The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-10-21 00:00:00

.-;. ,ice; -y' vleclaratiOn is founded on the Act of 1748, which gives the tobacco; the defendants pleaded specially Ike Act of 1758, which authorizes the commutation it.' money, at siateen and eight-peace : to this plea thy' plaintiff demurred ; assigning for causes of dentarreem brat o .thst the O ct of 1758, not having received the Heys% issent, - had not the force of a law • and, se exerilys. ,thet Alto Kiegv-ie .Cesseeil ir befl.de4are.d t Alt Act null and void. The case stood for argate'enron ...s . lie_gtonwsrer tfigembei,Term l 1753_ 4 _ an d was arms, by Mr. Lyons let thi Platigfr7rga . Mr. John Lewis for the Defendants; `'whed the • Court, very mucbte the credit of 'Oeir candour and • Gillum', breasted' the Popular orient — by 'iostaln ` ing the demurrer.' Thus far the' Clergy sped before the' wind t and concluded; with" good teason; the* their' tritimph was complete ;lot . the Act of 175$ having been declared void by the' judgment on the • demurrer, that . of 1748 was left' in foil force, 'and •`• becaMe, in law, the only ofaudardlor 'the hurling of the Jury. Mr. Lewis has so thoroughly coovinced this, that 'he retired' from the cause;: inforMing ."Ms clitall that it had Deen, 'in effect, decided agaiust and that there remain ed nothing more for hire.' totich. In fhii desperate situation, they applied te, • :Patrkk Hoary, and he undertook to argots it •fer them before The Jeri, at the ensuing Term. Accordr 4 . oti the first day Of the following December s , be 'attended the Court', end, on his Orin!, found oh the'Coort-yard such a concoeroe as would have api-.1 palled any other moo in his sitnatino: They Were Mill • the people of the county merely who were there, bit' visitors from all the counties, to a considerable '-tance around. The decision upon the deinorrer had, produced a videflt ferment amongst the People, and equal exultation on the pot of the Clergy,- who 'tended the Court in a large body, either to look down opposition, or to . enjoy the final triumph if ' this hard fought contest, which they now considered as perfectly secure. Among many other Clergymen, ' who Attended on • this occasion, came the Reverend' Patrick- Henry, who was the plaintiff in another • cause of theiathe nature, then depending in Court.— When Mr. Henry saw hit uncle approach, he walked up to hit carriagee, accompanied by Colonel Mers-1 * dith, add ezpristiba his` regret at seeing him there.—, 66 Why so?" enquired the uncle. 66 Because, Sir,"' Said Mr. 'Henry, you - know thilt I have never yet • spoken in public, and I fear that I shall be too mach • overawed by your presence, to beable to do my duty try rny clientit ;peonies; Sir, I shalt' be obliged to say some . hard thingi of the Clergy, rind I am Very uneilliog to give pain to year teenage:" • His erica: reproved Mm for biting engaged its the Cause; which Mr. Henry excused by saying, that the Clergy had not - thought him worthy of being retained on their side, i and he knew 'of no moral principle by which he wee ' holed to refuse a fee from their adversaries ; besides, • Ate confessed, that le this controversy; bOth his heart and judgment, ai well as his professional duly, Wee on the side of the People; he then requested, ' - that his uncle would do him the favour to leave the • ground. "'Why, Patrick," said the old Gentle ' man, with a good-natured smile, "as to your saying keid things of the Clergy, I advise you to let that. alone —tape my word for it, you will do yourself • mere harm than you" will them ; and as to my leave lug the grotted, 'rfehr, 'my boy, that my presence • tenni-neither do yen harm nor good, in such a case. Rowever since you seem to think otherwise, and de: •• sire it dew so earnestly; yen shall be gratified."- , --. Whored poo, keillitered Ms-carriage ageivqvutili* turned home: • (To be,continued AMERICAN PAPERS. • : MORE INDIAN WAR AND MASSACRES. By the Harriet, Newell, from Savannah, we have • received the Savannah Republican of September B. The Indians have assembled in large numbers, on the • frontiers of Georgia, and threaten to attack the in. s. habitants. • limos' TUE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN, SEPT. B.] FROM THE SOUTH. • We have just seen a Gentleman from St. Augustine, who informs us, that between seven and eight hen , dred Indians and ----, are encamped nehr the Mua, . quetee; and above one thousand in a strong encamP., anent, are on the St. John's River, who evinc,e 11. ] • strong hostility against the frontier people of tit, State. They have declared themselves hostile, a dd are determined to attack our countrymen as soon as they can obtain powder and ball. Several