The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-20 00:00:00

F ~•~ 111. 11111 wire at least three schooners constantly cruizing al+ ib i s s tation and in the gulf to give us seeerity." Accounts from Pert•an-Plat, 18th Sept. state thit co sies: than 120 banes were biotin ddwn in the late sever e gale. and iliost of the cattle crops are destroyed. The following article, though of a date previous to s he fall of Lima, is interesting, as throwing light on tie ea aditions of the armistice,and df the probable cl ose of its roptare: o Extract of a letter (roil Valparaiso, JOly 20 : We are informed that the conditions offired by Gene ts! San Martin to the Viceroy are as follows :—The poss ession of the forts of Callao, with 800 of his l ops to garrison them. Half the proceeds of the o at & of Pisco. Quiet possession of the coist of Peru, l ow under Patriot dominion ; and Callao to be a free pol l. No man of war of either party to enter Callao. ito armistice for eighteen months. Two Deputies to he seat to Spain. The ship that carries them to be fur bished by San Martin ; all the revenue from America to belong to the Viceroy of Peru. Th e above terms were agreed to by all; excepting T ,ia s s, a Spanish Colonel, who is a determined cha racter." ' Ostscg.—While England, which was wont to be the tiiretuost of the nations in sympathising with dia. trees, Ind counteoancing the straggles of freedom, a ppears restrained by policy from yielding to the die. sates of humanity and justice in the cause of Greece, Me Chamber of Peers in France, in answer to the King's speech, raise a respectful but a firm and decided sake in behalf of that unhappy country. Prevented the forms of an address to the Throne from ex pressing more than wishes and hopes, they have fowl means by the emphatic language in which they have clothed them, to declare to all Europe what they conceive to be due to justice, humanity, and religion. " Great calamities," they tell their Sovereign, " afflict the East. There is not a Chris tian who has not shuddered, there is no heart of man that has not bled, at them. We thank your Majesty for th e . consoling hope which you have given us, of speedily seeing an end put at last to those scenes of disorder and of cruelty. May Heaven grant that the islet of the great Powers may find the means of satisfying all that justice has a right to demand, sad may Policy feel convinced, that in order to pre eerie, in our days, its authority among men, it must follow in the train of Religion and Humanity." Tbit is a fit, but no doubt an unwelcome lesson to those echo daily pretend that Policy ought to precede every other consideration. A mail from Turkey arrived yesterday with letters born Consteetinople to the 11th ult. They are less esefident nith respect to the continuance of peace be tween Russia and Turkey than they have latterly been, set tint any new circumstances have occurred to render itdoubtfol, but because it is thought that sufficient time has elapsed to set the question definitively at rest. One thing is worthy of remark, that mention is .no longer made of St. Petersburgb as the quarter from Owe the solution of these doubts is to be expected, but Vienna ; the inference from which is, that a me &lsaiah has bees undertaken by Austria between Ihatiylo/Rttebehr. leltattestltopte is perfectlyYrin. 01. Some of the exaggerated accounts in the fo reign journals of former disturbances in that capital baring arrived there, have created both surprise and ladignatiost; the writers of the letters declaring that the most violent of the disorders in that capital have not equalled the moat moderate account given of them, lad th4t all which has appeared on that subject in rue Jukvbarr Gazette is a tissue of extravagant false hoods. The letters from Smyrna make nearly a siosi• ludeclaration respecting the tumults which have in essied there. Advices from Gibraltar to the 30th ult. have been received. state that an epidemic fever hasbroken eta in the settlement of Alhucemas, on the coast of Africa. Private letters received at Gibraltar, from Catfis, no longer left any doubt of the existence of the yellow fever in that city. In consequence ofthe appear seceof the yellow fever at Port St. Mary's, ships, persons, and effects, coming from any point of the bay of Cadiz are debarred admission into Portugal; and those coming from the