The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-07-09 00:00:00

NAVAL. INTBLLIGANCR. DEAL, JOLT s.—Arrived sod sailed for the River the Blossow, Willienison. from Leghorn ; and she Oscar, for St. John's. Also arrived the Ibisk sloop of war, how a creme. POITIMOOTII, JULY 11.--S l eiled tho Sisters sad De (me tramper's, to the Faetward:—Peosed by front Lowden t►e IVeebinjtee, Farwell, for New York ; and Arab, Allen, for the South Sees. flaatrica, JULY B.—Arrived the Lady Nepnn pa c ket, with a Man, from Holland. Baterox, Itimr S.—Arrived the St. Elizabeth, Lewis; and the A'n, Gerdes, from Jamaica. Unmoor, JULY 7.—Arrived the Ceylon, Gil. ma, f►om New Orleans s sailed, 27th May, to cow pony with the Elias, Ylief, for this port. On the 3d inst., elf Cape Clear, apol(e_the Traveller, from St. John's, N. B. for this port ; wet 17 days.—The Alexander, from New Orleans, for this port, wreck on some drift wood in coming doss, the Ws. sisatppi ; she had eight feet water is her held, and most discharge. To ram EDITOR o• Pas STATESMAN. —.....0. Sta,—As acting partner in the house of JOUPII TO.. and Co. I feel myself called upon to notice an article in year Paper of yesterday, relative to the esamitiatiow of JONI'S Leeg, at Gaiklhall. The state. slut in question is evidently calcolated to impress the pablie sled with a belief that we had purchased goods Wm an Satire stranger, and at a price merle below the market valve; so far froze this bring the troth, he bad been recommended to es some lime before es a very respectable young man, and was Sc. teeny for a short period in oar service; and as it maids the prier, it was the same as we were daily giving for large quantifies of similar goods. The transaction took place with our warehouseman, Jotter Kumar, in the ordinary coarse of holiness, and was only known to myself through the daily Paws, Fere•afiert, July 8. 1819. J. MORRISON. To rev EDITOR or sec STATESMAN. hope that (if yew see no impropriety in it) yon will be so good as to give publicity to the fol. lowing Letter, throegh the medium of that len este. 6•114604 cad trul y patriotic Newspaper, the Snerze-1 • ..••. MAN, which 1,, as I understand, geserally read in Scotland, and mach esteemed for the uniform end mealy way in which it has oneadogly advocated the Caine of Freedom generally, and particularly the cause of the suffering and leech oppressed People of Dritein—set only of Militia, bet of oar eider Waled, sod of mudded everywhere. • T. 11. s. TO THE POITOR OF THE SCOTSMAN. 66 Ssa,—ln the begiuuing of January last you an. mosnced in your highly ski,' Mieeellany, that • _ Gentleman of Edinburgh hod and a l etter from his friend in London, in which he says :—' Dear Sir,— &closed yes will find a bill for 301. to be di vided into three sees elfin 151. 101. as prises for the best lines in prose or verse, on the @object of Sir IVILLt.sx W•stees's &eking Mow to Me Scottish Threw*, which I could wish to be so es.' pressed as not to itiveoffesce to Der brethren south of 'the Tweed', Ac. Hreferther soya,' My name need not be mentioned; *sly say a oaths of Eilinhargla, end a ?timber of the Highland Society of London, who left his dative p!ste at It years of age,' the. The cendidatee for those prizes were reqemted to send their compositions b Messrs. MAIrNaIUI sail Mn...,., Ediabergh, before the tat of May, 1519, when the prizes would Ise awarded. The Gentleness who suggested that excellent idea, sal who offers so liberal a reword, des. greet praise; and as it is • public invitation for the exercise of talents and (t -oles, on seek an important list feet of • remote period of Scottish history, it appears to me that the Public have new a claim td be familial with tome informs ties bow the affair bee bees decided, asd to publish the works, with the oases of the fortenate can didates, which may; perhaps, be a b.n.k to the esthete,. is well is a gratification to the Pub lic. I am nera candidate for that h my self, het I boom there were two pieces soul from " Leaden, 'one of debt, which is in verse, I have Nee, and which a Learned Dector also has we, end has glees his opinion, that it possesses greet merit. At any rate, it at least deserved what the nether requested, that the receptios of his common'. cation might be