The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-08-13 00:00:00

tying on these intrigues with the contempt that they t eem t o deserve. The miserable party, from which the Memorial In qeestinn manatee, appear to have been carrying on this sort of cnrrespotylence for a l o os time. They refer to the Nntes which they ad. dressed to the Allied Powers in It and 1817, and the deign of all thew prodectinns seems to be, to larg o the Foreign Powers to interfere more of. fectoally In the affairs of France, and to force' the writers of them into power, in spite of the' " I " Ring, the nation, and their own folly. The Ultras et;, have effectually shown their own weakness and levant of principle in this unconstitutional Mtg. sore, of appealing to Foreign Governments against their own and the condom of their King. They have given the most convincing proof that it cannot be through their means" that Roy alty can be maintained in France; and that they w ould not scruple, in order to get into possession of odious privileges or delegated aetberity, to keep their country is; perpetual subjection , to foreigners. A strange report, to which we tee attach but little credit, is put forth by one of our morning cotempo varies, respecting an attack upon young Nasonzowi t said to be grounded ou advice. received yesterday, bat of which advice. we have heard nothing beyond this questionable mention. It is affirmed that an ate tempt has been made (within the Emperor et AUSTRIA'S Palace, we suppose) to assassinate young NAPOLEON. Several ruffians, we are told, broke in to the chamber where the youth was in bed, and aim, ed a thrust with a poniard at his breast, but whick only wounded him in the arm, and he succeeded I. getting out of bed and raising an alarm. Three of the villains were secured; the rest made their escape. Such is the account we base given us. If true, we have no doubt the Emperor of Annula will use every means to search to the bottom the atrocious at tempt We insert in another column the usual statement respecting the Health of the QUEER, but we must no tice another important rumour in circulation. It is said, that her NI aJESTY hes undergone an operation, by which the water on her chest has been withdrawn. The attendance of Mr. KEATE, the Surgeon, Ind the relief she has enj.tyed, seem to countenance this re port ; but it is attempted to be kept a secret. The apprehension of want of Heirs to the Crown of this loyal country was, it seems, a very foolish no. lien. The good effects of the happy policy of our Royal Dukes marrying young Princesses, begin, it is said, to be already apparent, and the gratifying an. uouncement is now made that the People of Great Britain may lu xuriate in the idea that they may yet have plenty of Princes cod Princesses to support, for both the Duchesses of CLARENCE and CAN. stupor, are said to be already in a way that affords 4 6 well-grounded hopes" of speedily adding to the happiness of their Royal Hosbands, and the felicity of the British Nation. The Doke of CLiatscr, it is announced, has declared that it is his intention to return with the Duchess to Eugl:nd in the course of a few months, as be has the prospect (happy man !) of her Roy al highness bringing him a Prince or Princess, and 44 it is their mutual wish that the birth should take place in England." How considerately kind to E 'gland ! Roaming the Continent under all such tender 'fishlike and prospects, yet thinking of blessing England with the honour of the Royal birth is unquestionably highly complimentary and obliging. The Duchess of CAMBRIDGE however, it is affirmed, is not to enjoy and divense the same felicity. A Morn fi.'g Paper, in its lamentations upon this subject, in forms us that her Royal Highness is to be confined in Hanover. Whether such a circumstance be uirac ceplable or not to England, or whether the People of this country care any thing at all about it, we cannot indulge in the surmises attempted to be drawn from it, that there is an intention of separating the kingdom of Hanover from the Crown of Great Bri. lain. We certainly think that the future Sovereign of England should be born in it, but we imagine no greater misfortune would come to this country from the separation of Ilinover from it than accrues from the connection that subsists between the" kingdoms.? TOE QUEEN —The account from Kew yesterday was—" The QUEEN has had a good night, and is better." THE PRINCE REGENT'S BIRTH-DAY.--Yesterday being the PRINCE REGENT'S birth-day, the same was observed in a private manner, his Royal Highness bating commanded that his birth-day should not be celebrated by a Court. Prince LEOPOLD, the Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE, paid their respects to the REGENT, as did the French, the Russian. the Ame rican, and other Foreign Ambassadors. The QUEEN gave a dinner to ber libations Family in honour of the day. Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Coenell was held at the house of the CHANCELLOR of the EX• CHEQUER. which was attend , tl by tt.st Right lion. Cootieman, the Earl of LtvEßroor.. Viscount CAS TLEtiEtcHi. Esri &minim, Mr. WELLESLEY Pot.z ]tiIt.CANNING. &C. The Earl of I.t.reeoor. left the Council about three o'clock, to attend the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton•house. The Council sat till about four o'clock. A Wardmote was held at St. Bride's Chorrh this forenoon, for the purpose of electing a Common Councilman in the room of Mr. Alderman WAITH II TN. M.P. when Mr. TAYLOR, Outer; was chosen without opposition. STATIWSMA ?'4l ITEA TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Sin,—ln consequence of what appeared In your Patriotic Journal, ender the signature of 66 YgA VSRUA'," I have, along with several other Gentle men, taken considerable trouble to ascertain the truth of the facts brought forward, and have discovered, to my astonishment, that the 'Women., is not:only cer iect as far as it goes, bet that the worst part of the business has not been disclosed; for there exists at this momenta Special Agreement, regularly signed and executed, between the Tea Broker* and certain Members of the Tea Trade, to exclude from the benefit of the ludia-house Sales the generality of country.dealers. This igreement,l have no hesitation to declare,is,in the eye of the law, a downright conspiracy, actionable as such, end liable to heavy damages; and I recom mend it as an eacellent job to any of those Gentle men who, in support of the Statutes, wake a com fortable living by qui tam actions. Here is some ea- Noble baseness to be got with lb* approbation of the Public, and I hope the hint will itiat be thrown away, • as the proof is ea, But lam astonished that the India Direction do not take op this subject ; for, if a set of men can once anew the power to determine who shall and who shall not porchase goods at their sales, the next step, which naturally follows, will be to determine alsai prices they shall sell their goods, and this progress is so certain, plain, and simple. that I marvel It has escaped the sagacity of the sapient Directors. But what shall we say of the mean jesuitical trick, of suppressing the characters indicating the different qualities in the sale books ? I dare say, that the suggeators of this honest and candid proceeding, would start with indignation, if it were only hinted that any of them frequented gam bling-houses ; but if any person was so bold as to as sert positively that they not only frequented gam. bling-heuses, but went there to gamble with loaded dice and markrd cards, how would their pious souls revolt at the idea, and reject the imputation with hor ror! And yet observe, mark the silly cobweb so phistry that satisfies their consciences, and reconciles a far worse conduct to their minds ; for what is it but playiug with marked cards. if they go to the sale- room with an accurate knowlerlge of the quality of every lot, while, by the suppression of the charac ters in the sale books, three-fourths of the buyers are left in the dark. This I maintain is more wicked than sporting load. ed dice at a gambling-house, because at the one place you only meet with desperate characters, who are reedy to take every advantage themselves; while at the other you meet with simple honest men, who sus pect no fraud, and who industriously seek an honest living for their families. I know it will besaid,in the same spirit of jesuitical finesse, that every one may go and view the Teas while on shore as well as them. selves ; bet this they know, for many reasons which I could advance, is impracticabk; and l will put the question again to their consciences, by asking ,if that really were the case, if every dealer knew the qualities as well as they themselves, would they in that case object to the characters appearing in the sale boosts? Assuredly not! Alas, what a flimsy argument satisfies the consciences of some people when self interest is in the way! But I would main seriously ark those venal Brokers who are milling to accede to these sinister measures, if, when their part is made so extremely insignificant, . here is not some room to suspect that their services may come to be dispensed with altogether. It seems to me a very natural consequence; for if their duty should be dwindled to the station of mere Dryers in the sale-room, In order to reverberate the voice of their principals, It will soon be discovered that this petty office may be abolished altogether. In