The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-12-20 00:00:00

. R •••• • Sr. DOMINGO. The following private letter from Cape Henry, elated October 15, contains some additional and interesting particulars of the late revolution : " Cave Henry. Ont. 13., " There have been some very important changes in the government since I last wrote you. About two months ago the King was suddenly attacked with a severe fit of apoplexy, and it was thought he never would completely . recover; during his life-time you have often heard of h is tyranny and great cruelties, which of late have been ))))) re excessive. On the 30th of September, he put in irons the Colonel of the Silo regiment; his men, who were h attached to hint, instantly revolted and took possession of the t o wn of St. 3lare's. The King immediately sent a force against it, but they were re- pulsed. So soon as the news reached this, the garrison revolted also and declared themselves free; ands by the 4th instant, the whole country was in arms to depose the King. and to do away with !loyalty altogether. On the tith, the King assembled his body guard, and offered them motley, and also the pillage of the Cape, hut they rt-fuseil to take their arms. Finding himself deserted, he retired into his room and shot himself through the heart. The Queen anti his family hail him itntmoliately carried tip to the citadel, where he was buried under one of the bastions in note quo, as be was so much detested that they could nut get any person even so much as to make a coffin for him. Ills body was hardly out of his Palace at Sans Solid before the soldiers entered, anal, in two hours time, they pillaged to the amount of I million of dollar., in plate, jewel 3, and money. The prisons ?tare all hero thrown open, and to the number of nearly 4,000 poor devils hare been set at liberty. They are now about forming the New Constitution, which is to be a Iteriti;ir, something like the liberty they enjoyed under Toussaint I:Overture. It is expected General Romaine will he President, a very good man anal very popular. There are about -16,00E000 dollars in the citadel, and there is a good deal of it to he put in circu lation. From every point we view it, it t benefit commerce, and I am of opinion that twice the imports and exports will he seen in less than one year. Consider that there have been fair the last fifteen years, not less than 12,1100 people in garrisons and public works, who "till now be allowed to %kirk for themselves. There is vw country in the world that holds out greater enrols ragenwitt to cultivators. The Queen. Priors% and Win e .4e., are in town; they did not sate mo t e tha n it hat .1•4 on their barks. There are also some of the Chiefs who stuck by the King. Some of them hate but a poor cLance to lit e. In the mean time. I consider myself and prnerty perfectly secure.- CO CRTOLIRTIA L. The following following is a copy of a Dreier. transmitted by his Itey:81 Dirtiness the Conmeander-its-Chief, to leis Excel- Icrey Major-Oeneral Sir T. Bradford. cemesseanding the troops in Scotland, containing the sentence and approval 0' the proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Piershill LI , rracks on the 24th and 25th October, on Paymaster JL ”nings of the 7th dragoon guards : 1 Home Dennis. 4th December. 11410. ' eta—Having laid before ;he hi-se the proceedings of a General Court Niartitl, held in Pm-shill Barracks. on 0 c 24th and 25th of °clutter 1•240, for the trial of Pay s:lister John Jennings, of the 7th Dragoon Guards, who ss-as arraigned upon the under-mentioned charges. viz. Ist. For !insane, between the 25th of June and the 24th of September, 1419. embezzled or misapplied tile som of 74/. I4s. 34th. of the public money, which came fete his bands in his capacity of paymaster. 2d. Fur having between the 25th of September and tl 424th of December. /019, embezzled or misapplied OA farther sum of Itk9/. ilk 941 of the public moue!. which came into his hands in his capacity of pay master. Jd. For having, between the 25th of Decemlwr 1?19, and the '24th of March, MO, inserted discharges in the par-list for that period. amounting iu the whole to 2'...55/. BA. lid. although it appears by the certificates of the captains of troops that the same was not paid, thereby making it appear. that upon that arconist there was a balance dne to him by the public of 30/. 144. 