The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-07-18 00:00:00

NAVAL INTICI.LIGENCE. Dem., JULY 17. —C a me down from the River and sailed, the BAN Stephenson, for the Cape iif Good liope.—Sailed the Royal George, Burke!, for the south s eas; an d koyal Sovereign yacht, for Dover SPOSilig• 4 P ORT SMOUTH, JULY 17.—Sailed his Majesty's shilfilvtide; for littlest; and the Rosario to the wes . t rs et td..Arrived the latogen, Chitty, from MOP nionnikfnelhe,lllest Indies. i jo,x.,l7.—Arrived the Prince of Orange pocket, winka Mail and passengers, from Holland ; and Jane packet s with ditto, from Got tenbarAh. :4106401if,P1t1it"17.---Arrived off this port, the n e ss i s d a tir; Wider, from Demerara, for London; .4,94otheiteig4htiiregue, —, of Pool, in lat. 47. I 06 3 g 20. 8,. out twenty-three days from Newfound. land to Gi braltar, all well. GRAVESEND, JULY 17.—Arrived the Harmony, 3011P4, from Antwerp; Thames, Bochannaii, from B a mburgh ; Three Brothers, Spaull, from Pete r s. burgh ; Britatioia, Jatits..n, from Ilainburgh ; Bet. key, Finch, from Gotteoburgh ; Luther), C 35411, f rom ; th Fov, from ditto; Pei Fo „, f rom pon!! ; Minerva, %Vernet ßig , a from e Nor ,a y ; and a f..* foioittn ships —Sailed the Selina, 0 PDS, for Limern k ; and the Alezauder, Anderson, tot Archangel. CITY or CO R K ELECTION. [IRON TIM IitISLI GLIARIMMiI The Fteciom of Members to serve iii Parliament, is, post a very few exceptions, so mere a trial of ocorwg the Locos of the Suil, and a matter in which the Pep pie have, in reality, so little concern, that is • think it would he a waste of time and space, to be detailing the pretensions of rival Candidates, and calculating the probability of this or that Gentle. man's success or defeat. The City of Cork Election, is, however. one of the exceptions. 'There the Peo ple have some share in returning a Representative, • and, in consequence, the contest that is now pending in that city, occupies a more than ordinary portion of public attention. Mr. Hutchinson, the popular Can. &date, is, we rejoice to say, certain of his return. The struggle is therefore between Sir N. Colthurst, and Colonel longfteld, and, to be very candid, we are almost careless which may succeed. If it he true, that the latter has refused to coalesce with the former, for the purpose of throwing out Mr. Ilutchinson, we with that Colonel Longfield may triumph; though we heartily despise the half promise that necessity has wrung from bim In favour of the Catholics, and had he no other claim on the People but that, it would, with us, he a reason for his rejec tion. What can be thought of the liberality of a Sow who has grown grey in the ranks of bigotry? Sir N. Colthurat is almost as thorough going a Mi. siisterialist as Colonel lionafield and a much more efficient supporter of those in power. For the ge neral interests of the country, it must therefore be a matter of indifference, which may he rejected, and we sincerely wish it were in the power of the People Pl Cork to throw oot both, and bring in some man of integrity and worth, along with Mr. Hutchinson; this, however, it is impossible to do at present, but hereafter it will not be so, and we hope the Electors of the second city in Ireland will not be unmindful of their duties. The triumphant place in which Mr. Ilutchinson steads on the Poll, shows that another snail of sound principles would hove but little diffi culty in distancing the Ministerial Candidates, and milli, we hope, leave this the last time, when any tool of Administration shalt have it in his power to call himself the Representative of the Citizens of Cork. ENGLISH OPERA.--MrsS GAR iW. whoa. auccess The Duenna and TAe Beggar's Opera has been so • unequivocal, appeared last night in the character of , Itersina, which she sustained with admirable ability. . The airs, which are of the pu t..st school, and amono the best of the compositions of the elegant SHIELD, are well calculated to show the greet compass of her voice, its flexibility, and heir skill in the science of • music. The charming song. The Worn returns, she executed with a pathos that made a deep impression wpm: the audience; it was truly a dPlici ,, us perform ance. Miss KELLY'S Placebo is one of the most na tural, interesting, and perfect pieces of sr tang that we have ever witnessed from this delightful and highly finished performer ; and • Mr. PEARKAN'S Wird is , extremely respectable. The whole is exceedingly well got up, and will, we augur, have a considerable run. Woarttleo.