The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-12 00:00:00

~:~ duetavas surely the • the unkindest cut of all." But that Tug STATESMAN should be charged with " turning." and by Tee Traveller too, that thrice had turned and thrice had f a iled, is preposterous. We defy our most inveterate foes t , point out a period when THE STATeSMAN ever ceased to be the steady and consistent friend of the people. Every abuse, both of a public and rrivate nature , has been alwa y s strenuously and pertinaceously exposed in its columns. Its coss i s t e eey gave it strength, but also gave it enemies—these, ‘ b ee they could not meet the truths it told, have sought to ruffs it by persecutions. But, notwithstanding intimidation on the one hand, and falsehood on the other. we have fat l e ss'' , pursued, and shall still continue fearlebsly to pursue our course, and maintain our ground. We shall never shrink film that responsibility which Lieut.-Col. Torrens dare not incur ; with all the bravadoes of his associates, a ith all his teuatings and swaggering, he meanly skulks under the um brageous protection of a Printer, or a Printer's Devil. He, i s the principal Proprietor of The Traveller, at least, he . 0 , 5 0, and acts as if he were. How then can he call upon the people to look up to him as their champion, when like Joke Ball, he dare not take the risk of what is advanced in his ow e paper. Let him manfully come forward—let him also o w for all declare himself Whig or Radical , a nd in the "War of Words," let him be seen in front. If he con dos to oscillate between parties, and expect to profit by the coalition of Whip and Radicals, he will find himself re ality begone and miserably mistaken. The great body °fibs people must unite with the Radicals, and that 'ere beg, but the Whigs must be taught to abate some of their retensions before they can rely upon the support of the Bulimic It is hardly necessary to apologise to our Readers for introducing these observations, because it is, as we stated at the commencement, on a subject more inter riding to them then to us. They have been sought to be km-bagged while the circulation only of a few papers has been sought to be taken in a surreptitious way from us. What we have related cannot fail to have its proper infiu rime. The bare act of employing persons to go from house to house, to promote the circulation of his paper, is of itself, in our humble opinion, sufficient to show on the part of Lieut.-Col. Torrens, a want both of honour and tespecta bility ; two most essential requisites in those who conduct the public press. Defeated, however, and unable to raise his paper on the ruins of others, by these petty manceuvres, be has had recourse to another device, which is equally deserv iag of exposure. We allude to certain " Rules and Orders" addressed to Publicans. We propose to offer oar comments on them, to shew bow far they can benefit any body else but the Lieut.-Col. To avoid tediousness, we shall defer them till to-morrow, when the whole subject will be con- eluded. (a.) Some time ago we had occasion to notice that one of our paragraphs. after travelling for some time, had re-sp. peared in another journal as original information. The Traretter, conscious of the application, thought proper to reply to our observations at the moment. From the " sup porters of corruption" they might have expected such an exposure, but •• from the Friends of Liberty," It was too PRICK OF STOCKS TIII lent Steel' I per Cent. Red 770 per Canteen. 781 8k per Coot. S7l 4 per Cents. SOH `per Ct.Nevy 1111 • per Cent. UN km liep.llpwiCest. 1911► N Irish b per Cent. DAY AT ONE. O'CLOCK. hubs Stock 2421 Dittoßonds —s 705.715. p South-Bea Stork Kends boa Old Amt. Ez 10001.45. ss.p. ---,MI. Os. 4s. tic ps. S.. l 05.68. 4s. pin. bag Ur din* Oser; for Aest Lott. Tlekots 22/. 144. LTID WITS " Tlllll Cbt atattiintatt, "ems EEITISM STATESMAN " IS INCOI STATESMAN." LONDON: MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1821. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning 7311, bat in consequence of the news from the borders of Turkey they have lowered a little, and are now 731 to Public curiosity has been amused for some time with a variety of political topics such as the indepen dence of South Americat, he bodily and political health of Spain, the regeneration of Portugal, the bar barons listlessness of the Unholy Alliance, the Royal reception of the KING in Ireland and Hanover, as well as his MAJESTY'S entry into his Capital, under the corer of night, on Friday last. Any one of those im. priest subjects is of consequence in the political world, and should not be lightly passed over. From a co ' temporary we were led to suppose his MAJESTY'S ar. rival in London would have been greeted with public demonstrations of joy, and that his English subjects could not be out done in duty and loyalty, by either h:s Irish or Hanoverian. ; this we bad great hopes would have been the case, but unfortunately for this political prophet, this prediction was like many others from the same quarter. We are at a loss to conjecture, why it was not fulfilled : the million of the litzc's subjects, who live withia the