The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-09-13 00:00:00

IjT t ett . I • [To be continued.] COURT-MARTIAL. 1. ~ io4vi',... . r . wet .49. -.0" ins increased from is. 6d. to ts., 6d ?—Yes, in the North. Cam yde tell what the increase of *He peon' rotes Ilas been in the North 2—The poors'-rates in the North are very moderate now. a What has been the increase within the lasttwesiti years ? - -Out of the manufacturing districts, per haps not `Zs. in the pound increase. Two shillings upon what ?—Perhaps 2s. 6d. or 35. • r • In that district in the North, in which the price of 'labour is increased within the last 20 years from s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per day, the poors' rates have in creased from 3s. to ss. in the pound'—Yes, that is the fact. A Court-Martial was held at Portsmouth, on Friday, on board his Majesty's ship Gladiator, for the trial of Captain R. 11. Barclay and his remaining Officers a nd men, for the loss of the squadron of British pen-boats on Lake Erie, on the 10th September,lBl3, in an action with the American flotilla, of vastly superior force. It appeared, from the public letters read to the Court, that Captain Barclay's situation was as singular, u his gallantry and good conduct were conspicuous. Ile was appointed to command the t quadron on Lake Erie, immediately on the enthral of Commodore Sir James Yen, on Lake Ontario. It had been offered to, and refused by, Captain Mulcaster, on account of the exceedingly bad equipment of the vessels. Captain Barclay join ed his command, with a Lieutenant, a surgeon, and 19 injected seamen of the Lake Ontario squadron, in Jane, 1813; and immediately dispatched to Sir James Yee an account of the deplorable state of the 'vessels, and that they were then all blockaded is Amherstburg by the American flotilla, where General Proctor's army was stationed. Subsequently, about b 6 seamen of the Dover troop-ship joined him ; but then he had not more than 150 British seamen dis tributed in his squadron, the remainder being Cana dians and soldiers. The American force was double. the amount of his in the number of ships and gone, , and there was no comparison in respect to the qualityl of the seamen. However, on the 9th of Septets• her he was compelled to sail from Amherstburg, to endeavour to open a communication with Long Point, for the purpose of obtaining a supply of pro visions and necessaries, both for his squadron and Gen. Proctor's army ; the winter was rapidly ap proaching--the Navy had been for some time on short allowance—and the supplies by land were by no means equal to the consumption, particularly at there were 14,000 Indians with the army, who would not brook any abridgement of their rations or iodulgencies ; indeed, the very inhabitants of the neighbouring settlements were feeding from the Go:1 vernment stores. Under these pressing exigenciesi with the advice of Gen. Proctor, Capt. Barclay sailed; he hoped either to pass the American sque.l (lion, or so disable them as to effect his passage t 4 Long Point. On the following morning he fell In with the seem'', and having the weather-gauge bore down to commence the action ; butomfortunately, at the instant the Wind veered directly round, amtbroog,ht our squadron to leeward. The commencement, how ever, was propitious ; the American Commodore was obliged to leave his ship, which soon afterwards I surrendered, and hoist his flag on board another of his squadron, which had not been engaged, and was 'lnking away; when, unfortunately, the Queen; Charlotte and Detroit, our two best ships, having 'had all (heir Officers killed and woundet!, fell on , board of each other, and were unable to clear ; nt the same time the greater number of their guns were dismounted, and the Lady Prevost had fallen to , leeward, having lost her rudder. The Americans, seeing this situation of our ships, renewed the sc. tion, with the assistance of his gun-boats, by which the whole of our squadron was obliged to surrender. General Proctor, not being able to obtain Ake sup plies, was under the necessity of making a retro grade movement, a circumstance which strongly evidenced the necessity there was for the etteltlit that was made. Commodore Sir James Yeo, in hit !steer to Admiral Sir J. B. Warren, relating the event, Votes; that, in his opinion, Captain Barclay was 'wrong to sail from Amherstburg; and it was in con sequence thereof the Court-Martial took place.