The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-08-07 00:00:00

r • • it 4. . . - VL. • • - • . _. _... . 4 . .. NAPA', INTRLLIGENCE. DEAL, Atoust 6.—Came down from the River and sailed, the Maunder, Scofflens, for the Isle of . France; Lapwing, Brock, for Malta; Eagle, Bow. deo, for the Mediterranean; Heywood, for Quebec; Elizabeth and Sarah, —, for Pictots ; and Ruben and Elisa, Stowell, for New York.— Sailed the four Spanish transports for Wis. Powtsmouvit, AUGUST 6.—Ships at Spithpad : his Majesty's ship Billette, for Halifax ; and Potton, Carter, waiting fur orders.—His Majesty's ships Phaeton and Car"ron, fitting for sea, will go out of Harbour as soon as seamen can be got. Cowes. Alio. 6.—Sailed the Sarah and the Asia transports, for Quebec, with the remainder of the sth battalion of the 60th Regiment, and part of the 76th Regiment, under command of Lieut.-Colouel Fitz gerald and Major Schoodde. MARGITE, Aucture 6.—The Drie Gebroeders, Timmerman, from Antwerp to London, his heen on shore on Margate Sind, but was got off by assistance from the shore, and has proceeded this morning for the Riser. Hsawros. AUGUST (S.—Several salvage vevsels b ase arr i v ed, with timber, lath wood, and deals, picked up in the Wallet, end under the Sunk, sup posed to have been part of the cargo of the" London, Thomas IVatson," a boat having been brought in from the same spot with those names upon the stern. Mu, AUG. 4.—Arrived the Lord Wellington, Dannatt, from Greenland, with 10 6sh-380 butts of oil. NOUTII Smut's, AUG. 4.—Passed this harbour the Richard, — 2 of and for Hull from Greeulaud, yids 14 fish. 11•11•1••••• The Earl Perry, Cunningham, hes arrived at Kirk. cWy, from Greenland, with 12 fish. V.JUXIIALL.GARDENS. This unique place of recreation and amusement has received daring the present season more than an or dinary share of patronage. The uncommon fineness of the weather has given full effect to the charming uttractiens of the Gardens, and the fashionable world have begun spin to cheer and enliven this Elysian scene by their presence and patronage. The company on Wednesday night was extremely numerous and brilliant, and consisted of some of the most distin guished personages in the country. The Duke of Wellington, Mra. Wellesley Pole and one of her daeghters, Mr. Wellesley Pole, Col. Marley, and other Gentlemen, were present. The Doke wore a black coat, buttoned close up to his collar, white waistcoat, light.coloured breeches and stockings; he wore a round hat fashionably pointed in the French style. Ile looked remarkably well and in escelient health. Ile was soon recognised by the public company, and, of course, exposed to much gattni gs M o n t ruience. lie seemed little attentive, however, to thew marks of silent respect. The Ladies seemed to command the chief part of his observation. Ilk Grace and party remained a considerable time in the Gardens. It is gratifying to find that the reviving patronage of the Public ku enabled the Proprietor of Vauxhall to conduct the fascinating entertainments of these Gardens on a sale of suitable splendour. The musical department is well filled, and Mrs. BLAND retains, as she deserves, het long earned cc. lebrity. It is impossible to speak of Madame and Alarlamoiselle Saqui in terms sufficiently expressive of their extraordinary tasteand skill in the several dances they perform on the rope. We hope sincerely, that if the rumour of letting these grounds on building leases, if ever seriously en tertained, wilt be now abandoned. When Itarielagh was relinquished, the Pantheon supplied its place; but if Vauxhall were discontinued, there would be an end to that delightful source of recreation and entertainment which it furnishes, and which foreign. era universally acknowledge to be unique in its kind in Europe. Gramme or Enamour* lbw INTO 3 era Uwe. Cow lounATen AND lIRDUCIED ANNItItTiLs.