The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-10-16 00:00:00

. 4 tbe great body of the People are condemned **— privation awl misery. lint the cause is obviostiwo. What should pay and support that part of the nhlt i : inun ity who are the sinew, and the strength of the nation, is wrung from them by tam, either directly operating upon the necessaries of life, or attaching with a ruinous effect to the commercial mea tus, which the general prosperity is promoted. The pry. seeds of these taxes, instead of fostering and rewarding native industry, eve dedicated to the purpose of feeding Noble Pampers, *ea main taining Ministers in place, paying debts incurred tw support ;this abominable system, or seat oat of the country to aid the cease of despotism abroad. The conclusion of peace found the Continent poor, hilt unembarrassed, while it found this country posisseeed of great capital, but loaded with an enormous debt. Much of the capital has already found its way to other countries, to animate an industry which is clogged with few, or no burdens, and more most ne cessarily follow. Oar capital and industry leave the most valealde part of our population are 'neatly finding their way to America—bet oar debt end the host of useless drones that feed upon the labours of the hire remain. - A Ship-owner of Doter, it is Said, has contracted with Government to bring the t roops home from Fresco and the Netherlauds, in brigs and schooners, at the rate of 41. 6d. per head. In a German Paper, it is said, that Mr. BARING has cleared by his different French loans upwards of 1,800,0001. sterling. A private letter from Stockholm, dated Oct. t, says, it was not a crown, as before stated, but a golden plate, of 17 carats, and of the size of the bot tom of a plate, that was drawn out of the river Mo tele by a peasant fishing for eels. It is ornamented by four or five lines of figures differing from each other. One of them bears the arms of Sweden, Gothlsod, and Poland, regularly placed one after; the other. 0 , , another of them is a male figure, plsf ing the violin, while a woman appears to be listen. log. Here nod there are enehaserl, green, red, ana l azure stones of a considerable size, though foe the realer part unpolished. From appearance, it his served es an ornament to some gentleman of the timer of King Sigismond, which is the more probable as it has a little hook to aespeod it by. The gold is valued at 120 decals. The Duke of GLooCtreza is expected in England in a few days. Nothing bet the illness of the Queen renderjng the attentions of the Duchess to her MA. JESTII quite indispensable, would have 'educed hi• Royal Highness to travel. He has greatly improved in health. By the arrival of a Gentleman yesterday, frisii Paris, se Nam, that the alarm has become , getterel among the English families, since the news of the Army quitting has bre , ' known. They are all leav ing the . French capkil. and selling property at a great loss. On. his arrival at Calais that piste was .full of our coentrymen, Waiting for pookoto - to - ern them to Dover, ley The diamonds and other jewels worn by the Prin cess de la Tout and TAXIS, at the late ball at Ai:. la-Chapelle, were estimated by an eminent jeweller present, at the sum of 2,000,000 francs, which is , equal to upwards of 80,0001. She is much admired - by the King of Pavan*, on account of her superior talents for conversation, her graceful figure, and her personal charms. She is supposed to be one of the finest women in Europe. The Paris Pipers of Monday say, "The Lanthorn of the Dome of the Pantheon has been illuminated, lately, for several nights. This is supposed to have been done, for the purpose of a new mensuration of angles, preparatory to a Map of France, which is to be formed by order of the King. During the two or three ensuing 'ears. various objects between Suss burgh and Brest will be thus illuminated by corre sponding metro-geographic light-bearers. POST. OFFICE.