The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-01-11 00:00:00

PrIE STATEgMkti. To Two EDITOR or reit ST4TESNAN. --...-- Sia,—l should he extremely unwilling Bony come usanicatiow frem me should base the effect of dissolve ing that 'ion between the English end Scottish nation which his so long subsisted between them. The English is • generous, rich, and free nation : Scotland is • wise and social one. Both nations bare their merits. England is profusely liberal for ell services done to it : Scotland knows this, and is per tinerionly morseling in continuing arse services, which the People are fully sensible is se eroded', to the support of the English end Irish Administration. Owe greet political mosim with us is, to prevent, as far as possible, all altercation in the British Podia. ant. When • House Is divided amongst them selves, that Boon capon long stand. To prevent this is she ardent desire of our Scottish Minister ; and the ad vantages which are derived from a coaleseedßepresen. Lotion, makes one Midslerareful to receive no Member into the brotherhood who should create difference of opinions loParliament, which should lead to long dig ressions or to untimely boors, when Members ought to be et home with their families. The Scottish /le presentelion is eri these snows highly prized by the English and Irish Minister:, who, with one con. sent, confer upon our Minister the patronage of the Arley, the patronage of the Navy, and the patronage, as It Is culled, of Scotland, to be disposed of by him amongst all his good and peaceable children, who attend best to their education, who do not fight amongst themselves, and •he lake not the pet at their baiter and bread, or, as yen call it in Eoglaod, bread and hotter. Now, I cannot agree with en ENGLISHMAN in your Paper, of the sth December current, that Scotland is not as conspicuous for wisdom and discrimination as England is fur liberalityand gratitude. It is certainly • very becoming thing to see 45Megsbers of such peen able demeanour, and of such unanimity of Seilli. rent, enter the British Senate ; and it is no less creditable to the English nation, through their Mi. mister, to wren an unequivocally their sense of the dignity they confer open that House, by the liberal and Madame Intoner they take in rewarding them for it. It is highly creditable to the several merits of both iiminsis, when a mutual sense( favours thus bestowed shall continue to bind them so closely. Your Correspondent mined. olds the effect of what I stared about the Judges of the Court of Ses sion, having power to legislate and rescind the Statutes of Pediment. What I meant to say was this, namely, that In relent for the liberal remoseene lions void by she English and Irish Ministers for our 45 K u iets and Bergeens, we thought it bat jest to enable them to devote their whole time and atten tion t. 'be t opsides moinn of English and Irish affairs, unencumbered with those of Scotland, already sub jected to the tare and consideration of ear Minister end t• the legisleli.to of eat Parliament here. Wes It not for the information the llonse has received frein the present Lord Advocate while be was Mem ber for Yarmouth, not another Member, either there or in the Pa*, Caroni!, of the profeetion is net up by as who cats esplsin to Parliament how we stand. The late Lord bilet.vit.t.i could do so. He was also Lord Advocate for Scotland, and spoke the Scotch language *dudishly; so much so that no Mem ber could in eit her Iluotie take pert with him in any de bate respecting the ice.' tish Judicatories ; and no man, since the days of Lannxenatai, who was also Lord Advocate, and who, in 1674, held for these reasons in Scotland so absolute a power. It was a minim with him to allow none to enter that House who could In Scottish affairs impugn his decide's. If year Correspondent wishes to too, the Scottish Constitution, it is fronded god perfected, in 1532, by the &elate instituting the Court of Session; and let him jest connect it op to the present day, with a historical annul of its promising,. He will God it lordly and universally applauded