—A Notice from the Ex chequer liill-ollee, in imatrs Mai the Certificates on w hieh the Inftalwaents d..e the lit of August has been paid, are now ready 'for deist erv. The llostalinrats ore to be made either in I ache quer Bill-..dated before the Ist of August INK on wh ch day the interval thereon a all eraser a r bye payment in money. in sib ch case Ail. mosey most he paid in lieu of each I VI. l'Acheetter SAL Interest muss else be paid of id. per diem Nom each lull. money, to be computed from the let of August to the day payment . Yesterday an official commenication was made by the Bank to the Stock Exchange, that the.pirecters will, as usual, give every faci.ity to the negociators of the New Stock ; that they will, what is lechot. telly called, 66 take in the Oinitiams," which is, to wake paysient et the remainder of the instalments, on being paid interest at the rate of five per cent. for the weary 'dreary& ENGLISH Oreaa —Last night, after the Ame ricans, tie very sterling and Interesting Opera of the b e ., er i e r of Naples ant, fur the first time (1113 sra'on , performed at this Theatre. Ilk- Kur y, is the character of Louise, dis; , layed her uneammea powers of acting - the unhappy feelings she ex pressed at the trick put ups her lover, as well as the whole of her admirable performance. appeared to be so naturally the olitriciF assert ates lion. that site audience. as it were by an Instinctive impel e of sympathy. could not avoid expressing the Mitt butt-felt applause. I' P. COOK. in usury, the Deserter. Vai greeted with the mo►t nattering approbation. 11is kgiire iy better than 'lease Jos %nos's, and his- actill is good ; Let [atom settries we thought he dial soot evince tullici. of pathos, or a counterpart of feeling in the heart-ret.ding sorrow so finely ezhibired by Slim KELLY, which is the very suet of acting.— CmerreatAr, in Skirmish. and VilLencson, in Simi.kin. af fOrded a treat to those who can enjoy PI sodden a transition from she sublime to the halter , ui—we seldom witnessed so good a piece erecting in low comedy as %lummox in Sitnekin; In d ed the characters are so well um is this tr gi.comic Opera, that we have no doubt the Managers will find it their interest uceasionail. to repeat la daring the season. In Sands, one of the o.kney Islands, the send has been lately blown away to the depth of nearly 50 feet, end has discovered the remains of buildings of east antiquity, enclosed by stone walls nearly half a talkies extent ; some of the houses are very large, end roofed with stones of a prodigious size. There are several circular tumuli, each colossi gg i( is then, graves, none of which are more than four feet sit inches long. There is not the slightest tradition that cast throw soy light on these very interesting and curious re. ilmioN which have yet been very slightly Wed. A 4.4 MURDER or A E4TIIBR IN IRELAND. At the Assizes for the county of Wicklow, Philip Lewin stood indicted, before the fienoorable Bann George, for the murder of Thomas Lewins, his father. The circumstances that led to the apprehension of the Prisoner, his conviction, and execution were few. On the morning of the murder, a woman met the Pri soner,with whom she was acquainted. He was dressed in a dark-coloured coat, and wore white yarn stock ing. In about an hour after this meeting, she was going up the same road, she heard cries of distress ; she advanced and saw a man striking another man on the ground, but did not know the person inflicting the wounds. Being apprehensive of approaching alone, she applied to a woman living on the ►oad, and also to a man, and directed them to where a man was lying. As they came up they saw a man with a large dark coat and white stockings, running away, but did not see his face ; on arriving where the body of the man lay, perfectly dead, and discovered it to be the Prisoner's father,• with his head heat in in three places. The man brought by the woman exclaimed, " It is either Phil. or Pat. that has murdered the father." While standing there a boy came up, and on seeing the body, mentioned to them that he had just met Phil. Lewins running up the road; that Phil. had asked him if he bad seen a man running before, with a light-coloured coat ?- 1 To this the boy replied that he had not, and passed on. The Prisoner continued to run; the boy looked hack and saw him go into the gap of a field, and almost return, and continue trunning. Being asked if he could point out the gap, he replied he could ; accordingly the party repaired there, and after three searches, found a pistol with the pan down, the stock broken, and loaded with powder and ball; a pursuit was made, and at the distance of about four miles the Prisoner was discovered by his white stockings in a field, covered, except his legs, with furze. When the Prisoner was discovered, he was asked, what brought him into that situation ? He replied, that he owed his Landlord 501. rent, and that when he saw the crowd he