— The arrivals at this delectable spot are not only numerous, but of the highest class — houses are preparing for the speedy reception of the Duke and Duchess of DORsET, Duchess of Kurt. s ND, Duchess of St. ALBANS, Lord Dvoi.a and W ARD, Lord M‘Do NAM), Lord WHITWORTH. and many other Nobleand distinguished characters. A lderman Wenn is here recovering from the fatigues of electioneering exertion, and the bustle of city business ; indeed, it is not surprising that men of good 54 3 11,4 e and underitand log should come to this health• giving place. Taterree, Abe Manager of the Theatre, hes arrived at his' Ps- Alio°, and begins his Theatrical amusements this -week. The bill of particulars he has not given, but when he does, we trust he will not give less than what is set down, and that he will beer in mind the company in Worthing are 'elect, and any garbled extracts of plays, merely to introduce songs from the cracked coke of a star (fatigued, and perhaps injured in health from violent exertions), is an Insult to the company. T owett r n oe Wem,s.—No former season, within the recollection of the oldest inhabitants, abounded With a display of rank and fashionables, at so early .a period, equal with the present; and the wonder will vanish, when it is considered, that not another _public place in the kingdom has to boast of the corn. forts and advantages that are to be found here, espe cially during the present unusual hea t , f rom the abundant shaded walks and sides in almost every di rection ; and although the oppressive heats won't! al most intimidate many who daily take their accustomed exercise, if the pure air, which they catch at inter vals, when emerging from the shsrie to a more ex: posed part, did not ealtiletare and refresh them, heightened frequently by a sudden burst upon one o f the richest prospects that the imaginations of the poet or painter eau conceive. I , I 'lO a a • Is , . TT-*t TREATMENT or MR. frAIRAR4 BONA- Itl'E't PHYSICIAN. ton' 431? MR, O'MEARA'S LETTER TO Eft BLOWN LOWE. • • " Isiusgwood, April 18, 1818. " Stß,—For ten month your Excellency has se feral times manifested to me intentions to subject me to the sans* restrictions as the . French prisoners, to which I have always refused to consent : and I must beg leave now to state, that your Excellency has not the right to do so, as Napoleon Bonaparte is not considered as a Prisotter of War, others ise than by virtue of an Act of Parliament; and the other French (not even the domestics) sre not named in the Bill. and could not be subjected to the restrictions which have been imposed upon them, if they had not given their consent by a written engagement, the effect of which ceases at the moment of their option, as is clearly shown by - the recent departure of General Gourgaud ; thetefore still stronger reasons esiat that an English subject cannot be submitted to such te striciions without a special and written consent on his part, to which I have alwa)s protested, sod protest will never agree to, as it would be aigning the dis honour of the naval uniform, and w fluid inevitably draw down upon me the contempt of the brother Officers with whom I have the honour to serve ,— Therefore, in the natural state of things, neither your Excellency nor any other authotity can subject me to restrictions contrary to the rights of an Officer, and the laws of England. " I have also had the honour to observe to you, that independent of the general guaraittee of she laws, I had provided a private one its the “ipoietiong which I had made in 1815, when Admiral Lord Keith, then commanding the Channel Fleet, its cons.. (lONICS of the request made to him by Count Bertrand that I should be attached to Napoleon, as iorgeon, in place of the French Surgeon whom the English Government had permitted to accompany him. au thorized me to (10 go, 1 begged of his Lordship to k ive me an Older in writing, w bids he declined doing. 66 I recollect perfectly well his answer, which was—' It is not in my power to order you to accept of it, as it is out of the naval service, and is a business altogether extraordinary, and must he voluntary on your part ; hut I, as Commander-W.onel', will au thorise you to accept of it, and 1 *Arise you most strongly to do so, as I am canonical' the G.