of . the Chiefs, have been at Augustine, eudeavouriog to ,get ammunition from the Governor of the place; and , it is believed they have partially succeeded. Our informant also states, that he saw Captain . Obed Wright in St. Augustine—that he bad taken a , Spanish protection, and intended in a few days to go to the Ilavanoah. Four whites, on their way to St. Mary's, have al ready been murdered by the savages; and we dread • to hear from that quarter, knowing as we do, the defenceless situation) of our frontier citizens. Why - does pot the General Government station an Admit ollitary force to protect these people from the tom. • hawk and the scalping-knife? We believe no mellow of oar ceeatry is. more neglected than the frontier " of Georgia. What is the cause of this ?—Have we committed any offence that merits such neglect v t r • hope the proper authorities will torn an eye to eat gassier. Orders from the President of the United States to, the Marshal of this district, -reached town yester day, to have all the crew of the Venezuelian brig of 2 war penoral San Martin, arrested and committed to prison. The Marshal is now putting these orders Leto emotion. We bate not learnt what has caused . . ale step. -•• . I FRENCH PAPERS. • - .....yl.llll. 'PARIS, OCT. 17.—Their Majesties the Emperor Alexander and the King of Pressia, are expected at . 4 Paris on the 25th. Prints letters from Aix-la-Cha * pile, dated the 13th, state, that on the 17th the Em • peror will sleep at Vslencieuses„ on the 18th at Matibeege, where his Majesty will remain the 19th, and on the 20th will proceed to Sedan. The troops of the three Powers of the North, stationed on this Hoe will occupy aH the villages near the little riser La Sadie. There will be some mauceuvres and shim battles. The troops will then be assembled at Femurs ; where they will defile before the Sower's!! ik . •111 . la i•it !raw tan., ~. Wasik iiii -4 -- if i !* 4 '.. a • i h s is=a e l ri lris t hl p :Pst " Aill O• f d sftrf ' rn to Aix-la-Chapelle on the494h, to ratify with . the Allies. the ialsegore- with which their Mie Wets lin hava 4 'fieeffoettspied during his absence. At - Mt-la-Chi• pelle he will resale Usti! the 10th of Novatuibta%V ben be will set off for Brussels. He will remain a' o;titigia, — Zomesiicated With the Empress Dowaget.4 of Russia, the "Pace laid - Prince's of Orange, the "Kin of the Netherlands, &c. His Royal Highness • the Prinee•Royal of Dens mark passed through Stresborgh on the lith of Oat. under the title of the Count of Oldenburg. Intelligence (robs Port-ae.Prince states, :1114 Christophw had approached that town in the MO ; pirt of August, - and that an attack was again apg bended. It it said -that the Sardinian Government is olist to cat a level road through the mountain, near what is called the passage Des Echelles , commotticating, with Daophiny. Letters from Annecy annoence, that the greater part of the passages of Savoy will be fortified, 'mei- Wady those communicating with Piedmont, as also that of Moat Canis • On•tbe 15th instant, the Marquis de Carsesalla . Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, on taking Weals of the King, previously to his return to Ais..lo. -Chapelle, had the honoer of presenting to his Alai 'Jost, his sea, eount Georges de Canaan, Chief StLary to the Embassy at London, who was e r l e y dispatched to Paris by the Duke de Richeliel, with the Treaty relative to the dewlare of the to. ststo troops. The King deigned to confer 'spondee young Count the decoration of Chevalier of ttipirsti. giort of Hoover. His Majesty rendered Ma fah* . . 4loohly estimable, by fixing, with his own hands, I distinctive badge of the Order on the breast of I I young diplomatist. 4 *. ~ Their Majesties the Emperor Alexander and flik, king of Prussia are expected In Paris on the Mk instant. • The extra service of Marshal the Duke de Reggie. as Major-General of the Roy 41 Guards, ceases this day ; be will be replaced by Marshal the Duke ofl Ragusa, who arrived yesterdsy from Cbatillon-sar- Seine. Lord Milton left Paris yesterday, to proceed to Ital Al • A Projet has been submitted to the Government for establishing a basin under the walls of Paris, from whence merchant vessels may proceed direct to the ere. A company also proposes to establish a direct communicoion by water for the conveyance of taercharsdiae ommeen Paris and Havre. Lityreace OP A PRIVATE LIMN AIZ.LA eII%PtLLE, OCT 13.