The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-08-02 00:00:00

To nis EDITOR or nu, STATESMAN. ,1 Sts,--A more extraordinary lervesidering lie Jnagnitude, never happened in' the Shitnry of . thil world, than the surrender . •ot igairoi4Ort in . the Bei tish Government, nor can I conceryis any thing more difficult than for that Government to decide bow they Swill dispose of him. The. difficulty arises not from its involving any disputed point in the law of na. hire or of nations, for by neither Of these laws is he amenable to their power ; had he been slain in bat tle, he would have only met the fate which every inan is subject to, who tnkes up the sword . ; had he been taken prisoner, be would have been kept so during the war, bnt ns the matter stands at present, I onceive that both justice and generosity require that he be forthwith set at liberty ; hot the Allies thiak otherwise, and their own past conduct is the cause of the difficulty. • Had they not first broken the Treaty of Foutainhiesu, the matter would have been very different ; had BONAPARTZ, without any jr. Vocation or excuse, but the mere workings of his own ambition, quitted his imprisonment at Eiba, and taken the means lie did take to regain his power, he might justly have been treated as a traitor ; and had be been taken in arms, he should have died as a fo reign enemy. But as none of these things hap pened, the Allies had no right to put him nut of the pale of civilized society, and their famous, or rather infamous Declaration, wanted two requisites essen tial to every public and private document , it wanted truth anti justice; the allegations it contained were false. • Let on man suppose that I am attempting to de- fend or palliate the conduct of Nartmeost, through the various sets or his eventful career. I once 11 thought him the friend of liberty, and as such 1 ad mired him ; bat after he became the tyrant of France, I detested him more than I ever loved him, and I wished •as much as any man for his fall. Had the French brought him to the scaffold for bis numerous acts of tyranny and cruelty, he would have been justly ezecuted ; or had the Spaniards taken him, and put an end to his life, they would hate been justified both by the law of nature and of nations ; but what right the Allies have to murder pr impri. son him, I should much wish to have proved. At the comMencement of the French Revolution, when the French people thought fit to depose and execute their King, the example was considered as so dan gerous to all Crowned Heads, that they leagued toge ther in order to punish the deed, and suppress the principle upon which it was justified. The French were for a long time successful itt repelling their ag gression, till discord and anarchy began to palsy their arms, when Bou.trAturE found it requisite to anite the Government under a strong hand, and he grasped it himself—had he shown as much modera tion in ruling as he showed wisdom sequiting his power, he might yet have been Emperor of France. In his coniluct to this country and to others of the Allied Poeers, e c , at various times refused to make peace with him, or to st kno , Ateege his autho rity, I find nothing to blame—he wielded his arms in defence of France, and was every where success- I ful, that success, however, was his ruin, for not cow( with ruling solely by influence, he attempt ed t-, furc•to overthrow the Government of a friend ly l'uwer, in direct si,lation of the known law of nations, nit(' the glorious resistence he experienced from t.e , Spaniards WWI the first check to his arms and tlioi;eito,l the spell of victory. From that mo tee;.t his power beam to decline, and his unsuccess ful attack tii 3 O•l Russia completed his rain. He was OW lA, however, by th. firmness of his army to mike fisoorahle conditions with the Allies, and had they observed the Treaty of Fontaitibleau, he would either at this instant have been at Elba , or in his grave. By surrendering himself to the British arms, and thus relying upon British generosity, it is to be hoped he will save his liberty ; and if Louts conducts himself as lie ought in France, it will not he in the power of BONA! titTE to make any fresh disturbance in that country. lie has lost his empire by his own