The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-12-06 00:00:00

r f Nar - AL irtitiLlGEll6ll; tat& 1911 e. l--kited the liereessaii.ilelesibe Sew In.- oi sis ra, for . the River.—Came dame from the Ricer. it Wo o fat !fervour,* i tbs Retreat end hide, for America; • mud,. roster. Dec. s.—Arrived his -Majesty's chip %/r -omp. Fe • Plyn.ootb.—Pot bark by contrary u ind 6, til e l oa m. b. Hods a. booed to Plyereeth.—Sailed bis 111 , 1jrat)'s 6 littler. 111111 6 . llslllZe. ‘ FA LI6OIITII. Dec. 9—Arrived the Ajax, bawl to Js. asie.l sod Amite.. boatel is liiibwa $ Avos. for aludaix Pon sl.lc, f r Notre i Commerce toed Fuer Frayed., frnt i isa ib.e.—"Mallard the M.iry, Fez, he Dobai. • TILE OUTWARD ROUND WEST TN Di A Ft.EYT. • TORBAY, Dae.4.—Arrived tat evening iheWevt all e et,under mussy of his Majesty's slii pjtvitsure, .41.,pchnoner, bound to Madeira, supposed to he ihipiejt e * Beneon, was run foal of by a ship in eiss be lite' the Ray, and carried away her mainmast, b oist ipsit. and other dams**. 1010111Elt L D LiTte !AMR ATE.] • ArtiVrkt idlest, shoot nine o'clock, his Maj.'s ty's ship Stet:Nitre, with part of her convoy, abut est bemired and twenty sail : many of the fleet re. *piped at 'Sea soli' this morning, from the dark . li en of the night, and the wind strong %from the p ut abote-t; covers' of t h e ships drove ott board each o rt i esootto few received damn:fp; the schooner Ann, • Fallon, from . Littloft fur Madeira, lost her foremast and bowsprit; the ship Trney, Chapman, for St. yprung Lee bowsprit, her stern stove in, her bows injured, and other damage ; the ship Cynts, WIWI, for Jarovor's. lost an anchor and' cable, and bad her quitter 4tor.. in. The shove vessels are re pairing damages, and it is hoped will be able to pro. • vet, with the convey, whets the wind and weather will permit. Yesterday at two o'clock a Cabinet Council was ! beid at the Foreign Odic., agreeably to summons, i which was attended by the Loito CH % , 41CILL01, Foul* limtowsy, WasemoutELAND, L1VE1110.01. 9 I Bs BucitNaHANtittßZ, and blur.nstAvx; Viscount hlaLvitax, the Right , Hon. N. VANotT. TAIT, and tite Right Hon. %V. W. POLE. The i Council sat till near five o'clock. Yisconnt Sib. SOUTH and Mr. IL 13 trimmer we .e at Richmond. It has been lately staled that the Peat* Estaolish... bent for the artillery anti engineers had not yet been determined. The expenditure of this department in all its branches is perhaps unrivalled by any other. Ws of the highest importance to the public to know, , that the military Pstablishment of the Ordnance, was Wrested tenfold at the commencement of the war, not with a view to offensive operations, but' to be equal to a corresponding defensive force of Militia and Volunteers, amounting to five hundred thousand awn, with which it was to act in concert. The-danger of immediate invasion, the erection of hew fortificatinns, and eie formation of stationary 'arks of artillery being assigned as the reasons for the enormous encrease of men and Officers called Mr by the estimates then presented to Parliament,- * is to be expected that some interesting questions on atis subject are in reserve, and will commaud the canal attention. _ _ . The Mail from Jamaica has brought is intern gent* from the island to the 17th October, 1 41111 elosrsals, is which mentinnis made sailing of en expedition to Florida. A Requisition is signing fee a Meeting of the Livery of London In Comenneohatt, to eeiteidet ,4 the grievous, oppressive, end unconseitutiosal principle and operation of the. Property-Tax, and to peti (inn Parliament egainst the canines** or renewal thereof." The COMEROO Council Med oa the same husinees oo Friday next. COVIINT-SANDEN THRATIUGq...LEII night Miss O'NEILL, happily reeotered free her cold, re-top. peered in the character et Juliet to a most brilliant Theatre, and she performed the part with that fasci. seating and impressive beauty, which first attracted the public regard, and fixed her popularity. Green-room report %nye, that Miss O'NEILL Will shortly perform the character of Lady Macbeth to the Mathelis of Resor.t. The Duke of Dsvo.srtinr is expending consider able sums in repnirine ntol be.betifying his several noble residences at Chat.worth, liardwicke, Bolton, Abbey, Lanesintrough, tool