thought they were Bailiffs coming to arrest him for the debt, and that therefore he was in the situation they found him. This was the only defence made on the trial, which was negatived by the Landlord, who declared, thitt though the Prisoner was indebted to him, he had no cause to apprehend en arrest at his suit. The Prisoner was instantly found Baron GEORGE, in his address to the Prisoner, after conviction, endeavoured to arouse him to a sense of the atrocity of his offence, aggravated by the fact of that being the murder of his father. The Prisoner. instead of paying the least attention to the Learned Judge, merely said—" They stole my lease—William stole it and gave it to him (meaning his father), and he gave it up to Mills." lie received the awful and dreadful sentence of death without emetinti, and retired from the Court still speaking of the lease. Frequently, previous to his execution, he was at. tended by the Rev. Dr. Porter, who Os he doeslti every case) exerted the piety by which his character is marked, to bring the wretched being to a sense of his awful situation—of religion he had no knowledge' —a Prayer he either wnultl not, or could not say— not even the Lord's Prayer. To the pious exhorta tion of the Rev. Cle►gyuman he replied, `• They stole my lease." lie had been of the Catholic Religion, and shout 14 years ago read his recantation—pre. miming he might wish to commune with a Clergyman of his former persuasion, Dr. Porter mentioned to him, if such was his wish, the parish priest should be sent for. fie declared, "he wanted no clergy. man." On the morning of his execution, when his cell wee opened to bring him forth, he was found lying nn his straw ; when his irons were taking off, he assisted, as if to prevent his uncles from being injured. Being informel it was time to ascend the stairs to the Etr cution-room, he walked up firmly, and when the rope was put about his neck, which he felt with his hand, it produced no sensation or alteration of counte nance. Doctor Porter went on his knees to prayer; the culprit also (lid the same, but not with the same view. He found fault with his cap being too low down—it was raised. He was sevent y.five feet from the ground, and an immense multitude of spectators before him. This had no effect —" William stole my lease, and Tom Len ins gave it up to Mills," was frequently re pealed by him. The Clergyman did every thing that religion and humanity could suggest, to bring him 1 0 g sense of his situnfienl—it was in vain. lie was asked. wou'd he say whether he was guilty or not ? The reply was, " I have said enough, and I will say no more; I die a Member of the Established Church ; let me down easy, and do not give me a hard chuck."—He then said to the Clergyman, " Will yogi promise to give my body to my friends ?"—The promise was made, and the ques. Lion as to his innocence or guilt repeated, but received the same answer. When he went not on the bars of the gallows he sat down, and endeavoured to hold the rope. This being prevented, and standing up, the platform fell, and he was launched into eternity. After hanging the usual time he was let down into his coffin, and sent to the surgeon for dissection ; and after having been opened, on the promise of the Rev. Clergyman, it was delivered to his friends. The following day his body was numerously attended to the grave. INCREASE OF FEVER IN IRELAND.—We regret to learn from the Irish Papers, that the Fever which has afflicted that Country for such a length of time, is on the increase, as it is decidedly in Dublin. The Fever is of a mild type at present, but, as one of the Reports remarks, it is impossible to say bow long it may continue so. It is rather singular that the sister of Hussey de stroyed herself in a fit of insanity at Mr. Shore's, at Highgate, last summer; and that Hussey's brother and uncle are at present confined in Bethlehem Hos pital. The Calendar of Prisoners for the very extensive an popelous county of Northumberland contains, we are nappy to say, only seven—one for the murder of a bastard infant; one for perjury; one for Swindling; and four fur theft. fi §TATESNTASI. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE. ___......- • " Aix-la-Chapelle stands in a fertile bowl, inf.