fact, I am equally surprised at the selfish impu. dent rapacity of the one party; the abject meanness of the other, and the folly of both. Tlis VASE OF Ma. ARBUTHNOT, The following further particelars of this interesting case appear in a cotemporery Journal. We gents them without being able to giwe any opinion as to their accuracy : Mr. Arbuthnot is acceserl by .the Americans of having incited the Indians to acts of usage warfare against them. 1t is stated on the other bend, that the utmost that • cootd be proved against 144. , Artilti , filot was, that he concurred with his Indian neighbours in the pro. priety of protecting their property, by forCo of arms, when lawlessly invaded. The safety of his owls commercial store was involved in the issue. If one or more American marauders have been shot and scalped in their attempts to carry off the cattle of their Indian neighbours, *hat pretest can the coon. trymen of the cattle-stealers have fer complaining of the style in which an act of robbery has been very properly punished ? No rational motive can be assigned why Mr. Arbuthnot should here incised the Indians to wanton hostilities against the Americans. As a private trader, his interest was to cultivate peace with all around him—as a British subject he could have no object in provoking hostilities which he most have been certain the British Government would never sanction or abet. Mr. Arbuthnot is further accuard of hating for. nished the Indians with "munitions of war." The 66 munitions of war" with which Mr. At. , butlittot furnished the Indians, a►e stated to here been no other than the ordinary articles of traffic between Europeans and Indians. The Indians gain their prin cipal means of subsistence from hunting; it Is an oc cupation which they cannot carry on with adequate success without an ample supply of powder and shot. And Mr. Arbuthnot did no more than aid them with part of thcf supply, in return for the skins and furs which they brought to him. It was a mere trans. action of trade, of which the Americans themsel►es, in all their intercourse with the Indians, are setting a a constant example, and without which no trade with the Indians can possibly be carried on. Mr. Arbuthnot was accused of being a spy op en the Americans—or rather, according to a qualified version of the offence, which has been recently pro. maigated, with having given intelligence to the In. dial), of the movements of the American forces. Tim intelligence which Mr. Arbuthnot gave the Indians is said to have been simply this : he told them of the official communication he had re. ceived from the renegade agent, nimbly, that the Americans hid resolved upon their otter extermi nation, and were upon the way to put this barbarous edict into execution. What was there in this which is ageing any one of the laws of nations ? If it was indeed an act of espionage deserving of death, Hatubly, •ho seat the tidings from the American camp, was the guilty man, and not Mr. Arbuthnot, who only told *hat was officiallycommunicated to him without moving a step from his own established sea Ile • meat. But who can for a moment maintain that it is a crime to warn an innocent people of a design to massacre and cut them from of the face of the earth ? JOHN BULL. The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at •Dnvor on Tuesday morning at five o'clock, and embarked at one on board the Lord Duncan packet. The band of the 31st Regiment attended, and a salute from the battery WI the Weatern Ileights announced his Grace's departure. Mr. ROTHSCHILD, the Banker, has hired a hotel at Ais-la-Chapelle, according to a French Paper, at the rate of $5O francs (101.61. Bd.) per day. SURREY THEATnc.--The rapid succession of no velty produced at this Theatre justly entitles it to • decided preference before all other places of Summer amusement. The new Spectacle of Lolonois, or the Buccaniers, has been received with unqualified ap probation, and we have no doubt will cotia•e to attract the public attention to this well regulated Theatre. Mt. KEAN, the Actor, and his fellow traveller, were nearly dashed to atoms on their way to Geneva, br the breaking down of their carriage on the Jura Mountains, about two o'clock in the morning, bet they had the good fortune to reach a village about two riles from the spot where the accident took place, and where they obtained a temporary shelter. KEAN not only magnificently treated in France by TALota end other Performers, but received a superb soutf•bos from the Manager of the Theatre Francais. ExscurloN.