ackuoisiedged. I required the other day of a very respectable bookseller, who is con. Reefed with Edinburgh, whether he could inform me why there was no further notice taken of so interest ing a subject : his reply was, ' I believe it means nothing, or perhaps it is a host.' That opinion of his I carnet agree with, for no honourable Member of the Highland Society would lend his name to so en. worthy a transaction. Therefore, lam iodeced thus publicly (with great respect for the parties concern ed) to afford an opportunity of publishing a correct account of the progress or termioation of this interest ing matter • for I do assure yes, that it has elicited coosiderable interest here among many Scotsmen, especially for the fate of ear friend's excellest produc tion, which we hope will entitle him to be site of the reeeessfel eandidetes. The Gentleman seems assimes least any thing should be said that wooldilee4;;I: to our brethren south of the Tweed. I believe so one Englishman, of liberal sentiments, will be offend wd at stating fairly end honestly historical facts, which cannot apply to the present generation. Pre. jadian es that inkjet', I hope, do not now curt. " I ea, Sir, your's, kc. " Loodoe, July 1.1119. T. H." 01.0 BAILLY, Jeer 9. BANS FOROIRI [his usersilng Bather Beres, Oxen Rugdou, Mery Deal, and James Robreih were charged with uttering and possessing forged Bank notes, knowing them to be forged ; they pleaded G uilty to the minor offence. Fronds Roxburgh, a decent looking man, was - pat loth, bar, eitarg;d with killing and silyingCbarles Cue by violently driving his horse against him, throwing him dower, and thereby cussing a caucus. lion which predated his death. The bill nes thrown out by the Grand Jury, boll , for the murder end inenalaeghter; the present in. dirtment was foonded on the Coronet's I °wet.— Tl.oagh cube trial had Mated anise time, as there wee no bop, of it. 'poorly termination, when our It e. porter left the Court, we melt poslPonfl Lb. POlish ins ul it tili lit-nerrew. TIDE STATESMAN. LINES or me COMET. La! where above, in rapid motion moves, 'Alit* Gamier worlds. this serails sane& Aga, Whirl' seems from flea's. anaufel asissino sent To rms., mankind, and prove beyond dispels The Works and Being sofa mighty Goo. Whim thinks the teamed. sale, presswlng Who dam time all th'ell'algeal regions hurt Ills midnight glances, and assign the cause Of weeders glassing on the front of !leaven f Steadfast be looks! half willing to explore The sacred volume of mysterious things With Astrossemic eye; till wrapt in obsosest, lle backwards faits into the boundless void Of rale eawjeeiare, and in amide, slab. Rai. shot 'on blazing wonder. shish &ethanol Rebellious amigo, like the scourge of Reaves, Ilas by its Maker so important cad, Rat may caws to 'lrene • Clamor spate, I. oedemas to belie. e—pressupiiiia foul : Noce 'et the asennesi atom •earte alive, Or lifekst steepieg its thedeep sawn. Bat farms sane mend part la that great whole— Creation: wad sue aged by its Goo. What, thee, may this in)werines amen mean, Barstiag No sodden as the visual spark With awful grandeur? What may earth expect Five ibis great wesarsger a geed se iff I! tad me, GOD, to keep is bumble house Sly ferias Jadgmesi I mar peewit ay thiseghur Timm far to pry into Thy mimic pins, While this mantling an Thy aimless weeks. May am this blazing herald come se wawa The guilty world, to speak in angry lbw Thy wrath at hand, and awful close sif time? Rise, guilty unti.ms, from your deathly trance, Shake of the chalets that bind the soul la sir, Err the high head of our offended Goo Lacks Mercy's gate, and gives the loud alarm Of berating kindests and the crush si seals. Vauxhall-walk. T. W. B. I. It appears hem the Scotch Papers, that the Lard Provost and I Officers of the Corporation of Edinburgh hare been compelled to attend the Com. mitt*, of the lines, of Commons no the a Waits of the Scotch Burghs, in coolant f their having die. obeyed a previous Order to transmit information en certain pointsconweeted with the pending Deacon OlLLeseie protested against tee determiner tion of the Town Council to disobey the Older ailed.' ed to, as likely to lead to the step since 'elms by the Committee, end thus to occasion a great and sone.' misty event.