Pentith. His Grace's expenditure on Liimnee Castle is estimated at 60001. , The Countess of ANTRIM has, in consequence of ' the fall in the value of the produce of land, reduced the rents of her Irish tenantry one third. Officers commanding regiments have been dirrcted to report to the Commander in Chief the manner in which Divine Service has been performed during the preceding month to their respective corps. We understand, from good authority, that the ;wading Court-Nlartial on Sir J. Mone.tv will be held some tine next month in the Castle of this city. —( Winchester and. Salisbury Journal.) Au English Nobleman, after a short residence at Paris, was en his road to Italy, about nine leagues from the metropolis, overtaken by the French Po. I lice, who surrounded his carriage, and seized all his papers: lie %vas then informed he might continue his journey. This he declined doing, alleging, that he might be exposed to similar outrages the very next stage. lie returned to I'm is on the 26th, to consult , with the Dike of WELLINGTON. It is 'opposed, as his Lady is in Italy, he was suspected of favouring a corretewnidence unplet‘ing to - the French Govern meet. It is added, he protests in the most solemn maser he is ionocent of an 7 such imputation. We Seed scarcely add the Noble Person was the Earl of OXFORD. The answer he obtained was, that the robbery must hart been committed by banditti-1 Died, at his seat, Slindon House, Sussex, on Moe- Any eennight, the Right lion. JADES ANTHONY RADCLIFFE ) Earl of Newburgh. His Lordship was grandson of JADES RADCLI vet, second Earl of Dei. wentwater, by Lady MARY TUDOR, natural daughter I Of CHARLES 11. Dying without issue, the title de. valves on his first cousin, FRANCIS Fyne, Rol. of H410.0p, Derbyshire, whese mother, Lade MARY RADCLIIPTE, was sister to the deceased Earls father. The whole of his Lordship's estates, ou the Coenteee of Niwausou's death, descend to present Earl's fa- I The LORD Melva having inspected the Mead Weighers returns, ordered the price of breed to be wised halt an 'Wu ) or one penny in the peck leaf. :rn 'A` MRS SOUTHCOTT. The Editet of the Sunday Monitor has, by way of keeping np the joke, issued another Official Bul /the regarding the health of Joanna • and he has also obtained a l e tt er f rom hi s friend Dr. Reece, who still persists in the pregnancy of the Prophetess, and that you. Shiloh will certainly make his ap pearance at last : something of an equally mystelions nature wilt be brought to light when the old Lady shell be dissected, which the Doctor seems anilous for to preserve his awn character. Add lag NCII4 . • boeekeii that auell MOO titodld he:token cis C6ll 24 OF CHANCERY, Dsc. 3. *° ony laid thi jett ug d fa il tt t les t r ilh of hPeeka thentarlttelrr the . Cullit 4111.h.he . The Arrotnae-Genoa ts..consettled In 'verdict tiIIARGE OF USURY. i of Guilty against his Client, hoping- that .her vtoold Whiles US ti co. a. KENSINGTON Ago cd• bail be able so far to set bieuelf eight with the Proa• Term, lecutnr, that hi s Lordship should hate be Earth* pat, *(41. 111 1 Seal after Michaelmas &Otitis Chliattestioa sat at Lincoln's .inn Hall at t rou bl e i n thi s business. • teti o'clock, and • beard a number of motions; but, peat* O. litisith. • owing•fo the &Wedge sod indisposition by a cold of . Thii was an adios -bow& by Lehi : 4'4ood Sir S. Hominy; thO most important motions of the byott, to recover freets,the Deft-10nel, a medical. man, a compensation Itellatnagrot for crintleal cnn: Seal were deferred. This case was; however, so• pressing, that it. was brought on without the presence versation with Mrs. Dytttt, the Getteral's Lady.