by • loyal and contented People at the Convention of Estates, called by LAVOUDALIC, at Edinburgh. in 1681. Ile will ate the beauty of earConstitetion, in the good cease and prudence manifested in the Acts of Sederont, with. wet the smallest censure from Parliament--he will diners the perfection end excellence ia slaws& every article .1 the Declaration of lights, a -len parody upon that of England, at a second Convention, called in 16b9; again at the glorious Kevoletion of twit year: and, above all, by the propositne made, in war times, through a public Newspaper, to erect by subscription, le violation of the two lirst command ments of God, a state. to a living character, pos sessing the disposal of a patronage, and in possession of a power meliorable only by that species of ad.- lotion, which au endue disposal of the see, and as unjust (mortise of the other, never fails to produce. I am, Sir, your vary obedient servant, JURIDICUS. The William hit Indianian, with Government stores for St. Helena, from whims ishe is to ;ifoceed to Benceelen sad China, wet obliged to cot her a ble no Thursday, at St. Helens, sad run up to the Motherbenk, es, in endeavouring to purchase the anchor, her messenger parted, by which nine sees received various iejeries, bet it Is hoped none of them will prove verifies. Cumtous ANICOOTE.—Gretna Green has never been more distinguished then within the last two or three weeks, having been visited by a very eminent legal Noblemen,inerly 70 years of age, in company with • female who has brought him several children out of the pale of wedlock, which female, with the assistance of the eetehlisbed joiner of the place, he misfiled. His Lordship travelled from London in the iodised head-divas of a female. The object of this very eztraordinary step is to legitimize the children ° of this cennezion, who, accord:n i g to Scottish law, tease to be bastards no the marriage of the paten!, at any time. His Lordsit'p foretell? signed certain vermicides on the spot, to give his children the ad vsollige 011 the conduct pursued. The Noble and Leuri...l Lif t ' his children by a former manage, eat, misfile. this singular proceeding ran by no sof Wet wc.: astir English tights, whatever it • ti 1.14 Unit icutlialt.—(S s ircgsbury Chronicle, To rnv EDIWR or rue STATESMAN. St a,—Many have been the ways and great the in gravity displayed in disburshening she People this country of t►eir money, and among the whole, know not of any that asrpau►s the Polar ' fitted out at an npenee that would base relieved many hundreds of persons its the late dis tresaing times, in order to attain a purpose haw& ems and eairernoly precarious ; and whisk, tf attain ed, could be of no reel benefit. The diScelly of observing the emersion% of satellites at sea, {MU little hope of ascertaining the longitude better thin by the present sonde its us., esc.ept an asserting time piece could be iovented; and, if it could be improved by Ships for Discovery, she Pete is not the proper track. The hesitation for a North-West passage is among fields of ice that would render the passage unfit for commercial vessels, if discovered. This variation of the compass and the causes of the Polar ottraction, are PO likely to be better know. by a voyage to the North—it may be caused by the presence of electric fluid, and the losequslity of the Earth's diameters: Ibis cannot be discovered by belle( present at any particular point. No commerce can be expected so tar within the hose's trgions of the North, therefore, let this notable affair be viewed which way it will, there is not the least reel service to be derived from it, either to navigation or coin merce. The rides of she Ileaven-burn Schemer seems to hover over and direct the ■dions of his successors ; and although the spirit of him who died its oar service, of grief and wine, is gone to join the political church triumphant, some happy Saint of St. Stephen's has made a lucky snatch at his mantle. — Thus, with Sinking Funds and Swimming Funds, Jubilee., Park Carnivals, Paper Money, Cons Bills, Polar Espeditioes, and such like things, we are comforted. The sublime conceptions manifest ed in some of these affairs might lead limp.