The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-12-03 00:00:00

• • ON 411)I SUPERSTITION OP TEE El9ll- LANDERS AND LONDONER& • + EIPROX COLDUSN'S NEW LONDON MAGAZINE FOR TUE Pagssme mowru.] ~ 4 In turning over the MSS. hereafter to he condensed into my intended quarto, I find there are i nnu merable , root% the4lirllest to the present times , of the ' extreme credulity of Lead,Were in all matters relating ,to Ike _to petteateral. Some of these nuestaeot be paus e over. A prOpeetittatioa of a parthal deluge in 1524, which was assuredly to wash the city into the Thaines, Hit@ the tffect of creating , inseh an alarming hydrophobia, that triple rents were offered for tempo rary resitiences at Highgate, Hampitead, and Harrow on-the-Hill. But this, you will say, happened in the days of ignorance. Let ns then take a jump to 1750 a more enlightened period. In that y ear a mad-ca r Lifaluarisman prophecied that on the sth of April - an earthqu are would reduce both London and IV' st- Master to a heap of ruins. The account I have bet fore me states, that on the evening of the preceding 'day, "multitude, of the inhabitants abandoned their boners, and retired into the country ; ' the roads were thronged with carriages of persons of fashion ; the pantiles% places within twenty miles o 1 London were so crowded, that lodgings were procured at a most extra vagant price ;' the less wealthy took refuge in boats on Life river; and the fields adjacent were crowded with people," Bravo" And to crown all, instead of talcieg it quietly , : thity turned round upon the soldier, called him a stupid fellow, clapped him into prison, }!nil entreatocred to wreak their vengeance by pelting skim with smutty old Acts of Parliament, touching iiisavilAm. Not long since we had a grand comet. *brandishing its "fiery tresses in the sky," frightening our / watehful eitliens. and setting lean wits to work out the cause of its banging so immediately over Lon don, and no where else. The South -Sea Bubble, and 'the Quart-bottle Conjuror, are pretty anecdotes, though not esactly to my present purpose. Not so the Cock lane Ohost—that is a Case in point, and may not be - forgotten. Thee we bad the Prophet Brothers, Jo . arias Sonthco't, and parson Towser ; but they were errors of so melancholy a nature that 1 care not to deo 11 upon them. • • • • • • 'flee fall.iwing short story originates in love, and, what is still better, it gives a sentiment to the passion, without which a love-tail is nothing but peppered water-gruel. Then again it touches on the doctrine of the formation of congenial souls, as taught by Plato, —no mean recommendation. As for its authenticity, if the reader will not take my word, he may go to L .chnher. About fifty years ago. a farmer lived in Olen Speann, whose name was Mac Donald. It is shame ful I should forget, not only his Christian name, but likewise the name of the faun, for every particular was delivered to me with scrupulous accuracy. He Trot a wife, three daughters. and three sons. This I perfectly recollect ; for there was a dispute between the old lady sad her son, while relating it to we, whether there were not fonr sons and three daughters, it four daughters and three sons, or three of each. and (1 ani happy to say) the last was finally agreed on by bath parties. I loie correctness. What signi- ' lies telling a story in the rough ? It is like giving 'the index of e' book instead of the text. The young-, 'est of the Wally watt a boy f int was the only one who 'bad ant been suckled at home, and, perhaps, on that account, was not so great a favourite as the rest. Such dal nties'as' farmers can. now and then, give to their chil dren, were never bestowed on Ibis poor boy. He was just turned bf ten years when the supernatural events took place in the cottage ; for, as the old lady observed, be was 'born at Lammas, and they began at the end of August. 