-- The Court pronounced the following sentence:— " That the capture of his Majesty's late squadron was caused by the very defective means Capt. Barclay possessed to equip them on Lake Erie ; the want of a sufficient number of able seamen whom he had re peatedly and earnestly requested of Sir James Yeo to be sent to Min ;.the very great superiority of the force of the enemy to the British squadron ; and the unfortunate early fall of the superior officers in the action :—That It appeared that the greatest exertions -had been made by Captain Barclay in equipping and getting into order the vessels under his command; that he was fully justified, under the existing circum stances, in bringing the enemy to action ; that the it anti gallantry of Captain Barclay, in taking his squadrpts into action, and during that contest, were highly conspicuous, and entitled him to the highest praise; and that the whole of the other officers and men of his Majesty's late squadron conducted them selves in the most gallant manner; and did adjudge the said Capt. Robert Ileriot Barclay, his surviving officers and men, to be most fully and honourably acquitted.—Rear-Admiral Foote, President." ft was not !e to see this brave officer with out feelings of regret at, : with one arm amputated, the other so ( I .ltigernu‘ly ~rounded as to be.sespended in haneages a mast pp rticular posi ion ; a part of his thief, cut away by a mown shot; with five other wounds, lie presested, while the rentence was passing, an honourable instance of suf. feline heroism ; for he was affected at the testimony .14 ,, rtie by the Court to his conduct, almost to the .shedding of tears. provincial Paper, speaking on the subject of the se Trade, pathetically asks, " And are the poor :Africans to be the only unhappy people in Europe A child, about three years of age, was slain by 'his brother, aged four, at Langton, . last week. They were at play near the house of their father, who in a labourer, when the elder cut the ether on the it•orl With a garden hoe, of-which he dial is two dap. •oe MR I force of I 'inform' • action : bad been getting b that he stances, judginen his squat were hi' • highest F • and men 'selves in f Oa said of I acquittei It wai out feoli amputati be-sespe ton; a and, Nit ' • rentence :relit* in •atteddit4 A prc !Stave Ti Afrkun, A chi • 'his brut They .wi who in a • • Iww‘i 4a s. It 4 arose commode, exhito . see, before of - of tun ing, jog I/ rival Bakeo,., The fight was commenced by an exchange of hits Oil a close, in which both were down: The Baker drew* first blood, by a blow on the mouth of his adver sary. In the four following rounds the fighting was nearly equal, but the Baker; although inferior in height and length, seemed to be the most determined hitter, and the odds; 'Which were silt to font on Moss at setting to,. were six to font against Some good punishing wale:changed in these rounds, and Moss continued to bleed copiously from the mouth and nose by the left-handed Mows of his at m versary, about the tip of the *MIA. Betting on* the Bth round was in favour of tile Baker vbspAti the 9th round, Moss seemed to have got the betOr of momentary diitress, and he" knocked down kis adversary by a blow on the side of the head, WhICIt produced what is technically named claret from the ears, and had the effect of turning the odds agate in the striker's favour. Moss 'elated this success fought manfully for half an hou l yaii he was as' courageously opposed. • The Pntker made some good stops of his adversary's left hand, bat he sustained many hard blows from the right. The Baker planted many good right handed body blows, and the fight *as maintained' with much determined resolution, bet the Baker's head was much disfigured by a repe tition of blows with the left band, although not vio ;lent. Betting continued for * long time two and' -three to one on Moss, and it was expected every ' round would be the last. Moss had forced up:the knuckles of his right band, and in the S4th . roiirid die Baker get the favonrite 'again at slightedds.