- : deuced people to think they belong to some descend mot of an illestriess Personag►, who has witnessed the g►nerous disseved fur tbe oedema% if 09911117 eabibiled by thous who had the charge of thee, equalled 'only by his ow• parsimony.—Yesers, &c. Jar. 9, 1819. I. CALVERT. This being neigh Mnisday, the Mime for the several Wards in the City, chosen lit the last Ward. snowy, serve sworn Into office at Guildhall, before the Lord Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, &r. ()wing to the high wind on Saturday several ',ret ails in the River were driven front their wwwwinga, and a terse brig belonging to Belfast was driven ashorenear Long Reach, end received considerable destsc' ----- - The pest week is one of the most remediable which has 'wearied for a long period, for • seeks of coesuretcial faller., : and is, perhaps, wittiest • parallel since the disastrous times of the year 1810. Th. • t oppays of seen hones at Paris was publicly h ew s, ' un 'Change on N. isday, and was socceeded, on the ensuing day, by • City hone of greet coo seqsence, hamg at the heed of the firm a Bank Director and a Member of the last Parliament.— 'On Wr•cluesday and Thursday other failures were d ; and on Friday • house of the first asegnitede in the City of London, whose cha . racier and credit have never 'offered the slightest impeachment, having become involved in unex pected difficulties, was compelled to suspend its payments. It is reported, lls.t they hate necepeences out to the amount et 800.0001. while the other de mand. upon them spoke about 300,0001. is ell about 900,0001.; the greatest sum for which any how* has stepped payment since the failure of FOIIDTIA in 1772. We understand, that the Batik was applied to net Friday for assistance ; bet that the Directors, after an nomination of the affairs of the hoes. in qemtion, thought proper to reject the opplication. No failure within nor recollection hes excited more sy enpethy I hen this. The upright coaduct end high character of the I p,.,ies hove ceased their misfortune to be universally rewretied.llopesareetill entertained, that theassisteoce of friends may enable the concern to proceed. At all nerds, little doubt Is entertained that the eredi , tars of theism:se will ultimately receive little short of their entire claims • as it is said, their books ealtibit • balance of "100,0601. in their favour. Two other houses in the City stopped payment on Saturday, in consequence, it is supposed, of being deeply involved with the firm just mentioned. The utmost gloom has prevailed in the City le consequeoce of these nests, which, in oddities to their immediste effects, per. haps cr ests s still greater nil is the dist lust thereby diffused emeog commercial men in then dealings with such other. . . Wednesday being thy Anniversary .f the Epiphany, it was observed as easel at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. where the Yeomen .f the Girard at tended. Tem Gentlemen Ushers were In attendance in the Royal Cl..et, and descending a short time be fore the clot* of the Service, they approached the Al. tar, and in the name of the Sovereign presented bosses of gold, frankincense ' and myrrh. 'Elie offer ing.; were received by the Rev. Mr. HOLMp, the Sah.Lkan, in • massy gold Communion Dish. The Gentlemen Ushers r•tired from the Altar in the same „toiler @sag approached it. An appropriate Anthem, composer' by Mr. AT/WOOD, was sang upon the ne.• casion. Sittings appointed is be held in Middles: and I..,nei.)h, Wore th• Right Honourable Sir COMMIS Aesut, Ki.ielit, Lead Chief Justice of the Court of Kies'. Bench, iu and after Hilary 'fern, 1819: Los Dole. Jar. 111 &signify . . . Fre..? I !Ita.unify . . Tlonntlny Tue.ia • IN TERM. INIDD &&&&& . Wetiremisy iU *l-insistay Jaa.Sq Feb. 6 . -- 11 A 1111( TI Saturday . . lrt. 1J I . . Feb. 15 A fire krok• net nn 4s.urday meriting at a picture frame strikers, Ver....treat, Clete-casket; bat, by 'be timety awed nt ceps's it we. put cut wittiest dui:l much dtmage. NAVAL INVILLIGENCE. DIAL, JAN. 10...