The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-12-27 00:00:00

• 1 --T :1111 I • k . I 1 I 1 I I 1 I I umonms•••••• Lill lUS BY MR. GOD/{IN. EPROM TYR OLAS,GOW CHRONICLE.) The argument of Mr. Malthus founded upon the Lower of mankind to fulfil the command of 41m1 to replenish the earth, has been directed to such unna- ?oral uses, that its refutation must give universal satis faction. We therefore recommend to the notice of our r •aders the work of Mr. Uodwin, in which this salu wary service is performed. We need scarcely mention that there was nothing original in the " Essay on Po pulation," excepting the geometrical and arithme tical ratios. All the rest was borrowed. The objec tic* to *a system in which mankind should live in peace an.l plenty was copied from Wallace; and the sophistry against the Poor Law might be found in pamphlets 150 years old. Mandeville and Karnes, at periods less remote, divulged similar notions, and the effusions of the latter were the quarry from which oas carried away the rubbish in the " Edinburgh Re s iew." The geometrical and arithmetical ratios have no other grounds than the supposed doi;bling of po pulation in America by native births in 25 years. .N.sw Mr. Uodwiu shows, from a careful survey of the ta..!s, that the increase there has taken place in a principal measure from emigration ; and, as Mr. Malthus, has nu other fact on which to construct his ratios, his theory goes headlong to pieces. Mr. tiodwin is eminently successful in disproving that mankind multiply in the ws-erwhelming way af firmed by Professor Malthus. In this gr,..st contest be is signally victorious; but on some occasions he has perhaps endeavoured to push his advanta t Te to., t ir. and has taken up subordinate pos:• ions that are si.d unite tenable. We wish that be had beets more cautions, since his opponents, in claiming a trion . pls in those nitinspertant points, will strive to snake them app. ar the key of the question. Professor Malthus is more excusable for the error about America thin fur his unhappy blunders about Englairl. lie lays it broadly down, that a certain degree of comfort is sure to be followed by an inju rious increase of people ; and lie thence invokers the demolition of the Poor Laws. Ile ought to have seen with his own ryes the futility of holding up distress at a preventive of over-population; for the English, with all their comforts and respectability, have in- creased far more slowly than the Irish, is bo, in the midst of rags and poverty, fill their miserable hovels with a progeny that ask no other nutriment than po tatoes and salt. Considering Englard in cu•cnerti•,n with Ireland, Mr. Malthus ought to have concluded, that in proportion as the populace are Impe:rssly poor, so are they reckless in the indulgence of their apre tites; and that frugality and self-denial are only to be looked fur in those to whom improved circum stances impart some degree of pride and self-im portance. Ihe same conclusion might be derived trom the fact, that in every society it is the very lowest class, composed af persons the least able to sappart a family, which rushes with most precipitancy into the ca►e. of a family. It is obvious that population has a tendency to in crease in the country, and to decrease in lane towns ; and a constant emigration is indispensible for keeping up the inhabitants of a city. This was long ago de- menet rated by Price. After the monstrous doctrines diretted by the Edinburgh Reviewers against the Poor Laws of Glasgow, it is surprising enough to and, by an easy calculation, how soon oar gorgeous city would share the dilapidation of Palmyra, were it not for constant supplies from the country. For the last 20 years, the births in the city of Glasgow amount, on an average, to 1537 ; the marriages for the !tam.. period to $62; the children to a marriage are '2? ; the deaths below 12 are half of the births. Wherefore. unless there come to us from the country such a number of marriageable persons as is equal to those reared in the city, the population would dwindle away every gene ration. Yet it is here, above every other place in the island, that ma ears have been stunned bt• h 1111 l hastie denunciations against keepiug our poor from the wretchedness, drgradation, and profligacy of publiu . . . begging! Mr. Godwin, having demolished the geometrical ratio, has not thought it neer. - try to go so minutely into the question .1 the Poor Laws as we ourselves did two years ago. Having kicked away the fonntlatims, he In a great measure contents himself with moraliz ing over the ugly