The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-09-21 00:00:00

vilify a Revolution which bas been the cane of thel ,r o getaination of Inch doctrines as are contained in the Repor t. It recommends iconomf aid artRINciMENT, by the destruction of sinecures, and undeterred pea lions, land by the diminution of exorbitant salaries ; a nd it states, as a self-evident consequence of an atten tion to this the decrease of tales, and the increase of human comfort. Comment upon this document is unnecessary. It in itself, an answer to all the vulgar abuse, which, for 'ant of better materials, has bees heaped upon the im mortal patriots who have set the example of resistance to grinding tyranny. Comment, we repeat, is unne "miry ; for comment upon clearness must obscure it; a nd if the people of England are not now convinced that the cause of the hatred of freedom which has so openly shewn itself in England and on the Continent, that that cause is the fear of that fearful word, " Re form ;" if the people, we say, are not now convinced of this, then they are unworthy the name of rational creatures ; we should waste oar labours upon them, we might write our pen to the very stump without pro ducing the desired effect. As a contrast to the Report In question, we have the painful, the gloomy task, of laying before our readers an official acccount of the Revenue of our own country, for the quarter, ending the sth of July last ; s od, from this Account, it appears. that, notwith standing the weight of taxation under which we groan, notwithstanding that ne are taxed for every thing we eat and drink, for what we neither eat nor drink, and almost for what we think. still there is a deficiency is this one 'warier @nig, of .e I ,660,794 I Re, Sd. ; and, to meet the deficiency of these frightful figures, ninst we be taxed spin and again. The de- ficiency, for the present, has been supplied out of the sacred fund set apart for the payment of the dividends which will become due next October ; that is to say, out of the money which belongs to the national creditor ; that is to say. that unless the Bank advance their paper ea loan, the national credi tor, on applying for his interest next October, will be turned to the right about, and told that his money is applied to meet the deficiency of the last quarter ! In fooling at political events, there are certain ex tremes, which the human mind is incapable of grasp ing. Such is our case in treating of the condition of fair unhappy England, as contrasted with that of thriving !mighty Spain. If we were only to attempt the filling up the outline of the two extremes, we should shrink from the view orate own work ; we should lose ourselves in language which might inflame our country men to madusss,and we should consign ourselves to a d u n von. Weiganil therefore endeavour to observe the nar rowed metes kW bounds which are marked out for our s hackl e d press ; and, in one expressive sentence, we sac to our countrytien ; " Look at Spain, and look at England!" 'l'o suppose that such a state of things can continue, would :rgae a want of the common faculties of reason, which nature has given to all who are permitted the exercise of their loco-motive powers. Something mast be done, and quickly done, by the temperate and re spectable part of the country, or we shall soon become a prey to the horrors of Revolution,—of Revolution, not of the character which has given happiness to Spain an I freedom to Naples ; bet of a description which will involve n 3 in all the appalling scenes of the year 1793, in France. It is reported titAt Lord Beresford has arrived at Lisbon, witli orders to use his influence to induce the liorernmrnt to convoke the Cortes. The Marchioness of Sangrati, the lady to whose ar rival we yesterday alluded, as having come to offer evi dence in behalf of the Queen, has, with her husband, the Martinis, taken up her residence in the house of Laity Ann Aamilton, in Portman-street. We have received New Brunswick Papers to the %hoe August, of which the following is an extract rar.nsucerrown, JULY 18. Yesterday n.orninz,, the inhabitants of this place Were thrown into a state of alarm by s number of low characters (m-stly Irishmen,) who commenced a riot which had been plotting for some time past. About wOO% they began to assemble in considerable force at the lower end of the town, and