1 am not sure but she said the eficr-halfof August, and nut the end; which makes a little difference. This bOy, 'then, for it is chiefly of end concerning him,—was all at once favoured beyond his brothers and sisters, not by his pareate, bit by some invisible agent. — When his porridge was set before him, a lump of but tar vanished from the family dish, and popped into his basin. If oat-cake was given him, a piece of cheese jumped out of the cupboard to keep it com pany. The worst slicea of the meat were distributed to him in vain ; they were instantly exchanged, and nobody knew how, for the tid-bits of the joint. Had he barley scones, they were immediately powdered with sugar. When they gave him water, it was vim 'id into milk before it reached his lips. Did father or mother attempt to chastise him, they antlered for their temerity ; the pot•lid would Ay off, and the meat tan up the lum—(Anglice the chimney): the churn failed in its office; the sheep fell into tits; the cows kicked over the milk-pails; and the roof of the cot tage was sure to want repair on the following day. The farmer. wearied and tormented, resolved on quitting this imitated habitation. and went to another at a short distance ; but this removal was ineffectual, for the same pranks constantly attended him. A schoolmas ter of Baidnach, bearing of these strange matters, came to assure himself whether they were true or false. However, he was mem glad to run out of the cottage. every thing he presumed to tench aimed a blow at his head. Ile was twice knocked down before kesnade three inquiries. " This was very odd, very odd, indeed—was it not. Sir?"—se said my inform ant. The farmer again removed to the upper part of the Olen, above Keppech t the very spot was pointed out to um S ill he could get no rost. The worst was, that owing to so many persons coming to witness these incomprehensible doings. be was well nigh eaten out of house and home. This state of things conti nued. from first to last, for emu long years. The boy being then seventeen, got up one morning with a dream in his bead about America. This dream was repeated till, morning after worming, there was nothing to be heard but his confounded talk about America. 10 a short while he expressed a desire to go to America ; and at last. in spite of his father's intreaties to the contrary. to Aiterica be went. The night be quitted . his home—it was in the . south of Noveutber—as the tamer and his wife were seated together by the fire, i they heard a voice. as &Gained) person between them, say, o West will you give me?" They looked, but saw nothing but themselves. " What is it you would have ?" exclaimed the farmer.' And thee the voice eagefly answered, "One of your children!" "Ab !" oriel the father, " whoever thou art. I will not .give thee one of them." " There! there !" the mother screamed out, " there is a ben--we will give that boa —take it, aad go away." The voice thew laughed— laughed prodigionelreand told Wm that be was pr iestly indifferent to their count. as. in fait, he could might put an end to 11, ~,to pluck up: . eatise. Mut llro siAb..,yor dirk. cel l ed the.voice,-L-iita he threw it e " ThroW 011ie" (alias knife) ofrous your pocket : a ' "riitdit; the - Voice, abet he dtd so: .. "littirels a pin in your kilt," cried the Coice; " I cannot he seeirhY ;fey one with a pointed wiMpon!" anifia, • obeyed ia particular as well as in the rest. Mac Donald wens forth. There was a high wind, and the sky we heavily clonded; but fight enough to distinguish ob jects, for it was 14 the time of a full moon. .Ile first lookeftstralght forward, RA thenaurning sharp roved to the right beheld two figures, not guile vesting thei)- feet arm the groan& as if in cootempeof the law* of gravitation. They were band in hand. on, ghostlof a man whose name was Campbell, ar4ahe other the ghost of bit daughter, a little girl, phi) . died on the very day the supernatural events beg*. in the cottage ; as for Campbell. he died,. as 1 s; k , some three months before het. The asked the farmer why hr had nut iwnt before, seeing that. all his trouble; were him. " It was this.. my danghter,:' pursued