The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-01-27 00:00:00

.. . . . .. . . . . .. . . 4,14'-- . . ... . • . . . ,) ' . . . . .. , . .... . : . .. ... . . . . . i t!10 _ -T , . . "IPH7 . . .. .. . . . :--- -; 1144 , .- . .. ,s• . ,„ r • E. Ir - 11411(3 li or STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stuck 290 k 5 per Cent. Navy 101“ I 3 per Cent. Ertl. 110.1 ti India Bands 106 101 p 3 per rent. Conn+ t9het Stock Comma, Cor Aec. 7311: Lyng Ann. Of 4 per Cent. 91941 lizomner Dili 16 416 p . . THE STATESMAN. LONDON: TUIIDAT, JANUARY 2 4 t, 1818 .. _ s . LAW INTELLIGENCE. count OF KING'S BENCH, JAN . . 16; -AMNON 0. COX, This *at an action for goods sold and delivered, end for money bad and received by the Defendant to the Plaintiff's we; and at trial before Lord Ellen. borough, in the Sittings after last Term at Guildhall, the Plaintiff was nonsuited. Mr. TOPPING now moved for a Role to show why the Nousuit should not be set aside, and trial granted. I - The circumstances of the me were these Plaintiffwas a merchant at Liverpool, and fendant.wsea currier at Stafford. In Februai year, the Plaintiff had GOO horse-hides consigi •hitia-frO'm South America, and he employed 'broker et Stafford, who dealt upon a Del oniinitision, to dispose of them to the best a( iperson, named Silvester, also residing in 'was indebted to the Defendant, and had gii warrant of attorney to confess judgmNit ; that warrant of attorney the Defendant geed, tion against Silvester's goods. Taite, the being a friend of Silvester, was desirous of him from the difficulties under which he , and being of opinion that his affairs woo. round, told the Defendant that he would deposit bins the Plaintiff's 600 hone-hides, if he lease Silvester from the execution. This,hro Defendant refused to do; but resorted to . dient of selling them to Mr. Cea, the Defendant, four months' credit, upon the condition charging Silvester from the execution, and a receipt fur the torneent of his debt ; time telling him that the hides were the pr , the Plaintiff; . Simpson. According' fiiNdirtit 4tittwhd'f t4ti ' ildi contract with &lige of tMs irate/18cl, and the goods were him for 1961.-Silvester's debt being 1761. tution vpoh Silvester's goods was asithdesi :the Defendant gave him a receipt for the of his claim. The four months credit having the Defendant's name was given to the '- the purchaser of the goods ; and upon in to pay, the present action was brought. 'l'he'lirst count of the declaration was sold andrielivered, end the second for men , received to the Plaintiff's use. Lord Ell, was of opinion at the trial, that neither counts were supported by the facts of the that the proper form of sction was troy ass umpsit. His Lordship, however, was that the Plaintif f might wave the tort an( suinpsit ; but in that case lie would be hot whole of the contract between the potties, in all events. be could only recover the di( tweet) 1761. the amount of Silvester's debt, the price of the goods. The Plaintiff, however, chose to be nonc The Court were now of opinion, in support motion, that the decision at Nisi Prins was effect, but they granted a Rule Nisi, to Plaintiff, if he could, to obtain substautist the present form of the pleadings. THE SING 73. MILTCALIea. 'Phis wet a Scare Facias to recal certain patent granted to the Defendant for the lb, an improved heir-brush, called in the specifics , the name of "s tapering hair, or head-brush. At the trial before Lord Ellenborougl Sitting , et IVesiminater after last Term, nes found for the 'Crown on the grow brush on being produced, did not satisfy tion given to it in the specificatiou of the being tapering. Mr. SCABILLTT now moved for a rule to why this verdict should not be set aside, trial granted, contending, that the brush answer the description of being a tapering btush was now produced for the inspection Court, and it appeared; that the impro' Mated is this: that instead of the hairs belt tenth, as in the old hair brush in common were of-unequal and irregular lengths, being applied to the human head, cleansed more effectually than the old brush. The Cotner were of opinion, after an gement On the part of Mr: Scarlet!, that did not stereWitr (hi specification—that tbe bad impeoperfy described his 'invention, 1400 be took nut • patent, he ought tr col '411;41 to imam Ahilleanto of the wr , ueldoiturefoeellifitudielh'i Rule. ti me iblir-c VOLD ;BAILEY. r r . • -- 6 .405.