- roomier, by hold hilts, on descending from which, either on the road from Liege or from Juliers, the slated roofs and minarets of the Hotel de Ville, and the grotesque dome of the Cathedral, give to the old Imperial City an air of *main* dignity. On enter ing it you find it, howefir, far from a handsome town, according to the modern acceptation of the phrase —nor is the interest of antiquity united with any of that architectural curiosity which give the great cities of the Netherlands so striking a charac ter. The city, which is by no means large, is as usual surrounded by a thick rampart, how half in decay, with small Raman towets at nearly equal dis taste's, Below the ramparts are agreeable shrub. heries and gardens, chiefly the work of the Frenal, and which form favourite promenades to the com pany of the bathing-place. " Our visit in the summer, when the place was overflowing with company, gave us some idea of the mode of life of the diversified groups who were drink ing deeper of its waters and amusements than our selves ; both of which have no small resemblance to those of similar scenes in England. Gaiety has, however, a more decided character ; I.leasure is more the avowed business of every body ; and if enui may be the motive of as many visits to this place, us to similar ones in Great Britain, the remedy here ap. pears more successful ; for you can rarely read in a single countenance, as you so often may in the li braries of Brighton or Cheltenham, the inveterate disease of whi, h persons conga to be cured. The system of the day commences with a bath, taken early, for about half an hour. After breakfast fol low excursions in the environs, walks in tl.e gardens, visits to the cafes and billiard-rooms, an:l above all, the pleasures of the redoubt, or grand soloist', which occupy the gay world till dinner, at two or three. This last.mentioned place of rendezvous is the great centre of attraction ; and with the reception of much more gaiety, more avowea vice, and the absence of all pretence at rational resources, arts the part of the library at an English watering-place. The redoubt is a large handsome building, the ground floor open with a colonnade in front, appropriated to print, tny-shops, t&c. A wide staircase conducts to the first floor, where, after depositing your hat and stick with the gendarmes at the door, you enter the grand saloon —a splendid room, with a carved ceiling, and lined with mirrors. On otie side a crowd of motley, but well dressed and gay-looking persons (I regret to say, of both sexes) are pressing .rear each other', heeds, round two large batiks of rouge el nuir. An anxious silence reigns, only interrupted by the tat. tliog of the roulette, the clink of the Napoleons and francs, and the titters and jokes of the few whose speculations are • matter of mere frolic. The play is frequently very high, but the batik does not refuse to sweep its a solitary franc. Pretty, interesting women were putting down their Napoleons, and see. ling them swept sway, or drawing them in doubled, 1 with a sun': froid which showed they were no novices in-heir srniT.ttylavist 46 li.tween four and five o'clock, groups of the beau monde repair to the louiaberg—a bold sandy hill, rising abruptly just above the ramparts of the loon, the view from which overlooks the city and tt e rich valley beneath, and stretches over the neigh bouring hills and fertile ptsturet, to a range of cress mountains which bound the horizon towards Ger. many. The scene of attraction on the mountain is a large tavern, with • splendid saloon, commanding a noble prospect. Music, dancing., smoking, tea drinking, walks in the gardens, Scc. occupy the va rious descriptions of guests ; and the scene has few features of difference from our cockney rendezvous near town, esrept the characters of the parties, who, instead of being worthy cits, with fat spouses, are often a gay assemblage of Counts, Harallf, &C. of various nations and qualities. " Daring the continuance of the season there is generally a company of German players at Aix-la. Chapelle, and the company hastily return from the Lituisherg to the Theatre. The building is small, and by no means handsome. An Opera was given I the night I was there, the music of which was egrets , able, but the actors by no means extraordinary. 