leg stantly waited on him, served him with theltiVet,44ised you for yon ruelty, and, at lest, w hisperid t 14Miititr. dreams of America, while her spirit, eisil4egrl'iti.fts he sl , :pt. For know—her:soul wacoriginiity"torm 4 to be wedded to his; and we learnt that tie • iuiglit chance to marry here, and be wretched, net rf eettisjg with his fellow-soul. To come to my daughtei.ilti must die young and innocent ; 'and for that purpose. "it was necessary he should go to a foreign bind. Ex pect, ere long, to hear lie has quitted the living!" And such, indeed, happened. News came from America that, on the first siebt of the boy's lapdiag there, be died in Lis sleep. 4 ft If /IMO • _l4-10 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. SI your Paper of Saturday evening, yet have stated, in your Union-llall report, that *a • under. taker resielittgan Kent-street, was finrilllM. fur play ing at Hazaid... L i must reqnest•you wilkatate:hiMntr i Paper, as early rkainrible, that k was not Mr. TisoMat Dunn, Untlertaor, of 463,•Kent•street, which win oblige your's, hc. THOMAS DUNN, VXDFATIditit. eS43, Kent-street, Dec. 3, MI. PRICE OF STOCER TIU Bank Stott 236) t per Cent. Red 761) $ per Cent. Con 771) 38 per Cent. per Cents. 96) 5 per Ct.Sety 110)))) S per Cent. , Long Ann 19 7-163 Imp. $ per Cent. Irish 6 rr Cent. DAY AT ONE Q'CtAWh fah., st)l 2401 • Ito and, - 7 -s 654 -50. South Sea Ittork Month gee Aid Ann. Ex RR 101. 10410/ es. 9i. p.m" 0;. 3a. I'. pas. -Small 3s. Is. pin. India for ditto " - • Coo. for Arc, 'MI Lott. 'rickets QC. Igo. ebt Notittegtttan: " Tit 111TIss STATNIMAN " IS INCORTORATAP SORT, " STATESMAN." • ninepence, be is ROW put jlltliAktPtiknk 1( 41 1:1/... °S. ?resentative of th e petit), think the re• r -70 unction of 25 percent. in thicket:4lam wonfferfullyope. radve; although the tenantenesiasing '7O per cent.-- This ti what may be tettneti • eobling the question, or tuaktng two boles for the one thirlitop. However, must beg leave to tell these .cohling politicians. it is is yak& to latter themselves is •the hope of any ir provement, while the pretest system lasts. Refoiat 1 1 will work itself on without their hello, The curreol may for a 'while be stemmed, but in the end the fond will be the more dangerous. The time to serve the country was before the middle classes were reduced to a state of pauperism, of which every day brings for ward many woeful exemptes. There are many thou- sandatof respectable tradesmen, farmers, and mane factarers, who but a short time since held high heads insociety, but are now driven to the desperate ewes sitt.of.eeeking parochial relief. All these grievances *Alf, not (be sufficient to stimulate the Boroughroon. re' to ;to justice to the people. Instead of a whole. 4unt7eforni. they gave SIX OACISING RILLS; instead '4tallidoceban of useless places, pensions, and public tifiroLleAlley kept up a standing army in 'time' ilserree. I initead of calling forth the' energies of the side in defence of the Constitution, they suffered in England the law to be' taken out of the hands of the late-officers of ' the Crown. and a gang of late.' less Informers to erect a While, of inquisition—sad in Ireland a sanguinary baud of Orauge-wreckers, to rear the standard of. discord. and lay the founds-11 tion for outrage and oppression. which has since been followed by a system of retaliation and insubor. dination. Such is the aggregate of their exertions to shew their unbounded loyalty to the Ktxo and at tachment to that Constitution they so loudly brawl about; that Constitution that -hoes taken so much pains to • render entrytbingbowing it should be. However, their ' time IS come; the people - are awake ;no more shootings. no more braggings or hoastings of the great Statesman I no more confidence in his understrappers ; no more Jacobin insults. It is now the people's turn to remind them of their hangings, their tortures, and their Bank, note immolations. The honourable members have got a taste of the cup ; they must nut only sip bat