—Ni of that Learned Cows!. ' Coutoel appeared for the Defendant, and the keret- Mr. LEACH, for the Plaintiffs, moved for an order v inv -Gg xettat . procee d e d to state the case, and earl to the effect of guarding 'pima the empannening on evidence to the following facts.:- - - Mrs. D.ret leas . , daughter and coheiress of a gentleman namedlitntispe the Special Jury ordered for the bearing of this most important cause, in Ake shape of an action at law, the fie .son E and had an income settled on beer of 8001.. pet principal feature of Which was, whether a dividend, annum; she had been married several yeeri to Gank amounting to a sum of 292,0001. proved by the De-•, *oft, and had three childert ; they bed lived t og.. fondants against the assets of the Plaintiffs, under a s itter in a state of the most !perfect happineisaill the' commission of bankruptcy, wai an usurious -trent- early part of last summer, whim s tot accoent of Its - action, or debt,- and on that ground void at law ? health, Mrs. Dyott was recommended to gold Beth Paper secaridert, to an immense extent, besides, were ; where Mr. Dunn was introducart to her at a m a ch- sought by the Plaintiffs from the Defendants, as the g e l m an . Thi s wens in August last, at which time, right and property of the Plaintiffs, that were de- 'General Dyott way en duty at Litchfield. In the tabled by the Defendants, as claimed by them. The beginning of September -hive. Dvott left bob, avowed groend of the present' motion was, to guard spaniel . by Mel Dunn,. awl a femaintompaftion, against the influence of the Defendants' creditors I named, Shallard. They - trowelled in Mrs. Liyott's j over the Jury; and to guard against the admissiou, , carriage, and came to apartments which bed bees The following particulars relative to the Spaniards en such Jury, of any of the relatives or connections taken for them in Sloane-street, where theyoegapiett given up by General SMITH, at Gibraltar, ma y, we of any of the creditors of the Defendants, who are ! the first end second floors,...blethifyiltt Sleeping on believe, be fully relied on :—Don Aserosto Puts. likewise baakettpts. The motion further prayed a (the second floor, and .Mr. Donn en the first fiver. IILANC is a man of considerable learning, a dector,4liet - of thopvibtipali bet sot of ail the creditiiiiill It appeared, however, that this sr/torment - did riot ; and a professor of the Hebrew language at the Uni.. the - Defendasta, to- be tarnished to the Plaintiffs continue long, as, from the dep o siti on o f t h e m aid eersity of Salamanca. His companion, Don Dingo in due time fey objecting to the persons so interested 1 servant, It appeared; that after the first two nights Volute*, was a Captain who hiwl retired from the !at or before the time of striking the pannel. I Mr. Dunn's bed remained unoccupied, whilst Mrs. g Spanish service. CASRLIA, whesoaped the vie,.j Mr. HAS,, supported by Mr. Coosa, acceded to I ()y o u' s bed presented every appearance of bowie d lance of the Spanish Government, was formerly a the latter breech of the motion, but objected to the had two persoto sleeping in it; mad w he n th e y b e Captain in the Spanish army, lately Comptroller of extent of the former part of it, as an unprecedentedbeen a week in the ap ar t men t s , th e mine witness, et the Rents in St. Lacer, and a man of fortune.— and unlimited discrimination of Special Jurymen, ! she was coming down one morning, saw the De. Loess ALDARA, who ice supposed to be in disgrace which never was _yet admitted °a any occasion , any ; fendant comi' . g out of Mot. Ds ott'a room, with no with FEuDINAND VII is a rich merchant, who tied further than to relatives a nd creditors merely; but other clo•hing on except his morni n g g o w n . In from Madrid to avoid 'the •French yoke, and while not to pette*, dependent upon, or connected withs these lodgings the parties continued f o r a fort n i g ht, at C. liz, (Ifni% the sitting of the Cortes, signalised stick relatives or creditors. j when they removed to Asylum-buildings, within the himself by acts of benevolence to the unfor. Mr. LEACH replied, that the unprecedented pent. Rules of the King's Beata. Here the evidence of a tunate. Whilst we are on this subject, we liarity of this case had justified the novelty or pecu- char-woman went to prove, that the Defendant end cannot avoid r oticing the iniseinhle defence which liarity.of the terms of the motion. Mrs. Dyott had occupied the same room. Here they this saute Liittenant-Governor of Gibraltar makes, . Mr. HART denied that to his mind there appeared continued a week, when the D e fend a nt was arrested for °easel reflecting such disgrace on the no peculiarity in the case , the chief object of the at the suit of General Dyott, and taken to the Fleet, character of Great Britain. He " received a let- action being whether a sum of 292.0001. was or was where he still continued, and was frequently visited ter from Sr JAKE; Detr."