other ports of Spain between Gibraltar and Atamonte are not to be admitted any where else than at Lisbon, subject, however, even there, to at least 30 day quarantine. General Kiego's portrait was pa raded abort the streets of Cadiz on the 24th ult. The Civil Governor, and Don Jose Moreno de Guerra, attended the procession, and delivered speeches highly Tattering to the late Captain-General of Arragon, and to the patriotic inhabitants of Cadiz. With a view to his personal safety, General Kiego has applied to the Government for a guard of 30 horse. commanded by as officer, requesting that, if possible, they might be taken from those who attended him in La-Puebla de Allisder. A long Report on the Paper Currency of Portugal, drawn sop in conformity to the orders of the Cortes, by the sow Finance Minister., D. Jose Ignacio da Costa, las bees received is this country. The object of the Report is to inquire into the causes of the present de pygmies of the Paper Currency, and to suggest roule ttes for an evil severely felt by all classes (pi the corn- WWI. Pints, Nov. 15.—The Pargniootes to the number 1 400 having united with the Sooliotes, made a des- Mate attack on the fortress of Parga, bat were re- Pelted ; part of them retreated into the the remainder, Including the wounded, sailed fur Corfu, where they were refused by Sir Thomas Maitland per mission to WM, who also issued a proclamation for their future ezelusioo from the islands. VT MICR, OCT. 30.—Yesterday anchored in this Port, a vessel in 12 dap from Corfu, bringing as pas wagers the five individuals arrested some months mice in Corfu, vis.—Count Anastasio Flamburiari ; Dieaisio Plamburiari, his nephew; Teodoro Sian"; lltelio Stravopodi, sad Giorgio Pets. Sir Thomas' Maitland, the day following his arrival in Cods, or dered Signor Krems, the Inspector of Prnee. to Communicate .to each of them as order written is English, and which Kramm interpreted to them is i ttilew, by which they were commanded to quit the I , onisu Islands, and to live in veil e till the troubles in 'imam should subside. sad- the asisfortaaes is that Luuntry settle into perfect trampling,. i h TIIE S' THE KING'S couitr. Yesterday at two o'clock his Majesty held a Court at his Palace. Pall-mall, which was attended by tho Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Cotincil.• the Lord Privy Seal, 'the First Lord of the Treasury,* the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign De- i partments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Trade, the Lord Chief' Justice Of the Court of King's Bench, the Judge Advocate, the Recorder of London, Ice. The King held a Council, at which the Recorder of London was admitted, and made his report of the con victs capitally convicted at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, at the last October Session. His Majesty gave audiences to the Earl of Liverpool. Viscount Sidmouth, the Marquess of Londonderry, the Earl Cathcart, Baron Best, and Mr. Beckett; the Judge Advocate, who laid before his Majesty the pro ceedings of some Courts-martial, and took the King's commands upon them. The Court broke up soon after six. It is expected that his Majesty will leave Carlton palace to-morrow, for the Pavilion at Brighton; part of the Royal Household left town yesterday, SIR RORER? WtLsoN...--We understand that the Hon. W. J. F. Powlett, M.P. has forwarded to the Committee 20/.. and Lord Visaount Normanby 101. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Lieut. has been pleased to appoint Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. of Stratton Park, Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Hants.--(Wineheater paper.) Admiral Sir James Saumares is appointed Vice-Ad miral of England. is the room of the late Sir W.Young; and the Earl of Northesk, the third in command in the action off Trafalzar, and the only survivor, is appointed Rear Admiral of England, in the room of Sir James Sautnarez. WIN DOW TA X .