imprudence, and though he must always be consi dered as a wonderful man, he will die nnpitied and unregretted. I remain, &c. W. BURDON. Mulford, near 51nr1teth,ly 9, 1815. We find the Scheme of the new Lottery is already annnunted :—from the very limited number of Tickets (only live thousond), and the disappointment expe rienced by several persons who were not sufficiently early in their applications to secure, as they wished, particular Numbers in the late Lottery, we recom mend to those who may now have a similar incline- • (ion to be early in bespeaking them. The whole Lottery will be drawn in one day. Margaret Ruddle, Sarah Burner, and Richard Neal, were seversllycommitted, for uttering counter lei, three-shilling tokens. CORY-ExcuaucE, AVGUST 2.—ln addition to a considerable quantity of Wheat left over from Mon day's market, we had a fresh supply this morning from Suffolk, and the trade being very heavy our prices are rather lower, and but little disposed of.— Oils are Is. per quarter cheaper.—lo other articles there is little or no variation. W bent ( English) 42 70 Resins Ditto (Foreign) 4O 74 Old ditto Rye 9O 14 Tick do. 3O 92 Burley /8 34 Old . 4 — Nov ditto Outs 9O 33 Malt White Peai 93 36 , Poland do. .... ...... 26 49 New ditt o .... — I Feed ditto lB 46 DUI° lioikn 3B 42 Fine Flour ..... ... 110 65 Grey Year 96 38 &too& -•... . •-. 64 60 • TO Tine lurk: cotrON, ORDINARY O.E.Nll°WaAtg. Ste,—Owing in the eirconvoloce of your name having been itstriiellaced publicly' by a Turnkey. of Newgnte in an Hiegel affidavit, which test an iota. mous stigina olio's' the character of WILLIAM Frs. *lsm, a peer, but honest cold soldier, I Iry induced, ihrough a love of truth and justice, respectfully to solicit Your attention to thi. following observations, prior CO my analyisii of that extiniordinery deposition. The alf,davit in which I advert was printed by parti.; cular order, it; the Statesman of last Saturday, and *several other NeeSpapers. lit addressing you thus publicly, I owe it to myself as a first duty, to ex press my general respect tor the Ministers of kelt gion. I have always imiieraieil the chatacter or i pious, benevolent, and ctarttable. Divine, as mina the most estimable blessinea or society. lam owe tiY* l those who glory in the Trial by Jul , as the sOteat of all judicial inctitutiona, and whn would defend It at all legal hazards, if necessary, as the auresthui work of pubic liberty anti individual justice. In civil cause' the decision of e . Jury is not Considered infallible; but, in My 'opinion. 10'.crinatil linen their verdict is too solemn . , to be lightly erlieli IO question ; although, unfortunately, our history for. Mates too massy fostinees wherein the public' sire of opinion that in justice tb.y ought not to yield an implicit assent to their verdict. In so m e of those in stances, which occurred in seasons or meth fetment, and on party stn( doubts were in dustriously infused into the public mind, for party and political porpottes, against the clearest evidence. But, in cases of crimes against private here there existed no party or political motive to create an uncertainty of the verdict; the doubts of the community confessedly arose out of the nature of the evidence deposed to on the day of trial ; and, in 111 such cases candour, humanity, and the law of .Coo forbid us, without the most certain testimony, to form any rash or uncharitable judgment of others, test we be judged quivelpri. To guard against the errors, prejudices. and piviinna to which all human judgments are exposed, the British law mercifully di 7 rec,s, that in all cases where a doubt exists in the mind of the Jurors, it becomes their duty to incline in favour of the accused. The wisdom aod humanity of this rule is founded in the ackisoWledied truth, that it is better ninety-nine guilty persons shall escape than one innocent person su fret tin ignominious death by the sentence of a Court of Justice. Two trials and executions, for having administered poison, have recently taken place, with very opposite effects upon the feelings of the Public. E. Woollerton, the I wife of a respectable farmer, was tried at the Norfolk Assizes on 162.11, and exectnetton the 2Stis lust. it Ipswich, sniirlst the horror and execration of society. —Elha Fermin', a poor servant girl, the only daughter of a labouring man, who had been an old soldier, and had, necessarily, no friends nor wealthy connections to excite an interest in her behalf, was found guilty on the II th of April last, at the Old Bailey, of having administered poison to her master's family.