—, .After fighting cue hour and a quarter, Moss was 'beat, but lie rode off on horseback, and the Baker *is the most mashed. We understand that the funeral which, on Thursday, attracted so much notice in Tottenham Court-road, and its vicinity, on its way to St. James's Chapel, was that of the celebrated THOMAS SPENCE. A man s hose singularities we have heard much of, and whale political notions, which, though liable, perhapsii.to many solid objections, showed him to be a decided foe to aristocratic sway and exclusive privilege ;—for ' a man in a humble sphere, perhaps, no one has shown ' himself so conspicuous ; •there were many traits in his public and private life which were truly praise worthy ; and the manlyiand undaunted manner in which, some years ago, be personally contiumed his defence in the Court of King's Beach, against a charge of sedition, is calculated to make a strong and lasting impression. Ile was followed to his grave by a numerous train of friends and political admirers, one of whom delivered an appropriate funeral oration on the occasion. There were numerous medallions distributed among the multitude, but what principally attracted attention, was a pair of scales, which pre ceded the corpse on its way, and which was under stood as emblematic of thejnatice of his plan. ROSICAY AT VAQIIIALfr.BRIDGE.—For sometime past roberies to a great extent have been committed on the property . of Messrs. Joliffe and Banks, the contractors • and in consequence of ioformation they refeived, that a great number of deals had been put down a cellar belonging to ogle Davis, a chimney sweeper,. in Strand-lane, for several mornings, be tween the hoots of one and four, application erns made to Bow-street, and a search-warrant granted. George Itutven, the Constable, found 21 deals con cealed behind a large soot-cloth and nine sacks, five marked Sharp, Guildford ; one, Galley, Kingston ; one, Thos. Tuck, Edmonton; and two, J. Lyon and Sons. Davis was accordingly apprehended i.and on his examination before the Magistrate, he said that the deals and sacks were not his, and had been put down the cel lar without his knowledge. In the course of the na -1 minatiou it came out, that one Davie, a fishmonger, had been in the habit of selling deals and planks to his namesake the sweep; and on his being taken into lcustody and examined, he confessed that he had en the preceding Sunday sold the sweep a plank, which was produced and sworn to be the contractors, for ss. worth 12s. or 141. The fishmonger at first said that he picked up the plank by London-bridge, two or three nights after the fire; but afterwards admitted, that lie had it of a waterman whom he named. The sweep is building two houses at Hampstead, and the inhabitants of Strand-lane have remarked, that the deals which have been put down his cellar never re mained there above a day or two, as thertnere uni formly removed at a late hour at night. soot cart. The two Devises were committed fm further examination. Last week died, in Gray's Alms House, Taunton, Hannah Murton, aged N. The deceased was a maiden Lady, who, with a delicate prejudice peculiar' to that resolute portion of the fair sex to which she belonged, vowed, several years ago, that no he fel low should ever teach her, living or dead. In pur.l suance of this notable resolution, aboat ten years since, she purchased for herself acolfin, in which, whenever she felt serious illness,- she immediately deposited herself ; thus abridging, in case of her dis solution, the labours of those sable mimics—the Un dertakers, and ensuring the gratification of her pecu liar sensibility. The old Lady's coffin was not, how ever, exclusively appropriated to the reception of her mortal remains, bat served also as her waritrobe, and the usual depository Of her bread and cheese. Some villains, actuated by a spirit of malicious and detestable barbarity, cut and destroyed, sin Fleshy sennight, 20 valuable rams, the property lot Mr. C. Rylatt, of Boothby, Lineolnshire. TIM' animals were at the time stating near his house. IA reward of Capin's, has been 'offered for_the ditto:sew of the perpetrators. On , grou . opptisiti , TH said, that Mr. Herne bad formerly sw orn that the hunter which he had caused to be shot was at the time oldi vicious, and diseased, and that it was de stroyed to prevent an old favourite from becoming food for houndi. He (M r. S.) was now prepared to show *et the horse was worth 401. William Barris stated, that he saw the horseohot, and which was then in good condition. Had he wanted a horse, and possessed the money, he would have giren 401. for it. said to Mrs. Herne it was a pitttio