-( From the Freeman's Journal.) — Notwithstanding the prospect of a speedy Repeal of this most obnoxious and oppressive Tax, the preparations for levying it with the motel rigour in the ensuing year, continue unabated. A number of new official appoint ments have taken place, and as the reward of activity is a part of the money levied, anti as, according to report, the collectors themselves ire to be exempted from con tributing in any way towards the impost, the utmost severity may he expected next season, by the already over-burdened Citizens of Dublin. A correspondent communicates the following as one among hundreds of similar instances of the practical operation of this tax : " The Landlord of a house in a respectable street, adjoining one of the squat es. seized the goods upon the premises for rent over due. The necessary forms for a sale were observed, but before the lawful day arrived, the Excise Collector stepped in and carried off the whole property for Window Tax and Heart Money and Arrears, to the unspeakable mortification of landlord and tenant ! Here the chief creditor was left without a guinea, the insatiable tax-man though only having a claim of much smaller amount, swallowed up all ! Had he demanded payment in any other charac ter, the landlord would have been entitled, at least, to a dividend. But with the window tax-collector there is no composition to be effected !" alOrilde 3 S OF COUSIONS....-It Is MUM Of gatalation to contemplate the following picture, and to think how the times are altered godly Member made a motion (says Aonazt,) to hare all prophase and unsanctihed persons expelled the Nouse of Commons. Henry Martin stood up, and moved, that all footer might be put out likewise, and then there would be a this house. He was wont to sleep much in the House (at least dog sleep), Alderman At kins made a motion, that such scandalous Members as slept, and minded not the business of the House, should be putt out. Henry Martin starts up i—Mr. Speaker, a motion has been made to turns out the Nodders, 1 desire the Noddcts may also be turned out ! When Mr. Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, lost his commission in the army, on account of his political behaviour, Mr. Lyttleton (afterwards George Lord Lyttleton) composed the following lines : Long had thy virtue neark'd thee out for fame, Far, far, superior to a Cornet's name. This generous Walpole saw. and griev'd to find, So mean a post disgrace that noble mind ; The senile standard from tby freeborn hand He took. and bade thee lead the Patriot band. In the year 1734. the Duke of Bolton and Lord Cobham having been removed from their respective re giments, on account of their political behaviour, a Bill was proposed in the House of Lords for the better se- curing the Constitution, by preventing of f icers being deptived of their commissions without a Court Martial. We think it is now become absolute necessary that such an Act should be passed, or else that officers should not be allowed to sit in Parliament. The Court of Assize in Paris has been occupied in the trial of H. Grand, upon whom sentence of two years' imprisonment and a line of 2,000 francs bad been passed by default. The offence was the publica tion of an Essay, entitled The Cry of France," which had the following motto—" I would prefer liberty though attendf d with danger, to servitude wick tranquillity." M. Grand was acquitted. He is little more than 18 years of age. In the course of the late summer there have been erected in Paris upwards of 1000 new buildings, is eluding the Opera-house and two minor Theatres. A Gentleman on entering an Attorney's Office I. Armagh, a few days since, casually observed that it was as hot as as oven. The proprietor instantly re plied, " So it may, for it is here I make my bread." TIM I DIFSRI A L Bator Ite•-*This magnilicent appen dage to the splendid ualforns of the First Regiment Of Life Guards is sow. it appears. conspkted. The gorget, or breast-plate. represents a star of brilliant steel, the rays darting from a phial sus. The horse will be completely in armour, for a series of brass scales, with steel centres, will encompass the whole animal's neck ; and it will then be protected from the cut of a sabre, or a image at the throat. The crop per is of the same description, surmenated by steel stars, and gold eentres. These ornaments are es pecteCto appear'oa the day of the First Drawing Room. - • 30,0001. MONIT It .1 1 .1118111111 PT CARIBOLL.NO. 11,486, drawn at nice o'croik this mooning a Passe of Truett Tuousann POUODS, was sold in shares by Cullom., at his fortunate Mee, 19, . °stabil!, and 26, Osford-atreet. It will be' recollected that °raincoat. alai sold the very last 3 0 , 0 110/. Cowls OM doors. COMPARATIVE PRICES OF CORN et.VD NEAT. . . IN TUB TZARS 1820 AND 1821. - -" 01 • 0 " -- Aierage prim of Wheat in Mark-lane, and of Cattle ginithfield-market, for thirteen weeks, ending with the month of Aortal, in the years 1820 and 1921:- 1921. 