The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-01-18 00:00:00

to wel ordinary persons. Be that u it! sib. writer insists upon it, that the plain case,' ssybreed politician, is, that the Cabinet is afraid „ ne w the alteration in the Election Law for , v " scotch ing the snake," and not killing it. , prof Imes t he septennial Parliament was proposed the triennial in England, the apprehended etstsc i e s to its success were few compared this ease , which very much approaches it in aloe . If the attempt fail here, two pot i es pin a victory, and one is vanquished. Th m a rshals will be thrown over the bridge, ree bat the t rot of the army pass it in triumph, bailed thsLikrals. In this case, the good, the quiet, l ag scarcely ever be persuaded again to toe to the charge against Republicans and cibers i i , s o united as they will be. He sees gst , earalty of his situation, and seeks all the o wisiion from it possible. There is reason to Ise his most esteemed Counsellor, with respect vivorldly troubles, is in Rome. The Cardinal N o e administers the friendly anodyne potion, sol ed then, with his own hand ; and it would be opir egable in any one of his subjects to frustrate, a die smallest degree, its benign operation. ftid so small concern to the honest patriot i iseere friend to his country, that the public owbee not been defended, from a certain quar ter, is a more serious and able style than we have s owed in its late periods of danger. That many lo clividaah, before scarcely known but to their near De ighboon, have distinguished themselves foi their seal is attempting to preserve the liberties of their co mity 'tis tr,le ; but their efforts have been of a j ra milory nature ; there Las been a want of grave m ien to give aid to their laudable efforts. It has tees a meet point with many sincere abettors of tbeircoantry's rights, whether the lighter writings si stany of the well-meaning champions of liberty have not prejudiced the cause. This doubt excites &lost !melancholy reflexion. For our own part we art inclined to think better of the effect of such te uiags, They cannot be accused of langour, how ever; bet rather, perhaps, of intemperance. They levecertsinly awakened, persuaded, and animated the reader as far as their influence has extended : bat there have been wanted those writings which si*bt have had an effect on a higher class of readers. Betels, been a lamented deficiency, of which our pretest bliuisters, titter enemies to British freedom, betties safliciently conscious. From the almost Wale= of the British press at this instant, rpm *Me straggles for preserving British free dim, ei might be inferred that the spirits of public writes bad been totally exhausted, and their zeal iiGaiiialteriblie meat contests. We speak of the dismal press, which really exhibits an apathy on the subject sot a little disheartening. Our State, or rather Country : has ever been remarked for jea lousy of its libery : where then are the powerful writers who ea ht to be loud in reclaiming its lost rights / Hit could have been imagined fifty yearal wo, that sneh attacks on them would be made, as hoe been witnessed in the late Acts of Parliament, me might have reckoned on a host of powerful miters flying to the pen, as well to guide the op pressed people in theif course to obtain redress ix their wrongs, as to dispossess Ministers of that id/rarity which they had so unduly assumed. — There has certainly been no want of spirit sad exertion in one class of the people, and as important one it is in the national scale ; bat not being seconded in another, whose aid Would hire teen Mote immediately produc- tire of effect, and have rendered the union of force infallible, the attempt has failed, and there is a danger of the reople, after their very great We'eh of endeavour, absolutely falling into a kind of kthargy. The apathy in one part is to be ' Barged with producing that dire effect in another. 