* which the Committee were analogs to prevent. An eatreerdiaary Meeting of the Tows Ceencil was held on the 25th alt., when the Provost informed them of the receipt of orders for the attend. Inc. forthwith before the Committee, of himself, the Dean of Guild, lb. Convener of the Trades, the Collector of Cosa, the Collector of Shore.does at Leith, and the Tres of Trinity Hospital.— Raillie SMITII moved that the Treasurer be aetho rised to pay to the Provost 1001. io advance, to defray the eapences of three Members of the Council to London ; and that they be authorised to drew from (Na fends of the good town the sem 14 3001. Thls Resolution was streneoesly opposed by Dreams Lowais and GILLII4PIe, bet it was ultimately carried.' Oise of the Edinburgh Papers, after slating that Provost MiKesitte hes a salary of 10001. a year, aod Co Desuocx one of 5001. a year, says— " Most it not tend to lower the respectability and dignity of the klegivracy of the capital of Scotland, that they should sane cerensenie consider it necessary to be supplied in advance with the burgh fends to , pay septum i • it solely brains* they chose to oppose the reasonable demand of their fellowrci tisens?" Extract from a letter, (Wed Leeds, dated JO, 6, gays, " Yesterday evening the Reqoisitionists for Reform waited upon the Mayor of this town, per. mot to previous appointment, for his Worship's sumer to their application; when he pee them SOON advice, and pointed out the instility of the pro posed Meeting, and the impossibility that it could teed to any good purpose; that It was, in feet, more likely to prove ►ighly injurious to them, and &o men to the commuoity at large. Ile mid ha bad given their request the most attentive consideration, aad should be most happy if it were in his power to afford relief sod assistance to the num►rous onem pilled workmen ; bet after the most mature delibe ration with his brother Magistrates, his doty to the !Wale at large forced him to refuse calling the re. gaited Meeting." In consequence of the above re float, the Ittioisitionkts, it is said, intend calling the Meeting themselves; but no day is yet 6aed. No less than Ille deaths have taken place in the city of Norwich within the last roar weeks by small. pot; in consequence of which a Meeting of the in habitants has been called by the Mayor for arresting its alarmiog progress amongst the poor by vaccination. Ws MI assured that the Comet was observed at Christmas last, aid that for several nights together. At that time it was probably approaching towards the son; it is oow departing from it. ALt.—The following Is a Statement of the Quote fily of Ak brewed by the six principal Ale Brewers, hom the Mb of July, 1818, to the sth of July, 1819 : Ramis. &Mtge sad C... 21.0 I W tatt and G.. , 13.14 I i..410e, Thaeas.... niarTiaetes &ad Co 1 1 .331 Hall mod Ca. f tli I Hale mad Ca. 1059 Coax EXCNASSIL, JOLT ll.—ne Market was well sop plied with Wheat sass asonsiag, for whirls hither prices weie asked bus mold saw he wished, awl somas& woo some sales were wade rit Welesesdas'is preres.—Fier fresh Oats net ready sale all Weds... May's pryers. —Breas awl Peas as lot Monday'. Basley aid ether articles ad Buttnritka. 9.—The Markel this day was well *applied wytk line Castle. mad Beef rasher dearer.—la Malmo. boob. awl Veal the trade was hook, awl cheaper sham la-t Ma. key.—Park males se per law. The bealerts he she Hay Mackh an dell; doe old May keeps its prier, and iuferiur spinliiies arc laties.--straw at lief pommies. The naersed Is a roofer statement of the Dashers sad priers N Masker : T. ~k the °fel. per Nese el ass. *ref ... 4.. 6t... be. 4.1. I Hrsd ..f Otitis this day . dittos . t.. bd. s b. 2.1. Seem yea. ... 4. 61. se 6, 61. Sheep end Leask . 6;43 I ..rk . 4, 61. MN. 61. Calves ..... ......—......11e Lush... 4.. 61. te b.. • 64. Mr. .... ..... —.. ... WI 11All.IIAIKET. Ike . . bl. es. M. t.. 61. Os. N. Clever .... S. Ik. 0.1. la I. Or. 04. Straw .... 11. 104. Is. to 'l.l. Is.. W. LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD. The ottaindor wins! this poen' Noblemen was obtained in 1795. lie was a leader in the omens of mimeses In the system el misrule in Ireland.