ruins. Had he looked into the su perstrneture, and detected the false allegations of the opponents of the poor, he would have found ample materials for overwhelming them, even if the geometrical ratio had been something better than a night-mare dream. Looking upon the unreclaimed fields in England, and the i:::perf e! hosbandry of thoee already cultivated, and tit:. pe.r;i.hility of 413 enlarged produce by disco veties is agriculture, he scouts the conclusion that the country is over-peopled, and entirely deities the necessity of emigration. lint it little avails the star ving artisans of Sheffield or Glasgow, that there are fields which might be appropriated to their use, if actually they are nut. and if there is no probability that they will he. While the topic is mooted they mi. tbee•enjoy their existence nor benefit the country.- 41 any rate, such of them as possess any ambition, would prefer• America, since they would there, by easy Wooer, acquire a Large property, and leave their offspring rich. Many centuries hence, when the trans atlanti.i: forests bays disappeared before the axe of the emigrant, the Betaking down of large properties will become in skiieet of philanthropists, and will probably be effected-in consequence at advancement in know ledge; brie* present the policy of the labourer is to seek a yr 'sat whenever his wages aft insufficient to usaintaiwbiwfamily la that comfort which he never wanted.tilt the late vicissitudes of war and peace, of hank notea.and gold, changed the state of society, aid gambits' up to the aegket and scorn of those who, bpdsoir crooked systems of political economy, wield seipaoodelintdoetrines of Christ. The knowbodgotiris book conveys Is mot merely en skis and oirnsittg: bit is pregnant with matter of istursalti, aid may day be, ritAb i d i to excellent aecouat.. It is pandirri • isesembesesernseiesdionie wit!. 'Might • to eatiensistelik of the ne,.. ilblioviers of desPotts* lambi allow 'Swifts power - to' trample ilpdi • ra. tionally _sad consistently neglect the raskr btluw Et STATESMAN them ; but the friend of freedom Wdefective in tbs most essential point if he be not also the friend of the pour; or, being their friend, if he do not take care tho roughly to understand their interests. DEATH OF MOFFAT ALMS APCOUL, LATE FIRE AT Ittesev.Lousost.s.—The remains of the bre Itnforiessates who perished in this conflagration, were attiladed to the grave by a great number of the in habitant^ and deep sorrow it.ts visible on every coun tenance:: A subscrlption has been set on foot for the henviit of the servants who escaped, hot with the loss of all their clothes; also another subscription of one shil ling each person, in order to erret a suitable monument over the grave of tdip sufferers. Nothing further has transpired is to the prtgin of the Ere ; but it is supposed to have commenced To a closet under the staircase, a place where foul clothes, linen, fr,c. were thrown, used by the servants for various pnrposes. In the ruins, a sil ver watch was found, the glass br o ke, the colour black, and the pointeesteading at bre minutes past two. Mott MU bottles of port were recovered from the cellar. Am* 290 were broke and missing. The shrub wis saved. mei afterwards lost! Is the spirits no great damage has bees sustafisd.—(Carlisle Patriot.) Psneeratsw Mavcii.-:- . A short time since. Mr. D. a gentleman of this city, having undertaken for a I wager to walk twenty miles in roar hours, the match decided on Tinrsday last, at our Spa W a lk. t, o'clock Mr. D: started in very good style, in presence of a number of spectators who were annual lithe spot. • At the conclusion of his leash mile, be liad gained seven missies upon lisso r and bets.'which boll previouly been opus time, now tared ht dais ,pur. lie won the match by corpietieg ,pis With apparent ems its 3 hears mid $ mimes" weeds, imist4 nearly four minutes within the 'allowed.