—Arrived yesterday morning god sailed far the Mom, the Liard Wellington, William son, from Galante ; Lord Wellington, Hill, free Madras; and wove others, names net know's.— To-doy wilted and sailed for the River, the Coven. try, Horn, from Amigos; Diana, Cameron, freer Now Brunswick ; end several others, names no. I known.—Careir down from the River and remain, with the netward-boond, as per last, sU well ; the I Thetis, Yarrow, for Barbados,. PORTSMOUTH, Jae. 10.—Arrived yesterday the Kingston, Bowen. from Java; sailed the 14th Sep tember, and from St. Helena, Itid November; and has brought Divagates from Sir Hudson Lowe to Lord Bathurst ; left at St. Helens his Majesty's ship Conqrsernr, Eurydice, and Dotterel': the Barton, Standard, end Prince Regent merchantmen, were to sail the same day from Si. Helena for England.— Arrived today the Prince Regent, Clifford, fro. the De•ns for Bombay; Rethy, Wile, from ditto for Charleston; Reby, Chapman, from Messina tat Grimsby. leaky, sails split, and fore-yard tarried sway.—Arrived, last evening, tbeFriends,Stenehoese, from St. Andrew's; Resides, Walker, from St. Jelan's N. 8., anchor broke, sad rather leaky ; Nancy, Pugh, from Seville to London; the whole pot in by stress of soother; the whole of the Ships are riding in safety. PLYMOUTH. JAR. 9.—Como In the Sally, Wile dron, from Poole and Neefoondland, with damage, having been blow' of the Banks; Cyprus, [Mdse.. from Smyrna to Grimsby, oat 95 days, with leis of some sails stud two boats. FALMOUTH, JAN. B.—Arrived the Prince E r nest packet, with a Mail. irons Lisbon. in fner days and a half ; the Duke of Kent packet (2), had arrived et Lisbon in four days from hence.—Sailed wend ves sels for London yesterday. LIVERPOOL, J tn. B.—The Ilerroler. Cobb, for New York, has put back to repair her damages. Cons, JAN. S.—Sailed the Albino transport, for St. Helena, with troops. RARIGATE. JIIN. 10..--.Yesierday strong gales end foggy ; the Friend's Increase, Tope, from Slen derised to Sandwich, is on shore in Pegwell Bay, but has been got off to.doy, end into harbour. MARGATE, JAN. 10--Arrived yesterday the Al. Men. Cumbers', from London to itye ; I. Elslle do Malin. Le Roy, from do. to Roses, baring hems on shore on Foreness Rock; and Waists, Watson. from I..i‘b ,, u, with loss r f anchor sod cable, and imdied this moritiog for the River. WLYMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Put in here last sktesslog, the Faso. Storey, of and from Dirtmouth to inn. doe, having got ilanrige in a gale of wind, mad it is feared the cargo must be discharged. MILFORD, J %N. 'J.—Arrived the Britannia, Reliably. from Bristol to Watetford, having been obliged to cut (roan both anchors, at the entrance of lhe barbour, in order to get morn a place of safety. 01,1 l H ,ILEY .._ „__ ' n ~. or TomStant earnattoesl 00 %Votineselay ape, there lire 168 prisoners colnasittird for Ilia', mid %may wore are dolly brosikt in. Harder Fritiery littering Forged Notes .. I tartrates Haose.brealiiag Aad tae reariadre for atiodesseaaars sad ether orrery'. srATE OE NOVUATE. Males. Fein'lei. ettatirts ender oentence or Death 311 4 Centrist. upon *NMI the Jedgaseat if the Caen an. been rel , ited Traasportation for Life 6 19 ----- ----- 14 Yuan 4l 11 - i Years .... , , ~. .. 41 41 Uader seamier of larprintasinn la; releay wad alioderaraaars 4l 14 Caossitird by the Ceart of Kisfes Beech, been erns ieted of Perjury i Pl' ibelleff Far Trial Total 396. MONITItOIII DUCT H.—The oiling. of Herself'. newka, in the district of I.iskinsh, a peasant wo man was lately delivered of a child having four hands and four fat. Its body, from the breast, was divided into two ports joined to each other. The child was baptised, and lived two days. The mother was in no danger whatever. In persetnee of a law of Peter relative to these kind of phe nomena. the body is to be sent to Peershorgh, to be deposited in the Cabieet of the Imperial Academy of Science." On Saturday se'nuight a shocking accident occur red at Mr. Itylatt's academy, in Lincoln. John Inebam, a promising youth, shoot 16 years of age, being