The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-09-05 00:00:00

r pr” 7••• - - -.; 7 * married. She did not know that 111 r. Armstrong, her father's landlord, bad distrained for rent. Re-examinedo—Since the defendant at the first non- , rersation promised her sister marriage, be had re hewed that premise several times. P. Thompson, a brother of the plaintiff, is a clerk in Mr. Armstrong's office, and knew the defendant's band-writing well, from his seeing him write at the office, whore be frequently was. Mr. Armstrong had not distrained for rent ; but a Mr. Dobinson had issued an execution against his father, when Mr. Armstrong claimed rent. Rev. John Heyshaw proved the marriage of the defendant with Mies Oliver en the 7th of November. 1810. He knew nothing of the families of Miss Oli ver or of Mr. Blamire. Mr. Scsawrr addressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant; ha said be did not know that he could do better than to keep up the merriment and good hu mour which his friend bad introduced, for really the cause could not but excite a smile. There had been no attempt made to describe the distress of Miss Thompson on this occasion, or indeed that she had lost a shilling, and therefore the Jury would treat it as it deserved. The father was a man who confessedly was in indifferent circumstances, and it was no dif ficult thing , to foresee that what damages the Jury gave, if any they gave, would go into the pocket of the attorney. as the landlord of the plaintiff's father. The young man, when he commenced his visits, was not more that 17 or 18 years of age, but in no one letter that had been read, alluded to a marriage as likely to be the consequence of their correspondence. He was introduced at the age of 17 or 18 by the father's landlord, and bad continued acquainted with the father for six years, without a time ever being fixed when this marriage was to be solemnized. The de fendant was the natural son of a gentleman of pro perty, bat in his own right had no claim to wealth, nor could have any. He was permitted to visit Miss 'l'.. until the father was blamed for permitting him to be assiduous to his daughter, under circumstances nuexplained for two years, when the neighbours noticed it. Why had not Miss Thompson's father communicated with the defendant's father, as his daughter's reputation was then somewhat critically placed? At that time they were dealing with a man under age, and having taken him by surprise, they obtained from him something like a promise of mar riage. But they had not much reason to suppose that it would be fulfilled, for his Learned Friend bad glanced at an inconvenience attending it during the father's life. He, perhaps, was mistaken, but he thought the love in this case was not particularly warm ; he had heard his Learned Friend say, that he was not skilled in amatory matters. but if he bad ever felt as be had described these loves, he thought that in absence he would pine and grow thin and slender; but in stead of that, we hear that Mr. Blamire writes from the Ball and Month that be grew fat. What woman would say that a man loved sincerely that grew fat in her absence; the general rule is, that he must pine. and grow thin and sleek, and she must do the loose; but we do not hear that that is the case in the present instance with either party. When he introduces his horses to his mistress, it was natural to expect that the comparison would have been, that Cheesy was as far superior to all other horses at Newcastle, as she, bliss Thompson, was to all other ladies, and not to Jack about Carlisle. This was not very passionate love. As to his letters, they were just such as a boy would wi ite. A woman at 18 or 20 knew the value of these kind of letters, and acquired a wisdom of these matters at a much earlier period than a man. Would it not have been better for Mr Thompson to have said to Mr. Blamire, Sir, you must not come to visit env daughter till you bring your father's consent? But instead of that lie is encouraged to visit and raise his youthful passions. We bear nothing of Miss Thomp son's pining, being confined to her bed, or that a sigh or tear is shed fur the loss of her lover ; or that the smallest imputation is cast upon her character; and if a verdict is given for the plaintiff, let it be remem bered that it is falling upon a begging boy, who is net worth a shilling. Let it also