—(Gl uctatcr Jo it rrss!.) .V. 4 UTICAL bwrELLIGRNCE, -rip— DEPLORABLE El 'ENT. The Montagu packet was to leave Oibrali ar on t h e The death of the unfortunate man who was killed in Ithodes'-fielils, by soave person unknown, has been fol- 12th Dec. for the Brazils. lowed by a very melancholy event. He had resided at The filitierva, Dell, will sail from Plymouth for the Rose and Crown public-house, Bunhill-row, about Norfolk, V. Ist of Jan. next. 13 weeks; and very soon after his arrival at that house, I Pitts axes, Dec. 22-os--A survey has been heal on he introduced a young female, who he said was his wife, the William, Burgess, from Cardiff for London, and it is found necessary to land her cargo, as she rece i ve d to Pearcey, the landlord, requesting that he would provide a room for the accommodation of both fora much damage in coming in. short time. The landlord, seeing that the woman was a person of respectable appearance, and having observed that, during the time the unfortunate man hail been in the house, there had been nothing whatever objec tionable in his conduct, agreed, without hesitation, to the terms proposed by him, and both were at once ad mitted to a room. The name by which the man intro duced his wife was Taylor, and it has been since ascer tained that it is his real name. She had at the time she went to the house two or three trunks which were very heavy, but the pressure of bail circumstances (it is supposed) in a short time rendered it necessary for her to dispose of most of the contents for the support of herself and her tonsil:lnd. They were very economical in their conduct, and paid fur every thing they had fur some time ; hut a short time before the death of Taylor, they found it neressary to run in debt to Peareey for the necessaries of life. The female, whose clothes shen she first took up her abode at the Ruse and Crown were very good, gradually became shabby, and at length she presented the appearance of a person in great distress. faylor had always appeared as a working wan, but had not been at wolf: for some time. The last job lie had, it is supposed, he had at Dillivich, where lie was em ployed as a bricklayer. His clothes underwent no change ; hut his conduct became more reserved, and he Permed constantly in a state of weariness and appme hension at the oliffirulty of procurimg work, which his always expressed a willingness to undertake at any pries. His eife's conduct was the counterpart of his ; anal the last moments of her life evinced the powerful sincerity of her feelings. On Friday morning last, Taylor left the !moose soon after 111 o'clock in the morning, with the view of looking for work. It was his cast to return at an early hour after a disappointment. Mrs. Taylor Was not *farmed at his ah.ettee moil that absence far esteeedeil the itsuial hours of la'uir. Her distress at his stay then became very great; and all the efforts of the landlady, who liaitrinely represented the various eirr lances aLich, at I kiqtastas, were likely to keep a man from home. were ineffectual in giving console *jou. Tbe sight passed of er, but the terrors of the mi- ' fortunate v g woman increased with the aprearatice ; of day. She wandered about the house, in a state haw tiering upon distraction the u hole of Saturday, and would listen to no suggestion of comfort. Her conver sationt herniate incoherent ; lout she retained her faculties I sufficiently to jollier, upon hearing that a limn had been i killed miller peculiar circumstances, that he was her miserable partner. 'Elie farts bail been iliseloseil to her' as delicately as possible on Sunday by the landlord, and after the first transport of grief subsided, she expressed. a must anxious al.'s to SVC the body of the deceased.; Mr. Pearey, who by no means apprehended f, her I manner that she entertaineil a theught of destroying herself, represented to her that there were some impro liabilities as to the deceased bring her husband, but ex pressed no very sanguine expectatio.o4 of the contracy, the description given in the newspapers of the person, ansi the indigent circumstances of man and wife having given too much colour of probability to the fear. Ile consented to attend her to Shore itch Church on Christmas morning, acid after another day spent in misery the poor creature retired to her, he'd ; 9 o'clock in tins morning was the time at which Mrs. Pearce anal'she were to set oIE The hour arrived, but she slid not make her appearance below stairs. At 10 Mr. Pearey determined to call her up but knocking at her dour be was surprised at receiving no answer. He then went to the room next hers, where the partition was thin, end knocked very loudly and called Mrs. Taylor to get ni• : still no answer was riven. Mr. Pearcy then ran imp stairs and called Mrs faylar, who, apparently with great difficulty, said, " I can't get up, 1 can't get am." Mr. Pearcy at the same time thought he heard a strange nei:e. With the assistance of a young man who lodges in the house, he broke thorn the partition and saw a very dreadful spectacle. The poor wretched erre tare was lying in bed ;deeding at the throat and at both arms. She was still alive, but the cling' of blood was so violent, nothing hut the most immediate aid could be of the