--From the illy of her trial to e‘at of her execution on the With loaf. she was an 4.;jcct of public interest and anxious cotrimi aeration. All men did justice to the Jury, .ana intentions of the persons who gave evidence against her ; but doubts existed. in a high official quarter. The humane and conscientious community partook of this painful uncertainty. Petitions *ere drawn up, signed, and presented in her favour, by religious and dispassionate persons of respectable rank ; and the Eutitors of many public prints %roma neously publisher! aiticles inclined to the side of mercy. The opposite effect of the two cases upon the public mind arose solely from a calm and un biassed view of the total difference in the nature and extent of the evidence upon which they were convict. ed. If the detectable clime of poisoning, notwith standi: g her friendle.c poverty, appeared to be • tripped of its horror its the case of Eliza Fen rine, it was not that humane and good men had ceased to detest that abominable offence but judg ing from my awn humble opinion, because a general s..pposition existed. that there was not a clear and 4iiifirient proof by ocular evidence to establish the fact, that the accused person was the party who had actually administered the poison. This doubt of the extent of the evidence was per. fectly compatible with no opinion entertained by the same permit, that the parties who gave evidence against her were justified by their own consciences in I the whole of their conduct and depositions against the unfortunate girl accused. It was not necessary to fasten n suspicious upon any other person, in order le entertain these doubts in her favour. It was enough to know that Gun, who sees and knows all things, is the final judge of this transaction ; and it would have been a heinous act of injustice to turn the prejudices of the Public against any other per. son upon mere randoni Conjecture. The common anxiety was evidently honourable to the Public, be cause itwas founded on a love of justice and ho s mble duty ; for every member of . society would be wounded in any case wherein nn opinion prevailed that the life of the honest individual had been taken away by the verdict of a corrupt, negligent, and wicked Jury, without a clear, full, and slag. factory evidence. In• the case of Eliza Few) ping no such opinion has prevailed, nor can be for a moment admitted. The honesty and impar. tiality of the Jury are above impeachment ; and if any persons were weak and wicked enough to start an insinuation against their sense of justice, it would' he the duty of all men to repel the imputatiun .— Where a sentiment so honourable to them prevails, the very members of that Jury will no doubt read with pleasure every discussion, intended to throw a clear and dispassionate light upon the difference of opinions on this very remarkable transaction, and remove a load of humane anxiety from the public 1 1 mind. If an error prevails in the public opinion on this point, a conscientious examination into every re levant matter, will tend to remove it. Any attempts to throw imputation by the publication of malignant gossipping and fabricated rumdurs will only prove against the credit of the parties who resort to such unworthy and suspicious practices. As your name has hew) publicly introduced in an extra judicial affidavit of a Net-.gale l'arnkey, to f‘btoin something Mei credit for his oath, and as that oath contains a direct ; anti ; as I conceive it to be, a wicked and an. . . , .. _ _ . . TI~~ ~, ~TaTrsMA: .., _; 1_ u founded attack upon the character and feelings of an honest poor old man, who brire arms for twenty years, and shed his blond as a British soldier de. fence of his ,King and country, I conceive it to be my duty and yours, a n d the duty of every I honourable man in society, to search into the truth or failtetiood of that Turnkey's extranydi nnryofifidavit.