn nate objects who suffer by the nefarious practices of Pawn-brokers. I would have It understood that I do not mean to sink the whole body in the horrid charges already stated, as there are a few, though very few excep tions to the geoeral rule. By this time, I presume, you are inundated with answers to my former letters, but this I will insist on, there is not one of the cases already inserted that cannot be proved upon oath. By a review of Tee STATESMAN of last Saturday, I per ceive a letter, signed PETER PLEDGE, which has anti cipated many things I should have inserted in this. I am well acquainted with the Shepherd's-bush In former and his mode of raising the wind, as well as his science in bolstering up a little accident in. the way of basiness, and of bushing up some plundering errors against poverty and wretchedness; and I know many of his customers who would stand in need of his daily assistance did not poverty, and a shame of ex posing that poverty, prevent the perpetrators of mani• fold crimes from being brought to justices. Among the escapes there is another villainous case. An arti cle of value was pledged and not called for till the day before it was out ; the dapper little P. B. stated to the lady who pledged it, that he was moving, but would look it out for her. I was apprized of the infamy, and took the ticket in a day or two after, knowing him not only to he dishonest in another case, but well known to be such from the commu nication of many of his neighbours. I waited on Mr. P. 8., who could not find the goods, but supposed it was sold. I should have stated, when the lady called for the goods, he wrote, out, on the back of the ticker, which would have been a cover to the delin quency. Finding his shopman noticed the writing on the back of the ticket, I insisted on the goods. ; bad I behaved civil, perhaps he might have looked for them ; but, as I did not, he'd give himself no further trouble about it. I summoned him before a Inez's trate, where he had been pretty well known, but I could not possibly persuade the lady to come forward, and the impostor escaped, and Crowed over his own profligacy. My first letter stated some of the most egregious miscreants about the King's Bench and Fleet prisons, where they commit their depredations to an enormous degree, upon the unfortunate inmates ; and I shall bring such cases forward as will make these contaminated vermin feel the weight of their infamous extortions. I some time since had the ticket of two aressee, which, the party I had them of, told me, were rich silk dresses. I went to the Pawn-broker, shewed the ticket, and offered to pay the interest, and for a new ticket; they'd take the interest and price of the ticket, but would not shew me the goods. Having promised to release them, I paid two pounds and in terest, when two old muslin dresses were brought down, in room of the silk. I saw the cheat; I had no remedy ; I offered to re-pledge the goods for 20s ; they told me it would not suit them ; they would not take in muslin goods of any sort. The reader will please to observe the owner of the mnslins was owner of the silk goods > and tit *eke •trt‘-eite , ette-war' attached to the other, the muslin ticket being out, so that Mr. P. B. changed the tickets, and had the silk dresses to himself, by the dexterity of the change. In fact, impositions in this way are s.) nu merous, that it requires the strong hand of the. Legis lature, to put an end to such deplorable acts as take place daily on the miserable victims of bad trade, heavy taxes, and casual mifortune, more particularly he incarcerated inmates of mistaken policy. S.M. SPOUT. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Neweas tle-npon-Tyne, has received from Thomas Costs. Esq. of llaytion-btidge, lately returned overland from India, the valuable present of a very fine Egyptian mummy, in perfect preservation, and of great beauty, which Mr. Coats himself saw raised out of the royal tombs at Gaurnon, near the ancient Thebes, in Upper Egypt and at great expense purchased and brought with him to Europe. HEIGHT OP MOUNTAINS..