immediately commenced a barhuons attack on several usoffending passengers st 4 mechanics at work, whom they beat in a shocking moaner 1 brat our lox nsmen being er.:ly apprised of this most daring outrage, immediately hastened to the scene of disturbance, when a rencontre took place. which ultimately ended in the dispersion of the mob , and the commitment of the ringleaders to gaol. We are entirely unacquainted with the origin of this dis turbance or of the motives of these deluded men, but it is evident that a spirit of disaffection has crept in among us. The shameful evasion by the American officers of their own Navigation Act, evidently passed for the purpose of excluding all British colonial vessels from entering or being within their limits, plainly demon strates the necessity of Plaster of Paris in America, sad affords a lesson to the British Provinces from whence Plaster of Paris is exported. By Mails which arrived yesterday we have received Brunel, Papers to the 13th. soil Hansburgh Journals to the Pith instant. The following is an extract from one of the former : Our printe eorrevondenee from Frankfort, dated .7th September, informs us that the Baron J'Anstett, Minister Pleuiputentiary from Russia to the Diet, has just made to that assembly, in a confidential sitting, a gommanicatioa of which the following is the substance: • The Ernprter of Russia does not recognise in any . mower the rig of interfering in the akin of other 1111seso, oh secatet of innovations introduced into the 11pewompee stibeet States. His Imperial Majesty de . 10111111111 appeemehing interview with Ms Ally, the ttf Muria, is far from having for its sifdet to imam use &wastages' leading to sapprra *ow letAbge in sPi:* et,sarks:!..,.... 47 0... • ORIGINgL POETRY. THE STATESMAN. • ... •QL4; BAILRY 111181110Nt ' - "I? 5111 MOllitiltc. Rage Cannlngham writes to young Whifitredd. to tai • • • inkier? was edictal Ise tabbing John He's found bis lock will be driv en astray : Aird, Of theslint of 4W. in Bask moms, on the Bine*, That Melte lass, M ora lity, L o y a l ty, L aws, Will all be polluted by vu l gar app l ause , hig-hwpy, or, the Ist of August last. Remember, go o d Vicar, public applause Mr. Aird, an elderly gentleman, swore, that on th e Ise of August. he WU seised by the threat by souse Which maintains C ons tit u ti on , R e li g i on an d L aws ; fellow... Who 'surrounded him. There was a great That Freedom whi c h once y ou were prou d to d e f en d, Unsupported by publi c f ee li ng mus t en d . crowd-assembled to see the opening o f th e Re gen t' s Canal.. He, Lowell's., was not able to identify the In vain the attempt i n di gna ti on to d rown , Billy Priest (if not h e ard) 'tu ill en d anger t h e Crown prisoner. Several offifr witnesses were called, who identified Tile slaves of a C our t. th e di sgrace o f our i s l e , the prisoner amongst the rest, a peace -offic e r, who In the mischief there w r ou g ht m ay exu lti ng l y sm il e . But never ! oh, nev e r! t o reasons di sgrace , took from the person of the prison e r, pr o p er ty s i m il ar Be religion disguis'd 'n e ath Hyp ocr i s y' s f ace . to that stolen from Mr. Aird, Witrttesees were called to character, all of whom gave Let no tiate-serring Priest, with p re f ermen t i n v i ew , Make truth appear fals e a n d f a ls e h oo d l oo k true . %int AR hottest 'character. *Faith, Hope, and Cha r ity, l a t e was y our t h eme , Have summed up th e e v idence to the Tires the prologue that led to your politic dream : Jstryorlsene mined, without hesitation, a verdict of By FaitA, 'twas in Ministers friendship you meant; Collor.. By /lope, the town sleeves upon which you're intent: Janus Leith was charged with stealing from J. By Charity, yours it will plainly b e seen . ..Hayliin, jewellery of various kind, to a considerable' Is to Batter the km: and to libel the gt:er's ; antoit'uf.' • • With such ends in view may you e'er be deceled. %den, the prosecutor, is a working j ewe ll er , And by Bible Associates fleece believ e d. iiiveAn4 that Janie in Rupert-street. On Easter Sunday C. W. wEnipmAirsyrp. e ,up property, in presence of some of his • • " '1,44 I • • The Rev. Gentleman preached on this 'dike, at a late r s, between I I and 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Meeting of the Bible Assootatioa. went out, and on his return at night, he found is c sest broiled openand the property style.. 