be remembered, that if they had married, the probability is, that they would sow be in misery, as there was every reason to sup pose that Mr. Blamire, senior. would not have given his consent to their nuptials. These promises were obtained before the youth was of age, and such en gageusents are generally of an unstable nature, when they are given before the party has had an opportu nity of seeing the world. The Jury must consider this as a boyish attachment, wasting itself on two or three sheets of paper. and frame their verdict seeped ingly. Mr. Justice BATLEY minutely detailed the evidence, with comments to the Jury. The Jury, in about a quarter of an hour. gave a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages 1001. costa 4Qs. IdYDIA. (rllOll AMERICAK PAPIRS LATELY RZCIIIr10.) FROM CYLCUTTA.—WiII have bees favoured ►y Mr. Toplift; with Calcutta papers to March 13. received by the ship Union. I n the paper of the latest date it ismentiened " that the y papers of the 41st of February, give some , of intelligence from the Persist% ealph, feature of which is, that the restrictions continue at liaison'', in consequence .1 rbaace there." A. M ARCM 7.—Letters from Nessoerabad, dated the Ifitb nit. state, that the troops which bad pro ceeded from that station to chastise the Meenahs succeeded is effecting their purpose. The Mona te are described to the inhabitants of a billy tract of country which chiefly belong to the Jondpere and Co dipore States. These persons it appears, bad made an attack on oar Police establishmontt is their neighbourhood. which occasioned the movement of the troops before alluded to. A detachment. after a march of nine hours, surprised a village in which the leaders of the disturbance were assembled. and very few escaped. Among the killed on this occasion. was a personage whom the Meenahs bad dignified with the title of &Ashok and who, soon after the troops had moved from Nasseerabad. had successfully de fended a mad fort, in which be bad takes post. After the fall of this Chief, the Mamas called for peace I. all quarters, and our troops returned to con testant on the 30th of January, but not before the freebooters bad been compelled to surrender the grain and cattle of which they bad plundered the country PRICE OF STOCKS ' Bank Stet* ▪ per Cent. Red shot per Cest.Con. 761111 11 per Cast. 961 6 per Cents. shut 6 per Ct. Navy 10811 per Cast. Long Ann 1911 Insp. 2 per Cent. Irish 6 per Cent. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Wiz Store MI Dlttolloods eis. p. South-Bea Stock 83} Wboth Sot Old Ass. Es Bllls2d. 4e. 9s. pm. Osmium for Mosey ps Ronk for Acteast India tor ditto Cos. for Mot 76 16' ,Lott. 'Tickets 191. 190. t etateiSman. " Till auTlse STATIISMAII" INCOUPORATin 1111P111" TNa LONDON: WEDNESDAY ZVEXING, IMPTIMIIZR 5, 1821. In another part of our paper, our readers will And a letter from a correspondent, expressing his, surprise that no reward has been offered to apprehend and bring to punishment the perpetrators of a shocking murder committed near Whitechapel. The measure which he recommends is certainly proper, and usual in similar circumstances; and we observed it adopted the other day, in the case of the murder at Highgate. Bat while we join in our correspondent's sentiments as to the case to which he refers, we confess we feel still greater surprise that no step of this kind has been taken, or even proposed, so far as we can learn, re. specting the murder at Cumberland-gat& The Co roner's Jury assembled to enquire into the death of Fasxas, who was shot there on the 14th of August, pronounced a verdict of Wilful Harder against a Life Guardsman, to them, the Jurors, unknown. Have any of the usual proper measures been pur sued to discover and bring to justice this murderer unknown ? Does 'the executive Go. versants wait for application from the widow of the deceased before it issue the proclamation, and give en couragement common on such occasions ? Does the duty of the Coroner and his Jury at an Inquqat, close as soon as their verdict is rtforded ; or dil4hey in the case of Faaxcls omit what was necessary in re commending the usual iacitemeat for the detection of the offender? Some great neglect in this Pax there certainly appears to be. An equal degik.e .r a . su pineness, has also taken place on the part of the public. Na steeling' has been held to wi llies., as might base bees