—The increase of the revenue of the Post-Office in the last quarter, compared with the quarter in 1817, may fairly be pet down to the dis- solution of Parliament. The increased inte►nal cor. respondence of the country during a General Election, when the privilege of franking letters even by Peers, is taken away for a certain period, must naturally produce a large extra sum, added to the late increased vigilance of the Officers in preventing ■ny commeoi• cation in the form of a letter, being conveyed by any other medium than through ts,e Post. Office. LAUNCHING OF rus TALAYERA.—Tbis very fine ship of 80 guns, was launched yesterday at the Dirk-yard, Woolwich. Crowds if most respectable spectators surrounded the dock es early as one o'clock. The River opposite was covered with boats. The vessel herself seemed crowded on deck, and in all the interior apartments. Precisely at two o'clock the Honourable Miss 'FOWNSIIEND (daughter of Viscount Servitr) was conducted to the prow of the ship, and a bottle of Madeira, suspended by a small cord from tie upper part of the ve-sel, was put into her hand. She flung the bottle against the ribs, and called the ship Talavera. The boats on the River hail in the mean time been ordered to clear a passage for the launch, and the mechanical supports being now removed, the Talavera moved off in the finest style. The rapidity had increased so much by the time she was all fairly in water, that her motion Vas exceedingly grand. The mutual cheers of the crowds on board and on shore at the same time, in. creased the effect. 'Rs basic, of the Royal Marines all the while kept playing Rule Britannia. Sittings appointed to he held in Middles.: and London before ihe Right Hon. EDWARD Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, Lord Chief Justice, &c. iu and after :Michaelmas Term, 1818: — IN TERM. IgIDOLVEX• Lonnow. 'I hursday Nov. J 9 Saturday Thurt.d•ty Thurathay Vti F r eda) , AFTER TERM. Monday N ()v. 30 I Tucsday Dec. 1 A letter from St. Helena, by the last arrivals, states the prices of sundry articles of provisions as follow, viz :—A turkey, two guineas ; a goose, 255.; a duck, 10s.; a dozen of eggs, ss. ; pork, 113 d. per pound ; beef, 14d. Very good wine at 55.6 J. per g Oka. Pr . -~ NAVAL INTRUMENGE. D►it,, OCT. 15.—" Came down horn the Riper and sailed the Resolution, Roberti, for Dirtioa.— Rensein in the Downs his Majesty's ship Severn and Seaterk schooner. POICESDICIETII. OCT. 15.—Arrived the Janus trans. .port, Martin, fent, Ceylon : sailed the 17th Frh : ,cape, 30th June: it. Helens, 2d Asg. t and Aston. then, 14th Aug. with a carg, of timber and a few bstraild troops ; left at Ascension his Majesty's ',kip Ferny tke. Also erased the Prince Regent, Taylor, from London for Tob'go.—Sailed the Surrey, Reim., for New South Wales, with convicts; Providence, Mene t for the Cape and Madras; his Majesty's ship Tarter, for Africa ; and Iphlgrnia, for Halifax. Fausoorn, Ocr. 13.—Arrived the Dutch brig Vrow Elizabeth, 13 ,ddeno, from Amsterdam for Philadelphia, with 150 passengers on board.—The piratical ship end brig, which plundered and threaten ed the lives of the crew and passengers of the Princess Elizabeth packet, from theßrazils, some month since, have been detained at the Havannah, the crews im prisoned and ironed, and were to be tried, end es petted would be hung. This Intelligence reached os in a letter from Captain Sutton, of the Stanmer packet, from Jamaica, received here yesterday. Ltrzneoot. Oct. 14.—Arrived the Ruth, Pat. tison, horn Quebec; on the 9th inst. in lat. 49. long. 18. passed a large ship standing for the English Channel, with loss of fore and mein•mest, bowsprit, and mizen top-tnast.—Sailed the Calcutta, Stroyan, for Calcutta. LERWICK, OCT. 7.—The John and Mary, of New castle, arrived here yesterday, and sailed to.day ; spoke on the 28th ult. in lat. 81. MN. long. 5.20. W. a smack, name unknown, out seven days from Christian Sound, in Norway ; she had three fret water in her hold, And the pumps choked; the pen. ple were balling very herd ; were out of bread, gate .hem tr supply; she was bound to Londonderry. THEATRES. Deune.r.xos.