--1 was one who had not heard of WILLI PeitatAc'a indigent and d-fencelets si tuation snail after 1 had road that Turnkey's eatit judicial deposition; and when 1 reflect upon that poor multi recent irremeiliehle cnlarnity, his attested honourable conduct during 20 years of military ser. vice, and his extreme poverty, I confe ss myself moved eirreedirgly in his behalf. My sense of duty iii not lessened by the. conviction that this truel Owl illegal attack was made upon his feelingi and ChareCier as a Laquaand alather, in the very crisis of his deep mit ' feletilive,Vter he had expended his last farthing, the Pi/inlitee 4 f . his hied lahear, and sold his bed and ahnost catty mild, of apparel, hot what be wore upon his beaky to fee a Counsel and support his un happy daughter hi a Prison ! 'the attempt to bleat his character end reader hint despised, hated, and Infamous in seweti, wai deliberately made, upon this poor and desolate old man, in the moment when ifientit struck chlldlt.si by the hand of the ezecu tinner; avid When the unburied dead body a . hii daughter wait brought home from the gallows, eind the last of 10 children lay a vet-tilde Of horror' before him. Thank Goo, Sir, we do not live in a country where; because a man is poor and an ':old 16,11411 kt soldier, he can be con spired against, slid vtignsatixedi and trampled upon with impunity. 'lids out•of-coort act of de• sperate inveteracy only Prove , ' to the ptiblic that a deep and settled hostility pais , ' against this un happy and defenceless Waisted inmercircre. It is on behalf of this poor old min, reduced to daily la• boor fur his bread, that 1 have taken np my pen ; and as your name has been publicly, enintniited to blast his character altogether, , .shall, any beat, bring forward the accredited testimonies of his cha racter in the army, and in his present situation . . From ynnr some of Chrisiiwrit,y, your dusty. to Goo and your country, and 'nit hopes of pen , in your last moments, I chill then solicit your public answer to some impottant questions, not to establish an °pi. nitro of the guilt or innocence of Eliza rennin:, but to vinditate the character of her persecuted and unhappy father. 1 have not the pleasure of knowing yogi personally, or by report, but 1 address yoti re. specifully es a Preacher of the Mercies of GOD, sad with a solemn assurance that I *rite it FRIEND TO THE PoOR'AIIII .A-111W1111 OF JUSTICE. July 31, 11115. A melancholy, and we fear a fatal accident, hap pened at . lialifax, on Tuesday night last. In collar.. quence of eh intimation communicated by an anoity moat( letter; Mr. John Hodgson, the owner of the Foot Mills At that place, determined to watch the mills on Monday night, and for that purpose engaged Mr. William Cartmeal, the Deputy Constable, and John Witierrlstimsßeadie of Halifax, to assist him its that duty. Some time after midnight thl persons stationed' stationed' In the mill heard nue of the don munlocked, and had reason to suppose-that the robbers were em ployed tw.filling their sacks; bur owing to a want of erten thinivtellitrprefresed signal , Me depredators were sulered to escape without detect i °Newt without being even awtre that any body bat themselves were in the mill. • On the following night, Cartmeal, (*Parley, and two of Mi. Hodgson's mete, were again stationed in the mi i 3 the two former being provided with pia, Lois, to repel any attack-that niiikt be made upon them. Between one and two o'eloeltitrthoesorning some person crime to one of the cloors f and attempted to lift the latch, but finding that door secure, he passed round the mill, and was proceeding to anethei entrance, when, having advanced within about three yards of the building; Mr. Carmel!, who wee placed at one of the windows, drew the trigger of his pis. tol, without speaking a word, and lodged its er,. tents in the body of the scppomid delinquent. The Party then rushed out of the mill, and to their otter surprise and consternation found that t h e unfortunate man 011 whom the wound had been intlicted,was Thos. Coilicroft, a person who had been engaged to assist io watching the mill, but whohasing unfortunately fallen asleep at his own fire side had not repaired to his station till more than an hour after the appointed time. On examining the wound it was found that the charge had entered below the scapula (shoulder blade), on the left side, and taking a dire lion to the right, hail wounded the spine, and lodged in the chest, from whence the hall was extracted on Thurs. day. COntrary to the expi•ctatious of his me dical attendants, the wounded mat, was still alive on Thurs day night, but his lower extremities were completely paralized, and only faint hopes *Pre.entertained of his recovery. We are sorry to add, that Cockcroft has a wife and four children dependent upon him for support.