—Why, what is that to not a lawful debt doe to the Defendants under the there by Mrs. Dyntt. The turnkey of the Fleet the purpose? Sir JAMES Dun did nett even ask for bankruptcy of the Plaintiffs, created by *commission : wa s al s o examined, and stated, that on Sunday the arrest of the persons in question. Megave hist:or. charge of arse half per cent. on monies furnished to i evening he locked Mrs. Dyott into the Fleet and respondent same information of the character of these the bowie et' the Plaintiffs at London and Edinburgh? let h er no t aga i n on Mo n d ay morn i ng , bat w hether persons, simply with a view that the Lieutenant-G,o. the chore , of Commission to the house in Scotland ; she slept in Mr. Dunn's apartment the witness vernor " might decide what he nightjar best with for accommodation i n m one y icing admitted legal, ; could not say.—These were the prindpal facts of the respect to their residence In the garrison." Next bet cot that to the house in London, where", ' case . comes the letter of the notorious VSLERTIRVICIO, the chore was, that commission was charged for both Lord ELERXISOROURII then summed up the et& the author of that bloody proclamation ohich wilt by the 11.fetulants. deuce, and observed to the Jury, if the believed the stamp his name with infamy as long se it shall remain The Lows CIIAXCSLLOR was of opinion that the t facts stated, the domestic happiness °lament Dyote upon record. To such a letter, from such a penes, list of creditors should, as desired, he furnished to I had been destroyed, his children had been deprived no man of sense would have paid a esemenes atm. ? ' Ike Plaintiffs, or a copy of the same for their Pe.. of a mother's care. and General Dyott of the kind lion. Lastly, we have the precedent--the feelli twe days before the Jury was selected. His ; attentions of an amiable wife. These were circum. precedent ott which General SMITH thought fit to directed the Solicitors, and parties to at. stances which called on the Jury to give such de. eel-ovis. that in February feat his predecessor oppose Sled thsgheriff. and come here with their objections, I magus as would make him reparation as far as pa. headed and sent back to Ceuta four State prisoners sot allowed by that Denser, i n t h e usual manner ; t cuniary damages could make reputation for such as, who lied broken oat et confinement there. Now, is het *mild set *Mow the objections to be extended ! injury. Pobrearylast, Spain was an ally in the war with farther time t. creditors and . reletiatii, having no ; Th e Jury, without hesitation. f oun d a ver di ct f a lapliffes. lifigiketrelowiletOrit. wirtaist to met a seal' awl as man i the Phiutif—Dasnages faisseibly hive been confederates Wilk her and reeked- tstrr thesthesi enemy. What their offences Wire, ekes • Tho motion, with such qualifications, was granted; we r e a tittle that the Wel, which will take place in the City of set Infidel appear, hat we trust they moredellike than being 66 torkelent characters and ' Leedom, whe' the venue was laid, and refused to pests's? society ;" but the most material defect in ; he changed in the Court of King's Bench to the this precedent is, that it leaves us quite in the dark, ! County of Middlesex. as to the degree of weight and authority which it! Toe ATToItaIti•OENERAE E. THE CORPORATION or possesses. For ought we see, General CARPBELL WINCHESTER. may have acted altogether unjustifiably ;at least, it Mr. Laces, is this case, which related to sundry is not alleged that it received the approbation of cluwitable endowments, charged to have been per. those to whom he was accountable. This last con- vetted or misapplied by that Corporation, moved for 'Mention, we should have thought, mast have par- the produedon and depositing by the proper Officer Ocularly struck Gee. Sorra • siuce, the discharge of the Corporation, of the book of the Corporation, of his public duty, the only point about which he celled the Lair' Donationtant inmates Dexefactorton seems to have been anxious was, " the approbation Moja &midis, for inspection of the Plaintiffs, with of his Majesty's Ministers." the Clerk 'in Court. About a f6rtnight