41. whereas, in fact, there was a balance due by hies to the public of 2i4/. 12s. ild. 4th. For having between the 2:itls December 1 4 19, and the 21th of March 1121), embezzled or misapplied the sum of 51'. Its. 9d. bring the stoppages paid into his hands for the use of the contractor, by the officers of the 7th dragoon guards, for 4957 rations of oats supplied to their horses, which sum has been reimbursed by the regimental agent, by order of the Secretary at War, to the contractor, in consequence of Paynsaster Jennings declaring his inability to do so. sth. For having embezzled or misapplied, at different times, various sums of money, amounting in the whole to the sum of 331/. 14.. 91d. whirls came into his hands in his capacity of paymaster of the 7th dragoon guards. Upon which charges the Coon came to the following derision : The Court having deliberately considered the eha es ii , preferred against Paymaster John Jennings, of the h dragoon guards, the admission of the prisoner, the •• dente and statements on both sides, with the whole pro cedure, is of opinion that be is guilty of a misapplication of the several sums, as states' in the different charges, in breach of the articles of war ; and does therefore sen tence the prisoner, the said Paymaster John Jennings, to be dismissed from his Majesty's service, and to mike good the several sums so misapplied by bins. The Court is satisfied, that the prisoner had no frau dulent or improper intention in inserting in the pay-list fur the period from 25th December, 1419, to 24th Meech, 1820, the charges making an apparent balance in his favour, as mentioned in the third charge, as the said pay-list, when transmitted by him to the War Offiee, was accompanied by a statensent from himself, as well as by certitirates from the several officers, commanding troops, showing how the balance actually mood. The Conn, on a review of the very high testimonials produced in favour of the prisoner, from such respectable sources, also his lone services and the destitute situation of his numerous family, entirely dependent on him, beg leave to recommend the prisoner to his Majesty's favour able consideration. 1 hare to acquaint yon, that his Majesty was pleased to approve anti confirm the finding and sentence of the • Court; bat, in consideration of the earnest rerommenda tioo of the Court in favour of the prisoner, of the strong testimonials from every superior officer of the regiment which he produced, his long services, and of various circumstances wlikis appeared upon the face of the pro ceedings. in mitignoloa of the crime with which he was charged. his Majosur was most graciously pleased to es teal his pares' to the prisoner, Paymaster Julio Jen wit's of the 7th &silos guards. and to command, in . nes of the puelehineet awarded by the Court. that he shall make good the several aims misapplied by him. OW shill be placed spa half pay. ' I am, 91r, yours. . IllittIPlllllllCIL . • Ceassoanise-to-Litisf. Digior44sseal Sir Thomas iltraatosed. 1140.11. nti i gr . cOmillawliag the Troops is North THE STATESMAN! ST.4TE OF THE G'OUNTRV. AGRICULTI•RAt. DI writ Ess.—The state of extreme distress into which that meritorious and useful class of Society. the Farmers and Occupiers of Lands, are fast falling, may easily he conjectured from the known prcstmt very low prices at a hichAgricultoral prothtee sells. We are. and always have been, desirous that provi sions,and parti:•ularly loreati,shoulil be cold at such prices as will enable them to be cheaply pue..hased by the con sooner; lint then those prices ought to be such as will pay the Farmer for the cultivation of the soil, and for his labour anti capital. It is very apparent that Wheat at less titan 4;s. a bushel, and 4 Pats at 2s, per bushel, cannot repay him, whilst he has the present load of rents, p, o taxes, and tithes, to contend with. lint Ministers refused to consider their case, when pressed upon them ; and he is left to perish. The IRON TRADE—Iia9, we are informed from various quarters. suffered such a depression, that the price of Iron is reduced to the standard of 1: , 16, when thi re existed so much distress and alarm. These are noire of the blessings for which we are indebted to the system adopted by the present Ministers, and which all who live upon the taxes are now endeavour ing. to support by circulation of falsehood, and by al fruiting the timid and dependant into