slightest avail. Unfortunately, even that proved abortive. Mr. Pearcy ran for a surgeon, while the young limn 1010 jOilled VIII in rendering assistance placed clothes to the neck of the sufferer, and endeavoured t• stop the blood. In a fete L 1101111.11: a she was a corpse. The last words she had spoken were those which she addressed dh the landlady. At the bed side was lyin I a earviag knife covered with Wood, anal her scissors. T he surgeon, upon-examining the body, ascertained that the deceased had three wounds in the neck, one of which ex- ' tended several inches into the throat, and was sufficient to deprive the deceased of life. The wounds in the neck were stabs; those on the arms appeared to have been in- dieted with the same instrument, and the surgeon was of opinion that the knife N as that instrument. The sister of the iinfoinnate young female has been at the home to are the hotly, and we understand that her adulation is in calamity very little short of that to which the deceased was reduced upon hearing of the dreadful catastrophe of Taylor in Rhodes'-fields. The brother of Taylor loss beets at the I ttttt sr. He is a very decent man. i Mr. Pearcy says that Taylor always vied in his house in the tenderest manure to his wife, and was a very inof fensive man. MATcit ro DO FIFTY MILES IN TIEN lirwly.--; Gentleman named Smith, an oth:•er in the a rm y, under took yesterday, fur It/0 guineas, to •l• the above great match, which was made on Saturday night at a sport. iug-house in St. James's, to be done within IS hours. It was considered impossible without precious train• ing; but it seems the pedestrian is always in training, or, in other words, he is an abstemious man, who takes wonderful exercise. The work was done over a ere mile piece of ground on the Hounslow Inclosures, as follows NIX. sac. 1 2 S 4 l2 10 5 8 Rllll. 1111 N. INC 0 40 0 42 IV o 49 30 0 30 30 3 1 X) 80 60 0 S 6 1 68 39 9 lIILES. tt 47 48 The pedestrian was much beat after the -Li miles, but he had made good his ground at going off, and L a had leisure to rest an lunar at intervals in the last five miles. The weather was his friend. and betting was 2 to 1 on him after doing 25 miles in 3 !mitre, 42 nsi nut"s :;f1 seconds. 110 'DIRT AND ATROCIOrA ATTI'MPT TO FIRE 11ot - ie.—On Nlonday evening an attempt to set tire to the pr•mises of Mr. Engleh .rt, a respectable cabinet maker, residing at Limehonse, was made, for t: e pur pose of committing robbery.—The following means were resorted to fur this purpose fellows kn.mked at the door, and inquired if a person whom they named res ded there; un the girl answering its the negative, they desired to see Mr. Englehart him self, and a hen the servant girl went to call him, they let loose a large eat, with a lighted torch tb•il to the him' quarters, and left the house. The affrigh!ed causal immediately flew through the pa:- sage to the workshop at the back of the house ; in this place a large c ! uautity of timber, shavings, &r. are deposited, to which the fire trim the torela liately c.miniunicated, and the whole was in stantly in a blue. Proper means were resorted to, and the fire was fortunately extinguished withmit doing any serious injury. It is, however, to be regretted, that the villains effected that, for which, no doubt, their infamous plan was intended, as, in the confusion, a great number of persons entered the house, and a valuable watch and appendages we.e taken from the mantle-shelf; several silver table and other spoons from a closet, and a new great coat, with two umbrellas, wore also stolen. Mr. E. has signified his intention of offering a re ward for the splendors. Dowse el pine-ens szor. iiol. Thy house, aed (is the cnp of life. That honey•drop) thy pleasing wife. OURATES, by his discourse ow marriuge. P , 1•• S raptured his auditors with the subject, that the married men new to their wives, and the bachelors hastened to he wedded : and " The Spectator" has tanned, that the word " svife" is the most agreeable and-delightful name in eaters*. The sacred institution, then, of marriage, compasses the de.idernttain of oar enjoyment ; teeming not only with hap piness on earth, but disposing the soul it, sif to harmonize with bliss hereafter. Prt•viouv, however, to entering into this hallowed obliga tion, it becomes an imperative duty, not only to regnlatethe passions, but to cleanse the grosser nature from ttose purities. which the freedom of unrestricted pleasure may have entailed upon it. To the neglect of such attention are. attributable many of those hapless instances, which. while they excite the