swallow the contents, be they ever so nauseous. The Honour. - Able, and Right Honourable, cannot look back on eir former , perfidies without feeling tremour and •esmorse. We shall now return to the measures likely to occupy the attention of the house, and the results which may arise therefrom. As to the speech of the Minister at the opening of the Section, it is of so little consequence to the future proceedings. that we shall not trouble ourselves with niech progoostication about it. We stippose it will be stung kis Majesty's jour ney to Ireland, his reception there, Lc. Emend so on to Hanover ; then there wilt' be regret for the state of riot which has since existed in Ireland, something abontinsu bordluation being put down by the wisdom and firmness of his MAJESTY'S Government; about the internal peace of this country, the improvement in trade, our &mi. cable relations with all foreign powers. the improve meat in the Customs, Excise, Stampt, &c. ; but, above all, in the reduction of the army, and the great saving of placing &Aar poor clerks on half pay, while the beadi of offices are left to remain as 'usual in the establishments. Then we shall be told that agricultural distress is great but tempo rary that old times will soon return. and the golden age resume its ancient happy influ ence. These inviting dishes of flummery will no doubt be served up with a variety of sauces to suit the different palates : but then, what is to become of the • SISNIIIIRS' RENTALS ? Mow are the farmers to get ' clear bf the taxes ? How is the poor man. who is fortunate enough to get a sninntne a-day for his la bour, to support a wife and' children with the cosmos I necessaries of life ; besides cloathing, shoes, soap. ean dies, salt, small beer. ant a roof to corer his bead ? This must be one of the first questions submitted to the consideration of the Hunoarable House. The present state of taxation, with tythes and other charges, is mere than land or trade is able to .bear at the present prices, had the occupiers of houses a r id lands .been RENT FREE. As this comes home At! every Honourable Member, his interest becomes lore and more deeply involved, and he must, as a litatier of course, any' to himself, "This will sot ''mattets cannot remain in this deplorable state; ff I ~dons get all my rents. if I cannot get the interest of all my stock. I must get a part ; if my estate be unlif.lll shall bare nothing to live open i• If I till it est gime k myself, I get nothing by site prek. »dose Then • whpt is to be done ? To sere thew 'Hotiettrable Members all further. tremble oiabe gem Ain at Wee. we .dou't, hesitate to say. if the Bosse V . Onsistion bo. sot wing it should be, die Mouse tt well Imrivery ether Folkical . • • r 441 . • 1.11 1 6 itersioviii. • , Witraii" to the 1 lilt of November. I)4l,44alll(4agisetbAtit we VMSCt the Suthistias.:7- • • • . (::opoot:l 44 4:gaii• • tt-Alt Itethawaybelorts that oa the day he sailed. Uottrjsref Violas.' 41th AI county of six sail arrifai • 14. . Lossira Irate Catania, which place kid been takes es tint,lbth it .octobei.. Saa of that god s frigate , o oils of aatisla gas supposed losual , tsitbe teelterd. Cipt..satkaacay has facoaced us with `Oessitcs," se the lath Oct. - - -.-- - • _._ _.. . . ' . tap: STA'rifit4 . N • k 11 • ~. - - -- - ~. c 0460.4. . 4 ' - N *l li in. .. 1. 4 ;c t e r , ti. be ni e. lb t Mt+► ,-.. tf -r ed .ice .. . 0 the there theni o,, , ,ete l iii' we las tear. me!" lrhe 6 at . - shodt - d Ifr -1 1 ., for . seine time afraid to /Ince the incitation ;... .. . 11611111:"S frtesoithrillarT6 . iii - 11.bedieneo' .1- 1"- g itlb il now I " might nut an end to their -. tielb intbiinasaged thuse~ all•srise,represe a•.i..we:ne ' ef 05 nereew • nepence, I ilipetai / a Landholders per 11 reale.— 1 be from 4/ too 51 She. quiet' , * ONDOLV: IVENING, DIVEMBSR 3, 1921. ~!' Pads papers of Thursday and Friday arrited as our Paper was going to press. Accottuts frojn Smyrna represent that . upwards" of 2,ooo4reekt hare been massacred by the Turks. Cadiz is in a state of great agitation.