The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-12 00:00:00

etta had been for some . days cut off, and i cordon formed; bat such was the dreadfid state of the inha bitants in the latter place, that they were induced to attempt to force their way past the utiJitary. They were, however, driven back, but with the loss of several lives. These letters also notice the prevalence of the fever at Tortosa. A report to that effect was at first contradicted by a public notice, issued by the Town Council and the Board s of Health ; but it appears that that place had at length caught the infection. At Barcelona and Barcelonetta . business was entirely suspended, and the warehouses were locked up, scarcely any person daring to enter them, through fear of the contagion. These letters state, that Fahrenheit's ther mometer was 22 degrees higher than at the same time last year. The following is an extract of a letter, dated Tarra gona, Sept. 27: — "The news from Barcelona is very distressing ; the deaths increase toe very alarming pitch, and every corner of the city has caught the infection. The people in Bar celonetta, driven to distraction, on Saturday last, made a desperate attempt to break the cordon and force their way into the city, but were driven back with much bloodshed. In Tortosa the fever rages with unablted fury; from the Ist to the 23d of this month, upwards of 2600 persons have been carried off; the weather is much against us; Fahrenheit's thermometer, which last year at this time was at 60, now stands at n. The fever rages also dreadfully at Palma, in Majorca." Letters from Madrid mention that a Proclamation had been immed by the Governor of Saragossa on the 4th ult. cautioning the inhabitants against believing the injurious reports which had been spread concern ing General Riego, as the individuals supposed to be implicated in the criminal plots were to be brought to trial. General Riego had, in en address to the people and military, called upon them to bear witness to the strictness of his conduct in support of the Constitution. Ile had, he says, offered to leave Spain rather than contend with the passions let loose against him. The Board of Health, at Cadiz, issued another notice on the 13th ult. confirming the former account of that city, as well as Xerez and Port St. Mary's, being in excellent health. The French Government has offs. daily announced to the Spanish Authorities, that in consequence of the fever prevailing to such an extent in several parts of Spain, a cordon of troops should be established on the frontiers, and every precaution taken to prevent the infection extending into the ter ritories of France. Portuguese papers which have arrived, contain cer , lain resolutions submitted to the Cortes by Mr. Ribei to Tellez, Reporter of the Committee of Finance : " That such foreign productions as are similar tol those produced in the kingdom, shall be subjected to heavy duties, or wholly prohibited ; and that foreign productions, Which supply the raw materials, indispeu. sable to the national manufacture shall be favoured." The determination of laying a duty, amounting in fact, to a prohibition upon all British woollen goods, and other imposts of a like nature, injurious to the British trade, had, it is reported, drawn from Mr . Ward, the British Charge d'Affaires, a spirited remon rrance against the impolicy and injustice of subject ing the manufacturers of Great Britain to such heavy duties. The language of this note, it is added, was considered so strong as to give offence to the Cortes e and it was apprehended that circumstances of as un pleasant nature might ensue. It appears that the Cortes are making great reductions in the national expendi ture. The Ambassadors of Portugal are to be in fu. Lute styled only Agents, with the character of Envoys Extraordinary. The salaries of those at the Courts of Home, London, Petersborgh, and Madrid, are to be re duced to twelve thousand crusades each; those at other courts to be ten thousand. The expenses of the )nsular departments are also ordered to be reduced from five to two French Five per Cents. on the 9th instant, 891. 75c. Norfolk (Virginia) papers arrived this morning to the Bth of September, from which we give the fol lowing extracts : [FitoM Till NORFOLK HERALD, SETT. 7•] We have heard of no new case of fever for these last two days, and are in hopes that the late storm has thoroughly purified the atmosphere. Since Mon day the air has been clear and pleasant, and the mornings and evenings moderately cool; but it be hoves the inhabitants to be careful in drying and fumigating their cellars. AMERICAN WHALE FISHERY. _ [MON THE NATIONAL GAZETTE, stn. 6.] There cannot at this moment be far from 200 sail of square-rigged vessels engaged in whaling from the United States, and their number is every day increas ing. Tbeseemploy nearly 5000 seamen, and probably a capital bf four millions of dollars. Our great mer cantile rival, the British, carry on the pursuit at a much heavier expense than ourselves, and their mer chants receive a bounty from the Government to en courage the trade, yet their expense is in some mea sure requited by the prices they receive for their oil. Extract of a Letter from Boston, Sept. B.