—On Friday last T. Smith suffered• the dreadful sentence of lire law, at Chelmsford, for having,in company with others yet at large, robbed and otherwise severely injured Mr. W. llattcon and two other Gentlemen, on their return from Fairlop Fair. Cox, who was left for eaerution at the said Assizes at aillimifOldt bat received a reprieve. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEAL, AUGUST lA.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Northumberland, from the ♦Vestward, and remains in the Downs with the Severn frigate, Florida sloop of war, Royal Sovereign yacht, and the Barton, Forest, for St. Ilelent and Bengal.—Came down from the River and remains the Symmetry, Jay, for Genoa, Sze. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 12.—Arrlred the Star, Goodrich, from Oporto for Hull. FALMOUrU, AUG. M.—Arrived the Eagle, Bair. den, from London for Patras. LIVZRPOOL, Atm. 11.—Arrived the Leopard, M‘Lesii, from St. John's, New Brunswick—sailed the 12th of July, in company with the brig Ilope, for Liverpool—on the 3d of August, in lat. 50. 33. long. 14. spoke the ship General Jackson, from Russia for New York. ILASISGATE, AUG. 12.—Put hick for shelter the Duke of Lent, Pound, from London for Rotterdam. A MICH, A co. 13.—Arrived the Auckland packet, with a Mail and passengers from Cuxhaven; and Jane packet, with a Mail and passengers from Goitenburgh. Aura. IL—Arrived the Manchester, Far row, with 4 fish ; the Rachel and Ann, Creighton, with 3 ash; the Manchester, Murray, with 9 fish; and the Progress, Gawthorp, with 8 fisb, all from Greenland. Vanihall Gardens, last night, was more than commonly brilliant, and the company present was more numerous than on any former evening during this season. Some doubts having been repressed as to the truth of the reports of the Discovery Ships not having found a passage to the northward practicable, we can now state, that this is place beyond a doubt, by a letter from Capt. NAIRN, of the whale•fishing'ahip Princess of Wales. Capt. NAIRN writes, of doe the 7th ult. that on the 10th of June, in lat. 80. 2. he spoke the Discovery Ships, and was informed, that the hignest latitude they had reached was 80.22.; that he then went on board with his log-book, and learned, that they could find no passage farther to the northward on 'the west bide of Spitsbergen. He adds, that the Officers gratefully acknowledged his attention., the Princess of Wales being the first ship they had seen, and offered, in the most handsome manner, to supply him with any thing he might want ; and that when last seen, the ships were steering to the S. W. Yesterday was the Second Day of Drawing of the State Lottery, when the only Capital of any cons.- gamer drawn, was No. 367. entitled to One Thou sand Sovereigns, and Four Pipes of Port or Madeira, or Foer Hi•gsheads of Claret ; it was sold by BIM, at his fortunate Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing. cross; wherpTickets and Shares, warranted entirawn, are now selling for the last Day, Tacit's'', the ?sth inst. when Two k 30,00 01 andwil the ether Capitals oast be drawn. . . - - ~ - rer► 711 . E NO tIII PULE. Ilitsubttcn, JuLt 28 - - -An English ship rettitned front Greenland, reports his hit•i 4, lC rcpt Is's' rise Expedition neat' Spi , thorgen 4 in latitust.. 79. 31 4 all the crew in good health. Crltt4in K•. , t .66110 who if doubtless al present at I:snowed . c .1,111 to 70. on the side of WA,lsles Straits, *nere he oaf impeded io his further ittAtrett by an icy It.trier. lie could neither tldublb Cape Stalatbkoi i in Alta i n.se the Icy Cape in America: The last Russian charts indleito i List series made upon the spot, New &lir 114 is not a U tinent, but a group of thi .e lit•ge 14tai1.144 nth'd, 0t • tend us far as the 77th deg.ee, and tin We whet si of *hith is seen a sea of ice. This elreuchttanCE seems in t In the h) 011'.0411 that Greenland is only a large ialststl, that (110 fly tailed Baffin ii open oil the u h nit It• .t there kilo Continent under the Putt. Accosting to the Russian charts ; ii Aso thrt the coasts of tiiheria had been plaisido Dalt too Much td thd : • Northward. I . „.. EAST FLORIDA: tosterday gate 4 short account of West Florida. For the satisfaction of some of our Itrmdets we add the following sketch of Eat( This pretince abounds in internal adaelitages sum. dent to make it one of the mist important glivitimw of North Athericti, and much mote then many that are already opulent. Its letel Nee and m.lt cionso is not exceeded In point of Salebrity k ally part of either Continents of America—its extensive lands fertile in the production of misty valeafiles of og.i• culture—rich in spontaneous high growth and pas. turage—and abounding in 'wive trrad.hiserls--iie waste to the amount „e above fifteen millions of ac..s. Its water-courses are numerous, toasigable, and p.n. fusely supplied with wild font. Its