1 John Hatton, a geld and silver refiner, knew the prisoner many years. On the 24th of June, the pri soner came to him, and presented some jewellery for sale,- Having heard of Mr. Haydon's robbery, he comitinnicated the circumstance, and the property was brodght to bow-street. Here the property was pro ' doted in Cpuit, and identified. No evidence, however, was brought which could bring home the charge clearly to the prisoner. Mr. Justice Has r charged the Jury, and expressed regret that Mr. H. had lost his property, but in hi. opinion there was not sufficient evidence. :to defence wan attempted, and the prisoner was dis charged. • Mr. Hayden wished to know whether the prisoner could be detained on the ground of having this pro prthr its his piiiiession, knowing it to br stolen, for that he had suffered materially not only in his pro pertv but his character, and wished to sift it to the bottom. THE QUEEN. -do The following is the Answer of her Majesty to the Address of the United Incorporations of Mary's Chapel of the City of Edinburgh : " flee United Incorporations of Wright. anal Masons, and six other trades, commonly known by the name of the United Incorporations of Marv's Chapel,in the City of Edinburgh. wall accept nay unfeigned thanks for this affectionate Address. " I feel the most unhesitating assurance that the pre sent conspiracy against any honour and my rights nill experience the fate of its predecessors; that it will leave my repntation unsullied; and bring Visgraer only on the contrivers of the plot, with all itaauhordinate auxi liaries. " Mr life will furnish a singular example of the native strength of truth and innocence. These have been my principal support against a host of enemies; and of enemies, too, armed with all the powers of a mighty State; furnished with unlimited supplies of money, :ilia assisted by a degree of corrupting influence such as no Government ever possessed before. But this enemy, so vast in might, and in unbounded in his means, has 'been vanquished by the force of triith, assisted by the Liberty of the Press. It is the Press by which the sympathies of the people have been most powerfully excited, and by which myriads of friends in every pert of the kingdom have been called forth to protect my interests and to ad vocate my rights. " I strenuously efliort and earnestly request my friends in the North, as well as in the South, never to lose sight of this truth, that Britons can never lw enslaved while the Press is free. Public opinion, which is a new power in States, and which is a salutary check upon every other power, owes its origin to the Liberty of the ! Press; and it is impossible for one to survive tlie other. or fur liberty to exist when both are destroyed." • Mr. Justice Demr thought that course was impru dent. Ue regretted exceedingly he had lost his pro petty, but certainly nothing had appeared that could in the slight..st degree affect his character. • John Edwards was indicted for robbing Edward Iturrireuf his watch on the highway. The prosecutor was walking late in the evening, on the Edgware-..oad. The prisoner held a dog by a string, and on passing by, he accused him of treading trn his dog, and taking hold of him, robbed him of his watch, and handed it to one of his comrades. Several persons who mere present at the time corroborated his !snatiuMny. The prisoner was found Ginty. Yesterday John Dinesdale, a youth of genteel elo pes:awe, was indicted under the Statute commonly calk*Lord Ellenberough's Act, for maliciously point ' bur and attempting to fire a loaded pistol at Matthias Mitchell, with intent to do him some bodily harm; and Mr. Seabrook, an attorney, and John Green, a car penter, were charged with aiding and abetting him therein. The circumstances of the case were these:— . Mr. Waters, of the Opera-Louse, had let on lease to Mr. Dimstiale, the father of the prisoner, a cottage, at Uroce-green, Kingsbury, of which, under pretext of a violation of the lease, he again took possession in April last, the cottage being left unoccupied at the ' moment, but a uuman named Fuller having the charge . . of it. Mr. Dimsdale regained possession on the 10th of June, and placed his son, the prisoner, in charge of it, who was the same night, blockaded therein by a party of people placed round