—Mr. John Lewis, who has just returned from Hayti, where he resided many years, gives us the following informa tion. He was induced to visit that country to ascer tain what advantages and privileges the free Blacks in this country would enjoy by emigration to that Island. He returned perfectly satisfied with the sta bility of the government established there, and with perfect assurance that every facility will be extended to emigrants from this country. He further adds, that at Ann Cayes, and Jaegnmel tilers are a number of resident White merchants, many of them Americans, and that no animosity exists between the well informed part of the inhabitants towards the Whites. Trade is highly flourishing in that section of the island. Pre sident Boyer has adopted i wise course of policy in recently disbanding a part of the Black troops, and distributing them on fertile grounds for the purpose of cultivation. Boyer was very popular, and was labour ing to ameliorate the condition of his people. HEALTH OrrICE-BAL7IMORE, SEPT. 1 9 1821. —Reports of interments in the City of Baltimore, from malignant fever for the last twenty-four hours, ending this morning at sunrise :-3. John E. Smith and Wife—John Ross. DITTO, SEPT. 2.-4, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Fletcher, Joseph Joweu, and Kierstead, a youth. YaLLow-Fevaa.—The Yellow-fever has made its ap . pearance at the Narrows, N. Y. one death occurred on the 19th and another on the 20th ult. The physicians of the place have now five cases under their care; but most of the sick, are in a state of convalescence. By the following article, it appears that in conse quence of the arrival of a vessel from Malaga, the Go vernment has thought proper to adopt precautionary measures, by placing her under quarantine at Milford: MtLvoau, OCT. 9.—Last evening ' arrini4l4 - at the quarantine station, in this port, the schooner Harriet, of London, Captain Henry Taylor, in twenty-six days from Malaga, with a cargo of fruit, for Liverpool. Cap tain Taylor reports that, previous to his leaving Malaga, a Hamburgh vessel arrived there from Leghorn, that two men died on the passage on board of her t she was suspected, and sent off. On the passage of the Har riet from Malaga here, one of Captain Taylor's men died on the 17th, and another the 25th of September; he thinks from fatigue. By letters from St. Petersburgh to the 19th, the Em peror was still in that city, but expected to leave it this month. Couriers were continually dispatched towards different parts of the Continent, particularly to Constan tinople, but a strict silence is maintained as to the object of their mission. The exchange had improved to 91. ST. PETERSBCRGII, SEPT. 19.—His Majesty the Em peror will leave this city on the 22d, when the regiment of the Guards now in cantonments here are to perform the autumnal manoeuvres. From the immense importa tions of foreign articles, and the proportionately small demand, some bankruptcies have taken place, but they are not considerable. The harvest has not turned out well, in several parts of the empire, on account of the rain. .t is stated from Warsaw, that large supplies of am munition for the Russian troops stationed in the Sou thern Provinces of Russia, and on the frontiers of Turkey, continue to pass through Witepsk, and Smn. lensko. A great number of horses have been • put in requisition, to convey these supplies to their destination. The number of old French, Piedmontese, and Nea politan officers who have arrived in Greece, to combat for the independence of that fine country, is very con siderable—three French Generals of great talents, silt Colonels, and many distinguished officers of the artil lery and engineers are mentioned. The Greek Chiefs it seems, wish to organise a foreign legion, which► it is said, will becuannanded by General Lefebre bainoi ettes. The following' is an extract of a private letter from Odessa, dated Sept. 14 : There have been no arrivals of English ships for some time past. An Austrian vessel has come in from Constantinople. The only intelligence of any interest from that quarter is, that nearly 100 sail of merchantmen have passed down the Mediterranean with corn. The capital remained perfectly tranquil. We are now assured Odessa will remain a free port. Baron Strogonoff has departed fur St. Petersburg)). Every thing around us denotes the continuance of peace with Turkey. A Private Letter from St. John's, New Brunswick, dated Sept. 11, says— Our weather has lately undergone a considerable change ;it has quite an autumnal temperature. During the night of Sunday last, we had some very vivid flashes of lightning, accompanied with thunder and rain ; and yesterday it blew a gale from the N.N.E. with occa sional showers. Several vessels have arrived from the ►Vest Indies during last week, which were required to perform quarantine. Owing to the coldness of the wea ther which has now set in, we have not the same appre. hensions which we would otherwise have entertained for :he introduction of disease into our port. Seldom have we had so much sickness amongst us as of late, and the frequent tolling of bells, intimates the numbers who have been carried off the stage of life. The Bank of England, it seems to be confirmed. have decided on calling in the 5/ Notes, as they have al ready withdrawn those of 1/. and V.