► vernment will be obliged to you, and it is a situa tion which may, with propriety and honour, net held by an Englishman.' . it we. impossible f or 110 i to follow the advice of such a distinguished Officer, nrvertheless I made some slipUittioo4. viz. that 1 should be at liberty la resign, should 1 find the situation not to be enna••nsn! In ron wtsl►ea; that I should be borne upon the N ivy ictst in my rank as Surgeon, with my time going on ; that should not be paid or Coillkldered as dependant t►p.rn N41.01(.011 Bonaparte, hut 114 a B•itis;r Officer (41111 enn6;equently not anhjert to any r•sttu•tin:o. upon French prisoners); and I have repeatedly had the honour, verbally, to 4 , SVPS4 to )0.1, that s•inne• than consent to allow my righta ad an Knglis•t Office♦ to be violated, I would prefer giving i s; my resignation ; and as you appeared to he struck with my obser►ations and the stipolatiosta witieh I had made with the Lords Crmmissioners of the Atimi 'rally. I therefore concluded that )ou had give,* up all idea of putting them in execution. When, on she iltth of this month, I received kW rUCI fon4 Contra ry to my natural rights, the stipulations 1 had made, ind protestations which I frequently made to your self, which you caused to he sent to me, I imme diately comprehended that it was merely a way of obliging me to quit Longwood. Delicscy, my duties es a medical man, and humanity, alike ordained that, prior to quitting, I should acquaint Napoleon Bonaparte with my iiitention, and 1 did so. 66 I n neither the Army nor Navy is it the custom, when an► Officer is desirous to resign, for him to first consult his Royal Highness the Doke of Yink, or the First Lord of the Admiralty, rourl►in; the Irr••priety or otherwise of his (1 trig so, the resigna tion tendered direct through the proper channel is always the first intentio•t : therefore in sending my resignation to your Excellency without first consult. in; you. I was only acting according to the esta blished customs of both setvicea. •t In writing the letter to Count Bertrand I have not violated the respect which I owe to your Excel. lencv, as Head of the Government, as the question contained in it has been frequently agitated before. I have not violated the Act of Parliament, er any w cities; restriction emanating from you. An in. habitant of Longwood, I have not been subjected to the restrictions imposed upon the inhabitants of the Island either with respect to passes, as I live in the house ; or as to communications, because for near three years communications daily and nightly, ver bally and in writing, have taken place between us. There is not a day passes that I do nut see the French several times, very frequently by night, and not a week that I do not make written commonly'. lions to both the masters and the servants upon me dical and other subjects pertaining to physic. •• I have not violated any written instructions, be cense I have never received any positive prohibition restraining the nature of my communications. In all the restriction , ' there was always a latitude, a kind of discretional power allowed me, by stating. • that I was not ordered not to reply to Napoleon Bonaparte, or to any of his family, on any other subject not medical ; that if I did so, the reaponsibility must rest upon myself ; that I had not his authority for doing so.' forfeit& had a positive prohibition been given, to comply with it is evidently impracticable for any person in my situation ; and as to the re sponsibility, I am content to hear the whole of it. •• Wheu frequently required to art in a manner which I conceived to be incompatittle with my feel ings and profession, and dishonourable In me, I have had the honour to demand clear anti positive instroc. lions in writing, in order that I might study, medi tate upon, and execute them punctually; or, if I found any thing in them contrary to my conscience, to give in my resignation : I have never had any except tech as were worded in the manner I have described above. " some months I have been made to lead a_ most wretched life by your Excellency's obliging me to proceed to your house twice a week, reviling me 4 turning me out of doors in a most ignomitsiotts mans net, once, united, ha/103 