the house, for the pur pose of, as the prisoner termed, cutting off the corres pondence ; and after three days of such blockade, Mr. li'aters forcibly entered, and turned Mr. Diundale and Ms party out. On the 13th of July, the day of the set charged in this indictment, Mr. Diresdale, jun. ac compattied by the other two prisoners, proceeded to the cottage fur the purpose of regaining possession, and, forcing the hall dour, entered the house; Mr. Witten having been sent for by Mr. Illtebelt, the prpsecutor, who was in possession in his name, aim, and a dispute ensuing, ordered the prosecutor to tarn them out. He accordingly, as he says, having &load ed pistol in his hand, pushed Mr. Ditusdale on the ann, and told him to go ; he would not swear that he did not point the pistol ; whereupon Mr. Dimatiale presented a pistol at him, which missed fire, but, isi aftrrwards examined and found to be heavily charged with shot and a bullet. The prosecutor admitted that he had before threatened to shoot them, and that Ones had replied, " we can shoot as well as you," but kel did not renumber whether he pointed the pistol and threatened to shoot at the time of pushing Mr. Dims dale or not. Mr. Justice RICOARDSON, in this stage of the pro ceeding, only one witness having been examined, di rected an acquittal, as if the death of Mitchell bad en sued, the legal offence would not have been murder, as required by the statute under which this indictment was framed. • . . John Kopper, a youth of very respectable appear ance and connections, was capitally indicted for shad ing on the 30th of August, from the house of Mr. J. Wells, the Half Moon public-house, Clipssone-street, Miry-le-Bone, 12 silver spoons and other artieles. • Mrs. Ann Wells stated, that the prisoner cams Into the house and called for a glass of eider; it was taken . into the parlour ; there was a bunch of keys is th e parlour cupboard, which contained the property is question. The prisoner being seen In a suspicious si tuation, and the property having Isms missed, he wail taken into custody. Coates and Warren, two essastshiss of Marplip : Siono, found in possession of the primmer, a key. dm* drool .boa that was at his father's house, at iw alißfolt. street. Camden-town, which matigeoll..lll ,, stolen. he prisoner made no defence.. 110111,1 rowel f an the prisoner a most estoelloat • Mr. Justice &commie, sentand-ni5.41 141 rfrwiw lorth grenchsonnity. and the Awry *Met alley. Many strongly teenataissoded pmt ol, illerfre I hs widdr therm.* jeimd b g themikalbs `•.• r, •; • .r, • !; • • ro ; SPANISH FINANCES. ~„. ABSTRACT OF THE SPRSCH OF COCXT TO BIN°, As COMM: MAX OF Till FIXANCC COMMITTEE, PRo:St/UNCAIi IN Till CORTIOI AT TUE SITTING OF IST imwr. The Committee, in order to proceed with regularity in the essential points of the task imposed upon than, pro posed to divide its labours into two parts, viz. Ist. rue returns and expences of the respeetiie departments of Government; and _idly, The means of covering these expellees. rile savings proposed by the Committee are consider able, and the ('ortes cannot fail to approve the good wishes by which it has been actuated. when they examine and find that from 6641 millions of vials, to which the total expenditure formerly aMounted, it has now been reduced to 532 millions, a sum very considerable if we consider the disorder that has of late reigned in the public administration, and the difficulty, nut to say ini possibility, which exist% of suddenly healing the deep wounds which have been indicted. This first part of their task being concluded, the Committee proceeded to the other no less important and difficult one, viz.—that of complying with the obliga tions of the State. With regard to the system that is to go into operation from the present time till July next, the Committee is of opinion, that it ought to be no other than the existing one, with certain modifications indispensably necessary for the relief of the people. Such. fur example, as a con siderable decrease in the direct taxes. By such decrease in the direct taxes, thr people no doubt will be considerably relieved ; but in this and the deficiency which will still be experienced in the other branches of the revenue, a deficit will result, to cover which, a loan for this year is required of 200 tnilliou of risk. Most assuredly, if this were to be repeated