expected, the strong feelings which have been roused on the .occasion; no subscription attempted to offer a reward for the apprehension of the delinquent. No meeting held, no subscription attempted, did we say ? Yes, a meeting has been held sad a subscription has sow mound, set, however, fee granting a reward on the discovery of the murderer, but for the reinsure don of the corps to which be belongs, on account of the suffilings they underwent on the service of that day on which poor FRANCIS was shot. and even for the remuneration of the very , man by whom he was shot, in care this unknown offender bad by chance received the least contusion in the course of that obnoxious service. As to the offer of reward for the detection of a murderer, no desk eau be entertained of its legality, or expediency ; but with respect to popular rewards for soldiers, fur ser-: vice, eves supposing their service involved any point that is Gooney to the ;Constitstioa or the public welfare, we cannot but declare our Arm con- T "" TUE STATE SMAN.. _if of Saturday last. We mention them chiefly for the purpose of expotling two •ile misrepre sentations in the last of the papers referred to, the New Times. Annexed to the account of their corres pondent, there first appears the remark that he " wit nessed such an apathy among those persons, respect ing whom so much has been said in London," [but whom he does not specify whether as English or as Remand " that he was disgusted." The addition shows bow likely this correspondent was to be affected with the apathy of the people, and how well the 'tone of his feelings suited the melancholy _offices be had been sent to observe and describe. "He adds," says the papers before ns • that the whole procession seemed more like a jaunt of pleasure than a funeral.'" If this be the genuine expression of the Reporter's miad on the occasion, who would envy him its possession ? • The•report - circulated yesterday of a confirmation of the pacific intelligence received last week, does sot turn out to be so well founded as pretended. As ex piss, indeed, arrived, bringing letters from Con stantinople to the 7th of August, but thatch of so late a date, their coateate are litt:e more than a repetition of the former statements vritbout any additional circum stances of corroboration. In these accounts it is again asserted that the answer of the Porte was favourable, but that the delivery of it baring been delayed till after the time appointed by Baron Strogonofl's in structions, it had been forwarded direct to St. Peters burgh. The Baron, ever since his embarkation, bad bee■ detained by strong northerly winds, from pro ceeding to Odessa, as he proposed. This detention may, undoubtedly, be owing to nothing but natural causes; yet some suspicion of a" political wind" is ex cited by the mode of reasoning employed on the occasion. The settled appearance of the weather, it is said, giving no indication of a speedy change, it was possible the reply of the Emperor Alexander might arrive before he would be able to sail; as two Tartars bad been de spatched by the Porte, by different routes, to convey the answer in duplicate to St. Petersburgh, Immedi ately on Baron Strogonoff's refusal to accept it. What strengthens the suspicion that the cause of the Baron's detention is of a political kind, is an assertion in the Preach papers that the refusal of the Baron to receive the answer of the Porte was, aot so much on account of its not having been presented in time, as because " the communications were of such a Wore as would tend to lengthen out the negotiations and to give birth to the discussion of counter propositions of which Russia could not admit." if this state ment be correct, it is clear that the Russian Court will start the same objection as her Ambassador, and that no advantage will result to the Porte from having sent her answer direct to St. Petersburgb. In the mean time, it appears, that not the slightest comma- Asication had taken place between the Porte and Steogonoff since the latter withdrew from the capital. .f —Though it is still affirmed, in the accounts to which op have referred, that the Divan had sanded to the Russian terms, without the slightest deviation, it is asserted that these terms had been much misrepreseated ia the former accounts from Constantinople, aid that they were by no means of so harsh a nature to the feelings of