66 The Cathedral of Ai: is interesting for its his tory, and its rude specimens of early Salon archi tecture; but has neither beauty nor grandeur to re. commend it. The qaaint old dome, which com. prehends the whole edifice, except the light Gothic choir of a later date, is a venerable relic of the old minter with which Charlemagne adorned his native city. Some of the variegated marble pillsrs which adorned the old edifice are now returned from their temporary visit to Paris, and are shown• with the curiosities of the Church. Under the centre of the dome repose the ashes of the Great Charles, with the simple bat impressive inscription on the pave ment, 6 Carllo illagno.'—lmmediately above hangs an immense circular sort of chandelier in the shape of a crown, composed of silver and brass—a present to the Church from Frederick the Great, called Char. lemagne's Crown. " The lofty Hotel de Ville, with its antique mi narets, and its roof studded with diminutive win dows, crowns with a venerable dignity the Grande Place of the town—a bustling square, adorned by an immense bronze basin and fountain in the centre surmounted by an antique browse statue of Chart.. magic, fully accoutred. Two large black eagles flap their metal wings on pedestals by side of the fountain. The Monarch and the eagles turn their heads towards the Hotel de Ville—the ancient Pa lace in which Charles was born. The statue was honoured by the French with a visit to Paris, among the other works of art. The modern l'russian eagle now figures over the door of the hotel, announcing the Police and Municipal offices of the Prussian Regency. We entered the hotel by a spacious hell, with vaulted roofs, and grotesquely carved and painted walls. A wide" staircase conducted us to the grand saloon, where the memorable Congress was held which concluded the Peace of Ais-la. Chapelle, in 1748. An immense well-executed picture represents the whole Corps Diplomatique, with their Secretaries, in full costume, at the delibe rative table, to the number of about thirty. Le Chevalier Robinson, meaning Sir Thomas Robin. son, stud Lord Sandwich, were pointed out to us as , oar Plenipotentiaries i and Maria Theresa's famous AK ,~ . ''. ; .. :~:.. ~~-`~-~ fT..iai-' ~.~~ -~ :.: . . • $ r' . " - , - • - Minister; the Prii cc • Radcliff, ,• tow A , To.. sttpara 0 port sits of the dill-rats( Awls—art s ello adorn the room; tfut that of thi , French Amens. sad°, iiiingulady enough ab.ent, Lot& IV. having i as it is said, ib4nliitely:deellited to fuinicti it. in con sequence of his diagifisfaction at the peac.. The arms of the differed( kingdOclis Ore ribptitsOnted 04 a small shield attached to the costume of each Aushaisadar but the lieui*- de.ffe, the ramthem of rhe.lj,►drbrias, 4n d which ii common to the area of Eogleod, Prince, Spain, rind other Sovereign*, has b.. 0 int!riably envied, with (treat edre, by the fe+oluti-tittry French, and a black dub left in iii place -i . co, join instance of the 'tiles to is hich political aninincitie4 otiPri impottance. fiantlionto portraits of Maria thetesa, and het Itu‘hand PrditCis, and Joseph 11. also h an g on the *ails, once their own; dirty and neglected— while a glittering fiill length ieprestiltatinn of his Prussian :Viajesay, protected by a green *ilk curtain, soccupik one end of the saloon iit all the bloomitti dignity of a Sovereign In posse , siOn. " As is natura'rfy often the ease Ib twins On frott ' liens, or *Lich have been iabj.ct to Changes of mass loss, the people of Aii•la-Chapoliell•.it many lan ' pages, and none well. • At Cologne they speak simply a' coarse Vulgar German. wttirh degenerated in approachirg the 'tats of Holland ; but at A‘ hell (the Gertnan name of the place) -bad German, bad French, some Dutch Ind Plefoiali, and a tbilture of the Walloon dialect, of which yob bear more at Liege, conspire to forth a tittiel of harmonious di4 versify. If yob ask a queftioh iu French, fhb per. son you address probably only speaks German. If you address the next in German, he.perti4pEonwirs in French. German is, Upon the Whale, hotierer, the language which you are most 'tire of ending use. lul ; and Kit: te-Grermfatiiserl condition it perrnattehti a fe* years win probably make Ala la-Chapelle coat./ pletely Action ; and the next genera' on may kills* man 1' t i iie of French ai some of' the present dd of Get 4 an CURIOUS CIIANTiB. Udw-rrnerr.