Bills of Mortality, have as good an opportunity of seeing, and judging of the state of public affairs, as any other portion of his 11s:cm's subjects, and only wanted the hint from his Manswes confidential advisers to sbew they were Englishmen in heart and soul, and would live and die Englishmen, who prized the Constitution of their • country, and its first Magistrate as became good sub jects; they, therefore, naturally ask, why did not lieohcz IV. make a public entry into London, on his r•tarn from his German dominions, as be has done into Dublin and 'hoover? There must be a cause, and his sub j 'cts ought to know it. Do they not assist to support an enormous Civil List ? Do they attempt to curtail his Majesty's splendour, or his pleasures? Then why treat his subjects with disrespect? That is a public question and shauld be publicly and honestly answered by somebody. A Journal, patronised by his Miaisters, set forth an ac coast of the public honour and glory that was to at tend his Majesty's entrance to his capital, yet these same Ministers ushered his Majesty into Carlton Palace at night-fall, without any public demonstration of re spect which the people were willing to pay him. From this Lungs a tale, and a long one. His Ministers hart disappointed the people of Ireland, they have ahnstii the people of Ragland, and they keep THE STATESMAN; their plat= by making an unconstitutional, or at least, a very tenantable division bets eels the King and his people. But a union of the King with the people would prove a death blow to their hopes of power and profit, and hence in some measnre proceeds an unne cessary distrust lin a connexion so essential to the interests of both ; are the high spirited and independent citizens of London, inferior in loyalty and importance to the Orange Corporation of Dublin, an ignorant junta who feel pleasure as they have done in giving repeated insults to the KING by spurning his admo nitions, and actually refusing to toast his health, ex cept with marks of disrespect ? Arc the Hanoverian Boar-hunters superior in intellect or affection to the people of the first metropolis in the world. If they are, they merit the high distinction of his MAJESTY, and his conlinned protection. If, on the contrary, the City of London has been entitled to the honour and respect of his MAJISTY when PRINCE Re- GENT, and to the respect of the Royal visitors who cost the country such immense sums of money to entertain in the year 1814, what have they done since to forfeit the special notice of his Mensvr ? This is a question of vital importance to the country, and should be also answered. The citizens of Lon don, most certainly petitioned for a redress of griev ances, and complained of placemen, pensioners, and ezpectants thriving under a system of Rotten-boroughs; they addressed his MAJESTY'S wife and cousin, on her defeating the most wicked and unnatural conspiracy that ever was formed against a mortal being, and they endeavoured to drive peculation, fraud, and public robbery out of the City Institutions, but this conduct was not agreeable to his MAJESTY'S Ministers. The Citizens wished to pay a last token of respect to the remains of a persecuted victim; they reprobated a conspiracy that followed a brave woman even to the tomb. These, we are led to believe, are the causes which produced Royal neglect and Royal dislike. — Whether it be more honourable to the Citizens of London or the KING'S Ministers, is a. matter easily decided : and whether the Citizens of London are en titled to less respect than Irish Orangemen or Han°. rerian boar-hunters, will become a subject of future consideration. The last week, which has been distinguished by the return of the KING from his Hanoverian dominions to his native country, is not less distinguished by the recurrence of anniversaries of events which hold a con spicuous place in the annals of Britain. The 4th of November is the anniversary of a Royal birth, which, however, it may be perverted, by a despotic faction in Ireland, to irritate the great majority of the population of that kingdom who were losers in the scale of in - datums by that Kzxo's success, will always be hailed by every Briton who can appreciate the value of a de liverance from popish tyranny, the abolition of the: insulting dogmas of divine right and passive °Wiese% and tie recognition of the clams of the people. "ed choose a Ooverament for themselves. The sth of No vember has been remembered, for ages, as the day when a foul conspiracy for overthrowing the Protest ant establishments of the klureom, and for the de struction of its Prince and principal men, was happily detected and defeated. Whether the nature and origin of this plot were such as have been alleged, or whether they were like that of Thistlewood and Co., we shall not stop to enquire; but the day has, at a more re cent period, acquired additional claims to notice, from its being that on which another project, scarcely less hostile to political and personal liberty, was trium phantly frustrated by the acquittal of the first of those State prisoners who were tried in the year 1794, for promoting the great cause of Parliamentary Re form. Those who remember