the signature of n hat they rail Loyal Ashir , but which might he more justly termed, contrivances for beeping Mini sters in !leek places, and ettllding them to do more niisellief 10 the Country. _ I.oot.ing to the state of things in general, property appears to be quite as much iii,lr/PACti as in the ea lanutous tear of Its 1 ti. In Bristol and its vicinity, Houses and other descriptions of property hate dimi• nisltesl from one-third to one-half in their former va lue. Many winks, heretofore so rx!ensier and pros per/mg, are now unemployed, and stand us mournful monuments of our once commercial and Matiufatitring greatness. The farmers are rapidly going to ruin, and their capitals, as well as the capital of all the peo ple in Trade and in the Middle Ranks of life, fast being destroyed, by ibis lowering in prices, aided by the grinding and unrelenting land of taxation. 'these deplorable results have been produced by thr impolitic and oppressive acts of Adoniuistration : and most la ntentalq fur the costostry, there appear; to be no hopes of better times's, arise from the measures of the pre sent torn in power:.but, on the contrary, we tear the calamity must continue to increase in extent and acute ness.—(Brestvl MerceiT). FO THE EDITOR OF THE SiATESMAX. No subject for many years has so generally and stronely agitated the public mind, as the late Par liamentary proceedings against the Queen, and in nit instance have the generous feelings of a nation been more conspienously displayed, than in the universal joy which prevailed throughout the kingdom, on the abandonment of the infamous Bill of Pains and Pe nalties. The congratulatory Addresses, which, from all guar- ten, ►sere presented to her Majesty, evidently excited strung symptoms of alarm among the retainers and adherents of the Government, and every effort has been made where Ministerial influence prevailed to yet up loyal Addresses for the purpose of screening the ►Ministers from puhlic odium, disuniting the people, and deceiving the King as to the real state of the country. A pitiful attempt at carrying an Address of this kind was made in the ancient and loyal city of Here ford on Nionday last : but, thanks to the good sense of its inhabitants, this Ministerial trick was treated as it deserved—the scheme totally failed—and its supporters have gained by their exertions, the contempt and ridi cule of the place. • The warm zeal of the Freemen and Citizens, in the cause of the Queen, had induced the self-styled Church and Moe turn, to visit their offence by a requisition to his Wor-hip the Mayor, requesting him to convene a public meeting, with the intention of voting a loyal and dutiful Address to the King. To the surprise of the good people of Hereford, the Mayor did, to this requisition, really return a pe,:ketlg irttilligibleaessmer ; —by some happy clianar of circumstances, his Wor ship suddenly found himself " in a situation to give, and the requisitionists in a situation to receive" an ansivel : and in ready compliance with the wishes of suds respectable p. rso.te, a steeling► was duly and re gularly convened. Hand-bills, with a formidable array of names, civil. military, and ecclesiastic, an nounced the eventful day, and the 11th of December seemed doomed to witness the triumphant display of Ministerial power over the humbled advocates of an injured Queen. Nu precautions which might ensure success were forgotten loyal verses were plentifully distributed, and every effort used to compel a full at tendance of the hangers-on of Church and State. So requisite was it deemed to muster strongly on the oe casion, that means unpracticed before, were resorted to, and a Military Wight. with folly and presumption unequalled. actually called out the whole staff of the I County Militia, and serjeauts, corporals, band, drum niers, fifers, &c., were all ordered to attend the meet ing. The liovernment forces, head, d by the Lord Lieutenant of the county, the Church militant, with their heavy artillery of Cations, Prebends, Vicars, &e., half-pay Officers, and Officers of Excise, Clerks in Public Offices, and State Jackalls of every descrip tion, were collected together: every thing betokened a flaming Loyal .►ddress. " Oh! it was pitiful—wondrons pitiful— Thal all this goodly show of goodly men taltmild he the very make-game of the town : And all their grave deliberations let at nought By men or no account—mere working-men : —Mat ! alas!