1 1 We will not, however, carry these .ret!cctions Ashlar at IF time, bist resume them on an early *am Isle are told of sevoral additions about • 1 1 11.. belie shortly to the diurnal press ; what looms to do in the present half hopeless case isms not. We really do think the public may ila ilkqed with too many writings of the kind • a is hfrever, their conductors can discover the to six , through any novel arguments, the 011ie attention to the question of public liberty, we shall cordilllv hail them as auxiliaries, rather r • 111111 regard them as rivals. it has been said, and, as a general maxim, well and trial mid, that it is the Government of a country F *NCI' forms the manners and habits of the people. Happily we observe a deviation from this rule at tie prawn moment : for we see with pleasure and Pride, individuals abounding with charity and com wisseration for the sufferings of their fellow erea ' tares, virtuous or vicious, while the Government rawains inexorable to the entreaties of the people, kr retrenching it s extravagance towards its wealthy impperters ; while millions of unobtrudinsr modest tradesmen and labourers are oppressed by an over -1 lantheaed taxation. Which taxation we will un- ' &flake to prove, might be repealed to the amount of from five to six millions immediately i • and from tee to twelve in a short time hence. but then the Ow and pension list must be a little ettrtaiied,l and the Ministers must be disinterested enough to kw the hazard of losing the political and perils- • 'Notary support of a few inordinately. rich devotees, sod be contented with the fruitless praises and mats of a million of obscure individuals in its ttlad !! 4 .... . THE STATESMAN. TMI FUNDS. • srorx EXCHANGE, ONE'G'CLOCIL The Funds have been remarkably steady. this week past, preparatory to the aetiiilw of Consols. The Market opened this morning 'at 0911, and being the Account day, there was a great influx of business, both real and speeulative; Con sols rose to 691 buyers, and afterwards declined to 694 sellers ; the continuation from now until next time is only i per cent. which, of course, renders money a drug; these circumstances might ' be thought a prelude to a rise, but the bears mesa at present the strongest party: the consequence is, the market seems on the decline. There has been no failures to-day, as yet, nor are there any anti ; cipated ; although the differences must be large. Consols for the February Account arc now 68 ex. I die. THE KING. --.40.-- The bodily indisposition with which the King was afflicted, about two months since, arose from a violent cold which his Majesty then caught, sup posed to be occasioned by the severe north and north-east winds, which then blew remarkably strong. To guard against it. recurrence, an additional stove has been put up in one of his rooms, and ether means taken to render the whole suit of apartments, which are ruuch exposed to the north winds, warmer.— The apartments appropriated to the occupation of the king, and his immediate and personal attendant., are on the north side of Windsor testis, which, from its height, is unavoidably much exposed to the weather. These apartments overlook the Terrace, to which there is a communication. The King has occasionally walked there, properly accompanied, although this has been but very seldom, and the part is so secluded, that he could not he observed by any person. N. one, indeed, is allowed to walk on the Terrace, to prevent which, sen tinels are stationed at the ends. The King has always been a very hearty eater; his appetite continues very good. He is in F enrnil with- (lends , composed to order his dinner. He is personally ' attended by Mr. Hatt, sen. his principal Page, who pre pares his 'firmer. The King, some time since, bad his dinner hour changed from one o'clock to half-past one t and by the advice of his Doctors it has been altered an boar later, to half-past two, being a more eqnal divi sion of the day. The Members of the Council frequently stop to see his Majesty dine, which occasions the Coun cil to sit longer than when the King dined earlier. The Royal Pages are in attendance upon his Majesty, in addition to those persons appointed and selected by the Doctors. A Porrtc EICLAIMATIoN or a GREAT PERSONAGE IN A PlOl , Ol. VB IN AT THY MIDNIGHT TABLE. " floppy the son whose hoary sire Is blest " With humhle ofittence and domestic rest; " floppier than I. to future empire born."