annually, it would become ruinous, as no duubt would be the cast with all nations which are not in the same situation as England was during the period of the French Revolu tion. Fortunately Spain will not hare to recur every year to the expedient of loans, since, after the ensuing year, she will be able to cover her own obligations, as the Committee will undertake to show. The Committee, will again observe to the Cortes that its plan comprehends three parts, via. An examination of the expenditure, and a retrench. ment upon it of 129 millions of dais. 2. That as the economical year is to commence in July of this year, the existing contribbtions are to be !e't standing till July, 16 3 1, deducting, for the relief of the people, one *half of the direct con tribution, added to a considerable improvement in the monopolies, and in order to cover the deficit, pre posing a loan of 200 millions of rials, after having per fected the administration, and rendered the teas uni form, in union and concert with the Committee of Com merce. _ _ 3. A proposal of certain bases, which, being approved by the Cortes, will lay the foundation for the labours of a general and complete plan of finance, in which at the same time that the whole expences of the State are co vered, no def►cit may result, by adopting as a principle the modification of the tithes. With a certain modification in the tithes, -the Com mittee has already approximatively calcolated, that after competently providing for the clergy, and more particu larly the parish priests. and made the necessary increase in the direct cootributiois, there will be a saving to the agricultural classes, with regard to what they now pay, of about two bindred millions of rubs. We eopiotli. is oonatos with moot of out eotecopo caries; an article loader the hoati of " F 1 Duct at Chester" which wo wow flid was it faWttatioo.)•• ended to hurt the feelings of; notifiable sostlesaa of this . - v't .f:•• •if ider • !i SPONTI.VO INTICLI.IOIIIIeIt. DONCAIMIR TosainnT. 8 0 , 1% 10.. . 8 kerPseatras of lOgs. Iva, foe two-rfrir setts. eat. ; Saki art —Two Sete olds' Colitoa.—( Sebobibors.,) Mr. T. 0. Payless's be. e. dark sops, by Monde* or Ardrossia.—W. Seal« 4 , Mr. Riddell's h.:. Colwell, bt R. Y. it. oat of Leos Forte II Sir W. MlllWr:eit eh. c. Joe' the f. 's Brother • Sir AL M. Sylses's br. e. by Sasolowelto, dab by Shuttle 4 The folios log horses started, hot were sot planed : Lord Vitswillisnes b. b. Csebtlebelf, by thlbeleasko 0 Mr. G. 1.. Fox's b. e. by Stripling. dtatlry Paynator Mr. Franklin's eb. c. Northern Lipid, byOetas lan . Mr. Remotes b. f. Bustard, des by I.'Oriant 0 to 4 *gat Joel ; Ito I apt Colwell; 4to I cyst 8101100 1 4 to I sot Northern Light. Th. COCIRRIII IIAT 14TA11101 of 26gs net. for three-year old colts fist. 31b. ; fillies Oat. --The St. Leger Course,— Jockles to ride in cocked hats,—(7 Subscribers.) Sir W. Maxwell's e. Monteith, brother to Fills° da by Ilaphaaard.—T. Shepherd Gen. Grosvenor's eh. f. !Moonshine, by Soothsayer Mr. Ferguson's eh. f. The Lady of the Vale. by Mutt/bray Sir W. W ) one's eh. f. Cambrian Lase, by Cbsinpiou 4 6 to at on the Lady. Swrarrrants of lOgs each, skill 23gs added by the Cord gyration, for all ages ; three-year olds. est. ?lb. ; form 7st. "1b..; five. Net. 71b. aid aged, dst. 1/16.-41. Leger Course.— (6 Subscribers.) Mr. Lantbton's b. h. Truth. 6 yrs old.—T. Nichol‘on Lord Sligo's br. r. Montclair, brother to Murat, l yrs did I Lord Scarborough's b. e. by Potreoins. 3 yrs old Lord Fitaxilliam's br. f. Gabbs, 4 yrs old Mr. Clifton's b.lt. Cabello', 8 yrs old 6 to l eget Galatea ; >t to I apt Troth. The HUMORS . MTAIIIOII of 10p tech.—Fear slim Sir W. Losley'a th. h. Ibrla•aita, aired.—Mr. Lacy 1 Mr. T. Sykte's br. h. Taaeredi. 4 yrs old.—Sy the Owair —(boiled) S The Coe POSIAT lON PLAT, of 611 L—Tyro-mile boats. Mr. Pelbam's b. at. Cottage Girl, 6 yrs old.—Marsoa I I Mr. Watts's eh. e. by Cerberss, 3 yrs old Mr. G. llumble's b. c. Carpenter.