the emotions which this last occurrence excited in the breasts of all who cherished the principles and rights of Englishmen. will not be surprised to learn that the anniversary of the event should be celebrated with ardour. A meet ing for this purpose took place on Monday last, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, and with out the stimulus of public advertisement, was attended by above two hundred friends of civil and religious freedom. The omission of this announcement, though it may have prevented the meeting obtaining the usual notice such assemblages receive from the public jour teals, did not deprive it of any portion of the public spirit that was suited to the occasion. The occasion itself was inspiring ; and if any thing more was ne cessary to animate the feelings of the company. the presence of the persons who were objects of the dire ful persecution of the day, was fully sufficient for the purpose. These persons were Messrs. HARDY, Tau- WALL, BAITER and RICITIR, time only four, we be lieve, surviving of the twelve who were arraigned.— Mr. HARDY, of whose acquittal the day was the anni verary. did not, as be observed, endeavour to express his sentiments on the occasion in language sufficiently impressive to do justice to his feelings. Never. it deed, among all the State trials that have taken place in our age, has there been one in which more of public interest was involved ; for. as Mr. BAITRa justly said, had the trials, the result of which they had met to ce !sheet., succeeded in the way in which those who promoted them desired, they would not have had the opportunity of any public meeting, and perhaps the name of liberty itself would have been proscribed. To the energy and eloquence of Mr. (now Lord) Er skine on the occasion, great acknowledgments were doubtless due. He made these great exertions, and he sacrificed the whole emoluments of his term at that critical period, to resist, as he told a personal acquain tance, the daring efforts of vindicti►e boroughuseagers, who attempted to make that treason which was not treason. Next to him, and to the independent up right juries of the day. was the defeat to be ascribed to the character of Mr. HARDY himself. It was per haps well, as Mr. Txssw•t.t. remarked, that hewn first selected fur the prosecution. for if hottest men were to be run down, it was fortunate that they attacked one who was not liable to reproach. Of each may the Apostles of Reform for ever costsist.—(Conetitetion.) The intelligence which has arrived fres the conti nent since oar last, contains a repetition of the old ac counts of the marches oftlse Medals and Turkish troops. Accordims to the Brussels papers, advises from Odessa state that the Russian array in the Ukraine had re ceived erders to proceed to the Pruth ; whilst accounts from Hermanstadt announce that the Turks bad also advanced to the tanks of that river, and that the out posts of both armies were once more in sight of each other. It is again confidently asserted that a Haiti Scheriff, calling all the Mussulmans to arms, bad been issued by the Grand Seignor, and even the places of rendezvous for the muster of this new kind of miiitia are pointed out with minuteness. The Hamburgh Papers contain an account of the ceremonies on the 31st of October, attending the consecration of the monu ment erected at Wittenberg in honour of Martin Luther. The thy being extremely fine, the concourse of people was very great, and the whole was conducte.l with a degree of order and solemnity suitable to the occasion, and which made a profound impression on the specta tors. Before the statue Was uncovered, the ancient and celebrated hymn, Finlfeste Bnrg ist miser OOTT, was sung in chorus, and had a surprisingly-sublime effect. Dr. Nitschthen delivered a suitable discourse, at the conclusion of which, a signal being given, the covering of the monument fell, and disclosed this noble work. Many of the spectators, overpowered In their feelings, fell en their knees in adoration of the ALMIGHTY, who+ gave them this great man. The preacher then put up a solemn prayer, concluding with the Loan ' s prayer ; after which the whole assembly sung the hymn, " The Lynn appeared, and restored to us hls work through his servant." In the evening a bright fire was kindled in an iron basket placed round the monument, and was kept up the whole night. All the houses. not excepting the small est cottage, were illuminated : the Town-honse, the Lyceum, the emote, and the Barracks, were distin guished by suitable inscriptions, and a lofty illumin ated inscription between the towers announced the sense in which the inhabitants of Luther's birth-place honoured his memory. The students from Halle, Ber lin, and l.eipsir, conducted themselves in the most ex emplary manner, and went, at eleven at night, to the market-place, where they sung several academic songs. Madrid papers to the 29th ult., which arrived last night, we regret to find, do not confirm the statement of the French journals of the cessation of the fatal fe ver at Barcelonelta. They on'T announce that the number of deaths could not be ascertained on account of the illness of all the physicians at