—that such a thing should be." Little, indeed, was the result of this 'nighty pre pantie" foreseen: little bad the promoters of the measure calculated on the signal defeat they were about to experience. A numerous and respectable body of the inde pendent Freemen and Inhabitants had assembled in the t'ouoril•room (a place quite unsuited for the pur poses of:, public assembly), and after warm oppo sition on the part of the Mayor, the fleeting was ad journed to the Old Town-hall. The Address, proposed by Sir FL Hoskyns, Bart. and seconded by Dr. Hughes, contained the neual loyal preamble of attachment to the King, which was received nith respectful silence. Not so the con cluding par!, a very different fate awaited it and it was read amidst the yells, groans, and execrations of the Meeting. This most obnoxious passage affected to express "sorrow and indianation at thospagitators of Ow public mind, who took advantage of every occasion to disturb the tranquillity of the na tion :" and with an insolence peculiar to the party from whom this Address emanated, it presittne;l " that a tirii:rn was clearly manifested to overthrow the Constitution." • As nothing had occurred in Hereford to agitate the public mind, AO deeply as the persecution against the Queen, it appeared that the observation tended to re dect un the acts of the former public hireling, con vened for the purpose of concratulating her Majesty, and the implication was felt as an insult to the parties concerned. An amendment was immediately proposed by Col. Cooke, expressive of censnre on his Majesty's Minis ters for instituting proereditigs against the Queen Consort, and praying that a renewal of a question so pregnant with evil to the country might never again be agitated. The worthy Colonel's speech and ausendment were received with the loudest applause. The Rev. J. Lilly opposed the amendment, as irre ,levant to the intent of the and was saluted with the usual accompaniments of an unpopular ora tor, which he bore with the most gentlemanly good humour. John James, Esq. warmly and ably seconded the amendment, and, in a speech replete with argument and perspicuity, contended, that as the object of the Meeting was a loyal Address, no doctrine could be more monstrous than that which supposed disloyalty to the King in expressions of attachment to the (Seen ; the amendment bore no mark of disaffection; it was strictly loyal, and the Mayor was bound to take the sense of the Meeting on that as well as the former part of the Address. The sarcastic coolness displayed by this gentleman during the many interruptions he received from Isis political opponents, the bag gad loud plaudits of his hearers, and the peAvet oommaad of his subject and temper, :produced a most farcical *act ea one of leis antagonists. Long will the good people of Hereford reseeamhoe the scene with which thi wove ptommeatod. 'amputees rage. valise eloienee, and coareisive at• shades. in tarns. wee, exhibited. amid a dooseamiaat she " oraaawas .f hivooentrr," eseduled an haw able 'perch, amidst the dismay of his friends, the TO TIM EDITOR OF TIM ST.ITER.VAN. Newport. Isle of Wicht. December 14. 1940. eta—ft was reported, u ithout the least foundation of truth, by a correspondent to the Hampshire Tele graph, about a furttaLbt since, that a loyal lieciara dial' was dhotit to he forwarded to his Majesty from Newport, in the lslr of Wight. Thi• hold assertion was inotiediatrly refuted L t • a paragraph in the nest paper, informing the public, that no such intention existed. 'l'l n • trot•. IGrl ,•'rte nitre' loyalists could not appease their elerllition of fretiorut zeal, but com menced an enthusiastic csueass for re. rttits to their despicable fraternity, to effect a requisition for the aforesaid purpose. The time arrived to shew the re ports of the mrster-L...4.k fur their apprueal, yben to their wobacled reputations lee it said, the •inelal gence seas disconntenaw•ed un account of tbe 'Nears of an c•sential accompaniment in tier signonres, —rrslrrtalailitu. They will IlllW krill a portion of the Hants Corns!, Addressers ; anal the burlesque verses obit+ have been posted on the walls of the town, will Ions• commemorate their complete &scion fitere. The Ladies' Address to his Majesty of the vil lage of Carrsbr.