-- MONIJAY, Jan. 26. Mese' Fox, aged 50, was pat to the bar. ineyeelare t nx him with palling of and disposing , ed eisenterteit cola, issdeto resemble the •Cadoscaltrlshilliogs, oa the 1001 of Deeeeb K kat. ;ma et Sr. alerio-dse•l•ieldr, to oat Jo•eph Prior, rate of valve tliau *their deissomination imported. three shillings. t he facts of them, were proved, is an elm& • houri, to the satitfontion of the Jory, who in timid a verdict of Guilty. The remains of the late THOM 44 SHERIDAN, Err! (w Ito died some time place at the Cape of Good Hope), brought home in the Abeona transport, 14 Porte fowls on Saturday morning fur L sodon, for inter• went. lss the misuse of last year there passed throogh the Somnsll3,l4B vessels, via. -6,390 from the Baltic. and 6;758 from the North See.. Among the latter were '2,088 English, 1,044 Swedish, 470 Norwegian, 917 Prussian, 693 Dutch. 463 Danish, 212 Moose. rialto, 11 Bremen, 4t Hamborgh, 160 Meckleoe burg, 197 Mansion, 68 American, and 2`2 Franck' sestets. A new Comedy was read in the Green-room at Drury-wrie Theatee on Friday evening last. An Elopement took place, a few days ago, from' Seaford in Susses. The yo ing pair directed thrir rout to Brighton, where, while the young Grn.l'• man was set' hog some pecuniary 'matters for pfcgress to Gretna Green. the father of the Ltdy arrived, and iii the absence of , the lover pei‘oade d her to return home with him. The schooner Dart, of Dartmouth, laden • with fruit, from Lisbon, it is reported, was driven on shot! the Bth losioot, and afterwards foundered 01 Boll"' near lioulogoe, and the crew drowned. PIDON I Primed and Pahlbbed by D. Lot ELI., CI rio Srarsswai °swa b No, t, soliwtary-fort, rev-tr.. k 6: lelivered, Want to ird Ellen. how cause Ind a new ▪ :—The d the 1)... ruary,last Deigned to one faits, el Crederia advantage. ri Stafford, iven him is and apse '''A• outeseeo4 in broker,. of reliving laboured; • ould come eposit with would re- s ' meter, the o the espe. rendant, at of his dig. giving him it the same property of ;ly the De+ • the know. Pere sold to = . The en. drawn, and the amount ing espied, Plaintiff as his refining for goods ney had and lleubt.rough ier of these Ise case, and 'or, and net I of opinion, id bring r. :lurid by the is, and that ifference be. it, sad 1961. insulted. Import of hid was right iu o enable the ial juke, Is • irtaiu Wier* invention of mikation by irash." ugh, In the di, a venni t and that the the &scrip , e patent of s show cause, s, and a new h did is fact, g brush ; the section of the ovement con• wing of Mad • ion use, they which, aped 'used the hair ingenious at. that the broth b e Dedeodaut on, and, that t to have gene rord topside& upon an indict- or of Ms piece') • rent coin of the r last. in the Ph' 'riot, at a loner red, namely, for imination of dm o a few womb tEntnaN, Etc. (Good IloPth rt, 14 Ports- lon,- for inter• ✓l throolb the am the Baltic, sug the haler 70 Norwegians ' 212 lisoove- -160 Meckleo- ad 22 F r anck' Green-room at 4 last. lays ago. f rom' directed Ohl young Gcn.lt- -.M1V..-- The Session of Par!lamest was opened this day by Commission. The Speech would be reed, by the 'Lord CHANCELLOR. We have etready mentioned she movers and seconders of tbd Addresses. The conduct of Parliaments ochtte,bas made even the im portant occurrence of i tlieirissembiing, a subject bat little calculatedle i steciee bops or awaken attention. Yet never in a time °flaws did more important cir , eamatances call for the attention of the assembled • Representatives of the British. People. Of these, the ' real circamstsoces requiring the most serious atten . lion, but little notice as we have before said may be • expected to he tek,en in the