-Mr. J. G. Jackson. who has published descriptive works of Soothers and Western Baehary, and who has more than once crossed the chain of Mount Atlas, has published an observa tion which calls fur an accurate investigation. From observations made by Mr. Colebrook, in India, on the heights of Mount Himala, his calculation is that, from some of the crests of that enormous range being vi tilde at the distance of two hundred and eleven Eng lish miles, their elevation should be twentreight thousand feet above the sea. Mr. Jackson has applied this sole to measure the height of certain elevated points of Atlas, on the eastern side of Morocco, which are visible at sea twenty miles from the rout, westerly, and i■ the direction of Mogadore. Hence it would follow that the elevation of these heights would be mom than twenty-nine thousand English feet above the level of the Atlantic. and, of course, the highest on the globe, as to any known measure• meat. Lord Ellenborough once derided that stage-coach proprietors were responsible for the safe delivery of goods of any value, notwithstanding they had made a bye-law that they would not be answerable for any thing worth more then 51., unless it was paid for ac cordingly. Since that time another Judge has decided that stage-eoaebes are not liable for goods above 5/. unless booked as such. The latter, we suppose, is the law now In fashion ; but bow long will it be so ? (Tyne 'throaty.) _ _ Major Rndd, of Marton Lodge, near Stockton-on- Tees, has lately sold to Martin Stapylton. Esq , of Myton Halt, Yorksirire, two cows, the grand-daughters of Countess, for the sum of four hundred pounds, and one cow, the grand-daughter of Peeress, for one hun dred pounds. These cows are of the genuine Sefton breed. To say at airy game, six love. or nine lore. means six Se none, or nine to none. Why? The following has bee. given as the solution The expressioo may have come either from Scotland or Holland.— brif in old Scotch is the hand : so that six lef will Weill six is hood, or more than the adversary, when he bas sothlogwo his score. Loaf in Dutch, Ovum r we bawl out word lee/. and to loof. is the weather• gage t sad is tibia case. six leo/ will imply six upon the weather 'spier to &aesthete, as really it is, when • the antagonist Is nothing. ,SPORTING INTRUJGENCE.- BE'rTISG AT'TATTERftALL'S. Waal . . 1922.—1 e to I agile Ld Fbley's e. by Partizan, out of I.:geom.-14 to loot IA Dar Enema's c. , by }llapha- • sant. out of tru , !scapt —l4 to lazy 01. n. Grocvenor'i Mar eellus-100 to 0 cgs% Ld I..l4remont's r. tsy k`rolic, out of d.-200 to 11 ogst• IA Gros , umur's o. out of Plover. 10 to I on V•e field for the Oahu. 6 to 4. on Augushraist Ibli fo? the nintch. The Boxing Match for 50 guineas, between Gran ger, the tinman, and Franklin, the Notingltemehire smith, *ill take place this Morning, near Hartley•row, Hants. Granger id the favourite. • We hear that bill• of indictment are preparieg to be preferred at the quarter sessions, under Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor's act, against certain manufactures in this Borough for the nuisance created by their Steam Engine Furnaces.—(Grerfs Mereery.) .•• NEWHATRN, OCT. 7.--•-TWO officers from the port a f London arrived at East Bourne on Frithy last, and proceeded immediately to search the dwelling-houses of two persons, where they found a considerable gttan tity of French silks, &c. which they seimi and cow veved away, to he deposited in his Majesty's stores. The Independence, Holden, from Dieppe, arrived this morning, with passengers and merchandise. • The Jane, Fell, of Workington, from Quebec, kpoke the following vessels :—Sept. 1, the Isaac, Todd, of London, hound to Quebec, lat. 45. 47. long. 49. 56: —Sept. 4, the Eliza Ann, of Maryport from Quebec, out 21 days, lat.-16. 3. long. 43. 50.—Sept. 5, the Royalist, of Maryport, out 13 days, from Kirkcedbright, lat. 46. IS. long. 42. 4S.—Sept. 6, the Richard and Ann, of Hell, front do. ont 19• lays, lat. 47. long 40.1'. About six weeks a ! ro, the colliers in the neighboui hood of Glasgow struck work for higher wages, and the consequence Las been, coals have risen in value from 10s. to Isis. per waggon, and a further rise may he anticipated, as the supply is completely exhausted to a great distance round that city. In consequence of a proprietor of coal-works in the immediate neigh ' bourbood having employed some new hands, an attack was meditated against them on Wednesday by the former operatives.