the Turks as they were at first described. They are understood. however, to have been drawn up in a very haughty tome, and to have been communi cated in a similar style; and these eircusastasees, it is said, are noticed, though in a conciliatory manner, by the Porte in their answer. The Greeks had made an attack upon the Turkish deet, in the Island of Stanolsio, without elect. The re ports of their success, which turned out to be astounded, had girtm the merchants of Smyrna reason to fear that the narks there would have been excited to fresh excesses on the occasion. Letters from the Raglisb bosses in that place complain of the want of as adequate British naval force. aWe have," says one of theta, " but a eines sloop of seer here, exposed as we are to the fury of a people, who are only to be restrained, by force, or by the fear of speedy retribution, from any ex : ceases they may commit ; Whilst France has jourtent ships of war, and Austria air, to watch over the safety sad lives of their subjects. Indeed, to these ships we are indebted for the safety we enjoy; as the commanders consider themselves called upon to protect all Euro peans, whether of their own country or not."—The most interesting iatelligeace respecting the Greeks. is the statement in the French ass p of the rising of the ser viaco their favour. Should this report be confirmed P • Extract of a letter from St. Mary's, dated Jose 26: I " The two companies of artillery which left this place for the purpose of taking possession of St. Augustine, having on their arrival been informed that the Geyer . nor would not be ready to deliver up • the place emit the let July, returned to Cumberland Sound. Avery serious accident occurred the day before the troop left St. Augustine, through the carelessness of molt the Spanish garrison, and which might have holy attended with the most dreadful consequences. Osee( the soldiers having a lighted segar in his mouth, ap. plied it carelessly to some loose powder near the map sine, which had been left on the ground. The Communicated with some loose shells which explode& killed three and wounded five persons. The ;misest imate soldier who communicated the fire has not eater drank or spoken since." [FROM Tilt AUGUSTA lIISRALD, JULY IL] Captain Wood, of the ship Triton, who is arrived at New Bedford, from the coast of Chlli d informs, * the ship Hero, of Nantucket, while lying elr Bay, SLlMary's, and while taking a whale, sliest came off from the shore with a message from GnOral Benevento, inviting Captain Russel to some ea slat. He accepted the invitation, was civilly :waived and invited to dine. When Captain R. was about ntlabg a person handed the a letter which be pa tended had been drop R., porPortlag that he was a spy from e. The Oilers immediately ordesed Ca Into confielpidt. 4 - They then sent three large lull of men NNW his ship, who drove the crew down and tied thems,al4, ter which they plundered *whip of every in* • they could find, including blipapers. . 4 3 Thursday evening, says one of the Paris 'mash of Saturday, the Count Posse di Borg*, the Russian Aar hassador, gave a grand dinner, at which were Kam the King's Ministers, the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers, and the Duke of Wellington. This day the Marquess De Latour Maabourg, Minister of War, also gives a diplomatic flinger. it appears that all the King's Ministers and Foreign Ambassadors will successively give a banquet. at which the Duke of Wet. lingual, will be present. There is, therefore, adds the journalist, no reason to believe in the approaching de. "erten of his Orate. The writer, however, was I sa4 o l taken in his calculation ; for , acco rding: to the fol lag paragraph, his Brace must have left Paris on Siff day. On Friday he had taken leave Oldie Kier Royal Family. This parting interview "Made jesty lasted upwards of an hour. • . - • • • .Letters from Lima, to the Ist of Kay, were receivel yesterday. The capital was not at that time fairest .f provisions, nor was any apprehension entertained of being compelled to surrender to the Cbillan force. but business was mach impeded on account of theater-. ty of comumaniestiou with the interior. Begun' San Martin had embarked from Ileacho a small Ma& meat of 1000 men s but its destination was not haws. The. Royalist theerals Riestfert sad Valdes bad pat.' cectled against Areaales, at Piss* ; sad a report