1621. Cattle, per stone of Sibs. wbest, ) 705. ed... 61s. sd. 1820. 1821. 7 0 62 7 $ 70 61 ( Beasts.. "a : .... : 7 Ss. 1". Pet Qt. 'OD 11 .. 63.1 Lambs 6 4 4 5 70 0 .. 69 2 Calves 310 4 2 • 70 0 .. 61 10 Pigs .. 5 9 S 9 69 6 .. 61 6 69 6 .. 51 6 And for the month preced -60 7 .. 61 7 in; the 24th of October to 6 .. 63 0 Igo; the following Prices 11 6 .. be 4 show still further reduc -71 6 .. 63 4 lions :- 72 7 .. 55 3 I Beasts. average.. 33. sd. Sheep .2 Lambs ........... 3 9 70 4 82 • 4 Theis is little need of comment on such undoubted and smiling facts as these; and in relation to Wheat it should be considered, that the late bad harvest has cert.inly added 3s. or 6s. a quarter to the price of Wheat this year, beyond what it would have otherwise been; bet rithowt bencjittiv thefarmer ;and that the present wretched and late Wheat sowing is also calcu lated 10 keep ep the price. —(Bristol Mereery.) A general meeting of the Coal•owners of the river Wear was held at Sunderland on the 31st of October. to take lota consideration a Petitiun addressed to Lord Stewart and Mr. Lamhton. M.P., against the nse of machinety in the shipping of coals at that port ; when the prayer of the Petitioners was Unanimously rejected. Several commercial houses in this town have within these few days had considerable quantities of printed calicoes seized from their premises by the Excise, on the grtolnd that the stamp with which they were marked was not the King's, but a forged one. The individual (a printer for hire) charged with having committed the forgery has, we understand, absconded. —(Manchester GI; ardian.) The Lords' report on the trade with the East In dies and China, has been printed. It states that the Committee are inclined to the opinion, that regulation might be established at Canton, by which, without interfering with the monopoly of the East India Com pany, the British merchant might be safely admitted to a participation of the tea•trade. A RIGID ECONOKIST.--A Russian merchant, im mensely rich, lived in a small room, with hardly any fire, furniture, or attendance, though his house was larger than many palaces; burying his money in casks in the cellar; and was so great a miser that he barely allowed himself the common necessaries of life. He placed his great security in the possrssius of • tremen dous large and fierckdpg. who used to go round his premises barking a night ; the dog died one day. His master was inconsolable; but, remaining strict to his principle of economy, would not bay another, and actually performed the creature's services himself, going his rounds every evening, and barking as.head as he could, to deter depredators, in imitation of his deceased friend. MATZ •v • MOANTRIOPIL—Died lately, at his lonely bowel among the hills twelve miles S. E. from Wig, beatrattaithe who for many years endeavoured to be a solutary recluse from the society of men, ezeept as far u wu necessary for his support. His retirement was principally occa sioned by the melancholy manner of the death of his sister. by which his reason was also partially affected. She bad been condemned to die near Philadelphia, for a crime committed in the hope of concealing her shame from the world, and the day of execution was appointed. In the mean time, her brother used his utmost means to obtain her pardon from the Governor. He had succeeded, and his horse foamed and bled as he spurrred him homewards. But an unpropitious rain bad swelled the streams; he was compelled to pace the bank with bursting brain, and gaze upon the rushing waters that threatened to blast his only hope. At the earliest moment that a ford was practicable, be dashed through. and arrived at the place of execution jut in time to—see the last struggles of his sister! This was the fatal blow. He retired into the hills of Dauphin county—employed himself in making grind stones--was very exact in his accounts, but observed frequently to be estranged ; and one morning was found dead by a few of his neighbours, who had left him the evening previous in good health. EDINBURGH, Nov. 16.