—The Civil Power was, however, aware of their intention, and took the necessary mea sures to prevent it. Accordingly a party of dragoons. on Thursday morning, brought in some prisoners from the work in question. A MELANIAIOLY CATASTROPIIK—Late in ICE after:. noon of Satitrilay se'nnight, the wife of a labouring man, named !lenge, while picking hops in a planta tion within view of her residence,• nigh to Mill Coy tier, in the parish of Northiam, was greatty alarmed on observing a column of smoke issuing from her house, wherein she had left an aged mother and her infant child. Half frnerated from apprehension, she hastened home, and on her arrival, found the pre:ni••••1 on fire. She, nevertheless, entered them, and unmind ful ofdanger, rushed into the room where her mother and infant child were in bed together, and, protected by Providence, rescued the latter, and placed it in safety ; but ere she could return to render any assist once to her helpless mother, which she was most anxi ous to do, the roof fell in, and enveloped her in flames : and thus, unhappily, perished the poor old woman, inihe ItOth year urherage.• On tieing taken frena the ruins, she presented a shocking spectacle, the fire having neariy consumed both arms, a portion of the head, and other parts of the body.—Verdict—Acci dental Death.—No account can be given how the tire happened. Restos-at. or CONTlCTS.—Yesterday morning at six o'clock, about twenty-five male convicts were removed in a caravan from Newgate, for transportation, pur suant to their sentences. They were met in Black friars-road by a detachment of Dragoons, who are to escort them to their destination. As usual, a great number of persona were collected to witness their do parthre ; among whom Were several of their old com panions, equally deserving of a seat in the caravan. There were two or three MU/woods also present, who ichinspered a parting farewell : but the caravan was scarely out of sight. when excessire grief d rove thetii into a drain-shop, where a quantity of gin afforded them immediate comfort ; and they separated, exclaim ing against the severity of the laws, and the cruelty of the big trigs ! On 'Need ay last, a gentleman of Falkirk, in a hay field, about a varier of a utile west of the town, acci dentally turned over a loose piece of earth, when to his astonishment, he discovered a parcel containing Pi new sovereigns, all of which, however, be soon per ceived to be counterfeits. They seemed to be very well executed, and their resemblance to the genuine coin ii. so great as to render it on the closest inspection difh- . • salt to detect them. They are of course considerably lighter than the real coin, and resemble in sound a base shilling. When found there were pieces of silk • paper so disposed as to prevent them from rubbing against each other.--(EdiabergA Star.) An awful occurrence took place on Friday morning last in Worcester Cothedral,- during one of the per formances of the music meetings Feld in that city.— At the time Mr. Vaughan was singing " gentle airs," • sccontpanied on the violencello by Mr. Lindley. Mr. John Griffiths, one of the vocal performers, fell bank in his seat in an apopletic fit. At the conclusion of Mr. Lindley's cadence, he was carried out, and seve ral medical gentlemen who formed part of the congre gation hastened to attend him : they proceeded to bleed him, and he was conveyed to his residence, where be continued in a senseless state till Saturday afternoon between four and five o'clock, when he expired. He had been a member of the Worcester choir upwards of thirty years. He possessed one of the most power ful bass voices ever beard, and some years since was engaged as the principal bass singer at the Covent garden Oratorios. He was engaged at the great coin tuemoration of Handel in Westminster.abbey. CAUTION •GAINST DRINKING TO Excess.—Sep tamber 23, a young man named Haygarth, of Denver, in Norfolk, drank eighteen glasses of gin in its niat state, at the White Hart inta k Downlism; the conse quence was, that he immediately became insensible, and continued alarmingly 'ill till the following Thurs. day, when death ended his saSerings: • • A short time since,•a woman belongiurg to the pa rish of Stoke, near Wareham, Dorset, in a sm. of ID. tozicaden, in attempting to .get- nia behind a _post chaise, sat on Ae spikes; bee criessalarmid the driver, who, with assistance, removed ter teem • tier pardons situations bat in a most deplorableness*. tiff wonadt • • soon began to mortify:audits tbsciontse *Ai *ii days the nnfortinato woman izpirsii.--(omaJostriiilej . • , -..--e. - --~t - --..+ - '