esperieuced every thieg ez- ceps pprsonat riotouce, nienscord by-onfinbe sml4e.ite beca•se I. did not choose to comply *itb verbal lusi- nuallollll. " II is tint for me, Sir, to pretend to remilin in the situation against ) o‘ir sill, boo Instead Of re- I ceiving orders to that elf.ct from the Right Bon. ' the Lords Commissioners of the Addilrafty. Meant are taken to oblige me to quit by attacks opon my tights anti personal liberty, and for several days I have been Oppressed, ,humiliated, sod dislttiouttl; dishonoured .as much as an Officer ran be by an arbitrary act, and rendered by isidignsti nearly Incapable of exercising my calling. I haves there. fore, Sir, the honour to demand. from your Excellency-Ist, Either the rescinding of your di. rections of the 10th of this month, and the privilege of exercising my functions at liongwond as I here ' done for n.ar three years-.-. 2 ,1, Or to seePilt the resignation which I wrote as soon is I found that I was assimilated to the French prisoners, and to allow me to proceed to England-3d. Or, if it is asserted that I have commif trd a crime, either in writing the encloeed letter to Count Bertrand, or by having done any thing else which I am ignorant of, and which your Excellency has not thooght proper to cm/multi. weir) me, or of not having complied with verbal and obscure directions, or of baring in any wise sinister, the Act of Parliament, I demand to ba s ac cording to the provisions of that Act, transferred to England for trial before a competent Court, I fur. ther protest against any longer delPtlooll in the stair of .1 oppression in whirl, I um, which by rendering me capable of following my profesyinnal avocations, necessitates my being speedily ,e las eel at Lo o ge.md ; and I appeal to the justice of the 'tight tionouranie Ike Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty against the violation of the teems under which I accepted the. situation. 66 I bay, the honour to he Sir, %cob on 1 1~~.,r0..p0rt, " Your Excellent' s m 'the bent humbleSetvant, "H. teNILAit A. lur! , o Ititt.tlNessy. "Tu hie Excel', .‘ I i . . I.ueuo LIM C, s.. • SiAttl'SORD. ANAISIRS. Arty .0: this day th. H.rintaCitc•.it coarnlrnre a' before hi , J.isttee Abdul.. id the Niti Croutt , , and Mr. Serjeasit farts in the Croon 4.iltutv• , 44 - •1.15 annohneed WI) in I a. l'orwrotrat the down would lend hie shpt .valseillice on the Goolkisi in the event of Lord Eiletib.oenegh being u lt ra) •rd 'lmmo the laborious dude. of Id. Mitre l and meter was the representative of a Judge forfeited in a noun: her mute dowering Ind hnirtourabio 4r* his tOhliiills• or Inure justly expreasite of the eationviott id _which the charactet of in. man is held by all it:WM-of the community. ta i hi p r: In the Prius Court the number'nf Oahe boa Hired for trial wa• IS, and in the Cci. t an C ou aLihn Calendar presented but 19 eases, f ew tki chaacterised by criminal attack),ii monde:it h tatied Cltti VW ‘' • The ease of the greatest -am" rent enormity-4sta.; firmed in the Calendar was the 14.11• John Pousil was indicted foe o.danfully and ma: liciously killing. maiming; or wolf oling serest lambs, the'property of Joseph fount4in, of Uushey.andge, iu this courtly, on the '2oth of March Nat: Mr. A DOLellt/ 4 COitti•Cleti the prosecution, and Mr. A luaus the (1-fence; • d urn. the examination of the proofs adduced in support of the ittosecurion 4 the Jury , under the 1.0-trued Judge's direttioh, found the Priaotter—Nof Guilty W.lliurnSharpe oas indicted lie felohittellly breaks ill nti•l of Thomas ii:ogforrii at Bark way en the 9th of May fast, and stealing therefrom' • bushels of aloe/en dour, the propetty of the Prose: color. T!.. Prianner's guilt was substantiated prinelpall by his nun voluntary conreSvion, god ti.e Jury film him indly•—lie was strooenced to tone jest's itopti antithetic in the House of Co. rectioo: ' CIVIL etisy.-Jtmclii OREAciI iitiOAIISE MAIIRIAnkt liAwburra v CAUSTON. ris was an action •gatitst the Defendant' for breach of promise sit mart iage *A the Plain iff, at 'the case, which was idiot it; a Special Jury, even, lertiversal intetest fin,., its peculiar circunistancori.