commiseration of the beholder, should 1160 Impress him with the fear of self-reproach. Luxurious habits will effeminiae the body--, residence in the tropics will relax the elastic fibre—but more especially does the prelusion, infatuation of yonth too fregnently cum • promise the natural dignity into a slate of inanition. from whence the agonized sufferer more than doubts the chance of relief. To all such, then, we address ourselves, offering hope—energy—muscular strength—felicity ; nor will our advances appear questionable, sanctioned as they are by the multiplied proofs of twenty years seecessfel experience. The easy cares of married life, are sometimes disturbed by the suspension of those blessings which concentrate the nuptial wreath--for the female habit is often comtitutionelly weak—yet it can be strengthened, and delicient energy im proved into functional power. In every ease of syphilitic intrusion, as well as in every relaxation of the generative economy, we pledge our ability to cure speedily, and with effect. Earnestly solicitous to expel the unfeeling enspyrie from the position so presnuiptii ously taken tip, we deviate from general prinriplt.s wi!,l hesitation ; and eonlident in oar own honourable Intrgrit‘ s.t Members of the College of Surgeons, we refer the snairitur community of either sex (especially those entering into 1113 trinionial itfe) at once to our house, where daily attendance+ is given for personal consultation ; and letters trout the country are immediately answered ; these mut enata;n n remittance for Advice andModitine. which eye be fcresrde4 to an) part of the world, however Mauna. (i0:04 4041 ('n. 'l. R. C. Surgeoor, 11. Ravverleoltrret, Pleet-street, London. Private door round the iterate. Just pnbliahed (Teeth edition). The JEGIS of LIFE, a familiar commentary oft tlse show. Diseases. By GOSS and Co. Addressed to tho Youth and Maturity of both-Hese,. May be had at ilk Paternoster-mu ; aO. 1411-twit : IS. Print-ea-street, Soho ; 111, Irket-strevt sad *fail Booksellers. Price de. MARRIED. Os the Mit last.. at St. Oso►re's cbturh. Rionatgburv. Mr. Jahn Crinkles,. of Hisb-II others. timber-nwretikut. to Miss Sophia Latartoa, wiser of William Lavertaa, E-q. Forest-gate. West 11am, Essex. Oa Saturday, the SIM Mist., Mr. Pretlerielt Wilkistrws. Wandsworth. tp Miss Prunes Latham Plaistow, of War wick-street. Pali-will. ME a latch DIED. Oa Estorday lost. Jobs Hassell Dom& Esq. eldest sus At of John Hodges Dorsiol. Rog of liottua. Honey. o the Oa Christmas dap, Jabs Laigh, et New AriAllessint t • ma d Blosetfriors. Ss4., see AL , Oa PHAry.• So no test. Joseph Ribbed. Orneosir one of Mr. Janos Newsom. L.t lo Ilso liot. Of• doles his ass. 11- meemmaineer 3 ssmareingissem"manemileOßt" task Leaden : Rated. Prime* and Peitilaltsd at the 011er* I a ft . " Tag Sevres., to" sad "'Pisa CoNsmtrsee" (Asaiaj del N tat,, -Strata& °mod* AL Clemeesarrsot 1111 . 4 Ity R. WARDILL, Jos.. LL. R.: .Si weals- sea 4110.- amsotoidoes, *Mars, Ike. are ratialited se be eilnisel IN ZDINNURSH JAIL. NEON TRIE lEVENIXO COURANT.] It has become customary, upon the demise of per sons, who hare distinguished themselves through life from the generality of mankind, to giro a short bio graphical sketch of their peculiar habits, dispositions, aid attainments. These notices have hitherto been chiefly confined to literary, heroic, and eccentric cha racters, and hence they were laudatory or curious, and generally affecting; hut different from these is the in dividual whose final exit from the world is announced in the title. He acquired for lilmottlf an opposite de scription of celebrity, we should not say notoriety, by a long and but too successful series of actions on the reverse side of 1111 l rality. Could any thing like a re gular biography he given of him, it would perhaps form one of more general interest than that of a really good and virtuous character, though his o wn vocation would at least equal any of the renowned lives of highwaymen. Such a developement the dark shade of his life necessarily obscures: all we happen to know of hini is here stated. It is believed that James 31'Coul, alias Moirat, alias 31artin, alias Wil son, alias 31—, was a native of Berwickshire, and was bred to the business of a tanner, w hich he far some time exercised in this country. He afterwards ;tent to London, where lee connected himself with the t notorious sharpers, and subsequently became himself an adept anal a leader. lie was, like our father Brodie. celebrated as a cork-fighter, and in pugilism, was what would now, in the elegant language of that arienee, be styled a deusi-professional, and an amateur of the Fahey. The connections of his gang. of nhnm the notorious White was a prominent member, were, it is said, so extensive, that lie might with some propriety, be called the Rubber of the World ; its ra mifications extended over great trier of the continent of Europe, himself at times residing in different towns in Holland. lle resided in Ilandm-_h when that city fell into the bands of toe French, where he wag of eon siderable service to the British troops, which Rohm.