ago, a fishing-boat belonging to The motion was granted. !fasting, picked up at sea a trunk or chest, with several papers, &c. in it ; among them two sets of Bills of Exchange, drawn by Messrs. Metier, Fer guson, ar;d Co., of St. Joint's, Newfoundland, on Messrs. Ewing, Miller, and Co., of Glasgow, In favour of Mr. Thomas Robinson; Certificates for Serfice and wages as Chief Mate on board the snow Jane, of Whitehaven, W. Hodgson, Master, dated 17th Janiers , 1813 ; a Bill for Cod-fish, bought of Messrs. Hutt .n and Co., of St. John's, Newfound land, 13th Aug. last ' • Indentures of Apprenticeship between Stowe Wood, Esq.,. of Bermuda, and Wm. Henry Roberts, of that Island, dated 10th April last. The -Coanda, of Bermuda, is mentioned in one of the papers. The sages iret last night, to fix en the spot for the great batch., to be fought on Thursday emit, bet it was kept secret. The amity of Kent, bordering on Sussex, was mentioned. JOANNA SnuTncoTT...Asst week, at Crew kerne, two of the followers of this woman were discovered to have been negotiating with a poor woman of that place for one of her twin children, which they in tended to forward to the metropolis, there to be as nounced as the true offspring of the Prophetess. The fried being prevented by the discovery, the. nego ciators and the Prophetess were paraded abseil is effigy by the populace, through the politic streets. Ott Saturday night, the 26th of November; four geese and five ducks were stolen from Mr. Gray, brewer, West ham ; and on the folios lag monis", in consequence of information, Mr. G. went with a patice-officer to search the premises of a poulterer, inn Whitechapel, where he found the property which bed been stolen. The poulterer has been apprehend ed, and committed for re-examination by the Ma• gist rates of Lambeth-street. On the 23d of November, a gang of robbers as sembled at the cattkofair, Garstang, near Lancaster, and committed a number of daring robberies. A gentleman who went there to porches° cattle was" robbed of Bank notes and Post Bills-to the amount of upwards of 9501. Three of the gang were .pur feed, taken, and lodged in the Hosseof Correction in Preston, but no property was found epos them. A fourth, who has 'seeped, is well known, and named James Dumas. He is soppoood to bees curried off the Whole Pr•PeiY• R . ~" Y . '. ~ L_. , OFFICIAL BULLETIN. " On Thursday night Mrs. Southcott rested better than she tad done for some weeks past, being eis- Hicely free from pain and restlessness, and she con tinned so on Friday, having neither sickness nor pain. Last night, however, she became very restless and unelsy • she took one of the opium pills, which composed her till near two o'clock in the morning, %hen she awaked in very great pain, and continued so for an hour i • it then went of, and she slept f or a shorftime, thee waking in great pain. In this man ner she has continued the whole day. The pain is not of a long duration, as she very soon g o es t o s l ee p again. -" Though her sickness has not recanted, her ap e petite does not improve. She is free from fever, but is faint and low. " S4uirslay might. 8 e'rinall." COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. b. t. RI N. COY. KNIGHT V. LORD lIIIDDLRTON. This was au action brought by the Plaintiff, Ili gentli-mao of fortune, against tke Defendant, Lord Middleton, for criminal conversation, imPated to have been held with the lion. Frances Knight, the Plaintiff's wife. In other terms, it was sn•action to recover a compensation in damages for a civil injury sustained, in which the Plaintiff had been deprived of the affection, comfort, and fellowship of his wife, by seduction and adultery on the part of the De. fendant. COURT OF KING'S BRIICR. Du. S. THIC lillNe V. LORD IDYLL Mr. Serjeant BEST opened the ease by observing, that he should have to encounter considerable dif ficulty, as it happened that a great part of the wit. nesses were under the influence of the Defendant and the audultress. The Plaintiff was a person of large property and honourable connections. He lied been a Member of Parliament, and was in every sense highly honourable. The Defendant was a person of great consideration. He was a Peer of the Realm, and possessed one of the largest fortenes in the