shoqtrthe animal. She replied, it must be libot, foe saektatMr. H.'s order. A Mr; Creswlck stated hia readiness to give forty pounds for the horse, but.not till after he was shot. —The shooting was while Mr. Herne was in. the Fleet. Mr. Herne said, that be hid not seen the horse for 15 months previous to his being shot, bet that when he had last seen him be gave orders to shoot him.'" Mrs.. H. instead of havingit shot, allowed it to run *some pasture ; but when that land was let, and figfil it became expensive to keep him, he was de stroyed. He had been useless from lameness since Apt, which was occasioned by being ridden hard, fallowing the Craven hounds. He had never been sped 6ut for hunting. Mr. P. Sewn did not wish to detain Mr. H. in prison, if he undertook to pay out of his wife's pro perty 401. to the creditors for the destruction of the horse. Mr. Commissioner PALMER could not decidi con tray to the oath of a Clergyman of the Establish ed Church, though he certainly did net like the transaction. After Mr. Herne hadsfated that he had not laid any thing out of his ow, pocket on Blount's-court (his wife's property), and that no rent had been re ceived from the present tenant for three years, be was discharged. tii the schedule his property was charged 3001. for *purchase of this horse. • t i ,;'' LONDON SESSIONS. A Yesterday the Sessions were holden at the Guild hall, before the LORD MAYOR, &c. THE KING V. WILSON. This was an indictment on. the prosecution of John Die, for a vlototiraltiaa it on him oo tbe 4tb a July last, by Thomas Wilson, bookseller,. Dean's-y.rd, Doctors'-Commons. • The Prosecutor is one of the ticket-porters at. tending about Doctors' Commons ; their general rendezvous is opposite to Mr. Wilson's shop. This seemed a nuisance to Mr. W. and on the 4th of July, he commenced war against the ticket-porters. Mr. W. observing Dye nalking about as usual, desired him i to depart, threatening at the same time to throw water over him on failure of compliance. Dye not going away instantly, the threat was carried into execution. After this. Mr. W. sallied forth, and made au attack on Oye ; and afterwards a lady c'me to his assistance, and horil Dye's hands, while he was severely beaten by Mr. Wilson. . Mr. KNAPP, on the other hand, represented the nuisance to which Mr. W. had been subjected by this ticket-porter. They were a complete obstruc tion to his shop ; for the moment any customer ap proached, these surrounded them, and stunned them with questions, about what Proctor they were in pursuit of, or what business they had in Doctors'. Commons. As to the assault, when the Defendant desired Dye to go away, the only answer he got was, "to come out and fight like a man." Oue was as much to blame as the other. Witnesses were called, btit they made out this case imperfectly. The RECORDER told the Jury, that they hail only to do with the question of assault ; for as to the nuisance, if the collection of ticket - porters con stituted one, the Learned Doctors of the Commons knew very well how to remove it, without having the public peace broken. The chief question for the Jury was, who commenced the assault, as that moat determine the verdict. The Jury returned a verdict ofot . Guilly, and Mr. Wilson was ordered to be fined a shilling. and dis charged. CLERKENWELL SESSIONS, SEPT. 12. • Jos.•Slafford stood, charged with having assaulted Mr. Jones, a tradesman, near Manchester-square, to whom* he was serving his apprenticeship. The Prosecutor, Mr. Jones, and another man who had been present, proved the assault, which was committed on the return of the Defendant and his master from the of fi ce of a 'Magistrate, before -whom a complaint had been made by the appredtic, and his father against the Prosecutor. The 'Jury found the Prisoner Guilty, and the 'Chairman, haring strongly reprobated such an act of violence from an apprentice to his master' sen. tented him to one month's imprisonment. William Johnson wits chargettlrilli 'A assault upon a man named Hodges. •.. The Prosecutor stated, that he 'was eti►ployed on board•a coal-ship, as was also the Defendant. It i WAS part of the doty of the Defendant. eir board to 'receive the wages or all the workmen', 'and distribute to each what was due to them, reserving to himself 'his own 'she re. lie chargOd the. Defendant with de frauding the men of pert ottheir wages, in venue