—Workmen have been em ployed for some days past iu improving the path which leads through the ground in frost of the Charity Work-house, from Bristol-port to the bauristoo-road, by lowering and paving it. Some very singular dis coveries have been made in the course of this opera tion; which leave no room to doubt. that this ground, at not a very remote period, had formed part of the Onetime' church-yard; and that when the path was formed the ground had been mach lowered. Human bones have been thrown out in considerable numbers; and even coffins have been found entire in their form, so use to the surfs" that the paving stones had pe 'Detested down to the bottom of one of them. In this coffin the bones, which were rather entire, were found to occupy the exact position which might have been expected, bad their resting place never been disturbed. It is not a little remarkable. that one of the coffins, which lay directly across the road, was found to be of a perfectly oblong form. Some coins, too, lave been thrown out ; and more it is probable will be dis covered.' One which we saw is of copper. and seem ingly a boddle. It is thin as paper; and though much corroded, on one side was observed a thistle, with a legend, the remaining letters in which were " 'emus." and on the other were a crown sad the two letters, C. H. We understand that a precognition has been taken before the Sheriff respecting the soldier who was said to have been shot at in the Meadows, and that there is seams to believe that be was not bred at. bet dis charged a loaded pistol at ono of his feet. with a view to disable himself, and get out of the service. A gentleman who resides at Nswingtoa this awn leg presented u with a handed of bee strawberries, jut matured in his garden, dbich contains s large bed of this trait still ungatherS, sad in a very es reed situation. Last week a large quantity of rape was pulled fuse a very thriving vise, reared is the open air, is a Odes at Portobello. 4L4RAIING FIRE IN MCRESTER GAOL. (FrIITHER PART:CVLARS.) On Friday night a fire broke out in the factory be losgintr to Ilchester and at first threatened de struction to the whole building; but the progress of the devouling element was happily arrerinl before any very material damage was effected. We have not heard what was the cause, but it is believed to have been owing to some fire accidentally felling among the materials in the factory.—(Baila JuHr al.) ANOTHER AeCOENT. From the Yeovil .11cteury.—On Thursday evening last a most destructive conflagration broke nut Ia this gaol. The alarm was sounded about nine o'clock, and the inhabitants of the town repaired to the spot to Assist in extinguishing the dames, which continned to rage furiously for upwards of two boors, illuminating the atmosphere, and vomiting clouds of smoke and ashes. The woollen factory and workshops are aH consumed, or rendered useless ; and the utmost efforts were necessary to prevent a communication of ignition to the wards and principal buildings. The wind car ried the burning embers, like torches in the air, in a south-westerly direction ; had it veered a little more to the wes►, the whole gaol must have been involved in the devouring element. RICORDER'S REro RT.—Yesterday the Recorder made his Report to his Majesty in Council, of the pri- Goners who were capitally convicted at the October Sessions, when the following were ordered for cleat- Lion on Tuesday next:— Ann Norris, for a robbery in a dwelling-house., at tended with violence • Amey Steele, for a like offence ; Samuel Hayward, for a burglary at Somers' Town ; Joseph South, for uttering a forged 10f. note; and John Jacobs for a highway robbery at Whitechapel, attended with violence. James lalowes, William Grade, Edward Hill, Thos. French, Benjamin Abbott, John Lynn, William Marrs, Edw. J. Franklyn, William Hicks, Ann Turner, and Mary Ann Sullivan, also capitally convicted at the same Sessions, were respited during his Majesty's pleasure. Friday night, a circumstance somewhat similar to the moving bog in Ireland, occurred at Reading, flecks :—A garden at the back of a house in Castle street, which forms the side of a hill, fell into the val ley beneath. The trees now stand with the r.tots up permost, and the whole gives the appearsace of an earthquake. Luckily this immense mass of earth fell in the night, or serious accidents might have ensued; the pigsties and out-offices at the back of Basher's square are buried, and some pigs killed. The moving mass was stopped by the dwelling-boases in the %Tare, the doors of which were forced open by the stock.