—(Nor. 10.) FitExcit FeNl►s.—Fire per Cents. S9f. In the course of next month Parliament will meet for the dispatch of public business, and a more porten tous meeting bas not been anticipated for the last centnrg. *That Ministers should attempt to . blink the subject offfeticri and natural resources iV . ':Oitt. of. th e . question, althoogh .they may call down 44;tir' Over whelming snajerities. The grand object is not now,n trial of• skill between them and the opposition,:or who will came into office, as It is of little conaeqtience to the people, - whether a Whig or a Tory 'holds the reins. All are interested in the unfortunate situa tion which the heaven-born Minister and hin.eoaseien. lions adherents have Weaved the country, and' ill look 'affrighted at the dreadful consequences likely to follow. Porour parts we have long expi . Cied the retorts of cash payments would draw the boating capital into the hands of the lucky few, aad bring back the necessaries of life to the prices.: which existed previous to the Bank stoppage. We-itaire seen. the Lords of the soil unwilling to assini" their tenants with a reduction in rents, equal to thaillp!tpticenf I stock ads *tn . ;. we bares areal thst_paetilit,‘ to form a maximum and prohibit iafpdttat e an attempt.so foolish 4 itaelf that ololo4,ttlenhi,re snit to the faruier. We have, of lite ytob.,,,o,ee r dlis* ficial prices arise from an influx of loOttkitt4 4 4 l f . tkr s t r uctive paper-money,. which has luade,ghe„Can Ott+ verge on bankruptcy ; aid when tire Cash Reatimptloi Bill appeared before the How, •it looked. ter • like the measure of a • Bedlamitigiltin . M;titati. 7 Unfor tunately we have seen all . theie thing?,: pttd we have sorely to lament them.. They are ..the *tie rupse garners of an inexperienced theoriat,• whew diet originated iiiiitebigotted protection of bidy,. - row miotled melt, at ill times' titta4ed prometiqo ; a theorist. raisectireyoo his iiingle goitre expoctation.fer pria4l y that Ilwatirl ha .him sot oft nit ry..roficial plan: ~Tbepwietil Ind tOnseilltititit their Patthiff4biln/Otthot thaNrstt‘thr.lllWrm.. so famously Mists. " We . sktiald wish to liiipeees : wa our - ' . readers that , waders's want theta' out I. jet . them finis! what they laid. jhe cot .datioig: ; the steeple is getting ponderous, it.la pressing. epos the Levi? haat. two , is' already so two'' , that a kftlb rooriP•flebt will bear it to the (mod I Right Meows . Lies begin to iett .3 illit beef seed T7' :7..1 . e.. Wen it►UT® *M&fIC4. The following additional relative to th e ependance of Pero, are contained in a letter f eign Tracilln, 24th of June : In conaegnenee of an interview between Littera' mil Saint Martin, it was agreed as the part of the Spiniarett, to reiegitliWthe inttePtdinei OT Piave proclaim it in a convention °toe (Patriot) ermea n d stethe spetfittl'and . dlitrers Os are in our, favvin, tit st 'there be.it provisional Oove.inine nt of three indi t e Before this interview, it was definitively agreedfi acknowledge the i ndepe ndence of Peen, that there shoo 4 he an armistice for sieteen mouths, that Callao as4l6 foitifications should 'he delivered to us as a ge irm ig,,, CAo.—The Spanish forces in the pretriacesof fie have spontaneensly Obandoned the Spanish stab 44 and rallied round that of the Spanish Patriots. ,A,6_ spatcb froni Colonel Bricens to the Vice-Preshleag d Venezuela, detail, a victory over the enemy: • .. . FALL OF LIP A. .Y ---r--- . Bra letter from I.aguira, dated Oeteher 8, 11% at *driers have been transmitted from the 4 dent of Venezuela, stating that lord Cochran? • drop bad ente•ed the Port of Callao is coosegeptic t o f the capture of Lima, It further stittes,.ll444si. dition of all the English troops in Caracholyro. Creole's, embarked es board two vessels of „4.ti m i three transports on the sth inst. and sailed *OP day from this Port, their destination unknown; hat'iqpi, jecture they are bound to Panama, where theystilke ceive &reinforcement