—thus leaving none of a lower denomination than M. in circulation. it is said that at present no bills to any extent are discounted at the Bank of England, as thi'monied men in the City and Bankers have been in the habit of dis counting, for a year past, at 3i and 4 per cent. The go:ateer contains a Royal Ordonnance direct ing the Chambers to assemble on Monday 'the sth of November next. The new Duchy of Cornwall Office, now building near the site of the Savoy, close to Waterloo , Bridge, will he a lofty edifice, corresponding with Somerset House, and in a line with it and the AdelpliL The alterations and improvements in St. James's Palace will be on a much larger scale than was origle sally contemplated. They will embrace the suite et' apartments occupied by the Duke of Cumberland. A grand portico will be opened into St. James's Park, directly in front of St. James's-street. The ruins of a Roman Theatre have been laid open lately at Mendeure, in the department of Daubs, in France, and the antiquaries are busied in ascertaining its dimensions, and conjecturing what town it Wispy" to, as the cornices and ornaments found near it prove it was not a temporary erection for the entertainment of the Roman soldiery. A cabinet has been opened at the Stadij at Naples, containing a collection of various 'specimens of glass found amongst the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. This valuable assemblage exhibits the greatest variety both in forms and colours, and proves, in the most satisfactory manner, that the ancients were as tell acquainted as ourselves with the manufactory of this' material. AwroL Vistivriotr.--Yesterday morning, Mr. Baker, of the• Shakespeare Tavern, Pereetral-street, Clerkenwell, after getting out of bed sad eating his breakfast, in apparently good health end spirits, while , in the act of •petting on one of kis stneltings,fsli bead foremost on the floor, ands:plod indently. SIR' ROBERT WILSON. . to the Ritssifn campaign Lord Cathcart, our Am baskador, with the Emperor Alexander, describes Sir Robert, in his despatches in November 1812, as hav ing been in every action, " and having seen every remarkable occurrence." And. in November 1813, he again says that it has been the constant practice of the Blajor-General (Sir Robert Wilson,) through- out this and the last campaign, to accompany every attack of consequence that has taken place within his reach." "On this occasion (adds his Lord ship) he was with one of the storming . parties ; and in adverting to this circumstance, it is but justice to this officer to state, the zeal, activity, and intrepidity which he has displayed on every occasion have conciliated fur him the esteem of all officers of every rank and nation who have been witnesses of them, and have certainly done great credit to his Majesty's service." In the subse quent letter, his Lordship acknowledges the signal ser vices rendered by Sir Robert in a political capacity ; and ascribes, if we rightly understand the letter of January, 1813, the failure of the negociations with the enemy in a great measure to his interposition. The following is the account given by Sir Charles (now Lord) Stewart, in his despatch to Lord Castle reagh, of the manner in which the Emperor Alex ander expressed his approbation of Sir R. Wilson's services in presence of the Allied Army. " 1 rode out in the suite of his Imperial Majesty, who went along the line, and was received with entliusiastn by the sol diers. The Emperor took a favourable moment, when he was surrounded by his Gen:•ral and Staff Officers in the front of the troops, to call Sir Robert Wilson to him, and to address to him a most flattering speech, in which his imperial Majesty stated that he appreciated his service, gallantry, and zeal throuh out the whole war as they deserved ; that in testimony • of which, he had determined to confer on him the third class of the Order of St. George, and that he was desir ous of doing it in the most gratifying manner. He then directed lien. Angerauffsky . to lake his cross from his neck, and he delivered it to Sir R. Wilson." Lord Stew art then expresses, with the honesty of a brave soldier, " the pride he felt at seeing a companion in arms thus decorated in front of the ;third army." The Emperor, in a letter written with his own hand, some montlis af terwards, referred to this occasion in these words " When 1 decorated you in the face of the army %vitt' the badge of St. George, 1 did justice to the indefati gable zeal which, during the whole of the campaign, has constantly attached you to the advanced guards— to the brilliant valour and devotion of which I have been an eye-witness at the battle of Bautzen ; and, finally, to the many other proofs of intrepidity, attested by all the brave warriors of the com bined army." Similar testimonies to his dis tinguished merit were borne by the King of Pros and the Emperor of Austria. The former Monarch, beside conferring upon him his order of the Red Eagh!, granted the Cross of his Military Order of Merit to the Officers whom be re commended. " • His services were indeed acknowledged by all the Ministers and Commanders in the Campaign, and especially by the Prince Metternich and by Prince Schwartzenherg It, who repeatedly expressed to the English Ambassador " the obligations he lay under to Sir Robert Wilson for the signal assistance rendered on many occasions, but most particularly at Leipsie, when he was so much indebted to hint fur his able disposition of the Ans. rian cavalry, and his whole conduct on that day."