quenc4 of which the latter thkmitened to Here" him. I Shortly after, whilst' both were employed in getting • ,-;!, coals upon the deck, directing the vessel in and the other standing the Main hatchway to Defendant) took Up* large as a hat," and threw it ai which struck him violently Bided upon him a severe enable to work for some The Prosecutor, on mitted that the coals in plank upbn which the that it was a common ledged thit he went on assault, and struck the dict, To be imprisoned two Wm. Barret stood cha assaulted a Mr. Todd. The Prosecutor stated, of Mr. Stunt, in the Strand, him was attacked by stood outside the shop . stated, engaged in separa.. fendant, who is Mr. Stunt's foreman, violent blow on the head. Several witnesses were ant, according to whose been committed by the cutor, on the contrary, and did not attempt to lag. • ' The Jury, without Defendaut, found him •S ry q.t"~r :t'~. PO. EARLY " ttitton-n AL r..— Thomas and Wm. Jordan, and not more than I It, were BERS, charged with bin house in the garden ow in the Borough, and stetc were taken into custody in consequence of a con between them as they After they were in custt offered t• turn King's. Mr. Chambers, he stated were unknown to him, Bartholomew-fair .on looking at a 'show, and and hare somethingto them into the Borough continued till night, when garden, which is sem cut a square of glass oat of and the witness was put door to admit the other to , ransack the place, bolster, a blanket, a table-el , and several other articles, miser; and were retreating they were stopped by the Officer. , 341 Holmes produced a sack, whicisole of the Pri. loners was carrying when heatoppettellowand which contained articles resembling tinsemiltetelflosed :Westie. Mr. Frere proved these articles to be his property, and that they had been taken from his premises; pair of thick shoes belonging to Mr., Frere were IN taken, and an old pair left in the place of thent.„ 4 , Holmes stated that he had no doubt he shoe ta 10 a day or two be able to prove, that these shoes t left behind were the Prisoner Lloy4's property; an 4 to afford him an opportunity of doing so,' the Priv sneers were committed for re-eittinittation. When taken into custody, Lloyd NNW' cutlass cetesale4 under his coat. • QuEzn-sQuAtir.--;7'hoMas Townsend was charged with having tobbed• Luke Flannigan, by breaking into his bed-room, whilst he was asleep, and taking from his trowsel pockets two dollars, 'a three shilling piece, an eighteen-penny piece, and two IthiN lings in silver. It appeared that Flannagan sad th person of the name of M'Lochlan slept together iti a • common lodging-house In Duck-lane; lied that about five o'clock on Saturday morning, the Pri. soner burst open the door of the ream, and then committed the robbery, supposing the petition ley be. asleep. The noise awoke kl‘Lochlan, bet bliibliger ed sleep, and saw the robbery. Flannels Was-44 poor old soldier, who bad lost both his arms in the wars M'Lochlan was a lad who had-the carnet-the veteran. Prisoner committed to take his trial for the robbery. Robert Garrett, driver of the hackney . -esstat No. 3'99, was, brought up, aimed by the toll-a- lector it the Hyde-park gale for furiously driving through the bar without paying the which is tineabfe offence to the attiotstit of 40s. The coat!, men, indefence, said, that he had been through be fore with a tare when he paid toll ; and that NI his r turn he was empty, having only his sister hi e. m whom haled picked up,ott the road, for the Pretpose of giving her a lift. The Magistrate, however, said; that the gate-keeper could not distinguish such nett passenger in 'airy other light than a new fare; and that the - had done v w , in: dri coachman , eery wrong k I Yin so furiodsly through the gate, without paying fresh toll. He also censured the gate-keeper, foe having first brought the coachman to the office; and for then having endeavoured privately to compound for file shillings; such a proceeding was no better thaws." , pounding-felony.—Coachman:ined 40s. . . Numerous satires are circalited at Rome spins the Jesuits ' some of them have been the objects of research of the Police. r. DlED._'' - Ali itiShard - 61 9 V e tc hi tt, a 4 tie : 7 4-7-- ""F ' • • •,, . • . , . - . • • .. • . , • • . •)1.. ' 4 '7 4 ;- 1 ,...?. :•":,...4.- -- : 44 •• - • .::::" ' 'FATIESOILW" . . - . -- -''''--,----- . . . .. . . _. BoxiNai AriferitsEY A • It .. ~,t_..44I°,!