—(Bald Journal.) COUOSINO.—A short time ago two gentlemen of this town, fond of the amusement of coursing, penetrated a little way into Annandale, followed by: two excel lent greyhounds which were held in leash by a little' boy, ready to be untied on the first emergency. in their way to the grounds selected at the scene of the morning's sport, the party started, rather unetliectedly a very large hare, which bounded away before them over bent and furze, moss and heather, in excellent style, inspiring a pleasure which none bat sportsmen can adequately feel. With all her fleetness, however, poor pass, had pot proceeded far before she attracted the notice of the captive greyhounds, which. &Wog um with sudden spri eg, fairly orerwhelinettheietinyy keeper, and left him sprawling in &mot at:ii respect full distance. The gentlemen of course banned this cross accident, and seemed satisfied that the dogs, bar. :leased as they were, might rise all the hare* is the district without being able to harm one of thous. But on gaining the rising ground, they were agreeably' surprised to find that the sagacious animals, in place of pulling different ways, bad so timed their running. that they were visibly gaining on the bare is spite of the collars which held their necks in durance, and the long cord or chain that dragged at their heels. The chase was a pretty long one, and, in eudeavonring to escape from the dogs. the exhsssted quadruped made. many a turn and double; but here. too, the gee,- ' hounds evinced their sagacity. and although they once fell backwards into a ditch, they extricated. themselves so quickly that they soon killed she pone , hare, after one of the finest runs ever witnessed. We have only to add that this fact may be implicitly relied on, although it is probably without a parallel in the annals of coursing.—(Dumfries Courier.) In an affray at Chappel. in Weardale, on Saturday night last, Jacob Deal, of Rigg-side, had his nose completely bitten off. Oa the same sight, is a quar rel at Westgate, Weardale, T. Hodgson, of Field-head, was stabbed I. the belly with a clasp knife. Hopes are entertained of his recovery.—(Derhons area.) . Two cattlemen returning in a gig from a convivial meeting last week, were found on Whitcharch-beath. Shropshire, inebriated and asleep, by some peruse. who took the horse from the vehicle, and set him at liberty. The party did not awake till morning.. A tremendous hail storm accompanied with heavy peals of thunder and the most vivid lightning, visited this city, en Friday , abou t seven eclock in this: evening : it was of abort &mafios i and quite local. as in the surrounding neighbourhood, generally, it was not heard to the extent of foamy miles.—(Badattarson/4 Lad midnight we busied most thunder storm of wind; rain and hail, accompani with , and very vivid flashes of lightning, for about two bears ; the wind sad rain, which latter fell in torrents, beat in one of windows of the Uarrison Chapel, but we have beard eta, other instance of damage occasioned by it.--(Bellgilefifitle Telegraph. Saturday.) On Friday morning (the 16th instant) Windsor mg the neighbourhood were visited with one of tho IMAM storms of rain every remembered by the Wait beak& tent. The watery torrents descended with staffehr my abatement from nine till eleven o'clock. AR die her grounds are inundated. The laud Seed from the Forest came so rapidly into the Sheet-street-road and the ad. joining meadows, that horses and other Admit* were with difficulty saved, and any sheep that mayhem been oat must have bees washed away. The deem extend ed many miles round the neighbourheed.4—(irindeor Repress.) 0a Thursday evening, about eight o'clock. se one of the Birmingham coaches was going dews Levi- ridge-hill. abut 16 miles from that place, owe of the leaders fell down. and died on the spot. it is supposed of a broken dent. The behaviour of the cambium es the occasion casuist be tee highly spoken of. as the bill is very steep, and it was eseeediegly dark, so that if he bad not been driving in a easeful 'manner. la all probability the coach world have been upset, sad many accidents 'might have happened to the passes' gem who were pretty lissegalia.: mss•-- PI ,~ ~~- -..-