at Lincoln on a visit to his friend', and having been • pupil of hlr. Rylatt'o, was invited by him to dinner ; io the courts of the afternoon Ingham took a youth skis him into another room to show him some detonating balls end felminsting powder, which he bad got in a small bog, god the lid not coming of easily be applied his teeth to force it open, when the whole Imploded and lacerated his face and bead is such a dreadfel manner, that he only survieed a few hones. The other boy festinate' , 'groped unhurt. A Coroner's inquest was held on the body neat day. Verdict—Accidental Death. ;1r On Saturday morning, the waiter at the Bee-Hive, in Crawford-street, Mary-lebonne,was found drown ed is the water.bett in the cellar. He was missing alum the preceding Wedneaday, and no person could account for his absence. The body was discovered with the bead downwards, and the feet up above the butt, which was fell of water. Coax tic , JA‘. 11. —The arrivals of Wheat as Market ibis morning was ease& by Mod carriage, yet she !rare we. dab Monday's parrs were naminad for kw qvuittv.-1• Barley, Oats, Peat, Beira, and other ankles se abandon. whom (Swink) 6G SO ' Grey Poo . 60 Neweltati MOP (Foreigo) .... A ti 3 Old d 0..... Rye 50 56 Iletio. Rarity New ... •• . ••• Mean. Malt 62 ID I Polon/ d 0..... ..... 14 36 White Poo 40 46 Feel do. Mew ditto.... neer 000 BMWs .........56 GO Seconds. • 1311Til FIELD %SARItLT. Ja•. 11. To oak ow Mal, per stone of Was. deer ... 4.. Of. 5a I Head ..t ',Attie this eel duties . Si. 1;1. to en. Yd. 14 POWs ...... Yeti.. 61. to tki. ' Sher/ and Lambs P.fit . W. to bs. 83. relltres . l4O Laub... Os 01 to o. . 240 HAY-11ARKI:1 al. u'. Dl. t M. nP. Clover .... 41. ns. t ia. to 91. 01. 0... EtraW .... 14),. oa. w 2i. ea• SUSPINDION or GiSll 13.4YMBATS. Tb• argunheible ballight forward day after day IN Afirocafe ?or the Sospensi in .r Cash Pay ment, Oat many of them +Mating enough. The fol. lowing Patna bay seise as a spociinsa; is In a weak published some time sap he Mr. Ar. thee Yealle, a statement was given of the prozrestivc rise its the pricer of trek, daring the prre edior twenty or thirty sears, is notions European States. The result of this camps 'lnn monied to be, that that general rise had approtimsted very nearly to ti.e id venal in England, tho original difference of propor tion brag observed. Ti whatever canto this vn.rat advance In tag price of corn may be attribited, it oh disahadly served to create a similar advance in that price of all products, foreign God domestic. Om the Cotaineisl, where Ike circulation is chiefly supported by weans of the precious metals, the erupting amoral of those socials of coarse became inudeqoote to arca late the same quantity of products, at their advanced ssoney•setiae. The Comities's! States West therefore+ cramped by an insufficient ci , dolatiseg median, ; and thee was prodeced a considerable source of demand of Cold and Silver. This soiree of demand stilt chive, sod must cautious to esist until the Conti nental States either receive a large sopply of the pre cious metals, of else adopt • wholesome pipet car rency in aid of the metallic circilation." This we suspect most of oar R.aders •111 think just shoat es pare a piece of noo•ense as ever was uttered. The prior of corn and all other commo dities, we are told, esparirisred a rise throoghoet every country of Estop flow did this happen? Because gold sod silver were agree! A considerabla soiirce of demons, for gold au Neer, had the effect of lowering the price of gold sun silvn ! Gold a I silver porchaed every year • lonelier quantity other commodities, mud therefore gold asd ailtgtr ware rising In Walla! Wonderful discoveries are, It seems, reserved for our times. All merchants and political ecusomisto have hitherto considered a rise in the price of goals. end a fall in the price of sold end 'livers as sYn°" ',yap's ; sad they have been unadvised 'hough to attribote the gradual nse in the price of goods since the discovery of the New World in the deprecia.. lion of gold and silver, which followed that event. list may comet forth a Doctor of another