•ul', oral- this town, has experienced a more severe rebuff, ft.. 111 circles or/dodo/I!, respectable. • • • " NEI"Ell II EltE sUell TIMES" TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATISM .t\. Stn.—" Never were telt timesf go where I will, it is never out 4.1 my rats. At first, I thought it was a valet, hut alas ! I find it is an universal and sympa thetic salutation from one sufferer to another, like two perished creatures meeting in a hard frost, say ing, " what a miserable day !" To the se who are unhappily afflicted with this perished diseasi--" there never were such tiones"—l hrg leave, through your humane paper, to give the following ease : During the Dish rebellion, innumerable persons Ord from Dublin to Iteanthanrier, a small lawn in North Wales, exactly opposite to Dublin. for safety, by which Beau:Dewier reaped an harvest of riches. Persons of rank and titles were glad to be received into the poorest cottasra, mill to pad• for their accommodations (much 114 they nen.) the must extravagant prices. _ . Amongst those who greatly protitted by thisea happy rebellion, was Mrs. Harris, a real Caushtian. \Aurally-Immune, hospitable, and simple, her house nas crowded with opulent company, amongst whom was Lord - and his fandly, to whom her aim /di/4(y was a great source of amusement. A few months ago, my Lord, who was iu the neigh• bourbood of Ileanitiaurire.. rained In to see •ftle old landlady. tsh um he found greatly reduced in her cir cumstances, which she insisted was altogether attri butable to the 6adneea of the times. " Ferry pad time', Lori." says the poor Welch woman—" ferry pad Wes. inteed."—As she said so, with her chequered aproa Phe wiped sway an /sextet tear. Come, come, said his Lord‘hip--things will mead —color, Mrs. Harris, we must not despair. No, my Lord, replird the pious and still whimper ing hifitr44,,.. lot is good; Cot is ferry good. If it was his AIRNCT there teas •Norma* Need/ion !" Fimbery-piser, Fitrthery-square. A Montreal paper of the 26th of August bar use following :—" At the last Court of Assize, at Corn wall, (I'. C.) Joseph lawye►, local Methodist Preacher of Matilda, was convicted of haring solem nized marriage. This art not being legal is a Me thodist Preacher in that province, he was sitssteneed to fourteen years banishment, and to leave the promisee within• seven days after his sentence. May this wholesome example be anirerwilly followed, far the, Isake of the gevelorder of hi, MajPety's 11► r su►petit:" contempt of his enemies, and cm laughter and of the whole assembly. A mere, mere Loire. with notl.inc hut the name. Wealth all Ills worth. and Wl'. all Itic fame." lie Mayor roost pvrtinari, n ric rt•sived the decided %elm of the Alerting, and refused to prop '' , the amendment. The Address was then put to a show• of hands, a t m rejected by nit immense emtjority ; when the Meeti ng was immediately dissolved, am! the direomfited "Church and King" me:, sneaked through th e to sign, privately, their rejected Atldris., nem ,. parried by the hisses, sneers, and ridicule of th e pantile. drawn up, and s i vnpd A Requisition was instaltly by .i 7 3lagistrates, Freemen. and itsbaiitant•,rruarto ini, the Mayor to convene aNalter public Mettist, rt which an Address, ronformalde to the sense ut ti me present Meeting might be proposed. - Whether his Worship may deem it proper to secede to the request, is matter of doubt ; but one thing certain, that the citizens of Hereford hale displarsd on this occasion, a determined opposition to the sep. porters of a falling Administration, which will neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Dec. 11, ISO. AN 401,0 cortRESPONDENT. TO THE EDIT UN OF THE ST.ITES.II4I4. SlR—Political sermons seem to be so meth tips rage, that poor Misses. Tiilutson, Sherlock and Cs. arc no longer considered proper models for sermonisers. The Courier has quite super .e.led them ; lime Clergy. man of Olney has even had an outline of his declaims. tion published in that truly ;,,d , ',cartage paper, ‘ , 1%, Nut thampton Mercury." It is impossiisk to read these ludicrous statements without fee:ing one's risible moo. cies affected. There is a kind of ra n t rms. th r ,, ux i t t h e whole of them. "To °Wain . adieu( the people must radicaly reform themselves, as we shad always have as road rulers a, re dor rec." Were the writer atlas letter to libel his Ma:,esty, in this way. he would dread the loss of his head. it hat, then, thou sediti on Priest dour must rel.:tine:a and grackts Kin; is Jest as a punishment fur our s:tis! for you say that the Bible hielt:s forth dreadful jutlgittenr, against nicked rulers; and that it is the wickedness of the people that lnings wicked rulers among them. 