—The Tragedy of Macbeth was per• formed last night. Mr. KEAN was, of roars', thehero, but there was a new heroine. Mrs. who had already acquired no smell degree of repotation in the characters of a eery different east, appeared for the first.time as Lady Macbeth. The sketch which she givers( the aspiring woman whom ambition had mi med. contained some gond points, and displayed, *pots the whole, so much intellect that it may be said to have wanted the necessary effect rather from phy. scsl than mental disability. It is also to be eon , tittered in extenuation of any deficiency with which it' ought be fairly charged, that among that host of 1 II oirsnts to the *Me part since the lime of Mrs.. SID' Dom, not one can he said to have fully secateeded. Mrs. WA host scenes were probably that of the ban gest, and that in *lnch she displayed the horrors of a guilty sleep. Mr. H. KesteLz was the Maeduff, and be acqtflted himself to a very respectable manner, particularly on the litoportant occasion when the in tellig4forD of the steephier of his whole family is matidiAm to him he house was numerously C6tilkiltaitDits.— Miss O'NSILL last nio,ht per formedAregtt of Mrs. Hatter, which we think, on the whiW, her best character. Independently of her talents as actress. her age, fignre, and countenance convey the exact idea of the uphappy female she re presents. The best proof of her success was the sympathy evinced by the fair part of the audience, who during nearly the whole of the fifth act were in tears. The theatre was crowded. 'L COMPOITAMIA INTELLIGENCE FROM THS WIA. Tute-gels..—f r infessor DITIMAR, of Copenhagen, has published a learned dissertation, in which he endeavours to establish as certain, that the ensuing winter of 1818-19 will be very short and very mild. The Commissioners for enquiring into the Chari ties for the Education of the Poor, having proceeded in the execution of their office along the coast of Kent, are now, in furtherance of the object of their appointment, visiting Faversham, Sittingbourne, Ho. chester, Maidstone, &c. The Port, by a Bull, has granted the Inquisition permission to torture, in cues of treason and free masonry. COMBINATION.—Committed to Lancaster Castle since our last, John Kenyon end Wilkinson Simp son, for conspiring to raise the prices of weaving at Burnley ; and William Robertshaw, Lewis Brown, Richard Hudson, Neither° /leap, Nicholas Bald. win, and James Mercer, committed for three calm. dar mouths each, fur rombining to raise wages as Caton weavers.—( Liverpool Advertiser.) So great has teen the infiwz of shipping into this port during the last few weeks, that it has been with the utmost difficulty vessels have been able to get either •into or out of the Old Dock. Fortunetety,, , the weather has been calm, otherwise, from the► crowded state of the entrain , . of the river [bull, au; of the harbour generally, great injury mud iuevita• sly have been sustained.—(hull Packet.) We are requested by Mr. BEETHAM I the Secretary of the Eagle Insurance Company, to state, for the security of such of their Friends as have omitted to renew their Michaelmas Policies, that it is neces sary the same shoold be attended to forthwith, which may be done by application at either of their Offices in Cornhill, or the Haymarket, where Annuities are granted and purchased. and every description of Life and Fire Insurance effected, oil the most equi table terms.—N. B. An allowance for Rent of Pre. [nisei; destroyed by Fire, as heretofore. A Homt.—A curious hoax has been practised within these few days on the Subscribers to the Opera. A circular letter, purporting to come from the King's Theatre in the name of Mr. KELLY (who, by-the-bye, is totally innocent of the affair, as he is now et Brighton for the recovery of his health), an nouncing the brilliant engagements made by Mr. WATERS for the next Opera season, and inviting the Heads of Boxes to apply to Mr. CHAMBERS, the Banker, for a return of 371. 10s. of the subscription paid by them last season, according to the Resolu tions of the Noble Committee at the close of the Theatre. This letter has been sent round, and we understand that several Ladies have actually applied to Mr. CHAMBERS for the money 1 STATESMAN -r►- SPORVING _INTELLIGENCE. $, BT SECOND °MOREL MEETING. 