‘L VENT DEBTORS' COURT. . 7 K. 44413 ° • ,' 0 .,-: ' w-vv ., TrtrA ,- -•• • • . .....+6lllwe.-- . * • —.......-- t , ••• it as . , The pugilistic w 'revived i y4sf , ie 4 ' li t . ;.,, _' .. :.:,tbrfere Mr,Coomnissioner . PALMER. OA . • eat season, by a *ay severe combat bet ~,. "... :1 4 ' , *e Rev . John Buckworth Herne; for- he Shepperton tali*, whose exhibitleas 11 „ . "" i asseett, 4 ' lintitt:S4btirt, ' Rotherfield • Peppered, It pefore recorded, and a Baker from la • ( e-71 - . *L i osi .; and WO East Hendre d, Berkshire, If pugilistic notoriety. The battle was for a . derk,•again -applied foriladischarge. e i g •f consequence to the winner, and it erase • fiber 1 He had been remanded because it was alleged that urn-up betwixt the parties at a lite editvtilid! ' . ,be had raised an antiuktk on certain property *by ng, where the 13•Iker had the best of it, hlass 4; means of fraud • sad that while in prison he had lig been making free libations to the jolfilhd, * wilfully, destroyed property, by causing an old hunt- at o'clock a motley aisemblage were awaiting the ing horse to be shot. isval candidates for the 'honour of the day, and at I The first ground wasremoved, by his (Mr. Berne's) mile they showed, equipped for combat. A dispuM ! sweariagy•that previone to Mr. Allen taking the an- irose respecting the roped rink, but a reciprocal t* ,l nuity secured on Blount's-court (the property of !ommodattott took - place, by the paities agreeing 1., 1 ItIF. li.le wife), be represented that, the property was rxhibit in an open ring. —Richmond and 1L Wheetert pot unencumbered. ,ecntided Moss, and Emmet and Monet the Baker ! On the other ground of opposition, Mr. P. SMITH I e t•. _.ihr r • 1 . a . lkf 1.1. . s . , . . . . • . ,f, , 1A , 1, , . ^O. , 7 rai=1.0,16... T` 11104, ,- . tlit one below, filling o s i . •-• s"' n which they; wen" tarok s . . . S upon a plank. Pieced atithi .....' receive them, the , lattenok , t. large piece of coal, , ark* it at the Prosecutor bek li i i '=• .. -.•J ently on the forehead, end Jai •,+i ?re wound, for which he *4 ti . me weeks. . .. • : .. , . , n his cross examination, a d d 4 1 n ascending struck against* Defendant was standing, hi • accident. , He also acknea4 ts deck immediately after * te Defendant violently...-Vera co months. • - , ~, charged with haring violently ed, he was passing by the shop Strand, a dog that he had with y a dog of Mr. Stunt's, that door. Whilst he was, as lii , tarating the two dogs, the Des Stunt's foreman, struck lame ad. ere examined for the Dela& ose testimony no assault had he Defendant, but the Presto y, was outrageously iiolea4 IC ) separate the dogs from fight. , a . hearing all the vitiate fie* V ) Not Guilty. POLICE. r r DEPRAVITIr. .i 1 omas Lloyd, a youth about.% I Thomas Week, the eldest ve brought before Mr. CltAlle irglariously entering a summer. i f of Mr. Frere, coal-merchant i , ' 1 stealing several articles. The, ... dy by Holmes, the eorastatisi )nversation which he overhm4 i 1 a were walking in the street'i t • stody, Westie, 'the youngest 1 4 is evidence, and when befell& ted . that the other two !whetter! , I I, till they came al to him ili 1 Tuesday last, while* he wet old asked him it *stilkdd go 1 I eat and. drink ;la went lilt* , ' gh to a house, insltich they i when they went to Mr. Frerek 4 sretti from his bowie. ',ley. it,of the susamaikhouse wind.* Put through, and 'Marred Aft 1r twO. They then proceeded and balk away a pillow, a table-cloth, a man's black toast :les, and had quitted the pro. alittg . with tikear booty, okra the Officer. L sack, which one of the PA. hen heatopped them, and which , !sembling those mentioned kg k., A. At ltichmand, in Surroy, in his 524 year, Richard Smith, Esq. tate at Woborn-place. Itussell.theare. Oa the ith inst. at Highgate, Mrs. Warta,, in ber 7111 Mr- .saddettlY, 0 n the 9d inst. in the prime of lite, in Peditante, 'Ca l Cillga Wealkiridite , of *0.144a% Navy. This gaSsal 0 er cammag H ded ie Mediator frigate, ander Lord Cothrsart in et Moths and had the houodr at breaking the enewfs boom, for which he was freaented ski a raid chain and medal .0y order oft Ligkatthe Athoiralgy. Capt. W was esfreard and, ed Wipe knew. him, b whom his death is wad e'er . LONDON • Printed sae Pahlisird fp, >R Ira tie Ontittre-Mi_ Vfreetallititatl. . A. I*,. Y ~