Royal Speech. Indeed the contents of this document s , as our readers know, have already been auticipsteff. These Speeches now relate almost solely in Royel Vitality affairs. The .. l present,•*ll helm, ,will be found to be as much - of this cast, end as sombre in its character, as any pre vious performance from the iame quarter. The only hope introdeeed the picture, is understood ~bie• to be the rom, Hanover, the project for supplying' the; tlirelieked.isilure of the Royal Stock, by the VaVriege of the Duke of CAKIBRIDGE to a Hessian Priiicess, and the opportunity which this circumstance will afford for applying to the country for a suitable provision to another splendid establishment. It will be observed from our subs& quent notice of the Hanoveriaa news, that a becoming " bevy of dainty daises" bas already been appointed as Ladies of Homier to the Princess. Among the con gratulations made to the country, we are told that we are to be very feelingly and triumphantly emigre , totaled on the happy effects of suspending the Ilabeas Corpus Act. We can beliete any thing necessary on this subject, for Lord SI DINOUTU and the Ministers, and Sir NATHANIEL Cormet, have got rid of their prisoners without any judicial exposure of the rorrectness of their charges. But will the effects of suspending the bulwark of oar liberties, be' truly told? Will the Ministers mit with- their congratulations any account of the miseries that have been inflicted upon individuals by the protracted im prisonments under their Green Bag assertions, and the unpunished atrocities of their Agents,, to stir up sebellion among the People? Will they call the spies Oliver, and BraNey, and Castles, to witness to the truth of their allegations? Will the CHAN. ceLeon of the EXCHEQUER, in his financial statements, dare to submit such accounts of Government ex- Fences as will be found specified in terms too distinct for doubt in Bradley's Bet (the Spy and Deserter) to his employers, copied in our Paper of this day ? No. We shall hear nothing of these damning proofs of a Conspiracy against abused and unoffendiog human nature, by the agents of iniquity, in any of the Ministerial expositions. But we shell not over-, look. them. Read these articles, People of England ! We retend not to vouch for their accuracy— we submit them as we find them given fold' publicly from the very spot where the direful transactions of the alleged rebellion were hatched. If they are faire let it be proved—let the' Public be satisfied, that it may rest in peace and in the security of unviolated jus tice. We consider it our duty to throw what light we can on these mournful transactions, for we are convinced that if there be two virtuous men in the British House of Commons, and we believe there are, the subject will undergo a clew investigation ; and were that House really what iiiissumes to be, the Representative* of the PeoptVlit would answer the voice of the People . . Ind boil dire vengeance on the beads not only of the Spies themselves, hut also on the heads of their still more criminal employers. Much as Minlsters may be disposed to congratu late the country on the success of their endeavours to keep down insurrection (end to what purpose these endeavours have been exerted our statements may tend to show), we are given to soderstand that the redactions in the Military Estimates, which the Pub lic were led to anticipate, are " as false as abserd." So says the Courier ; and in this we do believe the Treasury oracle. For, from all that we have wit nessed of the conduct and ,character of the present . Administration, it would . abused indeed, and as " false " as a Judge's ,comparison, to ex pect auy thing elm at their bands.