—Yesterday James Ilu:hei wal brought bef..ro Sir N. CoNAv't, upon the iidlosing charge, made by Ce1.1)(4 D iuglas, one of the Sub. Committee of Drury Lane Management :—The rub. tic hate already been apprised, that Rural rliffor• ice of opinion prevails betweeo the Sub•Comniiiiiie end a considerable part of the Preptietors of the Tiitere s yet the Sub-Committee have e , gageil Mr S 'phyla Kemble as their stage manager, and are in treaty with pogfortooto, with • view to oiled the Theatre 4i thel usual period. In conaeqopn eof this etep f the Spe. del Committee caused the following placettl to bd placed contiguous to the atie-doer of Drury•land 'Theatre:-- " DIU/Rif-t** TdICITRE. —Oa the-part wf the SIRLErti Commarrct: of the Concerns of Mutts , Wig TIM rRIL, of whirrs Commiree I am Choi:mins. I hereby give °mire that by a H4..401,11(1,1 of the Meeting of di: Proprietors df the' said Theatre, held on the 31/1 dirt of July last, it was determined that the said Theatre sho.iid Not Mt It V..OI I I.NED. and that no Contrac•it or Engagements shmild he made h). the So Co 1114ITTEE of Management with Perfarmen„ or other Perim*, until certain arrangement. were usade l and that such arrange mews have P.OT been made , on ohs weimengement or contract, made, or which sh:ill be made hv the Mid Sri Couslrtrze, will be V I.ID Olt EFFEC ruAL—Pearcißmaits and other reruns concerned, are, therefore, hereby cautioned against nuikini or entering into any such Contract dr I..np gemeati 6. 11. ROBINS, Chairman of the Select Camasitee. . . Whereupon Colonel D.tuglaa, one of the Sub-Come mittee, 6 6 who ha► not 'et resigned," ordered the man into custody, and went himself to make good his charge. Sir NATII NIELCONAN? nbaerT•Cile had carefully looked at the p►inted paper, and he confessed he could discover nothing like a libel in it; but he added, if he could have taken a mistaken view of the cases he saw affixed to it time name of Mr. George Rotting, and lie knew enough of that Gentleman, to be motored he would never disavow' any thing that had his name attached to it; he therefore declined detaining the maw, who, on being dismissed from the Office, went and tog his station again near the stage , doer of Drary-lane Theatre, exhibiting the placard as before, In a short time afterwards Mr. G. U. Robins en. tered the office, accompanied by Mr. Ellis, an attar. ney, he presented himself to Sir N. Conant, and re. quested to know the charge that had been mode against his man ? "he MAC:VITRA?" informed him what had passed, and that, on seeing his name attached to the paper s he had said he had tin doubt bat that he would abide by any consequences reselling from any thing he pub his name to. . _ Mr. Robins bowed assent, and said, 1110 Si certainly he should, and then left the office. An atiempt was afterwards made by another Mem• her of Ito Sob•Comenittee. to make it appear as a breach of the peace, upon which the Worthy Magi• gist rate observed, the Managers committed 'h• same surf breach every day, by putting forth their play. bills, which might attract a crowd as well as this bill. On Thersday morning, at bre o'clock, the remake of Lord Viscount Anson were removed from his Lordship's house in St. James's•square, for interment in the family vault in Staffordshire, attended by his sons, the lion. Cannot and 116241tY A argom, as chief mourners; his Lordship's brothers, cottudeutial ser vants, Stmoutaa ItExcounTtn.—We are credibly in. formed that last week the Earl of Leicester packet, on her way from this to Milford, not far from the Settees, struck upon a whale of rather more than or dinary dimensions. The meeting was attended with little advantage to either parry ; for the monster knocked off part of the picket's keel, but left after him some of his skier' Within these few weeks msnr whales, some of considerable size, have been seen its the neighbouring bays, and even in the mouth of the harbour. To a eertatnty, the whale, or rather the grampus, hes before not► been seen in this neighbour. hoed, and it is in full rectfllection that some 25 years ago a grampus: was driven ashore at Cape Koneeo t above Passage, and fifr within our harbour.—• Rot, from size, number, sad variety of those that have lately been seen, we think it most reason. able to conjecture that their appearance is conoected with that revolution, whatever it be, in the polar seas, that has scut ice islands to the West Indies. To as. plore that revolution, and to acquire nautical and geo. graphical information, G feat Britain has, with prompt and judicious information, sent forwsrd two espied'. Ilion', from the labours of which much utility may proceed.—(Waterford Mirror ) 'f . ' l l I ... t ; 1 - 4 ~, _ :,;,~ - . -i