--.1 , 'The damages were laid at 50(101. • The Plaintiff's case was concluded by Mi. Cuttl 'end Mr. CHITTY. The leading citCurtistentes proved in evidence K. these :—The Plaintiff, who oas represented to you. g I.dy of great personal attractions, sing. soda tolity of dispositiou, end possesaing an ac. • plishel and 4 ell-culfiv4ted mind, is the o loo.ore, a respectable trail...twin iesiding at Ilitlield, in County ; and this Defendant is a Gentleman of it 'prudent fortune, lately retired from the nitsittem it Printer, which he retried on in Finch-lane, Cos 'hill. The parties are Mao cousins by mite' side; and in the year 18" 0, the Defendant, shout 30 Yeats df ego. and the Plaitir:ll shout commenced his courtship, It ;sing kii..nto each to 'from the culiert infancy. Fran. Ott time tine , ihe month of May, 1817, a st.luddia..os correspondence was carried on be weed them, Defendant professing throughout the *hole most devoted and tender attachment tones& Plaintif f , whose language, in reply, evinced bit part the wartme,l reciprocity of affection. The , feittlant's prtimise'of marriage, relied upon in Plaintiff's case, was expressed in these Wins: -'t • or ill marry yon as Stints as circumstances will pert It appeared that-the Defendant's family were seri to the match, and took every 'Decision to dit-oure the connexion, imputing the regard of the PIO' towards the Defendant to sinister motives, The fendant had gone the length of proposing to ma' the Plaintiff in private, to which she consented al hough•the wedding-ring had been purthased, the licence obtained, and the half-brother ache P 1 ,., tiff had consented to give her swab the contract never fulfilled. This intimacy continued davit May, 1817, whets the Defendant wrote to the pi, tiff, announcing that the best mode of teribinr the anxious suspense which she had always ',pressed was to break off the connexion, and think no . of matrimony ; and he Isehmitted the proposition her deliberate judgment, declaring his owls inter of breaking off the match. The Defendant's was then living, the former being in partnership the latter as printers, with a very profitable TIM. In consequence of the De'fendant's deter. lion to break his promise, Mr. Palmer i a protest friend of the Plaintiff's family, was consulted, at first he wrote a friendly letter to the Defend. conjuring him to consider again of his rash deters nation; but this letter having no effect, the proem action was brought. Since the commencement legal proceeditiga, the Defendant's father died, log him in possession of real and personal pro, estimated et 20,0001. These were the principal . camstances proved in evidence, the main ground the case being substantiated by a volume -' Defendant's letters. Mr. Serjeant TODDY, with whom was Mr. CI addressed the Jury with considerable loge's' eloquence in mitigation of damages. Mr. Justice AirlsoT summed up the chest a the case with great minuteness and importialir The Jury retired fat about an hour. and on .return, found a vetdict for the Plaintiff--rDaroagoe, Four Thousand Puunde. • r NORVIERN f://tCIJ/1' ASS/ZE.9. Jute 15. 'the twos:ledges appointed for this Circuit Weir Commission here on Saterdey last. On day they proceeded tb 'business; Mr. Justice %BY in the Crown emit s - tad Mr. Barest W , die Nisi Pries. CltOwla COURT. The Calendar Consists Of only 9S Prisoners Castle, and 4' Prisoners its the City Jail. Of have been already tried. A considerable were convicted of theft, end were condemned riots, periods of imprisonment, according to filly of their criminality. Three were convict. 111114.1111loghter 1 seven were consented of burglatieve— tietence is not yet passed on them; nor on convict for hoeseottealing. Three were acquit Parhsps the case of the test Prisoner tiled ' was the most extraordinary. • se ell.drresed, William Smith • aged 39, *tali , spactable-looking man, was charged with vo sheep at Claatap. The widest' tot the to ~ . . tj as Is hi td U. or he Jld 1111 de: ea: no hs, /yid /o n on, Ind ski •1 lett ally /and 'ar d •od tNE : 40 • 0111 lie , I.M. ✓t of fndv- I 'Lie , st of ;nrll4 ?mid then 121, olher ailtd Amy ifiel the , I die ii her e De- n the • .[ fit it.'° atersal outage aintitir De.i Marry ; bet Is. and Plulna et Nag • tili Plein- noting !reseed s more inn tct ration , ip stole husi• mina. esinnal d, and indent, • etertni- present tom of ropetty cir.‘ i)and of . of the ;omits, • • City and • • 'Manses ality. on their mart, S. 4,01114. In Wino Le BATA Vaop is re in the Of them number n 1 to id. t. the to eietot of jattear-- . 