18 18 . THURSDAY ' , Ocr. IL Sweepstakes af Itegs each ' b. ft. day DI. 7111. Mks, rot. 41b. T. Y. C. Llturied stalk rat • Mad awes allowed Sib. both 51h. . . Dube or Draftee's rhesaat 511 Carrot - Dike or liark's chemist ton!, Ravager • Mr. Tharshill'e cheviot colt Sr 6 t.l asst Carrot.. Irle II agft DekP . r TOWS Cleilift rah. Dna bettsag .gyp Ram. Sir J. Shellev'A Leopoldo.. Li. Di , . heat Mr. Uday'sMlllioa, Bet. 31h. T. Y. C. 104 a. 7 t 4au Leopoialoe. The Town Plato of 501. for 3.)r olds, lil. 41h. 4-vr olds, Ist. 41b. )4r olds, 844. 111 b. 6-yr olds, 9.4.1116 sod aged, 90t. 41101 T. M. IL Lord Jersey's brows colt David, 4.yes old 1 lietseral Grinvenor'o bay Ally li fle Deans. tires:id 2 Mr. nalsoies hay filly by Orville ' 3-yrs old 3 Mr. W. Edwards's dowel filly hs Election. 3-ies old 4 Eveabertiag on David. 2to I apt lithe 0 , • ne. The Second Clam of lhe (Nolan& Ilia kes of Iktes each. R. Y. Mr. Prince's Manfred, 4-. re old, 80.6110 - 1 ()metal Orossenor's The Flyer. 4-yrs Id. 80 6 1 11. - 2 Lord Staweles hill by Phosii.ith 3-sr. old. 7s . 31b. 3 Duke of Itutlaud's hay ell. Quadrille, 3 ,rs old, 64t. Igh. 4 Mr. Charlinth's %lirprags.., 3-sl-4 *M. 79. 61h. - h 7to 2 apt Mnufrid. 7to / nes. The Fl er. sto 1 apt Lord Sinne.l'i Ell.. 51. 2 nisi Qoodrille• Lord Rseier's Advance. i's. 13 . he'. Dote of Colt ft olles Waterloo, 8.4. 81b. I). 1. ludas. .6 to 4 sot Aavaioe. --- NORTIIERN EXPEDITION. A kite!, written nn board the Isabella, Captain Ross; to the Hon. Captain Napier, R. N., contains the following particulars:— " JULY am now mere sengeine of getting a long ws) North and West than 1 was at the first of the voyage." " JULY 18, in lat. 74. 43.—The compasses for some time have traversed very sluggishly ; this we suppose is •wing to the Increase of dip. I think it not at all improbable, that as the terrestrial magnet ism begins to act more inclined to the compass nee dle, it will met with less Nice ; the iron of the ship still acting in the same angle. draws the needle to. wards the centre of the ship, which ceases this great deviation of the compels, *rid should we ►each the place where the dip is 90, 1 think the compass will steed always North sod So•th by the maguetisos of the ship." 11 JULY' 1 2%.—Ylistteday. NM got en opening which brought es to the 7b.h degree. The land ice extends three or four leagae4 " " JIILT 26, let. 7b 21. long. 00. 30.—Got here this morning, and now see more clear water than we have seen for slime time past. We most now be crossing the Magnetic Pole fest, as the satiation in. creases so mach. It is puzzling to find oat exactly how the ship is steering by the compass; what with the great variation and error, arising from the ship's attraction, and the sluggish traversing of the coin- WWI, we most consider some time before a course of wind can properly be named. The lempPrßture of the water to day is 30 degrees higher than it has been for soma weeks; we can see land besting N.W. by W. true." ~~ _ MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. PRIVATE LETTER 710 X XANCIIIPITZI, OCT. 13. The etelement in my letteritt jeSterilay, relative to the reduction of .the Weavers, is unfortunately confirmed. Toe reduction is about one-fifth of what they obtained by the recent turn-out, and will, I understand make a difference of 24. per week, on the average to each individual. Although tt.is would appear trivial were their wages such as men ought to receive for their labour, yet, at the very low rate these poor men are paid, it will be a serious evil to Ahem. It is, I understand, the great houses that have set the example of reducing the men's wages.— It is needless to say, that this unlooked-for measure has caused general dissatisfaction. Several meetings of the Weavers base been held, and delegates dis patched throughost the whole of this district, to consult what It may be best to do for the common benefit. P. S. I have just learned that another meeting of the Weavers of this town sod neighbouhood will be held to-night (in divisions), to discus. a proposition, which has been submitted to them—namely, to give in their reeds, and reform to work for those Manu facturers who have now stood foreinnat to reduce their watt... Another Turn-out is expected to be the reselt of this business. Botans.