—(Leeds Mercury.) Yesterday the Coat and Badge, annually given, sc.. coaling to the devise of Doaget, the Comedian, to the best of six young watermen in the last year of their apprenticeship, was ably contested. The candidetes for the prize started at five o'clock, to pull, 24 usual, against tide, from the Old Swan• at Lonilou-bridge to the Swan at Chelsea. The , lead was taken by young Scott, of Bankside, who *on the prize-wherry given by the Funny Climb on , Thursday. He was followed by Mackey, of Pepper. alley ; and Fisher, of Pickle Iferring.mairs ; but, being evidently the best man, none could get ahead of him. Scott won the coat and badge in grand elyle. Mackey, the second tetiti, gained bl., and Fisher, the third man,. 31. The river presented an agreeable regatta. On Monday a valuable Cop and Cover, given by several Gentlemen amateurs, was tailed for by six pleasure boats under 20 tons. They started from a boat moored off the Artichoke Tavern at Blackwell, about eleven o'clock, to sail round his Majesty's re ceiving skip at GravesPuil, and retort, to Illackwall. Near Woolwich the Mercuiy, Captain Astley, came tip with the Produce, Captain Nettlefold, when the latter fell on board the Mercury, in consequesto- of which both were prevented from winning. The boats returned to Blackwall at half-past five o'clock, and the Mermaid, Captain Quinton, wad declared the winner of the cup. _.- 7'o riri kDIFOR or rgz gr47110.114#. F. 454,,e-- Being a lover of troth, am ietdoeed to rest our Paper in preference to the tare Ils e times, en t he Courier, which are the ihrte priecipal .l'a peri read here. I ewer have admired, I nor Paper from its comniencemeet; when ill Lonrho I read no other Evening Pe(ier, but w rune here none but the above sere to he found. Aftet.beiti here about two years, a publican in llnek damd to take, it in; and another the Whig; theco.uore . the 01.1 y two free ptiblrani in Plymouth andpock —all the real were under the controul of the rating Petiers.. llnwever, rafter sounding the principles or severe) of theltuhli. ! tans, I at Isse discnitered I true-bere Foga-Ismael among them; who wish.; to heir the truth and the sort of things; Mill Shen I requested isinitO take in your Paper, as the recorder of facts, as fir as you are able to give them, he immediately cnneeeted, and ever since I hese had the pleasure of reeding it ; and I have the satisfaction to inform yno it has not only Melly readeri, big esen mid men, !nisi in elite. 1 sled Ile Wahl! you thud this 14 n rotten aurciugh; and poiltitie must be lititien but on the Government side of the. questick . Pabllctins herr are afraid to ainw their principle,, Lind no doubt others Would havetaken in .your limper but through fear of losing their Itiwnee. Once a pub• limn here took •an Pa*. het ae loon as the !Beyer; die. biota it,. he was unformed if he took a Paper agiiitst Ministers his lit:reuse would he ;topped. This, no doubt, has deterred others ; but I have found a Milt itidepetidelit Of the whole of tient. Now, sir, after pref . /hill so fir, I must inform yoil the cause at t it is f oni a faile report in your Paper of last Wedirrewlas, . d to make you be *wire 11Q' to put too much vi s cid rco its n tltjtdreit w hi r Sriy the e rime from I'ls non:tit, Or 3 oft may be led kite errors, i rho siere by a Gentlernast wh m you say at rived in London terit ere-104140ne Plyii oath, and left the II I:eruption there; well that Bun mire g •rierally. *Rate., t'.e step Ia king to lane/el'. and with his glass taking oh. se. sa , itrie, or words to that effect. Noe, S'i. this is false, Anil 1 am so e you did not know you sere' impe•ed upon, or y/ a would not have► asserted, it. It was done w.th an int ut to i jute are