—Lord Castlerragt. is to submit It; Congi. , ..?. a memoir of the celebrated Sir Joseph Books, on the. means of delivering Eu. rope from the tteighbourhood of barbarians, and of rendering up to civilization the northern parts of Africa. ' It is believed that Congress will be engaged with the means of 'merit% the general execution of the principle agreed upon at Vienna, for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. The differences between Sweden and Denmark, which are said to be submitted to the decision of Congress, turn bn this point :—Sweden, in obtaining by the Treaty of Kiel -the cession of Norway ! &Intern so important for Swedeo, and so talamitous for Denmark, engaged to pay a part of the public debt formerly contracted by Denmark and Norway in common. This stipulation of the Treaty has not yet been fulfilled. The Treaty is guaranteed by the five Great Powers assembled at Aix-la.Chapelle, either in person of the Sovereigns, or by their Am bassadors. GENEVA, OCT. 9.—The Council of State of Fri burg was occupied on the '2d October with measures for the execution of the decree recalling the Jesuits. It has ordered copies of it to be addressed to the Bishop, to the Professors of the College of Saint Michel, to P. Sineo, Rector of the College of Val- Isis, and to the General of the Order at Rome. The Declaration given the 28th of September, on the same Decree, by six Members of the Council of State, produces the greatest sensation. It is signed by the ancient Avoyer Werro, and five Councillors. They there publicly declare, " That not only have they bad no part in this determination, but that In concert with the minority of the Grand Council, they have displayed an immoveable constancy, and the whole force of their reasoning powers, to over come a resolution so inconsiderate." STRASSUROH, Ocr. 12.—Tbe public joy, excited by the approaching evacuation of the French terri tory, does not in the least detract from the particular esteem which the corps of the army now withdraw. ing from our neighbourhood, and its worthy Chiefs, have inspired towards them. During three years the most rigorous discipline has ondeviatingly been main. tained, just complaints have been promptly attended to, and If some disterbances bate taken place (cir. comstances inseparable from all assemblages of step), punishment has immediately followed. the offeeme The Generals and officers have 'hewn the everted delicacy in their intercourse with the French Autho rities. On every occasion, where happy aaniversa ries or bitter recollections called for eutertainments or mogroings, they were seen identifying themselves with the sentiments by which we were animated.— At length, thanks to• their precautions, the burden of the occupation ceased to intrude itself upon our dwellings. This conduct carom; be misconceived, and troops so worthy of praise, in leaving us such gratiful recollections, will not, we are convinced, for. got that they have been duly appreciated amongst us. The period is now arrived when all nations, restored to themselves, may reciprocally regard each other with disinterested esteem. 1143IBURG MAIL. • SMYRNA, gitrr. S.—According to the lotest .ae. counts from Constantinople, which are only three or four days old, very great discontent prevails in that city. Several great fires bad taken place, the last of which, about a week ago * . beret down 10,000 Nooses I*V hears. . A courier arrived here yesterday from rairo, in 20 days, bringing the news that the troops of the racha, itt Upper Eypt, have been defeated by the Weds- . ' 6 71 s had an as itn t m h e e di , Mo ot.Seece, 1 •71; the coffee phi' thellth of last month there ofis a el quake in the island of Candle.. _ net'Ati; • OM 11:=-41rezonse days pots inert, said,to be Ileeised from en aethentic source, is in cir culation here, that a Russian corps , co min g from Prints, which to said to - be from 25 to 30,000 strong, wilt arrive on this side of the Rhitie on the 26th or 27th of this month, and will be cantoned for slime, the duration of which is not yet used, in the Grand Dairy. of Baden. The truth or falsehood of this re port mast, however, soon appear. The Baden troops, which barebeea called - together, remain exactly where they were, and no further movements have taken place. MITAU, SM. 26.