—Lsst night, at ten o'clock. the NWT's'', of Eaks and Hall were to meet at Oliver's, Peter. street, Westminster, to make good the whole of the stakes for the combat between these milling heroes, Tuesday the 29th instant, Ina 24 feet ring, for 100 guineas. The money was transferred to the bands of those who were to deposit it on each side, and consequently would certainly be made good.-- Like the match between Randall and Turner, this will be a great sporting one. Elites is decidedly the best sparser of the day, ilith weight somethirtg under eleven stone; bet Scroggins beat him by rut: fianing away his science, and sobstitoting - hiss for parries. Hall has the best of weight rather, •nd possesses first.rate science also. 110 was heat by the Irish champion, Donnelly, although the fight was brought to a wrangle. Betting-5 to 4on Hall. On the other fight, 5 to 4 on Randall, although Tut'• ner has his strong fanciers. The Rotunda Ball-room in the gardens at Carlton. house, is at length completely cleared away; and the space which it covered has been sown with grass seeds. The floor of this building was raised upon short pillars, with a view to preserve the turf, by a free circulation of the air, but the scheme did not succeed; for when the superstructure esa removed, the vegetation was found to be entirely destroyed. CORN EiRIIANOE, OCT. 15.—There was a good supply of Wheat this morning, tr..de brasy at n &dila. of 2.. fruit Mcoliday's prices.--Barles went oaf sIoal).-0411 ruttier free aale.-10 Scans, and other article,' no alteration. ace, ... C. Weston 4s. Veal ... 5. port . 5• Lamb... Us. Hay . Clover Str~~ a Bails, Peas. sod other articlo no alteration. S MITHFIELD !AULET, Oct. 16. This m ornin g , ab....ii three o'cl..i k, the ri ach-hoess i i M To sista the Offal. wo stone of 131tri.. of Mr. itothSeltilil, at Stanttorrl3sill, *4l broke open, .. 41. oi. to 5.. 64.1 Heim ot Cattle taigas, , getber with two . as. 6t. to 62. Ud. Beasts . jos o t"e ala , ses, curlyingi se Bol . Mc. of hi, co..ch arid 1 1 ~ 5.. Od. to 64. d. Mien and Lambs ........ 5,, It. charl it were stolen, te 5.. od. to 6s. 64. Calve. .. Os. 01. to 0:. 01. Pon ..... ..-- .. .- 3.,U I Ye+terday the Countess of 11-auchamp's Porter i HAY-MARKET. 't a i n t a beautiful ;auricle alise•,.which lied pitched ( Huff ... .. bl. Or. Ud. bi 81. Bs. Orl. • a oue of the balconies of the drawing-room lacing St. Clover .... 6 1 . Os. Od. to 91. 9s. Od. Straw • ..• VI. 81. ed. to 31. Us. Uds ' Jaores'd•iquate. . . • . ... . . _ . . ~~. . TITS CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. --Nam— For nett. century did the Catholi s of frelend smart in silence ender the most feroci.,u ~••• of la s tbat ever disgsaced a civilised country. Iht •e Is•s originated in calumny, ware upheld by calumny, stud calumny was daily improving the %ystem. Catholics had always among them men of 11.erstute, men of knowledge, and men of talents Ii .v. 111 , % can we account for their extraordinary silence t N. tare urges the aggrieved to complain. the calumni ated to self defence, the pros( rihed to appeal to justice. We cannot account for that fatal silence W t hou t supposing that the Volt of infl Pare among the Catholics, did exert themselves to bring it snout, actuated as they most have been by timidity, weakness, nr corruption. Beware then, we souk, say to the Catholic People of Ireland, of s,ch advisers: they are either ignorant or careless of your interests. But they know how to fit y ~o to a yoke, which, if it find you fit, will stick to you for ever. It would not be unworthy of the Catholics of freland; it would materially serve • 4rir interests to study the history of Orange prejudice its this country; to trace it to its metre, to point yur its ell-ets. to ascertain its causes, whether those which origiealle produced it, or those which continue to uphold it. Among these vanities causes it would a ppe a r that the Press furnished cooilderable %rid in propagating the greatest misrepresentations and the greatest take. hoods. Facts were forged, facts were distorted;; motives were assigned, principles imputed ; and from false suppositious, false conclitaions copiously drawn. Such were the materials That first furnished s founds.. Lion (or the Penal