of 1,500 or 2,000 sea, snipes. baps will be commanded by General Bolivar to petite, as by the last accounts ha was on Ida touch foo.tba pkate. I have also reason to believe that a foreefres Ottaygoil, commanded by colooel Diego Yhaaa t .will co-operate in the capture of Panama, dm fall ofobitli I consider certain. EIMPOWFANT, FROM TER GASITTR 01 NOY. 7.1 .. The following letter from Havannab, dated the gilt of October, was inserted i■ the Philadelphia Gazette of Saturday evening. " Report says, that Novella, the Deputy Thar?, died euddenly, but this wants confirmation. What 6 certain is, that as soon as Donoja resisted hiarell at Mexico, he was immediately acksowledgeaten Roy by Novella and the Authorities, and hdlg hips.. session of the Government, be immediatelyadisas meeting of the Cortes, agreeable to the treaty witt. Iturbide is Cordova, and in every Wag. ordered tilt treaty to be fulfilled. It is espected, that Qaßsuoje brings orders from his Court to the effect of arelaniag the independence of the country ; but the Governor of Vera Cruz, not knowing this, sr Ad* sot to understand It, holds out, and has nrdild*Aths useless families away from that place I (the others* entered the Castle of Sao Juan de Dlessi..lll** thing valuable")) Vera Onus,) aced Armless deitesslise to the city in case of en invasion by thallik‘esis, and was to blew np the Castle if seeeesseysscs" [CM* sT. TIIOIIIAII. OCT. ii.r . t . • The Caraeces Gazette of the 4th Oetebeteldidtbs the official particulars of the arrest asi 1404 41 Royalist Colonel Alejo)tliribal, intspeetedtaitellin roue conduct. He was arrested Serseirbiall, 4 plains of Carabobo, and taken to the villefers l Totals). and put ender a guard of 16 181ffiela.% the night he attempted to make his escape, and nu dot by rase of the centiaels. LATEST moat Conscose—Captaln Mas arrived d Boston from Osseo*, sailed on the 6th October; re ports previous to his sailing a Spanish Gestalten ...chooser arrived from Porto Cabello with, Ofrlfri Morales and suite. The object of bit TWIT!! known. The Patriot troops were daily of appearing before Porto Cabello, sod die- Bede force there consisted of 1200 Mo. By ea atrial from Maracaibo information was received that &earl Bolivar bad left that place with 3000 *riper If 10 siege of Carthagena. Latest from Caroms, Oct. 10.-4fils meat* about eight o'clo.)1c, the Spanish prirateer Cestillsof six guns and one hundred and fifty men, snored Ibis port from Aruba, for the purpose of obtaffilag plies, and to land the second officer of* Oatmeal* was wonnded la an engagement a few days 001° with the Centilla, and in which the Petrie! wo ear tura. The arrival of the Spuds)). Geniral,Nsoki you will see announced in The Ceravoe,Ceareetkfr with sent. The inhabitants in general -Wog foor• l as t a able to the Independent' caus e, os Saari • plan was laid for the purpose of assocreleg S_ vend persons, s upp osed to be coloured, catered itit house. and, after committing great outages en his r son, he was obliged to send for the assitasee of a guard from the Port. who ultimately dispersed 0 10, It is supposed his object was to raise a. sam of A dollars to carry the war ea on the midi. A sesies of Paris papers to the 29th 211.111 Te salved since our Wt. The toudition of this toiletry faro" . melancholy combust so the encreasing prolodil ° T France. Our Finanees are exhausted, *or wawa desrsord. . iadastry nad aMivity checked. the stn P e r k diateeteated. sad the appressod ishabitants ef A OW fed * branch of the kingdom goaded so $ 0 e— ale • one; while is Praise the resources of th e 6 ' i/14 . 1 4 ato daily improving. commerce fl t h e capital, 11,11.iv!Didyed is pr casu al hid usis o fpubllehodl es an ivi d d i a f itibewmatastats tio sad r h ' s4 l : emp poi. The Minister of Ptaarete. on 'fields,. Pre' e ",.. ispuistillmildgeartst feorsetbmseasetosalingaye4r tenartiewatAtmwelwftertliti.i mesas to 669,341,340 f. being an e•- ,, na 7,306.666 f. The torsi of thr Ways sag Na as I 0 I • .1 4 , i f *I 0 '6 l t. i • 4 A