--Who could tbinki that having fought for their darling War Establishments in time of peace far such a length of time, and purchased cause for military support at so dear a price as their consciences may some day re veal to them—they should voluntarily give up so large a portion of their power at one sweep, and gra tify expectations which the Courier says, cannot yet be "possibly realised ?" We are not disappointed. The "'designs of the disaffected" will yet be largely harped upon, for many persons are yet far from satis fied. For instance, the mannerr in which the Judges and Courts of Law are now besieged by ruined men demanding trial for the charges imputed o them, and redress *far the dreadful injuries they have suffered on the unjust suspicionpf time-serving Megistrates and instramenti of tyranny, afield ample t le 1 si p Ii t • 4 1 f • I I \\>4\ AT ESMAN evidence that there is disaffection io the country, and that large war establishments ate requisite to preserve order and obedience to the laws! Economy is now justly esploded from State inazims,:for " it is by oo means the only beneficial mode of insuring so in crease of national prosperity," as Dr. Slop attempts to show. Dot nofortonately no one will be kind enough to reveal the best mode of insuring this national desideratum ; and hence the poor CHAN` tELLOR of the Excwvaure, like 66 the hare with many friends," and the still more perplexed country, tie as much at a loss for the means of increasing pro sperity, after minding economy, as ever. Public . distress, sod the Minister's Budget, exhibit sear! . proofs of this, shearer may be-said of out national reseerces. ')I1( •;:.17,‘". • We have received Paris Papers„to the 24th lost The discussion in the Chambei of tleputies on the Project of Law for Recruiting the Army was rimmed on Thursday. Among the principal speakers were M. BEUGNOT and M. iiCOII , RVOISIER. ftli, WI M. DE 11018CUAISEAU and M. I.lsmottv against, r the Adoption of the Law. The fourth anniveretiy of the Martyrdom of Louts XVI. was celebrated at St. Denis with much pomp and .tereasony: , A letter froth Count CAKRA Sommer.. datechCayenne, the 18th November, 1817, poblished officially • I it,. Monilcur, announces the taking possession of French Guiana on the Bth of shat____. month. ; A letter from Vienna of - the 12th, Ipss * the fo ll osti* lutetesting passage :—" It is mentioned as verriemprlesot news, that the Cabinet of London has- magi* stotifieations of the greatest political leterest to ,5r Court, re- Llative to the affairs , of Spanish ,America." It thus. appears that the Cabinet of London cannot abstain from interfering in South American matters, not. withstanding its declarations .of ,neutrality. This is the only political intelligence of any moment we find in these Papers, escept that an intervinw of the So vereigns of Austria, Russia, and Prassis, is again spoken of, and the Emperor of AUStRIA will make a visit to Dalmatia in the approaching spring. Another Flanders Mail has also. arrived. The Duke of C.II4IIRIDGE'S union with the Princess of HESSE CASSEL appears to be the subject of general conversation on the Continent, and it is even stated, that his Royal Highness has received official congra- Watkins open his proposed alliance, and that the Ladies of Honour who are to be about the person of the Princess are already appointed. The Duke, it is added, intends soon to pay another visit to Cassel, where his marriage will be celebrated in the middle of March ; after which his Royal Highness will visit England. Intelligence, it is said, has been received of the surrender of Amelia Island to the forces of the United States. 'Dais account was brought to Liver pool by the ship Armatita, from Savannah, which place she left on the 27th of December. It states, that " the American forces had taken possession of Amelia Island is the name of their Government, and that Commodore MIRY and the troops under his command had been made prisoners of war." This we were led to expect, and thus our doubts as to the name in which this possession would be seized are i removed. We have entered at great length into the Report of the proceedings which took place yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on the sobjeetof the late rise in the price of Porter. We, along with some of our Correspondents, who delivered their sentiments at the Meeting, have, HI before this, attempted to draw public attention to the principal