- , quently saved hint from an iguominiotui death. About fifty years ago, as a mask for his real intentions, he commenced a morocco tanning atill dyeing concerts in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, wore it is thotight, with intent of cloaking his character, and assninine. a " visible means of subsistence," than for the pur pose of fair gain. Abou , that time lie was taken into custoly, charged with robbing a gentleman in the Theatre, but got off from a want ct evidence. His history front this period is less perfect with us than in the records of Bow-street, down t..) the robbery of the Paisley Bank, at Glasgow. So.m after that transaction he was taken into cnstody, and after re maining long in Glasgow jail, obtained his liberation !.y restoring, through the medium of a friend in Lon don, about 10,11110/. of the money of which the Bank ' was robbed—having, as it was well known, still a large sets of the Matey then lost to the Bank. HO' made repeated ♦isits to Aberdeen and Dundee, in or der to convert use notes into bills on London, in which he interceded. At last, with • large sum of money still on his person, he arrived at Leith, and succeeded in converting it also, being, as was proved, the iden tical notes of which the Bank was robbed, into hills on London, when he was again apprehended and sent up to the Police Office here; when, after another iut l.risonntent and much discussion, these bills were, by desire of a very active Magistrate of this city, lodged in ti.e Bank of Sir W. Forbes and Co. In order to recover this money, Moffat had the audacity to raise various actions in the Court of Session, and unsuc cessfully litigated for a period of eight years, during which he was for the most part to be found abont the Courts of Law, or at certain tap-rooms, denouncing City Magistrates, Judges, and Juries. At the final determination of this cause against 111111 in the Jury. Court in May last, the witnesses, it will be recollect ed, so completely established his being a principal in the robbery, that he was then taken into custody, tried before the Court of Justiciary in the month of June, convicted, and sentenced to be executed, which sentence was afterwards commuted to transportation ; but his health, from the time of his trial, bri•'g in a declining state, and being advanced in years. lie was permitted to remain in our jail, where this veteran in villainy, contrary to the expectation of all who ever heard of him, died a natural death on Thursda♦ morning, instead of ending hiss days in a foreign land, or expiating his crimes on a gibbet. PO tIOR. --...w.-- ROBVIT BAK[R wu occupied the greater part of yesterday morning in reprimanding and dismissing persons charged with haring partaken so freely of the good things of this life, on Christuw day, as to heroine un,thle to reach their homes, and con sequently necessitated to take up with cool lodgings in the different watch-houses. CHRISTM As Fa es.—Two fellows, calling themselves Goorge Palmy' and Hobert Ifilier, were brought In by the uut-patrole, who met them on the Hurseley wood-road, in the night between Sunday and Monday. with eight fat geese, recently killed ; and all huddled together in a couple ofsacks. When the officers asked them what they bad in their sacks? They replied, "Only a few water-tresses." They were remanded till Friday, Another fellow, named George Anderson, was met, almost at the same time, with a fine hare, which he st first said be bad from" the Keeper at Hortoa."and afterwards, that he had found it near Horseley-wood. He also was remanded fir further exantieation. DnoidStenens, a young countryman, was brought before the Magistrate, having been taken into custody at a pawnbroker's, offering a valuable gold watch for sale, with.oit being able to account fir it satisfactori ly. The welsh was engraved. en the laner case. "Eiliabetli Sarah Neelbam," and- the•primmer said be foatutfii UR the evening of last Kim'. %Wan, on the road between Slough and Umbriiige.—He was ems nil :led for further e Anal nation. 1 ,► 1