stores..' lonther sre immense, and the quall.ies of . wiry of them are preferred in all the countries where they have been used to those of the same claws found elseo here, particularly its pine, cedar,; r press, and Ilse oak, which are kinds of lumber More universally ilece.ed in terrestrial and marine strictures, arid are the classes in which it most abounds Marius tone has been purchased inS.vannah for ship-balding at 50 per cent. hither in price than the pine of G. orgi !hough but about two degrees difference in I.titurl j nod it is well known that the Florida pin. has 11..c1 a pied Terence in the Royal dock•sards of England to any other pine that had been used there. The exportations of Florida, amouniing at present to almost no.liing, would be very great if it had a saw ficient mutation. Fur 20 of the last years there has not been exported one barrel of turpentine, the pro. duce of this province ;whereas, when it was an infant colony of Great Britain, one contractor shipped front St. John's River, in one season, 20,000 barrels. Again in Savannah River, Georgia, which is in 110 wise superior to the River St. J.,hn's, are loaded hundreds of vessels per year; while the whole of this province does not load ten Vessels a year, notwithstanding Florida has many more advan• tages, arising from its total situation —such as extensive fishing-streams, superabundantly supplied —large fields for wrecking in the peculiar si tuation of its coas's and keys—a more souther• climate, more genial to the cultivation of some inn. portant articles of commerce, and to many valuable spontaneous productions of Nature, &c. Its esparto.. lions might consist of many articles, viz the four classes of lumber already mentioned, and many others; cotton, wool, hemp, indigo, tobacco, pot and pearl. ash, myrtle, and bees' wax, turpentine, (Cr, rosin, pitch, Indian corn, rice, rye, barley, oats, grape and orange wine, grape and pearl brandy, whiskey, malt liquors, peas and beans of many kinds, • long list of esculent and medicinal roots, culinary, medicinal, and manufacturing oils, beef, pork, fish, better, cheese, lard, peltry, &c. Sugar and flour have not been fairly tried ; hut in Georgia, lying more north, the former is made in great perfection, and the latter in Louisiana, directly west. There is no reason to doubt of the lucrative production, in Florida, and it southern parts will suit the growth of coffee; for, forming a long peninsula bet ween the two eulpha, the Atlantic and Mexican, the climate becomes much more southern than the latitude war. rants. -- These advantages lie dormant only from the weal of hands to put them in motion. Suicter.—On Monday last, one of the pension. ers at Chelsea Hospital went to purchase potat“es at a green grocer's, in White Lion street, Chelsea, and was observed to Bleul a pocket full, which wail report• ed to the Hospital Officer, and be was in consequence locked op iv the Goard•hoose. About three o'clock on Towday morning, a noise being heard where he was canfinGd, on enquiry he was found with his throat cut in a shocking manner ; he linered in et. treme agony till yesterday morning, when he es• Aired. lie bad 301. in his pocket ; and attest 3001. infested in the feuds. A WARNING To YOUNG BATHERII.—On Tuesday last, as Frederick, the youngest son of Mr. Henry Longden (aged seven years), and another little boy s were bathing in a piece of water near Broomball, the former plunged beyond his depth and sank. HIS companion, unable to help him, ran to fetch two of his eahool-fellows, who were at some distance in the adjoining fields. Three (sons of Mr. Daniel Dnn• caster; the one 11, the other 14 year. old), came running, and ondressing by the way. After search. ing some time, they found and brought up the - miss. ing child, apparently dead ; he having then boon about a quarter of an hour in the water. With promptitude, presence of mind,. humanity, and per. severance, uncommon in older people, these WWII. gent youths spread their clothes upon the grass, laid their critnpanion upon them, and by such enerlons as occurred to them as likely to r•cnver suspended anima inn, they had the inespress , 6ll happiness to hear hint sigh, and perceive other signs of retuscits. lion, Wore any other assistance could he obtained. The boy was consequently restored to his parents, in life and health, almost before they knew that he had been lost and found, dead and alive again.— (Sheffield Iris.) i . _ - .• ~.. 4` • -. . : s. 4 0 ~ ... . ? 5 ' ~I : ~, • 4 i .. i ' i f - 1, f .. . ,1 1 k • 1 1 I i f . l ) . ; i • ..) r. . r , i 0 I r , r 4,, I . i r i l l 1 . r 4 I • e r C I 4 1 1 I ... if I i . , t I I? I . t I I .1 I . , I I 0 1 , . i 1 t , k 1 p 1 1 , i 1 1 • I I . , t 1 A V