causes of the system 'w hich establishes the grievous monopoly in a en houses, the effects of which are so severely felt. The speeches of Mr.Beaustowr and Mr►ScsULTU,who have most ably sod judiciously investigeltd the sub ject, will tend very. materially to correct the present system of Licensing, the greatest evil in this general grievance. The suspicions expressed, and in some cases stated to have been lamentably verified, that malt and hops form but a very inconsiderable part of the beverage, or composition called Porter, are well worthy of attention and , investigation. The Editor of the Morning Chronicle sebjoins a remark to his partial report of thedisclassio r as at the Meeting, that " it oeght tobeenquired Whatis the present price of the raw materials, together with the expense of brewing, compared with these of former periods." —The Editor of the Chronicle pretends to know no thing of the case, but thinks that 66 a cry against a whole body of tradesmen, without coming to particulars, is unjust, e.pd when countenanced by Magistrates obviously dangerous.".— We We pretend to know nothing of the motive foe such deprecations, but we are disposed tolthiuk that Mr. BEAUMONT; who seems to have taken no small trots ble in collecting statements of the rate of markets for a long period, has satisfactorily and amply answered such remarks, for he proves that even were malt and hops actually used, the expences of the Brewer, at this moment, are less than they were 1 1 2 months sinee, when the beer was cheaper. • Of this st•ttemeist l SO in• teresting to the labouring classes, it is of advantage to all parties that just notions should he enter tained. We are glad to find Ceutlemen of respecta bility engaged in this affair ; indeed to such it almost exclusively belongs, for' to them, as to their 'lateral guardians, -must the Labouring Poor look for the protection of theit tights. The price sad guilty of 7 -- N. the malt liquor' are of no less importance to poor man than those of Ms bread. If, oppressed by the heavy bend of wealthy 'monopolists, he possesses no means of correcting the evil ; it is vein to tell him that If he dislikes the price or the quality, he may abstain from using either his porter or Ms bread: he cao find no substitute for supporting life; and in many cases be must take such • porter as is offered to him, or go t• a great distance for a wholesome article. The great evil of the pre- sent system, as we have observed, consists in the arbitrary powers enjoyed by the Magistrates,of grant. lug Licences to individuals for selling Matiiiircoli, Groat capitals will always command a certain),ll l • leence, and it has unfortunately happened ad mein be seen from the avert of the Committee, of the House of Commons on the Police of the Metro polis, that the Licensing Magistrates act too much ender the authority of the Brewers ; who have by that means obtained possession of nearly all the Public houses in the Metropolis. This establishes the mo. oopoly of which the Public complain, and• this •grievahce ought to be redressed by Parlimment,,if by no other means,.by subjecting the retail trade of malt liquors to no other restraint then an investlga ohm by Jury iuto the characters of all personskoisi: gaged in it. • • ir.r. • • • - Weystouvit, JAL Lecnrotro )t this week taken his usual routine of recreation at Came, and on the neighbouring ,Downs, and Wended yes terday to have extended his ride to this town, but was prevented by theunfavourable state of the view ther. The health of his Serene Highness-still eetili= titles to improve in his retirement, it is in the eerie' temptation of the inhabitants of thii town to e•ect a monument in their new church to the memory of her late Royal Highness the Princess Cnancorre, who, about two years since, laid the foundation stone of that structure. A design has already been token. At her last visit the Princess resided here from July, 1815, to Jan. 1816, and had so endeared herself to every heart, that she was adored by all ranks. Yesterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL ha .1 a numerous Parliamentary dinner of Peers, at Fife-house. Lord CASTLEREAGH had a party of 41 of the Members of the House of Commons, at his house in St. Jatne,'s square. At both the Ministers' dinners the PRINCE REGENT'S Speech for the opening of the Session of Parliament this day by Commission, was read. THE KING e. WALLER O'GRADY.