Code; and while there was a plena tiful supply of the same matesiala, the admired building cupid be kept in perfect repair, nay, there were additions continually made to it. The fatal si. lence of the Catholic' continued, and prevented any interruption to be given to the towering fabric of in. tolerance. At length a distant thunder was heard, a distant earthquake was felt, the sightly fabric was shook and tottered to its basis ; part of it fell!!! The Catholics were roused to a setise of their rights, they spoke the language of men. There was no time to repair the fabric. The foundation, however, still re. mottled, and other materials might be used to false the structure to its (wilier height. The times grew more favourable ; the warring elements took another di• rection, and the archi eds of intolerance began to use their new materials. Figure apart. This was the time when the advocates of intolerance, the Orange ascendancy, commenced new scenes of persecution by perverting the administration of jus• tice, by rendering liberal laws nugatory, and by procuring new Penal Laws to be erected under fair names arid for pret , tided good purposes. This was zra of trick arid conning, and deception. Some of the established Clergy whit kit the Unitersity unin cunibered with philosophy or theology, were plenti. fully stored with 9.iphistical arts. They could by ambiguous words bewilder common sense; and lust one way whsle they were steering another: they were useful auxiliaries to the party, if they were trot lead ens in it; and their deCeptive practice 4 did not well accord with the duti.a r.f their pi fession. Mr. Peel was the favourite of the parts—he possesved power, and he would either act opeilly -wriiist the Catholics, Or according to the pew mode entrap them by tows. genk—he prectiseel both, 114 regular time for remain• hie hi office was noti'ahoot in expire with Lord Whitworth's administration. The party set to work, and in order to perAistle the world that Mr. Pliel:ea administration was popular in Ireland, they pr cured the signatures of, we believe, the majority of the Irish Members in both Houses of Parliament, and among them, of several pretended friends of the Catholics, with many others, to a Petiliou, praying Government to continue Mr. Peel in the Secretary. ship of Ireland. Government acceded to their wishes. The fatal silence of the Catholics had returned ! ! ! They stood by like mutes, while their enemies went plotting their ruin. We will follow this up.--(lrish Guardsan) PROVISIONS AGAINST' IMMORALITY The following statement, drawn up shoot 20 rare ago, will show that, however unsuccessful, neither we nor our ancestors have been inattentive to the genuine 1111011 4 11 of the immense population. Within the Bills of Mortality, there are— I. Five hundred and two places of Public Worship. 2. Four thousand and fifty Seminaries fur Educa tion (including 237 Parish Charity Schools). 3. Eight Societies for the express purpose of pro. moting gond morals. 4. Ten Societies for promoting the learned, the useful, and the polite nits. 5. One hundred and twenty-two Asy!ums Nod Alms-houses, for the helpless and indigeto (including the l'hilatithroptc,Society for the reclaiming of cri.. mina' children). 1 . 6. Tt,i't Hospites and Dispensaries, for sick und lame, and tor delivering..prior pregnant women. 7; Seven hundred aftli four Friptolly or Ilsoofit Societies,l,and Institutions for charitable rod humane pupoves. Which several instit•rions, including the Rate, are supported at the Monist incredible sum of 750,0001. per atmum. 8. Fur the adininistiminni of justice, there are provided the following Courts, Offices, &c. I. Thirteen supreme Courts. 2. Forty-eight suhor.. dinate Courts (including Quarter Sessions, Ctilris of Reg Jest, &c.) 9. There are 7040 Lawyers practising in these tele rat Courts. 10. Then, ire 14 Jails, and 6ve Muses of Cot.. rection. It is added to the above statement, that 64 Not. withstatidii.g all these, it is a melanctioly.,atuth. that vice and immorality are dad gaining wi re p A lb, cud spreading their baneful influence over the iiihauttanta of this district." t • 4 1 1 ••. • • r _ w 4 a "• • .. • • t 3 1 •