— The Anther of Mr. CORRAN't Life, profited to the enlarged Collection of CURRAN'S Speeches, jest published by Mr. Hose, says. •' His Lordship was ono those against whom the notorious IteTeot.us had given information. For son* weeks Lord KIR. WARD eluded the perseit of lbeOicers of Justice. He less at length traced, however, to en obscure hoes* in Dublin, and apprehended. Ile wade a most desperate resistance, and shortly after died in prison, from the warn& he hod received in t►e struggle. His widow and infant children petitioned against the Bill of At. Wailer, and Mr. CURRAN ORS heard es their Coen. sel at the bar of the Horse of Commons." From the conerquences of this unease*. which was adopted dry• lug the turmoil of distracted Legislation, his L...rd• ship's family will be relieved by the 0111 now lo progress throegh b..th Houses of Parliament. An extract from the opening of Mr. CURRAN'S most eloquent speech, which is given at length I. Mr. Ilexes Goiledion, will show the views that en• lightened Patriot took of the subject. " Upon the guilt of Lord EUWARD" said Mr. CURRAN, "(mod vilthost the fell proof of which. nepsnist.onent can ' be jest,) he had been asked by the Committee if be hoe arty defence to go into? Ile was confounded by a question which be could not answer ; but upon a very little, reflirction, he saw in that very confusion the meat conclusive proof of the injustice • .•f the 8114.—For whet can be more fisgestitly unjust than to enquire late a fact, of the trails or falsehood of which no house bane can bare knowledge. save the informer who comes forward to assert it. sir. I nnw answer the question. I bare no defensive evirienre ! I have nn ease! It is impossible I should ! I hove often of late gone to the dungeon of the captive, but never hive I gone to the grove of the dead to receive instructions for his defence ; nor, in truth, Ittle I ever before been at Ike trial of • dead man ! I rifer, therefore, no evidence span this 'mei() ; against the perilous es• ample of which I do proitst on behalf of Ile Rook., and against the cruelly and inlu•tice of which I do protest in the name of the dead father, whose memory is songho to be dishonoured ; Intl of his or phans whose breed is %might to he taken sway." In conclusion, he ear. Pally and solemnly implored the Hoot, I. pause horrify it acted. If it did not rate with that coolness shirk his enlightened urge. moats and impassioned appeals reiplred, the precipi. tation mast be attiihoted to the feverish heat of the distemp►red times. " I conjure you once more," said Mr. CURRAN, " to 'elect, that the fact of guilt or innocence, which most be lb. friendation of this Bill, Is not now, after the death of Oa party, capable of being tried, consistently with the liberty of a free People, or the ensiterebla rules of Eternal Justice; and that as to oh. fortelleire and the ignominy which it enacts, (hat only can he psoislonont whirls lights upon guilt; and that only VIII be v►ngeance which breaks span isnee•nrel"— ( nose's :Yes and Enlarged Edition of Cuimatr's Speches,—)s..264 1 GI).111:r. This interesting phennosennit was again si•ihle last night, and ctowds of gazers were assembled in sitnatinea favourable fur a view of the mysteries+ vl. site, of stir planetary system. From the Orri.rien era to the present time about Sea hundred Comets have been observed. The sight of one in ancient times threw nations into cosines suspense and dis. may, and even one thew are regarded by th• unin. farmed as the forerunners of wars and p con. eialsions. It is a remarkable coincidence that so many Comets have appeared dyeing this present ctn. tory, which his at the same time been rendered me. eatable by events of estraordiusry magoitede and importance. The Comet was wee at Paris, and at Brussels on Saturday evening. Ilassanno. Jute 5.