— • • • • • • To which his little companion replies-- " Indulge tbo genial hour, unbend thy soul ; ' `• Leave thought to age, sad drain the Bowing bowl. We lament to state, that advice was received at Kensington Palace, on Sunday, announcing that illis. Royal Higbee's the Duke of lisuirea illsessbad trammed most alarming symptoms. It is an inllam . Nation on the chest. Yesterday morning Sir DA VID DENDAS set off express to Sidmoutb, to attend on his Royal Highness. A report is now in circulation at Vienna, that the German Empire is to be re-established, and that the Emperor is to have a coadjutor in the per. son of the King of Prussia, who is to have the title of King of Germany. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—The following Re solutions, it is said, are now under consideration by the Members of the York Whig Club That the duration of Parliament, authorised by law, might not to exceed three years.—That all boroughs in which the number of electors is so few as to lay them *pen to the influence of bribery—and all boroughs which, front their constitntion, hare become individual property, ought to he disfranchised.—That in lieu of the boroughs so disfranchised, the right of represents tion ought to be given to the more populous towns of the United Kingdom—and to the inhabitants of the Kingdom at large, being occupiers of a separate dwelling house, or directly liable to taxation; provided such per sons are not reeeirag parish relief, aml have otherwise no vote for any city, town, or county.—That, for the more equal representation of the people at large, thus entitled ' to vote, the Kingdom ought to be divided into elective districts.—That in county . and district elections, the votes ought to be taken in each parish, or in united ' parishes—and all on the same day That iu parochial k elections the ballot ought to be used. The following article might seem to have been borrowed from one of the romances of the last cost tury, if the facts were not so recent and still to be witnessed:— " Osrexu, JAN. 10.—For some time past we hive seen in our port the most intrepid mariner perhaps that ever existed. Ile is an Englishman, who in a small and frail boat, about 16 feet in length and four in breadth, undertakes alone the voyage from England to ()stead, where he takes on board a cargo of productions of the eisaatry, which he conveys to England in his boat. 'bat is most astonishing is, that neither the high sea, nor the cold, nor the inclemency of the weather, steps this hardy mariner. Let us imagine a man entirely alone in the open sea , guiding a little boat, which hardly rises six inches above the surface of the ocean, exposed to the rain, to the winds, and, above ali, to the intense cold which we nbw have, and we may judge how far the love of gain will go. In his last voyage hither he was three days in the passage, awl did not stop the whole time. He has contrived an ingenious method to steer his frail vessel: placed in the front of the boat, ' with his back turned to the prow, be guides the helm by means of two ropes, which go the whole length of tile boat, and thence manages his sails without quitting his place. As the ice might accumulate against the sides of his boat, and thus expose him to sink, be has I taken care. before putting out to sea, to grease all the sides of his boat, that the water may not adhere to it ; j and in this manner he traverses fhb ocean, without troubling himself about the numerous hungers which I he incurs, and which he has hitherto braved with im punity." Tbere are no fewer than fipren indictments for libel against The Manchester Observer. Ooe of them is against David Wroe, a child sheet fen years of age, who has already suffered incaretroticis and been heid to bail, for that he (being instigated by the devil) did utter, vend, and sell a aeditlons libel i contained in The Oblerser newspaper, Ike. &c. . , . . OLD 341Lsr SSISIONS. THIS DAY. John Rederfeets, a apectablelo•iting man, was pat to the hat, charged with stealing, on tint 4th of Jane last, a mare, the property of James Richards. The prosecutor stated, that he is a linessalesper, re sitting in Oxford-street: On the 4th of Jane la st, a maws belonging to hint was mkt Iron ish ambit near Oxford-street. On the middle of that day, the priiefter hired the snare for the (ley, rode of with it, and never asign produced it. la oonsequescoof the mare not amain . home, the witness