—The day before yesterday Divine Service was ordered in the principal ch to mil, when - the abolition of vassslage in the Governme rut of Coorland, which had been. resolved on by the Em peror, at the desire of the Nobility, and the con &ovation of the Plan of the new Constitutions for the Peasants wis to be published. At seven in the morning, therefore, the Civil Governs'', the Autho rities, the Nobility, - the Citizens, and a great iota. bet of Peasents,assembled to pour oat their hearts to the Author of all Good, and to thank him that the re spectable class 'of their brethren,' who cultivate tire soil of the country, bate also attained the rights of Citizens. • The solemn Te Deum began after the arrival of his Excellency the Governor,• toe Marqeie Patacci, and never, probably,' was this hymn cheunted with more feeling than by the persons assembled on this day, on which effete 400,000 of their brethren were to regaio the. rights.and dignity of men. After the Te Deum, the Governor addressed the assembly -in an appropriate speech, declaring the Abolition of the Slavery of the Peasants, by the-De. • cree of his Majesty, et she request of the Nobility, and annooneing the Plan of the new Ordinance re lating to the Peasantry. The Clergyman then ascended the pulpit, and held a diseourse in German, in which he showed the points of view in which the new Constitution of the Peasants was to be considered, and the importauce.of the pre sent moment. He then addressed the Peasants in Livonia'', announced to them the benefit given them by the Emperor, saluted them as free men, and es. hotted them to gratitude to the Emperor, love to their late masters, and a proper use of their freedom, re consmending them to.purane the path of legal order and tranquillity which each of them had now to take. A solemn hymn concluded this memorable ceremony. The Emperor, who had arrived here on his way to Ait.la-Chapelle, went, after Divine Service in the church of 'the Holy Trinity,' to the Greek church, amidst the acclamations of the People, and heard To Deum performed; meantime the Sfobility,4the Public Officers, and the Peasants who had assembled in the chereh, went to. the Castle, whithet the Em peror repaired from• the church, and had . the Civil Officers end the Nobility presented to him.. A scene then succeeded which represented the Ras.' aim Sovereign in the fairest light, as the father of his People, or, as the world in its infancy called Princes, as ,the shepherd of his People. Ile caused the as veiled Peasants to be brought before hint, 'and dis- I coursed to them in person, ezplainiig what his good- Doss had given them, a'nd,tkompper use of it. The, eiarthy Deputy of ts country* fAttez Charles You Medem, interpreted the discourse of the Emperor, who graciously beard the rept/ of-tseer.af the Pea sants. In the afternoon the -Emperorost thelnvitatioto of the Nobility of the province, partook of an elegant entertainment in the Hall of the Equestrian Order, which was tastefully ornamented with flowery shrubs. Raring the entertainment, the Emperor. gave as a " The welfare of the Coorland Nobility ;" fad Count hledena, in return, proposed the health of lik Majesty. Immediately after the entertainuiest his Majesty continued his journey to Berlin and Ala. I la-Chapelle, accompanied by the blessing of all the Sople of Courlend. . II AMBURGH t Oct. 16.—0 n -the 4th of September, 1817, a Treaty of Commerce was concluded between Sweden and North America, which was to be rata.' fled in eight ' months • but the Government of the latter country signi fi ed, through its Ambassador at Stockholm, that it could not ratify the 3d, 4th, and 6th Articles of the Treaty, by which the ratification was delayed till the 24th of July this year„ on which day it took place on the part ofSweden, with the omission of these Articles. The'whoje Treaty has been published. Only the commencement of has .yet been inserted in the Hamborgh Papers. lent earth• PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ralik Stock 4733 15 per Cent. Navy /0131¢3 S per Cent. ited.76434 Inch; tit!Pds 89 90 p S per Cent.ooll64tls7 i eel LOK Ann. 20 1-163 33 per Cent. 8633 84 863. • Exchequer Hills 19 21 p Lomas for Ace. 7733333 thaniulia 13 db. 4 per Cent. 951331 • E. RYTON, Stork-Broker. 2, Gambill, and 18, Coventry•st;OL . •• ! THR STATESMAN. • . LONDON: : WIDRISDAY. • OCTOBER 21, rllB, • • New • York Papers to the 26th, sad Boston to . the 27th alt. reached us this morning. The follow. ing are extracts from the Journals of the latest dates : The following important commercial notice!. from the Boston Patriot cif-the 26th We understand letters *ere Yestetday received in lowa from Phila delphia, stating that the aothorities at Chili had issued an order, by virtue of which all American Teasels at Valparaiso arid Coquimbo could proceed to sea with out any apprehension as to the blockade." " Buenos ATREs, Jung 18.--This Government has within a few days reduced the duty on Imports Prow-'9O toabout 50 per Cent. with a view to prevent smuggling. At peernnt trade is dull, but tut tows as the Province of Peru is free, which is daily expected, trade will resin."—(Private kiln%) c.a. • KAki I '. ` - . 1 v PRisi 'Ew 0 ITO THE SPA.IIIV es 20.—We itTe ith a he 'sated that ewo . mitre o Spanish troops to Ha annah, had jest retarned, these vessels left the doter city, the corm ho Spanish Governor of Pensacola embartt4 been taken by pirates, as the Goveroor valuables with him, which perhaps may h alloo , his destruction. 