king. dom. At the time of this adultery with the Plain. tiff's wife, which gave occasion of this action, the,. Plaintiff and Mrs. Knight were not living together; bat whatever might be the circumstances which led to that separation, he should be able to prove.the Plaintiff was entitled to a verdict and damages. He should be able to prove at the time the adultery was ' committed by the Defendant, that the Plaintiff' resided in London. Mrs. Knight at that time lived et Hampton Cottage, in a village a short distance frori Warwick. The Noble Defendant had large metes in that part of the country, and one of those estates, was within a short ride of Hampton Cottage. At the latter end of 1814, the Noble Lord was in the habit of visiting the cottage. He was ad. dressed, when he went there, in a manner different from other visiters. When he came to the Plaintiff's wife, be continued in a room with her for several hours together, that he remained late in the evening, and 'ached the suspicion of the servants. They were ordered to keep away from that pert of the building where the Noble Lord and their mistress were; but one of the servants, in eonseqeence of suspicion, looked in at the window. There were sofas on each side the ire-plaits; 041 one the Noble Lord was seated with Mrs. Knigatt• The Defendant kept a number of servants, and was always at. tended by a groom, except when he visited the Plain till's wife; on those occasions he (limestone, went a back way to the house, and frequently put his hone up himself ht the stable, locking the door and-keep ing the key. The Learned Serjeaat said he had a number of circumstances to prove the adgitery, and when all were put together, the Jury would have little doubt on their mind. On one occasion, when Lord Middleton was with the Plaintiff's wife, a vi. siter came. The servant went to announce him, in the apartment where Mrs. Knight was; opening the door and going confused ; he saw Lord Middleton getting tap at in, Mrs. Knight blushed, and was the moment, and turning bit face tswarls the This was an indictment preferred against the Ho nourable John Boyle, commonly called Lord Boyle, for an assault committed by him upon the person of 'Peter Richardson, Esq. a Magistrate of the county of Middlesex, while in the discharge of his Magis terial duties. It other counts the Defendant was charged with having Committed a cemmost assault. It appeared that the Defendant, who had served 'llls country in the naval department, had arrived its Ragland from France, where he bad been a prisoner, wily within a few days of the transaction in question. !sae coarse if his perambulations about town, it was " die Defendant's misfortune to get into an affray with am, of the Bow-street Oaken; in consequence of heads he was carried to that *Mee, and while he was there, under examination, on the 30th June last, the Prosecutor, who is a Magistrate of the ceeety, came In and took Ms seat upon the Bench, along with Sir N. Conant, and the other Magistrates. The Defeedant,, who was at the time in a state of intesicatioo, or of great elevation, or irritation of spirits, having expressed himself most Indecorously towards the oficers, characterising them as thieves and pick-pockets, and having extended those ap pellations to Mr. Stafford, the principal clerk, who was taking the examination, the Prosecutor, repri atanekd bias fee his 'abscond's( expressions, more uolvecoming when the place where they were ut tered, and the situation in which the Defendant stood, were taken into consideration. Irritated by this Interference on the part of the Prosecutor, the Defendaatiald bands 'upon him, and insisted upon his coming out. ' Foittis the present indictment was .:Lord ELLzmnoaotion love so far. • The' ATTORItaIr-GSKSJIAL stated, that an apology bed been'writtes on the port or the Defendant, by ble Solicitor ' to the Prosecutor which the Defend eat had hoped would have gored satisfactory. Lord Eti.esteoaeuett would have wished 'that the !Wet of apology bad been written by the Defendant .bietielf. A gross limit had been offered, and the i dotibt'satisfactory mode of apologizing for that insult Mold have been adopted. His Lordship hoped, regretted that Ott ten bad a ~.~ ~; ;~ . • j ' , . 4 . 4 .* .. ' 0 * 0 ..2 5' err •1