went to make inquiry at the Hanover Arno, Stanmore, the place Where the prisoner said he was going to. No information respecting her maid be gained there. In the July following, witness saw the prisoner at Reading, when the latter said his hallo was flayley, and that witness mast therefore be reietalten in 'opposing that he bad hired the mare. Witness did • not then cause his apprehension, becaeee the land ' toed of the inn said he knew the prisoner to be a respectable wan. Upon further, qtiestioning hiss, the prisoner said he was a •Conimercial traveller, and gave witness an address which he said was the firm of the house for which be was travelling. Wit ness then inquired no farther, but went to the ad- I dress given by the prisoner, and was there informed that the prisoner was not known. Some tint. afterwards t witness met the prisoner walking in Bolton -street, and wood his immediate apprehension. Tile prisoner, epos being eased with giving a faimaddress, denied that he was the person whom witness had seen at Reading, and gave his address—" John Robertson, Bloomsbury tentage, Regent's Casa." Witness not being satisfies' with the prisoner's subseqamit explanation, at length gave him in charge to a constable. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLST.—Witness admitted that he had ooce sines the rubbery met a person some what resembling the prisoner. Swore positively to the identity of the prisoner. Alexander Patrick is the ostler of Mr. Richards. Re collects the circumstance of the mare being hired ; but cannot say, with certainty, that the prisonet is the man. William Thorpe, an ostler, belonging to the Angel, at Reading, was nest called. He deposed that, in July last, be did net live at the (leery, but was well ac quainted with the house. Upon looking at the pri soner, he was confident that he had frequently seen him at Reading. This was the ease fur the prosecution. The prisoner, in defence,. handed in a written papee, which was read by the Clerk of Arraigns. Its purport was to show that the prisoner bad hitherto borne a most respectable character, and altogether unlikely to commit the offence charged. In conclusion, the rest of the defence was consigned to the prisoner's Counsel. Margaret Hodiney lives in N 0.37, King-street; her husband is a meat Messenger. The prisoner came to ledge with her on the 2d of November, 1918, and remained until August, 1919. Witness was cosh dent that, during that time, the prisoner never slept ' a night oat of her house 4 lie was a man of extremely gaoler habits. He then, as at every other time, wore a rowlered wig. John Stevens, a fellow-lodger of the prisoner, posi tively swore that the prisoner could not have been absent from town twelve hours together in June or July last. Other witnesses swore to the same effect, and we pre sume the Jury wool.! find. for the prisoner; but we left Court before the verdict was given. ThWlliarfilbg, at four o'clock, the inhabitants of the &toad were suddenly ahrnsed by cries of '• Mrs :" which were found to proceed from the house of Mr. Kerr, 1 boot-maker, the corner of Norfolk-street, Strand. Be i fore say effectual assistance could be rendered, the Noakes had overspread the whole of Mr. Kerr's and the adjoini■ houses, sad subsegnentiv two other houses on the Strand side were caught and destroyed. The firemen belong ing to the different Offices worked their engines with great alacrity, but we are sorry to add with little effect. At the moment we are now writing, three of the houses present nothing bet a heap of fallen ruins; and the fire is not yet estinguisbed. It is pleas -log, boweve►, to state that uo liees bars been lost, although hir. Kerr bad a most narrow escape. rile had left his !loose, and was desirous to return to fetch some money, when one of the firemen forcibly revented him, and a few minutes afterwards the whole fell in. The fire, we understand, originated from the 'tirelessness of a female servant, who fell asleep whilst waiting up for a Tamil y occupying pert of the house. ' Another fire also broke not this morning, at eight o'clock. on the premises of W. Sprightly, near Water loo-bridge. The house was burned down, but the fire has been eitinguisbed without further damage to the surrounding bosses. Several tikober-yarsis are close to the premises ; furtuttetely, however, the Ike did not ex tend to them. In Toete's Diversions il'Pwriey, page 122, is, " You mean that we should never forget our situa tion, and that we should be prudently contented to do good within our own sphere, where it can hare an effect ; and that we should not be misled, even by a virtuous benevolence and public spirit, to waste ourselves in fruitless efforts beyond our power of influence." VACCINATION.