-0 a Saturday evening a Comet was coveted la she Nocils-enst. Its tall appeared nods longer than that of she Coquet fa 1511. Too thunder storms hare mace ec. curled herr s Was on the warning saf yesterday was palmately Mateo, and cowed grist slam. The Haw aims struck Sr seve ral places, but happily did set set lire se say building. _ _ 'hie Comet Is netieed in the Pariman Journals, bet hitherto is ithoot any of the observations of Maros°. liners, tie Journalists contenting themselves with pre. senting it as food for the gossip of wine.hibbors cod literary atillissers. The following is from the herald des Danis of M onday . " A Camel has appeared wriapeetedly, without having al low/pilaf is Messieurs, she Astrisouoters. Nader, IQ C-eratti• as., So the Ilororas, to aarowsee its arrival. This is as isms grail, which seems to demonstrate that this woad war disdain ilso law. of celestial etiquette! Ilenee the g 2 Pa. violas, who were assembled ye.terday upon the guar to pay their coon to this new lansirsary. base swilled vase fears foe the events which its appearance may portend. It is snore rea sonable to observe, that with the apparition of Ibis CIPIIII4, the tentluwittow : kw .raywriroced a sodden Anne; to cold and relay lisitlier, *Web bus lasted for fear weeks. hos succeeded as Irsoilai re hitt. It MI. the same is 1811. sad the lovers of sthed wine wll recollect the year of the Comet. to day the CeattOrrnee thermometer, at two **cluck. P. M. was 26 deg. 3.10. sad was still rising. This is she highest degree of heat whit* eaperieoced this year. At this comet is not doubted to be the same whose orbit was calculated by M. Nicollet lest year, his cal citations become now more interesting. According to his cslculatlons. it pissed its point nearest to the sea an the 3d of March ISM year, as 15 min pest 11. Its perihelial distence 'quill to 1-12567 (a little more than 11); that of the earth to the son beirg taken as stsity— larlinarins of its orbit in the ecliptic ss deg. SS sic Loogriode of the aserudiag *ode 6B deg. 5 min. Loagitade of peribeliuw, eakolated by the orbit lB7 deg. ":,? win. Its heliocentric movement direct. DARING Houma, —Timothy afternoon, es Itr. Broughton, solicitor, Great filarlborogghotrert, was coming up Holborn, kis attention was attracted by great crowd in Southamptosi.strert, where there was a house on fire. Ile was induced to stop, bps had not beeg • spectator many mingles, Woo be wria hustled by a gat% of thieves, who robbed him of Ins pocket-book, containing • one pound Bunk-note, • bll of some consequence, and two Otters. No less than a doom of Gratlenon were robbed, and ono gt them loss 631. in notes. Two men, named Daum and Sullivan, suspected of being actively cormeraked. were apprehended by J. Fe! min, gad lodged in the gaticli•liessit of St. Giles's. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. JULY S. This beteg the first Seal-esy after Tem. the tird Chancellor cesheseaced the &Wags after Tem, • 11.46404 n% Ina-►all. In Tin MATTICk OF TUE OOMPH OF MOSFOLK, A Ltl X ATIC. Mr. WinonaLb applied to the Coen to cosines the Master's Newt respectiog the silo of • part of 'he property belonging to the Duchess of Norfolk, oho nes ender the protection of the Comet. He ea• ticipated no opposition to his The Loan Citsocu.s.on consented to the notion. MVITE V. LISLE. --- The Court was occupied nearly the 'Woof the di y in attending to the arguments of Counsel in this ru g which related to the right of demanding tithes frog a portion of • faro. exiled Wooten Faro situated In the Isle of Wight. The m a tt er b a d he;n tried et the Sesser Auiles of Winchester, In 1817.—The present application •as for a new trial. Mr. W. tberell and Mr. A. Moore spiike at length ea behalf of the motion, and . Mr. Tosser aid Mr. Gawks op. posed it. _ This cos' stands over emit Stionlay. for Mr. We• that'll's reply, sod for the jadgoeut of the Court. COURT OF KING'S HENCH, Jct.? I. TEARDALS V. CLIVISMr• This was an ammo brought by the Plaintiff, • butcher, in Ossolsion-street, Somers-town, Weal Ma. Clements, prissier, pobtisher, and sole proprie tor of the Observer Newspaper, to recover damages for the injure which the Plaintiff. character had sus tained owing to a libel which bad been published by the Defendant in his paper against the Plaintiff. Tile declaration averred, that oat oho 34 of Oct., 1818, the Plaintiff. gadded by one John Smith, had appre hended two individuals, named Thomas Mope end William Harriott, mid had found in their possession a dead human body; that in coosegeence of each appiehensine and tech discovery ensuing from it, he had curried the said individuals to the Police-glace, list. on.garden, where they were examined by Mr. Leach, the sitting Magistrate; that after this et satinet los he had bete bested over to