— :Ediab u rgh Revieg...) We are glad to find that the people a.. large begin to co-ierate with the constituents of Sir Ron i t i tT 11'IL3ON, in contributing their pecuniary offerings of respect to the character of the Gallant Knight. A no onerous company of neighbours frequenting the Lord Nelson public-house, at Poplar, yesterday evening com menced a subscription, and by contributions of a crown a piece, soon collected, we are informed, a very re- spectable sum. According to letters received at Carlton Palace, the King is not expected to return till the last werk in November. His Majesty is represented to be in excel- lent health. General Sir George Walker, we Ire sorry to state, has met with a serious accident. He lately purchased a very spirited horse as a etarger, which it three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, agreeable to his orders, was brought to his house in Harley-street, when Sir ticorge, in order to have a trial. mounted him, bid he was no sooner in the saddle than the animal set off at full speed up Harley-street. Sir George's endeavours to pull him in were useless; at the extremity of Upper Harley-street, he came with such violence against the iron palisade that forms the barrier, that he was thrown to a considerable distance, by which his shoulder bone was fractured. He was conveyed home in a chair, and surgical assistance immediately procured. The horse was also considerably injured. The ship Henry Porcher, C opt. Cunningham, sailed from the Downs on Tuesday last for- India. Eotxnuand, OCT. 9.-.4tOISTEROU3 WI Nrnea..••• Throughout Sunday the wind blew from the south-west with unusual and ae irming violence, giving , place at in tervals to rain. Towards evening Le gale macaw.' to a hurricane, which was calculated both to impress the mind with forebodingsof diastrons news from the coast, and to occasion alartn for one's personal security on shore. In some of the streets and lanes a number of tiles and chimney cans were blown down by the . powerful F asts, but we have not heard of any person being hart in consequence. On Saturday morning, while some boats belonging to Catnpbeltown and Skipness were tit the herring fihsing in the Sound of Kilhtennan, it came on to blow a per fect gale of wind, when, we are sorry to say, a boat be longing to Campbeltown, and another to Skipness, upset, and all on board perished. The Castle Forbes, Ord, from Leith to New Sooth Wales, was spoke with, on the 15th ultimo, in lat. 47. 0. lon. 14., 20,, by the Nymph, arrived at London, all well. By a letter ftom Captain Monro, of the ship William Shand, of Aberdeen, we are sorry to learn, that on the 10th August, in running down pretty near the Florida coast,she was, by a *Wen squall, pat ashore on a small reef o ff Cape Sable, where she remained till the nett wording, when she was got off with her rudder unship ped, and other damage. and making three feet suttee - an 'hour. His letter is dated the 12th August, and be expected to get into the Hasannah the next day, where he would be obliged to unload, and have the vessel bore down to examine her bottom. A Gentleman of great respectability and opulence at Chertsey, and who weighs about fifteen stone, has undertaken, for a wages' of fifty guineas, to walk from the market•house in that town to that of Oulldford, a distance of twelve miles, in three hours. PAWAV-IMUKSKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. • SlR—Permit me, as a constant reader of your In dependent Journal, to occupy a small portion of your columns in endeavouring to defend that worthy and re spectable class of individuals called Pawn-brokers. — My ptirsuits in life ba;ing compelled me to mix mach in their society, I have had better opportunity of form ing a more correct estimate of their character than vour correspondents, Sam Spout and Co. ;—and, be lieve me, Mr. BMW, there is no body of men more traduced and 0:Ili:al than the luckless subjects of their lucubrations. We hear a great deal of illegal interest—plunder—rapacity--extortion, and so forth ; and could I believe one article in this dingy catalogue appertained to the character of a P. B. I would in stantly cut their conuexion. Sam Spout and Co. have entertained your readers with cases to support their accusations, and have tra velled as far as Shepherd's Bush, to lug in an old in former, who, they say, lives in splendid retirement on their bounty; and from what 1 have heard on the sub ject, I think the Five Guineas well employed in keep ing this hoary headed old rogue from active employ ment. Men in business, we all know, do not like to be taken away from the counter to dance attendance at a Public °dice, and from the nature of Pawn-broking, were be not so paid. the attention of the Magistrates would be wholly occupied in the hearing of informa tions to the great hindrance of the regular business of the 'ace, and the unpleasantness of public exposure. But a word as to the roguery of Pawn-brokers —take the following case, and I am sure you will feel cur - vinced that all that Sam Spout and Co. have