school, who tells us, that we hare been all this time lahises. Wig under a most gri mistake—that an advanc ed money value of goads proceeds from a scarcity of money, mid that every rise is the price of goods is a proof last there is not though of munev to circulst" thern--and dies gravely advises the Nations of thil tirn:isient Si adopt o wholesome paper currency, Ins oaks up for this debt:l~y in their circelatiou I When the price of a sheep was • shilling, aced the price of an it hue shillings, this was a proof of lad great abundance of gold and silver at that time, aid when a sheep Dells for three; uineas. end an oat for thirty guineas, that is a proof that gold and silver am less pientifs, than wheat they sold for one shilling and use shillings! Yet this is the regular advocate of the Blob, by whole argements they think the nation will, in a short time, he persuaded to petition for a continostioa of (hi Ssispeoslon. 771 E PROSPECT OF MINISTERS. All the vague reports in regard to changes of Ada oninistrstion, bate for the present subsided. That the increased strength of the Opposition, botk is sad est of door., may evesoally lead to sees attempts at modification. is, however, by no WIWI enlikeiy ; but the roomer or Idler, will very mock depend on the position Admieistretion means to enema in regard to Finance, and the resumption of Cash Payments. The Bank is evidently preparing (or that resumption, .sd as • mere matter of fact, ,errs ►eseme payment; but then, how is • sufficient I p or tion of Eacheqeer Bills to be floated on • di. minished currency •rid en abated price of Stocks; for sech would be the inevitable result. Nothing convinces us more that fended !fade's believe no return to Cash Payments will take place, than the present high price of Consols, although it mast be allowed, that the Ultra effort in France, has assist. ea, by frightening every human being to sell out of the French Fends, who could do so. Its allesires to the Public inconvenience sod distress which mast result from a reduction of the circulating medium at time, a Morning Paper justly observes, tbis that something of lb. kind most be reclined Wont:mr it takes place ; which assertion, although very true, does not prove that the present is the mo ment. For our awn part, we ramie our epinioe, that no Administration, in the present Inanrial state of the country, can, absolutely end bone frode. 'irk this temporary concussion. To speak the truth, we can. net see how the present intent of taming can us col lected under the ancient amount of rottener, mod still less, how in that else, e Chancellor of the Et chigger can 14 indulged with a dusting debt. Setting this knotty point aside, several othe► diffictillies arm mustering in battle array against the peace of Miss. tem Such as a most imperious sod universal call for a revision of the C r iminal Laws; and for some rectifies lion of the scandalous diversion of fends in regard to Eilocation. The Catholic Caseltion too ; the stet, of the Pour Laws, &e. &c. not to mention the forthcoming Agricultural Petition, oliich, although not eery po. pular out of the two Hone,. may not be entirely destitute of favorer within them. And then, Honest John is to be corsgratidated, that having almost the L ower to pay upwards of forty millions of Isles, he has upwards of forty millions of toles to pay. All this, we repeat, regresses • strong and well fronted Administration. In out time, to be sure, less talent in the way of face will mlice; because, in the rap ture of unimpeded borrowing and fending, with the reckoning a long way off, Neithe► Ministers one People will %motile themselves with enquiry. It peace it is otherwise: borrowing, then, iv, at least, awkward, and no actual ',demotion of debt . l oran. Fog. Morenter, the People have !tissue to perceive wnat shows ran lot rectified., and to contempt'', the pvittrue of Pauperism and Poor Rote". In was de-;ng the Icor that Let', tnund nut that Ministers revved on B,ds Hos s. We will welter odds, that he will out evoke the lame Obtelntiont nest SAsios. /! ~ - ~= iw Nig be to cc h. pet H. N a 1k is' 't