was prevalent at Lima on the 30th of April that the hitt* had bee. defeated. A packet has arrived from the Brazils with letters front Rio de Janeiro t. the 29th Jane, the contests of which, however have been anticipated by the Asko macho frigate. iron liable the advice, are to the letll July. It has betel' noticed, in the previous arrivals from that plate *ones Portugal, that a disposition existed to shake oW its dependence on Rio do Jaaeire. t , which had received ON saectioa of the Cortes ; bat it now appears that a design has been formed to weer the province front the dominion of the mother constry. A regiment of native artillery was in arms is sapposS of such a project, and a conflict between them sad the Portuguese troops was expected at the departure of the packet. No actual encounter had, however. taken place. A letter from Pernambuco of the 21st seethes that se attempt had bee* made to assassieste the Uovernor. Don Luis do Rego Berretta The as• sushi ired at his lixerileocy. and woamdsd bias et.. verely. but lust dangerously. Perceiving his dasiP to have failed, be plunged into a river near the 'spot where the attempt was made, and was drowarl. 'rhe body was found a few days after. bat ton anal figured to ascertain his identity. lie was sapposed lo have bun hired by some of the prisoners recently Ar.. , rived from Bahia. v bitstutfficali—eot., fore. _f high ha contestv wita.nthoentivleoin:Fiellitial ia."141.1.; - viction that it is equally ilkgal and dangerous.— ir i eec t n w tzed o a u ,n ld tdh p eal ro ms v oe e srvt o jea fis s i a lL. lb the vicinity. The !linnets* are described as a mix tore of Alabomedane and Hindoes, who lived together There is nothing respecting which the legislative without any distinction on the score of religion, and body of En land has been more justly jealous than d'nr.annitrlybkyedyrt.ehaedAussotfuisahtleteirinlieynrtfteehrrepeiscniettiloiointi:ißaasunms; jaostfroatitaareeeeaastmee,bsyld4 with little observance of religious rites of any kind. the power of the sword i nothing more repugnant to bine(' e ff ort on their part would probabl y They pave hitherto been very formidable to th eir the spkit of the Constitution than a standing army in neighbours, on whom , from time immemorial, they ation of the Greeks. il ' c '' have been accustomed to prey with impunity; but kis the time of peace ; nothing in which the antient under the present circumstances, to ensure . The following is one of the accounts from C hoped, that the chastisement they have recently re. forms ' of tbe Constitution is more. carefully re- P tine*, which was yesterday received, and to ° wl t ts i e ll h . mined thanii what relates to the feguktio 7 and pay- ceived, will produce tome change on the ebitacter arid k 9 habits of the survivors. Is went of the Skip The English Constitution, in fact, *bare alluded above .:- :-- INDIAN SUPERSTITION. recognises no ali... force se "e s -.. 'I. •,. ~. Veer OP • LITTER DATED CONSTANTINOPLE, and 1 forces on foetal, ,• . .. .L a Strogono ff s A ti v w l t e l ho c ee r s n em T reth a e :in rrne s fuo in sedf t t h h teo e m iier z t esevntg • th, wil Th p e ro fo v l e lo h iv i i g n h g ly is communicated from Benares, interesting to every friend of ba- disbanded, w northerly winds frequently prevail at mushy :-- Mutiny Bill rweeke together, it is not improbable that A Mahratta Bramin died lately at this place, said by the amid V to be worth two lace of rapier, 25,000/. His widow . kept•on ; '.., ~ • rs hi b ed urt t r i b il , expressed her intention of sacrificing herself on the H 6 - V ilirw . . , -• the Russian note. This Government, it is $ ••• - ...r, • funeral pile of her husband ; but the local autfitirity, - ~ ~.1.., ~ , a , dared their reply, but Baron Strogona le . beating that she was under the age at which Amcb *oho ," sacrifices are permitted, interfered, and prevented the K um . ~ . ~., , t from the latter of his instructions, W e •Al. -'-. b• ' 1 4 ` : 1 r nobly tranquil here. Souse Greeks hav b een infatuated girl from burning herself. The corpse of m i ss ' .: En o . - in $ •, • • • 'death, but they are clearly within (he guilt y ", her husband was not burnt until putridity had ad- . -•"-• Iys . r•.• tr• •• . . 4 . 'r - . ofeetietainntitnolusplße,ubesuitabnavneotebeenThetewtyire I. . • .