credit of your Pa, er, b 1 muki g you in art false. hoods. I ray again bewa •ofth • gentry irons PI mouth, for they are the 111 at ungrateful peopleextst. log, for they rail again t BosieetiiTE who rasa hem the raise of many (formerly beggar , here) mikieg great fortunes : had it not !:eett for him emits' of hen( wouldoow be porte.s on 'be 'Quay. That Geritie. . fs e e. 4old you that p otty story Itkittr heft here on Sendai, or early on Monday inritnih girt to London on Tuesday etettirig, and rte must have dreamt or what be tohl you, fbr its reality he knew It was false, for the liellerophuti did not enter into Plymouth Sou and (lid ant drop Nehne iii , itle the Breakwater till about the time strir Pa: per on Wednesday was published, about (nee o'clock, for I slaw her frees the 800 j Ist after she came rotted the East Point, and the wind bee ing to the4rorthward, which is directly nut, alto was obliged to keep a good offing, and to tack before she got inside the llie.rkwater, which eat about four o'clock, with the two frigates. Yoe now see the drift of this letter, and being a friend to your Paw l I could not see you an egregiously inv. posed upon. On Thursday the . Admiral, Captains, and tradesmen of Dock subscribed for a Marie* We had two sailing matches, and four yew ! lug matches. The first we's a rowing match by four and six oar cptters, from. thwEtithine Booms, Stich. mond-Welk, to go round tii,e Breakwater and bacl4 the ellioghpa:s Went the same ro,:f 4 se that Boner bad a view of them. This miget iu some measure estuary; but yesterday a more grntefpl sight ap e . pealed before him-two trarippor•a laden with Frehch p isoners pee d sh'p. :red went up the, Reliant,; they all looked towards the ship their Emperor was in, but net a cord was heat from theni. Thutsday end Priilay the S•tued wag covered with b ats crowded with u:.i.rs to see the wonderful little man. It has lie n a rare harvoit for the wale/men; but tosilay it rains, and likely to continue, so that he w.il be relieved (tem to many visitor's • the boats were as thick round the ship yes terday afternoon as flies round a sugar Ca k. Boma- TARTE wears a plait greets coat, with a most brilliant star ; he is very affable to his visitors. Tome officers who arrived here in the Showy. from Torbay. say, that he is a fine looking mat., and the , he is the complete Gentleman. and of the most pl ea si ng , engaging, and affable manners ; it is the higheit treat to be in his company. Nay, they even spoke of hits with raptures. He has ',unifiers of ft iesufs here and' at Dock, who wish nn harm may come to him. But, on the other hand, there ate a set of wretches who have been fattening twin the war, and declare this country cannot exist without a war, whys revile him in the most execrable terms.— As soon as the last peace arrived the c y was, that in two years time grass would grow in the streets of pl)mouth, and ma.ty •ho gained their living by the war left Plymouth, so that many houses were empty, and the people be.tim to dictate in their landlords about lowering their r. us ; which in some cases wee' done, and hundreds stele t trown out of employ e but money coming back *vain made them till elite. • If any thing interesting shnuld occur at env future time,. I will endeavour to give you notice of It; and what I scud, you may rely upon as a fact. I remelt', Sir, yours, &C. Plymouth, Jul', 29. 11415. lit. D. TELEGRAPIT Tune.—A Telegraphic bfeesege m a? be sent frorwl.ondon to Portsmi uth. end answer td it received in town in three-quarters of a minute. A • Telegraphic Message may be sent from L , utten tit Ply tnauth, sod answer to it received in Nett in unsl minute and three-quarters. ANOTIIER TilatlS4*D.- 46 —.4TAP T ckPt No. 1039, drawn y evtenlay a Prize of La3'l,ooo, mud 8812, also 'drawn veitertlar a Prize of el(X)Q, *Pre both Anted anti gold at Wzse's moat f ...tumor Of. fice. " the WI! demand nal) Prig tbekr by Wiroas. .r , `Y ~" 1' t' 1 f rd. 17, Ludgito...trter; :leaf At. Paul's, where older. dr ihe Shares may fee •ive their 'honey ow d. If will ha rerWltected, that No. 3689 h rite of f 30,0 /0 in th' la•t Lottery, and 250 i. Prize of k0 ) 0001. ever 41/084 went tao tint pm& , . Sly . ! r Siip 11)'1 it)is en. hit and For. /ars d 1• :e ft 'To