66 Our informant also adds, that 300 Uaitelpp ii troops arrived at Pensacola the day kelift tier s . The following is a litter received at Lion l % Morning : " BAUD/Oily SUM. 15.—Arrived y N dui host Virginia, 24 hours from Norfolk ; p oi t met mouth of the River at anchor, a large (this ship is Portegoese), supposed hse captured by an Artigaio privateer, mil h t , pot i si : distress. She is in charge of an Officerolika meit Cutter, and has been I ibelied, and chimed bf tl a Pot toguen consul...4*es 24 feet eater, stated vi 18 or 20 guns, has one million ponds of sager board, besides other cargo. A Urge part of I cargo must be tikes Ala before she mave n let s river—her name and other circumsteme ere so Jinififir."-;=(Pid. 11 - t.) r • #Ali ; It is supposed that the above trelpiiii, l -Altsgre, . . TUE QUEEN. ..Tim Bs!Idle of bee M AJIIIT ell Jinni*" taming, is as discouraging is soy of the mg* " Kew Palare, l oki " There has brew no impreveaseat to ber Illasaset's tome Mace oar last Report. (Signed) ." F. WWII; " H. HALegeo: The Quccir passed the whole of the presimu l o in estate of great pain and restlessness. - Sir tug MILMAN was the only Physician in attenthate4 hedid-mot -retire:tom the Royal chamber till" ing. .0/oeafter ids o'clock, he again sialtedialb saimaindlound ber somewhat more hee free,* obot in a efefe of greater exhaustion than she lei* on any former day, since the commeneesseld illness. Esprosses to Carltom.hoese, with lel the Patrice Reoawr, both from the Paranoid Si! FR . /knit M I LMA It, were thee sent OM Meese, were also dispatched, at the same time, to W' Vogl., to the Queen's Palace, in St. James's Perk, to the Dukes of Yoamand Sussex. Theattackd which the REartlT hen had appears to here bent slight, for he last evening lessened his Villein ataicted Parent. After receiving the evening . of her.ll4 AJEtere• Ph) sifting. ho masinett to din with ftinselicessts.—Si! thristilks . . from *Amigos ot..two o'clock, mei fsotb ha s FRANCE' illsiiiiiiri remained •ie atteiklaucolsr . • .- A Bight.: ' ' , 4.• ' ' , , .• • .. . • /4 l . t . ! • Mill • .. ' • The Took for .IPlie evacottron of frsess by Allied krmles, *bid& has been entereillitalo era 11 — ttre'ffuir1144 ,1644 able Tri1it,4 14.14/ -40- 6ed on Saturday last, and a literal copy ' . 140 least what I. vouched for to us as Both, will bit in another pep. The subitaoce of this . oll4 l strumeat, is.lkjelteuet all respects the same mills' telligence'vie hive already bad transmitted from la-Chapelle. Tim itatemeet In the preamble apectiag the reqqisitioa of the King of FRANCO most remarkable pact. It comes oat that the • lion of the Frenchietrifbry at this period, fur ehl so much merit is claimed .to the Allies as se limitary and generous act, arising oat of 6 new-born confidence is the French *alien, I been assented to at the express instance and ' lion of the King of Faaaca; and this be deemed, accordance with a Treaty (of 20th Nov. 181 . which the Sovereigns admitted the principlealtl evacuation at the end of the third year of the ti , .potion, with some sort of prospective peovisimil justify the occupation) as to " the progress that Oil have been made in France in the re-asrablisbmtil l order and tranquillity." His Majesty the Kill' FaMrce, now rests his demand to the Allies SG " state of France," and the faithfol used ' the Treaty of November above a l l uded to. 11 Allied Courts accede to this request *ilk 4 best grace they ..can assume ; but It is 1 0 61 to all the world that the state of France and n composition of the . Goiernment at present, Devil ' standing all the4r efforts to regenerate that tore and fashion its Government to their minds, u" very reverse of what the Allies here laboured tom Not only ere the principles and the system 0( 4 .Despots of the Congress held in utter contempt O' abhorrence throughout France, as inuch,'sod if f' tilde still more than ever ; but the Covernmeal composed of the very men whom the illiberal h Lion of Kings and Ultras have sought to estW and the King himself appears the patron 0(4 1 very system which his disinterested Allies )1 made such fruitless efforts to annihilate. The I liei.now dare not violate their word, for beside , consolidation which the power of resiste ool assumed In France, and their o*ti diminishing sie l sod popularity, there.. are s) mploms apparent the' conduct of the _Vperor of AUSTRIA, wi pretty strongly inclicetettral matters bettseie 1 and his brotlter Soverfig.l4 ,of! the Congress or 1 altogether salisfacorfto % ilis Imperial AlrieltY!, the Court of Vienna. Wbether the Austria 31 *► II ,C 1 r. I I I V r .