* yrs old Col. King's br. h. Master Ileyrrlsy, II yrs old 4 4 Lord Milton's b. c. Sl'oronzow, 3y rs old . Sir G. Sitwell's b. h. Truth. by Teddy, 6 yrs old 0 dr Mr. Smith's ch. c. by X. Y. Z. 3 yrs old (lost weight). dis. METRODISTICAL POLITICS. The following is an extract of the Address to the King, transmitted to his Majesty, from the Methodist Conference lately held at Liverpool :—" Instructed by the Holy Scriptures, which, as an undoubted Re velation from Clod, we receive as the only rule of ore faith and practice, to humour the King as well as to fear God, we abhor and detest all principles of dis loyalty ; and as far as our influence may extend among these of your Majesty's subjects who are the objects of our pastoral instruction, we shall continur, by our constant teaching, advice, and example, to discountenance sedition and disorder in all their forms, and strongly to enforce subjection to the laws, and Ito all the civil authorities constituted by the State, and no longer than we thus prove ourselves worthy, shall we expect the protecting shade of the law to be extended over us.,, Hitherto, however, we have bad the unspeakable satisfaction to witness a strict ad herence to their duties among our Societies, notwith standing they unexampled pressure of distress in the nation, and the manufacturing districts in particular, in which they have largely shared, but which they have endured with exemplary patience and sub mission." schism 'of consirierahle extent appears to have taken place among the Methodists in the Nortitern Counties, as well as the South, owing principally to the folly of some of their preachers, in interfering with the political opinions of the people.—This began about the latter end of last year, when their Commit tee of Privileges in London, in concert with his Ma jesty's Government, issued circulars to the differeet preachers in the connexion, in all parts of the coun try, to discountenance amongst their people all those who might be attached to Political Reform. Imme diately the Methodist pulpits every where resounded with the murderous doctrines of passive obedience and non-resistance, those doctrines which in Eng land brought one tyrant to , the block, and obliged another to abdicate the throne. In consequence of which, added to the tyranny of the preachers and their exorbitant exactions from the people, few of whom are opulent, great numbers of them have se parated from the body, and formed a new community, under the denomination of " Independent Methodists ;" stsaintaisting the same discipline, hut differing in 'Church Government; as their preachers, like the pri mitive teachers of Christianity, claim no pecuniary reward for their labours. In Shields, Newcastle, and their vicinities, they are rapidly increasing, and have already 14 chapels and places of public worship, which I are supplied by twenty-one preachers. HOP INTR LL IC ENCE. ___......._ Booditdo, San. !S.—About 700 pockets of sew Hope have sloe to Market, but few sold; currency 90s. to eh: Elie accounts continue to state the Hops fall short of the mfilmate, add the duty is now rated at 94,0111/. to 36,06111. • • Newlin.. A, a. 1... o. New Pockets. L. e. L. a. Kent 3 6-4 4 Kent 3 14-6 14 Sasses ....0.... it 0-3 14 Sussex Essex • •' 0 0-0 0 Essex -0 ta Porelgo Pith* 0 0-0 0 Pantheist -0 U Yowling llosp. 110 s. to PAM. Yearling Pockets 745. togas. 111.storeostr, Seer. 14.—Our planters are all now busy picking, and the account seems general of tin s falling short of the quantity expected. As to pikes, we have received so few samples at market that we can say nothing abode them. Duty still called MOW. Catresitavax, &err. 16.—The Hops CNN down eery *hock, and indifferent in quality. The growth of this asiglikparbood is not expected to average more than 1 met.Ater acre. • At ftithato, Odiham, and that neighbourhood, the sod In general of indifferent quality, sad the crop serrtmeed 4 cwt. is as sere. • IN Till. Sp?. I6.—Upwards of 1,000 pockets of *w Hypo 'were to the market this day, but only 324 sod the 'trice* fetched were 765. to 04s. and ... Was such a market for hops witnessed at lir ' .In the month of September. The general tall* *pimps war sever so bad (except in a few 1 so the presidt growth, and them has not bees se tMsince idle year 17116. Somi *samples "of IMP* sold MANI. • • reta:meetlas of the Artisans of Shelidd. held on • amok; it wadi esasimosoly agreed that. a rah •Nligitos.• !boll& bo mitered lam for slid pillow of wiakisbor •_My • the tioice *IA n Ir nod of 4 SWAM infrafdrsterr; Ili A Ismi lc *heir •- glib* se vsok-lis of ibslll. 111 ot•pilisi . flliti AddirlsrrdiAd•radliim sir t: . sa. . ... ert: Va# Ilegalla •'*. : 'et..AU4 1 .4 4 4/104.011 .-t - .42'4 :fl s•LT.ss:.• ; .r. G ., as. .e. i. 5 PC r-