prosecute the said ind , vkleals • that he bail then received instructions from Mr. Leach to carry the said body to Surgeons'. hall, where he left it ; whereas the Defendant bed falsely, wickedly. dm fed in his Paper of the I Ith of October, 1818, to the damage. he. of the said Plaintiff, that he, the said " along with an assistant constable, had taken the two men, seized as aforesaid. to the • atch.hoese, where they (romeing the said Plaintiff and his as nt constable) deposited the body; that the next day they conveyed the prisoners to ilatlno-pr. den Poliee.office, whose they (Gaming the aforesaid prisoners) were beld.to bail by the Magistrate, and the body was ordered to he interred ; that tbe Plain tiff (meaning, &e.) alone with his a at constable, whose active (sonde m? in seizing the prisoners had been praised very much, thought proper to take the dead body from St.Pascral watchhouse in a backoey-coach of Mr. Carper, the anatomist. and Mine.: to sell is ; Pitt they (meaning as aforesaid) inflamed' Mt. Carpet. bow they t•ecame po d of the sobjecri -nil that he &elks's! buying it, saying that if it be longed to a sy body, it most belong to those from whom they had taken it f that the said Plaintiff, along with his assistant-constehle, thee proceeded with the body to St. Thomas's Hospital, and there sold It to the porter Csr 11. ; sod that the porter after wards sold it to the surgeons for 41.; that yesterday the conduct of the said constable had been laid be fore the Magistrates, sad that they (the Magistrates) bad recommended a bill of indictment tow preter• red against them at the nest Qaarter Sessions for a misdemeanour." To this declaration the Defeudant pleaded not guilty, upon which plea isles was joined. MT. CHITTY opened the pleadings. Mr. GURNEY stated the to the Jury. The Plaietilf was a butcher in Sometselown, inspector of pavements, and collector of taxes to the perish of St. Pancras. Oa the 3J tet last October he was going, at a very early boor, to Neirgete.market, sod en his road be observed two men with a hamper, who sp. peered to him to be very suspicious characters. Ile immediately went for assistance, and listing obtained it, took them into custody. On examination of what the hamper contained, a dead human body was fend within It. Tn. discovery of this circumstance induced him to convey them to the Police-office, Hatton.garden, where they were ordered hi and bail to answer the misdemeanour which they bad commit. ted. He then asked the alsgistrate what he was to do with the dead body ; the sitting Magistrate (the late Mr. Leach) ordered him to take it to Sergeowe hall. Ile obeyed the orders, and the porter took it le. This was the reel statement of the wetter ; bet is The Observer of the ensuing Sunday a paragraph appeared, which. though false, bad brought obsolete ruin upon the family of the Plaintiff. It had col. lected mobs about his house, who bad denounced him to the neighbourhood in which he lived as a seller of and a dealer in Yuman flesh ; and sn lamentable bad been the conseqeeece of this proceeding, that his family. from a state of comfort and alleeece, had been reduced to a state of the most complete rain and misery. Here the Learned Coal,. sel read the libel, which had given rise to this action, and which we have inserted above. He begged leave to remind the Jury, that the whole of this paragraph was a complete invention. He did not mean to say that the Defendant was the tether of it, by no means ; het es the Defendant enjoyed all the pevesiary pr..- fits which arose from the esterided circalatiors of his Paper, he was the person who eight to suffer for any falsehoods which might be inserted in it. lie could not, indeed, avail himself of the plea of haste which bad been offered for the Daily Papers s his publication was sent forth to the world with greeter deliberadoe, and with better oppertooldes of e;, - mining into the trade of the articles "Alia were screed is it thus soy Daily Paper citadel peen; on therefore, as be reaped many sweets from it. he muss makeup his mind to submit to the bitters which were mingled op with them. The Defendant had not, deed. pleaded • jeavierstion to the libel which be ha ll pnNished, but to ha not on sl at ateowot to ire ex empted - Mb 4 . , ) . r .1