'I here is no m use , say the Clergy, for rejoicing ar the Queen's acquittal..— .Neither was there any cause for the degradation of her Majesty, for according to the Priest, she is "pile ire gvod as tee de...ern." " Don't be led away by detnaEognes who preach np radical reform; for, radical reform means nothing Inn rersdation."—" I confess there is one class of persons who labour under many severe restricti.:Ls which other people do not—the Curates, &E. ; reform, therefore, is somewhat necessary." Remember tile Jefinition; reform means revolution; so thee, revultoi. n is 4.w. what oceersorp ! Has there been any instroctions how head-quarters to suppress public opinion tin the se quittal of the Queen ? The Clergy seem to be lime. fully alarmed, even at the sound of the" merry bells.' The ringers of Daventry have feet' cited to apprsr, for their souls' health, in the spiritnal court; but for tunately fur them, the citations expressed no crime whatever, as said to be alledged against theta. The ease is therefore disaa:ssed, and the injured Minister and Churchwardens bare to pay the costs! We hear the old rarakoope revived, the licentiostbs MOO efthe Pecos, the rapid spread id infidel and nir tiuns writings, licr. Talk of infidelity indeed, who the pulpit is made the vehicle for political debate; sad as fur sedition, we hate the most gross allusions timer respecting her 31ajesty, and yet the whining, catalog hirelings talk of disloyalty, sedition, and infidelity.— great topic with the Priests is what they call " visionary Spetwean equality." For my own part 1 never read any of the Spence's works alluded to. The priests, however, make " a great noise and liWr wool" on the subject : they say, " were the world equal to-dry, they w aid not continue so a week, fw some would hey and some would suit" Yes, no douk if some buy but some must sell. I wonder they deal harangue their hearers with route of the followiq sapient propositions:—" 3ly dear friends (I 'leap suspect some persons when they profess friendship,)l circle is not a sqnare, neither is a triangle a circle, it. I heard a very learned Doctor,. few days ago, declares that the poor were notch better off than the rich ; that they had many blessings which the rich could sot possibly have. I shall Expeet, itt a short time, to + 0 ninny rick elergymen giving their livings up, in order to taste the blessings of poverty I have one word to say respectiug that eunstellatiots of creelletrec the Courier, and I have done. This arch old hypocrite constantly represents the friends date Queen as" the rabble," the " lower orders." There is not another so great an enemy to the present Utivernuteut as the Cuutier. By his means, in ridiculing the middling classes, are the people united in one v. ire against the present Ministry. 1 have heard that a certain Pees said, he did not believe the people cared' so mart about the Queen ! 1 have only to say, let him ccot into the country, and he will find only one seetisseek and that in the day one is in r Asstf a vonr of the Queen. Thrst question afresh about the Queen " een " lave yon:"l'Slh:,ard arhoirefert,huillsge enemy generally in every parish; and the Priest has - tie credit, and is detested for It. Itpellit **mom rated statement g any one will hear me out in iplta the Courier or the Post, which is emphatiCbill rabid the stvpid, setts* Pest. I remain yours respectfrity. SCAIPIR IDSIA, IMMMIMINNIIINIMIP INSOLPENT DEMURS' AM TO TIIR EDrIOR Or TOR STATFAMAX. Sta,-4 have freqnently thought of hinting t• rn that I have an opinion that an improvement :nightie lode io the lawlvet t Debtors Relief Act. It Wild hat a miner Bankrupt or breaking up act. I ill *Mee, that all debtors who are reirasoil by thelll l4 Kt, Amid he tiasetted in a similar way to a Bob rapt. 1 think laced not %ay may thing ea the Fmk' hie kiwis whish 'weld be &rims by the plat this improvessest Ii *veld. I verily bell.o, 110 idtAimrry bimodal. %Welty 1 sr, sure, *44 at firnefighti“ w rho Iletratsfalior e 4 Ma/ ala trim wesid sot, an awy ammo. haw doit bombed Owe h pt tetity In the &M*. 1, 7 roars e s rahtlly . . DlWillher Ns% ,-. 43C SI 4 swag liaise 61 T