—There has no country on the ',lobe, it seems, derived so much benefit from the diicavery of vaccination as that of Russia. The depopulation that the small-pox occasioned in some of the provinces of this vast empire, would surpass all belief if not fuUy authenticated. Kamtschatka -was, about fifty years ago, nearly devastated by this cruel disorder, as witness the following note from 1.,a PEROUSE, p. 25, vol. iii.:— “ The stuall-pov, in 1769, swept away three-fourths of the Katntschadale nation, leaving now only 4000 persons or less scattered over the whole peninsula." The guard and coachman - who attended the London had from this city, on the day of the late rob bery, contradict the staoutsiews which I;as been made in several London and country papers, that a candle had been introduced into the coach at Bath. We are assured that nothing of the sortoectirred, nor, indeed, any ether circumstance which could create the least suspicion.— (arida Mercury.) Nowak Roissaay.-01 Thursday, about noon, a !tumor Gentleman from the country aliihted at the door of a friend in this city, to pay a moralag visit. The hit of !hod that he node, was fastened by the bridle to the ! hall-door, whirh remained open while the gentleman i was passing off the compliments of the morning. On returning to mount, he found, to his astonishment, that hls saddle had hewn carried off!—All was bustle a nd , cealusion ; however, one of the young Ladies of the 1 house ieroltected, that whilst she load been standing at the window . , she nor a tall stout man, with an ohl blue coat, come up to the door and unloose the saddle tidbit ; but thought. of courm, that the fellow must biliing to the *lr. as be 'Ned not dare to take so mach liberty. ..~ . . AVMPie AT.TiVITIRRAL ..0, JAN. 17. DURY II to 1 opts. Sy Wohoo, t by Pita* oat of Watts 10 to I opt 'no Dote 4 • 17 to 1 4 agot Plodardo IS to 1 apt Brother to Witcher • , - OAKS ..gas XIDDIJOIWORTH. No oltootion. DONCASTER ST. LEGSR. 16 to 1 iast c. by Walton, oat of Limrl/0 100 to 3 *Pt Cavalier 100 to 4 apt Mr. Watts's Tramper 100 to 4 apt Illoareith 100 to 4 apt c. oat at Eleanor ALPII AB NTICAL LIST or rig WINNING HORSE*, he. IN lISIBLAND, 1100TLAPID, AND WILLIS, 1819. (Contintsed /rem ear Paper qj Tuesday last.) Age. IF Dllra ANIIRSAIN. 4. Brown colt. Mr. J. Lord's. 401. at Teabery 4. Gammon. Mr. Platters. M. at Nottingham 4. Little Dick, Lord G. 11. Cavendish's, 90p mad 40p, at Newswirket - b. Btalabrough, Mr. Theiluson's. 30ga. at Abashes • sit Mr. Dowbiggin's, the Gold Cep, visite 100" et Pe r S. The Student, Mr. Udiy's,loogs, at Newmarket b. Trictrac. Mr. 0. Pot's, 60ga, at Poolefraetr, and Its King's Purse, of 100 g% at Richmond ay stryofwissimiseres). 6. Slick mare (Brown BeUy), Mr. Staves's, M. at Tat bevy; SW. at Brawls ; and 301. at Worcester 4. Cloes. colt, (out of Laura) Mr. illeardsworth's, iop, it Stafford 6. Duplicate, Mr. Tomas's, 110 gs, at Mancbester: BM. 164. at Wareriek ; the Havrarden Castle litakes of 00ra and 70gs, at llolywell-Hunt ; also 70gs at Tarportcy Hunt 3. Manfredi, Mr. Thornhill's, 601, at Newmarket 6. Mks Bradley, Mr. Stevens's, 501. at Winchester; M. at Monmouth; and Mr. C. Day's 30/. at Olansorrin S. Sir Homy, Mr. Roberts's, bogs and 30gs, at Newcastle ander-Lyme 4. Sir William, Mr. James's, 471. be. at Durham ler DOCTOR . 4. Rustic, Mr. Yarworth's, 40gs, at Warwick (7'e be onstinard.) NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. POatiMOUTIN Jar. 17.—Arrived the Viper cutter froth a min.—Sailed the Hawk cutter on a etude. 11aawice, Jar. 17.—A1l the packet with the nsails for liollanJ, Cuxhaven, and tiottenburg, WWI on Sa- turday and yesterday. FaLamers, JAN. 15.—Sailed his Majesty's ships Lee and Spartan, on a cruise, WeLt.s, JAN. 16.