1 another 'At t▪ his day Ned. re- t stealing • rose- I • • • Ms. TiIELICILL's LEG', URES. Mr. Thelwall, whose Lectures on Elocution and Poetry, at..his outs Institution, give such general satisfaction through live succe.sive courses during the preceding winter, has just concluded soother Course at the Public Sctioot room at Newington, where they have b•en delivered for the benefit of th. t F:411011i0171 1 1 1 111. Thrui.gtiout the whole Course, these Loctures have been most Hu mor .usly ana respectahls attended, by audiences of from three to five hundred persons; and the anima• tints of tit+ L►cturer has kept pace with the ardour of poodle curiosity. It would he impossible for to follow him Opp by step through all the variety of scientific, and miscellsiseous matter. equally interesting and oriental. will. which these Lectures have abounded; or to (los jounce to the vein uS mural, of poetical and siralosticoll enthusiasm with .which throughout she) have been sustained; or the corruscetions of humour and aissire by silica they have been occasionally rr tiev , ll; but the discriminative criticism on the merits sod defects of Lord Byron, and the pentityric tapes Bunts, los the last Lecture but one, and the luminous illustration sod truly original discrimination of the four Modes of emphasis in the last the emphasis of entithesis—and the emphasis by force, by time, and by qqats.ity (the almost exclusive use of the first of winch Mr.Theltsall considered as•" the most pro. minent defect of Theatrical Elocution), may be par ticularised as among the must valuable parts of the series. The final illustration of these discriminations on the criticisms on the ordinary mode of pronounciug the Lord's Prayer, brought the subject into the sists.l demonstrable point of view ; and the effect produced in the repetition of that divine compo sition, at the conclusion of these criticisms, can scarcely be conceived but by those who witnessed and partook of it : the whole audience rising from their seat•, and bending forward iu awful silence; evi dently mentally repeating, though without audible enunciation, every accent and transition of the speaker's voice. And the struggle at the conclusion, between the almost irresistible impulse to applaud, and the deep and solemn feeling of awe and reve rence which the mode of delivery had impressed, constituted, itself, an applause more eloquent than even the enthusiastic and long-rontinurd acclams. Sion which immediately afterwards burst forth at the few words with which the Lecturer took his final lease of the audience. to I On the troth of the fol lowing facts we are assured upon the testimony of credible eye witnesses short time since a poor woman died at Dunbar. She had lived in a house by herself, and during her latter illness had been waited on by some of her neigh. hours, who relieved each other by turns, in admi nistering in her wants. She suffered but little bodily pain, but appeared to labour under a great mental. oppression, frequently talking incoherently, and' complaining of being disturbed by the crying of children end rocking of cradles. The expellees of her funeral were paid from a charitable fund, and her effects exposed to public sale. These consisted of a bed, two old chairs, and a large chest. On opening ' the chest, the bystanders were horrified, by finding sewed up in a bag the skeletons of two infants ; and the skull of a third was discovered sewed into the straw bed on which the woman had slept. The mat. ter immediatey underwent every possible investiga. lion by the proper Authorities, but without eliciting any farther discovery ; and there seemed no way of accounting for the shocking scene before them, but by supposing that the infants hid been the offspring of the unhappy wretch deceased, by whom they must have been inhumanly murdered.--(Scotch Paper) HoW TO WILL YOUR CELLAR AND YOUR POCRET• —Buy a Ticket in the present very small Lottery, and you may put into your Cellar from the Stock of any Wine•merchant in the Kingdom, A HOGSHEAD OP CLARET, A PIPE OF MADEIRA. TM,O PIPES OF PORT, and at the same time put a Thousand Golden Sove. reigns in your Pocket, besides the Chance of getting one of the 00,000, or aey of the haler Capitals, in a Lottery of only 8000 Tickets. 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