that place. At Barcelona the fever continued to rage with unabated violence, and from the returns from other towns which had sot yet been mentioned as infected, it appears evi dent that notwithstanding all the prec tutions taken to stop its progress, the contagion is gaining ground in various parts of Spain. At Madrid tranquillity pre vailed, and the Cortes carried on their labours with loot any interruption from the populace. In the Sit ing of the 26th Oct., Mr. Paul, an American member, moved that the Minister of the Colonies be directed to present as soon as possible, a statement ofthe meittlekt wbidb be considered best adapted to effect the tran quillity and happiness of the Americans. This motion *tame a long an/ Ishanumat.delmanPkaa-ake yank' , were so nearly balanced that it was only carried by a majority of one, the numbers being 7S for the mo tion, and 77 against it.—. The intelligence from Bar celona, in the French papers to the 9th, is more fa vourable than that contained in the Madrid journals, and announces that a considerable diminution bad taken place in the member of deaths. An article from Vienna in these journals states that the Turks baying landed a strong corps on the shores of the Gulf of Lepanto, bad drives the Greeks from their intrenchments, and burnt to the ground the town of Galaxidi, whose population bad retired with its defenders to the mountains. But the same article adds, that a Turkish division, lately arrived from Macedonia, was completely defeated in an attempt to penetrate into the Mores through the isthmus of Corinth. The Weeks, it appears, have secured that important position, by erecting several lines of strong intreschments across the whole of the Isthmus. — Them they courageously defended, with Prince De. metrics Ypsilanti at their head, against the repeated attacks of the Turks; and the latter, threatened in their rear by the assembling of a Greek force in Livadia, were compelled to make a precipitate retreat.—The lifoniteur contains a Royal Ordounance, appointing the Cardinal de Bausseta Minister of State, and &Mem. bur of the Privy Council. The Chamber of Peers on Tuesday appointed a Special Committee, to prepare an ddress to the King. The Deputies were occupied in the appointment of the Bureaux and other preliminary forms. The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday. on proceeding, after some observations from different Member,. to the Appel Nominal, it was found that there were only 207 Deputies at present in Paris, and 214 being the number required before the Chamber can enter upon any deliberation. an adjournment con sequently took place. Fenticn Furens.—Five per Cents. (according to the papers.) 89f. 40c.—(According to private accoeste,) I b9f. 75e. to- New Tone, OCT. 13.—The Albion, from Liver pool is arrived, bringing the Chevalier D'Anduago, Minister Plenipotentiary from Spain, to the United States. EXTRACT Or • LETTER FROM WASHINGTON, OCT. 61 The great scarcity of stoney experienced here, as wet as every where else since the restoration of a sound cur reney, and the increased difficulty of obtainingit, made it probable that a corresponding increase of suits would I be instituted as the present term, but we are glad to find that so far is this being the case, the number of actions for debt it not half sogreat as has been ksown in termer terms- The number introduced. by the Banks especially is greatly reduced. The Branch Banks of the United States for example have not found it necessary to sue more than a dozen notes. This augers well for the re turn of better times. A letter from Vera Cruz of the 18th August, via ifavannah states that in consequence of an agresseeat between General Santana and the Vice Roy (issuer O'Doseja. the gates if Vets Cm: were %brews spa, sad a free oostassaiesties am permitted be the bib bissitiasi the misery ; at she sass dose she psisame pis bedtsides vete liberseed. IRELAND, It appears from the Irish papers received to-day, :hat on Sunday sennight Mr. Langford, a Magistrate for the county of Limerick, was attacked at his house by a large body of armed men, but he succeeded, with the assistance of his son. in hating them off. 'I he same night, about twenty armed men Ivoke into the house of Pere Hunt, Esqr. of Clorane, and took one gun. On the Friday preee,linff, at* Levi on the•gur. tetra of Fozi.allslionse, ne :r Newport, in the county of Tipperary, was stripped entirely o;i% and carried away. We feel great pleasure in tr insc.ibing the following paragraph from a Cork piper : " BANDON.—We have great reason to know that we shall be furnished in a few days with a document, signed by all the respectable inhahitatits of Bandon, of, every religious class, in which they enter into a so lemn resolution to bury front henceforth all party feel ings, and to live and demean themselves to each other, as Christians ought,•and as it pleaseth God to behold." —(Southern Reporter.) The Lord Li.