--.DUBLIN, Jae 21.—The Judges yesterday sat in the Court of Error, for the purpose of pronouncing judgment in this important case, as to the right of the Chief Blinn of. the Exchequer to appoint a person to the office of, Clerk of the Pleas, vacant by the death of the Earl Of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. or whether the right warl i vested in the Crown. The Judges were engaged in delivering their opinions, when the Chief Justice of the King's Bench was attacked with sodden, and, we fear, severe indisposition, which caused an adjourn. meet, without their coming to a final decision on the question. C LER KSHIPOPTHEPLEAs.---Dustim,JAN.t 2 . -- Ye s. terday this important case again occupied the Court ,of Error.—Mr.Justice FLercnee, Mr. Justice MAYN r, and Mr. Barcu M'Cr.rccsNe delivered their opinions upon it, which were favour of the Crown. It is supposed that Sir WILLIAM SMITH, Mr. Justice ' DALY, and Mr. Baron GEORGE, will pronounce their judgments this day, which will conclude this case io the Court of Error. The Honourable Captain WALDECRAVE and the Honourable Miss Cr:scrim, niece of the late Mar chioness of SLIGO, are expected to joist hands, in the course of the ensuing Spring. DEAL, JAN. 26.—Came down from the River his ' Majesty's ship Prevoyante, for Portsmouth ; Castle. reagh, Evans, for St. Christopher ; Percy, Smith, for Jamaica; Maria, Bolton, for Cadiz; Sicely, Copper, for Gibraltar; and several others, particu lars unknown.—Put beck the New Bragansa, Cornelly, for Constantinople.—Arrived acid sailed 'for the River the Liberty, Meall, from Charente. PORTSMOUTII, JAN. 26.—Came in .several out ward.bottid vessels, which sailed from the Duwes..oat &turtle) , last, among which are the following ship s : viz.: the Wanyead, Young, for Madras and Bengal . ;. Ocean, —, from London for Plymouth, for troopsi tor Gibraltar ; Pomona, Staves, and Amelia Wilson, Striton, from London for the Seuth Seas; John a .d • Ann, Robinson. for Havannab ; Ceres, Mathes! i v , .Indus, Callieln, and Quote, Fiott, for Jamaica ; ,Maria Teflon, Kinnard, for the Isle of France; Ulyssus, Davison. for Tr'este; and several more cost., log in, but too late to save post. ° FALMOUTH, Jan. 21 —Sailed the Doke of Kent ;Nickel s with Mail. for Lisbon ; and the Pallas, Philp, for Gibralt a r and I. l e of Franc e. • Imacomee JAN . 25.—Arrived the Blocher, Spence, fromlierbice, bound to London, having ex perienced most violent weather, all her sails except •,main and fore ail are gone, bulwarks washed sway, and has been out 53 days: spoke on the I.3th of Us. camber, in lat. 16. 39. the Concord, of Aberdeen, Ifrom Lyndon to St. Domingo, out six weeks, andAp distress, having only •a maintop sail left, and all her bulwark gone, having bad a gale of wind front-the Westward for ten days; it then blew very bard. RAMSGATE, JAN. 26.—Several trading vessels gilt sailed from hence yesterday, have pet hackie-Ws port to-day. WHITEHAVEN, JAN. 24.—Pot in here, living sprung her main yard, the ship Dahlia, 'of and from Dublin, for Jamaica. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 21.—The Country. Smith, from Riga for London, has arrived in this Bay short of provisions, sud with loss of threeanchors and cables. having been driven by the ice out of Elsmere Roads. —The Pomona, Helder % from Whitby for London, with oats, has pot into this port, wills eight feet water in her bold; she sailed from Whitby yesterday, and sprang a leak at sea. GRAVESEND, J the Jane, Walker, from Jersey • Margaret, Rondale , from Seville;, Commeece, S cott, from' Charente ;' from Bourdeauz ; and Liberty, Meall, from Charente. —Sailed the Mald'on, Hodge, for Grand Canary; and Viet Gebroderi, Prins fog goitgidiga,; • ~ i ~