• a meeting an vanced considerably and even then some of the bones ~ .. her e for pa, were saved from the ashes, by the relatives of the ).. the regimental fond ~ participating in the insurrection. le have aess u u te , 1 4, . - . asset from Smyrna and other p charged with Brahmin, with the intention of burning the widow/ Tb consideration would. K . e stall resume and from Smyrna of the 2d instant, which was also i n n ..% • n our li along with them at a future period. This intention m i te at th i s time will pursue it on the firsto . .4 state of tranquillity, to which an act of retaliative jos. bated. No less than 22 of them have been pot to death ' was fortunately discovered, and as the opinion of the , , an d i n t h e mean lice inflicted on the Turks has very materially maw. Pundits had already been given against such sacrißee, tune refer our reader. 'b y l„, Hest observations for the disorders committed in the quarter - whet 0e Glristians reside. The Turkish and tbeGreek fleetsh she was prevented from doing so. The deceased has • - : no children, she will therefore inherit his wealth : in a similar skills which ~ extracted from an are this sufficiently accounts for the anxiety of' her bus- able Provincial paper of . . both had an opportunity of fighting, but neither seined hand's relations to have her burned. The (Jooroo, or departure from Samos, (the inhabitants of whicluit i s very desirous of an encounter. The Turks, after tki r spiritual father of the deceased, is equally anxious that Accounts of the Quietsbelieved, have, by flying to the mountains, esw4. e ie given In the German Journals, and 411 V she should be saved, as in all probability the expendi- ciao, and falling in with the Greeks in their coo • terial paper of this punishment meditated for them) stood os , towards St ir . tare of her property will principally pass through his morning, These nariav correspond, in hands; by bins she is stated to be only n years old, to the ceremonial and progress of the procession. with respect anchored in the harbour of Stanchio, where ti her late husband's relations say she is 15; bermother-Greeks sent in four or five fireships, bat witheet. an : in-law refuses to interfere in the affair. The widow the more detailed statem e nt whi c h a pp eare d i n material damage. The Greek fleet afterwards wfejef had not eaten five days when the circumstance came 111 m . STATESMAN of Saturday last. We mention them to Samos." ..- 08 „,.._. • • 1 to the knowledge of the local authority, and even chiefly for the purpose of exponing two vile niisrepre- Extract of a letter from St. Mary's, dated Jose 25: when prevented from burning, she expressed a deter- sentations in the last of the papers referred to, the •• The two companies of artillery which left this place urination to starve herself to death ;but it is to be ant New Times. Annexed to the account of their cones- for the purpose of taking possession of St. Minutiae. petted that nature will of itself operate to prevent ber from keeping this resolution. In the mean time pendent, there first appears the remark that he " wit- having on their arrival been informed that the Geyer- the Brahmins of this holy city are in sad tribulation, nessed such an apathy among those persons, respect- nor would not be ready to deliver up' the p i ace emit anti foresee the loss of influence and profit in the ing whom so much has been said in London," [but the Ist July, returned to Cumberland Sound. Avery humane and discreet interposition of Government to w hom he d oes not specify whether as English or as serious accident occurred the day before the troop prevent the disgraceful and barbarous practice of burn- German.] " that he was disgusted." The • addition left St. Augustine, through the carelessness of omit ing an innocent female of 12 years old. In a case like the above, it might be thought advisable to move the shows how likely this correspondent was to be affected the Spanish garrison, and which might bare hilt widow furs short time from the charge of her bus• with the apathy of the people, and how well the 'tone a tt en d e d w ith th e mos t d rea df u l consequences. Oleif band's relations, and place her for a given time under of his feelings suited the melancholy . offices be had the soldiers having a lighted segar in his mouth, ap the superintendence of Gooroo. 11...... .....• •.... —l.----- --.1 .I_—_-_it__ .. zs_ _ i_i_ sr %._ 64. • • -,m.e,,,,•Zi00x' _ ..; .• • ' ~: D u D .. 1 • I 1