said on the subject is " False as hell." A young man of respectable appearance offered two pieces of woollen cloth to pledge ; the questions put to him not being answered to the satisfaction of Ike Pawn-broker, he detained the goods, and desired the young man to send the person for whom he said he had brought them. He left the shop for that purpose, and never returned. After the elapse of a few weeks they were advertised by the P. B. for the purpose of finding the lawful owner ; but, unfortunately, having, mistake, cut off the fag cads, on which were placed the private malts, all possibility of re cognition was completely destroyed, and thus became the F raperty of the P. B. Your correspondents, Sam Spout and Co., I have no doubt, will call this a vil lainous transaction; but mistakes will happen, and I appeal to the sense of your readers, whether it were possible such an act could be done by design. An other case, though under somewhat different cirruns stances, has been related to me, by one on whose vera city I can place implicit reliance. A Pawa-broker at the east end of the town, had taken in pledge a number of guineas, front an old maid, who bad received them as keepsakes, from grandfathers, grandmothers, great Sze., and i4eantioas/y laid them near to some of their yellow brethren, whose active intercourse with the world had deprived of part of their substance ; they were packed up Gy mioak,, in lieu of those that had scarcely ever seen the light. The old lady, a few months after, came to redeem them, and soon din. covered the srpposed attempt to cheat. With great volubility of tongue, she exclaimed against the roguery of the P. 8., in substituting for her hear!, ;ilium, the light ones now produced. The mistake was rectified, all dishonest intention disclaimed, and thus the matter terminated. If your correspondents could have got hold of these cases, what a handle would they have made. These mere accidents would have been swelled into crimes, and made the suk i ect of a long tirade against these honest gentlemen. But I fear I have already trespassed too far on your patience, and shall conclude, by subscribing myself Your lineable servant, Dowgate-hill. DICK DUPLICATE. CCRIOCS BREACH OF Puosttsc OF MARRIAGE.--- On Wednesday afternoon, an occurrence of rather a s'n- Kolar nature took place in Lambeth Marsh. A young couple, who bad been attached to each other for sonic time, were to have been on that day married at Christ church ; and matters bad gone so far that the girl bad left her place, purchased a wedding-ring, and her friends hail prepared a feast for the occasion. The bridegroom paid a visit to bis affianced wife early in the morning, and under some pretence obtained the wctlilitig ring for a moment, and then managed to leave the house unperceived. This created no alarm, bat he did not return. At length it became too late to have the ceremony celebrated that day, and great apprehen sions were entertained for the young man's safety, whilst the young woman was ready to sink with grief and dis. appointment. At length it was suggested to go in quest of him, and after a laborious search, be was found by the object of his affections (or rather ridicule) and her brother, at a public-house close by, playing at skittles with his brother and a number of other men. A scene of mutual recrimination then took place, and the poor girl went into hysterics, whilst her fai thless lover made aprecipitate retreat to avoid the vengeance of her bro thepr. Bovvever, his relative who remained behind, took up the cudgels in his defence, and the two men instantly proceeded to the little field near the Coburg Theatre (right hand side of the new road), where after an obsti nate contest, victory Was proclaimed for the fsir sex.— It was afterwards discerned that the worthless fellow bad pawned the ring, and spent the money which he got for it. Cosx-ExcnsNos, Om 12.—The supply of Wheat this week, although more than adequate to the demand, is considerably less than it has been for the three pre ceding weeks, yet the quantity remaining on hand is so large that the market is greatly depressed by it, and only the finest samples of old and new find buyers at Monday's prices ; all other sorts are unsaleable. On account of its very rough condition from wet weather 1-the Millers cannot use it. We had a very large arrival of Barley on Wednesday, and having only a few buyers the finest runs from Suffolk could not be dispoted of, except at a reduction of 6d. per quarter from Mesday's prices, and what was sold this morning was at the ease abatement.—Beans are 2s. per quarter, and Oats. it. per quarter lower.—ln other articles no &hernias. BaRraIIFIELD MAIIIEST, OCT. 12.—The sexily of an descriptions of cattle at market this morning was good, and prime beast obtained last m arket day s prices, but that of inferior quality were nominal. \ (To sink the offal ; per Stone of Sibs.) 500 t.... Is. Od. to 4s. 4d. earn.. AT VARIER? alataNr.. na. 6d. to M. Od. Beads Veal .... Is. Od. to bs. 9 d. Calves 2tiu Pork.... Is. Od. to 55. 04. Sheep and Lambs 6,02U Lamb .... Os. Od. to Os. Od. Pip RAT-MARKET.. -- N O alteration in the p rice of Hay.— Straw and Clover as per our last. Hay .... *1.105. to 41. s. 1 Straw ..U, so. to IL 16s. Closer ..41.105. to fil- lia- 1 t - t ~~