—The. sloop Mary, Johnson, of Alemoutb, came on shore here this morning, but it is ex pected that the vessel and cargo will be saved. The schooner Twelve Brothers, Houk, of Yarmouth, gut on shore off hackney last night; it is supposed that the crew are INt. GALWAY, JAN. 13.---The Ann, Munroe, from Berbice to London, laden with 600 tierces and 200 bags of coffee, yesterday evening went on shore on Kitcolgen Point, in this bay ; part of the cargo has been lauded in a very damaged state, and if the weather continues moderate nearly the whole of it will be saved. The •easel fills with water every tide, and at low water has four feet In her hold. The slam were eat away at 12 o'clock last night, and to-day the deck was cut through to get to the cargo. The vessel is not expected to be got off. lhat., Jsw. 17.—Arrived, and sailed for the Rim, the Triumph, Street, from Bengal, last from Portsasonth : also arrived a large fleet of coasters and colliers, from the wetsern ports, which have sailed for their different destinations. Pot back by ceetrary winds the Asti. Balderston, for India, and remains in the Downs with the Severn frigate.—Saileti the Argus Deal pilot cutter on a cruise to the westwanl. On Sunday, as a lahourincman, of the name of Bul lock, was eating his dinner, at the King's Arms, Up per Rath-road, a large piece of beef mock In his threat. and he was completely choked. Professional aid Isis almost instantly called in, but too late to say. his Mi. MATH FROM tXeItSSITS COLD.—A poor woman, out side passenger on one of the coaches from London to Exeter, died on Thursday morning, from the incle mency of the weather, to which she ha I been exposed daring the night. On the coachman per,:reiving that eke was benuumbed by the frost, on the arrival of the coach time next stage below Salisbury, he had her coil ',eyed in doers, and taken care of; but assistance was too late to prolong her existence more than half an Isomer. Two children proceeding, on Thursday week, frees Lannon to Bristol, on a baggage-waggon, were found, on its arrival at an inn on the road, frosen to death. CONSSQUENCE OF USAM-DIIINIIINO.—A tradesusaa, residing in the upper part of Bath, on Sunday moralise last, haying solicited the watchman, whose stead fs near St. James's-square, to see him home, gave Lim fir his trouble a bottle of rum, and he divided it with u man belonging to the adjoining round. Influenced br time severity of the night, they partook toe eagerly of the pernicious spirit, and Were both discovered by the eight constable, about five o'clock in the morning, in a elate apparently' lifeless. Prompt application was atheists. tered by many professional gentlemen, and hopes are entertained that one may yet survive; but the vital spark bad entirely left W. Few, the other poor mean. MURDSR at POISON.—We can' scarce find words its which to punrtrav our horror at the dreadful dreamt stances which we are fated to relate. On Sunday Meta young man, named Collins, hr trade a brogue-maker, and a Corporal on the Staff of the Royal County Lime rick Militia, paid a visit to a young woman, name. daughter to a weaver rending in Bober buoy, to whom h ead for some time been paying his ad dresses, and was cousidered in the light as her future husband: they were to be united on the following day. A number of Mme young woman's friends had assembled, and punch was introduced, of which the yoinir merle were forced to drink plentifully, and soon after became totally insensible; they were then placed on a loft to gether, and were found time next morning in a state at total absorption; in which they lay moil about two o'clock, when the vital spark became entirely extinst is both. Thus they were Milted, if not in the bonds of wedlock, at least in the colt embraces of death! An Inquest is now holding on them by the Mayor, as Oord ner. The bodies have been opened by the physicians. and it is acertained they were destroyed by some th 44- !orlons din('. which had been administered. to them. Seven persons were appreloseded oh snsoicion, but s ;the examinations were not concladei, we :nee stop here. lit apron the voting woman era **titled, in her re* trieft, to whiels.it is probable, was the attendee Ito this most horrible deed. We shall retorn to the suit ljeet is oar sent.--(Liweriek eldreniart) r . E~ i 9 .~ f~