-utenant of Ireland passed through Belfast on Thursday last, on his way to Mr. M'Don nell, of Olenarn Castle, with whom lie intends to pass a few days. It is understood to be the intention of the Citizens of Belfast to invite his Lordship to a public dinner. Yesterday the King care audiences to the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Melville, Prince Esterhasy, the Austrian Ambassador, Baron Pagel, the Ambassador from the Court of the Netherlands, and the Klett Hon. Sir Charles Long. On Saturday the Duke of Y :rk visited the King. In the Liverpool Subscription for Sir Robert Wilson we have observed the donation of Charles Blundell, of Ince, Esq., lea The amount of the stuns sub scribed there, np to Fciday last, is near 180/. NEWCASTLE, Nov. 9.—Yesterday Sir Robert WO son, who has been some time on a visit at latnbten Hall, passed through this town, in Mr. Larnbton's car riage, fur Howick, the seat of the Right Hon. Earl Grey. To-morrow a Special Court of Aldermen will he held at Guildhall, at 12 o'clock at roon—" To consider of an Address of Congratulation to his Majesty, on re turning to his native land." The Lord Mayor is to take the Chair at One o'clock precisely. The Lisbon mail attired last, brought intel ligence of a very important motion made in the Cortes, Oct. 21, for the abolition of the Order of the Knights of Malta, and of the application of the Revenues, after the deaths of the present holders of the different be nefices, for the reduction of the National Debt. To be read a second time in another Sitting. In the same Sitting the second reading was continued of the Ecclesi astical Committee respecting certain cases, in which it would be requisite to apply to Ro:ne. A very great debate arose on the first article, which was relative to the ap plication to the Pope for a Bull to suppress certain cou• vents. Many Members were of opinion that the Cortes were competent to proceed to such measures of Re. Ism without any Bull ; others thought it expedient to illiit 1 restoile: sai tae the prejudicesihki woeof atableoarsocPortuguese on this m DcEL.—The parties who were prevented from fight leg a duel at Chalk Farm, on Friday morning, met at an early hour on Saturday morning, on Blackheath, where, on a discharge of pistols, one of them received a wound on the right side of the abdomen, hut it is not likely to prove fatal. The wounded gentleman's name is Burn. MANSIOS-HOCSE---(SARORDAY.)--After the tiischarge of Willow, who was accused by Mr. Pickersgill of being accessary to the robbery, Mr. Piekersgill songht to recover the property which bad been pledged to Mr. Purse, a most respectable member of the trade. Mr. Atoosenus said that this case was clearly of A similar nature to that of Park o. Patrick, and the only point be submitted which remained for his Lord ship's consideration, was whether the complainant had wed all doe diligence in apprehending and bringing the felon to justice. The Magistrate must be satisfiod of this before be could order the Pawnbroker to give up the property without re-payment of the money ad vanced open them. The LORD MAYOR was of opinion that the com plainant had compromised his duty in not conveying the felon immediately before the Magistrate ; and that he was therefore not entitled to recover. The summons which had bees served upon Mr. Purse was immediately dismissed. There were a number of the trade from whom Louquett had obtained money upon the complainant's goods, and the opinion escited a very general interest. The question respecting the plate, it was stated during the investigation, was still under the consideration of the Judges. The prosecutor stated that be had now offered a re ward for the apprehension of bouquett. , MARKETS. -+- CORIVEGCRANGE. Nov. 12.--Oar market continues very abundantly supplied with Wheat, having a good supply fresh in this morning, and a considerable quan tity left over from last week's arrivals, yet prime sam ples obtained the same prices as on Isis day sennight ; but there was little or no demand for the damp and in ferior samples, although offered at an abatement of 2s. per quarter. Fine bright malting Barley supports last week's prices, but all other sorts were dull sale and ra ther cbeaper.—The Oat trade was heavy at a decline of Is. per quarter, and New Beans are also full Is per qr. lower.—ln other articles there is little or no alteration. ENGLISH. S. R. Small Beans . . 30 36 Tiek ditt0........... 241 27 Oats, Potatoe -. *4 , t 4 Ditto, Poland 23 6 Ditto, Feed l7 22 Flair, Per GO 6.5 itspeseedstw Last 261. 32f. FOREIGI. Wheat, American Danixie _ Baltic. Red . •• Hanibio' Red S. S. Wheat,Rent, and Essex New 4O 50 01d..... ..... 62 Suffolk. (New).... 44/ 30 Old 6O Norfolk, (Old) 4O 56 Rye 26 28 Barley 2O 30 Malt B6 60 White Peas 30 34 Boilers ... Grey ditto 26 29 1 BsitynneLDALtaurr. OCT. 12.--There wu a very great . eopply of all descriptions of Cattle at market this nsorasag, to consequence of which the prices have low ered. OW.— as. W. to 3s. 4d. 1 CAMAS AT 'USW' Manse— its. 6d. to Si. 6. 1 . • Beasts .... 2951 Veal .... Is. Od. to 44.104. ¶ Caltes YI . IMk .... Ss. Od. to 4s. 8.1. I 'keep nod Lambs 2O 7.) Lamb.... Os. Od. to Os. Od. Pius , ...... .29 , IiAT•IiIIIUMT.--Tbe price of Hay remains as per 9ti e last. Straw and Clover no alteration in the price. flay St. 10s. to 4/. 6s. I Straw .. it 12s. to 11 . 16 : Glover U. Os. to U. Us. ' , - t .. 4 i it . i r if .:, r - * .1 I